Seafarers Log: Vol. 28 No. 21 (1966-10-14)

Vol. XXVili
NO. 21 SEAFARERSteOG October 14/

1966

OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO

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Immediate Action Called For At Propeller Club Convention

Legislators Blast U. S. Ship Policy,
Urge Massive Shipbuilding Program

WASHINGTON—The construction of 50 new American-flag merchant ships a year for each
of the next 10 years was called for by Senator Russell Long (D-La.) at the 40th Annual Conven­
tion of the Propeller Club, held in Washington recently.

In urging the nation to un- f
dertake the ambitious ship con­
struction program as the only
way to begin "catching up" with
the lagging ship replacement pro­
gram, Senator Long (D-La.) who
is also Senate Majority whip called
upon delegates to the convention
to "re-dedicate" themselves to the
basic principles of the Merchant
Marine Act of 1936, which calls
for the maintenance of a strong
American-flag merchant fleet ade­
quate for the nation's needs in
peacetime and wartime.

Other legislators who addressed
the assembled delegates from all
over the country to urge the
maintenance of a strong U.S.-flag
fleet included Representative Ed­
ward A. Garmatz (D-Md.), chair­
man of the House Merchant Mar-
chant Marine Committee; Senator
Daniel Brewster (D-Md.); Repre­
sentative Thomas Downing (D-
Va.), a member of the House
Merchant Marine Committee; and
Representative William Mailliard
(R-Calif.), ranking minority mem­
ber of the House Maritime Com­
mittee.

Navy Plan Rapped
Representative Garmatz at­

tacked the Navy's decision to
build its own fleet of cargo ships
for exclusive military use.

He said that "it is not too
fanciful that we may see the day
when the only commercial type
vessel flying the .American-flag
will be a handful of F.D.L. fast
deployment logistic ships while
our water commerce will be trans­
ported by the up and coming
Russian merchant fleet."

Senator Brewster also attacked
the navy's plans and cajled the
idea "philosophically faulty and
economically unsound."

"What the Defense Depart­
ment is now proposing to do is to
build its own merchant marine,

Oct. 14, 1966 • Vol. XXVIII, No. 21
Official Publication of the SIUNA

Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters
District, AFL-CIO

Executive Board
PAUL HALL, President

CAL TANNER
Exec. Vice-Free.

EARL SHEPARD
Vice-President

LINDSEY WILLIAMS
Vice-President

AL TANNER
Vice-President

AL KERR
Sec.-Treas.

ROBERT MATTHEWS
Vice-President

HERBERT BRAND
Director of Organizing and

Publications

Managing Editor
MIKE POLLACK

Assistant Editor
NATHAN SKYER

Art Editor
BERNARD SEAMAN

Staff Writers
DON BEVONA
PETER WEISS

Pibliihed biweekly at 810 Rhode Island
Avenoe N.E., Washington, D. C. 20018 by
tho Seafarers International Union, Atlantic,
Golf, Lakes and Inland Waters District,
AFL-CIO, 675 Foarth Avenoe, Brooklyn,
H. y. 12232. Tol. HVaclnth 9-6600. Second
cloM Rostago paid at Washington, D. C.

PDSTklASTEirS ATTENTION: Form 3579
cards shoold bo sent to Seafarers Interna­
tional Union, Atlantio, Golf, Lakes and -In­
land Waters District, AFL-CIO, 675 Foorth
Avenoe, Brooklyn, N. Y. 11232.

a merchant marine owned and
operated by the Government but
a merchant marine of limited use
ships which are destined to rust
on station and not participate at
all in foreign commerce."

He said that the same invest­
ment by the government in our
present subsidy program could
provide "more than 100 modern
vessels which would be immedi­
ately available in times of emer­
gency, and which would contrib­
ute substantially to the American
economy and our international
payments during times of peace."

Senator Brewster indicated that
he will submit a bill in the Senate
designed to give the House Mer­
chant Marine Committee and the
Senate Commerce Committee
(which considers maritime issues
in the Senate), the power to au­
thorize maritime program appro­
priations. Representative Gar­
matz has already introduced a
similar proposal in the House.

With much of the emphasis of
the importance of the American-

Marad to Install
Air-Conditioniiy
On Viet Ships

American merchant seamen
manning the cargo ships sup­
porting the United States military
sealift to Viet Nam won't have to
sweat it out any longer.

The Maritime Administration
has announced that the Govern­
ment will foot the bill for the in­
stallation of air-conditioning in
messrooms on all ships withdrawn
from the nation's standby fleets
and on all vessels already reacti­
vated in the Viet Nam crisis.

Maritime unions have com­
plained to MARAD and the mili­
tary Sea Transportation Service
operating the broken-out cargo
ships that Seafarers were working
in temperatures of up to 120 de­
grees which hampered their work
and conceivably added to the
acute manpower shortage on the
Viet Nam run.

The situation has reached seri­
ous proportions because of the
slow turn-around time for vessels
in South Viet Nam's congested
ports. Merchant seamen on vessels
waiting to unload in Viet Nam
were subjected to staying in an
area of intense heat for weeks at
a time.

The vessels will have the air-
conditioning installed "during voy­
ages repair periods whenever time
Dermits," Maritime Administra­
tion noted. The ships slated to for
installation of the air-conditioning
in the messroom are 133 active
reserve fleet vessels already in serv­
ice and 38 more which have been
ordered out of Reserve fleet status
in order to maintain the Viet Nam
sealift. All American maritinie
unions involved in the supplying
military equipment to the South
East Asia trouble soot said that
they welcomed the Maritime Ad­
ministration decision. • ' • ..

flag merchant fleet now being
placed on its vital military role.
Representative Mailliard hastened
to remind the nation that the eco­
nomic impact which the merchant
marine has on the welfare of the
United States is fully as important
as the role it plays in national de­
fense. In spite of U.S. merchant
fleet's vital role in both peacetime
and wartime, maritime is being
"shortchanged" in both Federal
assistance and patronage by
American shippers who allow
their foreign customers to ship
American exports aboard foreign-
flag vessels.

One of the strongest attacks on
the manner in which the Ameri­
can maritime industry has been
neglected by the Government in
recent years and the serious de­
terioration into which the fleet
has fallen because of this neglect
was made by Senator Long. Long
made the following points in sub­
stantiating his call for a strong
U.S. Merchant fleet.
• "Today, after almost two

decades of neglect, the American
Merchant Marine rides anchor
at low tide. In the short space of
time since 1952 its participation
in the foreign commerce of the
United States has diminished from
43 percent to approximately 9
percent."
• "Our coastal and intercoast-

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Report of
International President

by Paul Hall

The importance of maintaining a strong American-flag merchant
fleet for national defense is being pointed out every day by the tons
of shipborne cargoes that arrive in Vietnam. The U.S. discovered
early in the Vietnam buildup that we cannot depend on foreign-flag
ships with foreign national crews to deliver goods to our fighting
men or otherwise uphold the best interests of the United States.

The existence of a strong American-flag merchant fleet is just as
important to the nation's economy as it is to the national defense.
The maintenance of a strong, adequate U.S. merchant fleet is the only
way in which we can assure competitive freight rates for American
exports and is one of the best means available to ease the serious
"dollar drain" that is plaguing our economy.

When American exports are shipped aboard foreign-flag vessels
73 cents out of every freight dollar goes outside the United States,
never to return, and thereby makes our adverse balance of payments
problem worse.

On the other hand, when American exports move on U.S.-flag ships,
77 cents of every freight dollar remains in the American economy—
not only relieving our balance of payments problem, but also generat­
ing even more business to further boost the economy.

Statistics show that about 80 percent of American firms engaging
in foreign trade make no attempt to ship their goods aboard American-
flag vessels. Instead they allow foreign buyers to control routing of
the goods, and these buyers almost always ship aboard their own
national flag ships.

By this practice American manufacturers are doing themselves a
disservice on several grounds. Not only are they allowing money to
leave the U.S.—which, if it remained here would be reflected in
increased business—but they are also leaving themselves wide open
for exploitation and rate discrimination by foreign ship operators.

By ignoring American-flag ships in the carriage of their goods,
U.S. manufacturers become increasingly dependent on foreign-flag
shipping. Then, in a time of worldwide shipping crisis, the American
manufacturer learns that he will be charged exhorbitent rates for
shipping his goods.

This happened during the Korean War and the Suez crisis. On
those occasions an infusion of reserve fleet ships helped ease the
situation. But available reserve fleet ships are rapidly disappearing
and will probably not be available at all in the future.

A strong merchant fleet adequate to meet the nation's defense and
trade needs is essential for the nation's economic and defense security,
and it is the job of every American to do everything in his power to
see that we have such a fleet.

Latest Lloyd's of London Figures Cover 1965

l/S Leading Ship-Strapping Nation,
Lloyd's Register of Shipping Reveals

LONDON—^The American-flag merchant marine scrapped more merchant ship tonnage last year
than any other major maritime power, according to a report recently released by Lloyd's Register
of Shipping.

The report also revealed that
runaway-flag vessels of Liberian
registry led the world in the
number of ships lost in maritime
accidents.

The figures showed that ship-
wreckers in the United States
scrapped 133 vessels of 920,651
tons in 1965, a sharp increase
from the 131 ships of 856,437
tons which were reduced to scrap
in 1964.

The Lloyd's compilation showed
that overall worldwide merchant
shipping losses through fire, colli­
sion, shipwreck and foundering
rose sharply last year. There were
a total of 237 vessels of 739,047
gross tons written off last year as
total losses compared with 249
ships of 558,000 tons lost during
1964.

Liberia suffered 21 vessels lost,
amounting'to 136,498 tons dur­
ing 1965. Her losses came to 15
ships of 101,347 tons during 1964.

An increase in the number of
ships lost by fire was the chief fac­
tor in boosting 1965 worldwide
losses above tjl^ 1964 level. Fire

claimed 31 ships of 204,356 tons
during 1965 compared with 36
ships of only 68,920 tons during
1964.

Most notable among the 1965
fire losses were the Panamanian-
flag cruise ship Yarmouth Castle,
which burned and sank at sea with
a heavy loss of life which included
many Americans, and the Nor­
wegian-flag passenger vessel Vik­
ing Princess, which met a similar
fate.

These two disastrous fires
spurred demands by the SIU, other
maritime unions, citizens' groups
and many legislators that foreign-
flag passenger vessels calling at
U. S. ports be subject to the same
rigid safety standards as Ameri­
can-flag vessels. A cruise ship
safety bill calling for stiff regula­
tion of such vessels has been
passed by the Senate and is now
before the House.

Collision casualties were down
during 1965, dropping to 25 ships
of 38,724 tons as compared with
29 ships of 86,177 tons lost
through collisions during 1964.

Losses through shipwreck were

up however, standing at 117 ships
or 366,627 tons against 108 ships
of 298,424 tons in 1964. Similarly
up during 1965 was the total of
ships lost through foundering,
which hit 81 ships of 114,256 tons
compared to 65 vessels of 99,436
tons in 1964.

The number of ships missing
and presumed lost showed only a
slight variation, according to
Lloyds.

Next to Liberia, the nation that
lost the most ships through acci­
dent was Norway — 22 ships of
117,317 tons, up sharply from
1964. In third place was Greece
(also up markedly from 1964),
then Japan, Panama, the United
States, Italy, Great Britain, Leb­
anon, France and West Germany.

In tonnage scrapped Great Brit­
ain was in second place and Italy
in third, followed by Japan, Pan­
ama, Norway, Greece India and
Spain.

The total world fleet in 1965
was estimated at 41,865 vessels
vessels comprising over 160.3 mil­
lion tons, up somewhat from the ^
previous year. ]

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October 14, 1966 Page Three SEAFARERS LOG
—7'
Mojor Victory for Merchant Marine

House-Senate Group Agrees to Keep
MARAD Out of the Transport Dep't

WASHINGTON — A House-Senate conference committee agreed this week to exclude the
Maritime Administration from the proposed new Department of Transportation.

AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department President Paul Hall called action by the conferees
"a first step in the right direc

Five More Seafarers Licensed
As Engineers; Total Now at 99

Five more Seafarers have passed the U.S. Coast Guard examina­
tion and have issued their engineers licenses after attending the
training school jointly-sponsored by the SIU and District 2 of the
Marine Engineers Beneficial As­
sociation. A total of 99 Seafarers
have now received engineer's
licenses as a result of the joint
program.

The newly-licensed engineers
are sailing or about to sail in en­
gineers births aboard American-
flag ships.

Those SIU men who passed
their Coast Guard examinations
this week and were licensed as
Second Engineers include:

Federico Sanchez, 51, who
joined the union in San Francisco
and has been sailing with the SIU
for many years.

Otis Bailey, 41, a member of the
SIU for 21 years who joined the

Sanchez Qulnn

Owens

union in Norfolk. Bailey sailed as
a firemen-watertender, oiler and
electrician.

Nathania Muse, who joined the
SIU six years ago and sailed as a
firemen-watertender, oiler, junior
engineer and pumpman.

John Owens, 41, who has been
a Seafarer for seven years and

sailed as a pump­
man, machinist,
fireman - water-
tender and oiler.
Owens successful­
ly passed Coast
Guard examina­
tions qualifying

, him for his sec­
ond diesel engi­
neer's license and

his third steam engineer's license.
The newly licensed third en­

gineer, in addition to Owens, is
William Quinn, 46, who joined the
union in New Orleans and has
been sailing in the engine depart­
ment as an fireman-watertender
and oiler.

The joint SIU-MEBA District
2 upgrading school offers Seafarers
and Engineers qualified instruc­
tion in preparing for their Third
Assistant Engineer, Temporary
Third Assistant Engineer or Ori­
ginal Second Engineer's licenses

SM Appeak Board
Susponds Rule On
IkemOm at Sea

The Seafarers Appeals Board
has suspended Rule 8 of the Ship­
ping Rules for the duration of the
Viet Nam conflict, or until the
suspension is no longer necessary.

Rule 8 states that "no sea­
man shipped under the rules shall
accept a promotion or transfer
aboard ship unless there is no
time or opportunity to dispatch
the required man from the Union
hall."

The suspension of the rule was
made in order to ensure the prop­
er and adequate manning of

, American-flag ships during the
Viet Nam sealift. ,

in either steam or motor vessel
classifications.

Seafarers who enroll in the pro­
gram are eligible to apply for any
of the upgrading courses offered at
the Engineers School if they are
19 years of age or older and have
18 months of Q.M.ETD. watch
standing time in the engine depart-

Muse Bailey

ment plus six months' experience
as wiper or equivalent.

SIU engine department men
who have the necessary require­
ments and who want to enroll in
the school can obtain additional
information and apply for the
course at any S^U hall or write
directly to SIU headquarters at
675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn,
New York, 11232. The telephone
number is HYacinth 9-6600.

