1 32 14 http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/da4039dd9589ba46cd45be2ce7c48c94.PDF ec7c4294100d7d28e9988e9431a1aae4 PDF Text Text ?SG»ieWeiR»y.ffi«55T-/B SEAFARB»SA«)C OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION . ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT . AFL-CIO v. - • ' ^in VETERAN TRADE UNIONIST HONORED. Charles S. Zim­ merman, ILGWU Vice President, and SlU Harry Lundeberg School's new ship named after him in tribute to his efforts as trade unionist and humanitarian. Story Page 7 �Page Two 'RunawayShips'Called Tax Dodgers; MTD Demands Limit to Exemption WASHINGTON—The AFLCIO Maritime Trades Depart­ ment has asked Congress to plug a major tax loophole exploited by "runaway" shipowners to de­ prive the United States of large amounts of tax revenues and at the same time injure the U.S. merchant ma^e. O. William Moody Jr., Ad­ ministrator of the Department which represents nearly seven million union members in the maritime and related fields, made the request in testimony presented to the House Ways and Means Committee, Moody assailed the tax ex­ emption allowed to runaway ship operators, U.S. corpora­ tions which organize foreign subsidiaries—chiefly in Liberia and Panama—to engage in in­ ternational trade involving the United States. The practice has become a matter of "great con­ cern" to the AFL-CIO maritime group. Moody said, "because of the detrimental impact it has had upon the national economy, the maritime industry and the workers who must depend upon it for a livelihood. "The operation of foreign flag ships to carry cargoes from a foreign subsidiary of a U.S. corporation to the U.S. parent company has become a maior tax avoidance problem," Moody told the House Committee. He cited the following advantages enjoyed by runaway flag vessels and their owners: • "The earnings of the run­ away flag ships are wholly ex­ empt from taxation in the U.S. and, in fact, are excluded in computing the gross income of the foreign corporation. • "The runaway avoids pay­ ment of wages to American sea­ men at the high U.S. scale and dodges U.S. safety and other maritime regulations, along with taxes. • "The runaway is enabled to use the money he has made at the expense of the American taxpayer and American wage earner to build ships abroad where wages are substandard. Then he operates more ships un­ der foreign flags while we watch our own merchant fleet evapo­ rate," Moody asked the Committee members to take note that at the present time major U.S. oil companies alone operate 314 tankers under foreign flags and 63 other runaway ships cur­ rently operate in the bulk ore trade with the U.S. steel, alumi­ num and gypsum industries owning most of them. "These runaways," Moody testified, "not only represent a net tax loss to the U.S.; they then turn around and act as modem-day 'commerce raiders' by undercutting the Americanflag fleet in the carriage of U.S. export-import trade. "At the end of 1968," the union maritime official empha­ sized, "foreign-flag vessels were carrying some 93 percent of our exports and imports. Many of the foreigners were Americanowned runaway vessels." MFOW's Ymcent J. Malone Dies In San Francisco at 62 SAN FHANaSCO — Vin­ cent J. Malone, past president of the SIUNA-aflWiated Marine Firemen's Union—from 1938 through 1956—died February Vincent J. Malone 26 at his home in San Francisco of an apparent heart attack. He was 62. Malone joined the MFOW in 1934 while he was shipping in the engine department. Prior to his election as president, he had served the union as secre­ tary. Malone was president of the Marine Firemen's Union at April, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG the time MFOW became aflfiliated with SIUNA in 1953. At the time of his death, Malone was representative of the SIUNA and SlU-Pacific District. Malone played an active role in helping to organize the Mili­ tary Sea Transport Union. He also conducted upgrading classes at the MSTU haU, helping many wipers to qualify as fireman, oiler and watertender. Funeral services were held at the Apostleship of the Sea. In­ terment was at Holy Cross Cemetery. Pallbearers were MFOW President Harry Jorgensen; Wil­ liam W. Jordan, past president; H. Disley, C. A. Peterson, Jack Hutton and Duke Wellington. Honorary pallbearers were SIU Representative John Hawk; Morris Weisberger, SUP; Ed Turner, MC&S; Joe Leal, MSTU; George Issel, IWU; and J'^hn Lewis an MFOW pen­ sioner. Malone is suivived by a son. Merle, and a daughter, Con­ stance Starr, of Redondo Beach, California. For practical reasons Moody did not propose outright repeal of the exemption. However, he told the Congressmen: "There is no reason why the exemption could not be limited so as not to exempt the earn­ ings of ships or aircraft under foreign registry which are di­ rectly or indirectly owned by U.S. citizens or U.S. corpora­ tions. This would eliminate the runaway flag and limit the ex­ emption strictly to foxeignowned ships and aircraft." The Union hos boon Invoivod in a foch> finding study on pension pions. During the regular monthly membership meetings to be held in ail ports In May, a full and contprehensive presentation will be made on the sub|M of propoiOd AGLiWD pension plans. In order to foster a complete under­ standing of the merit of each of the pro­ posed plans, forthcoming issues of the Seafarers LOG will contain full details of each plan. This is to be done as a prelude to the membership voting on the matter. Six More Seafarers Earn Licenses; Upgraded Engineers Now Total 318 Six more Seafarers have qual­ nette's last ship was the Portified for their engineer's licenses mar. James Smith was born in after successfully completing Michigan and resides there in training at the School of Marine Lincoln Park with his mother. Engineering sponsored jointly by the SIU and District 2, In addition to serving in the MEBA. The latest graduates engine department, he has also bring to 318 the total number sailed on deck as AB. Brother of men who have passed Coast Smith joined the Union in 1961 Guard licensing examinations in Miami. His last ship was the after taking the comprehensive Geneva. John Shaffer has been sailing course of study offered by the school. The new graduates in­ as a member of the engine de­ clude Steven West, upgraded to partment since 1942, the same chief engineer; Thomas Stin- year he joined the SIU in the nette, second engineer; James V. Port of New York. Bom in Philadelphia, he now lives with his wife, Qarice, in Beverly, New Jersey. Brother Shaffer, newly-licensed as temporary 3rd assistant engineer, last sailed on the Potomac. Harry Payne has been sailing for eight years, and joined the SIU at the Port of Baltimore in West 1960. Following completion of the course and passing the Coast Smith, upgraded to third assist­ Guard exam, he is now rated ant; Harry Payne, third assist­ temporary 3rd assistant engiant; Bland Lewis, temporary third, and John Shaffer, tem­ porary third. Steven West is a native of Poland who now lives with his wife, Masae, in Osaka, Japan. After more than 20 years of sea time aboard Polish-registry ships, he joined the SIU in the Lewis Port of New York in 1964. His last ship before entering the en­ gineering school was the San neer. A native of Baltimore, he lives there with his mother, Georgia. Mrs. Wilhelmina Payne. Brother Thomas Stinnette was bom in Payne's last ship was the Penn Carrier. Bland Lewis holds a license as temporary 3rd assistant engi­ neer. Bom in Jacksonville, Flor­ ida, he now resides there with his wife, Wilma. Brother Lewis has served as a member of the Marine Corps Reserve. He joined the Union in Jacksonville Smidi Shaffer in 1967. Brother Lewis' last Virginia and now makes his vessel was the Newark. home with his wife, Grace, in All engineer department Sea­ Baltimore. He began his sailing farers are eligible for any of the career in 1948 and joined the upgrading programs at the Un­ SIU in the Port'of New York ion-sponsored School of Marine that same year. Brother Stin- Engineering providing they are at least 19 years of age and have a minimum of 18 months of Q.M.E.D. watchstanding time in the engine department, in addi­ tion to six months experience as wiper or the equivalent. Any Seafarer who qualifies and wishes to enroll in the school may obtain additional in­ formation and make application for enrollment at any SIU hall. Information can also be ob­ tained by writing to SIU head­ quarters, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11232, or by telephoning the school at (212) 499-6600. Ptm! at Trime Cdls for Re^ Of Taft-ffartfey NEW ORLEANS—Abolish­ ment of the Taft-Hartley law and more realistic contract bar­ gaining between management and labor were cited as neces­ sary for the future health of the U.S. maritime industry here last month at the 20th annual Insdtute (m Foreign Transportation and Port Operations at Tulane University. SIU President Paul Hall par­ ticipated in a panel discussion on "Our Maritime Status—^To­ day and Tomorrow" during the final day of the five-day institute sessions. The Taft-Hartley act was scored as having caused more strikes in the maritime in­ dustry than it prevented because it had been used as a crutch to lean on rather than as an incen­ tive toward realistic bargaining. Joining Hall on the panel— which was moderated by Exec­ utive Director Ray Murdock of the Washington-based Trans­ portation Institute—were An­ thony Scotto, vice president of the International Longshoremans' Association, and the mar­ itime editor of the Baltimore Sun, Mrs. Helen Delich Bentley. ' ' l|L �April. 1969 SEAFARERS Page Three LOG M7D Seminar Speakers Agree: All-Out Maritime Program Needed to Meet Soviet Threat L' WASHINGTON—^Members of Congress, the Maritime industry and labor joined forces in a call here last month for an intensified merchant marine program to meet the growing Soviet menace on the commercial sealanes of the world. Speaking at a day-long seminar sponsored by thp nearly-seven-million-member AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department were Senator Charles E. Goodell (R-N.Y.), newly assigned to the Senate Commerce Committee which oversees maritime affairs and Rep­ resentative Robert L. Leggett (D-Calif.), a member of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Com­ mittee. The group also heard Judson L. Smith, president of the Fifth Region of the Navy League of the U.S., as well as Captain Richard W. Stone, director of agency relations for the Washington-based Trans­ portation Institute and Jay Lovestone, director of the International Affairs Department of the national AFL-CIO. Goodell warned of "the dangers of Russia out­ stripping us in the maritime field," adding that "what is at stake is the free enterprise system in the mari­ time industry." The New York senator called for "a comprehen­ sive long-range program to restore our merchant ma­ rine, its trade routes and its markets," and said the "first step" must be to reconstitute the Maritime Administration as "an independent and autonomous federal agency." Similar legislation was overwhelm­ ingly approved by both houses of Congress last year, he noted, but was pocket vetoed by former President Johnson. Goodell noted that it is difficult to obtain "reli­ able" estimates on the Soviet fleet because the USSR does not submit fleet data to Lloyd's Register of Ships, as do the countries of the free world. "But," he said, "experts have estimated that the USSR is now in sixth place in the world and its mer­ chant marine will this year replace the U.S. in fifth place. Launchings and deliveries of new ships to the Soviet Union run more than 8-to-l- ahead of the U.S. For every ship the U.S. has on order, Russia has 12." "It is essential that we revive our merchant ma­ rine, create thousands of jobs in our shipbuilding and shipping industry and preserve the maritime pros­ perity of the U.S. and its allies," the Senator added. Leggett echoed the call for action, declaring that while the Soviets are aware of the "multi-purpose role of a merchant marine"—^to serve economic, military and political goals—^the American attitude has been to think of its merchant marine solely as "private enterprise." Where, in fact, the U.S. fleet is vital to "the whole mUitary-industrial complex." The California congressman pointed out that U.S. military and industrial might depends on 77 stra­ tegic materials, 66 of which must be imported. "At this moment," he went on, "more than 96 percent of the tonnage involved in the importation of these strategic materials is brought to our shores by the ships of other nations." Could Blodc Stqpply line If the Soviets gain control of the world sealanes, he said, they could "effectively deny these strategic materials to United States industry." • "We all know what would happen then. We'd have to bank the fires of our industrial empire. We'd be able to produce neither weapons of defense nor consumer goods. We would quickly be reduced to an agrarian economy, the Russians would have made good their boast to 'bury' us economically, and we would be under the thumb of the Soviet Union with­ out a missile having been fired," he added. Stone, a former skipper of American-flag mer­ chant vessels, urged a broad action program to meet the threat of "all foreign ships—^not just the Russians but all of them." If the U.S. loses out in the race for maritime supremacy, he said, "it really doesn't matter whether it's the Russians who win, or the Liberians, or the Greeks, or the Japanese, or some­ one else." Today's maritime problems. Stone declared, stem from the fact that the nation still is operating under "a merchant marine law that's just as outdated as the ships we're sending to sea." He noted that the present law provides benefits for only one-third of the fleet, and added: "With the Russians and every­ one else developing 100-percent maritime programs. Seafarer Hilton Woolsey Killed by YC Booby Trap On October 30, 1967, Sea­ farer Hilton Woolsey signed off the Rosewell Victory to report to the U.S. Army induction cen­ ter in Mobile, Alabama. One year later, while on patrol a few miles north of Saigon, he was killed when a booby trap ex­ ploded. Brother ' Woolsey, who was 25 at the time of his death, was born in Mobile and lived there with his wife, Nancy. He began his sail­ ing career in 1961 and joined the SIU in the Port of Mobile the same year. He completed the course for messman at the Andrew Furuseth Training School in Mobile in November, 1961 and his instructor noted on his certificate: "This man has been a very good student." Following his basic training at Ft. Benning, Georgia, Sea­ farer Woolsey went on to infan­ try -training at Ft. Polk, Lou­ isiana. He arrived in Vietnam in May, 1968, and was assigned to a rifle company. "Hilton wrote often—every day when he had time," his wife said. "He was very concemed about the way the Vietnamese people had to live, and often expressed the hope that the war would soon be over. Hilton was very proud of the way our fight­ ing men conducted themselves over there, and was proud to be one of them. He was very well liked." Brother Woolsey was award­ ed the Bronze Star, the National Defense Service Medal and the Vietnam Service Medal. He also wore the Infantryman Badge, the Expert Badge with machine gun bar, and the Marksman Badge with rifle and automatic rifle bar. Seafarer Woolsey was buried with full military honors Novem­ ber 5, 1968, in Pine Crest Cem­ etery in Mobile. Besides his wife, he is survived by his mother, Mrs. Rosie Woolsey. we can't hope to compete" at 33 percent. Stone called for legislation that would give unsubsidized ship operators "first crack" at government AID, surplus food and military shipments, declaring that subsidized operators, who have been receiving construction and operating assistance so that they could compete with foreign-flag ships for commer­ cial cargoes, have moved into the carriage of gov­ ernment cargoes at preferential rates, thus reaping a "double subsidy." The Transportation Institute official also called for the extension of ship construction subsidies to the entire fleet, declaring that "the only way that con­ struction subsidies make sense at all is if they are available to the entire maritime industry." At pres­ ent, he said, only 14 companies receive such assist­ ance. Stone also urged that tax-deferred construction reserve fund privileges, now available to the same 14 companies, be extended to all American ship operators. "If it's right for the subsidized operator to get this kind of incentive," he said, "it has to be right to give the same incentive to the unsubsidized operator. "After all, the unsubsidized operator has to put away 100 cents on the dollar to build new ships; the subsidized operator gets them at a discount, because the government pays 55 percent of the cost." Speaking for the Navy League, Smith said that Kremlin leaders launched "the most massive ship­ building effort the world has ever observed" only after learning that "this investment was sound eco­ nomically." He added that the "competitive global ambitions" of the Soviets "are conveyed by their sleek, streamlined merchant ships; their modem mer­ chant marine carries the message." He called for a massive educational program to make the American people aware of the value of a modern merchant fleet. "We should know," he said, "that each of the 50 states gain economically every time we build a ship in U.S. yards. But far too few citizens relate shipbuilding to their own hide and pocketbook. But they must leam this." Proposed Coast Guard Regulations Threaten Domestic Fishing Industry NEW YORK—If the mount­ ing jumble of new regulations proposed by the U.S. Coast Guard are put into effect, the American fishing industry may find itself regulated to death and the victim of a military-like take over of its operations, ac­ cording to SIUNA-Safety Di­ rector Joe Algina. The number of new rules and regulations proposed by the Coast Guard has steadily grown since the first announcement late last year that the Coast Guard would soon require that the captain, mate, engineer and radio operator aboard all com­ mercial fishing vessels be li­ censed and certified by it. Another proposed regulation would require all fishing vessels to secure official Coast Guard clearance before leaving port. Also under consideration are innumerable fishing vessel mod­ ifications which would have to be made on existing boats, and legislation which would put the Coast Guard in the business of overseeing the planning and construction stages of boat­ building. The pressure being exerted by the Coast Guard for more and more control over commercial fishing vessel operations stems from that agency's belief that in the name o( safety, all activ­ ities on water come under its jurisdiction. Commenting on the Coast Guard's actions, Algina pointed out that commercial fishermen have great respect for Coast Guard activities in many areas, such as search and rescue oper­ ations, but he emphasized that the proposed regulations and restrictions cannot be justified simply as a matter of safety. "These proposed rules, re­ quirements and inspection pro­ cedures are so extensive and far-reaching that they will put the American fishing industry and fisherman in the hip pocket of the Coast Guard, and the cost may very well put our in­ dustry out of business." Algina also pointed out that fishing vessels and their opera­ tions are in a class by them­ selves and that the Coast Guard's attempts to lump them together with merchant vessels are unwarranted and unwork­ able. "Rules and procedures that are now applied by the Coast Guard to merchant vessels should not be applied to fishing vessels—they just don't fit," said Algina. "The problems faced by the domestic fishing industry are like those faced by no other industry, and the Coast Guard should recognize this." Seatrain Converts Two T-2 Tankers NEWPORT NEWS, Va.— Seatrain Lines, an SlU-contracted operator, is presently converting two T-2 tankers into containerships at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company's yards here. The vessels, to be named the Transoneida and the Transchamplain, will each have a maximum capacity of 303 forty-foot containers or 435 twenty - seven - foot containers. They are scheduled to enter Seatrain's new West CoastHawaii container service. �SEAFARERS Pace Few April, 1969 LOG Formal Bill Proposed in Senate Magnuson Launches Separate MARAD Fight WASHINGTON—The battle has been oflBcially renewed in the Senate for an independent Federal Maritime Administra­ tion with the formal introduction of a bill before the first session of the 91st Congress by Senator Warren G. Magnuson (DWash.), chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee. Independence for MARAD is regarded by the SIU, the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades De­ partment, and a majority of those in the maritime industry and Congress as a key objective in any program geared to re­ building the rapidly declining American merchant fleet. Although Magnuson's bill (S. 1400) is the first of its kind on the ^nate side this year, the House had earlier started the ball rolling with some two dozen similar measures already on rec­ ord. These include H.R. 336 by Representative John J Rooney (D-N.Y.), introduced on the first day of the session, and H.R. 213, by the chairman of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, Represent­ ative Edward A. Garmatz (DMd.). Provisioiis of B3I Provided for in Magnuson's bill—which would be cited the "Federal Maritime Act of 1969" —are the following elements: • It would establish an in­ dependent Federal Maritime Administration headed by a Federal Maritime Administrator who would be appointed by the President for a four-year term. • A Maritime Board, com­ posed of three members, would be set up within MARAD. It would be chaired by the Federal Maritime Administrator, with the other two members to be presidential appointees. Not more than two members could be from the same political party. • All functions, powers and duties of the Secretary of Com­ merce, delegated to him by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, would be transferred to the Mar­ itime Administrator and the Maritime Board. A Deputy Ad­ ministrator, who would be em­ powered to serve as Acting Ad­ ministrator during the absence or disability of the Administra­ tor, would not, however, sit at any time as a member of the Maritime Board. • No member, officer, or em­ ployee of either the Administra­ tion or the board could have any business relationship which may have an interest in, or bear­ ing on, his maritime functions. • The provisions of the bill would take effect on the 60th day following enactment. With­ in one year after enactment, the Maritime Board would be re­ quired to submit to the President and to the Congress a report on the current condition of the American merchant marine, evaluating the effectiveness of existing law, and making appro­ priate recommendations. Magnuson's Stateiiient In submitting the bill. Senator Magnuson made the following remarks to the Senate: "This bill is identical to a measure enacted by Congress last year but vetoed by Presi­ dent Johnson. The previous Ad­ ministration maintained that the proper administrative location of the Maritime Administration was within the Department of Transportation. However, in the previous Congress the Senate Commerce Committee held hearings over a period of some five months on the issue of an independent maritime agency and other issues concerning the present state and future of the U.S. merchant marine. We found that the U.S. merchant fleet was in critical condition, its future in doubt, and remedial action of a major nature essential if the United States were to re­ main a leading seafaring nation. Late in the second session of the previous Congress the Senate Commerce Committee favorably reported without dissent legis­ lation to create an independent Maritime Administration. In large measure our action stemmed from the conviction that the Department of Trans­ portation could not provide the 20-Year SIU Goal Realized OA/o Unemployment Laws Amended To Include Great Lakes Seafarers TOLEDO- -Seafarers on the Great Lakes who make their homes in Ohio are, for the first time, eligible for unemployment benefits during the winter months. . This brings to a successful climax a campaign for such pay­ ments waged by the SIU for almost 20 years. With the formation of the Toledo Port Council of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades De­ partment some 10 years ago, this became a joint battle which finally succeeded in passage by the last session of the Ohio State Le^slature an amendment to Ohio law which had previously barred such payments to sea­ men. A recent interpretation of the amendment by the Ohio Unemployment Bureau clearly makes the benefits valid. Two Ohio state legislators, who worked diligently along with the SIU and the MTD Port Council in this long-neglected matter were Senator Marigene Valiquette and Representative Barney Quilter. In part, the amendment states that "an individual whose base period employment consists both of seasonal employment. .. and non-seasonal employment . . . credit towards next year. The and who in such combined em­ most recent nonseasonal period ployment has a total of 20 or ran from December 29, 1968 more credit weeks" may be cred­ through March 22, 1969. ited with benefit rights during Seafarers should file claims the off-season months. for unemployment compensa­ Great Lakes piorts are nor­ tion for this winter if they re­ mally closed beginning with the ceived company vacation bene­ last Sunday in December and fits last year or if they worked continuing until the fourth Sun­ on any job between the fourth day in March. Sunday of December, 1967, and the fourth Sunday of March, Vacation Pay Counts 1968. Credit for non-seasonal em­ During its campaign for the ployment is established for the amendment, the Toledo MTD Ohio Seafarer when he receives Port Council charged that the company vacation pay during discrimination which the Ohio the winter period which is nor­ laws permitted in the matter of mally 12 weeks. Such a Sea­ unemployment compensation farer working during the winter for seamen on the Great Lakes lay-off is also eligible for non- was "one of the greatest injus­ seasonal employment credits— tices" in the state. Ohio seamen whether he is employed as a were previously eligible to apply seaman on the lakes, rivers or for unemployment compensa­ offshore—or at some other job. tion only during the 40 weeks For each week of accrued following the fourth Sunday in company vacation time, or each March. However, other mari­ week of work during the last time workers—and all other winter's off season, a Seafarer Ohio workers—were not so re­ is entitled to credit towards un­ stricted. employment insurance benefits Also pointed out, strongly for the past winter. In the same and convincingly, was the fact manner, if he collected company that no other state excludes sea­ vacation pay or worked during men from unemployment bene­ the past winter, he has earned fits during the winter months. necessary leadership in devel­ oping the revitalization program that our fleet so desperately re­ quired. "There is no question that the merchant marine requires spe­ cial attention. It cannot at this juncture be viewed merely as another mode of transportation subject to the general problems we face in the field of transpor­ tation, but rather it must be viewed as an essential industry in serious trouble requiring spe­ cial remedial action. It is my present belief that the necessary attention is more apt to be re­ ceived if an independent Mari­ time Administration is created." Should the bill become law, it would remove MARAD from the Department of Commerce where it has languished since 1950—the year which marked the gradual decline for the United States-flag merchant fleet. Sen. Long Named Merchant Marine Committee Head WASHINGTON — Sen­ ator Russell B. Long (DLa.) has been named chair­ man of the Senate Subcom­ mittee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. The late Senator E. L. (Bob) Bartlett (D-Alaska), who died on December 11, 1968, was previously at the helm of this important sub­ committee. The Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee now includes the following senators: John O. Pastore (D-R.I.); Ernest F. Hollings (D-S.C.); Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii); Joseph D. Tydings (D-Md.); William Spong, Jr. (D-Va.); Robert P. Griffin (R-Mich.); Hugh Scott (R-Pa.); Winston L. Prouty (R-Vt.) and Charles E. Goodell (R-N.Y.). MTD Names Feinstein to Co-ordinate Intensive 1969 Legislative Program WASHINGTON—The AFLCIO Maritime Trades Depart­ ment is intensifying its 1969 legislative activities under the direction of a newly-appointed committee headed by Charles Feinstein, a vice president of the International Leather Goods, Plastic & Novelty Workers Union, AFL-CIO. Feinstein was named chair­ man of the Legislative Com­ mittee for the 39-union Depart­ ment at the MTD's recent Ex­ ecutive Board meeting. Serv­ ing with him are Bernard Puchalski, president of the Greater Chicago Port Council of the MTD, and Louis Vignola, pres­ ident of the Delaware Valley and Vicinity Port Maritime Council in Philadelphia. Feinstein and his Comminee associates are co-ordinating the legislative efforts of the various Port Councils with that of the national MTD. Putting stress on person-to-person contact, Feinstein has been visiting key members of the House of Rep­ resentatives and the U.S. Sen­ ate to acquaint them with the legislative objectives and prob­ lems of the Department and its various affiliates. The Committee is calling at­ tention not only to problems of a direct maritime nature but to those of interest to the trade union movement generally and specifically of MTD affiliates. Feinstein will submit a report to the Department on the com­ mittee's activities at the next meeting of the MTD Executive Board. '/rd: Charles Feinstein (left), recently elected chairman of the Legislative Committe of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, explains to Senator Thomas F. Eagleton (D.-Mo.) details of the MTD's 1969 legis­ lative program. Feinstein, a Vice-President of the Internatinal Leather Goods, Plastic and Novelty Workers Union AFL-CIO, will coordinate the legislative program sought in this session of the Congress by the seven-million-member Department of 39 unions during 1969. �April, 1969 SEAFARERS Output of Workers Highest In Transportation Industry WASHINGTON—Productivity of workers in the transporta­ tion industry continues to run well ahead of the national average, the nation's leading industrial engineers were told here. Bertram Gottlieb, director of research for the Transportation Institute, a Washington-based research organization, said that be­ tween 1957 and 1967, the average output per manhour for all transportation workers was 4.5 percent, as compared to the na­ tional average of 3.4 percent. Speaking at the Second National Conference of the Transporta­ tion Division of the American Institute of Industrial Engineers, Gottlieb said the productivity rise was even more pronounced in the railroad industry, where the average output per manhour was 6.5 percent. In the maritime field, he went on, productivity increased "440 percent between 1945 and 1968, while wages increased only about one-third. "This is ironic," Gottlieb declared, "in view of the industry's continued general decline." The American merchant marine has skidded from first among the nations of the world to sixth in the past two decades. Gottlieb offered the productivity figures to refute the concept that unions frustrate efficiency by insisting on wage gains in ex­ cess of productivity and by opposing technological progress. Development of an improved network of transportation facili­ ties, the Transportation Institute official went on, can be achieved more easily in the future through development of a "partnership" between labor and management. "Sharing the common interest which their industry gives them," Gottlieb said, "is one of the surest ways that exist for reducing the tensions that inevitably build up between the worker on the one side and the employer on the other." He pointed out that 32 of the nation's transportation unions recently joined forces in a new alliance which has, as its goal, achieving a "partnership with management in the development of an improved transportation system that would better serve the needs of an America on the move." Gottlieb told the AIIE session that the move by the unions in this direction poses for management a "challenge to co-operate" in developing effective transportation for the nation. Hood Sees Renewed Interest In Massive U.S. Shipbuilding WASHINGTON —A view that "reawakened" national in­ terest in the "sufficiency" of United States seapower could lead to the largest peacetime shipbuilding effort the nation has ever undertaken was ex­ pressed last month by Edwin M. Hood, president of the Ship­ builders Council of America. Hood, who was re-elected to head the council for the coming year, expressed confidence that the industry could well be "on the brink of unprecedented growth" in his report to the 48th annual meeting of the national trade association here. President Nixon can be ex­ pected to adopt "a more for­ ward stance" with respect to sea power, maritime and shipbuild­ ing matters "than has taken place during the last eight years," Hood declared, particu­ larly in view of the "expanding presence of the Soviet Union on the oceans." Hood noted that the Presi­ dent had—^prior to his election — pledged the efforts of his Administration to maintain a United States Navy "second to none" and to the prompt res­ toration of the nation as a "first rate" maritime power. The SCA president expressed his conviction that a great deal of optimism and support were drawn around the seapower goals defined by President Nix­ on. Moreover, he stated, if the expressed goals met with even partial success, the results would be "a greater magnitude of naval and merchant shipbuilding" than has been evident for many years. Page Five LOG Seafarers Aboard Overseas Alice Pluck Downed Flier from High Seas WILMINGTON — Seafarers aboard the SlU-contracted tank­ er Overseas Alice distinguished themselves recently in the dar­ ing rescue of a downed aircraft pilot in storm-tossed seas 85 miles off the California coast. The De Havilland Dove which pilot Warren Bullock had been ferrying from Hawaii to southern California suddenly developed fuel pump trouble and had to be ditched in the sea. Fortunately, the Overseas Alice —which had sailed from Long Beach two days previously to clean out her tanks prior to re­ turning for repairs at a San Pedro shipyard—was close at hand. "It is not often that one is rushed out of the bunk with the general alarm at 3:15 A.M.; knowing something is wrong, rushing about putting on gear, life jackets, etc.," Captain J. P. Osnes, master of the tanker, writes. Volunteers Man Boat Ascertaining that the small plane had ditched alongside, the master asked for volunteers to man the starboard lifeboat. Re­ action to the call was so spon­ taneous, the Captain said later, that some of the Seafarers had to be taken out in case it was necessary to launch the port boat, too. "The seas were rough and it was raining," Osnes stated. "In my opinion, this SIU crew knew they were endangering their own safety by manning the lifeboat. From the time the alarm sound­ ed until the boat was in the water, only five minutes had elapsed. I have been sailing for 25 years and this was the fastest time on getting a lifeboat over the side I have ever witnessed. The efficiency of the entire op­ eration was a show in skilled seamanship." To Pilot Bullock, the rescue was near-miraculous. "I was in the water for close to two hours while six men in a small boat from the ship tried to get to me," he relates. "They really did a terrific job. I'm sur­ prised they could even launch the boat in those seas. The only thing I could do was to turn on a flashlight every time I hit the top of a wave." Bullock had just time to put on a life jacket after the plane submerged and bobbed back to the surface. Standing on a wing, he attempted to inflate a life raft, but the high winds blew it out of his hands and knocked him into the seas. Lifeboat Engine Goes He said he was foundering at one point, blinded by the spray and gagging on the salt water, when his hand struck a life jacket thrown by the men in the lifeboat—^fortunately with good aim. With this additional jacket, he managed to keep his head above water most of the time, until pulled aboard the small boat, which had burned out its engine during the search. Final­ ly, he was hauled aboard the Overseas Alice, from which he was picked up at daylight by a Coast Guard helicopter dis­ patched from Long Beach. Taken to Vandenberg Air Force Base near Lompoc, Bul­ lock was treated for exposure and minor injuries. It was there he vowed he would "stick to flying over land" after his ex­ perience in battling 15-foot swells and a 40-knot gale in the dark. Bullock, 47, is a veteran pilot who has logged four years ferrying light planes to Vietnam. Captain Osnes put it this way: "I would like to take this oppor­ tunity to say that I have never sailed with a better unlicensed crew. This rescue operation was smooth and team work so evi­ dent that truly I saw the broth­ erhood of the sea and commend the SIU and its members." Andrew E. Gibson Sworn In As MARAD Chief WASHINGTON — Andrew E. Gibson has been sworn in to head the Maritime Administra­ tion, still within the U.S. Depart­ ment of Commerce. The oath was administered by Commerce Sec­ retary Maurice H. Stans, who said that Gibson was taking on "probably the toughest job of Gibson all" in the de­ partment. Stans declared that Gibson was offered the post after an extensive screening process indicated that he had the "approval of all segments of the maritime industry, subsi­ dized, unsubsidized, shipbuild­ ers, labor and management." Before coming to his present post, the 47-year-old Gibson had been a vice-president with the management consulting firm of Diebold in New York. He previously has been vice presi­ dent of the New York Shipping Association, a member of the advisory board of the U.S. Mer­ chant. Marine Academy, a gov­ ernor of the Propeller Club of New York, and a director of the National Cargo Bureau. Gibson's nomination as Mari­ time Administrator by President Nixon was confirmed by the Senate last month on March 13. ••: . -i .'-IJV The Overseas Alice (Maritime Overseas) which picked up downed pilot Warren Bullock after he was forced to ditch plane in storm. �Page Six SEAFARERS LOG April, 1969 'Hypocriticar Tax Laws Responsible For 'Runaway Ships/ Legislators Say WASHINGTON—^Two con­ gressmen who spoke at recent meetings at the AFL-CIO Mari­ time Trades Department both highlighted the necessity of countering the growing menace of "runaway-flag" shipping by closing present tax loopholes which encourage foreign regis­ try of American-owned vessels. Representative Frank Thomp­ son, Jr. (D-N.J.) told the union leaders representing nearly sev­ en million members that "as a minimum we ought to set a high price on 'runaway' shipping; as a maximum we ought to work to have these vessels restored to American registry." Thompson said this goal could be at least partially ac­ complished by closing present tax loopholes which allow American companies which reg­ ister their ships abroad to escape paying U.S. income taxes. "Perhaps in this way—^by raising the ante on these 'run­ away' operators, we can take some of the 'convenience' out of this scheme of building, regis­ tering and crewing their ships abroad. "At least we will force them to pay some of the cost of run­ ning the government—and the tax revenue which results could all be ear-marked for the re­ building of the American fleet which they have helped to destroy." Thompson called for a stepup in American ship construc­ tion, declaring: "If we can find the endless billions of dollars that are needed for other programs like space exploration, then we can find the dollars that are neces­ sary to save our fleet from total destruction." He urged that prompt atten­ tion be given to a new maritime program that would concentrate on development of vessels "built in this country, registered in this country, and crewed by Sea­ farers from this country," and stressed that it be "fair and equitable to all segments of this industry," instead of serv­ ing just "a few selected com­ panies." U.S. Slipping Badly At a similar meeting, Repre­ sentative Jacob Gilbert (DN.Y.) pointed out that the United States, once the world's leading maritime power, is now slipping badly in the maritime race due to a continuous decline in shipbuilding and to an in'crease in the registration of American-owned vessels in such countries as Liberia and Leb­ anon. Last year the U.S. ranked 10th in shipbuilding, Gilbert said, with the Japanese launch­ ing 17 million tons of shipping compared with a total of 441,000 for the U.S. At present the U.S. ranks fifth in size of its merchant fleet but it is expected to drop to sixth place behind the Soviet Union this year. The problem of the runaway ships has become so acute, he said, that for the first time American-owned and Ameri­ can-operated ships flying foreign flags now have a greater car­ rying capacity than our do­ mestic fleet. "A total of 434 Americanowned ships now sail the seas under 17 foreign flags," Gilbert noted, "and their cargo capacity exceeds the total capacity of the 976 merchant vessels remaining in our domestic fleet." Last June the U.S.-owned foreign flag fleet had a capacity of 16.5 million tons while the U.S. domestic fleet had a capac­ ity of 15.3 million tons. This represented an increase in the U.S. foreign-flag tonnage of Upholsterers Morale Still Mgh After five-Months on Strike AUSTIN, Tex. —- A strike against the Economy Furniture Company by Local 456 of the Upholsterers' International Un­ ion, an affiliate of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, is now in its fifth month. Despite a certified victory in an NLRB-conducted election by the Upholsterers in May, 1968, by a vote of 252 to 83, the union reports continued refusal on the part of Milton T. Smith, the company's president, to comply with an NLRB order to bargain in good faith. Management here has ob­ structed all efforts to organize the workers, more than 85 per­ cent of whom are MexicanAmericans. Two previous at­ tempts to unionize the shop were unsuccessful, until the break­ through last year, which the un­ ion has been unable to consum­ mate in terms of a contract. Despite this, however, and the added fact that management has resorted to bias towards its employees in the form of ethnic name-calling, the union reports that morale among the workers "has never been higher." Two recent resolutions adopt­ ed by MTD and its affiliates pledged the full support of la­ bor in opposing and publicizing the company's "unfair, unjust and biased" attitude. Contribu­ tions may be sent to the Texas AFL-CIO in Austin, Texas, ear­ marked for the UIU Local 456 Strike Fund. The Economy Furniture Company makes products mar­ keted under the Bilt-Rite, West­ ern Provincial and Smithtown Maple names. 800,000 tons, said Gilbert, add­ ing, "There is every indication that this trend will continue— foreign flag capacities increasing at the expense of our domestic fleet." U.S. vessels sailing under foreign flags are called "run­ away ships," Congressman Gil­ bert explained, "because their owners deliberately run away from American registry in order to escape American taxes, American seafarers' pay scales, and American safety standards. "There is not, in my opinion, any excuse for the moral and ethical perversity that impels a shipping company to register its vessels in another country, thus depriving American sea­ farers of jobs and paychecks that should belong to them, and of course depriving the U.S. Treasury of needed revenue." Tax Laws Hypocritiad However, he continued, U.S. tax iaws "hypocritically encour­ age this tax swindle and jobstealing practice by permitting the runaways to enjoy huge tax exemptions." He said that U.S. shipping firms will probably continue to register their vessels in Liberia and Lebanon as long as the U.S. government makes it profitable for them through large tax windfalls. Gilbert recalled that the fed­ eral Maritime Administration had also advocated repeal of the tax exemptions bestowed on foreign-flag ships "but that agency's advice — like labor's has b^n ignored by Congress." "Abolishing the tax exemp­ tions would end for once and for all the runaway ship prac­ tice and return to our country thousands of jobs for American Seafarers and millions of dol­ lars in American tax revenues." SEAFARERS^LOG April 1969 • Vol. XXXI. No. 6 Offlelkl Publication of the Seafarer* International Union of North America. Atlantic, Gulf, X,akcs and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO Executive Board PAin, HALL, Preeident CAL TANNER EARL SHEPARD Exec. Vice-Free. Vice-President AL KERR LINDSET WlLUAlfS See.-Treae. Viee-President AL TANNER ROBERT HATTHEWE Viee-Preeident Vice-President Editor HARRY WRTSCHEN Aesietant Editors WILL KABP . CHARI.ES SVENSON staff Photographer ANTHONY ANBALDI PikllilMt •SRthly at no MMIS lilani AMRH I.E., WsiktRitSR, 0. C. 2001t ky tki Suftren iRtirRStlsaal URISR, Attaslh, tilf, Lakn ssi IslsRt Watsn ObtrM, AFL-CIO, 675 Fswtk ASNM, irssUya, R.T. 11232. Tel. NYMlatk 9-6600. OsssaO SISM ysitaia KM at Watklaitsai, D. C. NOTHAOTEO'O ATTERTIill: Far* 3579 •anh ikaaM ks nat ts Isatartn latsraatlsaai OalM, Atlsaiit, 6811, Uka sat laiaat Watsn Bbtrtst, AFL-CIO, 675 Fsartk AnaM, OrsMlya, R.T. 11232. Las Vegas showgirls gleefully dump their picket signs as news ar­ rives of a 50 percent increase in wages and benefits negotiated by the Guild of Variety Artists AFL-CIO just prior to strike deadline. Solidarity on the Chorus Line Wins Top Pact at Las Vegas LAS VEGAS, Nev.,—^High-kicking chorus girls here have a new production number all their own—entitled "How to Succeed in Bargaining Without Even Striking". Here in this desert oasis, where highly-sophisticated entertain­ ment and high-stakes gambling go hand in hand, 600 members of the American Guild of Variety Artists "broke the bank" at the casinos when they negotiated wage and fringe benefits amounting to a 50-percent hike over the three-year life of the agreement. Even more significant than the money package was the fact that the entertainers won their first six-day week in a business which runs around the clock and around the calendar. For years the singers, dancers and specialty entertainers had trod the boards seven nights a week, providing the lure to bring millions of visitors annually to the gambling tables. The sweeping victory was hammered out in a marathon, 18-hour bargaining session under the threat of a total blackout of the multibillion-dollar Strip hotels, with the three-year pact being ratified unanimously at a pre-dawn meeting which drew more than 450 tired but elated entertainers. Arrayed against them had been the money and muscle of the Nevada Resort Association, which represented such billionaire owners as Howard Hughes and Del Webb. But standing shoulderto-shoulder in support of AGVA was the entire Las Vegas labor movement. The Southern Nevada Trades and Labor Council and others had served warning on management that all of their mem­ bers would honor AGVA's picket lines—meaning that culinary workers, bartenders, musicians, stagehands, stationary engineers and other hotel employees would be unavailable for work in the event of an entertainers' strike. Faced with the impossible task of trying to operate their hotels without the 18,000 unionized employees, the hotel owners finally capitulated. For the showgirls and boys, the new contract provides a firstyear basic minimum of $228 a week for up to 13 shows in six days, as contrasted to the previous minimum of $193 for 15 shows in seven days. On top of this 36 percent first-year hike, AGVA members won four percent wage increases in each of the next two years, boosting the second-year minimum to $237 and the thirdye^ base to $246. The agreement set a six-hour day for five days and an eight-hour day on the sixth day. Entertainers will be paid an additional $17.54 per show for all shows over the basic 13-show-a-week con­ cept provided the extra shows fall within the regular work week; they will be compensated at time-and-one-half for all time beyond the regular six or eight-hour daily limit; and they will receive a double premium of $36.48 per show for all shows on the seventh day. These per-show rates will rise correspondingly in the second and third years of the contract. In addition to the wage package, the contract contains the first vacation and sick pay provisions for AGVA members here. In the second year of the contract, an amount equal to one percent of wages will be set aside for each of these funds, with the contribu­ tion increasing to two percent each for vacations and sick benefits in the third year. The union bargaining team, composed of rank-and-file members from both the big production extravaganzas and the more intimate lounge shows at each of the hotels, was headed by second Vice President Penny Singleton (the former "Blondie" of motion pic­ tures) and Howard Schulman, AGVA's general counsel. it-' �April, 1969 SEAFARERS Page Seven LOG Sm Sihoolship, Xharles S. Zimmerman,' is Christened Mrs. Rose Zimmerman christens ship with traditional bottle of champaigne. Looking on are Pres. William Pollock of Textile Workers: ILGWU First Vice Pres. Howard Molisani; Robert Matthews, President of Harry Lundeberg School and Rear Adm. H. L. Miller, commander of Naval Air Station, Patuxent, Md. Guest of honor Charles S. Zimmerman (at dais left) addresses assembled crowd attending cere­ monies. Seated on speakers' platform are (l-r): Matthews; Father Joseph O'Shey of St. Michael s Church, Ridge, Md.: ILGWU Honorary President David Dubinsky: SlU President Paul Hall: Linda Fearns, an em­ ployee of the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship: and Kenneth Conklin, Director of the school. Representative Hugh L. Carey (D-N.Y.j, left, and Representa­ tive Jacob H. Gilbert (D-N.Y.) were among guests attending. Highly qualified instructors at the Lundeberg School train future Seafarers in all phases of seamanship. Indoor lessons are conducted in classrooms such as this aboard the ship. MARAD Adds Two Cyprus Ships To Cuba Blacklist WASHINGTON—Added to the Cuban blacklist by the Mari­ time Administration last month were two Cypriot-flag ships, the 2,867-gross-ton Coolady and the 7,237-ton Glee. These vessels will henceforth be barred from carrying U.S. government-generated cargoes because they called at Cuba, MARAD announced. Reinoved from the list were two vessels — the 7,256-ton Cypriot-flag Aiolos II which was scrapped, and the Tania, a for­ mer Lebanese-flag ship which was sold outright to Cuba by its owners. As of March 20, the Cuban blacklist totalled 177 ships ag­ gregating 1,264,886 gross tons. These vessels will not again be permitted to carry U.S.-generated cargoes until such time as their owners pledge that they— as well as any other ships Aey ovm or control—^will not engage further in the Cuban Trade. PINEY POINT, Md.—The Charles S. Zimmer­ man, a modem floating schoolship named in honor of the vice president of the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, was christened at the SIU's Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship here last month. Attending the ceremonies—at which Zimmer­ man's wife. Rose, wielded the bottle to oflBcially christen the vessel—were many labor leaders, members of congress, civic and church leaders and ranking representatives of the military. In introducing Zimmerman to the assembled well-wishers, SIU President Paul Hall described the veteran trade unionist as a longstanding friend of the SIU—"one of the very few" who came to its assistance in the days when it was small and weak. "Because of the efforts of a Zimmerman," Hall declared, "the lives of many people, including our Seafarers, are much better today." Zimmerman replied that he was both "proud and humble" to be the recipient of such a tribute. He praised the efforts of the SIU in helping young men learn a meaningful trade and hailed the readi­ ness of Seafarers to assist other unions, regardless of size, that needed help—especially in organizing campaigns, where the "appearance of whitecapped Seafarers symbolized effective labor soli­ darity." The SIU named the vessel after Zimmerman in a salute to him as "the personification of man's concern for his fellow man" and as a "longtime fighter for human and civil rights and economic justice." The Charles S. Zimmerman is 230 feet long with four decks, fully equipped classrooms, a the­ atre and lecture hall which seats 300, and spa­ cious lounges. Future Seafarers attending the Harry Lundeberg School will also have full access to the ship's library which is devoted to maritime and labor history, political science and govern­ ment. Formerly the excursion ship Mt. Vernon, the vessel has carried thousands of tourists up and down the Potomac from Washington to the na­ tional shrine at Mt. Vernon. Other speakers at the christening ceremonies in­ cluded Representatives Jacob H. Gilbert and Hugh L. Carey, both New York Democrats; E. Howard Molisani, first vice president of the ILGWU; and the ILGWU's honorary president, David Dubinsky. Construction Unions Urge Passage Of New Job Safety Bill in Senate WASHINGTON — More workers were killed in the con­ struction industry last year than in any other industry in the United States, the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department has pointed out in urging Congress to enact a proposed construction safety bill. Since 1959, there has been no year in which fewer than 2,300 construction workers were killed on the job, nor less than 209,000 such workers dis­ abled, Department President C. J. Haggerty told the Senate Labor subcommittee in a state­ ment presented by Department Legislative Director Walter J. Mason. Noting that 2,800 additional workers have died since Hagerty testified last year before the House Labor Committee, his statement asked "how many construction workers must be killed ... to see safety legisla­ tion enacted?" Haggerty cited a Bureau of Labor Statistics report that 42 million man-days of work were lost in 1967 because of work stoppages. But construction workers alone had almost as many days lost—33.5 million— because of disabling injuries, he observed. A bill introduced by Subcom­ mittee Chairman Harrison Wil­ liams (D-N. J.) provides that on federal construction work no laborer or mechanic would be required to work in surround­ ings "or under working condi­ tions which are unsanitary, haz­ ardous, or dangerous" to health or safety. Williams opened hearings on the bill with a declaration that "the men who risk their lives erecting the buildings that house the government, who build our roads and bridges, our state uni­ versities and hospitals, do not have the benefits of protective legislation. There are no re­ quirements that safe and health­ ful working conditions prevail for them." He said the bill "breaks no new ground" but does provide remedies for years of oversight for workers who are "subjected to very high work injury and death rates." Introduced at the hearing were National Safety Council reports of an accident frequency rate of 12.24 per million manhours worked by the building trades in 1966-^ rate almost twice the all-industry rate of 6.91. Also presented were Labor Department reports showing rates of 20.7 per million manhours in electrical work, 24 in heavy construction, 28.8 in gen­ eral building and 43.9 in roofing and sheet metal work. Safety Director Alan F. Burch of the Operating Engi­ neers testified for the B&CTD Standing Committee on Safety. He said safety is a greater prob­ lem in construction than in in­ dustry generally because in a plant, safety me^asures can be economically justified more of­ ten than under the "ever-chang­ ing conditions" of a construc­ tion site. Japan Shipyards Set 1968 Record; U.S. Ranks Tenth World shipbuilding figures for 1968 found the United States bringing up the rear in a list of 10 nations, while Japan lead the parade with an all-time glo­ bal record. Japan launched 8,592,970 gross tons during the past year, topping all other nations by a vast margin. West Germany ranked second with just 1,351,828 tons. Only 441,125 tons of new shipping was produced by the United States—a poor showing eclipsed only by the poorer one registered in 1967, when the U.S. ranked 14th. Tankers and bulk carriers headed the list of new ships built during 1968. Tankers account­ ed for 39 percent of the new launchings while bulk carriers contributed some 33 percent. An outstanding increase was shown in the category of gen­ eral cargo vessels—3,146,238 tons in 1968 as compared with the previous year's total of 378,117 tons. �Page Eight SEAFARERS April, 1969 LOG RooneySeesMerchant Fleet Revival Cape San Diego Seafarers Urged to Protect Claims Prime Cure for Payments Defiiit WASHINGTON — Repre­ sentative Fred B, Rooney CDPa.) believes that immediate re­ vival of the disintegrating Amer­ ican merchant marine could be the nation's most effective weap­ on in lighting the economic threat posed by a balance-ofpayments deficit. The Pennsylvania Democrat, a member of the House Inter­ state and Foreign Commerce Committee, told a meeting of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department here that "Every American cargo—either an ex­ port or import cargo—shipped in a foreign-flag vessel contrib­ utes toward a balance-of-payments deficit." "In 1966, for example, the Department of Commerce found that freight payments for im­ ports in foreign-flag vessels amounted to $1.3 billion," he said. "Our freight payments for exports carried in foreign-flag vessels cost another $2.4 bil­ lion. Here was a total of $3.7 billion paid in one year to trans­ port U.S. imports and exports in ships flying foreign flags, compared with the 1967 balance-of-payments deficit of $3.5 billion." Rooney declared that if American-flag merchant ships were carrying the same percent­ age of the nation's importexport trade in the 1960s that they were carrying in the 1930s —between 30 percent and 40 percent—the U.S. would have an assured balance-of-payments surplus. The congressman pointed out that in every year since 1893 the United States has sold more goods abroad than it has bought from foreign nations. In many of the years since World War H, however, our trade surplus has been wiped out by the huge American foreign aid programs and overseas military spending. "The result," he said, "has been substantial balance-of-payments deficits—with a total deficit of $23 billion for the 10-year pe­ riod of 1957 through 1966. We can no longer, unfortunately, depend on our export surplus to dissolve a large part of our pay­ ments deficit. Our export sur­ plus dropped from $3.5 billion in 1967 to $500 million last year, the lowest point in 18 years." Rooney proposed revival of the American merchant marine as a solution after citing other proposed remedies "some of them realistic and some of them illusory." He continued: "Some of the panaceas could be extremely risky. For exam­ ple, several schemes would, in varying degrees, reverse our rerciprocal trade policies which have been continued and im­ proved by Republican and Dem­ ocratic administrations alike Publicity Specialists Enlisted By Desperate Grape Growers SAN FRANCISCO — Cali­ fornia grape growers have been forced to hire the public rela­ tions firm of Whitaker and Bax­ ter in an attempt to counter the worldwide boycott of table grapes. The selection of the highpowered PR firm for an undis­ closed fee indicates the growers feel the time has come to make a massive counter-move to the growingly effective boycott led by the AFL-CIO Farm Work­ ers Organizing Committee. Whitaker and Baxter first at­ tracted national attention wh^ the firm received a reported $1 million back in 1948 to block former President Truman's push for national health insurance. That nationwide campaign was so successful that it wasn't until 1965 that Congress finally got around to passing Medicare. More recently and less suc­ cessfully, W and B was hired to mastermind the nationwide lob­ by campaign for a constitutional convention to circumvent the Supreme Court's one-man, onevote ruling. W and B was accused by sev­ eral senators of deceptive and misleading practices and of fail­ since World War II. A rever­ sion to protectionism could alienate many of our most valued allies in Europe and Asia. Worse than that, it could force those allies into the com­ mercial embrace of the Soviet Union and other Iron Curtain countries. At the very least, quotas or higher tariffs would inevitably provoke retaliatory quotas and tariffs against Amer­ ican products." Rooney outlined a second method of using a resuscitated American merchant marine to increase the U.S. balance-ofpayments surplus. "Each year we ship to needy nations around the globe nearly 16 million tons of foreign aid and Food-For-Peace cargoes," he pointed out. "More than 60 percent of these shipments are carried iii foreign bottoms. The Merchant Marine Act of 1936 specifies that at least 50 percent of such cargoes must be carried in U.S. ships. In fact, it was understood when the law was approved by Congress and signed by President Roosevelt that almost all government car­ go should be moved in U.S.-flag ships when they are available." "Maladaministration of the Cargo Preference provisions of the law," Rooney declared, "has actually injured our merchant fleet, because when the U.S. has to pay foreign shipowners and foreign crews to transport our cargoes we are literally shipping our dollars overseas. Food-ForPeace shipments should be car­ ried in American merchant ves­ sels not only to relieve hunger and starvation around the world but also to protect America's balance-of-payments. We must keep in mind, and so must our friends in Europe and Asia, that it is only a healthy American economy that enables us to af­ ford the enormous foreign aid program and the Food-ForPeace cargoes." The six Seafarers, mentioned below, who were crewmembers aboard the Cape San Diego (Penn Shipping) during the towing of the British tanker Lucellum in October of 1967, are urgently requested to get in touch with J. M. Fenton, Insurance Manager, Penn Shipping Company, Inc., 405 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022, or SIU Headquarters 675 Fourth Avenue Brooklyn, N.Y., immediately. Failure to do so may result in the loss of a possible share due in the salvage of the Lucellum. In order to be represent­ ed in the salvage negotiations, each crew member must sign letters—available as indicated above— before October of this year or any claim they may have will be time barred, and therefore relinquished, according to law. The majority of the crewmembers aboard the Cape San Diego at the time of the salvage operation have already signed forms assuring their representation in the case. Urged to protect their interests in this matter promptly are: James Wailer Carl P. Gantz Josq»h Galardi Harry A. Smilfa Kennth Kinanger Joachim F. CScirello Any efforts by fellow Seafarers acquainted with the abovenamed men—^and aware of their present whereabouts—^will be appreciated in bringing this important matter to their at­ tention. Michigan Joins States Lines' Fleet of Modern Cargoliners NEW ORLEANS—Another new advanced-design cargoliner, the Michigan, has been launched at the Avondale Shipyard here for the SIU Pacific District-con­ tracted States Steamship Com­ pany. Last of a five-ship building program begun in 1967, the Michigan will join her sisterships, the Colorado, Montana, Idaho and Wyoming in service for the San Francisco based line in the trans-Pacific trade. The 23-knot, 579-foot vessel has seven hatches with a cubic bale capacity of 855,000 feet. The ship's new design will per­ mit handling of break-bulk, con­ tainerized or unitized cargoes with equal eflSciency. Modem design facilities will enable her to be self-sustaining in the handling of both dry and reefer cargo containers up to 20 feet in length and 20 tons in wei^t. A 60-ton Stulken type heavy lift boom will serve two hatches. All decks are equipped with modem hydraulically controlled hatch covers, and weather deck integrity is assured by a patent­ ed sealing device developed by States Lines. Also included is equipment to control temperature and humid­ ity in all cargo compartments and stainless steel deep tanks. Both built-in compartments and portable reefer vans are refrig­ erated. The Michigan operates with a crew of 45 and can carry, in addition, 12 passengers in eight luxurious staterooms and an ele­ gant lounge. The new class vessels are the only cargoliners in Pacific serv­ ice equipped with gyro-controlled flume stabilizers to minimize the rolling of the ship at sea. The free water tank stabilizers will dampen the roll up to 75 percent in regular seas, provid­ ing a smooth voyage. ing to comply with federal lob­ bying laws. The charges were denied by Senate Minority Leader Everett M. Dirksen (R111.) who was pushing the cam­ paign in the Senate to get around the Supreme Court ruling. The first public effort of W and B on behalf of the grape growers was to publicize a chal­ lenge to the integrity of Look magazine's recent interview with Cesar Chavez, head of UFWOC. E. L. "Ted" Barr, Jr., presi­ liti'" dent of the California Grape and Tree Fruit League, was quoted by the PR firm in news releases sent around the country as say­ ing: "It is a frightening and shock­ ing thing when in face of the record a responsible national magazine such as Look gives the credibility it does to the false 'non-violent' preachments of Ce­ sar Chavez [who] has been hack­ ing away with his phony cam­ paign for so long now that thousands of people have come to believe him. . .." The AFL-CIO union official had called for continuation of non-violence as a vital part of Riding the waters of the Mississippi after launching at New Orleans, the Michigan is last of a fleet of the union effort to organize farm five freighters built for the SIU Pacific District-cgntracted States Steamship Company. Freighter and sisworkers. terships—^the Colorado, Montana, Idaho and Wyoming—feature unique gyro-controlled flume stabilizers. • ._ —'I "• . i'-' 1 ••••-a i �AprU, 1969 SEAFARERS Fresh from the Oven LOG Page Nine 50% Increase Prime Goal: AFL-CIO Seeks Major Revamping To Upgrade Social Security Benefits Steward Ralph Mills (left) admires fresh batch of Danish prepared by John Knudsen, baker on the Western Planet. Seafarers enjoyed the coffee break as the vessel headed for Subic Bay, Philippines. Major changes in the Social program as the only means of The statement advocated that Security Act to make it "a fully guaranteeing all Americans— additional benefits be financed adequate law, realistically tai­ rich and poor alike—"their from general revenue, employ­ lored to meet the needs of all right to health." er-employee contributions and the beneficiaries" have been And until that goal is an updating of the earnings base called for by the AFL-CIO reached, the statement stressed, on which contributions and Executive Council. the AFL-CIO will press for im­ benefits are based. It urged that The council's statement em­ provements and expansion of the improvements be followed phasized the need for increases Medicare—a program that labor by periodic adjustments linked in social security benefits "to helped bring to birth. to increases in active workers' make the goal of a 50 percent earnings so that retired citizens Gaps Need Filling increase a reality as soon as can participate in rising living The AFL-CIO "cannot be standards. possible." It reaffirmed labor's call for content with the pace of prog­ Drugs Coverage Urged a National Health Insurance ress in any of these areas," the On Medicare, the council council said, because "too many overwhelming gaps remain. urged Congress to eliminate "a These gaps must be filled by im­ major shortcoming" in the pro­ gram by including prescription mediate legislative action." The council noted that the drugs in its coverage. Eighty percent of persons 1967 AFL-CIO convention called for a 50 percent increase over 65 suffer from at least one in benefits in several steps and or more chronic ailments and Congress enacted a 13 percent "they purchase drugs nearly ship of congressional commit­ three times more often than do boost that same year. tees and subcommittees is deter­ persons under 65," the council "We joined with the aged in mined by seniority—and some of the most senior House Demo­ hailing that increase as a down noted. It also endorsed the recom­ crats come from "safe" southern payment toward our goal," the council said. "We also shared mendation of the Advisory districts. The eight full committee their disappointment as the in­ Council on Health Insurance for chairmen with more votes crease was quickly eroded by the Disabled that Medicare be extended to the disabled and against than for their party's price increases." The statement cited harsh thatThe hospitalization and sup­ position were listed as: William M. Colmer (Miss.), Rules Com­ statistics underscoring the need plementary medical insurance programs be combined into one mittee; John L. McMillan (S.C.), for improved benefits: system. Eight million social security District of Columbia Commit­ Pointing out that the average tee; L. Mendel Rivers (S.C.), beneficiaries remain below the monthly social security benefit level of poverty. Without their Armed Services; Richard H. for the disabled now is $112, Ichord (Mo.), Un-American social security checks, only 5 the council said it is impossible Activities; W. R. Poage (Tex.), percent would be above the Agriculture; Wilbur D. Mills $3,900 annual income the La­ for them "to meet their high medical costs from such meager (Ark.), Ways & Means; Olin E. bor Department says is needed payments." to maintain "even a moderate Teague (Tex.), Veterans' Affairs, "The disabled, like the aged," standard of living for an elderly and George H Mahon (Tex.), couple." The average social it observed, "are a high cost, Appropriations. security check for a retired high risk group who frequently Of this group, all but Mahon worker is $98 a month, about need extensive health services at and Teague had worse voting $166 for aged couples. Mil­ a time they can least afford records than the Republican lions receive less including near­ them." Further, the council called average. Colmer, in fact, voted ly 3 million who get the $55 a for enactment of a greatly ex­ against his party's position on month minimum. panded child health program as The ultimate answer to ero­ every one of the 30 issues. an extension of Medicare "to The study showed that the sion of benefits by increased liv­ assure readily accessible com­ ing costs "will continue to be a 145 members of the DSG voted serious problem until an auto­ prehensive health services for for the Democratic position on matic adjustment of benefits is all mothers and their children, 91 percent of the key issues, included in the system," the including pre- and post-natal while the 102 non-DSG Demo­ council said. care." crats supported their party only 31 percent of the time, only Between Sailings slightly better than the 24 per­ cent support from Republicans on the key issues. The DSG study also cited an analysis by Congressional Quar­ terly, an authoritative non-parti­ san publication, which showed that the number of Democrats voting more in opposition than in support of Democratic posi­ tions has been steadily increas­ ing over the past 16 years. The 90th Congress had a record high of 53 Democratic House members who voted with Republicans more frequently than with the majority of their Democratic colleagues on 171 roll call votes. Of this group, Seafarers enjoying a game of dominoes in the New York hall while 30 were committee or subcom­ waiting to ship out are (left to right): Isidoro Valles, reeferman; Guill Castro, AS; Camilo Rojas, wiper, with pensioner John Hernandez. mittee chairmen. Voting Records of Committee Heads Show Many Opposed Party in House Washing^ —^Some of the most inffuential Democrats in Congress — the chairmen of House Committees and subcom­ mittees — might as well have been Republicans, a recent vot­ ing study shows. ^ Eight of the 21 chairmen of full committees and 34 of 93 subcommittee chairmen voted against their party's national position more than they voted with their party. In fact six conunittee chair­ men and 34 subcommittee chair­ men were more opposed to Democratic programs than the average Republican. As a group, they opposed their party's posi­ tion 92 percent of the time on key votes, while Republicans averaged only 76 percent op­ position. The documented charge was made by the Democratic Study Group, an organization of liberal House Democrats. The DSG measured the record of 247 House Democrats on 30 key votes during the 90th Congress. The votes included such issues as housing, educational appro­ priations, civil rights and con­ sumer protection. The study found that 75 Democrats voted against their party more than they supported it—and that this group included a disproportionate number of committee chairmen. Chairman- Labor Mobilizes to Preserve One Man-One Vote in States American labor has mobilized for a state-by-state drive to pre­ serve one man, one vote appor­ tionment of state legislatures. The campaign was launched by the AP^-CIO Executive Council and the front line troops will be the federation's state central bodies. The goal is to block the move to call a constitutional conven­ tion to initiate an amendment which would nullify the Supreme Court rulings which ended mi­ nority, rural domination of most of the state legislatures. Under a never-used provision of the Constitution, legislatures of two-thirds of the states can cause such a convention to be held. There is considerable con­ troversy over the number of states which have passed valid resolutions to convene a con­ vention but the Executive Coun­ cil termed the threat "critical." Must FigM ReactkHiaries "We intend to fight to uphold the landmark Supreme Court decision now under attack by reactionary forces," the AFLCIO statement said. Warning that both represent­ ative government and effective state action to meet the urban crisis are endangered by the move to amend the Constitu­ tion, the council declared: "We call on all AFL-QG state central bodies to fight in their respective legislatures against those who would con­ vene a constitutional conven­ tion. "We urge state central bodies to work to rescind resolutions calling for such a convention in those states where such regres­ sive action has been taken. "In those critical states where no action has been taken, state central bodies should fight the attempts by reactionary forces to adopt such resolutions." Tlie AFL-CIO warned that "this state-to-state battle will de­ termine whether the nation re­ tains or discards democracy's most basic precept." �Page Ten SEAFARERS April, 1969 LOG SlU Lifeboat Class No. 221 Plugging Imome Tax Loopholes Cited As Vital to Renew Pablit ConRdente BAL HARBOUR, Fla.—The incomes are now preferentially double standard in the nation's taxed or totally tax exempt. income tax system that allows • Removal of the impov­ the wealthiest to escape all taxes erished from the federal income while forcing those in poverty tax rolls. to pay must be corrected, the • Reduction, in the relative AFL-CIO declared. tax burden for low and moder­ To allow the situation to go ate income families. unchecked will further sap pub­ lic confidence in the tax system • Rqection of proposals for as it places an unfairly great new tax loopholes which would part of the burden of running create even more inequities in the federal government on the the federal tax structure. shoulders of America's middle • Dismissal of all proposals income families, the Executive for a federal retail sales tax Council said. whether called "value-added" Top Priority Asked taxes or offered clearly as a tax on consumers. The need for tax reform is overriding and Congress and the • Repeal of the provision for Administration "must assign top double depreciation on all new legislative priority" to substan­ construction, except low and tial and thoroughgoing reform, moderate-rental housing, and the council added, noting its the 7 percent tax credit for busi­ approval of the tax reform in­ ness investment in machines and vestigation being conducted by equipment. the House Ways and Means The dimensions of the tax in­ Committee. equities were sketched in by the To achieve a standard of tax council which pointed out that fairness the council called for: in 1967 there were 21 indi­ • Elimination of the loop­ viduals who reported incomes holes of special tax privileges above $1 million and 155 who for wealthy families and corpo­ reported incomes of $200,000 or over who "paid not a dollar rations. of federal income tax." • A minimum tax on all in­ In contrast, some 2.5 million come over a total which would persons whose incomes fell be­ provide protection for legitimate small investors but which would low the government's "poverty require at least some tax pay­ line" paid $100 million in fed­ ment from those whose huge eral income taxes. The council statement stressed that three major loopholes— capital gains, exemption of state and local bond interest and tax windfalls on oil, gas and other mineral operations cost the Treasury about $7 billion in 1968. The 7 percent tax credit on investment in machinery and equipment produced over $2 billion for corporations. Imbalance Scored It pointed out that there, are now tax forgiveness proposals to provide incentives to industry for on-the-job training and in­ ner-city industrial development, proposals that "would further reward those who already more than adequately share in AMerica's affluence, and use as their excuse the plight of those who are today in trouble because they do not have their fair share." Neither will "no strings" fed­ eral aid plans that are not sub­ ject to congressional scrutiny of specific programs be in the na­ tional interest, the council de­ clared. It singled out specifically "talk of adding new tax gim­ micks for real estate operators, many of whom are now more accurately considered in the business of constructing tax shelters rather than shelters for people." Graduates of the March 12 SlU Lifeboat Class are (seated l-r) Jeorge Depetris, Ralph Trotman, Francis Munoz and Arthur Tobias. Standing are, (I. to r.): Robert Staplin, John Davis, Bob Kirk and Tom Pettway. This latest lifeboat group included 19 more graduates. Seated (l-r) are Scot Timothy, David Epier, Richard Benton, Joe Pazos and Richard Daisley. Standing (l-r) are James Davis, John Russell, John Gaskins, Robert Bousson, Daniel Maitland and Sam Luko. The lifeboat classes are led by SlU Instructor Paul McGarin. A Step Backward New Taylor Law Amendments Hit Public Employees Hard rl. ALBANY, N. Y. — Governor Nelson Rockefeller has signed into law harsh new penalties voted by the Republican-controlled New York Legislature against public workers and their unions. The Republican governor and the legislature acted despite sharp warnings from many quarters that the move would be self-defeating. Under the amendments to the Taylor law govern­ ing public employee labor relations, effective April 1, for any day of absence during a strike a worker will lose two days' pay and must serve a year's probation with loss of job tenure. Fines against unions, formerly a maximum of $10,000 a day, were made possibly co­ extensive with the union's treasury and assets. Dues checkoff rights now may be suspended without limit instead of an 18-month maximum period under the original Taylor law. The 1967 law had in it no prohibitions against un­ fair employer practices. The new amendments pro­ hibit some new practices, effective September 1, but fail to list others and provide no penalties for em­ ployer violations. Law Favors Employers State AFL-CIO President Raymond R. Corbett had opposed the new law, noting that penalties in the law as enacted in 1967 had tipped the balance in bargain­ ing power in favor of government employers and that the changes would mean a further imbalance with still greater inducement for some agency heads to take ad­ vantage of public workers in contract bargaining. In a statement issued following passage, Corbett as­ serted that the action "deals a devastating new blow to fair and full worker-employer relations in govern­ ment." He added that "this punishment binge on which the legislature's leadership and the state admin­ istration has embarked, is not only illogical and unrea­ sonable, but will in the final analysis prove selfdefeating." "Mort Recessive Ever" "This is the most repressive labor legislation ever passed in the free world," President Jerry Wurf of the State, County and Municipal Employees asserted. "And like all repressive laws, it will create chaos in labor-management relations." President David Selden of the Teachers labeled it "out and out class legislation" that will force "teachers and other public employees ... to enter in politics on a much more extensive and far wider scale than in the past." Theodere W. Kheel, who has mediated numerous public employee disputes, said that the revisions "will do more harm than good." He added that they were rushed through the legislature "without an opportunity -for deliberation, debate or public comment." Twice in the week the bill was slated for action, the New York Times sharply criticized the measure, warn­ ing that the Taylor law's predecessor, the CondonWadlin law, had been a failure for the 20 years of its existence because penalties oh individuals were so se­ vere they were unenforceable. To reinstate such pen­ alties, it said, "may give legislators an outlet for their frustrations but it will never bring civil service peace." It called the measure "a legislative monstrosity" and the penalties "so punitive that they may prove selfdefeating." The New York Post tagged the bill "ill conceived" and a "mindless regression" deserving a "blunt guber­ natorial veto." Idle Hope That was an idle hope, however, since the terms of the bill had been hammered out during weeks of con­ ferences that included Rockefeller, members of his staff and Republican legislative leaders. However, calling up the bill March 7 was delayed more than five hours as the leadership worked franti­ cally to round up the required 76 Republican votes necessary for passage in the Assembly. In the final 76 to 71 tally, two GOP members voted with the Demo­ crats in the negative. With a comfortable party ma­ jority, no problem was met with passage in the Senate, though one Republican joined the Democrats in the 32-to-25 vote. Debate on the bUl took more than three hours in each house, with proponents belatedly revealing that to meet specific inconsistencies readily seen in the bill, additional bills were to be introduced, passed and sent to the governor. Normally a bill requiring amendment is changed in committee or from the floor. This requires, however, a delay of several days before a vote. But the em­ phasis was so much on speedy passage that it was an­ nounced that "chapter amendments"—bills to correct the basic bill—would be scheduled for action shortly. 'Threat' VanSsiies The speed had initially been invoked because of a threat of a strike by an unaffiliated organization of state employees set for March 13. The strike had been called off days before the bill was to be acted on, however. Since the Taylor law enactment, there had been two strikes by New York City union teachers and one by sanitation workers. Last November the first work stop­ page by state employees, involving non-professional personnel in mental hospitals, occurred as the workers insisted on the right—until then not given them—to choose their own union to bargain for them rather than an organization designated by the governor. �April, 1969 SEAFARERS Good Check Seafarer Fred Schlffelbine, left, shown receiving check from Jackie R. Hall, Duluth port agent, for overtime on the John P. Reiss. Transit Union Leader Urges Look at Free Transportation PITTSBURGH^Total elim­ ination of fares on transit sys­ tems may be an ultimate need in helping cities solve "intense social problems," President John M. Elliott of the Amalgamated Transit Union declared here re­ cently. "Certainly the free transpor­ tation concept is worthy of a fair try," Elliott told an inter­ national conference on urban transportation attended by trans­ portation, government, educa­ tion, labor, and management officials. Elliott called attention to a conclusion of the National Ad­ visory Commission on Civil Dis­ orders that urban disturbances have in part resulted from the frustration of ghetto dwellers who are unable to reach places where jobs are. Free transportation, he said, would make public transporta­ tion "an instrument for eco­ nomic and social equality" available to the poor, the elder­ ly, the handicapped and "other members of our non-motorized population." The loss of fare boxes, he suggested, could be made up for in taxes levied on a per capita basis among the residents of a metropolitan area served by a transit system. Noting that the tax in most cases would not exceed $2 to $4 a month, he said that "in terms of the true benefits that such free transportation might provide, this additional tax burden might well be worth the price." In his address, Elliott also said that his union takes "par­ ticular pride" in pioneering the "exact fare collection system" to relieve bus drivers and other transit operators from carrying change. The system was first sought by the union in Washington, fol­ lowing the fatal shooting of a bus driver in a robbery. The idea has since been adopted in Oakland, Calif., Baltimore, Pittsburgh, and other cities. Requiring passengers to have the exact fare and not seek change, has reduced holdups of transit systems and provided the public with safer and faster serv­ ice, Elliott said. He noted that the program, first greeted by management in Washington as a "harebrained scheme," has since won nearly unanimous approval in the cities where it has been tried. Page Eleven LOG flO Commission Will Investigate Greeks'Repression of Union Rights GENEVA—^The Internation­ al Labor Organization's Gov­ erning Body has appointed a three-man commission to inves­ tigate charges that the Greek government has been repressing trade union rights. The 48 worker, government and employer delegates to the Governing Body, the ILO's executive board, set up the commission during a three-day meeting here over the objections of the military dictatorship now in power in Athens. In a note to the ILO, the Greek government attempted to sidestep the charges made by western worker delegates at the last ILO conference that it had dissolved trade unions and jailed their leaders in defiance of its ILO obligations. "We are not aware of the ar­ rest of any trade unionists," Greek authorities asserted. "In any case," the note continued, "anyone arrested and held in detention has been carrying on Communist and not trade union activities." Objections Rejected But Jean Moeri, chairman of the worker delegates, brushed aside on behalf of the workers' group the Greek objections to the appointment of the commis­ sion. He said that Athens "shouldiiave no fear of any im­ partial investigation if it has a clear conscience." The proposal to hold the in­ vestigation was adopted without a vote after Moeri had reminded the board that "human rights are worth defending." The com­ mission is to be headed by Lord Devlin, a long-time British jur­ ist. Worker delegates again led the defense of human rights when they challenged the inclu­ sion of Morocco among the countries invited to send worker, government and labor represent­ atives to an ILO meeting in Oc­ tober on the leather and foot­ wear industry. »Rudolph Faupl of the Ma­ chinists, the U.S. worker dele­ gate, speaking for all the work­ ers, denounced the sending of an invitation to a country "where free trade unions do not exist." This was an allusion to the sentencing to a year's imprison­ ment of the Moroccan worker delegate to last year's ILO con­ ference because of a speech criticizing the government. Announcing that the workers would not vote for the invitation to Morocco, Moeri told the board that it was "inadmissible" that a worker delegate should be arrested for a speech made at an ILO conference. The Governing Body ap­ proved for submission to the June assembly a budget of $60,999,200 for the years 1970 and 1971. New Cigarette Study Finds; Nicotine Content Up in Some Brands WASHINGTON — If you're smoking more and enjoying it less these days, it could be due to the fact that you're getting more nicotine out of that puff than you used to get. An updated report by the Federal Trade Commission indicates that 78 brands of ciga­ rettes showed a higher nicotine content than in the agency's previous testing. The FTC's data stems from smoking machine results which scientifically measure such factors as tar and nicotine in the cigarette smoke. Latest tests, conducted in February, com­ pare the nicotine content of the various brands with similar testing last October. It was the first time the Commission had issued individual comparative data on successive test results. The FTC's announcement has already drawn both smoke and fire from Capitol Hill, where Senator Frank E. Moss (D-Utah), a leading critic of the cigarette industry in Congress, saw the implications in the findings as "at best dis­ couraging and, at worst, sinister." Moss expressed the hope that the reasons for the FTC's disturbing findings could be found either in variations of testing methods or in the tobacco crop itself because of inconstant weath­ er conditions during the growing period. "If not," the Utah lawmaker declared, "it would be hard to escape the conclusion that the companies that produce these brands are deliberately stepping up the nicotine yield." Bid for More Addidion? "To what purpose?" the Senator asked. "We know that nicotine is closely related to the ad­ dictive or habituating quality of cigarette smok­ ing. If the change proves to be deliberate, we can only assume that it reflects a conscious tactic to stem the trend toward giving up smok­ ing which is now making significant inroads on cigarette sales." Moss, newly named chairman of the con­ sumer subcommittee of the Senate Commerce Committee, declared that he intends to pursue his crusade against smoking. He believes that data developed by various groups both within and outside of government show a clear corre­ lation between smoking and such diseases as lung cancer, emphysema and heart disease. Rallying to the defense of the cigarette manu­ facturers, the Tobacco Institute, the industry's propaganda arm, brushed the whole issue off as "absurd." Rather, it assailed the govern­ ment agency for "recognized deficiencies in FTC testing and reporting." The institute insists there is no proven relationship between health and the amount of tar and nicotine in cigarettes. Spokesmen for the FTC point out that the increase in nicotine content revealed by its testing did hot result from any changes in test­ ing methods. "We are using a uniform pro­ cedure," they noted. Involved in the changes in nicotine content disclosed by the FTC are some of the leading sellers on the cigarette market. For example, king-sized Winston filters contained 1.4 milli­ grams of nicotine per cigarette in February, up from 1.3 milligrams in October. Similarly, kingsized Chesterfield filters increased from 1.3 milligrams to 1.5 milligrams. It is the first time that the ILO has budgeted for a twoyear period. The new practice was adopted to enable better planning of the ILO efforts to promote higher living and work­ ing standards the world over. The new budget represents an annual increase over that for the current year of 7.1 percent. Worker members of the Gov­ erning Body also launched a drive to have their chairman elected president of the ILO's 50th anniversary conference in June. The election of Moeri, the Swiss head of the ILO's work­ ers group since 1961, would be just recognition of the contri­ bution of trade unionists to the first 50 years of ILO activities, the group said. Scientists Find Plastic Seaweed Can Fool Nature BRIGHTON, England—Just as the planting of trees stops land erosion so, scientists have discovered, does seaweed re­ duce coastal erosion. Now they have decided to play "one-upmanship" with na­ ture. Since seaweed doesn't al­ ways occur naturally in the places and in the quantity where it is most needed, English and Danish scientists here have de­ veloped polypropylene tufts which float upright when they are anchored at one end. Such plastic seaweed tufts have already been successfully tested off the English cOast and have proved their worth, the scientists claim. A similar experimental use of artificial seaweed has been tak­ ing place in this country at the Wallops Island, Virginia, station of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA has been attaching orange-colored plastic fronds to frames "planted" on the sea floor. Its scientists claim that the frames will create an under­ water drag that will cause sand particles suspended in shallow water to fall to the bottom and remain there. The buildup of sand offshore is supposed to buf­ fer the shoreline and help to minimize erosion. An extra "bonus" noted in the NASA experiment was the attraction of fish and other ma­ rine life to the area. Beach erosion has received a great deal of attention over the years but various attempts to halt it—^by the use of such items as auto wrecks, old Christmas trees, etc.—have not met with any noticeable success. �SEAFARERS Page Twelve Two States Hit on Violations Of Voting Rights Procedures WASHINGTON —The Su­ preme Court handed down a broad interpretation of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, declaring that two southern states had violated the law by changing lo­ cal election procedures without getting the consent of the Jus­ tice Department or the federal courts. But the court refused never­ theless, to order new elections sought by Negro petitioners in Mississippi and Virginia. Whether the challenged local laws must be given a federal review before the next elections is, in effect, up to Congress. The Voting Rights Act will ex­ pire in 1970 unless Congress extends it. Two of the Mississippi laws point up the issues which were before the court. One authorized two counties to elect members of the Board of Supervisors at-large instead of by election districts as in the past. The effect was tliat all Negro candidates were defeated, while several might have been elected under the district sys­ tem. Elective Post Abolished Another law abolished elec­ tion of school superintendent in 11 counties with large Negro populations and made the job appointive. The majority decision, by Chief Justice Earl Warren, held that the Voting Rights Act ap­ plied because it "was aimed at the subtle, as well as the ob­ vious, state regulations which have the effect of denying citi­ zens their right to vote because of race." The Voting Rights Act im­ posed special restrictions on those states where the low per­ centage of the Negro voting age population participating in the 1964 presidential election was considered a presumption of racial discrimination. In those areas, literacy tests were voided and new restric­ tions on the right to vote were banned unless either the Justice Department or a three-judge federal court in the District of Columbia ruled they were not discriminatory. The Supreme Court's ruling was based on failure to follow this procedure. Justice Hugo L. Black dissented from the deci­ sion. Justice John Marshall Harlan dissented in one case, involving the at-large election. And three justices William O. Douglas, Thurgood Marshall and Harlan—argued that hav­ ing found that the states had violated the law, the Supreme Court should have ordered new elections. Harlan complained that "the decision pays lip service to the Voting Rights Act but gives it no effect." •M \ < 'J About 360 hardcore jobless workers will be trained for building and construction jobs under a contract signed between the U.S. Department of Labor and the Builders' Association of Kansas City. Nearly $1.5 mil­ lion in federal funds has been allotted for the two-year train­ ing project under the Job Op­ portunities in the Business Sec­ tor (JOBS) program, being car­ ried out in cities across the U.S. by the National Alliance of Busi­ nessmen. Cooperating in the program are six AFL-CIO building trades unions—Carpen­ ters, Painters, Bricklayers, Lath­ ers, Plasterers and Cement Ma­ sons and Laborers. * « * James H. Rademacher, presi­ dent of the Letter Carriers, has been elected chairman of the AFL-CIO Government Employ­ ees Council, whose 34 affiliates bargain for federal workers in nearly every branch of govern­ ment. Rademacher, who had been council vice chairman, will fill out the 1969 term of the late E. C. Hallbeck, who had headed the GEC since 1961. Hallbeck's successor as president of the Postal Clerks, Francis S. Filbey, was elected vice president of the GEC. President Frank W. King of the Ohio AFL-CIO was saluted by the Ohio Senate for "effec­ tive service" on behalf of Ohio workers when he resigned re­ cently to devote full attention to his state central body duties. He had served 16 years in the Sen­ ate after two years in the Ohio House. Miss Marigene Valiquette (D-Toledo) was named to take King's Senate seat after serving in the House from the 79th district for eight years with a perfect Ohio COPE voting record. * • • The number of union mem­ bers in California rose to a rec­ ord 2.03 million in 1968, the state's Department of Industrial Relations reported. A 39,000 increase continued a steady rise since 1962. The state survey showed the biggest growth in the public employee field. Members of the Meat Cutters employed in the New York City fur industry have approved a new three-year agreement pro­ viding a wage and benefit pack­ age valued at $1.47 an hour. The agreement was negotiated by the union's Furrier's Joint Council. April, 1969 LOG The First Step? f: .'.>p J If one should get the impression—after studying the recently released typical budgets for a family of four figured out by the Department of La­ bor's Bureau of Labor Statistics—that workers don't smoke, borrow money, buy things on the installment plan or educate their children, it's only because the agency just didn't see fit to make any allowances for such items. Another thing they didn't allow for is savings—^but maybe here theyjre right. The cost of living these days certainly doesn't leave much of a cushion. Calculated for living costs as they were in the spring of 1967, the budg­ ets are laid out in three levels. The lowest level bears a price tag of $5,915 a year, a "moderate" budget takes $9,076 to achieve and the "above moder­ ate" one requires $13,050 a year. A table of costs provided—city by city— shows that living levels in most of the major cities require more than these figures allow. In addition to this, most expenses—including those for food, housing, transportation, clothing, personal care and medical care—^have increased con­ siderably since the spring of 1967. This alone knocks the figures somewhat out of whack. Even so, how do they stack up to what U.S. workers earn? Half of U.S. industrial workers today earn less than $6,000 a year— most of them less than the ELS minimum budget for living at the lowest level. The millions now receiving the legal minimum wage—$1.60 an hour— earn a magnificent $3,828 a year, if they work all year without any layoff. The government says $3,200 a year is the "poverty level." The picture is clear —millions of American workers live at the poverty level or close to it, few achieve a "moderate" living level, and only a comparative handful get beyond that. No wonder so many wives are forced to work and so many husbands must moonlight to make ends meet. As a result, their children are often brought up with less than desirable care and guidance. And compare the workers' dilemma with the constant upward spiral in corporation profits. Land of plenty? For whom? It begins to look like the ELS is trying to kid the public. Maybe that ex­ plains why its latest cost of living figures are two years behind and arranged —for the first time—in three budget levels. For the millions who find it im­ possible to live at a "moderate" level, let alone the one above the "moderate," there is always the race to rise above the government's definition of poverty. "1 :j • �April, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Thirteen Labor Department figures—for Spring of 1967—Show: City Family Needed $9,076 a Year for ^Moderate' Living Three Budget Standards For Metropolitan Areas The annual cost of living in 39 cities for a four-person family on three economic levels in the spring of 1967: Lower Moderate Higher Budget Budget Budget Honolulu $7,246 $10,902 $16,076 New York 6,021 9,977 14,868 Boston 6,251 9,973 14,568 Hartford •••••••••••••••••••««•» 6,422 9,833 13,814 San Francisco-Oakland 6,571 9,774 14,079 Buffalo 9,624 13,679 6,083 Milwaukee 6,104 9,544 13,636 Seattle 6,520 9,550 13,486 Minneapolis-St. Paul 9,399 13,348 6,058 Cedar Rapids, Iowa 9,358 13,307 6,223 Chicago ........................ 9,334 13,325 6,104 Los Angeles 9,326 13,645 6,305 Champaign-Urbana, HI 9,257 13,199 6,257 Cleveland 5,915 9,262 12,997 Indianapolis 6,124 9,232 13,111 Washington 9,273 13,419 6,133 9,195 12,660 Portland, Me 5,951 St. Louis 9,140 12,813 6,002 San Diego 6,002 9,209 13,461 5,905 Denver , 9,080 13,011 Philadelphia 9,079 13,131 5,898 8,981 12,911 Detroit 5,873 Green Bay, Wis 8,955 12,944 5,714 8,965 12,732 Kansas City, Mo. 5,957 8,960 12,610 Lancaster, Pa 5,833 Wichita, Kan 5,978 8,907 12,595 Bakersfield, Calif 5,779 8,882 12,765 Cincinnati 5,702 8,826 12,283 Pittsburgh 5,841 8,764 12.551 Baltimore . >•••••< 5,820 8.685 12,728 5,570 8,688 12.431 Durham, N. C. 8.636 12.392 5,796 Davton, Ohio 5,597 8,328 11,846 Atlanta 8,348 12,375 5,402 Baton Rouge 8,345 12.157 5.607 Dallas 8.388 12.055 5.677 Nashville 5,542 Houston ..... 8,301 11.897 5.419 Orlando, Fla. . 8.227 12,024 7,952 11,299 5,237 Austin, Tex. . The Labor Department has reported that an annual income of $9,076 was needed by a fourmember city worker's family to maintain a "moderate" standard of living in the spring of 1967. To maintain an "austere" standard at that time such a family required income of $5,915 annually. For a fuller, more expansive life, income of $13,050 was needed. These income requirements, representing national urban av­ erages, and breakdowns of what they will buy in this era of ris­ ing living costs, were developed in a study just released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics: "Three Standards of Living for an Urban Family of Four, Spring, 1967." It covered 39 metropolitan areas, plus nonmetropolitan areas representa­ tive of the country as a whole. First 3-Levd Study Since 1946, BLS has periodi­ cally issued a "City Worker's Family Budget" to show costs of a moderate living standard, but this marks the first time that costs of goods and services have been developed at three levels. The common size family used to measure living needs and pat­ terns is made up of a 38-yearold full-time worker, a wife not employed outside the household, a tray of 13, and an eight-year old girl. Arnold Chase, assistant BLS commissioner, emphasized at a press briefing that the family chosen as a yardstick was "not typical" but "meaningful." Since the budgets were estab­ lished, BLS noted, there have been increases in what the fam­ ily must pay for food, housing, transportation, clothing and per­ sonal care, medical care and other consumer items. In addition, taxes have since increased as a result of the fed­ eral income tax surcharge, high­ er state and local income taxes. Government officials qould not say how much more .the budgets would be raised if up­ dated to take into account these increases, but Labor Depart­ ment records show that consum­ er prices have risen by about 7.5 percent since spring 1967. Even without precise com­ parisons, other BLS studies show that earnings of the aver­ age worker fall considerably short of the moderate budget's income requirements, and in many cases even below the low budget's needs. In March 1967—a month corresponding to the study pe­ riod—average earnings for rank and file workers on private nonfarm payrolls were $99.41 a week. On an annual basis, this amounted to $5,169, or $3,907 short of the moderate budget and $746 short of the low budget. Area Costs Vary The Labor Deparbnent em­ phasized that costs in each of the budgets vary widely depend­ ing on geographic location and size of the city. BLS supplied a breakdown of costs and sep­ arate budgets for each of the areas surveyed. Chase defined the low budget as an "austere" one, but did not characterize the others. In the past, BLS has described a mod­ erate budget 9S providing "a modest but adequate standard of living." All three budgets assume "that maintenance of health and social well-being, the nurture of children, and participation in community activities are desir­ able and necessary goals." In keeping with the govern­ ment's position that cigarette smoking is "hazardous" to health, the budgets did not al­ low expenditures for cigarettes. There are allowances, however, for pipe tobacco, cigars and al­ cohol. The department said that its studies show that "the lower the budget the larger the proportion of costs devoted to the necessi­ ties of life." Basic Needs Listed Consumption expenditures — food, housing, transportation, clothing, medical care, gifts, education and recreation — ac­ count for 82 percent of the low budget, 79 percent of the mod­ erate budget and 76 percent of the higher budget. When food and medical care costs are combined, they make up 35.9 percent of the low budget, 28.5 percent of the mod­ erate budget and 23.6 percent of the higher budget. The low budget provides less variety in food, more potatoes and dried beans, less fruit, less expensive cuts of meat, and few­ er and cheaper restaurant meals than allowed in the moderate URBAN FAMILY LIVING STANDARDS Spring 1967 and higher budgets. All three budgets provide for group hospital and surgical in­ surance, but only the high budg­ et specified major medical in­ surance, which supplements bas­ ic hospital-surgical coverage. Food costs, averaged $1,644 in the low and $2,105 and $2,586 in the moderate and higher budgets. Medical care costs were set at $474, $477 and $497 respectively. The budgets differ in other major categories as follows: Housing—Housing costs were $1,303 in the lower budget, which allowed for rental only without air conditioning, $2,230 in the moderate budget and $3,340 in the higher budget. Home ownership was assumed for a majority of families in the mod­ erate and higher budgets. Transportation—Costs aver­ aged $446 in the low budget, $872 in the moderate budget and $1,127 in the higher budget. The differences resulted lju-gely from the proportion of automo­ bile ownership specified for each budget, the age of cars and how often they are replaced. In addition, the low budget permits no out-of-town travel on planes, trains or other pub­ lic vehicles, and no comprehen­ sive insurance. Clothing—Costs were $538 in the lower budget, and $767 and $1,139 in the moderate and higher budgets respectively. Clothing allowances varied slightly in quantity but consider­ ably in quality. Social security, taxes—Social security payments averaged $265 in the low budget and $303 in both of the other budg­ ets. Taxes were $474 in the lower budget, $1,062 and $1,969 in the moderate and higher budgets. The most expensive of the 39 areas covered in the study was Honolulu, priced at $7,246, $10,902 and $16,076 for the three budgets. The most eco­ nomical was Austin, Tex. with budgets of $5,237, $7,952 and $11,299. For a moderate budget, the most expensive ^eas, following Honolulu, were Boston; New York-Northeastern New Jersey; Hartford, Conn.; San FranciscoOakland and Buffalo. If Fair­ banks, Alaska, had been in­ cluded in the survey it "undoubt­ edly" would have topped Hono­ lulu, Chase said. WHERE THE DOLLAR GOES Urban United States 27.9c FOOD 23.2e 19.8c > 22.0c HOUSING 24.6c c icr: 25.6c I 7.5c 9.6c TRANSPORTATION a.6c M11.8c 10.8c 11.1c CLOTHING AND PERSONAL CARE I 8.0c •" 5.3c 3.8c MEDICAL CARE 5.0C — e.oe OTHER FAMILY CONSUMPTION 7.4c GIFTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS PERSONAL LIFE INSURANCE OCCUPATIONAL EXPENSES SOCIAL SECURITY & DISABILITY PAYMENTS 2.5e ' 2.8C !•••••••• 3t8c 2.0c "" 1.8C l.8e i0.8C 0.9c 0.7c I4.9e 3.3c Lower Standard! LEGEND Moderate StandardHigher Standards mtmam 2.Sc >8.0C PERSONAL TAXES It.TC -$5,915 •$9,076 .$13,050 �I SEAFARERS Page Fourteen April, 1969 LOG Attempt to Sneak 'Right-to-Work' Through Civil Rights Tie-in Defeated SANTE FE—A backdoor at­ ence professor at St. John's Col­ House turned down the consti­ tempt to put over a "right-to- lege here, said, "I think it is a tutional amendment, its Appro­ work" law in New Mexico by proposal to keep the lousy low priations and Finance Commit­ tee reported out a human rights attaching it to a civil ri^ts bill wages we have in this state." has been soundly beaten in the Roland Kool, an Albuquer­ bill with a recommendation for state House of Representatives. que attorney, said the law's chief passage. By a 9-6 vote the com­ Earlier, by an identical 41-29 aim "is to weaken organized la­ mittee adopted an amendment to make the union shop illegal vote, the House rejected a move bor." When the measure came to under the law. to bring the union shop ban be­ fore the electorate in either a the floor, debate followed sim­ When the legislation reached general or special election as a ilar lines. Proponents claimed the floor, the amendment was it would prevent unions from the immediate center of attack constitutional amendment. Although "right-to-work" getting too strong and bring in­ in debate, and it was stripped may still come up in the Senate, dustry to the state. Opponents from the rights bill before the the twin House actions seemed said it was plainly designed to House went on to approve the to spell doom for it in this ses­ hold down wages and weaken balance of the measure. union organizing drives. The bill as it went to the Sen­ sion of the legislature. Meanwhile, just before the ate prohibits discrimination in A "right-to-work" proposal employment because of sex, to outlaw union shop agree­ race, religion, color or national ments in the state previously ap­ origin. It also bars discrimina­ peared on the state ballot as a tion in housing and public ac­ constitutional amendment in The booming-voiced Sen­ commodations. A five-member 1948 and was defeated by a sub­ ator Everett Dirksen (R-Hl.), commission would administer it. stantial margin. in a mighty burst of praise The New Mexico legislature The measure has been pushed for the new Republican ad­ is under Democratic control and unsuccessfully in the legislature ministration, recently orated of the votes that defeated most in nine of the last 10 sessions on the confidence he felt be­ "right-to-work" in both in­ by New Mexicans for Right to cause of President Nixon's stances came from Democrats. Work with assistance from the "firm hand on the rudder." In Pennsylvania, a "right-toNational Right to Work Com­ He didn't get away with it. work" bill has been introduced mittee and the Farm Bureau. A letter writer in the Wash­ but has not moved. In Idaho The proposed constitutional ington Post, Karl G. Sorg, and California open shop forces amendment on "right-to-work" observed wryly: have organized drives, but no came to the House floor this "When I am on the high bills have been introduced. year with a 7-3 "do not pass" seas, I would like my skip­ recommendation from the Labor In Kansas, "right-to-work" per to keep a firm hand on Committee. The committee act­ was adopted by a constitutional the tiller, and to leave that ed after holding a three-hour amendment in 1958 but the rudder alone. Any skipper hearing attended by more than state has never passed necessary with a firm hand on the rud­ 50 persons. enabling legislation. This year der is likely to be in water ftoponents at the hearing labor is fighting against an en­ way over his head." were led by President W. A. abling bill in the legislature. Langanegger of the New Mexico Farm Bureau and representa­ tives of oil drilling campanies. Langanegger said he feared un­ ions in agriculture. The oil drill­ ers attacked organizing efforts of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers. By SMbey Margtriius A key opponent. Brother The case of the millions of General Motors cars now being re­ Raymond Ogden, political scicalled for repair of possible carburetor and exhaust-system defects is another in a growing list of car and household-product hazards coming increasingly into public view. Not that these problems are all new. Auto-safety defects have been criticized by various auto clubs, consumer organizations and legislators for some 20 years now. But the problem has become further complicated by modern design which sometimes sacrifices ORANGEBURG, S. C. safety for appearance. —The importance of "one Also adding to safety problems is the obviously inadequate test­ little vote" was underscored ing of both cars and household products even as they are becoming as the Communications more complicated. Another problem is that products today are de­ Workers won a union repre- 1 signed for easy assembling on an assembly line, but sometimes with sentatlon election at the inadequate attention to potential safety problems. Smith-Corona March ant One such example is a steam iron with a plastic switch on two plant here. The final tally: pivots. The switch is easy to insert on the assembly line but it can CWA 531, no union 530. come out in use, leaving the user holding a hot iron, and forced The narrow victory came | to go to the outlet to pull the plug. after the National Labor The car manufacturers especially have long acted as a law unto Relations Board ruled that themselves, with even the auto-insurance industry afraid to tangle four challenged votes with them and inclined to keep quiet about safety defects. The car should be counted. makers never learn. They added some safety features by Govern­ Of the challenged votes, ment regulation. But, at the same time, more 1969 models have three went to no union, but | fast-back design—making it difficult to see who you're backing the fourth, for CWA, was into—blind comers which hide part of your view when engaged in enough for the union—^just 1 a tricky passing maneuver, and bumpers that are more ornamental enough. than protective. In the campaign that pre­ The biggest recent callback involved General Motors cars with ceded the election, CWA the Quadra-Jet carburetor, and 1965-68 Biscayne, Bel Air, Impala leaders and local union of-1 and Caprice Chevrolets and some 1969 Chevys with 350-cubic fleers fought against a bar-1 inch engines, which may have a potential exhaust-system defect. rage of company-inspired This partcular carburetor problem is that a small plastic arm anti-union propaganda di-i called a cam has broken on a few cars, causing the throttle to re­ rected at employees. main partly open. The exhaust-system defect was caused by the use of rubber plugs to seal openings in a rear panel of the car. But SlU Lifeboat Class No. 220 Kneeling (l-r) are ick. Seated are Jack Milano and Joseph Fedornak, John Adams, George Lindquist and Les BroderRamond Gorsu, Ronnie Henderson, Terry Prater, Pat Phillips. Standing are graduates Lloyd Ayres, Randolph Lumley, George Silfast and Gene Brewer. A Stern Rebuke SlU Instructor Paul McGarin (top left) and Coast Guard Examiner BM No. I N. L. Harvell pose with this group of graduates. Kneeling (l-r) are Otiliano Morales, Ake Ryden and Russell Carruthers, Seated are Louis Machicote, Michael Chewning, James Camp, Vasco Worrell and K. Svoboda. Standing are John Tilli, Robert Hefter, Thomas Walker and Art Braud. The class had 25 new graduates. YOUR DOLI^'S WORTH Seafarer's Guide tp jBetter Buying \Proofls Clean 1 Vote Counts! the rubber plugs could deteriorate and allow carbon monoxide to enter the car if the exhaust pipe becomes damaged. Similar problems could occur with other cars, and have. A car­ buretor can become stuck if a small part breaks, or the gas pedal linkage can become stuck or damaged. Either way you could find that when you take your foot off the gas pedal the engine keeps racing. What would you yourself do if that happened to you? According to John Eck, emergency service manager of the AAA, the recom­ mended action is to put the gear selector into neutral right away, or on clutch cars, to drop the gear lever into neutral. This is preferable to turning off the ignition altogether because you have quicker access to power if you need to get out of the way of other traffic after you have slowed down. Carbon monoxide is always a danger in cold months especially when car windows are closed. Exhaust systems can become rusted, or damaged or misaligned by a bump, and can leak monoxide into the car through the floor. Eck says he never drives without a window open, and that the AAA always urges that car owners have their exhaust system in= spected for possible damage every time a car is up on a servicestation lift for lubrication or a tire change. Or if the car bottom has hit a bump, as can happen even coming out of some driveways, see if the tailpipe has been knocked out of alignment or otherwise damaged. The irony of some of these safety problems is that they are caused by the saving of dimes on household products that may cost hundreds of dollars, and cars that cost thousands. The plastic part that broke on some carburetors cost about 50 cents, and was used on expensive Cadillacs, Oldsmobiles, Buicks, etc. Now General Motors is making this part of heavier plastic reinforced by a ring. Manufacturers of various products often plead that improving their safety would add to costs. As in the instances mentioned above, the extra cost really would be minor. But at the same time the manufacturers cry cost, they often add other very expensive but not as cs .ential features for convenience or just sales appeal. •gBBW �April. 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Fifteen v'M ^HE SHIP HAD JUST RETURNED from Da more clearly and acting more precisely than he usu­ * Nang and was tied up at a shipyard in New ally is. A seaman who "is high" on marijuana—and York. After payoff, a crewmember started down the the effects can last for many hours—is a potential gangway heading for home. Waiting for him on the threat to the safety of every man aboard his ship. pier were two agents of the United States Justice De­ The increasing use of marijuana apparently stems partment. They asked him to open his suitcases. In­ from the belief that it is not addictive, and therefore side one of them, concealed in a rolled up sweater,, not as harmful, as heroin, cocain or opium. But even they found 200 marijuana cigarettes. this belief is false as thousands of medical case his­ This young merchant seaman was not a dope ad­ tories have proven. Dr. Donald B. Louria, chairman dict, nor was he smuggling the stuff in to sell it. Be­ of the New York State Council on Drug Addiction, cause it was his first narcotics offense he got off in cites several examples of the effects of smoking pot: "One subject smoked one cigarette and became the courts with a suspended sentence following con­ viction. But, he will never again be able to sail on a restless, agitated, dizzy, fearful of his surroundings and afraid of death. He had three short periods of U.S.-flag merchant vessel. Is this hypothetical case an isolated one? Unfor­ unconsciousness. Another, a 19-year-old man, be­ tunately, no. The files of the Marine Inspection Of­ came depressed, used marijuana and- experienced fice include many such cases of seamen whose cer­ 'black despair.' He then got some tranquilizers from a tificates have been permanently revoked by the Coast friend and took them in an attempt at suicide." Dr. Louria's long study of the use of marijuana Guard for violation of narcotics laws. Coast Guard leads him to the firm conviction that, in spite of all officials are understandably reluctant to reveal their methods of detecting these violations, but the in­ the talk about the so-called happy feelings that result creasing number of revocations recorded each year from smoking pot, the effects are not always pleas­ clearly shows that violators sooner or later will be ant. Too often, he says, depression becomes despera­ tion, and anxiety turns to panic. caught. TTien there is the question of addiction. While it Marijuana is the most commonly used—and may be true that pot is not physically addicting like abused—drug among young people. The use of marijuana on college campuses and among service­ hard narcotics such as heroin, it can still produce an men is spreading at an alarming rate. And, because emotional dependency in many users. Whether we of its ready availability in foreign ports, many young call it an addiction or a dependency, the result is the P ieamen have given in to the temptation to try a same—one can become hooked and will try to stay "high" as long and as often as possible. The real dan­ pil'reefer" just for kicks, i Despite the statements of some so-called authori­ ger is that the "pothead"—the person who becomes ties that marijuana is just an iimocuous weed which is dependent on marijuana—^very often becomes the no more harmful than alcohol, the fact is that it is tragic victim of hard narcotics. A recent survey by the New York State Narcotic ; dangerous as well as illegal. In addition to the physical dhngers, the young sea­ Addiction Control Commission resulted in a shock­ man just starting his career—or the seagoing veteran ing prediction: About 40 percent of the young peo­ nearing retirement—share an added danger; one nar- ple using marijuana today will move on to heroin i; i cotics violation, even if it is nothing more than pos- within a few years. These findings, together with the i session of a single marijuana cigarette, means the end results of similar studies in other major cities, con­ |of sailing for the rest of his life. This can mean a firm the opinion of medical experts that there can be ij career never really begun for the youngster or a ca­ a progression from marijuana to the hard drugs. It reer of many years lost, wasted for the seasoned old- is practically impossible for the young person taking his first marijuana smoke to predict whether he will I timer. A severe penalty? Yes, but for very good reasons. be an occasional user or will become a pothead and The use of marijuana can produce severe mental move on to the hard stuff. confusion, including loss of judgment and memory. In addition to permanent loss of his seaman's doc­ Heavy use can result in visual distortions, hallucina­ uments for the slightest infraction of narcotics laws, tion and impaired judgment of space and time. A there is something else that the young seaman who minute may seem like an hour. Something nearby might be tempted to try marijuana ought to know |may seem far away. Any task or decision requiring about the deceptive nature of the drug itself. While fegood reflexes, co-ordination and clear thinking is it is toie that the variety of marijuana usually avail­ shaded by the drug. The danger is intensified by a able in the United States does not appear to cause false feeling in the user that he is actually thinking any lasting physical or mental damage, reefers made from weeds found in the Middle East, Africa and the Far East are far more powerful, far more dangerous —and far more readily available to the sailor. Hashish, bhang and khat, all closely related to marijuana, can easily be purchased in many jjorts regularly visited by American-flag merchant ships. These varieties of marijuana are cheap and they are potent. In one area in Southern Arabia, the entire male population is in an almost constant state of intoxication because of the regular chewing of khat leaves. Studies made by the World Health Organiza­ tion in several areas in the Middle and Far East over a number of years have shown that serious and permanent physical and emotional disturbances do result from continued use of these drugs. The habit­ ual use of hashish, for example, has definitely been associated with criminal behavior, violence and in­ sanity. The seaman who stops in at any cigarette stand on Tu Do Street in Saigon or in any bar in Cam Rahn Bay can pick up a bag of ten ready-rolled reefers for anywhere from $1 to $2.50.,In one area of Saigon a carton of marijuana cigarettes—neatly packed in what used to be regular American cigarette wrappers —sells for $20. One soldier stationed there observed: "There's so much marijuana stored in that section of Saigon that if it ever caught fire the whole city would get stoned." That may seem funny, but the sad fact is that any serviceman or seaman who buys the stuff can never be sure if it is marijuana, which is dangerous enough, or some more potent compound processed from hashish. The true seriousness of the marijuana problem is clearly evidenced by the fact that it is the subject of a worldwide prohibition as expressed in the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. On the advice of a special committee or the World Health Organi­ zation, marijuana was placed in a special category with heroin as being a drug "particularly liable to abuse and to produce ill effects." The United States has controlled the possession, sale and use of marijuana since 1937 under the Mari­ juana Tax Act. The criminal penalties for violations of that act are severe. A person found guilty of pos­ session of the drug can be sentenced to a probation­ ary term of not less than two years or to a prison term of up to ten years. The illegal sale or transfer of marijuana can bring a sentence of from five to 20 years in a federal prison—for the first offense. And, of course, for the merchant seaman who is caught using or even possessing marijuana or any other nar­ cotic—^whether he goes to jail or not—it means the end of his sailing career! �SEAFARERS Page Sixteen Opposes Ruling for Networks AFL'CIO Urges High Court Barking For Robuttal to Broadrast Attarks WASHINGTON—Hie AFU CIO has asked the Supreme Court to uphold a Federal Com­ munications Commission rule requiring radio and television stations which broadcast per­ sonal attacks on individuals to give the victims a chance to reply. Two broadcasting networks and an association of radio and television news directors chal­ lenged the rule, claiming it in­ terfered with their freedom of speech and would be burden­ some. A federal appellate court in Chicago agreed with them and held the rule unconstitu­ tional. On the contrary, the AFLCIO argued in its brief to the Supreme Court, meaningful freedom of speech requires that the public have access to the publicly-owned airwaves. Un­ like other forms of communica­ tion, the number of channels available for broadcasting are limited. In licensing a station, the AFL-CIO said, the govern­ ment has both the right and duty to insist that basic rules of fair play be followed. While the AFL-CIO is not directly involved in the liti­ gation, the federation filed a friend-of-the-court brief in sup­ port of the FCC. Labor has a stake in the broad issue involved, the fed­ eration smd in explaining its in­ terest in the case. It cited ex­ amples of unions being denied air time to present their views during organizing drives, strikes and legislative campaigns. Necessary Protection If anything, the AFL-CIO said, the government has been "overly cautious" in acting to assure public access to the air­ waves. The specific rule that is being challenged is not only reasonable but also a necessary protection of the public's rights, the federation said. The rule in question assures the right of reply "when, during the presentation of views on a controversial issue of public im­ portance, an attack is made upon the honesty, character, in­ tegrity or like personal qualities of an identified person or group." It exempts a broad range of programs, including newscasts and news commentary. The FCC brief warned that a Supreme Court decision invali­ dating its personal attack rule would also act to undermine the long-standing "fairness doc­ trine" which requires that more than one side of controversial issues be presented by broad­ casting stations. Its brief dealt also with a companion case before the Su­ preme Court, involving the re­ fusal of Station WGCB in Red Lion, Pa., to provide free time to author Fred J. Cook after he was viciously attacked on the right-wing Christian Crusade First SlU Pension Check I End of sailing career and beginning of retirement is heralded by Chris S, Cipriano, right, receiving first pension check from New York Patrolman Liiige lovino. Cipriano, who makes his home in the Philippines, sailed as FWT. His last ihip was the Steel Voyager. April, 1969 LOG program of Reverend Billy James Hargis. Specific Example In effect, this case is a specific example of the personal attack rule even though the FCC order to the Red Lion station preced­ ed the rule. Actually the general rule was an outgrowth of the controversy over the Red Lion case. In the Red Lion case, a dif­ ferent federal appellate court upheld the authority of the FCC to insist on the right of reply to a personal attack. Thus the Su­ preme Court has two conflicting appellate court decisions involv­ ing the same basic principle. In arguing for the right of reply, the AFL-CIO brief stress­ ed that "radio and television stations are not the private pre­ serve of the licensees.... The airwaves cannot, consistent with the Constitution, be made the exclusive domain of those in the business of broadcasting." Justice Dept. Time Study' Chasing Lawyers Clockwise Management sometimes works in wondrous ways, as nearly 1,200 Justice Department attorneys in Washington are dis­ covering. The government lawyers have been ordered to keep a run­ ning record of how they spend each H^ninute segment of the day. Then, before wash-up time, they are supposed to con­ sult a code book and summarize their day's work in com­ puter language on another sheet. A 10-page memo from the new deputy attorney general, Richard G. Kleindienst, broke the news to the lawyers. They were then called in groups to a 90-minute "no-questionsallowed" briefing session for further explanation of the com­ plexities of the new program. The reason for it all, as given at one of the briefing sessions, "is to develop a body of data to prove to Congress that the department is understaffed." This, of course, gave rise to speculation that the thousands of man-hours involved in devising, explaining, record-keeping, tabulating and computerizing might suggest just the opposite to congressional budget-watchers. Representative Charles S. Joelson (D-N.J.), who is a mem­ ber of the House Appropriations subcommittee that handles the Justice Department money bill, seemed to be of this opinion. He described the time study program as "nonsense." The department's lawyers aren't organized, but a federal workers' union spoke up for them anyway. President John F. Griner of the American Federation of Government Employees denounced the time sheet program as "an undignified nuisance imposed upon a group of hard­ working federal employees." ffrapo Croivors Sot up Bogus Union In EHort to Confuse Farm Workers Two top officers of an orga­ nization set up to undermine the AFL-CIO United Farm Workers Organizing Committee have admitted that their outfit was formed and financed by grape growers who have op­ posed union rights for their workers. Facts on the founding and activities of the Agriculture Workers Freedom to Work As­ sociation came to light in a re­ port filed with the Labor Department to comply with re­ porting requirements of the Landrum-Griffin Act. The document—^filed by AWFWA President Gilbert Rubio and Secretary-Treasurer Shirley Fetalvero — revealed that the organization was con­ ceived at a meeting attended by Ru'oio, Jose Mendoza and a group of about ten grape grow­ ers. Mendoza, general secretary of AWFWA, recently made a national tour to denounce UFWOC and its president, Cesar Chavez—a tour he said was financed by the National Right to Work Committee, Glnmanras Present Rubio and Miss Fetalvero said that among those attending AWFWA's founding meeting in a Bakersfield, Calif., restaurant last May were John Giumarra, Sr., and John Giumarra, Jr., treasurer and general counsel respectively of Giumarra Vine­ yards, which has led grower op­ position to farm workers' un­ ionization. Others attending the meeting, according to the statement, in­ cluded Jack Pandol, another grower, and representatives of the Di Giorgio Corp., which had previously signed a contract with UFWOC. The document made it clear that AWFWA was founded by growers, not workers, to coun­ teract efforts to organize farm workers and the UFWOC boy­ cott of grape growers who re­ fused to hold union representa­ tion elections. "We were to tell workers not to be afraid of Chavez, to be united, and we would support and protect workers and oppose efforts to organize and boycott," Rubio and Miss Fetalvero said. The document brought out that Rubio and Mendoza were offered $120 a week. That money, along with other sums, it added, was paid to AWFWA through another organization called Mexican-American Dem­ ocrats for Republican Action (MADRA). The AWFWA officers listed dozens of checks ranging up to $500 which were allegedly used by AWFWA after they came through MADRA. Records of AWFWA's activ­ ities, according to the state­ ment, were kept by Donald Gazzaniga, head of Public Research Institute, part of a firm known as California Edi­ tors Publishing Company. Authored R-T-W Tract Gazzaniga has published a booklet, "California's Number One Industry Under Attack," a denunciation of unionizing of grape workers. It has been dis­ tributed by the National Right to Work Committee. Gazzaniga gave money to Ru­ bio and Mendoza "under the cover that they were research­ ers" for the publication, Rubio said. He charged that Mendoza is now trying to dissolve AWFWA, presumably because it is no longer useful. John Giumarra, Jr., denied the charges "that we gave money to Mendoza" and said "we will fight them in court." He contended that Rubio had once supported UFWOC, then joined AWFWA to fight the union, "and now he seems to have switched again." Cambodia In ILO As 119th Member Geneva—Cambodia has be­ come a member of the Interna­ tional Labor Organization, bringing the membership of the United Nations agency to 119 countries, DLO Director-Gen. David A. Morse announced. The new membership be­ came effective when Cambodia accepted obligations of the ILO constitution. �April, 1969 UHF Radio Used For Port 'Paging' In San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO—Ultra high frequency radio contact is being used for the first time by the Marine Exchange here to facilitate harbor communica­ tions. Put into operation on April 1, the new system utilizes pock­ et sized, self-contained receivers which are carried by staff mem­ bers of steamship companies, port service and other personnel on the move in and around San Francisco and San Pablo bays. The communications service can be extended, whenever required, to include Suisun Bay and the inland Delta navigation system. Permission was first granted by the Federal Communications Commission in January for the Marine Exchange to use 462.85 megacycles for this mobile pag­ ing service. A 24-hour San Francisco waterfront communi­ cations center receives messages by telephone. The center then relays these messages by UHF voice radio. Each receiver, or combination of receivers, can be selectively paged so that messages will be received only by those for whom they are intended. Although originally engineer­ ed at the request of members of the maritime industry to meet the problems of immediately contacting their staff members in the field, the system is soon ex­ pected to be used not only by vessel owners and agents but also by pilots, government per­ sonnel and suppliers of services and provisions for ships. The Golden Gate maritime service and developmental agen­ cy is reported to be the first li­ censee by the FCC for the new­ ly-designated UHF frequency. SEAFARERS LOG Page Seventeen No ^Pgfch-Work' Changes Dircit Presidential election by the People Urged WASHINGTON—The AFL-CIO has urged Congress to in­ itiate a constitutional amendment providing for election of the President by popular vote rather than seek a mere "patchwork" change in the present Electoral College system. Federation President George Meany presented labor's views to the House Judiciary Committee which is considering a smor­ gasbord of proposals for electoral reform. Meany took issue with President Nixon who suggested a "proportional" system of dividing a state's electoral votes be­ cause he didn't think a direct election amendment would be ratified by the required three-fourths of the states. On the contrary, Meany insisted, direct election is the one proposal that has broad public approval—demonstrated by big majorities in public opinion polls and in endorsements by a wide range of organizations, including the American Bar Asso­ ciation and Chamber of Commerce. "None of the other proposals has any comparably broad sup­ port," Meany noted. And all suffer from a common weakness— they could result in the election of a President who received fewer votes than an opponent. Meany told the committee that the AFL-CIO supports a con­ stitutional amendment which would: • Provide for the election of the President and Vice Presi­ dent by direct, nationwide popular vote. • Require a runoff between the two top candidates if no candidate receives at least 40 percent of the popular vote. • Establish a single constitutional standard guaranteeing that all persons 18 or above have the right to vote in presidential elections. « Authorize Congress to pass legislation governing the con­ duct of presidential elections and the requirements for being listed on the ballot. Meany rejected the argument that direct election of the Pres­ ident would be a departure from the federal system of govern­ ment. He pointed out that the Electoral College system, as initially conceived in the Constitution, quickly proved unworkable and remains an "anachronism" in the American political process. Three times, he noted, it has resulted in election of a Presi­ dent who trailed in the voting. Worst of all, Meany stressed, is the procedure for throwing the election into the House of Representatives if no candidate has a majority in the Electoral College—under a procedure giving each state one vote. Some of the proposals for electoral reform would correct some of the potential dangers in the present system, Meany noted. Thus a proposal to abolish the Electoral College and cast all of a state's votes for the winning candidate would eliminate the problem of "faithless" electors who disregard the voters' choice to cast their ballots for a different candidate. And a proposal to have a joint session of Congress choose the President if no candidate wins an electoral majority would be on Workers Urge Boycott of Shell To Counter Firm's Stalling Tactics DENVER—President A. F. Lima; Continental Oil Co. at "We are asking them not to Grospiron of the Oil, Chemical Wrenshall, Minn., and smaller buy Shell products. We are re­ & Atomic Workers announced firms employing about 1,000 questing them to return their that the OCAW executive board workers. Shell credit cards to the com­ has voted unanimously for , a Shell is owned by the Royal pany." worldwide consumer boycott of Dutch Petroleum Co. of the Grospiron said world assist­ Shell Oil and Shell Chemical Netherlands and Shell Trans­ ance would be sought through Company products. port and Trading Company of the International Federation of Grospiron said "we have tried Great Britain. Grospiron cited Petroleum and Chemical Work­ for months to negotiate a Shell these Shell tactics: ers, a federation of more than contract equivalent to those "The company seeks to pe­ 100 unions with two million granted by virtually all other oil nalize our members for striking. members in more than 70 coun­ It seeks to fire 10 of them and tries. companies." to suspend 15 others. It wants While agreement was reached In this hemisphere, the "don't at some locations. Shell "refuses to deny 1969 vacations to more buy" drive will be co-ordinated to be fair and reasonable in con­ than 200 of them because of with the AFL-CIO and the tracts covering more than 2,000 their strike action." Canadian Labour Congress and Shell employees who were their affiliated unions. workers" in California facilities still on strike voted March 15 of Shell, he declared. In February the AFL-CIO Shell employees went on to return to work unconditional­ Executive Council voted at its strike January 4 with about 56,- ly, without a contract, pending Florida meeting to call on all 000 other oil workers in the further negotiations. Of this ac­ affiliated international unions, United States. Strike ietilements tion Grospiron said: "We removed picket lines and and state and local central were reached beginning January 11 with all firms except Shell the men began returning to their bodies, to "render every possi­ on the West Coast; Standard Oil jobs. Now we are turning to our ble assistance to those oil work­ Co. of Ohio at Toledo and friends and the public for help. ers who remain on strike." Chairman Emanuel Cellar (D-N.Y.), right, welcomes AFL-CIO Pres­ ident George Meany prior to his testimony at committee hearings. preferable to the present system, since each congressman and senator would cast a vote. But despite some improvements, Meany declared, the AFLCIO cannot endorse such an amendment "since it still would permit the popular will as demonstrated by the votes of the people to be disregarded. At the present time, and under pres­ ent-day political, economic and social conditions, we do not be­ lieve this is any longer tolerable." The same objection applies to proposals for selection of elec­ tors from each congressional district instead of a "winner take all" statewide contest or to the proportional division of a state's electoral votes, Meany said. Under the most-touted "district" system, Meany told the com­ mittee, Nixon would have been elected President in 1960 with 278 electoral votes to 245 for John F. Kennedy—even though Kennedy polled more popular votes. Meany noted that Nixon said his "personal preference" would be for direct popular election. There would be a better chance for its ratification, Meany suggested, if the President would give "unequivocal support" to popular election. "If the proposal for direct popular election cannot be adopt­ ed," Meany said, "there is little reason to believe that any other plan can." In response to questions Meany reiterated that the common weakness of all alternatives to direct popular election is that they don't assure majority rule, "the essence of democracy." He was asked whether a requirement for a runoff election if no candidate received 40 percent of the popular vote would in­ vite a "deal" by which the candidate who was eliminated would throw his support to one of the runoff candidates. To this, Meany replied that the present system involving the Electoral College and the House of Representatives invites un­ dercover deals. Any "deal" under a popular vote runoff, Meany noted, "would have to be made on the front pages of the news­ papers, not behind a kitchen sink." And most important, he added, the final decision would be with the voters. SlU WELFARE, VACATION PLANS February 1-February 28, 1969 Number of Benefits Hospital Benefits (Welfare) ... Death Benefits (Welfare) Disability Benefits (Welfare) . . Maternity Benefits (Welfare) . . Dependent Benefits (Welfare) . (Average: $393.36) Optical Benefits (Welfare) . . . Out-Patient Benefits (Welfare) SUMMARY (Welfare) Vacation Benefits (Average: $427.19) Total Welfare, Vocation Benefits Paid This Period . . . 1,437 30 1,014 23 1,689 $ Amount Paid 19,645.56 74,943.08 231,925.00 4,653.25 66,437.87 272 4,051 8,516 1,361 2,094.32 32,522.80 432,221.88 581,400.56 9,877 $1,013,622.44 �SEAFARERS Page Eighteen April, 1969 LOG Hailed as Significant Life-Saver Labor Praises New Govt Radiation Standards WASHINGTON—The AFLCIO and affiliated unions repre­ senting the nation's uranium miners have told Congress that the federal government's new radiation safety standards will save the lives of a significant number of miners. George Taylor, secretary of the AFL-CIO Staff Committee on Atomic Energy and National Resources, said industry' has the technological ability to make uranium mines safe for workers. The cost of complying with the new regulations would not be prohibitive, he said. And in any event, he stressed, the over­ riding factor in deciding the level of radiation concentration al­ lowed in mines must be the health and lives of the miners. Taylor testified before the congressional Joint Committee on Atomic Energy on behalf of the AFL-CIO, the Oil, Chemi­ cal & Atomic Workers, the Steelworkers and the AFL-CIO Metal Trades Department. The committee does not have any legislation before it. But it is looking into the diversity of government standards applying to uranium mine safety and in­ dustry claims that the added costs of new ventilating equip­ ment would be burdensome and unnecessary. Three Agencies Involved Three federal agencies have a role in setting standards. The Labor Department has statutory authority under the Walsh-Healey Act because all uranium mines sell their entire production to the Atomic En­ ergy Commission — and under federal law must continue to do so until 1971. All government departments with any interest at all in radia­ tion or atomic energy are repre­ sented on the inter-ag..ncy Fed­ eral Radiation Council. The council recommends safety standards to protect both work­ ers and the public. In addition, the Interior De­ partment issues its own stand­ ards under the Metal and NonMetalic Mine Safety Act. When the government ceases to be the sole buyer of uranium concen­ trates, the Interior Department regulations would apply to mines selling to private industry. After several years of contro­ versy over what the standards should be, all three federal bod­ ies acted in January, shortly be­ fore the change of administra­ tion. The Labor Department adopted the standard which had been strongly urged by the AFL-CIO. The technical term describing it is 4 Working Level Months (WLM). That is a means of measuring both the concentra­ tion of radiation and the period of exposure, based on a 40-hour week for a one-year period. The previous standard was 12 WLM, allowing mines to be exposed to three times as much radiation. Defending the new standard, Taylor told the committee that a study of some 25,000 persons with an average of eight years employment at this concentra­ tion of radiation exposure showed no more cases of cancer than could be expected among the population at large. By contrast, he said, miners working at higher concentra­ tions have been found to have a much higher percentage of lung cancer than would be expected from the general population. The Federal Radiation Coun­ cil and the Interior Department also adopted a 4 WLM stand­ ard. Allows Delay However, their standards would allow mines until January 1, 1971, to reach that level. Until then, they could continue at the higher 12 WLM rate. The Labor Department Walsh-Healey standards are im­ mediately effective. However, a mine may be given an exemp­ tion until 1971 if it comes up with a plan to bring the expo­ sure down to the 4 WLM stand­ ard by that date. Taylor noted that the differ­ ences among the standards "are more apparent than real" and the adoption of the 4 WLM standard has been "long over­ due." The industry, he suggested, should have no difficulty in meeting the new standard well before the 1971 deadline. Taylor recalled that other in­ dustries have been required to go to some expense to meet fed­ eral, state and local regulations governing pollution. Thus the uranium mining industry, he suggested, has no cause to feel "unjustly singled out" because it is required to spend money to protect the lives and health of its workers. Job Downgrading Of Civil Servants Charged in South NEW ORLEANS — The American Federation of Gov­ ernment Employees has charged that the federal government is shortchanging many of its em­ ployees in the South. AFGE President John F. Griner said this is being done by assigning southern workers to lower salary grades than em­ ployees doing the same work in other areas of the country. He charged that this is a di­ rect defiance of civil service classification rules which are supposed to ensure "equal pay for equal work." Griner told a news conference that a number of federal agen­ cies are apparently following "the law of supply and demand" rather than the civil service law. "In the large metropolitan areas, where there is competi­ tion for the skills of the employ­ ees, the government is willing to pay the price," Griner said. But when it can get people to work for less, as in parts of the South, he added, it hires them at lower civil service grades than their jobs should carry. The union's executive coun­ cil, meeting here, protested the practice. 300,000-Member Union Formed March 1, 1969 fo March 31, 1969 DECK DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco ... Seattle Totals Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle Totals Class A Class B 9 9 93 149 18 24 73 37 36 45 36 49 20 19 51 45 89 127 71 77 47 47 91 115 62 36 696 779 Class A Class B Class C 6 5 3 74 84 24 16 14 7 80 40 17 30 29 13 24 32 30 12 14 3 35 35 2 110 66 0 71 83 20 46 39 24 70 107 38 49 28 22 203 623 576 ENGINE DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups All Groups Class A Class B Class A Class B Class C 7 8 0 6 3 68 143 63 109 35 20 23 9 16 12 43 55 52 47 14 12 36 28 25 10 15 49 9 30 27 14 11 9 7 1 29 56 26 30 2 63 147 76 64 0 30 84 48 74 21 21 44 19 31 25 79 121 96 73 42 43 33 30 34 28 i 441 810 457 567 218 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmin^on San Francisco ,. .. Seattle Totals TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED Class A Class B 3 2 8 56 6 8 43 26 13 23 18 23 7 5 29 26 91 61 43 75 15 25 63 118 26 18 365 466 Class A Class B Class C 3 0 6 50 43 51 10 12 9 35 20 18 12 18 25 10 25 44 2 7 0 26 14 1 76 49 .1 46 65 9 20 16 19 62 103 30 30 15 14 382 387 227 REGISTERED on BEACH Class A Class B 8 7 216 237 24 24 99 60 29 31 30 26 19 19 74 48 165 123 150 143 41 8 63 11 54 11 972 748 Railway Clerks Union Merges With Communication Workers WASHINGTON—A longplanned merger that brings the Transportation -Communication Employees into the Railway and Airline Qerks as an autono­ mous division has taken place. Details of the merger were announced jointly by BRAG President C. L. Dennis and TCU President A. R. Lowry, with both acclaiming its advantages. Under the merger, TCU will REGISTERED on BEACH become the TransportationAll Groups Communications Division of the Class A Class B BRAC, with about 40,000 6 3 members. Since BRAC's previ­ 162 236 18 13 ous membership was 270,000, 69 66 the merger puts the union over 18 27 14 23 the 300,000 mark. 14 14 Lowry will serve as president 45 73 of the new division. In addi­ 115 183 97 127 tion, he becomes a member of 20 5 BRAC's executive council. Oth­ 48 17 er officers of the TCU continue 19 7 794 in similar posts in the new divi­ 645 sion. Merger negotiations between REGISTERED on BEACH officers of the TCU and BRAC All Groups Class A Class B opened early in 1967 and con­ tinued into 1968. 3 2 96 149 Last July, delegates to the 11 12 TCU convention, by more than 49 91 24 21 a two-thirds margin, authorized 13 3 the union's grand lodge and gen­ 20 18 eral officers to consider the 69 43 93 182 TCU-BRAC plar? along with 55 116 any other merger possibilities. 11 21 The convention decided fur­ .39 18 38 2 ther that any plan approved by 776 420 a majority of the officers would then be submitted to the mem­ bership which would ratify it by a majority vote. After determining that no merger jjossibilities with other unions could be worked out, TCU officers further discussed and debated the TCU-BRAC plan, approved it and submitted it to the members. The plan was ratified by a substantial margin of the union's members in the United States and Canada in a mail referen­ dum held during October 1968. In their joint statetment, Den­ nis and Lowry said the merger means "that the members of our two organizations will be able to enjoy the many benefits of belonging to one stronger un­ ion." "Both the BRAC and the TCU have played important roles in winning higher pay and improved benefits for transpor­ tation employes in the United States and Canada," they said. "Now, under one union roof, we anticipate continued prog­ ress through the use of modem collective bargaining." In another development, BRAC announced that it is in negotiations on a merger with the Railway, Transport and General Workers of Canada, an independent union representing some 35,000 workers. ' 1 �April, 1969 iM to Preserve SEAFARERS LOG Page Nineteen To Avoid Collapse of School System: mmHe Barked AFL-CIO Urges Expanded Govt Aid to Education By Fur Wmdrers WASHINGTON —A union representing fur workers joined with conservation groups in support of legislation, proposed by Representative Edward A. Garmatz (D-Md.), to protect species of animals threatened with extinction. The Meat Cutters and Butch­ er Workmen testified before a House subcommittee on a bill to prevent rare animals from being slaughtered for fur or skin and to ban importation of pro­ hibited products. The designa­ tion of species threatened with extinction would be made by the Secretary of the Interior. At the same time, the union urged a House Merchant Ma­ rine and Fisheries subcommit­ tee to amend the bill to instruct the government to seek an in­ ternational treaty dealing with threatened wildlife. "Obviously," the union said, "the goal of conserving species will not be met if the United States bans the importation, but others do not. Also, we greatly fear that unless other nations provide a similar ban, U.S. fur and leather jobs may be ex­ ported." The Meat Cutters took the initiative in working with con­ servation groups on a legislative approach which would protect threatened wildlife without the risk of job losses seen in legis­ lation introduced, but not acted on, in the last Congress. Representative John D. Dingell (D-Mich.) is chairman of the subcommittee considering the bill, which was introduced by Garmatz, chairman of the full committee. The legislation was endorsed by both the John­ son and Nixon Administrations. WASHINGTON — Federal aid to education has saved America's school system from total collapse and must be con­ tinued and expanded, the AFLCIO has told Congress. Walter G. Davis, the federa­ tion's education director, warned that city school systems "face disaster" if Congress abandons the federal grant pro­ gram which has helped elemen­ tary and secondary schools meet the educational needs of chil­ dren from the poorest families. The landmark Elementary and Secondary Education Act was launched four years ago by the 89th Congress and Davis urged the House Education and Labor Committee to extend it another five years. It hasn't solved all of the na­ tion's educational problems and "no one ever supposed that it would do so," Davis noted. But, he stressed, without this massive federal aid "many of the major school systems in America would have collapsed alto­ gether." Joining Davis in presenting the AFL-CIO position were Legislative Representative Ken­ neth Young and Jack Sessions of the federation's education staff. They supported the five-year extension bill which has been introduced by Committee Chair­ man Carl D. Perkins (D-Ky.). Davis warned that "the en­ tire structure of federal support for education" could be de­ stroyed if the existing program were scrapped and Congress substituted "block grants" that states could spend for any edu- Textile Contract Awards Hit As Whitewashing Racial Bias WASHINGTON—The Lead­ ership Conference on Civil Rights has urged the Defense Department to hold up any new contracts to three textile firms with past records of race dis­ crimination—^until it has actual evidence that the job discrimina­ tion has been corrected. The firms involved are J. P. Stevens and Co., whose name has become synonymous with union-busting, Burlington Mills and Dan River Mills. Despite findings that the firms had failed to take "affirmative action" to remedy job discrimi­ nation, Deputy Defense Secre­ tary David Packard authorized multi-million dollar supply con- FTC Offers Prescription For Drug Advertising Ills WASHINGTON—^Those who have grown tired of drug commercials which tout a product as being the ideal cure for everything from chilblains to sleeplessness may take some comfort from a set of proposed guides newly issued by the Federal Trade Commission. Geared to regulate the advertising of over-the-counter drugs—defined by the agency as all those that can be bought without a doctor's prescription—the guides state that the companies shouldn't misrepresent their benefits, effectiveness or safety. They provide that ads must be consistent with labeling and that advertisers are not to represent their products as being superior to their competitors—unless this happens to be true. Not only are the manufacturers enjoined from care­ less handling of the truth in their claims, but advertising agencies as well are held responsible for any excesses they dream up. The rules go into such matters as the use of corporate names and trademarks in advertising, of drug guarantees and warranties, and of representations concerning the extent of product testing. Written comments on the proposals may be submitted until May 19, at which time the commission expects to adopt final guides. These will be merely advisory and are intended to encourage voluntary compliance. The Federal Trade Com­ mission Act bars deceptive advertising as well as unfair methods of competition. cation programs they wished. Blocked Many Years He reminded the committee of the many years that federal aid legislation was blocked in Congress until a way was finally found to maintain separation of church and state and at the same time "meet the under­ standable concern of parents of children in non-public schools that their children share in the benefits of federal aid." The solution, Davis noted, was to allocate the bulk of fed­ eral funds "on the basis of child needs rather than school needs." The allocation is based on the number of school-age children from poverty-level families in a school district, whether or not they are attending public schools. Another drawback of block grants, Davis said, is that "polit­ ical pressures" on state boards of education might result in shortchanging the city schools where the needs are greatest. Several congressmen have suggested adding a general aid to education program to the existing legislation and Davis told the committee there is some merit in the concept. not actually provide money for the program; that requires sep­ arate legislation, handled by the Appropriations Committee. Davis stressed that the AFLCIO has repeatedly "testified strongly for full appropria­ tions." It has also, he noted, criti­ cized the Johnson Administra­ tion for not seeking as much money as Congress authorized for aid to education. Adequate funding of the basic program, Davis said, "is a national—not a partisan—issue." He said the AFL-CIO be­ lieves "that the present em­ phasis should be on obtaining the full appropriations which are presently authorized and upon increasing the authoriza­ tions to more realistic levels, rather than upon developing still new programs." Extension of the present law, Davis, said, should be accom­ panied by "forward funding" of the program—advance appro­ priations commitments which make it possible for school dis­ tricts to know what federal funds are available when they draw up their budgets and plan their programs. Improved Performance In separate testimony, spokesmen for the American Federation of Teachers en­ dorsed extension and expansion of the federal aid program. Carl J. Megel, the union's legislative representative, said improvement in student per­ formance has resulted from special programs financed by the federal grants. A panel of AFT leaders from big city locals testified to the urgency of the need and en­ dorsed the legislation. The dele­ gation included the presidents of AFT locals in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, Boston and Minneapolis. tracts in February after receiving "personal assurances" from the heads of the firms that discrimi­ nation would be corrected. More recently. Labor Secre­ tary George P. Shultz, whose Starved for Funds department is charged with en­ But he said it wouldn't make forcement of a presidential order any sense to try to add on new against discrimination in firms dealing with the government, aid programs when the basic announced that the government program is still starved for will follow through to see that funds. Congress last year appropri­ the companies live up to their ated less than $1.5 billion of promises. He said the Labor Depart­ the $3.25 billion authorized ment and Defense Department under the Elementary and Sec­ are working on a questionnaire ondary Education Act. that the firms will have to fill "As a result," Davis said, out quarterly. "the available funds have been It will require, he said, "de­ spread too thin to accomplish tailed information in writing re­ their purpose." It has been, he garding actions taken and results suggested, "a case of too little achieved in recruitment, hiring, money and too many poor chil­ placement, upgrading and treat­ dren." ment of employees, including the The pending legislation does use of company facilities." The Defense Department Receiving First 5IU Pension Check went ahead with the contracts, with the concurrence of Shultz, after Senator Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) had sharply protested the threatened disqualification of the firms. Officials of the civil rights leadership group wrote Packard their concern that the leniency shown the three textile firms may weaken enforcement of the government's policy. Other fed­ eral departments, the letter said, might follow the Defense De­ partment example. There should be no contracts, the civil rights group said, un­ til both the Defense Department and the Labor Department determine that the requirements of the executive order are being fully met. The letter was signed by Clarence M. Mitchell, legisla­ tive chairman, and James Hamilton, compliance and en­ Rolland Skinner (right), who sailed in the deck department, reforcement chairman of the lead­ ceives his first SlU pension check from Frankfort Port Agent Harold Rathbun at the hall, recently. Skinner was born in Kansas. ership conference. �SEAFARERS Page Twenty April, 1969 LOG Free Worid Backing Mounb I AR^IOU^aUA.-llliexitattCumk For Calif. Grape Boycott | To CurtOll Exploitotion of wwOtkotS Free world labor is responding to an appeal for help from U.S. farm workers by refusing to handle struck California grapes. First to join the international boycott was the Swedish Landworkers' Union, one of the largest European importers of California table grapes for its consumer, cooperatives, fol­ lowed by transport unions in the other Scandinavian coun­ tries. The International Transport Workers' Federation, trade secretariat for 315 unions representing seven million trans­ port workers in 84 countries of the free, world called on all affiliates to support the boycott of the AFL-CIO Farm Work­ ers Organizing Committee by refusing to buy, sell or unload grapes picked by non-union employes of struck growers. Similar action was taken a few days later by unions affil­ iated with the International Federation of Plantation, Agri­ cultural and Allied Workers. ITF reported to its affiliates that the UFWOC's "Don't Buy California Grapes" campaign had been "tremendously successful" since UFWOC members struck in 1967 for rec­ ognition of their union and the right to bargain for better working conditions. The appeal to buyers has been so successful, ITF related, that "the growers are now trying desperately to export to other countries grapes which they are unable to sell on the home market." For that reason UFWOC has enlisted the "sympathetic support of unions and the public in Europe, Latin America and Asia," and has sent a special representative to Europe to enlist such aid, according to ITF. Back-door Methods Its letter warned that the grape growers may try to hold down their losses "by increasing exports to other countries or by using back-door methods to get grape consignments into countries where transport unions have pledged not to handle" such cargoes. "This may be done by switching cargoes to ports in other countries and then attempting to transport them by road, rail or air to their original destination," it said. Such switching was tried in Sweden when the Landwork­ ers refused to handle grape shipments from the U.S., ITF stressed. The Don't Buy movement was launched in the U.S. to draw public attention to the refusal of California grape grow­ ers to recognize the field hands' union or to allow a repre­ sentation election. Farm workers are not covered.by the labor act as industrial workers are. The AFL-CIO has appealed for "immediate" government actions to curb "greedy busi­ nessmen" who are increasingly running away to Mexico to ex­ ploit low wages for greater profits. The so-called Mexico border development program, sup­ posed to improve U.S.-Mexican relations and cut joblessness in a high unemployment area, "is a complete failure on both counts," the federation's Execu­ tive Council declared in a statement. These failures, the statement said, are compounded by "an­ other and interrelated problem" —the widespread hiring of "green carders" by U.S. em­ ployers. The "green carders"— so designated for the color of the alien permits issued to them —are admitted under immigra­ tion laws that allow them per­ manent resident status. The "green card" holders and other border crossers "are used as pawns in strikebreaking and other anti-labor activities by ruthless employers in the border areas," tlie council said. System Affects Thousands It charged that the combina­ tion of the mounting runaway pattern and the "green card" abuses has resulted in "a sys­ tem of exploitation on both sides of the border affecting tens of thousands" of already poor Mexican and U.S. workers. The runaway lure is based on a "twin plant" scheme under which a firm makes parts in a U.S. plant, ships them to a Mexican plant for assembly, and re-imports the finished product. The U.S. tariff is based not on the cost of the product, but on the "value added" in the Mexico plant—essentially the low wages of Mexican border workers. The council charged that the term "border program" is mis­ leading because its abuses now "extend far north and south of the United States-Mexican bor­ der." The program, it said, has provided an ever-increasing number of big U.S. corpora­ tions "with soaring income and the opportunity to evade both Mexican and U.S. laws." In the process, the statement continued, it has "victimized" thousands of unskilled Mexican job-seekers who have moved northward into an already glutted job market and has thrown thousands of U.S. work­ ers out of jobs. It has also led to industrial strife in Mexico, including at least one strike by 1,400 Mexican workers, the council noted. Although the runaways are hiring Mexican workers for wages as low as 29 cents an hour, the council observed, neither workers nor consumers in the two countries "share in the vast savings to the border companies" because prices of products are not lowered. Since the program began in 1965, the council reported, ap­ parel imports from Mexico have jumped from $174,000 to $9 million a year and imports of electrical equipment have soared from $350,000 to nearly $34 million annually. Court Upholds Union Rights to Self-Government PHILADELPHIA—A stem warning against courts invading the area of union self-govern­ ment to set themselves up as types of "super internationals" was issued by the 3rd U.S. Cir­ cuit Court of Appeals here. Such action, the appeals court emphasized in reversing the Philadelphia District Court, threatens the whole concept of "union self-determination" which Congress recognized in establishing labor policy. A three-judge appeals panel upheld the State, County & Mu­ nicipal Employees' expulsion from membership of Frederick E. Lewis, a former business manager and president of Local 403, representing Philadelphia street employees. Caused Stoppages The union acted in June 1967, under its disciplinary machinery, after the city charged Lewis with violating the local's no-strike contract by causing two work stoppages at the city's street department yard, and further threatening to "shut down" the department. The union pointed out that Lewis violated the contract which made SCME vulnerable to damage suits from the city and threatened the loss of jobs for members of the local. After participating in the union's hearing that led to his expulsion, Lewis challenged the decision in court, claiming his rights.were violated under the Landrum-Griffin Act. In April 1968, the District Court ruled in his favor, holding that the expulsion was not justi­ fied because there wasn't suf­ ficient evidence against him. It also exonerated him of causing the work stoppages. In its appe^, the union said that Lewis did not specify the manner in which his rights were violated, as the law requires, and the court "totally usurped" the international's trial function under its constitution. "The courts have consistently held that the requirement of a fair hearing" under the law's section protecting rights "does not authorize" the court to weigh the evidence at a union trial or judge its merits, a union brief said. The brief submitted for the SCME pointed out that Lewis received 15 days advance notice of the union's trial, the hearing ran for 16 hours, Lewis "ex­ tensively" cross-examined all parties who testified against him and was given the right to testi­ fy and present witnesses. Facts Undisputed The findings that Lewis had not caused the walkout "ran contrary to undisputed and ir­ refutable facts," the union de­ clared. It noted that Lewis' lawyer hadn't even argued that point before the lower court. The appeals court panel agreed that there was "sufficient evidence" for the union's find­ ing that Lewis played a "signifi­ cant" role in calling and direct­ ing work stoppages on May 4 and May 18, 1967. Although the panel decided the evidence before the union's trial was sufficient to expel Lewis, the decision voiced greater concern over the lower court substituting "its own judg­ ment for that of the union's tribunal." Once the court determines that the findings were "not without any foundation of evi­ dence," that the proof related to the charges and due process was observed, "the action of the union tribunal must be upheld," it added. "The court has no authority to enter into any evidenceweighing process and it may not substitute its judgment for that of the union tribunal," the rul­ ing emphasized. Such a limitation, it con­ cluded, is vital "if we are to prevent the federal courts from becoming a super-international trial board appeals tribunal" in direct conflict to "the concept of union determination as re­ flected in the spirit of our na­ tional labor poliey." To end "this festering source of inter-governmental anxiety" and terminate "widespread abuses at both countries' ex­ pense," the council called for: • Repeal of the section of the U.S. Tariff Code that al­ lows firms to duck adequate tariffs on imported products. • Laws requiring adequate labeling of the country in which products are partially made or assembled by foreign workers but sold under U.S. brand names. • An end to cooperation by government ageneies with firms that "increase the nation's un­ employment by crossing the border into Mexico" and a re­ quest by the U.S. government to the Mexican government to keep U.S. firms from locating in Mexico "under these circum­ stances." • Broadening of an import plan governing cotton textiles to include wool and man-made fibers and enforcement of the cotton import agreement with Mexico to prevent abuses of its provisions. • Action by the U.S. govek Lament to halt importation of strikebreakers from Mexieo which undermines nonfarm workers' standards and adds "to the troubles of such exploited groups as the California grape workers." • Administrative action by the Defense and Labor Depts. to plug loopholes in the use of government funds to export jobs and undercut minimum wage and other laws. "These concerted actions," the council concluded, "can eliminate both the 'green card' myth and a program which greedy men have degraded into a cruel hoax on the very people it was designed to help." if ,f -V, 'i-i Vietnam Visitor '^0 When the Topa Topa touched at Vung Tau, Vietnam, recently Sea­ farer Martin Pyke had a special visitor come aboard. It was his son, Martin Jr., who is stationed there as a Marine. Dad took this photo of his son on the tantail. �April, 1969 SEAFARERS Page Twenty-One LOG 16 Additional Seafarers Are Added To Growing List of SIU Pensioners Francis BrumagjUn Please get in touch with your wife, Celia, at 542 North High St., Mt. Vernon, New York, as soon as possible. Eric Benjamin Hayes Please contact your wife as soon as possible. You can get in touch with her at home or by writing in care of Murray Rosof, 10 East 40th St., New York, New York. Leslie Neville It is important that you con­ tact the Japan Air Lines Station Office as soon as possible. Write to Japan Airlines, Station Office, P.O. Box F, J.F.K. Internation­ al Airport, Jamaica, New York 11430. Ralph Moore Jose Perez Please contact Burke & Par­ sons, 52 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005, as soon as possible concerning your W-2 Income Tax Forms from the Galicia Defender. i Guy Plahn Please write to your wife at your new home address, 920 Independence Street, New Or­ leans, Louisiana 70117. Your new phone number is 943-3501. Thomas Markham Please write to your mother, Mrs. Etta Gay, as soon as pos­ sible. She is anxious to hear from you. Her address is 3317 Montana Avenue, Norfolk, Vir­ ginia 23513. Dflvfd B. Miller Your wife, Margaret, has been ill and asks that you get in touch with her as soon as possible by calling her at (301) 276-2325, or writing to 1407 East Balti­ more Street, Baltimore, Mary­ land 21231. Rob Stewart Please contact Ronnie Searcy, in care of S. S. Robin Locksley, M.S.T.S. address; or through Ellen Ouhl, 3320 Buchanan Street, Mt. Ranier, Maryland 20822. Rudolph R. Cefaratti Your mother requests that you contact the Harrisburg Bank, P.O. Box 5278, Houston, Tex­ as, or see them personally re­ garding your bank account num­ ber and Social Security number. They want to verify that their in­ formation on your account is correct. Wages are being held for you by Texas City Refining, Inc. You may claim these wages by writing to Texas City Refining, Marine Division, P. O. Box 1271, Texas City, Tex. 77590. Be sure to include your signa­ ture, social security number, "Z" number and instructions for mailing. Walter Ammann Please contact SIU Headquar­ ters, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brook­ lyn, New York 11232, regard­ ing an important letter which is being held for you. — <I>—Carl F. Beard Please contact the law offices of Ronald K. Lipstone as soon as possible. The address is 6404 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Ange­ les, California 90048. Benjamin Ferreira It is important that you con­ tact your wife at 25 Sulucan Street, Julong Duhat, Malabon Rizal, Philippines, as soon as you possibly can. -— Clarence Gordon Please contact your mother as soon as possible at 618 El­ ton Street, Brooklyn, New York 11208. ^ William H. Johnson Please get in touch with your wife, Jeanette, at 349 West Olney Road, Norfolk, Virginia 23507, as soon as possible. William R. Corry Donald E. Mackey RufllnoGaray It is important that you con­ tact the Wyckoff Welfare Cen­ ter, 213 Duffield Street, Brook­ lyn, New York 11201, as soon as possible. Lloyd McCuen It is important that you con­ tact the North Long Beach-Carmelitos Neighborhood Center as soon as possible. The address is 5148 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach, California 90805. ^ John Elgin Wells As soon as possible, please contact Mrs. Grace M. Wells, 209 West Jean Street, Tampa, Florida 33604. The names of 16 additional Seafarers have been added to the ever-expanding roster of men collecting their SIU pen­ sion after completing their sail­ ing careers. Seafarer Geronimo Gapac, bom 70 years ago in the Philip­ pines, is closing out a sailing career that span 46 years. A long-time SIU member. Brother Gapac joined the Union in the Port of Norfolk, in 1943. He now makes his home in Savan­ nah, Georgia, with his wife. Infanta. Brother Gapac sailed as steward. His last ship was the R/V Conrad. Gapac McKenzie Regis McKenzie was bom in the British West Indies and now makes his home with his wife, Cara, in Brooklyn, New York. Brother McKcnzic joined the Union in the Port of Baltimore. He sailed as chief steward and his last ship was the Steel Fab­ ricator. Marcdy Winiford Dennis Marcoly was bom in Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania, and now lives there with his sister, Mrs. Angeline Thens. Brother Marcoly, who has spent more than 25 years at sea, joined the SIU in New Orleans in 1942. His last vessel was the Vantage Progress on which he sailed as FWT. James Williford is a veteran with 27 years at sea. Bom in Alabama, he continues to make his home in that state in the city of Andalusia. Brother Williford joined the Union in the Port of Baltimore in 1941. Sailing as FOWT, his last ship was the Kenmar. <t> Ei^ene Plahn It is necessary that you con­ tact your attorney, Harry Lore, regarding your injury claim. Write to: Dorfman, Pechner, Sacks & Dorfman, The Welling­ ton, Suite 400, 19th & Walnut Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsyl­ vania 19103. James Fraiddin Boyd Please get in touch with your family as soon as possible. Your mother is ill. ArmlNmster Chalmers Thomas Armbruster was bom 65 years ago in Philadelphia, and continues to reside there with his wife, Lula. Brother Arm­ bruster has worked for the Tay­ lor and Anderson Towing Com­ pany since 1931. A member of the engine department, he held an oiler's rating. Lloyd Chalmers was bom in the Bronx, New York, and now makes his home in Floral Park, Long Island with his wife, Edith. Brother Chalmers has worked as a deck hand on the tugs of the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad for 33 years. J > Pritcliett Da Costa years at sea. He joined the SIU in Baltimore in 1939. Brother Da Costa is a native of Portugal who now makes his home with his wife, Vincenta, on Long Is­ land, New York. He sailed as deck engineer and FOWT. Da Costa's last vessel was the Yorkman. Roy Pritchett joined the SIU Rosa Bryan at the Port of New York. A na­ Evaristo Rosa lives with his tive of Chickasaw, Alabama, he wife Francisca in St. Just, Puer-. continues to make his home there to Rico, the town of his birth. with his wife Jessie. Brother Brother Rosa, whose sailing ca­ Pritchett spent 11 years in the reer spans more than 25 years, U.S. Navy, serving from 1935 joined the SIU in the Port of through 1946. Rated chief elec­ trician, his last ship was the Alcoa Marker. Alfredo Morell has been go­ ing to sea for more than 50 years. He was bom in Puerto Rico in 1903 and is retiring to that island with his wife, Maria. Cipriano Lubiejewsid Mobile in 1943. He was the recipient of a safety award while sailing on the Y^a in 1962. Rated FOWT, his last vessel was the Mayaguez. Augustus Bryan is a native of Georgia and makes his home there with his wife in the town of Eastman. Brother Bryan join­ ed the SIU in Savannah, Geor­ gia. A member of the steward department, he sailed as third cook. His last ship was the De­ troit. Chris Cipriano is a native of the Philippines who now resides with his wife, Amanda, in New York City. The veteran Seafarer joined the Union in the Port of Philadelphia. Brother Cipriano sailed in the engine department as fireman and wiper. His last ship was the Steel Voyager. Marian Lubiejewski, who has been going to sea for 40 years, joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1943. A native of Poland, he now makes his home in New York City, but hopes to make a visit soon to his daugh­ ter, Sophie, who lives in Jdynia, Poland. Brother Lubiejewski sailed as AB. His last ship was the Selma Victory. Jose Da Costa, 69, is a vete­ ran old timer with more than 44 Dovak MweU Brother Morell sailed as FWT and his last ship was the Qaibome. He joined the SIU in 1946 in the Port of New York. John Dovak is a native of Pennsylvania who now makes his home in New Orleans. A member of the engine depart­ ment, Brother Dovak last sailed aboard the Alcoa Commander as FWT. Seafarer Dovak joined the Union in the Port of New York. Louis O'Leary was bora in Louisiana and lives in that state with his wife, Cecile, in Westwego. A veteran member of the SIU, he joined the Union in 1938 in the Port of New Or- (FLeary leans. Brother O'Leary has 31 years' sea time and was sailing as bosun at the time of his re­ tirement. Joao De Madeiros is retiring after more than 30 years at sea. Bora in Portugal, he now lives with his wife, Maria, in Brook­ lyn. Brother De Madeiros joined the SIU in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1944. Sailing as oiler, his last vessel was the Alcoa Voyager. �SEAFARERS Page Twenty-Two April, 1969 LOG COB VICTORY (Victory Carriers) December 16—Chairman, J. Tanner; Bocretary, J, Mims. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Brother Joe Touart was elected to serve as ship's delegate. The crew of the Yukmi (Sea Transport) voted unanimously to take up a collection and send $300 to Mrs. Grace Ospring, mother of Seafarer James Osprii^, who was lost at sea while working on deck the evening of February 13 on the return run from the Far East. Each Sea­ farer is donating $12 which is be­ ing collected by Charles Cox, ship's delegate. R. Lawrence, bosun and meet­ Lawrence ing chairman, said that Brother Ospring was "a fine young able seaman who per­ formed his duties in a consci­ entious and capable manner." His father, George R. Ospring, who was aboard the Steel Ad­ vocate when he learned of his son's tragic death, left the ship in Balboa, Panama, to return to his home in Westminister, Cali­ fornia, to be with his wife. BurIln Pinion, ship's delegate on the Steel Advocate, reports that the officers and crew took up a col­ lection to provide for Brother Oberlin's transportation home. Walter Minett, the Yukon's meeting secretary, reported that the crew gave a vote of thanks to the ship's steward and the en­ tire steward department for the fine gourmet dinners and unparalled service. He noted that the crew passed a resolution stating: "The Yukon is the best feeding vessel in the entire SIU fleet."' Brother Minett also re­ ported that the ship was re­ ceiving mail and the Log regu­ larly during the voyage. —— The Transnorthem (Hudson Waterways) reports smooth sail­ ing with a good crew and no beefs, according to Bernard Don­ nelly, meeting chairman. The ship left Phila­ delphia in Janu­ ary for BremAUen erhaven and Antwerp, and was scheduled to continue its round-the-world voyage with stops at the Ports of Capetown, Bangkok, Saigon, Manila and then pay-off on tlie West Coast. Howard H. Allen was elected ship's delegate, Wflliam Rogers was named deck delegate, Widter Pearson is en­ gine delegate, and Donnelly was elected steward delegate. The crew gave a unanimous vote of thanks to the steward depart­ ment for excellent meals and service. .1. J. A. Rusheed, ship's delegate on the Obeifln Victory (Steam­ ship Service), re­ ports a good trip with no major beefs, and ex­ pects a smooth pay-off when the ship ties up in San Francisco. Danny Welch, Welch who once served as a radio operator with the U.S. Air Force, took over the radio watch after the Oberlin's radio operator took sick and was put ashore in Honolulu. Welch is also the ship's deck delegate. Meeting Chairman Jack Dolan reported that the Seafarers passed a resolution calling for overtime pay for standing gangway watch be­ tween 5 p.m. and 8 a.m. while cargo is being worked. A special vote of thanks went to the stew­ ard department for outstanding meals and service during the voyage. In addition to Welch, the ship's delegates include E. W. Bartol, engine department, and Coy Hendricks, steward de­ partment. J. A. Shorten, ship's delegate aboard the San Juan (Sea-Land), reports that the vessel left Oak­ land "in a mess" with the recrea­ tion room, messroom and pass­ ageways torn up because converShortell repairs rema.aed unfin= ished. The crew instructed Brother Shortell to inform the SIU Headquarters of this failure to complete necessary repairs before sailing as promised. The Seafarers Meet At Marine Corps Trainii^ Camp Proudfoot h I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list. (f,mt information) NAME STREET ADDRESS STATE. ZIP. TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you are an old lubtcriber and have a ehanga of addraat, please give your former address below: AODRCS CITY ^ Two young Seafarers presently serving in the U.S. Marine Corps and stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, met each other there and found they had some­ thing in common—^both sailed Bob Callahan, ship's delegate aboard SlU-contracted vessels be­ on the Del Norte (Delta), re­ fore joining the Marines. ports a good trip The two are Privates Jan C. with some dis­ Hitchcock and Emmett Proudputed overtime foot, who are undergoing ad­ in the engine and vanced infantry training at the steward depart­ camp. Both received their basic ments. Deck Del­ training at Parris Island, and ex­ egate Steve Szan- pect to begin a 13-month tour of fo, Jr. says that duty in Vietnam in May after a two-week leave. there is no dis­ Szanto puted overtime in his department and no beefs. "This has been a smooth voy­ age with a fine bunch of ship- Editor, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 11232 CITY mates," he reported. Carl Treitler, steward delegate, said that the disputed overtime in his department resulted from hav­ ing to serve the ship's officers in the passenger dining room . The only other beef, according to Brother Callahan, is for launch fare pay for eight days outside Santos," Brazil, on the last trip. The ship's officers were paid overtime for not being able to go ashore there, and the crew feels that the Seafarers should be entitled to the launch fare. CTATE Hitchcock crew also gave a vote of thanks to Brother Shortell "for a job well done." E. Graham, meet­ ing secretary, reported the com­ plaints of the crew that the LOG is not being forwarded re^larly. "The last time the ship ar­ rived in Oakland," he reports, "four separate issues of the Log were taped together and sent to the Oakland office as crew mail." The San Juan was due in San Francisco for pay-off on April 1 after a trip to Okinawa, Subic Bay and Yokohama. G. Baker is deck delegate, F. Ui> teago is engine delegate and W. Netters is steward department delegate. DEL MUNDO (Delta), February 9 —Chairman, Mike Murr; SecreUry, Woodrow W. Perkins. Brother Murr was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. No beefs were reported by de­ partment delegates. Various resolu­ tions and motions were submitted to headquarters. , FAIRISLE (Panoceanic Tankers), I March 9—Ghaiman, Fred A. Olson; I Secretary, W. T. Langford. Dis•Jputed OT in engine department. J Discussion held regarding pension I plan. A special vote of thanks was I extended to the steward department for a job well done. I BEL SOL (Delta), March S — ^Chairman, R. E. Stough, Jr.; Secra» ?tary, W. J. Holland. Brother Francis Howard was elected to serve as ship's Steward dapartniant extended a%ote of thanks to the en­ tire crew for helping to keep lounge and pantry clean. i HURRICANE (Waterman), March 52—Chairman, Alford Koscoe; Secre­ tary, Floyd Hungate. No beefs were reported by department delegates. SABINE (Ship Operators), Januf ary 26—Chairman B. Fimovicz: Sec, retary, F. J. Johnson. Few hours t disputed OT in engine department. I Motion was made to have negotiati ing committee contact the Company regarding the matter of having airconditioning in all crew's qiiarters. Discussion held regarding neglected repairs, shortage of medicine and certain vegetables. STEEL WORKER (Isthmian), Chairman, John T. Carnec; Secre­ tary, H. Ulrich. Ship's delegate ?; reported that there were no beefs 5 and everything is running smoothly. 5 Brother Carnes was re-elected to I serve as ship's delegate. Discussion |held on pension pl-a, t LOS ANGELiiTsea-Land), March g 19—Chairman, A. Caldeira; Secrel- tary, R. Barker. Brother B. J. Shulta I was elected to serve as ship's delei gate. $150.00 in movie fund. Every­ thing is running smoothly with no beefs. a MERRIMAC (Merrimac Transpor­ tation), March 23—Chairman, E. Wagner; Secretary, E. Kresz. Few hours disputed OT in engine depart­ ment. Vote of thanks was extended to tho steward department, Biacusmon held on pension plan. WINGLESS VICTORY (Consoli­ dated Marine), March 9—Chairman, Edward L. Atkin; Secretary, Rich­ ard G. Dixon. Disputed OT in each department to be' taken up with boarding patrolman. MONTICELLOYICTORY (MontiHitchcock joined the SIU in cello Tanker), March 16—Chairman, New York in 1966. He shipped Jacobus Huiaman; Secretary, George A. O'Berry. $19.00 in ship's as messman and 3rd cook, and fund. Disputed OT in engine de­ is a graduate of the Harry Lunde- partment, Vote of thanks was ex­ to Brother C. V/ahl for the berg School of Seamanship. tended pxcellent meals he prepared while Brother Hitchcock has also served on board this vessel. Brother Wahl had to leave ship due to his father's as steward department delegate illness. He will surely be missed by aboard ship. His last vessel was all. Vote of thanks was also extend­ the Summit. Hitchcock expects to ed to the entire steward department he assigned as a helicopter ma­ for a job well done. CITY OF ALMA (Watorman), chine gunner when he . reaches March 18—Chairman, Victor ArdowVietnam. ski; Secretary, Wallace G. Perry. No Proudfoot comes from Truss- beefs were reported by departmept Brother Wallace G, Perry ville, Alabama, and had been a delegates. wfl« elected to sorva aa ahipl.i deleSeafarer for two years before gate. • signing up for his hitch in the ^RirciCEYE 'ATLAN'riC (Bucket), Marine Corps. Brother Proudfoot •, -March iS— Chairman, Peter Sernyk; sailed in the engine department Secretary, R. T. Westgate. Brother Tom King was elected to serve as as wiper. His last vessel was the ahip'a dele^toi^Nb beefs wore *eKent. V LA SALLE (Waterman), March 11 —Chairman, R. Moser; Secretary, A. Leah. Some disputed OT in engine department to be taken up with I boarding patrolman. Vote of thanks I was extended to the steward depgrt'ment for a job well done. BUCKEYE PACIFIC (Buckeye), February 26 — Chairman, Thomas iCummings; Secretary, John Steeber. I Brother Thomas Cummings was re1 elected to serve as ship's delegate. I $3.00 in ship's fund. No beefs were I reported by department delegates. ALCOA COMMANDER (Alcoa), March 15—Chairman, John C. SkogF. lund; Secretary, John E.Adams. No f beefs were reported by department delegates. Vote of thanks was ext tended to the steward department for a job well done. PANAMA (Sea-Land), March 2— Chairman, Felix Vlto; Secretary Bill Stark. Brother R. 0. Masters was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs were reported by depart­ ment delegates. Vote of thanks to the entire steward department lor a job well done. STEEL SCIENTIST (Isthmian), March 9—Chairman, Jack Nelson, Jr.; Secretary, P. S. Omega. No beefs and no disputed OT reported by department delegates. $20.00 in ship's fund. Vote of thanks was ex­ tended to ship's delegate. Brother E. Hayden, for a job well dqhe. Of SIU MEETINGS STEEL ADVOCATE (Isthmian), February 19—Chairman, E, L. Thompson; Secretary, Donald F. Steward. $26.44 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Brother Burlin Pinion was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. DAGAMA (Crest), February 2—1 Chairman, N. R. Pettersen; Secre­ tary, W H. Todd. Brother F. Carruthers was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Some disputed OT in deck department. No beefs were reported by department dele^tes. ALCOA COMMANDER (Alcoa), February 2—Chairman, M. Kramer; Secretary, John E. Adams. No^beefs were reported by department dele­ gates. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for a job well done. SOUTHWESTERN VICTORY (Delta), February 13—Chairman, Alfred Hirsch; Secretary, J. H. Smith. Brother A. Anderson resigned as ship's delegate and Brother R. F. Mackert was elected to serve in his place. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for a job well done. DUKE VICTORY (Victory Cartiers), January 26—Chairman, C. I. Copper; Secretary, D, Knight. Brother C. Bellamy was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. No beefs were reported by department delegates. PAIRLAND (Sea-Land), Februarj 16—Chairman, Victory Harding; Secretary, Craig Gorman. No beefs were reported by department dele­ gates. Vote of thanks was extended to Brothers Pat Manelli and Mac„ McGregor for squaring away al beefs. TRANSNORTHERN (Hudson Waterways), January 27—Chairman Bernard Donnelly; Secretary, Jack E. Long. $86.26 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported. Everything is running smoothly. Brother Howard H, Allen was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Vote of thanks to the steward departm.i.t for a jol • well, done.^ STEEL WORKER (Isthmian) iPebruary 28—Chairman, John,; T Carnes; Secretary, H. Ulrich. $189.0( in ship's fund. No beefs were re ported by department delegates DiscHeaibn held TeKarriing penRion }::;plan.' , . PRINCETON VICTQRY (Cslum bia), March 4—ChaiifTrian, W. Hsa nock; Secretary, John Reed. Pew hours disputed OT in steward de. partment. Discussion held regardin) '(retirement plan.-(/:("- /;^•'•• �April, 1969 SEAFARERS 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 and not claimed as of March 27, 1969. Those, whose names appear on the list should get in touch with Union headquarters as soon as possible. Name Sldp H. Beamer Penn Carrier Edward Jensen Hercules Victory Robert Sndfli Hercules Victory Thomas E. Hanson Valiant Hope Donald Kershaw Valiant Hope Warren Weiss Niagara James Gleasmi Seatrain New York Fred Patterson Seatrain New York Joseph L. Chapean Kent Cyril Gaudiier Kent Robert Miller Del Mar Calvin R. Smldi Transwestem Daniel J. McLaren Transwestem J. Walsh Midlake D. Shattucfc Midlake Bobby V, Carter Alcoa Master David J. Flynn Alcoa Master Rambam J. Rose Rambam C. Cummings Rambam A. Samawi Rambam J. Saunders Seatrain San Juan Roy L. Frank Emfl H. Kjono Albion Victory Jose R. Rodriguez Marore R. South Isthmian Lines Haralambos C. Menkou Wilmar D. Mai^[ual Afoundria E. Santana Afoundria Genmisa Espada Petrochem Aurello Asuncion Oceanic Wave R. O. Barnes Oceanic Wave C. A. Cocbenour Oceanic Wave A. Korsak Oceanic Wave J. Mathesmi Oceanic Wave W. J. Mathews Oceanic Wave D. C. Qnoy Quop Oceanic Wave Paul L<^z Oceanic Tide Philip Livingston Oceanic Tide William W. Conley Please get in touch with Mrs. Nancy Conley, Box 24 NAVSTA, FPO San Francisco, California 96610. <I> Audly Carevich Foster Your wife is ill and requests that you contact her as soon as possible. Please write to her in care of Mrs. Rita Bossin, 42935 Fairmount Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey. George Mahnas The dry cleaning you left in Manila while you were on the Fred Morris can be picked up at the Seaman's Club in Yoko­ hama. Van Syses George Lewis Please contact your wife, Zeneta, as soon as possible at 2064 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10035. -,1> George Mclvwy Please get in touch with Harry Matthews, Sfacth Postal Credit Union, Post Office An­ Claim Disputed overtime Disputed overtime Disputed overtime Transportation Transportation Lodging Disputed lodging Disputed lodging Lodging Lodging Refund Disputed overtime Disputed overtime Standby wages Standby wages Transportation Transportation Retroactive wages Retroactive wages Retroactive wages Retroactive wages Unclaimed wages One day's wages Disputed overtime Refund Lodging Wages Wages Disputed overtime Unclaimed wages Unclaimed wages Unclaimed wages Unclaimed wages Unclaimed wages Unclaimed wages Unclaimed wages Unclaimed wages Unclaimed wages nex, Florence, South Carolina 29501, as soon as possible. <|> Salvatore John Shrig^o Please contact your former wife, Rita, at 11330 Hayvenhurst Avenue, Grenada Hills, California 91344, as soon as possible. ^ Rafael Hernandez Ygur daughter, Mrs. Fedelia Strickland, is anxious to have you get in touch with her. Her address is 5-79th Ord. Co., APO New York 09035. John Feisick It is important that you get in touch with Herbert Ginzburg, attorney, at 36 Richmond Ter­ race, Staten Island, New York 10301, as soon as possible. ^ WHiiam Nordland Please contact Edwin J. Nordland, 2904 Magee Ave­ nue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19149. LOC Page Twenty-Three Veteran Seafarers Russo and Matt Reunited In Hospital after 22 Years Seafarer Anthony Russo is recovering at the USPHS Hos­ pital on Staten Island, New York, from the latest in a series of operations, but he looked mighty cheerful when SIU Rep­ resentative George McCartney paid a visit to present him with his first SIU pension check. The occasion was a doubly happy one for Brother Russo because he also held a reunion with Carlos Matt, a shipmate with whom he sailed some 22 years ago. Brother Russo, who has been going to sea for nearly 25 years, has been a Seafarer right from the beginning. He shows his first book as a member of the SIU, proudly points out that it was signed by Harry Lundeberg, and says: "1 have always been proud to be a member of our Union. It has been like a moth­ er and father to me." He remembers his first ship well. "It was the Polich Vic­ tory," he recalls, "and it was a fash ship. I remember that we were carrying ammunition to Europe dming World War 11. That was in 1944, and it was good to have a fast vessel under you in those days." Togedier in 1946 Brother Russo sailed with Carlos Matt aboard the Steel Scientist back in 1946. He says: "You know, when a sailor says to a shipmate at the end of a voyage, 'I'll see you later,' he means that he will probably see him next year or 10 years later." So, when Brother Matt showed up at the hospital in the bed next to his, they both just looked at each other for awhile, and then got talking about the ships they had sailed on. Broth­ er Russo recalls: "At first we didn't recognize each other, but there was some­ thing mighty familiar about Car­ los. Then, when we were talking and he said* he was sailing as AB on the Steel Scientist, well. Always Remember M & C Receipts Seafarers are reminded that all periods of Mainte­ nance and Cure for which re­ ceipts are issued by a signa­ tory employer are counted toward their pension require­ ment. In order to insure proper pension credit, it is suggested that all receipts for M & C i be reported to the SIU PenI sion Plan while the records are still available. For this purpose, a copy of the em­ ployer's receipt or a letter from the signatory employer —giving dates for which M i & C was paid—^will suffice. we both remembered each other I'll always visit the SRJ hall right away. It's been great talk­ there." ing about those old days to­ Brother Russo, whose last gether." ship was the Puerto Rico, says Brother Russo is a native that sailing offers a great deal New Yorker. His wife, Jennie, to the young seaman today. died several years ago, so he "The new men should real­ sometimes stays with his daugh­ ize that the good pay, working ter, Mrs. Theresa DePompeis, conditions and the s^ety meas­ and his two grandchildren when ures that they enjoy are things he is in New York. that the SIU had to fight to get. Some things, like pen­ WOl Keep in Touch sions, insurance, vacations and Asked about his plans when medical plans are things we he leaves the hospital. Brother Russo says: "I'll probably go to never even dreamed of years Puerto Rico or Florida—some ago," he said. "And," he concludes, "we got place where it is warm and sunny—and keep on with my these things by being like the hobbies of oil painting and ship Three Musketeers—one for all, building. But, wherever 1 go. and all for one." Seafarer Anthony Russo (left) is all smiles as he collects his first Union pension check from SIU Representative George McCartney and gets handshake from an old shipmate, Brother Carlos Matt. Farm Workers'Legal Rights Under Study by Nixon Team WASHINGTON — President Nixon has asked two members of his Cabinet to get together and come up with a recom­ mendation on whether farm workers should be covered by the National Labor Relations Act. He handed the joint assign­ ment to Labor Secretary George P. Shultz and Agriculture Sec­ retary Qifford M. Hardin. It was the latest in a series of policy questions the President has assigned to his department heads for study and recom­ mendations. Extension of collective bar­ gaining rights to farm workers has been a high priority legis­ lative goal of the AFL-CIO and its United Farm Workers Or­ ganizing Committee. It also had strong support from former Labor Secretary Willard Wirtz and a farm worker bill was approved by the House Education and Labor Commit­ tee last year. Further action was blocked by strong conservative opposition, however. The Farm Bureau, represent­ ing most of the biggest agricul­ tural employers, strongly op­ posed bargaining rights for farm workers, and the House Agri­ culture Committee took the un­ precedented step of passing a resolutions urging the Labor Committee not to approve a bill. Lack of machinery for union representation elections and in­ ability to require farm employ­ ers to bargain with a union led to the development of the con­ sumer boycott tactics to bring economic pressure on California grape growers. Presidential Counselor Arthur F. Bums has the job of coordi­ nating the recommendatimis of the Cabinet members at the White House level. Burns has been quoted as saying that the solicitation of recommendations on various issues doesn't "neces­ sarily" mean that legislation will be drafted or policies adopted by the Administration. �Page TwentT'Fonr SEAFARERS April, 1969 LOG U. Noles. -.M ion was el< Its. No ling: sinoiithtiv: cfijIL Gilbert PiersaD, 54: A heart attack claimed the life of Broth­ er Piersall at his home in Mamou, Louisiana, Janu­ ary 20. He had sailed for 17 years in the steward depart­ ment before an illness forced his - retirement in 1967. Brother Piersall's last ship was the Bangor, where he served as chief steward. He joined the Union in 1959 in New Orleans. Brother Piersall is survived by his wife, Ethel. Burial services were held at St. Ann's cemetery in Mamou. ^ j: 'J Odis DaveiqpN»rt, 50: Brother Davenport died January 26 in Mobile, Ala­ bama. He had sailed for more than 25 years in the engine de­ partment, and joined the SIU in J New Orleans in i/ 1943. He last ' shipped as oiler on the Yaka. Brother Daven­ port was bom in Mississippi and made his home in Prichard, Ala­ bama. He is survived by a sis­ ter, Mrs. Aline Glass, and a daughter, Barbara. Burial serv­ ices were held at Shadowland Cemetery in Prichard. <1, Richard A. Bnrch, 42: Broth­ Benedict Broderlck, 46: er Burch passed away in the Brother Broderick passed away U.S. Medical in Long Beach, Dispensary in California, De­ Saigon June 6, cember 14, 1968, while 1968. Bom in serving aboard Monroe, Louisi­ the Whitehall. ana, he made his Bom in Missis­ home in Galves­ sippi, he made ton, Texas. His his home in 22-year sailing Opelousas, Lou­ career was inter- isiana, with his wife, Helen. mpted by a three-year hitch in Brother Burch joined the Union the Navy during World War II. at New Orleans in 1960, and Brother Broderick joined the sailed as AB. He served two SIU in New Orleans in 1949. years in the U.S. Air Force dur­ Sailing as AB, his last ship was ing World War II. In addition the Transoneida. Burial was at to his widow, he is survived by Rosemound Cemetery in Waco, a daughter. Penny. Funeral serv­ Texas. ices and burial were in Opel­ ousas. Milbum Hatley, 55: Brother Hatley died at the USPHS Hos­ pital in Galves­ ton, Texas, Jan­ uary 26, after a brief illness. He had sailed as 3rd cook on his last ship, the Coundl Grove. Brother Hatley served in the Navy for three years during World War II. Bom in Oklahoma, he had made his home in Port Arthur, Texas, with his wife, Vera. Bur­ ial was at Greenlawn Ctemetery in Port Arthur. Robert Montcalm, 58: A heart attack claimed the life of Brother Mont­ calm January 21 at his home in Alameda, Cali­ fornia, following a long illness, p'. i He was a veteran with more than 45 years at sea, sailing as cook and baker. Brother Montcalm joined the SIU in the Port (rf San Francisco in 1952. His last vessel was the Norberto Capay. He is survived by his wife, Lil­ lian. Two SIU Veterans Retire James Oq;Hing, 22: Brother Ospring was washed overboard February 13 while working the night watch on deck aboard the Yukon on the retum run from the Far East. A gradu­ ate of the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship, where he placed second in his class. Brother Ospring sailed as AB. Bom in East St. Louis, Illinois, he was residing in Westminster, Califomia, at the time of his death. He joined the SIU in Wilmington, Califomia. He is survived by his mother Mrs. Grace Ospring, and his father George, who was sailing aboard the Steel Advocate at the time of his son's death. Brother Ospring had previously shipped on the Tuscon Victory. I il Carl Ernest, left, and Joseph De Madeiros, right, are congratulated by SIU Representative Joe Algina after they received their first Union pension checks. Both Seafarers joined SIU in 1943, and retired in 1969. <I> Sam Staidey, 61: Brother Stan­ ley died following a long ill­ ness on Decem­ James Maigellos, 19: Brother ber 6, 1968, at Margellos succuml^ to pneu= the USPHS Hos­ monia while in New Or­ pital aboard the Jef­ leans. He had ferson City Vic­ been on an SIU tory on Decem­ disability pension ber 13,1968. He since 1965. He joined the Union joined the Union in Seattle, and in the Port of sailed as wiper. He had previ­ Houston in 1960. Brother Stan­ ously shipped on ley was bom in Alabama and the Transorleans. Brother Mar­ lived in the town of Sarland at gellos was born in Portland, the time of his death. He is sur­ Oregon, and had lived there with vived by a son, Samuel, and a his mother, Mrs. Chrissa Mar­ daughter, Mrs.. Ester Rowers. gellos. Funeral services and in­ Burial was at Freewill Cemetery in Canoe, Alabama. terment were in Portland. Lanry Jones, 69: A heart ail­ ment claimed the life of retired Seafarer Jones on February 6 at the Maryland General Hospi­ tal in Baltimore. Brother Jones was bom in Den­ mark, and had been going to sea for more than 50 years. He joined the Union in 1941 in New Orleans. Sailing as AB, his last ship was the Alcoa'Trader in 1966. He had made his home in Baltimore. Burial services were held at Oak Lawn Cemetery in Baltimore. ,1,— y David B. Hard, 50: Heart fail­ ure claimed the life of Brother Hurd on Febraary 26 at the Park Place Hos­ pital in Port Ar­ thur, Texas. He was bom in Pensacola, Florida, and had made his home with his wife, Elenor, in Groves, Texas. Brother Hurd had served as mate and relief captain on tugs of the D.M. Picton Co. He joined the SIU in Port Arthur in 1961. He was a veteran of World War II with three years in the Navy. Besides his wife, he is survived by two children, Cynthia and David, and his father, David. Burial services were held at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Port Arthur. Ralph Didkens, 73: Brother Dickens passed away at Queens General Hospi­ tal in New York City on October 14, 1968, fol­ lowing a brief illness. He was bom in Louisiana and had made his home in New York. A 45-year veteran of the sea. Brother Dickens had sailed as a member of the steward de­ partment. He joined the SIU in New York in 1939. He is sur­ vived by a daughter, Mrs. Sadie Shepard. Burial took place at Evergreens Cfemetery in Brook­ lyn. Clarence Wyatt, 47: Brother Wyatt was accidentally lost over­ board from the . Tug Sophia and drowned off the Virginia coast on January 31. Bom in Waynesville, North Carolina, he made his home in Balti­ more, Maryland, with his wife, Bertha. He had been serving as cook aboard tugs of the Harbor Towing Corpo­ ration since 1957, and joined the SIU in Baltimore in 1958. Money Due The following Seafarers j who sailed on the last voy­ age of the Oceanic Wave have wages due them: AardKo Asnncioii, R. O.I Barnes, G. A. Cochenonr, A. Korsak, J. Madieson,! W. J. Matkws and D. C. i Qsoy QIM^. The money can be claimed in person at SIU| headquarters, or by writing j to 675 Fourth Avenue, i Brooklyn, New Yorki 11232. Be sure to include social security number, "Z" i number, signature and in-j stmctions for mailing. aan, Robert CPlSl isBill Kaiserv Jaiptrtrt OT ii ;dei»artmeHt int. Ship's 4eieffate repor^ |-%!» hes'been a trip the beefs in steward and en^ne rtmeitts, S2$6.00 in movie fund 110144 in ship's fond; .OTSItSSAS tita'lilnrJtime ^ Ovsrs^},,. Fsfereary. Fred BniUns j Seweteiy, LFim K. FalUs, No beefs reported hjr departmsRt delefpefes. rYote of^ to the' stewero :depett8ieht,-'paTtiiEar , iarly. .the:,eiswiu^ ,:<4l extras, .. BORBANK VicrORT (Bwhsak), February 24—C&sirtnan, .Paschol; Secretaryj T. Parretfc Some disputed OT in steward dej^artment. Writton resoldtions sdbifhitted to headquarters reg'ardinp gangway wotehes.' SSHGhairman, j. thorp; Beeretary, J. Bi Neirton. No beefs were reported bs: denartment deleMtes,; Moti wa8-;-,medi»'. to eonfeot -be^qnarters abont dpiming aydental elisie for ijnion metnbera as It is diiBedlt to get an appointment at dental ieliaies St the trePHS hospitals. ways),;' .JKareh- .I---Chftirman> -' 3.. .- J. Aipddu; Sedtetary, C. T. Hell. Brother Wesley LeohBrd was elected to seiwe as shin's deiegste. No beefs were reported, '* - ^ DIGEST of SIU MEETIf4GS ' ' M' J.'-;';* BlEATRAlN-PlJEitTO^RICbon Waterways), February P—Chairnan, M. H, donoa; Seeretary, Louis i. Croon. Brother Wilhain L Beeelle ywas oleeted. to As:ship's"; leleg^te. viscusmohi heid regardm -etireinent plan. BTEM. ''KINe:;; ••<^tbmia^ udry iO~-Chairnian, Silas Green; iecretary. Ken Hayes. Brother Do-; Josta was elected to serve as ah^'s lelegatfii $6.65 in ship's fund; ayed sailing beef in engine departnent, otherwise Overytmng la OJE; IBPL^SiriN OHIO^CHudsoh WattirYebruaiy'.l5-4Chairai8% ffblpnshp;:.:;.Secretary,. A. G.arBer. raridns motiohs were submitted rp'ardihg 'new . eontraet'^/ negatlatidhf. Jdine disputed OT in deck dn^ rlne; departments. Vote of thanhsito he steward department, especially d Brother john Lucas, crew messlah, for a job well dofte--covermg wp;Jobs a ^idbBioNlv:vicr^^ ort), Fewruaity tra^^ rCiialrMiaii, B. loririsi'/Jr.; 'Soeretary, '^Gilbert-;;d, 'roBclsir. Brother Jeff Skiassr esignid;: .-jS8^^,lsh^p'8..|;•deJei^ate^^ and IrotherijKf^rtSnier; T.;;iBforris. ^waa lected to e fVe as new ship's deleate. No boefs wero reported ; by epsrtmeat aefeffctea. ,J?rHI5 (Motorship of Deln,,y)^:Febtu'sry '14^.Chairmah, Bert ,dnb:orne^ ^8.e,e.^ejtafS^^ A, ;B.el.l. Jrbther Winborti# Wmi fleeted % erve as ship's deiegate. lifhor beeia Jft deck department: to be taken up ptb". 'ooardi.nf:. patrolman,-•'pisens,jion •beld -• icgardingvi we«»¥e; .a^ Ipehsion-plan:."""''"--'1 AMERIGO (Creal Overseas), Peb!|maity';';l-r-Cbairman^;.^F^ i4ntosh;- :Baeretaryj.;'Ki ;-W. Elliott. Brother Robert L. Sullivan whs Nlected to serve as ship's delegateKTwd - engine, .^'department failed to join ship at sailing time. No beefs were reported. M ^ AMERICAN Vimom (Hudson -li^terwaysl):, =iisnj',H,"Wong;';.Srtnfet8ty;::'Ri:: Hoht, :BF«tbd:r:Mdrria.Birkovrtta vrtii 'dice ted -to>!*arve;aev8bip's:;delegate. V' �April, 1969 SEAFARERS Richest Counfry Has TWQ Worlds To the Editon Those of us who work on a regular basis usually come in contact with people like our­ selves—regular wage-earners who are struggling with rising prices. We find it hard to re­ place an old TV set or to meet the dentist's bills or to pay for the kid's school. Recently, I had the oppor­ tunity of taking an auto trip through parts of West Vir­ ginia. I was shocked. What I saw was a world I didn't know existed. People were living—^not in the kind of houses we know —^but in shacks made of rot­ ting, unpainted boards and parts of barrels and contain­ ers. Walls were covered with newspapers and magazine covers. Windows were mostly little more than cardboard from discarded boxes. We saw children running around in torn rags, practical­ ly naked. The look of pover­ ty, the smell of poverty hung around everywhere and it wasn't pretty. Faces of people we saw, even the youngest of them, were drawn and hope­ less. They didn't think about TV sets — not even medical bills. sMy wife said to me, pointing to an "old woman" who was probably in her thirties—"I wonder what it would mean to her to get a new dress?" Now, when I pick up my newsp^er and read about mergers and dividends and the budget and the cost of re­ lief, I wonder—^How many worlds are there in this great country of ours? The one I am familiar with and the very different one I saw in poverty row in Appalachia are very unlike each other. Yet they do exist, side by side, in the wealthiest country in the world—a country in which our productive capacity is so vast that we haven't even be­ gun to use it all. Something' surely can— and must—^be done about the abject poverty areas to bring ^1 Americans back to the decent standard of living enjoyed by most of us. Sincerely, Hunter Hopkins — Seafarer Praises SiU Pension Plan To the EditoR I would like to take time out as an old timer to thank God that we have a pension plan like we have and to thank the ofiScers from top to bottom. May the SIU pension and welfare plan be blessed at all times. Sinoerdly, Howard F. Snydo", Sr. Page Twenty-Five LOG A Eulogy for The Coe Victory To the EditoR Pages in maritime history, written so gloriously by the Cde Victory, will soon be closed forever. In a few days this vessel will be relegated to a scrap pile in Formosa. It would be fitting—and I am confident it will come to pass—^that a replica of the "Coe," as she was affection­ ately referred to, will stand in the Smithsonian beside other ships that have made their mark in the annals of mari­ time history. Yes, standing alongside the Maine, Merrimac. Monitor and all the rest as a living arid permanent memorial to this grand old lady of the sea. And so, dear shipmates, I ask you not to think of the Coe Victory as nothing more than a rusty hulk of tired iron menacing shipping on the high seas. Rather, I would like you to think of her as a ship that has given much of herself, a ship that has not only filled your coffers with greenbacks, but contributed to some of the finest days and memories anyone ever had. As the days fade, and they inevitably will, the memories will grow ever sweeter. And who knows, maybe someday when you are out shopping for a present for your dear little loved one you might buy a toy, and that very toy might be made from a tiny piece of the "Coe." Sayonarra! Jack Fifzpatrick, 2nd Mate, Coe Victory (Editor's Note: This letter was forwarded to the LOG by Jim Tanner, bosun on the Coe Vic­ tory.) Lanra Lee Clinton, bom Feb­ ruary 1, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Robert J. Clinton, Jr., Freehold, New Jersey. Alisa Ballard, bom Febraary 23, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Warren U. Bullard, Philadel­ phia, Pa. Chnstofdier Conklin, bom April 29, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. George P. Conklin, Bayonne. New Jersey. Belita Ellis, bom August 19, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Francis M. Ellis, Pascagoula, Miss. i ^ Richard Rnssdl Symanski, , Virgina Tyner, bom March born December 10, 1968, to 3, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Seafarer and Mrs. Richard J. Thomas A. Tyner, New Orleans, Symanski, Park Forest, Illinois. La. i Leo Harrington, bom Janu­ ary 16, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Arthur C. Harrington, Charlestown, Mass. ^ ~ Pamela Williams, born Jan­ uary 22, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Earl B. Williams, Jackson­ ville, Florida. To the Editor: I am writing to thank the Union for answering my let­ ter so promptly and for the money paid to the hospital and to my wife's doctor fol­ lowing the , recent birth of our baby. We got letters from the hos­ pital and doctor stating that all the bills were paid by the SIU insurance. Thanks again from all of us. John Geguziz Shenandoah, Pa. ^ Ann Hadden, bom Febmary 2, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Norman B. Hadden, .Colmosneil, Texas. ^ William Skinner, bom March 1, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. William Earl Skinner, Mobile, Alabama. Kennetti Phillips, bom De­ cember 20, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Charles D. Phillips, Loxley, Alabama. Alvin Willard, bom January 10, 1969 to Seafarer and Mrs. Joseph Willard, Toledo, Ohio. —4/— <I> Kristen Nagy, born January 8, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Nicholas A. Nagy, Torrance, California. Jeffrey Scott, bom Febuary 3, 1969, to Seafarer • and Mrs. David C. Lupton, Norfolk, Va. Tracey Reyna, bom Febmary 24, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ruben M. Reyna, Galves­ ton, Texas. Johnny Young, bom Febm­ ary 2, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Johnny Young, Mobile, Ala. Christine Jaco, born January 12, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Stanley W. Jaco, Granite City, Illinois. Elsie Lofton, bom January 29, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jack Lofton, Chickasaw, Ala. Kimheriy Mallory, bom Feb­ ruary 27, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Edwin J. Mallory, St. Al­ bans, West Virginia. ^ Thanks SiU For Maternity Benefits vtf Dionne McGee, born January 31, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Earl McGee, Newark, New Jer­ sey. -— Carla Denise Tillett, bom Febmary 20, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Kirby Tillett, Chesa­ peake, Va. ^ Sherry Boothe, bom Decem­ ber 16, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Roy L. Boothe, Baltimore, Md. ^ Charies Arnold, bom Febraary 18, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Charles R. Arnold, New Orleans, La. Lisa Johnson, bom February 4, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Abraham Johnson, New Or­ leans, La. Time For A Trim Alma Ines Marcial, bom Jan­ uary 25, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Pedro Marcial, Bayamon, P. R. Johnny McDuffie, bom Sep­ tember 24, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Teddy R. McEhiffie, Houston, Texas. Geoige Danie Reyes, bom April 23, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Cosme Ballesteros Reyes, New Orleans, La. ^ Laura Vanderbeck, born Jan­ uary 25, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. William P. Vanderbeck, Bricktown, N.J. ^ Charles Collins, bom Janu­ ary 26, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Henry R. Collins, Orange, Texas. Matthew Thomas, bom Feb­ ruary 23, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Paul Thomas, Jr. Mobile, Ala. Tammy Temple, bom Janu­ ary 3, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. James Temple, Baltimore, Md. ^ John Anderson, bom No­ vember 23, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Leonard Anderson, St. Louis, Mo. ^ Wallace Hanke, bom No­ vember 25, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. David E. Hanke, Russellville, Ala. Kristina Guarino, bom De­ cember 11, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Bennie J. Guarino, New Orleans, La. ^ Lawrence Rhew, bom Febm­ ary 9, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Lawrence W. Rhew, Gal­ veston, Texas. —— Daniel Pronti, born Febmary 16, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs, Daniel G. Pronti, Jersey City, N.J. <!> — Donnie Alan West, bom De­ cember 28, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Donnie West, Flat Rock, Ala. ^ Warren Lietz, bom Febmary 8, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Warren C. Lietz, Daphne, Ala. ^ Samuel Tolley, bom January 15, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Samuel Lee Tolley, Camargo, Seafarer, Wife Praise SIU Welfare To the Editmr: Both of us wish to send our thanks and appreciation to the SIU Welfare Department for the goodwill, kindness and courtesy shown to us during our stay in the hospital. Pedro & Anita Losado BaMmote, Md. m. Michael Natoli, bom Decem­ ber 1, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. John J. Natoli, Brooklyn, N.Y. ^ Seafarer John Maytum of the deck department gets a haircut from James Saetani in the New York hall. Brother Maytum, a native of Rhode Island, joined the SIU in Port of New York in 1957. David Martin, bom January 25, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. David L. Martin, Mobile, Ala. �SEAFARERS LOG Page Twenty-Six April, 1969 ^ Marine), February 28—Chairman, H. PirkerSecretary, C. R. Darameyer. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Brother C. Martin was elected to serve as new ship's dele­ gate. Vote of thanks was extended to retiring ship's delegate. Brother C. Dammeyer. 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.) ^ Stitzel-Wellcr DistiUeriw "Old FIticenild,'' "Old "Cabin Sffli,'' W. L. Weiier Bourbon whMieya (Distillery Workers) KIngiport Press "World Book," "Chfldcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) Genesco Shoe Mfg. Co. Work Shoes . . . Sentry, Cedar Chest, Statler Men's Shoes . . . Jarman, Johnson ft Murphy, Crestworth, (Boot and Shoe Workers' Union) ^ Boren Clay Products Co. (United Brick and Clay Workers) ^ "HIS" hrand men's clothes Kaynee Boyswear, Judy Bond blouses, Hanes Knitwear, Randa Ti«i, Boss Gloves, Rlchnm (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) ^1> Jamestown Sterling Corp. (United Furniture Workers) 4> Starlite luggage Starflite luggage (International Leather Goods, Plastics and Novelty Workers Union) i White Fumitur*. Co. (United Furniture Workers of America) ^ Gypsum WaBboard, American Gypsum Co. (United Cement Lime and Gypsum Workers International) vtf R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Camels, Winston, Tempo, Brandon, Cavalier and Salem cigarettes (Tobacco Workers International Union) Comet Rice Mills Co. products (International Union of United Brewery, Floiir, Cereal, Soft Drinks and Distillery Workers) i Pioneer Flour Mill (United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers Local 110, San Antonio, Texas ^ An California Table Grapes (United Farm Workers) — Magic Chef Pan PaciSc Division (Stove, Furnace and Allied Appliance Workers International Union) —— Tennessee Packers Reelfoot Packing Frosty Mom Valleydale Packers (Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America) -if Richman Bros, and Sewell Suits, Wing Shirts (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) Fisher Price Toys (Doll and Toy Workers) ^ Baltimore Luggage Co. Lady Baltimore, Amelia Earhart Atlimtic Products Sports Goods Owned by Ouett Peabody (Amalgamated Clothing Workers) <I> FINANCIAL BEFOBT8. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, aulf. Lakes and Inland Waters District makes siieciflc provision for safeguarding 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 monbership. All Union records are available at SIU headquarters in Brorricljm. TBUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in c^rge 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 BIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracta are posted and available in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of yonr shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Biwrd by certified mail, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: Ektrl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place, Suite 1980, 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, lliese contracts sperify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know yonr contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on the pnqner sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union oflicial, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract ririits prop­ erly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. BDITORIAL POUCY—SBAFABEBS LOG. The LOG has tradithmaUy refrained from pabUshing any article serving the poUtieel purposes of any individual in the UafosL oiBcer or aasmbo'. It has also refrained from publishing articles deemediMiand to the Union or its collective membership. This estoblbhed policy has been by aeabMBhip action at the Septsnaber, 1960, meetinps In all constitd" mgoaMUtr tor LOG MUcy b vested in an editorial board which cathre Board of the Union. The Bxecutivo Board may delegate. Ma raaks, OM fasdividnal to carry oat this responsMlitg. SIU-AGLIWD Meetings New Orieans May 13—2:30 p.m. Mobile .... May 14—2:30 p.m. WOmington. May 19—2:00 p.m. San Frmicisco May 21—2:00 p.m. Seattle ... May 23—2:00 p.m. New York .. May 5—2:30 p.m. Philadelphia May 6—2:30 p.m. BaltinMn-e .. May 7—2:30 p.m. Detroit May 16—2:30 p.m. Houston ... May 12—2:30 p.m. United Industrial Worirers New Orleans May 13—^7:00 p.m. MobUe ,... May 14—7:00 p.m. New Yoih .. May 5—^7:00 p.m. Philadelphia May 6—7:00 p.m. Beldmore .. May 7—7:00 p.m. ^Houston .. May 12—7:00 p.m. Great Lakes SIU Meetings Detroit .... May 5—2:00 p.m. Alpena May 5—7:00 p.m. Buffalo May 5—^7:00 p.m. Chicago ... May 5—^7:30 p.m. Duluth .... May 5—7:00 p.m. Frankfmi .. May 5—^7:00 p.m. Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Section Chicago May 13—7:30 p.m. tSauh St. Marie May 15—7:30 p.m. Buffalo .... May 14—7:30 p.m. Duluth May 16—^7:30 p.m. Oeveland .. May 16—7:30 p.m. Ttdedo May 16—^7:30 p.m. Detroit May 12—7:30 p.m. Milwaukee . May 12—7:30 p.m. SIU luland Boatmen's Union New Orleans May 13—5:00 p.m. Mobile .... May 14—5:00 p.m. Philadelpbia May 6—5:00 p.m. Baltimore (licensed and unUcensed) May 7—5:00 p.m. Norfolk May 8—5:00 p.m. Houston ... May 12—5:00 p.m. RaOway Marine Region Philadelpliia May 13—10 a.m. ft 8 p.m. Baltimore May 14—10 a.m. ft 8 p.m. •Norfolk May 15—10 a.m. ft 8 p.m. Jersey Oty May 12—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. • Meeting held at Labor Temple, New­ port, News. t Meeting held at Galveston wharves. IBECTdlYof ION HALLS SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers PRESIDENT Paul Hall EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cal Tannar Earl Shapard Al Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS LIndity Wllllamr. Robert Matthewi SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Kerr HEADPUARTERS ALPENA. Mich BALTIMORE. Md BOSTON. Mail 475 4th Ave., Rlilyn. (212) HY T-4400 SABINE (Ogden Operators), March 2—Chairman, B. Pimovicz; Secretary, F. J. Johnson. Disputed OT in each department to be squared away by patrolman. Vote of thanks to Brother Robert Aumill, chief cook, and Brother Ed Heniken, baker, for doing a very good job. ' - " • * COMMANDER (Marine Carriers), March 2—Chairman, Edmund Abualy; Secretary, George Thompson. Sojne disputed OT in engine and steward departments. Brother Gene Woturski was elected to serve as ship's delegate. MOBILIAN (Waterman), February 23—Chairman, M. Olson; Secretary, M. E. Greenwald. No beefs and no 'disputed OT. Ml 'H WESTERN COMET (Western ;Agency), January 26—Chairman, |R. J. Callahanf Socretarj% C. Loper, l^r. Few hours disputed OT in deck '^nd engine departments to be taken ;up with boarding patrolman. 5 lyERVILLE (Waterman), Pebiyuary 16—Chairman, John Cisiecki; Secretary, M. L. Leaehe. Brother G. ^onzales was elected to serve as ^ship's delegate. 127 River SI. (517) EL 4-3414 1214 E. Baltimore St. (301) EA 7-4900 443 Atlantic Avenue (417) 482-4714 73S Waihlnqton St. SIU (714) TL 3-92S9 IBU (714) TL 3-9259 CHICA60. Ill 9343 Ewtnq Ave. SIU (312) SA 1-0733 IBU (312) ES 5-9570 CLEVELAND. Ohio I42B W. 2Sth St. (214) MA 1-5450 DETROIT. Mich IBUi W. Jettenon Ave. !• DEL ALBA (Delta), March 2— (^Chairman, William A. Aycock; SecSretary, Sanford Kemp. No becfS Vere reported by department dele- Sfeates. BUFFALO. N.Y (313) VI 3-4741 DULUTH. Minn FRANKFORT. Mich P.O. Box 2B7 415 Main St. (414) EL 7-2441 5BB4 Canal St. (713) WA B-3207 JACKSONVILLE. Fla 2448 Pearl St. (904) EL 3-09B7 JERSEY CITY. N.J 99 Montgomery St. (201) HE 5-9424 MOBILE. Ale. ........ I South Lawrence St. (205) HE 2-1754 NORFOLK. Va 430 Jackion Ave. (504) 529-7544 115 3rd St. (703) 422-IB92 2404 S. 4th St. (215) DE 4-3818 PORT ARTHUR. Tex I34B Seventh St. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., 350 Freemont St. (415) DO 2-4401 MEETINGS SEAHLE. Waih ST. LOUIS, Mo 1313 Fernandei Juncoi Stop 20 724-2848 2505 Firit Avenue (204) MA 3-4334 '. . 805 Del Mar (314) CE 1-1434 TAMPA, Fla 312 Harrlion St. (813) 229-2788 WILMINGTON, Calif., 450 Seaside Ave. Terminal Island, Calif. (213) 832-7285 YOKOHAMA. Japan . Iseya BIdg.. Room BOI 1-2 Kalgan-Dorl-Nakaku 2014971 Ext. 28! PAYHENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be imid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, hut feels that he should not have been required to nmke such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every sU months in the 8E1AFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitution. In addition, copies are available Jn all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarise themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obli­ gation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarteia. BBTIBED SBAFABEBS. Old-time SIU members drawing disabUity-pension bene­ fits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, including attend­ ance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU members 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. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union pol.icy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of f^ieir dues. EQUAL BIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the c«mtraets which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Conse­ quently, no Seafarer may he discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic oririn. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify headquarters. SBAFABEBS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic rights of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve the best interests of themselves, their famOies and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers PoliUeal Activity Donation was cstabinhed. Donations to SPAD are entirely voluntary and constitute the funds throurt which legisiative and ptditical activities are conducted tor ^ benefit of the membership and the Union. If at aiV time a Seafarer fesis that any of tba above tights have been violatsd, er that ha has >«an daiOad Ua tinatilaUiaal right of accaas to Unian leeetda ar taifenaatiaa, ha aaanld iaaiadiataiy aetify SIU PrmMant Paul Hal at hsadgnartsra by !( LONG BEACH (Sea-Land),-Feb­ ruary 18—Chairman, John Der; SeCr iretary, J. Fuller. No beefs wore re,j)orted by department delegates. Big .improvement in menus this trip. 'The steward was requested to order fresh stores that will pep up the inenus. Discussion held regarding jrusty hot and cold wash water. PHILADELPHIA, Pa SANTURCE. P.R •t j 312 W. 2nd St. (218) RA 2-4110 HOUSTON. Tex NEW ORLEANS. La DIGEST of SIU PEARY (Marine Traders), March 2—Chairman, Harold J. Romero;; Secretary, James A. Hollen. Some disputed OT in engine department. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for a job well done; FRED MORRIS (Waterman), Feb­ ruary 26—Chairman, Wm. Duncan; ; Secretary, Wm, Duncan. No beefrf' were reported by department dele-; gates. Discussion held regarding food. Crew would like an improve­ ment in menus and quality of food served. SAN JUAN (Sea-Land), March 2 —Chairman, J. A. Shortell; Secre­ tary, E. Graham. $53.19 in ship's fund and $80.00 in movie fund. Some ^ disputed OT in deck department.; Vote of thanks was extendea to Brother James Shortell, ship's dele­ gate, for a job well, done. Beef re­ garding company not forwardintj^ the SEAFARERS L0(3 to the ships. ROBIN SHERWOOD (Moore^ McCormack), March 20—Chairman^ William McConnell; Secretary, Jim­ my L. Dunagan. Some disputed OT in engine and deck departments.] Beefs regarding various items sent to headquarters. SANTORE (Venore Transporta­ tion), February 23—Chaiman, T. AJ Jackson; Secretary, C. R. Arnold.] No beefs and no disputed OT. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Brother Jack-f son, chief steward, went all out top; make this a pleasant voyage for everyone. DEtTA BRAZIE (Delta), March 9 —Chairman, Mike Dunn; Secretary,.. C. A. Hancock. $76.00 in ship's fund.;; No beefs were reported by depart-;ment delegates. |j STEEL NAVIGATOR (Isthmian), . March O'—Chairman, E. S. Harris; ! Secretary, H. L. Bennett $78.65 in ship's fund. Very good trip wf.th no beefs. Some disputad QT in engine department to be taken up with '-il 9» J*-) »; vl 'i 'i k �ome Seafarer John P. Morris, at left, points out matter he wishes to dis­ cuss at pay-off to SlU Representative Ken McGregor who is listening intently at table. Morris reported that voyage was mostly smooth sailing. r ^ muter 6TJiay trip io Ua Nany and! Manita, ihe Yaka (Wai^rmanJ arrives haracteristic ispse is struck by Paul Brady, who comes from Montgomery, ^Alabama, Seafarer Brady, a graduate of the Harry Lundeberg School of Searnanship, provided music during trip, teaming up with Peter Dufours. A messman. Seafarer Clowe Torry enjoys catching up on the LOG during leisure moments. The re­ cent trip on the Yaka was Brother lorry's first. Father and son team, John P. Morris, right, and son John H. Morris make their home at Savannah, Ga. Father, a Seafarer for 40 years, has five sons, all of whom sail with the SlU. Son John, 28, sails as an oiler. _ ijrJ'•'w: A new Seafarer is Larry Lafleur, 16, who sails as ordinary. A Lundeberg graduate, the youngster just completed second trip. The crpw voted the steward department the best they had ever sailed with. Chief Steward Cristobal De Jesus, shown fixing a savory dish in the galley, has served as chief steward for most of 30 years at sea. Seafarer Jim Reynolds, ordinary seaman, goes through his papers at pay-off time, Facial adornment sprouted during voyage. p |> I �Vol. ill £PG 1'^ V ' . '^<,^ffi"''-'-»v ^•• i ¥: !• ^ Mcii- � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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MALONE DIES IN SAN FRANCISCO AT 62 ALL OUT MARITIME PROGRAM NEEDED TO MEET SOVIET THREAT PROPOSED COAST GUARD REGULATIONSBTHREATEN DOMESTIC FISHING INDUSTRY SEAFARER HILTON WOOLSEY KILLED BY VC BOOBY TRAP MAGNUSON LAUNCHES SEPARATE MARAD FIGHT OHIO UNEMPLOYMENT LAWS AMENDED TO INCLUDE GREAT LAKES SEAFARERS SEAFARERS ABOARD OVERSEAS ALICE PLUCK DOWNED FLIER FROM HIGH SEAS HYPOCRITICAL TAX LAWS RESPONSIBLE FOR RUNAWAY SHIPS SIU SCHOOLSHIP, ‘CHARLES S. 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The defeated amendment, which was also opposed by the Nixon Administration, would have denied the President the right to stipulate the use of American-flag merchant ships in the carriage of cargoes of grains to the Soviet Union and other Communist nations. Strong objection to the pro­ posed change had been raised by SIU President Paul Hall in testi­ mony before the committee at hearings held prior to the vote. Hall told the groups that "the proposed language would run counter to the historic concept of providing preference for American-flag vessels in the car= riage of our country's trade." He also emphasized that it would "serve as an opening wedge in a new assault on the entire cargo preference pro­ gram," work "to the detriment of our balance of payments," have "an adverse, and perhaps fatal, impact on our already dwindling merchant marine for­ tunes" and would "give new impetus to the Soviet drive for world maritime supremacy." The SIU president also ad­ vocated the strengthening of the 50-50 provisions. He said this would mean "more jobs for American seamen, more jobs for American shipyard workers, more jobs in scores of related trades and services." Similar positions were taken before the committee hearings on the Export Expansion and Regulation Act of 1969 by other maritime industry and adminis­ tration spokesmen, who also voiced their concern over the effect the amendment on East European trade could have in weakening the already deteri­ orating U.S. merchant marine, thereby helping the Soviet Union toward its goal of dominance in international commerce. Hall also noted that the lower­ ing of U.S.-flag carriage of such commodities would provide ad­ ditional encouragement to "ruhaway-flag shipping" as well as to the big U.S. oil companies who operate huge fleets of foreign- flag vessels. Cargo Preference History The SIU president briefly traced the history of the cargo preference system, pointing out that Public Resolution No. 17, enacted in 1934, provided that when the purchase and shipment of American goods is financed by federal lending agencies the cargo must be carried by Amer­ ican-flag ships. This has not been enforced vigorously, he declared, and foreign vessels—particularly those of recipient nations—have been allocated a large percentage of such shipments. The Cargo Preference Act, later incorporated into the Mer­ chant Marine Act of 1936, he noted, provides that at least 50 percent of the gross tonnage of government-generated cargo— particularly foreign aid ship­ ments and agricultural surplus shipments—should be carried in privately-owned U.S.-flag com­ mercial vessels. This has been applied, he said, to make the 50-percent participation a maxi­ mum, instead of a minimum, leading to further erosion of the laws which were enacted to fur­ ther development of the Amer­ ican merchant fleet. In Sfofe Dept. Meeting: SlUNA Warns Against 'BlackmaiT As Govts. Debate Tunaboat Seizures WASHINGTON — The SIUNA has cautioned the State Department not to submit to "blackmail" in negotiations with Latin American countries over the illegal seizures of American tuna vessels. Vice Presidents Frank Drozak and Steve Edney reported to the SIUNA's 14th Biennial Convention here that the Un­ ion's position was spelled out last month at a State Depart­ ment meeting with Donald L. McKeman, Special Assistant for Fisheries and Wildlife to the Secretary of State. McKeman is head of a U.S. delegation that is currently meeting in Buenos Aires, Ar­ gentina, with representatives of Ecuador, Peru and Chile— countries which, over the last eight years alone, have seized more than 80 U.S. fishing ves­ sels and levied fines of more than $900,000 for alleged vio­ lation of the fishing zones off the South American coast. These countries claim a 200mile fishing zone, in sharp con­ trast to the accepted practice of limiting a nation's exclusive fishing rights to 12 miles off its coast. In some of the sei­ zures, Latin American gun­ boats have fired on the un­ armed American tunaboats. Delegates from the SIU's Cannery Workers & Fisher­ men's Union also told the con­ vention that a total of 128 West Coast tuna vessels have been il­ legally seized by Latin nations at sea since 1951. "The seizure of American vessels," they said, "has be­ come a most profitable business for these countries. Fines, fish­ ing license fees and other il­ legally imposed tariffs amount­ ing to $1.6 million have been paid by American fishermen and the U.S. government to Latin countries to secure the re­ lease of our fishermen and their vessels." A former U.S. tugboat, on loan to the Peruvian govern­ ment by the United States, shot and wounded a U.S. captain and first mate, the delegates reported. Peruvian Air Force planes, many of them jets given to Peru under the foreign aid program, are used to locate American boats in internation­ al waters they said. Following the State Depart­ ment meeting, the SIU officials issued the following statement: "We take the position that the conference at Buenos Aires should limit itself to resolving the issue of the illegal seizures of American fishing vessels— seizures which have jeopardized the lives and the livelihoods of the American fishermen whom we represent. "We are opposed to the in­ clusion in the Buenos Aires conference of any discussion on Latin American requests to re­ duce American tariffs on the tuna fish shipments by the Latin American countries or any changes on bonita as it is pres­ ently packed and marked to­ day. "The reason for the confer­ ence is simple: It has been called in order to resolve a seri­ ous threat to peace and stabili­ ty to this hemisphere caused by these repeated illegal sei­ zures. For the government to enter into any negotiations with these countries on the subject of tariffs or imports would be to submit to blackmail. "The American delegation to Buenos Aires should be con­ cerned solely with resolving the problems caused by the denial to American fishermen of their rights on the high seas." In addition to being vice presidents of th^ SIUNA, Drozak is the Union's West, Coast representative; Edney is presi­ dent of the United Cannery and Industrial Workers of the Pa­ cific, Los Angeles District, an SIUNA affiliate, and is chair­ man of the SIUNA's Fish and Cannery Conference, composed of all of the Seafarers' fishing and canning affiliates on all coasts. Within the spirit of these laws. President Kennedy, in 1963, an­ nounced approval of grain sales to the Soviet Union and Iron Curtain countries and said that these surpluses would be "car­ ried in available American ships, Mass. Legislature Hits 'Buy Abroad' Posture by DOT BOSTON—Firm disagree­ ment with a recent statement by the Department of Transporta­ tion, which advocated the pur­ chase of ships built in foreign countries to break ice for the Alaskan oil fields, was ex­ pressed here in a resolution in­ troduced in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and formally adopted by the state legislature. Specifically pointed out in the resolution was the fact that the DOT has the responsibility of enhancing shipbuilding in the United States, as well as its trade and labor forces, and that the purchase of foreign ships would "create a definite hard­ ship on U.S. shipbuilding, man­ ufacturing and jobs." The Bay State's resolution called upon the Department of Transportation to purchase only ships built in the United States for such traffic. Copies of the resolution were sent to Presi­ dent Nixon, Secretary of Trans­ portation John A. Volpe, Vice President Agnew—as president of the Senate — and House Speaker John W. McCormack. Additional copies went to the Massachusetts congressional delegation. supplemented by ships of other countries as required." "But gradually this position was watered down," Hall point­ ed out. "This all-out participa­ tion by American vessels be­ came 50-percent participation. Then it became 50-percent par­ ticipation only in selected items —particularly wheat and wheat flour." "Our cargo preference laws are interrelated," Hall went on to explain. "Destroy any aspect of cargo preference, and you will weaken the entire structure of safeguards for American-flag shipping. If you forbid the Presi­ dent to issue even the limited directives which now exist with respect to the participation of American shipping in the car­ riage of goods to the Communist nations, then you will have es­ tablished a precedent—and you will have made it easier for the opponents of cargo preference to knock down this program every place else where it exists." Appearing for the Nbcon Ad­ ministration, which stood solid­ ly behind the SIU on this ques­ tion, were Philip H. Trezise, As­ sistant Secretary-Designate for Enonomic Affairs of the State Department,- and Kenneth N. Davis, Jr., Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Domestic and International Business. Ranged on the other side of the question—and defeated by the Senate Committee's action— were the major grain growers, interested in unloading surplus wheat, and a group of legisla­ tors who are seeking a more flexible trade policy, allegedly as a move to ease East-West tensions. 1 I •i Protecting Fishing Industry I r SIUNA Representative Joe Algina (left) and former SIUNA Vice Pres­ ident James Ackert were the key witnesses at a recent Treasury De­ partment hearing on the crisis facing SIUNA -fishermen because of increasing imports of cheap fishery products from countries such as Canada. SIUNA is urging that a quota be placed on such imports. > c �August, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Three Excerpts from Speeches To SlUNA Convention WASHINGTON—The largest number of speakers ever recalled addressed the Fourteenth Biennial Convention of the Seafarers International Union of North America during its five days of sessions held here July 28 through August 1. More than 75 Congressmen and Senators plus key leaders from labor, management and the federal government, re­ peatedly stressed their support for a revitalized U.S.-flag merchant ^ marine and new hope that such a revitalization will soon get underway. Brief excerpts from some of these speeches follow: * * * Representative John W. McCormack (D-Mass.)—^The Speaker of the House called for an independent Maritime Administration and the revitalization of American shipping through a "real merchant marine program." He particularly pointed to the inadequate number of ships in the nation's maritime fleet. • * * Representative Edward A. Garmatz (D-Md.)—^The chair­ man of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee promised that when the Administration presents "its mari­ time plans sometime" in the late summer or early fall," the committee "will act on it immediately, just as we have in the past on all other crucial maritime matters." • * * George Meany, President, AFL-CIO—Talking about the current inflation period in the United States, he said the cause is not high wages but profits that are far too high. He also spoke about the housing crisis stating that "high interest rates and high mortgage rates" are the source of the problem and not high salaries. * * * Representative Gerald R. Ford (R-Mich.)—The House Minority Leader, hinting at what the Administration's mari­ time program will be like, said, "I can assure you of this— the Maritime Administration has no intention of proposing that American merchant ships be built in foreign yards." He added that the new program may include consideration of "building ships in series of 10 or 15, instead of building ships one at a time." » * * Representative Carl Albert (D-Okla.)—The House Ma­ jority Leader, comparing U.S. shipping with the space pro­ gram, said America "needs to be in the maritime forefront more than it needs to be in the forefront of the space race— and I believe we can be both." To insure the United States' "security and prosperity a strong merchant marine is abso­ lutely indispensable." * * * Representative William S. Mailliard (R-Calif.)—Predict­ ing that the Maritime Administration's new program will be a vigorous one, he stated "we now have in the federal agencies and in the White House men who really understand the maritime problem ... 1969 will be a real year of decision." Mailliard also noted that the merchant marine is the "most over-studied and the most under-appreciated industry in the country." m * * Representative Howard W. Pollock (R-Alaska)—Mari­ time is "a sick industry and it needs help." He told the con­ vention delegates not to "assume that all your friends are on the Democratic side of the aisle." The Republican Party is "dedicated to the proposition that we must revitalize the American merchant marine for the sake of national security and national prosperity." 1|C )|l « Representative Thomas M. Felly (R-Wash.)—^Foreseeing America as "once again the foremost nation on the seas," he based his sentiments on President Nixon's statements pledg­ ing a revival of the merchant marine and was critical of "those in high office who have tried to scuttle the merchant marine." * * * Representative Jacob H. Gilbert (D-N.Y.)—Suggested that a tax on runaway flag ships be included in the tax reform bill now before Congress and expressed continued support for an independent maritime agency. * * * Representative Joseph P. Addabbo (D-N.Y.)—Agreed wholeheartedly with the SIU Jin demanding U.S. legislation to protect American fishing boats from seizure and attack by Latin American countries. (Continued on page 7) AFL-CIO President George Meany addresses 14th Biennial Convention of SlUNA as lead-off speaker on opening day. With Meany on dais is SlUNA President Paul Hall (center) and Vice President John Yarmola. 14th Biennial SlUNA Convention Takes Attion on Pressing Issues WASHINGTON—An air of guarded optimism was gen­ erated among delegates to the Fourteenth Biennial Conven­ tion of the Seafarers Interna­ tional Union of North America here as they listened to guest speakers from labor, manage­ ment, government and industry predict new national policies and legislation which will at last revitalize the U.S. mer­ chant marine and enable the United States to regain its once dominant role as a leading mari­ time power. More than 300 delegates representing the 38 affiliated unions within the SlUNA—at­ tended the busy sessions held from July 28 through August 1. The Convention focused at­ tention upon the major prob­ lems of the maritime industry and allied fields through speci­ fic resolutions and committee reports by affiliates. Delegates representing the more than 85,000 members of the SlUNA also took action on the broad spectrum of persistent problems faced by the entire American labor movement and the nation as a whole. SlUNA President Paul Hall presided as chairman and Vice President Morris Weisberger served as convention secretary. Many key members of Con­ gress, along with ranking of­ ficials of the Nixon administra­ tion, addressed assembled dele­ gates representing workers on deep-sea vessels, inland water­ ways, tug boats, the commercial fishing fleet and transport workers on all coasts, and in Canada, Puerto Rico and Hawaii. Rocco Siciliano, Undersecre­ tary of Commerce, and a prom­ inent spokesman for the Nixon Administration on maritime af­ fairs, promised that within 60 days President Nixon will sub­ mit to Congress "comprehen­ sive, long - range, long - term" legislation to revive the badly deteriorated American mari­ time industry. The Undersecretary said that while American-flag shipping, once world dominant, has de­ clined to the point where only seven percent of U.S. commerce is now carried in Americanowned and American-registered and manned vessels, the Nixon Administration's new program is aimed at restoring our mer­ chant fleet during the 1970s to a level that will enable it to carry at least 30 percent of all U.S. imports and exports. He declared that while the new maritime legislation is still being hammered out and argued over within various federal departments and execu­ tive agencies, the Nixon pro­ gram will not suffer the fate of other plans considered and abandoned by previous admin­ istrations. Siciliano emphasized that "we are preparing a maritime program that will be much more than hope," and "in the Depart­ ment of Commerce, we think that the merchant marine has to go up; it has almost nowhere else to go." In his lead-off convention ad­ dress, AFL-CIO President George Meany decried the pre(Continued on page 5) Summary of Resolutions Adopted by Delegates WASHINGTON—Delegates to the 14th Biennial Convention of the Seafarers International Union of North America adopted many resolutions which dealt not only with maritime and the fishing industry but also with the general fields of social legislation and labor issues. reserved for American vessels. Among the issues acted upon Called for opposition to any at­ by the delegates were the fol­ tempt to change sabotage laws lowing: which protect American ship­ Comprehensive Maritime ping in the domestic trades. Program — Expressed concern Political Action—Stressed the over the continued decline of essentiality of political action to the American merchant marine, the trade union movement and to the detriment of the national called for voluntary contribu­ defense posture, the balance of tions to labor's political action payments and the domestic funds coupled with registration economy. Called for a compre­ and voting as a means to protect hensive maritime program that American workers and their would be fair and equitable and families. that would lead to the develop­ Shipbuilding — Called atten­ ment of a balanced fleet. tion to the need for a full-scale Alaska Oil—^Viewed the dis­ program of ship construction in covery of oil on the North Slope American yards as a prere­ of Alaska as one of the impor­ quisite for regaining America's tant developments of our na­ competitive position on the high tional resources, and saw in it seas, and urged the federal gov­ a new opportunity for Ameri­ ernment to undertake a longcan-flag shipping since the term program to achieve this movement of the oil to conti­ goal. (Continued on page 7) nental United States would be �Page Four SEAFARERS LOG August, 1969 Total Reaches 343 as: Nine Additional Seafarers licensed At SlU Engineers Upgrading School Nine more engine department farer moving up to a fine career Seafarers have earned their engi­ in the U.S. merchant marine. neers' licenses after completing He was bom in Nashua, New training at the SIU-MEBA Dis­ Hampshire and first shipped out trict 2 sponsored School of Ma­ with the SIU in 1963 as a wiper rine Engineering. aboard the Overseas Rose (Mar­ This latest group of newlyitime Overseas Co.). He entered licensed marine engineers raises the Union-sponsored School of to 343 the total number of men Duke! Marine Engineering in Febm- Proudly showing his temporary 3rd assistant engineers license who have passed Coast Guard ary and eamed his Third Assis­ is Richard McCarty,. 23. At left is his brother, Kip, 18, who licensing examinations after Guard and a skilled machinist, completing the comprehensive is a new Temporary Third As­ tant Engirieer's License in July. will soon enroll in the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship. course of study given by the sistant Engineer. school. Walter Seales, 43, has been On 'Point of Order' sailing for more than 12 years and joined the SIU in the Port of Seattle. He was bom in Miss­ issippi but now lives in Pensacola, Florida, with his wife Betty. He sailed as an FOWT before being accepted to the engineering school in March. amount finally agreed upon for WASHINGTON—A point of funds. Brother Seales passed the Coast construction subsidy funds at order raised by Representative The $200 million, added to Gonzalez Daniels Guard licensing exam last month H. R. Gross (R-Iowa) resulted $100 million in previously un­ that time was $100 million, and is now sailing as a Tempo­ last month in the entire amount used carryover funds, would down from the $237,400,000 Cayetano Gonzalez, 50, a na­ rary Third Assistant Engineer. of $200 million authorized by have permitted MARAD to originally provided for in the tive of Texas, joined the SIU in Paul Dukel Jr., 30, is a native the House for ship construction contract for the construction of measure as it left the House the Port of Houston in 1966. He of Philadelphia who joined the shipped out as an FOWT before SIU in that port in 1967. He subsidy funds being stricken some 30-33 new ships instead committee. enrolling in the School of Ma­ sailed as an FOWT before en­ from the bill carrying appropri­ of the 8-11 the administration rine Engineering in January. rolling in the SIU-MEBA Dis­ ations for the State, Commerce had originally called for. As a result of the House pas­ After completing the course of trict 2 School of Engineering and Justice Departments for fis­ cal year 1970. sage of the appropriations meas­ study at the school and passing in March. After participating in The House then went on to ure without the ship construc­ his Coast Guard licensing exam, the comprehensive training he received his Temporary Third course offered to members of the pass the $2.5 billion bill by a tion funds, appropriations for Assistant Engineer's License in engine department by the school, vote of 366-31—minus the vital this purpose now will have to be maritime funds for ship con­ restored in the Senate, with final June. WASHINGTON—Extension he passed the Coast Guard engi­ struction. approval to be ironed out in a of the existing 55-percent ceil­ Jacquith Daniels, 23, entered neers exam and won his Third This action was made neces­ joint Senate-House conference. ing on federal ship construction , the school in March. Bom in Assistant Engineer's License in sary because of the procedure— The administration has al­ subsidies has been signed into Nags Head, North Carolina, he July. first initiated in 1967—whereby ready appeared before the Sen­ is a skilled carpenter and a vet­ law by President Nixon. The funds for Maritime Adminis­ ate Appropriations Committee eran of the U.S. Army. Brother measure—now designated Pub- • tration programs allotted to the to request such funds—but only Daniels joined the SIU in the lie Law 91-40—also extends to . Department of Commerce must in the amount of $15.9 million, Port of Norfolk in 1964, and June 30, 1970, the 60-percent first be authorized by Congress the figure originally in the budg­ shipped out as a wiper. He re­ government subsidy allowed on • before the actual money bill et. This was the same amount ceived his Temporary Third reconstruction or reconditioning carrying the appropriations can as that alloacted in the Johnson Assistant Engineer's License of passenger vessels. legally be enacted. administration's budget for last month. Daniels lives in Representative William S. ' 1970, and, with carryover funds, Mailliard (R-Calif.), ranking ; Authorizations for maritime Apalachicola, Florida. programs had already been ap­ would have provided about minority member of the House Daniel Casavan, 31, was bom proved by the House, but not $120 million for 1970 ship con­ Merchant Marine and Fisheries in Crookston, Minn., and is a by the Senate, which was in­ struction. veteran of the U.S. Navy. He Committee, introduced the or­ Amos Jaramillo, 43, was bom volved in extensive debate on It is customary for an incom­ iginal bill, H.R. 265, as a twojoined the SIU in the Port of San Francisco and shipped out in Colorado, but now lives in the ABM system at the time the ing administration to endorse year extension. However, the as an FOWT before ^ing ac­ Seattle with his wife, Vir^nia, appropriations Ml came up in the previous budget prior to de­ full Committee voted to go cepted to the SIU-MEBA Dis­ and their children. He sailed the House. veloping its own programs. A along with a White House rec­ trict 2 School of Marine En­ as an electrician before entering Gross objected only to that Nixon maritime program is ommendation that the period be gineering in February, 1969. the School of Marine Engineer­ section of the bill which dealt promised later this year. kept to one year pending the After successfully completing ing in January. Brother Jaramil­ with ship construction subsi­ Final action in ship construc­ Administration's promised new the training course at the lo earned his Third Assistant dies. As a result only this sec­ tion subsidies is not expected maritime program which is ex­ school, he passed the licensing Engineer's License last month tion was stricken, and the meas­ before Congress returns from its pected to touch on subsidies as exam and received his Third after training at the school and ure was passed with other funds Labor Day recess. The Senate well as other matters vital to the Assistant Engineer's License passing his Coast Guard exami­ intact—including, $194.4 mil­ Appropriations Committee has U.S. merchant fleet. last month. lion for operating subsidies, $11 so far held hearings only on ap­ Ship construction subsidies nation. million for research and devel­ propriations for the Commerce were originally provided for in Nicholas Papager)rgiou, 41, opment and some $30 million Department. Monies for the the Merchant Marine Act of was bom in Cario, Egypt. Broth­ for salaries and expenses, mari­ State and Justice Departments 1936 as a means of enabling er Papageorgiou joined the SIU time training and the support are included in the same bill. domestic shipbuilders to com- ' in the Port of New York and for the state maritime schools. This is the second consecu­ pete with foreign yards, where graduated from the Harry Lun- Also included is $3,715,000 for tive year in which the money costs are much lower. The cost deberg School of Seamanship in the Federal Maritime Commis­ bill carrying maritime appropri­ gap continued to widen, how­ 1961. He sailed as an FOWT sion. ations was passed before Con­ ever, and in 1960 the ship con­ before being accepted by the The House-passed authoriza­ gress had completed action on struction subsidy ceiling was Casavan Cartledge School of Marine Engineering tion bill allocated $145 million authorizations. In 1968 a sim­ raised from 50 to 55 percent in an amendment to section 502 in December, 1968. Now sail­ James Cartledge, 30, joined ing as a Temporary Third for ship construction subsidies. ilar situation resulted in the of the 1036 Act. This was upped to $200 million maritime sections being stricken the SIU in the Port of New York Since I960,, succeeding ses­ Assistant Engineer, Brother in the House Appropriations from the appropriations meas­ in 1967. A native of Augusta, sions of Congress have extend- • Georgia, he sailed as an oiler Papageorgiou lives in Yonkers, Committee by Congressman ure altogether. The situation ed the increased ceiling as an ^ John J. Rooney (D-N.Y.), was then rectified by the subse­ interim measure—generally for before entering the engineering New York. Richard Mc Carty, 23, is a chairman of the subcommittee quent passage of a separate a one-year period—as the ex- ' school in March. Brother Cart­ ledge a veteran of the U.S. Coast prime example of a young Sea­ which handled the maritime maritime appropriation bill. The piration date drew near. Ship Construction Funds Stricken From House Appropriations Measure President Signs 1- Year Extension Of Ship Subsidies �August, 1969 SEAFARERS Page Five LOG t4th Biennial SlU Convention Closes on Optimistic Note (Continued from page 3) sent state of the American mer. ' chant marine and called for positive action aimed at revital­ izing the maritime industry. Meany also told the dele­ gates that the current inflation­ ary wave is not being caused by high wages but rather by enor­ mous and exorbitant profits. Similarly, he said, the present housing crisis has not been provoked by high wage scales enjoyed by construction union­ ists but by "high interest rates and high mortgage rates." The AFL-CIO president warned that Conservatives are using the "law and order" slo­ gan as a smokescreen to defeat . liberal candidates and capture control of Congress next year. He emphasized that so far as labor is concerned, the 1970 congressional election is "when the chips are really down." Many of the 33 Senate seats to be filled are held by labor-sup­ ported senators with good records who will face "tremen­ dous opposition" in the election and need all the help that labor can give them. A unique legis- U. S.-Flag Ships . Seek Carriage of More AID Cargo • '. . • . WASHINGTON—A recent claim advanced by the Agency for International Development that U.S. ship owners "chose" to haul only 40 percent of for­ eign aid shipments because of heavy Vietnam commitments was punctured by a spokesman for unsubsidized U.S.-flag shipping lines. Speaking before the House Select Committee on Small Business, Alfred Maskin, direc­ tor of research and legislation for the American Maritime Association which represents companies operating some 250 U.S.-flagships without benefit of federal subsidies, pointed out that, to the contrary, "some ships were squeezed out by administrative fiat." Maskin asked that Congress require AID to channel much more of its shipments to American-flag vessels. Although the cargo prefer­ ence law requires that "at least" 50 percent of such governmentgenerated cargoes must move in U.S.-flag bottoms, he asserted, these ships did, in fact, haul only 2.7 million tons out of a total of 6.6 million tons of such shipments. Maskin told the committee during hearings on AID's small business procurement policies that every percentage point of cargo and the use of "every American ship" was vital. The 50 percent rule should be a "floor", not a ceilingi he stated, adding that AID is "at liberty" to ship 100 percent of its car­ goes in U.S.-flag ships. lative solution to the problem of America's decaying merchant fleet was proposed by Senator Russell Long (D-La.), chair­ man of the Merchant Marine Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce Committee. Long told the SIUNA dele­ gates that he is preparing a bill which would levy a one-percent tax on all imports—producing $330,000,000 in revenues an­ nually. This money, the influen­ tial Louisiana Senator said, would then be placed in a revolving fund to which would be added any shipbuilding or operating subsidies later ap­ proved by Congress. "About 90 percent of the $330,000,000 import tax — maybe more — would fall on foreign ships entering Ameri­ can ports," Long said, adding that the one percent rate could be increased by Congress if more is necessary to stem the decline of the American mer­ chant marine. House Minority Leader Gerald R. Ford (R-Mich.) gave the convention a strong indica­ tion of what the Nixon Adminis­ tration's new maritime program will be like when it is sent to Congress. At the outset of his remarks. Representative Ford made a flat statement on one of the most controversial questions facing the U.S. maritime labor and management for a long time: "I can assure of this—the Mari­ time Administration has no in­ tention of proposing that Ameri­ can merchant ships be built in foreign yards." "I think it also would be a giant step forward," he con­ tinued, "if the government considered building ships in series of 10 for 15, instead of building ships one at a time. You may see this in the new maritime program." The virtue of this. Ford added, would be that "once U.S. shipyards know they will have an assured volume of future business, they will act to mod­ ernize their yards and thus re­ duce future costs." On the issue of subsidized versus unsubsidized lines, the Republican leader said: "I believe the benefits of the Merchant Marine Act in terms of subsidy and certain tax advantages should be made available to the non-subsidized lines, the bulk carriers and pos­ sibly even the tanker com­ panies. This also may be a rec­ ommendation of the new mari­ time program. At the present time, the basic beneficiaries of the federal maritime program are the subsidized carriers. They get an operating subsidy and a shipbuilding subsidy. Everyone else is on the outside looking in." . Ford also struck a respon­ sive chord among the delegates when he told them, "It is con­ ceivable today that we can put some of our ships on a parity with foreign vessels if the gov­ ernment would simply build the ships and then turn them, over to the lines to operate on their own. This again, is a concept which may wind up in the new maritime program." Key officials of SlU-contracted companies also ad­ dressed the delegates. Joseph Kahn, chairman of the board of Seatrain Lines, pre­ dicted that in view of a commit­ ment from the President to seek a vital and viable merchant marine, "a rebirth of the Ameri­ can merchant," is at hand. "I will go further," he said, "and say that at the next SIU convention you undoubtedly will be discussing some of the tangible results of that rebirth." Kahn based his prediction in part upon what he labelled as "new economic opportunities now available to American shipping that have not been open to it in many years ... the discovery of oil in Alaska, and the worldwide container revolu­ tion." He pointed out that this oil must be brought to market by American seamen in American ships and this will be a boon to the maritime industry, which of­ fers the only truly economical way to move this product. The Seatrain official ear­ marked the new technology of containerization as the second prime factor working toward a rebirth of the merchant fleet. He added that American shipping companies, through the use of a system for contain­ erizing cargo, have developed a method that will eventually de­ prive foreign-flag operators of the "crushing advantage" they have had over American break bulk shipping. Ran Hettena, senior vice president of Maritime Overseas Corporation, urged that a capi­ tal reserve fund be instituted in order to encourage investment in new tonnage by the unsub­ sidized sector of the U.S. mer­ chant marine. "My assessment of the future of the U.S. merchant marine," Hettena stated, "is not as pes­ simistic as those you may usual­ ly hear. In fact, even within the limits of national shipping policy, I believe that the U.S. shipping industry holds great promise." Hettena added, however, that "We must of course continue every effort to bring about the more fundamental and more en­ during long-term improvements in the American merchant ma­ rine; but at the same time we must not lose sight of the very significant benefits we can achieve over the short-term." Representative Edward Garmatz (D-Md.), chairman of the' House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Contmittee as­ sured delegates to the conven­ tion that iris committee will take swift action on the Administra­ tion's forthcoming maritime program as soon as it is received from the White House. The Maryland Congressman also promised that the new maritime legislation "will be considered wholly on its own merits and without partisanship or political bias." In his report to the conven­ tion, SIUNA President Paul Hall described the International as being "in a sound and healthy condition" and noted that affiliates "have continued to maintain a close relationship with headquarters" in pursuit of greater strength and effective­ ness for all through "mutual co­ operation." Noting the leading part the SIUNA has taken in all activi­ ties of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, Hall said, "our affiliates in the port cities have been instrumental in mak­ ing the MTD Port Councils among the most effective voices in their communities." In reviewing the progress made by the International since the last convention, the SIUNA president continued, "our or­ ganization has remained active both inside and outside our own structure. We have endeavored to be of assistance to our af­ filiates wherever possible, v,hiie at the same time not losing sight of the fact that uui own fortunes are closely tied in with those of the rest of the labor movement. As a result, we are T" • .^r known in the labor m. uit today than ever before." SIUNA Officers Elected To New Two-Year Terms President Paul Hdll and Secretary-Treasurer A1 Kerr were unanimously re-elected at the final session of the recentlyconcluded biennial convention of the SIUNA. Vice Presidents elected to two-year terms, their base ^ affiliates, and the city in which they are located are: Ed Allensworth, Transportation & Allied Workers of Cali­ fornia, San Diego. Everett Clark, Democratic Union Organizing Committee Local 777, Chicago. Frank Drozak, SIU-Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters District, San Francisco. Steve Edney, United Cannery & Industrial Workers of the Pacific, Los Angeles. Fred Famen, SIU-Great Lakes District, Detroit. Gilbert Gauthier, Canadian Marine Officers Union, Mon­ treal. Milfred M. Gomez, Jr., Sugar Workers Union of Crocket California, Crocket, California. Steve Hoinsky, Seine and Line Fishermen's Union of San Pedro, San Pedro, Calif. Harry Jorgensen, Marine Firemen's Union, San Fran­ cisco. Burt E. Lanpher, Staff Officers Association of America, New York City. Joseph Leal, Military Sea Transport Union, San Francisco. Carl C. Marino, Cannery Workers and Fishermen's Union of San Diego; San Diego. Leonard J. McLaughlin, Seafarers International Union of Canada, Montreal. Earl Shepard, SlU-Inland Boatmen's Union, Brooklyn, N.Y. Austin P. Skinner, New Bedford Fishermen's Union, New| Bedford, Mass. Keith Terpe, Seafarers International Union of Puerto Rico, San Juan, P.R. Ed Turner, Marine Cooks & Stewards Union, San Fran­ cisco. Raoul A. VlcUlone, Inland Boatmen's, Union of the Pa­ cific, Seattle. Morris Welshei^er, Sailors Union of the Pacific, San Francisco. Llndsey Williams, SlU-United Industrial Workers of North America, New Orleans, La. J. S. Winter, International Union of Petroleum Workers, Bakersfield, Calif. John Yarmola, United Industrial Workers of North Amer­ ica-Midwest, Chicago. Appointed to a term on the Executive Board was Merle Adlum, in charge of Inland Boatmen's Organization and Affairs. �Page Six SEAFARERS Living Costs Show Sharp June Rise; Purchasing Power of Wages Lower WASHINGTON—The cos of living shot up sharply in June and workers' pay checks con­ tinued to buy less than they did last year, the Labor Department reported. A six-tenths of one percent jump in living costs sent the Consumer Price Index to 127.6. That means it cost $12.76 to buy goods and services that cost $10 in the 1957-59 base period. Arnold Chase, assistant com­ missioner of the Bureau of La­ bor Statistics, said that the index increased 3.2 percent in the first half of 1969, compared with a 2.3 percent rise in the first six months of 1968. The index is up 5.5 percent from last June. Gross average weekly earn­ ings of production and nonsupervisory workers rose by $1.58 in June to a new high of $115.06, attributable primarily to a four-tenths of an hour in­ crease in the workweek and a 1-cent gain in hourly earnings. For the worker with three de­ pendents, weekly take-home pay rose by $1.21 to $100.34. For the worker with no depend­ ents the increase was $1.13 to RepuUit of China Sets 4-Year IVan To Rebuild fleet TAIPEI, Taiwan—^The Re­ public of China is the latest na­ tion to recognize the growing impoitance of its merchant fleet —and to do something about it. A vast rebuilding and mod­ ernization program—to cost the equivalent of $62.5 million over the next four years—has been announced here by the island government's minister of com­ munications, Y. S. Sun. New construction will be giv­ en priority. In each of the four years, over 100,000 tons of new shipping will be built in Formosan yards, for a total of 410,000 tons. Another 420,000 tons will be contracted to for­ eign shipbuilders over the pe­ riod. To gear up for the program, the government is recommend­ ing to its domestic shipyards that they order new shipbuild­ ing machinery and technical equipment. At the same time, the Taiwan government is expediting plans for the construction of steel pro­ ducing plants and will also pro­ mote light and heavy industries which will supply components needed for the shipbuilding pro­ gram. In order to keep costs of do­ mestic shipbuilding production down, stress will be placed on avoiding unnecessary imports. This will require additional Tai­ wan steel and other domestic manufacturing plants. $91.29. Both figures were new highs. When expressed in 1957-59 dollars, to take account of price changes, the take-home pay of the worker with three depend­ ents in June was $78.64 and $71.54 with no dependents. Both of these figures averaged about 46 cents higher than in May. However, these real spend­ able earnings were down over the year by 39 cents for the worker with three dependents and 16 cents for the worker with one dependent. The figure for three dependents was down 1.2 percent from its September high. The sharp rise in the cost of living in June stemmed largely from big increases in prices for meat, poultry and fish, BLS said. The increase for meats was the largest since June 1965. Charges for all types of con­ sumer services were higher in June and accounted for about one-fourth of the index rise. Costs of mortgage interest and home maintenance and repair services continued to climb. Higher physicians' fees con­ tributed mainly to a five-tenths of 1 percent increase in medical care costs, and boosts in public transportation fares pushed the cost of transportation services up. Prices of commodities other than food rose by four-tenths of 1 percent during the month. Consumers paid more for cloth­ ing, gasoline, cigarettes and used cars. In looking over the index, BLS reported commodities were up 4.7 percent over the year and services were up seven percent. Food prices were up 3.2 per­ cent seasonally adjusted over the first six months of this year. That compared with 1.8 percent increases in food nrices in both the first and second halves of 1968. The cost of housing rose 3.3 percent in the first six months of 1969 compared with a 2.2 per­ cent increase in the first half of last year and a three-percent in­ crease in the last half of 1968. Chase translated the price trend into some readily under­ standable market-basket prices: 20 Cents a Pound More Round steak in June cost $1.33 a pound, 20 cents higher than a year ago; celery at over 20 cents a pound was up more than three cents; tomatoes cost 48 cents a pound, up more than 10 cents; a six-ounce can of orange juice, at 24 cents plus, was up three cents. Chase shrugged off questions about the effectiveness of Presi­ dent Nixon's anti-inflation pro­ gram, but he saw "some hope in the slowing down in the rise in apparel prices and possibly medical care services." Approximately 77,000 work­ ers will receive cost-of-living pay boosts based on the June CPI. For 40,000 employees, mostly in aerospace, the in­ crease will be 8 cents an hour; 22,000 workers, mainly in pub­ lic transit, will receive four to six-cent-an-hour hikes; and 6,000 California metal workers will get a seven-cent-an-hour in­ crease. About 6,300 workers in varied industries will receive raises ranging from one to five cents per hour. Wage-Price Coatrei Firmiy Rejected ByPresidentia 'ForeseeabieFuture' WASHINGTON — The Nix­ on Administration has firmly re­ jected wage and price controls as a way of dealing with infla­ tion, clearing up confusion over its position created by state­ ments of some of its spokesmen. The question of controls was revived after Treasury Secretary David M. Kennedy told a news conference that he would "close no doors on any kind of possijilities." At a White House news brief­ ing, Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler was asked if this meant the Administration might con­ sider wage and price controls as an anti-inflationary move. Ziegler returned with an an­ swer at his afternoon briefing. He said that after talking to the President, Kennedy, Chairman Paul W. McCracken of the Council of Economic Advisers, and Dr. Arthur F. Bums, coun­ sellor to the President, he was authorized to say; August, 1969 LOG "The President is not for wage and price controls. He has consistently taken that position. This Administration is consist­ ently pursuing a course of action to cool the economy. "The strategy does not in­ clude wage and price controls. The Administration has ruled out wage and price controls as a way of dealing with inflation under conditions that are now foreseeable. • "Looking into the future with the knowledge and experience that this Administration has and projecting various alternatives that could be used in the foresee­ able future, wage and price con­ trols would not be considered." The White House, in off-therecord comments to newsmen, had indicated Nixon's displeas­ ure with previous references by Kennedy to controls. This time the squelch was firmly on the record. Shipping Out in Yokohama Seafarer Robert S. Cossiboin checks in with Miss Keiko Nakategawa at the SiU hall in Yokohama as he makes ready to ship out as FWT. Labor Economist Shows: Tax Load Burden to Poor While Wealthy Ride Easy ATLANTA—The truth about taxes today is not just that they are too high, but that they "are too high for some and too low for others," AFL-CIO Economist Arnold Cantor declared here. "In other words," he asserted, "our basic tax structures are unjust and therefore the costs of government are not being shared fairly." Cantor analyzed local, state and federal tax systems in an address before a seminar jointly sponsored by the Atlanta and Georgia AFL-CIOs. , Such an analysis shows. Cantor said, that taxes are "much too harsh" on the poor who have no taxpaying ability and "much too easy" on those who have considerable wealth and ability-to-pay. And, he added, the moderate- and middle-income groups "who can pay taxes and should pay taxes are paying more than their fair share" to make up for what corporations and the wealthy do not pay. The major flaw in the federal tax system. Cantor said, is that it "falls far short of its goals of taxing income and, in the main, those who have privileged types of income," He cited the examples of a married worker who receives $8,000 a year in wages, an individual who receives that gain from selling stock and a third person who garners $8,000 from interest on municipal bonds. The worker, he noted, would pay $1,000 on a full $8,000 of taxable income; the stock seller would take a capital gain and pay $354 on $4,000 in taxable income; the beneficiary of the bonds could report zero income and pay no taxes. Because of such inequities and others. Cantor told the seminar, the AFL-CIO has proposed reforms that would elim­ inate the poor from tax rolls, close major loopholes benefiting the rich and provide "a measure of tax relief for workers." At the state and local level. Cantor said, "the best thing that could happen would be complete elimination of property and sales taxes and substitution of progressive income taxes." Granting that it is "unrealistic" to believe this will happen, he said, states and localities should at least be moving toward increasing reliance upon income taxes and easing the impact of sales and property taxes on low, moderate and middle in­ comes. In terms of sales taxes "the most important thing to do is eliminate from the tax those items that take a high proportion of the income of lower-income groups—particularly food," Cantor stated. "Pennsylvania's 6 percent sales tax is really fairer than Georgia's 3 percent because food, most clothing, and prescrip­ tion drugs are not taxed in Pennsylvania," he said, i The property tax can be made more equitable. Cantor sug­ gested, by removing "inequities" in assessment practices and following the example of Minnesota and Wisconsin,, which give elderly home-owners and "renters with low incomes a special rebate. f- \ �August, 1969 SEAFARERS Excerpts from Speeches To SlUNA Convention (Continued from page 3) Vice Admii^ Lawson P. Rama^, Commander of MSTS— "The conflict in Vietnam is lessening in intensity. Hopefully, we are nearing a peace in Vietnam. This will allow us to lay up Reserve Fleet ships moving ammunition to Vietnam." "Hard work, imagination and co-operation" within the mari­ time industry is greatly needed if the merchant marine is to be helped. • » » Representative John J. Rooney (D-N.Y.)—Calling for a renewal in the maritime industry, Rooney said that 30 new ships should be built in 1970 instead of the 10 proposed by the Maritime Administration. * * * Representative Patsy Mink (D-Hawan)—There is a need for an independent Department of Maritime Affairs "com­ pletely free of intrusion by any other department or agency of the government." • * » Representative Hale Bo^s (D-La.)--"A real national policy on the merchant marine" is essential. "Russia's out­ building us every day and if it keeps on there's not going to be any [American] merchant marine." The state of the U.S.-flag fleet is "a disgrace." * a * Senator Joseph D. Tydings (D-Md.)—^Pledged his full support for a comprehensive maritime program and con­ tended that if Congress is to practice economy it should scrutinize the currently huge military expenditures—which take 65 cents out of every $1—with the same insistance on economy that is applied to "the few pennies" now devoted to domestic programs. » U ' (I V '' » » • Senator Joseph M. Montoya (D-New Mexico)—Statistics show "just how unfair our tax structure is," One tax in­ equity which injures the maritime industry and the national economy is the exemption granted American-owned ships registered in foreign countries. "Runaway vessels enjoy sev­ eral lucrative benefits at the expense of the American econ­ omy." Runaway ship owners "are wholly exempt from paying U.S. taxes and therefore they can use the extra money— normally needed to pay U.S. taxes—to build more ships to operate under this same foreign-flag tax shelter; and all this at the expense of the American taxpayers!" * * * Representative John M. Murphy (D-N.Y.)—"I sincerely believe that we are on the threshold of better things for the entire maritime industry . . . there is hardly anywhere to go but up" and the industry's plight "has now become known to a sufficient number of people so that resistance is changing to support." * * a Representative Ray Blanton (D-Tenn.)—Pledged full sup­ port for the enactment of a "healthy" maritime program and predicted an upward turn for the maritime industry, because of increasing public awareness for the need of a more vital merchant marine. • * * Lane Kh-kland, Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO—Assured the delegates that they could count on the full support of the AFL-CIO in the fight for a greatly expanded U.S. ship­ ping and shipbuilding program. « * * Andrew E. Gibson, Federal Maritime Administrator—In­ stead of conducting more studies, the Nixon Administration plans to build ships fast. "Very positive action will soon be taken." * * * Ralph Casey, Executive Vice President, American Insti­ tute of Merchant Shipping—Noting some past differences, emphasized "we have agreed more than we've disagreed." He called it "unfortunate that we've wasted so much time" in regards to maritime legislation. * * » Emanuel Celler (D-N.Y.)—"You have my unqualified support for a new maritime program." « K * Michad R. McEvoy, President, Sea-Land Services, Inc.— Informed ddegates that "containerization is an American product and the future of the Nation's economy depends on it." Page Seven LOG Summary of Resolutions Arted Upon By Delegutes to SlUNA Convention (Continued from page 3) Runaway Operations—^Took account of the adverse impact of runaway-flag operations on Arherican employment, taxes and the economy and endorsed legislation introduced by Rep­ resentative James Howard (DN.J.) which would amend Inter­ nal Revenue Code by eliminat­ ing tax loopholes for runaway operations. Conference of Transportation Trades—Noted the creation of the Conference of Transporta­ tion Trades comprising AFLCIO unions involved in all phases of transportation as a means of co-ordinating activ­ ities and exchanging informa­ tion on mutual problems, and pledged SlUNA support of these efforts. War in Vietnam—^Paid trib­ ute to the continuing efforts of American servicemen to pre­ serve democracy in Southeast Asia, and expressed SIUNA's hope that the diplomatic efforts to effect a lasting peace, with­ out sacrifice of our national principles, will prove fruitful. Union Training Programs— Recalled the long involvement of SlUNA and its affiliated un­ ions in job training programs and urged their continuance and extension. The Role of Water Transpor­ tation—Reviewed the dimen­ sions of the transportation crisis facing the United States, both internationally and domestical­ ly, and pointed to the valuable contribution which water trans­ portation can make to the res­ olution of the problem. Called for a comprehensive program that would utilize deep sea. Great Lakes, intercoastal and inland water transportation to this end. Ohio Unemployment Insur­ ance Restrictions-—Condemned restrictions applicable to sea­ men in Ohio that limit eligibility to apply for unemployment compensation to only during 40 weeks following the fourth Sun­ day in March and urged con­ tinuation of the fight for legis­ lation to give seamen full and complete coverage. Opposing Foreign Flag Pas­ senger Ships Operating on the Great Lakes—Cited the SIU Great Lakes District's long-time representation of unlicensed seamen on the Chicago, Duluth and Georgian Bay Lines Great Lakes vessels, whose operations were discontinued at the close of the navigation season in 1967 due to Coast Guard restrictions, thus creating unemployment of the crew members. The com­ pany has been purchased by a foreign-flag company, operating at sub-standard levels, posing danger to passengers and avoid­ ing payment of taxes to the United States. The resolution cited the company's intention to extend operations to the Great Lakes in 1970, flying a foreign flag and employing foreign crews and urged action to halt foreign flag operations in the Great Lakes and promote a program to alert the American public to the facts, nature and dangers of such operations. Situs Picketing—Cited the discriminatory character of the restriction on the picketing rights of building trades work­ ers and called for the enactment of legislation to permit situs picketing. State and Chy Central Bodies —^Noted the usefulness and ef­ fectiveness of the AFL-CIO State and City Central bodies as instruments for co-ordinating trade union activity and urged all SlUNA local and district union affiliates to maintain af­ filiation with, and participate in their respective state and city bodies. Section 14(h), Taft-Hartley— Pointed up the fact that Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley law permits abrogation of national policy by any state by allowing it to enact so-called "right-towork laws," which hold down wages and discourage union or­ ganizing. The resolution pledged full and active support to AFLCIO efforts toward repeal of Section 14(b). Consume Protection—Cited the exploitation and harassment to which the American con­ sumer is exposed by unscrupu­ lous sales promotions, lending institutions and collection agen­ cies and the consequent need for federal protection and then urged federal legislation assum­ ing full consumer protection and congressional investigation of discriminatory price practices and advertising excesses. Industrial Safety—^Noted the strides made in on-the-job safe­ ty for American workers but recognized the fact that large numbers of workers still are exposed to unnecessary hazards in their employment, and sup­ ported AFL-CIO position for federal legislation aimed at achieving industrial safety. National Health Care—^De­ cried the fact that economic deprivation still keeps millions of Americans from adequate medical care, noting that the situation would be more acute were it not for organiiied labor's efforts in the establishment of health and welfare plans. De­ scribed health care as a right of every American and reaffirmed support for a comprehensive national health program to bring the best medical treatment to all citizens. Community Services — Stressed labor's citizenship re­ sponsibility in working with community network of volun­ tary health, edacation and wel­ fare services, commended the AFL-CIO Community Services program for involving trade unionists in these activities, and pledged continued SlUNA sup­ port for these essential pro­ grams. Hunger in ii^erica—^Pointed to the fact that 22 million Americans are still victims of poverty, hunger and malnutri­ tion, cited need for a compre­ hensive social welfare program as a basic requirement for al­ leviating these conditions. Called for an increase in the federal minimum wage, enlargement of the food stamp program, and a continued and concerted cam­ paign by all government agen­ cies to wipe out hunger and mal­ nutrition in America with all possible speed. Public Health Servke Hos­ pitals—Condemned the reversal by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare of its position on the providing of care and treatment of merchant sea­ men and other workers eligible for Public Health Service Hos­ pitals, and in particular the most recent closings of hospitals in Detroit, Mich., and Savannah, Ga. Commended members of Congress who have attempted to prevent these closings and called for full-scale hearings to demon­ strate the need for maintenance of these vital facilities. Compulsory Arbitration — Called free collective bargaining an indispensible element of de­ mocracy and warned against efforts of those who would im­ pose third-party compulsion for the give-and-take of free collec­ tive bargaining. Reaffirmed un­ alterable opposition to all forms of compulsory arbitration in labor relations. Tax Reform—Called atten­ tion to the inequities of present tax structure and recommended closing of loopholes which allow special interest groups to escape their fair share of taxes thus putting major burden on shoul­ ders of low and middle-income families. Urged Congress to adopt a meaningful program of tax reform. Social Security — Expressed concern over the plight of the aged, dependent on Social Secu­ rity in periods of rising costs, and declared that the Social Security System is not attuned to the realities of the times. Pledged to work for liberaliza­ tion of Social Security laws, in­ cluding increased benefits to lift the economic burden from the shoulders of retirees. Farm Labor — Resolved to give continued support to AFLCIO Farm Workers, called for ban against use of imported strikebreakers, and urged exten­ sion of National Labor Relations Act to agricultural workers. �SEAFARERS Page Eight Drug Firms Assessed $100 Million In Prire-Fixing Refund to Consumers Consumers who bought cer­ tain antibiotics between 1954 and 1966 will be able to share in a $100 million refund if they search their memories and take action. The money represents a set­ tlement reached in a damage suit against five drug manufacturers. The suit involved charges that the manufacturers illegally agreed to fix prices and over­ charge buyers over the 12-year period. Many states, cities and other groups joined in the legal action. Consumers in 43 states could benefit from refunds for over­ charges. Also, drug wholesalers and retail pharmacists are eli­ gible. Companies Involved The five companies, which have denied any liability while making the settlement, are American Cyanamid Company, Chas. Pfizer and Company, Bristol-Myers Company, Up­ john Company, and Squibb Bosses Withhold Taxes from Pay; Hang Onto Cash WASHINGTON — Employ­ ers during 1968 illegally with­ held $339,428,000 from the paychecks of their workers that they did not return to the U.S. Treasury. This was reported by Senator John Williams (R-Del.) in mak­ ing what he called his "15th an­ nual report on the inventory of delinquent taxpayer accounts." Williams said that the il­ legally kept withholding taxes in 1968 represent an increase of 32 percent over 1967. "These monies should be treated as trust funds and the government should not condone these continuous delinquencies, ofttlmes by the same com­ panies," Williams said. Beech-Nut, Inc. The drugs involved include Aureomycin, Terramycin, and Tetracycline, sold under the brand names: Achromycin, Mysteclin, Panalba, Panmycin; Polycycline, Steclin, Tetracyn and Tetrex. The drugs are used in treating respiratory infections such as tonsillitis, sinusitis and bronchi­ tis; certain urinary tract and skin infections; and viral infections, the most important of which are pneumonia. . How to File Instructions on how to file claims and where to send them have appeared in many local newspapers as part of a nation­ wide advertising campaign an­ nouncing the settlement. To collect a refund, a con­ sumer must check his records and memory to determine ap­ proximately how much he paid for the drugs during the years involved. The next step is to total the amounts for each -year and write out a statement explaining the figures. The statement must be taken to a notary public and signed in his presence. This will certify that the claim is true to the best of the claimant's knowledge. A druggist may also certify tl^t the drugs were purchased in the amount stated. The notarized statement, in­ cluding totals for each year sep­ arately, must be sent to Post Office Box 752, The Bronx, New York 10451. Claimants are not to send along records of purchases unless asked to do so. The deadline for filing claims is August 16. In another development, the Justice Department announced that it has filed an additional suit against Pfizer and American Cyanamid seeking $25 million in damages and cancellation of the patent for Tetracycline. In this latest suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Washing- Oil Workers End Boycott As Shell Conies to Terms DENVER—^The Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers an­ nounced the end of a nationwide consumer boycott against the products of Shell Oil Company after reaching "satisfac­ tory agreements" with the company at its California installa­ tions. The Shell boycott, supported by the AFL-CIO, was launched March 17,1969 after 2,000 striking union members returned to work in Shell California plants without a con­ tract. The OCAW had earlier won new gains with all major oil companies with which it has contracts. OCAW President A. F. Grospiron said "we have had splendid support from organized labor and from our friends outside labor in this effort, r We have won our dispute. We now urge our friends who find it convenient to do so to resume buying Shell products in the United States." The union has a separate dispute with Shell in Canada where workers at the refinery in Vancouver are on strike. August, 1969 LOG ton, D. C., the government charged the two companies with failing to disclose that Tetracy­ cline had been produced during the manufacture of Aureomy­ cin, an identical antibiotic, and therefore wqs not eligible for a patent. Pfizer was accused of making false and misleading statements to the U.S. Patent Office, while Cyanamid was charged with aid­ ing Pfizer in getting the patent by sending the office similar mis­ leading statements. The government, a big pur­ chaser of antibiotics, estimated its damages at $25 million be­ cause of having to pay higher prices on Tetracycline based on the fact that it was supposed to be non-competitive. SlU WELFARE, PENSION & VACATION PLANS Cash Benefits Paid Report Period: June 1—June 30, 1969 SEAFARERS' WELFARE PLAN Scholarship Hospital Benefits Death Benefits Medicare Benefits Maternity Benefits Medicare Examination Program Dependent Benefits ......... (Average) $437.44 Meal Book Benefits Out-Patients Benefits ........ SUMMARY OF WELFARE BENEFITS PAID SEAFARERS' PENSION PLANBENEFITS PAID SEAFARERS' VACATION PLANBENEFITS PAID (Average $455.11) TOTAL WELFARE, PENSION & VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD Ban Lifted by MARAD Dominican Ships Reinstated As U. S. Aid Cargo Haulers WASHINGTON—The Mar­ itime Administration has rein­ stated waivers which permit ves­ sels under the flag of the Do­ minican Republic to carry U.S. government-financed cargoes to that country following more than 18 months' suspension be­ cause of discriminatory Domin­ ican practices against American flag shjps. The action means that up to 50 percent of American car­ goes shipped to the Dominican Republic under Export-Import Bank credits, worth $20.9 milion can once again be trans­ ported in Dominican ships. In January of 1968, the Do­ minican Republic was denied the necessary waivers to partici­ pate in the movement of such cargoes because MARAD con­ tended that American flag ships were "discriminated against" in that country. At the time James W. Gulick, then Acting Maritime Adminis­ trator, said MARAD did not ike the way U.S. flag vessels were treated—"specifically with respect to port dues assessed against vessels of the United States but not against vessels of he Dominican Republic." Prior to last month's action, all cargoes under the ExportImport Bank credits were re­ quired by law to be carried ex­ clusively by U.S. ships. Up to half of the following our categories of credit cargoes may now be carried by ships of the Dominican Republic: • U.S. machinery and equip­ ment to expand the power gen­ erating capacity of Corporacion )ominica de Electricidad. The amount of this credit is $8.9 million and a waiver to carry the shipment was originally au­ Amount Number of Benefits thorized in February -of 1967. • Machinery, equipment, and spare parts for a two-year high­ way maintenance program uhder a $4 million credit. Waiver was granted in October, T964. • Equipment, machinery, spare parts, and supplies for the expansion of power generation, transmission, and distribution systems at CDE. This credit is for $8 million and waiver was given in December, 1964. ® Equipment for use in ex­ panding production of electric power for CDE in the amount of $7 million. Waiver was just granted. 3 2,150 34 19 22 Paid $ 697.35 52,999.05 88,224.23 728.00 4,400.00 f 2,861 2,121 28,619.46 92,781.76 526 1,155 4,612 6,981.47 11,550.00 41,185.00 . 13,503 328,166.32 . 1,367 313,950.00 1,545 703,148.43 16,415 $1,345,264.75 • Spanish Galleon Found Lying off Florida Coast VERO BEACH, Fla.—An ancient Spanish galleon has been discovered here lying practical­ ly intact in 15 feet of water off the Florida coast. The ship was believed to be the Capitana, the flagship of the Galeones fleet, which sank in the Atlantic on the way from Bogota, Columbia to Spain in 1715. Because the 135-foot galleon is in such good shape, a marine biologist, Carl Clausen, hailed it as one of the most valuable archeological discoveries in Florida's history. Clausen said the Capitana was loaded with tobacco, hides, dyes and some gold and silver when it sank. The vessel was discovered by a diver working for Treasure Salvors, Inc. A New Lady on SlU Pension Seafarer Ellen Gaines ends her sailing career of many year's with the Ann Asbor car ferries as she receives her first SlU pension check from Frankfort, Michigan, Port Agent Harold Rathbun. Sister;Gaines was sailing as cabin maid. Her last vessel was the M/V Viking. �August, 1969 SEAFARERS States Urged to Grant Union Rights And Bargaining to Publk Empioyoos •y 1V '[J. 1- WASHINGTON—State laws should firmly establish the right of public employees to union representation and meaningful collective bargaining, the AFLCIO told the Advisory Commis­ sion on Intergovernmental Rela­ tions. The commission, made up of federal, state, city and county officials and private citizens, is considering a staff report which poses an assortment of alterna­ tive approaches to state legisla­ tion. • The alternatives range from a mandatory commitment to col­ lective bargaining in the public sector to a toothless grant of "permission" for local govern­ ments "to meet and confer with employee organizations." AFL-CIO Legislative Repre­ sentatives Clinton Fair and Ken­ neth A. Meiklejohn said the bar­ gaining procedures should be flexible enough to permit unions and public employers to work out solutions to complex prob­ lems. It should offer a variety of approaches to avoid strikes —but affirm the right to strike when all procedures have been exhausted. Similar views were expressed in testimony before the commis­ sion by Thomas R. Donahue, executive secretary of the Serv­ ice Employees, and in a state­ ment from President Jerry Wurf of the State, County and Mu^ nicipal Employees. Recognition Key Issue Some of the most bitter strug­ gles in public employment have been fought to establish the right of public workers to union rec­ ognition and collective bargain­ ing, Wurf noted. "Disputes over recognition are responsible for more strikes in public employ­ ment than any other single is­ sue," he said. Donahue urged the commis­ sion members not to "take the path of least resistance" and recommend that public employ­ ees be barred from striking. "The right to strike is what brings reality to negotiations," he said. "It is that right which turns conversations into discus­ sions, and discussions into bar­ gaining, and bargaining into agreements with which • parties can live in harmony for a num­ ber of years at a time." The basic AFL-CIO testi­ mony stressed that labor does not object to requiring a series of steps to seek a settlement be­ fore a strike can take place, in­ cluding mediation, fact-finding and the offer of voluntary bind­ ing arbitration. But only in the case of law en­ forcement officers, the AFL-CIO said, should there be a flat ban on striking as a last resort. The AFL-CIO suggested that a state law establish a single labor-relation agency for public employees, comparable to the National Labor Relations Board and separate from mediation and fact-finding activities. Dues Checkoff Urged Public employers and unions should be permitted to negotiate Page Nine LOG union security provisions as well as a dues checkoff, the federa­ tion said. And where a union has exclusive bargaining rights because it represents a majority of employees in the unit, "that organization alone should have the exclusive right of dues checkoff." The labor witnesses stressed that it is appropriate and desir­ able to have state and federal minimum standards dealing with wages and working conditions in public employment, with the parties free to improve on those minimums through negotiations, just as unions and employers do in the private sector of the econ­ omy. Fair, who presented the AFLCIO testimony, cited the hospi­ tal workers' strike in Charles­ ton, S.C., and the highway workers' dispute in West Vir­ ginia as evidence of the bitter antagonism to union organiza­ tion by many public employers. Neither of these strikes would have been necessary, he noted, if there had been effective union recognition and collective bar­ gaining legislation in those states. Underwater Crew Rescue Aim of New Submarine A new deep submergence submarine, designed to rendez­ vous with submarines in distress for the purpose of making underwater crew rescues, will soon make its debut in a test dive off California. The craft is the first of a new class of Navy submarines called Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicles. It is 50 feet long and eight feet wide and features a bell-shaped mating device designed to make a water-tight seal with a sub­ marine hatch in a rescue operation under water. Inside are three eight-foot spheres enclosed in a typical submarine-shaped outer hull. The forward sphere is the control station for a crew of two or . three. The center and aft spheres are passenger compartments for survivors of the rescued submarine with a capacity of about 24. A bell-shaped skirt is mounted on the underside of the center sphere. The skirt is slightly larger than the largest hatch of a submarine and is designed to link up with the corresponding hatch of any stranded sub in a covering manner. Once the connection is made, water is pumped out into a storage tank- within the rescue craft. A passage is thus formed between the two submarines through which crew members can then move. A computerized guidance and control system was designed for the craft and unveiled recently at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It should parallel the results achieved in the rendezvous operations conducted in outer space and is supposed to be just as precise under water. This would enable the rescue craft to locate and link up with a distressed submarine in water as much as 5,000 feet deep, provided the disabled vessel is still intact. At distances much below that—the exact depth is classified —the water pressure is so intense that it will cave in a submarine's hull. Role of Unions Threatened as: Argentina Proposes Rigid Shipowner Controis If Captain Bligh, the infa­ mous master of the Bounty, were alive today he would nod with approval at the new mari­ time legislation which the gov­ ernment of Argentina is pre­ paring to slap on the seamen of that South American country. Introduced in the Argentine legislature, the government's bill has aroused strong protests from the nation's maritime un­ ions. The unions, affiliated with the International Transport Ending Long Career Seafarer Albert Jensen, right, receives his first pension check together with best wishes from SlU Representative Pete Loleas at New York hall. Jensen, who comes from Bergen, Norway, sailed as FOWT. He joined the Union in 1943, has spent 26 years at sea. Workers Federation, label the proposals as "not a step forward, but a step back" and as a "piece­ meal and incoherent collection of regulations" which in many respects appears "to go back to the days of sail." If the new laws are placed into effect substantially as they are now worded the master of a ship would be given virtually unlimited powers over the men under him, with little check or redress possible, even under ex­ isting collective agreements with the unions. For one thing, the proposed regulations say that the master may assign a member of the crew to any task whatever, sole­ ly at his own descretion. Not only that, he may also set the hours of work for every service and, if deemed necessary, for each crew member. One might readily imagine what could hap­ pen to a seaman who happened to somehow incur the disfavor of the master. Mildly enough, the seamen's unions merely point out that the loose wording gives the master "excessively wide powers under normal conditions." They do not quarrel with such absolu­ tism when the ship is in danger. But they do point out that hours of work should properly be set by agreement between the parties concerned. Another section of the law gives into the master's hands the right to break up the work- I ing day of any crew member, if he sees fit to do so, just so long as a rest period of at least two hours is observed. With such extensive powers, it is not difficult to imagine what could happen. Let's say a cap­ tain takes exception to a certain crewmember and decides to "teach him who's boss." He could order him to work one hour, swing two, work for an­ other hour, and so on, so that the seaman would be on duty on a practically permanent basis. A protective device is inserted —the law says that a minimum rest period of eight hours is al­ lowed for sleep. However, the unions feel that the protection is not good enough, and "arbi­ trary and excessive power" is thus placed into the hands of the shipowners, through the master. Harsh Penalties Set In addition, the section of the proposed regulations which deals with penalties and disci­ plinary measures is termed by the unions "unnecessarily harsh." They go on to charge, "It is clear that these provisions are designed to ensure the sub­ mission of seafarers, and even of passengers, to strict discipline on board Argentine-flag ships." Apparently the authors of the proposed legislation were anxi­ ous to place seamen into a status paralleling a branch of the armed forces, utilizing a military type of discipline and unques­ tioned obedience. Such para-military measures b5q)ass the unions just as if they did not exist. To make matters worse, the determination of the size of the crew for an Argen­ tine-registered vessel is left to a government body. The provi­ sions even state that "any clause in a collective agreement alter­ ing the crew complement set by the government shall have no validity." The unions consider this pro­ vision in violation of the Ar­ gentine constitution. Hiring Assigned to Police The bill also provides that the engagement of seamen shall be in the hands of a body under the authority of the Labor Police. Convention Number 9 of the International Labor Organiza­ tion sets forth several alterna­ tives for hiring seamen, the first of which stipulates a system maintained by representative as­ sociations of shipowners and seamen jointly, under the con­ trol of a central authority. This bill ignores it completely. The combined effect of the proposals is to give the shipown­ ers total and absolute control, assigning the ship's master as an agent with unquestioned author­ ity even greater than that en­ joyed by the kings and tyrants of long ago. It looks as if the Argentine seamen's unions have quite a task on their hands. 7 *• ' . . -I*. �Page Ten SEAFARERS .BOOK^^weios liSV August, 1969 LOG The Breath of Death ,, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHIES OF THE HLIVMARKET MAR­ TYRS (Humanities Press—$6.00) In the 1880s the industrial revolution was rapidly turning men into slaves to the machine. The American worker was forced to labor ten, twelve—and often more—^hours a day, to feed, clothe and house his family. Women and children worked long hours alongside the men. When, in desperation, the workers sought to alleviate their con­ dition, they were met with the full force of company and police' resistance. On May 4, 1886, a crowd gathered in Haymarket Square, Chicago, to protest police brutality at the nearby McCormick Works. It was a small, peaceful gathering until the police moved in to disperse the crowd. Then someone threw a bomb. History has recorded how a wave of hysteria swept over Chi­ cago and how eight men were tried and convicted. We have read how John Peter Altgeld, as governor of Illinois, placed his political life on the chopping block to free the remaining Haymarket martyrs and to declare a tragic miscarriage of American justice. Now, we are given the opportunity to read the autobiographies of the men involved—^Albert Parsons, August Spies, Samuel Fielden, Michael Schwab, Adolph Fischer, George Engel, Louis Lingg and Oscar Neebe. Written while they awaited the hang­ man's noose—only Oscar Neebe escaped a death sentence—^the autobiographies vary in style. Some were written with eloquence, others were turgid and pendantic. All are filled with bitterness of men who saw injustice in a system where men, women and children worked long hours to produce clothing and shoes while they were denied decent clothing and shoes for themselves. Caught up in the social ferment of the times, these men were tried for their beliefs and not their implications in the Haymarket bomb throwing. All realized the odds they faced in changing the people. As August Spies wrote: "I soon became convinced that the bulk of humanity were automatons, incapa­ ble of thinking and reasoning . . . simply tools of custom." * * * YESTERDAY'S PEOPLE hy Jack E. Weller (Kentucky— $1.75) Written in 1965 and now available in inexpensive paperback, this book is the result Of 13 years of study. Jack Weller was a missionary to churches in the Southern Appalachians during Those years. While the plight of the Appalachian mountaineer is gener­ ally better known today than it was a decade ago, Weller's book offers a unique insight into the habits, traits and culture of the mountain people. It should give the reader a better understand­ ing of these people who have remained locked behind mountain walls for generations. The 1960 presidential primary first brought the plight of these people to our attention. Since then television cameras, concerned labor and civic leaders and gifted writers have helped sweep back the mountain walls. Progress has been made but the closed-in society of the mountaineer remains a hard nut to crack. Weller's book tells why. It is good reading for anyone com­ ing in contact with these people, either in their mountain homes or in the surrounding industrial centers to which some have migrated. THE BEST MEN by John G. Sproat (Oxford—$7.50) In the period following the Civil War, America experienced the so-called Gilded Age, an era of unchecked expansion. It was a time" when the almighty dollar ruled. A man was judged by his wealth and not his moral fiber or compassion for others. During this period, a group of self-styled liberals worked to raise the tone of American politics. The extent of their influence and success is the subject of this study. The author strips away the cloak of propaganda and selfjustification to reveal men who were person^ly burdened with prejudices against the Negro, the immigrant and the worker. These prejudices helped to determine the collective action of these liberals and to prevent a closer alliance with these im­ portant segments of American society. These men—^Henry Adams, Mark Twain, Carl Schurz, Wendell P. Garrison, E. L. Godkin and others—were not selfish, self-serving opportunists. Sincere and dedicated, their ideas were too far advanced for a nation concerned with money and not morality. This is the story of men who sought to change the course of a nation hell-bent on a collision course that led to such infamous events as Haymarket, Homestead, Pullman and Cripple Creek. ' l| A recent unexpected promise by the tobacco industry to discontinue all radio and TV advertising by September of 1970 has unfortunately created an effective smokescreen which is likely to seriously hamper efforts by members of Congress and government regulatory agencies to enact new laws and restrictions aimed at curbing glamorously misleading promo­ tion of the tobacco industry of its products—particularly cigarettes. In recognition of a growing public awareness and alarm over increas­ ingly convincing evidence that cigarette smoking is harmful to the health, the Federal Communications Commission had been considering issuing regulations of its own against blatant and misleading cigarette advertising. The voluntary offer by the cigarette manufacturers to halt their pro­ motions in the broadcasting medium alone appears to have stymied this plan, however. Quite conveniently, this pledge from the industry came at a time when Congress was considering a House-apijroved bill to renew prohibition against any mandatory health warning in cigarette advertising. ' Meanwhile, the broadcasting industry is up in arms over the not entire­ ly public-spirited gesture by cigarette makers. Testifying on the inequity of such a move, the National Association of Broadcasters testified that it derives more than ten percent of its revenues from cigarette advertising and urged—at the very least—a gradual taper­ ing off of this income to put off elimination until September of 1973. The perhaps unfair economic discrimination against the broadcasters while the printed media remains untouched, notwithstanding, it seems that in view of the proven ill effects of cigarettes on the health of millions of Americans all the fuss about how much is spent on advertising them—and who gets it—^is somewhat barbaric. Bit by bit scholarly studies, reports, statistics and medical records all combine to paint a starkly realistic picture: tobacco, particularly in cigar­ ettes, is sending more Americans to an early grave than are killed on the battlefield. The tobacco industry isn't really kidding anyone with their so-called contribution to the public welfare. An NAB official was quite correct when he charged that it "was no great sacrifice on their part," to quit broadcast commercials. To the contrary, he said each year "they will save $200 million with full knowledge that consumption of cigarettes will not decrease." If this is so, it should be recognized as such by our lawmakers and regulators and stern measures taken—not in four years or even one year— but with the utmost promptness. Regard for the public health should super­ sede regard for the profits of any business. After all, we keep other poisons under strict control and out of the reach of people who shouldn't have them—particularly our children. V^y should cigarettes be different? �August, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Eleven Twenty Seafarers Join Growing SiU Pension Ranks The ever-growing roster of Seafarers collecting their SIU pensions after completing their long sailing careers added the names of twenty more members during the last month. Julian Dedicatoria, a chief steward who last sailed aboard the Columbia, joined the SIU 31 years ago in the Port of Phil­ adelphia. He was born in the Philippine Islands and is now 70 years old. Brother Dedica­ toria lives in Philadelphia with Dedicatoria Cash his wife, Ada. He served four hitches in the U.S. Navy—from 1918 to 1934. Joseph Cash, a native of Pu­ laski, Virginia, has been sailing for 43 years. Presently living in South Mills, North Carolina, with his wife, Olgaritte, Brother Cash last sailed on the Tucson Victory as an AB in the deck department. He joined the Un­ ion in the Port of Baltimore. Leon Harper, who lives in Jacksonville, Florida, with his wife, Estelle, joined the SIU in 1939 in the Port of Tampa. He was an FOWT in the engine de­ partment and last sailed aboard the Globe Producer. A native Harper Guiliano of Alabama, Brother Harper is 65 years old. Anthony Guiliano, a native of Newark, now lives in Eliza­ beth, New Jersey, with his wife, Lena. An OS in the deck de­ partment, Seafarer Guiliano last sailed with Sea-Land Service in November of 1968. Brother Guiliano is an Army veteran of World War II. He joined the Union in the Port of New York. Julian Hensen of Manhattan joined the SIU in 1941 in the Port of New York. He is a na- Hensen Richardson tive of the Philippine Islands who sailed as an AB in the deck department. He last shippedout on the Trenton in Novem­ ber of 1968. Brother Hensen is, 65 years old. A native of Norway, Hans Richardson has been sailing the seven seas for 46 years. He joined the Union in the Port of New York and shipped as an Sierra Cogswell AB in the deck department. His last vessel was the Steel Voy­ ager. Brother Richardson, who is 72 years old, now lives in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Ramon Sierra, a messman in the steward department, last shipped-out on the Seatrain Delaware in 1968. Bom in Puerto Rico, Seafarer Sierra now makes his home in Los Angeles with his wife, Fran- tury, He is 69 years old. He now lives in Manhattan v/ith his wife, Florence. During World War II, Seafarer Schultz served in the Navy. An FOWT in the engine department, Schultz last sailed aboard the Robin Sher­ wood in 1968. Schultz joined the Union in the Port of San Francisco. Walter Jones of Simms, Texas, joined the SIU in the Port of Galveston. A native of Game Fancher Ketchum, Oklahoma, Brother Jones shipped in the deck de­ partment as an AB. He last sailed aboard the Del Oro in 1967. Seafarer Jones will share his retirement years with his wife, Martha Ellen. Eddie Game lives in Bryson City, North Carolina. He joined the Union in the Port of Balti­ more and sailed as steward. His last vessel was the Long Beach. Calliorina McLeod Brother Game, a native of John­ son County, North Carolina, cesca. He is 62 years old and lives with his wife, Gertmde. joined the Union in the port of Earl A. Fancher, a native of New York in 1944. Brother Illinois, now makes his home in Sierra was issued an SIU picket Teaneck, New Jersey, with his duty card in 1963. daughter, Mary. He joined the William F. Cogswell of Mo­ SIU in the Port of Boston and bile, Alabama, last sailed on the was sailing as_ steward at the De Paragay in 1968. He was in time of his retirement. Brother the Navy from 1916 to 1918 and had been sailing for 40 years before his retirement. Sea­ farer Cogswell joined the SIU in Mobile where he now lives with his wife, Delia Flora. He sailed as a junior engineer in the engine department. WASHINGTON—A realis­ James McLeod, who lives in tic call for action to close a Chester, Pennsylvania, joined "double subsidy loophole" in maritime law, under which "hundreds of millions of dollars" are paid out "needlessly" each year to 14 American shipping companies, was issued here re­ cently by a Montana Congress­ man. Representative Arnold Olsen said the double subsidy comes Jones Schultz about because—in addition to the Union in the Port of New receiving 55 percent of the cost York in 1944. A messman in of building their ships and more the steward department, he last than $2,000 per ship per day sailed on the Highland Park. toward their operation—these He is 65 years old and was a companies also "carry govem21-year veteran of the Navy at ment cargo at preferential rates." the time he joined the SIU. Speaking at a meeting spon­ Brother McLeod was bom in sored by the AFL-CIO Mari­ Alabama. time Trades Department, Olsen Benny R. Calliorina, a native derided the "propaganda" of the of the Philippine Islands, now subsidized operators who '.'claim makes his home in Brooklyn. that they are paid subsidies to He joined the SIU in 1944 in maintain a 'service,'" and who the Port of New York and deny "receiving any preferen­ sailed as a chief cook in the tial treatment, because they sub­ steward department. Brother mit 'competitive bids' for the Calliorina is 63 years old and carriage of government cargo." had been sailing for 31 years The Montana Democrat call­ before he retired. ed these arguments "nonsense." "If we are paying these lavish Harry Schultz was bom in Brooklyn at the turn of the cen­ subsidies just to have American Fancher last shipped aboard the Robin Hood earlier this year. In both 1961 and 1969, Sea­ farer Fancher received safety awards. During World War I he served a hitch in the Marine Corps. Frederick Blankenberg, a na­ tive of Germany, sailed in the deck department as AB and bos'n. His last vessel was the Robin Kirk. He joined the Un­ ion in the Port of Mobile where he now makes his home with his wife, Mattie. Brother Blank­ enberg is 63 years old. Williard Blumen joined the SIU in the Port of New York. He was an OS in the deck de­ partment and last sailed on the Bienville in 1968. A native New Yorker, Brother Blumen con­ tinues to live in Brooklyn with his wife, Francis. Lawrence McCullough, who is 62 years old, is also a native of New York. He sailed in the deck department and last ship­ ped aboard the Del Campo in 1968. A Seafarer since 1942, Brother McCullough joined the SIU in the Port of New Orleans w t. Blankenberg Blumen where he now makes his home. Seafarer McCullough served in the Army from 1924 until 1927. Arthur Langley, a native of "4 McCullough Chicago, now lives in Holmestrand, Norway. He joined the Union in the Port of New York in 1943 and worked as AB and bos'n in the deck department. Sailing since 1928, Brother Langley's last vessel was the Charleston. Everett Pridgeon was bom in Georgia and now lives in Jack- Pridgeon WUliams sonville, Florida, with his wife. Vera. He joined the SIU in the Port of New Orleans and work­ ed as a FWT in the engine de­ partment. His last ship was the Ponce. Brother Pridgeon is 63 years old.^ John A. Williams, a messman in steward department, joineti the Union in the Port of New V. rleans. He last sailed on the Yellowstone. A native of Algiers, Loui'-iaiia, Seafarer Williams is iinw living in Gret­ na, Louisiana, with his wife, Kitty. Terminate 'Double Subsidy Loophole' InMaritime Low, Congressman Urges ships moving back and forth across the oceans, whether or not they carry any cargo," he declared, "then we are cheating ourselves because we have a lot of commercial cargo to be carried—so much commercial cargo, in fact, that 95 percent of it is moving on foreign ships." As for the "competitive bid" claims, Olsen said "they just don't hold water." "If I had 55 percent of my construction cost paid for by the government, and if I received more than $2,000 per ship per day to operate my vessels, you bet I could underbid the other fellow who gets no such assist­ ance," he declared. "But to be really meaningful, my bid should reflect the sub­ sidies I received. If it didn't, the government would be paying me a double subsidy—and no double-talk could change that fact." The Congressman was partic­ ularly critical of government bureaucrats, who, he said, know that the Subsidized operators "could carry the (government) cargo at the same rate that for­ eign ships carry it," but who "don't seem to care." "We have divided responsi­ bility," Olsen said. "The agen­ cies that give out the govern­ ment cargo don't have to ad­ minister the maritime subsidy program, and everyone in gov­ ernment seems bent on making the best showing for his agency, even if the showing is only on paper, and the 'savings' to the government are phony ones." Tanker Evades Bottle In Self'Laancb Spree BIRKENHEAD, Ei^Iand— A tanker with a way of its own evaded launching ceremonies here as the bottle of champagne was poised to be formally smashed across her bow. Officials and guests were left speechless on the dock when retaining bolts gave way unex­ pectedly and the 10,000-ton vessel slipped silently down the ways in an unscheduled selflaunch. Another ceremony will be scheduled later, the builders said, after the maverick tanker had been corraled. �Page Twelve SEAFARERS LOG August, 1969 Trainees study hard and long for their lifeboat endorsement. All ap­ prentice seamen and upgrading seamen, such as this group seen in class aboard the S.S. Claude "Sonny" Simmons, get Khoursclasswork. AT SEA is stressed in all of the training programs at SAFETY the Harry Lundeberg School of'Seamanship at Piney Point, •' "• •' iir —u..,.^!r;.....yj/r. -^r: jr r '-'rn--"r"'ii"ir ' "• n lin-n timin •••"••iiiaTiiiipiaia^^ HLSS trainees stroke together under the watchful eyes of Instructor Tom Brooks, left, and U.S. Coast Guard examiners during their demonstration test. Trainees must also pass a written lifeboat exam. Kneeling: Donald Harless, David Crouch. First row: James Palmer, James Parrish, Paul Craig, Mark Miller, Pedro Tirado, Xavier Clausse, Richard Hamilton, Richard Kalish, James O'Keefe. Second row: Tom Brooks, Instr,, Wm. Capwell, M. Dacher, Frank Randazzo, Clarence Malpass, W.'Hightower. Back row: S. Prewitt, J. Donovan, J. Nettleton, Joe Bizier, R. Smith, G. Klauder, Wm. Stone, Thos, Michaels, M. Malue, First row: Frederico Varela, Walter Ward, Raymond Lankford, Jr., Barry O'Toole, James Jones, Joseph GrifFin, Richard Muckle, Steve Hope, Clarence McCutcheon, Ronald Seabreeze. Second row: Martin McAndrew, Ernest Page, Charles Bowen, John McLean, Russell Sherman, Robert Reich, Ronald Stubbs, Joseph Metz, Theodore Padolsky, Thomas Haddox. All had 30 hours training in the lifeboats, Md., and heavy emphasis is placed on the school's lifeboat qual­ ification program. Every trainee—whether he is an apprentice seaman who has never been aboard a ship, or an upgrader seeking an AB, FOWT or Cook's endorsement—is required to pass a Coast Guard exam­ ination and secure a lifeboat ticket before he completes his training. The course is long and thorough. Both apprentice seamen and upgraders begin their lifeboat training as soon as they come to the school, and by the second day they are actually in the lifeboats beginning to execute the coxwain's commands and learning the importance of teamwork. Every trainee and every upgrader who does not have a lifeboat endorsement when he comes to the school is required to spend a minimum of 30 hours in the boats and 14 hours in classroom in­ struction before he takes his Coast Guard qualifying examination. Under the-guidance of experienced Seafarer instructors, trainees are thoroughly drilled in all operations connected with the launch­ ing of lifeboats and liferafts, the practical handling of boats, and taking command of a boat's crew. Boats are swung out from davits on the S.S. Claude "Sonny" Simmons, lowered away, and the crews then take them out for several hours of practice each day. Classroom instruction includes lectures and films on the parts of the lifeboat, description and use of required equipment aboard the boats, proper handling of boats in heavy seas, and the operation of all commonly used davits. The trainees are also given instruc­ tion in the practical use of all firefighting equipment aboard ship. Upgraders seeking lifeboat endorsements are also exposed to the practical handling of the school's small sailboats to qualify them to handle the sail rigs used in lifeboats. This sailboat training has First row: Matthew Miller, Steven Wilkinson,- John Heller. Second row: J. Barber, Geo. Cox, F. Dutch, Jos. Bolletino, M. Welch, A. Ruiz. �August, 1969 SEAFARERS Page Thirteen LOG m Every trainee, and all upgraders who do not have a lifeboat ticket. must spend spend et leest 30 hours in . lifeboat before he can take his test. Trainees learn all aspects of launching and handling boats. j.™ iiiii» rnitrnnirtYi^ ii »ii« ">"• J"'® E Riberdy, John F. Sampson Terry M. Holley, Dav.d M. Ketchbaw, Guillermo Quinones, William W. Asch; second row: Richard E. Eiser, Jr., Thomas Kegney, Bobby L. Corbin, John T. Bloodworth, John P. Robbins, Gary O'Neal Miller, John. A. MacLay, Aaron Mangle, James A. Delay, Willie Singleton, Jr., Ralph W. Price, Jr., Tom Brooks, instructor: third row: Dewey L. Bolen, Stanley C. Barnhart, George J. Corr, Richard Pedlico, John J. Kofron, Dale Bradley, Gregory Sheridan, Wm. Dexter, Donald Coulter, Wm. Lasater, H. Alexander, Dimas Rodriguez, D. Rich. HLSS Lifeboat Class 16 is seen here as they took their written test. Examinations are held weekly at Piney Point by the Coast Guard, and in the past four months alone, more than 400 trainees have passed. been found to be valuable in giving the trainee a better knowledge of the effects of wind, weather and tide on a small boat, and to instill greater confidence in boat handling. The effectiveness of the school's lifeboat training program is reflected in the success the trainees have had in demonstrating their qualifications before the Coast Guard examiners. In the past four months alone, more than 400 trainees and upgraders at Piney Point have taken the written and demonstration exams given by the Coast Guard—and every one has passed. The tests are given weekly at the school with an average of 22 trainees and upgraders sitting for the examination. The success of the training program is due both to the desire of the trainees to secure their endorsement and to the school's aim to provide the most complete training possible. In addition to the regularly scheduled daytime classes, special night sessions are held throughout the week on a voluntary basis. Voluntary classes for trainees are also held to teach basic knots and splices. There is almost always a 100 percent attendance at these classes. The lifeboat training provided by the school—as with the up­ grading programs—is geared not merely to produce an endorse­ ment, but to achieve a real proficiency in the rating. It is training that is superior to anything offered before, and provides a solution to the old complaint of having young men come aboard a ship without any knowledge of what is expected of them. The apprentice seaman who goes up the gangway after com­ pleting his 60-day training period at HLSS, and demonstrating his proficiency in the handling of lifeboats, has shown that he can work as a member of a team and that he has achieved a sense of responsibility to his shipmates. And both the apprentice seaman and the upgrader who successfully complete the lifeboat course will contribute to the goal of greater safety at sea. Left to right, first row: Elliot A. Rhodes, Donald R. Alexander, Milton Johns, Ronnie C. Mack, Jr., Charles W. Comer, George N. Reed, Ferdinand R. Quiles, Victor DeJesus, Jr., Mark Thomas, Edward F. Ledwak, Jr., Joel E. Madden: second row: George P. Redman, Eugene Kyzar, Jaime S. Rios, Louis A. Perez, Ronald H. Enos, Roosevelt Blizzard, Jr., Jose L. Valle, Ray D. Strickland, Walter L. Petty, Jr., Atley J. Harrell, Jr., Jack C. Carlton, Roy Delay, Daniel J. Hastings, Gary R. Williams, Tom Brooks, instructor: back row: William T. Mackey, Jr., John H. Wilson, Jr., Larry White, Frank H. Playter, Henry S. Fuller III, Rickey E. Taylor, Steven G. Conner, Charles E. Soechting, Galen W. Underwood, John E. Moscoffian, James VV. Baglama, Dennis L. Parker, Roger D. Hurt, and Leo D. Glover. T - M ^ >• ,r.;. HARRY WNDEBERG SCWOOL OF SEAMANSHIP ¥ 1 •• • •fc. 1 PINEY POINT, MD. Lire BOAT CLASS No. ^ Left to right, first row: Donald T. McGowan, William E. Ashman, Peter G. Smith, Gerado Velez, Ameil P. DiGiovanni, John P. Delisi, Jr., Alfredo F. Ortiz, Harry N. Moore, Jr., David Bonefont, Robert H. Creech, Jr., Herman G. Martin: second row: Philip L. Goodwin, Robert L. French, Cletus D. Woodard, Charles J. Decker, Jerald Reese, Louis H. Ludeman, Jr., Russell C. Gonzalez, William M. Scanlon, Albert P. Murray, Ronald 'H. Harris, Brian L. Miller, Arnold D. Kimble, Jr., Tom Brooks, instructor: third row: G. McKenna, Edward J. Paul, Dennis S. McGovern, John M. Hampel, David Downs, Charles A. Mullen, Charles Engstrom, Donald McGregor, Thos. Keenan, Jr., Leroy Bowles, Jr., Trawn Gooch, John Wheeler. HARRY LUNDEBERG SCHOOL OF SEAMANSHIP pmy POINT. MP. Lin BOAT CLASS No. TET Left to right, first row: Wallace Bibbs, Michael L. McFall, Jerry Gainey, James G. Worrell, Jr.,. Keith Jackson, Ralph M.-Keely, Melvin Duerson, Steven C. Burch,.Phillip A. Dalton, Tom Brooks,- instructor. In the second row are HLSS trainees: A.^Smits, R. Meridith, Horace L. Taylor, Scott.L. Mintzer, Robert Y. Wallace, Marvin E. Roberts, Frederick R. Kidd, Herman G. Martin, James H. Pritchett. First row: Thomas Fadden, Jerome Dunham, John Lumbley, Jay Thomas, Thomas Walsh. Second row: Charles Miller, Ray Morrell, Edmond Segzdinis, Thomas Brooks, Instr. In the third row are: Carnett Gardner, Robert Schmidt, Claude Ellis, Fred Sheely, Michael Miner. �Page Fourteen SEAFARERS August, 1969 LOG Farm Workers Call Increased Purchases ^Outrage* Defense Dept. Strittfy 'Neutral' on Crape Growers' Side WASHINGTON — A De­ fense Department official in­ sisted recently that the Pentagon is remaining neutral in the Cali­ fornia grape strike and boycott even as he admitted that the de­ partment had sharply stepped up its purchase of the struck table grapes. Deputy Executive Director Dale R. Babione of the De­ fense Supply Agency, in testi­ mony before the Senate Migra­ tory Labor subcommittee, also acknowledged that the agency had notified all supply officers they could order table grapes as a substitute for oranges and other fruit. Subcommittee Chairman Walter F. Mondale (D-Minn.) asked Babione: "When you in­ crease grape purchases 40 per­ cent in one year, and shipments to Vietnam nearly 400 percent, what's the limit ^fore you be­ come non-neutral?" Mrs. Dolores Huerta, vice president of the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee, called the increased grape pur­ chases by an arm of the U.S. government "a national out­ rage." "How can the department ex­ plain its intervention in this strike?" she asked. Mrs. Huerta, Babione and AFL-CIO Organization Direc­ tor William L. Kircher were the first witnesses as the subcommit­ tee opened its third set of hear­ ings into the problems of farm workers in dealing with orga­ nized growers. Change Asked After Babione testified. Sen­ ator Alan Cranston (D-Calif.) of the subcommittee urged De­ fense Secretary Melvin R. Laird to advise the Pentagon to show "true neutrality" by holding its grape purchases to their prestrike level. Despite all the supply agen­ cy's good intentions, the "end result" of its policies is "not to be neutral," Cranston informed Babione at the hearing. Babione agreed to supply ad­ ditional information, including data on whether the agency is violating its neutrality policy, and whether it is observing Laird's directive to department personnel to consider the do­ mestic impact of their decisions. The UI^OC, which has been organizing grape workers since 1965 and boycotting growers who refuse to bargain, was asked to supply evidence sup­ porting its charges of bias by some growers in refusing to hire Negroes. The subcommittee also agreed to seek an investigation by the Justice Department into what the union called company-in­ spired incidents of violence against the strikers. Kircher and Mrs, Huerta also testified on a related problem-^ alien "green-card" workers from across the Mexican border— before a House Labor subcom­ mittee. They backed passage of "green-card" holders for use as strike breakers in a labor dis­ pute. Before the Senate hearings opened, the subcommittee had asked the Defense Department to answer 77 questions on the purchase of table grapes and other fruit for the armed forces. Babione supplied a fact sheet showing that the Defense Supply Agency, which buys food for military dining halls and com­ missaries, increased its table grape procurements from 7.5 million pounds costing $1.04 million in fiscal 1966 to a pro­ jected 11 million pounds and $1.98 million in fiscal 1969. Shipments of grapes to Viet­ nam totaled 468,000 pounds in fiscal 1967; 555,000 pounds in 1968 and an estimated 2.5 mil­ lion pounds in the fiscal year ended last June 30. The policy of the Defense De­ partment, Babione told the sub­ committee, is "to refrain from taking a position on the merits of any labor dispute." He cited rulings by the Gen­ eral Accounting Office and the Comptroller General that an agency may consider the labor practices of a contractor only to the extent that they interfere with contract performance and has "no authority to reject bids" where an employer does not hire union labor. Mondale asked the witness if he had read a June 30 directive by Laird calling on Defense establishments to exhibit "social consciousness." When Babione said he had not, Mondale asked if he thought an increase of nearly 400 percent in grape shipments to Vietnam could be called a "neutral response" to the grape boycott. "Yes, I do," Babione replied. Mrs. Huerta noted that "many farm workers are mem­ bers of minority groups—^Fili­ pinos and Mexican-Americans and black Americans" and de- Support of HEW and Unions Sought For Setting Up Croup Health Plans NEW YORK—The federal government has been urged by Group Health Association of America to take steps to "vigor­ ously promote" the development of group practice prepayment health plans. The GHAA, at its 10th an­ nual meeting here, also called on labor unions as "the largest of the groups of organized con­ sumers" to intensify their efforts on behalf of such plans. In another action, representa­ tives of the eight-million mem­ ber association endorsed the principles of a National Health Insurance system, with incen­ tives to expedite improvements in medical care. A resolution urged the gov­ ernment, through the Health, Education and Welfare Depart­ ment, to make available techni­ cal consultant services and grants for seed money to start new group practice programs, I It also urged grants for pro­ "recognized to be a human right" which is not sufficiently grams in early development. Further, the meeting asked available to U.S. citizens. It noted that 60 nations al­ HEW to make available tech­ ready have some form of nation­ nical assistance to support ef­ al health insurance or national forts to remove restrictions on group practice in state and local health service and the United laws, and aid in framing cor­ States lags "substantially be­ hind" many of these nations "by rective legislation. The GHAA pointed out that the major indices which measure "almost half of the states have a nation's health." The NHI resolution also em­ laws on their books which re­ strict or prevent the organiza­ phasized that the nation's pres­ tion of consumer-sponsored ent system of voluntary health insurance does not cover the medical care plans." needy and rarely offers compre­ Call to Unions hensive care. The resolution asked unions At the same time, it observed, to seek provisions in health-and- "the costs of medical care* in welfare bargaining which will this country continue to escalate give their members the choice at a rate more than twice as ra­ between traditional indemnity pidly as increases in the cost of insurance and prepaid group living." practice in communities where The resolution concluded by it is available. pledging the association's sup­ In endorsing National Health port of the efforts being made Insurance, the meeting observed to obtain NHI by the AFL-CIO that adequate health care is and other organizations. dared that "these same farm workers are on the front lines of battle in Vietnam." She said "it is a cruel and ironic slap in the face to these men who have left the fields to fulfill their military obligation to find increasing amounts of non­ union grapes in their mess kits, picked by strikebreakers who took the places of their rela­ tives" in California vineyards. UFWOC's only weapon is the boycott, she stressed, adding: "Just when our boycott is suc­ cessful, the U.S. military dou­ bles its purchases of table grapes, thus creating a major obstacle to farm worker orga­ nizing and union recognition." The department is "obviously acting as a buyer of last resort for scab grapes and is, in effect, providing another form of fed­ eral subsidy for anti-union grow­ ers who would destroy the ef­ forts of the poor to build a union," she said. Cites Terrorism Mrs. Huerta charged that after 10 California employers announced they would bargain with the union, one lost 35,000 boxes of grapes in a fire, an­ other was attacked so viciously that he almost lost his sight, and others have received telephoned death threats. "The growers have all the economic power, and the help of government agencies, state and federal," she said. "Our union offices in Delano have been bombed, armed gunmen took our files, our auto insur­ ance is being canceled and our pickets are beaten and arrested. Yet the growers say we are violent." Kircher said he was "amazed and shocked" at the Defense Department's purchasing poli­ cies, and at the persistent law violations by employers like J. P. Stevens and Co., which continue to violate the law and continue to win Defense De­ partment contracts. Farm workers are not pro­ tected by the labor laws, Kirch­ er noted. But he cited the "terrible impact of employer intimidation on impoverished workers even where there is a law." At the House Labor subcom­ mittee hearings Chairman Frank Thompson (D-N.J.) cited evi­ dence that some employers are using alien "green-card" work­ ers from Mexico to depress wages and working conditions. Kircher said the AFL-CIO strongly supports bills under which aliens admitted for per­ manent residence under green card permits or "wetbacks" who enter illegally "could no longer be used by employers to under­ cut wages and working condi­ tions, Of restrict employment opportunities, or act as strike­ breakers in labor disputes on the American side" of the U.S. Mexico border. The AFL-CIO is not opposed to the green card in principle but only as it has been used in practice, Kircher said, as "a commuter ticket to cheap jobs, strikebreaking, sub-standard wages" and other practices that erode U.S. standards. Kircher called attention also to the so-called Mexican border development program, started • in 1965 by the Government of . Mexico. The program operates to "lure U.S. firms to avoid Fair ' Labor Standards Act and Na­ tional Labor Relations Act pro­ visions" by importing exploited ] people south of the border. Two New SlU Pensioners •^1.1 SlU Representative Leon (Hall, left, gives their first pension checks to Seafarers John Listoh and Juan M. Soto, right, now on the beach after full careers at sea. Liston, an AB, last sailed on the Oceanic Tide and makes his home in Brooklyn, N.Y. Soto, a bosumwhose last ship was Robin Locksley, hopes .to stay active working with youth. �Aucnst, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG DeUgatat regittar bafora convantlon gats undarway. VIca Adm. L. P. RAMAGE Cotnmandar, MSTS Rap. JOHN McCORMACK Massachusatts Rap. HALE B066S Louisiana Page Fifteen Rap. EDWARD 6ARMATZ Maryland AL BARKAN, Dir., AFL-CIO COPE, Addrassas assamblad convantlon delegates. LANE KIRKLAND Sac.-Treasurar, AFL-CIO STEVE EDNEY Cannary Workars of Pacific ANDREW BIEMILLER AFL-CIO Legislative Dir. Photo Story Sen. JOSEPH D. TYDINGS (r.) chats with BILL MOODY, MID. San. VANCE HARTKE Indiana Biennial Convention DON SLAIMAN Dir., AFL-CIO Civil Rights THE Fourteenth Biennial Convention of the Seafarers interna­ tional Union of North America, AFL-CIO, was held in Wash­ ington, D.C., the week of July 28 to chart a course for the next two years. Delegates representing more than 85,000 members and 38 affiliated district and local unions acted on a brood range of issues affecting the SlUNA membership, the labor movement and the community. They adopted a program aimed at revitalizing the U.S. Merchant Marine. Rep. GERALD R. FORD Michigan Rep. JAMES HOWARD New Jersey Photos and details of convention highlights are contained on these and other pages in this issue of the SEAFARERS LOG. KEITH TERPE (right) chats with CARLOS ROMERO-BARCELO, Mayor of San Juan. LEO PERLIS Dir. AFL-CIO Com. Service S. FRANK RAFTERY Pres., Painters Prat. HALL welcomes Rap. EMANUEL CELLER, New York. Rap. JOHN MURPHY New York Sen. RALPH YARBOROUGH of Texas, left, with PAUL DROZAK, AGLIWD. �SEAFARERS Page Sixteen Delegates'to IBU Convenfion maet at Statler-Hllton Hotel In Washington. Rep. JACOB GILBERT New York PETER A. McGAVIN Maritime Trades Dept. ROBERT A. MATTHEWS SiU-AGLlW Dist. SAM KOVENETSKY RWDSU Rep. CHARLES WILSON California Rap. BROCK ADAMS Washington The SiU Civil Rights Committee, under the chairmanship of ED TURNER of MCS, discussed many vital issues. ANDREW A. GIBSON Maritime Administrator JAMES REYNOLDS Pres., AIMS The Great Lakes Organizational and Grievance Committee was chaired by RED McLAUGHLIN, SIU of Canada. ANTHONY SCOTTO Vice President, ILA August, 1969 LOG GEORGE HEARNE Federal Maritime Commission Rep. JOHN ROONEY New York JOHN YARMOLA. Pres., UIW-Midwast C. J. HAGGERTY Pres., Building Trades ALBERT ALBERTONI Sac., Fire Fighters Rap. SPARK MATSUNAGA Hawaii J. S. WINTER SlUNA Sugar Workers ANDYIMUTAN Rap. of UFWOC EARL SHEPARD SiU-AGLIW DIst. The Inland Boatmen's Organizational and Grievance Committee was chaired by MERLE ADLUM, IBU-PAC. Rap. THOMAS PELLY Washington PAUL JENNINGS Pres., lUE * , vs WALTER DAVIS Dir., AFL-CIO Education Dept. STEVE EDNEY, UCiW-PAC, chaired the Fisherman's and Fish Cannery Workers' Organization and Grievance Committee. IINDSEY WILLIAMS SIU-AGLIW Dist. ED CARLOUGH Sheetmetal Workers �Augnst, 1969 SEAFARERS Many commlttH mnaltngt, such as this ona of the Resolutions Connmittee ware conducted throughout the convention. Chairing group was 30E GOREN of the MCS. W. J. USERY, JR. Asst. Sec. of Labor JOSEPH TONELLI Pres.. Paper Sulfite Workers Page Sevenleen LOG Rep. SAM GIBBONS Florida BURT E. LANPHER Staff Officers RAN HATTENA Maritime Overseas Rep. JOSEPH KARTH Minnesota PENNY SINGLETON Variety Artists t".: Pres. PAUL HALL GreeH Rep. THOMAS DOWNING, Virginia DAVE SULLIVAN Pres., Service Employees STEVE LESLIE Marine Division, lUOE RICHARD LIVINGSTON Sec., Carpenters JAMES M. DOOLEY SUP HARRY JORGENSEN MFOW WILLIAM KIRCHER AFL.CIO Dir. of Organizing Among convention delegates ware, from left. WILDER SMITH. MCS; AUSTIN SKINNER. NBFU; LINDSEY WILLIAMS. SlU-AGLIW DIst.; KEITH TERPE, SlU of Puerto Rico and JERRY POSNER. MCS. Rep. JOSEPH ADDABBO New York JOE LEWIS Dir. AFL-CiO Un. Label Dept. iX- The SlU of Puerto Rico provided an Interesting display In the lobby. JOSEPH KAHN Seatrain Lines ED TURNER Sec. Treas.. MCS Sen. DANIEL INOUYE Hawaii BERT SEIDMAN Dir. AFL-CIO Soc. Sec. .1 LEONARD J. MCLAUGHLIN SlU of Canada NAT GOLDFINGER AFL-CIO Dir. of Research SlU Vice President LINDSEY WILLIAMS talks with Senator RUS­ SELL B. LONG of Louisiana. Rep. CARL ALBERT Oklahoma JOSEPH D. KEENAN Sec.-Treas.. IBEW AL KERR SlUNA Sec.-Treasurer �Page Eighteen SEAFARERS Rap. WILLIAM MAILLIARD California Tha more; than 300 dalagalas at tha Convantion raprasantad mora than 85,000 workari on dsapsaa Vassals, Inland watarways, tug boats, tha commarcial fishing flaat and transport workars. A Rap. PATSY T. MINK Hawaii Rap. FRANK BRASCO Naw York August, 1969 LOG A A I & I JAY LOVESTONE Dir., AFL-CIO Int'l Affairs BRANDON TYNAN Marine Staff Officers AS A W t AAA gl A.A A A A A A A A A A AA K.«A.A1-AAA Rap. MARIO BIA66I Naw York RED RAMSEY MFOW Rap. FRANK THOMPSON. JR. Naw Jersey ROCCO C. SICILIANO Under Secretary of Commerce. Rap. CLAUDE PEPPER Florida JOSEPH AMES Sac., AFSCME MORRIS WEISBERGER SUP. Rap. ROBERT LEGGETT California GEORGE STEINBRENNER Kinsman Marftima Transport 5EAFARERS INTER ^^M'^HENNIAlrCO ANDREA G0M5, International Vice President Emeritus, administers tha oat h of office to tha offlcars elected by delegates at the concluding session of t he convention.' ERIC; AUG. i Rep. JAMES BURKE Massachusetts Rep. WILLIAM MOORHEAD Pennsylvania Rap. JOSHUA EILBERG Pennsylvania Rap. PHILLIP BURTON California Rap. JONATHAN BINGHAM Naw York ''0 Senator JOSEPH MONTOYA Naw Mexico. «4TI0 •ENl Rap. PETER RODINO New Jersey Rap. JAMES BYRNE Pennsylvania MERLE ADLUM Inland Boatman of Pacific CHICK MORAN Boilermakers JOE GOREN Marina Cooks Rap. FLOYD HICKS Washington �August, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Nineteen MSTS Chief Warns MTD: U.S. Sinking Rapidiy as a First Class World Sea Power WASHINGTON The United States is in immediate danger of losing all grip on the dominant position it long en­ joyed as the number one sea power of the world, Vice Ad­ miral L. P. Ramage, Command­ er of the Military Sea Transpor­ tation Service, warned at a meet­ ing of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, here this month. "It is equally true and alarm­ ing," Ramage told the audience of government officials, union leaders and industry executives, "that the American public is not fully aware of the threat to our security and prosperity inherent in our decline as a sea power." Both the U.S. Navy and the merchant marine are becoming antiquated and decrepit while the Russian combat navy and merchant fleet have been en­ larged and constantly modern­ ized at the swiftest rate in the world today, he emphasized. "Today, about 80 percent of the Soviet merchant fleet is less than 10 years old," the Admiral said, "while 80 percent of the U.S. fleet is more than 20 years old. In the past 20 years the Russians have added about 1,000 ships to their merchant marine; the U.S. fleet has de­ creased by about 1,000 ships. In November 1968 the Soviet Union was constructing 458 new ships; the U.S. was building 62. The USSR spent $600 mil­ lion in building merchant ships Hula Girls Swing Into Leafy Fringe i i HONOLULU—Hula danc­ ers at major Hawaiian hotels and night clubs have just won a two-year union contract with a literal "fringe benefit," The hip-swingers, members of the American Guild of Variety Artists, will now get a special allowance to purchase tipalm leaves for making their skirts. And that aint hay! WeN-Barned fi- y Seafarer Nickolai Hill holds his first pension check. Hill retired after sailing for over 30 years with the SlU on the Great Lakes. in 1968; the U.S. spent $150 million." He added that the most shocking figure of all—in terms of President Nixon's statement that a maritime power must be able to project its economic strength into the oceans of the world—is the less than five per­ cent of America's trade with the world which moves in U.S.-flag ships. "Relate that figure," Ramage continued "to such realities of national security as the fact that 66 of the 77 strategic and criti­ cal commodities needed in the United States must be imported, and that 99 percent of these must be moved by sealift be­ cause of their bulk. It adds up to a conclusion that our supplies of critical and strategic raw materials depend upon the abil­ ity and willingness of other na­ tions to transport them. We are a nautical dependent in an era when we should be commercial­ ly and militarily standing on our own feet." On this score, the Admiral recalled that during the Viet­ nam buildup—because of the inadequacies of the American merchant fleet—the MSTS had to charter foreign-flag tankers and approached the owners of 400 U.S.-owned ships operating under foreign flags. Theoretical­ ly, he pointed out, these are un­ der "effective U.S. control" but all these ships were manned by foreign crews and some of the crews refused to go to Vietnam. Yet the statistics on the sealift to Vietnam are distinctly im­ New Packaging Law Makes Shopper Work By Sidney Margolius You may already have noticed in the stores some of the changes resulting from the new Truth-in-Packaging law. All food pack­ ages and cans now show the net contents on the front face in fairly large type. In a few product lines the previous jungle of many different sizes has been thinned down a little. Also, where manufacturers say how many servings the package provides, they now also say how big the servings are. For example, in dehydrated mashed potatoes the packages now specify "eight half-cup servings," or for rice, "12 two-thirds cup servings." This is a help in two ways. The manufacturers now admit how small their concept of a serving may be, such as a halfcup of mashed potatoes (about four ounces). Some in fact no longer specify the number of servings. Also, the relative number of same-size servings provided by different brands can give you another way to compare values. Obviously, a 21-serving box of French's dehydrated mashed potatoes for 65 cents costs less than an eight-serving box of Hungry Jack mashed for 33 cents—without attempting to com­ pare taste—since both are half-cup servings. That, however, is most of the benefit so far from the Truthin-Packaging law. In shopping for most food and toiletry prod­ ucts, you still have to go through a process of dividing the cost per ounce into a large number of package sizes, brands and related varieties. For example, just one supermarket offers four different brands of tuna fish, each of which comes in three or four types and four or five sizes. This adds up to 45 different choices. You have to figure out the best buy among 3Vi ounces of tuna for 27 cents; 6V2 ounces for 37 cents; 7 ounces for 45, and 9VA for 57. In canned sardines you have to compare among such sizes as V/z ounces, VA, 3%, 4, and 4%. Have fun. We found nine different sizes of dehydrated mashed potatoes in just one store, including 5, 5VA, SVi, 6, 8, 13%, 16 and 16Vi ounces. It still is virtually impossible to compare relative values in baby foods. Among meat products for infants and toddlers, there were three different major brands offering approximately 90 different varieties in four or five different sizes such as AVA ounces, 6V2 ounces, 7 ounces and so on. Here the consumer has a terrifying amount of "free choice," with a potential of over 300 different mathematical computations. No wonder the birth rate is beginning to decline. Among frozen vegetables, we found six different sizes of pack­ ages ranging from eight to 24 ounces, and with the face of some of the eight- and nine-ounce packages as large as the 10-ounce. An unwary or hurried consumer can be fooled if he doesn't stop to look at the weights. I pressive, Ramage said. Last year 1,100,000 tons of dry cargo went to Vietnam each month, which amounted to 38,000 tons a day. Shipment of petroleum products averaged 18 million barrels a month with much of this used by the Air Force for return flights to the U. S. Between 96 and 98 percent of all supplies going to Vietnam have been sealifted, the Admi­ ral pointed out. But despite this success, prospects for the im­ mediate future are not happy, he declared. The U.S. is now the fifth-ranking maritime pow­ er; the USSR sixth. But by the end of 1969, he predicted, the U.S. will be sixth and the USSR fifth. The Admiral gave this pic­ ture of the National Defense Reserve fleet and the present condition of the nation's mer­ chant marine: "All 1,000 Defense Reserve Fleet ships were built prior to 1946. Four hundred are desig­ nated for scrapping. Does that mean 600 are left? No! Three hundred are naval auxiliaries, repair ships and net tenders. Does this leave 300 usable ships? No! Approximately 225 are uneconomical or unsuitable dry cargo ships. We don't have 75 usable ships. The sad fact is that we have only 37 victory hulls left in reserve." "Simply stated," Ramage con­ cluded, "the U.S. is a fast-fading merchant marine power. If we can't carry peacetime trade, how can we expect to handle wartime military needs?" Even in fresh produce, you can be fooled by the practice of selling some produce by the piece instead of the pound. We weighed four heads of Boston lettuce, all marked 17 cents, and found they ranged from nine to 15 ounces. One buyer gets 40 percent less than another for the same price—depending entirely on chance. The same lottery exists in citrus fruits and other pro­ duce sold by the piece. In shopping for soaps and detergents, you still have a multiplicity of weights. Bar soaps now have to show their weights for the first time. But you have to work to compare their values. Just among the newly popular deodorant soaps we found soaps in 31/2, 3%, 4.65, 4%, 5 and 5.7 ounce sizes. If you look closely you do get some information. You see, for example, that Dove, which looks like the biggest bar, actually is only 4.65 ounces, and Phase III, only 5, even though both look bigger than Zest which is 5.7 ounces. Dove and Phase III have a cardboard inner wrapper which makes them look bigger than they are. Since Congress failed to require standard sizes, as the original Senate Truth-in-Packaging bill called for, the only immediate help in sight is if local governments accomplish this goal tluough unit pricing. This would require stores to mark the price per ounce, pound, pint or other standard measure on the package as well as the price of the package itself. Thus, they would have to label the tuna fish "6V2 ounces, 37 cents; 91 cents a lb." In most areas stores do this for meats, poul­ try, fish and some produce, and there is no reason why they can't for packaged foods. Some co-ops voluntarily post prices per ounce of various items; for example, one of the Berkeley, Calif., co-ops, and Hyde Park in Chicago. New York City now is considering a regulation that would require all stores there to show the unit prices. If this responsibility is put on the stores, it is reasonable to expect that they in turn will press canners and packers to use more uniform and standard sizes. Certainly both stores and con­ sumers would benefit. Bess Myerson Grant, the former Miss America who is doing a remarkable job as New York City Consumer Commissioner, reports that a survey by her department found that even expe­ rienced shoppers fail to select the best buys as much as 40 percent of the time. This failure, Mrs. Grant warns, may cost you up to 11 cents of every shopping dollar. A real battle is shaping up over the new drive to get cities and towns to require unit pricing, warns Ralph Renter, of the Ladies Garment Workers Union, who is also active in consumer organi­ zations. The grocery industry is bitterly opposing unit pricing. Renter reports. Consumers are especially warned to watch bread weights these days. Some brands now are "balloon" type 22-ounce loaves which look as big as 1V2 or two-pound loaves. Another potential fooler is 12-ounce "balloon" loaves (puffed up with air) that look as big as one-pound standard loaves. �August, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Twenty Part IV—Section A Statement of Assets and Liabilities Seafarers Pension Plan For Year Beginning December 1, 1967 and Ending November 30, 1968 File No. WP-158707 ASSETS1 ' End of End of Prior Reporting Item Year Year 1. Cash $ 339,687.55 $ 1,615,843.86 2. Receivables: a. Contributions: (See Item 18) (1) Employer 288,889.50 200,397.72 (2) Other (Specify) b. Dividends or experience rating refunds c. Other (Specify) 3. Investments: (Other than real estate) a. Bank deposits at interest and deposits or shares in savings and loan associations b. Stocks: (1) Preferred 1,153,396.83 1,449,099.56 (2) Common 7,002,408.76 9,460,509.06 c. Bonds and debentures: (1) Government obligations: (a) Federal 1,243,135.24 1,381,887.29 (b) State and municipal ' (2) Foreign government obligations (3) Nongovernment obligations 10,189,473.11 17,336,294.70 d. Common Trusts: (1) (Identify) AFL-CIO Mortgage Investment Fund ; 1,000,000.00 999,732.43 (2) (Identify) e. Subsidiary organizations (See Instructions) (Identify and indicate percentage of ownership by this Plan in the subsidiary) (1) %.... (2) %.... 4. Real estate loans and mortgages 255,556.08 244,802.93 5. Loans and Notes Receivable: (Other than real estate) a. Secured b. Unsecured 6. Real Estate: a. Operated b. Other real estate 7. Other Assets: a. Accrued income ".... 4,489.60 43,396.06 b. Prepaid expenses c. Other (Specify) 8. Total Assets $21,477,036.67 $32,731,963.61 ANNUAL REPORT For the fiscal year ended November 30, 1968 SEAFARERS PENSION FUND 275 20th Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 11215 to the SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE of the STATE OF NEW YORK The data contained herein is for the purpose of providing general information as to the condition and affairs of the fund. The presentation is necessarily abbreviated. For a more comprehensive treatment, refer to the Annual Statement, copies of which may be inspected at the office of the fund, or at the New York State Insurance De­ partment, 55 John Street, New York, New York 10038. STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE (RESERVE FOR FUTURE BENEFITS) ADDITIONS TO FUND BALANCE Item 1. Contributions: (Exclude amounts entered in Item 2) (a) Employer (Schedule 1) $13,319,382.36 (b) Employee i (c) Other (Specify) (d) Total Contributions $13,319,382.36 2. Dividends and Experience Rating Refunds from Insurance Companies 3. Investment Income: (a) Interest (b) Dividends (c) Rents (d) Other (Specify) (e) Total Income from Investments 766,507.68 343,372.30 1,109,879.98 4. Profit on disposal of Investments 357,622.27 5. Increase by adjustment in asset values of invest­ ments 6. Other Additions: (Itemize) (a) (b) (c) Total Other Additions 7. Total Additions $14,786,884.61 DEDUCTIONS FROM FUND BALANCE 8. Insurance and Annuity Premiums to Insurance Car­ riers and to Service Organizations (Including. Pre­ paid Medical Plans) 9. Benefits Provided Directly by Trust or Separately Maintained Fund 10. Payments to an Organization Maintained by the Plaa for the Purpose of Providing Benefits to Participants (Attach latest operating statement of the Organiza­ tion showing detail of administrative expenses, supplies, fees, etc.) 3,177,985.23 ^ The assets ments held in aggregate cost with the U.S. 41,738.05 7,259.91 1,984.62 51,774.25 3,576.10 265.86 1,632.34 2,337.60 15,199.90 21,474,699.07 32,716,763.71 $21,477,036.67 $32,731,963.61 listed in this statement must be valued on the basis regularly used in valuing invest­ the fund and reported to the U.S. Treasury Department, or shall be valued at their or present value, whichever is lower, if such a statement is not so required to be filed Treasury Department. 176,321.79 190,512.95 ANNUAL RIPO«T OP THI STAnop jJmj^'a£hL SIArAAERS PCMION FUND OOWRVOP vTT 15. Other Deductions: (Itemize) (a) (b) (c) Total Other Deductions 16. Total Deductions $ 3,544,819.97 "7'^. /lu Hasiai. RECONCILEMENT OF FUND BALANCE 20. Total Net Increase (Decrease) 21. Fund Balance (Reserve for Future Beniefits) at end of Year (Item 14, Statement of Assets and Liabilities) ... $ 68,090.66 13. Loss on disposal of investments 14. Decrease by adjustment in asset values of invest­ ments 17. Fund Balance (Reserve for Future Benefits at Beginning of Year) 18. Total Additions During Year (Item 7) 19. Total Deductions During Year (Item 16) $ Attachment to the Superintendent of Insurance Year Ended November 30, 1968 Other Administrative Expenses Stationery and printing Postage Telephone and telegraph Tabulating service Microfilming Equipment rental Employee benefits Miscellaneous Miscellaneous trustees meetings expense ..." Repairs and maintenance Dues and subscriptions '. Outside office help 12. Administrative Expenses: Salaries (Schedule 2) Allowances, Expenses, etc. (Schedule 2) Taxes Fees and Commissions (Schedule 3) Rent Insurance Premiums Fidelity Bond Premiums Other Administrative Expenses (Specify) Schedule Attached (i) Total Administrative Expenses LIABILITIES Insurance and annuity premiums payable Unpaid claims (Not covered by insurance) Accounts payable Accrued expense Other liabilities (Specify) Reserve for future benefits Total Liabilities and Reserves SEAFARERS PENSION PLAN 11. Payments or Contract Fees Paid to Independent Organizations or Individuals Providing Plan Bene­ fits (Clinics, Hospitals, Doctors, etc.) (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 21,474,699.07 T"M 14,786,884.61 3,544,819.97 11,242,064.64 , $32,716,763.71 Part IV Part IV teta for tmit or other Mparatejy m.intainrd fund are to be completed for a plan InToWIng a • tmet or other separately maintained fund. It also is to be completed for a plan which- <1) Has in<-nrrad expenses other than: (a) Payments for unfunded benefits or (b) Insurance or annuity premiums or • • subscription chatves paid to an insurance carrier or service or other organization- or (2) Has assete ^ • other than: (a) Insurance or annuity contracts or (b) Contributions in the process of payment or ^ collection. , . r '/y' Dii--- • .V--.y: r ^ 'r' ' • $ 6,618.60 101.48 1,088.10 49,889.05 823.96 2,802.07 2,248.85 3,348.88 94.09 735.94 315.39 24.25 $68,090.66 �JEFFERSON CITY VICTORY—Pictured wth SlU Vice President Earl Shepard are William Datzke, W. L. Rackley, ship secretary; T. Catharle, deck delegate: A. Boney, ship chairman: T. Lynch, ship delegate: Lester Borges, engine delegate: AB Odell Powell. T HE SHIP'S COMMITTEE is the vital link between the SIU at sea and the SIU ashore. This committee, with the bosun serving as the chairman,- the steward acting as secretary, and a delegate from each department, is charged with the responsibility of holding weekly meetings at sea so that all Seafarers can continue to participate in the affairs of their Union. Close communication between the members aboard ship and Union headquarters ashore is vital to maintaining the proud reputation of the SIU as a demo­ cratic Union. PONCE—Left to right are William StrTckland, steward delegate; Peter Patrick, secretary; Clarence Hemby, engine delegate; Zenon Rivera, bosun and ship chairman; and Sam Nickerson, deck delegate. 