SlU-IBU Wins
New Pact For
Phila. Tugmen

PHILADELPHIA —The SIU-
Inland Boatsmen's Union here has
won a new agreement with the
major Philadelphia tugboat oper­
ators, calling for a substantial wage
boost, increased paid holiday time,
upped employer contributions to
pension and welfare plans, im­
proved working and safety con­
ditions, and other benefits.

Agreement on the new three-
year pact followed a short strike
in which SIU-IBU members hit
the bricks until settlement was
reached. The new pact was rati­
fied by a vote of 128 to 32.

The new contract calls for wage
increases of 39 cents an hour over
a three-year period and substanti­
ally increased rates for crew mem­
bers engaged in "out of harbor"
work and for members ordered
to report for work aboard vessels
laid up for planned repairs. In
addition. Union members who
report aboard tugs laid up for
planned repairs, outside the port
will receive premium subsistence
pay.

The number of paid holidays
was increased to 12 with the ad­
dition of Columbus Day. Improve­
ments in working and safety con-
ditioc^ls under the new contract in­
cludes new safeguards for crews
aboard vessels engaged in trans­
porting volatile chemicals.

In the port of Baltimore, where
the present contract between the
SIU-IBU and the tug operators
has also run out, negotiations are
continuing on a new pact. Balti­
more IBU crews are continuing to
work on a day-to-day basis with­
out a contract while negotiations
continue to show progress. When
agreement is reached, the new pact

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tion." He said that "it is now
hoped that the Congress will
proceed promptly to re-establish
the Maritime Administration as
an independent agency as called
for in legislation now pending in
both the Senate and House."

"We are most appreciative,"
Hall said, "of the efforts of the
AFL-CIO, AFL-CIO President
George Meany and all others
whose support helped to achieve
what we consider to be a major
victory for the American Mer­
chant Marine and the men who
build and man them."

The bill to create the new De­
partment of Transportation went
to the House-Senate conference
committee because the House
voted last month 260 to 117 for
a labor-backed amendment to keep
the Maritime Administration out
of the new Department. The Sen­
ate adopted the transportation de­
partment bill without the amend­
ment.

The issue thus had to go to a
joint conference committee of
both houses of Congress to be
resolved before the transportation
department bill could be finally
approved. The conferees, meeting
this week, agreed to adopt the
House version excluding the Mari­
time Administration, clearing the
way for final passage of the de­
partment bill.

Under terms of the Transporta­
tion Department bill, a 12th cab­
inet-level department would be
created in the federal government
in which the agencies dealing with
aviation, highways, and railroads
and the Coast Guard would be
consolidated.

MTD President Hall said that
"while exclusion of the Maritime
Administration from the Depart­
ment of Transportation does not
achieve independence for the
Maritime Administration, it is a
first step in the right direction."

He pointed out that "American
maritime labor has long believed

that the American Merchant Ma­
rine, which has been allowed to
founder in seas of government
neglect and indifference for many
years, can be restored to its pro­
per position of size, strength and
prestige only by having maritime
affairs administered by an inde­
pendent Maritime Administration,
not subservient to any other Fed­
eral agency or department."

"Maritime labor," Hall said,
"strongly supported by the AFT-
CIO labor movement, held firmly
to this position throughout the
weeks of debate on this measure,
despite the willingness of the sub­
sidized shipping companies to ac­
cept half measures which would
serve only their own interests and
not the interests of the total mer­
chant fleet."

The MTD president voiced ap­
preciation of the efforts of the
AFL-CIO and its member unions
who supported maritime labor's
fight to exclude the Maritime Ad­
ministration from being smothered
in the new Transportation Depart­
ment.

The original amendment exclud­
ing MARAD from the new De­
partment which the House last
month was introduced by Rep. Ed­
ward Garmatz (D.-Md.), chairman
of the House Merchant Marine
Committee and floor leader of the
fight for its adoption.

Labor-supported bills to set up
the Maritime Administration as a
completely independent agency
have been approved in committee
in the House and Senate and are
awaiting further action.

House Maritime Committee Bill
Asks Voice in MARAD Allotments

WASHINGTON—The House
Committee has favorably reported
require that any appropriations to
Administration be preceded by
specific legislative authority.

The recommendation is em­
bodied in the bill (H.R. 18176)
which was favorably reported,
without amendment to the House
by the Merchant Marine and Fish­
eries Committee. The SIU has
voiced its full support of the bill.

The written report which ac­
companied the bill said that "the
purpose of the bill is to require
that appropriations for the prin­
cipal activities of the Maritime Ad­
ministration be preceded by spe­
cific legislative authority for ap­
propriations each fiscal year.

"Beginning with fiscal year
1968," the report continued, and
for each subsequent fiscal year,
sums to be appropriated or made
available to or for the use of the
maritime administration for the
following categories of activity

Brazilian Maritime Workers Visit SIU

Brazilian maritime workers touring SIU headquarters in New York
are shown above viewing Labor Press awards won by the Seafarers
Log over the years. Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship Admin­
istrator Tony Goncalves conducted visitors through school, Log
offices,. ihecKeadquar.t^cs, building, and also thp'j51lJ,.,cHiyi9;.f^fiil,itY.

Merchant Marine and Fisheries
a bill to the House which would
finance activities of the Martime

would be subject to prior authori­
zation:
• construction and repair of

vessels.
• payment of construction dif­

ferential subsidy.
• payment of operating differ­

ential subsidy.
• maritime training including

federal aid to state maritime
schools.
• maintenance and operation

of vessels of the National Defense
Reserve Fleet.
• the Vessel Operations Re­

volving Fund.
• research and development

activities.
The Merchant Marine Commit­

tee report pointed out that enact­
ment of the bill would place the
Maritime Administration "on a
basis comparable to that now in
effect with regard to the Depart­
ment of Defense, United States
Coast Guard, the Atomic Energy
Commission, the National Aero­
nautics and Space Administration
and other major programs within
the Executive Branch."

The House Merchant Marine
Committee, in their background
report for the new legislation, em­
phasized the importance of legisla­
tive authority over Maritime Ad­
ministration appropriations by
pointing up the following facts:

"When the Merchant Marine
Act of 1936 was originally enacted
the administering agency was the
United States Maritime Commis­
sion, an independent agency re­
sponsible to the Congress. The
programs authorized by that Act
were set up in a fashion intended
to permit their efficient administra­
tion under broad enabling author­
ity. The availability of a construc­
tion revolving fund minimized the
need for seeking detailed annual
authorization for appropriations.

"Since shortly after World War
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Page Four SEAFARERS LOG October 14, 1966

Five Additional Seafarer Veterans
Added to Growing Pension Roster

The names of five additional Seafarers have been added to the list of men who are receiving SIU
pensions. The newcomers to the growing ranks of pensioners include John Hiller, Robert McCulloch,
Winslow Shipley, Mario Reyes, and Anthony Vitacco.

John Hiller was born in Mich-
igan and joined the union in
Detroit. He resides in Petoskey,
Mich., with his wife, Grace. Hiller

a wheelsman and last sailed was

on the tug Penn Dixie.
Robert McCulloch joined the

SIU in Seattle. He sailed as a
steward. Bom in Scotland, Sea­
farer McCulloch now lives in

The Pacific Coast

by Frank Drozak, West Coast Representative

Representative William Mailliard, incumbent San Francisco Repub­
lican was endorsed for reelection by the SIU and the San Francisco
Bay Area Maritime Trades Ports Council. Representative Mailliard is
a member of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee.

Representative Thomas M. Pally, Washington Republican, a staunch
supporter of a strong American-
flag merchant marine, has won
his primary election. All Demo­
cratic incumbents from the State
of Washington also won their pri­
mary elections.

San Francisco
Shipping is still very good here

with plenty of jobs for AB's oil­
ers, FWT's Electricians Cooks
and Bakers. Sign-on included the
Ames Victory, Overseas Rose,
Andrew Jackson and Los Angeles.
There were payoffs over the last
period on the following vessels:
Ames Victory, Los Angeles, Long
Beach, Overseas Rose, Geneva,
Barre Victory, Andrew Jackson
and Transpacific. The Mary mar.
Overseas Rose, Geneva, Long
Beach and Calmar were in transit.

Sal Mancino, of Long Island
who has been an SlU-member for
over 25-years is waiting to make

another trip to
Viet Nam. Sea­
farer Mancino
sails as bosun and
his last ship was
the Ridgefield
Victory. L. L.
Seleskie is also
waiting fot a ship
to the Far East
but wants to sail

in a utility engineering slot.
Wilmington

Shipping has been booming
here for the past several weeks.
We have been shipping members
out as soon as they come into the
door. Shipping promises to still
be good for a few more.weeks and
we are looking for all the AB's
FSVT's and electricians who are
ready to ship out.

Bill Chadhnm, got his fit-for-
duty from the USPHS and wasted
no time in grabbing a saloon mess-
man's job on the Calmar.

Seattle
Shipping has been excellent

here with many grain ships load­
ing for India and freighters taking
on cargo for Viet Nam. Any Sea­
farer can have his choice of ships
from the Seattle area.

Mancino

Louis Bemier will take any
ship that comes along. He is a 16-
year SIU man and was just off

^ the Kyska on the
Viet Nam run
where he had a
very good trip.
He'll be ready to
ship in a couple
of weeks.

George Wanka,
who likes coast­
wise runs because
it gets him near

home more often, will try to grab
another FWT job on the Alaskan
run. He just piled off the An­
chorage after a few trips and
plans to take it easy for a while.

Wanka

J. Paul St. Sure,
Advisory Committee
Member, Dies At 64

J. Paul St. Sure

OAKLAND, CaUf.—J. Paul St.
Sure, former president and chair­
man of the Pacific Maritime Asso­
ciation and a member of the Presi­
dent's Maritime Advisory Com­
mittee, passed away here recently
at the age of 64.

St. Sure took part for many
years in labor-management collec­
tive bargaining negotiations on the
West Coast, and was active in
contract negotiations between the
SIUNA Pacific District Unions
and the shipowners.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Elizabeth St. Sure, and two daugh­

ters.

North Beach, Md., with his moth­
er, Annie. His last ship was the
Volusia.

Winslow Shipley sailed in the
Deck department and joined the
union in Detroit. Born in Forres­
ter, Mich., he now lives in Port
Huron, Mich., with his wife, Elva

Marie. Shipley
last shipped with
the American
Steamship Com­
pany.

Mario Reyes
sailed as an oiler
in the Engine de­
partment. Born in
Puerto Rico, he
now resides in

Staten Island, N. Y. Reyes joined
the SIU in New York. His last
ship was the Mayaguez.

Anthony Vitacco sailed in
Deck department and joined
SIU in the port of New York,
lives in Brooklyn, N. Y., with his
wifej Ida.

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Soviets Announce
Huge Waterway
Improvement Plan

The Soviet Union has initiated
a five-year plan to greatly boost
the capacity of the Russian inland
waterway system by 1970. Capi­
tal investments of well-over $1
billion are slated. About $935
million is earmarked for fleet im­
provements and another $275 mil­
lion for port development, ship
repair yards and canal extensions.

Fleet improvements will include
the addition of thousands of ves­
sels to the Soviet inland fleet.
These will be of larger average
displacement and equipped with
more powerful engines than pres­
ent vessels. By 1970 the Russians
hope to boost the average cargo
capacity of self-propelled river
craft from the present 935-tons
to 1,900-tons.

The deadweight tonnage capa­
city of barges is to be boosted by
about 60 percent, with a power
increase for towboats of about 65
percent, or from 337 to 555 horse­
power on the average.

Larger diesel powered vessels,
suitable for ocean as well as in­
land service are also to be built.
These would have a cargo capa­
city of 5,000-tons in dry cargo,
or combination dry and liquid
cargo carriers of 2,700-tons and
tankers of 5,000-tons. The larger
vessels are slated for operation on
the Volga-Baltic waterway. Lake
Onega, the White Sea-Baltic Canal
and the White Sea.

SIGN LITTEHS
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The Atlantic Coast

by Earl (Bull) Shepard, Vice-President, Atiantic Coast Area]

The SlUNA-affiiliated Atlantic Fisherman's Union is now on
strike against the Gloucester Fishing Boat Owners Association. The
only thing that the boatowners have offered the Union so far is a
contract that would set them back fifty years in wages and benefits.
The Union will settle for nothing less than a contract which will put
their wages, benefits and working
conditions on a par with their
union brothers in Boston and
New Bedford.

New York

Shipping has been brisk here
with plenty of jobs on the board
in all ratings. John G. Doran,
who was last shipped aboard the
Afoundria stopped by to say hello.
E. Lukowski, last aboard the Sea-
train Louisiana is registered to
ship here. Bill Barrett, who last
sailed as fireman-water-tender on
the Afoundria is now looking for
a ship out of this port. Harold E.
Robinson, who dropped by the hall
recently, said his last trip as utility
steward abroad the Afoundria was
a real good one.

Baltimore

Shipping here has been fair for
the past two weeks and prospects
for the coming period look good.
Right now we have the Alamar,
Losmar, Trustco and Ohio laid
up. During the last period we paid
off six vessels, signed on four and
serviced five ships in transit.

Louis Firlie has his fit for duty
again after a short stay in the
hospital and is trying to get a
short run to get back in the
groove again. A member of the
SIU for over 14 years, Lou last
sailed aboard the Alcoa Trader.
Lawrence Melanson recently end­
ed a voyage to Vietnam aboard
the Alcoa Marketer, and is now
waiting around the hall here for
another Vietnam run. He has
been sailing with the Union for
over 20 years.

Firlie Melanson

Also just back from a trip to
Viet Nam is Wilbert Hughes,
who recently paid off the Colum­
bia Victory. Hughes sailed in the
Steward department and has noth­
ing but good things to say about
the crew and officers he sailed
with.

Pbiladelpbia

Shipping has been a little slow
here during the last period, but
we managed to chalk up four
payoffs, one sign-on, and serviced
four ships in transit.

After a good rest at home, one
of the real Union oldtimers, Ar­
thur "Scentific Sam" Samson, is
watching the board and ready to
go, Sam, who sails in the engine
department, made his last voyage
aboard the Columbia. Ralph Bul-
lard, a 22-year SIU veteran, says
he's ready to take the first chief
cook's job that comes his way. His
last ship was the Potomac. Charles
Fritz is ready to pounce on the
first fwt job that hits the board
after spending the summer months
at home relaxing with his family.

John Stiles is also ready to go
again after a few weeks on the
beach, A member of the Union
for 20 years, John last sailed
aboard the Pecos in the deck de­
partment.

Norfolk

Shipping has been fair at this
port with prospects brighter for
the coming period since the Penn
Challenger is supposed to take on
a full crew this month.

William Rudd, a 12-year SIU-
man who has been shipping out
is now registered here and ready
to ship out. He last sailed as an
AB aboard the Steel Executive.

Charlie Horton, a fireman-water
tender aboard the Alcoa Explorer
had to sign off because of illness.
Basilio Boschi, a 16-year Seafarer
whose last ship was the- Penn
Challenger thinks she was a swell
ship and hopes to make it back
aboard when she comes out of
drydock at the end of October.

Joseph Woolford, a Seafarer for
14-years, who last shipped out
aboard the Keva Ideal and is now
registered here and looking for a
foreign run.

Boston

Shipping has been on the slow
bell here, but is expected to pickup
shortly.

Michael "Big Mike" Gison just
got out of drydock and will grab
the first job on the board. He last
shipped out on the Miami. Auhery
Parsons, a Seafarer for 25-years,
just got off the Mankato Victory
where he shipped as third cook
and is glad to be home to spend
some time with his family. Armon
Ramos, a 23-year member of the
SIU recently signed off the Miami
in order to spend some time at
home with his family.

Puerto Rico

Ruben Maldonado recently
signed on the Mayaguez as an AB.
Jose Cuhano is back in town after
a long trip on the Alcoa Runner
which is now laid-up in Mobile.
The Alcoa Runner is expected to
be fit-for-duty in a few weeks.

Savage Retires

Joseph W. Savage picked up his
first regular $150 monthly SIU
pension check recently at Norfolk
hall from SIU rep. Richard Avery.
Savage's last job before retiring
was with Curtis Bay Company.

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October 14, 1966 SEAFARERS LOG Page Five

The Gulf Coast
by Lindsey Williams, Vice-President, Gulf Area

The Organized Labor Movement of Greater New Orleans sponsored
a testimonial dinner to honor the Reverend Louis J. Twomey, S.J.,
Director of the Institute of Human Relations of Loyola University in
New Orleans October 1, 1966.

Lindsey J. Williams, SIU Vice-pres., acted as general chairman of
the testimonial committee. He
commended Father Twomey for
his many contributions in the
areas of social and economic prob­
lems and racial understanding.
Father Twomey has been a con­
sistent friend of labor. In 1954
he appeared before the Louisiana
legislature in opposition to that
state's right-to-work law. His In­
stitute of Human Relations has
been instrumental in bringing har­
mony to local labor-management
disagreements. In recognition of
these efforts, organized labor in
New Orleans honored Father
Twomey.

Among the distinguished guests
attending were the Honorable
Hale Boggs, (D-La.), the Mayor
and all city councilmen and most
judges of the local courts. The af­
fair was held at the SIU hall.

New Orleans
Two oldtimers seen around the

hall frequently are Ernest Ohls-
son and Fred Fredeiiksen. Ohls-
son went on SIU pension five
years ago. His last ship was the
Alcoa Pioneer where he shipped
as oiler. Frederiksen retired on
pension four years ago. His last
ship was the Seatrain Louisiana.
Both pensioners relax with old
friends in the hall, swapping tales
and cups of colfee.

B. C. (Deacon) Jones came into
register after returning from Oak­
land. The Deacon piled off the Los
Angeles out there after making
a few trips on her on the Oki­
nawa run. Jones was an AB on
the Los Angeles. Frank Chameco,
recently off the Del Aires, is on •
an extended vacation. Frank is
looking for another lover's run,
preferably to Rio de Janeiro
which he enjoys very milch. Wait­
ing for another Delta Liner is
Malcolm Thompson. Thompson,
just piled off the Del Sol and

wants to hit the South Atlantic
again.

Mobile
Last off the Alcoa Runner as

deck maintenance, Aaron F
Dickey is registered in group three

deck and watch
ing the board for
the right job
Dickey lives with
his family in Pen
sacola, Florida
He has sailed in
the deck depart
ment for over
fifteen years
Back from Viet

Nam off the Citadel Victory Os­
car E. (Don Q.) Ferguson is tak
ing it easy at his Richton, Miss
home. Ferguson looks forward to
his next trip, and thinks he'll be
ready to ship again in a week or
two.

Ernest L. Odom, a real SIU
oldtimer, has been sailing out o:
the port of Mobile since 1940. He

last sailed as deck
maintenance on
the Alcoa Ran
ger. Seafarer H.
B. Boyd who
makes his home
in Mississippi just
finished a long
trip as oiler on
the Claiborne.

Alton Q. (Jack)
Nail, recently got off the Alcoa
Ranger to get some medical care.

Houston
B. E. Lowe, who ships in the

steward dept., is in the Galves­
ton USPHS hospital recovering
from a broken hg. Lowe is anxi­
ous to get a god whiff of salty
air again. Deckman Jerry Blan is
looking for a feeder and a nice
long trip. He says he wouldn't
mind taking a Vietnam run.

Nail

Seafarer Greets Governor Hughes

US Slaps Lien on Creek Vessel
That Refused to Sail to Vietnam

A Greek freighter whose crew refused to sail last year with a cargo of military supplies bound for
Vietnam has been attached by United States marshals and tied up in Newport News, Virginia in an
attempt by the U.S. Government to recover the cost of loading, unloading and fueling the vessel.

The Greek-flag Milena P. was ^

New Jersey Governor Richard Hughes (left) is greeted by Seafarer
Louis Cirignano, who served on organizing committee of testimon­
ial dinner for Congressman Henry Helstoski (center). Helstoski, a
Democrat from New Jersey's 9th District who is seeking re-elec­
tion in November, has been a good friend of labor and of maritime.

attached when it put into port at
Newport News with a cargo of
pig iron from Canada. Last year
its Greek crew refused to honor
a contract to deliver a 400-ton
military shipment to Vietnam
loaded at Tacoma, Washington.

The Government has filed suit
in District Court in Newport
News to recover $65,962—the
cost of loading, unloading and
fueling the Milena P. at that time
and making arrangements for a
substitute carrier.

The Milena P. was just one of
many foreign-flag vessels whose
crews last year refused to carry
U.S. military supplies to Vietnam
when, because of its steady down­
grading of the importance of the
U.S. merchant marine, the Gov­
ernment sought out foreign-flag
vessels to carry U.S. military sup­
plies because the U.S. fleet had
been allowed to deteriorate to the
point where it could not meet the
nation's emergency defense needs.
The U.S. then started to pull ships
of its reserve fleet to meet its
defense needs.

Another favorite Government
myth which was shattered by
foreign seamen's refusals to sail
with U.S. military cargoes was
that American-owned runaway-
flag ships are still under effective

UN Units Propose
improved Shipboard
Niedftai Aid Plan

Seamen who become sick or
injured at sea will have a better
chance of receiving prompt and
proper medical treatment in the
future under a proposed medical
assistance plan called Coordinated
Scheme for Medical Assistance to
Ships at Sea.

The plan is the result of five
years of study by the International
Labor Organization and the World
Health Organization of the United
Nations. The proposal is now be­
ing placed before the world's sea­
going nations for approval.

Its planners hope the new
method will simplify and coordin­
ate the three existing forms of
medical aid at sea — the ship's
medical guide, medicine cabinet,
and methods of getting medical
advice by radio.

The newly devised medical
guide gives a basic knowledge of
the broad aspects of medicine, al­
lowing for effective first aid and
practical treatment over a long
period of time when necessary.
In addition, the contents of the
ships medicine cabinet have been
expanded and updated.

Of prime importance to the new
system however, is the revision of
the international code of signals.
The new code has 600 different
sentences, grouped for finger-tip
reference, in three sections—one
or the ship's master, one for the

replying doctor, and one for
phrases comon to both.

Most important, the message
will be transmitted by number in
this way overcoming language bar­
riers.

control and available to the U.S.
in time of need. It became ob­
vious that once a vessel is flying a
foreign flag and manned by a
crew of foreign nationals, there
is no way of maintaining effective
control over it.

Because of the lack of sufficient
U.S. tonnage to meet defense
needs and the inability to find
foreign-flag ships, the Govern­
ment was again forced to fall back
on the old. World War II tonnage

in the U.S. reserve fleet. Many of
these vessels have been reactivated
or are in the process of being re­
activated.

For the most part however, they
are old, slow vessels of relatively
small carrying capacity. In addi­
tion, the cost of reactivation is
high due to the age and de­
terioration of the machinery. And
we are now scraping the bottom
of the barrel of even these inade­
quate ships.

Legislators Rap U. S. Ship Policy;
Urge Massive Shipbuilding Program

"It can only be hoped that the
basic guidelines of the President's
Advisory Committee Report will
be adopted and implemented with
dispatch. It is already much later
than we think."

(Continued from Page 2)
al waterborne commerce has
never regained its pre-war status,
but instead is at the lowest ebb
in our history."
• "Only some 11 ships have

been recommended in the budget
for construction next year under
the Merchant Marine Act of
1936. I understand this may even
be reduced to nine and that the
actual figure has not even been
determined. Even Egypt has this
many ships under construction."
• "The active Russian fleet

as of June 30, 1965, was 1,261
ships totaling 8,628,000 dead­
weight tons compared to 954 pri­
vately owned ships of 14,665,000
deadweight tons. Russia had thus
already exceeded us last year in
active operating ships and will
exceed us in total deadweight tons
by 1968, if not much sooner."
• "We were (under the 1936

Merchant Marine Act) to have a
merchant fleet capable of serv­
ing as a naval and military aux­
iliary in time of war or national
emergency. Today we have- a
merchant fleet capability which is
taxed to the limit to carry on
even a relatively small conflict in
Vietnam. ... 161 U.S. flag ships
have been or are in process of
being broken out from the re­
serve fleet for operation under
General Agency contracts.

"As a result there are only 34
Victory ships remaining in the
reserve fleet, which are preserved
and operational, and they are re­
ported to be scheduled for re­
activation for Vietnam. The 184
remaining Libertys' which are pre­
served and operational, are prac­
tically useless for modern military
support."
• "We have been one of the

biggest contributors to (the) un­
savory (runaway-flag) condition.
Tax avoidance and sub-standard
wages have been so compelling
an attraction that we have reduced
our U.S.-flag fleet to a miserable
seventh position in the world in
the process."
• The Louisiana Senator add­

ed that it seems unbelievable that
such object proposals as contained
in the Interagency Maritime Task
Force Report could have been
promulgated in view of the de­
pressed state of the U.S. mer­
chant marine. He declared that
our worst enemies" could have

hoped for no greater degradation
of U.S. maritime strength, and
described the report as "truly a
Blueprint for Disaster."

House Committee
Bill Asks Voice
in MAR AD Allotments

(Continued from page 3)
II, however, such matters as the
transfer of the Administration of
the maritime functions to the De­
partment of Commerce, the denial
of the availability of the construc­
tion revolving fund, and other self-
imposed limitations have had the
practical effect of placing the op­
erations of the agency on a strictly
annual basis.

"In view of these developments,
it has become increasingly clear
to your committee that if it is to
exercise and maintain its legisla­
tive responsibility over our mari­
time policies and programs, we
must review such policies and pro­
grams annually and make specific
legislative authorization for the
use of appropriated funds for such
major items of expense as those
covered by this bill. Through such
annual review and authorization
your committee believes a genuine
service can be rendered to both
the Congress and the Maritime
Administration in the evaluating
and carrying out of the maritime
programs.

"Your committee has gone into
this matter thoroughly, having had
both informal meetings with of­
ficials of the Department of Com­
merce and Maritime Administra­
tion and public hearings to which
all interested parties were invited
to attend.

"While the Department of Com­
merce/Maritime Administration
felt the legislation might mean ex­
tra work and cause delay in the
enactment of appropriation legis­
lation, they presented no con­
vincing arguments in opposition to
this legislation. A report from the
Bureau of the Budget expressed
similar views.

"Our experience with annual
authorizations for the Coast Guard
within the past several years is
such that the arguments relative
to extra work and possible delays
are not significant.

"Labor and management wit­
nesses representing all segments
were in full accord with the objec­
tives of this legislation."



Page Six SEAFARERS LOG October 14, 1966

The Great Lakes
by

Al Tanner, Vice-President and Fred Farnen, Secretary-Treasurer,Great Lakes

Your Secretary-Treasurer has received official notification from the
elected candidates advising that they are accepting office as per Article
13, Section 10, of our constitution. Roy Boudreau, Assistant Secretary-
Treasurer; Stan Wares, Buffalo Port Agent; Donald Bensman, Duluth
Port Agent; Scottie Aubusson, Chicago Port Agent; Floyd Hanmer,
Frankfort Port Agent; and Fred ^
J. Farnen, Secretary-Treasurer,
having received the highest num­
ber of votes, have been declared
elected. In order to best serve our
membership, your Secretary-
Treasurer has asked the member-
mership to approve the following
recommendations:

Assistant Secretary-Treasurer,
Roy Boudreau, will remain in the
port of Buffalo to carry out the
functions of the Port Agent's job,
in addition to his other duties.
Stan Wares, elected agent for the
port of Buffalo, will remain in
Cleveland and the Cleveland hall
will be kept open in order to bet­
ter service our membership in that
area. Donald Bensman, elected
agent for the port of Duluth, will
continue to work here in head­
quarters and the Toledo area.

On Thursday, September 20,
1966, we attended a dinner spon­
sored by the Political Action Com­
mittee of the Buffalo Port Coun­
cil, Maritime Trades Department

AFL-CIO. Over 500 unionists at-
.tended, including SIU President
Paul Hall, ILA President Teddy
Gleason, Anthony Scotto, Presi­
dent Local 1814, ILA and many
other representatives of maritime
labor. Hall rapped the present
administration and Defense Sec­
retary McNamara for mishandling
the shipbuilding program in the
United States.

Our protest to the ICC over
the grain schedules proposed by
eastern railroads on grain and
feed from the midwest to the east
was successful as the new sched­
ules were suspended entirely by
the Interstate Commerce Commis­
sion. The Interstate Commerce
Commission appeals board re­
versed an earlier action okaying
some of the rates. The railroads
must now hold the tariffs in abey­
ance during the statutory seven
month investigation. Had the new
tariff been allowed, many ships in
the grain trade would have been
forced to lay-up.

What are the roughest waters
you have sailed? (Asked at the
New Orleans Hall.)

Ramon Rogue: Sailing in the
North Atlantic any time between

[September and
December is
rough. That's
about the rough­
est waters that 1
have seen. 1 have

I never been sea­
sick in my twenty
odd years at sea,
but one trip on

the North Atlantic brought me
pretty close. It was so rough that
all we could eat was sandwiches.

Otis Harris: One trip I took on
the North Atlantic, my first trip,

was during a cold
January. We ran
into a storm and
1 fell and frac­
tured my back.
On top of that 1
was plenty sea­
sick. I was so sick
that 1 could hard­
ly keep anything

down. There was no sleeping dur­
ing that storm either. The con­
tinuous tossing and yawing kept
you slipping and sliding in your
bunk. Even tying yourself in
didn't help.

Alexander Martin: 1 think that
the Straits of Magellan are the

roughest waters
in the world. Not
only is it rough,
but the whole
place is strange to
boot. The sun
goes down about
10 p.m. and
comes up at 2
a.m. And all over

the place you see hundreds and
hundreds of albatross. You know
that that's bad luck for seamen.