'I- PORTLAND—Left to right are H. G. Bentz, chairman; George Malinowski, engine delegate; Ferdi­ nand Prieto, steward department delegate; Paul Halloway, deck delegate, and Juan Roderiguez, sec. W'\ MARYMAR—Pictured left to right are Stanley Wojcik, steward de­ partment delegate; Paul Sabe, deck delegate; Willis Addison, en­ gine delegate; Fetas DeLeon, steward delegate; Irwin Moen, chairman. BROOKLYN—Left to right: Harry Chromiak, engine delegate; James Barclay, steward delegate; John Cabral. ship's chairman; William Reid, steward and ship's secretary, and Norman Tukey, deck delegate. HOUSTON—Left to right: Roman Aguior, secretary; Victor Silva, retiring steward delegate; Thomas Magres, deck delegate; Esturdo Cuenca, engine; D. Lallabe, chairman; Franco Comez, steward delegate. �Page Twenty Two SEAFARERS August, 1969 LOG National Safety Council Course: Steady As She Goes Defensive Driving Enrolfees Increase; Training Sharply Reduces Accidents The National Safety Council's nationwide Defensive Driv­ ing Course, designed to curb the traffic death and injury toll, is currently at its highest levels. By the end of 1967, drivers who had been through the course totalled 600,000. Drivers have since graduated at a rate equiva­ lent to a million per year. The training course in defen­ sive driving is a capsulized ver­ sion of the professional driver training programs the council's Motor Transportation Depart­ ment has developed for motor fleet operators. Drivers in fleets that are coun­ cil members last year had an average accident rate that was approximately half that of all drivers in the country. The Defensive Driving Course usually consists of four two-hour sessions. They are taught by instructors trained and qualified by the NSC. The course is designed for the average motorist who wishes to improve his driving. The only prerequisite is a driver's license. The sessions concentrate on the six situations that can cause a two-car crash. In 1966, twocar crashes accounted for 42 percent of all traffic fatalities, 68 percent of all disabling in­ juries, and 78 percent of all property damage accidents. This type of accident also accoxmted for 72 percent of total motor vehicle accident costs and in­ volved 87 percent of the drivers who were in accidents. Over the years, the council's Motor Transportation members have made sharp reductions in two-vehicle crashes. It is esti­ mated that, if their rates could be achieved by all drivers, the two-car crash would decline by 40 percent. The motor fleet operators' chief method of attacking this problem has been built around the question of whether the ac­ cident could have been prevent­ ed by the company's own driver. If he could have prevented it and didn't, he is held acountable even though he may have been legally "in the right." Drivers are trained to reach their destinations safely despite mistakes of other drivers or ad­ verse road, weather, light, traf­ fic or driver conditions. This concept, called defensive driv­ ing, is the heart of the council course. The sessions are being pre­ sented across the country in small groups under the spon­ sorship of church organizations, labor unions, service clubs, em­ ployers and military installa- Port of New York Sets Foreign Trade High In '68 tions. Volunteer instructors—^train­ ed by the council—^present the course, utilizing films, visual aids, and training techniques provided by the council. Under­ standing of defensive driving principles is built up as students analyze actual accidents. Admiral Labels U. S.-nag Fleet Antiqae Buckets The U.S. Navy and merchant marine are unbelievably ancient and inadequate. Vice Admiral Bernard F. Boeder, commander of the Navy's First Fleet, told a press group on board his flag­ ship, the USS Providence, on a visit in Portland, Oregon, during last month's Rose Festi­ val. Admiral Boeder noted that his flagship was 24 years old, had been updated several times and was filled with so many things that nothing more can be added. It has 300 tons of lead ballast to keep it stable. "We've got hundreds of ships we can't put anything more on unless we take off something vital or they will become topheavy," he said. "On the old ships, living con­ ditions are unbelievably crude and living spaces are horrible. The heads are not the sort of thing the young man of today counts on. This has a tremen­ dous impact on retention rates (re-enlistments)." Boeder said 58 percent of the Navy's 900 vessels are over 20 years of age. He compared the U.S. Navy with Russia's younger navy and merchant ma­ rine. "Our merchant marine is in-' adequate, much of it nothing more than antique buckets that are a disgrace to the flag. They're worn out and'rusty." NEW YORK—The Port of tons, a six percent improvement New York moved 57,136,756 over the 38,355,098 tons in the long tons of foreign trade goods previous year. in 1968 to set a record high. General cargoes are defined Of this total 56,891,307 tons as high-value commodities, entered or left by sea, the re­ mainly packaged goods, which maining 245,449 tons going by produce the greatest revenue for air, the Port of New York Au­ the port. thority announced. Custom collections of $1,The gain in volume of water- 136,986,464 also set a record. borne goods over 1967 was 6.3 Of this, sea-borne trade duties percent. Last year 53,539,097 accounted for $994,125,086 tons of foreign trade goods were and air-bome duties were $192,carried by sea and 186,824 tons 861,378. by air—^the air-bome trade showing a 31.4 percent increase. It's Your Move The over-all increase in general cargoes above 1967 tonnage was 7.8 percent. Over-all value of the foreigntrade goods moved by ships and aircraft through the port during 1968 totalled $19.1 billion, also a new high. This compares with $12.8 billion handled in 1967, a gain of close to 50 percent. A major factor in the port's improved performance included a substantial increase in the movement of high-value general cargo. It is estimated that up­ wards of 20 percent of the port's total volume of general cargoes —aggregating 16,368,775 tons —were containerized. Bulk cargo—^mainly oil, grain Deep concentration is evidenced by Seafarer Istvan Szeibert (left), and ore—^handled by the port who seils as baker, as Brother Vanvi Tibor, chief cook, settles down to in 1968 totalled 40,522,532 planning next move on the chess-board. Action took place at N.Y. These two youngsters, Alan Bowles, left, and Winfred Countiss, seem to be charting a course for a career at sea as they steady the helm of the "Manitou," once the favorite yawl of President Kennedy and now used as a training ship for apprentice and upgrading seamen at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship at Piney Point, Maryland. The two young "sailors" were a part of a group of 70 local HeadStart children who visited the school's varied training facilities. Tramp Shipping Mmphasmed: West German Merchant Fleet Undergoing Modern Expansion HAMBURG — West Ger­ many, apparently fully aware of the importance of a strong mer­ chant marine, is investing heav­ ily in the expansion and mod­ ernization of its commercial fleet, with particular emphasis on tramp shipping. Latest figures published by the Ship Owners Association showed 123 vessels either on or­ der or under construction, with an aggregate of nearly two mil­ lion deadweight tons (1.22 mil­ lion gross registered tons) at the end of March. This is nearly twice the con­ struction of a year ago, when 66 vessels totalling one million deadweight tons (680,000 gross registered tons) were on order or in the process of being built. Bulk cargo shippers are the major contractors, with 11 ships of 780,000 deadweight tons on order, accounting for 39,5 per­ cent of the total. More than half of this new tonnage is accounted for by three giant bulk carriers of 140,000 deadweight tons each—among the biggest dry cargo ships currently being built anywhere. Tanker operators have only one 140,000 deadweight ton tanker on order with German shipyards. More than half of the ships on order are being built for tramp shipping, a total of 64 vessels of 620,000 deadweight tons. Of these, 25 units are in the 14,000 to 16,000 dead­ weight ton class and 22 vessels are in the 7,200 ton class. Among the new cargo liners are five container vessels, of 1,000 to 1,300 containers capa­ city each. All but six of the 29 new cargo liners, with an aggre­ gate 415,000 deadweight tons, will be built in West German shipyards for delivery late this year or early in 1970. At the end of March, the Ger­ man merchant marine fleet com­ prised 4,105 units with a com­ bined tonnage of 7,434,087 gross registered tons, according to statistics furnished by the ma­ rine division of Bonn's Ministry for Traffic and Transport. This was 70,040 gross tons, over the figure at the end of 1968. Of 2,693 ships with a total tonnage of 7,134,694 gross reg­ istered tons, 2,317 were dry cargo vessels with an aggregate gross tonnage of 5.22 million. Refrigerated cargo ships are a part of the fleet which is ex­ panding very vigorously, with some 80 units of 305,669 gross registered tons and a 352,517 deadweight ton capacity in serv­ ice at the end of March. Even with this impressive ef­ fort, however, the West German tanker fleet is growing at a slow­ er pace than the world's average. With 111 vessels of 1.47 million gross registered tons (2.5, mil­ lion deadweight tons capacity), it accounts for only two percent of the world's tanker capacity. Of these, only 46 units are sea­ going tankers, but they account for 96.4 percent of the total West German tonnage. German-flag tankers average 52,486 deadweight tons capac­ ity. The nation has one 192,000 ton vessel and five 100,000 ton vessels in service. �August, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Twenty Three AFL'CIO Tells Senate Group: Doctors Making Fortunes Through Medicare Abuses WASHINGTON—Although organized medicine once bit­ terly fought Medicare, a number of doctors are now using the program for the aged to become rich overnight. And they are finding that the Medicaid program is even more lush. The Senate Finance Committee is planning open hearings on the two programs in the near future, but conunittee in­ vestigators are coming up with some sensational cases in the meantime. The most precise records are on Medicare. They show that 47 physicians were getting $50,000 or more a year from the Medicare program. Senate Finance Committee investigators believe that far more doctors are receiving in excess of $50,000 annually under Medicaid but records are loosely kept. The biggest bonanza under Medicare was received by a Miami osteopath who raked in $285,000 over a year-and-ahalf. Reports also show that a New Jersey osteopath received $199,992 over a year-and-a-half period and his brother picked tip $475,560 over the same period. The combined payments to the two New Jersey brothers helped pay for a medical staff of six, serving three nursing homes, liie total did not include the daily charges for room and board. Medicaid checks are running far larger than Medicare payments. However, Senate Finance Committee staff mem­ bers are finding it far tougher to run down the full extent of the payments. In California, it has been reported that 35 doctors and 11 dentists averaged nearly $100,000 a year under the Medicaid program in that state, called Medi-cal. A total of 11 doctors exceeded $50,000 under the Medi­ caid program in Kentucky. One doctor was paid more than $100,000 under Medicaid in poverty-stricken Appalachia. Senate probers seem convinced that while most doctors are staying within the law they are using loopholes to make them­ selves personally wealthy and the elderly are not being pro­ tected to the extent they should. Remedies for Medicare Gaps, Abuses Possible Under National Health Plan WASHINGTON — Medicare has contributed "very signifi­ cantly" to meeting the health needs of the elderly but the pro­ gram has "glaring gaps" that must be corrected, AFL-CIO Social Security Director Bertrand Seidman told Congress. He testified on Medicare—its accomplishments and changes needed—as a member of an ad­ visory committee to a Senate subcommittee headed by Senator Edmund S. Muskie (D-Me.). A key recommendation in the advisory committee's report to the subcommittee was a call for a national health insurance pro­ gram, which has become an im­ portant goal of the AFL-CIO. Seidman said that Medicare has made it possible for millions of the elderly "to obtain neces­ sary health care that they could not have obtained otherwise." But, he added, the program must be improved to "fulfill its orig­ inal purpose of assuring medical care of hi^ quality to all elderly Americans." "Moreover, if we make Med­ icare the success it can be," he pointed out, "we will also be demonstrating that through a universal system of comprehen­ sive national health insmance we can assure high quality health Growing Transport Industry Trend; Dangers of Big Conglomerates Cited By Transportation Trades Chairman WASHINGTON—The trend toward creation of conglomer­ ates in the transportation indus= try "may have its economic ad­ vantages, but it also has some built-in dangers," a leader of transportation labor warned here recently. C. L. Dennis, president of the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Qerks and chairman of the recently formed Conference of Transportation Trades, said that the rise of the conglomer­ ates, "with their control usually vested in the financial commu­ nity I .Aer than the transporta­ tion industry, places the ulti­ mate decisions in the hands of those with no real background or interest" in transportation. Under such circumstances, Dennis said, there is a "real danger" that the transportation segment of the con^omerate "could be put out of business, not for reasons growing out of the nation's transportation needs but purely for economic advan­ tage." Dennis spoke at the semi­ annual meeting of the Confer­ ence—a grouping of 28 AFLCIO unions representing 4.5 million workers involved in land, sea and air transport. Representative Harley Stag­ gers (D-W.Va.), chairman of the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee, criti­ cized the nation's "hodge­ podge" transportation system. The railroads, he told the conference, "have been allowed to let their rolling stock and rights-of-way fall into shocking disrepair," and while the gov­ ernment has "heavily subsidized the air industry" to develop passenger service, the rail indus­ try has been permitted to "com­ pletely degenerate" its passenger service. "We build highways for trucks and cars and we maintain airports for air carriers," the Congressman continued. "We have seen great strides forward in air transportation while the merchant marine fleet has fallen into rusting decay." The Conference heard reports from leaders in a number of its sections, representing workers in particular modes of transporta­ tion. Among these were: • Frank Heisler (Interna­ tional Association of Machin­ ists), Air Section: Unions in the air industry support a proposal that the Federal Aviation Agen­ cy develop one standard of air­ worthiness for all commercial air carrier operations. Proposals now before the FAA call for five different standards of airworthi­ ness, with substantially lower standards, for instance, on smaller air taxi planes. • Andrew A. Pettis (Marine & Shipbuilding Workers), Ma­ rine Section: "There is no great shipbuilding program in the off­ ing •• . The U.S. merchant ma­ rine is a prime tool in the arsenal of defense. Every segment of the U.S. merchant marine needs and must get federal help." • Charles Luna (United Transportation Union), Operat­ ing Rail Section: An amendment to modernize the 1907 Hoursof-Service Act would make it unlawful to keep an employee on duty more than 12 hours in a 24-hour period, a limitation "essential to maintain safety on the railroads." Cases before the Department of Transportation show some men working as long as 32 hours continuously. Other reports were made by Jerry Wurf of the State, County and Municipal Employees, on behalf of the General Section, and by John Elliott of the Amal­ gamated Transit Union, for the Highway Transit Section. care to all the American peo­ ple." To assure that the elderly will no longer be denied adequate health care due to any lack of money, Seidman proposed the following changes in Medicare: • Coverage of all medical services, mainly doctors' fees, under the social insurance fea­ ture of the program. As it now stands, retired persons must pay a share of medical services. • Elimination of the coin­ surance and deductible features. • Extension of the program to cover the cost of prescription drugs, dental care and eye­ glasses. • A requirement that half of the program's total cost be met out of general revenue to meet the additional costs involved in the recommendations. The advisory committee's re­ port said "physicians' fees can­ not remain subject to the whims of individual providers of serv­ ice" if Medicare and the federalstate Medicaid program for the poor are to be fiscally respon­ sible and "gross abuses stop­ ped." "The same is true of hospital costs," the conunittee added. In calling for a comprehen­ sive, compulsory health insur­ ance program "for all age groups," the committee said the program should have built-in cost controls, standards for health care, incentives for pre­ paid group practice and "other badly needed reforms." Such a program, it concluded, "offers the best hope this nation has for living up to the oft-ex­ pressed declaration that good health care is the right of every man, woman and child who lives in the land." Advisory panel members, in addition to Seidman, were Mrs. Agnes W. Brewster, a medical economics consultant; Dr. S. J. Axelrod, director of public health economics at the Univer­ sity of Michigan; and Melvin A. Glasser, Auto Workers' social security director. The Senate subcommittee al­ so heard from Dr. John H. Knowles, who had been slated for the Nixon Administration's top health services post. His nomination was withdrawn after it came under heavy fire from the American Medical Associa­ tion. Knowles, director of the Mas­ sachusetts General Hospital, said that "it's inevitable in this country that there will be a comprehensive medical care program for all Americans, whether it takes two years or 20." Nelson H. Cruikshank, presi­ dent of the National Council of Senior Citizens, testified along with four senior aides who de­ scribed a community service program being carried out by the council in ten U.S. cities. Cruikshank explained the council's program of striving to "build a better America and winning a better life for all older Americans," including protec­ tion from illness. "Because adequate health care is so essential," he said, "the idea of limiting it to those who can afford it is no longer acceptable to a nation which can put a man on the moon." Seafarer Ends 40 Year Sailing Career Marian Lubiejewski, who went to sea at the age of 16, is ending a sailing career of 40 years, as he makes out his SlU pension applica­ tion while Welfare Director Al Bernstein looks on. Brother Lubiejew­ ski had three ships torpedoed and sunk under him during World War II. A bosun, he last sailed aboard the S.S. Selma Victory. �Page Twentjr Four SEAFARERS LOG August, 1969 'Equality of Opportunity'In Shipping Pushed hy Unsuhsidiied Operators WASHINGTON — Enact­ ment of a new maritime pro­ gram that would guarantee "equality of opportunity" for all segments of the merchant marine—^the unsubsidized as well as the subsidized—^was re­ cently demanded by a leading spokesman for the unsubsidized shipping industry. Alfred Maskin, director of re­ search legislation for the American Maritime Association, charged that few laws "have been more discriminatory, or have brought about greater in­ equality of treatment" than the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, which is the basis for the pres- Island of Mauritius Is Newest ILO Member GENEVA—Mauritius, an is­ land nation off the East coast of Africa, has become a member of the International Labor Orga­ nization, it was announced here. The affiliation brings ILO nienibership to a total of 121 countries, Director-General David A. Morse said. ent federal maritime program. Speaking to more than 100 industry, labor and government representatives attending a meet­ ing sponsored by the 7.5 millionmember AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, Maskin de­ clared: "When only 14 companies, operating one-third of the ships in the merchant marine, are given direct construction sub­ sidies to build new ships, and all of the other companies are not given such construction subsi­ dies, that is not equality. "When these same 14 com­ panies are given direct operating subsidies, and all of the other companies are not . . . that is not equality. "When again the same 14 companies are permitted to de­ posit monies in tax-deferred construction reserve funds, and the same privilege is denied to the rest of the industry, that is not equality. "And when these 14 subsi­ dized companies are permitted to carry goverrmient cargoes at premium rates, on top of their subsidy, while the unsubsidized companies must survive on the rates alone, this also is not equality." Maskin — whose association represents 82 operators of 242 unsubsidized American-flag ves­ sels, including virtually all of the leading tramp and indepen­ dent tanker ojperators—said that the remedy is not to provide subsidy to everybody. "That's impractical," he said. However, Maskin added, "if subsidy cartnot be provided to everybody, then steps should be taken to equate the treatment given to those who do not receive sub­ sidy with that given to those who do." One of the ways to achieve this goal, the AMA spokesman said, would be to "insist that operators receiving direct sub­ sidy use that subsidy only for the purpose for which it was in­ tended—to compete with for­ eign-flag lines for commercial cargoes—and not use the sub­ sidy to compete with unsubsi­ dized operators" for govern­ ment cargoes. July 1 to July 31, 1969 DECK DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED All GrouDs Port Class A Class B Boston 6 1 New York 144 125 Philadelphia 31 25 Baltimore 50 37 Norfolk 37 40 Jacksonville 36 42 Tampa 16 12 Mobile 48 42 New Orleans 103 95 Houston ..... 104 123 Wilmington 37 66 San Francisco ... 105 74 Seattle 50 33 Totals 767 715 TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A dasrb (lilass C 5 86 12 39 24 19 5 40 76 58 33 72 26 495 4 82 9 16 30 24 •6 40 73 66 61 76 24 511 1 29 1 11 7 7 1 6 11 27 28 61 21 211 ENGINE DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED All Groni Port Class A Class B Class A Class B Class C Boston 7 0 4 4 3 New York 83 148 68 145 49 Philadelphia 18 24 7 13 2 Baltimore 52 51 28 35 8 Norfolk . 24 39 18 31 8 Jacksonville 11 56 15 40 5 Tampa 4 10 2 4 2 Mobile 29 51 27 54 16 New Orleans .... 79 92 60 86 10 Houston .... 67 94 34 64 25 Wilmingfton 30 34 24 23 25 San Francisco ... 93 103 76 86 67 Seattle 40 34 21 24 18 Totals 537 736 384 609 238 STEWARD DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups AIL Port Class A Class B Class A Class B Class C Boston 2 0 1 1 0 New York 92 146 45 37 37 Philadelphia 7 6 6 3 1 Baltimore 29 17 19 17 10 Norfolk 23 25 14 28 15 Jacksonville 13 24 12 18 15 Tampa 8 3 3 3 0 Mobile 31 23 26 31 11 89 60 New Orleans .... 75 40 2 68 56 Houston .... 36 52 25 16 19 Wilmington 13 16 12 87 102 San Francisco ... 72 78 54 35 30 Seattle 24 25 7 Totals 500 511 356 347 189 Sliding down the ways at Bethlehem Steel's Sparrows Point yard, the Penn Champion, 37,250-deadweight-ton tanker built tor the SIUcontracted Penn Tanker Co., has a cruising range of k2.000 miles. SlU Tanker, Penn Champion, Launched for Delivery in Fall BALTIMORE — The Penn keel to rail and the weather deck Champion, a 37,250-dead­ are all protected by epoxy coat­ weight-ton tanker, was launched ings. here recently at the Sparrows The house-aft vessel features Point shipyards of Bethlehem' the latest in navigation and Steel Corporation for the SIU- safety-at-sea equipment in full contracted Penn Tanker Com­ compliance with latest U.S. pany. Coast Guard regulations. The vessel will have an ex­ tended cruising range of about 12,000 miles. Storerooms, both REGISTERED on BEACH dry and refrigerated, are large enough to hold a six-months All Groups Class A Class B supply of stores. 9 10 Scheduled for fall delivery, 193 143 she will be assigned to the pe­ 30 26 91 50 troleum products trade, pri­ 39 35 marily in the U.S. domestic serv­ NEW YORK—Seventy-nine 35 12 ice. The tanker will meet stand­ vessels called at the Port of New 19 18 66 25 ards of the Military Sea Trans­ York on maiden voyages during 132 73 portation Service and is fitted the first half of 1969, William 118 110 with fueling-at-sea facilities. 29 2 F. Giesen, the Port's general 52 13 Her 15 tanks have a edacity manager and counsel has an­ 24 60 of 334,800 barrels and her car­ nounced. 870 624 go handling pumps wUl be cap­ The newcomers were of vari­ able of discharging a full liquid ous sizes and included. 73 dry cargo in 14 hours. She is cap­ REGISTERED on BEACH cargo ships, two passenger ves­ able of being converted to tte grain trade, with a carrying ca­ sels and four tankers. They ag­ - Class'A d^ssB pacity of approximately 1,500,- gregated 891,288 gross tons— 7 3 the dry cargo ships and the two 122 95 000 bushels. passenger vessels accounting for 14 21 With a 15,000 shaft horse­ 50 54 845,118 gross tons while the power turbine driving a single 19 24 four tankers registered a total 7 12 screw, the ship is expected to 3 10 of 46,170 gross tons. operate at a normal sea speed of 34 37 First to call during the year 83 74 16 knots. The design includes 91 119 was the Belocean, a 11,344 a curved rake stem, a cruiser 21 4 gross ton motor vessel (rf Nor­ stem and a spade rudder. 50 20 wegian registry. The two liners, 46 15 Overall length is 660 feet, 547 488 two inches, with length between accorded "the usual noisy wel­ perpendiculars of 630 feet. come," were the British Queen Molded breadth is 90 feet and Elizabeth 2 of the Cunard molded depth 48 feet 9 inches. Steamship Company, 65,863 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups The draft at loading capacity gross tons, and the 23,000-ton Class A Class B will be about 36 feet, eight German Hamburg, agented by 0 3 inches. The vessel, built under Holland American Line, the 141 58 the latest American Bureau of Maritime Association of the 9 15 Shipping rules, will be inspected Port of New York reported. 43 22 19 25 and classified by the bureau. Of the tanker arrivals, the 4 19 Crew quarters consist of largest was the SlU-contracted 9 5 49 modem-designed single rooms, American flagship 16 Overseas 123 71 fully air-conditioned and with Vivian of 20,879 gross tons. 87 54 permanent prefinished plasticAmong the other large tankers 16 5 41 36 coated bulkheads which will re­ repoted was the British flagship 56 17 quire a minimum of mainte­ Athelduchess, 11,102 gross 609 334 nance. The exterior hull from tons. 79 New Vessels Made New Ywk (h Maiden Trips �August, 1969 SEAFARERS Two-Year Study Discloses New Carbon Monoxide Evils Even non-fatal doses of carbon monoxide may bring seri­ ous disorders to the vital human organs, according to a twoyear study sponsored by the Fire Fighters. Repeated inhalation of carbon monoxide has cumulative effects and could caOse severe damage to the heart, brain and other organs, the study found. Through the John R. Redmond Memorial Fund, the lAFF commissioned Dr. Gerald S. Gordon of Denver to study the effects of non-fatal doses of carbon monoxide. The research was conducted with the cooperation of the Denver Fire Dept. and Fire Fighters Local 858. The fire fighter is subject to a significant exposure to car­ bon monoxide during the routine course of his occupation. Dr. Gordon observed. And the hazard to all Americans is in­ creasing because of the constantly growing air pollution problem. Dr. Gordon found that fire fighters need better protection against the poisonous gas and said there is an urgent need for research to improve breathing apparatus. "Carbon monoxide has become increasingly important to us all," he observed. "It is a hazard in our collective and per­ sonal public health. It produces half of the deaths due to poisoning each year in this country. It is a leading and grow­ ing pollutant in the air we breathe. . . ." As a public service, the lAFF has published a summary of Dr. Gordon's findings. The pamphlet is available from the Fire Fighters, 905 16th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006. Runaway-Flag Fleet Growing; Now Tops U.S.-Flag Tonnage • f.." . Ai- _ I" w. 'fy I WASHINGTON—A Jieet of 434 ships owned and operated by American companies under 17 foreign flags now has a larger carrying capacity than the pri­ vately owned United States flag fleet of 976 vessels, according to statistics released by the Fed­ eral Maritime Administration. A report on the United States-owned foreign-fleet re­ leased recently by the agency showed that at the end of last June, its capacity was 16.5 mil­ lion deadweight tons. The do­ mestic fleet had a capacity of 15.3 million tons. Thirty-two corporations, ac­ cording to the report, were op­ erating ships with an aggregate tonnage that was exceeded by only four nations—Liberia, Britain, Norway and Japan. The report also showed that although a munber of American companies had ceased foreignflag operations, others had en­ tered the field to result in an 800,000-ton increase in the fleet since December, 1967. Although the list was domi­ nated by oil companies, opera­ tors of bulk and ore carriers and freighters also appeared to find foreign registration of their vessels attractive. , The fleet, which has long been under attack by maritime unions as being composed of "runaways," is described by owners as a "flags-of-necessity" operation. The owners contend they could not remain competi­ tive with their international rivals if they had to face the wage costs and work rules ap­ plicable to United States flag ships. The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey continued to maintain its first-place ranking, with 120 ships aggregating 4.8 million deadweight tons. Daniel K. Ludwig's Universe Tankships with 31 vessels ag­ gregating 1.8 million tons dropped into third place as Standard Oil Company of Cali­ fornia rose to second place with 61 tankers of 1.9 million tons. Liberia continued as the fa­ vorite flag of registration with 157 ships of 7.2 million tons. Panama ranked second with 3.1 million tons, and the United Kingdom was third with 2.9 million tons. The smallest reg­ istration was in Finland—a total of three ships of 8,721 tons. Great Lakes Seafarer LOG Page Twenty Five Use of Pesticides, Impasse on Wages Snag Crape Growers-UFWOC Talks DELANO, Calif.—An em­ union agrees that it will not em­ ployer ultimatum on the use of bark on any program which will hazardous pesticides in the vine­ in any way harm the industry yards, coupled with a wage dis­ to which the employer is a mem­ agreement, has snarled peace ber." "That clause would prevent talks between a group of table grape growers and the AFL-CIO us from lobbying in Sacramento United Farm Workers Organiz­ or Washington for better laws ing Committee. on the regulation of pesticides, jor even safety and sanitation High hopes had been held for a historic model contract after laws," said Chavez. He added that the union, the group of 10 prominent table which has filed suit in Bakersgrape growers, admitting for the field and Riverside to force first time that the worldwide boycott was hurting them, sued agricultural commissioners to for peace with the union and disclose pesticide formulas in called for unprecedented inter­ order for farm workers to be vention by the Federal Media­ adequately treated for illnesses caused by the economic poisons, tion Service late last month. But the hopes were dashed will continue to publicize the last week when the growers facts. "We're concerned about harm abandoned the bargaining table and called on President Nixon done to people, much more than to appoint a fact-finding com­ harm done to an industry," he mittee to investigate the dispute. said. Meanwhile, a bill to ban all UFWOC Director Cesar Cha­ vez immediately blasted the use of the controversial pesti­ grower proposal as "attempted cide DDT in California within blackmail, an attempt to muzzle three years was approved unani­ us on the dangers of pesticides." mously Tuesday in the state Chavez said the growers had Senate. In the contract talks, the proposed a clause in the con­ tract which would read: "The union had proposed a clause which would have banned the use of DDT and certain other poisons. The clause would'have specified procedures for apply­ ing and using other chemicals, MILWAUKEE, Wis.—Coun­ and would have provided pro­ ty Supervisor Richard Nowal- tection to workers coming in kowski has found a unique way direct contact with the poisons, to show his solidarity with the and consumers endangered by widely-supported boycott of residues on the fruit. Chavez pointed out that "over California table grapes by the 1,000 people, mostly farm AFL-CIO United Farm Work­ workers, are injured and poi­ ers Organizing Committee. He soned every year in California has asked the Milwaukee Coun­ alone from misuse of the pesti­ ty Zoo not to feed Samson the cides." gorilla grapes while the boycott On another front in the long is on. drawn out battle, unprecedented "Even the monkeys should legal action has been started to make a sacrifice to support the punish growers who use Mexi­ migrant workers of California," can aliens as farm workers. he said. The California Court of Ap­ peals ruled July 22 in Sac­ ramento that attorneys for Cali­ Joins Pension Roster fornia Rural Legal Assistance, an anti-poverty agency, may take statements from illegal No Moukey Business Vnth &vpe Boysott aliens to show whether growers knowingly hired them. The court also said the un­ usual legal procedure invoked by CRLA is "at least an open question" which could end up in forcing growers who use the aliens to pay damages and fines. Currently, when growers are found using illegal aliens, the aliens are deported but there is no further action. The CRLA is proceeding against the growers in such cases by invoking California's civil code which prohibits "unfair competition" by businessmen. The legal group contends it is "unfair competition" for U.S. farm workers to have to com­ pete with illegal "wetbacks" employed at cheap wages. The grape strike in the Coachella Valley, near the Mexican border, wound up last month with the union hailing it as a victory. Over a half-million lugs of grapes were estimated to have been left to rot on the vines as the boycott cut off markets and forced the bottom to fall out on the price of table grapes. Organizers for the union im­ mediately moved their opera­ tions to the Arvin-Lamont area, south of Bakersfield, where a strike is set as soon as picking begins. Growers who have been in­ sisting that the boycott isn't hurting at all, have filed a $75 million lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Fresno to recover losses they now say they have suffered. Attorneys for the farm work­ ers union, against which the suit was filed, labeled it a hoax— "their annual attempt to scare chain stores." The suit, brought by 81 vineyardists, claimed triple damages for $25 million losses they say they suffered. It accuses the union of con­ spiring with retailers to prevent sale of table grapes in violation of antitrust laws. Editor, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Ave., Breoklfn, N. Y. 11232 I would IHce to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list, (eunt inhrmaHon) NAME STREET AODR^ CITY STATE. ZIP. TO AVOID DUPLICATION: if you are an old subacribar and have a ehane* of addrais, pla«M giva your fonmar addraas balow: Frankfort Port Agent Harold Rathbun presents the first SlU pen­ sion check to Henry Bramer who sailed in the engine department. A native of Frankfort, Bramer joined Union in Elberta, Michigan. He lives in Frankfort and last worked for Ann Arbor Towing Co. OTT HATE �SEAFARERS Pago Twenty Six Former Seafarer Recalls Sailing Days To the Editor: I have just finished reading the LOG for June 1969. I Very much enjoyed the back page article on the Steel King. I was a crew member (oiler) on board the Steel King on a round-the-world trip in 1952. If it would be possible, I would very much appreciate a picture of the vessel. I joined the SIU in Nor­ folk, Va., in 1943 and sailed until 1946. I returned to the sea for 13 months in 1952. At the present time I own and operate my own auto body repair shop and I'm do­ ing very well. Thanks a lot for more happy days at sea than can ever be told. Keep up the good work. Yours truly, Paul Jacks, MarltHi, Ind. Member's Widow Thanks Union To the Edlton I wish to express my sin­ cere gratitude and apprecia­ tion for the prompt manner in which the SIU sent the Seafarers Welfare Fund check to me following the untimely death of my husband, Robert L. Swords. I know that he was proud to know that he belonged to an organization that takes care of its people so well in time of theii bereavement. Sincerely, Anne R. Swords, Norfolk, Virginia Seafarer's Mother Sends Her Thanks To the Editor: I would like to express my appreciation to the SIU for the check I received after the death of my son, Thomas Sullivan. I also want to thank all of you in the Sea­ farers Union for your kind­ ness and sympathy. Mrs. Freida Sullivan Marshfield, Mass. <1> Seafarer Thanks Crew for Kindness To the Editor: I want to thank the crew of the SS Robin Hood for their kindness to me on Trip No. 57 to Zeebrugge, Rot­ terdam and Bremerhaven. You know my ankle was broken while I was painting the off-shore bow on the raft. My leg will never be the same. Toi^ Ferrara F-131 Crew of Producer Sends Regards To die Editor: Just a few lines from the crew and delegates aboard the SS Producer on our way home from India. We hope all the brothers in the hall had a happy Fourth of July weekend. We are hop­ ing for better luck next year so we can celebrate at home. So far the trip has been a good one. We have a ship's crew from Norfolk, Baltimore and New York and everyone is doing fine. I will close for now with best regards from crew and delegates. William E. Richardson, Book No. 30257 Seafarer's Sister Expresses Gratitude To the Editon Thank you for your letter of July 2, 1969, enclosing a Seafarers Welfare Fund check for $4,000 payable to me as beneficiary of my late brother, James N. Kennedy, Thank you also for your offer of assistance in complet­ ing the personal affairs of my late brother. I appreciate the assistance you have already extended to me, and for your kind expression of sympathy. Sincerely, Mrs. Gladys K. Pa^ieri, Wyckoff, NJ. ^ Whafs Panlibhonco? That's Foreign Flag To the E^on "The Cold War Gets Hot on the High Seas," the article which appeared in the LOG recently, prompts this note ... Panlibhoncn (U.S. ships reg­ istered in Panama, Liberia and Honduras) is the greatest men­ ace to our country and its mer­ chant marine. It is in general practice by those Americans who pay only 33 percent in taxes to our federal govern­ ment. The American worker pays a huge 67 percent of all federal taxes, and there are those who demand that tax money be made available to further Panlibhonco. How-un-American can you get? Let us make the practice of Panlibhonco treason, in­ stead of putting school kids in jail for telling it like it is. Then and only then will our American flag fly aft on most of the largest seagoing vessels. If the price of gold can be set by our government in agreement with others, then the price of everything con­ nected with a merchant fleet can come about. Captain Frank Hudak FhOadelplua, Fa. August, 1969 LOG at^rf jrOHN B. WATERMAN^ ?man), June IB—Chairman, Joseph D., CBlanchard; Secretary, Frederick R. SuJUvan; Ship's Delegate, Joseph p. Blanchard; Deck Delegate, T. Rob;inson; Engine Delegate, Stanley P. 'Granzon; Stewards' Delegate, Milton J. Thehdeau. TRANSPACIFIC (Hudson), June 1&—Chairman, John C. Hunt; Secre­ tary, R. T. Jackson; Ship's Delegate, Tadeusz Chilinski; Deck Delegate, Calvin N. Smith; Engine Delegate, V. Ceufisk; Stewards' Delegate, C. M. Carson. Everything is running smoothly. Vote of thanks was ex­ tended to the stewards' department lor a job well done. • , ALBION VICTORY (Bulk Trans­ port), June 15 —Chairmai^ L.^ A. Behm; Secretary, M. H. Beasley; ;Ship'3 Delegate, Gibson H. Lakes; Deck Delegate, Gibson H. Lal^s; Engine Delegate, Milton H. Beasley, Jr.; Stewards' Delegate, Harry D. Hammond. Everything is running smoothly. FANWOOD (Waterman), June 1— Chairman, Joseph N. Rioux; Secre­ tary, Anthony J. Kuberski; Ship's Delegate, Michael P, Curry; Deck Delegate, Salvatore Shanglia; En•gine Delegate, Alfred R. Fry; Stew­ ards' Delegate, C. B. Pedregose. All repairs are taken care Of. No beefs. Everything is running smoothly. Vote of thanks to the steward de­ partment for a job well done. TRANSONTARIO (Hudson Water­ ways), June 22—Chairman, J.' C. Keel; Secretary, Clyde J. Gibson; Ship's Delegate, Milton Poole; Stew­ ards' Delegate, Mike Kaminski. No beefs and no disputed OT. FAIRLAND (Sea-Land), June.10— Chairman,. Robert' R. Mortensen; Secretary, R. W. Hodge.s; Ship's Del­ egate, Roberl R. Mortensen; Engine Delegate, Steven J. Beckley. No beefs were reported by department delegates. STEEL SCIENTIST (Isthmian), June 8—Chairman William Harrell; Secretary, F. S. Omega; Deck Dele­ gate, James W. Edson; Engine Delegate, Lloyd A. Taylor; Stewards' Delegate, F. S. Omega. $20.00 in ship's fund. Disputed OT in deck de­ partment. .No beefs. STEEL SCIENTIST (Isthmian), March 16—Chairman, E. Hayden; Secretary, F. S. Omega. Discussion held regarding the crew-members who did not show up on time as scheduled for sailing. TRENTON (Sea-Land), June IBChairman, R. J. McConnell; Secre­ tary, J. A. Ownes; Ship's Delegate, Albert N. Ringuette; Deck Delegate, James Fuller: Engine Delegate, Thomas A. Delaney; Stewards' Dele­ gate, George Elliott. Discussion held regarding new containership agree­ ment with Sea-Land. Disputed OT in deck and engine departments. MERIDIAN VICTORY (Water­ man), June 19—Chairman, Sal Rallo; Secretary, R. P. Marion; Ship's Delegate Sal Rallo; Deck Delegate, Robert F. DTerrafeit; Engine Dele­ gate, Walter Goldfinger; Stewards' Delegate, Henry L. Kornsby. Vote of thanks was extended to the stewards •department for a job well done. Everything is running smoothly with no beefs and no disputed OT. DIOBST Of SIU ERNA ELIZABETH (Albatross), May 26—Chairman, Billy Brewer; Secretary, Denis Broduer; Ship's Delegate, Billy Brewer; Deck Dele­ gate, C. W. Gabriel; Engine Dele­ gate, Michael Fritch; Stewards' Del­ egate. Wnlte'- Cutter, Dieputed OT in engine and steward department. ELIZABETHPORT (Sea-Land). June 3—Chairman, J. A. Rusheed; Secretary, W. Thompson; Ship's Del­ egate, J. A. Rusheed; Deck Delegate, R. C. Hanson; Stewards' Delegate, A. L. LaMorthep. $19.00 in ship's fund. Disputed OT in engine depart­ ment. Crew complaining about non­ delivery of mail by Sea-Land. HALAULA VICTORY (Alcoa>, March 2—Chairman, Pat Ryan; Sec­ retary, William S. Sfearp; Ship's Del• egate, Frank Rodriguez, Jr.; Deck Delegate, Frank Rodriguez, Jr.; En­ gine Delegate, Steve E. Cruz; Stew­ ard Delegate, Frank Rakas, Jr. No beefs were reported by department delegates. ' OVERSEAS EVA (Maritime Over-., seas), June 16—Chairman, None; Secretary, Fred Sullins; Ship's Dele­ gate, R. Carbone; Deck Delegate, Sterling B. Anderson; Engine Deler gate, Robert S. Casslow, Stewards' Delegate, Frank Hills. $35.00 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported by" department delegates. Vote of thanks was extended to the entire crew. MIDLAKE (American Bulk), May 4—Chairman, Albert R. Wills; Sec­ retary, Timothy Gallagher; Ship's Delegate, Albert R. Wills; Deck Del­ egate, O. C. Harris; Engine Dele­ gate, P. A. Lee; Stewards'Delegate, Victory T. Bonura. No beefs wete reported by department delegates. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward. department for a job well done. MEETINGS DEL MUNDO (Delta), May 29— Chairman, Woodrow W. Perkins; Secretary, Vincent J. Fitzgerald; Ship's Delegate, Willie G. Barron; Deck Delegate, Benny Brunson; En­ gine Delegate, A. S. Dry; Stewards' Delegate, Freddie Batista. No beefs were reported by department dele­ gates. DEL MUNDO (Delta), May 1— Chairman, James N. Bales; Secre­ tary, Vincent J. Fitzgerald; Deck Delegate, B. Brunson; Engine Deleate, A, .S, Dry; Stewards' Delegate, reddie Batista. No beefs and no disputed OT, f FAIRLAND (Sea-Land), Juno IfrC.hairman, Robert R. Mortensen; Secretary, R. W. Hodges; Ships Delegate, Robert R. Mortensen; En­ gine Delegate, Steven J. Beckley. No beefs were reported by department delegates. BROOKLYN' (Sea-Land), May 18 —Chairman; F. Gaspajr; Secretary, Bill Campbell; Ship\ Delegate, F. Caspar; Deck Delegate, Jose D. Bonefont: Engine Delegate, H. C. Momack; Stewards' Delegate, Jose N. Castro. No beefs were reported by department delegrates. Motion was made that the next contract be brought under a modified version, of the tank agreement especially as to wages, since these ships, in many cases, have less time in port than some tankers. Discussion held re­ garding pension plan. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward depart­ ment for a job well done. OVERSEAS TRAVELER (Marlthne Overseas), March 27-^Chajrrnan, Ivan Anderson; Secrotery, *. Corcoran; Deck Delegate, J. Waller; Engine Delegate; F. Clap ban; Stew­ ards Delegate, . C. Campbell, Jr. SPITFIRE (General Cargo), June 8—Chairman, Marlon Beaching; Sec­ retary, Phil Reyes; Ship's Delegate, John D. Moore; Deck Delegate, Hen­ ry O. Jette; Engine' Delegate, Jack B. Davis; Stewards' Delegate, Amie R. Glasscock. Crewmembers were urged to fill out pension question­ naire. "The steward thanked the crew for their co-operation, and for be­ ing a good bunch of SIU men. De­ partment delegates reported that everything is running smoothly. TAMARA GUTLDEN (Transport Commercial), June 29—Chairman, Kenneth Gahagan; Secretary, Charles W. Pelen; Ship's Delegate, Edward J. Rogg; Deck Delegate, Al­ bert S. Coles; Stewards Delegate, Edward Dale. Vote of thanks was voted to Brother William K. Kerwin, former ship's delegate, for a job well done. Thanks also extend­ ed to the steward department for a job well done. Ship's fund, $6.10. Movie fund, $626.00. No beefs were reported by department delegates. MISSOURI (Ogden Marine), April 26—Chairman, Paul Smith; Secre­ tary, W. S. Rudd; Ship's Delegate, W. S. Rudd; Deck Delegate, Ernest Kolenowsky; Engine Delegate, Sid­ ney Sokoiie; Stewards Delegate, Charles A. Darrough. No beefs were reported. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. MOBILIAN (Waterman), June 29 —Chairman, John J. DeCulty; Sec­ retary, Richard Buie. Motion was made that all companies shall be required to have clothes driers on all ships. Discussion held regard­ ing shortage of ship's stores. Some disputed OT in steward department to be taken up -vith boarding patrol­ man. STEEL SCIENTIST (Isthmian), June 8—Chairman, Wm. Harrell; Secretary, P. S. Omega; Deck Dele­ gate, James W. Edson; Engine Dele­ gate, Lloyd A. Taylor; Stewards Delegate, F. S. Omega. Few hours disputed OT in deck department. $20.00 in ship's fund. DE SOTO (Waterman), May 23—, Chairman, Leo Bruce; Secretary, J. F. Castronover. No beefs and no,, disputed OT. Everything is O.K^ Brother Leo Bruce was asked, and agreed, to remain as ship's delegate.-: DE SOTO (Water.man), June 26— Chairman, Wm. Valazquez; Secre­ tary, J. P. Castronover; Ships Deki gate, William Valazquez; Deck Delegate, H. L. Meacham; Engine Delegate, Stewards Delegate, John Wright. Discussion held regarding pension plan. JEFFERSON CITY VICTORY (Victory Carriers), June 19—Chair­ man, "T. Lynch; Secretary, Hector M. Torres; Ship's Delegate, T.. Lynch; Deck Delegate, Tim Cath­ erine; Engine Delegate, I-ester A. • Borques; Steward Delegate, Wil­ liam' Datsho. Some disputed OT in deck and engine departments. Gen­ eral discussion held regarding re­ pairs. DEL MAE (Delta) , June 22—^ Jucker; Secre­ Chairman, -James L. T tary, Darrell G. Chafln; Ship's Dele­ gate, Ramon R. Roque; Deck Deleiate James L. Tucker; Stewards Delegate, R. R. Roque. No beefs were reported by department dele­ gates. Vote of thanks was extended to Brother Roque for a job well done. NOTICE TO ALL PECOS (Ogden Marine), June 1— Chairman, R. Principe; Secretary, T. Cara; Ship's Delegate, David H. Ikirt; Deck Delegate, Donald E. Smith; Engine Delegate, George Horpes. $27.00 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported by department delegates. SHIP CHAIRMEN SHIP SECRETARIES DEPARTMENT DELEGATES •ice), April 21—Chairman, Jan^ L. ; •Danzey; Secretary, C. Demer; Ship s ; ^Delegate, James L. Danzey. No beefs ? 'teported by department delegates. . Very smooth trip, enjoyed by all. Seafarers on SIU ships around the world would like to have your crew share their experiences with them. You can do this by sending in any newsworthy, in­ teresting or humorous experience of members of the crew which can be published in the Seafarers LOG. Pictures are also wanted. Have your shipboard pho­ tographer snap some photos of the crew at work or relaxing ashore and send them to the LOG. (Be sure the photos ore sharp and clear, and that everyone is identified by name and rating.) r COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Sery-^ CANTON VICTORY (Columbia), j llune 21—Chairman, R. Mills; Secre- | •tary, J. Savold; Ship's Delegate, ^ ^David J. Barry; Deck Delegate, M. | F. Kramer; Stewards' Delegate, John I Savold. No heefs and no disputed 5 OT. . OAKLAND (Sea-Land Service), May 28—Chairman, Charles J. Mehl; •Secretary, J. J. Doyle; Ship's Dele­ gate, Charles J. Mehl; Stewards' .'Delegate, B. P. Burke. Discussion Iheld regarding retirement plan. ; Complaints about cooling and heatflng system to be brought to the atftention of the patrolman. $145.00 in -.movie fund,- �V August, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Twenty Seven Hi J r 1 f , « Anthony Notturno, AB, was by department delegates. A dis­ elected ship's delegate on the cussion was also held on the Lafayette (Wa­ pension plan. A request was terman). At a made that the crewmembers meeting held keep the messhall and recreation abroad the La­ room clean at night. fayette while the ship was on the run to Saigon, Aboard the Iberville (Water­ Meeting Chair­ man) a full discussion was held man F. J. Jtrimon the new Jolmson son cautioned all wages and OT crewmembers to be especially provisions nego­ careful on the trip up the Saigon tiated by the Un­ River. He reminded the crew ion and the en­ that the vessel had been hit by tire crew was enemy shore batteries on its last very proud of trip, and that it was only by luck the increases. Kilgore that no Seafarer had been hurt. Meeting Secre­ Meeting Secretary Rkhud Du- tary W. L. Kilgore reports. At pre reported that there has been the meeting, which was chaired great improvement in the stew­ by John Cisiecki, Floyd Hunard department, and that the gate was elected new ship's crew gave the galley crew a vote delegate. It was decided to set of thanks for doing an excellent up an arrival pool to help the job. ship's fund. The men were asked to remove their clothing from the laundry as soon as The crew aboard the Robin possible after they were dry be­ Trent (Moore McCormack) has cause of space limitations. The held an election ship is headed for Yokohama for delegates, re­ and will pay off in San Francis­ ports C. J. Hall, co. meeting secre­ tary. Those elec­ ted were Frank Meeting Secretary Ben Shore Parsons, deck reports from the Ericson (Crest delegate; Claude Overseas) that D. Berry, engine the crew has set delegate, Alva up a committee Rubish R. B^ey, stew­ which met with ard delegate and Philip Rubish, the captain, ship's delegate. Daniel Carey together with was re-elected ship's treasurer Ship's Delegate and promptly reported $8.70 Ronald A. Law­ Greaux in the ship's fund. There was a rence, to discuss discussion on the new agree­ the crew's beefs prior to sailing. ment. A motion was made Seven items were brought up and seconded to have the ice­ and all were resolved. This cube machine moved into the points to the necessity of bring­ butchershop and that refrigera­ ing beefs to the ship's delegate. tors be furnish all mess halls. The ship sailed from Oakland It was also moved that the mess- bound for Hawaii next. There halls be air-conditioned and that is still some doubt as to whether the more comfortable passenger it will then make for Seattle or quarters be used for the crew. go on to the Far East. The LOG All members were present at supplement on the wage in­ the meeting, which was chaired crease was read and discussed. by Fcrlton J. Mears. A motion was made by Louis F. Greaux and seconded by Al­ fredo G. Lopez to acquire an ice-making machine and a water Meeting Secretary M. L. cooler for the engine room and Lcacbe aboard the Jeff Davis topside. New mattresses have (Waterman) re­ been received. There was a dis­ ports that the cussion on the TV set which ship is headed for was bought during the last trip. Midway Island It was decided to sell it and put with two mem­ the money into the ship's fund. bers of the crew needing medical a 11 e n t i o n— a wiper who was Eddie Bonefont was meet­ injured in the ing chairman aboard the New­ Leacbe engine room and ark (Sea-Land) one messman who has an un­ as the ship known illness. Lack of mail headed for the service by the company has Port of Balti­ been the subject of complaints more on the way to the Union. The men dis­ to San Juan. cussed the new raise in pay and Deck Delegate overtime. Ship's delegate Louis C. W. Maynard Maynard W. Cartwrighf, who chaired the reported that the meeting, reported everything crew's washing machine is out was OK. No beefs were reported of order and that he had re- ported to the chief engineer but was told no parts are available for repair. They will try to straighten the matter out in Baltimore. Meeting Secretary Ralph Hernandez reports a dis­ cussion on transportation in San Juan. The crew feels something must be done, since the trans­ portation situation at Puerto Nuevo is getting worse. The steward will try to get a hot plate installed in the crew mess to save the messman so many trips to the galley. No beefs were reported from the depart­ ment delegates. <|> Ship's Delegate Jesse S. Lewis reports from the Columbia Eagle (Columbia) that the captain has agreed to recog­ nize aU sections of the new SIU contract. The men were in­ formed of the McCloskey new meeting procedures and a meeting will be held each Sun­ day. A motion was made by W. Holland and seconded by Vin­ cent McCloskey to ask the Un­ ion to supply sports equipment for the crew's exercise needs. A discussion was held on the im­ portance of safety and Mc­ Closkey was elected safety dele­ gate with instructions to check and report on all safety hazards and have them corrected. A vote of thanks was given McCloskey for a fine job as ship's delegate on previous voyages. There is $20 in the ship's fund. No beefs were, reported from the depart­ ment delegates. —— R. J. Barker, meeting secre­ tary, reports that the captain of the Los Angeles (Sea-Land) had passed the word that it had been a very pleasant trip thanks to a very good crew. Ship's Delegate Waymon R. Lee Lee advised the men that all beefs should be brought to him to take up with the boarding patrolman. He also ad­ vised all hands to be present for the payoff. John Chermeslno, meeting chairman, was elected ship's treasurer. The ship's fund now totals $6. Outside of some disputed OT in the engine de­ partment, everything is running smoothly. A discussion was held on motions for earlier retirement and also on duties of electricians aboard containerships. A motion was made to have the company install automatic washers and dryers. The steward department received a vote of thanks for a job well done. Ship's Delegate Lee was thanked for the efficient handling of his job. The Seafarers aboard the After a discussion on the new contract provisions the crew Delta Brasil (Delta) voted to ac­ aboard the Yel­ cept the new lowstone (Ogden contract as it Marine) voted was presented to 100 percent in them, with one favor of the pro­ exception. Meet­ posals at meeting ing Secretary attended by all Willie Braggs hands. Meeting reports. The dis­ agreement was Rendueles Chairman Manu­ Braggs el A. Rendueles, on officers for who also acted as meeting sec­ ship's meetings. A motion was retary, reports that the contract made by A1 Saxon and sec­ supplement was posted for all to read. A motion was made favor­ onded by V. W. Bryant that ing a Straight pension based on these be elected by the crew. 25 years paying dues with 15 Ship's Delegate Mike Dunn, years sea time regardless of age who presided at the meeting, or disability. It was decided to conveys the appreciation of see the captain about changing all to H. Fisher for sending a supper time to 4 p.m.-5 p.m. copy of the new contract to the while in port so that the men can ship. Mike says the captain told have time ashore before curfew him that this was one of the best trips he has ever made. One begins at 11 P.M. man was left in Fortaleza. Out­ —— side of a few hours of disputed Aboard the Lafayette (Water­ OT in the deck department, no man), Ship's Reporter Larkin C. beefs were reported. The meet­ jr Smith reports an ing, which was attended by all f exceptionally the members, voted to have an good crew. Bos'n awning put up aft of the ship. Don Hartman is The patrolman will be asked to missed but was check the food supply and replaced by vet­ working gear. A vote of thanks eran Joe E. Lu- was given the steward depart­ jan. Warren E. ment with special commenda­ Barr, dayman, tion to the crew messman. Rushing plans to do some fishing in Canada after this trip. ^1. John Houiigan, the smiling Crew quarters came in for Irishman from New York, is back aboard this trip and Red extensive discussion by Seafar­ ers aboard the Evans and E. Sam Muse are Trenton (Seanewcomers in the engine depart­ Land), John ment. The new ship's delegate, Owen, meeting Billy Kubecka, is doing a top secretary says. class SIU job. New Chief Cook A written reso­ E. J. "Joe" Rushing, former lution made by chef at the Roosevelt Hotel in Owen and sec­ Seattle, is running the galley and onded by C. F. J. "Whitey" Johnson is stew­ Owen Czeslowskl was ard. Everybody is happy with the chow. As the engineers, adopted suggesting that the SIU mates, even Sparks and the gang form a panel to check new and conversion ship plans of con­ say, "She's a feeder." tracted companies to make sure <|> that individual rooms are pro­ Illness has been dogging the vided for each crew member. Overseas Ulla (Maritime Over­ Ship's Delegate Tom Delaney seas), Meeting says he will investigate the nonSecretary Harold receipt of LOGS and headquar­ P. Du Cloux re­ ters communications while in ports. One man Cam Ranh Bay. A dollar draw who was sick beef will be taken up with the paid off in Hono­ new captain at payoff, which is lulu. An injured expected to be in San Francisco. ^ wiper was paid The radio officer is trying to get off in Beaumont an instruction sheet for the crew and a replace­ recreation room radio. A lodg­ ment was hired in Panama. A ing claim for the previous voy­ third man is also ill, but still age was invalidated because the aboard. Deck Delegate Stephen condition was not reported to H. Fulford reports 40 hours dis­ the captain or chief engineer puted OT. TTiere is also some for correction at the time of disputed OT in the engine de­ occurrence and a memo on this partment, Delegate Raymond has been posted in the recrea­ Gorju reports. Provision has tion room for the benefit of the been made for men to switch Seafarers. Faatagl Palega will watches. The relieving man must act as ship's treasurer. He will sign a paper with the chief mate. collect one dollar donations An insufficient slop chest was from the crew, keeping a record also noted. The Overseas Ulla and issuing receipts. The meet­ has called at Subic Bay and ing, over which Dan Butts pre­ Yokohama and is due at Balboa, sided, was held en route from Cam Ranh Bay to Kobe. Canal Zone by mid-August. �Page Twenty Eight Tom Rowe Pat Ramsey asks that you get in touch with her c/o Therea Gritfin, College View, St. Mary's Road, Cork City, Ireland, fore August 14. After that date, she will be at 14212 S.E. Fair Oaks Avenue, Milwaukie, Ore­ gon. ^ John W. Cade Please contact your wife, Mrs. Sharon Ann Cade, 309 Georgia Ave., Apt. 5, Mobile, Alabama 36605, as soon as possible. Albert Robert Packert Please get in touch with your mother, Mrs. Jennie Packert, 3332 Nostrand Ave., Brooklyn, New York 11229, as soon'as possible. SEAFARERS Guy F. Plabn Please contact your wife as soon as possible at 5903 Dauphine Street, New Orleans, Louisiana. Robert Bruce Foote Please contact Miss Diana Neilson, 14423 58th Avenue South, Tukwila, Washington 98067, regarding your son. ki Jack £. Gervals Please contact your mother as soon as possible. Her address is P.O. Box 25, Hubert, North Carolina 28539. WiUiam J. Bowles Please contact your sister, Mrs. Sam H. Ray as soon as possible. Her address is 147 Howie, San Antonio, Texas 78223. <I> Walter Ammann Please contact Thomas M. Geisness, Vance, Davies, Rob­ erts & Bettis, Attorneys, 1411 Fourth Avenue Building, Seat­ tle, Washington 98101, as soon as possible. ^ Wayne M. Napier Please get in touch with your mother, Mrs. Grace M. Napier, 1013 Fair Park Boulevard, Little Rock, Arkansas, as soon as possible. Francis D. Wall Please contact your sister, Mrs. Margaret F. Koster, 310 Hibiscus Drive, Deerfield Beach, Florida 33441, as soon as pos­ sible. SEAFABEBS^I.OG August 1969 • Vol. XXXI, No. 10 Official Publication of the Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO Executive Board PAUL HALL, President CAL TANNER EARL SHEPARD Exec. Viee-Pret. Vice-President AL KERR LINDSEY WILLIAMS Sec.-Treos. Vice-President AL TANNER ROBERT MATTHEWS Vice-President Vice-President Editor HARRY WITTSCHEN Assistant Editors WILL KARP CHARLES SVENSON FRANK MARGIOTTA AL COHEN MARIETTA CRISCI Staff Photographer ANTHONY ANSALDI Psbllihsd monthly at 810 Rhsdt Island Annas M.E., Washlncton, D. C. 20O18 by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Golf, Lakes and Inland Waters Dlitrlct, AFL-CIO, C75 Faarth Annao, Brooklyn, H.Y, 11232. Tol. HVulntb 9-6600. Second elasi postals paid at Waihlnptone, D. C. POSTMASTER'S ATTENTION: Form 3579 aarde ehoali ko tent to Seafareri Intematlaaal Union, Atlantla, Galf, Lakes and Inland Waters Dlitrlet, AFL-CIO, 675 Foartb Annao, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. Kenneth Callalian Please call Louise or Corrie as soon as possible in regard to an urgent family matter. Call Collect. Peter Buscarons Please contact your grand­ daughter, Judy McMann, at 1753 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans, Louisiana. Phone: 5230794 as soon as possible regard­ ing an urgent matter. Kenyon Parks Mr. Robert Ellis Gardiner, 1218 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 would like you to contact him. i James F. Gladm Your wife, Rita, asks that you get in touch with her as soon as possible. The address is 423 Glenmore, Baton Rouge, Loui­ siana 70806. Ralph M. Bartlett, Jr. Please contact your parents at 2705 Seymour Avenue, Cleve­ land, Ohio 44113, as soon as you possibly can. August, 1969 LOG ROBIN TRENT (Moore - McCor"mack), June 23—Chairman, F. J. Mears; Secretary, C. J. Nail; Ship's Delegate, Philip Ruhish; Deck Dele­ gate, Frank Parsons; Engine Dele­ gate, Claude D. Berry; Stewards Delegate, Alva R. Baley. $8.70 in ship's treasury. No beefs reported by department delegates. SUMMIT (Sea-Land), June 22— Chairman, Walter Gustavson; Sec­ retary, William Seltzer; Engine Delegate, Rafael Matos; Stewards Delegate, Wm. A. Hamlin, Jr. Dis­ cussion held regarding repair of washing machine. Few hours dis­ puted OT in deck department. STEEL SEAFARER (Isthmian), June 22—Chairman, Roy Guild; Sec­ retary, Ira C. Brown; Ship's Dele­ gate, E. F. Morales; Deck Delegate, Howard Faulkiner; Engine Dele­ gate, Alva B. Burton; Stewards Delegate, Armando B. Vidal. Dis­ cussion held regarding new con­ tract. Crew concur unanimously. No beefs. Everything running smoothly. COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Serv­ ice), June 21—Chairman, J. L. Danzey; Secretary, C. Demers. Ship's delegate reported that everything is running smoothly with no beefs and no disputed OT. Discussion held regarding pension plan. Discussion held regarding repairs that wore not completed. YAKA (Waterman), June 22— Chairman, Walter Sibley; Secretary, C. DeJesus. New contract was read and discussed. No beefs were re­ ported by department delegates. JEFF DAVIS (Waterman), June 22—Chairman, L. W. Cartwright; Secretary, M. L. Leache; Ship's Delegate, L. W. Cartwright; Deck Delegate, Calvin D. Morris; Engine Delegate, H. H. Johnson; Stewards Delegate, George Putan. Discussion held regarding pension plan, and new raise in pay and OT. No beefs reported by department delegates. DIGEST of SItJ SHIP MEETTNTGS OVERSEAS SUZANNE (Maritime Overseas), June 23—Chairman, Jo­ seph A. Stevens; Ship's Delegate, Herbert Archer; Deck Delegate, Thomas Reiss; Engine Delegate, T. A. Stubbs, Jr.; Stewards Delegate, Joseph A. Stevens. Some disputed OT in deck and engine departments. LINFIELD VICTORY (Alcoa), June 22—Chairman, Walter F. Wal­ lace; Secretary, Ernest M. Bryant. Last trip's repair list turned over to Earl J. DeAngelo, new ship's delegate. Everything running smoothly, no beefs. \ TRANSGLOBE (Hudson Water­ ways), July 4—Chairman, A. Ander­ sen; Secretary, T. Conway. F. Van Dusen elected ship's delegate. New port hole screens and scoops to be ordered. Next port, Danang. TRANSMALAYA (Hudson Water­ ways), July 7—Chairman, Charles Wyatt; Secretary, Charles Boyle. Chief cook reports that lock was found sawed off dry storeroom in Pusan. Steward department stores will be picked up in Singapore. Vote of thanks to new steward and chief cook for putting department on even keel. FAIRPORT (Waterman) July 6— Chairman, George H. Bryant; Sec­ retary, E. H. Jackson. Disputed OT in deck and engine departments. Vote of thanks to galley force and steward on menu and fine cooking. ERICSON (Crest Overseas), July 6—Chairman, Bill Butts; Secretary, Ben Shore. Committee settled crew's beefs with captain prior to sailing. LOG Supplement on new wage in­ crease read to Seafarers. New icemaking machine and water cooler to be acquired. RICE VICTORY (Victory Car­ riers), July 6—Chairman, John W. Alstatt; Secretary, Johnny W. Givens. Ben D. Buck elected new ship's delegate. No disputed OT. New range top needed for oil stove. Bos'n suggests that chief steward be present at chow times to check that everything goes well. SIU ARRIVAL Quetsy Fllippetd, bom April 16, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Alberto Filippetti, Baltimore, Md. <I> Vanessa Tousset, bom May 6, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Gerineldo Tousset, Philadel­ phia, Pa. —- Dana Frazier, bom March 6, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Thomas E, Frazier, Elkton, Va, <I> Karen Cheng, bom June 18, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ed­ die Cheng, San Francisco, Calif. d/ Joy Rennee Kelley, bom Jan­ uary 13, 1966, to Seafarer and )4rs. Bob Kelley, Port Neches, Texas. Thomas Ellis, born May 21, 969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Thomas G. Ellis, Vidor, Texas. Steven Denais, bom March 21, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. ledley J. Denais, Maurice, La. Christopher McClellan, born March 25, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Byron M. McClellan, Frankfort, Mich. kj> James McCaD, Jr., bom to Seafarer and Mrs. James R. McCall, West New York, N.J. df Christopher Smith, born April 20, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. James W. Smith, Picayune, Miss. kt Joel Courville, born May 15, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jo­ seph H. Courville, Groves, Texas. — d^ — Jaynine Coleman, bom May 22, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Edward L. Coleman, Theodore, Ala. Cassle Carter, born May 25, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Cassle B. Carter, Elizabeth, N.J. —^3/— Doris M. Salem, bom May 30, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Alfred Salem, Houston, Texas. Monica Devine, born June 13, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Paul A. Devine, Jr., Galveston, Texas. ^ — d/ — d/ Gary Zubovich, bom March 23, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Michael Zobovich, Houston, Texas. —d/— Christopher Smith, born No­ vember 1, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. R. E. Smith, Boaz, Ala. James Worth, bom June 11, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Gor­ don V. Worth, Jr., Lachine, Mich. Sarah Hawkes, born April 14, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Douglas E. Hawkes, Brighton, Mass. d^ Jude Ann Auerswald, born June 25, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Frank H. Auerswald, Deptford, N.J. Lauren Pedersen, bom May 6, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Otto Pedersen, Pass Christian, Miss. d/ Angelique Williams, born Febmary 5, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Willie Williams, Jr., Mobile, Ala. df Carmen Schwall, born May 21, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Michael H. Schwall, San An­ tonio, Texas. —^d^ Ar^l Manuel Salcedo, bom May 6, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Manuel Salcedo, Santa Juapita, Bayamonj iP. R. df i William Perez, bom June 4, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jose D. Perez, New York, N.Y. DarreU Roberson, born Oc­ tober 12, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. J. C. Roberson, New Or­ leans, La. Keith Southard, bom May 30, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. William P. Southard, Philadel­ phia, Pa. -—df Amy Rowland, born June 2, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jack Rowland, Houston, Texas. Ronald Packer, Jr., bom Feb­ ruary 27, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ronald Packer, Mobile, Ala. Lisa Johnson, bom April 4, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Hazel Johnson, Wilmington, Delaware. �SEAFARERS Augu8t, 1969 John Capps, 68: Brother Arthur Mattson, 53: Seafarer Mattson died of a heart attack Capps last served on the Transhuron. He joined ' April 22 at his the SIU in Gal­ home in Seattle. veston, Texas, in Born in Ash­ 1947. AnFOW land, Wisconsin, in the engine de­ he had lived for partment, Seamany years in farer Capps was Seattle, Brother ^ born in KenMattson had • V tucky and made been sailing for his home in Galveston with his nearly 20 years as FOWT and wife, Stella. Brother Capps died deck engineer and joined the on May 13 in St. George's Hos­ SIU in Seattle. His last vessel pital, Hamilton, Bermuda, was the La Salle. Brother Matt­ where he had been taken after son is survived by a sister, Mrs. becoming ill while aboard ship. Florence PearcCi Burial services During World War II, he served were held at Mt. Pleasant Cem­ in the Navy from 1943 until etery in Seattle. 1945. ^ h ^ '•8 ;^ Odis Davenport, 50: Brother Davenport passed away Janu­ ary 26 at Mo­ bile General Hospital in Mo­ bile, Alabama. A native of Mis­ sissippi, he had lived in Prichard, Alabama, while he was on the beach. Brother Davenport began sailing in 1943, and joined the SIU the same year in the Port of Mobile. Rated FOWT, his last vessel was the Madaket. Brother Davenport is survived by a sister, Mrs. Aline Glass. Burial was at Shadowland Cemetery in Prichard. Norman De Lapouyade, Sr., 60: Brother De Lapouyade, who sailed in the deck depart­ ment as AB, died May 9 at the USPHS Hos­ pital in New Or­ leans. Joining , the SIU in the Port of New Or­ leans in 1962, he last served aboard the Delta Argentina. He was a native of New Orleans where he continued to make his home with his wife, Frances. Brother De Lapouyade was buried in the Crescent City at Greenwood Cemetery. I' ^ '4 r Iv Billie Koontz, 43: An AB in the deck department. Brother Koontz had been a member of the Union since 1951 when he joined in the port of Baltimore. He died suddenly on May 30 in Hous­ ton, Texas. His last ship was the Lafayette. Bom in Winston-Salem, North Caro­ lina, Seafarer Koontz made his home in Seattle, Washington. From 1943 until 1948 he served in the Navy. Survivors include his mother, Helen Elizabeth Tesh. Burial was in Rosewood Memorial Park, Houston. ^ L' !• I.; A •! I*! ^ I- I. Sixto Escobar, 65: Brother Escobar died suddenly on Jan­ uary 17 in his San Francisco home after re­ turning from a 16-day trip aboard the R. Semmes. An SIU member for 30 years, Escobar joined the Union in the port of Baltimore. A native of Curagao, West Indies, Brother Escobar lived in San Francisco with his wife and two children. He sailed as a chief steward. Burial was in Cypress Lawn Cemetery, Cal­ ifornia. Ronald Wylie, 19: Brother Wylie last shipped out on the Overseas Rose in October of 1968. He died on June 22 in Harlem Hospi­ tal, Manhattan. Wylie lived in Manhattan with his mother. Fay. Brother Wylie was a native of Brooklyn. A B.R. utilityman in the steward department. Sea­ farer Wylie joined the Union in the Port of New York in 1968. Burial was in Evergreen Ceme­ tery, Brooklyn. Nicholas Peters, 51: A pen­ sioner since 1968, Brother Pe­ ters last sailed on the Rice Vic­ tory. He sailed in the engine de­ partment as wip­ er and joined the SIU in the Port of New York. A native of West Virginia Peters lived there with his mother, Stella. Seafarer Pe­ ters died on February 12 in Fairmont, West Virginia. He served in the Navy during World War II. Burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont. Charles Catterson, 46: Broth­ er Catterson died in Martinez, California, from coronary throm­ bosis on Decem­ ber 19, 1968. An OS, he sailed in the deck de^ partment and ,. last shipped \ / aboard the Bay­ lor Victory. Seafarer Catterson was a native of Nebraska and made his home in Laton, Cali­ fornia, where he was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Laton. From 1943 until 1946 he had served in both the Army and the Navy. ^ MiUer Little, 38: A member of the Union since 1955 when he joined in the Port of New York, Brother Little was lost at sea on July 29, 1968, while serv­ ing aboard the Overseas Rose two days out of Honolulu. A search of the area by the vessel and the Coast Guard was unsuccessful in lo­ cating him. An OS in the deck department. Little was a native and lifelong resident of Ken­ tucky. He is survived by a sis­ ter. Frank McIIwam, 27: Brother PhOip Rogers, 50: A member Mcllwain died suddenly in San Francisco on of the engine department who last sailed aboard December 13, the ChUore as a 1968. A member wiper. Brother of the engine deRogers suc­ 'i partment, he last cumbed to pneu­ sailed aboard the monia at Charity Robin Gray as oiler in the sum­ Hospital in New mer of 1968. J Orleans on April Mcllwain, a native of Mobile, 20. He was a na­ Alabama, joined the SIU in the tive of Wilmington, California, Port of San Francisco in 1967. but had been making his home He served in the Navy from in New Orleans. Seafarer Ro­ 1959 until 1963. Seafarer Mc­ gers is survived by a daughter, llwain is survived by his wife, Mrs. Phyllis Anderson, and a Jonnie May, with whom he had sister Mrs. Oma Henry. He was been living in San Francisco. buried at Green Hill Memorial •\I/Burial services were at Santa Park in San Pedro, California. Rosa Memorial Park, Califor­ Edward Prltchard, 67: Sea­ nia. farer Pritchard died May 28 in Las Cruces, New Jose Rivero, 78: Brother Mexico, of heart Rivero passed away at the De Charles Little, 50: An AB in disease. He was Poo Hospital in the deck department. Brother a bos'n in the Little last sailed Key West, Flor­ deck department aboard the Antiida, on May 12. and last sailed nous. He died He had been go­ on the Overseas on April 11 in Alice in August ing to sea as a New Orleans. A of 1968. Brother member of the native of West Pritchard joined the- SIU in the steward departVirginia, Little ~ ment for 46 years Port of Tampa in 1943. At the lived in New Ortime of his death, he was m.akbefore his retire­ leans. From ment on SIU pension. His last ing his home in Baldwin Park, California, with his wife, Mary. 1936 until 1941 he served in vessel was the Florida, in 1952. Pritchard was a native of Geor­ the Navy and in 1944 he joined Bom in Spain, Seafarer Rivero gia and served in the Army the SIU in South Carolina. In had been spending his retire­ from 1942 to 1943. Burial was the greater New York harbor ment years in Key West. Broth­ in Baldwin Park Cemetery, strike of 1961, Brother Little er Rivero is survived by his wife, stood the 12 to 8 watch. Burial Antistia. Burial services were Baldwin, California. was in Grandview Cemetery, held at Key West City Ceme­ Bluefield, Virginia. tery. ^1. ^ } ' Page Twenty Nine LOG Thomas Puree!!, 57: A Sea­ farer since 1947 when he joined the Union in the PortofNew York, Brother Purcell died on February 1 in Seattle, Wash­ ington, from heart disease. Purcell was an active Union man who served the SIU on the picket line in various beefs.^ He sailed as elec­ trician in the engine department. Born in Connecticut, he was liv­ ing in Seattle at the time of death. Seafarer Purcell is sur­ vived by three sisters, two broth­ ers, and a half-brother. ^ Hemy Deacon, 68: Brother Deacon passed away on June 30 at the USPHS Hospital in Staten Island, New York. Bom in Texas, Deacon made his home in Philadelphia with his wife, Thelma. He had sailed as a cook in the steward department for many years be­ fore he retired in 1965 on an SIU pension. Seafarer Deacon joined the Union in the Port of New York and his last vessel was the Alcoa Runner. He was buried in White Chapel Garden Cemetery in Pennsylvania. <t> WaddeU Piatt, 19: Brother Piatt was lost at sea on April 1 Virgi! Schrage, 47: Brother while sailing aboard the Over­ Schrage died of a heart attack on April 5 whUe seas Anna off the serving aboard coast of For­ the Yaka as it mosa. He joined was sailing off the SIU in the the coast of PortofNew Washington York in June of state. An AB, 1968 and gradu­ Schrage made ated from the Harry Lundeberg his home in Cov­ School of Seamanship before shipping out for the first time ington, Louisiana. He was bom from San Francisco. A native in Springfield, Illinois, and of Norfolk, Virginia, Brother served in the Coast Guard dur­ Piatt continued to reside there ing World War II. A member of with his mother, Claudia. He the deck department. Seafarer was serving as an OS in the deck Schrage joined the SIU in the department of the Overseas Port of New Orleans. He is sur­ Anna at the time of his death. vived by his wife, Mary. Charles Williamson, 33: Brother Williamson was lost at sea on March 19 in the Mallaccas Straits of Indo­ nesia while sail­ ing aboard the National De­ fender. He had joined the Union in the Port of Norfolk in 1964 and had been working as an FWT in the en­ gine department. Brother Wil­ liamson was a native of East Liverpool, Ohio, and continued to make his home there with his mother. He served two hitches in the Navy from 1954 to 1962. �Page lliirty HAL AULA VICTORY (Alcoa), May 11—Chairman, F. J. Munz; Sec­ retary, W. Rust; Ship's Delegate, Frank Rodriguez, Jr.; Deck Dele­ gate, Frank Rodriguez, Jr.; Engine Delegate, P. Drevas; Stewards' Dele­ gate, W. Rust. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for a job well done. All departments running smoothly. WARRIOR (Sea-Land), May 3— Chairman, Otto Niessner; Secretary, Walter Lescovich; Ship's Delegate, Otto Niessner; Deck Delegate, Otto Niessner. Vote of thanks was ex­ tended to the ship's delegate and to the steward department for a job well done. Air-conditioning is not working. I ELDORADO (Clairship), June 2— I Chairman, Bill Hamilton; Secretary, iJohn Sanders; Ship's Delegate, C. IL. Hickenbotam; Deck Delegate, iJohn Sanders; Engine Delegate, Ed|die Jordan; Stewards' Delegate, ^Joseph Simpson. No beefs were re­ ported by department delegates. ALCOA MARINER (Alcoa), June 6—Chairman, T. Forsberg; Secreretary, R. Taylor; Ship's Delegate, P. L. Forsberg; Deck Delegate, G. C. Glennon; Engine Delegate, R. Tay­ lor, Jr.; Stewards' Delegate, Michael Darwick. Written motions and res^]olutions submitted to headquarters ^fregarding retirement after 20 years = service and increase in wages and OT. TRENTON (Sea-Land), May 18— Chairman, Barney McNally; Secretary, Dan Butts; Ship's Delegate, ^Albert N. Ringerette; Deck Delegate, -James Fuller; Engine Delejrote, Thomas Delaney; Stewards* Dele­ gate, George Elliott. No beefs were reported by department delegates. THETIS (Rye Marine), April 18— Chairman, Stefan Kadziolo; Secre­ tary, Russell L. Caruthers; Ship's Delegate, S. Eadiola; Deck Dele­ gate, William R. Baker; Stewards' Delegate, Pablo Laverre.-No beefs were reported by departineuL dele­ gates. Vote of thanks to steward de­ partment for a job well done. SEAFARERS HALCYON TIGER (Halcyon), June 1—Chairman, Harold Moody; Secretary, Roland Hebert; Ship's Delegate, Harold Moody; Deck Dele­ gate, William D. Bushing; Engine Delegate, Albert Holmes; Stewards' Delegate, G. A. Vergara. Vote of thanks was extended to Brother Moody for a job well done. Dis­ puted' OT in deck and steward de­ partments. PANAMA (Sea-Land), June 8— Chairman, R. O. Masters; Secretary, Bill Stark; Ship's Delegate, W. Tellez; Deck Delegate, John Brady; Engine Delegate, John Nauser; Ste­ wards' Delegate Ralph Q. Masters. Vote of thanks was extended to the ipartme good food and variety of menus. ROBIN EOOD (Moore-McCor. mack). May 11—Chairman, Thomas Faulkner; Secretary, Aussie Shrimp;tion; Ship's Del^ate, Thomas F.: j Faulkner; Deck Delegate, Thomas S M. Doherty; Engine Delegate, Garry ;M, Hoffman; Stewards' Delegate, 1 Mack Rice. No major beefs. Every­ thing is cunning smoothly. ROBIN SHERWOOD (Robin Line), May 26—ChairmaK, Ray Theiss; Secv retary, W. C. Sink; Ship's Delegate, Ray Theiss; Deck Delegate, Bell L. I Olson; Engine Delegate, David J. iBurke; Stewards' Delegate, Paul |Crozi. Disputed OT in engine de­ partment. |2.50 in ship's fund. Gen­ eral discussion held regarding the new agreement. No beefs were re­ ported by department delegates. COLUMBIA BARON (Columbia), Tunc 21—Chairman, A. R. Booth; ISecretary, J. P. Davis; Ship's Delegate, Walter H. Harris; Deck Dele|gate, Louis Galuska; Engine Dele' gate, David E. Davis; Stewards'; Delegate, C. Busx. Discussion held regarding new agreement. No beefs and no disputed OT. August, 1969 UNB!AIR TO LABOM DO NOT BUY J: if-'i 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.) Richman Bros, and Sewell Suits, Wing Shirts (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) ^ Gypsum Wallboard, American Gypsum Co. (United Cement Lime and Gypsum Workers International) Sdtzd-WeUer DbdDuiM "Old Fitzgerald," EDc" "Cabin Stm," W. L. Weller Bourbon whMceys (Distillery Worken) Kingsport Press "World Book," "Chfldcnifl" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) ^ Genesco Shoe Mfg. Co. Work Shoes , , , Sentry, Cedar Chest, Staffer Men's Shoes . . . Jarnian, Johnson & Murphy, Crestworth, (Root and Shoe Workers' Union) \1> HOUSTON (Sea-Land), June 4— Chairman, H. W. Ehmsen; Secretary, J. J. McHale; Ship's Delegate, L. Cevette; Deck Delegate, H. W. Ehm­ sen; Engine Delegate, S. Rodriguez; Stewards' Delegate, Victor Silva. No beefs were reported by department delegates. LOG White Furniture Co. (United Furniture Workers of America) Great Lakes SIU Meetings Detroit .... Sept 15—^2:00 p.m. Alpena .... Sept 15—7:00 p.m. Buffalo .... Sept 15—^7:00 p.m. Chicago ... Sept 15—7:30 p.m. Duluth .... Sept 15—^7:00 p.m. Frankfort . . Sept 15—^7:00 p.m. Comet Rice Mills Co. products (International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drinks and Distillery Worken) Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Section Chicago .. . Sept 16—7:30 p.m. tSauIt Ste. Marie Sept 18—7:30 p.m. Buffalo .... Sept 17—7:30 p.m. Duluth .... Sept 19—7:30 p.m. Cleveland .. Sept 19—^7:30 p.m. Toledo .... Sept 19—7:30 p.m. Detroit Sept 15—^7:30 p.m. Milwaukee Sept. 15—7:30 p.m. <|>-— Pioneer Flour Mill (United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers Local 110, San Antonio, Texas ^ Boren Clay Products Co. (United Brick and Clay Workers) ^ ^1, Atlantic Products Sports Goods (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) Jamestown Sterling Corp. (United Furniture Workers) United Industrial Workers New Orleans Sept. 16—^7:00 p.m. Mobile .... Sept 17—7:00 p.m. New York Sept 8—7:00 p.m. Philadelphia Sept 9—7:00 p.m. Baltimore . . Sept 10—^7:00 p.m. ^Houston . . Sept. 15—7:00 p.m. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Camels, Winston, Tempo, Brandon, Cavalier and Salem cigarettes (Tobacco Workers International Union) All California Table Grapes (United Farm Workers) "HIS" brand men's clothes Kaynee Boyswear, Judy Bond blouses, Hanes Knitwear, Rauda Ties, Boss Gloves, Richman SIU-AGLIWD Meetings New Orleans Sept 16—2t30 p.m. Mobile .... Sept. 17—2:30 p.m. Wilmington Sept. 22—2:00 p.m. San Fran. .. Sept 24—2:00 p.m. Seattle .... Sept 26—2:00 p.m. New York Sept 8—2:30 p.m. Philadelphia Sept 9—^2:30 p.m. Baltimore .. Sept 10—^2:30 p.m. Detroit Sept 19—2:30 p.m. Houston ... Sept 15—2:30 p.m. Magic Chef Fan Pacific Division (Stove, Furnace and Allied Appliance Workers International Union) Fisher Price Toys (Doll and Toy Workers) Economy Furniture Co. Snuthtown Maple Western Provincial Biit-Rite (Upholsterers) nNANCIAL REPORTS. The eonstitation of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The oonstitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditing ccminittee elected by the membership. All Union records are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atiantle, Gulf. Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the .tnutees 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 tnutees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights 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 7<m feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Unhm and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: Earl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place, Suite 1980, 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 aboard 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 ofllcial, 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 the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September, 1960, meetings in all constiti^ tlonal ports. The responsibility for LOG policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Elxecutive Board may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. SIU Inland Boatmen's Union New Orleans Sept 16—5:00 p.m. Mobile .... Sept 17—5:00 p.m. Philadelphia Sept 9—5:00 p.m. Baltimore (licensed and un­ licensed) Sept 10—5:00 p.m. Norfolk .. . Sept 11—5:00 p.m. Houston . . . Sept 15—5:00 p.m. Railway Marine Region Philadelphia Sept 16—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Baltimore Sept. 17—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. •Norfolk Sept 18—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Jersey City Sept 15—10 a.ni. & 8 p.m. t Meeting: held at Labor Temple, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. • Meeting held at Labor Temple. New­ port News, t Meeting held at Galveston wharves. SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers PRESIDENT Paul Hsil EXECUTIVE VICE PRUIDENT Cat Tannar Earl Shapard At Tannar VICE PRESIDENTS Llsdiay Wllllami Robarf MaHhawi SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Karr HEADQUARTERS 471 4lh Ava. lUm. (212) MY »-4iOO ALPENA. MICH 400 N. Saeond Ava. (517) EL 4-1414 lALTIMORE, Md III4 E. lalllmora St. (101) EA 7-4fOO BOSTON, Mail 441 Atlantic Avanua (417) 482.4714 iUFFALO, N.Y 711 WaihlRalep St. SIU (714) TL S-t2St IBU (714) TL l-t2St CHICAeO, III TM Ewla« Ava. SIU (112) SA 1-0711 IBU (112) ES 5.tS70 CLEVELAND. Ohio 1420 W. 2Etb St. (214) MA I-S4S0 DETROIT, Mich 10211 W. Jaffanan Ava. (Ill) VI 1-4741 DULUTH. Minn 2014 W. Ird St. (210) RA 2-4110 FRANKFORT. Mich P.O. lai 207 4IS Main St. (414) EL 7-2441 HOUSTON. Tan 0004 Canal St. (713) WA 0-3207 JACKSONVILLE. Fla 2100 Paarl St. (t04) EL 3-0n7 JERSEY CITY. N.J W Montqomery St. (201) HE 5-V424 MOBILE. Ala I Soyth Lawranca St. (205) HE 2-i7S4 NEW ORLEANS. La 410 Jaekion Ava. (504) 52?-7544 NORFOLK. Ya MB Ird St, (703) t22-IOT2 PHILADELPHIA. Pa 2404 S. 4!li St. (215) DE 4.3011 PORT ARTHUR. Tan 1140 Savanth St. SAN FRANCISCO. Calif.. ISO Fraamant St. (415) DO 2-4401 SANTURCE. P.R 1111 Farnandai Juneei Stop 20 724-2048 SEAHLE. Waih liflO FInt Avaiiya (204) MA 1-4334 ST. LOUIS. Mo 4577 Gravoii Blvd. (314) CE 1-1434 TAMPA. Fla 112 Harrlion St. (013) 22T-2700 TOLEDO. Ohio 735 Summit St. (4l») 248-3471 WILMINGTON. Cailfy 450 Saailda Ava Tarminal Island. Calif. (213) 032-7205 YOKOHAMA. Japan. . Iiava Mdo.. Room 001 1-2 Kalgonlorl-Nakaku 2014771 fat. 201 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. Undw no circunwtences should any member pay any money for any reason unless be is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publbhes every six months in the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitution. In addition, copies are available in all Union balls. All members should obtain copiea of this constitution so as to familiarice themselves with its contents. Any time y:m feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional rtebt or obli­ gation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all cAher details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing diMbility-pmsion be­ fits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, including attend­ ance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU members at ^ese Union mmtings, they are encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file functions. In­ cluding service m rank-and-file committeee. Because the^ oldtimm cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union pol­ icy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in mployment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU eonstitation and in the contracts which the Union baa neg^iat^ with the employers. Conse­ quently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of ra«», creed, »lor, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which be b entiUed, he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the bsalc rights of Seafarers b the right to pursue leglsbtlve and political objectives which will serve the best interrats of themselvra, their famUies and thdr Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was establbhed. Donations to SPAD are entirely voluntary and constitute the funds through which legblative and political activities are conducted for the benefit of the membership and the Union. If St any tine a Sesfarer feds that any of the above rights have been vldated, or that he has bran denied hb constttntlonal right of access to Union records or inroraatton, he shonld iaaodiately notify SIU Preeident Pan! Hall at hcadqnartara by eertiflcd mall, return receipt requested. * ^I ""•J �August, 1969 I A T lb DOUBTFUL whether there are many Sea­ farers still alive today who can recall the old ^ sailing vessels, or know the difference between a schooner, a brig or a bark from first hand experience. . And there are probably fewer still who can recollect the uses of raffee top-sails, square rigs or flying jibs. They belong in another era. Glamorous as it may seem to some of us today, work aboard a beautiful, sail-loaded windjammer was . full of hardships and danger. The handling of sail aloft was always a perilous task, especially in heavy seas. The hardy men who sailed those glorious hulls into the sun were continually pitted against the quirks of the weather at the risk of their lives. And many lives were lost, as many ships went down—^more than half of those that left the ways. But they did have their day in the sun, however, and what a glorious day it was! For a period of almost 70 years, the West Coast carried the bulk of its commerce under sail. It was the time of the American pioneer, the opening of the West, and the sea lanes were the only lifeline in an age before the first railroads chugged their way across the continent. Along about the middle of the 19th Century, the discovery of gold in California acted as a magnet to thousands of speculators and others from the East who were eager for a new chance at life in the great West, and veiling to brave many dangers encountered en route. Many of them travelled aboard the clipper ships—which had reached a high stage of development in the East—on the long voyage around Cape Horn to the promising shores of the Pacific. Wherever there is a need, men rise to fill it. And so it was that master shipbuilders from New England soon gravitated to the West Coast to establish small shipyards alongside the lumber mills which appeared almost overnight along the shores where the tall tim­ ber stood. Applying their knowledge and skill with the most meager collection of tools, these artisans managed to turn out some of the finest coastal and offshore wind­ jammers ever seen anywhere. Timbers were shaped almost where they were felled. Experience led these early builders to develop barks, •» barkentines, brigs, brigantines and full-rigged ships. The two-masted brig led to the finest examples of the West Coast shipbuilders' art—the four-masted and J five-masted schooner. The schooner was not only a beauty to behold, it was a practical development which combined the ut­ most in marine engineering of the time with fine design. She carried sail which could take the fullest advantage • of prevalent inshore and offshore winds and was able > to maneuver in tight spots or fast-ehanging weather with a small crew. Lumber was the prime cargo for which these ships were built—lumber for the homes and buildings of the West Coast cities which sprang up rapidly and grew like magic. The gold prospectors brought with them the school teachers, the millwrights, the pants makers, the sailors and—eventually—the ranchers and farmers. All needed homes and mills and factories where goods could be made as well as shops, saloons and drug stores. San Francisco, with its natural harbor, quite natural­ ly became the big port. The brig and the schooner brought lumber from the Pacific Northwest to Frisco and returned north with general stores and supplies. As trade demands grew, the ships expanded their routes, sailing to Hawaii for sugar, to the South Sea islands for copra. They even carried lumber to the Antipodes. SEAFARERS LOG The early coast-wise tradelanes were well travelled from British Columbia and Puget Sound—even from as far north as Alaska—to San Francisco. Salmon and cod were loaded in Alaska, and coal came from Canada and Sie Puget Sound. The hardy mariners who plied these routes relied entirely on the wind, a simple compass, a sextant and the stars. Even the charts were sketchy, often filled in through the day-to-day experiences of the venture­ some masters of these vessels who charted the best course as they went. Basil Knauth, former editor of the San Francisco Maritime Museum Sea Letter, graphically described what it was like for the men who sailed the windjam­ mers of the time: "Now—about crossing the bar, those fearsome shoals that built up and choked the entrance to the rivers and lumber ports along the coast—^Humboldt Bay, Umpqua, Coos Bay, Noyo, Coquille, Willapa, Grays Harbor and the Columbia. "Remember you are on^ lee shore in command of a three-masted schooner that has been at sea for a couple of weeks. You have been unable to get a good sight for the last few days. You have no power except your sails. The coast is likely rock-bound. There is a buoy —somewhere, and a lighthouse—somewhere. Your vessel, which was designed to carry cargo, is light and unwieldy because you have not much to bring from San Diego (West Coast schooners scorned ballast); maybe a piano and supplies for the mill town and log­ ging camps. Flower Girl chewing tobacco, Russian Salve, Snowflake Lard, Kennedy's Medical Discovery, hoarhounds for the children, Noyo axes, blanket-lined canvas coats, etc. "So you stand off and outside the bar waiting for proper conditions to set in. What are these conditions? "The last reported soundings at low water on the bar were nine feet. You draw 12, and every storm changes the location of the best channel and its depth. The most favorable situation is, of course, a fairly smooth sea, an onshore breeze, the last of the flood tide which will help you in at high water, and being within a mile of the bar when these circumstances prevail. At best these conditions exist for a couple of hours a day. They also exist at night but you don't have a searchlight. Still, you might have a desperate fling at it." Page Thirty-One It is small wonder that the coast was lined with the weather-beaten wrecks of those sailing ships— lying across a sand-spit, bar or reef or in shallow waters hard on to the jagged rocks which make the Pacific Coast so picturesque. Many were lost in the deep waters, victims of heavy seas or of chance en­ counters with treacherous icebergs. Manning the ships and securing full crews was not always easy. The formal historians don't often record very much about this aspect of sailing but many stories have come down through the decades of masters— short of crew—who sent strong-arm parties to invade the waterfront saloons and other haunts to shanghai men aboard their ships. Once aboard, the recourse was limited—work and eat or be put in irons below. Among the shipbuilders who helped to shape West Coast history were the Hall brothers—Henry K., Winslow G. and Isaac. Natives of Cohasset, Massachusetts, they went to the West Coast during the Civil War. Having learned their trade as master ships' carpenters in the East, they set up shop at San Francisco, building such vessels as the Sarah Louise, the California and the Stranger. Isaac later established a yard at Port Ludlow in Puget Sound, close to the tall timber. His first ship from this site—the 107-ton, two-masted schooner Z. B. Heywood—was widely-known in the lumber trade until her loss at the mouth of the Navarro River in California 15 years later. The Hall brothers became highly respected with building the schooner Annie Gee and their first threemasted schooner, the Emma Utter. These were fol­ lowed by a number of other three-masters, including the Republic. Other well-known ships constructed by the Halls were the Quickstep, a barkentine famous for its speed, the barkentine Catherine Sudden, and the schooner Luka. Perhaps their finest vessel was the 470-ton bar­ kentine Wrestler, but the Hesper, a two-skysail yard bark, is better remembered because of a mutiny and attempted act of piracy aboard which ended in failure. The three-masted schooner Fred E. Sander, also a Hall vessel, set a record by sailing from San Fran­ cisco to Seattle in 72 hours, without the aid of tugs. She was 157 feet long with a 37-foot beam and weighed 463 gross tons. Another famous West Coast shipbuilder was Cap­ tain Matthew Turner, a native of Ohio who first went to California for gold. After a period devoted to placermining, he went to sea as master of his own sailing vessels. Later, he designed vessels, successfully utilizing the general principle—new at the time—of a long forebody and a short after body. Turner opened his first yard in San Francisco, then moved to Benicia. In all, he turned out a total of 228 sailing vessels, believed to be a record for any individual shipbuilder in the sailing era. Turner also introduced the Bermudan sail, a large triangular fore and aft sail without gaff. Among the more famous Turner ships were the barkentines Benicia and Amaranth; the schooners Solano, Papeete, Emma Claudina and Anna; the brig­ antines Galilee, William G. Irwin, John D. Spreckels (for the sugar tycoon), Geneva and W. H. Dimond as well as the brig Nautilus. Hans Bendixsen, a Dane by birth, constructed one of the largest three-masted schooners ever to be built in North' America, the Wawona. She was a vessel of 468 gross tons and measured 165 feet in overall length, exclusive of her 30-foot bowsprit. The era of the windjammer, which played a nevertp-be-forgotten role in the growth of the West, has become history along with the other key elements of the past which helped make the present possible. .. �SEAFARERS#LOG Vol. XXXi No. 10 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION * ATLAiN-TiC, (JULF, LAKCS^AJ^ INL^^ WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO jkik 1, y • >(, F" ««« ua ' S.W*"i I,,---. suptofe^'^®''^af/ve c Hp/amenf on 'v^ J ; :'.A' -'',v'^;-;-^>sii Hv^u/ov • iU the Sealrm San Aim -7:-';^: vip K .-^1 ••"iemii -•"'t • /•' ».'• •f Alfred Sanger, laff. officials mef. Third Gook Abraham Carmoega. left and Chief ^ z : ^U ^ P^red to^«t Off^rom P6rth Amboy for Puerto R.co. I •<- ^ , ' ^V-TJ ,* * ? *•. ; •-.' V-'*'- r- \c, , - '^ms' ^ - - ^' - 'V f -" '•"T"- V•'''"• -•'' ijiTr's '?' mmmmmmmi ^ * iiipitiM 'r...,~';'i^>}-'h ".V r< %• "• • ^a-te:.a,v4d'v'av:v';:;te^':ite,:-? 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Title A name given to the resource August 1969 Description An account of the resource Headlines: MOVE TO DILUTE 50-50 CARGO RULE DEFEATED IN SENATE SIUNA WARNS AGAINST BLACKMAIL AS GOVTS DEBATE TUNABOAT SEIZURES 14TH BIENNIAL SIUNA CONVENTION TAKES ACTION ON PRESSING ISSUES SHIP CONSTRUCTION FUNDS STRICKEN FROM HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS MEASURE LIVING COSTS SHOW SHARP JUNE RISE DRUG FIRMS ASSESSED $100 MILLION IN PRICE FIXING REFUND TO CONSUMERS STATES URGED TO GRANT UNION RIGHTS AND BARGAINING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ARGENTINA PROPOSES RIGID SHIPOWNER CONTROLS TERMINATE DOUBLE SUBSIDY LOOPHOLE IN MARITIME LAW, CONGRESSMAN URGES DEFENSE DEPT STRICTLY NEUTRAL ON GRAPE GROWERS SIDE SUPPORT OF HEW AND UNIONS SOUGHT FOR SETTING UP GROUP HEALTH PLANS US SINKING RAPIDLY AS A FIRST CLASS WORLD SEA POWER DEFENSIVE DRIVING ENROLLEES INCREASE; TRAINING SHARPLY REDUCES ACCIDENTS REMEDIES FOR MEDICAL GAPS, ABUSES POSSIBLE UNDER NATIONAL HEALTH PLAN DANGERS OF BIG CONGLOMERATES CITED BY TRANSPORTATION TRADES CHAIRMAN EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY IN SHIPPING PUSHED BY UNSUBSIDIZED OPERATORS USE OF PESTICIDES IMPASSE ON WAGES SNAG GRAPE GROWERS-UFWOC TALKS Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 08/1969 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXXI, No. 10 1969 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/8604a5e1a6b17b12d77be0ffaf91b864.PDF 4d3495e9bc6197bad12b198fd08652b7 PDF Text Text Vol. XXXi No. 14 SEAFARERS •£(>€ OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO Polls Close Dec. 22 h Union Balloting On New Constitution Story Page 3 SlU Scores Victory In Five-Year Beef; $625,000 Awarded Story Page 3 iMS-; } • �SEAFARERS LOG Page Two I',! ; • •'•••" • *• ~ • - • " ••• • THE -r ^ :.vv^\V>\ .-••sVX '; V, » • «.« I • December, 1969 \- i •,. IN THE GE STRIKE •-f] ji t' the lUE was unlawful. "Such conduct," the court said, "amounts to a dec­ laration on the part of the company that not only the union, but the process of collective bargaining, itself, may be dispensed with." (It took nine years for the case to wind its way through the legal maze, and it may yet be appealed by GE to the nation's highest court, occasioning still further delay. Meanwhile, GE continues to employ the technique in open defiance of the labor laws.) Typical of thousands of informational picket lines calling for consumer boycott of GE products in front of retail stores throughout the nation was the one shown here in which Seafarers supported GE strikers outside Macy's and Korvette stores in N. Y. 66'T^HIS IS NOT just another big strike; it is a fight for the future of effective unionism. It is a strike we will not lose." With these words, AFL-CIO President George Meany has drawn the battle lines in labor's massive struggle with the General Electric Company, mobilizing the full resources of the trade union movement on behalf of the beleaguered strikers. To achieve ultimate victory, Meany has brought into play labor's most potent weapon: The economic boycott. The federation has urged its mem­ bers, their families and their friends to put all GE products—from light bulbs to major appliances—on the "don't-buy" list until the strike is settled. On the bricks since October 27 have been 150,000 workers, members of 13 international unions. Of these, 10 unions are affiliates of the AFL-CIO —the International Union of Electrical Workers, Machinists, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Technical Engineers, Sheet Metal Workers, Allied Industrial Workers, Plumbers, Steelworkers, Flint Glass Workers and Carpenters. The other three unions are the unaffiliated United Electrical Workers, Auto Workers and Teamsters. Ranged behind them are the rest of the trade union movement—13.5 million strong—who are engaged in a one-two economic campaign to secure victory on the picket lines. One of the economic pincers is the boycott, aimed directly at the most sensitive nerve of all, GE's "pocketbook nerve." The other is a trade-union-wide'fund-raising drive, aimed at providing the eco­ nomic base which the strikers need to hold out for a fair and equitable settle­ ment at the bargaining table. Arrayed against them is the General Electric Company, world's largest and most profitable electrical manufacturer and one of the top money-makers in all of American industry. This is the company which advertises that "pro­ gress is our most important product"—^but which clings stubbornly to a 19th century hatred of trade unionism. (This is also the company that.was the king-pin in the price-rigging conspiracy which ended up in a half dozen electrical industry executives drawing prison terms earlier in this decade— leading some to suggest that GE's slogan should be changed to read "profits are our most important product.") 'T'HIS YEAR, General Electric added another dimension to its arrogant "take-it-or-leave-it" attitude—^painting itself as a front-line fighter in President Nixon's war on infiation. The unions, according to the company, were making demands which would fan the fires of inflation; GE, it insisted, was only doing its "patriotic duty" by making an obviously inadequate offer of an economic settlement. For the 150,000 striking GE employees, the issue in this strike is simple: The future of their 13 unions is at stake. If the company can crush the strike and impose its "non-negotiable" terms, then, as the court said, "not only the union, but the process of collective bargaining itself may be dispensed with." For the rest of the trade union movement, the issue is equally simple: A victory by General Electric would stiffen the spines of countless other anti­ union employers across the country. They could be expected to follow in GE's footsteps, adopting a hard-nosed attitude at contract time, refusing to negotiate, dictating unilateral terms, and thus threatening the entire institu­ tion of collective bargaining which has come to be accepted in this country over the past third of a century. It is because the stakes are so high that the picket lines are holding firm at GE plants and facilities in 40 states. And this is why the informational pickets are manning the lines in front of thousands of retail stores across the country to carry the boycott message to the general public; why workers and unions are digging down into their pockets to raise a strike relief fund that is equal to the need; and why labor is organizing voluntary and public health and welfare agencies at the community level to provide auxiliary assistance to strikers and their families. It's all summed up in what George Meany said: "This is not just another big strike; it is a fight for the future of effective unionism. It is a strike we will not lose." %9 in the General Electric strike is more than just a contract; what ATisISSUE at stake is the entire concept of free collective bargaining. General Electric does not believe in collective bargaining. It believes, instead, in a concept known as "Boulwarism," named for the man who de­ vised this strategy—Lemuel Boulware, former \^e president in charge of labor relations for the giant electrical manufacturer. "Boulwarism" is the essence of non-bargaining. It involves a strategy of meeting continuously with the union, listening to the union's demands— but not negotiating. Instead, the company keeps up a barrage of mail—^firing it over the negotiating committee's head directly into the homes of the workers. It is as if the union did not exist. Then, at what management considers tg be the "psychological moment," usually just before the contract is due to expire, GE tells its employees, what the company has decided to give. The "package" is non-negotiable—it is presented to the workers on a "take-it-or-leave-it" basis. (The day after the present strike started, the Second U.S. Court of Ap­ peals ruled that GE's practice of "Boulwarism" in 1960 negotiations with AFL-CIO President George Meany (left) and SlU Vice President Earl Shepard discuss key issues at stake in nationwide strike of 150,000 General Electric workers at a rally of the New York City Central Labor Council urging all-out support for strikers. •, �December, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Three $625,000-Settlement Won: SlUs Five-Year Battle Ends In Galveston Victory GALVESTON—The SIU United Industrial Workers have won an unprecedented $625,000 settlement here in an agree­ ment which ended a five-year dispute between the Galveston Wharves and the Union. The money is to compensate 34 employees who were laid off at the Galveston Wharves Ele­ vator "B" in 1964 for back wages and severance pay and also to make up for unpaid SIU Pension and Welfare Plan con­ tributions, payments of railroad retirement taxes, past employee contributions to the Union and certain of the Union costs. The agreement is the culmi­ nation of a beef which started when the company notified the Union in July, 1964 that it had leased the grain elevator to an­ other company and therefore would no longer bargain with the Union on matters affecting the elevator workers. A strike was called by the Union and, after six months of picketing in Galveston, Texas, the Union was hit by a court injunction obtained by the Wiiarves. An appeal to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in 1965 brought ailing against the company, and it was ordered to reinstate the employees with back pay, and to bargain with the Union. An appeal for reversal by the company resulted in a reaffirma­ tion of the original decision. The company then took the mattfer to the Supreme Court, which upheld the Circuit Court and or­ dered the Wharves to negotiate a settlement with the Union. This occurred in 1969. After several weeks of nego­ tiations, the Union and the Gal­ veston Wharves reached the agreement which provides: • Six months severance pay for each employee or his widow. o Back pay for the period February 1, 1965 to Septem­ ber 12, 1969, each employee— or his widow—^to receive the difference between actual earn­ ings and what he would nor­ mally have earned at the grain elevator. • Contributions by the com­ pany for the period involved to the SIU Pension Plan to cover the employees' retirement and to the SIU Welfare Plan to cov­ er employees and their families for welfare benefits. • Railroad retirement pay­ ments for employees who choose to retain such benefits. • Reimbursement to the Un­ ion for legal and other expenses incurred during the five-year beef. • Recognition of the Union as bargaining agent in the event this elevator is ever again op­ erated by the company or the city of Galveston. Of the 34 employees who went on strike in 1964, some had died or retired in the in­ terim. There are 26 remaining., Paul Drozak, Assistant Re­ gional Director of the SIUNAUIW and SIU port agent at Galveston, summed up the agreement this way: "This is a tremendous victory for the employees and our Un­ ion—a settlement that is un­ precedented in the entire labor movement. The employees and their families have received the greatest Christmas present of their lives." Registering to vote at SIU Headquarters is Seafarer Waller Grosvenor, Chief Steward, at right. From left are Gus Malensky, AB and Edward Polise, oiler, members of the New York balloting committee. The Union membership began voting on the amended SIU constitution in all Ports on November 22. Secrecy of the ballot was guaranteed by voting booths with drawn curtains. Seafarer Erasmo Flecha, FOWT, above, has just finished voting in N>Y. Seafarer Robert Hester, AB, having cast his vote, deposits ballot in official box at SIU Headquarters. Procedure was familiar daily sight in all ports. • '1 .1 I V SIU Port Agent Paul Drozak, flanked by Union counsel Paul Barker, right, and Newton Schwartz, left, announces SlU's unprecedented Galveston Wharves victory to a meeting of the members concerned. MTD Charges Defense Dept. Yktimizes Private U.S. Fleet WASHINGTON—The oper­ ation of government-owned ships by the Department of Defense constitutes "unfair, un­ wise and unwarranted competi­ tion" with the privately-owned merchant marine. That is the position taken by the 7.5-million-member AFLCIO Maritime Trades Depart­ ment in calling for the deactiva­ tion of all ships which had been taken out of the reserve fleet to back up merchant vessels on the Vietnam sealift. The views of the MTD, which is headed by SIUNA President Paul Hall, were con­ tained in a statement filed with the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee. The MTD expressed its sup­ port for H.R. 14257, introduced by Representative Edward A. Garmatz (D-Md.), committee chairman, which would require the use of privately-owned American-flag vessels, in pref­ erence to government-owned vessels, for the carriage of govenrment-sponsored cargo. "The Vietnamese shipping crisis is now over," the Maritime Trades Department declared. "The winding down of the war has reduced the demand for emergency shipping. In fact, the demand has been so reduced that privately-owned merchant ships are going into lay-up— and their crews are being put on the beach—because of a lack of cargo." "And yet many of the ships from the reserve fleet remain in service today, carrying govern­ ment cargo that by rights should be moving on privately-owned ships. ..." The MTD insisted there was "no justification" for keeping these ships in service, adding that there is no "comfort to be taken from the numbers game indulged in" by the Defense De­ partment, which has concen­ trated on reporting on the ships which have been deactivated, rather than on the considerable numbers still in operation. (Continued on Page 10) Balloting on AmenJed Constitution Scheduled to Conclude on Dec. 22 Voting on the proposed amended constitution for the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District has been conducted in all ports since No­ vember 22 and will be concluded at 5 p.m. on December 22. The secret ballot on which Seafarers are casting their votes contains three propositions—the proposed new constitution itself; a change in the method of pay­ ing dues, plus the termination of assessments; and a change in initiation fees. It was decided by Seafarers to place the proposed amended constitution on the ballot at spe­ cial membership meetings held in all ports on October 22-23. During these meetings, the re­ port and recommendations of the Constitution Committee, made up of six duly elected book members, was submitted to, and overwhelmingly accepted by, the membership. In addi­ tion, the complete text of the proposed new constitution was read and fully discussed at each of the meetings. (The full text of the Constitution Committee's report and texts of both the ex­ isting and proposed constitu­ tions were carried in the No­ vember 14 issue of the LOG.) In its recommendation that the new constitution be adopted, the committee pointed out that certain "housekeeping changes" must be made from time to time and noted that no major changes had been made in the Union's constitution for some 10 years while "there have been many changes in the industry and interpretations of laws" af­ fecting it. Changes in the method of paying dues, the committee pointed out, will have no effect (Continued on Page 10) �Page Fonr SEAFARERS December^ 1969 LOG Rep. Wilson Tells MTD: Rep. Kyros Calls for Consistency: Banning of 'Multiple Subsidies' Vital To WorthwhileMaritime Legislation Conflict Within Govt. Blamed For ^Deadly Erosion' of Fleet WASHINGTON —A mem­ ber of Congress warned last month that he would seek to amend the Nixon Administra­ tion's forthcoming maritime leg­ islative proposals unless they contain provisions banning the payment of "multiple subsi­ dies" to a select group of Ameri­ can shipping lines. Representative Charles H. Wilson (D-Calif.) said that it was "imperative" that new mari­ time legislation put an end to the practice whereby the 14 sub­ sidized shipping lines use fed­ eral aid "to compete with unsubsidized operators for govern­ ment cargo, instead of using them the way the law intended —^to compete with foreign-flag operators for commercial cargoJ» California congressman a meeting sponsored by the .5-million-member AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department that he would also work for in­ clusion of language that would give unsubsidized operators "first-call" on government-gen­ erated cargoes, and for a system which would give these opera­ tors long-range charters to carrygovernment cargo so that they would be assured "fair and eq­ uitable treatment." Wilson expressed general sat­ isfaction with the maritime mes­ sage sent to Congress by the White House in October. He noted that on three key issues, the Administration proposals paralleled ones which the Dem­ ocratic congressman had advo­ cated in the spring of 1969. These provisions, he said, would: • Provide new ships for the unsubsidized segment of the merchant marine as well as for the subsidized segment. • Assure that all Americanflag ships are built exclusively in U.S. shipyards. • Grant unsubsidized opera­ tors the. same right now enjoyed Representative Charles H. Wilson (D-Calif.), left, assures SI UNA Vice President Earl Shepard of his strong backing of MTD proposals to provide new ships for the unsubsidized segment of the merchant marine as well as his wholeheartd support of measures to insure that American-flag ships are built exclusively in U.S. shipyards. by subsidized operators to put contribute to economic growth. money aside in tax-deferred "More than half the cost of construction reserve funds in an American-built vessel is spent order to encourage increased outside the shipyard—we know private investment in new ves­ this, and the i'^erican people sels. and American industry must be The West Coast lawmaker made aware of this fact . . ." urged maritime labor and man­ he declared. "American-built ships need agement to join in a broad cam­ paign of public education,' so Ame ican-made steel produced that the American people would fron- American-mined ore . . , be aware of the need for an they need American-built en­ overhaul of present maritime gines control equipment, valves, policy and a commitment of pipe nd fittings of all kinds . . . added public funds to the task. they need American-made "Unless the public under­ wood\ ork, cooking and foodstands what this is about," Wil­ storage equipment, glass, paint, son declared, "we may have a beddin, !, tableware and the like job on our hands in trying to get ... aid all of these must be the tools with which to do the transpoited to the shipyards in American trains and trucks." job." Summing up, Wilson called Impact on U.S. Economy attention to the fact that a con­ Wilson emphasized the nec­ siderably enlarged American essity of explaining to the Amer­ maritime program can contrib­ ican people the basic fact that ute in large measure to bolster­ a strong shipbuilding program ing the American economy and would provide many jobs and helping enormously toward con­ version s£ this nation's balanceof-payments deficit into a sur­ plus. Seatrain Ohio Galley Crew Lauded by Ship's Officers The steward department aboard the SlU-contracted Seatrain Ohio last month received a spontaneous citation from the ship's officers for its "co-operative effort to please" during a recently completed voyage of the vessel. "It is seldom that an entire department is as conscientious and hard working as you men have been," the letter states, "In the face of such obstacles as long stays in port, not once did the officers and crew lack a first rate meal." Praised for a "job well done" were Chief Steward Warren Messenger, Chief Cook Jose Torrefiel, 2nd Cook and Baker Richard Morgan and 3rd Cook Percy Brown—as well as "the rest of the department for the courtesy extended us." Signed by N. C. Ghiz, the master; Lewis H. Rodriguez, chief officer; William C. Pollard, 2nd officer; Finer Brandt and Thomas Gunter, 3rd officers; Floyd J. Bird, electronic officer; Roger Whitsell, chief engineer; Francis Brousseau, 1st engineer; Johnny R. Flynn, 2nd asst. engineer; Ralph E. Greene and Charles B. Pearson, 3rd asst. engineers, the infor­ mal—^but no less enthusiastic—commendation concludes: "It is a pleasure to sail with men such as you, who take pride in your trade." WASHINGTON —A mem­ ber of Congress has urged the Nixon Administration to resolve "conflicting positions" within the Executive Branch which have led to the "deadly erosion of our maritime strength." Representative Peter N. Kyros (D-Me.) singled out the Department of Defense, in par­ ticular, for what he said were "conflicts of ideologies" that threatened the potential of the merchant marine program sent to Congress by the White House in October. Speaking at a meeting spon­ sored by the 7.5-million-member AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, Representative Kyros said that the Defense De­ partment has "undercut" the merchant marine in a variety of ways, among them being: • Lobbying for "a multibillion-dollar scheme to build its own fleet of cargo ships," the so-called Fast Deployment Logistics Ships. The Congress­ man called the project "ques­ tionable under any circum­ stances," and "unthinkable" at a time when the Administration is seeking to "breathe new life into our merchant shipping." • Operating ships from the reserve fleet in competition with the privately owned fleet, leading to the "enforced idling" of commercial vessels. • Drafting the nation's mili­ tary sealift program based on the "discredited" theory that, in an emergency, the government can rely on ships owned by Americans but registered and crewed abroad, thus aiding "the cause of those who contend we do not need a merchant marine buildup." Congressman Kyros also criti­ cized the Secretary of Trans­ portation "and some highly placed officials" in the Defense Department who, he said, advo­ cate building American mer­ chant and naval vessels abroad at a time when the White House "officially calls for the rejuve­ nation of American shipyards." He noted that, while the Ad­ ministration program talks of "putting more government cargo on American vessels," officials in the Department of Agricul­ ture and the Agency for Inter­ national Development have "consistently thwarted the spirit and the letter of the law by favoring foreign-flag carriers over American-flag vessels." Kyros called for development of a program "that will make it impossible for anyone in gov­ ernment, whatever his motives, to undercut the American mer­ chant marine." Port of Norfolk Posts Lone Gain fn Foreign Cargo NORFOLK—The Port of Norfolk was the only one of the East Coast's four busiest ports to record an increase in foreign commerce handled for the first eight months of this year. Showing increases across the board, Norfolk achieved a gain of 3.2 percent in export ship­ ments, 18.9 percent in imports and 5.1 percent in total foreign commerce. Tonnage through the ports of New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore fell during the period, the decline being mainly in im­ ports. The sharpest decrease was registered in the Port of New York, which dropped 7.9 per­ cent. The Port of Philadelphia was next, with a loss of 4.3 per­ cent and the Port of Baltimore decline was 2.7 percent. However, New York re­ mained the top port in total cargo, with 34,286,532 tons while Norfolk was second, with 19,619,514 tons. The race for third was neck and neck with Philadelphia registering 15,397,915 tons to Baltimore's 14,721,090. For the United States as a whole, total foreign commerce was 286,820,498 tons, a 1,626,887-ton drop from the 1968 total of 288,447,358 tons for the comparable period. Ten Additional Full Book Seafarers Ten additional men received their full books at the December membership meeting at SlU headquar­ ters. Latest batch of graduates of the Seniority Upgrading Program, some displaying their books are, in front, from left: Lang M. Kelly; William Schneider; George Yeackel; William Parrish and Donald J. Grain. Back row: Christopher Ratcliffe; John E. Coleman; Alfred Bodie; Byron Blackwell; Richard Velez. V y �December, 1969 SEAFARERS Page Five LOG Goal Reached by 365 Seafarers as: John F. Henning Apiiointed Union-Sponsored Upgrading Program To Key CdH. AFL-CIO Job Produces 6 New Licensed Engineers SACRAMENTO—^John F. Henning, former United States Ambassador to New Zealand, has been appointed director of research to the California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO. He will also hold the post of administrative assistant to SecretaryTreasurer Thomas L. Pitts of the California labor body. Henning served as United States Ambassador to New Zealand from 1967 to 1969, a period during which he won widespread popularity in that country, particularly in the ranks of labor. The Seafarers LOG, in the issue of September 27, 1968, reprinted an article entitled "U.S. Ambassador Clicks" from the New Zealand Clarion, official magazine of the New Zealand Laborer's Union, which reflected the high regard he enjoyed among New Zealanders. In it, the magazine re­ called a speech Henning made in 1965 when he was U.S. Under-Secretary of Labor in which he attacked the "right to work" laws and Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act. Prior to serving as Under-Secretary of Labor in the Ken­ nedy-Johnson Administrations from 1962 to 1967, Henning had been State Director of the Department of Industrial Relations, a post to which California's Governor Edmund G. Brown appointed him in 1959. He is also a past presi­ dent of the San Francisco Board of Permit Appeals and a past member of the San Francisco Public Welfare Commis­ sion and of the San Francisco Equal Employment Oppor­ tunities Commission. From 1949 to 1959 he held the office of research director for the California Federation of Labor which he now resumes as part of his new duties. In making the announcement of Henning's current ap­ pointment, Secretary-Treasurer Pitts of the California AFLCIO said: "The Federation is delighted to have a man of Jack Henning's stature rejoin the State AFL-CIO. "As most California trade unionists know, Mr. Henning brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the job and has always been an outspoken champion of workers' rights." Wist. Labor Saves 1-Man, 1-Vote y MADISON, Wis.—The head of Wisconsin's One-Man, OneVote Committee has credited the State AFL-CIO with a key role in persuading the legisla­ ture to reject a resolution call­ ing for a constitutional conven-^ tion to overturn the Supreme Courts's ruling that legislative districts must be equal in popu­ lation. The state Assembly voted down the so-called Dirksen Amendment resolution by a 6236 vote. Mrs. John Toussaint, chair­ man of the statewide coalition against the Amendment and president of the Wisconsin League of Women Voters, said in a statement: "While a number of organiza­ tions and individuals joined with us in opposing the Dirksen Amendment the influence, or­ ganizational ability and legis­ lative knowledge of the state AFL-CIO was undoubtedly a key factor in the success of our campaign." At one time or another, 33 legislatures passed constitutional amendment resolutions but the validity of several has been chal­ lenged. Thirty-four states must act in order to summon a convention —a method of initiating a con­ stitutional amendment which has never been used in the na­ tion's history. The late Senator Everett M. Dirksen (R-Ill.) led the drive to force a constitutional conven­ tion after the Senate repeatedly refused to act on his proposed amendment. Six more Seafarers have been graduated from the School of Marine Engineering sponsored jointly by the SIU and MEBADistrict 2. Following successful completion of the comprehen­ sive training program offered by the school, the six men are all newly licensed engineers who have passed their coast guard examinations. The total number of Seafar­ ers who have been graduated from the Union-sponsored Estrada McLaughlin as an oiler before entering the School in September. He grad­ uated with a Temporary Third Assistant Engineer's License on November 13. A native of Derry, New Mexico, Brother Luchini now makes his home in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, with his mother, Mon­ ica Luchini. Raul Estrada, 46, is a na­ tive of Tela, Honduras, and now lives in New Orleans with his Luchini Martin wife, Barbara. He joined the school and passed their Coast SIU in the Port of Baltimore Guard licensing examinations and graduated in 1959 from the Andrew Furuseth Training now stands at 365. School. He sailed as an FOWT Charles Martin, 49, is a na­ before graduating from the tive of Pennsylvania who now School of Marine Engineering lives in Moorestown, New Jer­ sey with his son, Kenneth C. on December 3 with a Third Martin. He joined the SIU in Assistant Engineer's License. the Port of New York in 1949 Lionel A. McLaughlin, 50, and sailed as an FOWT and joined the Union in 1942 in Mi­ pumpman before entering the ami and shipped as an FOWT School in September. Brother before graduating from the Martin graduated on December School on December 3 with a 3 with a Temporary Third As­ Third Assistant Engineer's Li­ sistant Engineer's License. Dur­ cense. He is a native of Cuba ing World War II Seafarer Mar­ who now makes his home in tin served in the Army. Brooklyn with his wife, MorRoland Luchini, 34, joined aima. the Union in the Port of San Vincent Edward Welch, 50, Francisco in 1968 and sailed of Great Barrington, Massachu- At Detroit Port Council Dinner Welch Moran setts, joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1968 and sailed as an FOWT and electrician be­ fore entering the School in Sep­ tember. He graduated on No­ vember 17 with a Temporary Third Assistant Engineer's Li­ cense. A native of Great Bar­ rington, Seafarer Welch lives there now with his brother, James Welch. During World War II he served in the Navy. James Joseph Moran, 24, joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1968 and sailed as an electrician before entering the School in July. He gradu­ ated on November 7 with a Tem­ porary Third Assistant Engi­ neer's License. A native of Brooklyn, Brother Moran now lives in Kings Park, Long Island, N.Y., with his father, Francis J. Moran. From 1963 until 1967, Seafarer Moran served in the Coast Guard. Any engine department Sea­ farer who meets the following requirements is eligible to enter' the upgrading programs at the School of Marine Engineering. He must be at least 19 years old and have a minimum of 18 months of Q.M.E.D. watchstanding time in the engine de­ partment in addition to at least six months experience as a wiper or equivalent. Additional information and applications for enrollment for eligible Seafarers may be ob­ tained at any SIU hall. Govt. Can Ban Dangerous Toys Detroit and Wayne County Port Council annual dinner last month was a huge success, with some 600 in attendance. From left, above, are SlUNA Vice President John Yarmola; Ed Craft, business agent of De­ troit Firemen and Oilers: Mayor John McEwan of River Rouge and SlUNA Vice President Fred Farnen, who ifealso secretary-treasurer of Detroit and Wayne County MTD Port Courcil. Among other prominent people also in attendance were Representative Martha Griffith and Detroit Mayor-elect Roman Gibbs. WASHINGTON — Congress has responded to evidence that many toys are unsafe by com­ pleting action on a bill that per­ mits the government to ban the sale of dangerous toys. The measure now goes to President Nixon for his signature. Under previous regulations, the Food and Drug Administra­ tion was empowered to stop the sale of toys or articles for use by children only if they were proven to be flammable, toxic or otherwise organically harmful. The new law would extend the FDA's authority to poten­ tially dangerous mechanical or electrical toys—such as over­ heating play stoves, unsafe science kits and chemistry sets —and other items deemed haz­ ardous to children. �Page Six SEAFARERS Cilbert Predicts a 'Major Assault' By Oil Interests Against Jones Act # WASHINGTON — Powerful American oil interests are mounting a major assault on the Jones Act, a federal law which bars foreign-flag ships from en­ gaging in this nation's domestic waterbome cmnmerce, Repre­ sentative Jacob H. Gilbert (DN.Y.) warned here this month. He said the oil industry wants the domestic shipping law "re­ pealed, or, at a minimum, seri­ ously crippled" as part of the exploitation of the vast oil re­ serves discovered along the North Slope of Alaska. The Congressman told a meeting sponsored by the AFLCIO Maritime Trades Depart­ ment that the laws requiring the exclusive use of American-flag vessels in the domestic trade apply to the carriage of this oil from Alaska to the continental United States. But the oil interests, he pointed out, are among the lead­ ing operators of "runaway-flag" shipping—vessels owned by American firms but registered in foreign nations and crewed with foreign seafarers—and they want to use these vessels in the Alaska oil trade. "They want to be able to un­ dercut the American tanker in­ dustry which pays American taxes and fair American wage scales, and which is subject to reasonable American safety standards," Gilbert said. The Congressman, a member of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, cau­ tioned the maritime industry "not to underestimate the power of the oil interests in Washing­ ton." He cited the Senate's vote to reduce the oil depletion al­ lowance from 27 Vz percent to 23 percent, as contrasted with a 20 percent level voted by the House, as evidence of "the po\yer which could be concen­ trated in an attack on the Jones Act." Gilbert charged that the wealthy oil companies "aren't content with what they have al­ ready—^they want more." The attack on the domestic shipping market, he declared, comes at a time when the Ad­ ministration and the Congress are "on the brink" of develop­ ing a new merchant marine pro­ gram that would restore vigor to America's lagging shipping and shipbuilding industries. "It would be the height of folly," the New York Congress­ man said, "to try to develop the merchant marine on the one hand, and to undercut it on the other. What would we gain, in the long run, if the regaining of WASHINGTON —In terms of votes, it was one of the closest elections in the nation's history. But measured by money spent for television and radio time, the 1968 presidential election was a runaway victory for the . Republicans. Statistics compiled by the Federal Commimications Com­ mission show that the NixonAgnew ticket spent nearly $12.6 million for television and radio time during the presidential campaign. That is more than twice the $6.1 million spent for air time on behalf of the HumphreyMuskie slate. A further breakdown of the figures by Congressional Quar­ terly magazine shows the GOP presidential slate spent $4.2 mil­ lion for network television, com­ pared to $2.5 million for the Democratic ticket, and outspent the Democratic candi­ dates $4.8 million to $2 mil­ lion for local television time. The total radio time bought amounted to $3.6 million for Nixon-Agnew, compared with $1.7 million for HumphreyMuskie. For candidates for all oflices during the 1968 general election campaign. Republicans spent $22.5 million for air time against $15.4 million for the Democrats and $2.5 million for minor party candidates. While Republicans generally out-spend the Democrats in buy­ our position as an international shipping power were to be pur­ chased at the price of our do­ mestic shipping industry? "The answer, of course, is that we would be no better off—and we might be worse off, because we would have opened the flood­ gates to all manner of cut­ throat foreign competition that could undermine our economy." Mississippi River Continues Growth In Cargo Handling NEW ORLEANS^—A climb of 95 percent in waterbome freight on the Mississippi River below Minneapolis over a single decade was recorded by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Waterbome commerce rose 2.8 percent in 1968 over the previous year, amounting to 219,162,231 short tons. The busiest stretch of the river was that between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, which alone han­ dled 110,328,530 tons. This does not include the Port of New Orleans itself, which han­ dled 113,511,052 tons last year, leading all other ports on the river. Baton Rouge, which han­ dled 37,872,394 tons in 1968, was the second busiest port. The fastest growing part of the waterway was that between the Ohio River and Baton Rouge, according to the report. ing television and radio time, Here 74,490 tons were moved, the gap last year was by far the representing an increase of 134 greatest. In 1964, Republican percent over 1958. candidates out-spent the Demo­ A 10-year increase of 77 per­ crats only $13 million to ^1 cent in exports carried on the million; in 1960, the gap was river system was also reported. $7.6 million to $6.2 million, and These rose from 14,635,265 in the 1956 election $5.4 to tons in 1958 to 25,633,969 tons $4.1 million. last year. GOP Outspent the Democrats In '68 Presidential Campaign December, 1969 LOG Statement of Omership STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT AND CIRCULATION (Act of October tS, IBSt; Section iSSe. Title St, United States Code) 1. DATE OF FILING 2. TITLE OF PUBLICATION October 81, 1969 Seafarers Log 8. FREQUENCY OF ISSUE Monthly 4. LOCATION OF KNOWN OFFICE OF PUBLICATION 876 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11282 6. LOCATION OF THE HEADQUARTERS OR GENERAL OFFICES OF THE PUBLISHERS 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11282 6. NAMES AND ADDRESS OF PUBLISHER, EDITOR, AND MANAGING EDITOR PUBLISHER Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, 676 Fourth Avenue, Brookljm, New York 11282 EDITOR Harry Wittschen, 676 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11232 MANAGING EDITOR None 7. 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FOR COMPLETION BY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AUTHORIZED TO MAIL AT SPECIAL RATES (Section ISt.ltt, Postal Manual) The purpose, function, and nonprofit ^ Have not changed • Have changed status of this oi-ganization and the exduring preceding during preceding 12 months empt status for Federal income tax 12 months purposes 10. EXTENT AND NATURE OF CIRCULATION Actual Average number of no. copies copies of single issue each issue during published preceding nearest to 12 months filing date A. TOTAL NO. COPIES PRINTED (Net Press Run) 60,000 60,000 B. PAID CIRCULATION 1. Sales through dealers and carriers, street ven­ None dors and counter sales None 2. Mail subscriptions 46,430 46,480 C. TOTAL PAID CIRCULATION None None D. FREE DISTRIBUTION (including samples) by mail, carrier or other means 4,275 4,276 E. TOTAL DISTRIBUTION fSum of C and D) 50,706 60,706 F. OFFICE USE, left-over unaccounted, spoiled after printing 9,296 9,296 G. TOTAL (Sum of E & F—should equal vet press run shown in A) 60,000 60,000 I certify that the statements made by me above are correct and complete. Harry Wittschen, Editor Company Persuaders' Ruled Liable for Total Accounting NEW ORLEANS—Com­ pany lawyers and labor consul­ tants who perform "persuader" services for an employer must file annual reports listing all in­ come and expenditures for all labor relations clients, not only those who paid for "persuad­ ing," the 5th U.S. Court of Appeals mled in a 7-5 decision. The court settled a conflict in opinions by other courts on what Congress intended when it passed the Landrum-GriflSn Act in 1959. It reversed a 1966 mling by a three-judge appeals panel, and followed the lead of another appeals court—the 4th Circuit at Richmond, Va.— whose 1965 mling in another SlU Pension Review Committee Completing Study Since its election at special November 17 membership meetings in Constitutional Ports, the SlU Pension Review Committee shown hard at work above has been meeting daily at Union headquarters in Brooklyn for the purpose of reviewing and recommending ways and means *to improve the SlU Pension Plan. Guiding the committee in its deliberations are the opinions of Seafarers as expressed in the special Pension Questionnaires contained in several issues of the LOG and also mailed to all members of the Union in September. Members of the Committee are (l-r): Irwin Sherman, New Orleans: Terry McNee, Baltimore; Albert Saxon, Mobile: Phil Reyes, Houston; Jim Solder, New York; • Frank Pasaluk, Philadelphia. The men expect to have a full report on their study ready In January. case was refused review by the Supreme Court. The Landmm-Griffin amend­ ments to the labor law require company "persuaders" to file 30-day and annual reports of income and expenses with the Secretary of La^r, One lawyer —R. D. Douglas, Jr., of Greens­ boro, N.C.—refused to file a full financial statement, but lost his fight in the Supreme Court. The current case involves three labor relations lawyers who sued former Labor Secre­ tary W. Willard Wirtz. They lost in the Dallas, Tex., district court, but won a tentative vic­ tory from an appeals court panel here. The full court has now ruled against the lawyers. A "persuader," under the L-G law, is any person hired by an employer to persuade em­ ployees as to their ri^t to or­ ganize and bargain collectively, • or hired by the employer to sup­ ply information about the con­ certed activities of employees or unions. Chief Judge John R. Brown, writing for the' majority in the latest case, said "It boils down to this. As long as the attorney limits himself to [non-persuader] . . . activities he need not re­ port. No report is set in motion by reason of his doing these things. What sets the report in motion is performing persuader activities." The dissenting judges said the ruling flashes the spotlight of publicity on the "private and confidentid, if not privileged, affairs of . . . innocent persons who chanced to receive advice or information in the area of 'labor relations,' whatever that is . . . from an attorney who happened ... to engage, in •persuader activities,' whatever they are." J'l r' �December, 1969 SEAFARERS Page Seven LOG 25 More Seafarer OUtimers Join SlU Pension Ranks I Joining the growing number His last ship was the Cortez. A of SIU pensioners last month native of Massachusetts he now were 17 additional Seafarers lives in Elizabeth, New Jersey. who retired to the beach after Seafarer Logan sailed the seas many years of sailing the world's for 46 years before he retired. seaways. Frederick Edwards, 68, is a Accurso Bonti, 65, joined the native of New Orleans and now SIU in the Port of Boston and makes his home in Algiers, Lou­ sailed in the engine department isiana. He joined the SIU in the as an FWT. His last vessel was Port of New Orleans and sailed the Del Oro. A native of Mas­ as a steward. His last vessel was sachusetts, Brother Bonti lives the Penn Challenger. in New Orleans. He had been George L. Baugh, Sr., 72, of sailing since 1927. Houston, Texas is a native of Dawson Perry, 63, is a native Illinois. He joined the Union in of Alabama who continues to the Port of New York and sailed in the engine department as a chief electrician. His last ship was the Keva Ideal. He now makes his home in Houston with his wife, Marguerite. Brother Baugh served in the Navy from 1917 until 1919. John E. Smith, 65, joined the Ferry Bonti SIU in the Port of Philadelphia live in that state in the Port of and sailed as a tug captain for Mobile. He joined the Union in Interstate Oil Transport Com­ Mobile and sailed in the stew­ pany. He is a native of North ard department as a messman. Seafarer Perry's last ship was the Steel Voyager. John D. Psathas, 65, joined the SIU in the Port of Houston and sailed in the deck depart­ ment as an AB. His last vessel was the Overseas Anna. A na­ Logan Edwards tive of Greece, Brother Psathas now makes his home in Houston Carolina and now lives in Phil­ adelphia. From 1922 until 1928, with his wife, Eleni. Qyde S. Lowe, 65, is a na­ Brother Smith served in the Coast Guard. tive of Live Oak, Florida, and Walter Johnson, 63, is a na­ now makes his home in Mobile, tive of Daphane, Alabama, who Alabama, with his mother. now lives in Mobile with his wife, Amelia. He joined the Un­ ion in Mobile and sailed in the steward department as a cook. He last worked for Mobile Tow­ ing Company. From 1927 until 1933, Brother Johnson served in the Coast Guard. Seafarer Johnson had been sailing the seas for 36 years when he re­ Psathas Lowe tired. Daisy Laura Lowe. He joined Harry Jay Farnsworth, 65, the SIU in the port of Mobile joined the SIU in Port Arthur, and sailed as an engineer for Texas and sailed as an engineer Pilots Service Corporation. with Slade Inc. He is a native of Ivar J. Kalroth, 67, of Brook­ Ohio and now makes his home lyn, New York joined the Union in New Caney, Texas. in the Port of New York and served in the deck department as an AB. His last vessel was the Houston. Brother Kalroth is a native of Finland. Deloss Harman, 47, is a na­ tive of Philadelphia who now makes his home in New Orleans with his wife, Dorothy. He Baugh Smifli joined the SIU in the Port of Harvey Vernon Long, 65, of Mobile and sailed in the engine department as an FOWT. His Benzonia, Michigan, joined the last vessel was the Delta Brazil. Union in the Port of Frankfort and sailed in the engine depart­ ment as an oiler. He is a native of Michigan and had been sail­ ing for 46 years when he de­ cided to call it a career and re­ tire. His last vessel was the Viking. Brother Long now makes his home in Benzonia with his wife, Mina Mary. Herman Kalroth Francis D. Gonsoulin, 63, William Edward Logan, 65, joined the SIU in the Port of joined the Union in the Port of New Orleans in 1942 and sailed New York in 1942 and sailed in in the deck department as a the deck department as an AB. bos'n. He is a native of Lou- Jtrihnson Farmworth isiana and now lives in New Orleans with his wife, Emelda. Sven G. Regner, 65, is a na­ tive of Sweden and now lives in Freeport, Long Island. He joined the Union in the Port of New York in 1944 and sailed in the steward department as a sec­ ond cook. His last vessel was the Steel Fabricator. Witold Wieromiej, 56, joined the SIU in the Port of New York and sailed in the deck depart­ ment as an AB and a bos'n. His last vessel was the Jacksonville. A native of Poland, Brother Wieromiej now lives in Flemington, New Jersey with his wife, Antonett. He was issued a picket duty card in 1962. Teddy A. Ronda, 51, is a native of New York and now lives in the Bronx with his wife, Margaret. He joined the Union in the Port of New York and sailed as a mate with the Penn­ sylvania Railroad. Brother Ron­ da is an Army veteran of World War II. Long Gonsoulin Juan Luis Pagan, 68, is a na­ tive of Puerto Rico and now makes his home in Miami, Flor­ ida, with his wife, Ermitana. He joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1943 and sailed in the steward department. His last vessel was the Elizabethport. Brother Pagan served in the army from 1920 until 1923. In 1962 he was issued an SIU picket duty card. Charles M. Morgan, 66, joined the Union in the Port of Houston and sailed in the steward department as a cook. His last vessel was the Halcyon Panther. Brother Morgan is a native of North Carolina and is now living in Highlands, Texas, with his wife, Evelyn May. Regner Wiermniej Mat R. Abraham, 63, joined the Union in the Port of New Ronda York and served in the engine department as a wiper. He is a native of Mexico and now lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Ana Rita. His last vessel was the Detroit. In 1961 Brother Abraham was issued an SIU picket duty card. He had been sailing for 30 years when he decided to retire to the beach, John P. O'Connor, 67, joined Morgan Carlos C. Morales, 66, of Bayamon, Puerto Rico, is a real oldtimer who joined the SIU Co<^[»a' Abraham O'Connor the SIU in Chicago and worked as a cook for Hannah Towing Company. He is a native of Chi­ cago and continues to make his home there with his daughter, Jacqueline Noccio. Clarence R. Cooper, 59, served as a mate for the Curtis Bay Towing Company. He joined the SIU in Philadelphia and now lives in Aldan, Penn­ sylvania, with his wife, Erma. Qarence E. Neece, Sr., 62, is a native of Mississippi who now lives in Coden, Alabama, with his wife, Martha. He joined the Union in the Port of Mobile and worked in the deck depart­ ment. He was. last employed by Pilot Service Corporation. Neece in the Port of New York back in 1939. He sailed in the deck department as a bosun and his last vessel was the Portland. A native of Puerto Rico, Brother Morales had been sailing 44 years when he retired. Joseph J. Penner, 66, is a native of Maryland who will be spending his retirement years in Morales Penner Seattle, Washington. He is an old-timer in the Union, joining in 1939 in the Port of Phila­ delphia. Serving in the deck department as an AB, Brother Penner last sailed aboard the Vantage Horizon. Seafarer Pen­ ner had been serving a sailing career of 44 years when he re­ tired. Singapore Set to Expand Role In World Shipping SINGAPORE—Singapore, which enjoys the distinction of being an island, a city and a republic at the same time, has embarked on an expansion of its activities in world shipping. Already the fourth largest port in the world—^the largest in Southeast Asia—this cosmopolitan city of about two mil­ lion Chinese, Malays, Indians, Pakistanis, Ceylonese, Etirasians and others, is fast becoming the shipping center of the Far East. Starting about five years ago, shipyards were set up here aimed at attracting vessels which would otherwise call at Mediterranean ports for repairs. Singapore's Finance Minis­ ter Goh Keng Swee points out that few ports in the Far East have the facilities to repair large ocean-going vessels. The shipbuilding effort was spurred by two circumstances —the pullout by Great Britain of its military establishment here—a process which is to be completed by 1971—and the closing of the Suez Canal. Singapore has set itself the twin tasks of making up the loss of income caused by the first and of taking commercial advantage of the second. The three shipyards here have been earning about $34 million a year. By the mid 1970s, the largest shipyard will be capable of building vessels of up to 70,000 tons. Facilities are already available to repair vessels from the Persian Gulf and Japan. In addition, Singapore plans construction of its own naval patrol boats and ocean-going freighters and has already launched its own national shipping company—the Neptune Orient Line—^which is engaged in the Far East-to-Europe cargo service. �Page Eight SEAFARERS 'Negligence'on Soviet Fishing Boats Degiored by Russian Administrator MOSCOW—A high-ranking Russian fisheries administrator recently expressed deep concern over what he called the "care­ less, negligent and scornful at­ titude" of many officers and engineers sailing aboard Soviet fishing vessels—a state of affairs which frequently results in ac­ cidents and damage to the fleet. Crewmembers, both young and old alike, often feel that they have no need to keep up with the navigational rules of the sea, and do not try to main­ tain the traditions dear to pro­ fessional seamen, the fishery official complained, in a recent issue of the Soviet magazine Vodniyi Transport. He laid the blame for this attitude squarely upon the So­ viet school of navigation and seamanship which train officers and marine specialists for the huge Russian fishing fleet. According to the adminis­ trator, not further identified in the article, Russian maritime schools do not offer their stu­ dents courses which would in­ still in them the traditions of the sea, or teach them proper discipline at sea. Instead, he notes, students readily take to bad habits—first among them often being "smart­ ness and drinking while getting one's feet wet." After graduation from these schools, young Soviet seafarers often find also that the example set for them by their superiors and older shipmates is not al­ ways inspiring to better sea­ manship. Skippers "appearing on the bridge in a cloud of alcohol fumes" are bound to have a de­ pressing and demoralizing effect on their crews, the Russian ad­ ministrator commented. To support his criticism of some Soviet seamanship, the Soviet official reported the case of the fish processing factoryship Sovetskii Sakhalin which ran aground in Terpeniye Bay, off Cape Obshimyi, in the Sea of Okhotsk during September 1968. Visibility was excellent at the time and the vessel was equipped with the latest electronic navi­ gational instruments. An official inquiry later revealed that the vessel's first mate had twic* changed the ship's position with­ out informing the captain. None of the watch officers had both­ ered to check the vessel's posi­ tion during their watch stands and the third mate determined , the silo's co-ordinates ear" and entered them in the log without advising the captain. The inquiry board ruled that the accident resulted from "criminal negligence on the part of the navigation officers" and of "a deplorable performance of the officers' duties." In another incident last year, the Russian tanker Ursul, en route from Korsakov to Nevel'sk on the Soviet island of Sakha­ lin, ran aground. When the accident occurred, the second mate was drunk and had left the bridge without advising the captain. While the vessel was crossing this most dangerous area, the captain himself was not on the bridge. The Soviet official stoically concluded that the maritime schools in his country will have to try harder if their students are to live up to the noble tra­ ditions of the sea and seaman­ ship. DISPATCHERS REPORT Atlantic, Gulf & Inland Waters District November 1, 1969 to November 30, 1969 DECK DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston ......... Wilmington San Francisco ... Seattle Totals ...... All Groups Class A Class B 4 5 86 106 17 15 32 24 13 22 24 29 16 16 46 34 104 103 50 42 26 40 104 77 47 27 569 540 TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C 6 5 4 73 80 11 18 16 4 57 21 11 17 12 5 29 9 32 1 7 1 29 21 5 59 54 18 26 34 7 26 35 9 97 62 26 43 35 16 470 423 128 All Groups Class A Class B 6 3 189 177 26 30 113 56 34 41 27 22 20 25 95 27 139 73 139 115 38 . 3 80 16 ' 56 16 962 604 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans .... Houston .... Wilmington San Francisco ... Seattle Totals TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups TOTAL SHIPPED Class A Class B 3 4 83 88 16 23 30 27 9 20 20 40 7 10 28 43 99 98 20 44 17 38 62 95 64 26 458 556 Class A Class B Class C 4 2 2 59 83 18 16 15 1 31 39 6 11 17 3 18 36 13 18 1 20 25 0 51 72 19 19 50 9 12 28 11 61 82 24 64 29 29 367 486 136 STEW STEWARD DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups All Groups Port Class A Class B Class A Class B Class C Boston 4 6 3 5 2 New York 71 48 51 36 23 Philadelphia 6 11 10 7 2 Baltimore 28 8 41 9 11 Norfolk 15 25 7 19 10 Jacksonville 19 21 19 17 18 Tampa 6 4 13 1 16 Mobile 10 13 19 2 89 50 New Orleans .... 54 44 12 19 22 Houston 21 9 16 19 17 Wilmington 12 23 15 67 50 San Francisco ... 54 51 26 41 21 Seattle 31 20 4 290 403 Totals 317 262 142 December, 1969 LOG REGISTERED on BEACH Class A Class B 4 2 130 173 11 25 57 43 19 47 16 35 11 15 64 47 113 81 89 93 22 10 56 28 32 4 624 603 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 3 2 152 115 10 15 89 29 33 25 11 21 9 7 50 22 130 49 93 62 16 7 63 13 47 16 706 383 In Saigon Home-made music sweetens the Far East breezes at dusk as Seafar­ ers Lester Hall, Jr., B. Gregory, Steve Peabody and William McCall (I. to r.) relax towards evening on the Buckeye Victory in Saigon. Rep. Mollohan Hits POD Another Legislator Punctures Theory of ^Effective Control' WASHINGTON — Defense Department claims that Ameri­ can-owned ships, registered in foreign countries, are available to the U.S. in times of emer­ gency, were sharply challenged last month by a member of the House Armed Services Com­ mittee. Representative Robert O. Mollohan (D-W.Va.) challenged the "effective control" theory as a "myth," declarinp that "the only ships that are effectively controlled by the United States are ones that are built in Ameri­ can shipyards, that fly the American flag, and that are crewed by American citizens." The congressman told a meet­ ing sponsored by the 7.5-million-member AFL-CIO Mari­ time Trades Department that "relying on the patriotism" of the owners of these vessels is "a pretty weak reed" on which to lean. "Where does the owner dem­ onstrate his patriotism by regis­ tering his ship under a foreign flag? Certainly he's not being patriotic in terms of taxes, be­ cause he doesn't pay them to this country on the ships regis­ tered abroad. Certainly he's not being patriotic in terms of the American economy, because he isn't supporting the economy when he hires foreign, instead of American, seamen." Mollohan said that in the 1967 Middle East crisis, "the political views of the country of registry" proved to be "infinitely more persuasive than the political views of the country of owner­ ship." He referred to the fact that American-owned, Liberian-registered vessels refused to enter the Gulf of Aqaba, despite U.S. insistence on the right of free passage, because Liberia instructed owners of ships fly­ ing its flag not to become in­ volved in that issue. Mollohan urged President Nixon, in the maritime legisla­ tion scheduled to go to Capitol Hill, to come up with a bill that increases "reliance on Ameri­ can-flag ships, and that rejects the "theoretical, but impracti­ cal, claims that we can rely on ships of other nations, no mat­ ter who owns them." J Mim-SkffbHit As AuthUmon SANTA, ANA, CaUf.— A mini-skirted cutie is an unfair labor practice when the boss supplies her cos­ tume to defeat the union. This new fashion note in labor relations was sounded by the National Labor Re­ lations Board in a ruling against the Conolon Corpo­ ration here. Campaign literature dis­ tributed by the Marine and Shipbuilding Workers charged that the company paid "mini-wages." To con­ vince the workers that mini" was good for them, the boss' private secretary and the company vice pres­ ident recruited four or five of the office clerical work­ ers' not involved in the election, to distribute anti­ union literature. The girls wore mini-skirts and company-supplied high boots and they wore signs reading, "Yes on mini, no on union." The NLRB found the company-dressed leafleteers constituted an unfair labor practice. \ 11 41 "r t H L tf > ii �Puxtt Twenty One December, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Nine f-A STEEL KING —Anthony Hanna, chairman; L, 0.: w: Pierson, steward delegate;, ^ M, Del Prado, engine ^ delegate and'H. P. Lopez, ;deck delegate, constitute the ship's committee here. ^ i •• • f • s"«^c- ' '•©ALVESTON-^ThU " ,, ' ' *• ' •• ••-• •' •-^"--'••rV''••^'•V i|^^|^^n^r|^9H^^^H|HBW'l^''^^TfTchip^ecretary •'"•'..represents the SeaW., ... .^,, - official commurMCotio^ Q,ropolo: £"9'"® " °^°yeocVei. steward dele- MOBILE—Sitting around the table to discuss the welfare of the crew are, from left, F. T. DiCarlo, ship's secretary; J. Violante, deck delegate; P. Vicare, stew­ ard delegate: E. Hogge, meeting chairman, and P. Teets, engine delegate. Among the committee's usual tasks is full discussion of all SlU objectives. CHARLESTON—^The LOG photographer was able to catch only three mem­ bers of this committee. From left are Alvin Carpenter, steward delegate; Ted York, ship's secretary, and John Alberte, ship's chairman. The general alertness^of all SlU Ships' Committees determines to a large extent the smooth­ ness in handling beefs which come up at sea and insures a smooth trip for all. TRANSCHAMPLAINship's committee here functions smoothly and enjoys the confidence of the entire crew. Seated, from left: Steward Delegate Rob­ ert Matea; Deck Delegate Thomas Magras; Ship's Secretary Jack Long. Standing: Engine Delegate Sam Brattie, left, and Ship's Chairman Clarence Homchins. STEEL AGE—A clean ship is one of prime goals of this committee, as with those on all SlU-contracted ships. Left to rght around the table are: Drayson E. Warren, deck delegate: Frank R. Cottongin, Ship's Chairman; Glenn Dickens, engine delegate; Albert Sheffield, ship s delegate, and Pete Gonzalez, ship's secretary. �Page Ten SEAFARERS December, 1969 LOG Tough Polidng of t2Mile Fish Zone Coal of New Garmati Bill in House WASHINGTON — Legisla­ tion designed to beef up surveil­ lance of America's exclusive 12mile fishery zone and strengthen enforcement of regulations cov­ ering the area has been intro­ duced in the House of Repre­ sentatives by Congressman Edward A. Garmatz (D-Md.), Chairman of the House Com­ mittee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Citing the immedate need for his legislation, which was cosponsored by more than 20 other committee members, the Maryland Congressman singled out "increased and wanton vio­ lations of our 12-mile fishery zone by foreign-flag vessels" as a severe threat to this nation's valuable fishery resources. Among other things, Garmatz's bill proposes that more aircraft and ships be assigned to patrol duty in the area and that far more severe fines be levied, along with confiscation of all fish and fishing equipment possessed by foreign fishing ves­ sels found guilty of illegal fish­ ing within the 12-mile offshore zone. Under the existing law, the maximum fine for illegal fishing in the 12-mile zone is only $10,000. The. new legislation would increase the maximum fine to $50,000 and—^for the first time—^provide for a min­ imum penalty of $25,000. "We must increase both our surveillance forces and our pen­ alties," Garmatz emphasized. "Both are so weak at the present time that foreign fisher­ men feel it is a worthwhile gam­ ble to violate our 12-mile fish­ ery zone. Their chances of be­ ing caught are negligible—and even if they are caught, the pen­ alty is not stiff enough to really hurt or discourage the violator," the congressman noted. Make Illegal Fishing Risky "My committee wants to make it too dangerous and too expensive for foreigners to risk illegal fishing in our waters." In recent months, foreign fishing activity off the coasts of the U.S. has caused increased Congressional and public con­ cern and has severely affected SIUNA fishing aflSliates on both East and West Coasts. As an example of this in­ crease in activity, Garmatz noted that—in August of this year—a total of 325 foreign fishing vessels were sighted fish­ ing off the New England coast. This massive fleet included ships MTD Charges Defense Dept. Vktimizes Private U.S. Fleet (Contimied from page 3) "The issue is not whether some of the ships have been re­ turned to mothballs," the state­ ment said. "What is at issue is the fact that not all of them have been deactivated—and the ones that remain in service are being used in direct competition with our privately-owned American-flag fleet. We submit that even one governmentowned ship in competition with our privately-owned fleet is one too many." AMA'Also Scores DOD In a related development, the American Maritime Association charged that the Military Sea Transportation Service—an arm of the Defense Department— has been chartering ships built with federal construction sub­ sidy funds for extended periods of time. Such chartering is illegal, the AMA—an association repre­ senting unsubsidized ship­ owners maintained in a formal memorandum submitted to Maritime Administrator Andrew E. Gibson, who must approve these time charters. Ships built with federal subsidies are re­ quired by law to compete with foreign vessels whose lower costs of construction and operation are the justification for the U.S. government subsidy in the first place. Therefore, the association points out, they should serve the same essential commercial trade routes the competing for­ eign ships serve. Instead the AMA document charged, 43 ships—about 15 percent of the subsidized fleet —were under time charter to the MSTS for periods of two to three years as of October 1. All military cargoes are re­ quired by law to be shipped on American-flag vessels. In the case of the unsubsidized U.S.flag operators, however, the car­ riage of military and other gov­ ernment-generated cargoes is absolutely necessary if their largely over-age ships are to continue in operation, AMA said. The acknowledgement by Gibson that ships built with con­ struction subsidies, are ineligible for charter to MSTS, the asso­ ciation contended, would pro­ vide the necessary incentive for unsubsidized operators to in­ vest the large sums of money re­ quired to rebuild their aging fleets. belonging to the Soviet Union, Poland, East Germany, Ro­ mania, Bulgaria, Israel, Ice­ land, Spain and Norway. In the Pacific Northwest, the Coast Guard admitted during recent Congressional hearings that only about 10 percent—or perhaps less—of foreign vessels that fish illegally in Alaskan waters are apprehended. The majority of these viola­ tions of U.S. Pacific waters are accomplished by Russian and Japanese fishing vessels. Garmatz pointed out that Alaska alone has thousands of miles of coastline, and that far more aircraft and ships are needed to effectively patrol and protect all of this nation's coastal areas. "We know that many vessels sneak into our 12-mile zone, es­ pecially at night, to fish ille­ gally," Garmatz said, "and we must act to protect our 12-mile zone because that is oiir most valuable source of fish." Approximately 80 percent of all fish and shellfish caught by the American fishing industry is taken within this 12-mile zone. "The purpose of this legisla­ tion is to put teeth in our dec­ laration of sovereignty over these waters," the committee chairman noted. If the Garmatz bill becomes law, all fish found aboard any vessel illegally fishing within the zone would be presumed to have been caught in violation of the Act and would be automatically forfeited. Such confiscation can constitute a far greater mone­ tary loss than any fine imposed, and such action is considered by the fishing industry to be an extremely effective deterrent. * ''• HOUSTON—Paul Drozak, SIU Port Agent in Houston and an executive board mem­ ber of the Harris County AFLCIO Central Labor Council, has been named a vice presi­ dent of the Texas State AFL- ao. Drozak was elected to the post last month by the Harris ^1 for exceptional service and un­ selfish dedicated efforts on be­ half of the labor movement in Texas." Among the many distin­ guished guests and speakers at the dinner dance were U.S. Representative Bob Eckhardt (D-Tex.); Texas State Senators Barbara Jordan, Babe Schwartz and Chet Brooks; Hank Brown, president of the Texas AFLCIO; and Houston City Coun­ cilman Frank Mancuso. i 'fj CousHtutibn Voto Concludes Dec 22 J (CtHitinued from page 3) on the total amount of annual dues paid by the membership but will spread payments evenly over the entire year rather than require Seafarers to make a large payment in the first quar­ Paul Drozak ter. County Council to fill a va­ A simplification in the quali­ cancy on the state body and his fications for elected office in the appointment was officially con­ Union is also included in the firmed December 11 by the full proposed amended version of executive board of the Texas the constitution as well as a AFL-CIO meeting in Austin. revision in balloting procedures This marks the first time a which would call for the use of member of the SIU has ever mail ballots in all future elec­ held such a high position in the tions. Texas State labor body. The committee also particu­ Drozak was also honored re­ larly emphasized in its report cently by the West Gulf Ports that the job rights of Seafarers Council of the Maritime Trades would in no way be changed by Department of the AFL-CIO at any of the proposed changes in its fifth annual dinner dance at the constitution. Job rights, the Sheraton-Lincoln Hotel they made clear, are preserved within the shipping rules as part here. In the presence of the more of the contract between the SIU than 700 persons who attended and the shipowners. Full results of the voting will the gala affair, he was presented with a plaque which was in­ appear in the LOG as soon as scribed as follows: all ballots have been received "Presented to Paul Drozak and tallied. * i. Safest Sea-Land Ship • il jfl •% I The SlU-contracted New Yorker receives a plaque for winning the "Safest Ship" award during 1968 for the Sea-Land fleet. From left are James Prendergast, chief engineer; Fred Boer, chief mate; SIU Pa­ trolman Tom Gould: Bob Snow, Sea-Land safety engineer; Adam Torres, the ship's master; Seafarers Ramon Benitez, BR and Isadora Henry, messman. Award was presented November 3 in New Orleans. T �December, 1969 SEAFARERS According to Lloyd's: U.S. Fleet Grows Smaller; Liberia Leads, Japan 2nd LONDON—The U.S.-flag merchant marine was one of only two major fleets in the world to show a decline for the year, as of September 30, according to Lloyd's Register of Shipping, which published its latest report here last month. Liberia remained the nominal owner of the world's largest merchant fleet, but Japan has nosed out Britain for second place. Liberia—^long a favorite haven for runaway U.S. ship­ pers—currently has 29,215,000 registered tons, doubling her figure of five years ago. An increase in gross tonnage of seven million tons in two years was posted by Japan, which now boasts a fleet of 23,987,000 gross tons. Britain's tonnage is 23,844,000, and the world total is now 211,661,000 tons. In fourth place is Norway—19,679,000 tons—and -the United States' 19,550,000-ton fleet relegates her to fifth in world tonnage. The U.S.S.R., with 13,705,000 tons, is sixth but moving up fast. Much of the increase in tonnage listed for many countries is attributed by Lloyd's to the larger vessels now being con­ structed. World Shipbuilding Sets High Currently under construction throughout the world, Lloyd's says, are a total of 17,807,928 gross tons of merchant ship­ ping—more than 1,800 separate vessels. This is the Highest total tonnage ever recorded during a single quarter. The sta­ tistics run through the end of September. Japan led all nations in shipbuilding with better than 22 percent of the world's total under construction, The 408 ships being built there account for 5,325,728 gross tons. The United States, with only 66 ships of 765,791 gross tons, ranked a poor ninth in tonnage under construction. In the totals for vessels on order, the U.S. was even lower, ranking 12th with just 1,643,833 gross tons. Japan also registered the largest individual gain in ships on order, with 18,517,319 gross tons on the books. Most coun­ tries showed small increases in total orders. The over-all world total of 1,833 vessels of 38,119,550 gross tons of ship­ ping on order, but not yet under construction, also set a new quarterly record. Page Eleven LOG Party Operates Red China's Unioas As Transaussion Belt for Woricers LONDON—rare insight into what "trade unionism" in Communist China is was re­ cently provided \n The China Quarterly, published here. Paul Harper, author of the article entitled "The Party and Unions in Communist China," explains in some detail just why Chinese unions cannot be char­ acterized as free trade unions. In fact, the preamble of the constitution of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) states; "The trade un­ ions of China are the mass or­ ganizations of the working class led by the Party and are the transmission belt between the Party and the masses." Harper sums this up as mean­ ing: "The unions lead the work­ ers on behalf of the Party." He describes the contradic­ tions in the labor-management relationship in China as follows: "Both management and un­ ions are under the ultimate rule of the Party, so improvements in the tangible material welfare of the workers are determined in practice by the same body that controls management—^the Party. If unions really are to represent the interest of the workers they must at times op­ pose the Party. Therein comes the rub." This "rub" has led to some historic conflicts involving some union leaders, even though members of the Party. They challenged the Party because they felt that they were elected to represent the interest of the workers. Trade unions under the Com­ munist rule began to develop in the 1940's and by 1950 the 6th Trade Union Congress was held. The structure of the ACFTU was that there were no real na­ tional unions of railroad work­ ers, seamen, machinists, etc. Instead, local craft unions affil­ iated directly with the ACFTU through municipal and provin­ cial councils which were domi­ nated by Party members. In 1950, the head of the ACFTU, Li Li-san—who had returned to China four years earlier after 15 years in Moscow —tried to lead the unions away from the Party. He started at least ten national industrial un­ ions. In addition, he named a new editor of the ACFTU news­ paper who followed Li's policy of trying to represent the work­ ers, to fight for their demands. Party leaders hit this as "economism" and "revisionism". The battle continued until late 1952 when Li Li-san was ousted as head of the ACFTU, replaced by a traditional Com­ munist Party bureaucrat, Lai Jo-yu. Li's top aides, including the editor, were bounced too. "There is not the slightest hint of any trade union work in Lai's career prior to his ap­ pointment as ACFTU Secre­ tary-General," writes Harper. He said that the Chinese Communist Party "chose to in­ terpret the unions' efforts to represent the interest of the workers as a threat to Party controls; the result was a return Vietnam's Unions Gaining Greater Responsibility WASHINGTON—The Viet­ namese Confederation of Labor (CVT) — 20 years old this month — is growing, thriving and "entering a new phase of responsibility," its leader told newsmen here. "Just as 20 years is consid­ ered a mark of maturity in a man, so is it a mark of maturity in our labor movement," CVT President Tran Quoc Buu de­ clared. Buu, who came to the United States to confer with AFL-CIO President George Meany and other federation leaders, was the guest of Meany and a number of members of the Executive Council at a Washington lunch­ eon. At a later press conference, Buu described the function of the strongly anti-Communist CVT, explained its future goals and reaffirmed its close cooper­ ation with the AFL-CIO. The CVT leader was accom­ panied by Nguyen Van Thang, assistant to Buu and director of the confederation's department of international affairs. AFL-CIO Director of Inter­ national Affairs Jay Lovestone int^ duced Buu and Thang as "two' trade union fighters for peace and freedom who have often paid a heavy price for their roles." Buu spoke of his five years in jail for resistance to French rule of Vietnam, his later flight from North Vietnam to avoid a Com­ munist purge, his role in found­ ing the CVT in November 1949 and its early years of tribulation. Looking ahead, he said the CVT is "entering a new phase of responsibility involving not just workers but the future of all of our people." As an example of this "new responsibility," he reported that the confederation — "not satis­ fied with any of the existing po­ litical parties in South Vietnam" —is laying the groundwork for a new political party. Although preparation for the party is being made by a com­ mittee set up by CVT in 1967, Buu envisions it as a party that will embrace not only workers, but firm anti-Communist groups of farmers and Buddhist orga­ nizations. Buu also reported that CVT has requested the International Labor Organization to under­ take a survey to determine the extent to which "freedom of as­ sociation" exists in North Viet­ nam and report on its findings. He indicated his own certainty of what such a survey would re­ veal. He said that with the par­ tition of Vietnam in 1954, the Communist rulers confiscated all CVT offices in North Viet­ nam. In the years since, he added, all CVT leaders there have either been jailed or as­ sassinated. In answering questions about CVT's position in South Viet­ nam, Buu said that labor lead­ ers have been jailed in the past "but all have since been freed. There are no longer any CVT leaders in prison in South Viet­ nam." He drew a contrast between the labor situations in North and South Vietnam, pointing out: "In South Vietnam we have the right to strike, we can ne­ gotiate on an equal basis and we have meaningful collective bargaining contracts." As an example of CVT's in­ fluence in South Vietnam, Buu noted that the government there had proposed legislation for land reform—long one of the major issues advanced by the labor movement. In answer to another ques­ tion, Buu said he supports the U.S. policy of withdrawal of American troops from South Vietnam as long as the with­ drawal is "conditioned to the increasing capability of South Vietnam's army" to take over the fighting. Under this condition, he em­ phasized, the policy can have a beneficial effect in "awakening the masses" of South Vietnam's citizens to their role in halting communism and building a strong, free government based on social progress. to absolute dominance by the Party, subservience by the un­ ions." The next major crisis in Party-union relations took place in 1957 after Mao Tse-tung per­ mitted some criticism of the Party. Even bureaucratic Lai started to deviate a bit, saying: "That unions must submit to the leadership of the Party, a problem that has been solved in the past, is quite correct. How­ ever, not enough attention has been given to the fact that as an organization of the masses, a trade union, apart from submit­ ting to the Party in policy and thought, must u^old its own in­ dependent activities." In a free society this assertion would be completely rejected. Lai's views were considered heresy in Party circles. The Party element of the ACFTU held an enlarged meeting and declared that "the result of trade union activities wece inseparable from Party leadership." So Lai went down in defeat but he took it as a good Com­ munist soldier. When the 8th Trade Union Congress was held in December of 1957, Harper writes, "Lai Jo-yu himself led the series of speeches proclaim­ ing the submission of the unions to Party control." The Congress even revised the ACFTU constitution to provide for dual rule in the trade union apparatus with actual control in the hands of the local party committee. This didn't save Lai but in 1958 he was replaced by Liu Ning-yi, a devoted follower of Mao rather than a supporter of either the Party or the union apparatus. In the complex Chinese pic­ ture, Harper believes that Liu is at cautious odds both with the Party and the union leadership but keeps his power due to Mao's backing. The union leaders at most levels, however, are still striving for "economism". Harper says, and the fight between Mao and the Party is permitting more of this now than ever before. But all this is a far cry from free trade unionism. South Vietnam's free labor unions have become a strong force for anti-communist progress in that nation, Tran Quoc Buu, president of Vietnamese Confederation of Labor, right, told AFL-CIO Pres. Meany. �Page Twelve SEAFARERS LOG December, 1969 Up the Hard Way PANIC ON WALL STREET by Robert Sobel (Macmillaii— $8.95) In 1929, as the §tock market climbed higher and higher, one Wall Street figure kept warning his friends against the high prices of stocks. They suggested he see a psychiatrist and, not being sure of his reasoning, he did. After giving the psychia­ trist his arguments, the two of them went to their brokers and sold out before the crash, Robert Sobel has included many such bits of human interest in his history of financial disasters. The result is a lively nar­ rative of hard times on Wall Street. Sobel begins with the first panic of 1792 and follows with eleven others, ending with the Kennedy slide of 1962. Until 1929, Wall Street was largely uncontrolled. Speculators cor­ nered markets and battled it out for control of big corpora­ tions and get-rich-quick artists bought stock beyond their ability to pay. All this was to the detriment of the market and to the nation. While there is "no law of panics." Sobel notes that most "occur as 'moments of truth' after periods of self-deception." Since what happens on Wall Street affects all of us, what about the future? Sobel is cautious. He lists the causes that could lead to another panic and con­ cludes with this somber observation: Since our economy is much more complex today than in 1929, a new panic would be that much more disastrous. Sobel's book shows how easy panic can hit Wall Street and the subsequent effect upon all America. * IMiat A Union Means For five years, the SIU has been fighting to win economic justice for a small group of ite members fired from their jobs on the Galveston wharves. On Page 3 of this issue is a report of the Union's victory—a $625,000 set­ tlement for the workers involved. This is an important victory in terms of the size of the settlement and the length of time the Union has been fighting. But it's important for an­ other reason: It emphasizes just what a trade union is all about. Day after day, the Union fights for the rights of its members. Some­ times problems are solved through the grievance procedure, sometimes through arbitration, and sometimes (as in the case at Galveston) through the courts. Not all the settlements are this spectacular—but neither the size of the settlement nor the size of the beef is important. Ask any worker who's rights have been denied, and he'll tell you that any case involving him is mighty important. And he'll be right. None of these victories—large or small—can be won by individual work­ ers, because individuals don't have any clout. But when they join together— when workers mobilize their collective strength through the Union—^then a lot can be accomplished. ^ That's what happened at Galveston: The entire Union went to bat for this handful of fellow workers. As we said, that's what a trade union is all about. Season's Greetings to AH Once again, Americans are in the midst W the joyous holiday season— celebrating Christmas with traditional festivities and looking forward with hopeful anticipation to all the good things that the New Year may bring. It IS at this particular time of the year that we are reminded most acutely of the fact that a Seafarer, because of the unique nature of his chosen career, very often does not enjoy the opportunity to share the holi­ day observances surrounded by his loved ones and friends—as does the aver­ age Ampican worker who earns his living ashore. This y^r, as in scores of years during the past, a majority of Seafarers will spend the holidays on the high seas or in some remote corner of the world uiousands of miles from their families back home. But as always, the spirit of Christmas will be in their hearts and they will share the common hope with their fellow Union members that perhaps they will be home next year. In the meantime, our brothers aboard SlU-contracted ships—^whereever they are ^will be able to enjoy the good fellowship of each other with special holiday menus and improvised colorful decorations of the season to make these special days a little brighter. To all Seafarers, whether at sea or ashore—and to their families who share their periodic loneliness—^we wish to extend our warmest greetings of the season and best wishes for the coming year. * C * THE LABOR ARRITRATION PROCESS by R. W. Fleming (lUinois—$2.45) There are few union members who have not heard of arbi­ tration. Many others understand the basic principles of arbitra­ tion. For those seeking a greater understanding of the history and workings of arbitration, this paperback volume will be helpful. R. W. Fleming, a noted arbitrator himself, discusses the his­ tory, problems and future of arbitration. Arbitration is a private system of jurisprudence, given legal sanction by the courts. It is not a perfect system but it is the best, devised so far. Problems of cost, time lag and individual rights still plague labor and management with respeet to arbitration. Fleming sees a need for "a mechanism which will enable labor, manage­ ment, and professional arbitrators to examine existing practices jointly and make proposals for improvement." ROOSEVELT & WORLD WAR H by Robert A. Divine (Johns Hopkins—$5.95) Of all of Ameriea's presidents, two have generated enough interest or controversy to cause writers to turn out a wide assort­ ment of books about them. President Lincoln's claim to fame was the Civil War and his own tragic ending. Franklin D. Roosevelt's intriguing personality, and his con­ troversial policies to bring the nation out of a depression, places him alongside Lincoln as one of our two most written—about presidents. Of all the books written about Roosevelt, however, few deal with his role in foreign policy. In this book, Robert Divine analyzes Roosevelt's personal contribution—as distinct from the official United States role— to foreign policy before and during World War II. He shows that basically Roosevelt was an isolationist, but as the years rolled by and the armies of a German dictator smashed the boundaries of European nations, he was drawn into the confliet. In 1936, Roosevelt said: "I have seen war ... I have seen children starving ... I hate war." This was Roosevelt, the isolationist. As the years went by, and Hitler's objectives be­ came clear, Roosevelt was to assume other roles. j Divine discusses these roles—the interventionist, the realist, the pragmatist—and finds that Roosevelt's diplomacy served the nation well. His conduct of foreign policy is downgraded only when compared with his role in domestic affairs. On four occasions in American history. Democratic presi­ dents have been elected on platforms of domestic reform. Each time these men—Wilson, Roosevelt, Truman ^d Johnsonhave had wars bring a halt to their domestic programs and to a certain extent, tarnish their reputations as leaders. American labor owes a lot to the Roosevelt Years. The work­ ing man gained the right to organize, the foundations for much of today's social legislation were laid, and confidence in democ­ racy was restored. This book seeks to provide a better under­ standing of the other side of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. «t, « �December, 1969 •I SEAFARERS Page Thirteen LOG Ohio Senator Cites Funding Need: A Proud Family Water Resource Plan Urged Without ^User Charge' Levy •-» I^ LV ^ WASHINGTON — Warning that "the continued neglect of water resources will strain the fabric of society in directions not now discernible," Senator Stephen M. Young (D-Ohio) has come out for a long-range water resource development program and sufficient funds to carry it through. At the same time, Young condemned pro­ posals to levy "user charges" on waterbome commerce. "A massive and challenging task in developing its water resources confronts the nation," the Ohio legislator pointed out in his paper, "A Water Devel­ opment Program for America's Future" which has been pub­ lished by the National Water­ ways Conference, Inc., a trade association here. "With vision and determina­ tion we can do the job, but it is imperative that the public understand its urgency and the true values at stake," Young said. A belief that the American people are "on the threshhold of a fundamental change in atti­ tude and practice with regard to water" was voiced by the Ohio Democrat, who is chair­ man of the Subcommittee on Flood Control—^Rivers and Harbors of the Senate Public Works Committee. Young defines the needs in the areas of water supply, pollu­ tion control, flood control, navi­ gation, recreation and upstream reservoirs. He advocates a wellfunded program of "compre­ hensive husbanding of our water supply," and notes that present expenditures for water resources are insufficient to produce needed results. "For every $100 of our gross national product, the American people—through all federal SEAFARER! LOG December 1969 • Vol. XXXI, No. 14 I Official Publication of the Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes an^ Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO Sxecutive Boari PAUL HALL, President EARL SHEPARD CAL TANNER Exec. Vice-Free. Vice-President LINDSEY WILLIAMS AL KERR Vice-President Sec.