Bobble Spears: Looking back 1
think that the worst seas that 1

can remember
were on the North
Atlantic, especial­
ly during the win­
ter months of De­
cember, January
and February.
The thing that

' really bothers me
is dodging ice­

bergs in the fog. In the North
Atlantic the icebergs haven't had
time to melt and they are really
whoppers.

Bertram Eckert: 1 was on the
Olga when she broke down in a

storm on the
North Atlantic
and that was the
worst experience
that 1 have ever
had with rough
seas. It was some­
time in the win­
ter, around No­
vember or De­

cember and the seas were very
high. Hardly anybody was eating
and everyone looked a little pale
around the gills. A good sailor
may not get seasick, but the North
Atlantic will bring you awful close
when she's going good.

—
Thomas J. Hllburn: Without a

doubt the North Atlantic wins
hands down. 1
don't think that
there is a rougher
stretch of water
any place in the
world. I think that
nine out of ten
seamen would
agree on that. 1

r remember one
time on a crossing to Northern
Europe that the seas became so
rough that it was necessary to tie
yourself in your bunk.

DIsfrict;.

From Sept. 23 to Oct. 6, 1966

DECK DEPARTMENT
TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED

All Groups All Groups All Groups
Port Class A Class B Class A Class B Class C Class A Class B
Boston 9 1 0 0 3 31 3
New York 65 31 75 21 19 307 96
Philadelphia 11 8 0 0 2 37 17
Baltimore 25 15 28 11 1 155 35
Norfolk 7 9 9 3 2 20 13
Jacksonville 7 6 0 1 0 16 5
Tampa 1 3 0 1 0 10 6
Mobile 27 14 17 7 4 81 27
New Orleans 51 21 34 16 12 163 70
Houston 47 25 36 22 8 134 54
Wilmington 23 5 10 3 12 20 1
San Francisco 40 19 26 8 30 63 1
Seattle 42 24 21 15 31 29 1
Totals 355 170 256 108 124 1,070 329

ENGINE DEPARTMENT
TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED

All Groups
REGISTERED on BEACH

Port Class A Class B Class A Class B Class C Class A Class B
Boston 4 2 0 0 5 12 2
New York 53 43 40 32 34 173 79
Philadelphia 6 1 1 0 1 19 7
Baltimore 26 20 24 10 2 79 36
Norfolk 9 9 6 6 3 27 13
Jacksonville 0 4 0 1 0 1 3
Tampa 2 1 0 1 0 11 2
Mobile 20 18 11 15 5 45 13
New Orleans 42 30 19 19 9 98 54
Houston 41 35 31 17 9 155 65
Wilmington 8 14 4 10 19 15 1
San Francisco 37 19 25 13 18 33 0
Seattle 18 8 17 8 19 13 1
Totals 266 204 178 132 124 681 276

STEWARD DEPARTMENT
TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED REGISTERED on BEACH

All Groups All Groups All Groups
Port Class A Class B Class A Class B Class C Class A Class B
Boston 3 1 0 0 2 9 3
New York 42 12 46 9 28 152 38
Philadelphia 4 2 3 1 0 21 14
Baltimore 26 15 11 8 5 91 26
Norfolk 6 8 2 3 2 17 32
Jacksonville 2 3 1 0 2 6 6
Tampa 1 . 3 0 0 0 12 5
Mobile 11 • 3 16 2 6 48 10
New Orleans 31 18 22 11 8 120 72
Houston 19 13 24 12 13 62 36
Wilmington 12 4 4 1 16 10 1
San Francisco 23 11 24 9 45 30 2
Seattle 16 3 16 2 27 13 1
Totals 196 96 159 58 147 591 246

T
Congressman Asks Business Support of Fleet

Strong U.S. Merchant Fleet Caiied
Best Cure for Nation's Gold Drain

Utilization of the American merchant marine is the best means to halt the gold drain on the
nation's economy Representative William S. Mailliard (R.-Calif.), a ranking Republican member of
the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries stated recently in a speech delivered before
the National Association of
Manufacturers.

The failure of the American
businessman to control the rout­
ing of his own goods was a major
factor in the chronic dollar deficit,
he said and urged the American
business community to follow the
lead of foreign businessmen who
use their own national shipping
over American vessels. A "trans­
portation tourniquet" was needed
to arrest this persistent outflow of
dollars. That tourniquet, he as­
serted is the American flag mer­
chant marine.

He told the businessmen that
"whenever you ship cargo on a
foreign-flag vessel about 73 cents
of every freight dollar goes out­
side the United States. If, on the
other hand, you ship on Ameri­
can-flag vessels about 77 cents of
every freight dollar is retained in
the American economy."

He pointed out that less than
20 per cent of American busi­
nesses are in foreign trade and
that at least 80 per cent of these
firms ship their goods on an
F.O.B. (free-on-board) basis,
dropping control over , routing to
foreign buyers who normally fa­

vor using their own merchant
marine.

He urged that American busi­
nessmen sell their goods abroad
by quoting total costs to their
customers — which would allow
control over how goods are ship­
ped. In this way they will be free
to use American-flag ships.

By 1985 American foreign-
trade is expected to grow to about
$60 billion a year. This, he said,
was an encouraging sign but dis­
turbing also when we consider
how "we have allowed ourselves
to become too heavily dependent

upon foreign-flag shipping to
transport this growing trade."

Twice in the past 15 years—
during the Korean and Viet­
namese conflicts — the Govern­
ment has had to rescue American
importers and exporters from sky­
rocketing shipping rates by re­
activating reserve fleet ships, he
said.

"But you cannot expect these
reserve fleet ships—^which were
built more than 20 years ago for
World War II—to be available
much longer to pull our chestnuts
out of the fire," he concluded.

$

SIU WELFARE, VACATION PLANS
JAugtt^

^ Number of I
Benefits

Hospitoi Benefits 5,072
l^eath Benefits 26
Disobliity Benefits ...... i920
Aloternity Benefits ......... 34
Dependent Benefits ,. .,....... 486
Opticdf Benefits • > • • 795
jQut-Pcitient Benefits . .. . 4,147
IVacfltion Benefits , 1,545

Amount
Paid
52,654.24
59,139.30

138,000.00
6,800.00

«8>401.39
11,893.35
32y103;25

640,351.83

ii0TAL; WU.FARE> VACATION
'"'.'fr't I



October 14, 1966 SEAFARERS LOG Page Seven

ILO Ottawa Conference
Adopts Manpower Program
OTTAWA, Ont.—The 8th Conference of American States Members

of the International Labor Organization at its closing session here unan­
imously adopted a program for worldwide utilization of human re­
sources known as the Ottawa Plan.

At the same time the delegates approved a proposed program for
Social Security reform urging the ILO to intensify its activities in this
area in the Americas and to coordinate the steps being taken by other
international organizations.

Representatives of 19 nations participated in the meeting, the first
held in Canada. United States' workers were represented by Rudy
Faupl, a member of the ILO Governing Body and an international
representative of the Machinists. His advisers were Director Bert Seid-
man of the AFL-CIO Department of Social Security and Morris Pala-
dino, assistant to the administrator of the American Institute for Free
Labor Development.

The human resources plan was approved in the form of two resolu­
tions. The first laid down general principles and suggested measures
for a long-term manpower planning and development program. The
second called for the launching of an urgent, practical program to apply

-these principles, with emphasis in Latin America and the Caribbean
nations and with the ILO acting as a coordinator.

Faupl in a speech maintained that only trade unions—"free of dom­
ination by employers and free of control by the state"—can exercise a
"meaningful and effective role in social and economic development."

He voiced sharp criticism of Cuba, where, he said, "the trade union's
job is to enslave workers in the speedup and define their obligations,
since they have no rights." Orestes Ibanez Isaac, external relations sec­
retary for the Cuban Sugar Workers Union, responded with such a
bitter personal attack on Faupl that some delegates pounded their desks
in protest and cried for order.

Canadian Labor Minister J. R. Nicholson, conference chairman,
ordered Ibanez to leave the subject but the Cuban continued in the
same vein until George P. Delaney, International labor relations adviser
in the State Department, angrily charged to Nicholson's table behind
the podium, and demanded that Ibanez's tirade be halted.

When Ibanez finally finished, Seidman denounced his "unbridled
personal attack" on Faupl and urged the delegates to ignore it. Other
delegates also defended Faupl.

A total of 151 delegates and technical advisers representing govern­
ments, workers and employers participated in the conference. Also
present were 90 observers from other ILO member states.

Delegates to the 63rd annual
convention of the Stereotypers &
Electrotypers union took a second
step toward merger with the Li­
thographers & Photoengravers
when they voted to send a merger
plan to referendum. The members
of the Stereotypers and Electro­
typers authorized their officers to
explore merger possibilities at last
year's convention. The merger
would unite all union platemakers
into a single organization of 64,-
000 members—the Graphic Arts
International Union.

A1 Bilik, president of the Cin­
cinnati AFL-CIO, has announced
that, effective October 21, he will
resign to become assistant to Pres­
ident Jerry Wurf, of the State,
County and Municipal Employees,
with headquarters in Washington,
D. C.

The Communications Workers
of America have reached an agree­
ment with the Ohio Bell Tele­
phone Co., for 17,000 CWA-rep-
resented employees. The contract,
which union spokesmen say, pro­
vides wage and fringe benefits
valued at more than 7 percent, is
retroactive to Sept. 11 and in­
cludes pay hikes of as much as
$11.50 per week for some em­
ployees.

—'
Workers at the T«&W Clothing

Co., Harriman, Tenn., recently
voted for the Amalgamated Cloth­
ing Workers of America, 357-228,
after a-seven-month union organ­
izing campaign. The election vicri
tory followed another successfiil
drive in ]|ussellville, Ala., where

the ACWA won a National Labor
Relations Board election, 182-94.
ACWA Vice President Charles
English said both campaigns were
"typical southern organizing cam­
paigns" complete with discharges
and terror tactics by management.

<1>
William H. Rohrberg, veteran

secretary-treasurer of the Painters
Union, died at Toronto General
Hospital on Sept. 18. He had been
attending a session of the union's
executive board when he was
stricken with a heart attack. Rohr­
berg, a union imember since
1922, served as business agent of
Local 460 at Hammond, Ind., for
14 years. A former president of
the Lake County Building Trades
Council and former president of
the union's Indiana State Confer­
ence, he joined the international
union staff in 194.1, and was first
elected secretary-treasurer in
1952. Rohrberg, who was 64, is
survived by his wife, Helen, two
daughters and two sons.

The Sheet Metal Workers have
defeated an attempted raid by
Teamsters at the Carnes Corp's.
Wisconsin plant. Earlier this year
the Sheet Metal Workers signed a
labor agreement with the Carnes
management which recognized the
AFL-CIO union as the legitimate
bargaining agent for Carnes' em­
ployees after a check of union au­
thorization cards. The Teamsters
objected to the results and a spe­
cial election was held under NLRB
auspices to find out which union
file employees preferred. The
Sheet Metal Workers won by a
209-105 vote.

J "YooVe It!"

, 'Mi''

The Road Ahead
The SIU observed it's 28th birthday this

month and the intervening years have
brought gains in the areas of wages and sea­
men's welfare that were unthought of when
the Union was first founded.

The Union has won tremendous gains in
wages and welfare benefits over the years.
This is not just something that occurred as
a stroke of good fortune. It is the result of a
unified effort by Seafarers tvho supported
their union on the picketline, at the contract
table, and on the legislative front.

There is however, still much to be done.
The path that the SIU will take in the years

to follow, as it has in the years that have
past, is a result of it's members dedication
to the principles of trade unionism.

U.S. Leads In'Ship Scrapping
Lloyd's Register of Shipping, the statisti­

cal bible of the maritime world, has released
a report confirming a hard, cold truth con­
cerning the decaying state of the American
merchant marine.

Bloc obsolescence—^the rapid deteriora­
tion of huge numbers of merchant ships at
once—is critically affecting America's stand­
by and commercial fleet. War-built ships
constructed in bloc units on an emergency
basis during World War II are now wearing
out at the same time.

Twenty years of indifference has placed
the American-flag fleet on the danger list.
Each year the nation's fleet drops another
notch below other major world maritime
powers. Recently we have begun to slip
alarmingly and the drain on both the com­
mercial and reserve fleet is beginning to in­
crease due to the Viet Nam conflict and the
scrapping of ancient ships at an unprece­
dented rate.

The union can only be as good as it's
members want it to be and the progress of the
SIU through the years is an indicator of the
dedication and devotion of it's members.

Contrasted with the seaman of 30 or 40
years ago. Seafarers now enjoy a decent wage
to provide for themselves and their families.
Complete health and welfare protection is
provided for the Seafarer and his dependents.
Vacation pay, pensions, a scholarship pro­
gram, are but a few of the many benefits
that unionism has brought to the Seafarer.
And they enjoy the maximum in job security.

The Union's accomplishment can be meas­
ured by it's membership participation in it's
activities. Because, in the final analysis, the
Union is the membership.

The number of ships that the United States
was forced to scrap last year was the highest
of any mercantile power and much more than
the number scrapped last year. In 1964 the
nation scrapped some 131 ships of 856,427
gross tons. Last year nearly a million tons
of merchant shipping was sent to the smelt­
ers because they were too old and worn.

The Lloyd's report also points out that
Liberia, a favorite runaway haven for Amer­
ican shipowners trying to avoid U. S. safety
and manning regulations, is the country
which lost the most vessels of any maritime
nation due to accidents.

If nothing else the report points to a des­
perate need for a swift revival of the nation's
commercial and reserve fleets. We need ships
to insure our economic well-being and
strengthen our defense capabilities. The
Lloyd's report provides an accurate picture
of the debilitated state of the U. S. merchant
marine.



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Party in White House Loses Seats
In Congress in Off-Year Elections

p. „ Elected Gains/Losses President & Party
Tr Reps. D.n.. R.,s. I- Wf.e H.us.

JQ3 +9 —14 F. D. Roosevelt (D)
jg9 —71 +80 F. D. Roosevelt (D)
70Q —45 +47 F. D. Roosevelt (D)
246 —55 +56 H. S. Truman (D)
J99 —29 +28 H. S. Truman (D)
203 +19 —18 D. D. Eisenhower (R)
J 54 +49 —47 D. D. Eisenhower (R)
J 76 — 4 +1 J- F. Kennedy

"Only off-year election this century when party in control of White House actually gamed seats m
Congress. Proves the tradition can be reversed.

""•'Slight loss of House seats by Democrats occurred for unique reasons. In winning narrow victory
for Presidency in 1960, Democrats at same time lost 21 seats in the House.

1934
1938
1942
1946
1950
1954
1958

**1962

322
362
222
188
234
232
283
258

The chart above tells the story in a nutshell:
The party in control of the White House usually
loses congressional seats in a non-presidential
election year.

doom chances of passage of progressive laws
like those enacted in the past two years—medi­
care, social security increases, aid to education,

««n vPflp poverty, job-creating pro-
* grams, pollution control and others.