-Treae. ROBERT MATTHEWS AL TANNER Vice-President Vice-President Editor HARRY WITTSCHEN Assistant Editors WILL KARP CHARLES SVENSON FRANK MAROIOTTA MARIETTA CRISCI U' Staff Photographer ANTHONY ANSALDI Pahllihed monthly at 810 Rhodt Island Annas N.E., Washington, D. C. 20018 by the Seafar­ ers International Union. Atlantle, Golf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, 675 Foarth Annas, Brooklyn, N.V. 11232. Tol. HVaelnth 9-6600. Second class goitago paid at Washlngtons, D. C. POSTMASTER'S ATTFNTION: Forss 3579 cards shoald he tent to Seafarers International Union, Atlantle, Galf, Lakes and inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, 675 Foarth Annas, Brooklyn, N.V. 11232. agencies combined — are ex­ pending only 35 cents on the water resource base which makes that product possible," he declared. The senator was particularly critical of waterway tolls as well as "user charges" proposed on waterbome commerce. The ef­ fects of such charges, he indi­ cated, would be to disrupt deep­ ly-rooted "patterns of com­ merce" affecting the movement of basic industrial materials and fuels. User charges could dis­ rupt river traffic and result not only in economic harm to the vast investments which have been made in river waterfront facilities, but also pose a threat of dismption or dislocation of the nation's inland water indus­ try, Young stated. Seafarer Henry Donnelly, who saris in the steward department, is understandably proud of son, William, who is a midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. At recent family reunion during Parents' Open House are: Cheryl, Dad Henry, William, Michael, Mrs. Paula Donnelly and Patrick. Father has been a member of the SlU since 1947. The Donnellys make their home in Lacombe, Louisiana. 's Guide to Better Buying Year-End Tax Planning More Vital This Year By Sidney MargoUus "Year-end tax planning" is more important this year than ever. This is a tax-saving device often used by well-to-do taxpayers. They arrange to pay various deductible expenses before the end of the year if they want to reduce their taxes for the current year. Or if they expect their taxes may be higher next year, they post­ pone certain tax-deductible payments until the beginning of the new year. Large taxpayers and self-employed people also often advance or delay receipt of some of their income. Wage-earners usually are not able to juggle income but often can advance or postpone payment of deductible items. All this is legal. When you pay a tax-deductible expense like a medical bill or charitable contribution determines when you take the deduction, not when you incurred the expense. Such tax planning is especially important this year because Con­ gress is considering tax cuts for 1970. Thus, deductions probably will be worth more to you in 1969 than in 1970. To see year-end tax planning most effectively you need to first estimate whether you are likely to itemize your deductions or take a standard deduction. If you do not have enough deductible ex­ penses to itemize deductions this year, then it would be better to postpone until the beginning of next year the payment of whatever deductible expenses can be postponed. That way you may be able to take a standard deduction this year and have enough to itemize next year. Itemizing saves taxes if your deductions total more than 10 percent of your income or more than the minimum standard deduction ($200 plus $100 for each exemption claimed on your return). Even if you usually itemize deductions, pay special attention to your medical deduction. You can deduct only that portion of your medical bills over three percent of your income. If your medi­ cal expenses already are approaching that level, you may want to pay any outstanding bills before January 1, to include them in this year's deduction. Sometimes it even is worth borrowing to pay a medical bill before the end of the year. For example, suppose you owe a $200 medical or dental bill, and are in a 25 percent tax bracket (including federal and state tax). The tax saving could be as much as $50. In contrast, the interest paid to a credit union for an eight-month loan of $200 would amount to only about $8. (Even that interest would be deductible the year you pay it.) On the other hand, if you see that youn health-care expenses this year will not reach three percent of income, it would save taxes to postpone whatever payments you can until after January 1 to build up a medical deduction for next year. It even might be worth incurring various deductible expenses before the end of the year if you plan to itemize this year. For example, you may be planning on expensive dental work like dentures or orthodontia for a youngster, or a medical checkup. In addition to charitable contributions of both cash and goods, and medical and health insurance expenses, other deductible pay­ ments which can be advanced (or postponed if more desirable) include: Deductible work expenses such as purchase and repair of tools, equipment, safety shoes and protective equipment, distinctive uni­ forms (not ordinary work clothes) and technical books and maga­ zines. Property taxes. Interest prepaid on loans, mortgages and installment purchases (within the unfair limits arbitrarily dictated by the Internal Revenue Service). Up to 12 months prepaid interest usually can qualify for a tax deduction. Employee education expenses, including costs of tuition, books, etc., if the course is in relation to your present work, but not to learn a new trade. An auto mechanic could deduct for a course in automatic transmissions or other skills needed in his trade. A steno could deduct for a course in improving her shorthand. But the steno could not deduct for a course in auto mechanics. Nor could the mechanic deduct for a course in steno. While wealthy taxpayers are busily juggling their stock market transactions to minimize taxes, small taxpayers also may have a little advancing or postponing to do. It may be better to postpone cashing any E bonds until after the New Year to avoid paying current higher rates on the increase in value. If you do have any gains or losses on small purchases of stocks or mutual-fund shares, you may want to weigh the tax effects of taking gains or losses now as against later. Dependency Exemptions If you support a qualified relative but cannot claim him as a dependent because he has taxable income of $690 or more, you still can include medical expenses paid on his behalf. For example, your mother may have income of $800 a year from social security (nontaxable income) and $600 from a house she rents out (taxable income). Her total living expenses for the year are $2900. You contribute $1500, either in cash or in the form of room and board, medical expenses, etc. Even though you meet the rule for providing over 50 percent of the support, you still can't claim her as an exemption because of the $600 of taxable income. (You could if her gross taxable income was just $599.) But you can deduct the medical expenses paid on her behalf. Thus, you save taxes if you pay the medical bills of a dependent rather than give the equivalent in cash. It's well to prepare yourself before year's end to prove your claims for dependents such as an elderly relative or a child at college. In estimating whether you provide over 50 percent of support, you need to calculate the dependent's total living expenses and how much he himself provides. Among usual expenses that can be counted are meals; lodging; clothing; medical and health insur­ ance; education; charitable contributions; entertainment; trans­ portation, and personal care—barber, etc. When two or more persons provide over half of the support, but none over 50 percent, one can claim the exemption. Any others who contribute over 10 percent must sign a "Multiple Support Agreement" form. �7 Page Fourteen SEAFARERS Consumers Always Come Up Losers InDrugMakers Rigged 'Name Game' Drug WASHINGTON manufacturers continue to play a "name game" that reaps them exhorbitant profits at the pub­ lic's expense, declares Richard Shoemaker, assistant director of the AFL-CIO Department of Social Security. The game is one through which manufacturers market and promote their drugs under individual brand names even though many of these brands share a common generic name— the name that applies to all drugs of the same chemical com­ position. This and recent price-fixing convictions in the industry dem­ onstrate its "callous indifference to human life," Shoemaker writes in a recent issue of the American Federationist. He points out that most phy­ sicians prescribe by brand names and the consumer pays the brand name price which is "any­ where from two to ten times as much as another chemically identical drug available by the generic njime." If doctors had prescribed drugs by generic names, he em­ phasizes, the $3.2 billion that the public spent on prescription drugs in 1967 "would have been hundreds of millions of dollars less." A Task Force on Prescrip­ tion Drugs, set up by former Labor Tells FTC: Product Labeling Of Foreign Parts Consumers' Right WASHINGTON—The Fed­ eral Trade Commission has been urged by the AFL-CIO to re­ consider a number of recent de­ cisions which fail to live up to standards on labeling of foreign products and components. Consumers and the American workers "have a right to know if components or assembly of a product for sale in the United States are of foreign origin" and frequently made under lowwage, sweatshop conditions, the federation said in a letter to FTC Chairman Paul Rand Dixon. "Our view on the marking of foreign origin is that adequate labeling of foreign products is necessary," noted AFL-CIO Re­ search Director Nat Goldfinger. He charged that recent advi­ sory opinions of the FTC are in conflict with a statement issued by the commission on April 4, 1968, which declared that all relevant facts on foreign produc­ tion, including components, are of benefit to the American con­ sumer. "These recent views seem to make the percentage of foreign origin of a product an important aspect of whether a label is re­ quired," Goldfinger said. President Johnson, estimated in its 1969 report that potential savings to the consumer if ge­ neric drugs were prescribed would amount to 5 to 8 percent. But this estimate is based only on dru^ most frequently prescribed, the article notes. A combination of more rational as well as generic prescribing on all drugs would increase the sav­ ings to about 20 percent, it adds. This "exploitation of the pub­ lic" is mainly the fault of the drug makers, not the doctors, Shoemaker suggests, since the doctors generally have no choice except to prescribe by the highly promoted brand names. Although the importance of generic prescribing is usually re­ lated to reducing drug costs, "a case can also be made for ge­ neric prescribing as a method of improving the quality of care and of reducing drug-induced illness," Shoemaker states. Pharmacologists (physicians who spend all their time in the study of drugs) "admit they can't keep up with the outpouring of brand products" — now num­ bered at 20,000—so "obviously the practicing physicians can­ not." And, he continues, similari­ ties in the spelling and sound of brand names leads to confusion in hastily telephoned or scrib­ bled prescriptions. "As a result, nurses and pharmacists make many mistakes in administering drugs, sometimes with tragic re­ sults." Shoemaker also asserts that the system by which a manufac­ turer subjects doctors to heavy sales pitches and publicity build­ December, 1969 LOG ups without mentioning price "makes price-rigging a little easier." He recalls a federal court con­ viction last December of Charles Pfizer and Company, American Cynamid Company and BristolMyers Company on charges of patent fraud and criminal con­ spiracy to monopolize the anti­ biotic market in the United States. Two other firms, Up­ john Company and Squibb Beech-Nut were named as co­ conspirators. As a result, the federal gov­ ernment, states, cities and pri­ vate groups filed liability claims against the companies. The suits were settled under an agreement in which the firms pledged $100 million to satisfy claims. Shoemaker proposes imple­ mentation of the recommenda­ tions of the Task Force on Pre­ scription Drugs and an amend­ ment to the Food and Drug Act to permit the Food and Drug Administration to evaluate the relative effectiveness of drugs used to treat the same disease. The task force called for a number of actions to expand in­ formation on drugs, including one that would blunt the brand name promotions: The Social Security Administration would undertake "continuing responsi­ bility" to survey drug prices and publish information on them generically. Noting that the AFL-CIO Ex­ ecutive Council last year char­ acterized the drug industry as "socially irresponsible." Shoe­ maker concludes, "There is no new evidence to change that verdict." $50 Billion Market Seen For Shipbuilding in 70s NEW YORK, N.Y.—^A prediction of a $50-billion ship­ building market in the 197()s was made this month by Edwin M. Hood, president of the Shipbuilders Council of America. Speaking at an investment seminar here, the shipbuilders' spokesman forecast an unprecedented flow of contracts to American shipyards—as well as to marine component manu­ facturers—in Ae decade ahead. "These prospects include the full spectrum of shipyard activities," Hood noted. "With better than 50 percent of the U.S. Navy composed of ships 20 years of age and older ... with nearly 75 percent of the American merchant marine composed of ships 20 years of age and older, a shipbuilding program in both categories is inevitable. And, until new ships are on the line, or in operation, the opportunities for repairs and conversions to older ships cannot be discontinued. "In addition, the discovery of oil on the North Slope of Alaska holds the promise of an entirely new market for shipping and ships." President Nixon's new maritime program calls for the sub­ sidized construction of 30 merchant ships annually over a decade. Hood pointed out. This is triple the annual rate of recent years and would aggregate some $6 billion over the 10-year period, he added. The Alaskan oil discovery could generate contracts for as many as 40 or more tankers ranging in size up to 250,000 deadweight tons. Hood declared. This could easily mean $2.4 billion in tanker construction contracts alone. In addition to the $6 billion expended for merchant ships other than tankers over the next decade and $2.4 billion for tankers. Hood foresees $35 billion for naval ships. Beyond this he anticipates expenditures of $6 billion for ship repairs and other shipyard auxiliary activities. •J ll FTC Warns Advertisers On Lending Law Evasion 7 ' i' WASHINGTON-=Businesses which try to attract con­ sumers with promises of "easy credit" must accept the con­ sequences of such lures, says the Federal Trade Commission. They must treat all their customers equally and fairly, even those with poor credit histories. The Federal Trade Commission has issued this warning to retailers who attempt to evade Truth in Lending law require­ ments by advertising "easy credit," "liberal terms," and "easy credit terms" rather than stating the exact information re­ quired by the law. These general advertising terms are appearing so often, said the FTC, that the Commission must regulate their use. Accordingly, the Commission warned that businesses which promise "easy credit" may not check on the ability of the consumer to fulfill his credit contract. The ad must mean that consumers with poor credit histories can get credit. • The advertisers must not charge more for goods sold to people on "easy credit" than to his other customers nor may he charge more than what other stores in the area charge. The FTC agreed that retailers run special risks granting credit to "high-risk" consumers but when the advertiser promises "easy pay plans" or other terms he must realize he is aiming at just those consumers. In another ruling the Commission condemned as "repre­ hensible" lending agencies that are leading consumers to be­ lieve that the Truth in Lending law forces them to change past credit practices in a way that will injure the consumers. The FTC said creditors are imposing finance charges where none were imposed previously; discontinuing discounts for prompt payment and making other changes not required by the Truth in Lending Act. They urged consumers to report such changes to the Division of Consumer Credit. ^ ll I -.1 Retirees Need $4,171-lncome To Live at Moderate Level WASHINGTON—A retired urban couple needed annual in­ come of .at least $4,171 last spring to maintain a moderate standard of living, the Labor Department has reported re­ cently. For a lower standard at that time, the retired couple required income of at least $2,892. A third, fuller, more expansive budget was priced at $6,507. The income requirements are found in a revision of a 1967 Bureau of Labor Statistics study, "Measuring Retired Couples' Living Costs in Urban Areas," It appears in the November Monthly Labor Review, a BLS publication. According to BLS, the lower budget differs from the moder­ ate and higher budgets by Treflecting a smaller proportion of home ownership, excluding air conditioning, more reliance on public transportation, less use of services and greater use of recreation facilities. By contrast, the higher budget assumes the largest proportion of home ownership, provides some new cars, permits more household appliances and more paid services than the moderate budget. A majority of the items com­ mon to the three budgets are in greater quantity and better qual­ ity at each higher level of living. These are some characteris­ tics of the budgets for the spring of 1969: Consumption items — food, housing, transportation, cloth­ ing, personal care, medical care and other items—cost $2,777 in the lower budget; $3,940 in the moderate budget and $5,883 in the higher budget. Compared with the two high­ er budgets, the lower food al­ lowance in the lower budget calls for buying more potatoes, beans, flour and cereal, and less meat, poultry and fish. The low budget allows the retired couple to enjoy a restau­ rant meal once a month. The moderate budget permits eating out twice a month. All three budgets assume that a majority of the retired couples live in small mortgage-free homes. Costs for these couples include taxes, fuel, utilities and repair and maintenance, based on 1967 charges. Medical care costs were al­ most the same in each budget. But they accounted for 12 per­ cent of the retired couple's total consumption expenditures in the low budget compared with only 6 percent of those costs in the high budget. Cai^Aell Soigi Told To Pitk MttiUes CAMDEN, N. J.—Campbell Soup and their advertising agen­ cy, Batten, Barton, Durstine and Osborne, Inc., have been told to stop deceiving consumers in their ads. The Federal Trade Commission signed a consent order with the two firms after charging that ads showed bowls of Campbell's soup loaded with solid ingredients. The truth, says the FTC, is that the respondents placed clear glass marbles in the bowl to prevent the solid ingre­ dients from sinking to the bot­ tom. • 111 •^}lr'• 4 11 �December, 1969 SEAFARERS Page Fifteen LOG r TlRMMIKfi Afll> BcPfR/ENCE FdR SRFETMT SEA L IFEBOAT TRAINING at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship at Piney Point continues to move at full speed as some 100 additional trainees successfully completed the program during the past month and received Coast Guard endorsements as qualified lifeboatmen. Every young man coming through the school receives a thorough training through practical experience and classroom instruction in every aspect of lifeboat handling—including launching, han­ dling the oars, and commanding the boats. .,1^- CLAUDE 'SONNI' SIMMONS - 7 HARRY LUNDEBERG "'li >(;! C- -r-'lVAt. "i-.f-- PINEY POINT, MP. HLSS Trainees Jorge Rivera and Barney Spears fill out applications tor "Z" cards after successfully completing the 30 hour lifeboat training prograni^ and passing the examination. UP OARS—A group of trainees comes into the dock after a long afternoon of practice in lifeboat commands. Every train­ ee gets experience as coxwain during his 30 hours in the boats. Lire BOAT CLASS No. ^ CLASS #31—(Left to Right) SlU Instructor Paul McGaharn, Lewis Rothqeb, Jose Llanos, James Thornton, Apolinar Novas, Vincent Colaiacova, Adrian Cirilo, Steve Sarbarino, Robert Cassidy, Glenn Koenigsburg, who is training for Third Cook. E'-j. I Class #27—(Front row l-r): Christopher Brady, Joe Worley, John McCone, John Daley, Steve Lederman, Frederick A. Defaico, David Stanbul, Michael Conway. (Second row): Gregg Schroeder, Randolph Scott, Tom Breitnfield, Dennis Chabot, Gary Sheets, Baron Hairston, James McElligott. (Top row): Ralph Berlin, Dee Jacobs, Rudy Gaddis,. David Smith, Gary Sloan, Patrick Mikler, M. Artall, James Thomas. CLASS #28—(Front row l-r): David Colley, Edward Matos, Paul Terrell, Dan Marasak, Robert Hollie, Louis Fiorella, Thomas_J_ohnson, Paul Warren. (Second row): James Randolph, Jack Reed, Hugh Duncan, Glenn Jordan, James Sharpless, Glenn Duncan, Joe Curly. (Back row): Joseph Carney, Bill Thompson, Joseph Dixon, Robert Geddings Jr., Albert Kemp, Bruce Thomas, John Burns, Gerald Malone. CLAUDE SONNY SIMMONS r I?- ..; V^ t- . V 'CLASS #29—(Front TOW l-r): Talbert Dupre, Charlie Ratcliff, Vernon Arnold, Joseph McLaughlin, Mtslreel DeJean. (Second row): Michael Stroud, Donald Gaskill, Bruce Bockholt, David R. Akins, Robert Thompson, George Patton, Donald Straight, Ted Koosel. (Back row): Mitchell Johnson, Vincent Vantress, Charles Permenter, J. Bejarno. H. Simmons, Charles Booker, Gregory Cavin. Instructor is Tom Brooks. \ v \ X \ ;x- CLASS #30—(Front row l-r): Louis Brazier, Jesse Hurst, John Parrish, Robert Beardsley, Billy Hilliard, Thomas DeMarco, Daniel Wynn, James Hendrix. (Back row): Jackie Robinson, James White, William Nutter, Jack Godsey, Gary Smith, Raymond Kaminski, Robert Cooper, Ashby LaSalle. SlU Instructor is Tom Brooks. �Page Sixteen SEAFARERS December, 1969 LOG I ! Two bosuns give thanks for the bounty at Seattie doings. At left is Seafarer John BdWmah with--^an old shipmate, Seafarer John Yates. . From Seattle to Tampa, from San Fj CISCO to Mobile, Tlumksgiving DinneA festive occasion celebrated at rdl SIU P\ with real, good old-fashioned chotff plenty of it, which is served to alt J farers, their families and gu^ts who, forward tp the camufd gpi^gelfter, A ways the ocoasi^^ these photo from some of the « —•fcll , |i| It was certainly family day in a big way at Port of Norfolk's Thanksgiving goihigs 6n. Seafarer Joe Pagola sits at head of5|J Shown above is Seafarer William Wynn, with Mrs. Wynn and the little Wynns, none ily table in Tampa Airport Motel; v|i of whom seem to be taking it too badly, what with plentiful helpings 6f good food. the food and the service were the'j w ^jSeafarer Joseph Schoell, AB. celebrates with wife J aand son at famous El Matador Restaurant in .i?isSeattle^ ^ ^w^ Thanksgiving dinner was held." ^ • y ' ' ' ' 'J 4*- At SlU hall in San Franciscof Seafarer Richard Feddern and Mrs. Stephanie Fed- Seafarer Robert Batson with JMrs. Batson dern sit with Richard, Jr. as daughters Iris and Donna (facing front) take very daughter and young son pose for desserj good care of themselves. Donna finds both cameras and turkey irresistible, a fine dinner at the SlU hall in Norfb �SEAFARERS December,. 1969 LOG Page Seventeen I .. A little angigahtlc helping of Ice Cr^atii makia an •uhbeatabl&^'c^ i^t Baltimore haill. A fulure SJU stevyard, staining W training kind of early? f .the wif^:Son:en^u^)--^ jn-law of Seafarer Rayitlbncl l-avOlne orepare to capture the eats at Baltihall. Raymond sails as a bosun. Seafarer George McRay and family prepare to do their best by the scrumptious repast served up at the Airport Motel in Tampa where the SlU celebrated this year. The Phillips clan, young and old, had a good time at Norfolk. From left to right are William, William, Jr., Betty, Jessie and Timothy. I At New Orleans, SIU Peni sioner "Blackie" Bankston. iJeft, Leonard Gunzberg, Mrs. Arthur Beck, Mrs. Bankston, Arthur Beck, Claire Gunzberg, daughter,. Clifton Jackson and I,- i , at the Port of Baltim of ^ ^°"nd "9^ .s youngest ^lU hall. Littl.! •sea.v �Page Eighteen SEAFARERS LOG December, 1969 SIu UFEBO/miai P ictured on this page are Seafarers who have earned their Coast Guard endorsements as qualified lifehoatmen in New York over the past three months. Each class underwent an intensive program of classroom study as well as practical instruction in the handling of lifeboats at the SIlPs Lifeboat School at Mill Basin in Brooklyn before successfully passing the comprehensive Coast Guard examination. • 'I Class of Nov. 5, 1969. Front row, from left: S. Goff, E. Ramirez, R. Flores and J. Asselin. Back row, also from left: C. Ratcliffe, D. Rodriguez and H. Scott. - • -I -fi' «• V >4 / .ifUbJ'-y. Ik. I LI ' ' ' •,-^v 'x-*: •sis.. .-•fti. ; . tr ^ Class of Oct, 15, 1968. Front row, from left: L. Kincer, J. Smith, J. Phillips, A. Jackson. Back row, also from left: Bob (Pussycat) Lord, lifeboat class instructor: J. White, H. Warren and C. Bailey. Class of Oct. 8, 1969. Front row, from left: T. Arcliv ibald, John Strickling, M. Fleming, D. Landry, R. Spadoni. Back row, from left: Instructor Chuck James, T. Kidd, J. Worby, R. Reine, F. Crovetto. pa • 'i'. rfis itif r1 'tii V' IK'S' I Class of Nov. 19, 1969. Front row, from left: W. Kalman, T. Gailas, A. Vidal, A. Bodie and C. Fuentes. Bacfc row, also from left: Bob Lord, lifeboat instructor, E.Terrazzi, S. Bracken, V. Everly, S. Rogers. iiSlii Class of Nov. 26, 1969. Front row, from left: S. Zemel, B. Rhodes, D. Reiley, W. Parrish and L. Tarrats. Back row, from left: Instructor Bob Lord, R. Mack, Jr., R. Saucier, R. McDonald and T. Herlston. �Twjintv One December, 1969 SEAFARERS ANNUAL REPORT For the fiscal year ended April 30, 1969 UNITED INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF NORTH AMERICA PENSION FUND 275 20th Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 11215 - • < ->JK < to the SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE of the STATE OF NEW YORK The data contained herein is for the purpose of providing general infornia< tion as to the condition and affairs of the fund. The presentation is neces­ sarily abbreviated. For a more comprehensive treatment, refer to the Annual Statement, copies of which may be inspected at the oflBce of the fund, or at the New York State Insurance Department, 55 John Street, New York, New York 10038. STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE (RESERVE FOR FUTURE BENEFITS) ADDITIONS TO FUND BALANCE I{ ^ Item 1. Contributions: (Exclude amounts entered in Item 2) (a) Employer (Schedule 1)$47,479.06 (b) Employee (c) Other (Specify) (d) Total Contributions 2. Dividends and Experience Rating Refunds from Insurance Companies 3. Investment Income: (a) Interest (b) Dividends (c) Rents (d) Other (Specify).. (e) Total Income from Investments.. 4. Profit on disposal of investments 5. Increase by adjustment in asset values of investments ... 6. Other Additions: (Itemize) (a) (b) ^ (c) Total Other Additions : 7. Total Additions $47,479.06 Page Nineteen LOG b. Dividends or experience rating refunds c. Other (Specify) 3. Investments: (Other than real estate) a. Bank deposits at interest and deposits or shares in savings and loafi asso­ ciations b. Stocks: (1) Preferred (2) Common c. Bond? and dehenturss<| (1) Government obligations: (a) Federal (b) State and municipal (2) Foreign government obligations (3) Nongovernment obligations d. Common Trusts: (1) (Identify) (2) (Identify) e. Subsidiary organizations (See Instruc­ tions (Identify and indicate percentage of ownership by this Plan in the subsidiary) (1) % (2) % 4. Real estate loans and mortgages 5. Loans and Notes Receivable: (Other than real estate) a. Secured b. Unsecured 6. Real Estate: a. Operated b. Other real estate 7. Other Assets: a. Accrued income b. Prepaid expenses c. Other (Specify) 8. Total Assets $ 1,530.73 $17,789.33 $ $ 41.00 17,748.33 $17,789.33 LIABILITIES $47,479.06 9. Insurance and annuity premiums payable .. 10. Unpaid claims (Not covered by insurance) 11. Accounts payable 12. Accrued expenses 13. Other liabilities (Specify) Exchanges 14. Reserve for future benefits 15. Total Liabilities and Reserves 290.99 1,239.74 $ 1,530.73 DEDUCTIONS FROM FUND BALANCE Ev \r 8. Insurance and Annuity Premiums to Insur­ ance Carriers and to Service Orga­ nizations (Including Prepaid Medi­ cal Plans) 9. Benefits Provided Directly by the Trust or Separately Maintained Fund 10. Payments to an Organization Maintained by the Plan for the Purpose of Pro­ viding Benefits to Participants (At­ tach latest operating statement of the Organization showing detail of administrative expenses, supplies, fees, etc.) 11. Payments or Contract Fees Paid to Inde­ pendent Organizations or Individ­ uals Providing Plan Benefits (Clin­ ics, Hospitals, Doctors, etc.) 12. Administrative Expenses: (a) Salaries (Schedule 2) (b) Allowances, Expenses, etc. (Sched­ ule 2) (c) Taxes — (d) Fees and Commissions (Schedule 3) (e) Rent (f) Insurance Premiums (g) Fidelity Bond Premiums (h) Other Administrative Expenses (Specify) Schedule attached (i) Total Administrative Expenses 13. Loss on disposal of investments 14. Decrease by adjustment in asset values of investments 15. Other Deductions: (Itemize) (a) (b) (c) Total Other Deductions —.— 16. Total Deductions — —o— —o— 6,164.48 1,005.53 286.74 8,389.92 773.10 134.42 38.00 For the year ended April 30, 1969 Deductions from Fund Balance Item 12h—Other Administrative Expenses Stationery, supplies and printing Postage, express and freight — Telephone and telegraph Equipment rental Employee benefits ^ Miscellaneous Repairs and maintenance .— Dues and subscriptions Tabulating service Microfilm Outside temporary office help Miscellaneous Trustees meeting expenses Field audit expenses ASSETS Item 1. Cash 2. Receivables: ' a. Contributions: (See Item 18) (1) Employer (2) Other (Specify) ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNITED INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF NORTH AMERICA PENSION FUND 11,591.78 28,383.97 —o— state of County of New York Kings — and -o-o— Trustees of the Fund and —o— $30,970.47 , — subscribe thereto. ^ F/j /fa 47,479.06 30,970.47 16,508.59 $17,748.33 End of End of Prior Year Reporting Year $17,789.33 - - affirm, under the penalties of perjury that the contents of this Annual Report are true and hereby Employer yertrustee:. trusts: $ 1,239.74 —o— —o— A1 Kerr Frederik B. Paulsen —o— $ 1,530.73 $ 2,621.70 22.94 147.80 443.66 292.89 451.81 104.03 54.48 7,244.82 97.06 4.86 50.36 55.37 $11,591.78 . STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES , I" $ 2,586.50 RECONCILEMENT OF FUND BALANCE 17. Fund Balance (Reserve for Future Benefits at Beginning of Year) 18. Total Additions During Year (Item 7) 19. Total Deductions During Year (Item 16) 20. Total Net Increase (Decrease) 21. Fund Balance (Reserve for Future Bene­ fits) at End of Year (Item 14, Statement of Assets and Liabilities)— •'J • —0— UNITED INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF NORTH AMERICA PENSION FUND ATTACHMENT TO THE ANNUAL STATEMENT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK others (Indicate titles): �SEAFARERS For the fiscal year ended April 30, 1969 UNITED INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF NORTH AMERICA WELFARE FUND 275 20th Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 11215 to the SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE of the STATE OF NEW YORK (a) Federal "^e data contained herein is for the purpose of providing general informa­ tion as to the condition and affairs of the fund. The presentation is neces­ sarily abbreviated. For a more comprehensive treatment, refer to the Annual Statement, copies of which may be inspected at the office of the fund, or at the New York State Insurance Department, 55 John Street, New York, New York 10038. STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE (RESERVE FOR FUTURE BENEFITS) $791,406.70 21,328.43 6.25 $812,741.38 DEDUCTIONS FROM FUND BALANCE 8. Insurance and Annuity Premiums to Insur­ ance Carriers and to Service Orga­ nizations (Including Prepaid Medi­ cal Plans) 9. Benefits Provided Directly by the Trust or Separately Maintained Fund 10. Payments to an Organization Maintained by the Plan for the Purpose of Pro­ viding Benefits to Participants (At­ tach latest operating statement of the Organization showing detail of administrative expenses, supplies, fees, etc.) 11. Payments or Contract Fees Paid to Inde­ pendent Organizations or Individ­ uals Providing Plan Benefits (Clin­ ics, Hospitals, Doctors, etc.) 12. Administrative Expenses: (a) Salaries (Schedule 2) (b) Allowances, Expenses, etc. (Sched­ ule 2) (c) Taxes '. (d) Fees and Commissions (Schedule 3).... (e) Rent ... (f) Insurance Premiums (g) Fidelity Bond Premiums (h) Other Administrative Expenses (Specify) See Attachment..... (i) Total Administrative Expenses . 13. Loss on disposal of investments 14. Decrease by adjustment in asset values of investments 15. Other Deductions: (Itemize) (a) (b) (c) Total Other Deductions 16. Total Deductions $503,316.85 36,609.08 $ 72,708.37 3,496.21 3,577.50 11,558.53 6,331.24 129.66 214.00 62,533.19 160,548.70 107.51 $700,582.14 250.00 430,750.00 500,000.00 50,433.47 56,055.02 Id • ;r- , $536,087.84 $648,247.08 $536,087.84 $536,087.84 $648,247.08 $648,247.08 LIABILITIES 9. Insurance and annuity premiums payable 10. Unpaid claims (Not covered by insurance) 11. Accounts payable 12. Accrued expenses 13. Other liabilities (Specify) 14. Reserve for future benefits 15. Total Liabilities and Reserves UNITED INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF NORTH AMERICA WELFARE FUND ATTACHMENT TO THE ANNUAL STATEMENT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK FOR THE YEAR ENDED APRIL 30, 1969 Deductions from Fund Balance Item 12h—Other Administrative Expenses $ 129.58 Postage, express and freight 1,405.50 Telephone and telegraph ... 4.220.09 Equipment rental 4,073.16 Miscellaneous 1.119.10 Repairs and maintenance 395.07 Dues and subscriptions — 9,845.47 Stationery, printing and supplies 3,774.87 Employee benefits :— 34,435.70 Tabulating service 1,215.37 Microfilm 53.01 Outside temporary office help 50.36 Miscellaneous Trustees meeting expense 228.31 Field audit expense 1,587.60 New Jersey and New York Disability Insurance expense $62,533.19 UNITED INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF NORTH AMERICA WELFARE FUND ATTACHMENT TO U.S. DEPT. OF LABOR FORM D<2 YEAR ENDED APRIL 30, 1969 End of Reporting End of Year Prior Year Part IV—Section A—Item 2c $290.99 Due from other Fund 250.00 288.72 Travel advance Accrued interest receivable on bonds pur­ 24.81 chased :— $250.00 $604.52 New York state of County of ;} Kings Frederik B. Paulsen $536,087.14 $812,741.38 700,582.14 112,159.24 $648,247.08 STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND ASSETS Item 1. Cash . J 2. Receivables: a. Contributions: (See Item 18) (1) Employer (2) Other (Specify) (b) State and municipal (2) Foreign government obligations (3) Nongovernment obligations d. Common Trusts: (1) (Identify) (2) (Identify) e. Subsidiary organizations (See Instruc­ tions (Identify and indicate percentage of ownership by this Plan in the sub­ sidiary) (1) % (2) % 4. Real estate loans and mortgages 5. Loans and Notes Receivable: (Other than real estate) a. Secured b. Unsecured .... 6. Real Estate: a. Operated — b. Other real estate 7. Other Assets: a. Accrued income b. Prepaid expenses c. Other (Specify) 8. Total Assets 604.52 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNITED INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF NORTH AMERICA PENSION FUND RECONCILEMENT OF FUND BALANCE 17. Fund Balance (Reserve for Future Bene­ fits at Beginning of Year 18. Total Additions During Year (Item 7) 19. Total Deductions During Year (Item 16) 20. Total Net Increase (Decrease) 21. Fund Balance (Reserve for Future Bene­ fits) at End of Year (Item 14, State­ ment of Assets and Liabilities) December, 1969 b. Dividends or experience rating refunds c. Other (Specify) .: 3. Investments: (Other than real estate) a. Bank deposits at interest and deposits or shares in savings and loan asso­ ciations b. Stocks: (1) Preferred (2) Common c. Bonds and debentures: (1) Government obligations: ANNUAL REPORT ADDITIONS TO FUND BALANCE Item 1. Contributions: (Exclude amounts entered in Item 2) (a) Employer (Schedule 1) $791,406.70 (b) Employee —0— (c) Other (Specify) (d) Total Contributions 2. Dividends and Experience Rating Refunds from Insurance Companies 3. Investment Income: (a) Interest 21,328.43 (b) Dividends : (c) Rents (d) Other (Specify) (e) Total Income from Investments 4. Profit on disposal of investments 5. Increase by adjustment in asset values of investments 6. Other Additions: (Itemize) (a) (b) ^ (c) Total Other Additions 7. Total Additions LOG End of End of Prior Year Reporting Year $ 54,299.85 $ 91,942.06 and A1 Kerr Trustees of the Fund and , affirm, under the penalties of perjury that the contents of this Annual Report are true and hereby subscribe thereto. / c {i �December, 1969 • s- •\ fL r- SEAFARERS Grape Boycott Catches On With Friend and Foe Alike Director Cesar Chavez of the United Farm Workers Or­ ganizing Committee offered several examples of the extent to which farm workers' organizing efforts and labor's boycott of California grapes has caught on. For one thing, he told the recent AFL-CIO convention, "Right-to-Workers" in California have placed the boycott at the top of their "fear" list, replacing sex education. Then there was the case of a little girl in a Washington D.C., store who tugged at her mother's hand as they passed the grape di^^.y and asked "if she could have some boy­ cotts." Chavez said farm workers emphasize to the growers that "we are going to fight to get a union for as long as it takes." AFL-CIO President George Meany assured Chavez that the federation will back the effort until it succeeds. "We are quite familiar with long strikes and long struggles," Meany declared, "and we don't give up just because it takes a little time." New Taft-Hartley Law Amendment Lifts Ban On Joint Fund Programs WASHINGTON — It's now legal for employers to con­ tribute to union-management day care centers and college scholarship programs for work­ ers' children. President Nixon has signed into law a labor-backed amend­ ment to the Taft-Hartley Act that won near-unanimous ap­ proval from both the House and Senate. The legislation had been sought particularly by the Qothing Workers and the Ladies' Garment Workers, which had found themselves stymied in negotiations by a rigid interpret- High Profits/ Executive Pay Cited; Chamber M Commerce 'Hypocriticar For BemoPning Wages, Meany Says I :•< - iV i- -V WASHINGTON—AFL-CIO President George Meany has accused the Chamber of Com­ merce of "blatant hypocrisy" in blaming wages for inflation and urging employers to "risk" strikes to save the nation. The hypocrisy of a Chamber statement, Meany said, was ex­ posed by an article appearing in the Wall Street Journal "on the very day" the statement was issued. Noting that the Chamber made no mention of holding down profits and business ex­ ecutives' pay to fight inflation, Meany said "the reason is ob­ vious" in that past Journal stor­ ies have shown profits are caus­ ing inflation and the latest arti­ cle focuses on executives' sal­ aries. The Chamber statement charged that labor costs are the "chief ingredient" in inflation and warned against "union power" being used to get fur­ ther wage boosts, for workers. Wage increases become a "tax on all consumers" because they result in higher prices, the Chamber said. However, it also expressed concern about con­ sumer resistance that is making it difficult to "pass on" wage costs. The Chamber concluded that "the business community may have to risk substantial work stoppages in order to save the currency." The Wall Street Journal re­ ported on a survey of 530 com­ panies that found "the average chief executive's compensation jumped 9.8 percent in 1968," the largest yearly gain in 15 years. The survey considered com-^ pensation to include salaries, bonuses and stock paid or cred­ ited to executives, but excluded pension and stock option ben­ efit plans. liie total pay of one in every six executives was up more than 25 percent, according to the survey, and almost half of this group was up more than 40 percent. The largest gain, 18.8 per­ cent, was made by top brass in the motor vehicles and equip­ ment industries. Three industry groups—^paper and allied prod­ ucts, petroleum and rubber and plastic products—showed in­ creases for executives averag­ ing 15 percent or more. Corporate officials who "have grumbled" in past years that their pay raises weren't keeping pace with inflation "have ^en making up lost ground in giant strides," the newspaper said. The reason for the huge pay raises for executives, it decided, was that "1968 was a year of fat profit" and bonus plans tied to profits "paid out handsome­ ly." In his statement, Meany said, "It is those 'fat profits'—not wage increases—that have caused inflation." He cited Labor Secretary George P. Shultz's recent report that the median wage increase in, new collective bargaining contracts negotiated this year is "a little under 2 percent for Page Twenty One LOG 1969," after accounting for price rises. "Moreover," Meany contin­ ued, "the buying power of the average non-supervisory work­ er's weekly take-home pay, in recent months, has not been much greater than a year ago— or in 1965." The gain in compensation of an individual big business ex­ ecutive in 1968 "is more than the average worker earned in the entire year," Meany pointed out. He also stressed that workers "are hit hardest by the govern­ ment's severely restrictive eco­ nomic policies, including the highest interest rates in 100 years, that are increasing unem­ ployment and boosting prices still further." Under these conditions, Meany said, workers and their unions are bargaining for wage gains to offset price increases and "achieve a fair share of the gains of economic progress. That is their only recourse." As for the Chamber, he con­ cluded, before issuing "any more free advice on how to halt in­ flation, it ought to examine its own closet for skeletons." Gauging His Work Seafarer Danny DeCosfa, FWT, does his job well as he carefully attends to the bank of instruments in the engine room of the Ponce, ation of a Taft-Hartley provi­ sion limiting the uses of em­ ployer contributions to jointlyadministered welfare funds. The law change had the AFLCIO's active support during a two-year effort to win congres­ sional approval. A Housepassed bill died in the Senate with the close of the 90th Con­ gress and the legislative effort had to start anew this year. The new legislation does not require an employer to bar­ gain on child care or scholarship contributions, and it would not be an unfair labor practice for him to refuse to do so. But if these benefits are nego­ tiated, company funds may be used to finance the progranfs. One immediate effect is to free funds intended for a schol­ arship program for children of 130,000 members of the Cloth­ ing Workers. The ACWA last year negotiated an agreement with the Qothing Manufac­ turers Association for the pay­ ment of one-half of 1 percent of payroll into a trust fund. As an example of the type of programs the law change would encourage, the Qothing Work­ ers told the Senate Labor Com­ mittee earlier this year that the union is operating a day care center in Baltimore—^but to avoid violating the letter of the Taft-Hartley Act, it has had to set it up as a health care center. And in Chicago, they noted, the union has an "experimental" program which provides $600a-year tuition at colleges or technical schools for children of longtime members. The Ladies' Garment Work­ ers told the Senate committee that lack of day cf^eC^nters in the women's appaiel industry, where about 80 percent of the workers are women, has re­ sulted in a high employment turnover rate. The union said many women are forced to quit their jobs and stay home to take care of young children because there are no adequate child care facilities. The AFL-CIO told Confess that the "severely restrictive" language of the Taft-Hartley Act is preventing the private sector of the economy from car­ rying out programs to benefit the country "without cost to the taxpayer." Business Profit Grab Nailed As Inflationary Trend Culprit The rise in living costs can be slowed by changes in the price and profit policies of American business, the AFL-CIO told President Nixon. Replying to a letter from the President on the question of in­ flation, AFL-CIO President George Meany voiced labor's concern with rising prices and noted that they are "washing out all or most of the buying power of workers' collective bargaining gains in the past several years." The major cause of the rising price level, he told tte President "are to be found in business pric­ ing and profits." Changes in these policies are needed, he stressed, to slow down the rise of living costs. The AFL-CIO president pointed out that Labor Secretary George Shultz told the AFLCIO convention recently that the median wage increase, after accounting for the rise in con­ sumer prices, has been only a little under 2 percent in the first year of the agreements negoti­ ated in the past year. The buying power of the aver­ age non-supervisory workers' weekly take-home pay after fed­ eral tax deduction in 1969, Meany said, "has been hardly any greater than last year or in 1965, four years ago." Demands for wage increases are "obviously based," Meany continued on prior increases in the cost-of-living. Unions seek in bargaining to offset the rise in living costs and "to gain some advance in the standard of liv­ ing." If such objectives are not reached a continuing rise in liv­ ing costs puts real earnings fur­ ther behind. President Nixon had written the nation's business and labor leaders on the threat of inflation, calling specifically on labor lead­ ers to "base their wage demands on the new prospect of a return toward price stability." He keyed this to his radio talk to the nation in which he said government programs to cool off the economy and slow price in­ creases are taking hold and now need the help of business and labor. Alfred R. Rota Dies; Was Upholsterers VP CHICAGO—Alfred R. Rota, 73, a vice president of the Up­ holsterers since 1937, died in hospital here last month. He had been in poor health for some time. Bom in Italy, Rota came to this country when he was 10, living first in Kansas and later moving to Chicago. In addition to serving- as a vice president, he had been recording secretary and business representative of Upholsterers Local 18 for many years. His post as vice president will be filled by the union's peneral board for the interim period preceding the next con­ vention in 1970. �SEAFARERS LOG Fraudulent Correspondence Schools Rob Drop'Outs, Low Wage Earners Lured by promises of highpaying jobs, thousands of peo­ ple — including many young­ sters—are victimized each year by mail order courses offered by "institutes" with fancy names which fraudulently claim to provide job-counseling and placement. All too often, the jobs aren't there—nor the counseling, either. Many of the schools last just long enough to rob appli­ cants—^frequently high school drop-outs or graduates unable to go to college—of high fees which they can ill afford. Then the gyp artists disappear from the scene. ' Post Office inspectors esti­ mate that some $10 million has been taken from hopeful home studiers in 15 recent mail fraud cases alone. The correspondence school operators prey on a growing need. Many fields, particularly some of the newer ones, offer job opportunities to those with the requisite skills. No wonder so many unskilled men and women, with low-paying jobs or none at all, are captivated by Consumer Aetion Wins Buttle for Leuner Wieners WASHINGTON — The con­ sumer appears to have won his demand for less fatty hot dogs and other sausage products. The Department of Agriculture de­ cided in favor of a 30-percent limit in the fat content of hot dogs in response to overwhelm­ ing public reaction in favor of the leaner wieners. The original USDA proposal, issued last May, proposed a 33percent limitation. Meat proces­ sors had reportedly been manu­ facturing hot dogs that were more than 50 percent fat. More than 600 individuals and organizations responded to the proposal, the majority in fa­ vor of setting a limit on the amount of fat, said the USDA. Consumers cited low-fat diets and low-nutritional content of fatty dogs as their major rea­ sons. During public hearings, Mrs. Virginia Knauer, the President's Consumer Advisor, spoke in fa­ vor of the less-fatty hot dog and said that President Nixon sup­ ported her position. He too, she said, was on a restricted diet. "This is a real victory for the consumer," Mrs. Knauer said. She praised the President's sup­ port and added, "I am person­ ally delighted." Erma Angevine, executive di­ rector of the Consumer Federa­ tion of America said: "Hope­ fully this will mark the beginning of a greater concern for the con- • sumer on the part of the Agri­ culture Department as it sets other standards for meat." advertising blurbs like: "Leam general material. Job counsel­ at Home", "Jobs Guaranteed", ing was non-existent, as were "Free Placement Service", the promised jobs themselves. "Double Your Earnings". But the unsuspecting students In San Francisco, for ex­ were bilked out of more than ample, the Jet Institute adver­ two million dollars before the tised openings in jet construc­ school's owners were appre­ tion and maintenance to their hended. graduates. The openings didn't And so it goes. A Practical exist and the course was worth­ Nursing School in Dallas, Tex­ less but the "institute" made as, siphoned some $300,000 a away with an estimated $1.5 year from the pockets of lowmillion from mail order stu­ income, unskilled women. High dents. school students were taken for Operating out of West Palm $153,000 by a La Crosse, Wis­ Beach, Florida, one school of­ consin, outfit—the National fered airline careers to appli­ Preparatory Service—which cants from all over the country. held out the hope of Civil Serv­ They paid up to $660 each for ice careers. a course which was a rehash of Aptitude testing and career Local trade associations are counseling are ripe fields for a good source in recommend­ unscrupulous operators. After ing reputable correspondence "testing", the enrollees are schools in their field. made to feel they must "quali­ fy" to take a particular course. They pay out for phony exams and interviews. Ctae such Wis­ consin operator, in business under the name of North American Training Course, Albuquerque—The New| made away with $153,000 be­ Mexico Constitutional Con- j fore being stopped. vention voted 49-18 to re-l The Rogers brothers of Fort ject a "right-to-work" pro- i Worth, Texas, sentenced in vision in a proposed new! 1965, had operated a whole state constitution. Voters | series of correspondence schools will go to the polls in De-| —including Universal Motel cember to accept or reject! Training—before being indicted the final draft of the con-j and convicted. But not before stitution. taking an estimated $35,000 The margin of defeat was j from 141 prospective motel the largest ever recorded on I managers. Among the courses the inti-union measure in! they offered were some in busi­ tfts state. Foes of union i ness administration, law en­ shop agreements have tried! forcement, jet design. They even repeatedly to get the meas- i claimed endorsements from ure through the legislature, i such public figures as the late New Mexico AFL-CIOi General Dwight Eisenhower. Sec.-Treas. Neal Gonzalez i To avoid being taken, all reported. He said 17 of the i prospective home-study appli­ 18 convention delegates! cants should first check" with from the Albuquerque area j their local postal inspection di­ voted against the compul- j vision, which keeps a file of sory openshop proposal. complaints. The Better Busi­ ness Bureau does the same. \New Mexico Spurnx Right-to-Workers Above Board Seafarer James Parrish, at right, a wiper, plays cards with his cousin, William Rittenhouse in New York hall while watching the board and waiting to ship out. Parrish, a recent graduate of the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship at Piney Point, last sailed on the Buckeye Victory. Cousin Bill just stopped by to visit. December, 1969 love. Honor umi Obey' Vows Cots Union Wife into Trouble Dramatic proof that marriage vows are still taken seriously —at least in some quarters—was furnished in a case recently decided by the National Labor Relations Board. Mrs. Dolores Easton of South Plainfield, N.J. said her husband, ordered her not to cross a picket line. Mindful that she had vowed to "love, honor and obey" her husband, she followed his order and was fired. The picketing took place last October by production and maintenance workers at Nuodex Division of Tenneco Chemi­ cals, Inc. at Piscataway, N.J. Her husband, William, is a repairman for New Jersey Bell Telephone. Mrs. Easton was an office employee at Nuodex. NLRB Trial Examiner Sydney S. Asher, Jr. treated it as a special case. "I am not convinced," he ruled, "that the (company's) unfair labor practices were motivated by opposition to the union, or to unionism in general. Rather, I view them as the result of the (company's) pique against Mrs. Easton be­ cause it believed correctly or mistakenly that she placed obedience to her husband's wishes above loyalty to her em­ ployer." Asher ordered her reinstatement, effective to the date of the end of the six-week strike, with back pay to that point. Unions Out-Perform Business In Minority Job Placement WASHINGTON—Organized labor, notably the building trades unions, is doing a better job in opening its ranks to mi­ nority groups than business is doing in its own program of jobs and training according to a sur­ vey published by the Associated Press recently. The news agency, in separate dispatches on the job role of la­ bor and business respectively, found that the JOBS program of businessmen to hire and train the hard-core unemployed is lag­ ging, while "job openings for Negroes in occupations con­ trolled by labor unions are widening." While the Associated Press said that black militants are not satisfied with the union showing, figures compiled from Labor Department records "indicate the much-criticized AFL-CIO building trades are among those making the swiftest progress to­ ward integration on the job." "The figures are absolutely accurate and actually under­ played the job that has been done by the buildng trades union," said Donald Slaiman, Director of the AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department. "The build­ ing trades figures are better than in other industries such as metal manufacturing and public utili­ ties." "Not only has there been a significant advance in minority placement in the construction in­ dustries," Slaiman said "but con­ tinuing progress is being made through the unions' Outreach Program. The number of mi­ nority apprenticeship placements through July surpassed 4,200. Almost 2,000 of these have been placed since the first of the year." While businessmen insist that their own jobs targets have been met, the Associated Press sur­ vey said that the JOBS program "has produced only about onefourth of the jobs hoped for." A Labor Department analysis found that "the failure of many corporations to meet the hiring training targets of their Federal reimbursement" has become a serious problem. In addition there has been a serious turn­ over rate of about 45 percent among JOBS trainees in the 18month-old drive of business leaders to find jobs for ghetto dwellers. Labor Department reports show that the construction unions have a membership of 7.2 percent minority grouping of which about four percent are Negroes. Total minority mem­ bership is 9,500. Federal figures show that this is a better ratio than apprenticeship openings in the metal, manufacturing, pub­ lic utilities, and mining indus­ tries as well as trade and serv­ ice. The statistics do not include the Laborers Union which has a minority membership of nearly 50 percent—about 25 percent are Negroes., The figures include only those programs which are registered under State or Federal auspices. They do not include many job training programs which are par­ ticularly or entirely carried on by unions on their own. Man's Best Friend Puts Bite on British Mailman LONDON, England—U.S. mailmen carry repellent sprays issued by the U.S. Post Office to ward off angry dogs. But British Post Office workers were denied similar protection be­ cause the postal service feared too many lawsuits by angry dog owners. Now the 97,000 member Un­ ion of Post Office Workers here says it will go into court to win permission to carry the sprays. "It's either the spray or padded pants," say the postmen, 3,193 of whom were Wtten last year. •y'l J \ \ �December, 1969 SEAFARERS Page Twenty Three LOG • •'"y- .y-y f/ Raise in Medkare Payments Forced By Soaring Bills tor M.D. Services !' ' Doctor Who Quit Drug Firm Found Job Too Compromising '»i • WASHINGTON — Working as the medical director of a ma­ jor drug firm forced Dr. A. Dale Console to compromise with his principles so much, he told a Senate investigating committee, "I reached a point where I could no longer live with myself." Console submitted a 25-page document as written testimony to the Senate Monopoly Sub­ committee headed by Senator Gaylord Nelson. The Committee later released the text of ques­ tions from the testimony. He had served as medical di­ rector of the E. R. Squibb Co. for 6V2 years. Console said, but resigned his post on July 1, 1957, and is now in private practice. He told the subcommittee that the drug company doctor "must learn the many ways to deceive the FDA (Food and Drug Ad­ ministration) and, failing in this, how to seduce, manipulate or threaten the physician assigned to the New Drug Application (license for marketing) into ap­ proving it even if it is incom­ plete." The doctor also wrote that "anything that helps to sell a drug is valid . . . while anything that decreases sales must be suppresssed, distorted and re­ jected. . . ." "He will find himself squeezed between businessmen who will sell anything to justify it on the basis that doctors ask for it and doctors who demand products they have been taught to want through the advertising and pro­ motion schemes contrived by businessmen." Console reported that many physicians are heavy prescribers, writing over 100 prescriptions a week. "I find it difficult to be­ lieve," he wrote, "that anyone can write that number of pre­ scriptions and still take time to discriminate." The document also detailed the inadequate and inaccurate means used to test drugs and notes that the average patient has about a 50-percent chance of getting "the right drug, in the right amount, at the right time." "The Overseas Division (of Squibb) held not only the no­ tion that the safety and efficacy of a drug varied with the pa­ tient's nationality," added the Doctor, "but also that the adver­ tising and promotion of drugs depended on the nationality of the physician." Drug advertisements for countries soutji of the U.S. border were rriade simpler be­ cause the drug companies thought these physicians were "less sophisticated." " The detailman—a salesman who promotes the drug among physicians—came in for a major share of the criticism. Dr. Console recalled that the companies ran contests offering prizes ranging from cutting boards to sets of monogrammed glasses to detailmen who reach or exceed a preset quota of sales. WASHINGTON — The Ad­ ministration revealed that it plans to raise the $4 monthly charge levied for coverage of doctors' services under Medi­ care by more than 25 percent because of soaring doctors' bills. Social Security Administrator Robert M. Ball told the House Ways and Means Committee that a final decision on the amount of the increase still has to be made but that the boost will put the charge "somewhat over $5." Ball told the committee, hold­ ing hearings on pending social security legislation, that the higher charge. will be effective July 1. Under the law, the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare must decide on the raise by January 1. This would be the second boost in the fee paid by the aged under the medical insur­ ance part of Medicare, which is also partly financed by the government. When the program was first set up in 1966 the fee was $3. It was raised to $4 in 1968. Ball also announced that the Administration is still reviewing a task force study recommend­ ing that drug costs be included under Medicare. "If we move in," he said, "it will be gradual­ ly." Ball's announcements came under questioning from Repre­ sentative Jacob H. Gilbert (DN.y.), who has charged that the Administration's proposed 10-percent increase in social security benefits is "grossly in­ adequate." Gilbert has introduced a bill, backed by the AFL-CIO, the National Council of Senior Citi­ zens and a number of other or­ ganizations, which would pro­ vide for two 20-percent acrossthe-board increases in benefits between 1970 and 1972. The measure also would fi­ nance the medical insurance program through contributions paid during the beneficiary's working years and expand Medi­ care to cover prescription drugs. In another development, the Department of Health, Educa­ tion and Welfare published two new proposed regulations for Medicare in the Federal Regis­ ter, Oct. 17. One would prohibit hospitals and extended care facilities from requiring a deposit from Medicare beneficiaries as a con­ dition for adniission. The other would bar a doctor with finan­ cial interest in a hospital from sitting on its review committee which determines when Medi­ care patients are to be dis­ charged. The first regulation, particu­ larly of benefit to the aged poor, spells out in detail a policy an­ nounced by HEW in May, 1967, but not previously defined. The regulation states that health facilities may not deny admission or evict a Medicare beneficiary because he is un­ able to pay a deductible amount (the first $44 of the hospital bill, for example) or certain perday amounts required after ex­ tended stays—60 days in the case of a hospital, 20 days in an extended care facility. . Advance payments for serv­ ices not covered by Medicare may be required, but only if such services are requested by the patient or his family. Full $1 Billion Voted by Senate For Clean Water WASHINGTON — The Sen­ ate has broken through the Ad­ ministration's budget barriers and voted nearly five times the amount the President had re­ quested to combat water pollu­ tion. It insisted on the full $1 bil­ lion Congress had authorized to be spent this year when it passed the Clean Water Act in 1966. That law authorized steadilyincreased federal grants to help states and communities build sewage treatment plants. But the Administration budget asked that only $214 million be spent this year. The House raised the figure to $600 million, and the Senate boosted it an additional $400 million. It defeated—by an overwhel­ ming 82-5 margin—a motion to cut the appropriation back to the amount of the budget re­ quest. Then it approved the $1 billion figure as part of a $5 bil­ lion public works appropria­ tions package by an 86-2 vote. Stress Dedication to Patients' Needs: Young Medics Kick Over Did AMA Line WASmr'GTON—The new breed of medical student is a far cry from the old-line fogies who dominate the American Medical Association and seem to devote their basic concerns to protection of the "doctor business." The medical students, have a dedicated group that founded the Student Health Organization (SHO) in 1965. Active on more than a dozen medical campuses, SHO has some 1,500 members among the 50,000 medical stu­ dents in the country. SHO has initiated summer and, in some cases, year-round health care projects in the innercity directed at giving special help to minority groups. They are a dedicated lot. What has probably shocked the old-line AMA, though, has not been these types of activist groups— although they are pretty new on the national scene—but what has happened to one of its own creations, the Student American Medical Association (SAMA). The SAMA was founded in 1952 largely as a pawn of the AMA. Today the SAMA is no longer a docile junior AMA but, with its 23,000 dues-paying members on 89 college cam­ puses, has become an activist organization, itself. SAMA is demanding new ap­ proaches to health care of the poor, is setting up pilot projects to help the disadvantaged in Appalachia and Kansas City and is demanding modernization of medical education in all the schools. SAMA's 1968-1969 presi­ dent, C. Clement Lucas, Jr., became Dr. Lucas last June. He jolted the AMA House of Delegates meeting in San Fran­ cisco that same month when he declared: "Health care is a basic right. And unless the medical profes­ sion can accept the challenge of positive action a:nd relevant progressive reform, other orga­ nizations will supplant it and its primacy in the medical care sys­ tem." The SAMA's journal. The New Physician, urges medical students to "work toward the curing of our society's massive ills" when they graduate. And touching on a point con­ sidered wholly sacred by the AMA, The New Physician pointed out that "the concept of fee for service is not the only utilizable foundation to provide the highest quality and availabil­ ity of medical care." Lucas and his publication speak for almost one-half of to­ day's medicd students. Many of these students may change once they graduate and start practice and fall back into the old, tired AMA mold but, judg­ ing by recent graduates, it is not too likely. One indication of the serious­ ness with which the medical stu­ dents treat the health care prob­ lem was a summer conference here in Washington set up by the Institute for the Study of Health and Society through SAMA. Students from some 30 col­ lege campuses gathered in Washington and spent almost two months studying the basic social and political realities and economics of health care, some­ thing of which they get precious little in medical schools. Part of the time was spent working with government agen­ cies. The students also met face to face with spokesmen for vari­ ous interest groups: unions, the poor, the affluent, minority groups, etc. The students were constantly probing, questioning practices which the AMA accepts. They leave little doubt that for most of them their primary concern is playing a role in making high quality health care available to all the people. Not all agree on the proper approach but most have long since concluded that the present system is not the answer. �Page Twenty Four SEAFARERS LOG Decemlier, 1969 LaborRolls up 75% Victory Record In 2 Years Before Supreme Court ATLANTIC CITY — Labor won 75 percent of its cases be­ fore the Supreme Court during the last two years for a "highly successful" legal record, the AFL-CIO Executive Council said. The council report dealt with 22 labor cases which reached the Supreme Court since the last convention—a period covering the final two court terms under Chief Justic Earl Warren. In 16 of these cases, labor's arguments prevailed. Many of the cases dealt with constitutional issues and the council report discussed five of them, including three that it termed "major." • In Food Employees Local 590 V. Logan Valley Plaza, Pennsylvania courts ruled that peaceful picketing on shopping center sidewalks could be barred as an illegal trespass cn private property, and the union ap­ pealed. The Supreme Court re­ versed the decision in a 6-3 vote. Justice Marshall wrote an opinion concluding that state laws on the places at which pick­ eting may be carried on are sub­ ject to the same constitutional freedom of speech standards historically applied to handbilling cases. Five other justices agreed, in a decision which the council said was "plainly of the greatest practical importance" for unions faced with the usual "formidable difficulties" in carrying on organizing cam­ paigns. In United Mine Workers v. Illinois Bar Association, the or­ ganized bar complained that the UMW engaged in the unauthor­ ized practice of law by hiring a licensed attorney, on a salaried basis, to represent any member who wanted his advice in work­ men's compensation claims! The Illinois courts rejected the un­ ion's claim that the plan was protected by the 1st Amend­ ment. The Supreme Court re­ versed, with Justice Harlan dis­ senting. The council said: "The court made it absolutely plain that unions have the right to set up and finance group legal service plans ... as to any workrelated matter, as long as the •—: ^^ : : -J plan is administered in such a way as to insure that the indi­ vidual member retains control of the case" involving him. A landmark ruling was put on the lawbooks when Maryland and 27 other states brought a suit, called Maryland v. Wirtz, alleging that it was beyond the power of Congress to regulate the minimum wages and maxi­ mum hours of employees in state-operated hospitals and schools. The states' argument was "completely rejected" by a seven-man majority of the court, the council noted. The opinion, written by Jus­ tice Harlan, upheld the power of Congress to regulate public enterprises affecting commerce. The report said "There can be little doubt that this case rep­ resents a major interpretation of the commerce clause which will have reverberations far into the future if Congress moves to meet the serious labor relations problems which are surfacing on the state and local levels of gov­ ernment." The council cited two cases of "lesser magnitude": In Nash v. Florida Industrial Commission, the commission had refused to pay unemploy­ ment insurance to a union mem­ ber because she had authorized her union to file unfair labor practice charges against her em­ ployer on her behalf. This re­ fusal was upheld by the Florida courts but unanimously reversed by the Supreme Court. The court, for the fourth time in 55 years, rejected the claim of a railroad—this time the Chi­ cago, Rock Island and Pacific— that Arkansas's state "full crew" laws violate the Constitution or the 14th Amendment. The court ruled that the evidence strongly supported the claim of the Lo­ comotive Firemen and Enginemen, now part of the United Transportation Union, that the laws play an important safety function. National Labor Relations Board cases did not "occupy center stage" during the last two Warren terms, the council re­ ported, but nevertheless did fig' • : Editor, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 11232 • '• / I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list, (prinf information) NAAAE . .. . .. . STREET AODRESS CITY' ...... •...... . ... ... .a. .a. ... ... • • •. v.... . .'y,!...... .STATE. . .... .. a. »-. ......... . .• ZIP. . .....-.. TO AVOID DUPUCAT10N:'if yow «• an old. iubicribar and have a change of addrees, pleaae give yemr femier address below; ure in decisions of importance. In NLRB V. Gissel Packing Co., a- unanimous court ruled that an employer's duty to bar­ gain with a union can be estab­ lished without a representation election. It said that authorization cards obtained by the union from a majority of employees, without misrepresentation or co­ ercion, are reliable enough gen­ erally to prove a valid alternate route to majority status. It found that an order to bargain is jus­ tified when an employer "rejects a card majority while . . . com­ mitting unfair labor practices that tend to undermine the un­ ion's majority and make a fair election an unlikely possibility." AFL-CIO President George Meany confers with Secretary-General Galo Plaza of the Organization of American States, left, and Secretary of Labor George P. Shultz, center, at Inter-American Conference of Labor Ministers where Meany appealed for support of free unions. Free Unions Called Main Foandatlon Of Struggle to Oppose Dictatorships WASHINGTON — AFLCIO President George Meany called on Western Hemisphere governments to give their fullest support to "those of us who make the case for freedom and justice" for workers and their kmilies. He also strongly re-emphasized U.S. labor's opposition to dictatorships "from either the right or the left" in an address to the Third Inter-American Conference of Labor Ministers in Washington. The week-long conference, sponsored by the Organization of American States, was at­ tended by ministers of labor from 23 countries in the hemis­ phere. Most delegations also in­ cluded union leaders. Two previous labor ministers' conferences were held, in 1963 in Colombia and 1966 in Ven­ ezuela. The purpose of the con­ ferences is to develop effective participation by labor and labor ministries in social and eco­ nomic development. Reports on the status of proj­ ects agreed to at previous con­ ferences and working papers prepared by OAS formed the basis for the work of the confer­ ence's plenary sessions and working committees. In a message to the confer­ ence, President Nixon empha­ sized that "the development of all our resources is imperative if we are to attain our goals for a better life. But first among these is the human resource." Secretary of Labor George P. Shultz headed the American delegation. Major conference speakers in addition to Meany and Shultz, included OAS Sec­ retary-General Galo Plaza and David A. Morse, director-gen­ eral of the International Labor Organization. Meany told the conference that the AFL-CtO "has devoted considerable effort to raise the standard of life in other parts of the world," especially in Latin America. Much of the effort, he pointed out has been made in co-operation with business and government through the Amer­ ican Institute for Free Labor Development established in 1962 "to provide educational and development assistance ob­ viously needed and directly sought by free trade unions in Latin America and the Carib­ bean." "The AFL-CIO, through AIFLD," Meany said, "has of­ fered trade union courses to thousands of your trade union­ ists both in Latin America and in the United States." In addition, he said, "we have assisted in the construction of worker housing, worker credit institutions, worker co-opera­ tives, clinics and even schools for children in many of your countries." Meany also cited U.S. labor's work with national trade union centers and the Inter-American Regional Organization of Work­ ers (GRIT) as part of a "proud record of association" with free trade unions in the hemisphere. The AFL-CIO engages in in­ ternational programs for two reasons, Meany said: To help free workers achieve economic and social advancement and prevent "dictatorships of the left or right, communist or fascist." Labor knows, he went on, that dictatorship anywhere is "accompanied by destruction of free unions" and "represents a threat to freedom everywhere in the world." Meany leveled sharp crit­ icisms at union movements that turn to military governments on their promises of quick improve­ ments in working conditions. Such situations, he said, only add to workers' discontent and suffering and "help to perpetu­ ate conditions of misery, pov­ erty and social unrest." Shultz challenged the labor ministers to play a vital role in the "effort for economic growth and development" and shoulder major responsibility "in seek­ ing social justice." He said: "We should lead in develop­ ing the best means for incorpo­ rating manpower policy in the overall strategy of economic de­ velopment. "We should work to provide a fuller understanding of the anatomy and meaning of unemployment and poverty, espe­ cially to those most directly af­ fected." The urgency of resolving in­ creasing unemployment in West­ ern Hemisphere nations was emphasized by Plaza. "At least 25 percent of the Latin American labor force was unemployed in 1960," the OAS leader stated, "and the figure today is believed to be even higher. The vast majority of Latin Americans live close to the margin of subsistence, with little opportunity to improve their lot." Plaza deplored the "extremely low rate" of participation of Latin American women in the labor force, pointing out that those who do work often are compelled to choose between domestic and other low-produc­ tivity positions or no job at all. Morse told the conference that policies to bring about the "most significant and most rapid possible increase in employ­ ment" should be the comerstone of future development of the Americas. He implored the ministers to develop plans for a distribution of income that will allow more of their rapidly growing popu­ lations to participate and bene­ fit from economic growth "with­ in the next few years, not in some distant future." Morse also unveiled a plaque at the Pan American Union in Washington commemorating the 50th anniversary of the first ses­ sion of the ILO. The cere­ monies were attended by the ministers and members of their delegations. ^ • �SEAFARERS December, 1969 A motion was made aboard the Bethflwr (Bethlehem) that wherever a com­ pany has an es­ tablished state­ side shore gang, that gang should be required to shift or haul ves­ sels between 5 P.M. and 8 P.M. on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. Also dis­ cussed were port watch duties after 5 P.M. and before 8 A.M. The meeting, at which Joseph Michael was chairman, agreed that the practice of turning men to for securing before sailing time should be stopped unless a call back is posted for the deck depanment. Secretary Vernon Douglas reported. A motion was made that representatives on the Union Negotiating Committee include at least one man for each department who has been to sea recently. A request was also made that each department aboard ship post the minutes of all safety meetings so that the Seafarers will be kept fully in­ formed. Jeny W. Elan was deck delegate; Hector L. Duarte, en­ gine delegate and Lrnrenzo Rinaldl, Stewart delegate. if SIU contract enforcement com­ mittee to make a strong effort to have single foc'sles, one for each man, on all new and con­ verted ships. A vote of con­ fidence was given the steward department for a job well done. Butts reported no beefs and all repairs taken care of. Brother Homer L. Miller, FWT, was put ashore at Midway Island very sick; he will receive needed care at the U.S. base hospital there. John A. Owen is deck delegate, Thomas F. Delaney, engine delegate, and Kenneth Bowman is steward delegate. Ship's Chairman Jake Levine aboard the Transpacific (Hud­ son Waterways) insists the vessel is the best feeder in the SIU. Le­ vine gives the major share of the credit to Chief Steward John C. , Hunt. Hunt "Without excep­ tion," Levine wrote to the LOG, "Hunt is the best feeding stew­ ard that I have ever come across. The entire crew of the Transpacific are full of praise <1>-^ and have nothing but compli­ Upon receipt of a radiogram ments for the chief steward." from headquarters conceriing Both Hunt and the entire stew­ the raises in va­ ard department received a cation benefits, "whole-hearted vote of thanks the crew aboard from the entire crew" for the the Trenton well-prepared food, the menus (Sea-Land) voted "fit for a king" and the clean to accept, writes Secretary Cristo­ service. The praise was echoed bal DeJesus. by SIU boarding patrolman W. Ship's Delegate Paul Gonsorchik, who heard Dan Butts was first hand of the crew's enthusi­ chairman. A motion was made asm about Hunt and his depart­ by Joe Atchison and seconded ment when he met the ship in by Join Dunfee to request the Baltimore. Page Twenty Five LOG After sailing from Baltimore carrying MSTS cargo for Viet­ nam, the Seatrain Georgia' (Seatrain) devel­ oped rudder trouble. Ship's Secretary James W. Thomas re­ ports and had to return to dryVan Epps dock in Mary­ land for repairs. The ship sailed eight 'days later with the crew eager to go. Ship's delegate Frank J. Smith was the meeting chairman and a discussion took place concerning the holding of meetings every Sunday whUe the ship is at sea. Some mem­ bers felt this was unnecessaty, as there is rarely enough to dis­ cuss. M. H. Jones is deck dele­ gate and Clyde L. Van Epps en­ gine delegate. No beefs were reported. Treasurer Jones re­ ported $36 in the ship's fund. vl> Serious chow problems are reported aboard the Del Alba. Ship's Delegate Frank Rodri­ guez, Jr. says the captain counter­ mands the stew­ ard's orders to buy fresh vege­ tables and other Rodriguez stores as needed. As a result, the ship almost went on rations due to a shortage of eggs, coffee and other items. L. D. Croom, Jr., the meeting secretary, writes that a special meeting will be requested with the boarding pa­ trolman when the ship gets back to the States. A telegram was received describing the new SIU vacation plan rates and a vote of thanks for a job well done was sent to headquarters upon motion of Rodriguez, seconded by Croom. William Escbuk, Jr. was meeting chairman. J. B. Cowan is deck delegate; J. H. Heifer, engine delegate and C. M. Dials, steward delegate. <1> The Seafarers aboard the Ogden Willamette (Ogden Marine) are all very proud of thennew ship and its many conveni­ ences, writes Secretary Cleve­ land R. Wolfe. Each man has his own room, M^ generally with both bath and shower. Ship's Delegate Walter D. Makin re­ ported no beefs. It was decided at the meeting, chaired by Ed­ win C. Craddfl^, that a safety committee should be set up. Among the items requiring at­ tention is the installation of a railing on the lower deck, which is very dangerous when wet. W. T. Gardner is deck delegate; B. C. Bums, engine delegate and Makin, steward delegate. The steward department was given a unanimous vote of thanks for the fine chow. \I> By an, unusual coincidence, 13 crewmembers aboard the Overseas Carrier (Maritime Over­ seas) all celebrated their birthdays during the month of No­ vember, writes Ship's Secretary A. Sigler. WURudd liam S. Rudd, ship's delegate, reported to the assembled Seafarers that the steward vacancies were filled at Freeport, and, as a result, this vessel's crew feels it can boast the best steward department in the SIU. A vote of thanks sent to the galley. The meeting, chaired by Walter B. Chipman, heard that there were no beefs. The captain is very co-operative in every way, Rudd said, and w^nts all beefs squared away promptly. Department dele­ gates are: Deck, Miguel Luis Medina; Engine, William E. McCay; Steward, Sa^e Duplecbin. A motion was made by Rudd and seconded by Raymond Al­ len, to allow any crewmember to pay off after six months on the Persian Gulf run, with needed replacements to be flown out to the ship. SlUNA-UIW Adds Newly-Contracted Firm SIU WELFARE, PENSION & VACATION PLANS Cash Benefits Paid Report Period: October 1 - October 31, 1969 I? SEAFARERS' WELFARE PLAN Scholarship Hospital Benefits Death Benefits Medicare Benefits Maternity Benefits Medical Examination Program Dependent Benefits (Average $474.35) Optical Benefits Meal Book Benefits Gut-Potients Benefits SUMMARY OF WELFARE BENEFITS PAID SEAFARERS' PENSION PLANBENEFITS PAID SEAFARERS' VACATION PLANBENEFITS PAID (Average $491.67) TOTAL WELFARE, PENSION & VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD Number of Amount Benefits Paid 10 2,080 31 207 24 $ 4,181.50 50,269.05 91,000.00 828.00 4,600.00 506 1,832 15,235.90 86,916.05 676 278 4,281 9,319.73 2,776.85 33,992.00 9,925 299,119.08 1,433 332,784.00 1,557 765,523.52 12,915 $1,397,426.60 Men of the newly contracted Hussmann Container Division in San Francisco proudly display the first product they manufactured under a novel container-making process. These 16 men are members of the SlUNA-afRliated United Industrial Workers of North Arrterica and are shown here at the Bethlehem Shipyard in San Francisco where they gathered for this photograph near and on top the container. �Page Twenty Six SEAFARERS I 'nrijii" Widow Finds SlU A Welcome Friend To the Editor: I want to express my heart­ felt thanks to the Seafarers International Union for all their help to me. My husband, Guy F. Plahn, had been missing since last February, after paying off the Raphael Semmes in January. He was finally located through finger prints and help of the authorities to be deceased in San Francisco, Calif. I had no insurance, nor any money whatsoever to bury him, but thanks to the SIU, they buried him for me, and saw to all the necessary ar­ rangements. I would have had no one at all to help me had it not been for this wonderful Un­ ion. I want to especially thank the New Orleans SIU hall and Miss Spencer for handling all details for me. I don't know what I would have done without these fine people. I am proud my husband was a member of such a won­ derful Union as the SIU. I take this means of thank­ ing each and every one of you through the Seafarers Log. God bless you all. Please see that I get the Log sent to me. I enjoy it so much. Thanks. Sincerely, (Mrs.) Anna Plahn New Orleans, La. —^ Seafarer Praised By Chief Officer across his back to the gang­ way and onto the tugboat. It was a beautiful job. Mr. Phillips is also a very good Electrician and was very helpful in getting this vessel underway after we broke down two days out of Hono­ lulu and floated around for 18 hours without any plant or power. We were dead in the water. It is men like Mr. Phillips, who are hard to find these days, that makes life just a little easier and pleasant un­ der various trying conditions on these old rusty ships. The ship's delegate, Wil­ liam Cullen and myself, and of course everyone else I've talked to about It, all thought it a very good idea to have this incident sent to the LOG. Sincerely yours, H. Bilde Chief Officer Seafarer Thankful For Union's Help To the Editor: I recently returned to Sea after 18 years on the Beach. I sailed as night cook and baker on the S.S. Halcyon Panther on a trip to India. I was flown back to Tam­ pa, Florida, following an in­ jury. I checked in at the Tampa .Hall and the agent there told me of the benefits I was entitled to, such as maintenance and cure, wages, and vacation pay as I had been injured on the Island of Monitius in the Indian ocean. They helped me to fill out forms and made phone calls to get me paid off. Although To the Editon I I know.you will be proud to learn of the great assistance one of your Union members, Leslie E. Phillips, Chief Elec­ trician, was to me under very trying conditions. One of the crew members in the engine department. Wiper Melvin N. Duerson, fell and injured his back aboard the Buckeye Pacific and was being transferred from the ship to a tugboat outside the port of Honolulu, Hawaii, for removal to a hospital. The .water was rough and the tugboat pitched quite a bit, thereby making it difficult to carry the man on. a stretcher. Phillips of­ fered his assistance, by carry­ ing the man by himself to the tugboat. He explained to me he had learned this particular feat in the Navy. I was a bit ap­ prehensive at first concerning the safety of both men in doing this, as there was quite a gap and step between the deck of the pitching tugboat and the gangway. With an injured man weighing approx­ imately 200 pounds on his back, it certainly wasn't going to be easy, but Phillips as­ sured me he could easily do it. I accepted his help, so he slowly and gently raised the injured man and carried him I am a C card it made no difference to the SIU at Tampa. I was treated the same as the old timers. I am looking forward to earning a B book and then going on to be a full book member. I wish to take this oppor­ tunity to thank the Tampa Hall for looking after my in­ terests and the entire SIU for their wonderful care and in­ terest in my welfare. It should be of interest to all new­ comers in the SIU that re­ gardless of yoiir seniority in the SIU, you are being well cared for. The progress the SIU has made in the past 18 years is unbelievable. It makes me feel proud and honored to be­ long to the SIU. Sincerely yours, John M. Hester Nixon Fleet Plan Pleases Pensioner To the Editor: I was glad to hear that President Nixon will re­ December, 1969 LOG build the U.S. merchant fleet at last. Up to now, the only times we have built up our mer­ chant fleet was a hurry-up affair in time of war. The next war we may not have time. Bridgette McCaD, bom Sep­ I wish every Senator and tember 25, 1969, to Seafarer Congressman would read and and Mrs. James R. McCall, West study Admiral Mahan's "Ef­ New York, N.J. fects of Sea Power in World History." It was merchant Kim Ahom, bora July 26, fleets under Vasco da Gama 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. that found the sea route to the James P. Ahem, Hyde Park, riches of India. Columbus Mass. discovered the New World and the English and Dutch — became famous and powerful LaToyna Broadus, bora Au­ by sea trade. I hope we have gust 25, 1969, to Seafarer and enough men in Washington Mrs. Raymond F. Broadus, Pasto speak for us. cagoula. Miss. I notice that most accidents ^ at sea are on ships under Robert Trainer, Jr., bora Oc­ monkey (foreign) flags, tober 17, 1969, to Seafarer and where human lives are not of Mrs. Robert Trainor, Deptford, much value. N.J. Thanks for sending me the LOG. It was great to see and hear from old shipmates and Laura Walker, bora October keep up with the Seafarers 3, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. news. Clayton Walker, Brooklyn, N.Y. I believe we who are on ^ SIU pension should have Jose Colls, born October 3, some sort of unity and keep 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jose in touch in case of a strike or R. Colls, Laris, Puerto Rico. other Union emergency, so we ,1. can help out. Samantba Feagin, bora Sep­ I hope when the U.S. tember 21, 1969, to Seafarer builds new ships that the Sea­ and Mrs. Sam O. Feagin, Jr., farers will have plenty of Seattle, Washington. trained men ready. It will be a great help in getting new <1> ships for our Union. Michael Cannon, bora Au­ gust 16, 1969, to l^afarer and Soon I will visit the Hall Mrs. Peter J. Cannon, Duluth, here in New Orleans to meet Minnesota. friends and help out at Un­ ion meetings. Meanwhile I —,!>— give my best regards to the Patricia Lewis, bora Septem­ staff of the LOG. ber 30, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jesse S. Lewis, Norwalk, Fraternally yours, Calif. Lawrence McCullough New Orleans Mei-Ling Salcedo, born Oc­ tober 7, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jose A. Salcedo, Carolina, Welfare Plan Puerto Rico. A "Lifesaver" «- To the Editor: I wish to thank everybody, including all union members, for taking care of my recent hospital bill in Traverse City, Michigan—it saved my life. Yours truly, Clarence A. Vinson Elberta, Mich. Enka Harris, bora August 8, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Wal­ ter Harris, Wilmington, Dela­ ware. Sebrina Toliver, bora Octo­ ber 14, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. William Toliver, Jr., New Orleans, La. Tammy Hovatta-, bora Sep­ tember 18, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Gerald W. Hovatter, Leakesville, Miss. <|> Andrew Kruse, born May 24, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Edwin L. Kruse, Alpena, Mich­ igan. ^ Brian Piedto, bora October 6, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ronald R. Piesko, Chicago, Illinois. Alex R^as, bora October 23, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Alfred Ragas, New Orleans, La. ^ Frances Field, bora Septem­ ber 25, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. William H. Field, Texas City, Texas. Dawn Jockinn, bora October 6, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Daniel F. Jockum, Secaucus, N.J. ^ I Jeffery Manuel, bora Octo­ ber 3, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Leroy J. Manuel, Kinder, La. ^— Derrick Smitb, born October 2, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Hanable Smith, Jr., Mobile, Ala. ^ Merle Duckworth, bora July 26, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Merle S. Duckworth, Jackson­ ville, Fla. ^ Alberto Osman, bora No­ vember 2,1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Malip B. Osman, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. Melito Maldmiado, Jr., bora October 17, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Melito Maldonado, Houston, Texas. ^ James Broxson, bora August 1, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Lowell T. Broxson, Vidor, Texas. —— An^ Louise ^(^^is, bora No­ vember 3, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Adrian D. Willis III, Virginia Beach, Va. ^ SHIP CHAIRMEN SHIP SECRETARIES PEPARTMENT liEIEeATES Seafarers on SIU ships around the world would like to have your crew share their experiences with thein. You can do this by sending in any newsworthy, in­ teresting or humorous experience of members of the crew which can be published in the Seafarers LC>G. Pictures are also wanted. Have your shipboard phptographer snap some photos of the crew at Wof^ reifying ddi^e an the 100. the phot^ dre sharp clear, and that tweryone is identified by naine and rating.) Shea Seale, bom August 16, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Kenneth R. Seale, Mobile, Ala. — Karen Rmh, born October 19, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Calvin J. Rush, New Orleans, La. Stefan Strawinski, born March 15, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Adolf Strawinski, Farmingdalc, N. J. ^ Derrick Hills, bora May 24, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jimmie Hills, New Orleans, La. ^ 4 �December, 1969 SEAFARERS International Agreement Necessary To Curb Mexican Border Plants A multi-natiGn agreement has been urged by an official of the Qothing Workers to curb the " export of jobs and import of products that adversely affect • both U.S. workers and indus, tries. Soft goods, ceramics, plate » glass and steel are among the industries hard hit by U.S.owned plants along the Mexi­ can border and "in other lowwage countries, particularly in the Far East," said Howard D. Samuel, vice president of the ACWA. Samuel appeared on Labor News Conference, an , AFL-CIO-produced public af­ fairs interview broadcast Tues­ day at 7:35 p.m., EST, on the ' Mutual Broadcasting System. He said that some 200 such plants have been built just south of the Mexican border in the last few years, where wages range as low as 30 cents an hour for the 20,000 workers they em­ ploy. He said that in addition to substandard wages, tax breaks granted by the Mexican govern­ ment and U.S. "tariff benefits" encourage manufacturers to set up foreign assembly plants. "Now 'assembly' is a fairly broad word," Samuel stressed, pointing out that it includes "putting together all the com­ ponents of a television set or a radio ... or most of the opera­ tions in making a shirt, or suit, or a ladies garment." But, he noted, Mexican con-sumers get no "benefit out of the manufacturing operations that are being set up there," for "even when things are made within its borders (by U.S. com­ panies), they have to be shipped out." f . Samuel said that U.S. textile and apparel imports are "grow­ ing 70 percent a year" in gen­ eral, and as much as 400 per­ cent to 500 percent on some I'l < items, but that American con­ sumers gain no advantage in either quality or price. He pointed out that "garments com­ ing from European countries, where the wage levels are con­ siderably lower than wage levels in the United States, are sold for the same or hi^er prices than American made garments of the same quality." "The beneficiary is not the consumer, it is the retailer," he declared, and the retailer "is doing very well, indeed." Imports have taken a heavy toll in jobs. Samuel said that "in the last four to five years we have lost probably 200,000 jobs" in the textiles and apparel industries—"largely due to the import factor." Runaway companies add to the plight of the worker by clos­ ing a plant in the United States and opening it across the border or overseas, Samuel said. "I consider this a very crude form of export of jobs," he stressed. The apparel and textile in­ dustries in the country employ about 2.5 million people—many are. wqmen and many are mem­ bers of minority groups. Samuel r. li said that any decline of employ­ ment in the industries will affect people who don't have access to other industries and who exist on the fringe of poverty. He said the nation has spent a great deal of money on poverty programs and manpower train­ ing "to make sure that these people—women and members of Page Twenty Seven LOG minority groups—become a part of the labor market." But he warned that "if we continue to allow major imports in these areas it is going to have just the o'pposite effect." Samuel was questioned by Lloyd Schwartz of Fairchild Publications and Neil Gilbride of the Associated Press. XhcMiias Howell Please contact Barbara Eooth as soon as possible at 568 Pros­ pect, Seattle, Washington 98109. Rudy P. DeBoissiere Please contact the Welfare Plan office at Union Headquar­ ters, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brook­ lyn, New. York at your earliest convenience. <1> Defender of Viet Freedom Yokes Prayer for Peace Vergil A. de los Santos Marine Corps Sergeant Vergil A. de los Santos, 18-year-old son of Carlos de los Santos, business agent of the SIUNA-affiliated Alaska Fish Cannery and Crab Workers' Union of the Pacific, left Camp Pendleton, California, last month—enroute to Viet­ nam with his Unit. Prior to his departure for the war zone. Sergeant de los Santos sent to the Seafarers LOG a poem he had written for his Unit which movingly illustrates the sense of duty to coun­ try, combined with prayers for peace, which he shares with his fellow marines in Unit 4420. 'We are all proud to be a Marine,' Vergil—^whose brother. Carlito, spent 19 months of his own marine service in Viet­ nam—told the LOG. He added, however, that "maybe, just maybe, by publishing this part of us" for the people back home and for readers around the world, there might be other prayers "added, with ours, for peace." The poem is printed below. A Marine's Prayer I'm fighting for something, others will too. I'm praying for something—how about you? Is it too hard to beg for peace When we can have it without a lease? . You sit at home and take life at ease. But do you think of us? That's all we need! You have the time for parties, and time for fun. But think of the Marine, because he has none. A lot of us will die in this lasting war... Others will sit back and some will ignore This feeling in all of our hearts— The end of fighting and peace in our thoughts. His loved ones back home are praying always ... Their son is fighting in Vietnam, but nothing to say Because of his training. Above all is important— Their son is coming home; first class postage is sent. But should something happen to someone far away. Did their prayer count? And then how to pray For a loved one who died for something This country gave to him, and to all the same. I'll pass by and show my colors, Someone will brush it, and so will others. To think how freedom was a price to pay . . . Is it worth it, to let our flag lay? They prove themselves men by burning a card! Some will think twice; some will be hard. To pass by this country's tradition of fame; They only give us thoughts of ending pain. Jerome Chajdcewitz Mr. M. Whitfield asks that you contact him at the Depart­ ment of Social Services, 847 Concourse Village East, Bronx, New York 10451. Henry Karpowicz Please contact your cousin, Mrs. Rose Burns, at 4820 North 15th Street, Philadelphia, Penn­ sylvania 19141. Harold Edward Arlinghaus Your wife. Carmen, asks that you contact her as soon as pos­ sible at 169 22 Street, Brooldyn, New York. —>i/— Hans Skottene Please contact SIU headquar­ ters in Brooklyn, N.Y. in refer­ ence to your membership book and seamen's papers. David E. Hanke Please contact your parents as soon as possible at 556 South Craft Highway, Mobile, Ala­ bama 36617 or call them col­ lect at area code 205, telephone number 452-9683. They are very anxious to hear from you. ^ George L. Bruno, Jr. Robert M. Holley It is important that you con­ Your wife, Marilyn, would tact Mr. J. M. Fenton, Insur­ like you to contact her as soon ance Manager, at Penn Ship­ as possible at 1010 West 49th, ping Company, Inc., 405 Park Norfolk, Virginia 23508. She is Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022 ' home from the hospital and feel­ as soon as possible. He is hold­ ing fine. ing a check for you in connec­ tion with your salvage claim. Jack Gervais The telephone number is (212) Please contact your mother 751-4800. as soon as possible at the fol­ lowing address: c/o C. C. An­ Thomas E. Tucker drews, Route 1, Box 252, Alexander Gluck Boomer, North Carolina. Anthony Amoriello <1> Please contact the Welfare Counter at SIU Headquarters Robert Newbold Newton in Brooklyn as soon as possible. Marvin G. Byerly asks that A check is being held there you contact him as soon as pos­ for you. sible at 828 Americana Build­ ing, Houston, Texas 77002. —— Michael Toth Robert E. Carroll, Jr., asks Charles WUey that you contact him as soon as W. Dean (Deano) Couey possible. The address is 500 St. would like you to contact him Charles Street, New Orleans, as soon as possible concerning Louisiana. your belongings. His address is 4/ — 309 Scott Street, Apartment 3, San Francisco, California John O. Glenn Please contact your mother, 94117. Mrs. Carolina O. Glenn, at Hotel Inter-Continental, House­ Jesus Fernandez Roman keeping Department, Makati Please contact your daughter, Rizal, Philippines, as soon as Margarita Fernandez Garcia, as possible. soon as possible at Calle Esqui\I> lin 1954, Santurce, Puerto Rico. John V. Dolan Thomas J. Tourges asks that Jimmy Davis you contact him as soon as pos­ Norma asks that you contact sible at Pembroke Station, Dan- her as soon as you can at P.O. bury, Connecticut 06810. Box 36021, Houston, Texas 77036. She tried repeatedly to reach you on Thanksgiving and Ralph M. Bartlett, Jr. Please contact your parents the day after and is sorry she as soon as possible at 2705 wasn't able to contact you. Seymour Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44113. Clyde T.Clark <1> Matthew W. Nevin Your mother, Mrs. Margaret L. Hurst, asks that you contact her S)^ soon as possible at Argyle Head, R.R. 1, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. — There are many ways to pray. Some do it with nothing to say . . . As long as your heart speaks for you, I'll pray for peace and, above all for you, too. matter. The address is 2800 Bailey Avenue, Bronx, New York 10463. — Frank Snm^en Tom Snowden Please contact your brother, Bruce N. Snowden, as soon as possible regarding an important Please get in touch with your landlord, William A. Lang, im­ mediately on a very urgent mat­ ter. His address is 3326 Spauldine Avenue, Baltimore, Mary­ land 21215. James Sidny McRae Your son, Harry Steven Mc­ Rae, asks that you contact him as soon as possible at P.O. Box 3089, Heltys Station, Lufkin, Texas 75901. �SEAFARERS Page Twenty Eight DEL VALLE (Delta), October 6—. Chairman, Frank Wranik; Secre­ tary, W. C. Sink; Ship's Delegate, Frank Corven; Engine Delegate, Earyl E. Masters; Ship's Delegate, Adolph L. LaMorthe, Jr. No dis­ puted OT and no beefs. COLUMBIA EAGLE (Columbia), October 5—Chairman, Kenneth Rob­ erts; Secretary, Thomas Ulisse; Ship's Delegate, Kenneth Roberts; Deck Delegate, Kenneth Kristensen. Disputed OT in deck department. Wire sent to patrolman in Yoko­ hama asking him to meet ship for discussion. TRANSONTARIO (Hudson Wa­ terways), October 12 — Chairman, C. L. Gonzales; Secretary, F. J. Vanlooy; Ship's Delegate, C.- L. Gon­ zales; Engine Delegate, Emile J. Olive; Steward Delegate, A. Romero. No beefs were reported. TRANSGLOBE (Hudson Water­ ways), October 5 — Chairman, R. Sohl; Secretary, T. Conway; Ship's Delegate, F. H. Katros; Deck Dele­ gate, A. Sison; Steward Delegate, Arthur G. Andersen. No beefs were reported. STEEL DESIGNER (Isthmian), October 16—Chairman, Verner Poulson; Secretary, Vasser Szymanski; Ship's Delegate, Donald M. King. No beefs and no disputed OT. COLUMBIA ROSE (Columbia), October 19^—Chairman, Lee J. Har­ vey: Secretary, Clyde H. LanierDeck Delegate, Charles Frev: Eneine Delegate, Elkin Kent; Steward De'agate, James E. Naaran. General discussion held regarding the good and welfare of the ship. Everything is running smoothly as a whole with no serious beefs. Some disputed OT in engine department. HATTIESBURG VICTORY (Al­ coa), September 14—Chairman, S. P. Morris; Secretary, E. C. Caudill. Ship's Delegate reported that every­ thing is running smoothly. HATTIESBURG VICTORY (Al­ coa), September 28--Chairman, S. P. Morris; Secretary, E. C. Caudill; Deck Delegate, Albert J. Costello; Engine Delegate, Walter Fitzgerald. No beefs. Everything is running smoothly. HATTIESBURG VICTORY (Al­ coa), October 19—Chairman, S. P. Morris: Secretary, E. C. Caudill; Ship's Delegate, S. P. Morris; Stew­ ard Delegate, Raymond Walters. Everything is running smoothly with no beefs. OVERSEAS CARRIER (Maritime Overseas), November 9—Chairman, Walter B. Chipman; Secretary, A. Siegler; Ship's Delegate, William S. Rudd; Deck Delegate, M. L. Me­ dina; Steward Delegate, S. Duplechin. Vote of thanks was extended to the entire steward department for a job well done. Best steward department in SIU. No beefs. Ev­ erything is running smoothly. Good Captain and good crew. DEL NORTE (Delta), November 9—Chairman, Jack Procell; Secre­ tary, R. E. Stought, Jr.; Ship's Dele­ gate, John R. Johnson: Deck Dele­ gate, G. Malazzo; Engine Delegate, Joseph G. Arch: .Steward Delegate, John T. Kelly. Jr. $153.47 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in engine department to be taken up with pa­ trolman. Very smooth voyage. Vote of thanks to the steward depart­ ment for a job well done. PONCE (Sea-Land), November 2— Chairman. H. W. Soillane: Secre­ tary. J. Kackur: Ship's Delegate, H. W. Spillane: Deck Delegate, H. W. Spillane; Engine Delegate. Ed­ ward L Haynes. Discussion held re­ garding oyerpriced items in the slon chest. Vote of thanks was extended to Brother Spillane for settling a few beefs. LOG December, 1969 BEAUREGARD (Sea-Land), Octo­ ber 30—Chairman, R Whitney; Sec­ retary, P Gonzalez; Deck Delegate, C. Dickens; Engine Delegate, Nick G. Lambros; Steward Delegate, Jo­ seph Kearnes. Discussion held re­ garding poor mail service to the ship. Some disputed OT in deck department. DELTA PARAGUAY (Delta), No­ vember 2 — Chairman, Albert E. Bourgot; Secretary, Charles J. Mitchell; Deck Delegate, John W. McNeelage; Engine Delegate, Frank W. Chavers; Steward Delegate, Rob­ ert V. Kennedy. No beefs were re­ ported by department delegates. STEEL VENDOR (States MarineIsthmian), November 8—Chairman, Alfred Hanstvedt: Secretary, Mi­ chael J. Dunn. No beefs and no disputed OT. Everything running smoothly so far. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward depart­ ment for a job well done. October 18—Chairman, Oscar Ste­ vens; Secretary, Roscoe L. Alford: Ship's Delegate, M. D., Green; Deck Delegate, A. Wetherington; Engine Delegate, H. T. Nash; Steward Del­ egate, L. T. Smith. No beefs and no disputed OT. Everying is in order. STEEL TRAVELER (Isthmian), ' November 16—Chairman, O. Her- ' nandez; Secretary, Iluminado R. Llenos; Ship's Delegate, Mike J. Berry. $13.05 in ship's fund. Few hours disputed OT in deck and en­ gine departments to be taken up with boarding patrolman. JAMES (Ogden Marine), Novem­ ber 11—Chairman, F. Finch: Secre­ tary, John R. Roberts: Deck Dele­ gate, A. Ezell: Engine Delegate, John S. Higgins. $30.25 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported by department delegates. ROBIN TRENT (Moore-McCormack), September 6—Chairman, F. J. Mears; Secretary, C. J. Nail; Ship's Delegate, P. Rubish; Engine Delegate, Claude D. Berry; Steward Delegate, O. R. Bailey. $34.70 in ship's fund. ,No beefs. Everything is running smoothly. Discussion held regarding retirement plan. Vote of thanks was extended to the stew­ ard department for a job well done. ANTINOUS (Waterman), October , 26—Chairman, Melvin Moore; Sec­ retary, J. McPhaul; Ship's Delegate, Melvin Moore; Deck Delegate, Shep- « pard Maris; Engine Delegate A. G. Milne; Steward Delegate, G. T. Auguino. Discussion held regarding vacation plan. $12.25 in ship's fund. » No disputed OT and no beefs. BETHFLOR (Bethlehem Steel), November 11—Chairman, Joseph Mi­ chael; Secretary, Vernon Douglas; Deck Delegate, Jerry H. Blan; En­ gine Delegate, Hector L. Duarte; Steward Delegate, Lorenzo Ranaldi. Disputed OT in deck department. • The crew would like to have a new TV set put aboard. AMERICAN PRIDE (American Sealanes), October 26—Chairman, J. Sampson: Secretary, W. L. Everett; Ship's Delegate. C. A. Roberts; Deck Delegate, W. A. Barlesta: Engine Delegate, W. E. Wilkinson: Steward Delegate, Ernest C. Brown. Few hours disputed OT in deck depart­ ment. VANTAGE HORIZON (Vancor), ROBIN TRENT (Moore-McCormack) October 3—Chairman, Wil­ liam Hale; Secretary, Grant March. No beefs were reported by depart­ ment delegates. FANWOOD (Waterman), October 19—Chairman, Anthony J. Kuberski: Secretary, Joseph N. Rioux; Deck Delegate, Wiley Maetkey; Engine Delegate, William Tauk; Steward Delegate, Thomas E. Markham. No beefs and no disputed OT reported by department delegates. SEATRAIN FLORIDA (Hudson TRENTON (Sea-Land), November Waterways), October 26—Chairman, 1—Chairman, Dan Butts: Secretary, E. B. Hardcastel; Secretary, M. E. C Dyesues; Ship's Delegate, Dan ' Greenwald; Ship's Delegate, E. B. Butts; Deck Delegate. John A. Hardcastel; Deck Delegate, J. Wil­ Owen; Engine Delegate, "rhomas F. son, Jr.; Engine Delegate, R. L. Bell; Delaney; Steward Delegate. Kenneth Steward Delegate, Gregorio Cortez. Bowman. $8.00 in Ship's fund. No No beefs and no disputed OT. Vote beefs were reported by department of thanks to the steward department delegates. for a job well done. JOPLIN VICTORY (Marine Car­ riers), September 14 — Chairman John N. Crews; Secretary, Carlos Diaz. Ship's delegate reported that eyerything is running smoothly with no beefs. JOPLIN VICTORY (Marine Car­ riers). October 12—Chairman. John N. Crews; Secretary, Carlos Diaz. No beefs were reported by department delegates. JOPLIN VICTORY (Marine Car­ riers), October 19—Chairman, .John N. Crews: Secretary, Carlos Diaz. Discussion held regarding welfare and retirement plan. No beefs were reported by department delegates. MONTICELLO VICTORY (Victory Carriers), October 25—Chairman A. Rudnicki: Secretary. E. Eyerett; Ship's Delegate. Enos E. Ott; Deck Delegate, L. Reinchuck; En­ gine Delegate. W. B. Blankenshin: Steward Delegate, Emilio Bnrreto. $19.00 in shin's fund. No beefs and no disputed OT. SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatrainl, October 26—Chairman, Frank J. Smith: Secretary. James W. Thomas: Ship's Delegate. Frank J. Smith; Deck Delegate. M. Jones: Engine Delegate. Clyde L. Van Eons. Members all in fayor of not adopt­ ing the procedure of holding meet­ ing every Sunday while shin is at sea, as there is seldom anything to discuss. PRODUCER (Marine Carriers), -• November 9—Chairman, Alfonso A. Armada; Secretary, William H. • Rhone; Ship's Delegate, William E. Richardson;, Deck Delegate, Wallace G. Renz, Jrf; Engine Delegate, Lyle H. Haddol; Steward Delegate, Jo­ seph Naurocki. Some disputed OT , in deck and engine' departments. Among many subjects, ventilation in crew's quarters was discussed. Vote of thanks to the steward de- ^ partment for a job well done. Beefs in steward department to be taken ' up with boarding patrolman. BUCKEYE PACIFIC (Buckeye), November 18—Chairman, Leon M. Kyser; Secretary, W. Harper; En­ gine Delegate, George E. Connell, Jr.; Steward Delegate, Americus C. Bell. Brother Leon M. Kyser was elected to serve as new ship's dele­ gate. Disputed OT to be taken up with boarding patrolman. SEATRAIN MAINE (Hudson Wa­ terways). October 19—Chairman, George King; Secretary, Sam W. McDonald; Ship's Delegate, George King, Deck Delegate, Robert Myers: Engine Delegate. Jaroslav Sommers: Steward Delegate, William Lennox. $29.00 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Vote of thanks was extended to tha steward department for a job well done. ELIZABETHPORT (Sea-Landl. October 12—Chairman and Shin's Delegate, Tom E. Kelsey: Secretary. Herb Knowles; Deck Delegate. R. Guerin: Engine Delegate, R. Snanraft; Steward Delegate, J. Silva. Discussion held regarding drinking water and water used for washing. Matter to be taken up with Union officials. COLUMBIA MARINER (Colum- ' bia), November 9—Chairman, Joseph , Savoca; Secretary, Woodrow W. Perkins; Deck Delegate, H. Willing- ham; Engine Delegate, S. V. Marano; Steward Delegate, Paul Capo. No beefs and no disputed OT, Vote of thanks was extended to Brothers Woody Perkins and Red McDonald for getting permission to set up old ice-making machine for cooling off * soft drinks. IBERVILLE (Waterman), Novem­ ber 16—Chairman, Benny Brinson; Secretary, Larry Kilgore; Ship's Delegate, Benny Brinson. Brother Ray Casonova was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. Disputed OT in deck department. HALCYON TIGER (Halcyon), Oc­ tober 21—Chairman, John Brady: Secretary, Michael Tot.h; Shin's Delegate, John Brady; Deck Dele­ gate, John Brady, Engine Delegate, William D. Cooper; Steward Dele­ gate, Bert M. Winfield. Very cooperntiye crew on board. Vote of thanks to the entire steward depart­ ment for the fine food, pastries, etc. TR\NSERTE (Hudson Water­ ways), October 12—Chairman, V. V. Hakkarainen; Secretary, W. B. Yarbrough: Ship's Delegate. H. RuclfiDeck Delegate. T. E. Anderson- En­ gine Delegate, I. W. Flavio- Steward Delegate, R. W. Elliott. $40.00 in ship's fund. No beefs and no dis­ puted OT. HATTIESBURG VICTORY (Al­ coa), November 23—Chairman. S. P. • Morris: Secretary, E C. Candell; Deck Delegate, Albert J. Costello; Engine Delegate, Walter E. Fitz- . gerald; Steward Delegate, Raymond T. Walters. COLUMBIA TIGER (Columbia), November 15 — Chairman, Mickel Casanuieva; Secretary, George M. "Williams; Ship's Delegate, Nicholas W. Funken; Deck Delegate, Nicho-, las W. Funken; Engine Delegate, Leo Crawford; Steward Delegate, John D. Scott. No beefs were re­ ported by department delegates. DEL ALBA, (Delta), November 5 —Chairman, W. Eschuck, Jr.: Sec­ retary, L. D. Croom, Jr.; Ship's Del­ egate, Frank Rodriguez, Jr.; Deck Delegate, J. B. Cowan; Engine Del­ egate, J. H. Heifer; Steward Dele­ gate, C. M. Dials. $15.00 in ship's fund. A few items to be taken up with boarding patrolman. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. DEL ALBA (Delta), September 16 —Chairman, William Eschuk, Jr.; Secretary, Louis D. Croom, Jr.; Ship's Delegate, Frank Rodriguez, Jr.; Deck Delegate, Lee E. Gillian; Engine Delegate, J. H. Heifer; Stew­ ard Delegate, C. M. Dials. Crewmembelrs request that a Union food plan man come aboard ship at the first U.S. port. Motion made to ask ' Union to get together with Com­ pany regarding transportation back and forth to ships at Sunny Point. $10.00 in ship's fund. No disputed OT. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. PONCE (Sea-Land), October 7— Chairman, H. W. Spillane; Secre­ tary. J. Kackur; Ship's Delegate, H. W. Spillane; Engine Delegate, Edward flaynie. Steward Delegate. W. Wallace. No beefs were reported by department delegates. HATTIESBURG VICTORY (Vic­ tory), November 2—Chairman, W. P. Morris; Secretary, E. C. Caudell; Deck Delegate, A. J. Costello; En­ gine Delegate, Walter E. Fitzgerald: Steward Delegate, Raymond Wal­ ters. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for a iob well done. Everything is running smoothly. RAPHAEL SEMMES (Sea-Land), November 1—Chairman. J. Lewis; Secretary, Harvey M. Lee; Ship's Delegate, Jesse Lewis; Deck Dele­ gate, R. O'Dowd; Engine Delegate, Earl H. Fain; Steward Delegate, A. S. Sze. Discussion held regarding retirement plan. Disputed OT in deck department. DAGAMA (Crest Overseas), Octo­ ber 19—Chairman, G. Selix; Secre­ tary, J. E. Higgins; Ship's Delegate, John Sullivan; Deck Delegate, John Sullivan; Engine Delegate, R. Wil­ son; Steward Delegate, R. Potorski. Some disputed OT in deck depart­ ment. OVERSEAS NATALIE (Maritime Overseas), October 15—Chairman, John A. Dunne; Secretary, Juan Mojica: Ship's Delegate, P. L. Waters. $27.00 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported by department delegates. OGDEN WILLAMETTE (Ogden Marine), November 2 — Chairman, Edwin C. Craddock: Secretary, Cleveland R. Wolfe: Ship's Delegate, Walter D. Makin; Deck Delegate, W. T. Gardner; Engine Delegate, B. D. Burns; Steward Delegate, Walter D. Makin. The crewmembers of this ship are very proud of their new ship and all the conveniences. No. beefs and no disputed OT. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job >vell done. COLUMBIA (U.S. Steel), Novem­ ber 2—Chairman. B. J. Waturski: Secretary, M. S. Sospina: Deck Del­ egate Richard Heffiey; Engine Del­ egate Walter Cressman. No beefs everything is running smoothly. Very good crew aboard ship. CLAIBORNE (Sea-Land), Novem­ ber 2—Chairman, James Dixon; Sec­ retary. James Pursell; Ship's Dele­ gate. Walter Dunn; Deck Delegate, William Koche; Engine Delegate, Allan G. Tigha; Steward Delegate, Leo J. Gomes. Small amount of dis­ puted OT in deck department. ROBIN GRAY (Moore-McCormack), November 9—Chairman, C. Jorden: Secretary, H. Donnelly: Ship's Delegate, "T. Fosberg: Deck Delegate, Ed Delaney; Engine Del­ egate, Roy Nugent: Steward Dele­ gate, Herman L. Evans. No beefs were reported by department dele­ gates. KYSKA (Waterman), October. 8— Chairman, J. M. Elwell; Secretary, G. C. Turner; Ship's Delegate, J. M. Elwell. No beefs were reported by department delegates. FAIRLAND (Sea-Land), October 12—Chairman, R. Hodges; Secre­ tary, K. Lynch: Deck Delegate, Wil­ liam Doran; Engine Delegate, Rob­ ert H. Caldwell. No beefs were re­ ported by department delegates. FAIRLAND (Sea-Land), November 11—Chairman, R. Hodges; Secre­ tary, K. Lynch; Deck Delegate, Wil­ liam Doran; Engine Delegate, Rob­ ert H. Caldwell. Repair list made up. No beefs. Some disputed OT in engine department. SEATRAIN OHIO (Seatrain), No­ vember 2—Chairman, R. L. Ander­ son; Secretary, W. E. Messenger; Ship's Delegate, Robert L Ander­ son; Deck Delegate, M. Armenteros; Engine Delegate, Bobby Spencer; Steward Delegate, Richard A. Mor­ gan. Five men paid off during voy­ age. Three men were replaced. A number of beefs to be taken up with boarding patrolman. PENN CHALLENGER (Penn Shipping), October 2—Chairman, A. N. Boney; Secretary, S. J. Davis; Ship's Delegate, Anthony J. Oro; Deck Delegate, Walter L. Stewart; Engine Delegate, Roy L. Cuthrell; Steward Delegate, Clarence Willey. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department, especially to Brother Samuel J. Davis, chief stew­ ard, who put out some of the best menus ever. No disputed OT and no beefs. Everything running smoothly and everybody is happy. STEEL FLYER (Isthmian), Sep­ tember 7—Chairman, Manuel Landran; Secretary, Harris L. Bennett; Ship's Delegate. Herbert Leake. $10.00 in ship's fund. No beefs re­ ported by department delegates. SAN FRANCISCO (Sea-Land), November 16 — Chairman, M. B. Woods; Secretary, H. A. Galicki; Ship's Delegate, Malcolm R. Woods; Deck Delegate, Michael Gurry; Steward Delegate, Morris Berlowitz. Discussion held regarding increase in vacation plan for Sea-Land ships. $30.00 in movie fund. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. OVERSEAS TRAVELER (Mari­ time Overseas), November 16— Chairman, John Gallagher; Secre­ tary, Jorge Morrero; Deck Delegate, Steve Mosakowski; Engine Delegate, Ray Shaynick; Steward Delegate. Pedro Arteaga. Some disputed OT in deck and engine departments. COLUMBIA TRADER (Columbia). November 17 — Chairman, W. G. Kelly; Secretary, John Hauser; Ship's Delegate, James P. Balderston; Deck Delegate, William A. DeLappe; Engine Delegate, J. A. Sulli­ van; Steward Delegate, A. L. Yarborough. Vote of thanks was ex­ tended to the ship's delegate, stew­ ard, cooks and baker for a job well done. No mail received from head­ quarters during entire three-month trip. No disputed OT. STEEL FLYER (Isthmian) Au­ gust 31—Chairman, Manuel Landran; Secretary, Harris L. Bennett; Ship's Delegdte, Herbert Leake. $10.00 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported by department delegates. PERRY (Marine Traders),Novem­ ber 26—Chairman, Marion E. Seech­ ing; Secretary, Virgil L. Swanson; Deck Delegi.te, E. Duxbury; Engine Delegate, H. H. Farr; Steward Dele­ gate, E. A. Kirchan. $5.00 ii\ ship's fund. No beefs were reported by department delegates. �December, 1969 u • " ^ ' ' . Jose Rivera, 65; Seafarer RU Victor, when he died. Burial was vera died on March 27, 1968, in St. Raymond Cemetery, in Arec ibo, Bronx, New York. Brother Soto Puerto Rico had been sailing the seas since from arterioscle­ 1917. rosis. He was a —\3>— native of BarceTheodore F. Burgess, 60: loneta, Puerto Brother Burgess died in Su­ Rico and was livperior, Wiscon­ ^ ' ing in Arecibo at sin, on October ' \ the time of his 22 from heart death. Brother Rivera was an disease. He was SIU pensioner who retired in a native of 1967. He joined the Union in Rhode Island the port of New York in 1943 and was making and sailed in the steward de­ his home in Su­ partment as a cook. His last perior with his vessel was the Detroit. Seafarer wife, Ernestein, when he died. Rivera received a personal safe­ ty award for his part in making Seafarer Burgess joined the SIU the Elizabeth an accident free in Duluth in 1960 and sailed in ship during the first half of 1960. the engine department as a fire­ Brother Rivera had been sail­ man. Burial was in Calvary ing since 1927. Survivors in­ Cemetery, Superior. clude his son, Victor Jose <1> Rivera. Samuel Spenco* Lyie, 58: Brother Lyle died on Septem­ ber 17 aboard John Frank Yodice, 22: the National De­ Brother Yodice died on October 9 while working fender from nat­ ural causes. He on board the was a member of Mobile between the engine de­ the ports of Rot­ partment and terdam, The joined the SIU Netherlands, and Bremen, Ger­ in the Port of many. Seafarer New Orleans in 1947. Seafarer Yodice joined Lyle was a native of Alabama the SIU in the Port of New and was making his home in York in 1965 and sailed in the Crosby, Texas, when he died. deck department as an AB. In Among his survivors are a 1965 he graduated from the brother, Ross Franklin Lyle. Harry Lundeberg School of Sea^ manship. A native of New York. Brother Yodice was living Onni Nikolai Peltomaa, 52: in Brooklyn with his father, Mi­ Seafarer Peltomaa died on chael, when he passed away. September 5 fol­ lowing an acci­ .1. dent suffered while sailing Marion Sharpe, 64: Seafarer aboard the Steel Sharpe died on October 18 in Admiral. He was Dover Town­ a native of Fin­ ship, New Jersey. land and was He was a native making his of South Caro­ home in Flushing, New York, lina and was making his home with his wife, Edith, at the time in Toms River, of his death. Brother Peltomaa New Jersey with joined the Union in the Port of his wife, Gladys, New York in 1944 and sailed at the time of his death. Broth­ in the engine department as an er Sharpe joined the SIU in the oiler. His career at sea began in Port of New York in 1940 and 1936. retired on SIU Pension in 1965. He had served in the deck de­ George Alvin Logan, 36: partment as an AB and his last Brother Logan died on October vessel was the Steel Apprentice. 21 following a Brother Sharpe began his sailing heart attack on career in 1932. board the Transhuron. Seafarer Logan graduated Juan Soto, 68: Seafarer Soto from the SIU's passed away on October 12 in Andrew FuruMount Sinai seth Training Hospital, New School in 1960 York. He worked and four years later success­ in the deck de­ fully completed the Union's up­ partment as a grading program. He served in bos'n and had the deck department as bos'n. last sailed A native of Alabama, Seafarer aboard, the Logan joined the Union in Mo­ ^ i Ponce. A mem­ bile in 1960. He was making ber of the Union since 1952 his home in Qayton, Alabama, when he joined in the Port of when he passed away. Among New York, Brother Soto was a Brother Logan's survivors are native of Puerto Rico and was his wife, Kathryn and a brother, living in Manhattan with his son. John W. Logan. SEAFARERS Page Twenty Nine LOG Guy F, Plahn, 59: Brother Plahn passed away on Septem­ ber 2, 1969 in San Francisco General Hospital from meningitis. He joined the SIU in the Port of New York in , . 1947 and sailed ^ in the engine de­ partment as an electrician. His last vessel was the Raphael Semmes. A native of Iowa, Seafarer Plahn had been making his home in New Orleans with his wife, Anna, up until the time of his death. ^ Florencio H. Medina, 71: Brother Medina died of bron' chopneumonia on August 28 at Professional Building Hos­ pital, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Seafarer Medina was a native of Puerto Rico and was living there when he died. He joined the SIU in the Port of New York and retired from the sea on SIU pension in 1956. He had sailed in the steward department as a chief cook and his last vessel was the Alcoa Planter. Brother Medina was sailing for 31 years when he re­ tired. Among his survivors are a daughter, Esther Maria Me­ dina, Burial was in Villa Palmeras Cemetery, Santurce, Puerto Rico. -— Wa'ter Emerson Murray, 73: Seafarer Murray was an SIU pensioner who died on October 20 in Presbyte­ rian Hospital, Philadelphia from heart dis­ ease. He joined the Union in the Port of Phila­ delphia and sailed as the captain of a tugboat for Taylor and Anderson Towing and Lighter­ age Company. Brother Murray retired from the sea in 1962 and was living in Philadelphia with his sister, Mrs. William M. Henry. Seafarer Murray was a native of Philadelphia. Burial services were in Fernwood Cem­ etery, Fernwood, Pennsylvania. Beriin Bernard Saunders, 74: Brother Saunders died on Octo­ ber 10 in USPHS Hospital, Staten Island. He was a native of Flor^ f ida and was making his home there with his wife, Jennie, when he passed away. Seafarer Saunders was a pensioner and old-time member of the SIU. He joined the Union in 1939 in Florida and sailed in the steward department. His last vessel was the Del Monte. Brother Saunders, an Army vet­ eran of World War II, had been sailing for 27 years when he re­ tired. Burial was in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Miami, Florida. You Hong Kim, 60: Seafarer Kim died from heart disease on October 19 in Yokohama, Ja­ pan. Brother Kim was a native of Hawaii and was making his home in San Francisco with his wife, Unsook, when he passed away. He joined the Union in San Francisco in 1952 and sailed in the engine department as chief electrician. His last vessel was the Steel Worker. Eizdmie Fisher,' 56: Seafarer Fisher passed away on Novem­ ber 13 at USPHS Hospital, New Orleans from a massive hemor­ rhage. He joined the SIU in the Port of New Orleans in 1945 and sailed in the steward department as a messman. Seafarer Fisher was a na­ tive of Louisiana and was mak­ ing his home in New Orleans with his wife, Catherine, when he died. His last vessel was the Citadel Victory. Burial was in New Orleans. Robert Oliver Bradford, 19: Seafarer Bradford died aboard the Hattiesburg Victory on July 25 as the result of an accident. He joined the Union in the Port of New Orleans in 1968 and graduated from the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship on August 28 of that year. Brother Brad­ ford sailed in the engine depart­ ment as a wiper. A native of New Orleans, young Bradford was making his home in Metairie, Louisiana, with his mother, Alice, when he passed away. ^1, Timothy Pat Sullivan, 49: Brother Sullivan died on Octo­ ber 4 from res­ piratory failure at USPHS Hos­ pital, Baltimore. Seafarer Sulli­ van joined the SIU in Balti­ more in 1943 and sailed in the deck department as an AB. His last vessel was the Portmar. A native of North Carolina, Brother Sullivan was making his home in Baltimore when he died. Survivors include his brother, Roger W. Sullivan. Burial was in Gardens of Faith Cemetery, Baltimore. Superdome for New Orleans Backed by MTD Port Council NEW ORLEANS—A new 80,000-capacity domed sta­ dium, to be called the Louisiana Superdome and incorporating many unique features has been projected for completion here by 1973. The structure has received the enthusiastic endorsement of the Maritime Council of Greater New Orleans and Vicinity of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department. A resolution supporting the project was imanimously approved at a meet­ ing at the SIU hall here last month, and signed by SIUNA Vice President Lindsey J; Williams, President of the local MTD Council; and C. J. (Buck) Stephens, Council SecretaryTreasurer and SIU Port Agent. "The Louisiana Superdome is many things," the resolution declared. "It is a midweek downtown parking complex, it is a Madison Square Garden arena, it is a great convention and trade show center, it is a giant screen television theatre, it is the first of the king-sized auditoriums, and it is the world's finest football-baseball stadium." Among the features to be incorporated are parking facilities for 5,000 cars, a 20,000-seat arena with up-close seating on all four sides, and a synthetic grass baseball-football playing field which rolls back to expose an all-piupose floor suitable for giant conventions, trade shows and a variety of mass audience entertainment. Advanced theatrical lighting will be used. Eight giant color television screens, each 50 feet by 37.5 feet, will be readily viewable from every seat. Besides per­ mitting "instant replay" during stadium events, they will also be available for closed-circuit showings of Broadway plays. Las Vegas shows, prize fights and college football. The Superdome is to be located in New Orleans central business district and Vieux Carre. The Maritime Council urged the stadium commission to take all necessary steps to speed actual construction as "absolutely essential to the future economic growth of the New Orleans area." �Page Thirty SEAFARERS LOG Letter Carriers Ask FTC to Curb Bogus Competitor SIU-AGLIWD Meetings New Orleans Mobile .... WilmingtiNi San Fran. .. Seattle .... New York . Pbilade^a Baltiniore .. Detroit .... Houston ... Jan^ Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jmi. Jan. Jan. Jan. 13—2:30 p.ni. 14—^2:30 p.ni. 19—2:00 p.ni. 21—^2:00 p.m. 24—2:00 p.ni. 5—2:30 p.m. 6—2:30 p.m. 7—^2:30 p.m. 9—2:30 p.m. 12—^2:30 p.m. iffllBCTORYof lUNlONHALLS SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers United Industrifri Woricers New Orleans Mobtie New York . Pbtiadelpliia Baltimore .. tHoustmi .. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. 13—^7:00^p.m. 14—^7:00 p.m. 5—^7:00 p.m. 6—7:00 p.m. 7—^7:00 p.m. 12—^7:00 p.ni. PRESIDENT Paul Hall EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cal Tannar VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shapard Llndiay Williams Al Tanner Robart Matthaws SECRiTARV-TREASURER Great Lakes SIU Meetings Detrttit .. Alpena .. Buffalo .. Chicago . Dulnth .. Frankfort Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. 5—2:00 p.m. 5—7:00 p.m. 5—7:00 p.ni. 5—7:30 p.m. 5—^7:00 p.m. 5—7:00 p.m. Great Lidces Tug and Dredge Section Chicago ... tSault St Marie Buffalo .... Duluth Clevdiand .. Toledo Detroit .... Milwaukee . Jan. 13—7:30 p.m. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. 15—7:30 p.m. 14—^7:30 p.m. 16—^7:30 p.m. 16—7:30 p.ni. 16—^7:30 p.m. 12—7:30 p.m. 12—^7:30 p.m. SIU Biland Boatmen's Unkm New Orlemis Jan. 13—5:00 p.m. Mobile .... Jan. 14—5:00 p.m. Philadelidua Jmi. 6—5:00 p.m. Bdtimore (licensed and unliceiNed '. Jan. 7—5:00 p.m. Norfolk ... Jan. 8—5:00 p.m. Houston ... Jan. 12—^5:00 p.m. R^way Marine Region Phaadeiphia Jan. 13—10 BaMknore Jan.' 14—10 ^Norfolk Jan. 15—10 Jersey City Jan. 12—10 ""lifrTir'.llft RALTIMORE, Md lilt E. laltlmera St. (301) EA 7-4«0 BOSTON. Mass U3 Atlantic Avanua (il7) 4S2-47I& BUFFALO. N.y 7K Washington St. SIU (714) TL 3-92S? IBU (714) TL 3-f25f CHICAeO, III wa Ewing Ava. SIU (312) SA 1-0733 IBU (312) ES S-t570 1420 W. 2Sth St. (214) MA I-54S0 CLEVELAND. Ohio DETROIT, Mich 10125 W. Jaffarson Ava. DULUTH. Minn 2014 W. 3rd St. (218) RA 2-4110 (313) VI 3-4741 FRANKFORT. MIeh P.O. Box 207 4IS Main St. (414) EL 7-2441 HOUSTON, Tax 5004 Canal St. (713) WA 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE. Fla. ...T.... 2400 Paarl St. (704) EL 3-0987 JERSEY CITY. N.J 99 Montgomary St. (201) HE 5-9424 MOBILE, Ala I South Lawranca St. (205) HE 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS. La NORFOLK, Va .9r 430 Jackson Ava. (504) 529-7544 'i 115 3rd St. (703) 422-1892 PHILADELPHIA. Pa 2404 S. 4th St. (215) DE 4-3818 PORT ARTHUR. Tax 1340 Savanth St. SAN FRANCISCO. Calif., 1531 Mission St. (415) 424-4793 SANTURCE, P.R. .. . III3 Farnandai Juneos Stop 20 724-2848 am. & 8 p.m. SEAHLE, Wash 2505 First Avanua (204) MA 3-4334 am. & 8 p.m. ST. LOUIS, Mo 4577 Gravols Blvd. am. & 8 p.m. TAMPA. Fla (314) 752-4500 TOLEDO, Ohio a.m. & 8 p.m. t Meeting held at Galveston wharves, t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. • Meeting held at Labor Temple, New­ port News. 312 Harrison St. (813) 229-2788 935 Summit St. (419) 248-3491 WILMINGTON, Callf^ 450 Saaslda Ava. Tarmlnal Island, Calif. (213) 832-7285 YOKOHAMA, Japan..Iseya BIdg.. Room 801 1-2 Kalgan-Dori-Nakaku 2014971 Ext. 281 WASHINGTON—The "un­ fair and deceptive" practices of a company that represents itself as a "postal system" have been brought to the attention of the government by President James H. Rademacher of the Letter Carriers. He called upon the Federal Trade Commission to stop the Independent Postal System of America, Oklahoma (3ty, from violating the iederal law giving the government the exclusive right to operate a postal system and handle mail. Rademacher charged the firm, which operttes in cities through­ out the United States, is illegally using terms such as "postal" and "mail" in its advertising. He also asked FTC to halt another "deceptive" practice of the company — that of putting their employees "in ui^orms similar to those of government mailmen to deliver their circu­ lars." AFL-CIO Unions Win Majority of Elections Unions won bargaining rights for 202,000 workers in elections during fiscal 1969, the National Labor Relations Board reported. The victory margin for unions was 55.5 percent of the 7,699 elections conducted from July 1968 through June 1969, the NLRB said. From January through June 1969, another report broke the 3,815 elections down as to union victories— 50.5 percent for AFL-CIO affiliates, 50.2 percent for the Teamsters and 55.9 percent for other unaffiliated unions. During the 6-month pe­ riod, these valid votes were cast in board elections; 49,937 in elections won by AFL-CIO unions; 38,(X)0 for imaffiliated unions and 22,0(X) for no union. Decemlier, 1969 AVi:-- UNF TO LABOji 1 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.) v|> Genend EJectric Company and Hotpcint Products (CcM>rdinated Bargaining (Committee for 150,000 GE Workers) Atlantic Products Sports Goods (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) vl> Jamestown Sterling Corp. ^United Furniture Workers) —d,— White Furniture Co. (United Furniture Workers of America) Gypsum Walihoard, American Gypsum Co. (United Cement Lime and Gypsum Workers International) —— —^ Stitzel-Wellcr DistiUerics "Old Fitzgerald," "Old EDc" "Cabin StiU," W. L. Weller Bourbon whldceys (Distillery Workers) R1> Klngsport Press "World Book," "Cblldcrafl" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) Genesco Shoe Mfg. Co. Work Shoes . . . Sentry, Cedar Chest, Statler Men's Shoes . . . Jarman, Johnson & Murphy, Crestwortb, (Boot and Shoe Workers' Union) Boren Clay Products Co. (United Brick and Clay Workers) —^ "HIS" brand men's clothes Kaynee Boyswear, Judy Bond blouses, Hanes Knitwear, Randa Ties, Boss Gloves Richman Bros, and Sewell Suits, Wing Shirts (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Camels, Winston, Tempo, Brandon, Cavalier and Salem cigarettes (Tobacco Workers International Union) -RJ> Comet Rice Mills Co. products (International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drinks and Distillery Workers) v|> Pioneer Flour Mill (United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers Local 110, San Antonio, Texas) ^ All California Table Grapes (United Farm Workers) PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unlesa an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstances should any member pay any money for any reason unlesa he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every sU months in the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitution. In addition, copies are available in all Union halls. All nxembers 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 obli­ gation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension bene­ fits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, inciuding attend­ ance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU members at these Union meet­ ings, they are encouraged to take an active roie in all rank-and-file functions, in­ cluding service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union pol­ icy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Conse­ quently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If s'ly 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 basic righto of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve the best interests of tbemseives, their families and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was established. 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 feds that say of ths above righto have boon vMatsd, or that ho has broa doalod his constltatloBal right of access to Union records or in­ formation, ho shodd immsdiatoly nottfy SIU Prosldsnt Pnal HaU at hcadqnartors by eortilod nmil, rotnm receipt roqnsstsd. ^ Magic Chef Pan Pacific Division (Stove, Furnace and Allied Appliance Workers International Union) Fisher Price Toys (Doll and Toy Workers) v|> Economy Furniture Co. Smithtown Maple Western Provincial Bilt-Rite (Upholsterers) Upset in Wissonsin Beats Right Winger FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguardinB 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, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. Ali 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 fun^ are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. Ali trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights 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 ail 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: Ekirl 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 contracto are avaUable in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard 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 oflScial, 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 the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established jmlicy has been reaffirmed by membersbip action at the September, 1960, meetings iu all constitu­ tional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate,' from among its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. " JEFFERSON, Wis. — A liberal Democrat upset a I prominent right-wing ReI publican in a special elecItion for a Wisconsin state i Senate seat that had been considered safely Republiican. Democrat Dale McKenna [defeated David Keene, na­ tional president of the coni servative Young Americans 1 for Freedom. Keene ran on i a "cut-the-budget" platform, i attacking funds for welfare I programs and urban aid. The Madison, Wis., Capii tal Times termed the Demoi cratic victory in a normally I conservative district "a mai jor political upset." �December, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Thirty One SlrLttfes Bo^ RAINING AT the Harry Lundeberg School Seaman­ ship to prepare a young man for his first trip to sea includes more than classroom indoctrination. In ad­ dition to providing the training to qualify every entry rating for his lifeboat endorsement, the program also introduces the trainee to shipboard life by actually put­ ting him aboard a steam-driven vessel. Before they leave the school for their first trip, every trainee goes aboard the HLSS training ship Dauntless to live and work. During his stay aboard, the trainee gets practical on-the-job experience in the kind of work he will be doing as a crewmember of the deck, engine and steward department on SlU-contracted freightships and tankers. The trainees bunk in the crew's foc'sle, stand gangway watches, and perform all of the cleaning and mainte­ nance work they will later be required to do when they ship out. While on board, they are supervised by experi­ enced SIU Seafarers, and by the mates and engineers. The HLSS program is providing the young man who is preparing to go to sea with the best training program and facilities available anywhere- in the United States. T Lifeboat Instructor Paul McSaharn v/atches as the Dauntless' trainee crew secures the No. 2 boat. Lifeboat drills are held regularly on the ship. HLSS Instructor Paul McGaharn discusses day's work assignments in the engine room of the Dauntless with trainee bosun Herbert Spencer. Standing watch in the engine room this trainee polishes the bright work. Trainees work'with the engineer to maintain the engine room in top shape. Trainees work in all three departments on the Dauntless. Here, steward trainees serve lunch to the ship's deck and engine crewmen. In addition to learning their duties as wipers, trainees also get experience learning the duties of fireman, oiler and watertender to better equip them for their first trip. Deck trainees sand down seams on the newlyflberglassed decks. All deck and engine work is supervised by experienced rated Seafarers. Trainee installs a burner in the ship's fire room. Trainees become thoroughly familiar with wiper's duties during their assignment aboard the Dauntless. �Vol. XXXI No. 14 SEAFARERS^LOG December 1969 Pr.'/ fSiiii| N. ji< • y •:9 4. . n i5r'c£'::yx' ^•,,;- r': I P. J. *1 . ' ufc' V 'U."> 4\ 1 j;"".' ,. ,^1 5^1 fvV^ •^5 1 IjfeJ- -I ofT"e LOG which ' -'|P' • ' ^ ^ rk'",'-"' " ^ ' ' • - ' IfS PENN CHAMPION is a good feeder, says crew, and here's fhe reason. (L-R): Z. A. Markris, steward; M. W, Yohan, messman; George Chang, baker; G. Russell, mess; W. R. Smith, chief cook and delegate. Russell Henry, bosun and ship's chairman, chats with SlU Representative Paul McGaharn during lunch break. 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Title A name given to the resource December 1969 Description An account of the resource Headlines: THE STAKES ARE HIGH IN THE GE STRIKE SIU’S FIVE YEAR BATTLE ENDS IN GALVESTON VICTORY BANNING OF MULTIPLE SUBSIDIES VITAL TO WORTHWHILE MARITIME LEGISLATION GILBERT PREDICTS A MAJOR ASSAULT BY OIL INTERESTS AGAINST JONES ACT NEGLIGENCE ON SOVIET FISHING BOATS DEPLORED BY RUSSIAN ADMINISTRATOR TOUGH POLICING OF 12 MILE FISH ZONE GOAL OF NEW GARMATZ BILL IN HOUSE PARTY OPERATES RED CHINA’S UNIONS AS TRANSMISSION BELT FOR WORKERS CONSUMERS ALWAYS COME UP LOSERS IN DRUG MAKERS’ RIGGED NAME GAME TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE FOR SAFETY AT SEA NEW TAFT-HARTLEY LAW AMENDMENT LIFTS BAN ON JOINT FUND PROGRAMS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HYPORCRITICAL FOR BEMOANING WAGES FRAUDEULENT CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS ROB DROP-OUTS, LOW WAGE EARNERS RAISE IN MEDICARE PAYMENTS FORCED BY SOARING BILLS FOR MD SERVICES LABOR ROLLS UP 75% VICTORY RECORD IN 2 YEARS BEFORE SUPREME COURT FREE UNIONS CALLED MAIN FOUNDATION OF STRUGGLE TO OPPOSE DICTATORSHIPS INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT NECESSARY TO CURB MEXICAN BORDER PLANTS SY DAUNTLESS PROVIDES ON THE JOB TRAINING Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/1969 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXXI, No. 14 1969 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/196b52034a007f66bf513b774e0fa8ba.PDF ce330dd68909960923f5b1e7e5d7eaef PDF Text Text SEAFARERSAI.OG Febniaiy 14, 1969 —. I OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION » ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO •111 III fi'F . �Page Two SEAFARERS LOG Seatrain Leases Brooklyn Navy Yard For Expanded Shipbuilding Program Febmarjr 14, 19691 Seafarers Play Santa WASHINGTON—^The SlU-contracted Seatrain Lines announced recently that it expects to take over the naval shipbuilding facilities of the Brooklyn Navy Yard for the construction of large mer­ chant vessels. Arrangements are being made fr under a co-operative plan in ital. Howard M. Pack, the com­ the future. Shipbuilding space is pany's president, reported the line at a premium and we will have which Seatrain Lines, tiie City will begin a development and created an opportunity to become of New York and the federal gov­ building program that could total the only major U.S. company ernment are working out the pur­ $41 million during the first 18 capable of building as well as op­ chase of the old yard and its months and employ up to 3,000 erating its own fleet." subsequent lease to the shipping people during the first year and New York's Mayor Lindsay company. The City of New York a half of operations. Within five stated that the agreement called will pay the federal government years, expansion is expected to for the employment of people about $23.5 million for the navy give jobs to as many as 9,000. from the neighborhood ?!nd would yard, which has been abandoned "We're in the large ship busi­ include many now chronically for some three years. Thereafter, ness," Pack explained. "We can jobless who will be trained as a public corporation called build up to 200,000-ton tankers steelworkers, riveters, welders, CLICK — the Commerce Labor at the navy yard." He noted that electricians, carpenters, pipe-mak­ Industry Corporation of Kings the company planned to build ers and boiler makers. County (Brooklyn)—would lease two large vessels at the yard the CLICK has released the result the yard and sub-lease 45 percent first year. of a survey which indicates that of it to the shipping operator. Seatrain, one of the largest un- more than twice as much money Seafarers brightened Christmas tor children in Maumee, Ohio. Ronald Seatrain's part of the yard, subsidized ship companies, now, as will be spent directly in the McGinn, ship's delegate, presents check from crew of the SlU-conwhich it expects to take over by operates more than 50 container new venture will be generated in tracted Charles C. West (Reiss Steamship Company) to Dorothy B. April 15, will include the two ships, oil and grain tankers and supplying auxiliary goods and McCrory, Administrative Assistant for the Miami Children's Center. largest shops, four drydocks and multi-purpose military cargo ves­ services to workers at the ship­ Donation was made at Christmas time and was much appreciated. several piers. The company plans sels. The 115,000-ton tanker yard. to invest $15 million, of which Manhattan, the largest commer­ Seatrain will receive a federal $9 million will be for facilities cial American-flag ship, is owned loan of $5.8 million for the proj­ and $6 million for working cap- by the line. ect, which is tied to job-training Joseph Kahn, Seatrain's chair­ programs for poverty areas. The man, said, "The creation of a new Administration has stated it shipbuilding facility by the com­ will introduce legislation that will MOSCOW—^Wide expansion in the Mediterranean of the bur­ pany also would provide much of enable the federal government to the production and conversion sell former military installations geoning Soviet merchant fleet was reported here recently by Tass, capability Seatrain itself needs for to cities at less than market value. the official news agency of the U.S.S.R. While Italy remains the ma­ jor nation in the area with whom Levels Charge at MTP Meeting the Soviets are trading, Tass pointed out that "this situation WASHINGTON—Eight huge may soon change." The volume containerships, with designed cap­ of cargo borne in Russian bot­ ability of a 33-knot service speed, toms to the developing nations of are off the drawing-boards and ex­ the Mediterranean "has almost pected to be in operation in about doubled" within two years, the two years for the SIU contracted agency declared. Sea-Land Service, Inc., the com­ Part of this enlarged trade is pany confirmed here late last due to the transportation of ma­ month. WASHINGTON—Representative Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. (D-Mass.) charged here last week chinery and equipment from Italy The fast new Sea-Land vessels will be able to complete a round that the nation's neglect of its once-dominant merchant marine and the recent decay and disinte­ to the Soviet Union, where a large automobile plant is being erected, trip across the Atlantic to Europe gration of that fleet have been "not just incredible but criminal." Tass said. It added that "at le^t in 10 days. This is at least four TheMasachusetts DemoOTt ^ shipyards during World War II. pendent agency bill on the fact 60 voyages of large motor ships days faster than any containership who has just started his ninth making them 25 years old and that although the 91st Congress are needed to carry the heavy and now in operation or under con­ terra in the House, told a meet­ older. And while this obsolescence has been in session only a month unwieldy equipment from Genoa struction. ing of the nearly seven-million- continues, the American ship­ there are already nearly 140 Con­ and Venice to Zhdanov and Estimated to cost about $25 member AFL-CIO Maritime building industry has dropped to gressional sponsors for the inde­ million each, the giant ships will Trades Department here that not 14th in rank among the world's pendent agency legislation—con­ Kerch" for the emerging auto­ mobile complex. The Soviets will be about 940 feet in length—more just recent Administrations have maritime nations. siderably more than the number build Fiat cars under Italian li­ than 200 feet longer than the larg­ been responsible for the rapid de­ To his audience, comprising of sponsors at this time last year. censes. The U.S.S.R. is under in­ est containership now in service. cline, but "both Democratic and representatives of government, in­ The Congressman said he also Twin propellers driven by 120,000 Republican administrations over dustry and labor, O'Neill contin­ drew a large degree of optimism tense internal pressure to expand its automobile production, Tass horsepower engines will furnish the past half-century," ued: from two other sources: the vig­ added. the power for the 33-knot speed. O'Neill described as "a tragic "In terms of trade and jobs and orous planks in both the Demo­ Private Financing story" the fact that "from the prosperity, our neglect is unfor­ cratic and Republican platforms The ships will all fly the Ameri­ greatest seafaring nation the world givable. In terms of the indispens- calling for a larger and stronger can flag and construction costs has ever known, the United States ability of the merchant marine to merchant marine, and President will be financed entirely by private has now sunk—and very likely national defense and security, our Nixon's position paper on mari­ time problems issued during the means, a company spokesman that's the best way to describe it neglect has been disgraceful." said. &a-Land will not seek ship —sunk—to the point where our The Congressman deplored the campaign. The Nixon policy statement, mortgage insurance from the gov­ merchant fleet t^ay is less than pocket veto last year of legislation 20 percent—^less than one-fifth its —overwhelmingly approved by O'Neill recalled, proposed a fleet ernment. Their unprecedented speed size—only 20 years ago." More the Senate and House—to create "able to lift at least 30 percent of WASHINGTON—Foreign ft*g would make it possible for each appalling, the Congressman added, an independent federal maritime our country's imports and ex­ ships deriving their revenues from of the vessels employed in the is that today nearly 95 percent agency. The re-establishment of ports." A merchant fleet with such U.S. commerce would no longer North Atlantic trade to make of all U.S. foreign commerce— such an autonomous maritime a capability, the Congressman get blanket tax exemptions under imports and exports—is carried body could have provided the first pointed out, "especially in view about 36 voyages each year. a bill proposed by Representative Direct containership service to by ships flying foreign flags. step toward reversal of the decay of the five percent carried by U.S.- James J. Howard (I>-N.J.). Vietnam was initiated by Sea"At the same time," he stressed, which has victimized our merchant flag ships today, is an excellent The bill calls for amending Land in 1967 with the sailing of "the Russian merchant fleet has fleet, he said. first step toward the eventual real­ existing tax laws to provide that been increasing enormously: from However, O'Neill said he was the Bienville from Oakland, Cali­ ization of an American merchant 21st among the fleets of the world "decidedly optimistic about the fleet carrying more than 50 per­ earnings of ships which are under fornia. substantial control or ownership Sea-Land provides sailings ev­ in 1950 to the fifth largest today." prospects, for effective maritime cent of our cargoes." of U.S. citizens and which regu­ O'Neill made a strong appeal ery 15 days from Oakland to Da But the flourishing size of the legislation in the new Congress." larly serve U.S. ports should be Nang and provides a similar 15 Russian fleet is not the most criti­ "I am optimistic about the re- for new maritime legislation that subject to present tax laws, even day service from Seattle and Oak­ cal threat faced by American passage of the independent agen- will give a better break to unsubthough those vessels are operated land to Camh Ranh Bay. trade today. Representative cv bill—and Presidential approval sidized shipping companies. The under the flag of another nation. he stated, The company has a two-year O'Neill declared. "More impor­ this time—and I am optimistic unsubsidized firms, The bill, which is now in the contract with the Military Sea tant ie the horrifying obsolescence about the enactment of legislation should be given first chance on House Ways and Means Commit­ government cargoes and should Transportation Service, soon to of the fragmentary fleet we have to modernize: our merchant ma­ tee, would make it lessj>rofitable have the opportunity to negotiate left. Four out of five American rine program." expire, which calls for another The Bay state lawmaker based long-term charters for the carriage for American shipowners to oper­ containership shuttle between Cam merchant ships, vessels flying ate under foreign registry. Ranh Bay, &igon and Qui Nhon. American flags, came out of our his optimism concerning the inde- of government trade. Sea-Lam!toBuild Eight Fast Ships la Next 2 Yams Expansion of Sovfot Morcbant Fleet in Mediterranean Reported by Tass Sovt Neglect of Merchant Marine Termed Xrlminar by Congressman Runaway Sblps To Get Tax Bite In New Proposal �February 14, 1969 SEAFARERS Welcome to SlU Gallon Club LOG Page Three Optimism Voiced at MTP Seminar Nixon s Cooperation on Strong Fleet Seen Likeiy by Magnuson, Carmatz I 1^ « .^ Sedfarer Donald Wagner, who sails with SlU as a bosun, is the proud recipient of a Gallon Club pin from Dr. Joseph Logue, left, SlU medical director as Nurse Mary Larsen, RN, looks on. Wagner be­ comes the seventh Seafarer to achieve this unique distinction. He has formed the habit of donating a pint of blood when he reports for his annual physical examination at the SlU clinic. Dr. Logue has set a goal of 50 members for the Gallon Club, which was orignated last year. Several Seafarers are already on their second gallon. U.S. Continues Slack Pace Japan Top World Shipbuilder As 1968 Orders Hit Record WASHINGTON—Senator Warren G. Magnuson (D-Wash.), chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee said last month he was "optimistic" that the Democratic Congress and the new Repub­ lican Administration could work together on revitalizing the U.S. merchant marine. In remarks prepared for delivery at a day-long seminar and well-balanced maritime pro­ ing pattern of our foreign com­ merce." sponsored by the AFL-CIO gram." Magnuson took the same tack • Edwin M. Hood, president Maritime Trades Department, in assessing the prospects of work­ of the Shipbuilders Council of Magnuson said he based his fore­ ing with the Nixon Administra­ America, who said that the John­ cast on the belief that Congress tion, declaring: son Administration held the mari­ could not have "any substantially "I am hopeful that the new Ad­ time industry at "arm's length," lesser degree of co-operation" ministration sincerely wants to and who added that the merchant from the Nixon Administraticm serve the needs of the United marine "now looks to the Nixon on maritime matters "than we re­ States, and if those needs are to Administration for leadership" in ceived from the previous Admin­ be served there must be a re­ developing "mutually responsive istration." building of our fleet. And if the co-ordination between govern­ His counterpart from the campaign promises of the Presi­ ment, management and labor" in House, Representative Edward A. dent prove to be an accurate guide the interests of maritime revival. Garmatz (D-MdJ, chairman of to his future actions in the area • Archibald E. King, chairman the House Merchant Marine and of the merchant marine then we of Isthmian Lines, Inc., who urged Fisheries Committee, echoed Mag- should receive from the new Ad­ Congress and the Administration nuson's "disappointment" over ministration a meaningful pro­ to give "primary consideration" to the failure of the Johnson Admin­ gram to revitalize the fleet." the unsubsidized segment of the istration to move forward in the Optimism seemed to be the fleet by giving them "first prefer­ merchant marine field. watchword at the seminar, which ence in the allocation of U.S. Garmatz was critical of the fact drew several hundred representa­ government-controlled or spon­ that a bill to reconstitute the Mar­ tives of maritime management, sored cargo," and by allowing itime Administration as an inde­ labor and government. Among them the same privilege, now en­ pendent agency, passed over­ the other speakers were: joyed by subsidized operators, to whelmingly by the 90th Congress, • James R. Wilson, Jr., direc­ establish "reserve funds with tax was pocket vetoed last Fall. At tor of the National Security Divi­ deferment to replace their ves­ the same time, he accused the sion of the American Legion, who sels." Johnson Administration of having applauded a statement made by In keynoting the conference, O. "backed ofT' from agreements Nixon last September, in which William Moody, Jr., administrator reached with Congress on a mar­ he called for "a sharp increase in of the nearly-seven-million-memitime program and, instead, of the transport of U.S. trade aboard having come up with "totally un­ American-flag ships," setting a ber MTD urged participants to acceptable" legislative proposals. goal by the mid-1970's of 30 per­ look "not to the past, but to the future." He said that the outlook The House Merchant Marine cent carriage on U.S. vessels, as for 1969 was bright because of the opposed to the present 5-percent Committee chairman added: Nixon Administration's pledges "Perhaps the new Administra­ level. and because the 91st Congress • Page Groton, director of the "contains, for the most part, old tion will have a better understand­ ing of the vital requirements of Boilermakers Iron Shipbuilders and valued friends of the mer­ American seapower. In any event, Marine Council, who noted that chant marine." I am more determined than ever Nixon's campaign pledge was that we continue with renewed backed up by the platform adopt­ vigor our efforts to create an inde­ ed at the Republican National pendent federal Maritime Admin­ Convention in Miami Beach, Fla., istration, and provide the legisla­ pledging "a realistic ship replace­ tive framework for a substantial ment program to meet the chang- LONDON—With world-wide merchant shipbuilding hitting an all-time high last year the United States continued to lag behind. Japan continues to be the overwhelming leader, according to the final quarterly report for 1968 ,„d the largest increase during just issued by Lloyd s Register any one quarter. of Shipping. Japan's orderAs 1968 closed, 716 ships of books at the close of the last 4,923,770 tons were under con­ quarter of 1968 showed an in­ struction—compared with 5,224,crease of 801,944 tons as com­ 122 tons the previous quarter. pared with an increase in U.S. Launched for the period were orders of only 216,953 tons—a 796 vessels of 4,692,704 tons, up ratio of almost four to one. from 3,876,167 tons. Completed The largest single year-end rise were 830 vessels of 4,891,822 in vessels on order was Sweden's tons, up from 3,715,942 tons. 922,906 tons, which brought that Scandinavian nation's total orders up to third place for the year. Japan again led in total volume by having 18,085,024 tons on order at the end of the year. "Japan's record output in terms of tonnage launched during 1968 is more than four times that of Engineer's licenses have been issued to four more Seafarers after they successfully completed 1962, while West Germany has training at the School of Marine Engineering sponsored jointly by the SIU and District 2, MEBA. regained second place ahead of A total of 309 men have now passed Coast Guard examinations after taking the course offered by Sweden and Britain," Lloyd's re­ the school. Three of the Sea-^^ ported. Under construction in the farers in the latest group of Baytown, Texas, and now makes upgrading programs if they are world shipyards at the end of graduates are newly-licensed his home in Houston. The 28- at least 19 years old and have 1968 were 1,811 vessels aggregat­ third assistant engineers and the year-old Seafarer last sailed a minimum of 18 months of ing a total of 15,769,023 gross other has been upgraded to secmid aboard the Achilles as oiler before Q.M.E.D. watchstanding time in earning his third assistant's license. the engine department, in addition tons, Lloyd's said. These figures assistant engineer. Bone has been sailing since 1966 do not include shipbuilding within after three years service with the the U.S.S.R. and mainland China. Navy in Vietnam. He joined the United States tonnage on or­ SIU in Houston in 1968. der at the end of the year aggre­ William Versloot, 42, was born gated 11,602,369; Sweden had in New Jersey and now lives in 4,742,915 tons on order; West Passaic with his wife, Phyllis. He Germany, 3,901,988 tons; United has been going to sea since 1951, Kingdom, 3,816,164 tons; France, and joined the SIU in 1961 in the 3,014,776 tons; Norway, 2,030,Port of New York. Brother Ver­ 284 tons; Denmark, 1,944,231 Akxander Verdoot Slney Bone sloot last shipped on a 92-day tons; Spain, 1,912,055 tons, and Italy, 1,768,036 tons. Poland, James Siney makes his home in voyage aboard the James. to six month's experience as wiper James Alexander Jr. makes his or the equivalent. the Netherlands and Yugoslavia Baltimore when he is not at sea. also topped the one million mark Brother Siney, who has been sail­ home in Atlanta, Georgia, where Seafarers who qualify and wish in orders. ing since 1953, joined the SIU he was born 35 years ago. He has to enroll in the School of Marine The total order book at the end in the Port of Baltimore in 1958. been sailing since 1963, and joined Engineering can obtain additional of 1968—^vessels under construc­ His last ship was the Kenyon the SIU the same year. He last information and make application tion as well as orders on which Victory on which he sailed as shipped as oiler for a 100-day trip for the course at any SIU hall, work had not yet been begun— third assistant. Siney is an 11-year on the Robin Locksley. Alexander, or they may write directly to SIU was 3,414 vessels totalling 48,- veteran of the U.S. Army and was who is unmarried, is a four-year headquarters at 675 Fourth Ave­ 911,257 gross tons. This Lloyd's wounded in action during World veteran of the Navy. nue, Brooklyn, New York 11232, states as a record figure—4,390,War II. Engine department Seafarers or telephone the school at (212) 091 tons above the previous quarWilliam Bone is a native of are eligible to apply for any of the 499-6600. Four More Seafarers Win Licenses; Total Upgraded engineers Now 309 Active U.S. Fleet Continues to Drop MARAD Reports WASHINGTON — The num­ ber of vessels in the active ocean­ going U.S. merchant fleet contin­ ued to drop during 1968, accord­ ing to a recently-released report from the U.S. Maritime Adminis­ tration. According to the report, there were 1,033 ships of 1,(^ gross tons and over in the active fleet as this year began, 30 less than on January 1, 1968. The report also revealed that the total privately-owned fleet decreased to 967 ships, which was seven less than on January 1, 1968. The total U.S. flag mer­ chant fleet decreased by 180 ships since a year ago to a present total of 2,071. Six ships in the privately-owned fleet were transferred to foreign flags in 1968, and five were sold for scrap. The number of large oceangoing ships under contract for conversion or construction on the first of this year was 78, com­ pared to 72 a year ago. Four new ships were delivered from construction during Novem­ ber and December. They are the tanker Overseas Audrey to Over­ seas Bulktank Corp.; the Delta Mexico to Delta Steamship Line; the American Lynx to U.S. Lines, and the Indian Mai! to American Mail Line. �Page Four SEAFARERS LOG Bases View on Campaign Promises Febniarr 14, 1969 Receives Community Service Award New Hope tor US-Flag Fleet Seen By President of ShipbulUers Council SAN FRANCISCO—The new Nixon Administration was recently seen here as bringing with it a resurgence of growth in the nation's merchant fleet. Edwin M. Hood, president of the Shipbuild­ ers Council of America, expressed this view here late last month to the annual meeting of the Westem Shipbuilding Association, ^ achieve the goals I have just sum­ pared to our 58 . . . For the past and based his optimism on state­ marized, he will have succeeded several years new ship deliveries ments made by President Nixon in an area where his immediate to the Russian merchant fleet have while campaigning for office. predecessors have been eminently outpaced U.S. deliveries by a ratio unsuccessful," Hood stated. of nearly 8 to 1 . . . about 80 per­ "Few Presidents of the United States have entered the White "Though there is much optimism cent of the Soviet shipping fleet House with a detailed exposition favoring full achievement, even today is less than 10 years of age, of their thinking with regard to partial accomplishment will result while approximately 80 percent shipbuilding already contained on in a greater magnitude of naval of the American merchant marine the public record," Hood declared. and merchant shipbuilding than is 20 years of age or older . . . has been the case during the past "But President Nixon has!" "In the past 20 years, more than eight years." 1,000 ships have been added to The SCA president pointed out Hood pointed to the "galloping the Russian merchant marine, that, as a candidate, Nixon had advocated "the prompt restora­ obsolescence" which has been while in the same period our ship­ tion of the United States as a overtaking the U.S. oceangoing ping fleet has contracted by about first-rate maritime power" and merchant fleet—as well as the na­ 1,000 vessels . . .," he continued. called for better co-ordination be­ tion's fishing and Great Lakes "While the Russians have been tween merchant and naval ship­ fleets—and declared that "further putting together a formidable building in order to attract invest­ procrastination in the reconstruc­ merchant marine and naval force, ment capital and retain stable tion of U.S. sea power resources which in the words of the Chief labor forces; make better use of could endanger the national se­ of Naval Operations, Admiral credit facilities; and bring about curity." Thomas H. Moorer, represents a realistic amortization procedures Cites Russian Growth 'threat to the United Sftates' su­ and long-term government cargo "In the last decade," Hood premacy at sea', those responsible commitments. pointed out, "the Russians have for our iiiaritime policy haVe Nixon also promised support advanced to a position of sea seemingly been oblivious to all for a domestic shipbuilding pro­ power strength from which the that has been taking place." gram to produce a fleet of Amer­ interests of the United States and Raps Past Policies ican-flag merchant ships capable the entire Free World can now Hood indicated that "the gross of carrying 30 percent of the na­ very definitely be challenged. As tion's trade and commerce instead Russia has moved ahead, the U.S. deficiencies that have marked the of the present five percent. Beyond has dropped from first to ninth Johnson Administration's per­ this. Hood stated, Nixon had ad­ position, and the Soviet Navy is formance" as regards maritime vocated tax incentives and cargo presently second only to that of can now be reversed and the Nix­ assistance for domestic shipping the U.S. on Administration presents an op­ operations and the application of "The Russians have been build­ portunity to do so. research and development pro­ ing many more merchant ships "By any scale of measurement," grams to the maritime fleet. than we have. At mid-1968, they he added, "the prospective wcric "If our new President can were constructing 448 ships com- volume from governmental as well as commercial sources could well place U.S. shipbuilding on the brink of unprecedented growth. Fortunately, every major shipyard in the U.S. is 'gearing up' for this prospect. Through management skills, capital improvements, new teghniques and cost reductions, a significant renaissance in U.S. SAN FRANCISCO—Members ried almost unanimously. shipbuilding is taking place. It of the SIUNA-afiiliated Military Officers for the new term were holds great promise for the future Sea Transport Union last month installed by SIUNA Vice Presi­ in terms of work stability, em­ elected Joseph J. Leal to a second dent Frank Drozak, who spoke ployment for craftsmen and shipterm as secretary-treasurer of the on the problems facing the mari­ year profits and—more dramat­ Union. Leal, who was unop­ time industry over the next three ically—as an expression of de­ posed, will serve in the Union's years. He advised the elected offi­ clared national intention that the top post for another three years. cers to keep well informed and aspirations of free men and wom­ Also elected with Leal were in close contact with the Interna­ en everywhere will not be sub­ Raleigh G. Minix, Darrol Van tional so as to be able to most jugated de facto through Soviet Auker and George T. Grier as effectively protect the job rights expansionism on the seas." business agents. They will also of the MSTU membership. serve for a second term. The ballot also included nomi­ nees for four SIU convention delegates. Successful candidates for these posts were SecretaryTreasurer Joseph J. Leal, Busi­ ness Agents Raleigh Minix and Darrol Van Auker and Charles J. Rehill. Two propositions dealing with constitutional amendments were also voted upon. The first names the order of succession in the event of the incapacity of the sec­ retary-treasurer as the business agent who received the highest number of votes in the last elec­ tion, followed by the business aeent who received the second highest number of votes. The second proposition pro­ vides for non-payment of dues by a member who is on leave with­ out pay due to his being a patient SIUNA Vice Pres. Frank Drozak swears in the newly elected officers in a USPHS or other accredited of SlU-Military Sea Transport Union in San Francisco. Left to right: hospital. Both propositions car­ George Grier, Darrol Van Auker, Joseph J. Leal and Raleigh Minix. MSTU Re-elects Joseph Leal To Secretary-Treasurer Post SIU Vice President Lindsey J. Williams, right, accepts the Com­ munity Service Award of the year, given by the Greater New Orleans AFL-CIO at Port's SIU hall. Presenting the award is A. P. Stoddard, left, president of the local AFL-CIO. SIU Port Agent in New Orleans, C. J. (Buck) Stevens also participated in the ceremony with Williams. Two Million Workers Benefit By Minimum Wage Law Hike WASHINGTON—More than two million of America's lowestpaid workers got a pay raise to $1.30 an hour this month when the third step of the 1966 amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act took effect on February 1. —.. . ,— 1 < -..-ii:.. lishments which do at least $250,On the saine date, 1.5 niillion ^ , gross persons who had not previously year. Last year, only places doing been covered by the law moved more than $500,000 bu«ness were under its protection. More than covered. half of them are employees of Except for farm workers, all smaller retail stores; most of the those covered by the $1.30 step remainder work in restaurants, this year will have their wage hotels and motels. guarantee lifted to $1.45 next Feb­ There is no change in the wage- ruary 1, and to the standard $1.60 hour protection for most of the level on February 1, 1971. Before 44 million workers covered by that date arrives, of course, Con­ federal law. Their minimum pay gress may Have boosted the mini­ guarantee went up to $1.60 a year mum wage—a major legislative ago and, with a few exceptions, goal of the AFL-CIO. their maximum straight-time Under present law, the mini­ hours have been pegged at 40 for mum pay for covered farm work­ many years. ers—only those on large farms The ones who will benefit by are covered — doesn't go any the February 1 change come from higher than the new $1.30 level. the group brought under the wage- The cutoff was part of the com­ hour law for the first time by the promise necessary in 1966 to 1966 amendments. achieve the breakthrough of bring­ ing farm workers under the Fair Some Still Exempt This group includes nearly 9 Labor Standards Act for the first million persons who were brought time. under the law at a $1 minimum two years ago, raised to $1.15 last year and to $1.30 this year. Some SEAFAREBS^tOG occupations are exempt from hours coverage, but for most in Feb. 14, 1969 • Vol. XXXI, No. 4 this group the straight-time limit OfficlKl Publication of tlie drops this year to 40 hours a week Seafarers International Union of North America, after having been pegged at 44 Atiantic, Gulf, Lakes hours the first year, 42 hours last and Inland Waters District, year. AFL-CIO The 1.5 million newly-covered gxeeutive Board PAUL HALL, President workers move in at the same $1.30 EARL SHBPABD GAL TANNEB level as if they had come under Exee. Viee-Pret. Vice-President the law two years ago. LINDSEY WILLIAMS AL KEBR Vice-President About half of the new group Sec.-Treaa. ROBERT MATTHEWS and about 1.3 million of the group AL TANNEB Vice-President Vice-President moving up from the $1.15 wage Director of Publieatione guarantee now earn less than $1.30 MIKE POLLACK an hour and will benefit immed­ Editor HARRY WITTSCHEN iately from the higher rate, the Assistant Editors Labor Department estimated. WILL KARP Their wage increases will add CHARLES SVENSON up—again an estimate—to $505 Stolf Photographer million a year, all going to work­ ANTHONY ANSALDI ers earning poverty-level incomes. Pskllihid kiwMkly at 810 Rhots lilint Annis Restaurant, hotel, motel and N.E., Wsihlniton, D. C. 20018 ky th( Sisfarfarm employees remain exempt •n inttrnitional Union, Atlsntle, 6slf. IrtM and inland Wstoro District, AFL-CIO, 675 from the maximum hours provi­ Fsarth Avcnst, Brssklyn, R.Y. 11232. Tel. HVaclnth 9-6600. tscond iliii psitsfs paid sion of the law and where work­ at Waihlnptoni, D. C. ers receive more than $20 a month POSTEASTER'S ATTERTIOR: Fonn 3579 sards sheald ko sent to Seafarers International in tips, employers can credit tips Union, Atlantic, Cslf, Lakes and Inland toward up to half the amount of Waters Olstrist, AFL-CIO, 675 Foartk Awnno, Rrooklyn, N.V. 11232. the minimum wage. The workers newly covered this year are those working in estab- �> February 14, 1969 SEAFARERS U.S. Supreme Court Upholds NLRB Fringe Benefit Ruling I ) I ri i Page Five Birth of a Modern Freighter WASHINGTON—^The Supreme Court, reversing the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at San Francisco, ruled last month that the National Labor Relations Board has the power to enforce a contract against an employer f who refused to abide by its Co. The board directed Strong to terms, including fringe benefits. sign a contract with Roofers Local The court, with Justice William 36, Los Angeles, stop refusing to O. Douglas dissenting, upheld a bargain with the union, and pay 1965 labor board order against his share of the pension and wel­ Joseph T. Strong, doing business fare funds agreed upon by the as Strong Roofing and Insulating union and the Roofing Contrac­ tors Association of Southern Cal­ ifornia. New no. Canal To Prowide Gait, I Atlantic Linkap !li| * LOG TALLAHASSEE, Fte. —Con­ siderable progress has been made over the past year on the Cross Florida Barge Canal project which is to link the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of that state, L. C. Ringhaver, chairman of the Canal Au­ thority announced this month in an interim refK>rt on the project, Completion of the work, how­ ever will probably be delayed be­ cause of the curtailment of fed­ eral funds. Ringhaver called for a four-year funding program to insure a through waterway by mid-1973 which will be usable though not completely finished. The report noted the comple­ tion of two of the five locks for the canal during 1968. These are the Inglis Lock near the western end, and the St. Johns Lock near the Rodman Dam, which is also newly operative. In all, the project is termed approximately one-third finished. When completed, the Florida barge canal will provide 185 miles of toll-free, protected waterway which will link the inter-coastal route near Jacksonville with the deep water of the Gulf of Mexico. The Canal Authority, which is the local sponsoring agency, is a public corporation. The project itself is federally financed, fed­ erally constructed and federally operated. Ringhaver emphasized that transportation of bulk commodi­ ties is cheaper by barge transpor­ tation than by overland means. For example, he pointed out, it costs about four mills to move a ton one mile by barge, about 13 mills by rail, and about four cents by truck. Justice Byron R. Whi^e, who wrote the majority opinion, said Strong souoht to withdraw from the employers' association a few days after it completed negotiat­ ing a four-year aereement with Local 36 in 1963, and "refused repeated demands from the union that he sign the contract." In 1965 the NLRB ordered Strong to abide by the contract. The 9th Circuit appeals court en­ forced the NLRB order except for the pavment of fringe bene­ fits. which it said was "bevond the powers of the board." The NLRB appealed. The SlU Pacific District-contracted Matson lines Is building two 34,000-ton ships for Its Intermodal freight services In the Pacific. Above Is the skeleton of one of the new freighters as It begins to take shape at the Bethlehem Steel shipyard at Sparrows Point, Md. Vessel Is due for a spring launching. Iniiulrles Valid "The hoard is not trespassinc on forhid'ten territorv." the high court ruled, "when it inauires whether nevotiations have pro­ duced a bargain which the emPlover has refused to sien and honor, particularly when the em­ ployer has refused to recognize the very existence of the contract providing for the arbitration on which he now insists." To this extent, the court said, the "contract is the board's affair, and an effective remedy for re­ fusal to sign is its proper business." It added; "Arbitrators and courts are still the principal sources of contract interpretation" but the board may prohibit conduct which is an unfair labor practice "even though it is also a breach of con­ tract remediable" by arbitration and in the courts. Justice Hugo Black concurred in the reversal but would direct that the case be remanded to the NLRB for a decision on arbitra­ tion. Justice Black wrote in his dissent that "arbitration is not a process which the board is either equipped or qualified to follow." "This Won't Hurt a Bit" ji' * Iliiitic, Gulf & Inland Wafers January 24, 1969 to February 6, 1969 DECK DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco ... Seattle Totals All Groups Class A Class B 3 0 37 44 7 14 27 11 7 12 3 11 5 3 20 13 47 32 31 19 18 31 84 45 8 13 273 272 TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C 1 0 1 16 24 14 7 9 2 18 8 14 4 0 4 0 0 2 3 0 1 1 3 4 23 26 1 7 10 0 29 11 9 32 48 56 10 9 15 153 190 79 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 3 9 308 326 18 39 62 164 38 15 38 44 35 25 107 55 113 206 141 127 63 12 72 12 7 61 827 1273 ENGINE DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco ... Seattle Totals Class A 0 33 3 13 12 9 1 13 25 25 7 38 14 193 TOTAL SHIPPED All Class A Class B Class C 2 0 1 13 38 20 6 10 6 7 5 9 7 3 3 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 4 2 20 1 14 13 0 12 8 13 15 71 46 42 15 11 14 108 203 127 2 68 5 8 6 9 6 18 53 31 23 89 12 328 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 5 5 249 207 18 5 65 104 20 33 27 32 24 15 74 77 157 103 132 102 12 25 9 50 7 39 786 810 STEWARD DEPARTMENT • Seafarer Herman C. Mora gets a blood test in the SlU's medical center at the San Francisco hall. Administering the test Is Lab Technician Sharon Marino. A chief coolc, Mora Is IS-year SlU vet. TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Class A Class B Port 0 2 Boston 25 14 New York 3 6 Philadelphia Baltimore 12 5 8 Norfolk 2 Jacksonville 11 5 Tampa 1 5 Mobile 21 12 New Orleans 35 31 Houston 13 19 Wilmington 12 14 San Francisco ... 32 54 Seattle 11 5 173 Totals 185 TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C 0 0 1 16 15 15 3 2 4 6 3 15 6 3 5 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 0 0 16 7 2 3 10 5 10 3 9 36 34 51 6 6 6 76 128 102 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 1 5 86 230 17 12 51 120 29 18 19 31 14 25 42 96 66 173 60 122 3 39 13 41 9 44 402 961 �Page Six SEAFARERS LOG Birchers'Attack on Grape Boycott Hiding Behind Hoasewives'Skirts NEW YORK—If there are any housewives in an organization called Housewives United to Protect Food Supply, you'll probably find them at a local cell meeting of the John Birch Society. It's all part of a desperate attempt to counter the effectiveness of the labor-church boycott of struck California grapes. The editorial was, appropriately Openly identified with the Birchers and the Right-to-Work advocates, five major food store enough, from the Los Angeles "buy grapes" campaign are the chains—A&P,Big Apple, Colonial, Herald Examiner—the struck National Right-to-Work Com­ Kroger and Winn-Dixie—discon­ Hearst newspaper which has mittee and the Farm Bureau Fed­ tinued sale of California grapes at waged a union-busting campaign eration—^long time allies in union- the urging of local clergymen and against its workers for more than busting campaigns. a representative citizen's commit­ a year. The Birch Society, however, is tee who support the boycott of the "The boycott has cut the pick­ apparently hiding behind the front United Farm Workers Organizing ers' workweek from a normal six name of "Housewives United" to Committee. days at the season's peak to four do its part to discredit the boycott. Similar large chains in Chicago davs," the editorial complained. Identical leaflets in several cities, and Detroit had earlier announced The boycott, of course, is the signed by the mysterious "house­ that they would no longer carry result of a refusal by California wives" group charge that the grape California grapes and the Mayors grape growers to recognize the boycott is inspired and financed by of Chicago and Philadelphia right of their workers to union the Communists and claim that joined with the chief executives of representation—and the fact that food prices will "skyrocket" if it other cities in banning the pur­ farm workers don't have the pro­ is successful. chase of California grapes by city tection of the National Labor Re­ Leaflets distributed in the New institutions. lations Act. York area bear only a Post Office A hint of the reason for the But the "work" committee box number in Larchmont, N.Y. stepped-up right-wing attack on quotes a "loyal" grape worker it But the same leaflet signed by the the grape boycott came in an edi­ sent on a nationwide tour to coun­ same Housewives United group, torial reprinted in the national ter the boycott as telling his au­ passed out in front of Atlanta su­ newsletter of the Right-to-Work diences, "the root of our problem permarkets, carried a local ad­ Committee. is lack of a right-to-work law." dress for the organization—3081 Maple Eh-ive, NE. AFL-CIO Economist Warns Oliver Singleton, Atlanta-based AFL-CIO regional director, drove to the address and found there an American Opinion Book Store— one of the many such John Birch Society bookstores located throughout the nation. It carried the usual assortment of right-wing extremist literature which included WASHINGTON—^The danger of an economic recession has large stacks of leaflets attacking emerged with the record-high prime interest rates instituted by the grape boycott. Meanwhile, in defiance of the the nation's big banks and the resulting credit squeeze, labor "buy grapes" campaign by the economist Nathaniel Goldfinger ^ 8.4 percent, Goldfinger pointed warned here recently. out. The new seven percent prime "I don't think it takes much interest rate—the amount banks imagination to see what kind of charge to their biggest and best interest rates medium-sized busi­ credit risks—^was viewed by Goldnesses and small businesses, farm­ finger as too severe for the na­ tional economy, which has been ers, home buyers and consumers running briskly for the last three will pay," Goldfinger added. Noting that mortgage rates were years. CLEVELAND — American"Slapping on the brakes all of running at 7.25 and 7.5 percent flag bulk carriers on the Great a sudden is very dangerous be­ at the end of 1968, he predicted Lakes moved about as much ton­ cause there is a possibility of go­ the rates will go up toward eight nage in 1968 as in the previous ing through the economic wind­ percent for the country as a year. Vice Admiral James A. shield," the director of the AFL- whole. Hirshfield, president of the Lakes CIO Department of Research Meanwhile, the interest rates Carriers Association reported declared. for smaller business will move here. It is much wiser to slow down even higher than the eight to 10 Consisting mainly of iron ore, the economy, Goldfinger declared. percent rates of recent months, coal, grain and limestone, the "If the monetary managers of "And interest rates on install­ actual 1968 tonnage recorded the Federal Reserve System ment loans to consumers, which was 191,947,440, as compared wanted to act in the monetary have been running around 12 with 1967 figures some 450,000 area, they could increase the re­ and 18 percent, will move a lot tons higher—a difference of only serve requirements on banks," he higher," he added. .23 percent—making 1968 the said, which would have a more Inflationaiy ninth highest season on record, gradual slowing effect. the report stated. "The sad part," the federation's He said that the board's action Unusually favorable water raising its discount rate was un­ top economist said on Labor News levels in the connecting channels necessary because the temporary Conference, is that these interest of the Great Lakes enabled the income tax surcharge, along with rates "get built into the price utilization of maximum carrying the "very strong lid on the increase structure so they increase the price capacity by large fleet units. Ship­ of government expenditures" and of everything you buy . . . they ments from all of the lake ports other economy-dampeners were are an inflationary factor." benefited, registering moderate already slowing the rapid rise in Goldfinger said that many econ­ gains over 1967, from the for- sales, production and employment. omists feel the surtax, which si­ wardings of tonnage moved from The higher prime rates will not phons about $11 billion in addi­ Eastern Canada. These set an­ only be felt by the richest and tional revenues from consumers other high for the seventh con­ biggest borrowers, but throughout and businesses, would gradually secutive year, reaching 15,764,- the nation, Goldfinger noted. slow down the economy a bit and 225 gross tons. A seven percent rate for the slow down the rate of price in­ Cargoes of iron ore totalled big corporations like General Mo­ creases. 83,631,049 gross tons—a 3.75 tors or General Electric is really He noted that the surtax is percent gain over 1967. Bitumi­ an understatement, he said, "be­ bringing the federal budget toward nous coal shipments were 48,- cause on big loans, the banks also a surplus. 657,184 net tons, 7.64 percent require that 20 percent of the "Because of that factor, many less than in the past year. This loan remain in the bank • as an economists believe that gradually, decrease reflected a diversion of interest-free deposit." economic expansion would begin tonnage from Chicago and the This 20 percent deposit added to slow down on an orderly basis" removal of one Lake Ontario port to the seven percent interest rate and price pressures would ease from operating status. adds up to an effective rate of over a period of time, he added. Record-High Interest Rates Could Bring About Recession 1968 Ship Cargo On Great Lakes At Stable Level Febraai7 14, 1969 Coffee Time Down South Seafarers Ronnie Bradford (left) and Clayton Thomas enjoy a good cup of coffee in the cafeteria at the New Orleans hall. Brother Bradford sails in the deck department and was recently on Columbia Baron. He lives in Mobile. Thomas joined SlU in New Orleans. Loyola Study Finds Job Training Programs Essential To Upgrading of Poor Rural Areas NEW ORLEANS—An intensive study of the problems of job­ lessness in rural areas of Louisiana shows that new industry alone will not help local people find employment. They need training too. Unless the local workeis have ,he spaee and petroehemieal a good education or skills, the industries. introduction of new industry Despite intensive efforts at often "does nothing for the local placement by the project, only people, but rather imports a new 244 of the 933 enrollees had jobs work force." at the time of the final tabulation. The recently completed study, Another 191 were in school, the made by Loyola University's In­ armed services or a training pro­ stitute of Human Relations funded gram. The rest were unemployed. by the U.S. Department of Labor, Perhaps the most important concludes that "a concentrated conclusion to be drawn from program of employment and skill Project Reach is "that the peo­ training in rapidly industrializing ple served need additional, or in rural areas" is needed if the job­ many cases their first, skill train­ less or underemployed men and ing," the r^ort notes. "These women "are to be fully integrated individuals stand with one foot in into the industrial society." the traditional agrarian culture of the South, and with the other in Rural Project the space age." The 15-month project involved ^ The report also made these ob­ 933 men, women and youths in servations: the rural Louisiana parishes of St. • Special arrangements for James, St, John the Baptist, St. transportation must be made in Charles and St. Tammany. rural areas in any scheme to place More than one-half of all those the hard-core unemployed in per­ recruited listed no skills, and few manent jobs or in training. • Payment of a living allow­ of the others had the skills re­ quired by employers in the area. ance during training cuts the drop­ Almost one-third had never been out rate significantly. • The poor are much more apt employed in a regular job. to finish a training program if Nearly all had had trouble find­ ing suitable work despite the there's a job waiting at the end. dramatic economic expansion of Job development is the key ele­ the region, spurred by the growth ment in any such program. SlU WELFARE, VACATION PLANS December 1-December 31, 1968 Hospital Benefits (Welfare) . .. Death Benefits (Welfare) Disability Benefits (Welfare) .. Maternity Benefits (Welfare) . . Dependent Benefits (Welfare) . (Average: $202.78) Optical Benefits (Welfare) . .. Out-Patlent Benefits (Welfare) SUMMARY (Welfare) Vacation Benefits (Mverage: $405.54) Total Welfare, Vacation Benefits Paid This Period ... Number of Amount Benefits Paid 973 29 1,258 20 3,544 $ 10,733.76 79,410.32 285,537.00 4,000.00 71,865.67 692 3,690 1,038.60 29,253.50 10,206 1,891 481,838.85 766,880.11 12.097 $L248^718^ �February 14, 1969 / I. i; VI i Enlarged House Labor Unit Maintains Liberal Majority SEAFARERS Page Seven LOG Reflection W^HINGTON—The House Education and Labor Committee, like its Senate counterpart, will have a strong liberal majority in the 91st Congress. The committee was slightly enlarged by changing the ratio of 19 Democrats and 14 Republicans in the 90th Congress to 20 Democrats and 15 Republicans. Democrats had four vacancies to fill and assigned Negro congress­ men to three of the spots. Adam Clayton Powell of New York, the former chairman of the committee, returned from exile to take the low-seniority spot at the bottom. Louis Stokes, brother of the mayor of Cleveland, won a committee assignment as did William Clay of St. Louis. Clay knows labor prob­ lems first hand as apprenticeship training director for a local of the Plumbers and Pipefitters and earlier as an organizer for the St. Louis local of the State, County and Municipal Employees. Also moving onto the committee is Joseph M. Gaydos, from a Pittsburgh area district with a heavy concentration of Steelworkers. Incumbent Democrats who moved off the committee are Sam M. Gibbons, a Florida liberal who won a coveted seat on the Ways and Means Committee, and House Majority Leader Carl Albert of Okla­ homa. Republicans filled three vacancies with two conservatives and moderate. The moderate is Orval E. Hansen of Idaho, whose record in the state legislature includes a vote against a so-called "right-to-work" law. More conservative is Earl B. Ruth of Salisbury, N.C., who was dean of students at Catawba College and won an upset victory in a new district last year after having switched his registration from Dem­ ocratic to Republican. An Outspoken Foe Most conservative of the GOP newcomers is Earl P. Landgrebe, who won the seat of retired Charles A. Halleck, longtime GOP stalwart. As a state senator, Landgrebe voted against virtually all social legisla­ tion and he said durina the campaien that he opposed government spending programs because most government planners "are bums who couldn't make a living as doctors or truck drivers." Representative Carl D. Perkins (D-K;'.) remains as chairman of the committee, with Edith Green (D-Ore.) and Frank Thompson, Jr. (DN.J.) next on the seniority list. Committee appointments were later than usual this year because the initial Democratic caucus insisted on enforcing a neglected rule— that appointments made by the Democratic members of the Ways and Means Committee, who choose members of other committees, must be acted on by the full Democratic caucus. This rule resulted in an unprecedented and successful revolt by Mrs. Shirley Chisholm, who represents a black ghetto district of Brooklyn, N.Y. She had been assigned to the Agriculture Committee. And she told the caucus that she didn't think she could do any good on the Agri­ culture Committee. The somewhat startled caucus passed her amendment to delete her name from the Agriculture Committee list and Ways and Means Chairman Wilbur D. Mills (D-Ark.) promised to try to find a spot for her on another committee. There were changes but not significant shifts of liberal-conservative strength on other committees. The one spot on the powerful Appropriations Committee went to a Colorado liberal serving his third term, Frank E. Evans. President Hunter P. Wharton Sam H. Scott, 67, president of the Stone Workers from 1944 to of the Operating Engineers was 1968, died recently after a brief elected to a three-year term on the illness. At his death he was dis­ board of the United Community trict director of his union and a Funds and Councils of America vice president of the North Caro­ at the organization's annual meet­ lina AFL-CIO. Scott stepped ing at NYC last month. He suc­ down as Stone Workers' presi­ ceeds Jacob dayman, administra­ dent last September 1 but re­ tive director of the AFL-CIO mained active in his other posts. Industrial Union Department who Formerly he was president of a retired from the board. * * * Tobacco Workers' local union and a staff representative of that C. J. Haggerty, president of the international. AFL-CIO Building and Construc­ * * * tion Trades Department, has been President William H. McClen- reappointed to the President's nan of the Fire Fighters and Committee on Employment of the Thomas R. Donahue, executive Handicapped for another threesecretary of the Service Em­ year term. The President's Com­ ployees, were elected to the board mittee is composed of representa­ of the Muscular Dystrophy Asso­ tives of labor, industry, the pro­ ciations of America at its meeting fessions and national civic, veter­ in New York last month. Mc- ans and handicapped organiza­ Clennan succeeds William D. tions. Founded in 1947, it has Buck, retired president of the fostered a more enlightened atti­ Fire Fighters, on the board. Don­ tude toward the employment of ahue, former assistant secretary the handicapped, who number one of labor, moves up from a vice in every 10 persons in the United presidency in MDAA. States. The Nixon Administration and its Urban Af­ fairs Council has been reviewing and evaluating some of its predecessor's programs, including those designed to eliminate poverty. Who are the poor in America? Where are they found? Most of us never com-; into direct contact with them. They are recently being "discov­ ered" anew by teams of researchers sent to study their plight in the rural counties of the deep South and in the economically by-passed scarred hills of Appalachia. In these areas there are not just isolated pockets of misery but entire communities of deprivation beyond despair. Statistics only illuminate the depths of the poverty in the U.S. It is well to realize, however, that while 71 percent of the total number of poor families are white, percentage-wise, nonwhites fall below the subsistence level in much greater proportion, enveloping one household in three. These are the human beings who live in drafty shacks with inadequate toilet facilities or no toilets at all. Pure drinking water is rare. An adequate, well-balanced diet is a rarity. It is no wonder that the Negro infant mor­ tality rate is unbelievably high — and getting worse while the nation's as a whole is improving. Tufts University in Boston, which has set up a health center in the Mississippi Delta, discovered that the death rate for Negro infants in the re­ gion rose by 25 percent between 1960 and 1964 alone. It is obvious that local authorities had done absolutely nothing for their poor—^they had merely looked away from the misery. "The pre-school child from the time of wean­ ing until approximately six years of age is the most vulnerable to problems of nutrition," Dr. Arnold E. Schaefer, chief of the National Nutri­ tion Survey being conducted by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare told a Sen­ ate committee recently. He added that "hidden hunger"—caused by "low-nutrient tissue levels from a continued inadequate diet" reduces "physiological functional performance" among its other effects. In simpler terms, people be­ come incapable of sustained work. No wonder the armed forces reject such a high proportion of inductees from such areas. It becomes clear that job training programs— desirable as they are—can only work in con­ junction with an over-all program of decent nutrition and vastly improving the health of the poor. Some of the nation's poor flee to urban areas mainly in the North. Upon arrival, most of them discover that they have traded one misery for another. They do not fit into their adopted en­ vironment. They have neither the skills nor the health for the jobs available. They often end up as "refugees" on relief. A picture emerges of two Americans—one relatively advancing in health and security, the other left to deteriorate and to die. They are separate and very unequal. And they hardly know each other. An Administration which has posed for itself the task of unifying the country, must also draw together the two Americans. It is.not only un­ fair to build walls around poverty. It is a tragic waste of our most precious resource, which is people. This country must marshal its vast resources to eliminate the scourge cf poverty which has caused such deep anger and disaffection within the nation—that deep disaffection which leads to anger and to violence. �Page Eight SEAFARERS Febrnarr 14, 1969 LOG A Happy Moment As Medical Costs Soar AR-aO Calk For All Out Drive To laact National Health Man WASHINGTON—A national health insurance program is essential if all Americans are to have "the vyonders of modem medicine" at a price they can afford, writes AFL-CIO Social Security Di­ rector Bert Seidman in the current issue of the AFL-CIO magazine, The Federationist. Interest in the program, Seidman points out, has mounted rapidly in recent years as people find it "increasingly difficult to pay their health bills" and secure ade­ quate health care. states, should cover not only work­ ers and their families but also the unemployed, students and those on public assistance. would insist on controls and in­ centives for moderating hospital charges." Because NHI would cover those on public assistance and the un­ employed. the article calls for a proeram financed on a tripartite basis under social security with the government, employer and em­ ployee each paying one-third of the cost. Seidman estimates that the pro­ gram the AFL-CIO envisions could provide more comprehen­ sive and hivher quality health services to Americans "for no more and perhaps less than we are now spending for personal health services." He notes that total U.S. health expenditures are now running at more than $50 billion annually and amount to 6.3 percent of the gross national product, the nation's total ou'put of goods and services. By comparison, he points out, all other nations spend less in this area both in total dollars and as a proportion of the total economy— vet most of ffiem have national health programs covering substan­ tially all of their citizens. Its benefits should provide for hospital costs; physicians' services The time has come, he de­ in the office, home and hospital; clared, for labor and other pro­ nursing care; home health serv­ gressive groups to unite in a de­ ices; psychiatric services; eye ex­ termined drive in Congress to aminations and prescription drugs. secure passage of a "medically By national health insurance, advanced and economically the AFL-CIO is not advocating a sound" national health insurance government-operated health sys­ Retiring after 25 years as a Seafarer, Joseph A. Vosilla accepts first law. tem such as that of Great Britain, pension check from SlU Headquarters Rep. Ray Kelly as his wife', The article traces the history Seidman stresses, adding: Jennie, smiles approval. Vosilla of Astoria, N.Y., sailed as a deckhand. of proposals for NHI and explains "Rather, it would be a financial the AFL-CIO's position as to mechanism to pay for the costs what it should do and how it of medical care for all people should be constructed and fi­ much like the present Medicare nanced. program for the elderly. It would not interfere with the clinical prac­ Interest Still Alive tice of medicine." A universal, compulsory system Patients would have both a of medical care insurance was free choice of physicians and first advocated in the United States prior to World War I, Seidman health delivery systems. The gov­ PASCAGOULA, Miss.—A unique new fishing method devel­ recalls, and in the years since in­ ernment would not "freeze-in" oped by Department of the Interior personnel has Gulf shrimp terest has waxed and waned but either the fee-for-service system or a capitation system, that is, literally leaping out of the mud and into the net. has never died. periodic payments based on an Tests by the Bureau of ComNow, he adds, the combination individual or family covered by by brown shrimp) resulted in mercial Fisheries gear research of spiraling medical costs, the pas­ health care. catches ranging from 96 to 109 station here indicate that an percent of the catch taken with sage of Medicare and proposals But no one should get the idea electrified trawl system may open single-rigged standard systems at Expect Hard Fight for extending that program have convinced a growing number of that the AFL-CIO favors "a com­ Labor does not expect the sup­ up daylight fishing hours for the night. pletely laissez faire system under A sand-and-shell bottom is pre­ people that the nation needs uni­ national health insurance," Seid­ port of organized medicine in a brown shrimp fleet. Since pink and brown shrimp ferred by the pink shrimp, and versal health insurance. man says. "We would not tolerate campaign for national health in­ normally spend the day bur­ here the electrified system proved Such a program, the article sky's-the-limit doctor fees and we surance, Seidman concedes. How­ rowed into the bottom and come somewhat less effective, yielding ever, he observes, "The American" Medical Association was opposed out to forage at night, trawling only a 50-percent catch rate. to Medicare and it is now law." for these species is ordinarily re­ Goal of Former Administration stricted to the night hours. This, Seidman cites a Harris poll in effect, reduces the fleet's ac­ taken in 1967 showing that union tivity at sea by almost 50 percent. members "are not the. only ones Electric Shock who want" NHL The poll found The new system involves the that a majority of the public wants use of electrodes that deliver a "Medicare for all," which is what the program would provide. Fifty- very low voltage current to the one percent answered "yes," 39 area where the shrimp are hid­ HOUSTON—The Port of ing; the shock causes the shrimp WASHINGTON—Revision of safety and health standards to percent "no" and 10 percent were Houston has, for the first time, to jump involuntarily out of the provide greater protection for 46 million workers under the Walsh- "undecided." topped the 15-million-ton freight "It is time to bring the wonders mud or sand, and they are then Healey Act was announced by the Labor Department last month. mark at its Buffalo Bayou termi­ of modern medicine to all the scooped into the trawling net. The law sets basic labor nals to register an impressive rise If a firm is unable to meet this Daylight experiments with a standards for work done under level immediately, an interim level American people. It is time for of 10 percent in cargo handled federal contracts over $10,000 of 92 decibels is acceptable, pro­ national health insurance," Seid­ single-rigged electrified trawl on during the year. Port Director a mud bottom (the type favored in value. The revision, updating vided an effective hearing conser­ man concludes. J. P. Turner reported last month. standards in effect since Decem­ vation program is drawn up to When the last figures were ber 1960, was announced by out­ protect employees and reduce the compiled, at the end of Novemgoing Labor Secretary Willard noise level to 85 decibels by Jan­ bef, tonnage at Houston had Wirtz. uary 1, 1971. While the noise climbed well over the entire 1968 Changes in the standards aim level exceeds 85 decibels, annual period. Additional gains are ex­ at reducing injuries from fire and audio-metric exams will be given pected to develop when figures accidents, and "the alarming num­ to exposed workers. for December are available. ber of cases" of impaired hearing The revision also spells out A considerable boost in foreign and pneumoconiosis (a lung di­ stricter standards to control air WASHINGTON—A last chance to sign up for Medicare's trade general cargo was responsi­ sease) caused by excessive noise contaminants and adopts the supplementary medical insurance covering doctor bills is being ble for a major portion of the and air contaminants. offered persons born before October 2, 1901, and for those who Threshold Limit Values set forth growth in freight, which over­ In one area, the revision pro­ by the American Conference of were enrolled in the plan earlier, but dropped out before January shadowed a slight decline in do­ vides for the adoption of nation­ Governmental Industrial Hygien2, 1967. mestic barge traffic and the coast­ ally recognized consensus stand­ ists with certain exceptions. Both the Social Security Administration and the Railroad Re­ wise tanker trades. ards, such as the National Fire tirement Board have sent out reminders that people in either The exceptions include the cur­ Protection Association code and rent standards issued by the USA The Port handled 16,249,661 of these categories have only until April 1 to sign up for the safety measures set up by the Standards Institute in the field of tons of foreign cargo—consisting insurance, known as Medicare "Part B." USA Standards Institute. of 4,733,060 tons of general Others eligible to sign up at this time are employees and their air contaminants and the new Also adopted are regulations standard of the U.S. Public Health freight and 11,516,601 tons of wives who have recently attained 65 or will reach that age before established by federal agencies, Service for coal dust. bulk cargoes—for the 11-month ' April 1, other persons 65 and over who did not previously enroll, including ordinance standards of period ending November 30. This and other dropouts from the plan who wish to re-enroll. The coal dust standard, Wirtz, the Defense D^artment and haz­ said, "is designed to prevent coal compares with the entire 1967 Social security beneficiaries and civil service annuitants should ardous materials standards of the miners' pneumoconiosis, which enroll at their nearest social security office. Persons under rail­ total of 14,720,883 tons—a rec­ Transportation Dept. road retirement may sign up at a Railroad Retirement Board ord at that time. has resulted in serious illness office, or through cards being sent out by the board. The revision brings into the Act among miners and an alarming An additional 52,288,275 tons The monthlv premuim for the doctor bill insurance is $4 but an occupational noise standard to number of deaths." was added by domestic barge previous dropouts from the plan and some who passed up an reduce the danger of loss of hear­ The revision, published in the traffic and tankers in the coast­ earlier enrollment opportunity may have to pay a slightly higher ing from jc^ noise. The standard Federal Register for January 17, wise trades. The previous year's premium. sets a maximum acceptable sound- becomes effective 30 days there­ total in these categories was 52,after. measure level of 85 decibels 539,785 tons. Electrified Fishing Process Corrals Eager Gulf Shrimp Port of Houston Gains W Percent In Year's Cargo Job Safety Standards Upped To Help 46 Million Workers April 1 Marks Final Chance To Take Medicare 'Part B' �February 14, 1969 SEAFARERS Page Nine LOG The Cold War Gets Hot on the High Seas The continuing decline of the U.S.-fiag merchant ma­ rine has become a growing source of concern, not only to members of Congress and leading spokesmen for maritime labor and industry, but to many other Americans who consider the national se­ curity and economic prosper­ ity of the nation threatened by further neglect of our maritime position among other countries of the world. Reprinted below is a recent address by Charles F. Duchein, President of the Charles F. Duchein States, in which he details the problems facing our mer­ chant marine and offers his suggestions on how to cor­ rect them. Isn't it high .time we stopped talking about the mess in the merchant marine and started giving a positive American touch to our crucial situation at sea? What needs to be done is to build up our maritime posture to a pre-eminent world position. The Soviet Union's new oceanic vision dictates a vastly accelerated build-up of our merchant fleet. Instead, we tamper with the long term prosperity of this nation through our neglect of what I am convinced can be the chief stimulator of the national economy—the foundation for future prosperity. Our fast moving 20th Century industry depends in­ creasingly on strategic materials carried from overseas in ships. The burgeoning trade along the sea lanes of the world affords the most inviting possibility for eco­ nomic growth in our history. But you and I know we now carry only a fraction of even our own trade. The tragedy is we are not capitalizing on the exploding lucrative world markets—we continue to talk when positive action is called for. While we talk about the mess in the merchant marine, we ignore the positive action our" government must take to get back up on the maritime step. My message today is not to decry this "mess in the merchant marine" nor to try to fix the blame. Instead, I choose to highlight the tremendous oceanic .opportunity unfolding. As part of the educational process, as a first step we need to know more about the economic situa­ tion of the sea. We must delve deeply into the com­ plexity of the U.S. waterborne transnortation industry. There are high stakes involved in building up our overall oceanic strength and we need to know the facts. I say, let's get on with it, let's start building a merchant fleet that will be the pride of every American—that's my answer to the mess in the merchant marine. U.S. Fleet Continues to Slip In simple terms, during the period of my presidency of the Navy League, the American merchant marine slioped down the totem pole of our own trade carrying from 7.3 percent to a mere 5 percent. As this slippage was taking place, the American merchant marine declined from 1900 ships in 1950 to 1100 ships in 1968. During this same period, the Soviet fleet mushroomed from 1.9 million tons to 1400 ships of 10.4 million tons. Deplorable as this comparative record seems, the im­ plications are tremendous. Frankly, based on hard eco­ nomic facts, as a businessman I see a long-term bullish trend in the maritime market. For example, an authorita­ tive Harbridge House study concluded that while car­ rying a fraction over 7 percent of our trade, the United States saved a billion dollars yearly in gold flow from the revenue of this trade. It doesn't take a mathematics major to see what this would mean toward gold flow reversal if we carried 50 percent of our trade. Economically, this is an index of what carrying trade can mean if we go after the market. This tantalizing fact has not escaped Mr. Nixon. This is precisely why he has made the fevitalization of the merchant marine "a highest priority economic task." But while the President-elect knows this economic fact of life, few Americans do. And their lack of interest, understanding and concern, to my mind, is the chief reason why we are in such serious trouble. The problem boiled down to basics is an educational one. Yes, education—and the aggressive merchandising of the American maritime product. We might well take a page out of the bold aerospace industry's promotional book to regain a number one world maritime position. Speaking of modem methods of merchandising. Jack Gilbride, President of Todd, and a good friend of mine, and I must say one of the most progressive American shipbuilders, is telling the nation through a fine program of educational communications—"you can't walk on % of the earth's surface." How strange that the American people and their government, at this late hour, need such elementary oceanic education; but, un­ fortunately, they do. No, you can't walk on the water. But there is gold in the oceans of the world—and strength —and security. Actually, Americans are just beginning to grasp the fact that the modern gold rush of today is toward the new, the challenging last world frontier—the oceans. Talk to your stock broker if you are not con­ vinced that what I am saying is accurate—your fabulous Caiifornian gold rush of '49 is now exploding to the entire world of water . Whether it was slothful thinking, sporadic strikes, the indifference of the decision makers in our government, the failure to comprehend the vital importance of the merchant fleet brought about the present plight. What­ ever it was, and it was many things, bold imaginative plans are needed now. In terms of the American touch, the almost flawless flight to within 60 miles of the moon by the Apollo 8 shows there is still plenty of vitality in the American people—when they are pressed. I watched the launch at Cape Kennedy; what a marvelous experience! While catching my breath as I stared at the rocket soaring into space, to myself I humbly thanked Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev and Mikoyan. Who launched Apollo 8? I would say, "unquestionably Sputnik." The Soviets touched a sensitive American nerve—we can't stand a second place position, and that is good. The psychological shock of Sputnik's first spin in space awakened this na­ tion. And Apollo 8, if it did nothing else, showed the tremendous American potential to produce, to create, to think—it showed the strength of our will and our deter­ mination and it came at a time when the world was be­ ginning to wonder. What we need now is some sort of shock treatment; Americans will then demand that we build our merchant marine to the strong, modern, competitive position world conditions dictate. Actually, the Russian revolution at sea provides the same competitive challenge. Though hardly as dramatic, the exploding Soviet maritime strength has far more ominous political, economic and military implications. Focusing on the Red revolution at sea, the central significance of the competitive merchant marine stands out. How do we stack up? Four out of five of our merchant ships are of World War II vintage. But not Soviet ships—four out of five of their ships are less than 10 years old. While the Soviet Union builds better than 1,000,000 tons of merchant ships each year, 448 ships this year, for example, we build 48. In point of relative priorities in 1965 the Soviet government spent more than $600 million on merchant ship construction. In the same year we spent a mere $150 million. Her vigorous ship construction program already has given her 10.4 million tons of merchant shipping and 1400 ships, with a projec­ tion of 27 million tons by 1980. Having already passed us by the end of this year, unless the trend is reversed, the Soviets in ship count will knock us out of our fifth place position as a merchant power. What does this - maritime morbidity report mean in terms of military readiness? For many months public in­ terest has been sharply focused on Vietnam. Our mer­ chant marine has done a marvelous job in meeting the shipping requirements for Southeast Asia. Over 98 per­ cent of the beans, bullets and jet fuel is carried to our' military forces there and the merchant marine deserves great credit. But atiother "hot spot" somewhere else would stretch our ship elastic limit beyond the breaking point. For this reason, watching the Middle East tinder box starting to flare up again is not only a nightmare for our strategic planners, it is a warning to remind us of our global responsibilities and requirements. The Soviet merchant marine serves as the spearhead of her foreign policy, and even more than her navy, reveals her global ambitions. Her patterns of commerce and trade objectives conveys intentions that extend world wide. To protect her planned world trade she will need a global surface fleet—a navy that can project its powers overseas and compete for control of the seas. How do we shape up in our merchant fleet planning to meet this mounting menace? Current thinking on the U.S. merchant marine is pegged almost exclusively to two points. First the defense needs and second the U.S. import and export trade. The policy position for the lat­ ter is "to support and expand U.S. commerce and carry a fair share of U.S. cargo." That's hardly good enough to reap the great rewards of the exploding market. Perhaps instead of thinking of the U.S. merchant marine, we should think of the "U.S. Maritime Trans­ portation Industry." The goal should be to compete ag­ gressively for world markets for U.S.-built ships and for a proportion of the total world ocean shipping—but to do so will take a progressive national maritime policy. Look for a moment at the U.S. airlines industry. It did not achieve its present position nor is it maintaining and advancing it without government assistance. But the assistance was deliberately aimed at achieving U.S. dominance in air transport world wide. A framework of sound military planning accentuates the importance of a build-up in shipping. While the Vietnam experience reinforces the vital statistics for logistical war support, Mr. (Robert S.) McNamara, as Secretary of Defense, failed to establish even the rock bottom ship requirements. This specious money saving tactic accelerated the decline of our ocean transport. We've paid the price in Vietnam. We've seen what it means to be dependent—even to a small degree—upon foreign ships in time of war. With valid defense require­ ments met, however, the merchant marine will gain a marked impetus toward the posture that is mandatory. The defense interest demands the revitalization of our trade-carrying shipping, as the new administration pro­ poses to do. The requirement must be met by ships built in the United States by United States citizens and ships which bolster the American economy with the revenue reaped from carrying the great volume of American overseas trade. Congressional leaders like your Representative Bill Maillard (R-Calif.), who comprehend the significance of the sea, are alert to the issues. They already have moved to put the U.S. maritime transportation industry on a solid footing. Their leadership toward establishing a separate maritime department is gratifying as a first step in building an enlightened, vigorous maritime voice in our government, as Defense Department organizational trends will confirm. This positive action is indeed timely, for the Soviet ship construction geared to population growth reveals its strategic goals of carrying a major portion of world trade. Observing Soviet merchant shipping carrying nearly 95 percent of the war supplies to North Vietnam gives us an insight into their tactics. After unloading at Haiphong Harbor these ships slip down to Australia and pick up cargo for their return trip to Europe. And they don't have much difficulty getting this cargo, for they under-cut the freight rates of other nations on the order of 15 to 25 percent. This is their economic package approach to cornering the ocean trade market for Communist ship­ ping. Part of Power Structure The Soviet merchant marine is centrally controlled and part and parcel of their government power structure. A single signal from the Kremlin, as we observed in Cuba, turns all of their merchant ships around in a disciplined way that impresses seafarers on all of the seven seas. Now, what does this mean in terms of competitive tactics as an instrument of political and economic (Continued on Page 10) �Page Ten SEAFARERS Februarjr 14, 1969 LOG CoU War Grows Hot on the High Seas (Continued from Page 9) penetration? It means that the individual elements of our merchant marine are competing with the total eco­ nomic power of the Soviet Union. And their tactics are rough and tough. If our shipowners and shipbuilders do not receive the help—competitive incentives—from our government, quite evidently they will be driven oflf the seas. And this is exactly what is happening. Subsidies in the shipping business have come in for considerable dis­ cussion in our press and in our Congress. For the most part these are open subsidies and are modest compared to the less visible subsidies of other segments of the economy. We deplore spending money on subsidies and obviously indulging in an over-simplification, we tend to beat labor across the knuckles for forcing this kind of support. Subsidies somehow don't have a good American ring. Semantically, they are poison. Similarly, Americans don't like to put their money on a "sick horse" and what they are constantly hearing is that our merchant marine, rusty and poorly painted, is going down the drain and dying. You don't buy much stock with that kind of commercial. Not that this is necessarily a Madison Avenue problem, but our selfimage at sea requires repair. Nor do Americans, as a rule, like to look too deeply into complex problems. In other words, our plight on the oceans is largely a problem of understanding. Growing up with ideas of competitive trade and transportation, every child in England and Japan knows what the merchant marine means to his nation. They see a lot of ships. They learn early in life what these ships mean to their economy. It's in their blood. This is the reason why I say WE have got to start with some grass roots education if this island coun­ try is going to capitalize on the economics of the oceans. Americans simply don't understand how much they are affected by world trade, and what it means to their own pocket books in dollars and cents to compete suc­ cessfully in trade carrying and ship construction. The pragmatic economist and most of our scholars and scientists, just as Mr. John Q. Citizen for that mat­ ter, land-bound in their thinking and their interests, too, must be lured to look inquisitively at the oceans with ob­ jective intellectual interest. Now, what I propose is that we bring the oceans of the world to the American people in a way that invites their attention to what the waters of the world mean in concrete economic terms. For the past 18 months, I have toured the greater part of this nation and have talked largely about my reaction to the way we have conducted the Vietnam War in con­ text of global strategy. And I might add that I have been somewhat critical. Had the maritime concept been un­ derstood and accepted, Haiphong Harbor many months ago would have been blocked to the Communist ships that have carried the preponderance of arms used against our men in combat. As a consequence, the war would have long since been won or at least we would have talked on our terms, rather than from a pusillanimous position at the peace table confrontation. What has impressed me most has not been the handling of the war by our political leadership, but the spirit of our American fighting men—the youth of our nation— in the fox holes of this distant battlefield. From the youthful American viewpoint of our forces at sea—there is room for much optimism in the prospect for the oceanic future. Make no mistake, America's destiny is oceanic. To you, friends, and the maritime leadership of this distinguished group in this delightful world port of San Francisco, I propose for your consideration the fol­ lowing five point program to give our merchant fleet a pre-eminent world position. First, and foremost, the formulation of national mari­ time policy providing positive incentive to gain a com­ petitive maritime position on the oceans of the world. The failure of our government to formulate basic policy is the most critical element in cleaning up "the mess of the past in our merchant marine." The new Administra­ tion, with a minimum of delay, must provide national policy, undergirded by an oceanic doctrine, to guide our government in the military and merchant marine and oceanic programs of a scientific, technological and educa­ tional nature, A platform plank provides for such. Second is strategy. Our nation must orient its national strategy to the oceans of the world, just as the Kremlin has done in recent years. In so doing, our planners must recognize the valid need, both military and economically, Nader Team Launches Report Blasting Federal Trade Body of a modem, competitive merchant marine that con­ fidently sails the seas and carries a preponderant portion of the burgeoning world commerce. To do so will require the constmction of many more naval and merchant ships than we are producing at present. My third point is, therefore, ship construction. Ameri­ ca must go after the merchant marine market by building a minimum of 100 ships a year for at least the next decade. Fourth, Oceanic Education must be fostered in our school systems to give our youth as good a subject grounding in the seas as they now receive on the land environment. The Sea Grant College program on the col­ lege and university level must be pursued with the utmost vigor to mobilize the best minds of this nation; the scientists, the scholars, the student in the pursuit of oceanic solutions to the pressing problems of state. I know I don't have to remind you that in recent history when great powers lost control of the seas, they lost their greatness. Consider Spain after the defeat of the Armada, France after Trafalgar, Japan after Midway, England after the exhaustion of two wars. My fifth point is a proposal I have previously made for the establishment of a Maritime Manhattan Project that gives the magnitude impetus to the maritime research programs largely neglected of late. My concept follows along the same lines as the Manhattan Project that pro­ duced the atomic bomb. Its purpose would be to give a sea based profile to the revolutionary technological ad­ vances this nation is capable of achieving—in our 20th Century. Obviously, I am thinking in terms of the swift­ est, most modem, streamlined merchant and naval ships, the kind that can compete and maintain a strategic mas­ tery of the environment of the oceans. A single sentence sums up my proposal, "The security and prosperity of the United States and its allies depend increasingly on the military, economic and political ex­ ploitation of the world oceans," If we pursue this pro­ gram that I propose with vigor, vision and determination, I am confident that our flag will fly with pride world­ wide in recognition of American supremacy of the high seas and our mastery of the World ocean. But above all, America will be made more prosperous and secure. Newest Soviet Fisblng-Tralning Ship Highlights Growth of Russian Fleet WASHINGTON—The man who has been most active in ex­ posing the shortcomings of big business has turned his attention A spanking new vessel which doubles as both a fishing motorship and a school for seamen has to a government target—this time the Federal Trade Commission. Ralph Nader—critic, publicist, joined the U.S.S.R.'s rapidly expanding merchant fleet. The Kompas, a 2,520-deadweight ton vessel built in Copenhagen, was recently delivered to the lawyer and author—has assem­ big business and Congress—re­ sulting in selective enforcement. bled a volunteer army of seven Targets are chosen with an eye Soviets. She is the 15th in a ^ young legal brains, working with­ to avoiding offense to persons in projected series of 21 refrig­ shipbuilding industry is under­ 12 million tons of up-to-date ves­ out pay, who have conducted an either area who enjoy positions erated fish carriers and is cap­ going rapid expansion and work­ sels, the majority of which are less than 10 years old. Today the ing at full capacity. in-depth probe of just how the of influence. able of hauling in her own nets Soviet fleet is in sixth place among No small part of this expansion federal regulatory agency has The "raiders" have tabulated of fish as well as receiving and has been directed toward growth maritime powers, according to been carrying on its assigned the FTC's case load and com­ storing the catches of smaller function of protecting the con­ plaints of recent years and drawn Russian fishing boats. The differ­ of the Russian fishing industry, Lloyd's Register of Shipping, and which today boasts a modern, is expected to overtake the United sumer. the conclusion that the agency ence is that the Kompas is out­ "Nader's Raiders," the unoffi­ has cracked down only in those fitted as a seagoing school, with fully automated fleet of various States ageing merchant fleet— types of vessels—well equipped which totals 12.9 million tons— cial name given to the team work­ areas which are fortunate enough accommodations for 110 appren­ to store and process large catches by the end of this year. ing under his direction, has drawn to have Congressional representa­ tices, as well as classrooms in The contrast in relative move­ up a sizzling critique of "the little tives who are known to be actively which they will be trained in nav­ without having to put in to port for long periods of time. old lady of Pennsylvania Avenue" concerned. ment is all the more startling igation, radio communications The Jtoviets have also been when it is realized that, unless a —as the FTC is known in some Some of the more interesting and general seamanship. converting passenger ship-freight­ Washington circles. Covered in reading in the report is a listing Although the Kompas—as is ers to factory ships. An example comprehensive shipbuilding pro­ the document—which is guaran­ of high FTC officials together true of many vessels in the flour­ gram is quickly started in the teed to raise more than eyebrows with their Congressional "spon­ ishing Soviet fleet—was built in is the Konstantin Sukhanov, a U.S., the American-flag fleet willl 12,675-ton vessel with a length in the Capital's bureaucracy—is sors." a foreign shipyard, the Soviet of 532 feet. Fourteen of these dwindle to 620 ships, from its the agency's officials, its methods Zakharov class factory ships are present 900, by 1970. At the and its philosophy of operation. now operating in the king crab, present growth rate, the same What is more, the young icono­ shrimp and herring fishing grounds year will see a Soviet fleet ex­ clasts have suggested they may off Alaska in the North Pacific. ceeding 15 million tons while the embark on "similar studies of Equipped with complete canning U.S. fleet will have dwindled to other governmental agencies." and processing facilities, they about seven million tons. The study's sharpest barbs have carry a complement of 640 and been directed at FTC Chairman New ship deliveries to the are accompanied by upward of Paul R. Dixon, who is charged U.S.S.R. have been running eight20 large trawlers. with investing the regulatory agen­ to-one over United States deliv­ The Soviet merchant fleet as a cy with a genial "Tennessee-Mafia eries. They have 12 vessels under whole has been growing at the atmosphere" which contributes to construction for every one on rate of a million tons a year. This "party polities and congressional order here. phenomenal increase has imposed ties." TTiese, the probers say, have According to Admiral Thomas a strain on the trained manpower perverted "to a great extent the available to crew the ships— H. Moorer, U.S. Chief of Naval work FTC should be doing." which is perhaps one reason why Operations, the Russians - are They call for the resignation of the Kampos has been outfitted for "surging forth with a maritime Dixon, and are highly critical of training crews. program nothing short of miracu­ other personnel in the agency, Starting in 1950, when the lous." He points out that "the which they dub a dumping ground for political hacks. Russian merchant fleet consisted modern and growing Russian FTC's performance is labeled of 432 ships aggregating some­ fishing fleet also serves a strategic as "shockingly poor" and attrib­ The Konstantin Sulcharov, factory ship fitted for canning and what less than two million tons, political function" as well as an uted to a love-hate complex with processing, joins an updated and growing Soviet fishing fleet. it now consists of approximately economic one. i- �T Febniary 14, 1969 On the Mend in Yokohama I i t: y SEAFARERS Reiollections of WW // Experientes Are Still Vivid for Seafarer Herinrk To Seafarer Peter Heiinck, who retired on an SIU disability pension at the age of 65 last Decem­ ber, life aboard ship was not always a bed of roses. In a recent telephone conversation with a LOG reporter, Herinck recalled some of his experiences during World War II which, he said, make him 'jump today even thinking of ^ captured and turned out to be a them.". very friendly and helpful fellow." Brother Herinck spent about His arm still in a sling. Seafarer a year and a half in the South Pa­ Herinck was repatriated on the cific—mainly in the New Guinea SS Jason Lee. He could make the area— during World War 11. He side of the ship only with extreme recalled being a gunner and loader difficulty because of the arm, how­ on the Liberty Ship SS Johnson, ever and fell over the side twice during which time he vividly re­ before successfully boarding the membered the invasions of Bloody vessel. He was fished out of the Beach and Finchhaven, in New sea with grappling hooks each Guinea. Two SlU men on the road to recovery are seen here in the new wing time. "We were under attack sev­ of Bluff Hospital in Yokohama, Japan. The two Seafarers are R. C. eral times during this period," Her­ Hawaii was the first stop on the way home. That first night on Blair, second pumpman off the Connecticut, at left, and Alvern Vielso, inck reminisced. "As a result, I shore, Herinck recalled, he was oiler off the Choctaw. Both men praised the modern and up-to-date received a citation from Washing­ playing cards, one-handed, with facilities of this marine hospital and said they were made comfortable. ton. So did the ship. It received fellow Seafarers when bedlam many wings, which are custom­ seemed to break loose. Alarms arily attached to the ship's stack to Herinck went off, whistles blasted. The show service under fire. officers were shouting, "War's "We were rivht in the thick of "It's a good thing I didn't break over." Yes, hostilities had finally things during the attempted inva­ my head," Herinck reminisced. sion of Mauritia, in the Celebes "But I did break my arm—and come to an end, and there was the Islands, eight miles southwest of badly. I was in intense pain, with biggest celebration ever, in which the big Japanese fortifications what turned out to be multiple all of Honolulu went wild. there. We never did take the is­ On the way back to the States After more than 50 years at sea. Seafarer Frank Hernandez land — though we darned sure fractures. The fire was so heavy they made San Francisco, where upon the lifeboats and the sur­ is retiring on an SIU pension to his native Puerto Rico—"to take tried. And all concerned gave and rounding water that we couldn't Brother Herinck was sent to the received a lot of hell in the at­ make shore. We had to turn Marine Hospital to recuperate it easy and just putter around." tempt." Frank, who was bom 66 on troop ships in tlie Pacific dur­ around and come back to the ship, while his arm healed. Herinck was also a participant which was still under heavy fire. years ago in San Juan, began ing World War II. His last ship Later, with the war over, it was in the big Luzon invasion in the his long career in 1915 shipping was the Overseas Anna. back to work. Herinck made sev­ "I guess I must have been Interviewed at New York Head­ Philippines, when the island was eral trips to France, after that, on before the * mast on schooners aboard ship about 18 hours with sailing out of Tampa, Jackson­ quarters where he received his taken back from the Japanese. broken bones sticking out through the army transport SS Ernie Pyle, ville and other first pension check, Hernandez This was the biggest convoy in the punctured skin on my arm. named for the famous correspond­ Gulf area ports. expressed his gratitude to the the Far East. It consisted of a You can well imagine the suffer­ ent killed by Japanese machine He recalls those SIU "for all it has done for me total of 857 ships, all of which ing I went through. Later on the gun fire on le Shima—just off the met in Orlandia, Dutch New days with fond­ throughout the years." firing died down and we made west coast of Okinawa—in 1945. "I never dreamed, years ago, Guinea (now Irania). ness. shore where I was able to get the Their mission was to pick up GI's "I guess the that I would live to see the day in France and to bring them home. Wounded at Okinawa attention of the medics. more time passes, when an old-time sailor would In this work, Herinck's knowledge "About two and a half months "I must have spent about two of German and French was much the more I re­ have a pension and welfare pro­ member them as gram that not only takes care of before the end of the war," Her­ months in that naval tent in the in demand, and his services were the good old him, but his family as well," he inck recalled, "I was wounded war zone. There were plenty of often utilized as an interpreter on HemBndez days," he says. said. "We have our Union to during the invasion of Okinawa. casualties all around—men moan­ the transport. They also were en­ There was a big air raid which ing with pain day and night. Dur­ gaged in taking German prisoners "But, the truth is we've come a thank for this." Sharing Brother Hernandez' re­ brought such intense fire upon the ing this period." Herinck re­ of war from internment camps in long way since then. In those days I used to think the $32 a tirement years with him in the ship that we received the order to called, "we had a Japanese mas­ Texas to England, where they month wages was pretty good "Land of the Sun," as Frank re­ 'go over the side.' The lifeboats cot. Imagine a Japanese mascot were put to work in coal mines members it, will be his wife, were lowered and the crew pro­ in that war! He was a 13-year-old for a while, Herinck remembers. money." Rafaela. "It won't be all loafing," ceeded to get to lliem as quickly boy whom we called 'Mike' be­ Brother Hernandez is one of Jack-of-All-Trades he says. "I'll keep busy around and as best they could. We had cause we couldn't remember his the real old-timers of the Union. Previous to his war experience. He joined the SIU in 1939 while the house, keep up with my hobby just about enough time to put our Japanese name. Even at his tender Brother Herinck had a varied ca­ sailing in the steward department of building model sailing ships, life jackets on. In the excitement age he had been trained as a reer which ranged from a period and the rush to go over, I jumped kamikaze pilot to make a suicide aboard the Barbara. For the next visiting friends. as a flight instructor—^he had his head first into the nearest life­ aerial dive-bomb attack on allied 20 years he shipped as messman "And I'll probably spend a good own plane—to a time when he boat." ships. However, he was somehow aboard vessels of the old Bull deal of time down at the harbor," tried going into business for him­ Line—except for two years' duty he added with a nostalgic smile. self with a bar and restaurant for two years, 1936 and 1937. Dur­ ing this period he developed an in­ tense interest in the bitter mari­ time strike then in progress and wrote a story about it which ap­ peared in Time magazine. He Certified checks, representing wages due for service on the Oceanic Tide (Resolute Marine Associates), are being held at says that among the notices he re­ Teddy Ivey, bom September 18, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. ceived about his story was one New York Headquarters for the following Seafarers: 29, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Arthur C. Notton, Superior, Wis­ from the Polish trade unions— Gerald Fuglsano Fred Gentry Jacob Ivey, LaPollette, Tenn. consin. they wanted to make him an hon­ Charalambos Dertuso Harubide Maeyama ^ orary member. Tatsuma Nagayama Yukio Roman Brett Ballard, born December Mark McCauley, born Decem­ Paul Lopez R. Senaga Born in Belgium in 1903, Her­ 1, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. ber 15, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jorge Velasco James Hart James F. Ballard, East Flat Rock, Martin E. McCaulcy, Silsbee, inck first went to sea in 1943. He Ronald Carraway Leopoldo Conejero North Carolina. has sailed as a room steward and Texas. Angel Belmonte Ismael Anlceto also as a second cook and baker. <|> S. Sakiyama Felipe L. Escaner Grace Bell, bom January 16, Samantha Gail XhompstHi, born He joined the SIU in 1943 in the Percival Wicks Eddie Stevanous 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Arch­ October 17, 1968, to Seafarer and port of San Francisco. He also Joe Vustech Philip Livingston ibald Bell, Bellflower Calif. Mrs. James Clayton Thompson, recalls a stint as assistant cook Edward Troughton Moses Crosby Jacksonville, Florida. on the Liberty Ship SS Robert D. Rosarose Sisenando Alberto Valencia Darlene Hunt, bom January 8, — — Walker. His last ship was the SS Fediilo Inacac Jesse Washington 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Mich­ Kimberly Barthole, bom Jan­ Mariposa (Matson Lines) where he Richard Monterusso Akiro Takao ael Hunt, Philadelphia, Pa. uary 2, 1969, to Seafarer and Steve Smith sailed as BR. Sylvester Zygarowskl Mrs. Albert V. Barthole, Jr., Shigeni Miyagi Dan Ticer Brother Herinck makes his Cella Rose Chavez, born De­ Chester, Pa. home in San Mateo, California, Because these checks are certified, they cannot be mailed to cember 14, 1968, to &afarer and individual home addresses. They can, however, be mailed to Mrs. Vincent Chavez, Seattle, Beveriy Ramos, born Decem- where he has a room full of tape Port Agents, if requested, or members can claim them from Washington. h - 25, 1968, to Seafarer and recorders. Taping all types of Ray Kelly at Headquarters. Mrs. Joaquin O. Ramos, Balti­ music is a hobby he finds con­ tinually enjoyable and rewarding. Sarah Notton, bom November more, M^yland. SlU Veteran is *Golng Home' After Over 50 Years at Sea mm IVaffes Bei^ Held i- Page Eleven LOG 4/ <I> — 4> — f �Page Twelve SEAFARERS February 14, 1969 LOG FINAL DEPARTURES Thomas Logan, 69: Brother "We have just about completed a good run to the Far East with a fine crew and no major beefs," reports John H. Rossow, meeting secretary aboard the DeSoto (Waterman). The ship, which sailed Logan, a bridgeman for the ErieLackawanna Rail­ from Bangor, Washington, and touched ports at Da Nang, Saigon and Guam, was scheduled to tie road for 45 years, up for pay-off in New York this ashore. Meeting Secretary Luther to ask the chief engineer to stop died at Unity week. He reported that two men Gadson recorded the election of Hospital in catching rain water for the ship's were hospitalized at Da Nang Dewitt Hollowell as ship's dele­ supply of drinking water. A Brooklyn, De­ and another at Guam. J. F. Cas- gate for the remainder of the motion was also adopted to find cember 12, 1968. tronover, meeting chairman, said voyage. Born in Brook­ out if the crew is eligible for the crew adopted lyn, he was a life­ attack bonus pay. The port of a resolution call­ long resident of The oldest SIU book member, Da Nang was bombarded by ing for action on and the oldest man aboard the enemy rocket fire while the ship that borough of all ship's meet­ ship, is ship's lay tied up at the dock there. The New York City. Brother Logan ings at the quar­ delegate on the entire crew joined in praising had been active in the Boy Scout terly meetings at Cortez (Cortez Chief Steward Herbert L. Skyles movement since its founding in Union headquar­ S.S. Co.), reports and his department for the fine 1910. Following his retirement ters. A commit­ Robert Martinez, chow at Christmas time and for on an SIU pension in 1964, he tee was elected to meeting chair­ the good menus throughout the devoted all of his time to the Rossow make recommen­ Scouts, and was given the organi­ man. He is Bert trip. dations in the zation's highest award for his vol­ Dawson, "one of crew's interest to a headquarters unteer work. Seafarer Logan is ^ the real SIU oldrepresentative when the ship ar­ survived by his wife, Helen. Bur­ Martinez timers." Meeting James J. Gordon was elected ial was at Evergreen Cemetery, rives at the port of New York A Secretary L. D. discussion was also held on the Pierson noted that the crew ship's delegate on the Monticello Brooklyn. Victory (Montipension plan. Deck Delegate Ed­ adopted a motion praising the cello Tanker Co.) win Morris reported that the crew steward department for a very at the ship's reg­ requested a new supply of books pood holiday meal and for ex­ Frank Brooks, 72: Brother ular meeting, it Brooks died of a heart attack De­ for the library. There was a un­ cellent menus throughout the trip. was reported by animous vote of thanks to the There were no beefs and no dis­ cember 14, 1968, D. .J. F e g a n, ship's delegates for their efforts puted overtime reported by de­ at Paul Oliver meeting chair­ on behalf of the crew. The partment delegates as the vessel Memorial Hos­ man. A motion DeSoto's delegates are T, L, Sloan proceeded on its return run from pital in Frank­ was made and (ship's delegate), E. Morris (deck), Saigon. fort, Mich., after Fegan passed to have M. A. Miller (engine) and L. A. a lengthy ill­ each crew memPower (steward department). ness. A native of "Everything is fine on the ship, b°r donate $2 to the steward Frankfort, he and the old man says that this for having the ship's television made his home Earl C. Wallace, meeting chair­ crew is the best S't reoaired, and for making a there throughout man on the Seatrain New Jersey one he has sailed call from Singapore to Union his life. Seafarer Brooks sailed (Seatrain Lines), with in a long headquarters in the States con­ aboard the carferrys on Lake was elected ship's time," reports cerning "very poor mail serv­ Michigan for 40 years, and had delegate, reports Meeting Chair­ ice furnished by the comoany." served as fireman on the Arthur Meeting Secre­ man M. Olson, The crew also adopted a motion K. Atkinson from 1930 until his tary Donald H. aboard the Mo- that a request be made that ship­ retirement in 1964. He joined the Jones. The crew bilian (Water­ ping articles be limited to a maxi­ SIU in 1955. Brother Brooks was adopted a motion man). WilBamV. mum of seven months, and that buried at Rosehill Cemetery in to consult with Skyles Matthews, ship's crew members on vessels touching Frankfort. He is survived by a the boarding pa­ delegate, reports Hawaii be permitted to pay off by niece. Wallace trolman and that the crew passed a motion mutual consent with the company. headquarters concerning the steward's storage William Donahue, 39: A sud­ space and the quality of night den heart attack claimed the lunch meats. "This ship is not life of Brother fully equipped for Far East runs," Donahue Decem­ Wallace reported. The crew also ber 1, 1968. The asked that kickout panels be in­ attack came early stalled in doors and bulkheads. in the morning Richard S. Asmont Leonard Lelonek near the ferry Seafarers on the Fairisle (PanPlease get in touch with your As soon as possible please con­ crossing at Luloceanic Tankers) enjoyed an out­ brother John Asmont in New Or­ tact M. Spering, 721 Harvel Lane, ing, Louisiana, as standing Christ- leans as soon as possible in regard Atlantic Beach, Florida, c/o Hall's he was on his way mas dinner, to a very important matter. Trailer Court, concerning your to the tug Sham­ thanks to the ef­ little girl. rock where he served as a pump­ forts of the stew­ man. Seafarer Donahue had ard and his topworked on a number of tugs of Harold B. Stever notch depart­ the Crescent Towing & Salvage Miguri Me^na Your wife Margaret would like ment, reports Co. for many years. He joined the to hear from you as soon as possiPlease get in touch with your Meeting Chair­ SIU in the Port of New Orleans )le. The address is 2314 River daughter, Justina Medina, 520 man Joseph Stev­ in 1961. He was born in New Road, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Main St., Orange, New Jersey, Drew ens. According Orleans and made his home there 19128, a.", soon as possible. to Lucien Drew, with his wife. Norma, a son, Wil­ meeting secretary, Vernon Hop­ ^ liam Jr., and a daughter. Cheryl. \|> kins was elected new ship's dele­ Burial was at Westlawn Ceme­ Rudolph R. Cefaratti John Crocker gate. Brother Hopkins reported tery. that things are running smoothly Please contact the Harrisburg Contact Rolande R. Goodwin, with only a few minor beefs to be Bank, P.O. Box 5278, Houston, P.O. Box 1455, Norfolk, Virginia taken up later. A suggestion was Texas, or visit the bank person­ 23501, as soon as possible. Manuel Lopez, 58: Brother 'made that the messman should ally as soon as possible. It is nec­ Lopez succumbed to pneumonia ^ make sure the canned fruit is al­ essary for them to verify infor­ in San Francisco mation regarding your account. ways chilled before serving. January 2 fol­ Herbert A. Miles lowing a long ill­ ^ It is important that you contact "Everything is running as well ness. He sailed as your nephew, John Young, Jr., as chief electrician as can be expected," reports meet­ Ltgon Randolph Hart soon as possible at 4166 No. War­ for 20 years un­ ing Chairman Please contact Newton B. ren St., Fresno, California 93705. til an accident at Timothy Sullivan, Schwartz at 500 Branard at Garsea forced his re­ aboard the Trans- rott, Houston, Texas 77006, as tirement in 1966. seneca (Hudson soon as possible. The telephone Brother Lopez Waterways) "with number is (713) JA 8-2863. was born in Hawaii and made his only few minor home in San Francisco. He joined beefs." He re­ the SIU there in 1960. His ported that there Tony Radiz last ship was the Steel Seafarer. was no lunch Brother Logan's remains were Dick Duet would like you to service in ChittaSullivan cremated and buried at sea. He save his safety glasses for him and gong, where car­ is survived by his widow Vineta asks that you contact him as soon go was discharged, and that some and a sister, Elizabeth Kessler. crewmerabers used sampans to go as possible. vl> <I> Daniel Hogan, 54: Brother Hogan died at the USPHS Hospital I in New Orleans of emphysema on January 2. A na­ tive of Wagner, Louisiana, Seafar­ er Hogan made his home with his wife, Flavia, in New Orleans, -r He joined the SIU in 1962 in the Port of New Or­ leans, and had sailed as wiper. Brother Hogan's last ship was the Del Mundo. Besides his widow, he is survived by four children. Burial services were held at St. Rock Cemetery in New Orleans. Edward W. Taylor Jr., 47: Brother Taylor died July 24, 1968, in San Francisco follow­ ing a brief illness. He had sailed as cook and baker for 11 years. His last two ships were the Achilles and the Seatrain Carolina on which he served as chief cook. A native of Fowler, California, Brother Taylor made his home in San Jose. He joined the SIU in the Port of Houston in 1964. Sea­ farer Taylor had served five years with the U.S. Army during World War II. He is survived by his widow, Jean, and his mother, Mrs. Melba Taylor. Burial serv­ ices were held at Olivet Cemetery in Colma, California. Hany H. Green, Jr., 60: Broth­ er Green died at the USPHS Hospital in New , Orleans Decem; her 26, 1968, fol'. lowing a lengthy illness. He had been retired on an SIU pension since 1962. A na­ tive of Savannah, Georgia, he lived with his wife, Dorothy, in New Orleans. Brother Green had sailed for more than 25 years as fire­ man, water tender and oiler. He joined the SIU at the port of New Orleans in 1939. His last ship was the Del Mar, in 1962. Broth­ er Green was buried at Green­ wood Cemetery in New Orleans. Always Remember M & C Receipts Seafarers are reminded that all periods of Mainte­ nance and Cure for which re­ ceipts are issued by a signa­ tory employer are counted toward their pension require­ ment. In order to insure proper pension credit, it is suggested that all receipts for M & C I be reported to the SIU Pen­ sion Plan while the records are still available. For this purpose, a copy of the em­ ployer's receipt or a letter from the signatory employer —giving dates for which M i & C was paid—^will suffice. �February 14, 1969 SEAFARERS Seatrain's Action Seen Good Omen Seafarer's Wife Lauds Welfare Plan To the Editor: To the Editor: I would like to express my sincere thanks to the SIU Wel­ fare Plan for the very prompt attention which was given to me after my recent very serious illness. On submitting bills and other information, the check to cover expenses was sent almost im­ mediately. I am very proud that my husband belongs to such a fine union. I wish all of the mem­ bers well in the coming year. Sincerely, Mrs. Frances Kenny Yonkere, N.Y. Shipbuilding, and the ship­ ping industry in general, has been going down hill in the United States for so long that it was certainly good news to learn that Seatrain is taking over part of the old Brooklyn Navy Yard for the construction of new bottoms to add tonnage to our American-flag fleet. This is a hopeful sign that ship owners have continued confidence in the future of the U.S. maritime industry, and it is especially encouraging when an independent, non-subsidized line, like Seatrain, undertakes this kind of venture. Expansion of the Seatrain fleet not only means more jobs for Seafarers and shipyard workers, but it al­ so means a move in the right direction toward regaining U.S. prestige on the seas. President Nixon, during the campaign, said that he would assert leadership "to make our merchant marine once again worthy of a great sea power." We can only hope that the Pres­ ident will act quickly by present­ ing some concrete proposals to Congress this Spring, and that those proposals will include greater attention to the needs of the long overlooked unsubsidized sector of this country's merchant fleet. Sincerely, Robert Peterson 'Bust-Out' Exit Too Wide A Door To the Editor: While attending the Febru­ ary 3rd membership meeting in New York the old familiar strain and arguments came up as far as pensions and contracts are concerned. As for the contract, I am not going to write anything but I will note some things about the 20-year "bust-out." For the record let us say that 20 to 30 percent of the people we are training stay in the busi­ ness. Now most of these people are in their late teens and early twenties so let us say that they put in the time and at the age of 50-55 years they take ad­ vantage of the 20-year "bustout." Anyone with logic and common sense can see that there is not and could not be enough money to pay off and perpetuate any fund. As to a retirement age, when the government studied the age and earning period in a person's life they had the best actuaries and insurance people draw up plans of every type before they put them into effect. Sure, all plans of this range need modi­ fication. This the government does, and the Seafarers pension plan is being revised to meet the needs—but at the same time making sure the Plan is not go­ ing to be depleted or to create a welfare state of our members. So to the hawks who clamor for change—I say let them stop having diarrhea of the mouth until they can present a sound, stable, continuing Plan of their own to talk about. Fraternally, E. A. (An^) Anderson A-203 4, Tax Reform Unkept Promise Pension Roster Grows Teif Additional Seafarer Oldtimers Added to Roster of SIU Pensioners Ten additional Seafarers have been added to the SIU's ever expanding pension list following com­ pletion of their long sailing careers. The latest Brothers to become eligible to collect an SIU pen­ sion are Clovis Compan, Claude Andrus, Frank Roull, James Leary, Frank Kraft, James Green, Ramon Vila, Dewey Gillikin, ^ John Fancutt and Harry Galphin. Clovis Compan has sailed since 1944 and joined the Union in the Port of San Francisco. A member of the steward department, he now lives in New Orleans with his wife, Dorothy. Seafarer Compan's last ship was the Del Norte. Claude Andrus resides in Sulpher, Louisiana. Joining the Union in Port Arthur, Andrus was last employed as a tugboat captain To the Editon Promises, promises, promises . . . the little fellow who works for a living has his hopes raised for a long-due break—^by can­ didates who run for office—^and then sees them dashed on the rocks when the candidate be­ comes elected and faces the pressures which are so strong from the monied class. We thought we were in for some lowering of taxes. Didn't Nixon promise to do away with the 10 percent surcharge on our already high tax? Now we find out that it just ain't so. It was a big mistake. We need more money than ever. And where does it come from? From the salaried work­ er, of course, where else? This might not hurt quite so much if we could see some comparable sacrifice—or, any sacrifice at all—on the part of the coupon-clippers and those who don't have to labor with their hands for a living. Instead, we are told that 18 millionaires get away with it altogether. They don't pay one red cent in taxes! Whether it's done by setting LETTERS up tax-exempt foundations, or oil-depletion allowances or by investing in tax-exempt bonds, or with mirrors, the situation is a crying shame and calls for prompt reform. What are our chances for tax reform this session? If the past is any guide to the future, they're darned slim. And they're even harder when the filibuster exists as a weapon in the Sen­ ate. I guess what we need up there is a people's lobby to make the voice of the over­ burdened wage-earner heard real loud. In this effort, the organized labor movement, as represented in the AFL-CIO, has its job cut out for it. We, as individuals, can increase that effort by writ­ ing to our own congressmen and letting them know that we are tired of tax-reform that re­ mains in the talking stage. Sincerely, Adolph Jaworskl Page Thirteen LOG Roull in Dickenson, Texas, with his wife, Regina. He joined the Un­ ion in the Port of New York. James Leary was a tankerman and was last employed by Inter­ state Oil Transport Company. A native of North Carolina, he lives now in Philadelphia with his wife. Hazel. He joined the Union in that Pennsylvania port. Compan Andrus by Slade, Inc. Brother Andrus was born in Hayes, La. Frank Roull is a native of Michigan who sailed as electrician. His last vessel was the Del Aires. Seafarer Roull makes his home Marine Harold Weldi, Former SIU Stholar Homo from Vietnam NEW ORLEANS—Harold E. Welsh, a former SIU scholarship winner, and the son of Seafarer Harold R. Welsh, is home on leave from the Marine Corps after a 13-month tour of duty in Viet­ nam. Young Welsh won his schol­ arship in 1961. A Corporal, Welsh is a member of HNS Company Office, First Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, now stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. He enlisted in the Marines after attending Loyola University in New Orleans. His father sails in the engine depart­ ment and is currently on the Chatham (Waterman). Corporal Welsh was an honor society senior at Jesuit High School in New Orleans at the time he was selected as an SIU Schol­ arship winner. He received a B. M. degree in Music from Loyola and later taught school in Linden, Louisiana, at a combina­ tion grammer and high school. He also worked with the school band. The 25-year-old Marine plays the violin and specializes in classical music. Following his discharge in 21 months, he plans to pursue his music teaching career. The senior Welsh has sailed with the SIU since 1943, when he joined the Union in New Orleans. He lives in New Orleans and is a native of Louisiana, The 49-yearold Seafarer sails as FOWT and served in the Navy from 1937 to 1940. Green Kraft Leary formerly had sailed as fireman. He joined the SIU in the Port of New York and also last shipped aboard the Jacksonville. Brother Vila is a native of Puerto Rico who now makes his home in the Bronx, N.Y. John Fancutt sailed as AB. His last ship was the Cabins. A native Frank Kraft sailed as bridgeman and was employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad. Born in Jersey City, he now makes his home in Avon by the Sea, New Jersey, with his wife, Helen. Brother Kraft joined the Union in the Port of New York. James Green held a cook's rat­ ing. The North Carolina native was last employed by the Norfolk, Baltimore and Carolina lines. He makes his home in Norfolk with Galphin Fancutt his wife, Lillian. Seafarer Green joined the SIU in the Port of Baltimore. Dewey Gillikin sailed as bosun. Born in Beaufort, North Carolina, he still calls that city home. His last ship was the Jacksonville. Brother Gillikin joined the Union in the Port of Norfolk in 1943. Ramon Vila was a cook who Glltildn of Massachusetts, he now resides in Newark, N.J. Brother Fancutt joined the SIU in 1942 in the Port of New York. During the early part of his career, he was in the Coast Guard from 1924 to 1927. Harry Galphin has sailed with the SIU since 1938, when he join­ ed the Union in Savannah. Bom in Florida, he makes his home in Jacksonville with his wife, Eu­ nice. Seafarer Galphin last shipped aboard the Gateway City and held the ratings of AB and bosun. He served in the Navy prior to join­ ing the SIU. 4TTEND, MCETIN6S Editor, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 11232 I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list. (Print Information) NAME STREET ADDRESS CITY STATE. ZIP. TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you are an old subscriber and have a change of address, please give your former address below: ADDRESS OTY STA1E ZIP. �Page Fourteen February 14, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG SEATRAIN TEXAS (Hudson Water­ ways), January 17—Cbairman, F. E. Par­ sons ; Secretary, S. E. Hawkins. Few minor beefs to be taken up with patrol­ man. It was discussed that headquarters furnish information to the membership conceminK proaress on retirement pen­ sion plan. DO NOT BUY COEUR D'ALENE VICTORY (Victory Carriers), January 19—Chairman, W. Till­ man ; Secretary, J. Craft. Brother W. Tillman was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs and no disputed OT. ALBION VICTORY (Bulk Transport), January 19—Chairman, J. Waith; Secre­ tary, G. Trosclair. $10.00 in ship's fund. Few hours disputed OT to be taken up with boarding patrolman. WESTERN CLIPPER (Western Tankers), December 29—Chairman, James Meares : Secretary, Lee Cummins. Discussion held regarding food. Ship's fund contributed to Brother Carl Vogal on the death of his father. No disputed OT and no beefs. SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatrain), January 19—Chairman, Earl C. Wallace; Secretary, .Donald H. Jones. Brother Wal­ lace was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. Patrolman to be contacted regard­ ing shortage of space for storage in stew­ ard department. Patrolman also to check on quality of meat aboard ship. Discussion held regarding the matter of adding reefer box to all Seatrain ships. CORTEZ (Cortex), January 19—Chair­ man, Robert Martinez; Secretary, L. D. Pierson. Some disputed OT in each de­ partment. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for the ex­ cellent feeding throughout the whole voy­ age. FAIRLAND (Sea-Land), No date— Chairman, Peter E. Dolan; Secretary, Ramon Odom. Ship's delegate report^ that trip was good with a good crew on board. No beefs were reported by depart­ ment delegates. Discussion held regard­ ing pension plan. • PANAMA (Sea-Land), January 19— Chairman, John Ohannasian; Secretary, Bill Stark. Brother F. Vito resigned as ship's delegate and Brother A. Packert was elected to serve in his place. Delayed sailing disputed. Vote of thanks to the steward department for the excellent food. SlU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers PRESIDENT Paul Halt EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Gal Tanntr Earl Shapard Al Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS dtay Robsrf Matfhawi SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Karr HEADQUARTERS *75 4th Ave., Bklyn. (212) HY f-i«00 ALPENA, Mich. .. 127 RIvar St. (517) EL 4-3*1* BALTIMORE, Md. 121* E. Ballimora St. (301) EA 7-4900 BOSTON, Mass *«3 Atlantic Avenua BUFFALO, N.Y. 73S Washlnqton St. SlU 714) TL 3-9259 IBU 71*) TL 3-9259 93B3 Ewing Ava. SlU (312) SA 1-0733 IBU (312) ES 5-9570 1420 W. 25th St. CHICAGO, III CLEVELAND, Ohio (*I7) Rl 2-0140 (214) MA 1-5450 DETROIT, Mich. ... I022S W. Jaftarson Ava. (313) VI 3-4741 DULUTH, Minr,. ... ... 312 W. 2nd St. FRANKFORT, Mich. HOUSTON, Tax. JACKSONVILLE, Fla JERSEY CITY, N.J MOBILE, Ala BRADFORD ISLAND (Stewart Tank­ ers Co.), Decemlrer 29—Chairman, D. E. McCarvey; Secretary, C. L. Shirah. Brother Royce D. Bozeman was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Discussion held regarding retirement plan. OVERSEAS EDGAR (Maritime Over­ seas), January 19—Chairman, Arthur Roy; Secretary, L. Santa Ana. Ship's delegate reported that everything is run­ ning smoothly with no beefs. NEW ORLEANS, La OVERSEAS ULLA (Maritime Over.seas), January 5—Chairman, A. D. Nash; Secretary, C. L. Anderson. Brother John Frazier resigned as ship's delegate and Brother A. D. Nash was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. Disputed OT in engine department to be taken up with boarding patrolman. VOLUSIA (Suwannee), January 20— Chairman, Bob Porter; Secretary, H. C. Bumsed. Request made that galley ex­ haust fan be replaced. Discussion held regarding reefer boxes. New burners for galley range are needed. Some disputed OT in deck department. MONTICELLO VICTORY (Monticello Tanker), January 16—Chairman. D. Fegan; Secretary, George A. O'Berry. Brother James J. Gorman was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. Motion was made that shipping articles be lim­ ited to a maximum of seven months. Also, crewmembers on vessels touching the State of Hawaii be allowed to pay­ off under mutual consent. Some disputed OT in deck department to be settled by patrolman at pay-oil. TRANSMALAYA (Hudson Water­ ways), January 6—Chairman, W. R. Thompson; Secretary, Francis Hennessey. Discussion was held regarding retire­ ment plan. Disputed OT regarding de­ layed sailing to be taken up with board­ ing patrolman. MOBILIAN (Waterman), January 26 —Chairman, M. Olson; Secretary, H. L. Skyles. Ship's delegate reported that everything is fine on the ship, and the Captain reports that this crew is the best one he has sailed with in a long time. Steward department put out a real fine meal for Christmas and New Year's Day, and throughout the entire trip. Vote of Hianks was extended to the entire steward department. 415 Main St. (414) EL 7-2441 ... 5804 Canal St. (713) WA 8-3207 2406 Paarl St. (904) EL 3-0787 99 Montqomary St. (201) HE 5-9424 I South Lawranca St. (205) HE 2-1754 *30 Jackson Ava. (504) 529-7544 NORFOLK, Va 115 3rd St. (703) 422-1892 PHILADELPHIA, Pa 2404 S. 4th St. (215) DE 4-3818 PORT ARTHUR, Tax 1348 Savanfh St. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., 350 Fraamont St. (415) DO 2-440! SANTURCE, P.R SEAHLE, Wash BELOIT VICTORY (Admanthos Ship­ ping), January 12—Chairman, Tad Chilinski; Secretary, Thomas Harrell. Some disputed OT reported regarding launch service. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Crewmembers extended a vote of thanks to ship's delegate. Brother Roy L. Powette, for a job well done. (218) RA 2-4110 P.O. Box 2r ST. LOUIS, Mo TAMPA, Fla 1313 Fernandai Juncos Stop 20 724-2848 2505 First Avanua (204) MA 3-4334 805 Del Mar . (314) CE 1-1434 312 Harrison St. (813) 229-2788 WILMINGTON, Calif., 450 Seaside Ave. Terminal Island, Calif. (813) 832-7285 YOKOHAMA, Japan..Isaya BIdq., Room BOI 1-2 Kaiqan-Dori-Nakaku 2014971 Ext. 281 SIU-AGLIWD Meetings New Orleans Mar. 11—2:30 p.m. Mobile Mar. 12—^2:30 p.m. Wilmington . Mar. 17—2:00 p.m. San Francisco Mar. 19—2:00 p.m. Seattle Mar. 21—2:00 p.m. New York .. Mar. 3—^2:30 p.m. Philadelphia Mar. 4—^2:30 p.m. Baltimore .. Mar. 5—2:30 p.m. Detroit .... Mar. 14—2:30 p.m. Houston ... Mar. 10—^2:30 p.m. United Industrial Workers New Orleans Mar. 11—^7:00 p.m. Mobile Mar. 12—7:00 p.m. New York .. Mar. 3—7:00 p.m. Philadelphia Mar. 4—7:00 p.m. Baltimore .. Mar. 5—7:00 p.m. ^Houston .. Mar. 10—7:00 p.m. mi 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.) RIF SHtzel-Weller Distilleries "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" "Cabin StiU," W. L. Weller Bourbon whiskeys (Distillery Workers) Great Lakes SIU Meetings Kingsport Press Detroit Mar. 3—2:00 p.m. "World Book," "ChUdcraft" Alpena Mar. 3—^7:00 p.m. (Printing Pressmen) Buffalo .... Mar. 3—7:00 p.m. (Typographers, Bookbinders) Chicago .... Mar. 3—^7:00 p.m. (Machinists, Stereotypers) Duluth Mar. 3—^7:00 p.m. Frankfort .. Mar. 3—7:00 p.m. ^ Genesco Shoe Mfg. Co. Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Section Work Shoes . . . Sentry, Cedar Chest, Chicago .... Mar. 11—^7:30 p.m. Statler tSault St. Marie Men's Shoes . . . Mar. 13—7:30 p.m. Jarman. Johnson & Buffalo .... Mar. 12—7:30 p.m. Murphy, Crestworth, Diiliith .... Mar. 14—7:30 p=m. (Root and Shoe Workers' Union) Cleveland .. Mar. 14—^7:30 p.m. Toledo Mar. 14—7:30 p.m. Detroit .... Mar. 10—7:30 p.m. Boren Clay Products Co. Milwaukee . Mar. 10—7:30 p.m. (United Brick and Clay Workers) SIU Inland Boatmen's Union New Orleans Mar. 11-—5:00 p.m. "HIS" hrand men's clothes Mobile .... Mar. 12—5:00 p.m. Kaynee Boyswear, Judy Bond Philadelphia Mar. 4—5:00 p.m. blouses, Hanes Knitwear, Randa Baltimore (licensed and un­ Ties, Boss Gloves, Richman licensed) . Mar. 5—5:00 p.m. (Amalgamated Clothing Workers Norfolk .... Mar. 6—5:00 p.m. of America) Houston . . Mar. 10—5:00 p.m. Railway Marine Region Jamestown Sterling Corp. Philadelphia (United Furniture Workers) Mar. 11—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Baltimore Mar. 12—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Richman Bros, and Sewell Suits, •Norfolk Wing Shirts Mar. 13—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. (Amalgamated Clothing Workers Jersey City of America) Mar. 10—^10 a.ni. & 8 p.m. vl> ^l> t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. * Meeting held at Labor Temple, New­ port News. t Meeting held at Galveston wharves. FINANCIAL BEFOBT8. The conBtftutlon of the SIU AtUntte, GuU, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguarding the memberships 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. TBUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf. Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. A'l these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall equally consist of union and management representatives and their alternates. AU expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approiml by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING BIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exchuively the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your chipping ..ghts. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all Union halls, tt jsm % feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority M contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seamrers Appeals Board by certified maU, return receipt requested. The proper address for thta U: Earl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Bo^ 17 Battery Place, Suite 1980, 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 Appeate Board. CONmACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available in all SIU halls. Th« contra^ specify the wages and conditlcms nnder wWch you work and live aboara ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing IOT OT on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU i^trc:,man or other Union offlcUl, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights prop­ erly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITOBIAL POLICY—SBAFABEBS LOG. The LOG has traditionally rrfrain^ from publishing any article serving the political purposes individual in tte Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles denned harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has bw reaffirmed by membnship action at the September, I860, meetings in ^1 institu­ tional ports. The responsibUity for LOG policy is vested in an ^itorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Btard may delegate, Irmn among its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. Baltimore Luggage Co. I.ady Baltimore, Amelia Earhart Starlite lugioge Starflite luggage (International Leather Goods, Plastics and Novelty Workers Union) 'iy White Furniture Co. (United Furniture Workers of America) 4^ Gypsum Wallboard, American Gypsum Co. (United Cement Lime and Gypsum Workers International) ^ R. J. Reynolds Tohacco Co. Camels, Winston, Tempo, Brandon, Cavalier and Salem cigarettes (Tobacco Workers International Union) ^ Comet Rice Mills Co. products (International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drinks and Distillery Workers) Pioneer Flour Mill (United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers Local 110, San Antonio, Texas — <!> — All California Table Grapes (United Farm Workers) (t/ Magic Chef Pan Pacific Division (Stove, Furnace and Allied Appliance Workers International Union) ^ Tennessee Packers Reelfoot Packing Frosty Morn Valleydale Packers (Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America) Fisher Price Toys (Doll and Toy Workers) Atlantic Products Sports Goods Owned hy Cluett Peabody (Amalgamated Oothing Workers) PAYMENT OP MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL BIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every six months in the SEAFABEBS 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 «11gation by any methods such as d^ing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. BBTIBED SEAFABEBS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-prasion ben^ fits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, including attend­ ance at memtership meetings. And like aU other SIU members at taese Union meetings, they are encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file functions, ineluding serviee on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtimm c^not take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union pol­ icy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL BIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Conse­ quently, no Seafarer mav be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic ongln. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notUy headquarters. SEAFABEBS FOLIT!^.Ak. ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic rights of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which wiP serve the best interests of themselves, their families and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was established. Donations to SPAD are entirs'y voluntary and eonstitote 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 feeb that any of the above righte have been vieiated, er that he has been denied his censtitntlenal right ef access te Union records or infermatlen, he shenid immediately netUy SIU President Pani HaB at headqnarters by eertiled maii, return receipt reqnested. i �SEAFARERS Page Fifteen LOG The Rune of Minnesota A LTHOUGH THE PARTISANS of Christopher Co­ lumbus will never be convinced otherwise, it is now generally acknowledged that the early Viking Seafarers were exploring and colonizing the North American con­ tinent some four hundred years before the Santa Maria ever dropped anchor at San Salvador, What is probably less known is that they penetrated the very heartland of the United States, in the vicinity of the Minnesota farm country. An ancient inscribed stone tablet offers mute testimony to this otherwise almost unbelievable fact. There is ample evidence of early Norse exploration along the eastern seaboard of the United States—a stone tower at Newport, Rhode Island, rocks with Scandina­ vian markings at Taunton, Massachusetts. Three years ago Yale University made public a map dating back to 1440—52 years before Columbus set foot in the Ba­ hamas—that shows with remarkable accuracy the out­ lines of the land masses of Greenland and the North American continent, then known as Vinland. As historians have reconstructed events from existing documents and often told tales down through the ages, this Vinland—so named for the grapes found growing there—wj^s not actually discovered by Lief Ericson, as < is popularly assumed, but was first sighted by Bjami Herjulfson, a young countryman of his, who spotted the coast of Labrador around the year 1000. This happened during a sea voyage from Iceland to Greenland, in which his vessel had been blown off course because of fog and snowstorms. When his ship finally returned to Greenland, Her­ julfson told Ericson of this unknown, uncharted coast, and Ericson became so intrigued that he recruited 35 seamen and set sail to explore this strange new land him­ self. Ericson and his exploring party sailing in one of the long, graceful square-rigged vessels of the time, followed the coastline of the North American continent probably down to what is now Cape Cod. Once back in Green­ land, their tales of this lush new paradise inspired yet another Viking, Thorfinn Karlsefni, to assemble a group of 160 colonists to establish a settlement in this newly-dis­ covered land. The area was not as forbidding then as it is now because its climate was milder at that time. After two years as what was probably the first colony in the New World, this Karlsefni settlement found that the Indians they encountered were more than they could handle—unfortunately a few of the colonists had pro­ voked these Indians—and they were forced to abandon the colony, returning to their more familiar shores of Greenland. Although the idea of colonization was given up, these Vikings continued to sail to the Vinland shores, mainly for the ample supply of lumber which was lacking in their home country. And other groups apparently es­ tablished settlements on other parts of the east coast. Indications that these Vikings went further inland came with the discovery of a large slab of sandstone measuring 31 inches high 16 inches wide and 6 inches thick, and inscribed with the ancient runic letters of the Scandinavian alphabet. The stone was found in central Minnesota, and it created a controversy that led a Nor­ wegian historian to devote his lifetime to tracing its origin. The slab, a "Rosetta Stone" of the midwest, was un­ earthed in 1898 by Olaf Ohman, a Swedish farmer, while clearing a field for pasturage on his Minnesota home­ stead. Imbedded in the roots of a gnarled aspen tree, this Kensington Runestone, as it came to be known, was at first ignored and tossed aside. Later used as a doorstep for one of farmer Ohman's sheds, the inscribed side was fortunately placed down. Somehow Norwegian scholar and historian Hjalmar R. Holand got wind of the old doorstep and obtained possession of it from Ohman. Holand had the runestone shipped to his honie, and during the succeeding seven years managed to translate the ancient inscription. Then, for the next 50 years, Holand was to devote his life to defending the authentic­ ity of this Kensington Runestone and to developing his theories regarding the Scandinavian exploration in the middle west. lecturing widely throughout the United States, Holand also found time to write seven books on the subject of the Runestone, and went to Europe to search through thousands of ancient manuscripts in order to document his convictions concerning the slab. During this time he also meticulously traced the probable Viking exploration route, starting from Norway to Iceland and Greenland, then down th6 North Ameri­ mi can eastern seaboard to Manhattan and back up the seaboard to the mouth of the St. Lawrence, north to Hudson Bay, down the Nelson River to Lake Winnipeg, and then finally down the Red River to the Alexandria, Minnesota, region where the stone was found. Although Holand's theory of Viking exploration in the midwest has its many detractors and would-be debunkers, one of his main points of evidence was the age of the tree under which the stone had been found. Crosssections of this tree indicated that it was at least 72 years old at the time of the discovery of the Runestone—and the roots of the tree had enveloped the stone entirely, thus making is impossible for someone to have "planted" it there—a familiar argument of those who cried "Hoax!" Secondly, genuine Norse implements were found in the neighboring Minnesota fields, and these implements were declared authentic by both Swedish and Norwegian medieval experts who also conducted tests to determine their age. These artifacts—^which included three axes, two sp)ears, a firesteel and two ceremonial halbers—were found to be over 600 years old—and in addition, they were found along the only possible route an exploring party could have taken by boat to reach the Runestone site. Another of Holand's discoveries—made while he was wading through countless medieval manuscripts—was a book of the Islandic annals of 1342. In this volume, there was included the testimony of Nicholas of Lynn, who spoke of the Viking discovery of the magnetic North Pole, giving added weight to Holand's theory that the early Norse explorers had reached the North American midwest by sailing the northern route through Hudson's Bay. In his investigation, Holand found a well-defined route, evidenced by the discovery of mooring stones along midwestern lake shores of the type commonly used in Norway for anchoring heavy boats. Holand went so fas as to predict that just such a stone would be found in a special area near Lake Cormorant. Later, one of these mooring stones actually was found there to bear out his prediction. The central point of Holand's theory was his trans­ lation of the ancient runic letters found on the Rune­ stone. They read: "We are 8 Swedes and 22 Norwegians on an explor­ ing journey from Vinland through the west. We had a camp by a lake with rocky islands one day's trip north from this stone. We were out and fished one day. After we came home we found 10 of our men red with blood and dead. Ave Maria. Save us from evil." On the side of the Runestone was another inscription which referred to "this island." This puzzled Holand because the stone was found on a hillside which was certainly not an island. Checking further, Holand chanced upon a govern­ ment survey map of the region dating back to 1866, drawn up before white settlers had ever come to that part of Minnesota. Indeed, the map showed that the hillside where the stone was found had at one time been surrounded by a swamp—and geologists have since speculated that 500 years ago a lake had covered the entire region. Had this been the case, the hillside could very well have been the "island" referred to in the inscription. Also chemical tests of the Kensington Runestone in­ dicated that it had been exposed for a considerable period of time to the corrosive action of acids found in the rainwater of the region. Holand's final piece of evidence is in the letters and numbers themselves that were inscribed on the runestone. Through his studies he proved that they were of definite Norse medieval orgin—the early Middle Ages period— and anyone wishing to forge or fake such letters and numbers would have had to know more than the schol­ ars who deciphered them. The accumulated evidence appears to offer convincing proof that the early Scandinavian explorers actually made it to the American midwest. Today a replica of the historic Runestone may be seen near the town of Kensington, Minnesota, where it was orginally dis­ covered. Holand's translation of the inscription, in English, is engraved on the pedestal of this monument, which now stands as a fitting tribute to the hardy Viking ex­ plorers who roamed the North American continent over six centuries ago. iiSswffieais. • Replica of Kensington Runertone at Alexandria, Minnesota. Actual runestone is in mu­ seum there along with Viking artifacts and copies of King Magnus documents. Despite impressive archeological research, scholarly controversy about Viking discovery goes on. �SEAFARERSIII1.0G OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION . ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO /I Home from fheWlctlHp Returning from run to Vietnam and the Far East via the West Coast, the SiU-contracted Jefferson City Victory dropped anchor for pay-off at Bayonne, N. J, Although the vessel carried military cargo, the crew reports no trouble in Vietnam and no beefs during the long trip. There were some sign-ons on the West Coast, --A.' •-»> ' c/one. If looks Seafarer Mykonia+is Panagiotis, FWT, right, describes trip to New York Joint Patrolman E. B. (Mac) McAuiey at left. i':'.. ' rf ' -z- >• II f ^| ^ ^ »j 'I iiwiss?a *- -'r p,i Seafarers Hawssin Sumari, I., and Wallas Wright, OS, tell their experiences to New York Joint Patrol­ man Ted Babkowski, left. . n^ryman Li. J 9°oc/ mess work. . I ':-Vr' -ritf ii •y.' \y ppsi Mfsr ' 'I Morris H. Silver, BR, De- /;| with Hutto, oiler and Hawssin Sumari, l.-r., talk­ ing to Mac McAuley at pay-off after the trip. fsr-' ' • aj best he S had. .s% V, iyWh<n � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource February 14, 1969 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SEATRAIN LEASES BROOKLYN NAVY YARD FOR EXPANDING SHIPBUILDING PROGRAM GOVT NEGLECT OF MERCHANT MARINE TERMED CRIMINAL BY CONGRESS NIXON’S COOPERATION ON STRONG FLEET SEEN LIKELY BY MAGNUSON, GARMATZ NEW HOPE FOR US FLAG FLEET SEEN BY PRESIDENT OF SHIPBUILDERS COUNCIL BIRCHERS’ ATTACK ON GRAPE BOYCOTT HIDING BEHIND HOUSEWIVES SKIRTS AFL-CIO CALLS FOR ALL OUT DRIVE TO ENACT NATIONAL HEALTH PLAN NEWEST SOVIET FISHING TRAINING SHIP HIGHLIGHTS GROWTH OF RUSSIAN FLEET THE RUNE OF MINNESOTA HOME FROM THE VIET TRIP Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 02/14/1969 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXXI, No. 4 1969 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/d795713ef4742de8ee7b0ef8861d208c.PDF 337a9a1da0986a579d053a1d0f414685 PDF Text Text SEAFARERS^LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO �Page Two January 17, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG New GOP Senator Predicts: ImomingAdministration WillSubmit Maritime Program by Early Spring WASHINGTON—A newly-elected Republican Senator forecast last week that the Nixon Admin­ istration would submit a sweeping new maritime program to Congress "early this Spring." Senator Charles Mathias of Maryland said that President-elect Richard M. Nixon was committed to "a new assertion of executive ing and uioderiiiziiig U.S. port failed to keep pace with modern leadership, a new spirit of co­ facilities to meet present and fu­ needs and modern competition. operation and creativity, and a ture needs. "Of course it is a long way from new and encouraging sense of Emphasizing the need for ac­ preliminary statements to con­ urgency—all grounded in a new tion on the maritime front, the crete authorizations and appro­ commitment to federal action to Maryland Republican said the priations—and a longer way be­ make our merchant marine once merchant fleet is "inadequate to fore those acts can be translated again worthy of a great power." respond to our day-to-day com­ into ships on the ways, jobs in Speaking at a meeting sponsored mercial needs—nor can it be relied the ports, and cargoes on the high by the nearly seven million mem­ on to meet every forseeable na­ seas. ber AFL-CIO Maritime Trades tional emergency." "I shall look forward to action Department, Mathias urged all While the United States has segments of the maritime industry been "frittering away" its mari­ by the President-elect and his to join with Administration of­ time strength, Mathias said, "other cabinet to refine an Administra­ ficials in "shaping a program nations have been moving aggres­ tion maritime program as quickly which government, labor and man­ sively to fill the sea lanes which as possible and submit definite recommendations and requests to agement can all endorse and ad­ we have abdicated." the Congress early this spring," vance." Comparing the maritime strength The Maryland Senator said the of the United States to that of the the Maryland lawmaker continued. new maritime program would be Soviet Union, the Maryland Sen­ 'Make Ideas Known' geared to the policy statement on ator declared the Russian chal­ "I would urge you and every the merchant marine made public lenge is an "especially significant by Nixon during last Fall's presi­ one which we can no longer af­ segment of the maritime industr> dential campaign. In that state­ ford to downgrade or ignore." to make your own ideas known to ment, Mathias noted, the Presi­ The Soviet fleet, he stated, has the Administration now ... On dent-elect called for: already surpassed ours in number my part, I will do everything I • A "sharp increase" in the of vessels and "is rapidly over­ can in the Senate to secure quick and sympathetic consideration of carriage of U.S. trade aboard taking us" in total tonnage. new proposals, and to obtain ap­ American-flag ships, with a goal Lowly U.S. Position proval of the authorizations and of 30 percent by the mid-70s. He also noted that the Japanese the funds required to carry them At present, the U.S.-flag fleet carries only about five percent of now carry 40 percent of their com­ out." the nation's waterbome imports merce in their own ships, and have "I would welcome membership as a goal the carriage of 60 per­ on the Senate Commerce Com­ and exports. • A building program with em­ cent of Japanese exports and 70 mittee," he said, "but if that phasis on stimulating private ship­ percent of their imports by 1975. "should not come to pass, you can building through better use of "These are striking figures," Ma­ be sure that my interest in and credit facilities and amortization thias said, "in comparison to the support of merchant marine mat­ 5.6 percent our ships presently ters will continue to grow." procedures. carry." • Exploring the use of long"If we can work together, and "The past several years," Ma­ I am confident that we can and range government cargo commit­ ments as a spur to, unsubsidized thias declared "have been discour­ will, 1969 may well turn out to private financing of construction. aging and disappointing ones for be the year in which our maritime our maritime industry. The sta­ • An immediate "reevaluation" tistics of continuing decline are industry stops sinking and begins of the entire system of operating almost too familiar to all of us. to swim. subsidies. These subsidies now go "This may well be the year in "I don't have to repeat for to only 14 of the nation's shipping your benefit the fact that, at the which we begin to meet our stra­ lines, operating only one-third of end of World War II, the United tegic and economic needs for a the U.S.-flag fleet. States enjoyed the largest, most strong fleet . . . reassert America's • Greater attention to the needs powerful merchant fleet in the commercial powers on the sea . . . of the unsubsidized sectors of the world. Since then, however—and and restore full vitality to all of the merchant fleet. particularly during the past four communities and ports which de­ • Greater emphasis on develop­ or five years—we have simply pend on a healthy and growing maritime industry for their own economic growth. "We have a tremendous job to do," Mathias concluded. It's time to get to work." 5 Vessels Added, 6 Dropped From Govt's Cuba Blacklist WASHINGTON—Five ships have been added by the Maritime Administration in the latest revision of the agency's Cuba Black­ list issued this month. Six other vessels were removed from the list which is comprised of Free World and Polish-flag vessels ators, the Gem Shipping Company ineligible to carry U.S. govern­ of Geneva, promised to keep that ment-financed cargoes because ship—as well as four others under they have called at Cuban ports. their control—out of the Cuban Added to the list were the Alda, trade as long as it remains United 7,292 gross tons, the 9,000-ton States policy to divert shipping Degedo, and the Suerte, 7,267 from Cuba. MARAD established the Cu­ tons—all Cypriot-flag ships. Also barred was the 2,449-ton Agrum, ban Blacklist on January 1, 1963. of Yugoslavian registry, and the Since then, 123 ships which had been listed have later been re­ Somali-flag Aria, 5,059 tons. Five vessels were stricken from moved after their owners — or the list as a result of being either those who controlled them — scrapped or sunk. These were the promised to keep all their vessels ^banese-flag Rio, 7,194 gross out of Cuban ports. In all, 942 tons; the Greek Nicolaos F., 7,199 vessels were kept away from Cuba tons; the Cypriot Amon, 7,227 by virtue of these pledges. MARAD's latest report runs tons; the Lebanese Vergolivada, through December 26, 1968, and 6,339 tons and the Pakistani Harincludes 187 blacklisted ships. inghata, 7,054 tons. These represent more than a dozThe sixth vessel removed from . en flags of registry and aggregate blacklist was the Somali-flag San­ doval of 14,659 tons, whose oper­ 1,325,975 gross tons of shipping. Three Additional Seafarers Earn Engineer's Licenses Three more Seafarers have received an engineer's license after attending the School of Marine Engineering sponsored by the SIU and District 2, MEBA. This brings to 305, the number of men who have passed Coast Guard ^ examinations following comple= Engineering can obtain additional information and apply for the tion of the course offered by course at any SIU hall, or they the school. All of the Seafarers in can write directly to SIU head­ the latest group are newly-licensed quarters at 675 Fourth Avenue third assistant en­ in Brooklyn, New York 11232. gineers. The telephone number is (212) Marko Petric HYacinth 9-6600. lives in Chalmette, Louisiana, with his wife, Bemis. A native of Yugoslavia, he joined the SIU in Pefric Port Arthur, Tex­ as, in 1966. The 62-year-old Seafarer previously sailed as oiler and his last vessel WASHINGTON — Certain was the Steel Surveyor. United States-flag vessels entering Clyde Hoskins formerly sailed Vietnamese ports have been as FOWT. The 37-year-old Sea­ granted exemption from port dues farer last sailed aboard the Fairand tonnage taxes levied by the port prior to earning his third as­ Government of the Republic of sistant's ticket. He joined the Vietnam, it was announced last Union in 1968 in the Port of New m.nnth. York and makes his home in San The vessels to be exempted are Francisco. Brother Hoskins is a those owned by the United States native of Texas. Herbert Gray lives in Leesburg, Government (GAA and USNS) Florida, with his wife, Agnes. A and also private merchant ships native of that state, the 54-year- chartered by the U.S. Government old Seafarer formerly sailed as in Vietnam or for aid to the Re­ FOWT, electrician and pumpman. public of Vietnam. He has also sailed briefly in the Exemption for such vessels is deck and steward departments. retroactive to October 21, 1968. Brother Gray's last vessel was the Monies presently held in escrow Sapphire Etta. He joined the SIU by the American Consul at Saigon and Danang will be refunded in piasters—as received—to Saigon agents from whom such monies were received from October 21, 1968. All ship's masters and Viet­ nam agents have been informed that any refunds received by U.S. flag agents are to be forwarded Hosldns Gray to the Commander, Military Sea in the Port of Baltimore in 1941. Transportation Service. Engine department Seafarers Port Dues and Tonnage Taxes are eligible to apply for any of the in Vietnam were instituted by the upgrading programs if they are at Vietnamese government in Janu­ least 19 years of age and have 18 ary of 1968. months of Q.M.E.D. watchstanding time in the engine department, plus six months' experience as wiper or the equivalent. SEAFABEBS^I.OC Those who qualify and wish to Jan. 17. 1969 • Vol. XXXI. No. 2 enroll in the School of Marine WASfflNGTON-r-EmpIoyees ^d employers are new paying slightly more for social security but workers an^ their fam\ilies also are getting more and better protection than ever before. The social security contribution for both employee and empioyer was increased by four-tenths of 1 percent to 4.8 percent on wages up to $7,800 a year, effective January 1. This slight increase in contributions results fr<Hn a number of improvements made in the Social Security Act in 1967, in­ cluding a 13-percent across-the-board increase in benefits. These improvements wiU also miean higher benefits and better protection in the future for workers and their families when the bread­ winner retifes, dies or becomes seriously disabled". Meanwhile, the contribution for employees and employers alike under railroad retirement also went up^ eiffective January I, from 8.90 to 9.55 percent on the first $650 of each month's earnings. ^ y The contribution inbrease under this system follows legislaition enacted in 1968 which boosted retirement benefits to levels about 10 percent hi^er than comparable beneflits under social /security,'::\y " S. Vietnam Lifts Taxes, Port Dues On U. S. Vessels Offlclal Fublication of the Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO Executive Board PAUI. HALL, President EARL SHEPARD CAL TANNER Vice-President'" Exec. Vice-Prea. LINDSEY WILLIAMS Ah KERR Vice-President Sec.-Treaa. ROBERT MATTHEWS AL TANNER Vice-President Vice-President Director of Publications MIKE POLLACK Editor HARRY WITTSCHEN Assistant Editors WILL KARP PETER WEISS BILL MOORE Staff Photoo ANTHONY ANSALDI nuiihid kiwnlily at 810 Rhodi lilind Awnu N.E., Waihlnftsn, D. C. 20018 ky thi Stafartn Intirnatlonal Union, Atlantic, Golf, Lakci and Inland Watcn Dlitrlet, AFL-CIO, 675 Foartb Accnic, Brooklyn, N.V. 11232. Tol. HVaelnth 9-6600. Second clan poitaic paid at Wathlnploni, D. C. POSTMASTER'S ATTENTION: Forai 3579 cardi ihoold ko Mnt to Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Gall. Lakes and Inland Waters DIstrlet, AFL-CIO, 675 Foartb Annaa, Brooklyn, N.V. 11232. IT �January 17, 1969 An SlU Upgrading Milestone Page Three SEAFARERS LOG As New Session Convenes Renewed Congressional Drive Begins To Establish Independent MARAD Congressman Jacob H. Gilbert (D-N.Y.) presents the 300th original third assistant engineer's license earned at the SlU-MEBA District 2 Engineering School in,New York to Seafarer Jerry Vinson (center) who accepted on behalf of Charles Sexton, who was at sea. Vinson is also a new third assistant engineer. At right is Ronald Spencer, director of the engineer's training program. Also present at the recent ceremony was Representative Hugh L. Carey (D-N.Y.). Party Leaders Offer Program WASHINGTON—A bill calling for the creation of an independent Federal Maritime Adminis­ tration was introduced last week during the opening days of the first session of the 91st Congress by Representative Edward A. Garmatz (D., Md.), Chairman of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee. Following the defeat of H.R. which would have jurisdiction The Garmatz bill, H.R. 213, over loan and mortgage insurance 159, several legislators from both which is identical to the meas­ under provisions of the Merchant sides of the aisle immediately ure which he introduced during Marine Act of 1936, would op­ promised a renewed fight for an the last (90th) Congress, was erate within the agency. It would independent MARAD when Con­ quickly followed by companion be composed of the Federal Mari­ gress reconvened for the present measures from over 40 legislators, time Administrator, as chairman, session. The prompt introduction both Democrats and Republicans. plus two additional members also of H.R. 213, and the 40-odd Entitled the Federal Maritime appointed by the President. The companion bills presented thus Act of 1969, the new bill would bill stipulates that the three mem­ far, are a clear indication that divorce MARAD from the De­ bers of the board not all be from sympathy on Capitol Hill for this partment of Commerce, where it the same political party. prime maritime objective remains has been languishing since 1950. strong. The Act would become effec­ In the view of the vast majority tive 60 days after enactment. The AFL-CIO Offers Plan of maritime industry—labor and measure will be assigned for con­ management alike—this has been sideration to the Merchant Ma­ The continuing battle had its a principal reason for the decline rine and Fisheries Committee beginning back in 1965, when the of the U.S.-flag merchant marine where it may be subject to new Sixth Constitutional Convention since that time. hearings. As is true in the case of the AFL-CIO, in the first om­ The new agency would be of all committees at the start of nibus maritime resolution in lahor headed by a Federal Maritime a new session, the group will have hsitory, called for a long list of Administrator — devoted exclu­ new members assigned to it and remedial actions to rescue the sively to the nation's maritime will have to undergo a reorgani­ U.S.-flag fleet from the doldrums. problems — appointed by the zation before it can begin to func­ Re-establishment of an inde­ President for a term of four years. tion. pendent Maritime Administration A Deputy Maritime Administra­ was a key element in that pro­ Passed Both Houses tor is also provided for. gram, adopted unanimously by The bill's predecessor, as H.R. A Federal Maritime Board, the convention.. This recommen­ 159, was passed by both houses dation was reaffirmed by the during the 90th Congress, clear­ AFL-CIO Executive Council the ing the Senate in the closing hours following year. of the session. Strongly backed In 1966, however, the situa­ by the SIU, the AFL-CIO Mari­ time Trades Department, and the tion was complicated by Adminis­ overwhelming majority of the tration efforts to pull together a maritime industry, it was piloted score or more agencies into a sin­ through the legislative channels gle new Cabinet-level Depart­ by Garmatz, Senator Warren G. ment—the Department of Trans­ Magnuson (D-Wash.), chairman portation. Although the AFL-CIO of the Senate Commerce Com­ supported the concept of a new Party has been issued by three mittee; the late Senator E. L. Department for domestic modes Muskie and Lawrence O'Brien, Bartlett (D-Alaska), then chair­ of transportation, it flatly opposed man of the Merchant Marine inclusion of maritime because of Subcommittee and former Sena­ the industry's dual roles in both from the past and a willingness tor Daniel B. Brewster (D-Md.). commerce and defense. to adapt our programs and our Reaching President Johnson's As a result of labor's efforts. institutions to meet challenging desk after the Congress had ad­ Congress in 1966 created the new conditions." journed, the bill was subsequently Department, but specifically ex­ He said that as a national po­ allowed to die at the White House cluded the Maritime Administra­ litical party, the Democrats "have through use of the so-called tion, leaving the agency within the Depaitment of Commerce. an obligation to develop and offer pocket veto. constructive alternatives to poli­ cies and programs of the new Administration." Muskie also asked that the base of the party be broadened and that it engage in a "constant process of reform in its selection of leadership and in the ways in JACKSONVILLE—A new $3.5-million marine terminal is which it involves party members in its decision-making on issues the latest addition to Jacksonville's steadily expanding ocean and operations." shipping industry. The new facility, the Blount Island Pier, located some eight He said that the reform must miles below the old city limits on the St. John's River, was dedi­ take place at all levels of the party cated recently and has been leased to the St. Regis Paper Com­ to be meaningful, that state and pany on a long-term basis. It is one of three separate waterfront local organizations must match installations now being expanded and modernized by the Jackson­ the steps taken by the national ville Port Authority. The other two are the 8th Street Terminal, party. further up the river, and the Talleyrand Docks. O'Brien expressed the view that Last year Jacksonville handled about 11 million tons of waterthe Democratic Party emerged borne cargo, about a million tons of which went through Port from the 1968 elections "stron?, Authority facilities. Construction of the new terminal was started robust and ready for victory in early in 1967. The 1,600-acre tract is only seven miles from the the 1970's." open sea. He said high priority should be St. Regis has reached an agreement with the Port authority given to voter registration and which will enable the company to handle and store some 200,000 campaign financing and asked that tons of paper products per year in the facilities. a top goal be "future election to These presently contain nearly three miles of paved highways, regain control of state houses and a vehicular bridge and a railroad bridge. The outlook for the port legislatures, particularly in the cru­ is believed considerably enhanced by a new Cross-Florida barge cial, big-vote states." canal which should be completed during the mid-1970s and will tie-in with the Intra-Coastal Canal. Jacksonville will be the O'Brien said that "the man who eastern terminus for the new inland barge route. did the most to revive the strength Also scheduled for completion in 1970 is the dredging of the apd vitality of the Democratic St. Johns River to a channel depth of 38 feet; this work is already Party is Vice President Hum­ under way. phrey. He refused to believe that defeat was inevitable." Democratic Party Must be Rebuilt Into Vigorous Nationai Organization WASHINGTON A call for the rebuilding of the Democratic of its top leaders—Vice President Humphrey, Senator Edmund S. outgoing chairniaii of the Democratic National Committee. The three, in separate articles —Z 7Z Z, , • 1 Kr states for a permanent franchise in the party's official publica­ which qualifies a voter anywhere tion, The Democrat, set forth a in the nation or overseas for every program for electoral reform, national election." broad grass-roots participation and • Assure that the party is ade­ a vigorous national organization. quately financed and staffed to Humphrey declared that the serve as a center of Democratic party "must start building and leadership. working now for victory" in the Despite its 1968 campaign def­ congressional contests in 1970 as icit, Humphrey said the national well as in the presidential election committee should "allocate a sub­ in 1972. "It is now or never for the stantial budget to support expand­ Democratic Party," he stressed, ed research, and candidate sup­ and asked that three steps be port operations as well as efforts at fund-raising to help pay off taken: • Open the party to the fullest the debt." public participation "because the The Vice President said that people are the ultimate source of "the next great test for the Dem­ political strength in our democ­ ocratic Party — the decisive test racy." —will corne in 1970" when 25 Humphrey noted that "impor­ Democratic senators will be up tant strides" in this direction were for re-election along with the en­ taken at the 1968 Democratic tire House of Representatives, National Convention which "de­ and many of the large states will spite the turmoil and tragedy be choosing a governor. which accompanied it was one of "Tiiese elections are a great the most open in history." challenge and a great opportunity He called for new steps includ­ for Democrats," Humphrey said. ing "perhaps even a party-wide "We must start building and conference prior to the 1970 elec­ working now for vitcory. We tions." must be ready to offer meaningful • Take the lead in pressing for support to all Democratic candi­ electoral reform. dates, at all levels. . . ." The Vice President urged a conIn his article in The Democrat, stiutional amendment to prevent Muskie asked for full implemen­ recurrence of a "serious danger" tation of all the party reform that the will of the majority would steps approved by the Chicago be thwarted in the election of the convention. President, either in the Electoral "The Democratic Party has al­ College or in the House of Rep­ resentatives, He would eliminate ways been the party of the fu­ obstacles to voter registration and ture," the Maine senator wrote. proposed "a system among the "That involves a capacity to leam Jacksonville Adds Modern Marine Terminal �SEAFARERS LOG Page Four January 17, 1969 Labor Gives Aid to Ghetto Renewal; South St. Seaport Buys Provides Financing and Employment Last Known Square-Rigger ST. LOUIS—Labor, management, a neighborhood group and government have joined in a ghettorebuilding program financed in part by the AFL-CIO and designed to be a pace-setter for cities across the nation. The goal is IS to rehabilitate set up the program and indicated trainees or trainees, according to 300 dilapidated houses in a 200 their close ties with the neighbor­ previous experience. square block area over a two hood were instrumental in making Qualified workers will receive year period at a cost of about $4 the project possible. the current negotiated pay rate million, with area residents doing Evans also praised the St. Louis for their particular crafts. Ad­ most of the rebuilding. Many of Building Trades Council and the vanced trainees will receive from them now are unemployed. contractors' associations for their 60 to 90 percent of journeyman Under contracts involving 14 work and cooperation in helping pay, depending upon degrees of building trades organizations and to plan the project. skill. The starting rate for train­ five contractors' associations, the ees will be $3 per hour. He reported that building residents will be trained to the Trainees will be allowed to trades unions and contractors' extent necessary and given an op­ associations in Boston have also work across jurisdictional lines as portunity to become members of signed agreements to train ghetto •helpers for six months after which the unions. residents in rebuilding slum they will be assigned to a trade as Director John E. Evans of the houses, and are expected to an advanced trainee. Union mem­ AFL-CIO Department of Urban launch specific projects here soon. bership will be made available not Affairs was among the represent­ Similar agreements are under later than the completion of the atives of government, labor and discussion in Baltimore, Chicago advanced trainee training period. management on hand to an­ and Gary, Ind., Evans said. Area Ratio nounce the project at a press con­ The principal enabling con­ The craft selection commi'tee ference here. tracts in the project involve locals He reported that the AFL-CIO of the Operafing Engineers, Plas­ will determine the ratio of non­ Mortgage Investment Trust Fund terers, Cement Masons, Carpen­ residents to residents of the area has agreed to furnish interim con­ ters, Stone Workers, Sheet Metal to be hired, except that in no case struction morteaee financing to Workers, Plumbers, Painters, will the ratio in the advanced the amount of $650,000 to Jeff- Bricklayers, International Broth­ trainee or trainee classifications Vander Lou, Inc., a neighbor­ erhood of Electrical Workers, La­ be less than one resident to three hood non-profit organization that borers and Teamsters, and district skilled journeymen. Michael L. Galli, director of initi-^ted the project. councils of the Laborers and Car­ the St. Louis Federal Housing The Department of Urban Af­ penters. Administration office, described fairs oversees the operations of Labor Grant the project as one that "we hope the fund, which was created by will be adopted in other neighbor­ The training of at least 150 the AFL-CIO in 1964 to help hoods and urban areas throughout workers is covered by a $176 500 finance the construction of neces­ sary and socially desirable hous­ erant from the Labor Department the nation." to Construction Job Opportuni­ ing. He said rehabilitated homes Jeff-Vander Lou sets its name ties, Inc., formed bv general con­ will be sold to residents of the from the fact that the area in­ tractors in the St. Louis area. area, using FHA below-marketA craft selection committee rate interest programs. Most com­ volved is bounded bv Jefferson, Vandeventer, St. Louis and Del- with equal representation from pleted homes will be of the threemT streets. Most'of the resideiits labor and management will re­ or four-bedroom size, selling at an view job applications and classify average price of $13,000, with of the area are Negroes. down payments as low as $200 Evans said his office has been workers for the project. working with Jeff-Vander Lou and Workers hired will be classified and monthly payments as low as other agencies here since June to as qualified workmen, advanced $60. Talking Over Old Times NEW YORK—The Charles Cooper, last of the American merchant square-riggers, has found a new home after 102 years as a floating warehouse in the Falkland Islands. The hull of the Cooper, only known surviving square-rigged vessel, has been acquired by the South Street Seaport, New York's maritime museum, which is engaged in a program to restore the famed "Street of Ships" to its original state in the old shipping days of the 19th century. The vessel was built in 1856 at the William Hall yard in what is now Fairfield, Connecticut, for the Layton and Hurlburt Line as an ocean liner for service in North Atlantic cross­ ings to Antwerp. She measured 165 feet with a beam of 35 and one-half feet, and was designed to carry 1,463 tons. Because steamers at that time were rapidly displacing sail vessels, the Charles Cooper was soon taken off its liner runs and put into general trading service in the Pacific. In September, 1866, when she was barely ten years old, the vessel ran into trouble off Cape Horn while carrying a cargo of coal bound for San Francisco. Springing leaks, the square-rigger limped to the nearby Falkland Islands to take shelter and has remained there ever since as a storeship. Although her masts are gone, the hull, of Connecticut oak and chestnut, is still sturdy and well-preserved. The South Street Seaport, a creation of the New York State legislature in conjunction with the City Planning Commission, is intended to recreate the days of New York maritime history when scores of square-riggers lined up along the South Street piers was a common sight. Funds to acquire the Cooper were donated by the Journal of Commerce. Still to be raised is the cost of lowing the ship to its new home. 5IUNA Rshermen's Union Achieves Seiid Cains in Three-Year Contract GLOUCESTER, Mass.—Following ten weeks of continuous negotiations with the boatowners, the SIUNA-afiiliated Atlantic Fishermen's Union hammered out a new three-year agreement last month which covers 52 fishing • negotiations that fishermen pay the vessels' operating out of this full cost of the gloves. port. "Its a good contract,"' said Or­ The new contract, which was lando, following its acceptance by overwhelmingly approved by the the membership. New Bedford AFU membership here, contains attorney Patrick Harrington, who 85 percent of what the Union was part of the AFU's negotiating originally asked for, according to team during the bargaining talks AFU Acting President Michael concurred with Orlando's com­ P. Orlando. ment. "We bargained well," he One of the most significant said. provisions of the new agreement is the doubling of the flat rate pay­ ment received by AFU members who sail as engineers, cooks, and mates—from $15 per trip to $30 per trip. This increased rate will be paid in addition to the regular full share of the catch. $25 'Broker Trip' Also each fisherman now will NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — be paid a flat fee of $25 for a Work will soon begin on a new "broker trip"—one during which four-million pound gantry crane too few fish are caught to meet which will tower 19 stories in expenses. height, and span two shipways for Another important gain is a a distance of 440 feet, at the New­ one-half percent increase in the port News Shipbuilding and Dry gross stock deduction made for Dock Company shipyards. the welfare-pension fund. The largest crane of its type Concessions from the boat ever to be built in this country, owners in the methods used to it will span the shipyard's No. 10 purchase supplies for a trip were and ^o. 11 ways and will easily also won. The new pact provides clear the island structure of that the vessel owner is to purchase broad-decked carriers, or the all supplies at the "best competi­ soaring funnels of the largest sutive price." Rags, dishes, watch­ perliners. man fees, and the cost of light Designed to lift the heaviest of bulbs will be paid by the vessel assemblies and machinery, the owner. crane will roll back and forth over Only lubricants "actually the shipways on rails that will be burned" will now be part of the extended 150 feet into the James gross stock. In the past, all lub­ River to permit the unloading of ricants, whether actually used dur­ heavy materials directly from ing a trip or not, were partially barges or vessels. These materials paid for by the fishermen. can then be transferred directly to The AFU fought for, and won, ships under construction. the right to continue the arrange­ Component parts of the crane ment whereby part of the cost of will be built at the main Ohio plant work gloves used by fishermen is of the Alliance Machine Com­ paid by the vessel owner. The boat pany, which will engineer and owners had demanded early in the build the structure. Shipyard Orders Giant New Crane 19 Stories High •k- ii ! Three additions to SiU pension roster are welcomed by Welfare Director A! Bernstein (far left) and two already retired Seafarers in New York hall. From left are: Domingo Jartin, Recardo Barcelona, Louis Almeida, Fred Harvey and Alexander L.einer. Harvey joined the pension list in 1965, Leiner in 1968. �January 17, 1969 Page Five SEAFARERS LOG In Annual New Year's Message Gas Station Card Gimmicks Give Player Fast Shuffle If you're looking for odds, don't expect any from the service station so-called giveaway methods of attracting customers—the cards you match or scrape. Your chance of getting a dollar is about 4.S in a thousand. That's .45 in a hundred, or about half of one percent. Putting your faith in something substantial, like horse betting, is smarter. ^The Oil, Chemical and Atomic Union News, official paper of the union that is closest to the industry, collected a few figures that evolved from some experiences with the cards the man gives you when you pay for your gas. An Ohio station operator had an extra-special customer to whom he gave a box of 1,000 cards. The customer—or probably his wife—matched up the cards and won $4. Another operator took 1,500 of them home to his wife. Many hours of scrubbing netted her $3 and a bad temper. A South Carolina civic club asked its members to donate all the cards they got to a charity project. Bursting with altruism, they came through with 6,000 tickets to instant wealth. The charity benefitted by a grand total of only $21. A reporter from a Cleveland newspaper was a big winner, though. On the black market—^you can buy these cards if you know how—he got 1,000 of them from each of two companies. One bundle returned $7, the other $8. But do the companies lose? Hah! They charge the station operators $15 for each 1,000, and they pay out from $3 to $8. Meany Outlines Labor's Objectives For National Progress, World Peace WASHINGTON—Organized labor faces the year ahead with "a spirit of determination to push for progress at home and honorable peace in the world." AFL-CIO President George Meany de­ clared in a New Year's statement this month. Noting that 1969 finds a neat ^,|,e homeless, ted the hungry, suc­ modernized job-safety laws and Administration and a Congress cor the sick," protect the con­ elimination of procedures that bf a different political viewpoint sumer, educate the young and pro­ deny the ballot to some citizens. being called upon to work to­ vide the aged with a life free from TTie international scene—"The gether, Meany pointed out that fear. AFL-CIO will continue its support only time will tell how well this Further, he stated, the AFL- of this nation's pursuit of peace "division of power" works out. CIO will seek legislation to "con­ with honor and its defense of free­ "But all Americans, no matter tinue the march toward full dom." what their political beliefs, owe it equality and improve the lot of In this area, Meany also said to their country to support re­ the nation's workers and their that the federation will continue sponsible efforts of the New Ad­ unions." its role of helping to strengthen ministration and the 91st Congress Meany reaffirmed labor's deter­ free unions in the developing na­ to meet the problems of our mination to support "with all our tions "secure in the belief that by times," Meany added. strength" the efforts of exploited helping build strong, free demo­ And as far as the labor move­ farm workers "to achieve the pro­ cratic institutions we are simultan­ ment is concerned, he emphasized tections and benefits that workers eously helping build democracy "we will do our utmost to help have a right to enjoy in a free so­ and freedom for all." solve the tremendous problems ciety." Meany concluded his statement which face America's people, her "The farm workers and the by expressing labor's high regard cities and her future." AFL-CIO will not rest until this for and gratitude to "a great Amer­ In Congress, Meany said, labor goal has been won," he said. ican who is about to lay down the will work for measures to "house burdens of office. President Lyn­ Summarizes Aims don B. Johnson." In summary, labor's objectives "No President," Meany de­ in Congress will call for new pro­ clared, "has ever done more for grams where necessary, broaden­ the poor, the homeless, the elder­ ing of programs that now are too ly; no President has achieved more narrow to be effective and "ad­ in the fields of education, civil equate and proper financing" of rights or health care; no President all programs, Meany stressed. has suffered so many unfair, un­ He then centered on three other justified attacks. on illegal, unethical activities the areas that will receive major at­ "The American labor movement tention from labor in the year owes President Johnson a deep program as preferable to slashing ahead: debt of gratitude and, on behalf Collective bargaining — AFL- of the AFL-CIO. 1 am honored to This commitment, he said, CIO unions will strive for new acknowledge it." "must be fulfilled. Therefore, we contracts "that guarantee to work­ urge that while every effort be ers their fair share of the fruits of made to reduce unnecessary costs, enterprise." there must be no restriction on the State legislature—Unions will right of low-income Americans to seek adequate unemployment and obtain comprehensive health workmen's compensation bene­ care." fits, consumer-protection laws. AFL'CIO Seeking Fffectlve Control Over Illegal Uedkaid Profiteering WASHINGTON—The AFL-CIO has called effective controls answer to high Medicaid expenses. Federation Social Security Director Bert Seidman urged such a needed health services for the ^ duplicate payments or submitting poor. He declared that certain claims for services rendered to pa­ professionals are now bilking tients who had died or been dis­ millions annually from Medicaid charged before the period covered and he said an effective cost con­ in the billing, the investigation re­ trol system could stop this. vealed. Seidman made his remarks in a It also showed that a great statement submitted to Secretary number of druggists violate reg­ of Health, Education and Wel­ ulations by charging the state fare Wilbur J. Cohen, who has higher prices than those charged been conducting hearings on the public for the same drugs. Medicaid around the nation. "These abuses clearly indicate Medicaid is the program through the need for cost control in the which the federal government helps finance state plans for pro­ form of federally regulated fees viding comprehensive health care and charges," Seidman said. He cited California only be­ for the poor and low-income or cause that state's investigation had "medically indigent" families. "It would be the height of in­ been the most detailed. "We have no doubt," he added, justice," Seidman wrote, "to pe­ nalize the poor by barring them "that similar investigations in oth­ from needed health care while er states would reveal equally continuing to line the pockets of shocking abuses which have added greedy providers who view the untold millions of dollars to the program as a get-rich scheme for cost of the program." doctors, nursing homes and phar­ Seidman said the AFL-CIO macists." considers particularly sound a number of recommendations Program Drained made by the Advisory Commis­ Seidman's statement noted that sion on Intergovernmental Rela­ there is clear evidence that the tions. These proposals for in­ present lack of cost controls has creasing the efficiency and reduc­ enabled unethical persons in those professions to drain the program ing the unduly high costs of Medicaid services deserve to be of huge amounts of money. implemented as rapidly as pos­ He recalled an investigation by sible, he suggested. the California attorney-general The AFL-CIO, he said, specifi­ which revealed that false claims, cally supports the commission's kickbacks, over-servicing and oth­ proposals for reimbursing hospi­ er abuses in that state are siphon­ tals contingent upon their operat­ ing from $6 to $8 million an­ ing under an acceptable standard nually from the California pro­ of management efficiency, pay­ gram alone. ment for physicians' services on a The probe showed that some physicians are guilty of overserv- basis other than usual and custom­ icing, submitting claims for pa­ ary charges and improved tech­ tients they did not treat or for niques of utilization review. Seidman described Medicaid as treatment not actually given, overprescribing drugs and laboratory "an epoch-making commitment examinations, and charging fees. that needed health care would be Many California nursing homes the right of all Americans regard­ abuse the program by accepting less of income." Austin P. Skinner Re-elected By SlUNA Fishermen's Union NEW BEDFORD, Mass.—Members of the SIUNA-affiliated New Bedford Fishermen's Union last month elected Austin P. Skinner to a fourth term as secretary-treasurer of the Union. Skinner, who defeated Edward ^ velopment of NBFU health, wel­ P. Patenaude by an almost twofare and pension plans. Skinner to-one margin—341 to 171— noted that an extensive investment will serve in the Union's top post program has been launched by the for another two years. NBFU to insure maximum return on monies paid into the pension fund, so that benefit payments to members may be ultimately in­ creased. Austin P. Skinner Thanking the membership for their expression of confidence in him. Skinner pledged that the Un­ ion will not rest on past perform­ ance, but will step up its efforts to gain increased benefits for its fish­ ermen, and continue to play a vital role in the fishing industry. Citing progress made in the de­ SIUNA Vice President A vice president of the SIUNA, Skinner is also secretary of the SIUNA Fish and Cannery Con­ ference. Representing thousands of SIUNA members in the domes­ tic fishing industry, the Confer­ ence serves to foster unity in pre­ senting the hopes and aspirations of the membership to government and management. With the severe problems presently confronting the U.S. fishing industry, the Con­ ference also surveys legislation— local, state and federal—and anal­ yzes the affect upon labor in the fishing industry. Skinner has been secretary of the Conference since 1962. In other election results, Jacob Ostensen was re-elected New Bed­ ford port agent and John Burt was re-elected as union delegate. Calif. Legislator introduces Bills Vital to Labor WASHINGTON—Three bills aimed at rheeting organized labor's high priority legislative goals were introduced by Congressman Phil­ lip Burton (D-Calif.) during the first week of the 91st Congress. The proposed measures would: Give farm workers the right to organize and bargain collectively under provisions and protections of the National Labor Relations Act; Repeal Section 14B of the Taft-Hartley Act; and Relax re­ strictions against construction site picketing in labor disputes. "Just because we have a change in administration is no reason to let up in our battle for good and necessary legislation," Burton said. "The right of working men and women to organize and enter into union shop agreements with their employers is basic, regard­ less of vocation or occupation." Burton noted that the farm workers and the situs picketing measures were passed out of the House Education and Labor Com­ mittee, of which he is a member, in the 90th Congress, but never reached the House floor. Organized labor has urged the repeal of 14B which permits in­ dividual states to pass laws out­ lawing union shop agreements. At present 19 states have such laws. The situs picketing bill is aimed at another section of the law which prohibits union picxeting at a con­ struction site if more than one employer is involved. �Page Six SEAFARERS LOC To Help Hard-Core Unemployed AFL'CIOs 'Human Resounes' Plan Gets Underway in Nine Major Cities WASHINGTON—The AFL-CIO's campaign to get union members more involved in manpower programs for the hard-core unemployed is now under way • in nine cities—Atlanta, Boston, Cincin­ nati, Houston, Pittsburgh, New York, Los Angeles, New Orleans and St. Louis. TTiese are the first of 50 met- ^ r~ T I 7 Rothman, associate director of York, R. J. Butler in Atlanta, ropolitan areas in which orga­ AFL-CIO's new Department of Eddie Campbell in Cincinnati^ nized labor will have a full-time Urban Affairs, is president. Mrs. Minona J. Clinton in Pitts­ manpower representative operat­ The institute was set up with burgh, Paul J. Flynn in Boston ing under the direction of the new the aid of a Labor Department and George M. Garland in Los Human Resources Development grant of $1.5 million. Angeles. Institute in Washington. All HRDI staff members have a "The AFL-CIO has consistently HRDI is a non-profit corpora­ said that the road out of poverty background in the labor move­ tion set up by the AFL-CIO to is a good job at decent wages," ment, Taylor noted, plus a variety mobilize the resources of the labor Rothman pointed out. "We feel of experience in civil rights, antimovement in a nationwide pro­ that the proper role for labor un­ poverty programs, political action gram to recruit, train, employ and ions in helping to achieve this and other civic involvement. The upgrade the unemployed and the goal is to get involved in the staff will be thoroughly integrated, underemployed. Federation Pres­ actual training of the disadvan­ says Taylor, and already includes ident George Meany is chairman taged unemployed worker for a two women and six minority group of the HRDI board and Julius place in our economic system." members. HRDI recently concluded a Already on board with HRDI, Rothman reported, are a fulltime one week training session in Wash­ director and four staff representa­ ington at which top representa­ tives in the national office plus tives from the AFL-CIO, the fulltime representatives in the nine Labor Department and the Na­ tional Alliance of Businessmen pilot cities. HRDI's executive director is briefed the staff on manpower Merlin L. Taylor of New Orleans. and related problems. A second A former bricklayer and stone conference will be held in Feb­ NEW YORK —The Clothing mason, Taylor was president and ruary for new field representatives Workers have called upon Presi­ business manager of his local un­ in the next cities to be staffed. At the Washington conference, dent Johnson to seek ways of re­ ion for three years, during which straining the increasing runaway he developed and taught an ex­ Taylor emphasized the key role of U.S. companies to low-wage tension course for journeymen for that HRDI was expected to play areas just across the Mexican the State Department of Voca­ in the AFL-CIO's total effort to tional Education. He also attended help resolve what he called "the border. an AFL-CIO Community Services single most critical domestic prob­ ACWA President Jacob S. Potcourse and studied at Loyola lem facing the United States to­ ofsky, in a letter to Johnson, said that if the flight continues un­ University's Institute of Industrial day—helping the hard core to abated it will "seriously undermine Relations. Taylor, 39, comes to acquire full economic citizenship." "Unless we begin to success­ much of what this nation has so HRDI from the Labor Depart­ laboriously achieved in building ment, where he had major re­ fully recruit the disadvantaged the highest standard of living in sponsibilities in developing man­ men and women in our ghettos, power programs. train them and place them in good the world." Also in HRDI's Washington jobs at decent wages," said Tay­ Potofsky's letter was triggered by a recent report that Oxford In­ office are James D. Boyle, Olga lor, "we cannot begin to solve dustries, Incorporated, is planning Corey, C. R. Hollowell and Al­ the crisis that is plaguing our to start making boys shirts in Mex­ fred P. Love. The field staff in­ cities. Organized labor can play ico. The move, Potofsky warned, cludes Peter Babin III in New a major role in creating a realistic, could touch off a chain of run­ Orleans, Charles E. Bradford in creative climate for developing aways by other clothing manufac­ St. Louis, Donald W. Bridges in training and placement pro­ turers. Houston, John T. Bumell in New grams." ClothingWorkers Score Runaways South of Border Plans for a 50-cities drive to recruit, train and find jobs for the hard-core unemployed were de­ veloped at a conference held in Washington. The program is being carried out by the Human Re­ sources Development Institute (HRDI), the AFL-CIO and the Department of Labor. From left are: Otto Pragan, assistant director, AFL-CIO Department of Education: Orieanna Syphax of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare: Julius Rothman, associate director of the AFL-CIO Department of Ur­ ban Affairs and president of HRDI: Robert McCorinin, of the Department of Labor; Merlin Taylor, ex­ ecutive director of HRDI, and Thomas F. Royals, of the Department of Labor. This is a pilot program. Jannarr 17, 1969 Roy Fleischer Dies at 66; Verse Appeared in LOG NEW YORK — Roy Fleischer, 66, whose poetry appeared from time to time in the LOG and was familiar to Seafarers, died October 23, 1968, at his home in Tottenville, Staten Is­ land, N. Y. A native of New Britain, Connecticut, Fleischer was a licensed attorney but practiced law for only a few years before turning to journalism as a reporter on the East Hartford (Conn.) Gazette. His later career as author and poet developed from this experi­ ence. Fleischer published a book of verse in 1964, titled "New York—Port of Dreams." The book took its title from one of his numerous poems published in the LOG. Released to coincide with the opening of the New York World's Fair, the work was widely distributed to colleges and libraries. Typical of Fleischer's verse was this short poem, "Jealousy," which appeared in the September 18, 1964, issue of the LOG: I've seen them in Hong Kong, Bridgeport, Galilee—And women on waterfronts Sit. with their backs to seas. I never could understand it. Don't they want to be free? Or perhaps the answer is: They are jealous of the sea. Labor Cites Grim Alternative To Federal Safety Controls WASHINGTON—A labor safety expert offered an alternative recently to federal occupational safety and health standards iii a debate with management and state officials who saw no need if^or a federal law. The states have had years to act Alan Burch, safety director to improve job safety, Burch of the Operating Engineers, said pointed out, "and only a few have even better results in reducing on- done anything effective." the-job accidents might be obtain­ As for management, he said, it ed if the head of each company seems "caught in a bind between were required to personally notify the necessity for making a profit the family of each worker killed on the one hand, and competitive on the job. costs on the other." Burch sug­ If this were done, Burch sug­ gested that "uniform regulations gested, next year there might not would help to remove industrial be 14,200 Americans "killed by price-cost competition from the crushing, slicing, burning, stran­ safety picture." gling or smothering" as the result of work hazards. The debate took place during the 50th anniversary meeting of the USA Standards Institute, a private organization set up to en­ courage voluntary standard-setting by industries. Joining Burch in urging passage of federal legislation was David A. Swankin, director of the Labor ROANOKE, Va. — Striking Department, Bureau of Labor Meat Cutters from four states Standards. picketed the palatial home of Lorenz Neuhoff here during the Varies With States Swankin noted the sharp differ­ recent holidays to call public at­ ences in work accident statistics tention to their struggle for union among states with varying safety contract benefits at Neuhoff meat programs—or with no programs at packing plants. The strikers braved heavy rain all. "A worker in a high accident and near-freezing temperatures to state," he said, "is only about a remind Neuhoff of his refusal to third as safe as he is in a low acci­ bargain with their union. Led by Earl Grant, executive assistant to dent state." union President Thomas J. Lloyd, After reporting that state expen­ the group included local union ditures on safety range from 2 cents per worker per year to $2.11, members along with strikers from Swankin asked his audience, Neuhoff Packing Company plants "Which state would you rather in Montgomery, Ala., and Clarksville, Tenn., and employees work in?" The safety manager of E. I. du from Kinston, N. C. Pont de Nemours and Co., J. S. Parading before NeuhofTs col­ Queener, argued that "federalized" umned southern mansion, the industrial safety and health pro­ strikers carried signs relating their grams would destroy the "partner­ requests for union contracts and ship" between private industry and better conditions. The demonstra­ state regulatory agencies. tion was part of a year-long union And Commissioner Edmond M. effort to bring Neuhoff and his Boggs of the Virginia State Dept. family to the bargaining table. of Labor & Industry termed the AFL-CIO President George proposal for a federal law "a Meany recently called on all un­ power play" by the U.S. Labor ion members to support a con­ Dept. which states should resist. sumer boycott against Neuhoff Burch accused management and state opponents of "setting up Packing Company meats—includ­ straw men and knocking them ing Frosty Mom, Valleydale and down" in their arguments against Reelfoot products that labor calls a federal law. unfair. NeuhoffMansion Gets Picket Line From 4 States �r JanuaiT 17, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Drive to Curtail Filibuster Launched Anew in Senate WASHINGTON—A new rules reform drive got under way in the Senate with bipartisan sponsorship and labor support as the 91st Con­ gress convened this month. Its goal is to curtail filibusters by changing the Senate's Rule 22 to impose "realistic limitations on debate." The present rule requires a two-thirds vote to limit debate. It allows 34 of the 100 senators to talk a hill to death. That has been the fate, in recent years, of the bill to repeal the open shop Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act, important civil rights legislation, and the confirma­ tion of a Chief Justice of the United States. Senators Philip A. Hart (D-Mich.) and Jacob K. Javits (R-N.Y.), co-leaders of the rules reform drive, said in a letter to their colleagues that the mere threat of a filibuster has been used to weaken as well as defeat bills and the inability to bring legislation to a vote has subjected the Senate to "ridicule." The fight for rules reform, they said, must be made at the start of a new Congress because that is the one time that a majority of the Senate can act on a rules change without being frustrated by a minority filibuster. Senators supporting rules reform face an uphill fight to convince a majority of the Senate to use its power to act or, alternatively, to con­ vince two-thirds to use the cloture procedure of the old rules to break a filibuster and bring rule change proposals to a vote. Both courses were tried unsuccessfully in 1967, at the start of the 90th Congress. The background of the dispute goes back even further. Rules reform leaders have argued over the years that at the start of a new Congress a majority of the Senate has a constitutional right to adopt new rules and close debate by majority vote. Richard M. Nixon, when he was Vice President in the 1950s, sup­ ported this argument in advisory opinions given in his role as presiding officer of the Senate. But at that time reform advocates were unable to muster, a majority to take advantage of the opportunity. When Lyndon B. Johnson was Vice President in 1963, he held that the question of constitutional interpretation could only be decided by the &nate—but the Senate was prevented by a filibuster from decid­ ing the issue. Two years ago, Vice President Humphrey came up with a formula which would have permitted a majority to act—if it wished. A supporter of rules reform moved to close debate and Republican Leader Everett M. Dirksen promptly raised a point of order. Following Johnson's precedent, Humphrey said the point of order would have to be decided by the Senate. But he indicated that a motion to table the point of order would be proper—and not subject to debate. If the point of order were tabled, Humphrey said, the effect would be to uphold the claim that a majority of senators can halt debate on a rules change proposal. But the Senate establishment—the Democratic as well as the Repub­ lican leadership—opposed this parliamentary shortcut and the tabling motion was badly beaten, 61-37. The Senate then went on to uphold Dirksen's point of order. A final effort to bring about a rules change vote through cloture won 53-46 approval, but failed because it fell short of a two-thirds margin. Theoretically, the rules change battle would block any other legisla­ tion from being considered by the Senate until the matter is disposed of. But in the clublike Senate, the debate is expected to be interrupted to take up other matters from time to time by unanimous consent. Thomas R. Donahue, assistant secretary of labor, will return to the Service Employees Union as executive secretary, a new post. Donahue had been executive asistant to the president of the SEIU before he was named to the Labor Department position by President Johnson in 1967. * « * Thomas R. Owens, former miner who helped build the Rub­ ber Workers and served as its Washington legislative representa*tive until his retirement in 1956, died recently after a lengthy ill­ ness. He was a brother of Secre­ tary-Treasurer John Owens of the Mine Workers. The union's 1956 convention said of T. R. Owens in a resolution adopted by unan­ imous vote that "his advice, guidance and counsel during the infancy of the URW was of great value because of his experiences in the struggle of the Miners Union to establish unionism." cil in memory of the late George M. Harrison, long-time member of the council. Harrison was an AFL-CIO vice president and pres­ ident emeritus of the Railway and Airline Clerks when he died last month. In a resolution of tribute, the council said Harrison "served as an outstanding member of this Executive Council" since 1955, when he "helped forge the bonds of unity" between the AFL and CIO. The Cincinnati hospital was one of his many civic and char­ itable interests. * * * Members of the Ladies' Gar­ ment Workers will be getting pre­ scription drugs by mid-1969 at a fraction of the cost they now pay. Their medicine bills will be cut by the mail order drug plan insti­ tuted by union and employer trust­ ees. Each order—limited to a 30day supply of medicine—will cost members $1. The union's new Health Services Plan will pay the * « * rest, including the cost of mailing. A donation of $2,500 to Chil­ It's estimated that the average cost dren's Hospital, recently was voted to members will be 25 percent of by the AFL-CIO Executive Coun- | normal retail drugstore prices. Page Seven "They Can't Follow This Act"! "We would misuse the trust and confidence manufacturers have placed in us if the infor­ mation were publicized ... we do not want manufacturers to look at us with an attitude of fear." This statement was recently made by the chairman the National Commission on Product Safety, a government regulatory agency set up to protect the public from household products which endanger health or safety. In the light of such comments, one might well wonder what is uppermost in the mind of such public administrators—the welfare of the citizens they were appointed to protect, or the corporate corns they might step on if they were to attack their jobs with zeal and enthusiasm? The recent disaster which snuffed out the lives of 78 miners in Farmington, W. Va.— a tragedy which Senator Gaylord Nelson (DWisc.) says could have been prevented by proper enforcement of even the present inad­ equate regulations of another government agency, the Bureau of Mines, is an even more graphic example. This Bureau has, in the past, opposed action on a mine safety bill. Is this so-called regulatory body concerned primarily with the lives of miners or are they "hung-up" on the effect that assiduous en­ forcement of safety measures would have on profits of the mine owners? There are other less dramatic, but nonethe-less irksome areas involving the public good which are administered with similar laxity. Television, for example, probably the great­ est communications medium so far devised, has been allowed to become a vehicle of mediocrity packed with inferior commercial fare dedicated to the most base impulses of the community and laced with largely taste­ less and offensive sales pitches—often three or four of them in a row—crammed down one's throat. Yet the Federal Communications Commission is charged with the responsibility of policing TV—both its program content and the number 'and quality of commercial messages to which the viewer is exposed. It can withhold a license, enforce compliance with good taste, and contribute to the eleva­ tion of program standards. Rather than offend the big advertisers, however, many departures from common decency are conveniently overlooked. In the case of the Federal Trade Commis­ sion, a group of young lawyers led by crusader Ralph Nader has made a study of that agency and come up with the declared conclusion that the "shockingly poor" performance of the FTC is attributable to enforcement tactics carefully calculated not to offend poltical or economic "friends" whose pressure they fear. Similarly, the Food and Drug Administra-. tion, charged with guarding the quality, purity and safety of the things we eat and the drugs we swallow, has failed to eliminate many long-standing consumer abuses because of poorly disguised industry pressure. The FDA seeks compliance not by stern direction but by "consent agreements" which allow vio­ lators to escape virtually untouched. Any excuse that the public doesn't have to buy shoddy, dangerous or overpriced mer­ chandise, that no one has to view TV if it doesn't meet his standards, etc., is unaccept­ able in a society so complex that specialists are required to properly analyze and evaluate the goods and services—and the claims made for them—which are thrust upon us in such profusion. The public must be adequately protected and Congress shouid take a long, hard look at regulatory agencies now, while the incom­ ing Administration is making its appointments. �A welcome guest at Detroit Hall was Charles Prather, assistant to Congressman John Dingell (D-Mich.), seated, left, behind first child, with SlU families. iow:':fhe'SIU.;qi^^ ris ooy seems to agree whole-htwrtedl^ with the menu. An empty plate means a f^H fumiriy/SeBfarer George . Rivera tells daughter Gladys. All this and the goodies i fiihat idifewed Typical of the Christmas spirit and the holiday glee is this scene of the children of Seafarers and their guests lined up at Wilmington party. A hearty laugh is enjoyed at Seattle Hall by Sea­ farers Frank Warren, Bob Cossiboin 6nd Dick Schaeffer. good a Pferf of New Yods^M At Mobile Hall, Seafarer and Mrs. F. Blankenberg and his family are pleased with the Tiospitality and the good eating. Even kiddies agreed everything was OK. Enjoying Christmas at Mobile are (l-r): Seafarer and Mrs. Raymond Ried, Jimmy Kilpatrick, Joseph Maye, _ Seafarer and Mrs. Bernard Maye and son, Bernard, Jr. !.'• • 1 Wilmington festivities were held in Hacienda Hotel in San Pedro. Seen here are, (l-r): Seafarer and Mrs. James Fitzgerald and pensioners Sam Drury and Sidney Day. U ii;-' S ill' I!I The Nicholson children, around the table from left to right, Myra, Robin and Joy show best smile of sheer good humor at Seafarer James Whitfield in Wilmington. �SEAFARERS LOC Page Ten Growing SlU Pension Roster Adds Eight Additional Veteran Seafarers The names of eight more Seafarers have been added to the SIU's pension roster. The latest addi­ tions to the ever-growing retirement list include: Recardo Barcelona, Isaac McCants, Horace Curry, Atilano Malavet, Qaude West, Charles Brinton, Henry Bramer and Frank Cannella. Recardo Barcelona sailed as ^ AB and joined the Union in the Port of New York. A Seafarer for 30 years, he lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Josephine. Bom in the Philippine Islands, Brother Barcelona last sailed on the Jack­ % sonville. Brinton West Malavet Curry Isaac McCants held a steward's rating. Joining the SIU in Mobile, of Baltimore and his last ship was Arbor Towing Company. He he also sailed 30 years. A native the Del Norte. joined the Union in Elberta, of Alabama, he makes his home An FOWT and deck engineer, Mich, A native of that state, he in East Orange, N.J. Brother Atilano Malavet had sailed since makes his home in Frankfort, 1939. He joined the SIU in New Mich., with his wife, Laura. York ai 1 makes his home in that Frank Cannella was a steward city. Brother Atilano was born in and last shipped aboard the Jack­ Puerto Rico and last shipped sonville. A native of Pennsylvania, aboard the Robin Goodfellow. Claude West held a steward's rating and joined the Union in Tampa. Brother West lives in Jacksonville with his wife, Mable. He is a native of Missouri and McCants Barcelona last sailed on the Keva Ideal. Charles Brinton lives in New McCants last shipped on the Jef­ Orleans. He shipped as AB and ferson City Victory. his last vessel was the Alcoa Cannella Bramer Horace Curry was a member Voyager. Brother Brinton is a na­ of the steward department. Born tive of that state, he resides in he lives in Pittston, Pa. He joined in Ohio, he now lives in Mobile Frankfort with his wife, Laura. the Union in Tampa. During with his wife, Louise. Brother Henry Bramer sailed as oiler World War II, he served in the Curry joined the SIU in the Port and was last employed by the Ann Army. m DISPATCHERS REPORT December 27, 1968, to January 9, 1969 DECK DEPARTMENT TOTAL SHIPPED TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco ... Seattle Totals Class A Class B 5 1 66 34 10 7 18 14 16 13 12 9 5 4 21 19 39 31 30 27 14 24 70 49 31 24 337 256 Class A Class B Class C 7 2 2 16 23 3 7 2 2 5 2 1 5 10 3 6 4 4 4 5 3 9 13 1 27 20 6 JO 11 7 18 27 12 46 45 38 23 18 20 183 182 102 ENGINE DEPARTMENT TOTAL SHIPPED TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups All Groups Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco ... Seattle Totals Class A Class B 3 2 45 45 7 7 . 13 14 5 13 7 10 2 6 20 31 39 37 7 33 12 18 53 51 25 18 238 285 Class A Class B Class C 10 2 11 30 9 8 3 1 4 4 0 1 10 3 5 8 7 2 5 0 9 10 1 18 21 10 11 9 4 6 17 23 37 46 44 7 19 14 120 182 118 STEWARD DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco ... Seattle Totals Class A Class B 5 2 50 20 8 7 20 8 5 12 15 5 3 5 23 18 33 21 16 14 18 13 42 56 18 14 256 195 Class A Class B Class C 0 1 1 . 20 7 17 6 4 1 0 1 1 3 6 5 3 3 5 3 4 0 4 5 1 17 17 8 4 1 3 10 8 10 61 28 36 C 13 11 109 130 96 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 2 11 111 217 19 11 57 120 14 23 17 20 25 24 44 98 70 109 103 82 2 55 27 72 12 47 495 897 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 2 4 131 145 6 16 64 12 19 27 12 17 18 12 61 57 89 92 91 79 4 22 12 59 7 41 516 643 REGISTERED on BEACH Class A Class B 1 5 145 51 16 5 52 67 18 24 10 18 23 11 76 46 113 43 86 50 26 2 . 60 23 10 7 693 325 January 17, 1969 YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH Se a f a r e r * s G u i jd e t o B e 11e r B u y i n g HIGH COST OF DYING THE LIVING END By Sidney Margollus Despite all the criticisms of expensive funerals in recent years, the high cost of dying is still higher. A funeral nowadays often will take most of a typical $1000 welfare-plan death benefit and sometimes more. That's just for the funeral director's services. When you add the cost of a cemetery lot, grave opening, foundations and miscellaneous fees, the total often will be $1500 and more, depending on the cost of a marker for the grave. There was a small dip in funeral charges early in the 1960's as the result of the various published exposures on the subject at that time. But then prices started to march right back up again, report union welfare experts such as Harry Haskel, Ladies Garment Workers Union, and Donald Rubin, Pocketbook Workers Retirement Fund, who follow funeral costs closely. These high prices eat up funds the bereaved family itself urgently ^ needs at this critical time, to help rearrange its affairs and pay remaining medical bills of the last illness. While costs have not receded, there have, however, been at least some useful developments. Several court decisions and increasing legislative efforts in various states may finally help families to at least know what they are paying for. In New York, for example, a determined effort by Attorney General Louis Lefkowitz has resulted in a decision that funeral directors must, > I itemize their bills. Some funeral directors—preferring to quote a "package price"—have fought hard against itemizing, not only in the courts but through" pressure in state capitols. There they have what Lefkowitz called "highly organized" lobbies. Hidden Charges The judge who ruled that undertakers must itemize bills found that • funeral homes would quote a package price initially and then charge separately for other items which the families thought was included. In Wisconsin, the National Funeral Directors Association and its local affiliate were ordered by the courts to discontinue a ban on price advertising. The funeral directors claimed they did not consider price advertising ethical. But the state charged that the NEDA's ban against posting or' advertising prices was for the purpose of fixing and maintaining high prices. The state further asserted that a funeral home could make a' profit even if it charged as little as $200 for a funeral. The U. S. Justice Department also is seeking—through court action^ —to facilitate price advertising in all states. In California, legislation has been proposed to require funeral homes to give customers a price list of funeral and casket charges. Funeral directors would also be forced to give customers printed notice that expressed disposal wishes of the deceased must be observed, and that embalming is not legally required. Another hopeful development against rising prices is the continued expansion of memorial societies. There are now over 100 such societieswith a total of more than 300,000 members, reports Ernest Morgan, author of A Manual of Simple Burial. Memorial societies or associations try to encourage simple, dignified funerals at moderate cost. Often they make arrangements with funeralhomes to provide funerals at reasonable charges for their members. When the need arises, the society also helps with arrangements and, advice. Pre-planning Important These memorial societies also encourage "pre-planning" so that your family knows beforehand what kind of burial and service you want,^ and what to do when the time comes. The member and his family' decide among themselves in advance whether they want earth burial or cremation, and a simple memorial or more-elaborate funeral. A Manual of Simple Burial has a complete directory of memorial societies in the U. S. and Canada, and their minimum costs (usually for cremation). Most of these societies are members of The Continental Association of Funeral and Memorial Societies, with headquarters at 59 East Van Buren Street, Chicago, 111. 60605. The manual also lists co-operative burial associations which are. found mostly in the Midwest and North Central states—especially Iowa and Minnesota. Also provided are lists of eye and temporal bone banks, and of medical schools, complete with instructions for those who maywish to bequeath their remains to such institutions. One of the most useful siqgle suggestions offered in the manual is. how the cost of burial can be held down through a combination of memorial society and credit union membership. Many credit unions^ have an insurance arrangement under which deposits made before age. 55 are doubled in case of death. For any deposits made after age 55, the insurance pays proportionately less. Thus, a credit union member who wants to provide for his own burial expenses can deposit, say, $250. If he dies his family will then get $500 plus accumulated dividends. This would be enough to pay for the kind of simple funeral available through a memorial society. A Manual of Simple Burial is available for $1 from Celo Press', Burnsville, N. C. 28714, ^ f �January 17, 1969 Seafarer Thanks SlU Welfare Plan To the Editor: This is a note of congratula­ tions to the best Welfare Plan in our industry. I am now collecting a dis­ ability pension and have always been well treated by the Union in everything that I have ever asked. T,ately my wife had a serious attack of illness and, once again, the SIU Welfare Plan took care of everything, as al­ ways. Wishing you and all the offi­ cials and members of the Union the best of everything in the New Year. Steven Boides Book No. 783 Widow Thanks Delta Crew for Courtesy To the Editon I would like to thank all the members of the New Orleans SIU for being so nice to me and my children' during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. They have all been extreme­ ly kind after the death of my late husband. Sincerely, Mrs. Ida May Folse New Orleans Appointments Clue New Administration To the Editor: President-elect Nixon's "new look" may or may not extend to his Administration. Even now many are wondering what the "pitch" of the new deal, square deal, diamond deal—or whatever his regime will be known as—will be. However, people will be able to draw their own conclusions to a large de­ gree from his appointments. So far, Nixon's appointees do not seem to be "great movers." Certainly, if they don't stamp the new government as being terribly slanted in favor of "business above everything" they also don't impress anybody as being in labor's corner, or in the comer of the little man. Take, for example, the nam­ ing of George P. Shultz as Sec­ retary of Labor. Shultz seems like a nice enoueh person. He has a fine academic background and is very knowledgeable in the field of industrial-labor re­ lations. There is also the appointment of Alaska's Governor Walter J. Hinkel as Secretary of the In­ terior. Everything known thus far about this man's attitude toward conservation is negative. He has come out for exploita­ tion of Alaska's resources to the hilt—and damn what comes next. On the other hand, S'ewart L. Udall, the Democrat's man in that office, has consist­ ently pointed out how the na­ tion's natural resources are be­ ing misused and has attempted to do something about it. SEAFARERS LOG We must hope that Nixon's appointments to the lesser posi­ tions—such as his choice for the consumer advisory post now capably filled by Betty Furness —will be better ones. Sincerely, Dick Mohanis \3> Blood Donors Seen as Heroes To the Editor: My hat is off to those Sea­ farers who have contributed to the SIU Blood Bank. I don't mean only the gallon club do­ nors—these are a special case, deserving of all the recognition we can give them. But even the guy who has given only one pint—he's a hero, too, as far as I'm concerned. He may have saved somebody's life. Now, at a time when every­ body and his uncle has had bouts with the flu, we read that blood supplies are running very low. That's when able-bodied people can make their most valuable contribution. It is truly cratifying to read that SIU has been able to deliver 50 oints of blood to the New York City Board of Health. Just another example of how our unions can, and do. perform valuable serv­ ice to the communities in which we live. It makes me proud to be a member of the labor move­ ment. Many of my friends have given blood from time to time as I, myself, have also done. It takes very little time, doesn't hurt a bit, and leaves no after effects whatever. I urge everyone who can do so to make it his business to give just one pint of blood. It is quite likely to be the one that changes a dreadful emergency into a life-saver. Only those who have taken the few minutes required to donate just a little of their own blood can really know what a grand and glori­ ous feeling this is. Sincerely, Pete Sandakls Much to Be Done, By Labor in 1969 To the Editor: In spite of the accomplish­ ments of the past, 1969 will be a challenge to organized labor and its friends in Congress, es­ pecially with a Republican Ad­ ministration, which in the past has always meant less sympathy for labor's needs. The elimination of existing right-to-work laws, a fair con­ tract for the farm workers, ade­ quate unemployment insurance protection, workmen's compen­ sation, consumer safeguards, job-safety and the problems fac­ ing the cities are just a few of the goals the labor movement must continue to work for. Of course, the maritime in­ dustry must also continue its hard, uphill battle to achieve its goal of a strong, modern merchant marine capable of competing wi'h the rest of the world's expanding fleets. Sincerely, Philip Bryant Page Eleven Sport of Kings Had Many Knaves, Retired Seafarer Ray Flynn Recalls Seafarers who frequent the race track are familiar with such devices as photo finish cameras and automatic starting gates, but when Seafarer Ray Flynn was active in racing prior to his sailing career, such equipment was unheard of. In fact, the so-called Sport of Kings was then dominated by men who possessed less than Kingly honesty, Flynn recalled to a LOG reporter in the New Orleans hall. Brother Flynn remembers one horse named Black Dear, a twoyear-old with bright promise, back around 1923. He was a good mudder and had real ability so his owners decided to keep him "off the boards" for a year. The trainer was a man who had the reputation of being a shady char­ acter. He finally entered the horse in a race that turned out to be fixed. Flynn was instructed to "give him an easy ride." A horse called She Devil expected to win Veteran Seafarer Phil O'Connor points to himself in an old photo­ the race. In those days, bookmakers graph held by Tom Garrity, at the New Orleans hall, recently. hung around the track and so­ The pictures belong to Ray Flynn (center) who recalled career as licited bets. The jockey on She a jockey to LOG reporter. Flynn recently retired after 30 years Devil was a chap whom Flynn re­ in Union. Garrity and O'Connor are on SIU balloting committee. members as a "cocky kid." He five to seven times a day. "I never horses. Zouave. In spite of his reminded Flynn: "you know what did get that car either," he joked. early bouts with illness, Flynn was you have to do." The trainer, and Racing was not governed by "stronger than most of the other those in the know, bet on She jockeys and I was not permitted Devil, and the trainer promised any hard strict rules at the time to ride a race less than a mile in and jockeys frequently had to the young jockey a car for his distance." part in the deal. Flynn, however, keep moving or get thrown off the At that time, he said, there was track if they made enemies, as decided against throwing the race, no such thing as an automatic Flynn had done with the trainer. he said, and in the back stretch Flynn was able to do some free­ starting gate and horses were "I gave my horse the whip and lance riding in places like Ti­ walked up to the starting line. we pulled away." juana, Mexico. The track made it Frequently, one horse would be Threw A Fit possible for a bettor who picked slightly over the line while an­ I beat She Devil by a nose and five winners in a row to win as other would be further back as the the trainer threw a fit over at the much as $60,000 or $80,000, race began. judges stand, explained Flynn. In­ making it a favorite of gamblers. One particular horse Flynn re­ stead of congratulating his jockey, calls vividly was named Mock Flynn also put in a stint at the the trainer said he double-crossed Orange. "All you had to do with him. Because there was so much Black River Jockey Club in Mon­ this horse was hold his head up money bet on She Devil—and treal, where he became one of and click your tongue. Some Black Dear won—the 'rainer was the club's leading jockeys. He horses like this one would run accused of crossing the bookmak­ remembers one hot spell where he against the bit and you just held ers. In retribution, Flynn was "set had nine winners in seven days. his head up. If you loosened the down for incompetence" and un­ He rode primarily for a man bit and let the head drop, the able to compete on many tracks. named Ross and proudly recalls horse would stop," Flynn said. At the time, he had been racing that one of his competitors was the late Earl Sande—one of the Turned To Sea all-time great jockeys. Although at one time he "In those days, owners used to weighed only 84 pounds, he even­ enter two or three horses from tually began to put on weight and the same stable in the same race. turned to rubbing down horses, A handful of jockeys, like Sande and later left the sport on a fulland Clarence Cummer, had the time basis altogether. James Stroud pick of the better horses," Flynn "I started sailing in 1928, re­ recalled. Flynn had a brother, turned to the stables on occasion Please contact your mother, Mrs. Edna Stroud, Box 200, Joe, who also became a jockey as a groom, and then left for Chloride Star Street, Kingman, and rode frequently in Cuba and good," he said. "My first ship was Arizona 86401, as soon as pos­ California. the Leviathan, a vessel the U.S. sible. took from Germany after World Few Wealthy Jockeys When Brother Flynn was ac­ War I, and I worked as a waiter. R. L. Cooke tive, there were few rich jockeys Great Britain took her sister ship, A package is being held for in the class that Eddie Arcaro and the Majestic. The Leviathan was you from the Maritime Overseas Willie Shoemaker are in today. later sold for some $70,000 and Corporation. You can claim it at "You could count the rich ones turned into scrap." "At that time, there was no SIU Headquarters in New York. one one hand," he said. "Most of them wound up working in the Union hall, so the seamen went stables as grooms, or similar down to the dock and read a J. W. Buggs board that had a list of jobs," jobs." Please contact your wife at Flynn recalled. "Sometimes, it A native of New Jersey, Flynn 2900 General Patton, Lake always loved horses and as a boy, was possible to get a job only by Charles,* Louisiana, as soon as had to be taken out of school slipping the steward $5." Brother you possibly can. when he was around 12 years old Flynn had sailed with the SIU for because of scarlet fever. He was 30 years—mostly on Delta Ships advised to live on a farm for his since 1946—prior to going on Edward Achee pension recently. He joined the Please write to your mother, health, he said. His parents ran Union in New Orleans and still Mrs. Lydia Harvey, at Rt. 2, Box a rooming house and horsemen makes his home there. 