Over the past 60 years, the average loss has yes, off-year losses are a tradition. But tra-
>en 37 seats in the U.S. House, five in the reversed in 1966—as it was in
>nate. 1934—if you, your friends and family members

register and vote and support liberal COPE-
backed candidates.

been
Senate. ^ienate.

Losses this high in 1966—or any sharp loss
of liberal legislators—would kill progress and

• The prime achievement of the Mh Congress

hospital and medicaid.";

happier, more productive future

TreaVitSS' "V' .""''®'' has al-
as one of mol "axon's history
terms of progressive "

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political defeats in AmenV ^ h- disastrous
set the staw for l e™^- tmwjttingly
trict after IPL ySo'S
co^rvative tocmbettts for eottSSeft?""' '

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atBroIlcallshowed 67npmo 4^ ^ he Sen- ,
Democrats h^^ Gov^ Republicans,
publicans. chairs against 17 Re- -

servativeopp<wi^o^^?ch^haH^f"®,f lug-jam of con- "
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progressive legislation. The s Jh ® "
sponsible for the nassaoif t • 1 was re- .
efitting all the AmeriLn programs ben- -i
youni the ^
farmers,

started btiHrelSfJ^tSSd heen i |
tant programs a^Jm othe^por- J
coming off-year eWUnr. • P^"umg stage. The up- I
these proSs-to^i° to the future of +
being planned. ^ ^ begun and to those

ity leSSs^i'SiL^ cS'iibLf^^^^

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with their S r^ori
apathy cm the oart nf m ' uRo reflects instead
policii. huftattTt!. tmmmm IS """d T"""
and vote. If this hannpT/if- ^et out
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featedy- much of the leSLtfv '^^'^'^tors are de-
already begun will be unrti t *hey have 4
servatives and further imtSmm '"^^tning con-
ttoo won', Rave a chat.cc'^p"'^"®'®™ -

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October 14> 1966 SEAFARERS LOG Page Nine

-I- - Vw:;r
' '

The liberal 89+h Congress did. not forget the
American farmer, who benefited from legislation
to provide direct payments in subsidy programs and
loans to small farmers under the Poverty Program.

The Voting Rights Bill, passed by the 89th Congress because of the strong support for this long-overdue
legislation displayed by the liberal freshman Congressmen, helps assure American minorities in every area of
the nation of their right to register and vote. By exercising their ballot they can help shape the future
of the U.S.—in which they can play a productive role by exercising the rights and duties of full citizenship.

This Is where it all began, with President Johnson's State of the Union message in January, 1965, delivered
to the most liberal Congress in years because of the election of more than SO liberal freshmen in the land­
slide Johnson victory of 1964. The President urged the legislators to act on a long list of urgent national
needs, and the 89th Congress responded by writing a record of progressive achievement unmatched in history.

The problems of the cities, such as urban renewal,
rapid transit, air and water pollution, etc., were
attacked both through legislation and the new Cab­
inet-level Dept. of Housing and Urban Development.

J Medicare

For older Americans, who were virtually ignored
by previous Congresses, the finest achievement of the
89th Session was passage of Medicare, a program of
hospital care for all persons over 65. Under this pro­
gram an elderly American in need of hospital care,
but usually unable to afford the skyrocketing costs of
hospitalization, is entitled to 90 days hospitalization;
ICQ days post-hospital care; 100 post-hospital home
visits by a nurse, therapist or health aid; 190 days of
psychiatric care; and various outpatient diagnostic
services.

Under the optional Plan "B" of Medicare, the el­
derly, for a fee of $3 per month, can receive payment
of physicians' or surgeons' fees in hospitals, home, or
office; 100 home health visits a year; diagnostic X-ray
and laboratory tests, plus X-ray, radium and other
types of therapy; ambulance services; sprgical dress­
ings and devices such as iron lungs and oxygen tents.

In addition the 89th Congress took note of the
disastrous effects which a steadily climbing cost of
living was having on the nation's elderly—^who live
for the most part on very small, fixed incomes. Social
security benefits were boosted and the earnings limit
was raised for those oldsters still able to work part

^ time to aid their own support. Finally, pension pro­
visions were liberalized for widows, the disabled and
dependents of retirees.

Aid to £ducati(m
For the young, the 89th Congress provided the first

major program of federal aid to education. Aid to
the nation's grammar and high school programs help
guarantee the best possible' schooling for American
youngsters. Through such legislation as the National
Defense Education Act, federal scholarships and low-
cost loans have opened the doors of College education
to any American boy or girl who can qualify scho-
lastically, regardless of ability to pay. Furthermore,
to help raise the scholastic level of children from poor
or disadvantaged families so they too can someday
reap the benefits of a college education, special educa­
tion programs have been instituted to give poor chil­
dren a head start toward adequate schooling. In addi­
tion, a Neighborhood Teachers Corps has been
formed for special work in low-income areas.

In the entire field of education, the 89th Congress
has taken the lead in providing the best possible edu­
cational opportunities for all Americans.

War on Poverty
For those Americans who remain outside the na­

tion's general prosperity, trapped in the vicious circle
of poverty-ignorance-poverty, the 89th Congress
placed its full legislative support behind the Admin­
istration's War on Poverty. Programs were passed to
aid the poor on many levels, such as job training for
the young through the Youth Corps and job retrain­
ing for adults to enable them to upgrade their skills
and utilize their potential to the fullest. The improved
minimum wage legislation recently signed by the
President is designed to raise the wages of many low
paid American workers.

Many of the programs enacted by the 89th Con­
gress serve in more than one area of national need,
however. Federal aid to education for instance, will
help many future Americans achieve the education
and skills necessary to lift themselves from the pov­
erty level to play a full, productive role in American
society.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965, with yet to be
passed improvements, will help to serve the same end
by assuring American minorities the right to register
and vote. ' • '

UrbaiTProblems
In addition, the 89th Congress has turned its at­

tention to solving the many special problems of cities.
With more and more Americans moving to urban
centers each year, the problems the cities must face
have grown to vast proportions—^yet almost every
past Congress remained basically rural-oriented. The
89th recognized this growing problem and supported
a new cabinet-level Department of Housing and Ur­
ban Development to help the cities solve some of their
most pressing needs—such as rapid transit, additional
community facilities and increasing air and water
pollution.

While turning long-needed attention to the growing
problems of the cities, the 89th Congress did not
forget the nation's farm.erii!. A shift toward direct pay­
ments in subsidy programs proposed by the 89th is
designed to give a better deal, in today's complex
economy, to the men whose toil in the fields has made
the United States the best-fed nation in the world and
has even produced surplusses to aid needy and under­
fed in other countries.

It is because of this brilliant, progressive voting
record compiled by the 89th Congress, that the up-

t coming off-year elections ts^e on added meaning for

the American people. Much good work has been
started but not yet completed. Legislation to repeal
anti-labor Section 14B of the Taft-Hartley Act, for in­
stance, was passed by the House but blocked in the
Senate. The fight for repeal must and will continue.
Slrongci legislation in the area of civil rights is still
badly needed and it will take a liberal Congress to
enact it.

Most of the freshmen liberal-Congressmen who
made the 89th Congress what it was, were elected
from previously conservative districts by close mar­
gins— I won by 55 percent or less of the total vote in
1964. The right wihg conservatives "have already be-
gim a concerted, well-financed campaign to regain
these seats and win a majority in Congress or win
back enough seats so that liberal legislation will not
have a chance of passage.

The defeat of only a relatively few of the fresh­
man liberals by right wing conservatives would be
enough to achieve this goal. A few examples of how
close the voting was in the 89th Congress on major
legislation is illuminating.
• A move to hatchet the Medicare bill was re­

jected by the House 239-191 on April 8, 1965. But a
switch of only 23 votes would have sent the bill back
to committee and ruined it. The stand taken by the
freshman liberals saved the Medicare bill.
• The 14B repeal bill passed the House 221-203

on July 28, 1965. A switch of only 10 votes would
have meant defeat of this labor-backed proposal in
the House.
• A motion to recommit the poverty bill was re­

jected by the House 227-178 on July 22, 1965. A
switch of 25 votes would have buried the bill in
committee.

There are many more examples. In most cases a
switch of less than 30 votes in the House would have
been enough to prevent passage of progressive legis­
lation.

However, unless, the American voters rally-round
the freshman liberal Congressmen this November,
those important votes may be lacking in the next Con­
gress and progress will again take a back seat to the
retrenching of the conservatives. Statistics for the
past 60 years show that in off-year Congressional
elections the party in power loses an average of 37
seats in the House and five in the Senate. It is up to
the American voter to make sure that this does not
happen this year.



Page Ten SEAFARERS LOG October 14, 1966

HIt+ing the deck during
membership forum was
Seafarer Bernard Fimovicz,
who ships in deck dept.

Nick Leickas, who ships
in the deck department,
asked about purpose of
union's COPE activity.

William Morris, deck, was
active in daily member­
ship forums and hit deck
on a variety of areas.

Of, by and for
THE MEMBERSHIP

\

Coverage under SlU Wel­
fare plan was the subject
of a question asked by
deckman Larry Schroeder.

The Seafarers Membership Forum is once
again being conducted at headquarters and at
other SIU ports. The Forum, which was tem­
porarily suspended to enable the Union to
adjust to the heavy draiands of the Vietnam
sealift, is held five days a wedc and covers
topics that include the Union constitution, con­
tract provisions, union welhu-e benefits, trade
union history, the union's fight on flie legisla-

tive front to strengthen the U.S. mothant ma­
rine and other items of topical intereit. Mem­
bership Forum bulletins vrill he mailed from
headquarters to all SIU vessels. The bulletins
will contain suggested topics of discussion for
shipboard meetings geared to the interest of
Seafarers as union members and citizens. Sea­
farers are urged to participate in the forums
at the union hall and aboard ship. George Farago, who ships

in the deck department,
asked for inforrnation on
the Union Pension Plan,

Daily meetings held at headquarters were attended by
many Seafarers waiting for job call. Topics discussed
included SIU welfare benefits and Union constitution.

Seafarers' Membership Forum was held in Union ship­
ping hall due to steady flow of jobs posted on shipping
board to meet increasing demands of the Vietnam sealift.

Coverage under SIU Wel­
fare Plan was the topic
of the question discussed
by Seafarer G. Meltzer.

SIU rep. George McCartney answers question on seaman's
use of USPHS facilities put to him by Seafarer Joe Shefuleski,
who joined the SIU in 1947 and ships in deck department.

Seafarer Everett "Tony" Delande
who ships in the engine depart­
ment, asked about COPE activity.

Seafarer Santiago Rosario (right) took the mike to ask about
interpretation of section of the SIU Tankship Agreement. SIU
rep. Dick Hall stood by to offer assistance on contract question.



October 14, 1966 SEAFARERS LOG Pmge Qeven

Congrat^m
On Anniversary
To The Editors

It has been brought to my at­
tention that October marks the
Twenty-Eighth Anniversary of
the Seafarers International Un­
ion, which was founded in 1938
at an organizational meeting in
Houston, Texas, with representa­
tives from the Atlantic and Gulf
regions attending,

I am also informed that the
first SIU Headquarters was es­
tablished in New Orleans and
later moved to its present Head­
quarters in New York City. I
desire to extend my congratula­
tions to you and the SIU for
your dedication to men of the
sea and wish you continued
success.

I hope that the SIU will, for
many years, remain one of the
major shipping unions of this
nation.

With personal regards and
best wishes, I am

Walter B. Hamlin
Associate Justice

Loui^iia Supreme Court
New Orleans

LETTERS
i To The Editor

Steef King Ctew
liiti Top'Notch Job
To The Editor;

I wanted to say a few words
about the Seafarers on the Steel
King,;':,;

This is a good ship, on a good
luri, with a very good crew. The
Steward department is topped by
W. H. "Red" Simmons and do-
ihg a good job all the way. Tlie
Engine room crew is also tops.
The Deck deparfinent crew is
pne of the best on any ship. They
are always ready to lend a hand
at all times. Top-side is OK all
the way. The ship has been on
the East Coast, Gulf and Ha­
waiian run.

P* T. vT)as^
Ship's delegate

ow Safety Rules
Hailed By Seafarer
ToTheEditori

The SIU has made a major
step forward in safety at sea With
the new safety rules to protect
seamen from the dangers of
toxic fumes. ,

Aa a ^iea^
these fumes can dO^ int the way
Of lung damage; skin burna and
damage to the eye& I know that
all Seafarers who sail on Sea-
Land ships in the future will
have the that
safety precautions have been tak-
en. I hope all companies that
ship containers will follow the
exiample of SeaT^ set up

Paid Johnson

rges Seafarers To
GetOutfheydte
To The Editon

With the elections coming up
this fall, I hope all Seafarers and
their families realize the impor­
tance of voting.
; .It is up to us to make sure
that friends of labor and the
maritime industry —

^ Ih s|(hl of the 1964 debacle, the
right-wing reactionaries are still
posing a threat and hope to un­
seat liberals. We in the labor
movement must make certain to
do our part to keep those people
in Washington who are voicing
their support for legislation es­
sential not only to a strong mari­
time industry but to the nation
as a whole.

Pat O'Hani

4^
Has Praise For
USPHS Physician
To The Editon

I have been disabled since
1957, and was discharged as an
out patient from USPHS Hos­
pital in San Francisco in 1959.

I would like to express my
praise and thanks to my former
USPHS doctor. Dr. Robert C.
Golvin, Newburgh, Indiana. He
has pulled me through some ra­
ther serious times. My new doc­
tor is Dr. Victor Johnson who
has recently taken the USPHS
out-patient respoasibility.

J. H. Berger
; Evansville, lad.

See 'Packaging'
Bill Weakened
To The Editor:

i was sorry to see the way
the new "truth-in-packaging" bill
has been handled, pretty on the
outside but vastly reduced in
effectivenes on the inside.

Representative elected to serve
the people, did not have" our in­
terests at heart when they ac­
cepted the comprimise which was
arrived at in the^ Senate. Cbh-^
sumers, who have frequently
been used as marketplace dupes,
need the protection which a
strong bill \vould have offered.

I think all Seafarers and their
families should write their Con­
gressmen and let them know
•they are unhappy with this com­
primise of the interests of all
consumers.

Leroy Benton

Log Feature
Brings Praise
To The Editor:

The article "Nowhere To Go,
But Union," published in the
Seafarers Log of September 2,
1966 is one of the most striking
and illuminating one I have
ever read about the American
farm worker.

If the executive board gives
me permission I would like to "
translate it into Spanish and .
have it delivered to our own •
farm workers. I gm a lawyer
practicing labor law here in
Puerto Rico.

Jesiis Hernandez Sanchez

Widow Expresses
Gratitude To SIU
To The Editor:

'i:si

1 am writing to tell you of
my sincere appreciation and
gratitude for all you have done
for me and my late husband,
Captain Benjamin Baum.

I shall never forget the kind­
ness and thoughtfulness that
your wonderful union has ex­
tended to us. Thank god for
a Union such as yours. May
God bless, and keep you all.
Thanking you once again. !'

Meeting Chairman Seymour Heinfling of the Beaver Victory (Bulk Transport), reports that Lionel
Antoine has been elected new ship's delegate. Heinfling reports that each Seafarer has been requested
to donate 500 to the ship's fund. Crewmembers have been asked to make sure they get their clothes
off the lines as soon as they are ^ ~~~
dry. Meeting Secretary Eugene
Ray writes that except for a beef
about launch service in Manila,
everything is going along smooth­
ly. Ray suggested to fellow Sea­

farers that the wa­
ter-fountain in the
crew's messroom
be moved to the
passageway. Ray
said the crew has
ordered a dozen
fans and the ship's
fund totals
$13.50. The ves­
sel, currently on

the Viet Nam run, will be paid off
in San Francisco.

Antoine

Stanley Freeman did such a fine
job as ship's delegate that the

crew of the Del
Aires (Delta)
asked him to stay
on. Meeting
Chairman D.
Worrell reported.
According to
Worrell, the ship
has $2.70 in the
ship's fund. A
new washing ma­

chine was put aboard in Houston.
A few minor beefs were settled
at a meeting with the patrolman
in New Orleans.

<1> ^
Dominic DiMaio, ship's dele-

Freeman

gate on the Del Mundo (Delta)
reports the ship
won the company
safety award last
trip and the crew
received $100 in
prize money.
Ship's treasurer
Michael Toth re­
ports that there is
a total of $29.87
remaining in the

ships fund. A vote of thanks was
extended to the Steward depart­
ment for their excellent menus
and service.

^

Toth

The recent voyage of the Lucile
Bloomfield to Viet Nam had a

special signifi­
cance to James
Messec, Sr. of the
Engine depart­
ment. His son,
James Messec, Jr.,
is a private in the
Army and station­
ed at Camp
Bravo, Viet Nam.
Seafarer Messec is

an 11-year SIU veteran and is

Messec

very proud of the role that his son
is playing in the nations defense.
Meeting Chairman Sam Drury re­
ports some disputed overtime but
no serious problems. Meeting Sec­
retary Roy Barker writes that one
seaman was taken ill in Manila,
another in Viet Nam.
J. Messec Sr. and J. Messec Jr.

<1>
Ship's Delegate Joseph Whalen

reports that the barbecue party
on the Del Mar
(Delta) was a
huge success.
Nothing like
good food and
drink to keep a
crew in good
spirits he reports.
Fellow crewmem­
bers gave Joe a
big hand for the

fine job he did organizing the
party, George Annis, meeting
chairman reports. A report was
read concerning the state of the
ship's fund. The movie fund to­
tals $344.51, the barbecue fund
$42.10 and the deck fund totals
$133. The engine fund shows $36
in the till and the Steward fund
reports a total of $75.

Whalen

Meeting Chairman James Smith
reports from the Producer (Mar­

ine Carriers) that
money from the
ship's fund was
returned to the
crew because of
dry-docking. The
recent trip was a
good one. Her­
bert Welch re­
ports. Weich
served as meeting

secretary and treasurer and he re­
ported $23 in the ship's fund. Jose
Torres, third cook, was hospital­
ized in Aden. The ship will be
paying off in Baltimore.

4/

Torres

Crewmembers on the Raymond
Reiss (Reiss) are busy fixing the

two television sets.
Meeting Chair­
man Carl Shircel
writes. Meeting
Secretary Gary
Loomis reports
that Walt Brecher
was elected Deck
delegate. Boh Ste­
wart, ship's treas­
urer, reports that

there is $8.50 in the ships treasury,
after expenditures for flowers and
phone calls. Seafarers requested a
copy of the new vacation plan

Reiss ' •
[ SEAFARERS LOG,
I 675 Fourth Ave.,
j. Brooklyn, N. Y; 11232

I 1 would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my
I name on your mailing list, fPnnt informofion)
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from Headquarters. The Steward
department asked that each Sea­
farer try and get to the galley
for dinner as soon as possible.
The trip is a good one with no
beefs.

Sam Pappas has taken on the
added duties of ship's treasurer

on board the Del
Rio (Delta). He
has been meeting
chairman during
the recent voy­
age. Sam's first
order of business
was to report a
total of $25.10 in
the treasury. Pete
Piascik, meeting

secretary, reports no beefs and
everything running smoothly.

— 'i/ —
Bill Kaiser, meeting secretary

Piascik

on the Del Norte (Delta) reports
the crew re­
ceived $20 from
Eli Zubatsky of
the Steward de­
partment for the
seventh arrival
pool. The movie
fund benefited by
$5 from the raf­
fle of Frank Plop-
pert's record

player. Meeting Chairman Rob­
ert Callahan reports a suggestion
from August Panepinto that buck­
ets and pots full of water should
be put in the fish box and meat
box for ice. It is the Steward
department's turn to furnish the
ship's delegate and Albert Estrada
was elected to handle the job.

^
A vote of thanks was extended

Ploppert

to the Steward department of the
Penn Exporter
(Penn) for the
fine job they did
in keeping the
crew happy.
Meeting Chair­
man R. O'Rourke

» reported. The
crew showed fine
seamanship,
Markris writes.

One man from the Deck depart­
ment was taken off the ship due
to injury, but otherwise it was a
very fine trip. The payoff was in
New Orleans.

Markris

Happy Birthday

A birthday party was held for
Salon Messman Harry Schorr
aboard the Cabins, recently. Al­
though Harry wouldn't tell his
age, Seafarers said it was a good
party anyway. Eyeing the cake
are Harry, William fcell, Frank
Fisher, and Curtis Veazie,

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. - I

Page Twelve SEAFARERS LOG October 14, 1966

SlU Lifeboat Class No. 161 Casts Off

Rhonda Fay Edwards, bom Au­
gust 19, 1966, to the David Ed­
wards, Mobile, Alabama.

Lawrence Nyberg, born August
8, 1966, to the Richard Nybergs,
Chicago, Illinois.

Dawn Marie Aguiar, bom Au­
gust 17, 1966, to the Alberto Ag-
uiars, Bronx, New York.

Gale Jeannette McGinn, born
January 17, 1966, to the Ronald
McGinns, Anaway, Michigan.

<1>
Laura Lea Hlgham, born Au­

gust 7, 1966, to the A. N. Hig-
hams, Houston, Texas.

Vemon Wade Willis, born June
27, 1966, to the Perley Willis,
Sulphur, Louisiana.

—\i>—
Tina Ann Folimar, born June

27, 1966, to the Donald Folimars,
Houston, Texas.

<1>
Reginald Jenkins, born June 25,

1966, to the Dan Jenkins, Harvey,
Louisiana.

<1>
Thomas M. Sawyer, born Sep­

tember 11, 1966, to the Norman
W. Sawyers, Kitty Hawk, North
Carolina.

——
Brian Christopher Larce, born

August 12, 1966, to the William
Larces, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Dorothy Wing, born August 13,
1966. to the Rodney Wings, Mon­
roe, Michigan.

<I>
Warrenetta Katherine Kratsas,

born September 2, 1966, to the
William Kratsas, Baltimore, Mary­
land.

Carlos Saavedra, bom Septem­
ber 5, .1966, to the Carlos L.
Saavedras, New Orleans, Louisi­
ana.

Kathleen Dixon, bom August
13, 1966, to the Francis Dixons,
Cleveland, Ohio.

Samuel Harris, born July 18,
1966, to the Morgan Harris,
Cleveland, Texas.

Ellison Lee Robinson, born
March 8, 1966, to the Ellison L.
Robinsons, Metairie, Louisiana.

^
Carol Trimble, born August 22,

1966, to the H. J. Trimbles,
Orange, Texas.

—^3>—
Jose Padilla, born July 7, 1966,

to the Rafael Padillas, Bay St.
Louis, Miss.

Larry Santa Ana, born Septem­
ber 9, 1966, to the Lauren Santa
Anas, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Bobby Dean Brown, born Au­
gust 21, 1966, to the B. L. Browns,
Crestview, Florida.

^1/
Keith Rogers, born August 1,

1966, to the Floyd Rogers, Laurel,
Deleware.

<1>
Conrad S. Chavez, born August

4, 1966, to the Vincent Chavezs,
Seattle, Washington.

——
Anna Helen Shock, born Sep­

tember 19, 1966, to the Herbert
Shocks, Jersey City, New Jersey.

Vemon Cox, born April 15,
1966, to the Charles L. Coxs,
Jacksonville, Florida.

Tracy Smith, born April 30,
1966, to the Hanable Smiths, Jr.,
Mobile, Alabama.

Faunce Miller, born July 22,
1966, to the Clyde E. Millers,
Houston, Texas.

<1>
Milton Henton, born September

19, 1966, to the Milton Hentons,
Chicasaw, Alabama.

Seafarer Goes Over Ship's Rail
In Attempt to Save Crewman's Life

An heroic but futile rescue attempt was executed by Seafarer Jean Cicconardi aboard the Fenn
Victory on August 21 when he jumped over the side of the vessel in an attempt to save a fellow
Seafarer who had fallen overboard.

The rescue effort was related ^

Successful graduates of SlU Lifeboat Class No. 161 assembled for
their picture after completing lifeboat training course at Harry
Lundeberg School of Seamanship. Latest batch of lifeboat ticket
holders includes (bottom row, -r): John Whiting, Russell Nixon,
Rossario Presto, and Thom Ramirez. Standing (l-r) are: James
Smith, James Tobin, Art Donnally, and instructor Ami Bjornsson.

Cicconardi

to the LOG by W. J. Meehan
ship's delegate aboard the Fenn
Victory. Meehan wrote to the
LOG from Manilla.

According to Meehan, the ship
was docked when
Seafarer James
Allen Jones, who
sails in the engine
department, acci­
dentally fell from

_ the gangplank o
the ship. Seafarer

_ Jean Cicconardi,
a FWT, was
standing nearby

when he saw Jones was in trouble.
Cicconardi immediately went over
the side and managed to reach
Jones., and with the aid of the
crew Cicconardi got Jones back
aboard the ship.

According to Meehan, Jones
was unconscious by the time he
was taken aboard and Seafarers
did all that they could to revive
him, using artificial respiration
and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
Unfortunately their efforts were in
vain.

The vessel was on it's way to
Viet Nam when the accident oc­
curred, Meehan reported.

Seafarer Cicconardi was born
in France and he joined the SIU
in the port of New York. He

Callahan

Seafarers' Letters
Aid In Rght For
Separate MARAD

Although many miles out at
sea, seafarers on the Del Norte
and the R/V Robert Conrad have
been doing their share to let

Congressmen
know how sea­
farers feel about
the importance of
an independent
maritime agency.

Meeting Chair­
man Robert Cal­
lahan reports
from the Del
Norte that cable­

grams were sent to Senators Long
(La.), Yarborough (Texas), Spark-
man (Ala.), and Eastland (Miss.),
urging them to support the crea­
tion of an independent federal
maritime agency. The cables
were paid for out of the ship's
fund, Callahan reported.

G. Gopac, who served as meet­
ing chairman on the R/V Robert
Conrad, reported several Seafarers
took time out to write their let­
ters to Congressmen urging them
to support the fight for an inde­
pendent maritime agency. "The
men are solidly behind the SIU's
fight to keep the maritime indus­
try out of the proposed Depart­
ment of Transportation," Gopac
reported, and Seafarers aboard
the Conrad "were determined to
do their share."

It is only through letters that
legislators can be made aware of
the issues which are most import­
ant to their constituents. Letters
act as a guide for Congressmen
and enable them to sample the
opinions and the feelings.of the
nations citizens on issues of vital
importance.

started to sail in his native France
and has been a seaman for 20
years.

Recently, crewmembers aboard
the Western Planet successfully
rescused a Norwegian searrian who
fell from his ship in the waters off
the South China Sea. Seafarers
manned the lifeboats and picked

him up. The Norwegian, whose
name was Helge Janassen, had
been in the water some five or six
hours.

Another successful rescue ef­
fort took place in the Bay of Kutch
when Seafarers on the Norina
helped a fellow Seafarer who fell
overboard from the Venore.

MONEY DUE
Checks are being held at SIU Headquarters, 675 Fourth Ave.,

Brooklyn, N.Y., for the Seafarers listed below for money due
them on the vessels shown. Men whose names are listed should
get in touch with Union headquarters as soon as possible.

Name Vessel For
Amos, L. Rambam Wages
Beamer, Earl H. Penn Carrier OT
Bertrand, G. Rambam Wages
Boone, James R. Natalie Wages
Bruce, T. Rambam Wages
Butler, John E. Alcoa Master Transportation
Cantu, R. Rambam Wages
Carlson, C. Rambam Wages
Carter, Bobby V. Alcoa Master Transportation
Chapeau, Joseph L. Kent Lodging
Childress, L. Rambam Wages
Coalson, Raymond L. Alcoa Master Transportation
Collins, Howard L. Bonanza Wages
Cummings, C. Rambam Wages
Diaz, A. Midlake Wages
Flynn, David J. • Alcoa Master Transportation
Faison, Edgar Lee Alcoa Master Transportation
Gauthier, Cyril Kent Lodging
Gleason, James
Gore, H.
Greeson, Clyde
Gromek, Henry T.
Hanson, Thomas E.
Jensen, Edward
Jones, Cyril HI
Jus Tian, D.
Kershaw, Donald
Laplant, Fred B.
Lewis, Andrew
Linkowski, Roman F.
McCay, E. M.
McLaren, David
Neal, W.
Patterson, Fred
Pruss, H.
Resmondo, Earl
Roma, Rudolph
Roshinson, William L.
Rose, J.
Ruiz, Carlos

\ Samawi, A.
Samhorski, Joseph
Satelli, Silvo D.
Saunders, J.
Scott, C.
Shattuck, D.
Smith, Calvin
Smith, J.
Smith, Robert
Staples, F.
Stevens, C.
Torres, Carlos
Valerie, Frank G.
Vallotton, R.
Walsh, J.
Weiss, Warren
World, W.
Zintz, C.

Seatrain New York
Midlake
Transwestern
Bonanza
Valiant Hope
Hercules Victory
Alcoa Master
Rambam
Valiant Hope
Alcoa Master
Sea Pioneer
Bonanza
Rambam
Transwestern
Rambam
Seatrain New York
Rambam
Seatrain New York
Alcoa Master
Bonanza
Rambam
Bonanza
Rambam
Alcoa Master
Saphire Sandy
Rambam
Rambam
Midlake
Transwestern
Rambam
Hercules Victory
Midlake
Rambam
Bonanza
Natalie
Rambam
Midlake
Niagara
Rambam
Rambam

Lodging
Wages
OT
Wages
Transportation
OT
Transportation
Wages
Transportation
Transportation
Lodging
Wages
Wages
OT
Wages
Lodging
Wages
Lodging
Transportation
Wages
Wages
Wages
Wages
Transportation
Wages
Wages
Wages
Wages
OT
Wages
OT
Wages
Wages
Wages
Wages
Wages
Wages
Lodging
Wages
Wages

1



October 14, 1966 SEAFARERS LOG Page Thirteen

FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Guif, Lakes and
Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safe^ardine; the membership's
money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every
three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. All
Union records are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn.

TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Guif, Lakes and Inland
Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust
fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds
shall equally consist of union and management representatives and their alternates.
All expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval
by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the
headquarters of the various trust funds.

SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping righte and seniority are protected exclusively
by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping
rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all Union halls. If you
feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in
the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals
Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is:

Bkirl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board
17 Battery Place, Suite 1930, New York 4, N. Y.

Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by
writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board.

CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available in all SIU halls. These
contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live /"'"a
ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT
on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman
or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights prop­
erly, contact the nearest SIU port agent.

EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG has traditionally refrained
from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in t^
Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deemed
harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has bren
reaffirmed by membership action at the September, 1960, meetings jn all constitu­
tional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy is ves^ in an ^itorial board which
consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Hhtecutive B(»rd may delegate,
from amonr iU ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility.

Schedule of
Membership Meetings

SIU-AGLIWD

New York .. Nov.
Philadelphia Nov.
Baltimore . . . Nov.
Detroit Nov.
Houston .... Nov.
New Orleans.Nov.
Mobile Nov.
Wilmington .Nov.
San Francisco

Nov.
Seattle Nov.

Meetings

7—2:30 p.m.
8—2:30 p.m.
9—2:30 p.m.

11—2:30 p.m.
14—2:30 p.m.
15—2:30 p.m.
16—2:30 p.m.
21—2 p.m.

23—2
25—2

p.m.
p.m.

Great Lakes SIU Meetings

Detroit Nov. 7—2 p.m.
Alpena Nov. 7—7 p.m.
Buffalo Nov. 7—7 p.m.
Chicago Nov. 7—7 p.m.
Cleveland Nov. 7—7 p.m.
Duluth Nov. 7—7 p.m.
Frankfort Nov. 7—7 p.m.

Great Lakes Tug and
Dredge Region

Detroit ..... Nov. 14—7:30 p.m.
Milwaukee . . Nov. 14—7:30 p.m.
Chicago . .. .Nov. 15—7:30 p.m.
tSault Ste. Marie

Nov. 17—7:30 p.m.
Buffalo Nov. 16—7-30 p.m.
Duluth Nov. 18—7:30 p.m.
Cleveland . . . Nov. 18—7:30 p.m.
Toledo Nov. 18—7:30 p.m.

SIU Inland Boatmen's Union

Philadelphia . . . Nov. 8—5 p.m.
Baltimore fficensed and

unlicens^) . .Nov. 9—5p.m.
Norfolk Nov. 10—5 p.m.
Houston Nov. 14—5 p.m.
New Orleans .. .Nov. 15—5 p.m.
Mobile Nov. 16—5 p.m.

Railway Marine Region

Jersey City
Nov. 14—10 a.m. & 8 p.m.

Philadelphia
Nov. 15—10 a.m. & 8 p.m.

Baltimore
Nov. f6—10 a.m. & 8 p.m.

•Norfolk
Nov. 17—10 a.m. & 8 p.m.

United Industrial Workers

New York Nov. 7—7 p.m.
Philadelphia . . . Nov. 8—7 p.m.
Baltimore Nov. 9—7 p.m.
^Houston Nov. 14—7 p.m.
New Orleans .. . Nov. 15—7 p.m.
Mobile Nov. 16—7 p.m.

t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Sault
Ste. Marie, Mich.

• Meeting held at Labor Temple, New­
port News.

» Meeting held at Galveston wharves.

DIRECTORYof
UNION HAliDS
y _

PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official
capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no
circumatances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given
such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made
without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is
given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make
such payment, this should immediately be rejiorted to headquarters.

CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publish^ eve^ six
months in the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitution. In addition,
copies are available in all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this
constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any
member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or ^li­
gation by any methods such as dealing with charges, tnals, ete., as well as all other
details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters.

RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension bene­
fits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, including attend­
ance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU inembere at these Union meet­
ings, they are encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file functions, in­
cluding service on rank-and-file committees, ^cause these oldtimers cannot
shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirined the long-stonding Union p^-
icy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues.

EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in ^ployment and
as members of the SIU. These righto are clearly set forth in the felU constitution
and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employ^ C^ns^
quently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against bemuse of rac^ creed, color,
national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights
to which he is entitled, he should notify headquarters.

SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the tesic righto of
Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve
fhe rsrintei^tsTtS^m'^elves, their families and their Union. To achieve these
objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation WM establish^. Donations to
SPAD are entirely voluntary and constitute the funds through which legislative and
political activities are conducted for the benefit of the membership and the Union.

If at any time a Seafarer feels that any of the above rights have been violated,
or that he has been denied hU constltntlonal right of access to Union records or in­
formation, he should immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall at headquarters by
eortified mail, return receipt requested.

DEL NORTE (Delta) September 26—
I Chairman Robert Callahan; Secretary,
fBiir Kaiser. Ship's delegate reported that.
S6no beefs of any Importance have been
ijii brought to him. He thanked crew^
is: members- for their cooperation. No dis-

puted OT reported. $229.08 in ship's
15 fund and $420.35 in movie fund. Crew-
g members were requested not to use the
i'laundry after 8 P.M. or before 8 A.M,

Also, not to forget to turn off washing
i; machines when finished. Discussion and.
S complaints about the food.

ipENN BXPORTiER (Penn), September
27—Chairman, R. O'Rourke; Secretary,

: Z. A. Markris. Ship's delegate extended
5; a vote of thanks to the crew for a job
js'well done. Some disputed OT in engine
i department, otherwise every tiding is run-
s ning smoothly. Motion made for better
vigtade; of bacon and canned fruits. Ship:
Sto be fumigated. Vole of thanks to the

steward department.

DEL MAR (Delta), September 18---
Chairman, Joseph V. Whaien; Jr.; Sec­
retary, Norman Wiliiam D. Boie. Ship's

; delegate reported that everything is run­
ning smoothly. Brother Joseph McBaren
was elected to serve as ship's delegate.

SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes
& Inland Waters

Inland Boatmen's Union
United Industrial Workers

PRESIDENT
Paul Hall

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
Gal Tanner

VICE PRESIDENTS
Earl Shepard Lindsey Williams
Al Tanner Robert Matthews

SECRETARY-TREASURER
Al Kerr

HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave., Bklyn.
HY 9-6600

ALPENA, Mich 127 River St.
EL 4-3616

BALTIMORE, MD 1216 E. Baltimore St.
EA 7-4900

BOSTON, Mass 177 State St.
Rl 2-0140

BUFFALO, N.Y 735 Washington St.
TL 3-9259

CHICAGO, III. 93B3 Ewing Ave.
SA 1-0733

CLEVELAND, Ohio 1420 W. 25th St.
MA 1-5450

DETROIT, Mich. .. 10225 W. Jefferson Ave.
VI 3-4741

DULUTH. Minn 312 W. 2nd St.
RA 2-4110

FRANKFORT, Mich P.O. Box 287
415 Main St.

EL 7-2441
HOUSTON, Tex 5804 Canal St.

WA 8-3207
JACKSONVILLE, Fla 2608 Pearl St.

EL 3-0987
JERSEY CITY, N.J 99 Montgomery St.

HE 3-0104
MOBILE, Ala I South Lawrence St.

HE 2-1754
NEW ORLEANS, La 630 Jackson Ave.

Tel. 529-7546
NORFOLK, Va 115 3rd St.

Tel. 622-1892
PHILADELPHIA. Pa 2604 5 . 4th St.

DE 6-3818
PORT ARTHUR, Tex 1348 Seventh St.
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. 350 Freemont St.

DO 2-440!
-SANTURCE, P.R. ...1313 Fernandez Juncos

Stop 20
Tel. 723-8594

SEATTLE, Wash 2505 First Avenue
MA 3-4334

ST. LOUIS, Mo 805 Del Mar
CE-l-1434

TAMPA. Fla ...312 Harrison St.
Tel. 229-2788

WILMINGTON, CaliV...505 N. Marine Ave.
TE 4-2523

CHOCTAW (Waterman) May 29 —
Chairman J. Arshon; Secretary None.
Some disputed OT in deck and engine,
departments. Motion made to have ship
fumigated before sign-on. Meeting to be
held with boarding patrolman.

CHOCTAW (Waterman) September 25
—Chairman D. Backrak; Secretary J.
O'Dea. Motion made . tliat ships on
foreign runs should be paid on day for

: day basis as do coastwise runs. One
^crewmember missed ship in San Diego.

If. S. GYPSUM (American Steamship),
September 17—Chairman, Thorn Brown ;

i Secretary, H. McCarty. Ladders leading
to top bunks installed. No action taken

\ oh matter of fan in control room, and
i drains in deckhand's head and porter's
iihead. Which do not work. a ;

-KY8KA (Waterman), September 28—
K Chairman, D. T. Dent; Secretary, N.
I Bvanv No beefs reported by department

delegates.

DIGEST
of SIU
SHIP

MEETINGS
i : PORTMAR (Calmar), September 17—
Chairman. J. Werselowick; Secretary,
W, Barth; Brother W. Barth ,waa elected
to hcrve as ship's delegate. Men requested
to be properly dressed when in mMshall.

AMERICAN PRIDE (American Sea-
slanes), September 18—-Chairman, Claude
I Pickle: Secretary. B. Gv Williams. No

beefs , reported. Everything is running
8mo>)thly. , V ,

PRODUCER (Marine Carriers), Sep-
;\tcmber 26 — Chairman, dames Smith:
iSeoretary, Herbert Weich. Ship's delegate
I thanked crewmerribers for their coopera-
ition. $23.00 in ship's fund. Some dis­
puted OT in steward department. ;

. STEEL ARCHITECT (Isthmian), Sep-
jtembor 11 — Chairman, Walter Suska;
I Secretary, Jon A. Maslow. $110.00 in

ship's fund. Brother jTamCs Santiago was
elected to serve as i Sbtp's delegate. No:
beefs were reported by department dele^

-/DEL V ALBA'TDrito-J
imen, M. T.-: Morris:•-Secretary, "Z.vY::.
|Ching. Motion made - for 20 year break,-
lout: for,: retirement.,, Vote :,of thantefteX-'i-
ltehded th the Ste-iward department To^a-;
|job well done. No beefs reported.

OCEAN ULLA" (Maritime Overseas),
^Septembdr :Chain»an, ,S.' Foti.: :SeC7 :
' |retary.' Frank Kustura, No beefs repurtfid •

Iby dopartiiiant delegates. Brother D. •?».
ft,Ravoaa ' was .elected-,^to: serve. as«":,8htRfe:;
••4da]Bgate;:,:Ship's' delegate., th :seo..the,. Cap5.::

Itain about draw In; Pshama., Deck 5.del.::i

partroant crewmembers to write to head­
quarters about working on bridge.

NORTHWESTERN" VICTORY (Victory
Carriers), August 28 — Chairman. F. E.
Evans: Secretary. H. L. Skyles. Ships
delegate reported that everything is
running smoothly, $26.00 in ship's fund.
Crew request new ice machine for ship,
and a poop deck to be installed on the
stern of the ship.

CUBA VICTORY (Alcoa). September
16 — Chairman, Thomas Self: Secretary,
John Polkinghorn. Crewmembers wish
to know exact details iiertaining to trans­
portation for men hired In Manila, P. I.
who are legal residents of Manila. All
crewmembers are putting in for overtime
for restriction to ship in Danang, Re­
public of Vietnam. Coast Guard to he
contacted regarding confirmation of
articles.

OTTO M. REISS (Reiss), September 7
—Chairman. Howard DePant: Secretary,
John T. O'Brien. Motion made to have
Port Agent come aboard ship in Buffalo
to conduct a union meeting concerning
work that is done in fantail. It was
Agreed that work done in fantail while
on the-run was. hazardous. It was sug­
gested that a safety committee be formed.

MADAKET (Waterman), September
^4 — Cbairmaiie Victor Braiiell;
retary. Claienee V. Dyer. $8.00 in ship's
fund. Disputed OT in deck and engine
departments.

DEL AIRES (Delta), September IT
Chairman, T. B. Rowell; Secretary, Dex­
ter Worrell. Vote of thanks extended to
the ship's delegate. $4.80 in ship's fund
from last trip. $2.10 in fund at present
the teat was used for telephone calls.
No beefs reported by department dele-
'gates,^ 5 ' '

BEAVER VICTORY (Bulk Transport),
August 21 — Chairman. Seymour Hein-
fling; Secretary, Eugene Bay. No be^s
reported by department delegates. Motion
made that Union officials open negotia­
tions for pension at any age with 20
years serv "ce. Brother Lionel Antoine
was electcxk to serve as ship's delegate.
Each man asked to donate 60 cents to
ship's fund.

DEL RIO (Delta), September 25 —
Chairman. Sam Pappaa: Secretary, Pete
Piasclk. $26.10 in ship's fund. Motion
made to check up the increase in slop
chest prices. Matter of ship being fumi­
gated to be taken up with Ixmrding
patrolman. Discussion held on night
lunch items, and also the fresh and
canned milk situation. Everything else
seems to be satisfactory.

OCEANIC SPRAY (Trans-World Ma­
rine), August 29—Chairman. Marion D.
Green: Secretary, Lawrence A. Banks.
Two men missed ship in Mobile. One man
taken off ship in Panama Canal due to
Ulnesa. Discussion about soldiers work­
ing on deck and below. Ship's delegate
took this matter up With the Chief Engi-
neer.

DEL MAR (Delta), September 7-—
Chairman. George Annis; Secretary. Vic
Romolo. No beefs reported by department
delegates. Vote of thanks extended to
Brother J. V. Whalen, Jr. for the harbe-
Qu« party which was a success.

ALCOA MARKETER (Alcoa), Septem­
ber 80—Oiairman, James M. Masters;
Secretary. L. Blauton. No beefs reported
by department delegates. Ship sailed
short one messtmn. General discussion
held. Vote of thanks to the steward de­
partment for a job well done.

CONNECTICUT (Connecticut Trhns^
port), October 1—Chairman, A. W. Mo­
rales : Secretary, A. W. Morales. Brother
Thomas Cox was elected to serve as ship's
delegate. Ship is short 1 FWT and I 3rd
cook. Good trip so fax. No beefs and lots
of OT. .