84, Covington, La. 70433, in re­ frequently stayed there. One of The 62-year-old Seafarer has them, Mike Hackett, knew the gard to a very important matter. youth liked horses and got him fond memories of the Delta ves­ sels and has an interesting collec­ interested in riding. Stephen Begeria Flynn started his jockey career tion of old photos of the crew­ Please contact Joseph Lieber- around 1921, working for the men who sailed them out of New man. Counsellor at Law, 60 East stable of J. A. Widencr, a famous Orleans for so long. Some of 42nd Street, New York, N.Y. enoueh racing name. The trainer these are of a baseball team the 10017, as soon as you can. The was Tom Walsh. Flynn rode at Del Norte had in the late 1940's telephone number is (212) MO. Bowie, in Maryland, among other which played against local teams tracks, and recalls one of his first in Rio, Santos and Buenos Aires. 1-6145. i �Seafarer Miranda Relaxes Ashore By Stalking Legal Quota of Deer Man has long engaged in the sport of pitting his skill against that of the four-legged animal— looking for tracks, stalking, trying to figure out where the animal will be and when. Seafarer Carlos Miranda is typical of those who enjoy this challenge and spends much of his spare time deer hunt. ing in New York State when 'For instance," instance. Miranda ex- putting salt on the ground. Deer he's not sailing aboard SIU)lained, "you have to show the have sometimes been known to contracted vessels. nstructor that you know how to pick up the scent of soap and "I'm a member of a hunting hold the gun so the muzzle is toothpaste if the hunter washed or club called the Plaza Rod and turned away from other people. brushed his teeth recently." Gun Club here in You must know how to keep the "When shooting," he continued, New York City," gun in front of you if you are "make sure there is no one oppo­ Miranda told a crawling along the ground while site the animal because the bullet LOG reporter last stalking. If the hunter hears a could penetrate and strike another week while wait­ sudden noise behind him, he must hunter. If a wind is blowing, the ing to ship in the be careful not to turn suddenly hunter should walk into the wind New York hall. and perhaps fire without first so the deer will not pick up his The Seafarer re­ checking carefully to see if it is scent." Because a Seafarer is pro­ called that he had another man behind him. A trig­ hibited from carrying any firearms first become fond ger-happy hunter is ten times aboard ship. Brother Miranda has Miranda of hunting in his more dangerous than any animal not done any hunting overseas. native • Puerto Rico when, as a in the forest in the opinion of Miranda is also an ardent ama­ child of nine or ten, he would go most serious sportsmen." teur fisherman, however, and car­ hunting with his father. Miranda owns three guns—two ries a fishing pole with him when­ "We have mostly small game in shotguns and a 35 calibre rifle. ever he sails. "I've caught fish Puerto Rico, such as game birds," In the four years he's been hunt­ on several ships and once hooked Miranda said. "Puerto Rico lacks ing deer, he has always managed a shark while sailing on the West­ the wide variety of big game of­ to bag his quota. The biggest deer ern Hunter," he remembered. fered by the United States." Deer he ever got, he said, weighed 175 "But it was so big we couldn't get hunting in New York state com­ pounds. "Venison is good meat him aboard the vessel." prises the majority of Miranda's and I always share it with friends Brother Miranda worked in a hunting. Belonging to a gun club and relatives," he said. "Most factory before starting his sailing offers a man certain advantages people consider it a very welcome career. He had a friend who over hunting alone. The club can delicacy." sailed and he interested Miranda keen dogs, lease land, etc. In ad­ in the merchant marine. He got Silence a Must dition to the hunt itself, the club his seaman's papers and joined "When hunting one can use the affords the members an oppor­ tunity to attend meetings where he waiting or stalking method," Mi­ the SIU in New York in 1967. can learn the experiences of other randa explained. "You have to He likes the life and says it will hunters and pick up any new tech­ move or sit very quietly. You be his career from now on. A niques that might come along, etc. cannot smoke or the deer will see member of the deck department, it. If you break a twig, he will Miranda resides in Brooklyn. He Early Start hear. Experienced hunters will most recently shipped out on the The land on which Brother sometimes try to attract a deer by Madaket. Miranda hunts has a hotel for the visiting hunter on the premises. The cost is $10 a day. "I set up about 5:30 in the morning, have breakfast and go out for the deer," he said. "Hunt­ ers must begin stalking their game no later than 7 a. m. You've got Charles Michael Trosclair, born Cheryl Crenshaw, born August to start out that early in the morn­ October 20, 1968, to Seafarer and 30, 1967, to Seafarer and Mrs. ing, or the deer will already be Mrs. Joseph Trosclair, Westwego, Howard C. Crenshaw, Balboa, gone by the time you get out." La. Canal Zone. The bullets "really fly," Mi­ randa pointed out, "and all hunt­ Virginia Thomas, bom October ers are urged to constantly watch Mario Henry, born December 25, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. out for other hunters. In order 8, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ed Jamie G. Thomas, Warrington, to qualify for his license, the D. Henry, Seaside, California. Florida. would-be hunter must prove he is ^ well experienced in the handling <|> of a rifle—not just his ability to Sindy Davis, born October 17, shoot accurately, but also that he Carmen Delia Luna, born No­ 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. James is capable of watching out for vember 3, 1968, to Seafarer and Davis, Jacksonville, Florida. other men and maintaining safety Mrs. Carlos M. Luna, Kenner, standards. Louisiana. Dawn Ann McMichael, born November 24, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Roy McMichael, Jr., Editor, Jersey City, N. J. <1> <I> <1> SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 11232 I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list, (fnnt information) Christopher Hill, born Decem­ ber 7, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Russell S. Hill, Jr., San Rafael, California. vtf NAME Juan Rivera, born November 25, 1968, Jo Seafarer and Mrs. Jose A. Rivera, Houston, Texas. STREET ADDRESS CITY STATE. ZIP. TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you are an old tubtcribar and have a change of address, please give your former address below: an Januarr 17, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Twelve fTAlE ZIP. ^ Francis Anthony Keeley,"born December 31, 1967, to Seafarer and Mrs. Francis W. Keeley, Tujunga, California. ^ Debra Lynn Miehike, born July 5, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Raymond Miehike, Elberta, Mich­ igan. FINAL DEPARTURES Carl Feaiy, 53: Brother Feary died at the USPHS Hospital in New Orleans, No­ vember 23, 1968. A native of Knowlesville, New York, he had made his home in New Orleans. Brother Feary joined the SIU in the Port of New Orleans in 1960 and sailed as an AB. His last vessel was the North­ western Victory. Seafarer Feary is survived by his widow. Iris. Bur­ ial services were held at the Riverview Cemetery, St. Paul, Minne­ sota. Henry Willoughby, 59: Brother Willoughby died November 17, 1 968, at the USPHS Hospital in Baltimore. A native of Mary­ land, he had long made his home in Baltimore. He joined the SIU in 1943 in Balti­ more. Sailing in the engine department. Seafarer Willoughby held FOWT and elec­ trician's ratings. Brother Willoughby's last vessel was the York. Surviving is a sister, Mrs. Grace Jones, of Baltimore. Services were held in Moreland Memorial Park, Baltimore. 4^ John Grimes, 51: Brother Grimes died on October 17, 1968, as a result of an accident while working on a tug boat on the Mis­ sissippi Sound, near Jackson. • Seafarer Grimes joined the SIU in 1938 in the Port of Mobile. He held an AB's rating and sailed as bosun and had previously worked on the Del Norte. Brother Grimes lived in Chickasaw, Alabama, and was born in Bigbee, Ala. The bur­ ial services were held in Spring Bank Cemetery, Washington County, Ala. Surviving is a sis­ ter, Hessie Grimes, of Theodore, Ala. John Malviclnl, 68: Brother Malvicini died in Newark, New , Jersey, June 4, 1968. At the time of his death, he was collecting his SIU pension. Brother Malvicini joined the Union in the Port of New York and held the rating of mate. He was last employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad. A na­ tive of Newark, he had lived most .of his life in that city. Seafarer Malvicini served in the Navy from 1917 to 1918. He is survived by a friend, Eugene Hickey of New­ ark. The burial services were held in suburban New Jersey. 4f Mwco Calgaro, 56: Brother Calgaro passed away on July 16, 1 9 6 8, at the USPHS Hospital in Baltimore. A native of Colo­ rado, he had made his home . in San Francisco. Seafarer Calgaro had sailed with ' the Union since 1955 when he joined the SIU in the Port of Seattle. A member of the steward department, his last vessel was the Baylor Victory. Brother Calgaro is survived by a brother, Peter Calgaro, of Colma, California. The burial services were held in Holy Cross Ceme­ tery, Colma. •I ^— Edward Cromwell, 62: A heart attack claimed the life of Brother Cromwell at the USPHS Hospital in Boston, December 13, 1968. He was a native of Nova Scotia, Canada, but had made his home in East Lynn, Mas­ sachusetts, for many years. He held the rating of cook and baker and last shipped aboard the Cabins. Seafarer Cromwell joined the SIU in the Port of Boston and had sailed with the Union for 30 years. Surviving is his widow, Agnes. The burial services were held in Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn, Mass. 4f ^1> John Farmer, 68: Brother Farmer died on November 10, 1968, at Placid Memorial Hospi­ tal, Lake Placid, N. Y. Death was caused by a car­ diac condition. A native of Jersey City, N. J., he made his home in that city. Sea­ farer Farmer joined the Union in the Port of New York and was employed by the Pennsylvania Central Railroad as a deckhand. He ser ed in the Army from 1917 to 1919 and from 1942 to 1943. Surviving is a sister,.Mrs. Sarah Mulderrie, of South Ozone Park, N. Y. The burial was in Jersey City. Albert Bailey, 54: A coronary attack claimed the life of Seafarer Bailey, December '2 0, 1 968, at Frankfort, Michi­ gan. He lived in Crystal Lake Township, Mich., and was a native of that state. Bailey sailed in the deck depart­ ment, most frequently as wheels­ man, and was last employed by the Ann Arbor Towing Company. He joined the Union in the Port of Frankfort and had sailed 15 years. He served in the Army during World War II. Seafarer Bailey is survived by his widow, Mildred. Burial was in Pilgrim Home Cemetery, Arcadia, Mich. , • • , �*• , January 17, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Thirteen «lohn «l. Boland- \ AU TIED UP JOHN *J' The steamer John J. Boland (BolandCornelius) Is tied-up at the lay-up dock in Nicholson's Shipyard, Detroit, Patrolmen went aboard the vessel to file vacation forms and handle minor beefs before crew departed. SIU Patrolmen George Telegadas and Dom Cubic {seated center) check vacation forms for Seafarers. Left to right: Findlay Lumpkins, Chester Cochran, Herman Baiisger. Seafarers were well-fed, thanks in part to these men, (l-r) Kenny Roberts, porter, Marty Salisbury, steward, and Paoil Werynski, second cook. All agreed they did excellent job. While fireman Mohammed Malahie looks on,- patrolmen Telegadas and Cubic check his overtime sheet. Born in Arabia, Brother Malahie has sailed with SIU since 1965. Ship's delegate Frank Scoiirkeas reported from the Missouri (Meadowbrook Transport) that the only complaint the crew has is the fact that water in the showers is too hot. According to Meeting Clerk John D. Pennell, there is one hour of disputed overtime in the deck department. Louis Pickhart, engine delegate, reports ^ 'A good clean pay-off coming gates elected were J. M. Alden, that one man was hospitalized in up," Meeting Chairman Jack Craft deck; John Murrey, engine; Art Trinidad. Paul Smith, meeting reported. There Nelson, steward. chairman, said that LOGs and were no beefs and mail is arriving regularly as the there is no dis­ vessel heads for puted overtime to a Houston pay­ be brought up, he off, after calling said. Ship's dele­ on Madras, India. gate John Carey Brother Pennell informed the accepted a vote LOG that the 4of thanks for his Craft watch entire department was thanked by for the extra-fine the steward department for the ex­ job they did on Seafarers aboard the Oberlin Pennell ceptionally-clean messhall and the Christmas Victory (MSTS) recently aided the meal, Smith informed. New pantry they leave in the morning. Coast Guard in removing the ves­ chairs are needed for the mess- The steward department in turn, sel's radio operator from the ship room and an order has been was praised by the Seafarers for by lift-basket, after he became the excellent meals and service. sick en route to placed for them. Meeting Secretary H. Ulrich wrote Honolulu, John that repair lists have been turned (Saki Jack) Dolin and many of the repairs have an, chief steward, Meeting Chairman Frank Go­ already been completed. All mail reported to the mez reports from the Transpan- and LOGS are arriving on time as LOG. ama (Hudson the ship heads for Beaumont, "It was about Waterways) that Texas. 10:40 a.m., Jan­ the job of clean­ uary 9," Saki ing the washroom writes, "when has been split be­ Welsh John Bullock was tween the engine placed in a lift-basket and a Coast Meeting Chairman Arthur Nel­ and deck depart­ ments. No beefs son reports from the Tucson 'Vic­ Guard helicopter hoisted him tory (Hudson) aboard. The chopper swooped or disputed over­ that the steward over the poopdeck while Chief time were report­ Gomez and his entire Mate W. Clark, second Mate Jim ed by department department were Morgan (a former Seafarer), W. delegates, John Routson, meeting commende d by C. .Scott, bosun and dayman L. C. secretary informed the LOG. A the whole crew Suchacki placed Bullock safely in point was raised by the baker to for a job well the lift." the effect that it should be veri­ done on the fied whether or not he must "com­ Bullock fell ill on January 7. Thanksgiving din­ ply with the ship's menu in re­ ner. Ship's dele­ while the ship was in transit to Nelson gard to the preparation of coflFee gate Bob Davis Quinhon, South Vietnam, Dolan time food." A motion was made offered his congratulations to reported. "He became worse and duly recorded that the stew­ steward Kil Alvaro for his hard hourly and could not eat and be­ ard department should be given a work in seeing to it that the Sea­ gan hemorrhaging badly. Captain vote of thanks for the excellent farers had a meal "fit for a king." John O. Hooper immediately de­ menu. Gomez was elected ship Meeting Secretary Stevt Maersch cided to put into Honolulu for and engine delegate, Routson, said that department delegates medical help." steward delegate, Carl Lineberry, have no beefs to report as the While Bullock was incapaci­ delegate from the deck depart­ vessel heads for the West Coast tated, Seafarer Dan Welsh, an AB ment. after calling at Subic Bay. Dele- who is a former Air Force radio operator, stood watch at the Ober­ lin Victory's radio continuously. Greetings From The Hastings AB Frank Liotta, who formerly worked as a laboratory technician, extended invaluable emergency aid to Bullock. Brother Dolan prepared some food for the strick­ en radio operator, but he was barely able to eat anything. The ship will remain in Hono­ lulu until another radio officer can be brought aboard. Due to the ammunition cargo, the Seafarers did not expect the vessel to be allowed "anywhere near land." The vessel left Long Beach, Cali­ fornia, on January 3. The Calmar Lines ship has been running smoothly except for the illness to Bullock. OberHn Victory's Seafarers Rally For Ailing Sparks <t> WRITE in-. It was a busy day for the patrolmen as Seafarers discussed' trip. From left: C. Skowronek, asst. conveyorman, Cort-p^^ Wd .Hprbottonv;Lester Greenfeldt, bosuri.J| When the Hastings came into Yokohama recently, some of the Sea­ farers posed for a photographer on deck. From left are: Ken Bischof, AB; Robert E. Lee, OS; Joe Kearnes, third cook; A. Fulton, AB; John Deitsch, messman and Sasiano Jose, chief cook. The ship is in the Waterman fleet and the Seafarers reported a good trip. �January 17, 1969^ SEAFARER'S LOG Page Fourteen PENN SAILOR (Penn Shipping), De­ cember 1 — Chairman, Rafael Padilla; Secretary, L. A. Behm. Ship's delegate reported that everything seems to be ninning fairly good, except for some OT beefs in the engine department. OVERSEAS EVELYN (Maritime Over­ seas), December 14 — Chairman, C. R. Stack; Secretary, C. R. Stack. Every thing is running smoothly except for some disputed OT in the engine depart­ ment. CHATHAM (Waterman), December 8 —Chairman, N. Larson; Secretary, Peter D. Sheldrake. Some disputed OT in deck and steward departments. Few minor beefs regarding shortage of stores and money to be taken up with patrolman. OAKLAND (Sea-Land), December 3— Chairman, M. E. Sanchez; Secretary, R. O. Masters. Beef regarding insufficient lighting in bunks to be taken up with patrolman. Discussion held regarding limited variety of food. Discussion held regarding pension plan, and a raise in wages for Group 3 men. DEL MAR (Delta), December 8—Chair­ man, James L. Tucker; Secretary, Darrell G. Chafin. Brother Juan A. G. Cruz was elected to serve as new ship's dele­ gate. Vote of thanks was extended to former ship's delegate. Brother James L. Tucker, for a job well done. No beefs were reported by department delegates. TAMARA GUILDEN (Transport Com­ mercial), December 31—Chairman, G. L. Kersey; Secretary, Charles W. Peien. Brother E. F. Garrett was elected to serve as ship's delegate. $11.10 in ship's fund and $326.30 in movie fund. A vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for the excellent Thanksgiv­ ing Day Dinner. FREE AMERICA (A. L. Burbank), December 21—Chairman, None; Secre­ tary, W. Lovett. Brother James Jcdinson was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. No beefs and no disputed OT was reported by department delegates. HOTIPY DIRECTOKr UNION HALLS SlU A-Hantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Wafers Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers PRESIDENT Paul Hall EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cal Tanner Earl Shepard Al Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Llndiey Wllliami Robert Matthews SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Kerr HEAD9UARTERS iTS 4th Ave., Iklyn. (212) HY %UM ALPENA. Mich •ALTIMORE, Md 121$ E. iaitlmore St. (301) EA 7-4700 BOSTON, Mail $$3 Atlantic Avenue BUFFALO, N.Y 735 Waihlnqten St. SlU (71$) TL 3-7257 IBU (71$) TL 3-7257 73a Ewing Ave. SlU (312) SA 1-0733 IBU (312) ES 5.fS?0 1420 W. 2Sth St. CHICACO, III CLEVELAND, Ohio DETROIT, Mich 312 W. 2nd St. FRANKFORT, Mich JERSEY CITY, N.J MOBILE, Ala NATIONAL DEFENDER (Western Tankers), December 30—Chairman, B. G. Nolan ; Secretary, B. G. Nolan. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Discussion held regarding safety pro­ cedures. Patrolman to be contacted re­ garding aft awning. Vote of thanks to the steward department for the excep­ tionally fine holiday meals. TRANSHUDSON (Hudson Waterways), December 24—Chairman, E. M. Ellis; Secretary, James R. Abrams. Some dis­ puted OT in steward department. Dis­ cussion held regarding various items that were requested but have not yet been put aboard. Slop chest is inade­ quately supplied. TUCSON VICTORY (Hudson Water­ ways), December 18—Chairman, Arthur Nelson; Secretary, Stephen Maersch. No beefs were reported by department dele­ gates. Discussion held regarding the progress of the pension plan. Vote of thanks was extended to the entire steward department for a job well done on the Thanksgiving Day dinner. Brother Bob Davis, ship's delegate, salutes the steward. Brother Bill Alvaro, for his per­ formance in seeing to it that the men had a meal fit for a king. COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Service), December 28—Chairman, C. J. Robuck; Secretary, None. Brother Albert R. Wills was elected to serve as ship's delegate. $12.00 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported by department delegates. MISSOURI (Meadowbrook Transporta­ tion), December 29—Chairman, Paul T.. Smith; Secretary, John Penwell. No beefs were reported by department dele­ gates. A vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for the extras put out during the Christmas season and for the excellent Christmas dinner. (21$) MA 1-5450 ID225 W. Jefferson Ave. (313) VI 3-4741 (218) RA 2-4110 P.O. Bex 287 415 Mein St. ($1$) EL 7-2441 JACKSONVILLE. Fla COEUR D'ALENE VICTORY (Victory Carriers), December 29—Chairman, J. Craft; Secretary, H. Ulrich. Everything is running fine with no disputed OT and no beefs. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for the ex­ cellent meals and service during entire voyage. Discussion was held regarding the quality of stores. . ($17) Rl 2-0140 DULUTH, Minn HOUSTON, Tex SEATRAIN OHIO (Hudson Water­ ways), December 22—Chairman, T. E. Yablonski; Secretary, Sidney A. Gamer. Brother T. ei. Yablonski was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs and no disputed OT reported by department delegates. Vote of thanks extended to outgoing ship's delegate. 127 Elver St. (517) EL 4-3ili NEW ORLEANS. La NORFOLK, Ve 5804 Canel St. (713) WA 8-3207 2IM Poerl St. (704) EL 3-0787 77 Montqomer; St. (201) HE 5-7424 I South Lawrenca St. (205) HE 2-1754 $30 Jackson Ava. (504) 527-754$ 115 3rd St. (703) $22-1872 PHILADELPHIA, Pa 2$04 S. 4th St. (215) DE $-3818 PORT ARTHUR, Tex 1348 Seventh St. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., 350 Freemont St. (415) DO 2-4401 SANTURCE, P.R 1313 Fernandez Juncos Stop 20 724-2848 SEAHLE, Wesh 250E First Avenue (20$) MA 3-4334 ST. LOUIS, Mo 80S Del Mar (314) CE 1-1434 TAMPA, Fla 312 Harrison St. (813) 227-2788 WILMINGTON, Catif^ 450 Seaside Ave. Terminal Island, Calif. (813) 832-7285 YOKOHAMA, Japan. .Iseya BIdq., Room Ml 1-2 Kaiqan-Dori-Nakaku 2014771 Ext. 281 SIU-AGLIWD Meetings New Orleans Feb. 11—2:30 p.m. Mobile Feb. 12—2:30 p.m. Wilmington .. Feb. 17—2:00 p.m. San Francisco Feb. 19—2:00 p.m. Seattle Feb. 21—2:00 p.m. New York .. . Feb. 3—2:30 p.m. Phil-rdelphia. .Feb. 4—2:30 p.m. Baltimore .. .Feb. 5—2:30 p.m. Detroit Feb. 14—2:30 p.m. Houston .... Feb. 10—2:30 p.m. United Industrial Workers New Orleans.Feb. 11—7:00 p.m. Mobile Feb. 12—7:00 p.m. New York .. .Feb. 3—7:00 p.m. Philadelphia.. Feb. 4—7:00 p.m. Baltimore . . . Feb. 5—7:00 p.m. ^Houston ... Feb. 10—7:00 p.m. Great Lakes SIU Meetings Detroit Feb. 3—7:00 p.m. Alpena Feb. 3—7:00 p.m. Buffalo Feb. 3—7:00 p.m. Chicago .... Feb. 3—7:00 p.m. Duluth Feb. 3—^7:00 p.m. Frankfort ...Feb. 3—^7:00p.m. Great Lakes Tog and Dredge Section Chicago Feb. 11—^7:30 p.m. tSault St Marie Feb. 13—7:30 p.m. Buffalo Feb. 12—7:30 p.m. Duluth Feh. 14—7:30 p.m. Cleveland .. .Feb. 14—7:30 p.m. Toledo Feb. 14—7:30 p.m. Detroit .... .Feb. 10—7:30 p.m. Milwaukee . . Feb. 10—7:30 p.m. SIU Inland Boatmen's Union New Orleans.Feb. 11—5:00 p.m. Mobile Feb. 12—5:00 p.m. Philadelphia..Feb. 4—5:00 p.m. Baltimore (licensed and un­ licensed) ..Feb. 5—5:00p.m. Norfolk ... .Feb. 6—5:00 p.m. Houston Feb. 10—5:00 p.m. 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.) Stltzcl-Weller Distinerics "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" "Cabin Stiff," W. L. Weller Bourbon whiskeys (Distillery Workers) Klngsport Press "World Book," "Chffdcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) vt' Genesco Shoe Mfg. Co. Work Shoes ... Sentry, Cedar Chest, Staffer Men's Shoes . . . Jarmsn, Johnson & Murphy, Crestworth, (Boot and Shoe Workers' Union) ^ White Furniture Co. (United Furniture Workers of America) ^ Gypsum Wallboard, American Gypsum Co. (United Cement Lime and Gypsum Workers International) i R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Camels, Winston, Tempo, Brandon, Cavalier and Itelem cigarettes (Tobacco Workers International Union) Comet Rice Mills Co. prodocis (International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drinks and Distillery Workers) Pioneer Flour Mill (United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers Local 110, San Antonio, Texas 1$/ ^ Boren Clay Products Co. (United Brick and Clay Workers) "HIS" brand men's clothes Kaynee Boyswear, Judy Bond hlouse.s, Hanes Knitwear, Randa Ties, Boss Gloves, Richman (Aiiiulgamaieu Clothing Workers of America) vl> Railway Marine Region Philadelphia Feh. 11—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Baltimore Feb. 12—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. •Norfolk Feb. 13—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Jersey City Feb. 10—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Brothers and Seweff Suits, Wing Shirts (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. » Meeting held at Labor Temple, New­ port News, t Meeting held at Galveston wharves. Baltimore Luggage Co. Lady Baltimore, Amelia Earhart FINANCIAL REPORTS. The conBtitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf. Lakes and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed 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 AUantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall equally consist of union and management representatives and their alternates. All exi>enditurc3 and diBburscments of trust fun^ are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and 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: Earl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place, Suite 1980, 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 aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on ^e proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any tinse, any SIU patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to profit 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 the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membenship action at the September, 1960, meetings in all ronstitutional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy is vested in an editorial board which consists^of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, fYom among Hs ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. Starllte luggage Starflite luggage (International Leather Goods, Plastics and Novelty Workers Union) Jamestown Sterling Corp. (United Furniture Workers) 4/ Glumarra Grapes (United Farm Workers) —— Magic Chef Pan Pacific Division (Stove, Furnace and Allied Appliance Workers ^ International Union) ^J> Tennessee Packers Reelfoot Packing Frosty Morn Valleydale Packers (Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America) Fisher Price Toys (Doll and Toy Workers) <1> Atlantic Products Sports Goods Owned by Cluett Peabody (Amalgamated Clothing Workers) PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies arc to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every 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 obli­ gation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. 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 members 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. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union pol­ icy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafaren are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These e ights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and tn the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Conse­ quently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, 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 basic rights of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve the best interests of themselves, their families and their Union. To achisve thme objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was established. 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 feds that any of the above rights have been violated, or that he has been denied his constitntional rigbt of accoss to Union records or in­ formation, he shonld immsdiately notify SIU Presidsat PanI Hall nt hcadqaartcrs by esrtiflcd mail, retnm receipt requested. �SEAFARERS LOG HE WAS THE GRANDEST of a dying breed. She Inspired a poet, and threatened a city with destruction. She was the largest clipper ship ever built: the incomparable Great Republic. Her iron-hooped hard pine mast—44 inches in di­ ameter at its base—towered 20 stories above the threeinch planking of her main deck. Fifty-six tons of copper bolts held her 325-foot hull to its white oak frame, cross-braced with iron. Rigged with rope stays over a foot in circumference, she carried 15,653 square yards of sail at full spread. The Great Republic was twice the size of any other clipper then in existence. "She's unseaworthy," the doubters had said. "Too big to handle. A storm will break her up. Her rigging won't hold under gale winds." But Donald McKay, the great shipwright whose dream she was, laid the keel in his East Boston shipyard and financed the vessel himself. McKay's grandiose project partially inspired Henrv Wadsworth Longfellow's poem_, The Building of the Ship, which ends with the lines: S "Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O Union, strong and great!" At noon on October 4, 1853, the Great Republic— christened in the spirit of Longfellow's poem—^was launched in Boston harbor to the strains of Hail Co­ lumbia! Donald McKay's brother, Lauchlan, was her captain. A shakedown cruise from Boston to New York proved the vessel's merits. The captain and his 130man crew found her easy to handle. On her arrival in New York thousands lined the East River to wel­ come her, and thousands more later came to admire the world's largest merchant vessel which was moored at the foot of Dover Street. Corn, wheat, flour, - tobacco, tea and cotton were stowed in the ship's vast holds which had a capacity of 6,000 tons. Donald McKay expected his clipper ship to set new records on her maiden voyage across the Atlantic to Liverpool—both for speed and amount of carpo carried. December 27 was set as the date of her departure. However, shortly after midnight on the bitter cold morning of the 27th, a chain of events began which was to shatter McKay's dream and endanger the city of New York. The night watch aboard the Republic, hearing shouts of "Fire!" close at hand, ran out on the bowsprit and saw smoke rising from a building— the Novelty Bakery—a block away on Front Street. •Soon flames were breaking through the roof. Facilities Primitive The fire tocsin in City Hall pealed the alarm. But fire-fighting a century ago was primitive. The city had only 50-odd pumping machines. Men, not horses, drew them to the fire, and men, not steam, worked the pumps. Worse yet, the firemen were volunteers— not regulars on duty around the clock—and much precious time was lost before they arrived. The bakery fire rapidly spread to neighboring build­ ings. Soon a dozen structures between Front and Water Streets were in flames. Borne on a brisk north­ west wind, sparks and firebrands began to drift toward the docks. The library of marine archives kept by the Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company includes newspaper ac­ counts of the holocaust. "Sparks were so thick ... as to assume the appearance of a shower of fire," wrote one reporter. "The streets and docks along the East River were literally alive with burning coals." Alerted by the watch. Captain McKay called all hands to stations and sent men aloft with water buckets to protect the ship's rigging and sails. Also moored at dockside—^just south of the Great Republic—were the Liverpool packet Joseph Walker, the California clipper White Squall, and two other vessels. "The riggings and masts . . . were completely enveloped in flying sparks," the newspaper accounts continue. Three ships were towed into mid-river despite the flames in their rigging, by Fulton Street ferry boats. One ferry, and a tug tried to move the Great Republic but her cargo was so heavy that she could only be moved at high .lide. Her moorings cut, the White Squall, driven by the implacable northwest wind to­ ward the Brooklyn shore, threatened to spread the flames to still another section of the city. Toward 1:30 P.M. the Joseph Walker caught fire, and soon burned down to the water line. Shortly afterward the main top-gallant of the Great Republic began to smolder and then burst into flame. The fire chief, Alfred Carson, had three engine companies at dockside but they were helpless: no hand pump could send a stream of water high enough to reach the Great Republic's masts. Pieces of flaming rigging began to fall to the deck, setting new fires. The McKay brothers offered $1,000 to anyone who would cut the fore and mainmasts above the masthead, but no man could be found who would accept the risk. The McKays agreed that by cutting the rigging to bring down the masts—fire damage had already snapped the foremast—hull and cargo might be saved. The spanker, mizzen, and the mainmasts had also been demolished. At last the firemen—eight or nine companies by this Time—could bring their hoses to bear on the burning tangle of wood, rope, and sail on the badly damaged deck.. A driving snow fell intermittently. To quote again from accounts of the disaster: "The streets in the vicinity were crowded with spectators . . . and the night so cold that the water froze as it fell even on the side of the burning vessel. So violent was the wind that it threatened destruction to some of the buildings along the docks." Meanwhile, the drifting course of the White Squall toward Brooklyn was causing great concern, especially in the Third District, where the engine companies were busy with fires of another origin. Toward 3:30 A.M. she came broadside into a wooden pier near the latterday site of the now defunct Brooklyn Navy Yard, where she was made fast to avoid spreading the fire further. Every available firefighter worked to extin­ guish the flames but by 9 o'clock that morning nothing remained of the clipper "except her shaking and creak­ ing hull, which was being . . . levelled to the water's edge." Danger Seemed Past About 4:00 P.M., the worst seemed over for the Great Republic. Despite extensive damage to deck, masts, and rigging, the hull and cargo appeared safe. Only two companies of firemen remained, washing down the deck while the crew raked the last live em­ bers overboard. Then, amidships, a telltale curl of brown smoke appeared. Fire down below! They knew that the giant mainmast had pierced the main deck's planking when it snapped. But they had not known that the butt of the splintered mast had Pace Fifteen gone through two decks below and buried itself deep in the stocks of wheat—more than 23,000 bushels of it— in the hold. They also had not known that with the butt of the mast had gone live coals. The firemen did what could be done with their handdriven pumps. They took their hoses between decks, and summoned more engine companies, but the con­ centration of heat in the hold was too great for them. There was no way in which the cargo could be saved. Lauchlan McKay, realizing the bitter truth, felt that the mighty hull of the Great Republic might still be saved if the ship were scuttled. The fire below could possibly be drowned in the water of the East River. His brother Donald agreed. Last Ditch Attempt Three holes were then opened below the waterline. All hands went ashore. As the sun rose, the Great Republic began to settle. The fire in the cargo com­ partments hissed and went out. But even with her keel on the bottom, two of the great ship's upper decks remained above water. It took another two days to extinguish the fire which continued to smolder in the vessel's timbers. The ordeal of the Great Republic was not yet over, however. Although the fire itself did end on New Year's Day, 1854, when Donald and Lauchlan McKay undertook to raise her scuttled hull they found it warped and twisted from the swelling of the watersoaked grain in the hold. Still salvageable to the McKay brothers it was no longer their Great Republic —no longer the dream on which Donald McKay had spent a fortune to turn into reality. The battered hull of the vessel was finally sold. Raised and rebuilt—minus her top deck—she was rerigged with shorter masts. By virtue of the size of her giant hull, the reconstructed ship was still the biggest in the world. When she eventually sailed to England, she had to anchor in the Thames—no dock was big enough to accommodate her. Visitors were heard to ask her captain "whether he had left any lumber for shipbuilding in the United States, or brought it all with him." The French later chartered her as a troop ship dur­ ing the Crimean War, and the Great Republic also lived up to her name—and Longfellow's poem—by carrying Union troops in the American Civil War. Finally, off Bermuda in 1872, she began to ship water during a violent hurricane and her crew were forced to abandon ship. The Great Republic was never seen again, but a few old sailors like to believe she's still afloat—somewhere. �SEAFARERSWLOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO One final opportunity remains for Sea­ to qualify for one of the five annual college scholarships being award­ Applicants should also obtain their SlU College Scholarship applica-. tion forms without delay. They must be received on or before April 1, 1969. To obtain these forms, write to: SlU Scholarships, 675 Fourth' Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 11232. They ore also available at any SlU ^ ed by the SiU for 1969, Hall. farers or sons and daughters of Seofcters, who hove not yet done so, Eligible for these scholarships are all Seafarers who hove com­ pleted at least three years accumulated seatime on SlU-controcted ves­ sels and the children of Seafarers who meet the seatime require­ ments. To compete, on eligible candidate must take the College Entrance Examination Board test on March 1, 1969, if they have not already taken the tests previously. This is the lost dote the CEEB test will be given for this year so don't delay. Seafarers, or the children of Seafarers who meet the eligibility re­ quirements and wish to apply siiould arrange promptly to take this final test by writing to: College Entrance Examination Board at Box 592, Princeton, N. J., or at Box 1025, Berkeley, California. I ^ Scholarship winners will be chosen by a distinguished panel of lead-^ ing university educators and administrators on the basis of their high, school records and their scores on the CEEB test. Five scholarships are awarded each year. Thb winners may pursue whatever courses they wish at any ac-^ credited college or university in the United States or its possessions. The study grants under the program are wo/th $6,000 each over a four-, year period. Winning candidates for 1969 will be selected by the Seafarers > Scholarship Award Committee on May 12, 1969. The SlU Scholarship program is considered one of the most liberal ^ of its kind in the country. Since the beginning of the grants in 1952, it has been the open door to a college education for 25 Seafarers and 53 children of Seafarers—a total of 78. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1960-1969 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXII-XXXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. 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Title A name given to the resource January 17, 1969 Description An account of the resource Headlines: INCOMING ADMINISTRATION WILL SUBMIT MARITIME PROGRAM BY EARLY SPRING RENEWED CONGRESSIONAL DRIVE BEGINS TO ESTABLISH INDEPENDENT MARAD DEMOCRATIC PARTY MUST BE REBUILT INTO VIGOROUS NATIONAL ORGANIZATION LABOR GIVES AID TO GHETTO RENEWAL; PROVIDES FINANCING AND EMPLOYMENT MEANY OUTLINES LABOR’S OBJECTIVES FOR NATIONAL PROGRESS, WORLD PEACE AFL-CIO SEEKING EFFECTIVE CONTROL OVER OLLEGAL MEDICAID PROFITEERING AFL-CIO’S HUMAN RESOURCES PLAN GETS UNDERWAY IN NINE MAJOR CITIES ROY FLEISCHER DIES AT 66; VERSE APPEARED IN LOG YULETIDE WITH THE SIU Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 01/17/1969 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXXI, No. 2 1969 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/9e40e763b2b438d43d6c99ed57307ba3.PDF ed2aeeb2a7c312e98563ecb3b3dc9556 PDF Text Text •• aVH.** SEAFARBRSIfeI.OG • '/ OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERSaamim DISTRICT > AFL-CIO iiii—niimvw»g'.wtiTW—' T-i • ' ' •• i'' I Jzjfr I F' > ^ S-^h- ; '•i^ •r- /-J-iX •t r r. *« / '1. jk 1'^ I fii 't" �Page Two SEAFARERS LOG Ecuador Granted World Bank Loan Despite U.S. Fishing Ship Seizures WASHINGTON—^Despite the fact that Ecuador is the foremost perpetrator of the illegal seizure of American-flag fishing vessels on the high seas, the World Bank has granted a $5.3 million loan to that South American nation which will be used to modernize the Ecuadorian fishing fleet and pay for 12 freezer-equipped exploited by Ecuador from Amer­ sharply criticized the World Bank tuna purse seiners. ican fishermen through the seizure for granting the loan. "Congress has clearly stated its Tlie loaii was approved by of American fishing vessels. position by the recent passage of the World Bank—on which the August Felando, general man­ my bill providing for the deduc­ U.S. holds one fourth of the vot­ ager of the American Tunaboat tion of U.S. foreign aid in the ing power—^without any debate Association, said that his organi­ amounts of illegal fines assessed zation had, and will continue to, and in the face of much protest against our American-flag vessels oppose the loan. Felando emphafrom representatives of the Amer­ ... It seems to me that in the ican fishing industry. A good deal hized, "We cannot understand the long range view, this intolerable of the protest was directed to rationale behind the loan. No one World Bank President Robert S. can understand it. It is like the situation should be finally resolved McNamara, former Secretary of World Bank, with U.S. acquies­ by a conference between this Defense, and Livingston T. Mer­ cence, granting a loan to North country and the South American chant, U.S. member on the Bank's Korea so that it could convert the nations who now claim territorial Pueblo into a commercial fishing jurisdiction to 200 miles and be­ board of directors. yond." vessel." Important Question In a statement issued to the Felando pointed out that be­ SIUNA Vice President Carl sides the loan, U.S. fishing experts public, Magnuson added, "Per­ Marino, secretary-treasurer of the will be sent to Ecuador to assist haps our vote would not have killed the loan (there has never Cannery Workers and Fisher­ in utilizing the money. been a veto in the history of the men's Union of San Diego, in a Magnuson Protest World Bank) but my patience is letter to key members of Congress In a letter to Secretary of State wearing thin with the clear indi­ and other officials, asked why the United States is paying 40 percent Dean Rusk, Senator Warren Mag­ cation that our own interests and of the loan funds, when hundreds nuson (D-Wash.), chairman of the those of our citizens are held in of thousands of dollars have been Senate Commerce Committee, complete disregard. As Eight More Seafarers Graduate SlU engineers Upgrading Program Reaches and Exceeds 300'Mark Graduates of the School of Marine Engineering sponsored jointly by the SIU and District 2 of the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association exceeded the 300-mark last month as eight more Sea­ farers passed their Coast Guard examinations to earn engineer's licenses after completing the inten­ sive course of study conducted ^ Before receiving his third assist­ Verlon Davis previously sailed by the school. ant's license, John Klette held an as pumpman. A new third assist­ The latest group brings to FOWT's rating. Bom in Cincin­ ant, he has sailed with the SIU 302 the total number of Seafarers nati, he now lives in San Diego. since 1967 when he joined the who have received their second Brother Klette joined the Union in or third assistant engineer's ticket Wilmington, California in 1968 Union in the Port of New Orleans. The 22-year-old Seafarer lives in and last sailed on the Enid Vic­ tory. The 40-year-old Seafarer served in the Navy from 1945 to 1953. Harold Powers is a new second assistant engineer. Prior to re­ ceiving his license, he had sailed as oiler. A resident of Waycross, Ga., he was born in Blackshear in that state. Brother Powers joined Sexton Vinson the Union in Jacksonville in 1966 Davis Clark and his last ship was the Arizpa. through this unique training pro­ The 44-year-old Sea'farer served Boutte, La. and is a native of gram. Seattle. He served in the Navy Charles Sexton, a 23-year-old from 1963 to 1967. newly-licensed third assistant en­ Kenneth Clark is also a newlygineer, was the 300th Seafarer to licensed third assistant engineer graduate from the school. He and previously sailed as oiler. The previously sailed as FOWT and 50-year old Seafarer is a native of joined the SIU in the Port of Rocky Ford, Colorado and sailed Mobile. A native of Maplesville, with the SIU since 1967. Joining Alabama, he still makes his home in Houston, he resides in Canyon, in that community. Texas. His last ship was the Jerry Vinson is another new Woods Rankin Manhattan. third assistant engineer. He is a Engine department Seafarers in the Navy during World War are eligible to apply for any of II. Paul Woods is 31 years old and the upgrading programs if they a former FOWT. A new third are at least 19 years of age and assistant engineer, he joined the have 18 months of Q.M.E.D. SIU in 1967 in the Port of New watchstanding time iti the engine York. A native of Englewood, department, plus six months ex­ Colorado, he now makes his home perience as wiper or the equiv­ in Modesto, Calif. He served in alent. the Navy from 1955 to 1959. Those who qualify and wish to James Rankin received his enroll in the School of Marine Klette Powers second assistant engineer's license. Engineering can obtain additional 29-year-old native of Wilmington, He was born in Louisiana And information and apply for the North Carolina, and joined the lives in Oak Grove, La. Brother course at any SIU hall, ,0r they SIU in the Port of New Orleans Rankin has held all engine de­ can write directly to SIU head­ in 1968. A resident of Wilming­ partment ratings shice joining the quarters at 675 Fourth Avenue, ton, he last sailed on the Kent. SIU in 1946 in Philadelphia. He in Brooklyn, New York 11232. Brother Vinson previously sailed is 41 years old and last sailed on The telephone number is (212) as oiler. the Transhatteras. HYacinth 9-6600. January 3, 1969 SIU Eases Blood Shortage With Donation to New York •ll 1 Vi i Dr. Joseph Logue, center, SIU Medical Director and SIU Director of Social Security Al Bernstein, right, present donation from Sea­ farers Blood Bank to Dr. Carlos Ehrich of NYC Dept. of Health at the Greater New York Health Center. Total donation was 50 pints. NEW YORK—The SIU this week transferred 50 pints of blood from the Seafarers Blood Bank in Brooklyn to the city's facilities in order to help alleviate the critical shortage of blood here which has resulted from the increased ^ f,om home and aboard ships need for plasma and the sharp at sea for long periods of time. decline in contributions from The Seafarers Blood Bank is regular sources due to the current maintained by voluntary blood Hong Kong flu epidemic. donations and has been in opera­ SIU Director of Social Security tion since 1959. Al Bernstein made the original offer in behalf of the Union in a letter sent last week to Dr. Ed­ ward O'Rourke, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health. "Our membership and nation­ wide facilities are also available to assist further in this emergency, WASHINGTON —Three ad­ if necessary," the letter added. ditional vessels, one British and Actual delivery of the initial 50 two Cypriot-flag ships have been pints of blood was made on New added to the North Vietnam black­ Year's Eve to the Greater New list. the Maritime Administration York Blood Center in Manhattan announced last month. by SIU Medical Director Dr. Jo­ The latest list, the 23rd released seph Logue and Bernstein, and by MARAD since January 25, was accepted on behalf of the city 1966, shows a total of 59 ships by Dr. Carlos Ehrich, represent­ with an aggregate gross tonnage ing O'Rourke. of 402,768 now prohibited from The SIU also made it known carrying United States govern­ to other areas of the nation, simi­ ment-sponsored cargoes because larly plagued by . blood shortages they called at ports in North Viet­ during the current outbreaks of nam. influenza, that it stood ready to Blacklisted in the current report offer transfers of blood reserves were the British-flag ship Fortune if required. Glory of 5,832 gross tons, the Cypriot-flag Amfithea, 5,171 tons The Seafarers Blood Bank func­ tions through the headquarters fa­ and the Cypriot-flag Laurel, 2,297 cilities of the Seafarers Medical tons. Dropped from the listing be­ Department, 685 Third Avenue, Brooklyn, which operates a net­ cause they were broken up with work of 27 medical centers and the Cypriot-flag Amon, of 7,229 clinics serving SIU members and tons and the Lebanese vessel, Rio their families in various mainland of 7,194 tons. ports and in Puerto Rico. Among the 59 ships on the North Vietnam blacklist are ves­ Seafarers have contributed a total of 7,542 pints of blood to sels of six different nations. Polish^ the SIU Blood Bank, according flag ships are the most numerous, to recent figures. A total of nearly totalling 32; Britain is next with 7,000 pints has been provided by 18, followed by Cyprus with six the bank to meet emergencies in and Panama, Malta and Somali all areas of the country. with one each. Any Seafarer, or member of a MARAD maintains shipping Seafarer's family who requires a records of Free World and Polish blood transfusion can draw, carriers. Those vessels which have through his local hospital, against traded at Cuban and North Viet­ the credits built up in the Union namese ports are placed on the blood bank. A coast-to-coast tele­ relative blacklists for these two type system which links all SIU countries. Such ships are not offices makes such arrangements eligible to carry U. S. governmentpossible on short notice, and has generated cargoes tmtil their own­ been a vital service for members ers pledge to keep their ships from and families of seamen who are trading witvi the two countries. MARADAdds S ddore Vessels Te Bladdist -< r I I li �January 3, 1969 SEAFARERS Christmas Aboard The Sea-Land Summit Page Three LOG Transportation Institute Study Reveals US-Flag Tramp Ships Held to Halt Of Govt Cargoes Presiribed by Law Seafarers on the Summit (Sea-Land) get in, the spirit of Christmas by decorating a shipboard tree. Left to right: Hans Gottschlich and A. Guillen of the deck department, and Chen Yu, fireman. Active U.S.-Flag Fleet Total Down by Six in Two Months WASHINGTON—U.S.-flag tramp ships are receiving only about half of what federal law pre­ scribes as their "minimum" share of government shipments of surplus agricultural commodities and foreign aid cargoes, according to a research study made public this week by the Transportation Institute. The study further declared: surplus agricultural commodities Noting that the basis for allo­ and 18 percent of AID shipments; "Regardless of whose figures cating cargo to American-flag tankers carrying 51 percent and are used and regardless of whether vessels is embodied in Section 30 percent, .respectively; and lin­ annual or fiscal periods are used, 901(b) of the Merchant Marine ers carrying 65.3 percent and 67 U.S. tramps do not come close to Act of 1936 and Public Law 480, percent, respectively. being allocated at least 50 percent the study said these laws prescribe The research study said that of total tramp cargo. No manipu­ that American ships receive a subsequently there had been some minimum of 50 percent of the "confusion" over the issue because lation of 'availability' claims can cargo generated by the govern­ of conflicting statistics published hide the fact that of this cargo ment, and that this minimum re­ by the Agriculture Department only about 25 percent was car­ quirement be computed separately and the Agency for International ried on U.S.-flag vessels." for each segment of the maritime Development on the application The Transportation Institute is industry — liners, .tankers and of the program. This was particu­ a research organization concerned larly true with respect to AID primarily with the role of Ameri­ tramps. The study determined that "the figures, which claimed that tramps can-owned, American-built and only segment of the industry received 53 percent of their tjq)e American-manned merchant ship­ which consistently receives more of cargo, tankers 51 percent, and ping in the nation's international than 50 percent of government- liners 66 percent. commerce. generated cargo is the liner seg­ The Transportation Institute ment." This is the same segment pointed out that the discrepancy of the industry which is subsidized resulted from AID's contention by the federal government in both that the 50-50 cargo preference the construction and operation of requirement "applies only where its vessels. Pointing out, that the American ships are available"— other two segments have been fall­ adding that "the agency thus ing below the 50 percent floor, the 'writes off the remaining portion study added: of its liftings to foreign-flag ves­ sels before computing the U.S.Tramps Suffer Most flag percentage." LA JOLLA, Calif.—^American "While tankers have not fared tuna fishermen purse-seining for Figures Inconsistent as well as liners, it is the tjamps bluefin tend to find cooler waters which have really suffered from "To be valid," the research more productive, according to a unfair distribution of government study said, "the U.S.-flag tonnage recent study by the Department cargo." carried should be considered as of the Interior's Bureau of Com­ The Transportation Institute a percentage of the grand total, mercial Fisheries. said its study is the outgrowth of not of the sub-total." When this A staff member of the BCF recent complaints by some seg­ is done, the figures become 23.6 ments of maritime management percent for tramps, 42 percent Fishery-Oceanography Center at and labor that the cargo-prefer­ for tankers and 66 percent for La Jolla examined more than ence program has been "adminis­ liners. The slight difference be­ 2,000 records of purse seine sets tered unevenly in terms of cargo tween the Maritime Administra­ from the log books of tuna fisher­ allocation." The original protests tion and the "valid" AID figures, men, and found that only 47 per­ against the program's administra­ the Institute noted, arises out of cent of the sets made on bluefin tion were based on Maritime Ad­ the fact that MARAD data is at water temperatures of 70° to ministration figures showing compiled on a calendar-year basis 76° were successful, compared to tramps carrying 24.2 percent of while AID uses a fiscal-year base. 64 percent at 59° to 65° F. WASHINGTON—continued decline in the American-flag merchant fleet was pointed up by figures released by the Maritime Administration last month which showed six fewer active ocean­ going vessels as of November 1, owned fleet was 972, an increase compared with the totals on of two. This brought the total September 1—^just two months U. S. flag merchant fleet—in all earlier. categories—to 2,094 ships. Shown as of the later date were 1,078 ships of 1,000 gross tons and over. The listing is contained in MARAD's Merchant Marine Data Sheet, an oiilcial report issued periodically by the agency. Of NEW YORK — The membershipthe 1,078 ships listed, 905 were elected rank-and-file Union Tallying privately owned and 173 were gov­ Committee -has begun the tally of bal­ ernment owned. lots cast in the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, MARAD's release shows five Lakes and Inland Waters District elec­ less active and seven more inactive tion for Union olTicers which was con­ ships in the privately owned sector, ducted from November 1 to Decem­ compared With the number listed ber 31. in these categories on September Members of the 12-man Tallying 1. Committee were elected at tnember"Six ships were delivered from ship meetings called on December construction, three were acquired 30th. The following committee mem­ on exchange from the government, bers, and the ports in which they were three were traded in to the govern­ elected are: Cary J. Beck, William H. ment . . . one was transferred to Gradick, Mobile; Charles Hamilton, Panamanian flag, and four were Warren Cassidy, New York; F. Disold for scrapping," the report Giovanni, Thomas D. Garrity, New stated. Orleans: John Carlson, George T.itchIn addition, the active fleet of field, Baltimore; James Doris, Charles MAR AD declined by one to 173 Moss, Philadelphia; John L. Hunt, and the government's inactive fleet John A. Ziereis, Houston. declined by two to 949 in the twoUpon completion of the tally, the month period. Three ships were Committee will submit a report to be transferred from the Navy, three acted upon at the regular February were returned from the Army, membership meetings which will be three were exchanged from private designated as the "Election Report ownership and are expected to be Meetings" as provided in the Union sold, and three were exchanged Constitution. to private ownership. Removed Winning candidates in the election were one which was sold for nonwill take over their duties and func­ transportation use and six which tions as of midnight, February 13. are to be scrapped. A lota! of 54 qualified candidates A decline of three vessels brought the United States-owned ran on the ballot for the 45 elective fleet to 1,122. The privately Union posts. A Bluefin Tuna Keeps His Cool, U.S. Study Finds SlU Election Ballot Count Underway With the conclusion of balloting in the election of SIU officers, members of the rank dnd file tallyir^g committee have started to count the thousands of votes cast by Seafarers in ports all over the U.S. Nationwide balloting for the Union's 45 contested offices began on Nov. I and ended on Dec. 31. �Janaai7 3, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Four On Proposal of SlUNA Fishermen Two- Year Fish Reseanh Program Barked by $229,000 Govt Grant WASHINGTON—A total of $229,000 in federal funds has been granted for a two-year-long fish research program proposed and conceived by the SIUNA-affiliated Atlantic Fishermen's Union. The objective of the program is "to develop an abundant fish product that will be indefinitely stable with little or no refrigeration," species of fish, primarily whiting, the finished products in their nu­ through the use of a rapid salt have caused "glutting" of the mar­ merous food programs. curing process. ket with catch surpluses that have The federal government's Specifically, the AFU-inspired in turn driven down the price of Agency for International Devel­ study will seek to determine if fish and played havoc with the opment, which oversees most of fish species now in abundant sup­ earnings of SIUNA fishermen. this nation's aid to foreign coun­ ply, such as whiting, can be proc­ tries, has expressed hope that A solution to tl}is traditional essed by rapid salt curing into a rapid salt curing of fish may pro­ problem has been sought for many modem, efficiently marketable vide a valuable new food source years. form, that will open up new mar­ for conducting its programs that kets and thus increase the value Sixteen months ago Ackert of the catch. fight hunger in underdeveloped, asked John Holston, director of famine-ridden countries. The successful conclusion of the Bureau of Commercial Fish­ Ross D. Davis, assistant secre­ the study could have tremendous eries Technological Laboratory in beneficial affects upon the entire Gloucester, Massachusetts to as­ tary of commerce for the Eco­ nomic Development Administra­ New England fishing industry, sist in the project. tion, said in a letter to Represent­ especially in the Massachusetts Infonnation Gathered ative William Bates (D-Mass.), porta of Gloucester and ProvinceHolston compiled the necessary that the new process "will assure town. In addition, since other species of fish besides whiting may technical information, surveyed higher prices to fishermen and be used—such as herring, an­ the equipment available, and provide additional employment marshalled the resources and per­ for fishermen and shore workers." chovy, hake, and even alewivesthe results of the study are ex­ sonnel of the Gloucester lab be­ Ackert reported- that interest pected to also have an impact hind the project. from government agencies that upon fisheries in the Pacific, Gulf, Now that funds have been ap­ conduct foreign-aid programs is and Great Lakes regions. propriated by the federal govern­ most welcome, since purchases of With salt curing of fish the ment's Economic Development the finished product would help basic factor underlying the AFU Administration, Holston will this country's balance of trade by program, the two-year study will head-up the study which will be providing a new abundant export seek to arrive at the most efficient conducted at the Gloucester lab. product. Indeed, the prospect of The project is already receiv­ large"^>ufc'hhses' of the product for method of salt curing, develop handling procedures, and demon­ ing much attention across the export was one of the forces that strate that this method will allow country, and is being closely prompted him to propose the proj­ the finished product to be stored watched by a number of govern­ ect and ask for federal assistance, ,,,|pr a considerable length of time. mental agencies who may utilize he added. The basic concept of the proj­ ect originated with SIUNA Vice President Captain James Ackeft, who is currently on leave from the Atlantic Fishermen's Union to serve as master of the Seafreeze Atlantic. WASHINGTON—Look magazine has been accused by the Ackert said that seasonal fluc­ AFL-CIO of "distortions, misinformation and just plain sloppy tuations in the catch of several reporting" in an article purporting to describe discrimination by unions against Negro workers and members. The article, titled "A National Disgrace: What Unions Do to Blacks," is itself a disgrace, according to AFL-CIO SecretaryTreasurer William F. Schnitzler, who heads the federation's Civil Rights Committee. The piece was written by Jack Star, described as a Look senior editor. But, Schnitzler said, it is laden with untrue statements and ignores facts that "any cub ST. PAUL, Minn.—Harold reporter could have discovered." Koeck of Hotel and Restau­ Presidents of the Railway Clerks, Firemen and Enginemen rant Local 556 here, chair-1 and Papermakers also have written to the magazine to refute man of the legislative com- i falsehoods in the article that relate to their unions. mittee of the St. Paul AFLSchnitzler, in a letter to Look Editor William B. Arthur, took CIO, promised his wife that particular exception to false charges in the headline appearing when Vice President Hum­ over the article: "For nearly a century, most unions have forced phrey was inaugurated as Negroes into Jim Crow locals, given them dirty jobs or refused President, he'd lake her for i to admit them at all. New laws and repeated union promises are their first trip to Washington not stopping prejudice." to watch Minnesota's first I President take the oath of i Cites True Facts office. The facts, Schnitzler declared, are that "most unions never Well, the Vice President i had any Jim Crow locals; most have always admitted Negroes; didn't win the election, but it I almost none hire any workers—black or white—for any jobs, turns out the Koecks will be 1 dirty or otherwise." I going to the inauguration any-1 He hit out at "six untrue, sweeping allegations" that he said way. Look had used to back up its "ridiculous headlines," declaring Last October, Mrs. Koeck that the truth about each allegation is: stopped in the lobby of Twin • There are more than 1.5 million Negroes in AFL-CIO i City Federal, a savings and unions. loan company, and deposited • Of the 60,000 locals in the AFL-CIO, fewer than 150 are i her guess in its election sweep-1 now all-Negro and the campaign to merge them with all-white stakes. She picked Humphrey locals continues even where some black locals are reluctant to to carry Minnesota and change. missed hitting his actual total • Negroes now constitute 3.6 percent of the apprenticeship on the nose by only seven force, an increase of more than 100 percent in 10 years. Labor votes. Department figures show that Negro participation in apprentice­ The prize? A three-day, ship programs has nearly doubled in the past 18 months. all-expense trip to Washing­ '• Unions, including building trades, are engaged in programs ton for the festivities sur­ to recniit Negro journeymen as well as apprentices. rounding the inauguration of j • Unorganized workers—black and white—"are fiosking to the next President of the trade unions," because non-union craftsmen, black or vyhite, United States. earn considerably less than orgaiiized workers do. Green Carders Allowed Jobs As U.S. Workers Go Hungry SAN ANTONIO—Witnesses here recently told the U.S. Com­ mission on Civil Rights that American farm workers live in destitu­ tion while the Immigration and Naturalization service lets 44,000150,000 "commuters" cross the ^ border daily to v^ork^L^o border every day to take farm while an equal number of Laredo jobs. residents cannot get work. At the close of the six days of The Reverend Edward Kruehearings, the acting Chairman, ger, sent to the area by the Texas Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh Council bf Churches as an ob­ asked the commission staff to seek server last year, testified that he a legal opinion on whether federal was arrested and slapped after anti-peonage laws have been vio­ taking pictures of Rangers break­ ing up a farm worker picket line lated by Texas employers. The testimony tended to show. at Mission, Tex. Rangers Captain A. Y. Allee Reverend Hesburgh said, that many migrant farm workers in was booed and cheered when he the lower Rio Grande Valley are denied any brutality or strike­ living in conditions close to slav­ breaking tactics. ery. He is president of Notre Asked whether . he had con­ Dame University, and one of five ferred with the growers during commission members. the organizing effort of the United Father Hesburgh asked for a Farm Workers Organizing Com­ lawyer's opinion on peonage, not­ mittee, Allee said he had been ing that, if the workers try to or­ "in and out of Starr County for ganize, "they get thrown in jail 32 years" but denied the employ­ and have to put up $500 bond, a ers talked to him about the strike. third of their yearly income, to The commission, authorized by get out." Congress to make recommenda­ Arnulfo Guerra, an attorney tions, will report its findings when from Roma, Tex., told how Mex­ they are complete. The states un­ ican "green carders" are permit­ der study are Texas, California, ted to take farm jobs while U.S. Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico. citizens cannot find work at a liv­ The Texas committee includes ing wage. Last year, he testified, Henry Munoz, civil rights direc­ Texas Rangers and Starr County tor for the state AFL-CIO, and court officers helped employers Paul Apolonio Montemavor of break a strike of American farm the Steelworkers, Corpus Christi. workers. In its most recent report, called Manuel Ramirez of Laredo, Cycle to Nowhere, the commis­ Tex., a member of Volunteers in sion detailed living and working Service to America, testified that conditions for black citizens in 2,500 Mexican nationals cross the the Montgomery, Alabama, area. AFL-CIO Hits Race Slurs In Look Article Inauguration Trip Won the Hard Way OK Flection loss • Labor was one of the principal supporters fighting for enactment of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and long before that unions had sought at the bargaining table, to eliminate segre­ gated seniority systems. Railway Clerks President C. L. Dennis charged that the article "completely misstates the facts" in claiming that Negro freight handlers were replaced by less senior white employees and that there are no Negro rail ticket clerks. The truth is, he said, "there is not one known instance" of a Negro freight handler being displaced by a white worker with less seniority and there are "quite a few Negro ticket clerks" at work in passenger terminals. BLFE President H. E. Gilbert said "there is not a shred of truth" in the article's contention there are no Negro firemen. There are Negro firemen in various parts of the nation "and most of them" are BLFE members, he pointed out. President Harry D. Sayre hit at allegations of discrimination in the Papermakers and Paperworkers by pointing out that the union eliminated racial wage differentials more than 15 years ago and Negro members in the South are among the region's highest paid industrial workers. Photo Also Wrong He also blasted the magazine for showing a picture of a Negro worker described as being in a segregated local when the man is a member of a local that was integrated "sometime ago." Schnitzler charged that the article also "deceives by what it omits." He noted, for example, that there is no mention of the successful program under which building trades unions are actively recruiting minority group youngsters for apprenticeships in 44 major cities. "We make no claim to perfection," Schnitzler concluded, "and would welcome a constructive critique of our progress in civil rights. For there has been progress and we intend that it con­ tinue despite attempts such as Mr. Star's to discourage young Negroes. "Labor is not and has not been the foe of the quest for 3 better life. Indeed, it has often been the only group fighting for this goal. And invariably, it has succeeded despite the hos­ tility of that segment of the press which cares neither for the truth nor the cause—and would sacrifice both for sensational headlines." �•January 3, 1969 SEAFARERS LOC Pace Five Congressman Tells MTP Meeting Labor Board Knocks Down Christmas Bonus Scrooges Two employers who took away a Christmas bonus from em­ ployees must give it back, the National Labor Relations Board decided in a pair of holiday season rulings. Found guilty of unlawful acts were the Beacon Journal Pub­ lishing Co. in Akron, Ohio, and Wisconsin Aluminurn Foundry Company Inc. of Manitowoc, Wis. In the Manitowoc case. Office and Professional Employees Local 9 charged that the employer dropped a payroll clerk off its yearly bonus list because of his union membership and union activities. - The company president denied the firm was biased against employee Lorin Haver. He admitted that Haver had received a bonus of up to $500 for 19 years but last Christmas he was dropped because the bonus went only to supervisors, and Haver no longer was a supervisor. Haver's boss told the NLRB. The withholding of the bonus for the reason given was, the board ruled, a "plain violation" of the labor act. It reasoned as follows: "There was no change in Haver's duties and responsibilities" from one Christmas to the next. What had changed was that in the interval. Haver had organized the clerical workers into a union and was now included in the union bargaining unit. To withhold a bonus payment solely because the employee is represented by a union "serves naturally to discourage mem­ bership in a labor organization," the board said. Two board members reversed a trial examiner's recommen­ dation that the complaint be dismissed. Member John H. Fan­ ning dissented, saying he agreed with the examiner that the bonus was negotiated into Haver's new pay rate. In 'the Beacon Journal case, the NLRB reaffirmed an order handed down 18 months ago but remanded to the board by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Cincinnati, for additional tes­ timony. The board said the newspaper broke the law in 1966 by unilaterally changing its formula for the payment of a Christmas bonus to its union employees without bargaining collectively with the Printing Pressmen, Paper Handlers, Mailers and five other unions. It ordered the company to bargain with the unions about the bonus, and to pay all eligible employees the difference between the bonus actually paid and what should have been paid, plus interest at six percent. 1968 Efforts Realized V Delta's Replacement Program Climaxes As Fifth Ship Sails NEW ORLEANS—The formal delivery last month of the new SlU-contracted Delta Mexico to Delta Steamship Lines here, tharked the completion of the largest ship replacement construc­ tion program in the fifty-year'®' a set of Stiilcken heavy duty gear history of Delta Line. capable of lifting single loads The Delta Mexico is the fifth weighing up to 75 tons. and final unit of a series of five Attractive air-conditioned living Delta Class identical ultra-modern quarters are also provided for all American-flag cargoliners built in crew members. 1968 for Delta by the Ingalls ship­ These new Delta Class ships are yard at Pascagoola, Miss. Princi­ designed for ready adaptability to pal characteristics of these modern containerized and unitized cargo new vessels are; an over-all length operations, in anticipation of the 522 feet, with a beam of 70 feet; possibility of a continuing trend deadweight capacity 13,350 tons; toward intermodal transportation bale cubic 646,860; refrigerated systems. cargo space 47,280 cubic feet; The Delta Mexico will join her liquid cargo 1,658 long tons. four sisterships—the Delta Argen­ Design cruising speed for the tina, Brasil, Paraguay and Uru­ vessel is 18.6 knots with 11,660 guay—and the other U.S.-flag shaft horsepower, and in excess of vessels of Delta's fleet engaged in 20 knots when utilizing total regularly scheduled cargo service power at design draft. between U.S. Gulf ports, the East Coast of South America, and also Feature Bulbous Bow The new ships have been built between U.S. Gulf ports and the with a bulbous bow for increased West Coast of Africa. Other SIUspeed and fuel economy. Advanc­ manned Delta cargo vessels are ed features include centralized also being operated through the control stations in the engine room MSTS on the Vietnam sealift. and on the bridge.. Also featured The Delta Mexico proceeded are multiple hatch cargo holds from the shipyard directly to Freewith fast operating hydraulic hatch port, Texas, as her first cargo covers, and the iatest navigation ioadiag pert. After tins she loaded equipment for ship safety and op­ additional cargo at Houston and erating efficiency. The ve^el's Tampico before embarking on her cargo handling equipment includes maiden voyage to South America. Cabinet-Level Department Could End 'Fragmented Approach' to Maritime WASHINGTON—A Connecticut Congressman last month called for establishment of a Cabinetlevel Department of Maritime Resources to end what he called the "fragmented approach" to the na­ tion's problems on the oceans, lakes, rivers and harbors. Representative Robert N. ^ would be forthcoming on the De­ Giaimo added, "and it would be a Giaimo (D-Conn.) told a meet­ partment idea, he favored going mistake, in my view, to consider ing sponsored by the nearly "full steam ahead" with reconsti­ these two problems in such a way seven-million-member AFL-CIO tuting the Maritime Administra­ as to divorce them from the other Maritime Trades Department that tion as an independent agency. elements of our total maritime "more than a score of federal re"After all," Giaimo said, "the effort. partments and agencies have an record has been made on the need "To do this would be to per­ overseer role" over shipping, ship­ for maritime independence. It was petuate the neglect that has l^en building, fishing, seafood process­ made in 1966, when we kept visited upon the other elements— ing, oceanographic research, the maritime out of the Department Great Lakes, inland waterways of Transportation at the time that the development of our oceano­ and the related problem of water new Cabinet-level office came into graphic efforts, the revitalization of our fishing fleet, the expansion pollution. being. It was made in 1967 in the of our seafood processing in­ The Congressman emphasized House and 1968 in the Senate his continuing support for creation when those respective bodies dustry, the strengthening of our of an independent Maritime Ad­ voted for an independent agency. Great Lakes shipping capability, ministration, noting that "Agri­ So the record is there, and we the enlargement of our network of culture, State, Defense, Interior, should be able to pass an in­ inland waterways to serve the Commerce, Transportation, AID, dependent agency bill quickly in heartland of America, and the development of modem port the Coast Guard—and perhaps a the next session of Congress." facilities to serve modem sea and few other federal agencies^—all land transport needs. E^ntial to Progress have a finger in the maritime pie. "But if that's the route we "The fact that so many different "We should be tackling all of agencies meddle in maritime," he take," Representative Giaimo said, these problems together—for, in went on, "and do it from the point "let us make sure that the record truth, all of them are parts of the of view of their own constituencies is clear as to our long-term in­ same problem." rather than from the point of view tentions ... of having all of the As an example, Giaimo pointed of the merchant marine, is pre­ diverse elements of this program to the fact that for several years cisely the reason why we have an eventually brought together in one the maritime industry and Con­ outdated merchant marine operat­ centralized place. This is the only gress have been battling side by ing under an outdated program." way, in my opinion, that we can side for the creation of an in­ But, Giaimo declared, although make genuine progress on all dependent Maritime Administra­ an independent maritime agency maritime fronts—exploiting our tion. "I support this cause, be­ is "vitally important . . . it's far great potential on the seas and cause I happen to agree with you under them, and the great poten­ that we're never going to get at from being the total answer." tial of our lakes and rivers, our the root of our difficulties in the 'The Right Time' ports and harbors—serving the He said 1969 might be "pre­ growing needs of a growing nation maritime field as long as the cisely the right time" to go ahead in both peacetime endeavors and agency charged with this respon­ sibility is placed in a subordinate with creation of the broader Cab­ national defense." inet-level Department, particularly Recognizing the concern of position within the Executive in view of some of the statements maritime labor over the revitali- Branch . . . and corrective action issued by the President-elect's zation of American-flag shipping, is long overdue. headquarters about the need for Giaimo declared: "I share that "An independent agency can consolidating many of the pro­ concern. I recognize the concern devise an up-to-date merchant grams of government which now of workers in American shipyards cross several Cabinet Department and workers in supporting trades marine program, and can see that lines," and in view of a maritime and industries over the need to it is carried forward with vigor statement by Nixon touching on modernize and expand our ship­ and enthusiasm—certain that its all aspects of the maritime-ocean- building capabilities . . . and I efforts are not going to be negated by some Secretary or some Underographic problem. share that concern, too." Secretary somewhere in the higher "But these are only parts of Giaimo said that if it appears "unlikely" that speedy action the total maritime question," echelons of bureaucracy." The Delta Mexico Is the fifth and final ultra-modern cargo ship built for Delta Steamship Company by Ingalls Shipyard, Pascagoula, Miss. The 522-foot vessel will make maiden voyage to South America. �Page Six On UAW Membership Bid AFL-CIO Executive Council Demands Firm Declaration of ICFTU Policy WASHINGTON—The AFL-CIO Executive Council last month called on the International Con­ federation of Free Trade Unions for a specific, definite answer to the AFL-CIO's request that it reject applications for membership from hostile, secessionist unions. Until it receives such an an­ He noted that the AFL-CIO centers in the ICFTU from any swer^—specifically on the bid by had asked the ICFTU to reject at nation, is unthinkable and indefen­ the Auto Workers—the councU its November, 1968, Executive sible." said that the AFL-CIO will not Board meeting the affiliation ap­ The ICFTU should do more participate in any activities of the plication from the UAW on the than "merely refrain from taking basis of trade union principle. . action detrimental to the interests ICFTU. The question before the ICFTU of its United States affiliate," Federation President George board, Meany had written to Meany wrote, and the AFL-CIO Meany reported the action to a ICFTU Secretary-General Harm "should receive the complete press conference following a oneG. Buiter, goes beyond that posed backing and support of the day meeting of the council here. by the UAW's application. "It ICFTU in its effort to defend and Meany said that the council involves not only the integrity of preserve the integrity of the only strongly reiterated its position the AFL-CIO but that of every national trade union center in the taken at the September, 1968, other trade union center affiliated United States." meeting in New York that "the to the ICFTU." The ICFTU board postponed AFL-CIO cannot agree to the action on the UAW application, Internal Rivalry 'Unthinkable' aflSliation of the UAW to the leading to the council's demand The AFL-CIO, Meany had ICFTU in any shape, manner or for a specific answer to the trade form," in view of the withdrawal noted, "is faced with the dual ac­ union principle it raised. of the UAW from the federation tivities of a hostile, secessionist In reply to queries, the AFLand its continuing efforts "to split union in alliance with an expelled CIO president said that the trade the American trade union move­ union. Dual membership of rival union movement is in good shape ment." competing national trade union and that life will go on under the Nixon Administration. He said the AFL-CIO hopes to co-operate with the new leadership and that there is some indication that "they want that co-operation." In other actions the council: • • Approved the merger of four WASHINGTON—^The AFL-CIO and the Japanese Confedera­ rail (i^rating unions and the tion of Labor (DOMEI) have joined in supporting the desire of name change to the United Trans­ the Japanese people for the return of Okinawa to Japan "at the portation Union. Three of the unions—Firemen and Enginemen, earliest possible moment.' sire for expansion thereof in the Switchmen and Trainmen — are Representatives of the two free world, bearing in mind the federations also reached agree­ problems of individual unions AFL-CIO affiliates; the Conduc­ ment on U.S.-Japan trade, Viet­ when their workers are affected." tors were unaffiliated. • Heard officers representing nam and the need for stronger On Vietnam, "DOMEI and the the Patrolmen's Benevolent Asso­ unions in Asia at a three-day AFI-CIO reconfirm their desire ciation of New York City ask for meeting here last month. and continue their respective ef­ affiliation with ^he Federation and The meeting brought an agree-- forts for an early restoration of ment that AFL-CIO and DOMEI peace in Vietnam and achieve­ voted to name a committee to representatives will henceforth ment of a free and stable society secure more information on the meet annually to discuss matters through increasingly better condi­ request. Meany named sbc AFLCIO vice presidents, including of mutual interest. Additional tions for the people." SIU President Paul Hall, to the joint meetings may be held at the Towards this end, the statement committee which will report back request of either body. added, "we pledge full co-opera­ to the next council meeting. The AFL-CIO was represented tion with the Vietnamese Con-' • Received an interim report at the initial conference by a spe­ federation of Labor (CVI)." from A1 Barkan, national direc­ cial committee of the Executive On Asian labor, "DOMEI and tor of COPE, on the 1968 elec­ Council, headed by President the AFL-CIO have mutual inter­ tions. A full report will be made George Meany and including four ests in strengthening free trade to the council at its next meeting AFL-CIO Vice Presidents—SIU unions in Asia so that they may in February. President Paul Hall, James A. effectively promote economic de­ • Voted contributions to the Suffridge, P. L. Siemiller and velopment and prosperity for the Jewish Labor Committee, the Joseph A. Beirne. great mass of people." Joint Council on Economic Ed­ DOMEI was represented by its They pledged to press this ob­ ucation and the Inaugural Com­ president. Minora Takita, and its jective in coordination with the mittee's guaranteed fund. The lat­ general secretary, Takumi Shi- Intl. Confederation of Free Trade ter is to help underwrite inaugural geeda. Unions and the Asian Regional costs and the funds are usually re­ In a joint statement, the leaders Organization. turned from ticket sales, etc. of the two federations said that they "anticipate that the govern­ ments of Japan and the United States will reach a full and satis­ factory agreement" on the Okinawan issue. In the meantime, they declared, there must be improvement "of the working conditions and free industrial relations in Okinawa." Specifically, they called for a re­ view of labor ordinances and rales at U.S. military establishments^ with a view toward improving them. "More permanent tenure of management negotiators is impor­ tant for continuity in establishing sound labor-management rela­ tions," the joint statement said. These were the expressions of agreement in the other areas; On trade, "DOMEI and the AFL-CIO President George Meany Issues joint statement on Olcinawa, AFL-CIO continue to support free trade policy, Vietnam and Asian Labor with Minoru Takita, president, and liberal trade policy and de­ and Takumi Shigeeda (right), gen.-sec, of Japanese Labor Federation. Return of Okinawa Supported By AFL-CIO, Japanese Labor Januarjr 3, 1959 SEAFARERS LOG At Home on the Range • •X Mariano Marcelino cooks lunch for hungry Seafarers as they wait for Steel Age to pay-off after recent voyage to India among other ports. A native of the Philippines, he joined the SIU in 1951. SIU Deck Officers Program Upgrades 3 More Seafarers Three additional Seafarers have received their deck officer's licenses after completing the course of study offered at the up­ grading school sponsored by the SIU and the America Maritime Officers Union. A total of 43 under a reciprocal agreement be­ men have now earned a deck officers license after attending tween the SIU and the Associated this school and Maritime Officers Union, is the passing Coast first of its type in the industry. Applicants can begin training Guard examina­ at any time. The period of in­ tions. struction is determined by each Henry Bilde re­ ceived a second member's individual ability and mate's license. knowledge, and his preparation to The 53-year-old take the examination. Seafarer was born The training program was in­ Bilde in Denmark and stituted in line with the SIU's makes his home objective of encouraging and as­ in Bellport, Long Island, N.Y. sisting unlicensed personnel to Brother Bilde previously sailed as upgrade themselves. bosun and joined the Union in Seafarers can participate in the Philadelphia in 1943. His last ship course of instruction at no cost as bosun was the Robin Goodto themselves. They will be pro­ fellow. vided with meals, hotel lodgings A Seafarer since 1952, John Andringa joined the SIU in Sa­ vannah, Ga. Formerly sailing as AB, he received a third mate's license. He is a native of Minne­ sota and makes his home in Crookston, Minn. Brother And­ ringa served in the Air Force from 1941 to 1945 and again during the Korean War. His last vessel before earning a license was the Transpacific. Andringa Dew Paul Dew received a second mate's license after sailing previ­ and subsistence payments of $110 ously as bosun and AB. Born in per week while in training. White Oak, N. C., he has been a This in-training assistance is member of the SIU since 1952, the same as that available to when he joined in the Port of engine department Seafarers who Baltimore. The 41-year-old Sea­ are enrolled in the union training farer served in the Navy from program to prepare engine depart­ 1944 to 1949. His last ship v/as ment men for their lisensGd engi­ the Hermina. He lives in Glen neer's examination. Burnie, Maryland with his wife, SIU deck department men in­ Ethel. terested in the program should The training program, operated apply at any SIU hall. �wwrr-Mtr- January 3, 1969 SEAFARERS Tax Reform SeenJEssential In Solving NatfOfi''s Problems WASHINGTON—^Tax reform is essential to the massive public in­ vestment needed to overcome America's accumulated social and eco­ nomic problems, AFL-CIO President George Meany stresses in a recent article written for a prestigious academic joumah The article "Labor Looks at Government Finances," appears in the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. It discusses the impact of the "rapid and radical changes in tech­ nology, urban growth and race relations." It notes the problems created because "millions of people have been leaving depressed rural areas of declining job opportunities to seek their future in the cities. Additional millions have been moving from cities to suburbs. Industry, too, has been leaving the city for suburbs and outlying areas." The article warns that the public investment in facilities and services —however large it may appear in dollar terms—has not been adequate to meet the backlog of needs and keep up with rapid changes. As a result, Meany points out, education and public transportation have deteriorated in large cities, air and water pollution have become major problems, housing for the lower income families has been grossly inadequate. And a significant minority of the nation has had little share of national prosperity. Can the states, cities and private industry overcome these problems? Meany thinks not. They can help, he says; they can do more than they have done. But, he adds: "The key to the national complex of social and economic problems is federal government policy, funds and planned programs over the -next 10 to 20 years—^with state and local government initiative and additional funds to carry through the nationwide efforts at the local level." Meany emphasizes labor's position that the government must be: • "The employer of last resort—to create jobs for the unemployed and seriously underemployed in providing needed public services. • The landlord of last resort—to build and rehabilitate housing that poor people can afford." But can the government, itself, afford this? Yes, Meany insists. The growth in the national economy will gen­ erate additional revenue. But, he stresses, to gain continued public support for heavy federal expenditures, the public must be convinced of the fairness of the taxation system. The fact is that we don't have an equitable tax system, even though it is superior to most state and local tax structures. Specifically, Meany proposes "elimination of those gross inequities that impose full tax rates on workers' earnings while there are various loopholes that permit wealthy people-and corpwations to escape pay­ ment of full tax rates and, in some cases, to escape from paying any federal taxes at all." He calls also for reform of state and local tax policies, consolidation of small local government jurisdictions and a federal tax credit for state income tax payments to encourage states to base taxation on ability to pay. Meany firmly rejects the conservative call for "no strings" handover of federal money to the states. "Since unconditional grants would not be tied to specific programs, there is no assurance they would not be used for less urgent or even wasteful purposes," he notes. Nor could enforcement of federal civil rights or labor standards be assured. Genuine problems resulting from uncoordinated grant programs can be overcome by less drastic remedies, Meany suggests. Basically, the article insists, "America has the manpower, skills and productive ability to achieve solutions" to the nation's problems. Bert M. Jewell, 87, president of the former AFL Railway Em­ ployees Department for nearly a quarter of a century, died in a Kansas City, Kansas, rest home recently. He retired from the position in 1946. Jewell, a long­ time leader in the Boilermakers, also headed the negotiating com­ mittee of the non-operating unions for many years, and represented rail unions at international labor meetings. • • ... » The City Council of Lakewood, Ohio, has unanimously passed an ordinance calling for full recogni­ tion of union bargaining rights. The ordinance was enacted after extensive negotiations with Local 1043 of the State, County and Municipal Employees and the lo­ cal lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police. City-recognized unions submitted their proposals for wage provisions for 1969 last mouth. Bargaining will be handled by the council's finance committee and any agreements must be approved by the council. * « « James L. Kane, 48, president of the Buffalo AFL-CIO Council since 1959, has been appointed to a Buffalo City Court judgeship and took office Jan. 1. "James L. Kane has been a very active law­ yer," Buffalo Mayor Frank A. Sedita said in announcing the ap­ pointment, "he will be a very good judge." Kane, a graduate of the University of Buffalo Law School, became president of the former Buffalo Federation of Labor in 1946 and has presided over the council since its merger. He is a member of the Postal Clerks. • • • More than 20,000 members of Utility Workers Ixx;al 1-2 returned to work after voting by a 3-1 margin to end a two-week strike against Con Edison in New York Inst month. Wage inerpases of $17 to $48 a week are included in a 27-month contract which won ap­ proval after an earlier offer was rejected Nov. 30. Page Seven LOC O' Say Can You See? In keeping with long-established custom, Christmas greetings were sent once again this year to the men and women of the American Merchant Marine by the Presi­ dent of the United States. This message was broadcast to all U.S.-flag vessels throughout the world during Christmas week. The White House message expressed its "unending debt to those who sail our mer­ chant ships over the highways of the sea" ... and those who "safeguard the nation's sup­ ply lines to our military forces on distant shores . . ." These are encouraging words, it is true; but the poor record of White House support of maritime reduces them to words—and words alone. Even though they are a token pat on the back, they can hardly raise any ju­ bilation. Seafarers in 1968 have continued to sail into often dangerous waters aboard many ships which should have been retired to the scrap-heaps years ago. Despite the formal praise issued for ptiblic consumption, the truth is, the U.S. merchant marine is carrying governrnerit cargoes with a fleet 70 percent of which consists of ships over 20 years old. Tlie truth, again is, that this nation has practically abandoned the carriage of its goods in international com­ merce. Today we are hauling less than six percent of our own imports and exports. Our 50-50 cargo laws are in disrepute because of constant circumventions of the law by gov­ ernment officials which continue unchecked under the blanket excuse that we don't have the ships with which to live up to regulations. This is no more than federal double talk sub­ stantiated by long-standing fedefal neglect. Today this nation is scrapping more ships —and replacing them more slowly than ever before in its history. The Soviets are build­ ing ships at a rate of nearly seven to every one we put on the ways. With the advent this month of a new Administration, the opportunity to reverse course is before us. The hard-earned vic­ tories for maritime which have been chalked up in the past year—despite the hostility of the Executive Branch—can be solidified into law. The maritime industry and the Con­ gress soundly defeated the attempt to bury MARAD in Transportation, where it would have become even further subordinated to every other means of moving people and goods. But MARAD must be moved out of Com­ merce, too, where it has languished since 1950, where it has had to compete with that Department's big business programs, and with the more prosperous, well-protected in­ dustries such as the railroads, airlines and trucking. Any national maritime program must start anew—from this point on. The Congress is well aware of the sad plight of the decrepit American merchant marine. In 1968, it passed maritime's declaration of independ­ ence by approving overwhelmingly a bill for an independent MARAD. The same ur­ gency, the same understanding, and the same legislators who recognized the need then are still there now—with the exception of only a few. MARAD must be made a separate agency—and now! That will pave the way to real considera­ tion of America's vital interests—economic, political and strategic — in this country's recapture of its supremacy on the high seas. Then, :..:id only then, will official holiday greetings to the men and women of our mer­ chant marine—made up of a growing, re­ vitalized fleet—sound like a sincere greeting, rather than mere commiseration. �t fi |i I Page Eight / P. StevenSr Governments Darling, Gets Hardest Rap Yet from NLRB WASHINGTON—J. P. Stevens and Co., Inc., major supplier of textile goods to the U.S. govern­ ment, deliberately reduced the flow of cotton into a company warehouse to give itself an excuse for getting rid of union supporters prior to a National Labor Relations Board election, an NLRB aide declared last month. Stevens management started its whom he held to have been un­ The ruling, by Trial Exam­ lawfully disehaiged, should be re­ union-busting tactics when it iner Owsley Vose, marked the instated—all of them with back­ learned in the fall of 1967 that sixth straight time since 1966 that pay except three who were laid its warehouse employes were in­ terested in joining the Textile unfair labor practice charges off after the election. Workers Union of America, the Challenges to ballots cast by the against the nation's second largest examiner reported. 14 should be overruled, Vose said. textile maker have been upheld. Though its Black Hawk ware­ advised the NLRB to open He Two of the NLRB rulings have house was only about half full in and count the ballots; to certify been sustained by the U.S. Su­ September of 1967, Stevens "com­ TWUA as the bargaining agent preme Court. Three company ap­ peals still wait to be ruled on by for warehouse employees if it wins menced consigning the great bulk a majority of the valid votes cast; of its shipments" from cotton other U.S. appeals courts. and if it does not get a majority states to an independently-owned Excuse for Layoffs that the election be set aside public warehouse in Greenville, Vose concluded after hearing and a new election ordered. thence to its cloth-making plants. the latest charges that Stevens Vose's report will go to the That month Stevens consigned "deliberately changed its past NLRB for review if the company 73 of the 88 carloads of cotton methods of doing business so as files exceptions, as it has in the shipped from the South to Green­ to be able to reduce the volume five preceding cases. The first two ville for warehousing at the inde­ of cotton moving" into and out of of five NLRB findings against pendent warehouse, the examiner the company's Black Hawk ware­ Stevens were refused review by related. house at Greenville, S.C. The the Supreme Court. Policy Changed purpose, he found, was "to have Workers unlawfully fired by "Earlier in 1966 and 1967, al­ an excuse for laying off a substan­ Stevens in the first two cases have most all the cars placed at the [in­ tial number of the group of em­ collected $666,895 in backpay to dependent! warehouse had orig­ ployees which ... the company date. Stevens' union-busting pol­ had heard contained the largest icies have prevented any success­ inally been consigned to Black number of union supporters, ful union organization in the past. Hawk. However, apparently real­ namely the warehouse em­ TWUA President William Pollock izing that it did not make sense to ployees." predicted that the Black Hawk consign cotton to Commodity [the The examiner recommended workers will give TWUA its first independent warehouse] when it had plenty of space available at that 17 warehouse employees. "foothold" in the Stevens chain. Black Hawk, and when its own warehouse staff was comparatively idle. Stevens had 37 of the 73 cars originally consigned to Com­ modity" switched to its own ware­ house, the examiner related. The remaining 38 cars com­ prised a "significantly larger num­ OKLAHOMA CITY—Oklahoma's voters, who turned down a ber of cars than Stevens had pre­ proposal to ban the union shop in a 1964 referendum, won't be viously had Commodity handle," faced with another vote on the issue for at least some time to come. Vose said, citing the record of Oklahomans for the Right- istered voters, names written in shipments. Next Stevens in­ creased its use of warehouses at to-Work, the state affiliate of the same handwriting. Gulfport and Clarksdale, Miss., the National Right-to-Work But it conceded defeat, declar­ instead of Black Hawk, and at the Committee, had to give up its at­ ing the Supreme Court ruling same time laid off 20 Black Hawk tempts to force the issue on the made it "impractical" to continue employees to bring the warehouse ballot on the basis of petitions the fight. workers to 28—a reduction in collected last year. The organization's executive force of unprecedented size. Oklahoma's secretary of state, vice president. Herb Johnson, said And just before the eligibility John Rogers, had ruled that the a new "right-to-work" petition period for voting in the NLRB organization hadn't turned in will be circulated "as soon as we election expired, Stevens hired three new shop employees, Vose enough valid petitions to qualify can get everything set up." He said the state legislature noted. The shop employees, who under state law. Signatures of should pass a new law to cover repair equipment, are mainly 101,589 voters were required. The "right-to-work" group the problem of "missing" signa­ white and the warehouse workers predominantly black. fought his decision in the courts tures. —and claimed that some 3,500 names they turned in hadn't been Early Morning Byeopener counted. But they couldn't make the charge stick. The state's Supreme Court ap­ pointed a referee to investigate the charge. He found no evidence that any uncounted petitions had ever been submitted. The Supreme Court then con­ firmed his findings and took note of "obvious discrepancies" in the testimony given by "right-towork" officials regarding the "missing" names. That left the number of peti­ tions on file at only a few hun­ dred over the legal minimum— despite the use of paid solicitors and a high-powered advertising and publicity campaign during the three-month period allowed for collecting initiative petitions. The "right-to-work" group could have contested the ruling that 17,000 of these signatures were invalid—^fake names, dupli­ Minor Jensen enjoys a cup of coffee at the New York hall's cafe­ cations, names of persons not reg­ teria. He last shipped on the Robin Goodfellow as a chief cook. Oklahoma Right-to-Workers Forced bv Court to Retreat January 3, 1969 SEAFARER^ LOC :Se Plan Early for Retirement By Sidney Margollus Is anyone in your family coming up for retirement in 1969? Or in the next few yeans? Even ten years ahead is not too soon for practical retirement plan­ ning. Now, more than ever before, it is important to estimate well in advance how much your living expenses will be when you finally do retire. If you expect to live on about the same scale after retirement as be­ fore, you probably will need about 70 percent of the income you had before. Thus, if pre-retirement costs for a husband and wife have been about $6,000, you would need about $4,200 to continue living in the same way after retirement. That's just about the annual amount a retired couple needs today for moderately comfortable living. The main differences in annual living costs are brought about by savings on income taxes, job expenses, some clothing, and fewer meals out. Unfortunately, most retired people do not have 70 percent of preretiremenf income. Only about one out of six already-retired people have any private pension. The others depend mostly on social security, plus occasional part-time work and help from relatives.. In the future, more retiring workers will have pensions to supple­ ment social security. However, for at least another generation, this will not be the case for most. In addition to working out a retirement budget, there are certain key financial decisions which should be made. Their timing can affect your taxes, how much extra income you will have, and even your expenses. Some of the most vital decisions involve the following: • Your House. If you sell your house before you reach 65, you may have to pay more tax on the gain in value than if you close the deal after 65. • E Bonds; Other Savings. If you expect to cash in E bonds or sell mutual-fund shares or other securities on which you have gains, you can usually save taxes here, too, by waiting until after 65. If you are buying E bonds for retirement, buy smaller denomina­ tions—for example, two $50-bonds instead of a $100-one. In this way you won't have to cash a large bond to get a relatively small amount of cash. (This suggestion can be useful to younger families too, especially since they have to pay tax on the increase in value of their bonds.) • Retirement Savings. The form in which you want to keep your savings after retirement may also be different. E bonds will be less useful than five percent savings accounts as a place to keep your sav­ ings. You will no longer need the tax-postponable feature of the E bonds, which is useful to younger families, because you probably will not have to pay much—if anything—in income taxes following your retirement. If you have some of your savings in mutual-fund shares or stocks, those paying higher immediate income are more useful now than those paying lower dividends but offering better prospects for capital growth. • Your Life Insurance. You also must decide what to do about your life insurance. If you have a whole-life or endowment policy on which you have been paying for many years, it probably has a fairly large cash-surrender value. When you are ready to retire, you prob­ ably will need income more than your heirs will need insurance pro­ tection. If this is so, you usually can convert this cash value into an annuity which will pay you an income each month. If you also arrange for survivor payments—or buy a separate annuity for your wife—this income will take the place of at least part of the insurance as protec­ tion for her if she survives you. Converting the cash value of your insurance to an annuity or other income-producing investment will also reduce your living expenses by ending further payment of premiums. If you do have an endowment policy, consult the insurance com­ pany about the tax effects of the optional ways of taking the proceeds. If you convert to an annuity before, or within 60 days after the policy matures, you may be able to escape some or all of the tax on the difference between what you put in and what you get back. • Medical Needs. Some medical care you may wish to postpone until your Medicare coverage starts—if such care is postponable with­ out harm to you. But some needs not covered by Medicare—such as dental work, eyeglasses and hearing aids—may give you a tax deduc­ tion if paid before age 65. The deductibility of such expenses may be of less use to you after 65. • If Others Will Help You. If your grown children or other close relatives will help support you in retirement, make sure you and they know all the dependency rules. Sometimes taxpayers lose a potential exemption because they slip up on some point, such as not counting all their contributions, including the value of the dependent's room in the taxpayer's house. The most important rule is that the taxpayer—or taxpayers, if more than one contributes—must provide more than half the support of the dependent. Also, the dependent must not have $600 or more of "taxable" income of his own. Remember that social security, railroad retirement, VA payments and similar income are not taxable as income. Even if the taxpayer cannot claim you as a dependent because you have $600 or more of taxable income, he still may be able to include your medical expenses in his medical deduction, if he does pay these expenses and does contribute more than half your annual support. �,n^. • January 3, 1969 ONE VOYAGING—ONE MAN sailing the high seas in a small, frail craft—has become an in­ creasingly popular sport in recent years, and despite the dangers involved it continues to exercise a fascina­ tion over these adventurous souls who feel impelled to challenge the seas and elements. Although most men who took up this challenge in the past were master mariners, their ranks have been joined by amateurs—and one of these, Cleveland copyreader Robert Manry, sailed five years ago in what was probably the smallest craft to ever successfully cross the Atlantic. In the personal account of his crossing in an 11-foot sailboat from Falmouth, Massachu.setts to Falmouth, England, Manry gives perhaps the most novel description of what constitutes a lone voyage. "A voyage made by a .solitary person is sometimes called a singlehanded voyage or solo voyage," he wrote, "but neither of these terms gives proper credit to the most important factor in any voyage, the boat." The boat is indeed important. Lone voyagers have dis­ covered—sometimes to their surprise—that small craft fare better in rough seas and storms than larger ones which are more difficult to maneuver, and are more likely to be broken up by pounding waves. "Far from being a solo," Manry continues, "a oneman voyage is a kind of maritime duet in which the boat plays the melody and its skipper plays the harmonic counterpart. The performances of the boat and the skipper are both important, undeniably, but if it comes to making a choice between the two the decision must be in favor of the boat. For there have been a few honest-to-goodness solo voyages, and these have been made by boats, not men." Manry is referring here to solo voyages made by derelict vessels—some of which drifted, unmanned, for thousands of miles without sustaining the slightest bit of damage. The past 15 years have witnessed nearly a dozen ocean crossings by lone voyagers. They have become so com, monplace that Mariner Alan Villiers, who himself sailed a replica of the Mayflower across the Atlantic ten years ago, speaks cynically of "a radio-sick populace clamouring to be told about them." In addition to Manry's trip across the Atlantic in his II-foot Tinkerbelle, Alec Rose, a grocer, has crossed the same ocean in a 36-foot yacht; William Willis—since lost at sea— crossed the Pacific twice on a sail-propelled raft; and Sir Francis Chichester has circumnavigated the world alone in his yacht Gypsy Moth. Although men were undoubtedly making lone voyages thousands of years before him, the first recorded lone ocean crossing was made 75 years ago by a master mariner in a 37-foot sloop—and five years later another master mariner sailed alone around the world in an even smaller craft—a converted Indian dugout fitted with sails. Captain Joshua Slocum, a Nova Scotian who had been "born in the breezes" and "studied the sea as per­ haps few men have studied, neglecting all else," had sailed since the age of 10 and survived a long career at sea as a sailing-ship master before he was to undertake his last great adventure. In 1890, at age 55, Slocum found himself without a ship, having lost a bark that he commanded off the coast of Brazil. After returning to Boston to work in a shipyard, he was given—as a practical joke—an anti­ quated little sloop, the Spray which had been lying idle for seven years on a New Bedford shore. Measuring a little less than 37 feet by 14 and-one-half feet, the Spray vvas completely rebuilt and outfitted by Slocum during the next two years. As work progressed, an idea began taking root in Slocum's mind. He started asking himself—at first facetiously, then seriously—why not sail the Spray singlehandedly around the world? Following trial runs to make certain that the Spray was seaworthy, and the addition of a few innovations of his own—including a lifeboat made from a dory cut in half with one end boarded up—Slocum decided the moment had arrived to embark on his solo voyage. On July I, 1895, complete with newspaper interviews and a gala sendoff by well-wishers, Slocum, who in all his years of seafaring had never learned to swim, set sail from New Bedford on a three-year journey that was to take him to every corner of the globe. His experiences on this trip included an encounter with pirates in the Mediterranean, raids on his ship by na­ L SEAFARERS LOG tives in the South Pacific, a celebrities welcome in sev­ eral of the world's seaports, the offer of a girl from the Azores to accompany him on the rest of his voyage (which he refused), and a near-collision with a whale. Slocum was the first to experience what has happened to many later lone voyagers—imagining that there is someone else on board, hallucinations so real that the lone voyagers actually carries on conversations with the imaginary passenger. At one point during his transAtlantic crossing many decades later, Manry thought he had a grey-bearded hitchhiker who wanted to be dropped off at an equally imaginary island. Slocum's imaginary hitchhiker was straight out of the history books. This was early in his voyage, shortly after he had left the Azores, the first leg of his journey. While eating island fruit and white cheese that the American Consul in the Azores had given him, Slocum was suddenly seized with such painful cramps that he could barely move—and at that very moment the wind took on gale proportions, forcing him to adjust his sails and lash the helm. Finishing this, he crawled to his cabin where he fell to the floor in a faint. The l3l/2-foot sloop Tinkerbelle in which Robert Manry, a Cleveland newspaperman, made trans-Atlantic cross­ ing to Falmouth, England, in 1965, gets final inspection from owner at suburban home. Trip took 78 days. . Page Nine ing it around the world. He, too, wrote a bodk about his voyage adventures, but the idea of lone navigating still didn't draw others to sea in small craft for some time afterward. Then, in 1921, an old carpenter, Harry Pidgeon, began a three-year voyage around the world in a 34-foot sloop, the Islander. Successfully completing this lone voyage, he continued to make solo trips for the next 20 years until the age of 70. Pidgeon was the first of these lone voyagers to use the newly-opened Panama Canal. He was soon joined by a French tennis champion, Alain Gerbault, who sailed his yacht Firecrest around the world singlehandedly. By this time the equipment on yachts had been so improved that it became possible, as Villiers puts it, for "most anyone to 'have a go.' " This equipment in­ cludes radios that keep the lone voyagers in constant communication with civilization, special lifesaving de­ vices, and other modern conveniences that have taken some of the earlier romance out of solo voyaging. Nevertheless, lone voyagers still occasionally disap­ pear—William Willis, the "Old Man of the Sea," was lost last September. A few pieces of wreckage from his 11 Vi -foot sloop, the Little One, found by the Russians in the Atlantic, were the only trace found. And Robert Manry, in his 11-foot Tinkerbelle, was twice washed overboard during his voyage, saved only by a lifeline tied around his waist. The most recent of the returning lone voyagers was Alan Eddy, a Scarsdale, New York mariner who left Catskill, N. Y., in 1965 in a 30-foot fiberglass sailboat, the Apogee, and logged 36,000 miles in the succeeding three years, going first to Marblehead, Massachusetts, then to the Virgin Islands and the Grenadines before passing through the Panama Canal and continuing on to the Fiji Islands. Returning to New York last September after rounding the Cape of Good Hope, Eddy's voyage might have gone virtually unnoticed had he not picked up a passenger on the last leg of his journey, a woman photographer who accompanied him to the West Indies. The first man to sail around the world in a fibreglass sailboat, Eddy had an experience in the Pacific Ocean which is perhaps unique among lone voyagers—his vessel was attacked by a school of whales, an attack that broke loose the cabin flooring and left Eddy with a severe case of the shakes which was not improved by a later severe tropical storm off the coast of New Zealand which sank one other vessel and left three more dis­ masted. While taking note that circumnavigating yachts are now ". . . commonplace. . . On almost any call at Pa­ peete, Tahiti, one will see at least a dozen alongside there, most of them sailing round the world," Villiers acknowledges that "a single-bander is still something of a rarity. . . After all, such mariners inevitably offer them­ selves as hostages to fortune. . ." Six months ago there was a non-stop around-the-world race by lone voyagers by way of the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Horn. Although Villiers wished them well, he emphasized that ". . . for my part, they can have it." Later regaining consciousness, he became aware of the ship's plunging and tossing in the stormy seas. Making his way to the deck, Slocum then imagined he saw a man at the helm. "I have come to do you no harm," the spectral figure said to Slocum. "I am one of Columbus' crew. In fact I am the pilot of the Pinta. Lie quiet Captain. I will guide your ship tonight." Raving, Slocum asked the appartition to remain un­ til the next day, shouting "But just give her sail!" The figure then advised Slocum: "You did wrong. Captain to mix cheese with plums. White cheese is never safe unless you know whence it comes." What are the feelings and impressions of lone voy­ agers after they have been alone at sea with absolutely no other company than their own thoughts and imagi­ nations? In the account of his voyage, Slocum mentioned an initial feeling of overpowering solitude which lasted about a week, only to disappear and never recur throughout the remainder of his travels. "During these days a feeling of awe crept over me," he wrote. "My memory worked with startling power. The ominous, the insignificant, the great, the small, the wonderful, the commonplace—rail appeared before my mental vision in magical succession. Pages of my history were recalled which had been so long forgotten that they seemed to belong to a previous existence. I heard all the voices of the past laughing, crying, telling what I had heard them tell in many corners of the earth." When Slocum returned from his three-year voyage in 1898, he wrote a book about his exploits which was quite popular at the time, but no one was eager to du­ plicate his feat—quite possibly because a few years later he tried to duplicate it himself and disappeared without a trace. However, in 1901 another master mariner. Captain I. C. Voss, found a derelict Indian dugout on a Van­ Gipsy Moth IV, famous ketch in which Sir Francis Chi­ couver beach which he christened the Tilikum. He chester, shown at her bow, made his round-the-world solo fitted it out with sails and spent the next three years sail­ voyage, setting out from the Port of Plymouth, England. �Page Ten January 3, 1969 SEAFARERS LOC Presidential Emergency Rail Board Public Welfare Rule Reform Bids Talks Resume on Train Crews Wins Full ATL-CIO Backing WASHINGTON—three-member presidential emergency board recently summoned the man­ agement of three railroads and the Railroad Trainmen to "immediately resume negotiations" on disputes involving train-crew sizes. In a report to President John­ son, the l^ard said that it found ment is reached and the railroads They asked for an "unfettered" cannot issue threatened new rules. right to determined crew sizes, "no reason" why the issue The disputes go hack to 1960 that is without bargaining. couldn't be settled by "conscien­ when BRT first served notices on The board termed as "unreal­ tious" bargaining "as has been railroads calling for a minimum istic" the railroads' request for a done in the greater part of this "safe" crew of not less than two freehand to set crew sizes, noting industry." trainmen in addition to the con­ that the earlier arbitration board's Upon receiving the report, ductor on all trains. findings — "that the employees Johnson also appealed to both After a two-year compulsory have a legitimate bargaining in­ sides to use "every effort to re­ arbitration award on train crews terest in this question"—are still solve their differences through the expired in 1966, the notices were valid. free process of collective bargain­ upheld in litigation that went all As for conflicting claims of ing." the way to the U.S. Supreme what is a safe and efficient crew, Court. the board said that "evaluation" Disputes Aired Since then the BRT has reached of these factors "is a matter for The hoard, appointed upon the agreement on crews—some threejoint consideration by the bargain­ recommendation of the National men and some two-men — with ers on the properties." Mediation Board, held 10 days of more than 70 railroads. But it has During the hearings, there also hearings into disputes involving been unable to reach agreement were charges by the BRT that the BRT and the Louisville and Nashville, the Belt Railway of with L&N, Belt and IC and sev­ railroads management had illegal­ ly met with individual workers, Chicago and the Illinois Central. eral other carriers. Union witnesses charged before without notice to the union, to Appointment of the hoard ended a one-day strike on the the hoard that the three carriers offer pay increases if the men L&N and a three-month walkout have "refused to bargain in good would abandon the crew-size issue. The board made it clear that on the Belt. It also covered the faith." It urged the hoard to call union's dispute on IC even though for resumed bargaining, either "negotiations on the crew issue, there was no strike on that line. with or without a suggested pat­ now present by virtue of the notices already filed, will be better Under the terms of the Railway tern for settlement. Labor Act both sides must keep The railroad managements, on served by laying aside of this the "status quo" until Jan. 13, the other hand, contended that money issue." which means the union cannot two-men crews were adequate for BRT President Charles Luna strike before then if no settle­ safety and efficient operations. said the report "reaffirms the po­ sition we have held all along. We are ready to negotiate at any time rnd always have been." Right Wing Begs Faithful: 'Eat More Scah Crapes' KANSAS CITY~The American Farm Bureau Federation, the National Right to Work Committee and the John Birch Society have called on their members to eat all the California grapes they can stuff down. ^ At the convention of the Farm The goal is to break the AFL- Bureau here, President Charles B. CIO United Farm Workers Or­ Shuman called for a counterganizing Committee, whose na­ boycott of food stores which have tional boycott of struck Califor­ boycott of food stores which nia table grapes has the solid have stopped carrying California support of the trade union move­ grapes. ment and the endorsement of "Buy and eat grapes and have leading church groups. some on your table for Christ­ mas," Shuman urged delegates. The pitch to the conservative big farmers' establishment was SEAFARERS^LOG that organization of grape work­ ers in California would spread to Jan. 3. 1969 • Vol. XXXI, No. I farm workers elsewhere. Official Publication of the Posters in the convention hall Seafarers International Union of North America, warned, "Grapes today-^bread to­ Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes morrow." The head of the Cali­ and Inland Waters District, fornia Farm Bureau reported on AFL-CIO the "almost traumatic experience" Executive Board PAur, HALL, President of union organizing and passed CAL TANNER EARL SHEPARD out baskets of grapes to the dele­ Exec. Viee-Pret. Vice-President gates. AL KERR LINDSEY WULIAHS Sec.-Treae. Vice-President Local chapters of the John AL TANNER ROBERT MATTHEWS Birch Society have held "counterVice-President Vice-President picketing" demonstrations to try Director of Publications to nullify protests against the sale MIKE POLLACK of California grapes. Editor HARRY WITTSCHBN And the National Right to Work ilssistant Editors WILL KARP Committee has a leaflet it is pass­ PETER WEISS ing out which terms the grape BILL MOORE boycott a weapon to bring about Staff Photographer ANTHONY ANSALDI "compulsory unionism." It says grape pickers are really Pikllihsd kIwMkly at SIO Rksds lilind Avenis H.E., Wuklniton, D. C. 20018 ky tks Stafarwell off and are covered by "more •n Intarnatlanal Union, Atlantic, Gait, Lakat protective laws than farm workers and Inland Watin Dlitrlit, AFL-CIO, £75 Faartk Avanaa, Brooklyn, H.V. 11232. Tal. in any other state." NVMlntk 9-£600. Saeand clan pactaia paM at Waihlnitani, D. C. What the "work" committee POSTMASTER'S ATTENTION: Fann 3579 doesn't mention is that the farm aardt akanid ka sent ts Sasfarcri Intcmatianal Bales, Atlantia, Gall, Ukaa and Inland workers aren't covered by a law WRtari DIftrlct, AFL-CIO, £75 Faartk AcanM, •naklyn, N.V. 11232. giving them the right to union or­ ganization and collective bargain­ ing. WASHINGTON—The AFL-CIO has given its "enthusiastic en­ dorsement" to public welfare reforms which the Department of Health, Education and Welfare predicts will bring greater efficien-.y, economy and dignity to ^ ments have been unjustly reduced progtams to help the needy. or terminated. Payments would v., deration President George continue while the claim was be­ Meaiiy wrote HEW Secretary Wil­ ing adjudicated. bur j. Cohen that the new regula­ Cohen announced the proposed tions his department has proposed changes Nov. 20, with a 30-day would make "more humane a sys­ period for comments by interested tem which has in many ways been parties. If finally approved, the gea^'ed to punishing the most dis­ new procedures would be binding advantaged in our country." on states after July 1, 1969. The The chief change would be to bulk of the money for the pro­ require states to rely on first-hand grams—to help needy children, the information obtained from appli­ aged and the disabled—comes cants in determining whether they from the federal government. are eligible for public assistance. In his announcement, Cohen There would be controls and noted that several states already checks to guard against abuse. But use the simplified declaration sys­ the intent is to end the "snooping" tem for determining eligibility and type of home investigation which spot checks have found that abuses has placed a stigma on the needy are no higher—and often lower— and helpless. than in states which rely on home "Besides offering a measure of investigations. dignity and self-respect to those Caseworkers now spend 70 to who must turn to public assist­ 95 percent of their time determin­ ance," Meany stressed, "the new ing who is eligible for assistance procedures will release many pro­ pavments, the HEW noted. The fessional people to do what they time, the announcement suggested, have been trained to do—that is, could better be spent "helping to offer rehabilitation and other so­ people solve problems and become cial services to people who badly more self-reliant and self-supportneed them." ing. Meany as in line with a policy Meany noted that the indigni­ resolution adopted by the last ties to which welfare recipients AFL-CIO convention would make are subjected too often serve to legal help available to welfare discourage people in need from recipients who believe their pay­ obtaining help. December 13 to December 26, 1968 DECK DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTJSKED TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups All Port ' 1 Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco ... Seattle ;.. Totals Class A Class B 7 0 68 43 8 5 43 13 7 11 10 11 9 6 20 23 33 30 21 27 17 16 36 60 21 16 300 261 Class A Class B Class C 9 3 1 19 30 15 6 3 1 16 4 4 8 12 4 7 7 5 0 1 2 16 20 4 23 22 3 19 14 7 13 19 13 38 60 27 9 17 13 191 206 97 REGISTERED on BEACH Class A Class B 10 4 98 141 13 20 106 48 37 15 19 2^ 16 20 65 37 76 118 101 80 39 0 15 35 7 37 453 728 ENGINE DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Port Class A Class B Boston 5 4 New York 55 55 Philadelphia 4 7 Baltimore 28 23 Norfolk 6 14 Jacksonville . 6 13 Tampa 3 4 Mobile 17 16 New Orleans 35 38 Houston 19 23 Wilmington 10 10 San Francisco ... 40 38 6 Seattle 19 Totals 234 264 TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C 3 1 3 16 26 13 9 0 5 11 4 5 9 12 5 3 9 7 0 1 1 12 17 5 6 15 25 13 23 13 8 8 12 31 38 36 8 16 18 123 192 120 STEWARD DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED All Groui Port Boston •. York ..«•••• Philadelphia ..... BfiLltimore ..••••• Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans ..... Houstoi. Wilmington San Francisco ... Seattle Totals Class A Class B 4 3 , 36 23 8 3 22 11 4 5 13 4 4 1 12 13 35 19 12 17 12 4 29 56 16 2 207 161 Class A Class I1 Class C 1 1 2 21 16 13 2 4 2 6 6 5 4 8 7 2 9 5 0 1 0 18 11 6 15 18 11 12 IZ 2 9 5 7 27 47 29 10 2 4 • 127 189 97 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 2 1 105 95 3 14 100 56 17 12 14 11 14 11 26 40 104 87 70 85 1 12 17 32 33 8 448 522 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 3 3 44 107 18 7 82 46 13 22 10 13 6 21 49 23 42 120 38 82 0 21 27 33 3 35 262 606 �January 3, 1969 SEAFARERS Labor Department Briefing Secretary of Labor Willard Wirtz, right, meets with George P. Shultz, the man who will succeed him in the incoming Nixon Administra­ tion. Wirtz referred to Shultz as "an old and cherished friend." Patrolmen Join With Clerks In Latest Rail Union Merger WASHINGTON—The Railway Patrolmen have completed a merger that brought the union into the Railway Clerks as an au­ tonomous section of BRC's Allied Services Division. Under the merger, effective Like Ryan, Dennis emphasized January 1, the Patrolmen will that "unions in the transportation be in seven locals of exclusive industry need merger. Our mem­ membership within the division. bers are calling for it all over the The union has about 2,000 mem­ United States and Canada. bers in 52 locals holding 65 con­ "The merger trend is clearly at tracts with U.S. railroads. hand in railway labor, and our The Patrolmen's convention in union expects to play a major role Portland, Ore., in October ap­ in developing a situation in which proved the merger plan and in­ there are fewer, but better unions structed its executive board to to represent the needs of the em­ work out details to effectuate the ployees," he concluded. merger. BRC President C. L. Dennis and Patrolmen's President Wil­ liam J. Ryan announced here that the board completed this process in meetings held in Chicago De­ cember 5 and 6. Details of the merger were negotiated by the board in confer­ ences with L. E. Dennis, BRC's ANCHORAGE, Alaska—The­ administrative coordinator and odore F. Stevens, a Republican, W. J. Donlon, the union's gen­ was appointed last week to fill eral counsel. the vacant United States Senate Under the merger agreement, seat created by the death of Ryan became a vice president in the BRC division. The Patrol­ Alaska's Democratic senior Sen­ men's Secretary-Treasurer L. ator, E. L. (Bob) Bartlett. The appointment was made by Powell, is now a member of the Republican Governor Walter J. division's board of trustees. Hickel, who, as President-elect Increased Effectiveness Nixon's appointee choice for Sec­ In announcing the merger, retary of the Interior, is expected Ryan said: "We are very happy to take over that post this month. with the negotiated agreement, Stevens, a 45-year-old lawyer which brings our members into a who has been majority leader of large and effective union." the Alaska House of Representa­ Stressing that the need for tives, will serve until 1970, when mergers among transportation a special election must be held unions has been apparent for to fill out the term which runs to many years, he added that he was- 1972, Following the death of Bart­ "proud that the Railway Patrol­ lett on December 11, Hickel had men have taken this forward step" 30 days in which to name a suc­ with the Railway Clerks. cessor. William A. Egan, a Dem­ In welcoming the Patrolmen ocrat, who was first Governor of into the Railway Clerks, Dennis the new state and a leader in the said he was certain that the fight for statehood, has been re-_ union's members will find their garded as a leading candidate for new union "hospitable and bene­ the Senate. He was defeated by ficial." Hickel in his bid for a third term A very important point in the as Governor by a narrow margin merger plan, he explained, is "that in 1966. the existing craft and class lines Hickel selwted Stevens from a for Patrolmen will be continued, list of 10 names submitted for and there will be maintenance of his consideration by the Repub­ separate agreements." lican State Central Committee. There also will be maintenance Stevens was the unsuccessful Re­ of separate seniority, promotion publican nominee for the Senate rights, bargaining rights and re­ in 1962 when he lost to Senator sponsibilities, jurisdiction rights Ernest Gruening by more than and craft and class determinations, 10,000 votes. Gruening was edged Dennis added. out for the Democratic nomina­ He expres.sed ijope that the tion this past election by Mike merger "will demonstrate that Gravel, who went on to win the large and small unions can join seat. The 1970 campaign for the together on an equitable and Bartlett seat is expected to begin workable basis." shortly. GOP'er Named To Senate Seat Of E. L. Bartlett Page Eleven LOC Comprehensive Health Plan Systems Seen Vital For Needed Medhal Care WASHINGTON—Comprehensive health care systems—incorporating communtiy, area, state and regional facilities—are needed to meet the nation's medical needs. This is the major conclusion of the National Advisory Commission on Health Facilities as it recom­ mended in its report to the PresIt also noted the gains brought The coninilssioii defined com­ dent: prehensive health care as the sys­ through medicare and medicaid "The nation must now con­ tem that takes in: health education, and other progressive health legis­ centrate upon organizing health personal preventive services, diag­ lation in the last five years. facilities and other health resourc­ nostic and theraf>eutic services "In the next two decades, na­ es into effective, efficient and eco­ and rehabilitation of patients. tional health policy as expressed nomical community systems of Prepaid medical health plans through federal legislation and ad­ comprehensive health care for all." must be further developed in or­ ministration must foster local abili­ • America's health care systems der to provide all people with ty to deliver comprehensive health should combine private and public equal access to the improved care to all—an accepted national responsibility, the commission re­ health care, the report said. These goal," the commission stressed. port to President Johnson said. plans include private health insur­ The blue ribbon membership of ance, group prepayment, govern­ the commission includes AFL-CIO ment welfare supp>ort, in addition Vice President David Sullivan, to medicare and medicaid. president of the Service Employ­ The nation must be prepared to ees. finance comprehensive health serv­ Commission Chairman Bois- ices adequately, the commission feuillet Jones said that "existing stressed, to ensure the continued fragmented delivery systems must operation of the systems and for DULUTH—Imports of general be made whole through full co­ the development of new compo­ cargo through the Lake Superior ordination of resources and serv­ nents in tile systems. Port of Duluth-Superior reached ices at the local level." Funding is Vital 60,621 tons during the 1968 sea­ Although facilities and systems will vary according to capacities All available sources of funds son, the Port Authority of Duluth and needs, the cuinmission recom­ must be tapped to support the announced, setting a record for mended the following guidelines: health services. These include gov­ the third successive year. At the same time, exports han­ • Systems should be organized ernmental, public and private ex­ dled through the Port were 117,to assure appropriate points of penditures'. entry into and continuity of health Federal grants and direct loans 930 tons, a volume which reached services. are a necessary means of building the third highest level in the 10 • Every citizen should have new facilities and for the expan­ years of St. Lawrence Seaway ready access to quality health care. sion or modernization of existing operation. Total import-export volume • States, regions, local commu­ facilities. nities and all health institutions The report noted that federal reached a peak of 2,848,340 tons .should carry out continuous plan­ grants for' construction have at­ for the season—including the bulk ning. tracted money from local sources, and general categories. Although • There should be community often raised through fund drives higher than 1967, it was slightly responsibility, with both the users or community bond issues and below the 10-year average. and the providers of health care do not require repayment from The shipment of bulk liquids participating in decisions. patient revenues. from the port's Public Marine • All levels of health care The commission pointed to the Terminal tank farm reached only should be interdependent. gains made in the last 21 years in 30,635 tons, however — a drop Emphasis must be to the orga­ health care facilities and services from 34,785 tons last year. Scrap nization of ambulatory care for through the federal Hill-Burton iron exports rose from 45,495 the individual and his family. program, which has "vastly in­ tons to 71,545 tons. Jones pointed out, with co-ordi­ creased the availability of hospi­ In grain exports, counting di­ nated professional direction tals, nursing homes, diagnostic and rect shipments as well as those through the full spectrum of com­ treatment centers, public health handled via Canadian ports, a prehensive health services. centers, rehabilitation facilities." total of 2,550,478 tons went out. Port of Daluth Hits New Record In Cargo Imports The Wyoming Is Launched in New Orleans The SlU Pacific District-contracfed Wyoming was launched recently at the Avondale Shipyard in New Orleans. The ship was the fourth in a series of five cargo ships built by the yard for States Steamship Company. The vessels are the largest ever built in Louisiana and the biggest launched in the Mississippi river. Other ships in the series of S79-foot vessels were the Colorado, Montana and Idaho. �•'li Jannuy 3, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Twelve Cargo Giveaway Seen Bad Trend The Northwestern Victory (Victory Carriers) paid-off in New York recently, ship's delegate Butch Wright reported. Crew members aboard the vessel included such SIU oldtimers as G. Doty, oiler, John Abraham, Henry Gock and Charles Swain of the deck department. Wright said that he ran into his old buddy Swain in f of this vessel should be sold to ley crew received a vote of thanks Norfolk and they decided to another ship, for the original cost, for the fine work they have turned sail together on the same ship so that fresh films may be pur­ m. for the voyage to Korea and Tai­ chased. After calling at Rio, the wan. Brother Wright reported that .ship is heading for a late January "with nine new pay-off in New Orleans. Troy Savage, steward on the men in all three departments, the Kyska (Waterman) reports that he oldtimers lost no has a top-notch time in giving Meeting Secretary Robert Spen­ galley crew as the them a helping cer reported from the Cosmos vessel departs hand in becom­ Mariner (Cosmos New York for a ing good practical long voyage to the Navigation) that seamen." Gock ship's delegate Far East. Chief reported that he Swain Cook Jay Stede W. M. White is retiring after and baker Law­ talked to the chief 25 years with the Union. A few rence Smith are engineer about inhours disputed overtime was re­ number one, stalling a water while Joseph ported in the engine department, fountain in the but there were no beefs or logs. port passageway. Riclmrd, third cook, can always be After receiving a vote of thanks Tbommen An order has been counted on to turn-out excellent for a job well done, Wright told placed for the chow. "I am sure we will have a his fellow Seafarers that he's head­ fountain which will 6e installed as fine trip," Brother Savage wrote, ing for the Northwest Mountains soon as possible. Spencer said. with these men on hand to keep and a bit of hunting and fishing Jack Thommen, meeting chair­ the men well-fed. The Kyska will prior to grabbing a ship for the man, reported that a discussion call on Massawa and Assab in Far East. He has his eye on an was held in regard to an arrival Ethiopia, Djibouti in the French 800 pound grizzly bear. pool for the purchase of movies. territories of the Afars and Issas, A total of $225 is needed to pay for the ten films needed, Thom­ Khurramshahr, Iran and Karachi, men wrote. Seafarers have been West Pakistan. A discussion was held on an asked to be particularly careful arrival pool which would boost when using the swimming pool the ship's fund of on board because accidents can Seafarers on the YeUowstone the San Juan (Sea- happen. The ship is expected to (Oriental Exporter) extended a Land) in order to pay-off in San Francisco. "vote of thanks buy extra movies, to the steward and Meeting Chaircooks for putting man Thomas out a very good Markham report­ Seafarers will liave an extra Thanksgiving din­ ed. Ship's dele­ treat with their movies aboard the ner," Meeting gate James SiniI Oakland (SeaChairman Maxi­ J Land), according Markham explain^ the mo Bugawan new disability re­ to Meeting Chair­ wrote. Ship's dele­ port forms which are to be sent M. £. Sanman DeLappe gate James W. to the welfare department when 'i chez. "Pop corn Simmons reported necessary. A repair list will be and an electric made and the Union will be con­ corn popper are that two men paid-off in Hawaii. tacted for new library books, available," Broth­ No beefs or disputed overtime. F. A. Olson, meeting secretary, er Sanchez wrote. Brother Simmons said. A discus­ reported. No beefs or disput^ Masters They should help sion was held about keeping na­ overtime were reported. The ship make tfie trip to tives from entering rooms and is heading for San Francisco and Vietnam and Japan more enjoy­ passageways during visits to In­ a pay-off after calling at Subic able. The pay-off is scheduled for dian ports. A motion was made by Bay, Yokohama and Seattle. A Oakland. An arrival pool has been W. A. DeLappe and seconded by vote of thanks was given to for­ set-up to purchase extra movies James Moran, that Headquarters mer ship's delegate T. E. Mark- according to Meeting Secretary should send copies of the new pen­ ham for the fine job he did. "Hie R. O. Masters. After spending sion and welfare plan to all SIUsteward department has turned $150 for the movies, the pool will contracted vessels. In a fine performance, the crew have $10 left. Shipboard pools agreed. have produced a $50 winner with A Good Catch $25 to the alternate winners. Mas­ ters writes. Since the minutes of the previous meeting were mis­ James Tucker, ship's delegate laid and could not be found, they on the Del Mar (Delta) wrote that were rewritten by William BOger the ship's fund and C. Bogusld, chairman dnd currently totals secretary respectively of the last $31. Most of the meeting, to complete the record. beefs taken up with the patrol­ — man have already been settled, he Meeting Chairman J. J. Connors reported. A new jeports from the Cities Service tube for the movie Baltimore (Cities Chafin projector has been Service) that the purchased and ship's fund now the crew has rented fifteen mov­ totals $11.50 and ies for the current trip. Darrell will be left in the Chafin, meeting secretary, re­ care of the chief ported that Brother Tucker re­ mate for the next ceived a vote of thanks for a job crew. John Hall, well done. Juan Cruz, oiler, was engine delegate, elected new ship's delegate. A Hall reports that there motion was made by Jean Latapie is some disputed that those Seafarers who "wish to overtime in hie department as the see the movies should donate $10 ship heads for Baytown, Texas. to the movie fund." The motion Connors is ship's delegate, E. Steward utility Jacob Weigel was passed unanimously. Another CConnell represents the deck de­ proudly displays a butterfly flsh motion passed was that nineteen partment, and William Magruder, he caught during trip to Persian movies now owned by the crew the steward department. The gal- Gulf aboard Monticello Victory. <1> To the Editor: A story in the last issue of the LOG which reported that the Acting Maritime Adminis­ trator, James W. Gulick, had issued clearance for more for­ eign-flag ships—in this case, those of Venezuela—to cany U. S. cargoes is just one more evidence of a long-disturbing trend. The excuse given is always the same—there aren't enough U. S.-flag ships to do the job. This might be understandable if we were a small nation, with no merchant fleet to speak of. Maybe that's what those in the Federal government who could correct the deplorable state of the U. S.-flag fleet would have us become. If that is so, it's a crying shame. The people in high places must realize that you can't have it both ways. If this great coun­ try of ours, which is tops in so many ways, is to be regarded by those responsible for our mari­ time posture as having a fleet which is too small to carry its full share of available U. S. cargoes, it is high time such responsibility is placed in the hands of maritime-oriented offi­ cials who can call for, and get, shipbuilding program in this country which will provide us with the fleet we need. Appointed bureaucrats bnve been sitting on their hands for far too long when it comes to the rebuilding of the American merchant marine. And all the while the government continues to lament the sad state of our trade balance deficit which sees more money going out of the country than there is coming in. This despite recognition by con­ gressmen and members of mari­ time labor and management of the fact that if there were more U. S. ships to carry cargoes to and from foreign ports the trade deficit could be virtually erased. When will the right hand and the left hand come together? What we need, it seems to me, is an Administration which gives needed priorities to build­ ing a fully competitive U. S. cargo and tanker fleet and really does something about seeing to it that the construction is accomplit-hed. Come January, maybe this will happen. It certainly makes good sound sense economically. It makes good sense politically. And it's absolutely necessary for our in­ dustry if maritime is to continue making the vital contributions all around. Sincovly, Jeny Matfeo Revision Urged On 50-50 Cargoes To the Editor: A new move to overhaul the 50-50 cargo preference law has been called for and I for one, hope it is the beginning of a new era for the merchant ma­ rine in this country. The 50-50 law is supposed to guarantee a basic minimunl of foreign aid cargoes for U. S. shipping, but the Government seems to feel all they have to do is reach the 50 percent mini­ mum and that's that. To those who persist in think­ ing that the need for a strong merchant fleet is no longer im­ portant, I'd say look how crowded the airlanes are getting. There is plenty of room on the oceans and the United States should do everything possible to maintain its fair share of trade by sea. Other nations do and are profiting handsomely as a result of their sound maritime policies. Also, it must be remembered that a healthy maritime industry provides jobs not only for Sea­ farers but for many thousands of workers in related fields as well. This is no small step toward building the strong econ­ omy with full employment which the trade union move­ ment is striving for. It was a step in the right direction when Representative James J. Howard (D-N. J.) said he would introduce legislation in the 91st Congress that would guarantee the movement of all foreign-aid cargo on U. S. ships whenever they are available. However, the building of enough new ships is a needed first step to insure that U. S.flag vessels are available wlien needed. This can only be done with the cooperation of govern­ ment. During the election cam­ paign, both parties promised to work toward rehabilitation of the merchant marine. Now that the Republicans are in office, it is their campaign promises which must be remembered and fulfilled. Sincerely, John Coleman LOG Reader Raps Growers, Stevens To the Editon In issue after issue of the LOG is the continuing story of the grape workers—still out, still struggling for decency, for elementary rights that we have won so long ago that many of us hardly ever think about it any more. Also there is the case of the giant textile company, J. P. Stevens, caught flatfooted time and time again with its hand in the anti-labor till by the NLRB. Yet—despite labor board deci­ sions and court decisions—^with lengthy appeals and what not, it takes years to settle a case and secure the rights of em­ ployees. In the meantime, those who would destroy organized labor give it to the worker in the neck again—and again. To anyone who might tell us unions are too strong, that they run the country, and so on, it's up to all of us to tell him back he's "full of the anti-labor non­ sense these constant violators of worker's rights run off their propaganda machines. And that ain't no sweet grapes! Stocerdy, Steve �January 3, 1969 FINAL DEPARTURES Carl Olson, 76: Brother Olson died July 19, in Veteran's Admin­ istration Hospital, Minneapolis. A resident of that city, he was a na­ tive of Iowa. He sailed as chief cook and joined the SIU in 1948 in the Port of New York. Sea­ farer Olson's last ship was the John C. At the time of death, he was collecting his SIU pension. Brother Olson served in the Navy from 1917 to 1919 and again from 1926 to 1942. He is sur­ vived by a sister, Mrs. Lillian Hutson, of Aparta, Wisconsin. Burial services were held in Na­ tional Cemetery, Fort Snelling, Minn. <|> Clifford Cowell, 43: Accidental drowning claimed the life of Brother Cowell on November 7, 1968, following an accident in Chesapeake Bay. A member of the deck department, he joined the Un­ ion in the Port of Norfolk. He made his home in Portsmouth, Virginia. Brother Cowell was employed by the R. K. Davis Co. During World War II he had served in the Navy. The Seafarer was a native of Mount Vernon, N. Y. He is sur­ vived by his widow, Shirley. Burial services were held in Olive Branch Ceimetery, Portsmouth. Page Thirteen SEAFARERS L6C Great Lakes. Surviving is his wid­ ow, Edna. The burial was in Greenwood Cemetery, Superior. <I> Joseph Carey, 67; Cancer caused the death of Brother Carey in Boston, No­ vember 18, 1968. '• ' He had been a Seafarer since 1944 and joined the Union in the Port of New York City. He held the rating of FOWT. Brother Carey last shipped aboard the Gray. He served in the Marine Corps from 1917 to 1921. A na­ tive of Massachusetts, Gray re­ sided in Whitman, Mass. Surviv­ ing is a daughter, Mrs. Elinor Walsh, of Roxbury, Mass. The burial was held in Mount Hope Cemetery, Boston. Ever-Expanding SIU Pension Roster Adds Eight More Seafarer Veterans The names of eight more Seafarers have been added to the list of oldtimers collecting their SIU pensions after completing their sailing careers. The new additions to the pension roster are: Thomas Garrity, Daniel Piccerelli, Michael Schalestock, Stephen Andros, David Sykes, George Bryan, Roy Poston and Robert White. ^ ratings in the deck department last vessel was the Hermina. Thomas Garrity joined the during his sailing career. Robert White is a native of Union in the Port of New Or­ A Seafarer since 1941, George Oklahoma and makes his home in leans. A resident of that city, Bryan joined the SIU in the Port New Orleans with his wife Alvina. he sailed as AB. Brother Garrity of Mobile. Born in Alabama, he He has held all ratings in the stew­ was born in New Orleans and last now lives in New Haven, Conn. ard department. Seafarer White shipped on the Del Sud. He held a steward's rating and his joined the SIU in the Port of New Daniel Piccerelli joined the SIU last ship was the Free America. Orleans. His last ship was the in the Port of New York. A na­ Steel Advocate. tive of Pennsylvania, he makes his home in Philadelphia. Brother Piccerelli sailed as cook and stew­ ard and his last vessel was the Brigham Victory. Schalestock Andros Roy Poston sailed as cook. A native of North Carolina, he makes his home in Marion, Vir­ ginia, with his wife Mandy. Brother Poston joined the Union in the Port of Baltimore and his Friends of Sheffield Nurkett Any Seafarer knowing the whereabouts of Sheffield Nurkett is requested to ask him to contact his son, Hulbert Nurkett at Apt. 610, 325 Mechanic Street, Or­ ange, N. J., in regard to an im­ portant family matter. Roy Garcia, 23: Brother Garcia died in Danang, Vietnam, on No­ Garrity Piccerelli vember 24, 1968. At the time of his A member of the engine de­ death he was a partment, Michael Schalestock is crewmember a native of New York City who aboard the Hast­ now resides in Philadelphia with Joseph Rudolph ings, sailing as a his wife, Jean. An oiler, his last Please contact Paul M. Godwiper. He was shop was the Commander. He stein, Attorney at Law, 1015 born in Fresno, joined the SIU in the Port of Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. California and Philadelphia. 19107, in regard to your claim had made his Stephen Andros joined the Unagainst the Massniar. home in Sacramento, Calif. Broth­ 'itttr in the Port of New York and er Garcia joined the Union in New held a deckhand's rating. He was York City in 1967. The body was born in New Jersey and makes returned to the United States for his home in South Amboy, N. J., R. L. Cooke burial in Sacramento. with his wife, Helen. Brother An­ A package is being held for dros was last employed by the Bal­ you from the Maritime Overseas timore and Ohio Railroad. Corporation. You can claim it at Sheldon Butler, 66: Brother David Sykes joined the SIU inSIU Headquarters in New York. Butler passed away on December New Orleans. A native of Chi8, 1968, in St. cora, Mississippi, he now lives in Frank Rajkovich, 47: Brother Luke's Hospital, Mobile. His last vessel was the Rajkovich died on November 22, Robert Allen Ruffner Jacksonville, Venore. Brother Sykes held all Poston White 1968, at LockFlorida. He was Please contact your mother, wood MacDonald a native of Jack­ Mrs. Marion Locke, at RFD #2, Hospital in Petosonville and lived Box 194, Berryville, Virginia sky, Michigan. A most of his life in 22611, as soon as you can. native of Superior, that city. Seafarer Wisconsin, he Butler joined the sailed as AB. He Union in the Port joined the Union of Tanapa. At the time of death, George Mike Krieg NEW YORK—Management of Sears Roebuck & Co. has been in the port of Chi- he was collecting an SIU pension. hit with new findings of union-busting tactics by a National Labor Please write to Mrs. Stella Krieg cago and made He last shipped on the Del Aires his home in River Rouge, Mich. and sailed as a baker and cook. Relations Board examiner. at P.O. Box 273, Granite Falls, Brother Rajkovich had served in The body was cremated in the The giant retail store chain Washington 98252, at your earli­ the Army prior to joining the Southern Crematorium, Jackson­ was found guilty of firing a sup­ that after the union began orga­ est opportunity. nizing "big ticket" salesmen at SIU. He sailed mainly on the ville. porter of Retail, Wholesale and Sears' Fordham Road store in the Department Store District 65 and Bronx, Charles Sigerson, the com­ Fred Morris Safe After VC Attack threatening others to smash a pany's director of employee rela­ 1967 organizing campaign at tion, came up from his head­ three Sears stores in the Bronx, quarters in Philadelphia and con­ Stephen Bergenia Manhattan and Mt. Vernon, N.Y. ducted a series of meetings with Please contact Joseph LieberTrial Examiner Samuel Ross management personnel of the man, Counsellor at Law, 60 East ruled after hearings that manage­ Fordham Road, 31st Street and 42nd Street, New York, N.Y. ment of the three "hard goods" Mt. Vernon stores. 10017, as soon as you can. stores not only fired a union com­ mitteeman in violation of law but SIU WELFARE, VACATION PLANS also acted illegally in the follow­ ing ways: November 1-November 30, 1968 • Subjecting union committee­ men to "corrective" interviews Number of Amount and placing "memoranda of Benefits Paid deficiency" in their personnel files Hospital Benefits (Welfare) . . 3,750 $ 41,413.47 to discourage their union ac­ Death Benefits (Welfare) . . . . 20 42,386.67 tivities. Disability Benefits (Welfare) . 1,255 286,985.00 • Threatening employees with Maternify Benefits (Welfare) . 25 5,000.00 discharge and other reprisals to Dependent Benefits (Welfare) . 35B 72,554.75 discourage support of the union. (Average: $202.67) • Promising to correct long­ 535 7,936.80 standing grievances and to im­ Optical Benefits (Welfare) . . . 27,158.70 prove earnings opportunities to Out-Patient Benefits (Welfare) . 3,427 Seafarers aboard the Fred Morris arrived in Naha, Okinawa, after deter support of the union. SUMMARY (Welfare) . 9,370 483,435.39 a trip to Vietnam during which the Waterman ship came under at1,619 ® Spying on union backers and Vacation Benefits 666,207.85 fack by the Viet Cong. From left are: George Maharas, cook and maintaining an illegal "no solicita­ (Average: $411.49) baker; Don Howser, AB; Freddie Bailey, steward; Peter Feeley, bosun; tion" rule during nonworking time Total Welfare, Vacation and Warren J. Lewis, who sailed as electrician. The ship was in nonpublic store areas. 10,989 $1,149,643.24 Benefits Paid This Period not seriously damaged and no Seafarers were injured aboard ship^ Witnesses told the examiner Sears Roebuck Union Busting Scored by NLRB Examiner —4/ �Page Fourteen Janiurjr 3, 1969 SEAPAREttS LOG Del Sol, Steel Apprentice Seafarers Recall Reactions to Viet Cong Fire Seafarers on the Del Sol (Delta) and Steel Apprentice (Isthmian) have, like those on numerous other SlU-contracted ships, come under the Viet Cong gun while sailing the supply run to Viet­ nam". L. S. Johnston, ship's delegate on the Delta vessel and his counterpart on the Steel Appren­ tice, Gus Pacheco Lopez, reJohnston, a native of Indiana, sure if 1 was dreaming or not. ported to the LCXJ what it was is a long-time member of the deck .After seeing the rocket blast and like for the crews of their re­ department and sailed with the hearing the whistle of the war­ spective ships. SIU since 1938, joining in the heads in and around the water­ "On Sunday morning, Novem­ Port of New Orleans, where he front. I started running indoors ber 17 at 0115 hours, the Viet lives. looking for a safer place to The Del Sol is getting to be a weather the attack." Cong started sending a rocket barrage onto the piers of Da veteran of the Vietnam run. John­ Aim Was Fortunately Poor Nang," Johnston recalled. The ston noted that she had been hit once before while coming down "The Viet Cong, who had Del Sol was among four SIUslipped from their hiding places contracted and two other Amer­ the Long Tau from Saigon. ashore during the night, fired ican-flag vessels docked there at A Real Nightmare the time. The Delta ship and Sea122MM rockets with 40 to 50"For Seafarers on the Steel Ap­ train Texas were at dock one, prentice, it was a nightmare in pound warheads during the attack while the Cape San Diego and Saigon," Brother Lopez wrote. which began at about 2 a.m. Their Steel Worker were at dock three. "The ship arrived in Saigon on launching pad was simple and In between were the American May 25 with a full load of general light, but fortunately, not very ac­ ships Irmina Victory and U.S. De­ cargo for that port. We were curate during this particular at­ fender. docked on the starboard side for tack, for which I am very , thank­ discharging cargo and the crew ful," Lopez reported. "About ten was looking forward to a well- rockets landed on the waterfront deserved liberty ashore after the near the Steel Apprentice, while long Pacific crossing." others landed in the c'ly. On the morning of June 3, Sai­ "One shell did come a little too gon was experiencing a typical close for comfort, hitting forward hot day, for that time of year. below the anchor. Although it did Lopez was sleeping on the boat- some damage, we were fortunate deck under lifeboat one on a cot, that it didn't land amidships. which was far cooler than the The luck of the Steel Apprentice Johnston Lopez cabins. Until now, the voyage had held during the attack but when it "Shellfire lasted until 0400, with been uneventful, but suddenly was finally over, none of the crew a direct hit on deck two," John­ Lopez was awakened by "the noise felt much like going back to sleep ston said. "Shrapnel resulted in of incoming rockets and the that morning—especially those of the death of the watch mate on screaming of Vietnamese steve­ us who were sleeping on deck. the Defender. Two other shells dores searching for a place to As for me," Lopez added, "I de­ cided to start looking for a safer fell short of the Del Sol's stern hide." "It was a fearsome feeling," place to sleep. Nightmares like and another fell between us and the Irmina Victory, spraying both he said, "and at first, I wasn't that I can well live without." ships with shrapnel. Although the Defender's mate was the only cas­ ualty on the merchant marine ves­ sels, the Navy suffered quite a few losses, we learned later, and a Navy crane was also damaged during the attack. However, Navy gun boats eventually arrived on the scene and started shooting-up Terrell Jordan, bom October Michael Sullivan, born Novem­ the Vietcong," he continued. 19, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. ber 11, 1968, to Seafarer and "After they arrived, the attack Norman Roy Jordan, Prichard, Mrs. David H. Sullivan, St. Louis, didn't last long." Ala. Mo. SIU Lifeboat Class No. 216 Casts Off Franz Kraljlc, bora October 24, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. An­ thony P. Kraljic, West New York, N. J. —— Patricia Logan, born November 19, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. James R. Logan, Bellmore, N. Y. Michael Charies Dickens, born May 19, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Merle C. Dickens, Taylor, Michigan. <I> Michael Leonard, born Octo­ ber 31, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Alex Leonard, Chesapeake, W. Virginia. —4^— Blanca Stella Salfarez, bora No­ vember 25, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. William K. Saltarez, Housi m, Texas. These Seafarers have just received their lifeboat tickets after passing Coast Guard examinations prepared for by attending the lifeboat school maintained by the SIU in Brooklyn. In the front row, left to right: Mike McAbee, Larry Albertus, Curtis Rhodes. In back row: Chief Instructor Paul McGaharn, Larry Smith, Dimitrios Katsogiannos, Harvey Barlow. The 216th class graduated on December 17th. Jozette Lane Aucoln, born May 30, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. William J. Aucoin, Evangeline, La. A camera is made-up of many parts, some simple, others more technical. Explored below is some of the more common photo­ graphic terminology which might help you to master the less complicated techniques of photography. One of the first things to remember when taking pictures with all but box or instamatic cameras is to set your light meter at the right A.S.A. speed, • A.S.A. Speed: This indicates the correct exposure for the film being used. For example, set your A.S.A. on 400 if you are using Tri-X film. Your light meter will then be ready to obtain the correct exposure. This system was established by the American Standard Association. A different standard was set-down by the Deutsche Industrie Norm (German Standard Organization). This norm, known as D.I.N., applies to much of the film made in Europe. • Depth-of-Fleld Scale: When using high-speed film your depth-offield is not limited. However, when using slow-speed film, it is. In order to determine what area is in focus you must use a depth-of-field scale. Many cameras, in addition to the focusing scale, carry an indicator that shows the near and far limits of the depth-of-field of the lens at any particular aperture, or lens opening. The depth of field scale is often located behind the focusing scale. For example, if your camera is set at F.8, your depth-of-field scale will show you the correct range for which your camera is in focus. • Range Finder Focusing: There are many different types of focus­ ing attachments that can be used. One of the most common types is range finder focus. This rangefinder mea.sures the subject's distance from the camera by the convergence of two rays from the ends of a fixed base on the body of the camera and can be observed by the coincidence of two images. • Filter Factors: When using filters, there are two things that should be considered. One is the filter's color and the second is the correct exposure for the filter being used. The way to determine the correct exposure is through the filter factor. Filter factors determine the color of light allowed to pass by eliminat­ ing unwanted colors. Therefore, they call for a longer camera exposure to compensate for this light loss. In practice, the exposure time is multiplied by the filter factor. For example if the correct exposure is F-8 1/50 of a second using a dark red filter with a filter factor 4. To find the correct exposure with the filter you multiply the filter factor times the speed. Example: Four times fifty equals 2.00. Now you haVe obtained your correct ex­ posure differentiation. The correct exposure is F-4 at 1/50 of a second with filter. • Guide Numbers: When using a flash, indoors or out, the correct guide number must be chosen. The flash distance and F (or aperture) number for correct exposure are inversely proportional. For any film and flash bulb, the joint product is constant. This product is the guide number and provides the means for quick exposure calculations. Correct aperture equals guide number divided by distance. For example, if the guide number is 100 at 10 feet, the aperture should be F-11. • Focusing screens: On some cameras, these are interchangeable. Types vary from microprism to split-level focusing. The most common type generally found, however, is ground glass focusing. The screen consists of ground glass mounted in a frame and fixed within the camera in such a position that the camera lens forms a visible image on its ground surface. In the normal types of screenfocusing cameras, the screen must be slid or swung aside after focusing in order to take the desired picture. In the reflex camera, the screen is fixed at the top of the camera and the rays of light passing through the lens are reflected onto it by a hinged mirror. • Stereoscopic Camera: An interesting and quite different type of camera is the stereo. A variety of special effects can be obtained with this camera by viewing a wide area without distortion. This type of camera is normally designed to take two simultaneous photographs of the scene in focus before it. The photographs are taken from viewpoints separated by the same distance as a pair of normal human eyes. Editor, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 11232 I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list, (^rint information) NAME STREET ADDRESS CITY ZIP. TO AVOID DUPUCATION: If yeu are an old subtcribar and have a ehaeea of addraaa, plaaaa giva your fonnar addrau balow; —4/— Thomas Koch, born November 2, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Frederick T. Koch, Superior, Wis­ consin. STATE. OTY �January 3, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Pace Fifteen SAN JUAN (Sea-Und), Tbonuw k 'Mbiihxm; Seeretary, F. A. Obbh. |!l4.0( in «hil>'s fund. BrcUter J. Slniu^ was eleetad te ssrve as ship's dslcgrsts. Vote of thanks was extended .to Uie Matire steward depsrtniettt for K i<A well done. FINANCIAL REFOBT8. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes speciflc provision for safeauardinK the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditina committee elected by the membership. Ail Union records are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU AOantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund aareements. All these aareements specify that the trustees in charae of these funds shall equally consist of union and manaaement 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 shippina riahts and seniority are protected exclusively by the cuutracls between the Union and the shipowners. Set to know your shippina riabts. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shippina or seniority riahts as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified null, return receipt requested. The prcH^>er address for this is: Earl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place, Suite 19«0, New York 4, N. Y. Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writiuK 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 wases and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rishts, as well as your oblisrations, such as fllingr 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 the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This establisbed policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September, 1960, meetings in aii constitu­ tional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy is vested in an editoriai board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Ehcecutive Board, may del^ate, from among its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every six months in the SBAFAREUIS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitution. In addition, copies are available in ail 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 obli­ gation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should Immediately notify htadquarters. 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 members 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. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the nxembership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union pol­ icy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Conse­ quently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, 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 basic rights of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve the best interests of tbenuelves, their families and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was established. 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 feds that any of the above rights have been violated, or that he has been denied his ceastitntional right of access to Union records or in­ formation, he should immcdiatdy notify SIU President Paul Hall at headquarters by certified mail, return receipt requested. OVBR8BA8 JOYCE (Maritiine Over;seas), December 1—Chairman, Elvis Warren; Secretary, W. L, Everett. Few hours disputed OT in the deck departr ment One man missed ship in Guam.l ALCOA TRADER (Alcoa), November 6—Chairman, Richard D. Runklo; Sec­ tary, William Beadh. No beefs were re­ ported by department delegates. RALEIGH (Crest Overseas). December if—Chairman, Ttctsr! Kyser; Sscretary, Peter Blanchard. EveryOiing is running smoothly -with no beefe. Brother;: ,H. Crackoell was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. MAIDEN CREEK (Sea-Land), Decem­ ber 14—Chairman, Hubert Cain; Secre­ tary, 0. J. Nail. Beef regarding delayed sailing to be taken up with boarding patrolman. Vote of thanks was extended 'to Brother C. Nail, chief steward, and the entire steward department. ALBION VICTORY (Bulk Transport), November 11—Chairman, 3. M. Skinner; Secretary. G. J. Trosclair. Brother 3. M. Skinner was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs were reported and everything is running smoothly. Di-euasion was held regarding the installation of some kind of peimanent rig in thej engine room space to haul up any man who is hurt or becomes sick. ; - S' ALCOA MARINER (Alcoa), December ,14 — Chairman, C. Hall; Secretary, O. Smith. No bee& were reported by de­ partment delegates. One man was hos­ pitalized in Honolulu. Vote of thanks extended to the stvw#™ departaaeat for ,» Job well dune. | IttRECTORYof SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers PRESIDENT Paul Hall EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cal Tanner Earl Shepard Al Tanner- VICE PRESIDENTS Llndiey Wllliamt Robert Matthowi SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Kerr HEADQUARTERS tTS 4th Ave., Iklyn. (212) HY 9-6^ ALPENA, Mich 127 River St. (517) EL 4-36li BALTIMORE. Md 1214 E. Baltimore St. (301) EA 7-4900 BOSTON, Mast 643 Atlantic Avenue (617) Rl 2-0140 BUFFALO, N.Y 735 Washington St. SIU (716) TL 3-9259 IBU (716) TL 3-9259 9383 Ewlng Ave. SIU (312) SA 1-0733 IBU (312) ES 5-9S70 1420 W. 25th St. CHICAGO, III CLEVELAND, Ohio (216) MA 1-5450 DETROIT, Mich 10225 W. Jefferson Ave. DULUTH, Minn 312 W. 2nd St. (218) RA 2-4110 P.O. Box 207 4IS Main St. (616) EL 7-2441 (313) VI 3-4741 FRANKFORT, Mich HOUSTON, Tex 5804 Canal St. (713) WA 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. 2600 Pearl St. (904) EL 3-0987 JERSEY CITY, N.J. ... .. 99 Montgomery St. (201) HE 5-9424 MOBILE, Ala I South Lawrence St. (205) HE 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS, La. . — 630 Jackson Ave. (504) 529-7546 NORFOLK, Va IIS 3rd St. (703) 622-1892 PHILADELPHIA, Pa. . 2604 S. 4th St. (215) DE 6-3818 PORT ARTHUR, Tex. . .... I34S Seventh St. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., 350 Fraemont St. (415) DO 2-4401 SANTURCE, P.R |3I3 Fernandez Juncos Stop 20 724-2848 SEAULE, Wash. 2S0S First Avenue (206) MA 3-4334 ST. LOUIS, Mo 805 Dal Mar (314) CE 1-1434 TAMPA, Fla. ;... 3|2 Harrison St. (813) 229-2788 WILMINGTON. Calif. 450 Seaside Ave. Terminal Itlonrf. C»Hf, (613) 832-7285 YOKOHAMA, Japan..Isaya BIdg., Room 001 1-2 Kalgan-Dorl-Nakaku 2014971 Ext. 201 SIU-AGLIWD Meetings New Orleans. Jan. 14—2:30 p.m Mobile Jan. 15—2:30 p.m Wilmington .. Jan. 20—2:00 p.m San Francisco Jan. 22—2:00 p.m. Seattle Jan. 24—2:00 p.m. New York ... Jan. 6—2:30 p.m. Philadelphia . Jan. 7—2:30 p.m. Baltimore ... Jan. 8—^2:30 p.m, Detroit Jan. 10—2:30 p.m, Houston .... Jan. 13—2:30 p.m. United Industrial Workers New Orleans. Jan. 14—7:00 p.m. Mobile Jan. 15—7:00 p.m. New York .. Jan. 6—7:00 p.m. Philadelphia.. Jan. 7—7:00 p.m. Baltimore .. . Jan. 8—7:00 p.m. •tHouston .. . Jan. 13—7:00 p.m. Great I..akes SIU Meetings Detroit Jan. 6—2:00 p.m. Alpena Jan. 6—7:00 p.m. Biiifalo Jan. 6—7:00 p.m. Chicago Jan. 6—7:00 p.m. Duluth Jan. 6—7:00 p.m. Frankfort .. . Jan. 6—7:00 p.m. Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region Chicago Jan. 14—7:30 p.m. t Sault St. Marie Jan. 16—7:30 p.m. Buffalo Jan. 15-^7:30 p.m. Duluth Jan. 17—7:30 p.m. Cleveland ... Jan. 17—7:30 p.m. Toledo Jan. 17-7:30 p.m. Detroit Jan. 13—7:30 p.m. Milwaukee .. Jan. 13—7:30 p.m. SxU Inland Boatmen's Union New Orleans. Jan. 14—5:00 p.m. Mobile Jan. 15—5:00 p.m. Philadelphia.. Jan. 7—5:00 p.m. Baltimore (licensed and un­ licensed) .. Jan. 8—5:00 p.m. Norfolk ....Jan. 9—5:00p.m. Houston Jan. 13—5:00 p.m. Railway Marine Region Philadelphia Jan. 14—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Baltimore Jan. 15—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. '^Noifolk Jan. 16—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Jersey City Jan. 13—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. 1 Mtietiiig held ut Labor Temple, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. * Meeting held at Labor Temple, New-, port News. 2 Meeting held at Galveston wharves. 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.) Stftzel-Weller DIstlUcries "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" "Cabin Still," W. L. Weller Bourbon vjihlskeys (Distillery Workers) KIngsport Press "World Book," "Chlldcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) —— Genesco Shoe Mfg. Co. Work Shoes . . . Sentry, Cedar Chest, Statler Men's Shoes . . . Jarman, Johnson & Murphy, Crestworth, (Moot and Shoe Workers' Union) Boren Clay Products Co. (United Brick and Clay Workers) "HIS" brand men's clothes Kaynee Boyswear, Judy Bond blouses, Hanes Knitwear, Randa Hes, Boss Gloves, Richman (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) Jamestown Sterling Corp. (United Furniture Workers) Brothers and SeweD Suits, Wing Shirts (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) Baltimore Luggage Co. Ijidy Baltimore, Amelia Earhart Starlite luggage Starflite luggage (International Leather Goods, Plastics and Novelty Workers Union) White Furniture Co. (United Furniture Workers of America) ^ Gypsum Wallhoard, American Gypsum Co. (United Cement Lime and Gypsum Workers International) ^J> R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Camels, Winston, Tempo, Brandon, Cavalier and Salem cigarettes (Tobacco Workers International Union) Comet Rice Mills Co. products (International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drinks and Distillery Workers) Pioneer Flour Mill (United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers Local 110,' San Antonio, Texas <1> Giumarra Grapes (United Farm Workers) Magic Chef Pan Pacific Division (Stove, Furnace and Allied Appliance Workers International Union) Tennessee Packers Reelfoot Packing Frosty Mom Valleydale Packers (Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America) Fisher Price Toys (Doll and Toy Workers) Aflantic Products Sports Goods Owned by Cluett Peabody (Amalgamated Clothing Workers) •awmat' • ' STEEL VOYAGER (Isthmian), Decem-I her 15—Chairman, Eldward Webb; Seen tary, Robert D. Brown. Vote of thank was extended to the ship's delegate.! Brother Edward V. Webb, and Jo alii departments, for c job vfc-ii duiie. i-'atr<d-| man to be contacted regarding the mat-l tcr of getting better medical aid in Port of Calcutta, India. SEATRAIN PUERTO RICO Nov ^ her 24—Chairman, M. H. Jones; Secre-| tary, R. Anderson. Brother M. H. Jonesi was elected to serve as new ship's dele-i gate. Ship is in need of many r^atrs.! :Repair lists turned in. Discussion hejdf regarding retirement plan. B CHILORB (Venore Transportation), November 3—Chairntan, W. S. gomcry; Secretary, C. M. Lee. Brother H. E. Wright was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Some deputed OT re­ ported in deck and engine departments. DICEST of SIU MEETINCS CANTIGNY (Citios Service TankerL Deoemfaer 14—Chairman, C^arlea Hnrlburt; Secretary, Charles Hurlburt. No . beefs and no disputed OT reported by 3 department delegates. ' ^ HURRICANE (Waterman), Decemb^ f 4H--?tJnairman, Joseph Sah imiippo: Secrei tary, Roseoe L. AUbrd. Some disputed OT I in the deck department wBl be taken up I with patroimah unieBS, settied aboard '• ship-./ ^ COLUMBIA BANKER (ColumMa), (December 16—Chairman; R, Risbeck; i Secretary, R. Statham. Generel ffiscussion held regarding much needed repairs. Also diSMissed was Om retirement plan, wagcs; and fringe benefits. = YELLOWSTONE (Oriental). December fc^hairman, Maximo Bugawan; Seew tary, V. F. Placey. Two men prfd off in Hhwaii. There Were no reported by department delegates. Moyon was n»de tracted siSpa; pertinent hbd olarificaiions regaording new pension plan shd welfare plan, Vote of thanlM: was exi^ded to the stevvard department for the excellc-nt IhahksgivJng Day Dinher.-:''''-ft.;;.S'tCiTIBSRERVlcE- BAl^lMOBBJCitleh l^etvice), /October-JHl-^J^iair^^ Nonef Isccretary,; • Iliggina.;;''5Il,-80 • in, Iship's- Di«d,sThere .were .-noi,<-lieBfti, • and -hp. sdisPufed OT reported d^arianeht dele..Jgatc-9.",Vote:<>f 'thanlm ^partment for a pob well done. CITIES SESVICB Bd LTIMORE (Citita ; Service)-,':' November—CUwthah,-fc'#: -'Connars ;.-£ccrs.tsry, •B:ar.ttez,-K««y.'; $xii30 in ship's fund, Bwiythmt »»rh*- nins,- smcpthly,Vpte:jh5. vwaS{ „«x,--' ten^ to the steward department for a Job well dene. Cla®eiiim,:;--'J- 3. Wm., A. aUgtUMer. �SEAFARERSyLOG Vol. XXXI No. 1 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION . ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT « AFL-CIO O 1 fUi f f^ El'-v TeeH.Do'^ .. . •&•?'::: ;,- i-l;^ -<: • :.;: *.' nuncjry SQ^r^ • Mmm ... ^ in Brie ikitiSin after a trip to ingiand, Hoiiand and Germany. The vessel transported Governi^r:y.:."^ment .cargo and brought back general cargo. /# was an excellent trip with few problems and the pay-off went smoothly* SiU patrolman Luigi lovino handledt the pay-o0 and was accompanied bf' a pho^ ^p^ctpber ftorn the Seafarers LOG, ', : i-.' -: ;• -i;.'' \ frt- v- i|v ^ 't""? lii; - Catchl^p on the indusliy and V.s low Seafarers while waiting for pay-off is Ronald Burton of the deck department. '.A;-j"--' • ' hPl -.I P -••'•. Sc^ PPSI 1 i/ if' "v " r ^•»' ' '• T, X-A J- J \\ A • f XX* ^- '•'••I g.Tf' vV&'.y-. Sfci: P [j • -- • iiw jMi.»4A..iJj|JiiU ..uu IJJW, • _t c9'- i Ml. ill , D. W. Prindie. AB. watches for the signal x-Ax ^ ljoom operator as h cargo load•^ , fng ; operation. The ship: ' Jij:, ...j' . 11 .MI^ <??•• '• ..... ts a ne^l^ '"^chectinw fe � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource January 3, 1969 Description An account of the resource Headlines: ECUADOR GRANTED WORLD BANK LOAN DESPITE US FISHING SHIP SEIZURES US FLAG TRAMP SHIPS HELD TO HALF OF GOVT CARGOES PRESCRIBED BY LAW TWO YEAR FISH RESEARCH PROGRAM BACKED BY $229,000 GOVT GRANT CABINET LEVEL DEPARTMENT COULD END FRAGMENTED APPROACH TO MARITIME AFL-CIO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL DEMANDS FIRM DECLARATION OF ICFTU POLICY JP STEVENS GETS HARDEST RAP YET FROM NLRB PRESIDENTIAL EMERGENCY RAIL BOARD BIDS TALKS RESUME ON TRAIN CREWS COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH PLAN SYSTEMS SEEN VITAL FOR NEEDED MEDICAL CARE EVER EXPANDING SIU PENSION ROSTER ADDS EIGHT MORE SEAFARER VETERANS DEL SOL, STEEL APPRENTICE SEAFARERS RECALL REACTIONS TO VIET CONG FIRE MASTER OF THE SEAS – THE ALCOA MASTER PAID OFF Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 01/03/1969 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXXI, No. 1 1969 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/dc8a7103c130a9f04883d0b7f49ca0ff.PDF 224d48f5964dcd25766def0cd74edff1 PDF Text Text SEAFARERSUOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT . AFL-CIO •'> I f •• . i I '* J \ -i 'I W *• ir%- L V ( Maritmie Contmues Neglected In Departing Budget MesKigi Pagf 13 IN THIS ISSUE: SlU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District Election-^ BALLOTING PROCEDURES AND UNION TALLYING COMMITTEE REPORT See Centerfold Supp/ement �Page Two SEAFARERS LOG Maritime Bills Submitted in House Ask $15 Biiiion to Upgrade Fleet Jtmnaxj 31, 1969 | ^ 1, Senate Passes Up Chance To Mociify Filibuster Rule WASHINGTON—A five-year maritime program which would provide a total of $1,5 billion for revitalization of the U.S.-flag merchant marine was laid out in proposed legislation introduced in the WASHINGTON—The Senate passed up a clearcut opportunity House recently by Representatives Dominick V. Daniels (D-N.J.) and Jerome R, Waldie (D-Calif.). this month to change its rules and make it easier to break filibus­ The identical bills (H.R. 765 period is greater. They would also ceed 20 years—^with citizens of ters—the device the conservative coalition has used to block vital and H.R. 2729) call for appro­ be eligible for operating-differen­ the U.S. for the construction or . legislation. It refused to back up former fused to back up the Vice Presi­ priations of $300 million in tial subsidy in addition to con­ acquisition of new merchant or dent's interpretation of its rights. each fiscal year from 1969 through struction subsidy. fishing vessels or the substantial Vice President Humphrey, then The ruling was overturned on a 1973 for construction subsidies, still the Senate's presiding officer, Five-year experimental con­ reconstruction of existing mer­ when he issued a ruling that it 53-45 vote. aid in building nuclear-powered chant or fishing vessels. As a result, 34 senators will merchant ships and expansion of tracts for the payment of operat­ Such vessels would have to be took only a majority vote—not still be able at any time to prevent ing subsidies for vessels in the the unsubsidized fieet. A Com­ the two-thirds required under the the Senate from voting on legis­ mission on American Shipbuilding foreign commerce of the U.S., and built or reconstructed in a U.S. Senate's Rule 22—to limit debate lation they oppose. would also be established under for dry bulk vessels built after shipyard and be of a type, size on a motion to change the Sen­ Supported by Labor the enactment of the proposed and speed determined to be suit­ ate's rules at the start of a new the plan. able for use on the high seas or Congress. legislation for operation as con­ The AFL-CIO strongly sup­ Construction-differential subsi­ Great Lakes. Any new vessels tract carriers in such foreign com­ ported this year's rules reform A 51-47 majority of the Senate dies would be provided for build­ constructed under subsidy must drive, as it had the similiar efforts had voted to limit debate on the ing, reconstruction and recondi­ merce, would'be available to qual­ remain documented under the laws made in past Congresses. rules change motion. ified operators. These subsidies tioning of ships operating in "for­ Andrew J. Biemiller, the fed­ Humphrey, following the pro­ eign or noncontiguous domestic would make up the difference in of the U.S. for 25 years from de­ commerce" and would be avail­ cost between operation under the livery and reconstructed vessels cedure he had announced in ad­ eration's legislative director, urged able to privately owned shipyards U.S. flag and operation under a would be required to remain doc­ vance, mled that the cloture mo­ all senators to support the rules or shipowners who are U.S. citi­ foreign flag "whose ships are sub­ umented under U.S. laws for the tion had carried, even though it change effort. "It is our firm belief that the lacked a two-thirds vote. zens. stantial competitors of the U.S." duration of their economic life. people of these United States ex­ If his ruling had been accepted, In order to fulfill his obligations Such subsidies would be in "fair for the first years of operation. In pect their senators to decide the each senator would have been able and reasonable" amounts neces­ subsequent years, incentives would under the contract, each contrac­ major issues of our time," Bie­ to talk for one more hour. And sary to make up the difference be applied to reduce subsidy costs, tor would maintain a capital re­ miller said. "They expect that the then the rules change proposal between construction costs in U.S. with the operator having the op­ serve fund, composed of proceeds majority will win and the minor­ would have been either passed or shipvards and costs in foreien tion of selling his ships to the gov­ from sales of vessels, insurance ity will lose." defeated. The proposal itself was shipbuilding centers. National de­ ernment. and indemnities, depreciation Humphrey braved the wrath of a compromise—to reduce the re­ fense features incorporated would charges, and interest. the Senate's Dixie contingent and quirement for closing debate from be covered in full. Shipbuilding Commission A fund of $25 million for re­ a two-thirds to a three-fifths ma­ of Republican Leader Everett McObsolete vessels would be re­ A Commission on American search and development would jority. Kinley Dirksen when he an­ placed as determined bv the Sec­ Shipbuilding, consisting of six also be appropriated for each of But Humphrey's ruling—based nounced that he would rule the retary of Commerce that it is "in members, would be established the five years of the program. Re­ on the constitutional rights of the cloture motion carried if it re­ the public interest" to do so. Such under the prepared program. Each construction of the reserve fieet Senate to act on its rules by ma­ ceived majority support. ships must be of at least 1,350 member would be appointed by would receive $30 million for the jority vote—^was appealed. Humphrey gave the Senate its gross tons and have been in the the President for a three-year first year only. A majority of the Senate re- chance. But it muffed it. possession of a U.S. citizen for term and at least one would be at least three years. from the U.S. shipbuilding indus­ Aid would also be furnished in try. The Commission's task would developing, constructing and op­ be "to conduct a study of the erating privately-owned nuclear- extent to which federal assistance powered merchant shins incorpo­ to the private shipbuilding indus­ rating new designs which '"may try in the U.S. is necessary; to lead to reduction of the cost of preserve the competitive position constructing and operating future of such industry, and to preserve WASHINGTON—^During his final week in office, President Lyndon B, Johnson paid a farewell nuclear-powered merchant ships" a national capability for the build­ and are approved by the Atomic ing and repair of U.S. merchant" visit to AFL-CIO headquarters to thank the nation's working people for their support of his Admin­ Energy Commission. Mortgages and naval ships. At the conclusion istration and to present them with "a symbol of what the last five years has been all about.' on such ships may be insured by of its three-year term the Com­ That symbol was a glass-en­ «>Johnson's legislative program The President turned the case the Commerce Secretary. mission would report to the Presi­ closed case containing 100 pens over to AFL-CIO President and labor's legislative program, Subsidized nuclear-powered dent and Congress and then dis­ used in signing into law 100 George Meany at a ceremony in Meany noted, were "all but iden­ ships would have to be docu­ band. landmark legislative measures en­ the lobby of the federation build­ tical and, working in close har­ mented under the laws of the U.S. Further, the Secretary of Com­ acted during the Administration, ing across Lafayette Park from mony with him, goals became realities and dreams were for 25 years or for as long as merce would be given authority all of them with the active sup­ the White House. they are so propelled, whichever to negotiate contracts—not to ex­ port of organized labor. It was a frankly sentimental achieved." In presenting the case of pens occasion for both Johnson and Meany—and for the Executive at the headquarters ceremony, Council members, AFL-CIO staff Johnson reminisced over his per­ and guests who filled the lobby sonal meetings with Meany at the for a final, personal tribute to the White House and the scores of President before he closed out his telephone conservations they had engaged in. Administration. "During this period of five Meany accepted the case and the pens "on behalf of the AFL- years," the President recalled, CIO, its leadership, its millions of "our general goal has been the members, and on behalf of the greatest good for the greatest num­ many, many millions more who ber. We have tried to improve will be beneficiaries of the legis­ working conditions; we have tried lation which you signed into to improve wages; we have tried to see that profits were reason­ law " able. "One of Gieatesf "We passed minimum wage He predicted that "Lyndon bills and thinp of that nature that Johnson will go down in history directly applied to labor. But the as one of our greatest chief ex­ thing that we have borne down ecutives." on is the education of our young, Meany called Johnson a "friend medical assistance for our old, of all workers everywhere; a man conservation of our resources— who devoted his life without stint human and natural. to public service, attaining the Praises Labor highest office, yet holding com­ mon bond with those he served. "I know of no living single group that I think has been more He said Johnson had "fought responsible for the advances that unceasingly" to bring the poor have been made In this field in "more jobs, better wages, a better the last five years than the AFLlife," and he cited such accom­ CIO, headed by George Meany, President Johnson presents 100 pens which he used to sign 100 landmark legislative measures during his five plishments as aid to education. and supported by millions of men years in the White House to AFL-CIO President George Meany as farewell tribute to labor's co-operation Medicare, and stronger, expanded and women throughout this coun­ in helping achieve the progressive legislative program. "Promises made must be carried through." he said. minimum wages. try." Johnson's Farewell Tribute to Labor Cites Progressive Role of AFL-CIO �January 31, 1969 SEAFARERS Joining the Pension Roster ly Alex Anagnostou (left) is presented with first SlU pension check by welfare director Al Bernstein in New York hall. A native of Greece, Seafarer Anagnostou was last a crewmember aboard the Robin Hood. He is 60 years old and sailed as fireman-oiler. Since February 1966 SlU-MEBA, Dist. 2 School Has Upgraded Total of 725 LOG Page Three Maritime Remains National Stepchild In Outgoing Administration's Budget WASHINGTON—President Johnson's final budget message to Congress contains just $15,918,000 for the construction of new mercbant ships in the United States during fiscal 1970—an amount esti­ mated as sufficient to fund only from eight to 10 ships for the period and which is the smallest con­ struction budget proposed for ^ crease of close to $80 million cal year ends next June 30. federal aid to domestic ship re­ which is further magnified by the Allowing, as it does, for eight placement in many years. inflationary increase in costs which to 10 ships for the 14 subsidized In addition, the outgoing Chief has occurred over the past 12 lines during the coming fiscal year, Executive included a renewal of months. the budget will reflect the second his appeal—made several times For operating differential subsi­ of the two lowest consecutive con­ previously and firmly rejected by dies, the request is for $224 mil­ struction years since the replace­ the Congress—for the relocation lion. Although this appears to ment program went into effect in of the Maritime Administration represent an $18 million increase the mid-1950s. Only one ship from the Department of Com­ over the fiscal 1969 amount, it is was actually put under contract merce to the Department of Trans­ geared for inclusion of an increase in 1967; however that year was portation. Last year's Congres­ in payments for last year which sandwiched between a 17-ship sional mandate for the establish­ are scheduled to become due in year in 1966 and a 12-ship year ment of an independent MARAD, the new year. No expansion is in 1968. passed by both houses, is ignored provided for in this area. Since 1962, about 12 ships a in the message. Allowed for research and de­ year have been authorized, on Also, for the third successive velopment in the new budget are average. Inasmuch as the subsi­ year, a request was made for a $7.7 million, about $1 million dized fleet consists of about 300 ships, a 30-ship-a-year average is fleet of 15 "fast deployment lo­ more than in the current year. gistics" ships (FDLs). The FDL For ships in the reserve fleet an regarded — by maritime labor, proposal has consistently been appropriation of $5,174,000 is management and Congress alike— defeated by Congress and has been recommended. It is proposed that as the minimum number needed strenuously opposed by maritime about 600 ships in reserve be to revitalize the U.S.-flag fleet be­ labor and management. maintained on a "retention" basis fore it becomes too old for eco­ while the others will be scrapped nomic operation. To bring about Smallest in Years at a rate of approximately 100 any increase in the size of the The allocation for construction American merchant fleet, a larger per year. is the smallest in many years. It According to MARAD, 14 sub­ number of vessels built annually compares with 11 ships provided in U. S. yards would be necessary. for in the 1969 fiscal year. Sen­ sidized ship operators have re­ However, few ship construction ceived 141 replacement ships in ator Warren G. Magnuson, chair­ subsidies are presently available man of the Senate Commerce the last 15 years, at a total cost of are confined to only 14 favored more than $1.6 billion. Approxi­ Committee, has previously stated carriers while the unsubsidized that no less than 30 ships a year mately fialf of this total was for segment of the fleet struggles should be built in U.S. shipyards differential construction subsidies against economic oblivion. and that figure is regarded as "a which made it possible for the Despite its failure to allocate minimum necessity" by the in­ lines to build vessels in U.S. ship­ sufficient funds for the vital job yards at foreign yard prices. dustry. Under existing replacement pro­ at hand, the new budget message As in the past, no provision does state that "the 1970 program whatever is made in the budget grams, the subsidized lines have calls for an expansion of the pre­ for the long-neglected unsubsi- on order 36 ships costing $714 vious activity level to improve the dized fleet of tramp and bulk car­ million. competitive position of the U.S. Carry-over funds, held over by merchant marine and maritime riers which has been bearing a major portion of the nation's budgetary pressures since 1967 industries." This perfectly correct needed sealift needs to the Viet­ and again last year, amount to theory must now be translated nam theatre of operations with $101,600,000. This has already into law. been taken into consideration in no subsidy at all. Mentioned as included in such The Maritime Administration's the Department of Commerce a program are advanced shipping total budget request for fiscal 1970 budgetary plans. About $37 mil­ systems, technological develop­ was for only $279.8 million, com­ lion of the 1969 budgetary allow­ ment and technology support. pared with $355.7 million author­ ance has net yet been committed However, no new policy as ized in the previous year—a de­ for new construction, but the lis- such, is mentioned—although such a program was promised by the Johnson Administration four years ago. BROOKLYN, N. Y.—^The SIU and District 2, Marine Engi­ neers Beneficial Association this month announced that a total of 725 merchant seamen have obtained licenses as engineers and deck officers in the last three years ing as unlicensed seamen are re­ after completing training courses tained after they obtain their li­ at the jointly-operated Union censes and go to work as engi­ school here. neers and mates on District 2 and This is the lareest number of AMD vessels. Members of both new and upgraded licenses pro­ unions also receive pay, medical duced at any existing maritime care and other benefits while union training programs. they're attending the schools. In a joint statement, SIU Presi­ The SIU-District 2 MEBA-Mardent Paul Hall and Ravmond T. itime Upgrading Center is housed McKay, President of MEBA, Dis­ in a complex of buildings consist­ trict 2, said: ing of classrooms, laboratories, "The school is intended to sup­ machine and welding shops and plement the merchant marine dormitories. The staff includes a academies and to provide an easily director and seven full-time in­ expandable pool of skilled man­ structors. The entire program is power for merchant shipping. By financed by American-flag ship attempting to match the needed operators under their collective skills with the available job oppor­ bargaining agreements with the tunities, we're also providing a SIU and District 2. long-needed means of upward Courses leading to an engineer's movement for professional sea­ license take three to four months, men and licensed merchant ma­ and those for a deck officer's rine officers." license a little longer. The Schools of Marine Engi­ neering and Navigation that com­ prise the District 2 MEBA, STU A & G Maritime Upgrading Cen­ ter were established to help re­ lieve the shortage of licensed offi­ cers facing the U.S.-flag Merchant Marine as a result of the Vietnam war and the normal loss of man­ WASHINGTON—The United States and the Soviet Union signed a new two-year fisheries agree­ power arising from retirement, deaths and other causes. The Cen­ ment last month which restricts the amount of scup, fluke, red hake, whiting and yellowtail flounder ter hopes to reduce ship operat­ the Russian fishing vessels may take from the waters off the Middle-Atlantic states during 1967-70. ing costs by raising even further The new pact is really an ex- ^ mile area south of Long Island, der the terms of the agreement, to the level of maintenance skills. tension and modification of an the new pact forbids Soviet fishing transfer their catch from smaller Since February 1966, Hall and expired one-year agreement that McKay said, 307 Seafarers have was originally concluded in Mos­ in a 4,000-square mile elongated to larger vessels in one specific area, about 40 miles from the U.S. part of the 54-mile zone. qualified for original licenses as cow on November 25, 1967. coast extending from Rhode Is­ The Soviets have also agreed to marine engineers, and 329 mem­ SIUNA Vice-President Austin land to Virginia. ^ keep their total annual catch with­ bers of District 2 MEBA have No fishing, either American or in the 1967 figure of 47,086 metric raised their licenses after studying P. Skinner, newly re-electec '..ecreat the school. Another 35 men, tary-treasurcr of the New Bedford Russian, will be permitted in the tons. The agreement will be po­ chiefly recent veterans of the Navy Fishermen's Union, .served as a area during the spawning season, liced by the Coast Guard. and the Coast Guard, also have member of the U.S. State Depart­ which runs from January 1 to During January 1968, when the ment delegation that negotiated April 1. earned engineers' licenses there. old agreement was less than 10 the agreement. He labeled it "A This newly defined area," days old, Russian fishing vessels Deck officers' licenses also have definite improvement over the pre­ Skinner commented "is really were found within the restricted been awarded to 54 men since late vious agreement, especially for 1967, Hall and McKay said. These New Bedford fishermen, who rely where the fish are—putting re­ fishing area on three occasions. strictions on it has definite value These violations of the agree­ men include members of the SIU heavily on Atlantic yellowtail for American fishermen." ments were first observed by fish­ and of the Associated Maritime flounder." Once again, as in the 1967 Mid- ermen from the SIUNA-affiliated Officers, an affiliate of District 2 Oif-Limits Zone Redefined Atlantic agreement, the Russians Atlantic Fishermen's Union, and MEBA that represents licensed deck officers on ocean-going and Skinner also pointed out that will be allowed to fish up to only I epwrted to Congress and the pub­ Great Lakes ships. the new treaty which extends from six miles off the U.S. coast—this lic by SIUNA Vice President To encourage the upward move­ January 1, 1969 to December 31, time, in a 54-square mile area, James Ackert. Ackert's formal ment of Seafarers and officers, ar­ 1970, redefines the restricted fish­ south of Moriches, Long Island complaints as to time and location rangements have been worked out ing area contained in the old from January to April, when fish­ of the violations were upheld by under which pension credits earn­ agreement. Instead of banning ing in other areas is r^-stricted. the House Merchant Marine and ed by Seafarers while they're sail­ fishing in the same 5,000-square They will also be permitted, un­ Fisheries Committee. United States^ Soviets Sign Pact Restricting Mid-Atiantic Fish Catch Port of Baltimore Leads Nation In 1968 Cargo BALTIMORE—A gain in for­ eign commerce of 14.6 percent moved the Port of Baltimore ahead of all other North Atlantic ports for 1968 shipping, accord­ ing to figures released this month by the Maryland Port Authority. Statistical projections by the Port Authority indicate that the Port of Baltimore handled some two million more tons of importexport cargoes in 1968 than in 1967. This compared with a Port of New York gain of nine percent and an over-all national increase of 9.1 percent. The total was helped consider­ ably by a surge in cargo handled at the Port Authority's Dundalk Marine Terminal and the new container terminal built by the Canton Company and leased to the SIU-contracted Sea-Land Services, Inc. �Page Fonr SEAFARERS LOG January 31, 1969 Wirtz Calls for $2 Minimum Wage Appliance Makers Warned In Final Annual Report to Congress On Misleading Warranties WASHINGTON—Every worker in the United States should receive a minimum wage of $2 an hour "to maintain himself and his family decently," former Labor Secretary Willard Wirtz told Con­ WASHINGTON—Appliance manufacturers and repairmen gress in his final report on the operations of the Fair Labor Standards Act this month. have been left with a warning by the outgoing Johnson Adminis­ Universal minimum wage cov­ in 1967 and 1968, employment those on farms, the $2 minimum tration that they must improve the quality of appliance service erage at $2 an hour would cut lias increased in the areas affected would be effective by 1975 with and warranties within a year or face regulation by federal legis­ in half the number of persons by extensions of the coverage. He intermediate steps taken during lation. living "in poverty," presently esti­ said also that increased minimum the intervening period. The warning was contained in the report of a presidential task mated at 22 to 26 million, Wirtz wage levels have not contributed Wirtz recommended also that force on appliance warranties and service released by Betty Fursaid. to the current inflationary spiral overtime payment after eight hours ness, who was special assistant to President Johnson, for con­ Noting that in contrast to the "to an extent which permits rea­ in a day and 40 hours in a week sumer affairs. number of persons at the poverty sonable questioning of their net apply to all industries and all Her office co-ordinated the work of the task force which in­ level, unemployment is only be­ value in strengthening both the workers. He urged also federal re­ cluded former Secretary of Labor Willard Wirtz and Commerce tween two and three millions, the position of low-paid workers in imbursement in situations where Secretary C. R. Smith, Chairman Paul Rand Dixon of the Federal secretary concluded that more particular and the economy in the payment of subsistence wages Trade Commission, and other top government executives. than half of those living in pov­ general." is impossible economically as in Miss Furness said the gist of the report and its recommenda­ erty do so not because the head On future extension to univer­ the case of employment of the tions is that manufacturers "get some of the garbage out of their of the family is unemployed but sal coverage, the secretary pro­ handicapped workers in a "shel­ warranties, and get more guarantee into them." because he doesn't get a decent liv­ posed $2 an hour effective in 1971 tered workshop." Dixon's recommendations in the report were that FTC "intens­ ing wage for the work he does. for all jobs covered by the wageHe called finally for subsequent ify its efforts" to halt deceptive advertising of appliance guaran­ AFL-CIO President George hour act prior to 1966, with an in­ adjustment of the $2 minimum to tees and consider issuing "guidelines" for warranties. Meany hailed Wirtz's report as termediate step of $1.80 an hour keep the minimum wage level in "correct and courageous," declar­ starting in 1970. He also proposed consumer education on warranties and guar­ proper relationship to changing ing that "it deserves prompt, favor­ anties, an end to "disclaimers" of warranties by manufacturers, For all other jobs, including prevailing wage levels. able consideration." "clear and simple" language in warranties and an end to manu­ Meany said Wirtz has "pin­ facturers trying to pass on to the consumer the cost of replacing pointed a major cause of poverty defective parts. in America and his prescription Smith recommended that the appliance industry provide the for its solution is just, sensible and consumer with point-of-sale product information to aid shopping achievable." for appliances and reduce misunderstanding of guarantees. He noted that the AFL-CIO Wirtz called for a continuing study of the appliance industry's already has announced its deter­ WASHINGTON—A co-ordinated program for feeding the poor manpower aspects by the government with a view toward im­ mination to fight in the 91st Con­ proving repair service and the training and qualifications of gress for a $2 minimum wage with is needed to wipe out the hunger and malnutrition that exists in repairmen. the nation, departing Secretary Wilbur J. Cohen of the Department universal coverage. The task force, created by President Johnson in his 1968 con­ of Health, Education and Wei- ^ to appropriate sufficient funds and Of Great Value sumer message to Congress pointed to numerous examples of fare told Congress this month. "The Wirtz report and recom­ He urged a wholesale reorga­ the reluctance of more conserva­ misleading, unclear warranties and guarantees, failure to live up mendations will be of great value nization of the "fragmented" pro­ tive counties to participate in fed­ to them and costly repairs of appliances. eral food programs. in that effort," Meany said. "The grams now in operation. The task force did not specify exactly what form legislation From a meager start eight years secretary's action is a fitting cli­ should take, if its warning isn't heeded, but suggested that the Cohen testified before the Sen­ ago, food aid programs have max to his term in office. He is a ate Select Committee on Nutrition measures might be patterned after several bills introduced in compassionate man, a true hu­ and Human Needs that hunger grown to a $1 billion-a-year opera­ the 90th Congress. manitarian and his recommenda­ cannot be eliminated simply by tion. About half the money goes Generally, they were shaped to crack down on 'deceptive tions are a demonstration of these "stuffing more food down people's to school lunch programs. The guarantees, give the consumer more remedies against them and other half is for the food stamp qualities." gullet." set compulsory standards for warranties and guarantees. program so poor families can Wirtz noted in the report that He further suggested that fed­ make purchases in grocery stores under the 1966 amendments to the eral food programs for the poor with the stamps. minimum wage law, taking effect be switched from the Agriculture Department to HEW because it could do a better job. HEW, he said, "unlike Agriculture, is not subject to interference or domina­ tion by the congressional commit­ tees or outside interests or agri­ cultural producers." Hunger and malnutrition will WASHINGTON—^The Supreme Court ended a 13-year legal battle this month by refusing to dis­ continue unless the federal govern­ turb a National Labor Relations Board ruling that Deering Milliken, Inc., closed its Darlington, S.C., ment takes over all welfare pro­ WASHINGTON — AFL-CIO grams and embarks on a broad co­ plant unlawfully to "chill" union organizing in the other 45 plants of the giant textile firm. President George Meany called The high court declined to ordinated program of health edu­ this month for cessation of all acts cation, food technology, and aid act on the corporation's petition Darlington employees, "one great sion by ruling that an employer of terrorism, and retaliatory meas­ in family planning for the poor, to review a 1968 finding by the step forward has been taken. One has the right to go out of business more loophole through which at any time for all or his ures they inspire, in a cable to the Cohen declared. 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Ap­ anti-union employers such as operations. The Supreme Court National Council of Lebanese His ideas for curbing the "frag­ peals at Richmond, Va., that the Deering Milliken can slip has been reversed the appeals judges and Trade Unions which had sought mentation" in the federal nutrition NLRB applied the law correctly. closed." sent the case back to the NLRB the Federation's support for field, Cohen said, would be left AFL-CIO President George The Deering Milliken case goes for further hearings. United Nations action against over for then secretary-designate Meany and President William back to the middle 1950s, when An employer has the "absolute Israel. Robert H. Finch "as something to Pollock of the Textile Workers TWUA sought to organize mill right" to terminate its entire busi­ The Lebanese cable read: achieve." Union of America both hailed the workers at Darlington and other ness at any time, the high court Cohen recommended creating end of the union's long fight for company plants in the Carolinas. reiterated, but a partial closing "Perfidious attack by Israel on Beirut International Airport con­ within HEW a human nutrition justice on behalf of 510 Darling­ was held to be unlawful "if moti­ Company Threats stitutes grave assault against UN administration which would do ton workers whose jobs were During the campaign, manage­ vated by a purpose to chill union­ charter and rights of man. Peace more than "focus on health, agri­ abolished by Deering Milliken ment told Darlington workers the ism" in other company plants. dangerously compromised. We ap­ cultural production, or even the after a majority voted in 1956 plant would be closed if they After further hearings the. for the union. peal for your fraternal support to noor." NLRB concluded that Darlington voted for the union. They did, "We need," he continued, "an alert public opinion and to have Pollock said that, while the end and company directors soon ap­ and Deering Milliken constituted government support the applica­ agencv that can bring to bear re­ of the Darlington case will "finally proved an order by Roger Milli­ a single employer and that closing tion of the Security Council reso­ sources in education, marketing bring these workers re-employment ken, the head of the chain, to the Darlington mill was "at least strategy economics, public welfare opportunities and backpay" of close the plant and sell the equip­ in part the product of a desire to lution for safeguarding peace." and related nrograms." several million dollars, "there is ment piecemeal. That prevented discourage unionism at other The AFL-CIO answer read: The nutrition administration no justification for any society to any purchaser from continuing Deering Milliken mills." "Re your cable, AFL-CIO would have the resnonsibility for allow justice to drag along for operations at Darlington, the un­ The board found that Darling­ deeply deplores all acts of terror­ food distribution nrowams and an nearly 13 years." ton was one of 17 corporations ion charged. ism and the retaliatory measures "innovative" food stamp orogram. Meany congratulated the union After long hearings the NLRB owned and controlled by the Milli­ which those acts inevitably incur. Earlier. Agriculture Secretary on behalf of the AFL-CIO for ruled that Darlington and Deer­ ken family. Again it ordered the Freedom and well-being for all Orviile L. Freeman told th" Sen­ its perseverance in continuing to ing Milliken were commonly con­ company to bargain with the un­ the peoples in the Middle East ate committee that it would cost fight for the rights of the stranded trolled. It ordered the corporation ion and reinstate the workers who urgently demand total cessation an aHditional $1 billion a year to workers "and for its continuing to pay lost wages and bargain with lost their jobs. That time the such hostile acts which destroy life clo.se the nutritional gap and end effort to win gains for workers" TWUA about re-employment of 4th Circuit voted to enforce the and property and gravely jeopard­ hunger. in other southern cotton mills. He the fired workers at other D-M board's order, but the corporation ize prospects for just and lasting Freeman listed two main obsta­ added: again refused to comply and filed mills. peace between Republic of Israel cles in the war on hunger and mal­ "Though it is doubtful that full The appeals court at Richmond, its review petition with the Su­ and its Arab neighbors." nutrition—the refusal of Congress justice will ever be done" for however, upset the NLRB deci­ preme Court. Cohen Urges All New Policy For Feeding Nation's Poor AFL-CIO Rejects Lebanese Labor's Anti-Israeli Plea Supreme Court Backs Textile Union To End 13-Year Darlington Battle �January 31, 1969 SEAFARERS Time to Ship Again Page Five LOG In Final State of Union Message; Johnson Resaps His Administration, Calls tor Continaed Soriai Advances WASHINGTON—Lyndon B. Jchnson went to Congress and the American people for the last time as President this month to deliver his farewell State of the Union message, summing up the accom­ plishments of his Administration and urging the nation to follow through on the commitments they represent. grams, including a 13-percent rise have already sought to deal with The President's nationally- in social security benefits, sharp them. One or more Presidents will televised address was given to increases in funds for the model try to resolve or contain them in a joint session of the Congress in cities program and for job train­ years to come." which he had spent so much of ing, appropriations to permit con­ He stressed that the departure David Gower throws in for a job with New York dispatcher Luige his public life. struction of 500,000 housing units of an administration "does not lovino. A native of Texas, Gower joined SlU in San Francisco. He TTie members of Congress wel­ for needy families in the next mean the end of the problems it comed him as one of their own fiscal year, and creation of an ur­ has faced. The effort to meet recently paid-off the Seatrain San Juan after Puerto Rican trip. with a standing ovation of more ban development bank to provide them must go on, year after year, than three minutes and repeated capital for community improve­ if the momentum we have mount­ Cite Costly Red Tape interruptions for applause. ed together in this decade is not ments. These proposals and others were to be lost." Mixed Emotions Johnson referred to the five The President's speech, deliv­ spelled out in detail in the Presi­ dent's budget for fiscal 1970, sent years of his Administration as a ered in subdued tones, was a mix­ to Congress the following day. The "watershed," which saw comple­ ture of pride in the major social budget, which his aides described tion of "a major part of the old advances achieved during his five years in office, regret over the fail- as "very tight," is aimed at meet­ agenda." He cited Medicare, the ure to win peace in Vietnam, and ing pressing domestic and foreign Voting Rights Act, Head Start and needs and calls for continuation of federal aid to education, conserva­ WASHINGTON—^Although the total number of new merchant open sentiment recalling the strug­ the 10 percent income tax sur­ tion measures, and job training for gles and associations of a lifetime vessels delivered from U. S. shipyards during 1968 was somewhat in the nation's seryice. charge. 5 million workers. higher than that of the previous year, American yards still utilized As he took leave of Congress, "Most important," he declared, "I hope it may be said, a hun­ Johnson called upon it to give "the country is close to full em­ only an average of about 60 per- ^ dred years from now," he told development of a more favorable cent of capacity, the Shipbuild­ shipbuilding environment through Congress, "that together we helped then President-Elect Nixon its ployment—not in theory, but in fact. Tonight the unemployment ers Council of America an­ a greater reliance on 'the proven to make our country more just for "understanding." rate is down to 3.3 percent. The Big Burden nounced this month. traditions of private enterprise,' all its people—as well as to insure "He is entitled to have it," the number of jobs has grown by Also at a high level, according and has pledged support of a pro­ the blessings of liberty for our President said. "The burdens he more than 8.5 million in the last to Edwin M. Hood, the council's gram to enable carriage of more posterity. "I believe it will be said that we will bear as our President will five years—more than in all the president, was "the mass of paper­ than 30 percent (compared with be borne for all of us. Each preceding 12 years." work, details, rigid specifications, present 5.6 percent) of U.S. for­ tried." of us should try not to increase More Funding Needed But Johnson's sixth State of the indecision, administrative duplica­ eign trade and commerce aboard them for the sake of narrow per­ These accomplishments, he tion, and needless red tape asso­ American-built, American-flag Union message, for all its valedic­ tory nature, looked ahead as well sonal or partisan advantage." noted, do not complete the cycle, ciated with shipbuilding contracts, shifw 'by the mid-1970's.' The President took note of his since "much of what we have com­ "It is unlikely, however, that the as backward. The President out­ both naval and merchant, under own trials during the past five impact of these efforts will be im­ lined a number of proposals to mitted needs additional funding to governmental auspices." mediately discernible." extend and expand domestic pro- years. become a tangible reality." Year-End Report "Every President lives," he said "Yet the very existence of those "not only with what is, but with commitments—those promises to Hood, in a year-end report, what has been, and what could be. the American people—is a kind said the level of activity in Ameri­ "Most of the great events of the of reality in itself. can yards reached a "post-war presidency are part of a larger se­ high" in 1968—placing the U.S. "Breaking those promises would quence extending back through on an equal footing with Japan a tragedy for our country." in terms of dollar volume. WASHINGTON—^The Soviet bloc is preparing to intensify its several decades and administra­ Reviewing the international sit­ tions. United States shipyards deliv­ invasion of the commercial sea lanes of the world. Professor J. D. uation, the President urged prompt "Urban unrest, poverty, pres­ ered 25 merchant ships in 1968, Atkinson of the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, sures on welfare, education and ratification of the nuclear Nonwith a gross tonnage of 342,800, warned here last week. Proliferation Treaty and a search He emphasized that this was a law enforcement, the continuing for "areas of agreement with the the report stated. The comparable Speaking at a meeting spon­ crisis in the Middle East, the con­ figure in 1967 was 13 ships ag­ sored by the AFL-CIO Mari­ "minimum program," adding that flict in Vietnam, the dangers of Soviet Union where the interests "in view of the growing magnitude gregating 163,000 gross tons. time Trades Department, Atkin­ of the Soviet effort it might be nuclear war, and the difficulties of both nations, and of world "While during the year most son said there was strong evidence necessary to review this number of dealing with Communist pow­ peace, are served." attention centered on shipbuilding that Moscow intends to follow up to project a total of 250 instead ers, all have at least this much in programs sponsored by the Fed­ on its recent rate-cutting on Aus­ of 200 U.S.-built merchant ships." common: They, or the causes that gave rise to them, have existed for eral government," Hood reported, tralian cargoes by moving boldly SEAFARERSI^LOG Atkinson also noted that, in many years. Several Presidents "an encouraging volume of new in»o the international freight mar­ addition to the "maritime gap" contracts of a strictly commercial ket. caused by the decline of U.S. ship­ Jan. 31, 1969 • Vol. XXXI, No. nature developed, and is expected He cited a report in TASS, the ping capability and the rise of Official Publication of the to expand over the next several official Soviet news agency, which Russia's maritime fortunes, this Seafarers International Union years. These have mostly involved reported that on January 6, 1969, country is faced with a "maritime of North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes tankers, and the discovery of oil Russian and East German officials psychological gap," which, he and Inland Waters District, on the north slope of Alaska will opened a round of meetings aimed said, is "closely associated with AFL-CIO no doubt accentuate the demand at coordinating their maritime pol­ the mvth of maritime cost-effec­ Executive Board PAUL HALL, President for these types of vessels, to op­ icy on international freight car­ tiveness." EARL SHEPARD CAL TANNER erate in U.S. domestic trades, well riage. Exec. Vice-Pres. Vice-President Should Relate to Need into the 1970's." SAN FRANCISCO—A govern­ Coupled with this, he said, was LINDSEY WILLIAMS AL KERR He said that the U.S. maritime ment contractor who underpaid a January 9 announcement on Vice-President See.-Treas. Major Shift Needed Moscow Radio that "ten ships of posture "should, in fact, be re­ his employees $16,786 on $50,000 ROBERT MATTHEWS AL TANNER Vice-President Vice-President Hood noted that there has been the Soviet merchant marine had lated to national need, not to cost worth of janitor-service contracts some movement away from the arrived in Havana, Cuba, and that effectiveness alone." Director of Publications has been ruled ineligible for fur­ MIKE POLLACK "maze of cost additive, produc­ a record number of Russian ships Not only has the U.S.-flag fleet ther federal contracts for a threeEditor HARRY WITTSCHEN tion-delaying and time-consuming would be plying the sea route to been "steadily deteriorating," At­ year period. Assistant Editors stipulations." However, he indi­ Cuba this month." The Labor Dept. said John B. kinson continued, but "the British WILL KARP cated that a major governmental PETER WEISS In the face of the growing Rus­ merchant marine—upon which Marshall, doing business as the shift "in direction, attitudes and sian buildup at sea, the George­ many of our exporters and im­ Marshall Co. and as Mande Staff Photographer policies will be necessary if a ship­ town University professor de­ porters have placed reliance — Grounds, both of Oakland, Calif., ANTHONY ANSALDI building environment such as clared, there is a need to build be­ now appears to be headed towards drew the penalty for violating fed­ exists in other countries is to be tween 200 and 250 new American- a sharp decline." He added: eral minimum wage provisions in Pibllshid biweekly at 810 Rhode liland Aeenie N.E., Washington, D. C. 20018 by the Seafar­ restored here." flag vessels over the next four "Will the Soviet Union be so the McNamara-O'Hara Service ers intcrnatlonai Union, Atlantic. Gait, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, 675 conscientious that in the future it Contracts Act. "With the start of 1969," the years. Foarth Arenac, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. Tel. HYaclnth 9-6600. Second class postage paid The department said the Mar­ SCA head declared, "there would "In order to close the maritime will refrain from taking advan­ at Washlngtons, D. C. shall Co. was awarded two con­ appear to be grounds for some gap," Atkinson said, "a minimum tage of a maritime fact of life? POSTMASTER'S ATTENTI08: Form JS19 cards shoald be sent to Seafarers International optimism relative to national poli­ program by the U.S. to restore If this should come to pass, would tracts on its bid of $30,585 at Union, Atlantic, Gait, Lakes and Inland George Air Force Base in VicWaters District, AFL-CIO, 675 Foarth Avenae, the American voter ask whether cies that concern shipbuilding and the merchant marine balance Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. shipyards. In place of the uncer­ should be the building of 50 ships the policy had been 'cost effec­ torville, Calif., and $20,200 at tainties of the past four years, the per year for the four-yeaf period tive'? Or would he ask why was Paine Field Air Force Base in Everett, Wash. not something done?" new Administration proposes the Fiscal 1970-Fiscal 1973." U.S. Shipbuilders Utilizing Only 60 Percent Capacity Professor of Foreign Affairs Warns: Red Bloc's Sea Lane f^sh Growing Wage Chiseling Costs Calif. Rrm Federal Contracts �•iits Page Six SEAFARERS A New Look? Like a runner in a relay race who has reached the end of his assigned distance, Presi­ dent Johnson, upon leaving office, transmitted to incoming President Nixon his farewell budget message which included his prescription for maritime in the coming year. Unfortunately, it was the same old bad med­ icine composed of previously discredited or congressionally defeated positions which should hax'e been abandoned long ago in favor of a realistic approach to the nation's maritime posture. It is ironic that a man who was responsible for more civil rights legislation than any other President, who launched great advances in the domestic area toward the elimination of pov­ erty, unemployment, inadequate housing and for vastly increased aid to education, should have had such an "awareness gap" about the vital impiortance of building a strong Americanflag merchant fleet. Beginning with a pitiful proposal of funds for the construction of ships—a sum which wouldn't begin to advance the martjme indus­ try from its present position of extreme dilapida­ tion and decay—the departing budget message again called for inclusion of the Maritime Ad­ ministration in the Department of Transporta­ tion, wherein the final blow to the ailing mer­ chant fleet might well be dealt. Johnson even included another FDL program—the "fast de­ ployment logistics" ships pipedream—which Congress has already rightfully slapped down on two separate occasions. President Richard M. Nixon will, hopefully, discard the outmoded prescription for maritime left to him and bend his efforts towards resur­ recting and rebuilding our merchant marine before it is too late. Fortunately, the statements he made as a candidate indicated recognition of the sad plight of the ailing merchant fleet and hopefully a White House-backed prescrip­ tion aimed at nursing it back to health will soon be in the offing. In the House of Representatives the legis­ lative wheels have already begun to grind out a program. H.R. 211 and H.R. 213, among other bills introduced by the chairman of the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, Representative Edward A. Garmatz (D-Md.), call for rescue measures, including the estab­ lishment of an independent Maritime Admin­ istration. Legislation proposed by Representa­ tives Dominick V. Daniels (D-N.J.) and Jerome R. Waldie (D-Calif.) would set up a five-year revitalization schedule with appropri­ ate funding. Interest in the Congress seems to be running as high as ever—and this is hopeful and en­ couraging. The new Administration must discard the maritime views of its predecessors which have led to its continued neglect of our merchant fleet. In the context of today's needs, com­ mercial transportation in American-flag bot­ toms must be given high priority. Any money spent on such a program will be regained with interest and provide a valuable contribution to the nation's economy. Our experience during the entire Vietnam conflict has proven that more goods can be moved more expeditiously and at lower cost by ship than by any other means. The over­ whelming bulk of our supply to that area has been borne by our merchant fleet, as Chief of Naval Operations Thomas H. Moorer and many other experts have repeatedly pointed out. The chief competitor to our nation, the U.S.S.R., has evidenced awareness of the im­ portance of a strong, modern merchant fleet— economically, politically and strategically—and has for years been implementing a comprehen­ sive maritime program which Moorer describes as "nothing short of miraculous." The time to close the "awareness gap" as regards the American merchant fleet has come. And it must be undertaken with vigor and dispatch, before our economic and military flanks are seriously threatened by the Soviet Union. January 31, 1969 LOG Senate Labor Committee Remains In Liberal Hands WASHINGTON—The Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee will remain firmly liberal in the 91st Congress. Its new chairman is Senator Ralph W. Yarborough (D-Tex.) whose voting record by AFL-CIO COPE standards was 100 percent "Right" on 12 key issues during the 90th Congress. Its six holdover Democratic members are all northern liberals with solid records in support of labor-backed legislation. The three new Democratic members, all newly-elected, are the same breed. They are Senators Thomas F. Eagleton of Missouri, Alan Cran­ ston of California, and Harold E. Hughes of Iowa. Continuing as senior Republican member of the committee is a GOP liberal, Senator Jacob K. Javits of New York, with a moderate—^Ver­ mont's Senator Winston L. Prouty—as the second ranking Republican. The GOP gained a committee member as the party distribution of the committee shifted from a 10-6 to a 10-7 Democratic majority. But changes in the Republican membership replaced conservatives with moderates. Senators Paul J. Fannin (R-Ariz.) and Robert P. Griffin (R-Mich.) dropped off the committee to take other assignments this year. Fannin, an extreme conservative, was sponsor last year of a bill td bar the National Labor Relations Board from granting recognition to a union on the basis of a card check. Labor Court Sponsw Griffin, who in the House was co-author of the Landrum-Griffin Act, sponsored a bill to replace the NLRB with a so-called Labor Court. The new Republican members are freshmen Senators Richard S. Schwciker of Pennsylvania, Henry Bellmon of Oklahoma and William B. Saxbe of Ohio. Schweiker and Saxbe are considered in the moderate-to-liberal wing of the GOP. Bellmon, although regarded as more conservative, as governor of Oklahoma openly opposed efforts by the National Right to Work Committee to petition an open shop law to referendum after it had once been rejected by the voters. Yarborough, who chaired the subcommittee on Labor last year, will serve as chairman of the Health subcommittee. Senator Harrison A. Williams (N.J.) will become chairman of the Labor subcommittee; Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Mass.) will serve as chairman of the subcommittee on Fmployment, Manpower and Pov­ erty. and Senator Claiborne Pell (R.I.) will head the Education subcom­ mittee. The Veterans' Affairs subcommittee goes to Senator Gaylord Nelson (Wis.) and the Railroad Retirement suhcommitlee to Senator Walter F. Mondale (Minn.). The committee's ranking Democrat, Sen­ ator Jennings Randolph (W. Va.) is chairman of the Senate Public Works Commillee and therefore passed up a siiheommittec chairman­ ship. In other major committee changes in the Senate. Richard B. Russell, conservative Democrat from Georgia, moved up to the chairmanship of the Appropriations Committee, vacating the chairmanship of the Armed Services Committee to John Stennis of Mississippi. Gale W. McGee of Wyoming advanced to the chairmanship of the Post Office and Civil Service Committee and Joseph D. Tydincs of Maryland became chairman of the District of Columbia Committee. Senator Alan Bible of Nevada, who had been District Committee chairman, pave it un to head the Sma'l Business Committee. Service Employees in 2,000 New York office buildings will get wage increases of $25 a week over three years in a new con­ tract negotiated by SEIU Local 32B. The agreement climaxes more than three months of talks between the union and employers of 20,000 workers, local President Thomas Shortman said. It pro­ vides waee hikes totaling 62.5 cents an hour and higher wage differentials for handymen, start­ ers, porter foremen and others with special skills. Health and welfare improvements include a fanaily major medical program effective July 1 and an increase in the pres­ ent $2,000 life insurance coverage to $3,000 next Jan. 1. The Labor Department recently dismissed all challenges to the June 1968 election for officers of the Retail Clerks and in effect certi­ fied the results. RCIA President James T. Housewright said the dismissal of charges brought by defeated candidates "confirmed our judgment" that the balloting was legal and democratic. Win­ ning candidates in the June elec­ tion at more than 7,000 polling places were chosen by margins of more than 40,000 votes. President Emeritus James J. Doyle of the Coopers died in Roslindale, Mass., recently at 84. He devoted his working life to the union movement and his 50-year record as head of the Coopers "stands as a monument to his memory," AFL-CIO President George Meany said in a message of sympathy to his wife Ann and their four dauehters. Doyle was president until 1965, when he re­ tired to "rest and travel." He joined the Coopers in 1901. Three more groups of classroom instructors joined the American Federation of Teachers to put the 1968 total of new members over the 18,000 mark—in Wake Island, West Haven, Conn., and Wilming­ ton, Del. • 1" An in-depth historical study of the founding and growth of the Communications Workers has been launched by the University of Iowa Center for Labor and Management. The wide-ranging project will cover the period from the early days of modern telephone unionism through the present, said Glenn W. Watts, CWA executive vice president. �BALLOTING PROCEDURES AND UNION TALLYING COMMITTEE REPORT SlU ATLANTIC GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT ELECTIOM 1969-1972 17 CltSlfJlBto 17 �sn Page Two SEAFARERS LOG In keeping with the Constitution of the Seafarers International Union of North Anierica'Atlanticf Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, and with its election procedures, this supplement contains a complete re­ port on the election of officers for 1969-72, from the opening of nomi­ nation's to the final presentation of the Union's Tallying Committee Report Januarr 31, 1969 �January 31, 1969 SEAFARERS Supplement—^Page Three LOG SlU Constitution Ruies on Eiections EDITOR'S NOTE: The SIV Constitution Rules on Elections was run on pages 6 and 7 of the October 25, 1968 Seafarers LOG Election Sup­ plement. .... Article Xii Qualificaticns for Officers, Headqunrters Representatives, Port Agents, Patrolmen and Other Elective Jobs Section 1. Any member of the Union is eligible to be a can­ didate for, and hold, any office or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman provided-: (a) He has at least three (3) years of seatime in an un­ licensed capacity aboard an American-flag merchant vessel or vessels. In computing time, time spent in the employ of the Union, its subsidiaries and its affiliates, or in any employment at the Union's direction, shall count the same as sea time. Union records. Welfare Plan records and/or company records can be used to determine eligibility; and (b) He has been a full book member in continuous good standing in the Union for at least three (3) years immediately prior to his nomination; and (c) He has at least four (4) months of sea time, in an un­ licensed capacity, aboard an American-flag merchant -vessel or vessels, covered by contract with this Union, or four (4) months of employment with, or in any office or job of, the Union, its sub-sidiaries and its aifiliates, or in any employment at the Union's direction, or a combination of these, between January 1st and the time of nomination in the election year; and (d) He is a citizen of the United States of America; and (e) He is not disqualified by law. (f) He has at least one (1) year of seatime aboard an American-flag merchant vessel or vessels in a rated unlicensed capacity other than an entry rating. Section 2. All candidates for, and holders of, other elective jobs not specified in the preceding sections shall be full book members of the Union. Section 3. All candidates for and holders of elective offices and jobs, whether elected or appointed in accordance with this Constitution, shall maintain full book membership in good standing. Article Xlil Elections for Officers, Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents and Patrolmen Section 1. Nomination!. Except' as provided in Section 2(b) of this Article, any full book member may submit his name for nomination for any office, or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, by delivering or causing to be delivered in per­ son, to the office of the Secretary-Treasurer at headquarters, or sending, a letter addressed to the Credentials Committee, in care of the Secretary-Treasurer, at the address of headquarters. This letter shall be dated and shall contain the following: (a) The name of the candidate. (b) His home address and mailing address. (c) His book number. (d) The title of the office or other job for which he is a candidate, including the name of the Port in the event the position sought is that of Agent or Patrolman. (e) Proof of citizenship. <f) Proof of seatime and/or employment as required for candidates. (g) In the event the member is on a ship he shall notify the Credentials Committee what ship he is on. Uiis shall be done also if he ships subsequent to forwarding his credentials. grievous bodily injury, or violation of Title 11 or 111 of the Landrum-Grfffin Act, or conspiracy to commit any such crimes." Dated Signature of member Book No. Printed forms of the certificate shall be made available to nominees. Where a nominee cannot truthfully execute such a certificate, but is, in fact, legally eligible for an office or job by reason of the restoration of civil rights originally revoked by such conviction or a favorable determination by the Board of Parole of the United States Department of Justice, he shall, in lieu of the foregoing certificate, furnish a complete signed state­ ment of the facts of his case together with true copies of the documents supporting his statement. All documents required herein must reach headquarters no earlier than July 15th and no later than August 15th of the election year. The Secretary-Treasurer is charged with the safekeeping of these letters and shall turn them over to the Credentials Com­ mittee upon the latter's request. Section 2. Credentials Committee. (a) A Credentials Committee shall be elected at the regu­ lar meeting in August of the election year, at the port where headquarters is located. It shall consist of six full book mem­ bers in attendance at the meeting, with two members to be elected from each of the Deck, Engine and Stewards Depart­ ments. No Officer, Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, or candidate for office or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, shall be eligible for election to this Committee, except as provided for in Article X, Section 4. In the event any committee member is unable to serve, the committee shall suspend until the President or Excutive Vice President, or the Secretary-Treasurer, in that order, calls a special meeting at the port whwe Headquarters is lo­ cated in order to elect a replacement, the Committe's results shall be by majority vote, with any tie vote being resolved by a majority vote of the membership at a special meeting called for that purpose at that Port. (b) After, its election, the Committee shall immediately go into session. It shall determine whether the person has sub­ mitted his application correctly and possesses the necessary qualifications. The Committee shall prepare a report listing each applicant and his book number under the office or job he is seeking. Each applicant shall be marked "qualified" or "dis­ qualified" according to the findings of the Committee. Where an applicant has been marked "disqualified," the reason therefor must be stated in the report. Where a tie vote has been resolved by a special meeting of the membership, that fact shall also be noted, with sufficient detail. The report shall be signed by all of the Committee members, and be completed and submitted to the Ports in time for the next regular meeting after their election. At this meeting, it shall be read and incorporated in the minutes, and then posted on the bulletin board in each port. On the last' day of nominations, one member of the Commit­ tee shall stand by in Headquarters to accept delivery of creden­ tials. All credentials must be in headquarters by midnight of closing day. (c) When an applicant has been disqualified by the commit­ tee, he shall be notified immediately by telegram at the ad­ dresses listed by him pursuant to Section I of this Article. He shall also be sent a letter containing the reasons for such dis­ qualification by air mail, special delivery, registered, to the mailing address designed pursuant to Section Kb) of this Arti­ cle. A disqualified applicant shall have the right to take an appeal to the membership from the decision of the committee. He shall forward copies of such appeal to each port, where the appeal shall be presented and voted upon at a regular meetingno later than the second meeting after the committee's election. It is the responsibility of the applicant to insure timely delivery of his appeal. In any event, without prejudice to his written appeal, the applicant may appear in person before the commit­ tee within two days after the day on which the telegram is sent, to correct his application or argue for his qualification. The committee's report shall he prepared early enough to allow the applicant to appear before it within the time set forth in his Constitution and still reach the ports in time for the first regular meeting after its election. (h) Annexing a certificate in the following form, signed and dated by the proposed nominee: (d) A majority vote of the membership shall, in the case of such appeals, be sufficient to over-rule any disqualifibation classification by the Credentials Committee, in which event the one so previously classified shall then be deemed qualified. 'T hereby certify that I am not now, nor, for the five (5) years last past, have I been either a member of the Communist Party or convicted of, or served any part of a prison term resulting from conviction of robbery, bribery, extortion, embezzlement, grand larceny, burglary, arson, violation of narcotics laws, murder, rape, assault with intent to kill, assault which inflicts (e) The Credentials Committee, in passing upon the quali­ fications of candidates, shall have the right to conclusively pre­ sume that anyone nominated and qualified in previous elections for candidacy for any office, or the job of Headquarters Repre­ sentative, Port Agent or Patrolman, has met all the requirements of Section 1(a) of Article XII. Section 3. Balloting Procedures. (a) The Secretary-Treasurer shall insure the proper and timely preparation of ballots, without partiality as to candidates or ports. The ballots may contain general information and in­ structive comments not inconsistent with the provisions of this Constitution. All qualified candidates shall be listed thereon alphabetically within each category. The listing of the ports shall follow a geographical pattern, commencing with the most northerly port on the Atlantic coast, following the Atlantic coast, following the Atlantic coast down to the most southerly port on that coast, then westerly along the Gulf of Mexico and so on, until the list of ports is exhausted. Any port outside the Continental United States shall then be added. There shall be allotted write-in space, on each ballot, sufficient to permit each member voting to write in as many names as there are offices and jobs to be voted upon. Each ballot shall be so prepared as to have the number thereon placed at the top thereof and shall be so perforated as to enable that portion containing the said number to be easily removed to insure secrecy of the ballot. On this removable portion shall also be placed a short statement indicating the nature of the ballot and the voting date thereof. (b) The ballots so prepared at the direction of the SecretaryTreasurer shall be the only official ballots. No others may be used. Each ballot shall be numbered as indicated in the pre­ ceding paragraph and shall be numbered consecutively, com­ mencing with number 1. A sufficient amount shall be printed and distributed to each Port. A record of the ballots, both by serial numbers and amount, sent thereto shall be maintained by the SecretaryTreasurer, who shall also send each Port Agent a verification list indicating the amount and serial numbers of the ballots sent. Each Port Agent shall maintain separate rec­ ords of the ballots sent him and shall inspect and count the ballots, when received, to insure that the amount sent, as well as the numbers thereon, conform to the amount and numbers listed by the Secretary-Treasurer as having been sent to that port. The Port Agent shall immediately execute and return to the Secretary-Treasurer a receipt acknowledging the correctness of the amount and numbers of the ballots sent, or shall notify the Secretary-Treasurer of any discrepancy. Discrepancies shall b.e corrected as soon as possible prior to the voting period. In any event, receipts shall be forwarded for ballots actually received. The Secretary-Treasurer shall prepare a file in which shall be kept memoranda and correspondence dealing with the election. This file shall at all times be available to any member asking for inspection of the same at the office of the Secretary-Treasurer. (c) Balloting shall take place in person, at port offices, and shall be secret. No signatures of any voter, or other distinguish­ ing mark, shall appear on the ballot, except that any member may write in the name or names of any member or members, ' as appropriate, for any office, or the job of Headquarters Repre­ sentative, Port Agent or Patrolman. (d) Only full book members may vote. However, immediately prior thereto they must present their books to the Polls Com­ mittee of the port in which they are voting. The voter's book number shall be placed upon- the roster sheet (which shall be kept in duplicate) in the space opj^site the proper ballot num­ ber, and the member shall sign his name. The portion of the ballot on which the ballot number is printed shall then be re­ moved, placed near the roster sheet, and the member shall pro­ ceed to the voting site with the ballot. An appropriate notation of the date and of the fact of voting shall be placed in the member's Union book. (e) Each Port Agent shall be responsible for the establish­ ment of a booth or other voting site where each member may vote in privacy. (f) Upon completion of voting the member shall fold the ballot so that no part of the printed or written portion is visible. He shall then drop the ballot into a narrow-slotted ballot box, which shall be provided for that purpose by the Port Agent and kept locked and sealed except as hereinafter set forth. (g) Voting shall commence on November 1st of the election year and shall continue through December 31st, exclusive of Sundays and (for each individual Port) holidays legally recog­ nized in the city in which the port affected is located. If No­ vember 1st or December 31st falls on a holiday legally recog­ nized in a port in the city in which that port is located, the hdloting period in such port shaU commence or terminate, as the case may be, on the next succeeding business day. Subject to the foregoing, voting in all ports shall commence at 9:00 A.M., and continue until 5:00 P.M. except that, on Saturdays, voting shall commence at 9:00 A.M. and continue until 12 noon. Sectian 4. Palis Cemmittaas. (a) Each port shaU elect, prior to the beginning of the voting on each voting day, a Polls Committee, consisting of three fuU book members none of whom shaU be a candidate, officer or an �Supplement—Page Four elected or appointed job holder. For the purpose of holding a meeting for the election of a Polls Committee only, and not­ withstanding the provisions of Article XXIII, Section 2, or any other provision of this Constitution, five (5) members shall con­ stitute a quorum for each port, with the said meeting to he held between 8:00 A.M. and 9:00 A.M. with no notice there­ of required. It shall he the obligation of each member wish­ ing to serve on a Polls Committee, or to observe the election thereof, to he present during this time period. It shall he the responsibility of the Port Agent to see that the meeting for the purpose of electing the said Polls Committee is called, and that the minutes of the said meeting are sent daily to the SecretaryTreasurer. In no case shall voting take place unless a duly elected Polls Committee is functioning. (h) The duly elected Polls Committee shall collect all un­ used ballots, the voting rosters, the numbered stubs of those ballots already used, the ballot box or boxes and the ballot records and files kept by the Port Agent. It shall then proceed to compare the serial numbers and amounts of stubs with the number of names and corresponding serial numbers on the roster, and then compare the serial number and amounts of ballots^ used with the verification list, as corrected, and ascer­ tain whether the unused ballots, both serial numbers and amount, represent the difference between what appears on the verification list, as corrected, and the ballots used. If any discrepancies are found, a detailed report thereon shall be drawn by the Polls Committee finding such discrepancies, which report shall be in duplicate, and signed by all the members of such Polls Committee. Each member of the Comm'ttee may make what separate comments thereon he desires, provided they are signed and dated by him. A copy of this report shall be given the Port Agent, to be presented at the next regular meet­ ing. A copy shall also be simultaneously sent to the SecretaryTreasurer, who shall cause an investigation to be made forth­ with. The results of such investigation shall be reported to the membership as soon as completed, wlili recommendations by the Secretary-Treasurer. A majority vote of the membership shall determine what action, if any, shall be taken thereon. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Con­ stitution, the Executive Board shall not make any determina­ tion in these matters. (c) The Polls Committee shall also insure that the ballot box is locked and sealed, which lock and seal shall not be opened except in the manner hereinafter set forth. The same procedure as is set forth in the preceding paragraph with regard to dis­ crepancies shall be utilized in the event the Polls Committee has reason to believe the lock and seal have been illegally tampered with. (d) The Polls Committee shall permit full book members only to vote. Prior thereto, it shall stamp their book with the word "voted" and the date, issue ballots to voters, insure that proper registration on the roster takes place, collect stubs, and keep them in numerical order. It shall preserve good order and decorum at the voting site and vicinity thereof. All members and others affiliated with the Union are charged with the duty of assisting the Polls Committee, when called upon, in the preservation of order and decorum. (e) In order to maintain the secrecy and accuracy of the ballot, and to eliminate the possibility of errors or irregularities in any one day's balloting affecting all the balloting in any port, the following procedure shall be observed: At tbe end of each day's voting, the Polls Committee, in the presence of any member desiring to attend, provided he ob­ serves proper decorum, shall open the ballot box or boxes, and place all of that day's ballots therein in an envelope, as required, which shall then be sealed. The members of the Polls Commit­ tee shall thereupon sign their names across the flap of the said envelope or envelopes, with their book numbers next to their signatures. The committee shall also place the date and name of the Port on the said envelopes, and shall certify, on the enve­ lope or envelopes, that the ballot box or boxes were opened publicly, that all ballots for that day only were removed, and that all of those ballots are enclosed in the envelope or enve­ lopes dated for that day and voted in that Port. The Polls Com­ mittee shall check the rosters, and any other records they deem appropriate, to insure the foregoing. At the discretion of the Executive Board official envelopes may be prepared for the purpose of enclosing the ballots and the making of the aforesaid certification, with wording embodying the foregoing inscribed thereon, in which event these envelopes shall be used by the Polls Com.mitee for the aforesaid purpose. Nothing contained herein shall prevent any member of a Polls Committee from adding such comments to the certificate as are appropriate, provided the comments are signed and dated by the member making them. The envelope or envelopes shall then be placed in a wrapper or envelope, which, at the discretion of the Ex­ ecutive Board, may be furnished for that purpose. The wrapper or envelope shall then be securely sealed and either delivered, or sent by certified or registered mail, by the said Polls Com­ mittee, to the depository named in the pre-election report adopted by the membership. The Polls Committee shall not be discharged from its duties until this mailing is accomplished and evidence of mailing or delivery is furnished the Port Agent, which evidence shall be noted and kept in the Port Agent's election records or files. The Polls Committee.shall also insure that the ballot box or boxes are locked and sealed before handing them back to the Port Agent, and shall place the key or keys to the boxes in an envelope, across the flap of which the members of the committee shall sign their names, book numbers, and the date, after seal­ ing the envelope securely. In addition to delivering the key and ballot box or boxes as aforesaid, the Polls Committee shall deliver to the Port Agent one copy of each of the roster sheets for the day, the unused ballots, any reports called for by this Section 4, any files that they may have received, and all the stubs collected both for the day and those turned over to it. The Port Agent shall be responsible for the proper safeguarding of all the aforesaid material, shall not release any of it until duly called for, and shall insure that no one illegally tampers with the material placed in his custody. The remaining copy of each roster sheet used for the day shall be mailed by the Polls Committee to the Secretary-Treasurer, by certified or registered mail or delivered in person. (f) Members of the Polls Committee shall serve without com­ pensation, except that the Port Agent shaU compensate each Polls Committee member with a reasonable sum for meals while serving or provide meals in lieu of cash. SEAFARERS LOG Section 5. Ballot Collection, Tallying Procedure, Protests, and Special Votes. (a) On the day the balloting in each port is to terminate, the Polls Committee elected for that day shall, in addition to their other duties hereinbefore set forth, deliver to headquarters, or mail to headquarters (by certified or registered mail), all the unused ballots, together with a certification, signed and dated by all members of the Committee that all ballots sent to the port and not used are enclosed therewith, subject to the right of each member of the Committee to make separate comments under his signature and date. The certification shall specifically identify, by serial number and amount, the unused ballots so forwarded. In the same package, but bound separately, the committee shall forwprd to headquarters all stubs collected dur­ ing the period of voting, together with a certification, signed by all members of the committee, that all the stubs collected by the committee are enclosed therewith subject to the right of each member of the committee to make separate comments under his signature and date. The said Polls Committee members shall not be discharged from their duties until the forwarding called for hereunder is accompli.shed and evidence of mailing or de­ livery is furnished the Port Agent, which evidence shall be noted and kept in the Port Agent's election records or files. (b) All forwarding to headquarters called for under this Section 5, shall be to the Union Tallying Committee, at the address of headquarters. In the event a Polls Committee cannot be elected or cannot act on the day the balloting in each Port is to terminate, the Port Agent shall have the duty to forward the material specifically set forth in Section 5(a) (unused ballots and stubs) to the Union Tallying Committee, which will then carry out the functions in regard thereto of the said Polls Committee. In such event, the Port Agent shall also forward all other material deemed necessary by the Union Tallying Com­ mittee to execute those functions. All certifications called for under this Article XIII shall be deemed made according to the best knowledge, and belief of those required to make such certification. (c) The Union Tallying Committee shall consist of 14 full book members. Two shall be elected from each of the seven ports of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Mobile, New Orleans, Houston, and Detroit. The election shall be held at the regular meeting in December of the election year, or if the Ex­ ecutive Board otherwise determines prior thereto, at a special meeting held in the aforesaid ports on the first business day of the last week of said month. No Officer, Headquarters Repre­ sentative, Port Agent, Patrolman, or candidate for office, or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, shall be eligible for election to this Committee, except as pro­ vided for in Article X, Section 4. In addition to its duties here­ inbefore set forth, the Union Tallying Committee shall be charged with the tallying of all the ballots and the preparation of a closing report setting forth, in complete detail, the results of the election, including a complete accounting of all ballots and stubs, and reconciliation of the same with the rosters, verification lists, and receipts of the Port Agents, all with de­ tailed reference to serial numbers and amoqnts and with each total broken down into port totals. The Tallying Committee shall be permitted access to the election records and files of all ports, which they may require to be forwarded for inspection at its discretion, The report shall clearly detail all discre­ pancies discovered, and shall contain recommendations for the treatment of these discrepancie s. All members of the Committee shall sign the report, without prejudice, however, to the right of any member thereof to submit a dissenting report as to the accuracy of the count and the validity of the ballots, with pertinent details. The Tallying Committee is also charged with the receipt and evaluation of written protests by any member who claims an illegal denial of the right to vote. If it finds the protests in­ valid, it shall dismiss the protest and so inform the protesting member, by wire, on the day of dismissal. If it finds the protest valid, the committee shall order a special vote, to be had no later than within the period of its proceedings, on such terms as are practical, effective, and just, but which terms, in any event, shall include the provisions of Section 3(c) of this Article and the designation of the voting site of the port most convenient to the protesting member. Where a special vote is ordered in accordance with this Section 5(c), these terms shall apply, not­ withstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Article. Protests may be made only in writing and must be received by the Union Tallying Committee during the period of its proceedings. The reports of this committee shall include a brief summary of each protest rc jived, the name and book number of the protesting member, and a summary of the dis­ position of the said protest. The committee shall take all rea­ sonable measures to adjust the course of its proceedings so as to enable the special vote set forth in this Section 5(c) to be completed within the time herein specified. No closing report shall be made by it unless and until the special votes referred to in this Section 5(c) shall have been duly completed and tallied. (d) The members of the Union Tallying Committee shall proceed to the port in which headquarters is located, as soon as possible after their election but, in any event, shall arrive at that port prior to the first business day after December 31 of the election year. Each member of the committee not elected from the port in which headquarters is located shall be reim­ bursed for transportation, meals, and lodging expenses occa­ sioned by their traveling to and returning from that Port. All members of the committee shall also be paid at the prevaUing standby rate of pay from the day subsequent to their election to the day they return, in normal course, to the Port from which they were elected. The Union Tallying Committee shall elect a chairman from among themselves and, subject to the express terms of this Con­ stitution, adopt its own procedures. Decision as to special votes, protests, and the contents of the final report shall be valid if made by a majority vote, provided there be a quorum in attend­ ance, which quorum is hereby fixed at nine (9). The Union Tallying Committee, but not less than a quorum thereof, shall have the sole right and duty to obtain the ballots from the depository immediately after the termination of balloting and to insure their safe custody during the course of the commit­ tee's proceedings. The proceedings of this committee, except for the actual preparation of the closing report and dissents there­ from, if any, shall be open to any member, provided he observes January 31, 1969 decorum. In no event, shall the issuance of the hereinbefore referred to closing report of the Tallying Committee be delayed beyond the January 15th immediately subsequent to the close of voting. The Union Tallying Committee shall be discharged upon the completion of the issuance and dispatch of its reports as required in this Article. In the event a reeheck and recount is ordered pursuant to Section 5(g) of this Article, the com­ mittee shall be reconstituted except that if any member thereof is not available, a substitute therefore shall be elected from the appropriate port, at a special meeting held for that purpose as soon as possible. (e) The report of the Committee shall be made up in suffi­ cient copies to comply with the following requirements: two i,. copies shall be sent by the committee to each Fort Agent and the Secretary-Treasurer prior to the first regular meeting sched­ uled to take place subsequent to the close of the committee's proceedings or, in the event such meeting is scheduled to take place four days or less from the close of this committee's pro­ ceedings, then at least five days prior to the next regular meet­ ing. Whichever meeting applies shall be designated, by date, in the report and shall be referred to as the "Election Report Meeting." As soon as these copies are received, each Port Agent shall post one copy of the report on the bulletin board, in a conspicuous manner. This copy shall be kept posted for a period of two months. At the Election Report Meeting, the other copy of the report shall be read verbatim. (f) At the Election Report meeting, there shall be taken up the discrepancies, if any, referred to in Section 5(c) of this Article and the recommendations of the Tallying Committee submitted therewith. A majority vote of the membership shall decide what action, if any, in accordance with the Constitution, shall be taken thereon, which action, however, shall not include the ordering of a special vote unless the reported discrepancies affect the results of the vote for any office or job, in which event, the special vote shall be restricted thereto. A majority of the membership, at the Election Report Meeting, may order a recheck and a recount when a dissent to the closing report has been issued by three or more members of the Union Tallying Committee. Except for the contingencies provided for in this Section 5(f) the closing report shall be accepted as final. (g) A special vote ordered pursuant to Section 5(f) must take place and be completed within seven (7) days after the Election Report Meeting, at each port where the discrepancies so acted upon took place. Subject to the foregoing, and to the limits of the vote set by the membership, as aforesaid, the Port Agents in each such port shall have the functions of the Tally­ ing Committee as set forth in Section 5(cJ, insofar as that Section deals with the terms of such special vote. The Secre­ tary-Treasurer shall make a sufficient amount of the usual balloting material immediately available to Port Agents, for the purpose of such special vote. Immediately after the close thereof, the Port Agent shall summarize the results and com­ municate them to the Secretary-Treasurer. The ballots, stubs, roster sheets, and unused ballots pertaining to the special vote shall be forwarded to the Secretary-Treasurer, all in the same package, but bound separately, by the most rapid means prac­ ticable, but, in any case, so as to reach the Secretary-Treasurer in time to enable him to prepare his report as required by this Section 5(g). An accounting and certification, made by the Port Agent, similar to those required of Polls Committees, shall be enclosed therewith. The Secretary-Treasurer shall then prepare a report containing a combined summary of the results, together with a schedule indicating in detail how they affect the Union Tallying Committee's results, as set forth in its clos­ ing report. The form of the latter's report shall be followed as closely as possible. Two (2) copies shall be sent to each port, one copy of which shall be posted. The other copy shall be presented at the next regular meeting after the Election Report Meeting. If a majority vote of the membership decides to accept the Secretary-Treasurer's report, the numerical results set forth in the pertinent segments of the Tallying Committee's closing report shall he deemed accepted and final without modi­ fication. If ordered, a reeheck and recount, and the report thereon by the Union Tallying Committee, shall be similarly disposed of and deemed accepted and final, by majority vote of the mem­ bership at the regular meeting following the Election Report Meeting. If such reeheck and recount is ordered, the Union Tallying Committee shall be required to continue its proceed­ ings correspondingly. Section 6. Installation into office and the Job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman. (a) The person elected shall be that person having the largest number of votes cast for the particular office or job involved. Where more than one person is to be elected for a particular office or job, the proper number of candidates receiving the successively highest number of votes shall be declared elected. These determinations shall be made only from the results deemed final and accepted as provided in this Article. It shall be the duty of the President to notify each individual elected. (b) The duly elected officers and other job holders shall take over their respective offices and jobs, and assume the duties thereof, at midnight of the night of the Election Report Meet­ ing, or the next regular meeting, depending upon which meet­ ing the results as to each of the foregoing are deemed find and accepted, as provided in this Article. The term of their predecessors shall continue up to, and expire at, that time, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Article XI, Section 1. This shall not apply where the successful candi­ date cannot assume his office because he is at sea. In such event, a majority vote of the membership may grant additional time for the assumption of the office or job. In the event of the failure of the newly-elected President to assume office the provisions of Article X, Section 2, as to succession shall apply until the expiration of the term. All other cases of failure to assume office shall be dealt with as decided by a majority vote of the membership. Section 7. The Secretary-Treasurer is specifically charged with the preservation and retention of all election records, including the ballots, as required by law, and is directed and authorized to issue such other and further directives as to the election procedures as are required by law, which directives shall be part of the election procedures of this Union. �January 31, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Supplement—Page Five SECRETARY-TREASURER'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERSHIP ADDITIONS TO VOTING PROCEDURES IN FORTHCOMING ELECTION OF OFFICERS EDITOR'S NOTE: The ''Addition to Voting Pro­ cedures in Forthcoming Election of Officers" was carried in issues of the LOG published May 24 (pg. 8) and the October 25, 1968 supplement (pg- 7). The report was presented for action by the membership at the May, July,October and No­ vember membership meetings. The membership in these membership meetings accepted and con­ curred in the report and its recommemlations. Article XIII, Section 7 of our Constitution reads as fol­ lows: "The Secretary-Treasurer is specifically charged with the preservation and retention of ali election records, in­ cluding the ballots, as required hy law, and is directed and authmized to issue such other and further directives as to the election procedures as are required by law, which directives shall be part of the election procedures of this Uniom" Therefore, in accordance with the above-mentioned section, and after consulting with and being advised by counsel, it is found that additions to our voting pro­ cedures for the election of officers are required by law. Therefore, under the powers delegated to me by our Con­ stitution in the aforementioned section, I am setting up the following additions in our balloting procedure for officers. President's Pre-Balloting Report Article X, Section 1, "The President" Sub-section (e), provides that the President's Pre-Balloting Report shall be submitted to the membership at the regular meeting in July in every election year. It is recommended to the membership in this connection that such Pre-Balloting Re­ port be made both at the June and July meetings so as to give more than adequate notice to any prospective nomi­ nee for office. Provision for Nomination hy Others Article XIII, Section 1, "Nominations," provides for self-nomination to office. In order to square any ambiguity as to the meaning of this section, it is recommended that a member may place his name in nomination or have his name placed in nomination by any other member, and, further, that in either event, such member nominated must comply with the provisions of the Constitution, as ffiey are set forth, relating to the submission of credentials, t his change Is an amplification of the existing provisions of the Constitution and should not be construed to be an alteration of same. Absentee Ballot Article XIII, Section 3 and 4, "Balloting Procedures" and "Polls Committee," of the Constitution, provide that balloting shall be manual in nature. It is now recom­ mended that the following absentee ballot procedure be presented to the membership upon advice of counsel as an amplification of such provisions. Full book members may request an absentee ballot under the following circumstances only. While such member is employed on an American-flag merchant ves­ sel, which vessel's schedule does not provide for it to touch a port in which voting is to take place during the voting period provided in Article XIII, Section 3 (g) of our Constitution. In that event, the member shall make a request for an absentee ballot by Registered or Certified Mail, or the equivalent mailing device at the location from which such request is made, if such be the case. Such request must contain a designation as to the address to which such member wishes his. absentee ballot returned. Such request shall be received not later than 12:00 p.m. on the fifteenth day of November of the election year and shall be directed to the Secretary-Treasurer at 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11232. Upon re­ ceipt of such request, the procedures as established in Article XIII, Section 3 (d) of our Constitution, shall not apply. The Secretary-Treasurer shall be responsible for de­ termining whether such member is a member in good standing, and, further, whether such member has, in fact, voted previously. He shall send the processed ballot by Registered Mail-Return Receipt Requested to the address designated by such member in his absentee ballot request. The Secretary-Treasurer shall send to such member with his ballot instructions for returning the ballot, which in­ structions must be complied with exactly. The SecretaryTreasurer shall further maintain a record showing the name, book number of the member, his ballot number and the date on which such ballot was sent, which information shall be turned over to the Union Tallying Committee, when elected, in accordance with Article XIII, Section 5 (c) of the Constitution. The member, after voting, shall return his absentee ballot by Registered or Certified Mail, or the equivalent mailing device at the location from which such absentee ballot is returned, if such be the case, to the depository named in the President's Pre-Balloting Report. These absentee ballots must be post-marked prior to midnight of December 31, 1968, and must be received by the depository named in the President's Pre-Balloting Re­ port, prior to January 10, 1969, regardless of when post­ marked for them to be counted as eligible votes. Such ballots will be maintained separately by such depository and shall then be turned over to the Union Tallying Committee, as provided in Section 5 (d) of Article XIII, of the Constitution. Committee Procedure "If during balloting at any location, a procedural er­ ror in casting a ballot occurs, e.g., a member having previously voted or ineligible to vote casts a ballot, then the ballots contained in that ballot envelope shall be set aside. If the amount of such ballots are not determinative of the election of any office, they shall not be counted. If the amount of such ballots would be determinative of the election of any office or offices, then the eligible members whose ballots were not counted shall be afford­ ed a second opportunity to vote, only for such office or offices as to which such ballots were determinative. The procedures for such second opportunity shall be in ac­ cordance with the constitutional provisions for special vote for office and in accordance with applicable law." Election Supplements, Electioneering, Etc. The policy of the Union has been and is, equal election­ eering limits and facilities for all candidates. As usual, the Seafarers Log will contain an election supplement, which includes the biographical sketches of each candi­ date and his photo, together with a sample ballot with voting instructions. The usual distribution pattern will be followed. That is, it is sent to all contracted vessels, is made available in substantial quantities, in all Union Halls, and is otherwise distributed. Candidates and mem­ bers will, therefore, have available to them those materials for electioneering, or any other purpose. In addition to that, the Secretary-Treasurer recommends the printing of this election supplement in enough copies so that there will be available to each candidate, at his request, 100 copies thereof, to be used for such purposes as the candi­ date may choose. It is felt that 100 copies for each can­ didate is reasonable. There must obviously be some limit to the Union's expenditures in this regard. To insure equal treatment for each candidate, copies of this special material shall be made available in each Union Hall. The Port Agent shall deliver the amount requested (up to 100) to each candidate, obtain a receipt therefor, keep a rec­ ord of the same, and notify the Secretary-Treasurer, A1 Kerr immediately. It will be the Secretary-Treasurer's duty to keep a central tally, and to replenish stocks of this material when, as and if needed. To insure good order and to further preserve the secrecy of the ballot, electioneering must not take place within 25 feet of the polling place. In any event, the Union continues to insist on good order and decorum, which must be preserved. Any member whose ballot has been solicited within the prohibited area is required to make this fact known to the Polls Committee, which shall record the complaint in its report, as well as its findings and reconunendations thereon. In addition, the member is required to notify the Secretary-Treasurer, A1 Kerr, at Headquarters, within 24 hours of the occurrence, by registered mail, return receipt requested, of the facts, which notification must be signed by the complainant, to­ gether with his book number. In that connection, the Secretary-Treasurer recom­ mends that the membership also adopt the rule that, in case any member has a complaint that any of the election and balloting procedures of this Union have been vio­ lated, the same procedure as above set forth shall be followed. While the members have already been notified, through the Log, as to notifications to the President in case of a claimed violation of any rights, it is recom­ mended that the rule set forth herein be adopted with reference to the balloting and election procedures in this election, since the Secretary-Treasurer, under the Consti­ tution, is charged with specific administrative duties in connection with elections and referendums. The mem­ ber's duty to report violations in this manner should be emphasized. If situations exist which call for corrective action, that action ought to be taken. It can't be taken if the responsible parties under the Constitution are not made aware of the facts. Obviously, nothing in these recommendations is to be deemed to deprive any candidate or member of hjs con­ stitutional right to observe the conduct of the election, the talying of ballots, and so on, provided he maintains prop­ er decorum. In accordance with established policy, the Union, its officers, the Log, and, indeed, the entire membership, should continue to encourage the utmost interest in the election. The Secretary-Treasurer urges the largest pos­ sible vote, and encourages the use of proper electioneer­ ing to further stimulate interest in the exercise of this important right. Challenged Ballots Under Article XIII, Section 7 of our Constitution, the Secretary-Treasurer is empowered as follows: "The Secre­ tary-Treasurer is specifically charged with the preservation and retention of all election records, including the ballots, as required by law, and is directed and authorized to issue such other and further directives as to the election pro­ cedures as are required by law, which directives shall be part of the election procedures of this Union." Based on the foregoing, your Secretary-Treasurer, in a set of instructions entitled "Suggested Voting Guide for Polls Committee" has provided for challenged ballots in the following manner. If you have any doubts as to whether or not a man is eligible to vote, you should let him vote a challenged ballot. When a man votes a chal­ lenged ballot, the Committee shall have the man sign his own name to the roster, and one of the Committee should place the man's book number and ballot number on the roster and the word "challenge" alongside. One of the Committee should then tear the stub from the ballot, and thread the stub on a string provided for that purpose, give the ballot and one plain white envelope with no mark­ ings to the voter. The Committee should then instruct the voter that after he marks his ballot in the area pro­ vided for same, he should then fold his ballot, place it in the white envelope, seal it and not deposit it in the ballot box but return with the white envelope, seal it and not deposit it in the ballot box but return with it to the com­ mittee. The Committee will then give the man a brown envelope marked "Challenged Ballot" and which also has lines for the man's name, book number, port and date. The man, in the presence of the Committee, shall place the white envelope into the brown envelope and seal the same. The Committee will then fill in the man's name, book number, port and date, and on the face of the en­ velope write the reason for the challenge and the man will then deposit the brown envelope into the ballot box. The member should not be given his book back until such time as he has dropped his brown envelope into the ballot box. Before the man votes, one of the Committee should stamp the date and the word "VOTED" in the member's Union book. �SSBi Supplement—Page Six SEAFARERS LOG January 31, 1969 Text of President's Pre-Balloting Report EDITOR'S NOTE: The "Text of President's PreBalloting Report" was carried in the issue of the LOG published on May 24, 1968 (pg. 9). The re­ port was presented for action by the membership at the June and July membership meetings. The membership in these membership meetings ac­ cepted and concurred in the report and its rec­ ommendations. Under the Constitution of our Union, the Seafarers In­ ternational Union of North America-Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, Article X, Section I (e), the President shall submit a Pre-Balloting report at the reg­ ular meeting in July of every election year. The Consti­ tution of our Union also calls for seven (7) Constitutional Ports of the Union, which are; New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Mobile, New Orleans, Houston and Detroit. As your President, in consultation along with mem­ bers of the Executive Board of the Union, a careful ap­ praisal has been made as to what we feel will be the needs of the Organization in all the Constitutional Ports, in­ cluding the Port of New York and Headquarters, for the coming term of office of the officers and other elected representatives of our Union. Since the Constitution provides for seven (7) Constitu­ tional Ports it was felt that it was advisable to place on the ballot the elective jobs of those Ports. Where necessary, the personnel for other than the Constitutional Ports may be assigned as needed from those Constitutional Ports, where possible. As the membership is aware, it is neces­ sary for the Union to keep abreast of the changes in the shifting of the job requirements of the companies with whom we have contracts, as well as being prepared to meet the opportunities for expansion through the means of organizing. This will enable the Union to maintain maximum services to the membership, and to meet the needs of the organization resulting from the changing character of the industry. As a result of the foregoing, it is the recommendation of your President, in this, the Pre-Balloting report, re­ quired under Article X, Section I (e) of our Constitution, that the following offices be placed on the next referen­ dum ballot of the Union for the elecMon of the officers and other elected representatives of the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America-Atlantic. Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District. Headquarters: 1 President 1 Executive Vice-President 1 Secretary-Treasurer 1 Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract' Enforcement 1 Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast 1 Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf Coast 1 Vice-President in Charge of the Lakes and Inland Waters 3 Headquarters Representatives New York 1 Agent 10 Joint Patrolmen Philadelphia 1 Agent 2 Joint Patrolmen Baltimore 1 Agent 4 Joint Patrolmen Mobile 1 Agent 4 Joint Patrolmen New Orleans 1 Agent 4 Joint Patrolmen Houston 1 Agent 4 Joint Patrolmen Detroit 1 Agent Your President also recommends, pursuant to Article X, Section I (e) and Article III, Section 4 (e) of the Union's Constitution, the depository to which the Polls Committees shall deliver, or mail, by certified or regis­ tered mail, the ballots after the close of each days voting on the coming Union election, be as follows: Mr. Herbert Bacher Executive Vice-President The Royal National Bank of New York 1212 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10036 It will be the function of the depository to receive all the envelopes delivered, or mailed in, as aforesaid, to safeguard them properly, in the Bank, and to surrender them only to the duly authorized Union Tallying Com­ mittee in accordance with Article XIII, Section 5 (d), of our Union Constitution, on or about the first business day in January 1969. Proof of authorization shall be a certification by the Secretary-Treasurer of the Union, A1 Kerr. The Union Tallying Committee shall be author­ ized to sivn a receipt for the said envelopes. The deposi­ tory shall be requested to certify that all the envelopes received by the depository have been properly safe­ guarded, have been surrendered only to the said "Tallying Committee, and that no one, other than appropriate bank personnel have had access to them. The Polls Committee is especially urged to insure that whether delivered or mailed, the envelopes are prop­ erly addressed, properly stamped if mailed, and certified as per the Constitution. It is the further recommendation of your President that, in addition to the regular Constitutional requirements, each candidate for the office be requested to furnish a regulation passport picture of recent taking as well as a statement of not more than one-hundred (100) words, giving a brief summary of his union record and activities, such picture and statement to be run in the Seafarers Log just prior to the commencement of voting. This is to be done in accordance with previous membership action to familiarize the membership with the names, faces and records of all candidates for office. As provided for in Article XIII, Section 1, nominations open on July 15th, 1968 and close August 15th, 1968. All documents required for eligibility of candidates for Union office must reach Headquarters no earlier than July 15th, 1968 and no later than August 15th, 1968. Your President wishes to point out that this Pre-Ballot­ ing report provides for one of the largest number of elective posts to be placed on the ballot since the inception of the Union. It is strongly recommended that the maxi­ mum number of qualified members, who feel they can be of assistance to the Union in an official capacity, should submit their credentials. In this connection, the mem­ bership is' reminded that the Sectary-Treasurer, A1 Kerr, is available to assist them in properly filing their cre­ dentials for nomination to Union Office, if they desire such assistance. Fratemallv submitted, Paul Hall President Credentials Committee Report :k We, the undersigned Committee on Credentials were duly elected at the regular business meeting at Headquarters on August 5th, 1968, in accordance with the Constitu­ tion. With respect to Brother Gabriel Bonefont, B-656, he was duly elected at a special meeting at Headquarters on August 8, 1968, called in accordance with the Con­ stitution, to replace Brother Neil Napolitano, N-250 who resigned from the original Committee. Your Committee has examined the credentials of the candidates for elective office or job in the Seafarers International Union of North least three (3) years immedi­ book membership in good stand­ candidates. eligible for an office or job by America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes ately prior to his nomination; ing. (End of quote from Consti­ reason of the restoration of civil (g) In the event the member and and Inland Waters District, for the tution) rights originally revoked by such is on a ship he shall notify the years of 1969-70-71-72, as per Ar­ (c) He has at least four (4) conviction or a favorable deter­ Article XIII, is known as. Elec­ Credentials Committee what ticle XI, Section 1, and submit the months of seatime, in an un­ tions for Officers, Headquarters Rep­ mination by the Board of Parole ship he is on. This shall be following report: licensed capacity, aboard an resentatives, Port Agents and Pa­ of the United States Department done also if he ships subse­ American-flag merchant ves­ trolmen. The Article reads as fol­ of Justice, he shall, in lieu of the We qualified or disqualified those quent to forwarding his cre­ sel or vessels, covered by con­ lows: foregoing certificate, furnish a men who submitted for office by dentials. tract with this Union, or four complete signed statement of the the rules of our Constitution as con­ Section 1. Nominations (h) Annexing a certificate in (4) months of employment facts of his case together with tained in Articles XII and XIII. Ar­ the following form, signed and Except as provided in Section with, or in any office or job true copies of the documents ticle XII is known as Qualifications dated by the proposed nomi­ 2(b) of this Article, any full book of, the Union, its subsidiaries supporting his statement. for Officers, Headquarters Repre­ nee: member may submit his name for and its affiliates, or in any sentatives, Port Agents, Patrolmen All documents required herein nomination for any office, or the "I hereby certify that I am not employment at the LInion's and Other Elective Jobs. The Arti­ must reach headquarters no ear­ job of Headquarters Representa­ now, nor, for the five (5) years direction, or a combination of cle reads as follows; lier than July 15th and no later tive, Port Agent or Patrolman, by last past, have I been either these, between January 1st than August 15th of the election Section 1. Any member ot the delivering or causing to be de­ a member of the Communist and the time of nomination in year. Union is eligible to be a candidate livered in person, to the office Party or convicted of, or served the election year; and The Secretary-Treasurer is for, and hold, any office or the of the Secretary-Treasurer at any part of a prison term (d) He is a citizen of the United charged with the safekeeping of job of Headquarters Representa­ Headquarters, or sending, a letter resulting from conviction of States of America; and these letters and shall turn them tive, Port Agent or Patrolman addressed to the Credentials Com­ robbery, bribery, extortion, em­ (e) He is not disqualified by over to the Credentials Commit­ provided: mittee, in care of the Secretarybezzlement, grand larceny, law. tee upon the latter's request. (End (a) He has at least three (3) Treasurer, at the address of head­ burglary, arson, violation of (f) He has at least one (1) year of quote from Constitution.) quarters. This letter shall be dated years of seatime in an unli­ narcotics laws, murder, rape, of seatime aboard an Ameri­ It is to be pointed out to the mem­ and shall contain the following: censed capacity aboard an assault with intent to kill, as­ can-flag merchant vessel or American-flag merchant ves­ sault which inflicts grievous bership that the SEAFARERS LOG (a) The name of the candidate. vessels in a rated unlicensed sel or vessels. In computing bodily injury, or violation of issue of March 15, 1968 carried the (b) His home address and mail­ capacity other than an entry time, time spent in the employ title II or III of the Landrum- Constitution of the Seafarers Inter­ ing address. rating. of the Union, its subsidiaries Griffin Act, or conspiracy to national Union of North America(c) His book number. Section 2. All candidates for, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland and its affiliates, or in any em­ commit any such crimes." (d) The title of the office or and holders of, other elective jobs Waters District, and the full notice ployment at the Union's di­ Dated: other job for which he is can­ not specified in the preceding of opening of nominations were con­ rection, shall count the same Signature of Member tain^ in the SEAFARERS LOG didate, including the name of sections shall be full book mem­ as seatime. Union records. the Port in the event the posi­ bers of the Union. Book No issue of July 19, 1968 on Pages 1 and Welfare Plan records and/or tion sought is that of Agent 3, and also in the issue of August 2, company records can be used Section 3. All candidates for Printed forms of the certifi­ or Patrolman. 1968 on Pages 1 and 3. to determine eligibility; and and holders of elective offices cate shall be made available to (e) Proof of citizenship. (b) He has been a full book and jobs, whether elected or ap­ The SEAFARERS LOG issue of nominees. Where a nominee can­ member in continuous good pointed in accordance with this May 24, 1968, on Page 1 and Pages (f) Proof of seatime and/or not truthfully execute such a cer­ Constitution, shall maintain full 7 through 10, carried the notice of standing in the Union -for at , employment as required for tificate, but is, in fact, legally (Continued on page 7) �January 31, 1969 SEAFARERS Supplement—Page Seven LOG Credentials Committee Report (Continued from page 6) and the President's Pre-Balloting Report, which report gave the de­ pository required by Article X, Sec­ tion 1(e) of the Union Constitution; in addition to which it carried the Addition to Voting Procedures of the forthcoming election of officers that the Secretary-Treasurer had given in his report to the regular member­ ship meetings at SIU Headquarters on May 6th and July 8th, 1968. The official records of the Sea­ farers International Union of North America-Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District shows that the Pre-Balloting Report of the President was given in the Head-" quarters meetings of June 3rd and July 8th, 1968, in conformity with Article X, Section 1, paragraph (e) of our Union Constitution and the Secretary-Treasurer's "Additions to Voting Procedures". This same PreBalloting Report was acted on in all Constitutional ports holding regu­ lar membership meetings during the months of June and July, 1968, as was the Secretary-Treasurer's "Addi­ tions to Voting Procedures". The Pre-Balloting Report and the Sec­ retary-Treasurer's "Additions to Voting Procedures" has been re­ produced verbatim in the May 24, 1968 issue of the SEAFARERS LOG, as mentioned previously. The Committee in their delibera­ tions made initial decisions with appropriate notification to candi­ dates and subsequent further notifi­ cations as a result of their continued deliberations. In the course of their deliberations the Committee ulti­ mately came to interpretations and decisions which are later set forth. In arriving at these ultimate inter­ pretations and decisions, the Com­ mittee was most concerned with carrying out a stated principle of our Union, which is that, "every qualified member shall have the right to nominate himself for, and, if elected or appointed, to hold office in this Union." Again in carrying out our Union's principle of demo­ cratic nominations and elections we have liberally interpreted our Con­ stitution's qualification requirements, consistent with the Constitutional language, and thus have assured to our membership our Union's policy of a member's right to enjoy the widest opportunity to make a judg­ ment when voting in our elections. In connection with foregoing we have also consulted with the Secre­ tary-Treasurer, who under our Con­ stitution has the obligation to insure appropriate eleetion procedures as legally required (Article XIII, Sec­ tion 7.) Our Secretary-Treasurer has further consulted with the Union's counsel as to the law applicable in Union nominations and elections. As a consequence of all of the fore­ going, our Committee has made the following interpretations concerning the following pertinent constitutional provisions, I—Article XII, Section 1 (b) reads as follows: "He has been a full book mem­ ber in continuous good standing in the Union for at least three (3) years immediately prior to his nomination." Many members for reasons be­ yond their control, and for reasons other than those excused by our Constitution, fail to pay their mone­ tary obligations within the time re­ quired, As a result they fall out of good standing for a short period, and then shortly thereafter pay their monetary obligations and are in good standing with all rights and privi­ leges. In effect, by the Union's ac­ ceptance of the monies representing the monetary obligations, there is a fair implicit representation that a member has rectified any error, mis­ take or default and that he con­ tinues in good standing. Based upon sucli conduct of accepting the mem­ ber's payment of monetary obliga­ tions, it appears to us to be unrea­ sonable and an improper rule of in­ terpretation to thereafter conclude that such a default, although cor­ ing the clear purpose and intent of rected, disqualifies a man as not this subsection and simultaneouslv being in three years' continuous good complying with the principles and standing where the above described purposes of our Union as previously event or events occurred in the three- stated in this report. year period prior to nomination. Of It is the Committee's interpre­ equal significance are our Union's tation and decision that in comput­ declared principles and practices of ing seatime for the purpose of this the greatest membership participa­ subsection, credit shall ^ given for tion in Union affairs; and nomina­ each day of employment plus the tion and election to office is a very equal amount for each day of va­ essential part of that participation cation credits during the period be­ within the framework of reasonable tween January 1 and the time of qualifications. nomination in the election year. In view of the foregoing, the Com­ Ill—Article XII, Section 1 (f) of mittee concludes that any otherwise the Constitution reads as follows: qualified member who in the three"He has at least one (1) year of year period prior to nomination seatime aboard an American-flag failed to pay his monetary obliga­ merchant vessel or vessels in a tions within the time required, but rated, unlicensed capacity other thereafter paid and the Union ac­ than an entry rating." cepted payment and the member This subsection was added to the was in good standing with all rights Constitution by an amendment ef­ and privileges, shall be considered to fective February 3, 1967. As a re­ be in continuous good standing for sult, up to the time for nominations, the purpose of nomination and elec­ the membership has had only seven­ tion to office. teen (17) months' notice of the nec­ II—Article XII, Section 1 (c) reads essity to comply with this new re­ quirement. Because of the unique as follows: "He has at least four (4) months nature of our industry, it would be of seatime, in an unlicensed capa­ unusual for the average member to city, aboard an American-flag put in a full year's seatime in such merchant vessel or vessels, covered a short period of time. Taking into account the Union's by contract with this Union, or four (4) months of employment established policy of encouraging as with, or in any office or job of, much membership participation in the Union, its subsidiaries and its Union affairs as possible, we feel affiliates, or in any employment that to apply the requirements of at the Union's direction, or a com­ Article XII, Section 1 (f) to this elec­ bination of these, between January tion would be needlessly harsh and 1st and the time of nomination would unfairly limit the member­ ship's choice in our election of offi­ in the election year." cers. Your Committee has considered The new amendment, however, what constitutes a reasonable inter­ did not specify its first applicable pretation or definition of seatime date to nominations and elections. within the meaning of this subsec­ Accordingly, it is this Committee's tion. In arriving at its interpretation interpretation that the provisions of and decision, it has considered the Article XII, Section 1 (f) do not ap­ obvious purpose of this subsection, ply to the nominees for the 1968 which is a member's ability to work election and are meant to apply to in our trade and current and active electionsT in the future only. In that participation in our trade as unli­ way the membership will have plenty censed seamen, all within the frame­ of time to comply with the new work of regularly seeking to and qualification requirement, and the sailing as unlicensed seamen. long-standing Union policies will be In connection with a member's protected. working in our trade, he accumulates The following is a complete list­ for vacation purposes, daily credit ing of all men who submitted their for each day employed by contracted credentials to the Committee. The employers. As a consequence, a men's names and the jobs for which member is in a position to take some they submitted such credentials are time off. Bearing in mind the pur­ listed in the order which this Com­ pose of this subsection, which as mittee feels they should be placed described before is to assure that on the general ballot, that is, in alph­ candidates have the ability to work abetical order under the offices for in our trade and that they are cur­ which they run, and that the ports, rently and actively participating in following the Headquarters' offices, our trade, it appears to us that in beginning with Boston, be arranged considering such four (4) months' on the ballot geographically, as has seatime, appropriate credit be given been done in the past. Following for each daily vacation credit. As each man's name and book number such, the member will not in effect is his qualification or disqualifica­ be penalized for taking time off dur­ tion, followed by the reason for ing this period. Under such an in­ same. terpretation we will be accomplish­ VICE PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF THE GULF COAST Lindsey J. Williams, W-1 Qualified Credentials in order. VICE PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF LAKES AND INLAND WATERS J. A1 Tanner, T-12 Qualified Credentials in order. HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES William Hall, H-272 Qualified Credentials in order. Edward X. Mooney, M-7 Qualified Credentials in order. Frederick (Freddie) Stewart, S-8 Qualified Credentials in order. *oe DiGiorgio, D-2 NEW YORK PORT AGENT Qualified Credentials in order. NEW YORK JOINT PATROLMEN Credentials Qualified Ted Babkowski, B-1 Credentials Qualified Angus (Red) Campbell, C-317 Credentials John Fay, F-363 Qualified Credentials Rufino Garay, G-770 Qualified Credentials Luigi lovino, I-ll Qualified Credentials Qualified Pat Marinelli, M-462 Credentials Qualified E. B. McAuley, M-20 Credentials Qualified George McCartney, M-948 Credentials (^alified Frank Mongelli, M-1111 Credentials Keith Terpe, T-3 Qualified Credentials Steve (Zubovich) Troy, T-485 Qualified Frank Drozak, D-22 PHILADELPHIA AGENT Qualified in in in in in in in «n in in in order. order. order. order. order. order. order. order. order. order. order. Credentials in order. PHILADELPHIA JOINT PATROLMEN Belarmino (Benny) Gonzalez. G-4 Qualified Credentials in order. Leon Hall, H-125 Qualified Credentials in order. BALTIMORE AGENT Alfred H. Anderson, A-11 Qualified Was qualified subject to his furnishing the SecretaryTreasurer a duly executed cer­ tificate as called for in Article XIII, Section 1, paragraph (h) of our Constitution prior to the making up of the ballot. Failure to do so is to result in his being disqualified. Rexford Dickey, D-6 Qualified Credentials in order. BALTIMORE JOINT PATROLMEN W. Paul Gonsorchik, G-2 Qualified Credentials Eli Hanover, H-313 Qualified Credentials Tony Kastina, K-5 Qualified Credentials Benjamin Wilson, W-217 Qualified Credentials Louis (Blackie) Neira, N-1 MOBILE AGENT Qualified in in in in order. order. order. order. Credentials in order. MOBILE JOINT PATROLMEN Credentials Harold J. Fischer, F-1 Qualified Credentials Robert Jordan, J-1 Qualified Credentials Leo P. Marsh. M-9 Qualified Credentials Blanton McGowan, M-1351 Qualified Credentials William J. (Red) Morris, M-4 Qualified in in in in in order. order. order. order. order. NEW ORLEANS AGENT Credentials in order. C, J. (Buck) Stephens, S-4 Qualified NEW ORLEANS JOINT PATROLMEN Ernest C. de Bautte, D-208 Qualified Credentials Credentials Thomas E. Gould, G-267 Qualified Credentials Louis Guarino, G-520 Qualified Credentials Herman M. Troxclair, T-4 Qualified Credentials Paul Warren, W-3 Qualified Paul Drozak, D-180 HOUSTON AGENT Qualified in in in in in order. order. order. order. order. Credentials in order. HOUSTON JOINT PATROLMEN Qualified Credentials in order. Martin (Marty) Breithoff, B-2 Withdrew Withdrew prior to cre­ H. B. Butts, B-395 dentials being checked. Qualified Credentials in order. Peter Drewes, D-177 Withdrew Withdrew prior to cre­ Thomas Glidewell, G-467 dentials being checked. PRESIDENT Qualified Credentials in order. Roan Lightfoot, L-562 Qualified Credentials in order. Joseph McLaren, M-1209 Paul Hall, H-1 Qualified Credentials in order. (Qualified Credentials in order. R. F. (Mickey) Wilburn, W-6 Andrew Pickur, P-172 Qualified Credentials in order. Qualified Was qualified subject Sidney Rothman, R-325 DETROIT AGENT to his furnishing the SecretaryCredentials in order. Qualified Treasurer a duly executed cer­ Frank (Scottie) Aubusson, A-8 tificate as called for in Article Your Committee wishes to bring As will be noted in the foregoing XIII, Section 1, paragraph (h) of sections of the Committee's report, to the attention of the membership, our Constitution prior to the mak­ the fact that the Union Constitution, ing up of the ballot. Failure to do the provisions of the SIU Constitu­ in Article XII, Section 1 (c), re­ tion governing election procedure so is to result in his being dis­ made it mandatory that one of the quires that a nominee have certain qualified. men who had been nominated be seatime between January 1st and disqualified. The Committee feels the time of nomination. During the EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Disqualified Does not have four that the case of disqualification course of examining the various John Cole, C-8 months seatime from January 1, cited above is especially regrettable credentials of those members who because of the fact that the Union, had submitted for office, it was 1968 to time of nomination. this year as in every election year, found that some of our brothers Qualified Credentials in order. Cal Tanner, T-1 went to such lengths to set forth had failed to submit all of their SECRETARY-TREASURER the procedures to be followed by seatime in the current year. This A1 Kerr, K-7 Qualified Credentials in order. those seeking a place on the ballot. was obvious by their letters of their The Committee particularly de­ nomination, wherein they made VICE PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF mention of the fact that they were sires to point out the provisions of CONTRACTS & CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT Domingo La Llave, L-44 Qualified Credentials in order. Article XIII, Section 2 (c) of the presently employed aboard ship and Robert A. Matthews, M-1 Qualified Credentials in order. Constitution, wherein is spelled out due to the voyage not being com­ pleted, no discharge could be avail­ in detail the right of a disqualified able covering the time. In some VICE PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF candidate to appeal from a decision cases where they failed to mention THE ATLANTIC COAST James M. Dawson, D-82 Qualified Credentials in order. of the Credentials Committee and in their letter about being aboard Earl Shepard, S-2 Qualified Credentials in order. how he does it. ship, the Committee in checking (Continued on page 8) �Supplement—Page Eight SEAFARERS LOG January 31, 1969 Credentials Committee Report (Continued from page 7) their credentials was able to deter­ mine that they were aboard ship. In each of these instances, your Com­ mittee verified such employment MAN'S NAME A. H. Anderson, A-11 E. C. de Bautte, D-208 B.L. McGowan,M-1351 J. N. McLaren, M-1209 with the steamship company oper­ ating the particular vessel. The men and the vessels they are on, that had this type of seatime verified are as follows: SHIP SS Southwestern Victory SS Del Oro SS Steel Artisan SS Steel Maker In compliance with Article XIII, Section 2, paragraph (b) of our Con­ stitution, and in an attempt to give every nominee every consideration and to try to prevent any disquali­ fications, Luis Ramirez, R-153 or Warren Cassidy, C-724 of this Com­ mittee, the Credentials Committee, remained at the entrance of the Headquarters building of the Union until midnight of August 15, 1968 to receive any credentials that might have been delivered either by mail or by hand after the closing of busi­ ness hours by the Union. In passing upon the credentials of certain of the nominees, this Com­ mittee had to make a number of rulings, some involving application of the interpretations set forth above. The following section of our report sets forth each of such rulings and the cases in which such interpre­ tation came into play: 1. Andrew Pickur, P-172—Candi­ date for President. Union records reveal that Brother Pickur has not been credited with payment of < ^neral Fund assessment for 1968. Rec­ ords further reveal, however, that Brother Pickur made duplicate pay­ ments of his General Fund assess­ ment for the year 1967. Therefore, the r.immittee treated this nomi­ nees second General Fund payment in I'>h7 as a timely l'^6S payment. Z Sidney Rothman, R-.325—Can­ didate for President. Union records reveal with respect to three quarters in the years 1966 and 1967. Brother Rothman did not make dues pay­ ments within the time required. However, he thereafter made such dues payments, which were accepted by the Union. Under the Commit­ tee's interpretation previously set forth, Brother Rothman has been found to be in continuous good standing. The Union and other relevant records reveal that between Janu­ ary 1, 1968 and the time of nomi­ nation in this election year. Brother Rothman was employed aboard Union-contracted vessels for a period of 78 days. Under the Com­ mittee's interpretation previously set forth with respect to seatime during the above described period, the Committee finds that Brother Roth­ man has 156 days' seatime in this period. Brother Rothman failed to submit the certificate required by Article XIII, Section 1 (h). Nevertheless, the Committee finds Brother Rothman qualified, provided such certificate is delivered personally or mailed registered mail to the SecretaryTreasurer of the Union to be re­ ceived by him on or before October 1, 1968, which is the period prior to the making up of the ballot. The failure of Brother Rothman to com­ ply with this requirement concerning the certificate shall disqualify him as a candidate for office. 3. John Cole, C-8—Candidate for Executive Vice President. The Com­ mittee has examined all Union rec­ ords as well as other relevant rec­ ords and has ascertained that the last date which Brother Cole sailed on Union-contracted vessels was May 11, 1967. This Committee has further found that Brother Cole was awarded by the affiliated Seafarers Pension Plan a disability pension as of December 1, 1967 and is still receiving such disability pension. Article XII, Section 1 (c) requires that Brother Cole have at least four months of seatime during the period between January 1, 1968 and the time of nominations in this election TIME EMPLOYED 7/17/68 to present date 2/26/68 to present date 3/28/68 to 8/16/68 12/10/67 to present date year. Brother Cole has no seatime for the aforementioned period. It is clear that the above subsection of our Constitution demonstrates that a member, to be eligible for office, have the fundamental requirement of ability to work in our trade and that he demonstrate the further basic fundamental requirement of current and active participation in our trade as an unlicensed seaman. Your Committee has further ascertained that to secure a disability pension from the affiliated Seafarers Pension Plan the member must be totally and permanently unable to engage in any further employment as a seaman, as a result of bodily in­ jury, disease or mental incompe­ tency. By reason of the foregoing, we find Brother Cole not qualified for nomination to office. 4. James M. Dawson, D-82— Candidate for Vice President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast. Union records reveal that with respect to two quarters in the year 1967, Brother Dawson did not pay dues within the time required. However, he thereafter made such dues paymenls, which were accepted by the Union. Under the Committee's in­ terpretation previously set forth. Brother Dawson has been found to be in continuous id standing. In addition, brother Dawson f:iiled to date his letter of nominaon. However, since ihe envelope was postmarked August 3, 1968 in Seattle, Washington, and received August 5, 1968 by the Brooklyn Post Office, this brother's creden­ tials were deemed qualified. Further, Brother Dawson's letter of nomina­ tion did not spell out his mailing address, although his credentials en­ velope did give a return address. Your Committee, in line with its liberal interpretation policy, has deemed this return address to be Brother Dawson's home address as well as his mailing address and, therefore, qualified Brother Daw­ son's credentials in this instance as well. 5. J. Al Tanner, T-12—Candi­ date for Vice President in Charge of Lakes and Inland Waters. Union records reveal with respect to dues in three quarters in the years 1966 and 1967, and with respect to the 1967 General Fund and Annual Or­ ganizational Assessments, Brother Tanner did not pay monetary obli­ gations within the time required. However, he thereafter made such payments, which were accepted by the Union. Under the Committee's interpretation previously set forth. Brother Tanner has been found to be in continuous good standing. 6. Rufino Garay, G-770—Candi­ date for New York Joint Patrolman. Union records reveal that with re­ spect to two quarters dues for the years 1966 and 1967, and with re­ spect to the 1966 AOA assessment. Brother Garay did not pay monetary obligations within the time required. However, he thereafter made such payments, which were accepted by the Union. Under the Committee's interpretation previously set forth. Brother Garay has been found to be in continuous good standing. Union and other relevant records reveal that between January 1, 1968 and the time of nomination for this election year. Brother Garay was employed aboard Union-contracted vessels for a period of 118 days. Under the Committee's interpreta­ tion previously set forth with respect to seatime during the above de­ scribed period, the Committee finds that Brother Garay has 236 days' seatime in this period. 7. Steve (Zubovich) Troy, T-485 —Candidate for New York Joint Patrolman. This nominee was nom­ inated and qualified for the office of New York Joint Patrolman in the previous election, although he did so under the name of Steve Zubovich. Since then he has changed his name from Steve Zubovich, Z-13 to that of Steven Troy, T-485. Under Article XIII, Section 2 (e), the Committee has the right in passing upon qualifi­ cations of candidates to conclusively presume that anyone nominated and qualified in previous elections for candidacy for any office has met all the requirements of Article XII, Section 1 (a). Accordingly, the Com­ mittee deems this candidate qualified under the aforementioned section. 8. Belarmino (Bennie) Gonzalez, G-4 — Candidate for Philadelphia Joint Patrolman. Brother Gonzalez failed to date his letter of nomina­ tion. However, since the postmark on the outside of the envelope was stamped July 24th and the certificate he had enclosed was dated July 24, 1968, and the envelope was received by the Secretary-Treasurer's office on July 26, 1968, this Brother's credentials were qualified on this point of the qualification for office. 9. Alfred H. Anderson, A-11— Candidate for Baitimore Agent. Brother Anderson failed to submit his certificate required by Article XIII. Section 1 (h). Nevertheless, the Committee finds Brother Ander­ son qualified provided such certifi­ cate is delivered personally or mailed registered mail to the Sec­ retary-Treasurer of the Union to be received by him on or before Octo­ ber 1. 1968 which is the period prior to the making up of the ballot. The failure of Brother Anderson to com­ ply with this requirement concerning this certificate shall disqualify him as a candidate for office. 10 Blanton McGowan, M-13S1— Candidate for Mobile Joint Patrol­ man. Brother McGowan nominated himself for this office by means of a telegram to the Secretary-Treas­ urer sent from aboard the SS Steel Artisan while at sea. This telegram was received by the SecretaryTreasurer on July 31, 1968, who notified Brother McGowan that the Credentials Committee would be unable to process his self-nomination until such time as he furnished the necessary credentials and support­ ing documents to the Credentials Committee. Thereafter, on August 16, 1968, Brother McGowan ap­ peared before your Committee, which had already been processing his papers and supplied the neces­ sary missing information, namely, a signed c.ificate, photo, biogra­ phy, home address and mailing ad­ dress. With this additional material furnished on August 16, 1968, your Credentials Committee qualified Brother McGowan. 11. Ernest C. de Bautte, D-208— Candidate for New Orleans Joint Patrolman. In Brother de Bautte's case your Credentials Committee made use of the services of the Secretary-Treasurer and his staff in contacting this nominee to correct the discrepancy found in his nom­ ination as originally filed. As a re­ sult of this means. Brother de Bautte amended his original filing by sup­ plying a signed certificate, a passport photo and his biography, all as out­ lined in the President's Pre-Balloting Report.' Your Credentials Com­ mittee accordingly qualified Broth­ er de Bautte. 12. H. B. Butts, B-395—Candidate for Houston Joint Patrtdman. This Committee received a telegram of withdrawal from Brother Butts on August 12, 1968. At the time of receiving such telegram your Com­ mittee had neither qualified nor dis­ qualified Brother Butts' nomina­ tion. Accordingly, your Committee has noted Brother Butts' withdraw­ al and has given his nomination no further consideration. 13. Thomas Glldewell, G-467— Candidate for Houston Joint Patrol­ man. This Committee received a telegram of withdrawal from Brother Glidewell on August 12, 1968. At the time of receiving such telegram your Committee had nei­ ther qualified nor disqualified Brother Glidewell's nomination. Ac­ cordingly, your Committee has given his nomination no further consid­ eration. 14. Joseph N. McLaren, M-1209 —Candidate for Houston Joint Pa­ trolman. Brother McLaren nom­ inated himself for this office by means of a letter to the SecretaryTreasurer dated July 10, 1968, sent from aboard the SS Steel Maker while at Madras, India. The Sec­ retary-Treasurer on July 18, 1968 informed Brother McLaren by letter of the missing items relative to his nomination. As a result of this notification. Brother McLaren there­ after amended his original letter of nomination by supplying the neces­ sary certificate, spelling out his can­ didacy for Joint Patrolman for the Port of Houston rather than just "Patrolman" for the Port of Hous­ ton, as well as the biography called for in the President's Pre-Balloting report. By reason of this^additional information, your Credentials Com­ mittee qualified Brother McLaren's nomination. 15. Domingo La Llave, L-44— Candidate for Vice. President In Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforcement. Union records re­ veal with respect to seven (7) quar­ ters in the years 1965, 1966 and 1967, Brother La Llave did not make dues payments within the time required. In addition, his G.F. and A.O.A. assessments in the years 1966, 1967 and 1968, were also not made within the time required. However, Brother La Llave there­ after made these payments, which were accepted by the Union. Under the Committee's interpretation pre­ viously set forth. Brother La Llave has been found to be in continuous good standing. In addition. Union and other rel­ evant records reveal that between January 1, 1968 and the time of nomination in this election year. Brother La Llave was employed aboard Union-contracted vessels for a period of sixty-one (61) days. Un­ der the Committee's interpretation previously set fortlT with respect to seatime during the above described period, the Committee finds that Brother La Llave has one hundred and twenty-two (122) days' seatime in this period. Further La Llave did not initially comply with Article XIII, Section 1 (d) of our Consti­ tution in that he failed to designate the exact Vice President's office for which he nominated himself. The Secretary-Treasurer of our Union contacted Brother La Llave at his hofne on August 21, 1968 and notified him of this problem. As a result of that notification. Brother La Llave thereafter amended his nomination to specify that he is a candidate for the office of Vice Pres­ ident in Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforcement. Finally, Brother La Llave initially failed to submit the certificate re­ quired by Article XIII, Section 1 (h). Again in response to the SecretaryTreasurer's notification. Brother La Llave delivered a completed certif­ icate to Your Committee on August 21, 1968. Your Committee, there­ fore, found that Brother La Llave's credentials were in order and qual­ ified his nomination. A telegram was sent to the nomi­ nee who was disqualified by the Committee, telling him of his dis­ qualification, as well as a detailed letter being sent to the man so dis­ qualified, all in compliance with our Constitution. In addition, the nom­ inee disqualified received a copy of our Constitution so that he would have available the procedure to be used in an appeal from the decision of the Credentials Committee. Fur­ ther, those candidates whose qual­ ifications were conditional upon filing certificates required by Article XIII, Section 1 (h) of our Constitution, were so notified by telegram. In ad­ dition, letter notices were sent to such individuals, together with copies of the form of certificate to be com­ pleted and filed. Your Committee wishes to point out to the membership that the cer­ tificate required by Article XIII, Section 1 (h) serves a very impor­ tant purpose. That certificate in sub­ stance, repeats part of the federal law commonly known as the Landrum-Griffin Act, which prohibits certain persons from holding union office if they have been convicted of or served sentences for listed crimes, in substance named in the certificate. By requiring each candidate to sub­ mit a statement that he is in com­ pliance with that federal law, the Constitution avoids the possibility of electing a candidate who cannot hold office. The membership can readily see from the foregoing report that your Committee has made every effort possible within the scope of our Con­ stitution to qualify every nominee. All credentials were turned over to the Committee in good order at 9:00 A.M.. Tuesday. August 6, 1968. or have been received by mail since that date. All credentials have been examined as Constitutionally re­ quired. Any defect in a credential disposed of by the Committee has been the sole responsibility of the sender and no person adversely af­ fected by such defect has denied this to the Committee. The Committee recommends that commencing with the first SEA­ FARERS LOG issue scheduled for September 1963, and until at least after the completion of all elections, the Officers' report columns in the SEAFARERS LOG be deleted. Thus, there will be no question whatsoever as to any partially or disparate treatment among candi­ dates, particularly in view of the fact that some officers are opposed in the forthcoming election. It is your Committee's final rec­ ommendation that the membership of the Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and In­ land Waters District of the Sea­ farers International Union of North America make every possible effort to vote in this forthcoming general election, as every good Union man should. This Committee having completed its duties, hereby adjourned at 4:30 P.M. on August 21st, 1968 in the Headquarters offices of the Seafarers International Union of North Amer­ ica-Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11232. Date: August 21, 1968 Warren Cassidy, C-724 Chairman Charles Hamilton, H-562 Daniel Dean, D-70 Gabriel Bonefont, B-656 Luis A. Ramirez, R-153 Alvaro Vega, V-4 EDITOR'S NOTE: The entire text of the Credentials Committee Report appeared on Pages 8,9,10 in the Au­ gust 30, 1968 issue of the LOG. The report was presented for action by the membei-ship in the September membership meetings in all Consti­ tutional ports. The membership in these September membership meetlugs accepted and concurred in the report and Its recommendations with­ out any dissenting votes in any port. .i. I. �JannuiT' 31, 1969 SEAFARERS Supplement—Page Nine LOG Polls Committee Voting Guide EDITOR'S NOTE: The following information was mailed to the port agents on October 10, 1968 along with other voting material for submission to their Polls Committee. In an attempt to help the vari­ ous PoUs Committees in the con­ duct of the General Election for the years 1969-1972, the following suggestions emphasize some of the steps to be taken each voting day of the voting period. In any event, the provisions of the Constitution govern, and in the conduct of your work you are to determine your functions in accordance with the Constitution, and the "Additions" to the voting procedures that were recommended by the SecretaryTreasurer and adopted by the membership. Step No. 1 The election of a Polls Com­ mittee composed of three (3) full book members, none of whom shall be a candidate, officer, or an elected or appointed job hold­ er. Must be elected between 8:00 A.M. and 9:00 A.M. of the voting day. CANNOT BE ELECTED AT ANY OTHER TIME. Five (5) full book members constitute a quorum for this meeting. Step No. 2 The Port Agent shall turn over to the elected Polls Committee the port file containing the letter from Headquarters showing the num­ bers of the ballots received from Headquarters, also containing the duplicate copies of the rosters for the previous days of voting, as well as the stubs of the used bal­ lots, the unused ballots, and any other election material of the Port. (The best place for all of this material is in the ballot box). The Polls Committee should check all of the above to make sure that all voting material is turned over to them by the Port Agent. After having ascertained that all of the election material was found to be correct and in good order, the Polls Committee shall execute, the "Agent's Receipt from Polls Committee"—^which shall be given to the Agent of the Port in which the Polls Commit­ tee was elected at the time the Committee starts work, for the Port Election files. Step No. 3 THE POLLS COMMITTEE MUST NOT LET ANY BAL­ LOTS BE CAST BEFORE 9:00 A.M. Before letting any full book member vote, the Committee shall take the man's book and make sure that he has his dues paid through the Fourth Quarter of 1968, as well as his 1968 assess­ ments BEFORE being allowed to vote. There may be some excep­ tions based upon a man shipping out, or other valid reason, for not paying dues. The Committee should then have the man sign his own name to the roster, and one of the Com­ mittee should print the man's book number and ballot number on the roster. One of the Commit­ tee should then tear the stub from the ballot, give the ballot to the man, and thread the stub on the string provided for that purpose. The member should not be given hack his hook until such time as he has dropped his hailot in the ballot box. While the man is marking his ballot, one of the Committee should stamp the date and the word "VOTED" in the member's Union book on the page in same, where he has his dues for 1968 stamped in it. If you have any doubts as to whether or not a man is eligible to vote, you should let him vote a challenged ballot in the man­ ner which is described in the last paragraph of this Step No. 3. Challenged Ballots When a man votes a challenged ballot, the Committee shall have the man sign his own name to the roster, and one of the Committee should place the man's book num­ ber and ballot number on the roster and the word "CHAL­ LENGE" alongside. One of the Committee should then tear the stub from the ballot, and thread the stub on a string provided for that purpose, give the ballot and one plain white envelope with no markings to the voter. The Com­ mittee should then instruct the voter that after he marks his bal­ lot in the area provided for same, he should then fold his ballot, place it in the white envelope, seal it and not deposit it in the ballot box but return with it to the Committee. The Committee will then give the man a brown en­ velope marked "CHALLENGED BALLOT" and which also has lines for the man's name, book number, port and date. The man, in the presence of the Committee, shall place the white envelope in­ to the brown envelope and seal the same. The Committee will then fill in the man's name, book num­ ber, port and date, and on the face of the envelope write the reason for the challenge and the man will then deposit the brown envelope into the ballot box. The member should not be given his book back untfi such time as be has drooped his b<'own envelope into the ballot box. While the man is marking his ballot, one of the Committee should stamo the date and the word "VOTED" in the member's union book on the page in same, where he has his dues for 1968 stamped in it. Step No. 4 At the end of the day's voting, the Polls Committee shall open the ballot box and count the num­ ber of ballots from the box. They should then compare the total number of ballots used for the day against the number issued on the rosters for the day, to see if all ballots issued were put in the ballot box. The day's ballots cast, should then be put in the en­ velope provided for that purpose. and all blank spaces on the enve­ lope should then be properly filled in. After all blank spaces are filled in, the envelope or envelopes, should then be placed in the en­ velope or envelopes provided, for the mailing to the bank depository. Step No. 5 The Committee should then check to see if all Polls Commit­ tee members have signed all sheets of the rosters. The duplicate ros­ ter sheets for the day should be given to the Port Agent, and the originals of the rosters should be placed in the envelope provided for that purpose. In addition, the Polls Committee should get from the Port Agent the original copy of the minutes form for the elec­ tion of their Polls Committee, with all the blank spaces on the form filled in. The Polls Commit­ tee should put the originals of the rosters, as well as the original minutes of the Special Meeting for the election of their Polls Committee, in the envelope pro­ vided for that purpose. THESE MUST BE MAILED TO HEADQUARTERS DAILY. Step No. 6 Before leaving the building to handle the mailing required by the Constitution, the Polls Com­ mittee shall lock all election ma­ terial in the ballot box. They shall place the key for the. ballot box in the envelope provided for that purpose and fill in all the spaces on the outside thereof. TTien the envelope containing the key, as well as the ballot box containing all of the election ma­ terial, shall be turned over to the Port Agent by the Polls Commit­ tee. Step No. 7 The last action of the Polls Committee each day shall be the mailing of the ballots to the bank depository, as well as mailing the rosters and minutes of the election of their Polls Committee to Head­ quarters. Step No. 8 As has been the practice in the past, all candidates may campaign for office. However, to insure good order and to further preserve the secrecy of the ballot, electioneer­ ing must not take place within 25 feet of the polling place. In any event, good order and decorum must be preserved. Any member whose ballot has been solicited within the prohibited area is re­ quired to make this fact known to the Polls Committee, which shall record the complaint in its report, as well as its findings and recommendations thereon. In connection with this, and as was adopted by membership ac­ tion, any member who has a com­ plaint that any of the election and balloting procedures of this Union have been violated, the same pro­ cedure as above shall be followed. Obviously, none of this is to be deemed to deprive any can­ didate or member of his constitu­ tional rights to observe the con­ duct of the election, the tallying of ballots, and so on, provided he maintains his proper decorum. SECRECY OF THE BALLOT MUST BE PRESERVED! Step No. 9 The attention of the Polls Com­ mittee is directed to the provisions of the Constitution, in particular. Sections 3, 4, 5 (a) and 5 (b) of Article XIII. The attention of the Polls Committee is also directed to the Secretary-Treasurer's Re­ port that was presented to all the Constitutional Ports for action at their October membership meet­ ings. The full duties of the Polls Committees are set forth in the Constitution. The present list of suggestions is, obviously, not all inclusive. Step No. 10 All Polls Committees may con­ tact Headquarters by teletype on any questions relative to the con­ duct of the election. However, here too, the final decision must be that of the Polls Committee. UNION TALLYING COMMITTEE'S REPORT (To Be Read at "Election Report Meet­ ing^' of February, 1969) New York—February 3, 1969 Philadelphia—February 4, 1969 Baltimore—February 5, 1969 Detroit—February 7, 1969 Houston—February 10, 1969 New Orleans—February 11, 1969 Mobile—February 13, 1969 W e, the undersigned Union Tallying Committee, duly elected at Special Meetings on December 30th, 1968, sub­ mit the following report and recommenda­ tions: On January 2nd, 1969, at 9:00 A.M., we met with A1 Kerr, Secretary-Treasurer. He gave each Committee member a copy of the Union Constitution and suggested that we read those sections of our Con­ stitution dealing with the Union Tallying Committee in detail. The Committee then took over one complete room on the first deck of our Headquarters building as the place in which we would do our work while in session. In compliance with Article XIII, Sec­ tion 5(d) of our Union Constitution, we elected from among ourselves, James Doris, D-3, as Chairman of the Committee. We then received from the Headquar­ ters offices of the Union, all of the files relative to the conduct of the election. From the files, we found signed receints for ballots No. 1 through No. 7550, which had been issued to the following ports, as follows: FORT Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco San Francisco Seattle Seattle " Detroit San Juan BALLOTS ISSUED 1— 100 101—1600 1601—1900 1901—2700 2701—2900 2901—3000 3001—3100) 7301—7350) 3101—3900 3901—5200 5201—6f>00 6001—6200 6201—6600) 7351—7450) 6601—6900) 7451—7550) 6901—7000 7001—7300 A full quorum picked uo the ballots from the Royal National Bank of New York, located at 1212 Avenue of the Americas, New York City, as per the Con­ stitution. (See corresnondence annexed, showing official documents exchanged.) The Committee checked the numbers on the stubs received from the various ports, and these numbers, when checked against the numbers on the stubs of all ballots printed and issued and ready for voting, were found to coincide, port by port, with the exception of the Port of San Francisco. California, which will be delt with later in this report. Your Committee then checked the dates of the voting rosters and compared them against the minutes of the special meetings for the election of the Polls Committees in the various ports. We found in every instance that a Polls Committee had been elected on each day in which voting was conducted in the various ports. Where no Polls Committee could be elected, no voting took place, as is re­ quired by our Constitution. We note that on the last day of voting in Boston and Detroit, no Polls Committee could be elected. In these cases, as per the Constitu­ tion., the Port Agent took over the duties of the Polls Committee. We checked the unused ballots that were on hand in Headquarters offices that had not been issued. The stubs on these un­ used ballots were numbered 7551 through 8500, a total of 950 ballots. Your Committee then checked the un­ used ballots that were returned from the various ports, including the Port of New York, which are listed as follows: UNUSED PORT BALLOTS Boston 17— 100 New York 1208—1600 Philadelphia 1757—1900 Baltimore 2254—2700 Norfolk 2826—2900 Jai;ksonville 2975—3000 Tamoa 7308—7350 Mobile 3463—3900 New Orleans 4489—5200 Houston 5675—6000 Wilmington 6171—6200 San Francisco 7394—^7450 Seattle 6884—6900) Seattle 7451—7550) Detroit 6901—7000 San Juan 7168—7300 The above unused ballots, when com­ bined with the unused ballots in Headquar­ ters and the stubs of the used ballots in all ports, compares equally in number with the amount printed by the printer for the Union. The Committee has seen a bill from the printer. Pearl Process, Inc., who printed the ballots that were used in the conduct of our Union election for the Election of 1969-1972 Officers of the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America-Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District The bill states that they had printed 8,500 ballots for the Union, numbered from 1 to 8500; in addition to which, they had printed 200 blank sample ballots. The Committee has checked the election files, maintained by Headquarters offices as per Union Constitution, and has found signed receints from the following ports for the following amount of sample bal­ lots, broken down, as follows: PORT BALLOTS 5 Boston 10 New York 5 Philadelphia 10 Baltimore 8 Norfolk 5 Jacksonville 5 Tamoa 10 Mobile (Continued on page 10) �Supplement—Page Ten SEAFARERS (Continued from page 9) New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle Detroit Puerto Rico 10 10 5 5 5 2 5 Total 100 We, the Committee, have checked the files of Headquarters offices and have seen signed receipts by the various Port Agents for the official ballots that had been sent to them by Headquarters offices. We have checked these signed receipts and the seri­ al numbers on them against the loose stubs PORT Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk JacksonvUle Tampa Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco San Francisco Seattle Seattle Detroit San Juan received, and against the stubs still at­ tached to the unused ballots. Seven-thou­ sand five hundred and fifty (7,550) official ballots were sent to all ports; the stubs on them bearing serial numbers one (1) through seven-thousand five hundred fifty (7550). We received back, stubs (including the ones on the unused ballots) numbered one (1) through seven-thousand five himdred fifty (7550), with the exception of stubs No. 6261 and No. 6437, which will be dealt with later in this report. The following is a breakdown of the bal­ lots that were sent to the ports by Head­ quarters, as well as a breakdown of the un­ used ballots returned to Headquarters, bal­ lots used and total ballots cast: BALLOTS RECEIVED BALLOTS FROM UNUSED HEADBALLOTS AND QUARTERS USED RETURNED 1— 100 1— 16 17— 100 101—1600 101—1207 1208—1600 1601—1900 1601—1756 1757—1900 1901—2700 1901—2253 2254—2700 2701—2900 2701—2825 2826—2900 2901—3000 2901—2974 2975—3000 3001—3100 3001—3100 7301—7350 7301—7307 7308—7350 3101—3900 3101—3462 3463—3900 3901—5200 3901—4488 4489—5200 5201—6000 5201—5674 5675—6000 6001—6200 6001—6170 6171—6200 6201—6600 6201—6600 7351—7450 7351—7393 7394—7450 6601—6900 6601—6883 6884—6900 7451—7550 7451—7550 6901—7000 —0— 6901—7000 7001—7300 7001—7167 7168—7300 TOTAL VOTE CAST IN ALL PORTS .... BALLOTS CAST 16 1,107 156 353 125 74 ^ 107 362 588 474 170 443 283 This figure includes the ballots that were voided by the Union Tallying Committee. The Committee would also like to bring to the attention of the membership the fact that some write-ins that appeared il­ legible or on defaced ballots will not be included in this report. The reason for this is that some ballots containing write-ins happened to be voided because the ballots on which they were written were illegally defaced or illegible. The following correspondence was han­ dled by the Union Tallying Committee: October 2, 1968 Royal National Bank of New York 1212 Avenue of the Americas New York, N. Y. 10036 ATTENTION: Mr. Herbert D. Bacher, Executive Vice President Re: Balloting Procedure Gentlemen: Listed below are the 15 ports from which balloting envelopes will be mailed to your office: Boston, Massachusetts Brooklyn, New York Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Baltimore, Maryland Norfolk, Virginia Jacksonville, Florida Tampa, Florida Mobile, Alabama New Orleans, Louisiana Houston, Texas Wilmington, California San Francisco, California Seattle, Washington Detroit, Michigan Santurce, Puerto Rico (San Juan) As has been done in the past, it is re­ quested that you telephone the Union Office to make a report as to what was received each day. For this purpose, tele­ phone 499-6600 and give the information to either Mildred Piatt or William Mitch­ ell. Very truly yours, SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA— AGLIWD (Signed) A1 Kerr Secretary-Treasurer AK:mp October 2, 1968 Royal National Bank of New York 1212 Avenue of the Americas New York, N. Y. 10036 .ATTENTION: Mr. Herbert D. Bacher, Executive Vice President Re: Depository for Ballots Gentlemen: In accordance with the recommendation contained in the President's Pre-Balloting Report, complying with Article X, Section 1(e) of the Union's Ck)nstitution, which was adopted by the membership at their reg­ ular membership meetings held in June and July in the Constitutional ports of the Union, the Royal National Bank of New York, 1212 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10036, once again has been designated as depository for ballots in connection with a referendum to be con­ ducted with respect to the election of officers under the Union's Constitution. The referendum period will be from November 1, 1968 through December 31, 1968, both inclusive, Sundays and holidays excepted. The balloting procedure outlined in the Union's present Constitution will be fol­ lowed, and based upon your previously having acted as depository, you are familiar with this procedure. The Polls Committee will deliver or send to you by Certified or Registered mail the ballots after the close of each day's voting It will be the function of the depository to accept all envelopes delivered or mailed in, to safeguard them in the bank and to surrender them only to the duly authorized Union Tallying Committee, in accordance with Article XIII, .Section 5(d) of the Union's Constitution, which will be on or about the second" day of January, 1969. Proof of authorization shall be a certifica­ tion by the Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. Al Kerr. The Union Tallying Committee shall be authorized to sign a receipt for these envelopes. The depository shall be requested to certify that all of these envelopes were properly safeguarded, were surrendered only to the Union Tallying Committee and that no one, other than the appropriate bank personnel, has had access to these envelopes. Very truly yours, SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA— AGLIWD /s/ Earl Shepard Earl Shepard Vice President ES:mp January 6, 1969 Mr. Herbert D. Bacher, Executive Vice President Royal National Bank of New York 1212 Avenue of the Americas New York, N.Y. 10036 Dear Mr. Bacher: As Secretary-Treasurer of Seafarers International Union of North AmericaAtlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, in charge of the Min­ utes thereof, I herewith certify that, in accordance with the Constitution of this Union, the membership has duly elected the following to constitute the Union Tally­ ing Committee for the 1968 election: Warren Cassidy William Gradick Charles Hamilton Cary J. Beck James Doris Tom Garrity Charles Moss F. DiGiovanni John Carlson John A. Ziereis George Litchfield John L. Hunt Article XIII, Section 5(d) states, in part: "The Union Tallying Committee shall elect a chairman from among them­ selves and, subject to the express terms of this Constitution, adopt its own procedures. Decision as to special votes, protests, and the contents of the final report shall be valid if made by a majority vote, provided there be a quorum in attendance, which quo­ rum is hereby fixed al nine (9). TTie Union Tallying Committee, but not less than a quorum thereof, shall have the sole right and duty to obtain the ballots from the depository immedi­ ately after the termination of balloting and to insure their safe custody during the course of the committee's pro­ ceedings." In accordance therewith, tlie Union has authorized that any nine (9) or. more of the aforementioned accept delivery of, and sign a receipt for, all of the envelopes which have been mailed to you under the course of the said election. It is hereby requested that you certify that all the envelopes received by you have been properly safeguarded in your vault; that you have surrendered them to the said Union Tallying Committee, and that no one other than appropriate bank personnel has had access to the said envelopes. Very truly yours, SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICAATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT, AFL-CIO By /s/ Al Kerr Al Kerr Secretary-Treasurer Witness: /s/ William Mitchell William Mitchell Records Supervisor January 6, 1969 Mr. Herbert D. Bacher, Executive Vice President Royal National Bank of New York 1212 Avenue of the Americas New York, N.Y. 10036 Dear Mr. Bacher: The undersigned members of the Union Tallying Committee, acting under and pursuant to Article XIII, Section 5(d) of the Constitution of the Seafarers Interna­ tional Union of North America-Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, acknowledge receipt of the envelopes sent to you from the various ports for the elec­ tion held during 1968, and delivered this day to us. s/ s/ s/ s/ s/ January- 31, 1969 LOG ROYAL NATIONAL BANK OF NEW YORK 1212 Avenue of the Americas New York, N.Y. 10036 January 6, 1969 Seafarers International Union of North America-Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and In­ land Waters District 675 Fourth Avenue Brooklyn, New York 11232 Gentlemen: This is to certify that all the envelopes received by this institution addressed to Mr. Herbert Bacher, Executive Vice Presi­ dent, Royal National Bank of New York, in the name of the Seafarers International Union of North America-Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFLCIO, have been properly safeguarded in our vaults. We have today surrendered the abovementioned envelopes to the Union Tallying Committee. No one other than tqipropriate bank personnel has had access to the said envelopes contained in our vaults. Very truly yours, ROYAL NATIONAL BANK OF NEW YORK /s/ Herbert D. Bacher Herbert D. Bacher, Executive Vice President Witnessed: /s/ George A. DiLello November 1, 1968 Mr. Joseph DiGiorgio, Port Agent Seafarers International Union 675 Fourth Avenue Brooklyn, New York Dear Sir and Brother: We, the undersigned Polls Committee elected in Headquarters and New York Port to conduct the balloting on this date, November 1, 1968, for the Port, wish to report as follows: At the end of the day's voting, in check­ ing the number of ballots issued and used against the names and book numbers, listed on the roster as having signed for same, we have found that 119 ballots were issued and used; however, we only have the signa­ tures and book numbers for 118 individ­ uals. We, the Committee, discussed this among ourselves and we are unable to determine how this happened. The only reason that we can give for it is our own inexperience, and the large number of votes that were being cast on this first day of the voting. We have double-checked the number of ballots cast, the used stuhs on hand, the unused ballots on hand, and the rosters used for the day. Everything is in agree­ ment except the rosters which are short the name, book number, and ballot number of someone to whom we issued a ballot and allowed him to vote same. In compliance with the Constitution, we are making this report and forwarding a copy thereof to the Secretary-Treasurei# Fraternally submitted, POLLS COMMITTEE HEADQUARl ERS AND PORT OF NEW YORK NOVEMBER 1, 1968 /s/ Charles Hamilton H-562 /s/ Lional Barnes B-13 /s/ Warren Cassidy C-724 cc: Al Kerr, Secretary-Treasurer This letter will be dealt with later on in this report under the heading of "Dis­ crepancies." November 2, 1968 Mr. Joseph DiGiorgio, Port Agent Seafarers International Union 675 Fourth Avenue Brooklyn, New York Dear Sir and Brother: We, the undersigned Polls Committee duly elected this date in Headquarters and Warren Cassidy, s/ James Doris, New York Port to handle the balloting for George Litchfield, s/ Cary J. Beck, the election of officials for November 2, ^ Charles Hamilton, s/ Charles A. Moss,. 