.'i, RAYMOND REISS (Eeiss), September
J4—Chairman Carl F. Shircel; Secre­
tary, Gary D. Loomis. $8.50 in ahip's
fund. Request confirmation from head­
quarters regarding new vacation i)lBn.^Kd

McKEE SONS (Amersand Steamship).
September : 27—Chairman, D. Conquer-
good : Secretary, Reg Preston. $3.86 in
ship's fund. Crew made three requests
for new clucirie hoist ftir forward board­
ing ladders but nothing lias been done
about it. Slight patrolman cotne aboard

;rahd:act:01i:thigi:'-

UNFAIR
TO LABOR

DO NOT BUY
Seafarers and their families are

urged to support a consumer boy­
cott by trade unionists against
various companies whose products
are produced under non-union
conditions, or which are "unfair
to labor." (This listing carries the
name of the AFL-CIO unions in­
volved, and will be amended from
time to time.)

H. I. Siegel
"HIS" brand men's clothes

(Amalgamated Clothing Workers)

Sears, Roebuck Company
Retail stores & products

(Retail Clerks)

Stitzel-Weller Distilleries
"Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk"
"Cabin Stiff," W. L. Weiier

Bourbon whiskeys
(Distillery Workers)

4^/

Kingsport Press
"World Book," "Chlidcraft"

(Printing Pressmen)
(Typographers, Bookbinders)

(Machinists, Stereotypers)

Jamestown Sterling Corp.
(United Furniture Workers)

Empire State Bedding Co.
"Seaiy Mattresses"
(Textile Workers)

White Furniture Co.
(United Furniture Workers of

America)

Genesco Shoe Mfg. Co.
Work Shoes . . .

Sentry, Cedar Chest,
Statier

Men's Shoes . . .
Jarman, Johnson &
Murphy, Crestworth,

(Boot and Shoe Workers' Union)

Di Giorgio Fruit Corp.
S and W Fine Foods

Treesweet
(National Farm Workers

Association)

Baltimore Luggage Co.
Lady Baltimore, Amelia Farhart

Starlite luggage
Starflite luggage

(International Leather Goods,
Plastics and Novelty Workers

Union)



Page Fourteen SEAFARERS LOG October 14, 1966

FINAL DEFAJRTURES
Clarence Dalre, 70: Seafarer

Daire died in the USPHS Hos­
pital on Staten Is­
land, May 10, aft­
er an illness. He
was born in the
British West In­
dies and had re­
sided in New
York City for
many years. He
joined the SIU in

Philadelphia and sailed as a cook.
Daire is survived by his son, Clif­
ford of Brooklyn. Burial was in
Brooklyn.

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William Odom, 68: An intesti­

nal failure proved fatal to Brother
Odom, July 5, in
Houston, Texas.
Born in Texas he
joined the union
in Houston, where
he made his home
with his wife,
Clara. He sailed
as an oiler, FWT
and pumpman.
Odom was a na­

val veteran. Burial was in Forest
Park-Lawndale, Houston.

Ramon Oliveras, 51: Brother
Oliveras died December 14,

1965, after an ill­
ness. He was
born in Puerto
Rico, where he
made his home.
Oliveras joined
the union in the
port of New
York. A member
of the Engine de­

partment, his last vessel was the
Puerto Rico. Surviving is his wife,
Francisca. The Seafarer was
buried in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.

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Eino Anttlla, 46: Seafarer Ant-

tila died May 9, in St. Joseph
Hospital, Duluth,
Minn., following
an illness. He was
a cook and had
also sailed as OS.
Born in White
Mine, Mich., Ant-
tila joined the Un­
ion in the port of

I. Duluth. The Sea­
farer is survived by his wife,
Helen, of Duluth. Burial was in
Bethany Cemetery, Duluth.

— vl> —
Edvrard Edginton, 56: A heart

ailment claimed the life of Sea-
; farer Edginton,
i July 19, in West
Jefferson Hos­
pital, New Or-

f leans. A Chief
5 Electrician, he

joined the union
in the port of
New York. Ed­
ginton was born

Puerto Rico,
troit, Pouliot
mother, Mrs.

in New Jersey and resided in
Yonkers, N. Y. The Seafarer was
in the Marines from 1927 to 1931.
Surviving is his wife, Angela.

Jose Rodriguez, 61: Brother
Rodriguez died in New York City

August 21. He
was born in Ecua­
dor and sailed in
the Steward de­
partment on SIU-
ships for 25 years.
He joined the
union in the port
of New York and
made his home in

Staten Island. He last sailed on
the De Soto as chief cook. Rod­
riguez was as SIU pensioner at
the time of death. Surviving is his
wife, Angelina. Burial was in St.
Peters Cemetery, Staten Island,
N. Y.

Roland Poullot, 41: Seafarer
Pouliot died, September 1, in

Newark City Hos­
pital after suffer­
ing accidental
burns. He was
born in Detroit
and joined the un­
ion in New York.
He sailed as an
FWT and last
shipped on the

A resident of De­
is survived by his
Bernadette Pouliot

of Detroit. He was a veteran of
the U. S. Navy.

^
Clifford Cummings, 63: A pul­

monary ailment proved fatal to
Brother Cum­
mings, July 29, in
New Orleans, La.
A member of the
Steward depart­
ment, he shipped
as a cook. He
was born in Flor­
ida and made his
residence in Al­

giers, La. Cummings joined the
SIU in the port of Houston. His
last ship was the Tuscaloosa. He
is survived by his grand-daughter,
Mrs. Sherry Tullier of Algiers, La.
Burial was in Westlawn Memorial
Park, Jefferson Parrish, La.

^
Oscar Theisen, 55: Seafarer

Theisen died of a liver ailment on
April 9 at the
U. S. Public
Health Service
Hospital. He sail-'
ed in the Deck
department. Born
in Iowa, he joined
the SIU in the
port of Mobile
where he made

his home. Theisen served in the
Navy for three years. Surviving
is his brother, Alfred Theisen.

Seafarer Recalls Bncoanter At Sea
With Intrepid Sailor, Capt Willis

On a morning in the early part of September, the 11 foot-craft piloted by 72-year old William
Willis was spotted by the lookout aboard the SlU-manned Sapphire Gladys. Captain Willis was
soon to gain world-wide attention for his solo attempt to cross the Atlantic and the crew aboard
the Sapphire Gladys played an ^
important role in assuring that
Willis was still around to tell
his story.

In describing the incident. Sea­
farer William Owens told the LOG
that, "I just left the wheel about
10:15 a.m. after my turn as watch.
I was having coffee when the third
mate picked him up on the field
glasses. He was about four or
five miles away and looked like so
much flotsam. The Sapphire
Gladys had to swing around to
starboard and make a complete
turn. It took us a little off course,"
Owens explained.

"At first, we thought he was a
fisherman, although there were
few around in that area. He was
waving, trying to attract our atten­
tion. The bosum. Jack Gervais,
two day men and myself put on
life jackets and were ready to
launch the lifeboat. We didn't
launch the boat, however. We
threw him a line and brought him
alongside the ship."

"The Captain told Willis the
Sapphire Gladys would take him
to England", Owens related, "but
Capt. Willis said he didn't want
to leave his craft. He told us he
thought he was suffering from a
strangulated hernia and would
need an operation."

Owens, who sails as an AB,
said that Willis told the crew he in­
tended to "write a book on his
trip across the Pacific" and he
assured Seafarers aboard the
Gladys that he intends to make
the very same trip again when
he's healthy.

"He said he had a radio, but it
broke", Owens related and then he
gave us a little note to relay to
his wife".

Money Diie
Texas City Refining, Inc., is

holding checks for unclaimed
wages for the following men
who are to contact the company
direct at P. O. Box 1271, Texas
City, Texas, giving their Social
Security number, "Z" number
and instructions regarding pay­
ment.

Allen, William S.
Bailey, Elmer E.
Boggan, Sigmiere E.
Conry, William R.
Funk, John E.
Galloway, Avery B.
Gorman, Edward G.
Mackey, Donald E.
River, Jose A.
Winberg, Robert W.
Wright, Theodore H.

Gervais asked the old sailor
what he was trying to prove,
Owens recalled. "I can't recall his
exact reply, but in essence, he
stated that he wanted to prove
there was still life in old seamen.

Capt. Willis related that he had
been trying to stay in one location
•SO he could be spotted. "He said
he saw a few ships in the distance,
but they couldn't see him."

Owens reported that the Ste­
ward department of the Sapphire
Gladys broke out some cases of
milk and a sack of fruit and
lemons for Willis, but he evident­
ly had a good supply of water as
he turned down our offer to give
him some. Owens said.

"Capt. Willis little craft Tvas
about 11 feet by six, with a little
space cut out in the stern. The
rest was covered with canvass.
When the weather got bad or he
wanted to get some rest, he would
crawl under the canvas", Owen
observed. "He had a mast for a
sail, but the sail was not up when
the Gladys spotted him."

"After making sure he was al­
right, our radio operator sent a
teletype to the Coast Guard",
Owens said. Capt. Willis was pick­
ed up by the Coast Guard about
5 or 6 p.m., some seven or eight
hours after the time the Sapphire
Gladys spotted him.

Just to make sure he wouldn't
forget his rescuers. Captain Willis
took pictures of the ship as it
pulled away. "He had this camera
and he took a picture of the
stern and side of the ship," Owens
said. --

The Sapphire Galdys was 850
miles out of New york on it's way
to Rotterdam and Bremerhaven,
when it encountered the intrepid
adventurer. Owens, a Virginian,
ships mostly out of New York.
"He certainly had guts", Owen
said. "I wouldn't try a thing like
that myself."

If Captain Willis was an old
sight to the Seafarers, the crew
was a vision of loveliness to the
Captain, who was beginning to
lose hope or rescue. "It was a mag­
nificent moment when I saw the
ship", he stated later. "By luck,
the Sapphire Gladys came straight
out of the mists, right at me, and
still passed by. I'd been waiting
for weeks and I knew that I was
really cooked, then she swung
around.

Captain Willis was flown to
New York from New Foundland
where he was hospitalized briefly.
But those who know him, includ­
ing Seafarers on the Sapphire
Gladys, know it's just a matter of
time before the amazing sailor
is off on another adventure.

Tax Refund Held
Income tax refund checks are

being held for the SIU members
listed below by Jack Lynch,
Room 201, SUP Building, 450
Harrison St., San Francisco, Cali­
fornia, 94105:

Margarito Borja, Alii Nasroen
(two refund checks), Pascual S.
Sim, Charles E. Switzer and P. A.
Thompson.

Terral Anderson
Laundry you left on Steel

Worker is at Isthmian office. Con­
tact Ray Kearns or Murray Korn-
zweig, 26 Broadway, Room 709,
New York City.

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Robert ScottI

Please contact your attorney's.
Bracken and Walsh, 786 Broad
St., Newark, N. J., as soon as
possible.

John H. Maxwell
Please contact your attorney,

Rawle & Henderson, Packard
Building, Fifteenth and Ches«;nut
Sts., Philadelphia, Pa., as soon as
you can.

John Penns
Please contact Sullivan & Sulli­

van, Attorneys at Law, 2 Wood-
side Ave., Northport, N. Y., in
regard to your grandmother's will.

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Friends of Eladio Grajales

Seafarer Grajales, who resides
in New Orleans, is visiting in the
New York Hall and hopes his
SIU buddies will drop by and
say hello.

Richard Royce Conlin
Please contact Headquarters.

They are holding your ring.



TBTr "iT"" '

October 14, 1966 SEAFARERS LOG l»age Fifteen

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SANTOS

SANTOS, one of Brazil's leading industrial cities
is also the world's largest coffee exporting

center. The city, founded in 1552 was the first
colony to be established by the Portuguese along
this coast.

A good place to visit in Santos is the Monte-
serrat, a tall hill in the center of town. The trip
up is a cool one by funicular car. Once at the
top there is a restaurant-bar and a chapel dating
back to 1603.

Shopping is good in Santos because most mer­
chandise, aside from mechanical and electrical
products is inexpensive. The dollar can go a long
way.

The Gonzaga, a circular square that resembles
a small Picadilly Circus, is one of the entertain­
ment centers of the city. At the Gonzaga you can
find most of Santos' bigger hotels, resturants,
decent bars and movies houses. The food is very
good and far less expensive than stateside restau­
rants. The best movies are all air-conditioned and
charge about 35 cents admission.

Santos has a fine botanical garden in the vicinity
of the Gonzaga called the Orchidario. It features
many rare plants and affords the visitor an un-
forgetable view of the coast and city from the
hill called Morro Santa Terezinha. The Orchidario
can be reached by bus.

The seashore and newer part of the city is
found in the southern quarter of Santos. Huts
along the seashore marks "Cabanas" are used
for changing into bathing suits and can be rented
for a few pennies.

The Del Mar is one of the many SlU-manned
Delta Lines vessels making runs to this interesting
city. One of the Delta Lines ships the Del Santos
is named after the port of Santos. Other Delta
ships making stops here are the Del Sud, Del
Norte and Del Campo.

The Del Mar, one of the many SiU-contracted
cargo ships regularly making runs from the Gulf
ports to Santos, the coffee center of the world.

41 > . ' M&dbll.
Freighters in Santos Harbor waiting to berth at one of the crowded quays along a busy stretch of water­
front. The city was named after the Hospital Todos Santos established by Santos' founder Braz Cubas.
This section of the city is where Seafarers can get bargains in alligator goods, wood carvings and gems.

A busy street in Santos showing a large
number of foreign cars and a series of
up-to-date, high-rise apartment houses.

A quaint, old white fort of a bygone era nestles serenely
at the foot of a pleasant, rolling hill and commands a fine
view. The old fort now houses the Military Club of Santos.

The modernity of the Santos skyline contrasts vividly with the classical Latin American architecture
of many private residences in the City. Santos, like many Latin American cities tastefully blends the
traditions of the old world with the dynamic needs of a highly complex, completely cosmopolitan city.



Vol. XXVlii
NO. 21 SEAFARERSIfrLOG

UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO

|J : ;: Enioying lunch in the City of Almtf messroorh,
I ̂ . chief steward Frank Fraone (left) discusses

steward department matters with SlU Gulf
' I ̂District chief food consultant Don Collins.

SlU food consultant Don Collins looks over After lunch, pantryman Robt. : Third cook John Fanoli was
new "Radarange" with chief cook Harry Col- E. Marsh feeds coffee cups cooking vegetables in ships
lier (right). Newly installed range can cook into automatic dishwasher riew pressure cooker but held,
a steak to order , in less than two minutes. installed in crew's pantry;:, .pff Jong enough for p

Seafarer Arthur Gordon (left), AB, is ready
to collect his pay after signing off the ship's
articles. Seated are the Waterman paymaster
O'Neiil andl the City of Alma's Captain Kelly, ̂

Third assistant engineer John Taylof seems Standing on deck with the Greater New Orfeans Missis- )
Impressed at the en|pyment displayed by SlU sippi River Bridge in background are City of Alma crew-^^^^^:?^
patrolman. Tom Gould while eating an after-

sippi River Bridge in background are City of Airha crew^
members Phillip Brooks, fireman; Donald" Mewspn, oiler; • ^ ^ - -ya IIIWMIU.I, wr^wsun, OIIBr, J

dinner pear in the City of ,A!ma s msssrop^ ̂ ^ engineer John Roos. f

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