1968, wish to report as follows: When we had secured from Josejfh William Gradick, s/ John A. Ziereis, Jol •V 4 •i �January 31, 1969 (Continued from page 10) DiGiorgio, New York Port Agent, the balloting material for the Port, and com­ pared it against the Port records, we found that on the first day of voting the rosters indicate 118 ballots as having been cast, and bear only the signatures and book numbers of 118 individuals. However, there had been 119 ballots issued and we only had the ballots starting with number 220 turned over to this Committee. Further, in checking the Port election records, we found the original of a state­ ment to the Port Agent which indicated thereon the reason for the missing ballot, and a copy of the statement had been sent to our Secretary-Treasurer by the Port of New York and Headquarters Polls Com­ mittee of November 1, 1968, dealing with the aforementioned error. Based on the foregoing, this Polls Com­ mittee accepted from Joseph DiGiorgio, the New York Port Agent, all of the election materials for the Port, and we commenced our balloting for the day with ballot number 220. It is recommended to the membership that you concur in the action being taken by this Polls Committee. Fraternally submitted, POLLS COMMITTEE HEADQUARTERS AND PORT OF NEW YORK NOVEMBER 2, 1968 /s/ Edward Polise P-74 /s/ Lionel Barnes B-13 /s/ Warren Cassidy C-724 cc: A1 Kerr, Secretary-Treasurer This letter will be dealt with later on in this report under the heading of "Dis­ crepancies." November 4, 1968 Mr. Bennie Gonzales, Agent Seafarers International Union 312 Harrison St. Tampa, Fla. Dear Sir and Brother; We the undersigned. Polls Committee for November 4, 1968 in the port of Tampa, have found that a discrepancy exists on the first day of voting in the 1969-1972 Gen­ eral Election on November 1, 1968. The discrepancy is in the ballots cast from 30010 thru 30015, a total of six ballots cast. An extra zero was added in these ballots which was in error by this com­ mittee. We have sent a copy of this letter to A1 Kerr, Secretary-Treasurer. Fraternally yours, /s/ Andres J. Menendez M-180 /s/ Adolfo Capote C-476 /s/ Paul C. Carter C-62 Polls Committee Port of Tampa cc: A1 Kerr This letter will be dealt with later on in this report under the heading of "Dis­ crepancies." SPECIAL REPORT FROM POLLS COMMITTEE We, the undersigned Polls Committee elected at a Special Meeting for the Port of Houston, Texas on the date of Novem­ ber 7, 1968,pCertify that Ballot Numbers 5738 thru 5742 were listed on the Official Voting Roster. These numbers should have read 5338 thru 5342, to continue consecu­ tive numbering for this Port. Please correct the Official Voting Roster accordingly for the date of November 7, 1968. /s/ Peter A. Serano S-302 /s/ Roman Viloria V-107 /s/ John A. Ziereis Z-12 This letter will be dealt with later on in this report under the heading of "Dis­ SEAFARERS crepancies."During the conducting of the election for officers just concluded, there were seven hundred and thirty-five (735) possible vot­ ing days. Of the seven hundred and thirtyfive (735) possible voting days, there were ballots cast on five hundred and nineteen (519) days. Of the remaining two hundred and sixteen (216) voting days, there were one hundred and ninety-eight (198) days on which it was not possible to get a quo­ rum for the election of a Polls Committee, therefore no voting could be conducted. On seventeen (17) days, there was a quo­ rum and a Polls Committee elected, how­ ever, no votes were ca^f on those seventeen (17) days. ' ' ' Needless to say, since so many of the Union's membership has served on Polls Committees, there are many days when a Polls Committee is elected that no votes are cast as all of the members on the beach in that particular port have already voted or are not eligible to vote. In addition, we also know that there are many times when it is not possible to have a quorum to elect a Polls Committee, as a result of which no votes can be cast that day at all. During the time that your Committee was carrying out its functions, candidates had observers present from time to time. "Comments and Recommendations Pursuant to Article XIII Section 5(c) of The Union Constitution" During the period of time in which the Union Tallying Committee was in opera­ tion, several discrepancies in the conduct of the election have occurred, but none of which would change the outcome of any job on the ballot. However, for the bene­ fit of the membership, we are listing them. Port by Port, as follows: NEW YORK: Your Union Tallying Committee, in handling the various pieces of correspon­ dence relative to the election of officials, reported earlier in our report on letters addressed to Joseph DiGiorgio, Port Agent, dated November 1, 1968 and November 2, 1968, from the Polls Committees for Head­ quarters and the Port of New York. As it was for our Secretary-Treasurer, it is also the same for ourselves: we are unable to determine the name and book number of the individual who was issued a ballot on November I, 1968 by the New York Polls Committee and failed to have his name and book number placed on the voting roster for that day. However, we have counted the day's total votes, includ­ ing the vote for which there was no name or book number on the roster, as valid ballots cast for the day, and recommend to the membership that you concur in our action. In addition to the foregoing discrepancy, the Polls Committee for the Port of New Y'ork on November 1, 1968 allowed David Gower, PB-35710, to vote. Your Union Tallying Committee is unable to determine why the New York Polls Committee al­ lowed Brother Gower to cast a vote. However, again it is the recommendation of your Union Tallying Committee that the day's votes be counted as valid ballots cast. On November 19, 1968, the New York Polls Committee issued ballot No. 576 to Roberto Diaz, showing his book number as D-64, when it should have been D-84. Also, under date of November 21, 1968, the New York Polls Committee issued ballot No. 634 to Rene Geiszler showing his book number as C-274, when it should have been G-274. Also, under date of November 29, 1968, the New York Polls Committee issued ballot No. 774 to R. Olsen showing his book number as O-190, when it should have been O-109. Also, under date of December 3, 1968, the New York Polls Committee issued ballot No. 852 to C. Mphat showing his book number as H-421, when it should have been M-421. Also, under date of December 5, 1968, the New York Polls Committee issued bal­ lot No. 881 to James M. Quinn, showing his book number as 0-24, when it should have been Q-24. Under date of December 6, 1968, the New York Polls Committee issued ballot No. 890 to Donald Hicks showing his book number as 0-694, when LOG it should have been H-694. Your Com­ mittee has counted these days' ballots as valid ballots cast in the Port of New York, as the errors made were only transpositions of numbers or an incorrect letter designa­ tion. On November 30, 1968, the Houston Polls Committee issued ballot No. 5502 to A. Volkerts, V-166, who cast a ballot that day in the Port of Houston. On December 6, 1968, in the Port of New York, the New York Polls Committee is­ sued ballot No. 891 to Archibald R. Volkerts, V-166, and he cast that ballot in the Port of New York that day. The only reason your Union Tallying Committee can account for this happening, is that possibly the Houston Polls Committee failed to stamp the member's book indicating that he had already voted. In any event, your Union Tallying Committee has counted the votes that were cast in the Port of New York on December 6, 1968, which is the date on which the record indicates that Brother Volkerts voted a second time. Your Union Tallying Committee, in checking the envelopes that were mailed from the ports to the bank, found that the Polls Committee in the Port of New York, on November 29, 1968, failed to indicate on the envelope being mailed to the bank, the date that should have been contained thereon. Your Union Tallying Committee has counted this day's ballots as valid ballots cast in the Port of New York for the date of November 29, 1968. On the following dates, the Polls Com­ mittees for the Port of New York allowed members to vote who v/ere not in good standing: November 12th, November 22nd, November 26th and December 3rd. Your Union Tallying Committee, in spite of these errors by the New York Polls Com­ mittees, has counted these days' ballots as valid ballots cast in the Port for those days, with the modification which is dealt with in detail later in this report under the head­ ing "Members Not Eligible to Vote." PHILADELPHIA; Your Union Tallying Committee, in checking the envelopes that were mailed from the Ports to the bank, found that the Polls Committee in the Port of Philadel­ phia, on November 14, 1968, failed to indicate on the envelope being mailed to the bank, the date that should have been contained thereon. Your Union Tallying Committee has counted this day's ballots as valid ballots cast in the Port of Phila­ delphia for the date of November 14, 1968. On December 10, 1968, the Philadelphia Polls Committee issued ballot No. 1726 to T. Nerosa, showing his book number as M-202, when it should have been N-202. Your Committee has counted this day's ballots as valid ballots cast in the Port for this day as the error made was only an incorrect letter designation. BALTIMORE: On November 4, 1968, the Baltimore Polls Committee issued ballot No. 1941 to Guillermo Grajales showing his book num­ ber as C-714, when it should have been G714. On November 15, 1968 the Baltimore Polls Committee issued ballot No. 2054 to J. Brykczynski, showing his book number as C-860, when it should have been B-860. On November 22, 1968, the Baltimore Polls Committee issued ballot No. 2086 to B. F. Gordy, showing his book number as C-66, when it should have been G-66. On November 26, 1968, the Baltimore Polls Committee issued ballot No. 2096 to Robert McCulloch, showing his book num­ ber as H-385, when it should have been M-385. On December 14, 1968, the Balti­ more Polls Committee issued ballot No. 2166 to Woodrow W. Reid, showing his book number as K-339, when it should have been R-339. In spite of these errors by the Baltimore Polls Committees, your Committee has counted these day's ballots as valid ballots cast in the Port for the various days, as the errors made were only incorrect book numbers. The New York Polls Committee issued ballot No. 298 to T. Novarro, N-30, on November 4, .1968 and he cast his ballot that day in the Port of New York. On December 23, 1968, in the Port of Balti­ Supplement—Page Eleven more, the Polls Committee issued to T. Novarro, N-30, ballot No. 2220 and he cast that ballot in the Port of Baltimore <MI that day. The only reason that your Union Tallying Committee can think of to account for this happening is that possibly the New York Polls Committee failed to stamp the member's book indicating that he had al­ ready voted. In any event, your Union Tallying Committee has counted the votes that were cast in the Port of Baltimore on December 23, 1968, rather than void all the ballots for that day. On the following dates, the Polls Com­ mittee for the Port of Baltimore allowed members to vote who were not in good standing: November 1st and November 2nd, 1968. Your Union Tallying Com­ mittee, in spite of these errors by the Balti­ more Polls Committee, has counted these day's ballots as valid ballots cast in the Port for those days, with the modification which is dealt with in detail later in this report under the heading "Members Not Eligible to Vote." Your Union Tallying Committee, in counting the ballots cast in the Port ot Baltimore on November 1, 1968, found, not an official ballot, but one of the Sample ballots that had been issued to the Port, among the ballots cast for that day. When the ballots for the day were counted, it was found that by counting the aforemen­ tioned Sample ballot as one of the valid ballots cast for the day, that the number of ballots then corresponded with the num­ ber of ballots issued by the Baltimore Polls Committee for the day on the roster. Your Committee counted this Sample ballot as a voided ballot for each and every job on the ballot. It is impossible for your Union Tallying Committee to determine how this aforementioned error could possibly have happened. We can only assume that the member who deposited the Sample ballot in the ballot box had taken a Sample ballot that was posted in the Union hall, studied it, and marked it as he wanted to mark his official ballot. Again we are assuming, but we presume that he used this Sample ballot to go by while in the voting booth, but when it came time to drop his ballot in the ballot box he dropped in the Sample ballot that he had been using as a guide, instead of his official ballot. . In any event, he was evidently eligible to vote because the Polls Committee had issued him a ballot, and your Union Tallying Committee, as men­ tioned previously, voided this particular ballot. It is the recommendation of your Union Tallying Committee that you con­ cur in the action we have taken. NORFOLK: On November 29, 1968, the Norfolk Polls Committee issued ballot No. 2774 to Donald P. Pruett, showing his book number as B-696, when it should have been P-696. Also, under date of December 2, 1968, the Norfolk Polls Committee issued ballot No. 2779 to Charlie V. Horton, showing his book number as H-735, when it should have been H-738. Your Commit­ tee has counfed these days' ballots as valid ballots cast in the Port for the variou:^ dates, as the errors made were only trans- ' positions of numbers or an incorrect letter designation. Your Union Tallying Committee, in checking the various rosters, found that the Norfolk Polls Committee for the date of December 11, 1968, failed to indicate on the roster the port from which it came. However, your Committee, in checking the ballot numbers listed on the roster, was able to determine that the roster was one that would have been used in the Port of Norfolk. Your Union Tallying Committee, in spite of this omission of the Norfolk Polls Committee, has counted this day's ballots as valid ballots cast in the Port for that day. Your Union Tallying Committee, in checking the various rosters received from the Ports, found that the Port of Norfolk, on December 23, 1968, had used up the supply of official voting rosters. They, therefore, had made up one of their own, in ink, which corresponded identically with the official voting roster. Your Union Tallying Committee has counted the votes cast this day as valid ballots cast. (Continued on page 12) �Supplement—Page Twelve (Continued from page 11) TAMPA; Your Union Tallying Committee, in checking the various rosters received from the Ports, found that the Tampa Polls Committee, on November 1, 1968, num­ bered some of the ballots issued for that day incorrectly. The first ballot cast for the day was No. 3001, and through No. 3009 the ballots were numbered correctly. How­ ever, in indicating what should have been No. 3010, the Tampa Polls Committee made a mistake—evidently being misled by the fact that No. 3009 had two zeroes in it—and proceeded to show No. 30010, and carried this error on through ballot No. 3015, indicating it on the roster as No. 30015. This mistake was reported by the Tampa Polls Committee for that date in a letter previously printed in this report. Your Union Tallying Committee, in spite of this error by the Tampa Polls Com­ mittee, has counted this day's ballots as valid ballots cast in the Port for that date. On December 18, 1968, the Polls Com­ mittee for the Port of Tampa, allowed a member who was not in good standing to vote. Your Union Tallying Committee, in spite of this error by the Tamoa Polls . Committee, has counted this day's ballots as valid ballots cast in the port for that dav, with the modification which is dealt with in detail later in this report under the heading "Members Not Eligible to Vote." MOBILE: Your Union Tallying Committee, in checking the various envelopes that were mailed to the bank depository, found that in the Port of Mobile, on November 22, 1968, the Polls Committee for the Port had indicated on the outside of the enve­ lope that was mailed to the bank, the date of November 23, 1968. However, upon opening the envelope and checking the certification on the envelope contained therein, in which was the ballots for the Port, we found the date of November 22, 1968. Your Union Tallying Committee, in spite of this error by the Mobile Polls Committee, has counted this day's ballots as yalid ballots cast in the Port for that day. Your Union Tallying Committee, in checking the various envelopes of ballots received from the Ports, found that in the Port of Mobile, on December 12, 1968, the Polls Committee for the Port had failed to indicate on the certification of the enve­ lope containing the ballots, the Port and date. However, the remainder of the cer­ tification, including the names and hook numbers of the Polls Committee, had been properlv filled in. Your Union Tallying Committee, in spite of these omissions of the Mobile Polls Committee, has counted this dav's ballots as valid ballots cast in the for that date. Your Union Tallying Committee, in checking the various rosters, found that the Mobile Polls Committee for the date of December 12, 1968, failed to ih^icate on the lower left hand comer of the ^itester, the Port and date. However, your, Com­ mittee, in checking the ballot numbers listed on the roster, was able to determine that the roster was one that would have been used in the Port of Mobile. Your Union Tallving Committee, in snite of this omission by the Mobile Polls Committee, has counted this day's ballots as valid ballots cast in the Port for the day. NEW ORLEANS: On the following dates, the Polls Com­ mittees for the Port of New Orleans al­ lowed members to yote who were not in good standing: Noyember 4th and Novem­ ber 27, 1968. Your Union Tallying Com­ mittee, in soite of these errors by the New Orleans Polls Committees, has counted these davs' ballots as valid ballots cast in the Port for those days, with the modifi­ cation which is dealt with in detail later in this report under the heading "Members Not Eligible to Vote." Your Union Tallving Committee, in checking the envelopes that were mailed from the Ports to the bank, found that the Polls Committee in the Port of New Or­ leans, on November 8, 1968, failed to indicate on the envelope being mailed to the bank, the date that should have been SEAFARERS contained thereon. Your Union Tallying Committee has counted this day's ballots as valid ballots cast in the Port of New Orleans for the date of November 8, 1968. On November 13, 1968, the New Or­ leans Polls Committee issued ballot No. 4151 to Peter J. Morreale, showing his book number as P-1112, when it should have been M-1112. On December 13, 1968, the New Orleans Polls Committee issued ballot No. 4370 to Alexander Mar­ tin, showing his book number as M-395, when it should have been M-397. On De­ cember 26, 1968, the New Orleans Polls Committee issued ballot No. 4449 to James J. Connors, showing his book number as C-385, when it should have been C-387. On December 31, 1968, the New Orleans Polls Committee issued ballot No. 4484 to Walter J. Mouton, showing his book num­ ber as M-146, when it should have been M-140. In spite of these errors by the New Orleans Polls Committee, your Committee has counted these days' ballots as valid ballots cast in the Port for the various days, as the errors made were only incorrect book numbers. On December 26, 1968, the Houston Polls Committee issued ballot No. 5632 to James W. Sumpter, S-519, who cast his ballot that day in the Port of Houston. On December 27, 1968, in the Port of New Orleans, the New Orleans Polls Committee issued James W. Sumpter ballot No. 4463, and he cast that ballot in the Port of New Orleans that day. The only reason your Union Tallying Committee can think of to account for this happening is that possibly the Houston Polls Committee failed to stamp the member's book indicating that he had voted. In any event, your Union Tallying Committee has count^ the day's votes that were cast in the Port of New Orleans on December 27, 1968. LOG On the following dates, the Polls Com­ mittees for the Port of Houston allowed members to vote who were not in good standing: November 2nd, 4th, 7th, 13th, 15th, 18th, 20th, ,25th, 27th, December 3rd and December 12th, 1968. Your Un­ ion Tallying Committee, in spite of these errors by the Houston Polls Committees, has counted these days' ballots as valid ballots cast in the Port for those days, with the modification which is dealt with in detail later in this report under the heading "Members Not Eligible to Vote." WILMINGTON: Your Union Tallying Committee, in checking the envelopes that were mailed from the Ports to the bank, found that the Polls Committee in the Port of Wilming­ ton, on November 30, 1968, failed to indi­ cate on the envelope being mailed to the bank, the date that should have been con­ tained thereon. Your Union Tallying Com­ mittee has counted this day's ballots as valid ballots cast in the Port of Wilming­ ton for the date of November 30, 1968. On November 2, 1968, the Polls Com­ mittee for the Port of Wilmington allowed a member who was not in good standing to vote. Your Union Tallying Committee, in spite of this error by the Wilmington Polls Committee, has counted this day's ballots as valid ballots cast in the Port for that day, with the modification which is dealt with in detail later in this report under the heading "Members Not Eligible to Vote." January 31, 1969 was lost either in the packaging by the San Francisco Polls Committee on the final day of voting, or by ourselves in the unpack­ ing of the voting materials. In either event, your Union Tallying Committee has counted the votes cast on November 4th, 1968, in the Port of San Francisco, as valid ballots cast that date. SEATTLE; Your Union Tallying Committee, in checking the various rosters, found that the Seattle Polls Committee for December 17, 1968 incorrectly indicated the date on the lower left-hand comer of the roster as December 16, 1968. Your Union Tally­ ing Committee, in spite of this error by the Seattle Polls Committee, has counted this day's ballots as valid ballots cast in the Port for the day. Your Union Tallying Committee, in checking the envelopes that were mailed from the Ports to the bank, found that the Seattle Polls Committees for Novem­ ber 29th, December 10th and December 21st, failed to indicate on the envelopes being mailed to the bank, the dates that .should have been contained thereon. Your Union Tallying Committee, in spite of these omissions, has counted ballots for these days as valid ballots cast. Your Union Tallying Committee, in checking the various rosters, has found that the Seattle Polls Committee for De­ cember 9, 1968, issued ballot No. 6817 to Adam E. Slowik, showing his book num­ ber as S-243, when it should have been S-423. Your Committee has counted this day's ballots as valid ballots cast in the Port for that day, as the error made was only a transposition of numbers. On December 26, 1968, the Polls Com­ mittee for the Port of Seattle allowed a member who was not in good standing to vote. Your Union Tallying Committee, in spite of this error by the Seattle Polls Com­ mittee, has counted this dav's ballots as valid ballots cast in the Port for that day, with the modification which is dealt with in detail later in this reoort under the head­ ing "Members Not Eligible to Vote." Your Union Tallying Committee, in checking the rosters for the Port of Seattle, found that on the date of December 28. 1968, ballot No. 6874 and ballot No. 6875 were issued, but that the Polls Committee member writing in the ballot numbers, in writing in No. 6875 it appears .to be 6075, but when making a comparison of the fig­ ures you can readily determine that it was the manner in which the Committee mem­ ber made his 8's that created what appears to be an error. Your Union Tallying Com­ mittee has counted thisoday's ballots as valid ballots cast in the Port of Seattle. SAN FRANaSCO: Your Union Tallying Committee, in checking the various rosters, found that on November 7th and November 12th, 1968, the Polls Committee for the Port had failed to indicate in the lower left-hand corner of the rosters, the Port and date. How­ ever, your Committee, in checking the HOUSTON: ballot numbers listed on the rosters, was On November 4, 1968, the Houston able to determine that the rosters were ones Polls Committee issued ballot No. 5293 to that would have been used in the Port R. T. Yarborough, showing his book num­ of San Francisco. Your Union Tallying ber as Y-560, when it should have been Committee, in spite of these omissions by Y-60. On November 12, 1968, the Hous­ the San Francisco Polls Committee, has ton Polls Committee issued ballot No. 5370 counted these days' ballots as valid ballots to Charles C. Pickren, showing his book cast in the Port on those dates. number as P-7118, when it should have On November 7, 1968, the San Fran­ been P-718. Your Committee has counted cisco Polls Committee issued ballot No. these days' ballots as valid ballots cast in 6317 to Joe Vujtech, showing his book the Port for the various days, as the errors number as B-126, when it should have made were only incorrect book numbers. been V-126. Your Committee has counted Your Union Tallving Committee, in this day's ballots as valid ballots cast in the checking the rosters for the Port of Hous­ Port for that day as the error made was ton, found that on November 22, 1968, only an incorrect letter designation. the Houston Polls Committee issued ballot On November 25, 1968, the San Fran­ No. 5454 to Felipe Morales Reves, Jr. and cisco Polls Committee issued ballot No. in listing his book number on the roster, 6434 to Salvador Resquites, and in listing had incorrectly taken from his book, his his book number on the roster, had incor­ file number instead of his book number. rectly taken from his book, his file number SAN JUAN: In checking the file number against the instead of his book number. In checking Your Union Tallying Committee, in records in Headquarters, we were able to the file number against the records in checking the various rosters, found that on determine the correct book number, which Headquarters, we were able to determine November 1, 1968, the San Juan. Puerto is R-507, and we have, therefore, counted the correct book number, which is R-400, Rico Polls Committee issued ballot No. this day's votes in the Port of Houston as and we have, therefore, counted this day's 7007 to A. Gonzalez, showing his book valid ballots cast. votes in the Port of San Francisco as valid number as G-18, when it should have been On November 9, 1968, the Houston ballots cast. G-118. Also, the December 27, 1968 Polls Polls Committee issued ballot No. 5355 to Earlier in this report, your Committee Committee for San Juan issued ballot No. Joseph B. Simmons, S-677, who cast his had indicated that it would deal later in 7142 to H. Mikkelborg, showing his book ballot that day in the.Port of Houston. the report with the matter of stubs of bal­ number as H-1175, when it should have On November 12, 1968, in the Port of lots from the Port of San Francisco. Your been M-1175. Your Committee has counted Houston, the Houston Polls Committee Committee, in checking the stubs of the the.se days' ballots as valid ballots cast in issued Joseph B. Simmons ballot No. 5359, ballots for thfe Port of San Francisco, had the Port for these days, as the errors made and he cast that ballot in the Port of Hous­ found that two (2) stubs: No. 6261 and were only incorrect book numbers. ton that day. The only reason your Union No. 6437 were missing. In checking the Your Union Tallving^ Committee, in Tallying Committee can think of to ac­ roster for the Port of San Francisco, we checking the envelones that were mailed count fbr this i anpening is that possibly found that ballot No. 6437 had been a from the Ports to the bank, found that the the Houston Polls Committee for Novem­ blank ballot. When checking the ballots Polls Committees for the Port of San Juan ber 9, 1968 failed to stamp the member's cast that day in San Francisco, we found on November 16th, November 30th and book indicating that he had already voted. the blank ballot, with the stub No. 6437 December 3rd, 1968, failed^© indicate on In any event, your Union Tallying Com­ still attached to same. In fact, the number the envelopes being mailed to the bank, mittee has counted the day's votes that of the ballot was the only thing that was the dates that should have been contained were cast in the Port of Houston on No­ printed on the face of the ballot. Your thereon. Your Union Tallying Commit­ vember 12, 1968. Union Tallying' Committee has counted tee, in spite of these omissions, has counted Your Union Tallying Committee, in this ballot as a void ballot for the Port of these days' ballots as valid ballots cast in checking the rosters received from the San Francisco and recommends that you the Port of San Juan for these days. Also, ports, found that in the Port of Houston, concur in the action taken by our Com­ on November 7, 1968, the Houston Polls mittee. As for stub No. 6261, it was the on November 23rd, 1968, the San Juan Polls Committee failed to indicate on the Committee had shown the ballots issued stub from the ballot that had been issued on -he roster incorrectly, as indicated by to A. J. Nelson, N-214, on November 4, envelope being mailed to the bank, the Port and date that should have been correspondence fmm the Houston Polls 1968. in San Francisco. In checking the Committee previously given in this report. ballots cast that date, we found twenty- contained thereon. In spite of this omis­ sion, your Union Tallying Committee has In spite of this error of the Houston Polls nine ballots, which comnares equally with counted this day's ballots as valid ballots Committee, your Union Tallving Commit­ the number of ballots issued that date on cast in the Port for that day, tee has counted this day's ballots as valid the roster. Based on the afofcrrieniioned ballots cast in the Port for that day. (Continued on page 13) facts, we can only assume that the stub �I January 31, 1969 SEAFARERS (Continued from page 12) Mail Ballots Under the "Additions to Voting Proce­ dures" that was set up by our SecretaryTreasurer under the authority granted to him by Article XIII, Section 7 of our Con­ stitution, and approved by the member­ ship, he made provision for voting in the General Election by mail. The "Additions to Voting Procedures" requirements for mail ballots, as on absentee ballots, were as follows: "Full book members may request an absentee ballot under the following circumstances only. While such mem­ ber is employed on an American-flag merchant vessel which vessel's sched­ ule does not provide for it to touch a port in which voting is to take place during the voting period provided in Article XIII, Section 3(g) of our Con­ stitution. In that event, the member shall make a request for an absentee ballot by Registered or Certified Mail or the equivalent mailing device at the location from which such request is made, if such be the case. Such re­ quest must contain a designation as to the address to which such member wishes his absentee ballot returned. Such request shall be received no later than 12:00 p.m. on the 15th day of November of the election year and shall be directed to the SecretaryTreasurer at 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, New York. Upon re­ ceipt of such request, the procedures as established in Article XIII, Section 3(d) of our Constitution, shall not apply. "The Secretary-Treasurer shall be responsible for determining whether such member is a member in good standing and further whether such member has. in fact, voted previously. He shall send the processed ballot by Registered Mail-Return Receipt Re­ quested to the address designated bysuch member in his absentee ballot request. The Secretaiy-Treasurer .shall send to such member with his ballot, instructions for returning the ballot, which in,structions must be .complied with exactly. "The Secretary-Treasurer shall fur­ ther maintain a record showing the name, book number of the member, his ballot number and the date upon which such ballot was sent, which information shall be turned over to the Union Tallying Committee, when elected, in accordance with Article XIII, Section 5(c) of the Constitution. The member, after voting, shall return his absentee ballot by Registered or Certified Mail, or the equivalent mail­ ing device at the location from which such absentee ballot is returned, if such be the case, to the depository named in the President's Pre-Balloting Report. "These absentee ballots must be post-marked prior to midnight of De­ cember 31, 1968, and must be received by the depository named in the Pres­ ident's Pre-Balloting Report, prior to January 10, 1969, regardless of when post-marked, for them to be counted as eligible votes. Such ballots will be maintained separately by such deposi­ tory and shall then be turned over to the Union Tallying Committee, as provided in Section 5(d) of Article XIII of the Constitution." Although the membership had been made aware of the provisions for voting an absentee ballot by mail from anywhere in the world, out of all the eligible voters, only one (1) request for a mail or absentee ballot was received by our Secretary-Treas­ urer. This one request was from Brother F. P. Hartshorn, H-563, that was dated September 18th, 1968. Our SecretaryTreasurer informed Brother Hartshorn by letter, that he didn't meet the qualifications for a mail or absentee ballot because he was not on a vessel, as called for in the "Additions to Voting Procedures." In addition to which, he was sent a copy of our Secretary-Treasurer's report to the membership dealing with the "Additions to Voting Procedures." Your Union Tally­ ing Committee concurs in the action taken by our Secretary-Treasurer in the case of this request for a mail or absentee ballot and recommends that the membership con­ cur in same. Challenged Ballots Under the "Additions to Voting Proce­ dures" that was set up by our SecretaryTreasurer under the authority granted to him by Article XIII. Section 7 of our Con­ stitution, and approved by the member­ ship. he made provisions for the voting of challenged ballots, which challenge could be determined by the Union Tallying Com­ mittee. There were eleven (11) challenged ballots cast, and in view of the fact that Supplement—Page Thirteen LOG such eleven (11) ballots would not change the results of the vote for any office or job, your Committee decided not to pass upon the challenges and open them up. The eleven (II) challenged ballots are as fol­ lows: Name Adams, E White, R. H Gutieirrez, M Morris, C Leskum, J Cole, H Hicks, J Trasher, W McAvoy, W Salem, A Nelson, A Book Namber A-473 W-SOO G-737 M-1172 L-447 C-803 H-227 T-228 M-1045 S-794 N-214 Port of Challensre New Orleans New Orleans Houston Houston Houston Houston Houston Houston Houston Houston San Francisco Members Not Eligible To Vote As explained previously, there were four (4) double votes which were counted rather than void all ballots voted that day in the effected ports. In addition, your Union Tallying Committee, in drafting its report, has in several instances made the state­ ment, ". . . with the modification which is dealt with in detail later in this report under the heading "Members Not Eligible to Vote." Your Union Tallying Commit­ tee has used the foregoing as a means of not having to repeat itself time after time throughout the report, to explain the same item. In each instance where the statement aforementioned as used, it dealt with an individual, or individuals, being allowed to vote, that, for one reason or another, doesn't appear to your Union Tallying Committee to have been eligible to vote. The total of such votes is three hundred and sixty-five (365). However, there are many instances where a man might have explained to the local Port Polls Commit­ tee why he was eligible to vote, your Union Tallying Committee wouldn't be aware of the valid reason for his being eligible. After having taken into consideration the foregoing, your Union Tallying Com­ mittee. in arriving at its ultimate interpreta­ tions and decisions, was most concerned w!*h carrying out our Union's principle of democratic elections, and we have liber­ ally interpreted our Constitution's require­ ments, consistent with the constitutional language, and thus have assured to our membership our Union's policy of a mem­ ber's right to enjoy the widest opportunity to make a judgment when voting in our elections. Article XIII, Section 5(c) of our Constitution, dealing with the Union Tally­ ing Committee's Report, reads as follows: "The report, shall clearly detail all discrep­ ancies discovered, and shall contain recom­ mendations for the treatment of these dis­ crepancies." As a consequence of all of the foregoing, our Committee has deter­ mined that on those days where one or more possibly ineligible voters had been allowed to vote, that the total votes for the day should be counted. However, whatever the number of possible ineligible voters that had been allowed to vote comes to, that total figure must be less than the difference between the number of votes that the individual or individuals for a job that were designated as being elected re­ ceived, than the number of votes of the highest candidate that was deemed not to be elected. Conclusion As one of its closing actions, this Union Tallying Committee added together the total number of votes cast on the days from the various Ports, where it appeared to your Committee that an ineligible voter might have possibly voted. The total votes cast on these days, if they had all been voided, would not have changed the out­ come of any job on the ballot. Your Committee finds that the balloting took place in strict accordance with the Constitution, and that what errors were made, were all of no importance, and of no measurable effect, and could not influ­ ence the voting results, and were dealt with in accordance with the spirit of the Con­ stitution. Dated: January 15, 1969. Wai-i'en Cassidy, C-724 Elected in the Port of New York James Doris, D-3—Chairman Elected in the Port of Philadelphia John Carlson, C-490 Elected in the Port of Baltimore William Gradick, G-501 Elected in the Port of Mobile Tom Garrity, G-298 Elected in the Port of New Orleans John A. Ziereis, Z-12 Elected in the Port of Houston Charles Hamilton, H-562 Elected in the Port of New York Charles Moss, M-502 Elected in the Port of Philadelphia George Litchfield, L-170 Elected in the Port of Baltimore Cary J. Beck, B-650 Elected in the Port of Mobile F. DiGiovanni, D-459 Elected in the Port of New Orleans John L. Hunt, H-564 Elected in the Port of Houston Report By The Secretary-Treasurer On "Election Complaints During ELECTION OF 1969-1972 OFFICERS AND JOB HOLDERS OF THE SEA­ FARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA-ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT January 2, 1969 Under the terms of our Constitution and the rules proposed by your Secretary-Treas­ urer and approved by the membership, complaints concerning the conduct of the Union election and balloting procedure are to be sent to the Secretary-Treasurer, and the Secretary-Treasurer is charged with specific administrative duties in connection with such election. The office of your Secretary-Treasurer has received two what may be considered as complaints: one from Sidney Rothman, Book No. R-325, who is a candidate for President of our organization; the other from John Cole, Book No, C-8, who was a disqualified candidate for the office of Executive Vice-President of our organiza­ tion, At this time, I am reporting as to the action taken by myself in reference to these complaints, and my recommendations in connection with such complaints and the action taken thereon. The following are copies of correspond­ ence received from Sidney Rothman, R325, and sent to Brother Rothman: Letter dated October 17, 1968 from Sid­ ney Rothman to AI Kerr, received on Oc­ tober 18, 1968: "437-^6 Street Brooklyn, N. Y. 11220 Sidney Rothman—Book No. R-325 October 17, 1968 MR. AL KERR, SECRETARY-TREASURER "PROTESTS—On election for officers jobs for 1969 to 1972. Only 5 days before voting. Union is running in the seafarers log, qualified candidates, with photos, and records submitted by new candidates, which is not enough time for the member­ ship, that is at sea, and they are all over the world, to know who are the new candidates, which can stop me from being elected to office. Elected candidates that have been in office from 4 to 25 years are already well-known to the membership. "On elections in 1965 to 1968, the sea­ farers log ran new candidates for office, with photos submitted by candidates on Oct. 16, 1964, which was 17 days before election days, from Nov. 2, to Dec. 31, 1964. The seafarers log should run new candidates for office at least two months before elections, so the membership will know who the candidates are. Mr. Sidney Rothman, R-325 "(Signed) Mr. Sidney Rothman." Letter dated October 18, 1968 from your Secretary-Treasurer to Sidney Rothman: "October 18, 1968 "Mr. Sidney Rothman, R-325 437 46th Street Brooklyn, New York 11220 "Dear Sir and Brother: "I am in receipt today, October 18, of your registered letter No. 59779 dated Oc­ tober 17, 1968, which you have headed "Protests." The protest you have referred to is that, in your opinion, the election sup­ plement is not being made available to the membership far enough in advance of the commencing of the election of officials. "In answer to your written protest re­ ceived today, I repeat what I explained to you yesterday by phone—that the election supplement could not have been published earlier: "1. The Credentials Committee—in ff drafting their report to the membership that was concurred in by the Ports holding membership meetings in September—re­ quired that you as a candidate, and also another candidate in the election, be given till October 1. 1968 to comply with the fur­ nishing of the certificate required by Arti­ cle XIII. Section 1(h). "2. That under the terms of Article XIII, Section 2(c) of the Constitution, a disquali­ fied candidate has the right to appeal from a decision of the Credentials Committee, and. based on when the Committee made their report, and the Constitution, the final deadline date for action on any appeals would have been October 17, 1968. It would, therefore, have been impossible to have released any election materials prior to October 18, 1968 at the very earliest. "From the foregoing, I think that you will readily agree with me that it would have been impossible to have printed the election supplement containing the photo­ graphs and biographies of various candi­ dates in the Seafarers Log any earlier than what is being done, based on the fact that the issue of the Seafarers Log prior to Oc­ tober 17, 1968 came out on October 11, and that the next issue thereafter will be (Continued on page 14) �Supplement—Page Fourteen (Continued from page 13) released on October 25. "More importantly, however, all mem­ bers—even those at sea—will receive the election supplement before voting. Those who request mail ballots can do so until November 15, 1968, so the Seafarers Log issue containing the supplements will be mailed out and received before the ballot. Those who come ashore to vote will simi­ larly receive all back issues of the Sea­ farers Log as soon as their ship hits port. "Moreover, as I am sure you know by now, yesterday I had mailed you a letter telling you that you could secure one hun­ dred (100) copies of the supplement on the election at any timie. These can be distrib­ uted as you like. "In any event, for your information, it is my intention to present your letter as well as my answer to same to the membership for their information and advice. Fraternally, SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICAAGLIWD (Signed) A1 Kerr A1 Kerr Secretary-Treasurer" Letter dated October 17, 1968 from your Secretary-Treasurer to Brother Rothman: "October 17, 1968 "Mr. Sidney Rothman, R-325 437 46th Street Brooklyn, New York 11220 Dear Sir and Brother: In line with our telephone conversation of today, wherein you requested that the issuance of the Election Supplements be moved up prior to their release in the Sea­ farers Log, this is to advise you as follows: 1. The Election Supplements are now available to all candidates in all ports. 2. You are entitled to, and can receive, up to one hundred (100) copies of the Elec­ tion Supplement at any time you person­ ally appear in my office. In the event of my absence, you are to contact William Mitchell who will see that you are supplied with up to one hundred (100) copies of the Election Supplement, upon your signing a proper receipt for same. If you have any questions relative to the above, kindly qontact the undersigned. Fraternally, SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICAAGLIWD (Signed) A1 Kerr A1 Kerr Secretary-Treasurer" tetter dated October 18, 1968 from your Secretary-Treasurer to Brother Rothman: "October 18, 1968 "Mr. S. Rothman 437 46th Street Brooklyn, N. Y. Re: Election Supplements Dear Sir and Brother: "In the Secretary-Treasurer's report to the various October membership meetings it was recommended and concurred in, that at his request, each candidate on the ballot for election of officers be allowed up to 100 copies of the Election Supplement. This Election Supplement contains the pictures and biographies of all the election candi­ dates as well as other information relative to the election. "In compliance with the foregoing, the Secretary-Treasurer's office has supplied the Port Agents in the various ports with Election Supplements so that they will be available for the candidates if and when they are requested. If you want to receive any of your Election Supplements, to which you-are entitled, contact the Port Agent nearest you. Fraternally, SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORiH AMERICAAGLIWD ..•rtr,. (Signed) A! Kerr AlKerr Secretary-Treasurer" SEAFARERS All of the foregoing correspondence was submitted to the membership meeting of November 4, 1968 for the membership's information and advice. In view of all of the foregoing corres­ pondence, I find that there is no basis for Brother Rothman's complaint as to the Election Supplements not being provided to the various candidates at an earlier date, and I so recommend to the membership for their action. The other complaint referred to previ­ ously in this report was that of John Cole, C-8, a disqualified candidate for the office of Executive Vice President. The following are copies of correspond­ ence received from John Cole, C-8, and sent to Brother Cole: Letter dated November 2, 1968 from John Cole to your Secretary-Treasurer, re­ ceived on November 4, 1968: 118 Hilltop Acres Yonkers 4, N.Y. November 2, 1968 Secretary-Treasurer A. Kerr, AGLIWD-SIUNA, 675 Fourth Ave., Bklyn., N.Y. 11232 Mr. Secretary-Treasurer: Since my name was not on yesterday's ballot in the office of Executive Vice Pres­ ident, for which it was duly offered and re­ jected, I protest the validity of our Dis­ trict's election. Leaving nothing to chance, I'm notifying you within the prescribed 24 hours of having cast my vote, that SIU's election process, rather than democratizing, has worsened owing to erosive violations designed to safeguard the demoralizing privileges vested in the hands of a special few. I was disqualified for not presenting a certificate of four months' seatime in the current year. In lieu of it, I offered an unfit-for-duty certificate signed by quali­ fied Public Health Service doctors. Inas­ much as such documentary proof is ac­ ceptable as legitimate seatime in pension qualification, it should also be applicable here. Whereas it raises the question of whether incapacity disqualifies a candidate, we should turn to the Union constitution (Article XXIV, Sections 1 and 2), which allows a Union official to have his func­ tions performed by another when ill 30 days or longer. He may only be replaced when a state of vacancy exists, and that is defined as failure to perform by reason of death, resignation, suspension from mem­ bership, or expulsion from the Union. En­ trenched officials are no longer required to produce evidence of seatime for obvious reasons, merely a show of office time, or commensurate cover-uo in the case of incapacity. Election rules that protect an incumbent's qualification for office when incapacitated, and refuse the same condi­ tion to an independent candidate are un­ equal and unjust. The issue is not one of opposing the perpetuation of men in office —that is for the membership to deride if they can ever get this private club off their backs—it is arriving at procedural prin­ ciples imnartialy interpreted. Personalities aside, I am as qualified by present constitu­ tional rules to throw in for the position as Cal Tanner. Involuntary retirement was no ground for my being declared ineligible to run for office. Pensioners have long been a stable source of Union committee personnel. They served as trial and appeals judges when I was fraudulently expelled, and have parti­ cipated in every other phase of the Union's business. Conversely disability should not inactivate my membership to the extent that I not be permitted to work toward an honest election, unpopular as that cause may be made to appear. It is unimportant whether or not my running produces a close contest—what counts is overhauling an electoral system unilaterally favoring the in-crowd. I am not looking for per­ sonal vindication, yet I am insisuhg on the same right as every other full-fledged SIU member in accordance with law to run for Union office. Achieving this aim, I still might be a positive force for good in cre­ ating a healthy dialogue within the Union, but it was precisely to prevent such a situa­ tion that my name was kept off the ballot, and as a consequence succeeded in censor­ ing my hundred-word statement intended for the Log's election supplement. LOG Having come this far, the average dis­ qualified candidate would still have a longshot chance left' him—the write-in vote. Not so me. When I was ousted from the Union in 1962, the Log revived meeting minutes so port by port my down-fall could be publicized. When patrolmen made ship payoffs, and were asked why, along with various maligning versions, the reason con­ cocted was treason. When the courts re­ stored my membership rights, the yellow Log refused to let me state my side of the case. I was even denied the customary col­ umn mention in the long-standing Log fix­ ture when added to the pension rolls. The Credentials Committee announced my re­ tirement in its report, but so ambiguously as to leave the impression my disability might be mental. With such a bad press, and the administration's entire work force directed to propagandize against me, what does it matter that the Union's officers sus­ pended their special Log columns the last third of the year? Through the years, they have hogged the space while permitting me not one line. Also, they are still the only ones on the ballot allowed access to all SIU vessels where their biased views can be spread. The conduct of every previous election has been to indulge pro-adminis­ tration electioneering around the voting booths. Contrary to the Constitution (Ar­ ticle XIII, Section 4(f)), certain balloting committeemen received compensation so as to supervise strategy. In 1960, I com• plained about Frenchy Ruf, chairman of the New York committee, handling the bal­ lots, after misappropriating Union funds twice as patrolman. Unhampered by regu­ latory checks. Headquarters appointed him that year's tallying committeeman from Detroit. His pay went on for some time after the election. Similarly, in 1964, Curly Barnes was rewarded with a long term on the Union payroll for serving as New York Ballotting Committee chairman. When Mike Toner complained about voting irreg­ ularities in the last election, the elite's hand-picked committees went right on tell­ ing members to "vote democratic," while at the same time distributing incumbents' literature. Violation of members' right of free choice was hardly ended here. At meetings, placards are displayed, stating that the Executive Board has precedence over the majority vote of the membership despite Article XXIII, Section 3, of the Constitution. Outspoken members are openly intimidated at meetings, but such bulldozing tactics add up to "free speech" according to SIU laywyer McEvoy as con­ veyed to me at an August 27, 1968 session. Union balloting ends at 5 PM on week­ days, noon on Saturdays, the same time post offices close around the country, so registration of the enevelopes must wait until the next business day. Accordingly, custodian of the sealed envelopes in each ca ,e is the port agent, who stands to gain b> tampering with the ballots. I protested this in the last two elections, but since the only solution seems to be an impartial balloting association, the suspect practice persists. Frequently, the old committee is still undischarged when a new group is already functioning. I also cited the failure of the depository to sign the final election report, vouching for the probity of our ballots' guardians. By the depository pass­ ing the buck to Miss Alice Goodman, Union officials remain happy over the way ballots are being handled, even if she doesn't get to sign the report. Grateful for such cooperation, the Seafarers' Pen­ sion Plan gave the Royal National Bank of New York its checking account, indicat­ ing a conflict of interest. If the election were on the level, would a paltry nine members be bucking the administration slate of 45? In 1960, 31 independents tried for 43 jobs. But, with the Union machin­ ery being used only to shelter a secure handful, reasonable opportunity to run for office will continue to be squelched. Not surprisingly, the SIU constitution is silent on what post-election remedies are available for rejected candidates. Further­ more, the burden of proof for knowing procedural rules is on the rank-and-filer (though away at sea) when the Executive Bo^. J pushes a rule which is rubberstair d by the membership. In 1964, a re jlution was adopted permitting com­ January 31, 1969 plainants on any part of the election, or balloting procedures, to notify the Secre­ tary-Treasurer within 24 hours of the oc­ curence. This was not incorporated into the constitution, nor mentioned in the Pres­ ident's pre-balloting report. Such an omis­ sion is calculatedly evasive, and makes the claim "ignorance of the law is no excuse" unreasonable. On a half-dozen occasions, I have asked New York Agent DiGiorgio for a given month's meeting minutes only to be sent on a dry run the considerable distance to your office, where I was told the minutes were actually only a few steps away from DiGiorgio in Vice President Shepard's desk. One afternoon, I was seated outside President Hall's of­ fice for hours, having been told: "The min­ utes are on their way from Kerr's build­ ing;" but somehow they never arrived. Consistent with this kind of runaround is the appeals' process for disqualified can­ didates. I mailed letters to the port agents, criticizing the double standard that kept me off the ballot. If they got beyond the bare title, then the reading was distorted by skipped lines and misread words, which is common procedure for a message the administrators don't want heard. It goes without saying the freeze on me persisted, but not one port agent thought it necessary to notify me. I'm now seeking relief on the 1964 resolution. Would you advise me as to the proper course to follow if another step fpllowing this is required? Yours for a democratic SIU, (Signed) John Cole (C-8). P.S. Wishing to leave no loose ends hang­ ing, this beef is submitted for inclusion in your post-Election Report so it can be acted on by the membership along with your disposition on the matter. (Signed) JC P.P.S. One final word: at 675 Fourth Ave­ nue. Brooklyn, yesterday, patrolman Leon Hall sent me to you at 2-75 20th Street, when I asked for a look at the September meetings minutes. Presidential candidate Sid Rothman accompanied me. It was im­ portant that I learn the form in which my credentials' appeal was presented to the members and what the port-by-port tally was. At the door of your building, the switchboard operator (who had been warned of my coming) hailed me with the news that you were not in, had not left word when you would be back, and that no one else could show me the minutes. This was the same hang-up I encountered December 31, 1964, on requesting to see the election file, only then you were home sick, with no certainty when you would be well again, so I saw no file. These records ere available at all times—but not for everybody, man! (Signed) JC Letter dated November 6, 1968 from your Secretary-Treasurer to Brother Cole: "November 6, 1968 "Mr. John Cole, C-8 118 Hilltop Acres Yonkers 4, New York Dear Sir and Brother: I am in receipt of your letter of Novem­ ber 2nd and, as requested in your letter, it will be made a part of the post-election report. SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICAAGLIWD (Signed) A1 Kerr A1 Kerr Secretary-Treasurer" Brother Cole's letter apparently is a protest for his not being found qualified by the Credentials Committee. He starts his letter by saying: "Since my name was not on yesterday's ballot in the office of Executive Vice President, for which it was duly offered and rejected, I protest the validity of our District's election." The Credentials Committee in its report of August 21, 1968 found Brother Cole not qualified. The Credentials Committee's Report setting out their reason for his disqualification was printed in the August 30, 1968 edi*=on of the Seafarers Log. The Credentials Committee's Report was pre(Continued on page 15) �January 31, 1969 (Continued from page 14) sented to the membership at the September, 1968 membership meetings. At the same meetings, Brother Cole presented his ap­ peal from the Credentials Committee's Re­ port and the membership accepted the Credentials Committee's Report and re­ jected Brother Cole's appeal. In view of the above, I see no basis to Brother Cole's protest and it should be dismissed. I so recommend to the mem­ bership for their action. Brother Cole further states that in con­ nection with the 1964 election, a resolution was adopted "permitting complainants on any part of the election, or balloting proce­ dures, to notify the Secretary-Treasurer within 24 hours of the oecurrenee." He then claims this procedure was not pro­ vided for in this election. Brother Cole is apparently mistaken as to his facts. In the 1964 election, it was recommended, and the membership adopted a rule, that in case a member has a complaint that "any of the election and balloting procedures of this Union have been violated," he was required to notify the Secretary-Treasurer at Headquarters of the facts within 24 hours by registered mail, return receipt requested, and which notification had to be signed by the com­ plainant, together with his book number. SEAFARERS The same procedure was adopted for this election. It is contained in my report to the membership meetings in October, 1968 and adopted by the membership, and printed in the October 25, 1968 issue of the Seafarers Log. In any event, I recommend that Brother Cole's protest not be rejected on the grounds of untimeliness, as that does not apply. I do recommend that his entire protest, including his statement as to pro­ cedure by complainants, be rejected be­ cause of all of tbe above, and because it is without merit. As I have set out above, I have deter­ mined that there is no basis for the complaints of Brothers Rothman and Cole in reference to a violation, or violations, of the election procedures in accordance with the Union's constitution and rules adopted by the membership. I, therefore, so recommend to the membership for their action. Fraternally submitted, A1 Kerr Secretary-Treasurer EDITOR^S JSOTE: The report was presented for action by the member­ ship at the January membership meetings. The membership in these membership meetings accepted and concurred in the report and its rec­ ommendations. LOG Supplement—Paee Fifteen SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT BY THE SECRETARY-TREASURER ON "ELECTION COMPLAINTS" DURING AND AFTER ELECTION OF 1969-1972 OFFICERS AND JOBHOLDERS OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICAATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES & INLAND WATERS DISTRICT Under the terms of our Constitution and the Rules proposed by your SecretaryTreasurer which were approved by the membership, complaints concerning the conduct of the Union election and balloting procedures were to be sent to the Secre­ tary-Treasurer, and the Secretary-Treasur­ er was charged with specific administrative duties in connection with such complaints. At the January membership meetings, I as your Secretary-Treasurer, made a Re­ port on Election Complaints as of that time. This Election Complaint Report and its recommendations, made by myself in compliance with the Rules and Pro­ cedures as adopted by the membership, was accepted unanimously in all Ports. Since that Report, the final election pro­ cedures have been completed and will be presented to the February "Election Re­ port Meetings." As previously reported, at no time did we have an election complaint other than the two (2) letters that were treated as com­ plaints, given in my previous "Election Complaints" report. The Chairman of the Union Tallying Committee has informed me that at no time were any protests or complaints re­ ceived by the Union Tallying Committee, written or otherwise. The foregoing constitutes my final re­ port relative to the election and its pro­ cedures, and it is my recommendation that you accept and concur in this report, as well as the recommendations and the report of the Union Tallying Committee. Fraternally submitted, Al Kerr, Secretary-Treasurer Seafarers International Union of North America—AGLIWD Dated: January 21, 1969 EDITOR'S ISOTE: The preceding supplemental report by the Secre­ tary-Treasurer on Election Com­ plaints" will be acted on at the Feb­ ruary membership meetings. OFFICIAL TALLY SHEET FOR ELECTION OF 1969-1972 OFFICERS * DENOTES THAT MAN WAS ELECTED BOSTON President Paul Hall, H-1 Andrew Pickur, P-172 . Sidney Rothman, R-325 No Votes Voids Write-in's Challenged Totals Executive Vice-President Cal Tanner, T-1 No Votes Voids Write-in's Challenged Totals NEW YORK PHI LA. BAIT. NORFOLK JAX. TAMPA MOBILE N. O. HOUSTON WILM. S. F. SEAT. DET. SAN JUAN TOTALS 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 1,011 18 28 7 40 3 0 1,107 149 3 4 0 0 0 0 156 286 32 20 9 6 0 0 353 105 5 5 0 10 0 0 125 70 0 1 0 3 0 0 74 104 0 0 0 3 0 0 107 341 5 8 0 8 0 0 362 562 11 7 2 4 0 2 588 439 9 12 0 6 0 8 474 141 . 10 9 4 5 1 0 170 368 15 28 0 30 1 1 443 266 7 6 0 4 0 0 283 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 134 1 20 3 9 0 0 167 3,992* 116 148 25 128 5 11 4,425 16 0 0 0 0 16 996 83 22 6 0 1,107 154 2 0 0 0 156 322 25 4 2 0 353 119 3 2 1 0 125 74 0 0 0 0 74 103 3 1 0 0 107 323 35 4 0 0 362 525 60 1 0 2 S88 436 29 1 0 8 474 161 7 1 1 0 170 415 14 8 5 1 443 273' 9 0 1 0 283 0 0 0 0 0 0 144 16 6 1 0 167 4,061* 286 50 17 11 4,425 4 ^1 I <1 Secretary-Treasurer Al Kerr, K-7 No Votes Voids Write-in's Challenged Totals 16 0 0 0 0 16 1,022 55 23 7 0 1,107 154 2 0 0 0 156 314 29 7 3 0 353 120 3 2 0 0 125 74 0 0 0 0 74 105 1 1 0 0 107 332 26 4 0 0 362 560 24 2 0 2 588 429 36 1 0 8 474 159 10 1 . 0 0 170 418 13 6 5 1 443 271 10 0 2 0 283 0 0 0 0 0 0 145 16 5 1 0 167 4,119* 225 52 18 11 4.425 Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforcement Domingo La Llave, L-44 Robert A. Matthews, M-1 No Votes Voids Write-in's Challenged Totals 0 15 0 1 0 0 16 106 923 38 37 3 0 1,107 4 148 . 2 2 0 0 156 36 247 55 14 1 0 353 11 106 1 -7 0 0 125 1 72 0 1 0 0 74 1 106 0 0 0 0 107 18 324 13 7 0 0 362 45 505 31 5 0 2 588 32 427 3 4 0 8 474 15 145 6 4 0 0 170 50 372 5 15 0 1 443 11 267 3 1 1 0 283 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 87 7 9 0 0 167 394 3,744* 164 107 5 11 4,425 Vice-President in Charge of The Atlantic Coast James M. Dawson, D-82 .. Earl Shepard, S-2 No Votes .. Voids Write-in's Challenged Totals 1 14 0 1 0 0 16 117 917 39 30 4 0 i;io7 12 142 1 1 0 0 156 66 259 19 8 1 0 353 17 100 0 8 0 0 125 4 69 0 1 0 0 74 3 103 0 1 0 0 107 13 335 10 4 0 0 362 42 511 28 5 0 2 588 48 413 1 4 0 8 474 25 134 4 7 0 0 170 90 336 4 12 0 1 443 25 252 3 2 1 0 283 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 84 14 8 0 0 167 524 3,669* 123 92 6 11 4,425 Vice-President in Charge of Hie Gulf Coast Lindsey J. Williams, W-1 No Votes Voids Write-in's Challenged 0 0 0 0 1,002 76 22 7 0 1,107 156 0 0 0 0 156 316 31 4 2 0 353 120 1 3 1 0 125 74 0 0 0 0 74 106 0 1 0 0 107 350 9 3 0 0 362 568 17 1 0 2 588 455 10 1 0 8 474 159 8 2 1 0 170 415 13 8 6 1 443 277 5 0 1 0 283 0 0 0 0 0 0 142 18 6 1 0 167 4,156* 188 51 19 11 4 425. 16 0 0 0 0 16 967 114 20 6 0 1,107 154 2 0 0 0 156 316 32 4 1 0 353 117 4 3 1 0 125 74 0 0 0 0 74 99 7 1 0 0 107 311 49 2 0 0 362 512 73 1 0 2 588 443 22 1 0 8 474 157 11 1 1 0 170 405 .28 6 3 1 443 275 7 0 1 0 283 0 0 0 0 0 0 144 19 3 1 0 167 3,990* 366 43 14 11 4,425 Totals Vice-President in Charge of The Lakes and Inland Waters J. Al Tanner, T-12 No Votes Voids Write-in's Challenged Totals (Continued on page 16) �SEAFARERS Snpplement—Page Sixteen January 31, 1969 LOG (Continued from page 15) OFFICIAL TALLY SHEET FOR ELECTION OF 1969-1972 OFFICERS *DENOTES THAT MAN WAS ELECTED BOSTON NEW YORK PHILA. BALI. N. O. HOUSTON NORFOLK JAX. TAMPA MOBILE 106 101 101 10 3 0 0' 321 327 325 324 104 6 0 0 1,086 509 504 490 251 3 1 6 1,764 454 446 452 42 3 1 24 1,422 S. F. SEAT. DET. SAN JUAN TOTALS 154 146 116 76 9 9 0 510 408 400 361 108 24 25 3 1,329 274 273 265 31 0 6 0 849 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 144 135 115 75 18 14 0 501 4,053» 3,960* 3,666* 1,292 168 103 33 13,275 130 . 37 2 1 0 170 337 99 5 1 1 443 236 45 0 2 0 283 0 0 0 0 0 0 134 27 5 1 0 167 3,521* 835 42 16 11 4.425 WILM. Headquarters Representatives William W. Hall, H-272 . Edward X. Mooney, M-7 Freddie Stewart, S-8 No Votes Voids Write-in's Challenged Totals 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 48 1,007 964 819 421 72 38 0 3,321 155 156 151 6 0 0 0 468 307 308 286 134 18 6 0 1,059 118 112 98 32 12 3 0 375 74 74 72 2 0 0 0 222 New York Port Agent Joseph DiGiorgio, D-2 No Votes Voids Write-in's Challenged Totals 15 1 0 0 0 16 935 145 19 8 0 1,107 136 20 0 0 0 156 241 108 4 0 0 353 110 11 3 1 0 125 70 4 0 0 0 74 99 7 1 0 0 107 197 163 2 0 0 362 493 93 0 0 2 588 388 75 1 2 8 474 16 16 16 0 16 16 16 16 15 16 16 1 0 0 0 160 873 902 848 210 901 844 883 912 852 861 824 1,222 900 38 0 11,070 139 146 139 14 143 142 146 146 144 142 143 36 80 0 0 1,560 235 246 260 114 244 234 253 256 234 253 233 486 480 2 0 3,530 95 99 103 46 96 94 100 102 96 97 92 80 150 0 0 1,250 69 70 71 11 70 69 71 71 69 68 68 13 20 0 0 740 97 103 103 20 101 99 103 98 97 99 96 14 40 0 0 1,070 326 328 329 28 327 324 330 329 328 330 322 19 300 0 0 3,620 494 499 501 152 490 495 505 506 469 499 481 559 210 0 20 5,880 421 424 429 86 424 422 435 425 417 422 422 93 240 0 80 4,740 110 123 124 49 114 119 129 125 117 121 124 143 300 2 0 1,700 329 360 357 170 338 340 368 360 328 346 336 319 460 9 10 4,430 246 254 257 50 250 244 261 256 247 252 262 111 137 3 0 2,830 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 116 143 124 74 130 125 133 130 126 125 103 267 70 4 0 1.670 3,566* 3,713* 3,661* 1,024 3,644* 3,567* 3,733* 3,732* 3,539* 3,631* 3,522* 3,363 3,387 58 110 44.250 Philadelphia Agent Frank Drozak, D-22 No Votes Voids Write-in's Challenged Totals 16 0 0 0 0 16 968 114 17 8 0 1,107 155 1 0 0 0 156 311 35 4 3 0 353 116 7 1 1 0 125 74 0 0 0 0 74 105 2 0 0 0 107 315 45 2 0 0 362 523 62 1 0 2 588 445 20 1 0 8 474 156 11 1 2 0 170 410 19 6 7 1 443 257 22 2 2 0 283 0 0 0 0 0 0 137 25 4 1 0 167 3,988* 363 39 24 11 4,425 Philadelphia Joint Patrolman Belarmino (Bennie) Gonzalez, G-4 .... Leon Hall, Jr., H-125 No Votes Voids Write-in's Challenged Totals 16 16 0 0 0 0 32 923 963 283 32 13 0 2,214 137 151 24 0 0 0 312 299 293 102 11 1 0 706 114 115 21 0 0 0 250 73 73 2 0 0 0 148 106 94 14 0 0 0 214 317 320 84 3 0 0 724 496 495 179 2 0 4 1,176 438 443 49 2 0 16 948 151 154 34 0 1 0 340 385 387 94 14 4 2 886 258 266 40 0 2 0 566 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 133 130 50 19 2 0 334 3,846* 3,900* 976 83 23 22 8,850 2 12 0 2 0 0 162 815 77 51 2 0 4 147 1 4 0 0 43 276 10 23 1 0 15 95 2 13 0 0 3 69 0 2 0 0 7 96 2 2 0 0 20 320 15 7 0 0 85 456 36 9 0 2 35 415 4 12 0 8 24 125 9 12 0 0 90 314 16 22 0 1 28 240 5 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 89 14 15 0 0 16 1,107 156 353 125 74 107 362 588 474 170 443 283 0 167 New York Joint Patrolman Ted Babkowski, B-1 Angus Campbell, C-217 John F. Fay, F-363 Rufino Garay, G-770 Luige lovino, I-11 Pasquale (Pat) Marinelli, M-462 F. B. "Mac" McAuley, M-20 ... George McCartney, M-948 Frank Mongelli, M-1111 Keith Terpe, T-3 Steve (Zubovich) Troy, T-485 .. No Votes Voids Write-in's Challenged Totals Baltimore Agent Alfred H. Anderson, A-11 Rexford Dickey, D-6 No Votes Voids Write-in's Challenged Totals 567 3,469* 191 183 4 n 4,425 • Baltimore Joint Patrolman W. Paul Gonsorchik, G-2 Fli Hanover, H-212 Tony Kastina, K-5 Benjamin Wilson, W-217 No Votes Voids Write-in's Challenged Totals 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 64 958 919 931 937 606 64 13 0 4,428 153 152 152 153 14 0 0 0 624 327 332 327 332 63 25 6 0 1,412 118 118 118 116 30 0 0 0 500 74 74 74 74 0 0 0 0 296 105 104 105 104 10 0 0 0 428 325 326 327 327 133 5 0 0 1,448 505 503 502 504 327 1 2 8 2,352 452 449 443 451 61 8 0 32 1,896 152 156 154 155 57 4 2 0 680 413 407 402 403 117 24 2 4 1,772 268 271 269 270 48 4 2 0 1,132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 139 134 140 134 96 24 1 0 668 4,005* 3,961* 3,960* 3,976* 1,567 159 28 44 17.700 Mobile Agent Louis Neira, N-1 No Votes Voids Write-in's Challenged Totals 16 0 0 0 0 16 953 131 18 5 0 1,107 152 4 0 0 0 156 297 52 3 1 0 353 117 8 0 0 0 125 73 1 0 0 0 74 102 5 0 0 0 107 344 17 1 0 0 362 540 46 0 0 2 588 453 12 1 0 8 474 145 23 1 1 0 170 398 34 7 3 1 443 271 10 0 2 0 283 0 0 0 0 0 0 140 22 4 1 0 167 4,001* 365 35 13 11 4,425 Mobile Joint Patrolman Harold J. Fischer, F-1 Robert L. Jordan, J-1 Leo Marsh, M-9 Blanton (Mack) McGowan, M-1351 William J. Morris, M-4 No Votes Voids Write-in's Challenged Totals 14 14 14 0 14 0 8 0 0 64 917 906 821 218 847 408 290 21 0 4,428 147 154 146 15 146 12 4 0 0 624 269 273 246 109 237 184 85 9 0 1,412 101 107 91 35 103 31 32 0 0 500 70 72 68 6 72 0 8 0 0 296 103 103 91 15 103 9 4 0 0 428 344 346 325 45 317 6 65 0 0 1,448 531 533 483 109 495 171 20 2 8 2.352 436 441 402 91 414 27 52 1 32 1,896 136 134 114 49 137 74 36 0 0 680 372 378 321 150 339 116 89 3 4 1,772 258 254 239 56 250 34 40 1 0 1,132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 123 126 110 58 110 99 40 2 0 668 3,821* 3,841* 3,471* 956 3,584* 1,171 773 39 44 17,700 New Orleans Agent C. J. "Buck" Stephens, S-4 No Votes Voids Write-in's Challenged Totals « 13 3 0 0 0 16 926 156 18 7 0 1,107 152 4 0 0 0 156 295 57 1 0 0 353 116 8 1 0 0 125 74 0 0 0 0 74 96 10 1 0 0 107 303 59 0 0 0 362 554 31 1 0 2 588 435 30 1 0 8 474 146 24 0 0 0 170 385 51 5 1 1 443 243 39 0 1 0 283 0 0 0 0 0 0 132' 29 5 1 0 167 3,870* 501 33 10 11 4,425 (Continued on page 17) �January 31, 1969 SEAFARERS Supplement—Page Seventeen LOG " i (Continued from page 16) OFFICIAL TALLY SHEET FOR ELECTION OF 1969-1972 OFFICERS *DENOTES THAT MAN WAS ELECTED BOSTON New Orleans Joint Patrolman Ernest de Bautte, D-208 .. Thomas E. Gould, G-267 .. Louis Guarino, G-520 .... Herman M. Troxciair, T-4 . Paul Warren, W-3 No Votes Voids Write-in's Challenged Totals Houston Agent Paul Drozak, D-180 No Votes Voids Write-in's Challenged Totals Houston Joint Patrolman Martin (Marty) Breithoff, B-2 .... "Pete" Drewes, D-177 Roan Lightfoot, L-562 Joseph N. McLaren, M-1209 Robert F. "Mickey" Wilburn, W-6 No Votes Voids Write-in's Challenged Totals Detroit Agent Frank (Scottie) Aubusson, A-8 No Votes Voids Write-in's Challenged Totals NEW YORK PHILA. BALI. NORFOLK JAX. TAMPA MOBILE N. O. HOUSTON WILM. S. F. SEAT. DET. SAN JUAN TOTALS I 10 10 9 10 0 24 0 0 64 242 927 865 898 868 407 199 22 0 4,428 15 153 147 148 146 3 12 0 0 624 131 281 261 266 239 172 61 1 0 1,412 49 107 87 97 101 19 40 0 0 500 12 70 69 70 66 1 8 0 0 296 17 104 102 104 97 0 4 0 0 428 40 353 346 350 332 0 27 0 0 1,448 85 528 527 539 487 146 32 0 8 2,352 75 440 430 439 423 22 35 0 32 1,896 54 140 132 133 123 42 48 8 0 680 188 398 338 365 332 100 40 7 4 1,772 62 261 244 253 236 42 28 6 0 1,132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 118 116 119 99 97 47 4 0 668 1,039 3,890* 3,674* 3,790* 3,559* 1,051 605 48 44 17 700 16 0 0 16 955 128 17 7 0 l,f07 150 6 0 0 0 156 310 40 1 2 0 353 116 7 1 1 0 125 74 0 0 0 0 74 101 5 1 0 0 107 314 48 0 0 0 362 536 49 1 0 2 588 445 20 1 0 8 474 144 25 0 1 0 170 402 28 6 6 1 443 253 27 0 3 0 283 0 0 0 0 0 0 142 19 5 1 0 167 3,958* 402 33 21 11 4.425 16 16 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 64 935 906 862 228 832 392 260 13 0 4,428 154 149 146 10 151 6 8 0 0 624 296 265 268 113 251 157 61 1 0 1,412 106 102 93 42 99 18 40 0 0 500 72 72 71 6 71 4 0 0 0 296 104 93 102 20 96 1 12 0 0 428 352 349 351 28 348 4 16 0 0 1,448 516 489 499 124 500 188 28 0 8 3 352 435 422 437 68 439 30 32 1 32 1,896 143 131 135 50 129 31 60 1 0 680 396 376 361 160 332 86 56 1 4 1,772 263 247 242 58 254 43 24 1 0 1,132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 126 115 119 62 107 91 48 0 0 668 3,914* 3,732* 3,702* 969 3,625* 1,051 645 18 44 17.700 16 0 0 0 0 16 973 113 17 4 0 1.107 152 4 0 0 0 156 305 46 1 1 0 353 121 2 2 0 0 125 74 0 0 0 0 74 103 4 0 0 0 107 315 47 0 0 0 362 531 55 0 0 2 588 444 21 1 0 8 474 145 23 0 2 0 170 408 31 3 0 1 443 267 15 0 1 0 283 0 0 0 0 0 0 142 21 4 0 0 167 3,996* 382 28 8 11 4.425 HEADQUARTERS TALLYING COMMITTEE'S BREAKDOWN OF WRITE-INS NAME OF CANDIDATE BOOK NUMBER Cole C-8 Mike Fritch Not given ... George Ruff Not given Fred Serrahn S-280 Van Whitney W-11 Jerry Brown Not given ... Cole C-8 John Cole C-8 Mike Fritch Not given Bill Hall H-272 C. Hamilton H-467 John Hawks H-1 V. Kuhl K-273 C. Moble Not given Pat Paulsen Not given Andrew Pickue Not given A. Rosado R-146 Leon Webb Not given Lindsey Williams Not given Walter C. Zapac ..Not given Nils Beck Not given Cassidy C-725 Cole C-8 J. Cole Not given Juan Cruz Not given W. J. Door Not given Bill Hall H-272 John Hawks H-1 Eddie Mooney .Not given Pat Paulsen Not given Andrew Pickur P-172 Fred Serrahn S-280 N. Tuken ,...T-13G Raymond U. Veatowski ....V-19 Weber ...Not given Walter C. Zapac Not given Nichols Beck B-320 Cole C-8 Bill Hall H-272 Pat Paulsen Not given Sidney Rothman Not given Stephen Carr C-70 Cole C-8 Bill Hall H-272 Pat Paulsen Not given Anybody Except Not given Walter Beyer Not given Wm. Chancey Not given Cole .C-8 John Cole C-8 T. Doty D-169 Bill Hall H-272 Eugene Hall Not given Dolph E. Holm H-659 Chas. Q. Lee Not given Pat Paulsen Not given Robert Sawyer S-1308 Fred Serrahn S-280 R. Sipari Not given Buck Stephens Not given Walter C. Zapac Not given Mike Fritch Not given •N. Beck B-320 ... JOB FOR WHICH RECEIVED WRITE-IN . .President . .President . .President . .President . .President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Secretary-Treasurer Secretary-Treasurer Secretary-Treasurer Secretary-Treasurer Secretary-Treasurer Secretary-Treasurer Secretary-Treasurer Secretary-Treasurer Secretary-Treasurer Secretary-Treasurer Secretary-Treasurer Secretary-Treasurer Secretary-Treasurer Secretary-Treasurer Secretary-Treasmer Secretary-Treasurer V.P. in Charge of Contracts V.P. in Charge of Contracts .... V.P. in Charge of Contracts .... .V.P. in Charge of Contracts .... V.P. in Charge of Contracts .... V.P. in Charge of Atl. Coast ... V.P. in Charge of Atl. Coast ... V.P. in Charge of Atl. Coast ... V.P. in Charge of Atl. Coast ... V.P. of Gulf Coast V.P. of Gulf Coast V.P. of Gulf Coast V.P. of Gulf Coast V.P. of Gulf Coast V.P. of Gulf Coast V.P. of Gulf Coast V.P. of Gulf Coast V.P. of Gulf Coast V.P. of Gulf Coast V.P. of Gulf Coast V.P. of Gulf Coast V.P. of Gulf Coast V.P. of Gulf Coast V.P. of Gulf Coast V.P. of Gulf Coast V.P. of Gulf Coast V.P. of Lakes BOST. N.Y. PHIL. BALT. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 I 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NORF. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 JAX. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TAMPA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MOB. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N.O. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HOUST. WILM. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 S.F. SEAT. DET. SAN JUAN 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 TOTALS (Continued on page 18 .A �- SEAFARERS Supplement—Page Eighteen January 31, 1969 LOG (Continued from page 17) HEADQUARTERS TALLYING COMMITTEE'S BREAKDOWN OF WRITE-INS NAME OF CANDIDATE T. Bramble Marty Breithoff Cole John Cole Mike Fritch Bill Hall Al Keer Andrew Paul Mazurek W. Messenger Pat Paulsen Robert Sawyer Walter C. Zapac Blair Allison Alfred Anderson Peter Arthur George Austin Ted Babkowski Frank Baron Marty Breithoff Angus Campbell Mario Carascio Thomas Carlin I. K. Coates Cole Joseph DeGiorgi James Dawson Charles L. Fischel Mike Fritch Vincent Genco Bill Hall Eugene Hall Leon Hall Eli Hanover Frank Harper Robert Harwell Heggenbotom Dolph Halm Charles Lee Anthony Lipari L. Lipari Pasquale Marinelli E. B. McAuley George McCartnye Richard McConnell Ken McGregor E. McAuladay Fred T. Miller Alf Olsen Pat Paulsen Angel Pedrosa Andrew Pickur Roberto Principe Jose L. Ramos Juan Jose Rinosa Sidney Rothman George Ruff Frenchy Ruf Albert Sacco George Schmidt George Stanley Bernard "Mike" Toner Van Whitney Heinz F. Ulrich Walter C. Zapac Edward Van Vynch Steve Zubovich Teddy Baboski Joe Blow : Marty Breithoff Warren Cassidy Cole Richard Comstock Jos. M. Dawson John R. Hansen Geo. R. McCartney Pat Paulsen Sidney Rothman Robert Sawyer K. B. Samat Sven Stockman Walter C. Zapac Chuck Allen Peter. Arthur J. Bales Edward Bonafont Frank Boyne Marty Breithoff Isaac Brown R. J. Bums lohn Cabral Warren Cassidy Walter Changet Cole L. Cronsomn Malcola Cross Gene Darin Lee Frazier J. Ferrand C. H. Foster Lee R. Fraser Mike Fritch Jose Garcia Tony Garza Paul Gonsorchik Bill Hall Eugene Hall R. May R. Medford R. Meloy Nefairo Daniel P. O'Connor Peter Patrick Aldo Perini Andrew Pickur Lois Rivera Sidney Rothman George Rugg Anibal Sanobula : John Simoneles BOOK NUMBER Not given B-2 C-8 C-8 Not given H-272 Not given Not given M-615 Not given S-1308 Not given A-182 A-11 Not given A-303 B-1 B-280 Not given Not given C-57 Not given C-916 C-8 Not given D-82 F-341 Not given G-79 H-272 Not given Not given H-3I3 Not given Hr257 Not given Not given Not given L-237 Not given M-162 M-20 M-948.. Not given Not given Not given Not given 0-29 Not given P-64 P-172 P-52 R-59 Not given Not given Not given Not given Not given Not given Not given Not given W-11 U-17 Not given Not given Not given Not given Not given Not given Not given C-8 Not given Not given H-666 Not given Not given Not given S-1308 S-200 S-44 Not given Not given Not given Not given Not given Not given B-2 B-35 B-187 C-200 Not given Not given C-8 C-801 ( C-443 D-9 F-323 Not given Not given F-323 Not given Not given Not given Not given H-272 Not given M-782 Not given .M-1056 Not given 0-249 Not given P-83 P-172 R-114 Not given Not given Not given S-1273 JOB FOR WHICH RECEIVED WRITE-IN BOST. V.P. of Lakes 0 V.P. of Lakes 0 V.P. of Lakes i... 0 V.P. of Lakes 0 V.P. of Lakes 0 V.P. of Lakes 0 V.P. of Lakes •. 0 V.P. of Lakes 0V.P. of Lakes 0 V.P. of Lakes 0 V.P. of Lakes 0 V.P. of Lakes 0 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. 0 Headquarters Rep. Headquarters Rep 0 Headquarters Rep 0 Headquarters Rep 0 Headquarters Rep 0 Headquarters Rep 0 Headquarters Rep 0 Headquarters Rep 0 Headquarters Rep 0 New York Port Agent 0 New York Port Agent 0 New York Port Agent 0 New York Port Agent 0 New York Port Agent 0 New York Port Agent .'. 0 New York Port Agent 0 New York Port Agent 0 New York Port Agent 0 New York Port Agent 0 New York Port Agent 0 New York Port Agent 0 New York Port Agent 0 New York Port Agent 0 New York Port Agent 0 New York Joint Patrolman New York Joint Patrolman New York Joint Patrolman New York Joint Patrolman New York Joint Patrolman New York Joint Patrolman New York Joint Patrolman New York Joint Patrolman New York Joint Patrolman New York Joint Patrolman New York Joint Patrolman New York Joint Patrolman New York Joint Patrolman New York Joint Patrolman New York Joint Patrolman .'.New York Joint Patrolman New York Joint Patrolman New York Joint Patrolman New York Joint Patrolman New York Joint Patrolman /..New York Joint Patrolman New York Joint Patrolman .New York Joint Patrolman New York Joint Patrolman New York Joint Patrolman New York Joint Patrolman New York Joint Patrolman New York Joint Patrolman New York Joint Patrolman New York Joint Patrolman New York Joint Patrolman New York Joint Patrolman New York Joint Patrolman New York Joint Patrolman New York Joint Patrolman New York Joint Patrolman New York Joint Patrolman New York Joint Patrolman N.Y. PHIL. BALT. NORF. JAX. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0' 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 TAMPA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MOB. N.O. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Q. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HOUST. WILM. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 00 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 d 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 S.F. 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 SEAT. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 DET. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 t) 0 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SAN JUAN TOTALS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 (Continned from pafe 19) �SEAFARERS January 31, 1969 Supplement—Page Nineteen LOG (Continued from page 18) HEADQUARTERS TALLYING COMMITTEE'S BREAKDOWN OF WRITE-INS NAME OF CANDIDATE Mike Toner Modesto Velez William R. Williams Joe Ayres Marty Breithoff Cole Rexford Dickey C. H. Foster Mike Fritch Harry Gerrie Paul Gonsorchik Bill Hall Leon Hall, Jr Victor Harding Erik Jensen Thomas Liles Baby Miller Paulsen Robert Sawyer Earl Sheppard Bernard "Mike" Toner Van Whitney Wicks Walter C. Zapac Cole Antonio Cruz W. R. Davis James Doris Mike Fritch Bill Hall Edward Kresz George Ruff Fred Serrahn Victor Silva Charles Stansberry Charles Stansbury Joe Sullivan N Taska Charlie Taylor Joe Trainor ..! Walter C. Zapac Cole Dolpli Holm Frank Lambert Pat Paulsen Alfred Anderson Peter Arthur James Bollock Earl Cain Cole Red Deen Jim Foti C. H. Foster Mike Fritch Bill Hall Clifton Jackson Frank Kumega James Loury Jose Melendez J. Rasbeck William Roesch Sidney Rothman George Ruff M. Singelton Steve Troy H. Webber Walter C. Zapac Cole Red Deen Harold J. Fischer Bill Hall Pat Paulsen Joseph M. Sourez Sidney Rothman James Stickney W. R. Stone Walter C. Zapac Alfred Anderson Cole John Cole ..^ James Foster Tom Gould A. Gowder Bill Hall Hugh Higgenbothm E. H. Johnson Leon Kyser Roan Lightfoot R. J. McConnell Henry Muller Tony Palino Rudolph Pascaal Carl Pierce Sidney Rothman Danie Seda H. Sterling Berry Tippens Steve Troy Joseph M. Vega Walter C. Zapac Anibal Albe Cole ...' Peter Drees Mike Fritch Pat Paulsen W. Ponsen Fred Serrahn C. J. Stephens James J. Tucker Anibal Albe Angus Campbell Angel Caorera Cole John Cole Red Deen Roberto De La Paz Henry Donnelly Pedro Juan Ennazo C. H. Foster BOOK NUMBER Not given V-7 Not given Not given B-2 C-8 D-6 Not given Not given G-269 G-2 H-272 H-125 Not given J-14 Not given .Not given Not given S-1308 Not given Not given W-11 W-4005 Not given C-8 C-169 D-178 Not given Not given H-272 K-315 Not given S-280 Not given Not given Not given Not given T-61 Not given ..Not given Not given C-8 Not given 1-115 Not given A-11 Not given B-7 r-265 C-8 Not given Not given Not given Not given H-272 .J-235 Not given Not given Not given R-207 R-596 Not given Not given Not given T-485 W-365 Not given C-8 Not given F-J H-272 Not given S-707 Not given S-538 .S-647 Not given Not given C-8 Not given F-248 Not given G-352 H-272 Not given J-44 K-259 Not given Not given Not given Not given P-339 Not given Not given S-39 S-141 Not given Not given V-33 ..Not given A-38 C-8 D-177 ...Not given Not given Not given S-280 Not given T-22 A-38 C-217 C-485 C-8 Not given Not given D-150 D-324 E-42 Not given JOB FOR WHICH RECEIVED WRITE-IN New York Joint Patrolman New York Joint Patrolman New York Joint Patrolman Philadelphia Agent Philadelphia Agent Philadelphia Agent Philadelphia Agent Philadelphia Agent Philadelphia Agent Philadelphia Agent Philadelphia Agent Philadelphia Agent Philadelphia Agent Philadelphia Agent Philadelphia Agent Philadelphia Agent Philadelphia Agent Philadelphia Agent Philadelphia Agent Philadelphia Agent Philadelphia Agent Philadelphia Agent Philadelphia Agent Philadelphia Agent Philadelphia Joint Patrolman Philadelphia Joint Patrolman Philadelphia Joint Patrolman Philadelphia Joint Patrolman Philadelphia Joint Patrolman Philadelphia Joint Patrolman Philadelphia Joint Patrolman Philadelphia Joint Patrolman Philadelphia Joint Patrolman Philadelphia Joint Patrolman Philadelphia Joint Patrolman Philadelphia Joint Patrolman Philadelphia Joint Patrolman Philadelphia Joint Patrolman Philadelphia Joint Patrolman Philadelphia Joint Patrolman Philadelphia Joint Patrolman Baltimore Agent Baltimore Agent Baltimore Agent Baltimore Agent Baltimore Joint Patrolman Baltimore Joint Patrolman Baltimore Joint Patrolman Baltimore Joint Patrolman Baltimore Joint Patrolman Hallimore Joint Patrolman Baltimore Joint Patrolman Baltimore Joint Patrolman Baltimore Joint Patrolman Baltimore Joint Patrolman Baltimore Joint Patrolman Baltimore Joint Patrolman Baltimore Joint Patrolman Baltimore Joint Patrolman Baltimore Joint Patrolman Baltimore Joint Patrolman Baltimore Joint Patrolman Baltimore Joint Patrolman Baltimore Joint Patrolman Baltimore Joint Patrolman Baltimore Joint Patrolman Baltimore Joint Patrolman Mobile Agent Mobile Agent Mobile Agent Mobile Agent Mobile Agent Mobile Agent Mobile Agent Mobile Agent Mobile Agent Mobile Agent Mobile Joint Patrolman Mobile Joint Patrolman Mobile Joint Patrolman Mobile Joint Patrolman Mobile Joint Patrolman Mobile Joint Patrolman Mobile Joint Patrolman Mobile Joint Patrolman Mobile Joint Patrolman Mobile Joint Patrolman Mobile Joint Patrolman Mobile Joint Patrolman Mobile Joint Patrolman ^ Mobile Joint Patrolman Mobile Joint Patrolman Mobile Joint Patrolman Mobile Joint Patrolman . .Mobile Joint Patrolman Mobile Joint Patrolman Mobile Joint Patrolman Mobile Joint Patrolman Mobile Joint Patrolman Mobile Joint Patrolman New Orleans Agent New Orleans Agent New Orleans Agent New Orleans Agent '.... 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Matthews Not given W. J. Mitchell M-22 Jos. A. Nagy N-254 Peter Patrick Not given Pat Paulsen Not given W Ponsen Not given Sidney Rothman Not given George Rugg Not given Seafare Sam Not given Fred Serrahn Not given Earl Sheppard Not given James Tucker Not given T. J. White W-538 Walter C. Zapac ! Not given Frank Aubusson Not given Marty Breithoff B-2 Cole C-8 Bob Coieman Not given Earl Davis Not given Frank Drozak Not given Anybody Except Not given C. H. Foster Not given Mike Fritch Not given Bill Hall H-272 Bob Ingram Not given Charles Lee Not given Alfredo Ortiz 0-55 Pat Paulsen Not given Robert Sawyer S-1308 Fred Serrahn S-280 Mike Toner Not given Herman M. Troxclair T-4 Jose Toro Not given Walter C. Zapac Not given J. Bamette B-104 Bemell Butto Not given Cole C-8 Red Deen Not given Mike Fritch Not given Big Garcia (Green Eyes) ...Not given Bill Hall H-272 J. McAndrew Not given Peter Patrick Not given M. J. Phelps P-479 Eugene Ray Not given Sidney Rothman Not given George Rugg Not given Roberto Viaz V-84 Walter C. Zapac Not given C-8 Cole Not given Marty Breithoff H-272 Bill Hall H-1 Paul Hall .... H-309 Ralph Hayes Peter Patrick Not given Pat Paulsen Not given Seafaring Sam Not given jl ,I ; .< JOB FOR WHICH RECEIVED WRITE-IN New Orleans Joint Patrolman New Orleans Joint Patrolman New Orleans Joint Patrolman New Orleans Joint Patrolman New Orleans Joint Patrolman New Orleans Joint Patrolman New Orleans Joint Patrolman New Orleans Joint Patrolman New Orleans Joint Patrolman New Orleans Joint Patrolman New Orleans Joint Patrolman New Orleans Joint Patrolman New Orleans Joint Patrolman New Orleans Joint Patrolman New Orleans Joint Patrolman New Orleans Joint Patrolman New Orleans Joint Patrolman New Orleans Joint Patrolman New Orleans Joint Patrolman New Orleans Joint Patrolman , New Orleans Joint Patrolman . 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SAN JUAN TO­ TALS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 �January 31, 1969 Page Twenty Seven SEAFARERS LOG A Future Seafarer? Five-Year Report Indicates Ca/ffs in Health, education, Wellare Foundation tor Future Achiovomont WASHINGTON—A compilation of landmark achievements in health, education and welfare over the past five years, with a list of goals for the nation in these areas, was submitted to President Johnson by HEW Secretary Wilber J. Cohen this month. Cohen said the accomplish- f tains figures showing that public Listed among legislative accom­ ments—through legislative and and private social welfare expen­ administrative actions—"are un­ plishments for the 1963-68 period ditures from all sources totalled are: precedented in their significance $163 billion in 1968, 63 percent Medicare, Medicaid, three laws for human well being." more than the 1963 amount of The gains, along with the sug­ to improve elementary and sec­ $100 billion. gested goals, are set forth in a ondary education, five laws cover­ It was noted that the percent­ chart-laden, 163-page report, ing higher education, three laws age of expenditures provided by bolstering vocational education, "Health, Education and Welfare: the public sector—federal, state Accomplishments, 1963-68, Prob­ two "Partnership for Health" Acts and local governments—remained to aid state and community health lems and Challenges, and a Look constant at about 66 percent in programs. to the Future." both years. Also, the social security amend­ As great as the progress has ments of 1965 and 1967, three Nation's Objectives been, Cohen noted, "the whole laws to provide more funds for story cannot be told today. It will Among future objectives that hospitals; legislation to provide be told in years to come in im­ the report suggests the nation research into prevention and cures should seek to achieve are: provements in the health, in better education opportunity and in the of heart disease, cancer and • An increase in median fam­ stroke; four laws to improve vo­ ily income, in terms of 1968 well-being of all of our people." cational rehabilitation; and eco­ dollars, from the current $8,017 Dealing extensively with future nomic opportunity, consumer to $12,500. needs, the report sets specific protection and civil lights mea­ • Continued expansion of "goals for 1976," the 200th an­ sures. medical research and "compre­ niversary of the signing of the 'Years of Effort' hensive health insurance, private Declaration of Independence. and public, combined with avail­ Many of the laws "are the Cohen cited 102 laws enacted ability of high quality medical culmination of years of effort by between 1963 and 1968 which service for all Americans." many groups and several Ad­ involve functions of HEW. Also, ministrations," the report pointed • "More diversified and im­ he adds, there were "some dozen out, adding that their impact for proved quality of education at all or so" enactments to improve bettering lives "has already been Seafarer Rafael Mates shows his two-year-old son Rafael, III, around health, education and welfare levels," including the availability felt in many ways." the hall In New York. Young Rafael says he'd like to ship out of pre-scliool services, liigli ^eIlOol. programs administered by other vocational and college education As an example of immediate re­ with his Daddy. Matos joined the SlU in 1945 In New York. departments and agencies. to all who want tbem. sults, Cohen singled out the fact that legislation extending the Hill• Elimination of all toini^, oi Burton hospital program resulted discrimination: abolitiim nt pu\ Atlantic, Gulf & inland Watars District in nearly 1 2.3.000 new and mod­ ertv: a social securitv svstcm that ernized hospital beds between guarantees a decent living tor all January 10, 1969, to January 23, 1969 1963 and 1968. older Americans: new consumer DECK DEPARTMENT In a number of areas, the re­ safeguards; and a "satisfying and productive job for everyone able port emphasized that increased TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups federal funds have greatly stimu­ to work." All Groups All Groups 1 Class A Class B Port lated state and local governments, Class A Class B Class C Class A Class B "America must dream big along with private agencies, to dreams, set high goals and work to Boston 4 6 4 5 0 6 4 New York 23 56 226 121 9 13 21 develop and extend education, achieve them if our commitment Philadelphia 17 46 17 5 8 6 1 health and welfare programs. to human well being is to be hon­ Baltimore 72 14 13 158 7 11 1 Norfolk ored," Cohen concluded. As proof of this, the report con­ 33 8 13 15 17 7 15 Jacksonville 30 7 8 37 11 13 1 Tampa 29 29 4 2 0 3 1 Mobile 97 0 8 44 5 3 0 New Orleans 44 196 102 42 18 0 11 Houston ......... 14 110 128 32 14 13 2 Wilmington 20 30 51 12 15 15 3 San J incisco ... 56 13 85 72 42 71 37 Seattle 34 10 52 11 18 18 8 Totals 246 308 598 1113 172 206 70 DISPATCHERS REPORT Soyiet-Australian Agreement Staves off Freight Rate War ENGINE DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups All Groups Class A Class B Class A Class B Class C 2 4 14 2 22 49 31 20 13 12 7 6 4 2 18 12 10 10 3 9 8 10 13 2 14 17 8 10 ^ 2 4 2 2 4 0 0 19 5 10 0 32 45 10 20 2 10 20 8 21 2 22 26 13 20 5 47 65 54 57 43 12 19 18 13 9 204 293 176 196 86 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 4 3 157 133 . 20 18 96 66 29 23 26 20 14 22 87 56 170 127 94 119 24 8 37 8 38 11 776 514 STEWARD DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups All Groups Port Class A Class B Class A Class B Class C Boston 4 1 2 3 1 New York 10 6 11 19 35 Philadelphia 7 2 5 8 12 Baltimore 7 3 3 10 4 Norfolk 8 8 7 9 2 Jacksonville 9 3 7 3 1 Tampa 0 0 5 3 4 Mobile 6 0 4 10 1 New Orleans 0 10 9 .29 18 Houston 12 2 5 17 14 Wilmington 9 2 7 17 12 San Francisco ... 46 16 75 43 90 Seattle 16 4 7 17 7 Totals 127 64 147 187 202 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 3 1 71 175 7 11 55 124 22 16 20 14 19 14 84 37 50 172 107 58 6 35 44 15 40 8 850 358 Port Boston New York .. . Philadelphia . Baltimore ... Norfolk Jacksonville . Tampa Mobile New Orleans . Houston Wilmington . San Francisco Seattle_j^_j_^_j_j_ Totals LONDON—^The ever-growing Soviet merchant fleet scored an­ other gain this month when a preliminary accord was reached here which permits Russian-flag vessels to join an ocean steamship conference concerned with the join the conference, the Soviets Australian trade. Not yet final­ had inaugurated an ocean freight ized, the aim of the agreement rate war. Homebound Soviet-bloc is to end Soviet rate cutting. As ships returning from North Viet­ a member of ocean steamship nam had been offering low bids conferences, the U.S.S.R. would for cargoes of other nations rather then charge rates similar to those than returning to their home ports of western nations. in ballast. Last August, they of­ Negotiating the agreement are shipping companies from the So­ fered a 15 to 20-percent reduction on carriage of cargoes from Aus­ viet Union, the United Kingdom tralia to Europe. This precipitated and Europe. The Western ship­ a call by some prominent Aus­ ping lines are bound by an agree­ tralians for legislation to close ment on rates and sailing sched­ ports to Russian, Polish and Bul­ ules to avoid uneconomic over­ garian ships. lapping and competition. A joint While agreements such as the statement released this month states that "some points of detail one now nearing completion stave remain to be settled," but an­ off such economic conflicts for the nounced that "agreement has been present, the twin thrusts of sus­ tained growth of the Russian fleet reached in principle." According to the settlement, the plus pending Soviet applications U.S.S.R. will carry in its bottoms to shipping conferences all over wool purchases .from Australia, the world, pose continued pres­ and will, in turn, be allowed nine sure—both economic and politi­ southbound sailings to Australia— cal—to all Westc. n nations. The six loading at agreed Baltic and Soviets have openly expressed Continental ports, and three load­ their intention to seek world com­ merce, with or without such ing only at agreed Baltic ports. Rebuffed in earlier attempts to agreements. �Page Twenty Eight SEAFARERS if '•i January 31, 1969 LOG An Able Group Froixn ghie^Sl €3it SeJ F- '/ "We have completed our first voyage to South America, which we have enjoyed very much," Roy Lee, ship's delegate reported from the Delta Argentina (Delta). The trip has been excellent, Lee wrote and "all departments performed at their very best." The steward department had the crew raving over their tasty dishes. ^ Meeting Secretary H. Ulrich The shipboard meeting aboard "We were at sea over the holi- I reports from the Steel Woriter the American Victory (Hudson days and I must say we were Waterways) pro­ (Isthmian) that served the best dinners that I have duced nothing of everything aboard sat down to in over twenty years any pressing im­ the vessel is run­ at sea," Lee portance, accord­ ning smoothly. said enthusiasti­ ing to Meeting John Carnes, cally. In Buenos Chairman R. A. ship's treasurer, Aires, the Sea­ Lawrence. A re­ farers received an said that the ship's pair list from the "outstanding wel­ fund contains previous voyage JLi' come which was $19. No beefs or was presented at A good steward department is vital to any ship and the San Juan followed by a Lawrence disputed overtime the meeting and Sea-Land) had an excellent one during its recent voyage to Yoko. ^ shipboard party Ulrich were reported by Brother Lawrence reported that lama. L, to R: August Janepinto, second cook, Steward C. P. Thiu, attended by some the men will proceed with the local dignitaries delegates as the vessel heads for work as soon as possible. John Chief Cook Jack Sann, Pantryman Willie Nettles. Tom Markham, BR. such as the Port Captain. The lo­ a mid-February pay-off following Kackur, meeting secretary, said cal citizens were pleased with their a trip to Korea and Vietnam. H. that Brother Lawrence was elected namesake." Steward Joe Hannon R. Guymon, meeting chairman, to serve as the new ship's dele­ turned out excellent roast beef and reports that a motion was made gate. Other delegates are Earl other sandwiches and beverages and carried to collect donations McCaskey, deck department, Al­ for the occasion. The only mishap from Seafarers in order to pur­ fred Duggan, engine department, during the trip was a lost propeller chase a television set for the and Brother Kackur will represent Sixto Lopez, 64: Brother Lopez Cornelius O'Henley 35: Brother blade on December 27, which crew mess. Department delegates the steward department. There are passed away on May 7, 1968, in O'Henley was accidently drowned caused the vessel to arrive in elected were Donald Mahnik, no funds from the previous voy­ Seattle. A resi­ while sailing as New Orleans at half-speed. "We deck; A. DiFabrizio, engine and age remaining in the treasury, oiler on the Seadent of that city, are looking forward to a prosper­ Hugo Fuentes, steward. train Maryland. he was bom in Kackur wrote. ous year and another trip on the The date of death the Philippean was May 19, Islands. He joined romance run," said Brother Lee. 1968, while the the Union in the Prior to sailing to South America, ship was on a trip Port of Seattle the vessel had made three trips Thailand to and held a cook's from to West Africa. A ' "f Manila. A native rating. His last ,'l" '"I of Lincoln Park, vessel was the Fairland. Seafarer Lopez is sur­ Michigan, O'Henley made his Henry Joseph Moradilla, born vived by his wife, Bok Sim, of home in Wayne, Mich. Brother Alex Francisco, born Novem­ ber 27, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. December 16, 1968, to Seafarer Inchon, Korea. The burial serv­ O'Henley also shipped as firemanMeeting Chairman A. Fanrera Alex D. Francisco, Metairie, and Mrs. Benigno D. Moradilla, ice was held at the Holy Rood watertender and joined the Union reports that Seafarers on the Steel Louisiana. Wilmington, Calif. in Detroit in 1962. He is sur­ Cemetery in Seattle. Vendor (Tsthmivived by his mother, Mrs. Mary * an) would like Manuel Padilla, born Septem­ Veronica O'Henley of Wayne. clarification on ber 1, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. overseas travelers Denise Walker, born November checks. '^The men Rafael Padilla, Bay St. Louis, 11, 1968, to Se^arer and Mrs. are having trou­ Mississippi. Clayton O. Walker, Torrance, ble cashing these Joseph Whalen, 36: Brother Thomas McLees, 71: Brother Calif. checks in foreign Whalen died in New Orleans Wing Tak Ong, born December McLees passed away on Novem­ countries," Far- 20, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. on December 3, ber 25, 1968, at rera reported. J. Ching S. Ong, San Francisco, 1968, from in­ the USPHS Hos­ Pepper MacDonald has Calif. juries suffered in pital in New Or­ Michael L. Scott, Jr., born Janu­ been elected to serve as new an automobile ac­ leans. A native ary 11,1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. The Sea­ cident. ship's delegate. L. Pepper, meet­ of Westminster, Brian Kerwin, born October 24, Michael L. Scott, Lennox, Calif. farer joined the ing secretary, said that the ship's South Carolina, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Nor­ SIU in the Fort fund is down to $2. A motion he made his home man L. Kerwin, Mawnee, Ohio. of New York was made by Brother Pepper and in New Orleans. City. A member He shipped in the W. L. McBride that a new washer Susan Norris, bom December 1, of the steward steward depart­ and dryer be placed on board as Orlando Rivera, born December 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. John department, he was a waiter and ment and joined the Union in soon as possible. A discussion was 2, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. H. Norris, Akron, New York. messman and had last sailed on Tampa. Brother McLees had held on the history of how the Pablo Rivera, Santa Elvira, Cathe Del Sud. Born in New Orleans, sailed for 22 years, his last vessel SIU was founded and the tremen­ guas, P.R. he lived in Harahan, La. Seafarer was the Del Sol. The Seafarer is dous gains won by the Union. The survived by his widow, Minnie, Whalen is survived by a sister, ship has been on the Vietnam run. Maricel Rodrigues, born De­ Bernard Hudgins, born October a daughter, four sons and 22 Mrs. Patricia Calecas, of New cember 1, 1968, to Seafarer and 5, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. grandchildren. The burial serv­ Orleans. Burial services were held Mrs. Carmen Rodrigues, New Ernie L. Hudgins, Mathews, Vir­ ices were held in St. Bernard Me­ in that city at Saint Patrick Cem­ etery. York, N.Y. morial Gardens, New Orleans. ginia. FINAL DEPARTURES SIUABmVi ^1. 4, -—vl> —<i>— Money Being Held Adrienne Sorrell, born Decem­ Unclaimed wages for for­ ber 9, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. mer crewmembers of The Alton O. Sorrell, Rome, New Cabins are being held for the York. following Seafarers by Texas City Refining as of January 16, 1969: Sarihah Mohamed, born De­ J. R. Alsobrook; W. R. cember 29, 1968, to Seafarer and Coriy; Roman Feraci; H. W. Mrs. Ramli Bin Mohamed. Kennedy; D. E. Mackey; R. R. Miiey; and A. T. Prescott. Claims should be submitted Sandra Douglas, born Novem­ to L. W. Westfall, Marine ber 28, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Accounting Supervisor, Texas| Alton E. Douglas, Jr., New Or­ City Refining, Inc., Marine || leans, La. Division, P. O, Box 1271, p Texas City, Texas 77590. Sea- ^ Douglas Engleman, born De­ farers are urged to act ^ cember 9, 1968, to Seafarer and promptly as these claims may ^ Mrs. John R. Engleman, Detroit, be subject to the Texas Es­ Michigan. cheat laws. Each claim must include the "Z" number. So­ Kathleen Newsom, born De­ cial Security number and the cember 15, 1968, to Seafarer and actual signature of the claim­ Mrs. William H. Newsom, Gretna, ant. La. Editor, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 11232 I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list., (frinf information) NAME STREET ADDRESS CITY STATE. ZIP. TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you are an old tubicribar and have a change of addreai, plaaae give your former eddrets below: ADORCSS omr STA1E OP. Francis Fletschinger, 63: Brother Fletschinger died on De­ cember 12, 1968, at the USPHS Hospital in New Orleans. Death was caused by a cardiac condition. A native of Lou­ isiana, Fletsching­ er made his home in New Orleans. He sailed in the steward depart­ ment and his last vessel was the Del Norte. Brother Fletschinger served in the Navy during World War II and had been sailing with the SIU since 1947 when he joined the Union in the Port of New Orleans. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Mary Vale of New Orleans and the burial was held in that city at the Greenwood Cemetery. �lanaary 31, 1969 Members Grateful For Color TV I To the Editon The following would partic­ ularly like to thank the trus­ tees of the Seafarers Welfare Plan for the color TV set given recently to the patients in fifth floor, west, USPHS Hospital, New Orleans: Seafarers James L. De Marco, John C. Mitchell, Benedito Lima and Edward Armstrong, SUP; Edward Car­ los, tug boat pilot and former SIU member; Chuck Keese, Peter Blanchard; Joseph Fran­ cois; W. P. Aldridge; Thomas King and De Mart Weldy. Thanks also from Dr. Chris­ topher Urner, Dr. Davis Spruill and Nurse Eloise Coughlan. Sincerely Patients and Staff Fifth Floor, West USPHS Hospital New Orleans, La. Merchant Marine Plays Heroic Part To the Editon Everybody will be glad when the peace negotiators in Paris stop fiddling around with table shapes and start shaping a dur­ able peace. While we have been carrying on in the combat zone, I won­ der how many people stop to realize that the tremendous bur­ den of supplying our troops over there has been carried by this country's merchant marine. It is our Seafarers who sail into Danang, Saigon and other ports through dangerous waters. Many of them encounter fire from the Viet Cong. And there have been casualties among them, too, as well as among the men on the front lines. In every war, the merchant marine has consistently carried this burden of supply—largely unheralded and unsung. This vital contribution is a factor which ought to be called more often to the attention of the American people. Sincerely John C. Williams An SIU Family Expresses Thanks To the Edltw: I have for a long time wanted to thank SIU for all the help we have received all through the years. Especially the last three, since our youngest son, Steven, was bom. Both he and I were very sick and we learned later that he had cerebral palsy. He was in and out of the hospital so many times. But, with all the worry over his sickness and opera­ tions, and with Daddy away as a baker on the ships all the time, it was a great comfort to know that SIU took care of the bills. So on behalf of my husband and myself I thank you very much. Slncerdiy Ebe Smensen (Mra. Ejvind Sorensen) SEAFARERS LOG Pension Checks Always on Time To the Editor: Like many another old-timer, I received my pension check this morning, and almost a week ahead of schedule. I just thought I would take this opportunity to thank those who are in charge of the SIU Pension Plan for being so thoughtful and considerate. A very prosperous and happy New Year to one and all. Sincerely, Aubrey S. Parsons Dorchester, Mass. SIU Welfare Fund Thanked by Widow Tojtlie Editon I would like to express my appreciation to the SIU Wel­ fare Fund for the check I re­ ceived so promptly, following the recent death of my husband, Thomas H. McLees. Thank you so much for the kindness extended to me by his Union Brothers. SincM-ely Mrs. Ttmmas H. McLees New Orleans, La. ^ SIU Donates Color TV To N.Orleans USPHS To the Editor: Your organization was most generous in donating a color television to the tuberculosis ward of this hospital. Needless to say, this gift will contribute greatly to the patients' entertain­ ment and enjoyment during their stay here. Please accept my thanks and sincere appreciation for your gift and your interest in our patients. Sincerely, WilUam A. Chenry, M.D. Medical Director,USPHS New Orleans, La. ^ 14 Building Unions Build Ghetto Ties To the Editm-: With all the~ unjust criticism that has often been leveled against the building trades un­ ions it's about time somebody recognized what a fine job they are doing on the ghetto rebuild­ ing program in St. Louis. The St. Louis project in­ volves 14 unions in the building trades. In perfectly logical co­ operation with a neighborhood group called Jeff-Vander Lou, they are directly involving resi­ dents of the area in a $4 mil­ lion rebuilding task. These local people are mainly Negroes who will be "taught the trade" by the unions and will be wel­ comed as members. The fi­ nancing will, to "a large extent, be through the AFL-CIO De­ partment of Urban Affairs. What a wonderful way to ex­ tend a long-needed hand to people from deprived neighbor­ hoods and, at the same time, create desirable housing for those who so urgently need it! Sincerely Andy Oievelle Page Twenty Nine Seafarer Niclntosh Is Stand-in Dad To Orphaned, Unwanted Youngsters Some people just talk about brotherhood and concern for their fellow man while others, like Frizel Mcintosh of the steward department, actually do something about it. Brother Mcintosh has devoted much of his time to caring for homeless, unwanted children and he and his wife, Nettie Mae, have five such chil-®^ Mcintosh, who later had to buy to go on disability pension, finish­ dren living with them in their a larger home to accommodate his ing his sailing career which began San Francisco home. children, said that in order to in 1948. He does hope to keep "I was born in Iowa and had a adopt a child, you must gain legal active and has applied for a job rough life, living with a step­ custody, prove you have a steady as motorman on the San Francisco father," he told job, a good home and a bank ac­ Muni-Railway, a rapid transit sys­ the LOG. "My count, and can supply the affec­ tem the city will soon introduce. wife had worked tion the youngsters need so much. "It might be difficult because of with unwed moth­ "We have a large lawn at our my disability, but I've also studied ers and incorrigi­ home with swings in the back radio announcing and passed an ble children and yard. Right now, we are plan­ examination recently. I hope I I, too, became in­ ning ahead for the children's edu­ might be able to get a position as terested in them cation and planning bank ac­ a disc jockey or sports announcer." and talked with counts for them." Studies Flowers Mcintosh once brought the Mcintosh social workers to Mcintosh is very interested in learn what I problem of orphaned and unwant­ could about them. Both my wife ed children up at a Union meet­ horticulture and used to read all and I were raised the same way ing. "There are Union-backed he could about flowers and plants. and we knew what it was like for programs to help convicts get a "I read about a fellow who ex­ these kids." fresh start in life and I hope sim­ perimented grafting flowers in or­ Brother Mcintosh visited the in­ ilar programs will get underway der to create a black rose. I have stitutions at which the children for these children," he said. "They experimented with this but have lived and put in as much time as need help and literally beg for failed to create one so far, he he could with the youngsters. people to come and adopt them. said. If I do, it should be a real These kids are often locked up It is not really expensive to take prize winner. The original notes "like little animals," he said, add­ a child in," he pointed out. "All of the man who did do it were lost and he could never duplicate ing that "most people take the you need is patience, dedication his feat." comforts of home for granted. So and affection for these children. "I have never seen a perfect we bought a home so that we Otherwise, they will just get on could eventually take at least some your nerves, and, of course, you Black Rose," he said about the rare flower, "but I have a lot of children from the institutions into will fail to really help them." Mcintosh, whose first wife plants in the back of my home." our own care. Many of these kids passed, away, has two children of He has studied pain-killer plants have never been in a private home; his own, a 26-year-old son, Mal­ and once took some tropical flow­ some have never seen a Christmas colm, who lives in Milwaukee, ers from Hawaii back to Iowa to tree." One child Mcintosh has and a daughter, Mrs. Martha see how they would adapt to the was found as in infant in a shoebox at the corner of Webster and Lewis, wife of a soldier stationed change of weather. "They turned Clay Streets. "We named him in Vietnam. Mrs. Lewis has an out well," he said. Although he faces the end of John Webster Clay," Mcintosh adopted daughter, Anita—a 15year-old French girl now in High his sailing career, Brother Mcin­ stated. School. "We promised her a trip tosh lives a full, active life, one Five Children home to visit her relatives when that is dedicated not just to she finishes school," Mcintosh "Brotherhood of the Sea," but to The child, nicknamed "Fritz" all men, or more appropriately, is now in school. In addition to said. Unfortunately, Mcintosh had to children who will become men. Fritz, the Mcintosh's have Vicky, Betty, Calvin and Mandarin. It makes no difference to the 47year-old Seafarer what the chil­ dren's race or backeround mieht be—"a homeless child needs the affection he just can't get in an institution, regardless of how well it's run or how adequate the treat­ ment received." Thomas Lewis McBrayer Barry Stewart Lampert "I have two Negro, one white Please contact Mrs. Thomas L. child and two Mexican children," Please contact your wife, Brinhe said. "One of the kids. Man­ McBrayer, Wildwood Circle, da, at P. O. Box 384, Jackson­ darin, is nick-named Bunky the Gainesville, Georgia 30501, as ville, Florida 32201, as soon as Beaver because he bites when he soon as you possibly can. you possibly can. gets mad." Mcintosh has also ^ worked with such youth programs as Little League baseball. Little Stephen Bergania League football and the Boy Frank G. Flint, Sr. Please contact Joseph LiberScouts. Your son Frank, Jr., is getting man, Counsellor at Law, 60 East "It is the mixed and Negro chil­ 42nd Street, New York, N.Y. married on February 15 to Miss dren who have the hardest time of 10017, as soon as you can. Esther Manning. TTie wedding it," said Brother Mcintosh. "It is will be held at 3:30 p.m.. Holy frequently most difficult to find Trinity Church of Glen Bumie, Maryland. He is hopeful that you homes for them. Mrs. Mcintosh Jimmy Davis will be able to arrange to attend has also devoted much time to Please contact Mrs. Norma the ceremony. these youngsters. In addition she Stout at P.O. Box 36021, Hous­ has worked with so-called prob­ ton, Texas 77036, as soon as pos­ lem children. sible. "She had one boy who was con­ William Carls sidered an incorrigible—even the Please contact Mrs. Naomi institutions failed with him—^but R. L. Cooke Carls, Rt. 4, Box 42, Theodore, she straightened him out," Mcin­ A package is being held for you Alabama 36582 as soon as possi­ tosh said proudly. from the Maritime Overseas Cor­ ble about an important matter. Mrs. Mcintosh has helped a poration. You can claim, it at SIU ^ number of these youths, taking Headquarters in New York. teen-age boys and girls and steer­ Sid Sokolik ing them on the road to good jobs and education. 'These children Tony Radiz Your old friend Joseph Fried come back and visit us. If you Duke Duet would like you to is anxious to learn of your where­ devote time to the youngsters, they save his safety glasses for him and abouts. He asks that you write will express their feelings toward asks that you contact him as soon to him at 2000 Grand Avenue, West Des Moines, Iowa 50265. as possible. you," the Seafarer pointed out. �M Page Thirty SEAFARERS OAKLAND (Sea-Land), January 1— Chairman, M. Sanchez; Secretary, None. Repairs taken care of. $170.00 in ship's fund. Disputed OT in deck department. Discussion held regarding food situation. Steward department short of certain items. TRANSPANAMA (Hudson Water­ ways), December 21—Chairman, Frank Gomez; Secretary, Routson. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for a job well done. Discussion held regarding retirement plan. ALCOA MARKETER (Alcoa), Decem­ ber 2B—Chairman, A. J. Tiermer, Jr.; Secretary, R. A. Sanchez. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. STEEL WORKER (Isthmian), Decem­ ber 21—Chairman, H. R. Guymon : Sec­ retary, H. Ulrich. No beefs. Everything is running smoothly. Brother John 't. Games was re-elected to serve as ship's delegate. Discussion held regarding pen­ sion plan. STEEL VENDOR (Isthmian). Decem­ ber 8—Chairman, A. Farrera ; Secretary, L. Pepper, Brother J. MacDonald was elected to serve as ship's delegate. $2.00 in ship's fund. Discussion held about use of travelers checks. AMERICAN VICTORY—(Hudson Waterways), January 1—Chairman, R. A. Lawrence; Secretary, John Kackur. Brother R. A. Lawrence was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs and no disputed OT reported by department dele­ gates. FAIRISLE (Pan Oceanic Tankers), December 28—Chairman, Joseph A. Ste­ vens ; Secretary, Lucien Drew. Everything is running smoothly. Few minor beefs to be taken up with patrolman. Brother Vernon Hopkins was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Vote of thanks to the steward department for the excellent Christmas dinner. MANHATTAN (Hudson Waterways), January 12—Chairman, James Chianese; Secretary, James J. McLinden. Some dis­ puted OT in deck department to be squared away. STEEL CHEMIST (Isthmian), January 5—Chairman, S. Segnee; Secretary, L. J. Connolly. Brother Connolly was elected to serve as ship's delegate. $9.00 in ship's fund. There were no beefs reported by department delegates. UNFAIR fO LABOR DO NOT BUY DIRECTORYof UNION HAUiS SlU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers PRESIDENT Paul Hall EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cal Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shepard Llndiey Wllliami Al Tanner Robert Matthewa SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Kerr HEADQUARTERS *75 4th Ave., Rklyn, (212) HY 9-4400 ALPENA, Mich 127 River St. (517) EL 4-3414 BALTIMORE, Md 1214 E. Baltimore St. (301) EA 7-4900 BOSTON, Ma 443 Atlantic Avenue (417) Rl 2-0140 BUFFALO, N.Y 735 Waihington St, Sill (714) TL 3=9759 IBU (714) TL 3-9259 CHICAGO, III 93B3 Ewing Ave. SlU (312) SA 1-0733 IBU (312) ES 5-9570 CLEVELAND, Ohio 1420 W. 25th St. (214) MA 1-5450 DETROIT, Mich 10225 W. Jeffenon Ave. (313) VI 3-4741 DULUTH, Minn 312 W. 2nd St. (218) RA 2-4110 FRANKFORT. Mich P.O. Box 2B7 415 Main St. (414) EL 7-2441 HOUSTON. Tex 5804 Canal St. (713) WA 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE, Fla 240B Pearl St. (904) EL 3-0987 JERSEY CITY, N.J 99 Montgomery St. (201) HE 5-9424 MOBILE, Ale I South Lawrence St. (205) HE 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS, La 430 Jackion Ave. (504) 529-7544 NORFOLK, Va 115 3rd St. (703) 422-1892 PHILADELPHIA, Pa 2404 S. 4th St. (215) DE 4-3818 PORT ARTHUR. Tax 1341 Seventh St. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., 350 Fraamont St. (415) DO 2-4401 INGER (Reynolds Metals), January 1 —Chairman, Percival L. Shauger; Secre­ tary, Howard K. Pierce. Brother T. Sanford was asked to continue to serve as ship's delegate, and the crew extended a vote of thanks to Brother Sanford for a jo'o well done. Vote of thanks was also extended to the steward department, and to Brother Gene Taylor, patrolman, for doing a fine job at payoff. TRANSSENECA (Hudson Waterways), January 5—Chairman, Timothy Sullivan ; Secretary, Luther Gadson. ,Ship'8 dele­ gate reported that everything is running as well as could be expected except for a few minor beefs. Discussion held re­ garding launch service in Chittagong where cargo was discharged. Brother DeWitt Hollowell was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. OVERSEAS JASON (Maritime Over­ seas), January 3—Chairman, Charles P. Moore; Secretary, M. C. Barton. Brother Cecil B. Thomas was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs were reported by department delegates. No disputed OT. ->• January 31, 1969 LOG SANTURCE, P.R 1313 Fernandez Juncos Stop 20 724-2848 SEATTLE, Waih 2505 First Avenue (204) MA 3-4334 ST. LOUIS, Mo 805 Del Mar (314) CE 1-1434 TAMPA, Fla 312 Harrison St. (813) 229-2788 WILMiNGTON, Calif., 450 Seaside Ave. Terminal Island, Calif. (813) 832-7285 YOKOHAMA. Japan. Iseya BIdq., Room 801 1-2 Kaigan-Dori-Nakaku 2014971 Ext. TBI SIU-AGLIWD Meetings New Orleans Feb. 11—2:30 p.m. Mobile Feb. 12^—2:30 p.m. Wilmington . .Feb. 17—2:00 p.m. San Francisco Feb. 19—2:00 p.m. Seattle Feb. 21—2:00 p.m. New York ... Feb. 3^—2:30 p.m. PhiFdelphia. .Feb. 4—2:30 p.m. Baltimore ... Feb. 5—2:30 p.m. Detroit Feb. 14—2:30 p.m. Houston Feb. 10—2:30 p.m. United Industrial Workers New Orleans. Feb. 11—7:00 p.m. Mobile Feb. 12—7:00 p.m. New York ... Feb. 3—7:00 p.m. Philadelphia. - Feb. 4—^7:00 p.m. Baltimore .. . Feb. 5—7:00 p.m. ^Houston .. .Feb. 10—7:00 p.m. Great Lakes SIU Meetings Detroit Feb. 3—7:00 p.m. Alpena Feb. 3—7:00 p.m. Buffalo Feb. 3—7:00 p.m. Chicago ... .Feb. 3—7:00 p.m. Duluth Feb. 3—7:00 p.m. Frankfort .. .Feb. 3—7:00 p.m. 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.) Stitzel-Wellcr DistlUcrics "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" "Cabin StiU," W. L. Weller Bourbon whiskeys (Distillery Workers) Kingsport Press "World Book," "ChUdcmft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) Genesco Shoe Mfg. Co. Work Shoes . . . Sentry, Cedar Chest, Statler Men's Shoes . . . Jarman, Johnson & Murphy, Crestworth, (Root and Shoe Workers' Union) Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Section Chicago Feb. 11—7:30 p.m. tSault St Marie Feb. 13—7:30 p.m. Buffalo Feb. 12—7:30 p.m. Duluth Feb. 14—7:30 p.m. Cleveland .. .Feb. 14—7:30 p.m. Toledo Feb. 14—7:30 p.m. Detroit Feb. 10—7:30 p.m. Milwaukee . . Feb. 10—7:30 p.m. Boren Clay Products Co. (United Brick and Clay Workers) SIU Inland Boatmen's Union New Orleans.Feb. 11—5:00 p.m. Mobile Feb. 12—5:00 p.m. Philadelphia. .Feb. 4—5:00 p.m. Baltimore (licensed and un­ licensed) ..Feb. 5—5:00p.m. Norfolk .... Feb. 6—5:00 p.m. Houston Feb. 10—5:00 p.m. "HIS" brand men's clothes Kaynee Boyswear, Judy Bond blouses, Hanes Knitwear, Randa lies. Boss Gloves, Richman (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) Railway Marine Region Philadelphia Feb. 11—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Baltimore Feb. 12—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. ^Norfolk Feb. 13—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Jersey City Feb. 10—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Brothers and Sewell Suits, Wing Shirts (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. * Meeting held at Labor Temple, New­ port News. . t Meeting held at Galveston wharves. Baltimore Luggage Co. I-ady Baltimore, Amelia Earhart Jamestown Sterling Corp. (United Furniture Workers) Starlite luggage Starflite luggage (International Leather Goods, Plastics and Novelty Workers Union) —\i>— White Furniture Co. (United Furniture Workers of America) ^4 Gypsum Wallboard, American Gypsum Co. (United Cement Lime and Gypsum Workers International) R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Camels, Winston, Tempo, Brandon, Cavalier and Salem cigarettes (Tobacco Workers International Union) Comet Rice Mills Co. products (International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drinks and Distillery Workers) RJ> Pioneer Flour Mill (United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers Local 110, San Antonio, Texas Giumarra Grapes (United Farm Workers) —— Magic Chef Pan Pacific Division (Stove, Furnace and Allied Appliance Workers International Union) <|> Tennessee Packers Reelfoot Packing Frosty Mom Valleydale Packers (Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America) <I> Fisher Price Toys (Doll and Toy Workers) — 4^ — Atlantic Products Sports Goods Owned by Cluett Peabody (Amalgamated Qothing Workers) FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be imid to anyone in any official Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguarding the membership's capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. All Union records are avoilable at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. 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 TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland such imyment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. OVERSEAS JOYCE (Maritime Overseas), Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every six January B—Chairman, Anthony Powers ; fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds months in the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitution. In addition, Secretary, D. O. Coker. No beefs were shali equally consist of union and management representatives and their alternates. copies are available in all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this reported by department delegates. Every­ All expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any thing is running smoothly. by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obli­ headquarters of the various trust funds. gation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters, HALAULA VICTORY (Alcoa), January by the contracts between the Union and the'shipowners. Get to know your shipping RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension bene­ 12—Chairman, Frank Rakas, Jr.; Sec­ rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all Union halls. If you fits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, including attend­ retary, Reuben Belletty. Brother John F. feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in ance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU members at these Union meet­ McCollon was elected to serve as ship's the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals ings, they are encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file functions, in­ delegate. Some disputed OT in deck de­ Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: cluding service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtimers cannot take partment to be taken up -with patrol­ shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union pol­ Earl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board man. icy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. 17 Battery Place, Suite 1980, New York 4, N. Y. Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. OVERSEAS EXPLORER (Maritime Over­ as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution seas), November 24—Chairman, J. D. Har­ and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Conse­ CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are avaflable in all SIU halls. These mon ; Secretary, William Autry. Brother contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard quently, no Seafarer noay be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, Preston A. Blanc was elected to serve as ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights ship's delegate. There were no beefs and on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman to which he is entitled, he should notify headquarters. no disputed OT reported by department or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights prop­ SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIYITY DONATIONS. One of the basic ri^ts of delegates. erly, contact the nearest SlU port agent. Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG has traditionally refrained the best interests of themselves, their families and their Union. "To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Folitlcal Activity Donation was established. Donations to STEEL SCIENTIST (Isthmian), December from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the SPAD are entirely voluntary and constitute the funds through which legislative and 29—Chairman, Create Vola; Secretary, Union, ofiScer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deemed political activities are conducted for the benefit of the membership and the Union. F. S. Omega. No beefs and no disputed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been OT reported by department delegates. reaffirmed by membership action at the September, 1960, meetings In all constitu­ If at any time a Seafarer feds tiwt any of the above rights have been violated, tional ports. The responsibility for LOG poli^ is vested in an editorial boaid which Vote of thanka tvas extended to the that he has been denied his constltntlenal right of sccees to Union rocerds or in­ entire steward department, particularly consists of the Elzecutive Board of the Union. The Ebcecutive Board may delegate, ^or formation. he should immediaUiy notify SIU President Pan! Hall at headqoarters by the chief steward, for the well-prepared from among its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. eertlSod awU. retnm recdpt regneeted. menu during the holidays. �SEAFARERS Page Thirty One LOG Bght Additional Seafarer Veterans Join Expanding SlU Pension Ranks Wham The De Pauw Vlctoiy fled up at the dock In Naha, Okinawa, during a recent voy­ age, the ship Is In the South Atlantic and Caribbean lines fleet. While the vessel was In port, the Seafarers had lots of work to keep them busy. 1' The names of eight additional Seafarers have been added to the growing list of 'men collecting an SIU pension from the SIU after completing their sailing careers. The latest brothers to join the pension ranks are Raymond Flynn, Ray Deshong, Damaso Cruz, Isaac Craft, Henry Day, Olav Kjonbog, John Szczepan- ^ He makes his home in that city ski and Viktor Makko. and is a native of the sunshine Raymond Flynn sailed in the state. Brother Craft sailed in the steward department. He was a engine department and his last Seafarer for 30 years, joining in ship was the Battle Creek. He the Port of New Orleans. A long­ served in the Navy from 1923 to time resident of that city with his 1927. wife, Margaret, he was bom in A native of Perry, Florida, Cruz Flynn Deshong New Jersey. Brother Flynn's last ship was the Del Norte. Ray Deshong joined the Union in Miami in 1939. A native of Earl McCaskey. bosun, hoists a bucket of paint up to acting AB George Ham51+rtn u/hn !« r^/iJn+Inn tne ehin'« ' s+nr.lf. Dover, Florida, he now lives in New Orleans with his wife, Min­ nie. He sailed as FOWT and his last ship was the Del Santos, Damaso Cruz, a Seafarer 27 years, joined the SIU in the Port of New York. A native of Puerto Rico, he lives in Tmjillo Alto, P. R., with his wife, Ana. A cook, he last sailed aboard the Claiborne. A Seafarer since 1940, Isaac Craft joined the Union in Tampa. fire the rockets. "The land on either side of the Saigon River is flat and there is no place to hide," he pointed out. Bosun Earl McCaskey (left) and electrician Walter Fitzgerald discuss work to be done while the vessel is in port. The Seafarers are holding light bu|bs, which they will install. Kjonbog Henry Day also joined the SIU in Tampa and continues to live in that city. He was a member of the engine department and last work­ ed for the Cayle Lines. Seafarers on Overseas Rose Have Close Brush With YC Seafarers aboard the Overseas Rose, chartered by MSTS from the Maritime Overseas Corporation, came under rocket attack by the Vietcong, January 5, as it sailed through the Long Tau ship­ ping channel south of Saigon. Eric Joseph of the steward de­ trol boat set off a secondary ex­ partment described details of the plosion when it fired on a sus­ encounter in a letter to the LOG. pected rocket site 12 miles south­ east of the Capital. "The attack was launched at "Following the attack," he said, about 3 p.m.," Brother Joseph "a lot of Army brass came aboard writes. "Although a newspaper account gave the number of rock­ the ship, examined her and ques­ ets fired as two, all the Seafarers tioned the Captain." on here agree the number was A Seafarer since 1947, Brother three. The explosions were so Joseph joined the Union in the close to the ship that the crew- Port of Baltimore and has shipped members thought the ship was hit in the steward department ever for sure." since. He has been the subject of several stories in the Seafarers Joseph, who was in the galley Log, the most recent in the Au­ talking to the third cook, James gust 30, 1968, issue which re­ Barnes and the saloon messman, called his experiences in Czecho­ wrote that he wondered how the Vietcong were able to sneak in slovakia, prior to the Russian the heavy equipment needed to invasion. [i; Day Szczepanski Makko Olav Kjonbog held a steward's rating. Born in Norway, he lives in Materie, Louisiana, with his wife, Rosi. He last shipped on the Rebecca and joined the SIU in the Port of New Orleans. John Szczepanski sailed as cook and his last ship was the Albany. He is a native of Pennsylvania and joined the Union in the Port of New York. Brother Szczepan­ ski lives in Jersey City, N. J., with his wife, Maria. Viktor Makko sailed in the deck department as AB and bosun. A n^ive of Estonia, he now makes his home in Pasadena, Maryland, with his wife, Bernadine. His last ship was the Western Comet. He had sailed since 1943 when he joined the Union in the Port of New York. Visiting A Boneyard "Navy patrol boats are con­ stantly scanning the river and hel­ icopters fly over the river banks regularly, along with air force planes," he continued. "Yet die Vietcong with all this managed to sneak their equipment in and attack the ships in the river de­ spite all of this surveillance." In addition to the Overseas Rose, two other ships were fired on, but Navy officials reported the other vessels were not hit either. The SlU-contracted ship was 16 miles from Saigon when the Reds opened fire. American gunboats and heli­ copters fired on suspected enemy positions and soldiers were put ashore to search out the VC, but they met no resistance and there were no casualties on either side, Joseph wrote. A Navy river pa­ Bosun J. Tubman surveys some of the Liberty ships that have out­ lived their usefulness and are now at the scrapyard in Taiwan. The Amicus is very much alive and mid-way through Far East run. �SEAFARERS* LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT . AFL-CIO t f i^ri' .f I I I •') ; 'if ONFINED TO SHIP for many long days at sea in the pursuit of his trade, the Seafarer turns frequently to books for relaxation, for pleasure—or to increase his knowledge in any one of a wide variety of subjects. Life aboard^hip has been made as comfort­ able as possible due to Union gains. However, each vessel is, at best, a limited, temporary home. Seafarers are alert, intelligent and in­ tensely interested in the world around them. Reading, therefore, has become a favorite pas­ time of many. The Seafarers LOG Library program, inau­ gurated in 1953, aims to fill this need. Each SlU-manned vessel receives a fresh assortment of paperback volumes every three months. These new titles are taken aboard by the Un­ ion's patrolmen or representatives when they meet the ships for payoffs. This practice keeps the latest of reading material and fresh ideas readily available for Seafarers at all times. In addition to stocking the ships themselves, SlU packages of books are also delivered on a regular basis to all U.S. Public Health Service hospitals and all SlU halls maintain well stocked libraries. The SlU Library program aims at variety and, in keeping with this goal, no fewer than 200 new titles covering a wide-range of topics are delivered to each ship every year. To date, a total of close to three million paperbacks hove found their way to Seafarers through the ef­ forts of the Union. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1960-1969 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXII-XXXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. 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Title A name given to the resource January 31, 1969 Description An account of the resource Headlines: MARITIME BILLS SUBMITTED IN HOUSE ASK $1.5 BILLION TO UPGRADE FLEET JOHNSON’S FAREWELL TRIBUTE TO LABOR CITES PROGRESSIVE ROLE OF AFL-CIO MARITIME REMAINS NATIONAL STEPCHILD IN OUTGOING ADMINISTRATION’S BUDGET WIRTZ CALLS FOR $2 MINIMUM WAGE IN FINAL ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS SUPREME COURT BACKS TEXTILE UNION TO END 13 YEAR DARLINGTON BATTLE JOHNSON RECAPS HIS ADMINISTRATION, CALLS FOR CONTINUED SOCIAL ADVANCES BALLOTING PROCEDURES AND UNION TALLYING COMMITTEE REPORT ELECTION – 1969-1972 GAINS IN HEALTH, EDUCATION, WELFARE FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE ACHEIVEMENT Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 01/31/1969 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXXI, No. 3 1969 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/213983a845c2d93e7048cb36c5ef0f04.PDF 32dffa9e0ed8c30b94fca5f22f9cbb5f PDF Text Text SlUNA 14th BIENNIAL CONVENTION ISSUE SEAFARERSWLOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO I^ ^^SIU Produces Youngest Merchant Marine Officer Page 3 Union Solidarity Stressed ]^rongh Ship Committees M * —f . A n �Page Two SEAFARERS 1969 LOG No—You're Not Seeing Double S/ff Seeks Expanded US-Flag Role In Shipping To Soviet-Bioi Coantries WASHINGTON — SIUNA President Paul Hall has urged Congress to expand the role of American-flag shipping in com­ merce with Soviet-bloc nations. Testifying before the Senate Banking and Currency Commit­ tee during hearings on the Ex­ port Expansion and Regulation Act of 1969, HaU called for language that would "clearly set forth that at least 50 percent of ail this cargo—and more, if pos­ sible — should move aboard American-built, American-own­ ed and American-manned mer­ chant vessels." Hall was sharply critical of language inserted in the bill by the Subcommittee on Interna­ tional Finance, which would have denied to the President the right to stipulate the use of American-flag merchant ships for the carriage of cargo to the Soviet Union and its satellites. The full Committee voted to reopen the record for the hear­ ings after receiving protests from maritime management and labor that the proposed language would, as Hall put it, "abandon certain minimal participation by the American merchant marine in still another phase of our na­ tion's waterbome commerce." Reflations providing for the participation of American-own­ ed shipping in the movement of cargoes to the Soviet Union and her satellites were issued during the Administration of the late President Kennedy and are still in force, although they have been watered down so that they now require 50 percent Amer­ ican vessel participation only in the movement of wheat and flour destined for the Red-bloc nations. Hall attacked the Subcommit­ tee proposal on five major grounds. He told the Committee: • "The proposed language . . . would run counter to the historic concept of providing preference for American-flag vessels in the carriage of our country's trade. • "The proposed language would serve as the opening wedge in a new assault on the entire cargo preference pro­ gram. • "The proposed new restric­ tions would work to the detri­ ment of our balance of pay­ ments—in which we have exper­ ienced a chronic deficit. • "The proposed language would have an adverse, and per­ haps fatal, impact on our al­ ready dwindling merchant marine fortunes. • "Finally, the proposal would give new impetus to the Soviet drive for world maritime supremacy." In calling for inclusion of language to give the merchant marine a share in the trade that is being developed, the SIUNA president noted that the legisla­ tion "is supposed to strengthen America's trading position in the world community." He urged the Committee to develop such a program "in terms of Amer- OH Reserves ef Alaska Seen Potential Been to US Tankers WASHINGTON —The dis­ cover}' of huge oil resems on Alaska's North Slope can lead to a multi-billioq-dollar shot in the arm for the American ship­ building and shipping industry, a prominent Washington attor­ ney asserted here last month. However, Marvin J. Coles, counsel for the Committee of American Tanker Operators, warned, this infusion of new life into the maritime industry will hinge on beating back any attacks on the 40-year-old Jones Act, which reserves domestic waterbome cargo for Americanbuilt, American-owned and American-manned vessels. Speaking at a meeting spon­ sored by the 7.5-million-member AFL-OO Maritime Trades De­ partment, Coles said that past attacks on the Jones Act con­ cept "have been defeated with minor exception. But the huge new stakes in the tanker pro­ gram for moving Alaskan oil may bring out fiercer attacks than ever. They must be re­ pulsed." Coles told the gathering of government, industry and labor officials that it would require more than 30 new tankers of 250,000 deadweight tons each to move the oil from Alaska to ports in the continental United States. He said this would provide "about $1.5 billion of construc­ tion work for American ship­ yards, wages for American ship­ building personnel, and then em­ ployment opportunities fpr the next 20 years for American sea­ men." He emphasized that the demand for tankers to move the Alaskan oil could ccmie "on top of our need to replace over 50 percent of our current tanker fleet in the next 10 years." The representative of the tanker operators put particular stress on the fact that the tankerbuilding program would result in vessels that would be "built and operated without requiring one penny of government sub­ sidy for construction or opera­ tion. There is no need for ap­ propriations or for new legis­ lation. These vessels will be built because of the economic needs of the American oil in­ dustry; and they will be built in American yards and operated by American seamen so long as the provisions of the Jones Act are maintained." ica's total resources," and asked that Congress "not discriminate against an American industry that, in the last analysis, is vitd to the development of our full trading potential." Inclusion of language guar­ anteeing a share of the ship­ ments for American vessels. Hall said, "would mean more jobs for American seamen, more jobs for American shipyard workers, more jobs in scores of related trades and services." He pointed out that this would mean "more jobs for thousands of American citizens who, after all, were customers of the Amer­ ican farmer long before the Soviet Union and her satellites, and will be customers long after­ ward." y-— •i, '7! 1 • "TKRV i yj 411 THE LOG photographer did a double-take when he spotted identical twins Kelly and Kim Murray strolling around SlU headquarters and looking very pretty. He found daddy, Dan Murray, who sails as FWT, and snapped this photo. That's Kelly, left, and Kim, right. Following SIUNA Protests: ICC Extends Barge Tow Mixing Rule; Gives Congress Six Months to Act WASHINGTON —The rule which permits barges to haul mixed tons of regulated nonbulk commodities in the same tow with bulk exempt commodi­ ties without subjecting all to reg­ ulation has been extended by the Interstate Commerce Commis­ sion for the duration of the cur­ rent calendar year. An extension had been re­ quested by Chairman Warren G. Magnuson (D-Wash.) of the Senate Commerce Committee as well as by Chairman Harley O. Staggers (D-W.Va.) of the House Foreign and Interstate Com­ merce Committee. Senator Mag­ nuson had asked for an indefi­ nite extension; Representative Staggers had requested six months. Both actions took place after four SIUNA officers — Vice President Earl Shepard; Paul Drozak of Houston; Gordon Spencer of Norfolk and Merle Adlum of Seattle — strongly urged support of legislation which would prevent "strangula­ tion" of the tug and barge in­ dustry on inland waterways. The SIUNA representatives had appeared before the Sub­ committee on Transportation and Aeronautics of the House Interstate Commerce Committee in support of three bills—^H.R. 8298, H.R. 8376 and H.R. 8509 — which would eliminate "unrealistic language" now in the Interstate Commerce Act. The wording of the Act de­ fines an entire string of barges as a single "vessel" and also de­ fines "bulk cargo" in a manner which, the Union pointed out, would tie the industry to prac­ tices prevalent 30 years ago, and now out-moded and impractical in view of the much longer barge tows of today, which move 50,000 tons of cargo at a time. Nevertheless, the IOC had recentiy proposed to implement these provisions, althou^ it had twice before delayed putting the requirements into effect in order to permit congressional action to change the law. Subsequently, the House Sub­ committee on Transportation and Aeronautics approved a compromise barge mixing rule which would require water car­ riers hauling dry bulk commod­ ities to file rates with the ICC on both regulated and non-regu­ lated commodities. This is regarded by Union and industry spokesmen as dele­ terious because it would, in ef­ fect, place all commodities un­ der regulation. Beyond this, the subcommittee bill would not change the out-of-date cargo definitions which state which dry bulk commodities may be carried exempt from regulation. Most important, the subcom­ mittee version would not lift the limitation which -prohibits the carriage of more than three dry bulk commodities in a tow of barges without subjecting the en­ tire tow to regulation. The SIU has pointed out that, unless this section is amended, "barge operators are going to be forced to split tows according to the number or type of commod­ ity carried." This, the Union warned, would mean lower util­ ization of equipment, causing increased rates for shippers which would be passed along to consumers in the form of higher prices for commodities. - II * il /4tk SIUNA Biemial Convention CMveaesin Washington My 28 WASHINGTON — Prepara­ tions are largely completed for the convening of the Fourteenth Biennial Convention of the Sea­ farers International Union of North America which will get underway at the Statler-Hilton Hotel here on Monday, July 28 and continue through Friday, August 1. The SIUNA Executive Board will meet on Thursday, July 24 at Piney Point, Maryland. Delegates representingSIUNA affiliates from the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean ydll attend what is expected to be the largest SIUNA convention ever held. The delegates, representing the more than 85,000 members of SIUNA district and local un­ ions, will deal with matters oi concern to the International, the U.S. labor movement, the mari­ time industry and the crafts and industries represented by SIUNA affiliates. T^ey will also map future International policies and programs and hear reports of the affiliated unions. Represented at the conven­ tion will be deep sea Seafarers, tug and other inland water boat­ men, railroad marine tugmen and dredgemen, fishermen, can­ nery workers as well as workers employed in the transportation services and other allied crafts. During its daily sessions the week of July 28 through August 1, the convention will hear from a number of speakers represent­ ing the maritime industry, the organized labor movement, and numerous governmental agen­ cies. * y �July, 1969 SEAFARERS Page Three LOG THE SEAMRBR AND EDUCOION m/Ot/- ^OeATtOMAL' ACAPeMIC Seafarer Bob McKay Licensed at 19 NEW YORK — Robert Mc­ Kay—a graduate of the SIU's Harry Lundeberg School of Sea­ manship — is the youngest li­ censed oflBcer in the U.S. mer­ chant marine. McKay, who be­ gan his sailing career at the age of 16 when he entered the Un­ ion's training school in Brook­ lyn, received his ""2# assistant engineer's license on his 19th birth­ day, the mini­ mum age for MeKav l^o^ing a license under Coast Guard regulations. Young McKay received his li­ cense June 20 in a brief cere­ mony at the 3rd Coast Guard District Headquarters on Gov­ ernor's Island here. The presen­ tation was made by Admiral Mark A. Whalen, Commander of the USCG Eastern District The story of Bob McKay's remarkable achievement is more than a story of setting a mari­ time record that can never be beaten. It is the story of an ele­ mentary school dropout heading for trouble, and the Seafarer's training program that helped him chart a new course. McKay was 15 when he dropped out of school. He had been in a few minor scrapes and, as he says, "I was starting out on the wrong track, and I could have been heading for big trouble if I didn't do something about it." He was lucky. Just after his 16th birthday, McKay enrolled in the SIU's Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship in Brook­ lyn. It was at the school that he learned some of the basics of seamanship but — equally im­ portant—also began to un­ derstand the meaning of disci­ pline, cooperation and responsi­ bility. When he completed training in August, 1966, he went to sea for the first time, sailing as wiper aboard the Northwestern Victory on an ammunition run to Vietnam. He later shipped on the Forteleza and, in August 1967, enrolled in the SIU's up­ grading school. He successfully completed the comprehensive study course and received a Q.M.E.D. endorse­ ment as fireman, oiler, and water tender. He then returned to sea, sailing as oiler on the Monticello Victory, and later on Success in Varied fields Achieved Through Aimuul SlU Scholarships NEW YORK—During the last 16 years, the SIU has helped 83 men and women fulfill their vocational ambitions in life through the aid of individual college scholarships in the amount of $6,000 each. Awarded annually since 1953, the scholarships have gone to 25 Seafarers and 58 children or legal dependents of Seafarers. The SIU was the first mari­ time union to award college scholarships and this program has not only helped Union mem­ bers but has also served the com­ munity at large as well. All of the recipients of these scholarships not only had excel­ lent scholastic averages. They also expressed an intense inter­ est in the world around them. It is not surprising, therefore, that many SIU scholars are now following careers which directly aid their fellow men and the areas in which they live. For instance, two scholarship winners, Seymour Wallace and Alma Jimenez Colls are both medical doctors today, while a third recipient, Lembhard G. Howell, served as Assistant At­ torney General in the state of Washington for two years before opening his own law office. Dr. Colls was one of the first four students to receive SIU : ... Seafarers Scholarship Advisory Committee consists of (l-r): Dr. Eiwood C. Kastner, N.Y.U.: Charles D. O'Connell, University of Chicago; Edna M. Newby, Rutgers University: Richard M. Keefe, St. Louis University; Dr. Charles A. Lyons, Jr., Howard Uni­ versity; and Dr. Bernard B. Ireland, College Entrance Exam Board. the Houston and the Transeastem. In February, 1969, McKay was accepted for admission to the Engineering School, which is jointly sponsored by the SIU and the Marine Engineers Bene­ ficial Association, Efistrict 2. After an intensive four-month course of instruction, he was graduated with an 84 percent average, and sat for his license on June 9. On June 17, he was notified by the Coast Guard that he had passed the exami­ nation, but that he would have to wait three days—until his 19th birthday—^before he could receive his license. [More than 330 Seafarers have earned engineers licenses —^from third assistant through chief engineer—after complet­ ing training at the- SIU-MEBA District 2 school, and a total of 2,205 unrated Seafarers have received Q.M.E.D. endorse­ ments through the Harry Lunde­ berg School of Seamanship.] Although he is only 19, Bob McKay realizes that the train­ ing he has been given has opened the door to a new and more productive way of life for him. "The Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship gave me an opportunity that I never thought would be open to me," McKay said. "It has offered me, and a lot of other young guys I've known at school and at sea, a chance to make it." Commenting on McKay's achievement, SIUNA president Paul Hall said: "Bob McKay has been a credit to the SIU, and I'm certain he will be a credit to the MEBA, District 2. We are fortunate to have him, and other youngsters like him, as members of our Union. These young men are becoming the skilled professional Seafar­ ers of today, and they represent the future of this Union." Anyone can do it if he really wants to and is willing to work hard, youngest U.S. merchant marine offi­ cer Robert McKay tells eager trainee group at HLSS in Piney Point as he proudly displays new license. scholarships when the program was originated in 1953. She had placed 17th in a high school class of 396 and even then planned to become a doctor. In 1958 she graduated with the title of doctor from the Col­ lege of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico. Her father. Seafarer Pedro Jimenez of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, sailed in the engine de­ partment. Dr. Wallace, who was the first Seafarer to receive his M.D. un­ der the scholarship program, graduated in 1959 from Colum­ bia University's College of Phy­ sicians and Surgeons. When awarded his scholar­ ship in 1954, Wallace was a premedical student at Long Island University. While studying at Columbia, Dr. Wallace continued to sail with the SIU during his first two summers. He had been a Sea­ farer since 1948 when he was 18 years old. An AB, he usually sailed on Bull Line or Missis­ sippi ships. A 1964 graduate of New York University Law School, Lembhard G. Howell received his SIU scholarship in 1955 after graduating from New York's Charles Evans Hughes High School where he won the institution's highest award for character and scholastic achieve­ ment. He had been president of the school's General Organization and wrote for the school news­ paper as well as the Mathematics Seymour Wallace, AB to M.D. and Science Department publi­ cations. Attending Lafayette College in Easton, Pa., Howell covered the normal four-year course in three years and graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history. He served as an Ensign in the U.S. Naval Reserve before at­ tending NYU's Law School. Howell later went to the state of Washington on a Ford Foun­ dation grant from the National Center for Education in Politics and eventually was appointed Assistant Attorney General in 1966. Two years later he went into private practice and in March of this year established the law firm of Miller and Howell in Seattle. In 1966-67 Howell was elected State President of the Young Democrats and for the past two years he has been a member of the Seattle-King County Municipal League. His father. Seafarer Cleveland Alexander Howell, retired on an SIU pension in 1965. These three men and women are typical examples of the many SIU scholarship winners who are leading varied and worth­ while careers today. And following in their path to higher scholastic achievement each year are new award recipi­ ents, each chosen by an impar­ tial committee of six prominent educators from institutions of learning around the country. Their annual selection of win­ ning recipients is based upon the candidates' performance on the / Lembhard G. Howell College Entrance Examination Board tests or the American College Testing Program, to­ gether with the candidates' gen­ eral scholastic background and qualities of leadership. �SEAFARERS P&ge Four July, 1969 LOG ' i • William Foley, A.B. on the Amer­ ican Victory, graduated from Piney Point in 1967 and earned his AB's ticket there in 1968. PINEY POINT, Md. — The Harry Lundeberg School of Sea­ manship—the largest training facility for merchant seamen in the nation—^is nearing the end of its second year of opera­ tion here. The product of joint SIUindustry cooperation, the school has developed extensive training and upgrading programs which have served the dual purpose of providing careers to many dis­ advantaged youngsters and fur­ nishing a flow of superbly-train­ ed manpower for the ships cf America's merchant marine. Beyond this, it has enabled hundreds of Seafarers to up­ grade to higher ratings up tp and including licensed officer status. The opening of operations here in August, 1967 marked the beginning of a program to consolidate all of the SIU's training facilities which had been operating at a number of ports since 1953. The Union's training activities had their beginnings in the peri­ od immediately following the Korean War. The program grew out of the Union's belief that the training of unlicensed sea­ men is labor's—^not govern­ ment's concern—and that it is the Union's task to provide qualifled manpower when and where needed aboard its contracted veissels. Over the years,, the training program focused on three key areas: • Trmning for entry ratings. • Tcaining for l^giading. bandy Seabrook, Installs a burner on the Boston. Seabrook is a Piney Point graduate who got his FWT ticket at the SlU school. Robert Brown, left, and Vincent Bermudez, both sailing as ordinary seaman, secure lines as the Asbury Victory prepares to sail for the Far East. Brown graduated from Piney Point in September. Bermudez, who completed training at the school in February was on his first trip, Richard McDonald, oiler on the American Victory, attended the HLSS school in February, 1968. and got his FOWT in October. vides the opportunity for the eventual development of a selfsustaining operation. It is hoped that eventudly housing can be developed on this adjacent land to offer accomodations for both active and pensioned Seafarers. There are several levels of recruiting and training in the school. At the entry rating level, recmits are taken from the ages of 16 to 21 years—^up to the age of 23 for military service return­ ees. Present facilities permit a normal complement of 120 enrollees for a 60-day course. Recruits get free transportation to the school, besides room and board and $20 a week spending money. Upon graduation, they are immediately assigned to an SlU-contracted vessel and trans­ ported to the ship to embark on their new careers. Entry rating trainees are given not only education in safety and shipboard duties, but also lifeboat training as well. They are given lifeboat examinations on the Piney Point base by the U.S. Coast Guard before ship­ ping on their first vessel. Hav­ ing passed this examination and completed 90 days of seatime, they can then apply for their liefboat endorsement without further testing. As a result of this training, young men going to sea for the first time are better equipped for the job at hand than has ever been t^ case in the past A measure of the effectiveness of the SIU program is the fact that the Lundeberg School has grad­ uated over 2,000 merchant sea­ men with fewer than 100 drop­ outs. The school also facilitates the upgrading of Union members to the ratings of Firemen, Oilers, Watertenders, ABs, Electricians and all qualified men for every department In addition to its contribu­ tions to entry upgrading the HLSS has also established, in conjunction with the MEBA, District 2, Marine Engineers and Deck Officers schools for the purposo of licensing qualified men from the Engine and Deck departments. Since its inception in February, 1966, this branch of the Lundeberg School has graduated hundreds of original Third Engineers and original Second Engineers. Many other seagoing affiliates of the SIUNA have similar pro­ grams for the training of person­ nel in their own organizations. The SlUNA-affiliated Staff Officers Association recently graduated its third class of Pur­ ser-Pharmacist Mates. The Ma­ rine Firemen's Union has a training program for upgrading in the engine department. The Sailors Union of the Pacific operates the Andrew Furuseth training school and some years ago instituted the first life­ boat training school in the in­ dustry. The Marine Cooks and Stewards maintain a steward de­ partment training program and the SIU Great L^es District has a School of Marine En^neering and Navigation to help Seafarers prepare for licensing. rM sf' • Preparing for licenses as land, where the Potomac meets deck and engine oflScers. Chesapeake Bay. Here there are As the program expanded it shops for instruction in welding, was desirable to acquire suitable electricity, machinery, rigging, facilities to centralize the train­ splicing and seamanship, as well ing activities. That's where Piney as a maritime museum and Point entered the picture. A library of maritime and trade former naval torpedo training union history. base it was ideally suited to car­ The school boasts modem ry out the objectives of the Un­ classroom facilities for lectures, ion's training program. discussions and instruction; a The school is named after variety of vessels aboard which Harry Lundeberg, the founder seamen can get practical on-theand first president of the SIU, job training; and a fully equip­ and operates imder the Lunde­ ped boat basin to teach them berg philosophy that the recruit­ the basics of vessel maintenance. ing and manning of vessels falls The Lundeberg School facili­ within the area of Uni<m re- ties include comfortable bunga­ sponsibili^, rather than that of low-dormitories for the students, government agencies. a gymnasium, auditorium, swim­ ft is located on S3 acres ming pool, laundry, cafeteria bordering St Geoige's Qeek <m and commissary. the soudiemmost tip of Mary­ Adjoining farm acreage pro­ - This group of young Seafarers bave completed all requirements of the U.S. Coast Guard for their lifeboat tickets. In the first rbvV (l-r) are Charles Cothran, Michael Pait, James Fleming, Gary Davis, Richard Welch, Tom Reed, DaVid Blevin, Sam Beck, Gar Doubleday, and Harold McDavid. Second row, Instructor Tom Brooks, Lindse^''Hood, Stephen Williams, Johnnie Ferguson, John LOtz, Mike Cashion, Johnny Roundtree, Ellis Crum ihd Armando Salazar. Trainees at Piney Point get fulhlifeboat. instruction. Graduates of Piney Point lifeboat class No. 8 were (front row l-r) Ronald Hoitala, James Pedaris, Thomas Abbadessa, Coy Dillow and Carl Smith Jr. Second row: Edward Bean, Robert Giordano, William Anglemyer, David Schlosnagle, Steven Williams and Albert Trinka. Trfllflpes receive hours of instructionijai\d jfpipenience in. the.iboats. f �July, 1969 SEAFARERS Page Five LOG Opportunity Unlimited Upgrading Ladder to licensed Status Climbed by Seafarers—Young and Old Through the unique Marine Engineers and Deck Officers Up­ grading Programs, jointly spon­ sored by the SIU, the MEBA District 2, and the Associated Maritime Officers, Seafarers in the deck and engine depart­ ments—from the youngest to the oldest—have available to them an ever-present oppor-. tunity to climb the seniority ladder to rewarding licensed po­ sitions in the U.S. merchant marine. Opportunity, according to the old ad^e, rarely knocks twice during a lifetime. How­ ever, a close look at these two upgrading programs, which were conceived and instituted by the Union to further the careers of members, disproves this. Hundreds of SIU members, ranging in age from 19 to 60 and over, from every possible background, have earned li­ censes as marine engineers or deck officers through these two Union - sponsored upgrading programs. Ronald R. Spencer, director of the School of Marine Engi­ neering and Navigation, through which the engineer and deck officer upgrading programs are administered, remarked on Sea­ farers and their approach to the schools in this way: "Behind each union member who has graduated from the upgrading program to a license, there is a separate success story to tell. For each of them, it is a story of applying themselves through hard work to overcome many obstacles to achieve a goal." A close look at just a few of the Seafarers from the deck and engine departments who have earned their licenses through the school offers a panorama of individual stories, created by the men themselves, in their quest for greater knowledge and recognition in their chosen careers. Sigwart G. Nielsen, 63, is an example of a Seafarer who de­ cided late in his sailing career to apply for an engineer's li­ cense. With almost 20 years of sailing time with the SIU behind him, and the rating of Chief Electrician, this New Jersey na­ tive entered the upgrading school in March, 1966. After completing the course of in­ struction at the school in De­ cember, 1966, he passed the Coast Guard's licensing exam­ ination and was certified as a Third Assistant Engineer. Niel­ sen distinguished himself and did credit to his union by prov­ ing the basic SIU principle that a Seafarer can upgrade at any time. Norbert Patrick, 31, bom on the island of St. Vincent in the Windward Islands, is a graduate Second Engineer's License when of the SIU's Harry Lundeberg accepted by the SIU-MEBA School of Seamanship. A bos'n School of Marine Engineering while at the school, he had and Navigation in February, sailed as FOWT before apply­ 1966. Along with a perfect rec­ ing for the engineers upgrading ord of attendance in the course. program in September, 1967. Brother Singleton racked up After passing the Coast Guard grades which were well above examination, following studies average. He was certified as a at the SIU-MEBA, Dist. 2- Second Assistant in May of sponsored school, he received 1966 and is now sailing as First his license as a Third Assistant Assistant Engineer. Engineer in March, 1968. Pat­ Michael R. McKay, 22, born rick plans to upgrade to Second in New York City and a grad­ Assistant shortly. uate of the SIU's Harry Lunde­ Herbert E. Valdson, 57, was berg. School of Seamanship, is born in Tartu, Estonia. A nat­ one of the new generation of uralized U.S. citizen, he joined Seafarers which the Lundeberg the SIU in Philadelphia in 1963 School has launched on seafar­ because he wanted to serve in ing careers to man U.S. mer­ the U.S. merchant marine. He chant vessels for many years was sailing as an FOWT when to come. McKay had sailed as accepted to the engineers up­ an FOWT before entering the grading program in 1966. While engineers upgrading program in attending the school, he was November of 1967. At 20, he nicknamed the "Estonian Law- was the youngest student in the Moustakakis demonstrated a keen ability to quickly master the subjects in the course lead­ ing to a mate's license. He con­ sistently achieved high grades during attendance at the school and when he took the Coast Guard's Third Mate licensing exam in February of 1968, he scored one of the highest marks ever received on the exam by an applicant in the Port of New York. Moustakakis is now sail­ ing as a Second Mate and plans to return to the school for fur­ ther upgrading as soon as his duties permit. To say that Rudolph J. Loizzi merely picked himself up by his bootstraps—and he did—to earn a Third Mate's license would be a gross under­ statement of how he achieved his goal. He entered the mate's upgrading program in March, 1967. Until that time, the 32- license from the Coast Guard. Desire Le Berre, 49, was bom in France. He joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1953 and before entering the mate's upgrading program in Septem­ ber of 1966, sailed as AB and bqs'n. Because of his seatime, Le Berre was able to work to­ wards a Second Mate's license at the SIU-MEBA, Dist. 2, School of Marine Engineering and Navigation. Brother Le Berre had to overcome the ad­ ded burden of a language bar­ rier in pursuing his studies at the school. He diligently worked not only on mastering the sub­ jects required for his license, but sought each day to improve his ability in English. Le Berre achieved fine grades in the up­ grading program and upon pass­ ing his Coast Guard exam, was certified as a Second Mate in May, 1967. As a token of his appreciation for the opportunity and help given him, he donated a sextant to the school for use in training his fellow SIU members. George T. McManus, 50, was bom in New York City. Brother McManus sailed as an AB be­ fore applying for the mate's up­ grading program in September, 1967. A college graduate with Nielsen Valdson Loizzi McManus a Bachelor of Science degree in education and social science, he also attended both the Univer­ sity of Miami in Florida and Fordham University in New York. With all of this, how­ ever, McManus joined the SIU in New York in 1963 because he "wanted to begin a seafaring career." While a student at the Patrick Singleton Moustakakis LeBerre Keelan deck officer's school, McManus attended classes on crutches be­ cause of an injury, but scored yer" by his fellow Seafarers. program. Upon graduation from year-old New Yorker's formal well in all of his subjects. Upon They had learned that he was the school in 1968, he held the education amounted to only passing the Coast Guard exam, a graduate of the University of unique distinction of being the three grades of grammar school he received a Third Mate's li­ Estonia Law School. Valdson youngest man in the U.S. mer­ and he had never learned math­ was certified as a Third Assist­ chant marine to receive an orig­ ematics. He had, however, a cense in December of 1967. Joseph F. Keelan, 57, was ant Engineer by the Coast inal Third Assistant Engineer's determination to overcome his Guard in July of 1966. His license after passing his Coast educational handicap and to bom in Pennsylvania and joined earn his license. Brother Loizzi the SIU in the Port of Mobile in wish to pursue a career in the Guard exam. American merchant marine was Just last month, however, studied nightly until at least 1949. He served on many SIUmade possible by the SIU and Mike proudly relinquished his midnight and for entire week­ contracted vessels as AB and was expanded even further by youthful position to his brother, ends. This was in addition to bos'n before applying for the his successful participation in Bobby. Also an HLSS graduate meeting family obligations by mate's upgrading program in the engineers upgrading pro­ and graduate of the engineer's holding down a parttime job. August, 1966. gram through which the SIU upgrading program. Bob Mc­ Because of his obvious will Although he decided to up­ encourages its unlicensed mem­ Kay is, at 19, the youngest li­ to learn. Spencer and Senior bers to seek the highest possible censed officer in the merchant Deck Instructor Nick Gullo grade somewhat later in his rank they can achieve. marine. (See story page 3.) worked a bit harder with Loizzi. career than some of the other Harry R. Singleton, a 53Impressive though the ac­ Within a little over six months, Seafarers taking part in the year-old New Yorker, is an old- complishments of engine de­ they had helped Brother Loizzi program. Brother Keelan was timer with the SIU who first partment Seafarers may have to raise his educational level by none the less determined to eam joined the Union during one of been, their brothers above decks seven grades. Spencer wrote in a deck officer's license. Through the first organizing campaigns have distinguished themselves Loizzi's school file, "Rarely his ability to call upon valuable in the Port of Baltimore in Jan­ equally as well—as the following have I seen a man with so lim­ experience gained during many uary of 1939. He had logged a brief histories will show. ited an advantage demonstrate good deal of seatime as an Alexios M. Moustakakis was such a desire to succeed." In years at sea. Brother Keelan FOWT before receiving his en­ born in Greece 26 years ago. September, 1968, Brother scored excellent grades at the gineer's license. Due to his ex­ From the moment he entered Loizzi did honor to himself and school and received his Second tensive seatime. Singleton was the SIU-MEBA, Dist. 2 School to the entire upgrading program Mate's license in November, able to study for an ori^al in October, 1967, Brother by receiving his Third Mate's 1968. \- I �Page Six SEAFARERS LOG Jnlr» 1969 APPLY NOW FOR SENIORITY UPGRADING The seniority upgraders above are seen as they took the oath of obligation as full-book members of the SlU. Left to right are John Doran, FOWT, and AB's Erick Sorensen, Robert Hester and Arthur Wills. The group is pictured at left during a class session led by SlU Representative Bill Hall. All upgraders are graduates of the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship, have more than 12 months seatime, hold a rating in either the deck, engine or steward department and have a lifeboat endorsement. Joseph Simonetti, FWT on the Detroit, installs a burner as the vessel malces ready to sail. Simonetti completed training at Piney Point in June 1968, and got his upgrading at the Un­ ion's Q.M.E.D. engineering school in New York. All B Book Seafarers have the opportunity to upgrade their seniority at the SIU's Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship at Piney Point, Maryland. The Seniority Upgrading Program was estab­ lished to provide Seafarers with additional training required for steady advancement up the seniority ladder. The latest in modern training and teaching facilities are provided at the school for qualified Seafarers. Free room and board plus an allowance of $56 per week are given to each qualified man partici­ pating in the program. Transportation from all major SIU ports is also provided. Applications have already been mailed to all B Book Seafarers, and are also available from any SIU port agent. HOW TO QUALIFY Seafarers who wish to enroll in the Seniority Upgrading Program should meet the Seafarers Appeals Board's qualify­ ing standards which include the following: • RATING—Each applicant must presently hold a Coast Guard endorsed rating such as AB, FOWT, etc. • PREVIOUS TRAINING—Presentation of a certificate showing successful completion of training at either the An­ drew Furuseth Training School or the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship. • SEATIME—Seafarers must have a minimum of 12 months seatime with any SlU-contracted companies. Lyie Sawyer, sailing as OS after graduating from Piney Point in May, works on a lifeboat on the Seatrain Delaware with veteran Sea­ farer Calixto Gonzalez, ship's bos'n. Sawyer plans to get his 12 month's of seatime as quickly as possible and then upgrade to A.B. William King, wiper on the Asbury Victory, com­ pleted training at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship at Piney Point in February, 1968, and plans to enter the SlU's engine upgrading school after this trip to obtain his FOWT endorsement. • LIFEBOAT TICKET—Applicant must have a valid lifeboat ticket. The Seafarers Appeals Board may consider other qualifica­ tions or waive any of the above. Completed application forms should be mailed as soon as possible to: The Harry Lundeberg School of Seamans^ Seniority Upgrading Program Smnt Mary's County Piney Point, Maiyland 20674""'^ ^ �Julr, 1969 George Gibbons, cook-balcer and steward delegate on the Boston, makes a point at contract discussion. SEAFARERS LOG Page Seven SlU Representative Bill Hall holds a meeting with crewmembers of the Seatrain New York on the ship's fantail to discuss the new agreement. Thomas Anderson, A.B. and deck delegate on the Summit, expresses his views on the new SlU contract. I N keeping with your Union's unbroken tradition of securing for its members the best possible agreement obtainable with the shipping companies contracted to the SIU-Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, we, the undersigned committee, sub­ mit and recommend to our fellow Seafarers the Freightship and Tanker contracts printed on the following two pages. The basic wage gains reflected in these agreements represent gains for crewmembers in all shipboard departments—deck, en­ gine and steward—which are unprecedented in U. S. maritime history. In addition to this, we consider of particular significance the major breakthrough achieved in the Freightship agreement relat­ ing to overtime. The principle of overtime for all hours worked in port between 5 p.m. and 8 a.m. on Monday through Friday has been firmly established for the first time. The membership will note that these agreements deal primarily with wages. Negotiations are continuing with the shipowners regarding welfare, pension and vacation improvements. It will also be noted that under Additional Comments and Rec­ ommendations, your Headquarters Negotiating Committee has suggested a restructuring of membership representation aboard SlU-contracted vessels and recommends weekly Sunday meetings while at sea. SIU Representative Leon Hall outlines provisions of the new agreement at a meeting on the Transontario. After considerable discussion and consideration, it is felt that SIU crews can be most efficiently represented aboard ship by ac­ tive Ship's Committees made up of one elected delegate each from the Deck, Engine and Steward departments, the Bos'n as perma­ nent Ship's Chairman, and the Chief Steward as permanent Ship's Reporter and Secretary. The aim of the Ship's Committees should be the development and maintenance of stronger communi­ cations between Seafarers afloat and Union headquarters. In this way it will be better possible to implement SIU policies and programs and create a Union structure aboard ship which will allow greater participation by the entire membership in the Un­ ion's affairs. Fraternally submitted. i4<juL, ILss-, SPA Crewmembers of the Seattle study the special LOG supplement detailing the new one-year contract. Following discussion they voted 100% "Yes." I �Page Eight SEAFARERS Jalr, 1969 LOG FREIGHTSHIP AGREEMENT Your Headquarters' officers have reported to the membership over the past several monthly meetings regarding discussions with the shipowners relative to negotiations for a new Freightship Contract. These discussions and negotiations have in the main centered on monetary matters as well as welfare, pension and vacation matters. We have, subject to action by the membership, now reached agreement with the companies on wages, overtime and other monetary matters. Other issues which have not been finalized but which are now being negotiated are on welfare, pension and vacation matters. Printed below is a copy of the agreement reached as outlined above be­ tween your Union and the shipowners. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN Section 1. WAGES. The monthly rate of pay for the Unlicensed Personnel in the Steward Department, when the respective ratings are carried, shall be as follows: AMOUNT OF NEW RATING INCREASE MONTHLY RATE Chief Steward $52.74 $618.01 Steward/Cook 35.92 631.19 Chief Cook 45.76 549.22 Cook and Baker 44.35 535.30 Second Cook 24.18 470.33 * Third Cook 37.19 464.80 Messman 62.02 364.58 , 62.02 Utilityman i64.58 MARINER TYPE VESSEL * When passengers are carried, the Third Cook will be re-rated as Second Cook and will be paid wages in accordance with the agreement. SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICAATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT, AFUCIO and ^ WHEREAS, the collective bargaining agreement between the Union and various companies expires on June 15, 1969, and WHEREAS, the Union and the companies have been negotiating terms of a new contraa, NOW THEREFORE it is understood and agreed, as follows: FREIGHTSHIP AGREEMENT 1. Article II, Section 21 shall be changed to read as follows: Section 21. OVERTIME RATE, (a) The overtime rate of pay for members of the Unlicensed Personnel receiving a basic monthly wage of $464.78 or below shall be $2.73 per hour. (b) The overtime rate of pay for all members of the LInlicensed Personnel receiving a basic monthly wage of $464.79 or above, but not in excess of $535. 29 shall be $3.44 per hour. (c) The overtime rate of pay for all members of the Unlicensed Personnel receiving a basic monthly wage of $535.30 or above shall be $4.48 per hour. 2. Article III, Section 1 shall be changed to read as follows: Section 1. Wages. The monthly rate of pay for the Unlicensed Personnel in the Deck Department, when the respective ratings are carried, shall be as follows: NEW AMOUNT OF MONTHLY RATE RATING INCREASE $618.01 Boatswain $52.74 * Carpenter 45.72 566.53 525.33 43.34 A. B. Maintenance 470.33 Quartermaster 37.75 Able Seaman 470.33 37.75 367.18 Ordinary Seaman 62.28 O.S. Maintenance 397.97 39.44 MARINER TYPE VESSEL Boatswain * Carpenter $59.88 58.79 $682.97 593.24 * When the Carpenter is required in writing by the Company to furnish his own tools, he shall bepaidtwentydollars($20.00)per month in addition to his base wage. 5. The overtime rates set forth in Item one herein shall be paid for all work performed on Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays and for any work in excess of eight (8) hours in any one day. The overtime rates set forth in Item one shall also apply to work performed in port between the hours of 5 P.M. and 8 A.M., Monday through Friday and for penalty work performed on watch and other penalty time payments provided for in the Agreement. 6. ROOM AND MEAL ALLOWANCE Meal allowance shall be $10.50 per day; room allowance shall be $10.50 per day. 7. In order to partially defray the costs and expenses of the operation and mainten­ ance of the hiring halls, as provided for in the collective bargaining agreement, the company agrees to the establishment of a fund, and the company further agrees to contribute to such fund the sum of fifteen (15) cents per man per day of covered employment. 8. PENSIONS, WELFARE AND VACATIONS The parties hereto agree to continue negotiations with respect to improved pension, welfare and vacation. It is further understood and agreed that in the event agreement is not reached on improved pension, welfare and vacations, the Union shall have the right to take economic action upon seven (7) days notice. 9. SUBSIDIARY PROVISIONS It is agreed that any agreements that are presently in effect covering War Risk Insur­ ance and Area Bonuses be continued as is with no change. In addition, any and all addendums and/or supplementary agreements, the contents of which have not been incorporated into the collective bargaining contract shall be continued in effect. Except for the changes provided for in this Memorandum of Understanding all other terms and conditions of the collective bargaining contracts now in effect shall remain in effect. The changes provided in this Memorandum of Understanding shall be in­ corporated into and made a part of the full collective bargaining contract. 10. EFFECTIVE DATE All changes provided for herein shall become effective at 12:01 A.M. on June 16, 1969. 11. The Collective Bargaining agreement between the parties hereto shall terminate on June 15, 1970 unless extended by the parties. Dated June 12, 1969 For the Union 3. Article IV, Sertion 1 shall be changed to read as follows: Section 1. Wages. The monthly rate of pay for the Unlicensed Personnel in the En­ gine Departrnent, when the respective ratings are carried, shall be as follows: AMOUNT OF NEW RATING INCREASE MONTHLY RATE Chief Electrician $63.83 $727.20 Second Electrician 59.02 679.74 Unlicensed Jr Engineer (Day) 50.37 594.60 Unlicensed Jr Engineer (Watch) 44.35 535.31 Plumber/Machinist 53.00 622.93 Deck Engineer 48.54 576.59 Engine Utility 541.88 44.00 Evaporator Maintenance 497.99 40.56 Oiler 470.33 37.75 Oiler-Diesel 506.19 41.39 Watertender 37.75 470.33 \ Fireman/Watertender 470.33 37.75 Fireman 470.33 37.75 Wiper 436.82 69.35 Refrigerating Engineer (When (1) is carried) 59.02 679.74 Refrigerating Engineer (When (3) are carried) Chief 41.99 713.19 First Assistant 59.57 621.87 Second Assistant 572.73 47.20 Ship's Welder/Maintenance 50.37 594.60 44.29 Oiler/Maintenance Utility 535.25 AtARINER TYPE VESSEL $66.48 Chief Electrician ] $753.37 4. Article V, Section 1 shall be changed to read as follows: I GI /h dlZarK For the Companies • lUdiS. COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS COMMENTS: Your committee feels that these contracts as presented to the membership represent not only a substantial gain on wages, overtime, etc., but also establishes a basis for finalizing in the near future new contract terms and benefits in the other areas such as welfare, pensions and vacations. it is to be noted that the $10.00 differential between the entry ratings and the middle ratings negotiated in the last contract have now been eliminated. The original intent of creating that differential was to encourage unrated men to go up for endorsements. This has now been accomplished and the dif­ ferential will now cease. A major achievement has been accomplished in the Freightship Agreement with the establishment of the principle of overtime in port for all hours worked between 5:00 P.M. and 8:00 A.M. Monday through Friday. This applies to all crew members who work during these hours. Recommendation: Your Committee recommends the ratification of the Freightship contract as presented herein. - !l �SEAFARERS LOG Jnly, 1969 Pmge Nine TANKER AGREEMENT Your Headquarters' officers have reported to'the membership over the past several monthly meetings regarding discussions with the shipowners relative to negotiations for a new Tanker Contract. These discussions and negotiations have centered on monetary matters as well as on welfare, pension and vacation matters. We have, subject to action by the member­ ship, now reached agreement with the companies on wages, overtime and other monetary matters. Other issues which have not been finalized but which are now being negotiated on are welfare, pensions and vacations. Printed below is a copy of the agreement reached as outlined above be­ tween your Union and the shipowners. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING Between SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICAATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT, AFL-CIO and WHEREAS, the collective bargaining agreement between the Union and various companies expires on June 15, 1969, and WHEREAS, the Union and the companies have been negotiating terms of a new contraa, NOW THEREFORE it is understood and agreed, as follows: TANKER AGREEMENT 1. Article II, Section 21 shall be changed to read as follows: Section 21. OVERTIME RATE, (a) The overtime rate of pay for members of the Unlicensed Personnel receiving a basic monthly wage of $436.84 or below shall be $2.73 per hour. (b) The overtime rate of pay for all members of the Unlicensed Personnel receiving a basic monthly wage of $436.85 or above, but not in excess of $5 39.26, shall be $3.44 per hour. (c) The overtime rate of pay for all members of the Unlicensed Personnel receiving a basic monthly wage of $539.27 or above shall be $4.48 per hour. 2. Article III, Section 1 shall be changed to read as follows: Section 2. WAGES. The monthly rate of pay for the Unlicensed Personnel in the Deck Department, when the respective ratings are carried, shall be as follows: NEW AMOUNT OF MONTHLY RATE INCREASE RATING Boatswain (Tankers 25,500 D.W.T. or over) $654.93 $52.74 Boatswain (Tankers under 25,500 632.70 D.W.T.) 52.74 A.B. Deck Maintenance 5 39.26 43.34 O.S. Deck Maintenance (when carried) 406.93 39.44 475.29 Able Seaman 37.75 62.28 376.14 Ordinary Seaman 3. Article IV, Seaioh 1 shall be changed to read as follows: Seaion 1. WAGES. The monthly rate of pay for the Unlicensed Personnel in the Engine Department, when the respeaive ratings are carried, shall be as follows: NEW AMOUNT OF MONTHLY RATE RATING INCREASE $666.64 Chief Pumpman $59.02 666.64 Second Pumpman/Engine Maintenance 59.02 540.18 Engine Utility 44.00 475.29 Oiler 37.75 Oiler/Maintenance Utility 44.29 535.25 475.29 Fireman/Watertender 37.75 436.84 Wiper 69.35 4. Article V, Section 1 shall be changed to read as follows: Seaion 1. WAGES. The monthly rate of pay for the Unlicensed Personnel in the Steward Department, when the respeaive ratings are carried, shall be as follows: AMOUNT OF NEW INCREASE MONTHLY RATE RATING Chief Steward (Tankers 25,500 D.W.T. $657.29 $52.74 or over) Chief Steward (Tankers under 25,500 52.74 635.06 D.W.T.) Chief Cook 45.76 569.43 Cook and Baker 44.35 553.82 Third Cook 37.19 491.97 Galleyman (when carried) 62.02 373.50 Messman 62.02 364.57 Utilityman 62.02 364.57 5. The overtime rates set forth in itfem one herein shall be paid for all work per­ formed on Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays and for any work in excess of eight (8) hours in any one day. The Parties hereto shall continue to negotiate with respect to the rate of overtime to be paid for work performed in port between the hours of 5 P.M. and 8 A.M., Mon­ day through Friday and for penalty work performed on watch and other penalty time payments provided for in the Agreement. Where Agreement presently provides for payment of overtime for work in port, after 5 P.M. and before 8 A.M. weekdays, those rates shall continue to be paid, subjert to further negotiations. 6. ROOM AND MEAL ALLOWANCE Meal allowance shall be $10.50 per day; room allowance shall be $10.50 per day. 7. In order to partially defray the costs and expenses of the operation and mainten­ ance of the hiring halls, as provided for in the colleaive bargaining agreement, the company agrees to the establishment of a fund, and the company further agrees to contribute to such fund the sum of fifteen (15) cents per man per day of covered employment. 8. PENSIONS, WELFARE AND VACATIONS The parties hereto agree to continue negotiations with respect to improved pen­ sion, welfare and vacation. It is further understood and agreed that in the event agree­ ment is not reached on improved pension, welfare and vacations, the Union shall have the right to take economic action upon seven (7) days notice. 9. SUBSIDIARY PROVISIONS It is agreed that any agreements that are presently in effect covering War Risk Insurance and A; ea Bonuses be continued as is with no change. In addition, any and all addendums and/or supplementary agreements, the contents of which have not been incorporated into the collertive bargaining contract shall be continued in effea. Except for the changes provided for in this Memorandum of Understanding all other terms and conditions of the collective bargaining contracts now in effea shall remain in effea. The changes provided in this Memorandum of Understanding shall be incorporated into and made a part of the full colleaive bargaining contraa. 10. EFFECTIVE DATE All changes provided for herein shall become effeaive at 1 2:01 A.M. on June 16, 1969. 11. The Collective Bargaining agreement between the parties hereto shall terminate on June 15, 1970 unless extended by the parties. Dated JUNE 12, 1969 For the Union For the Companies COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Comments: Your cominittee feels that these contracts as presented to the membership represent not only a substantial gain on wages, overtime, etc., but also establishes a basis for finalizing in the near future new contract terms and benefits in the other areas such as welfare, pensions and vacations. Recommendation: Your committee recommends the ratification of the Tanker contract as presented herein. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Comments: Our immediate task now is to continue to work in the direction of improving our welfare plan, pensions and vacation. To do this, it is nec­ essary to have full participation of all our membership in the discussions of and recommendations on these matters so that the maximum number of members' feeling will be expressed. To do this, it is necessary that we have full participation in all shipboard meetings by all SlU crews. We are confronted with a situation whereby on a number of SlU ships there has not been complete union activity on the part of the crews. This is best illustrated by thefact that numerous ships have' not elected a complete number of Ship Board Delegates. This, unless corrected, could hamper us in our desire forfull expressions on the issues as contained in this report. Your committee has had considerable discussions on this matter and feels that positive action is required. This positive action should be aimed specifically in the direction of: a. Guaranteeing regular shipboard meetings. b. The communication of those meetings and their recommendations and comments to the Headquarters of the Union for consideration by the membership in the deliberation in coming negotiations. Recommendations: 1. It is recommended: That the Bos'n shall act as permanent Ship's Chairman on board all SlU vessels. 2. That the members of the three departments on board all SlU ships elect from the members of their departments, the appropriate member to serve as Deck Department Delegate, Engine Department Delegate and Steward Department Delegate. 3. That the Chief Steward aboard all SlU ships act as a permanent Ship's Reporter and Secretary to all SlU meetings aboard ship. 4. That regular shipboard meetings be held each Sunday when the vessel is at sea. 5. It is further recommended that the Ship's Chairman, the three Departmental Delegates and the Ship's Reporter-Secretary shall consti­ tute the SlU Ship's Committee on the vessels on which they serve. 6. It is finally recommended that the SlU Ship's Committee on board all SlU contracted vessels be responsible for the implementation of union policies and programs in addition to representing the members of the crew aboard ship. CONCLUSION The contracts, as presented above represent significant monetary gains for all of our membership. It also represents a recognition of the necessity and desire to complete negotiations in the areas of certain working rules as desired by our membership, welfare, pensions and vacations. Of equal importance to the matters contained in the above report, is taking a step in the direction of creating a shipboard union structure which will allow for greater participation in the affairs of the union of all its members aboard all vessels. This program continues the policy of election by crew members of departmental delegates. In addition, the recommendations allow for the participation of SlU mem­ bers sailing in the capacity of Bos'n to act as Chairman and thus guaranteeing a regular weekly meeting as recommended in this program. The participation of the Chief Steward, who as a rule is the most experienced SlU member aboard a vessel in the matter of records and communications, will guarantee that the appropriate records of shipboard meetings and functions will be kept and that communication will be developed and maintained between the crew and union headquarters. Your Headquarters Negotiating Committee recommends that you adopt this report and all recommendations contained herein. A RECORD HIGH FOR MARITIME DOLLAR GAINS—NEXT—PENSION, WELFARE & VACATION. �Page Ten SEAFARERS LOG Jolr. 1969 VOTING TALiy ON NEW CONTRAlCT The proposed new contract presented in this section is now in process of being submitted to the membership for its approval or disapproval. As the LOG went to press, the following shipboard and membership meeting votes had been recorded. Additional voting results will be pub lished in the LOG as they are received. Vessel AFOUNDRIA ALCOA COMMANDER ALCOA MARKETER ALCOA TRADER ALCOA VOYAGER AMERICAN PRIDE AMERICAN VICT. AMERIGO ARIZPA ASBURY VICT. ACHILLES BALTIMORE BEATRICE VICT. BELGIUM VICT. BESSEMER VICT. BETHFLOR BETHTEX BIENVILLE BOSTON BRIGHAM VICT. BUCKEYE ATLANTIC BURBANK VICT. C/S MIAMI CALMAR CAPE CATOCHE CHARLESTON CITRUS PACKER CITADEL VICT. CLAIRBORNE COLUMBIA BROOKLYN COLUMBIA-I COLUMBIA BANKER COLUMBIA EAGLE COLUMBIA TIGER COLUMBIA TRADER COMMANDER COSMOS TRADER DEL ALBA DEL MAR DEL ORO DELTA URUGUAY DETROIT EAGLE VOYAGER ELIZABBIHPORT ERICKSON FAIRLAND FAIRVIEW FLORIDIAN FORT HOSKINS GALVESTON GATEWAY CITY GENEVA HALAULA VICT. HASTINGS IBERVILLE JACKSONVILLE JEFFERSON CITY VICT. JEFF DAVIS LAFAYEITE LONG BEACH LOS ANGELES LYNN VICT. MANKATO VICT. MARYMAR MAURY MAYAGUEZ MINOT VICT. MOBTTF, MOBIL.TAN MO'' MC iNG LIGHT MT. WASHINGTON NEWARK NEW ORLEANS NEW YORKER Port For Against San Fran. N. O. N. O. Tampa N. O. N. Carolina N. Y. San Fran. N.Y. N.Y. San Fran. Puerto Rico N. Y. Japan Norfolk Bait. Bait. N.Y. N.Y. San. Fran. Phila. Mobile N. O. Bait. Japan Bait. San Fran. Seattle Mobile Phila. N. Y. Bait. Japan San Fran. San Fran. Seattle Phila. San Fran. Japan N. O. N. O. Mobile Puerto Rico Boston San Fran. San Fran. San Fran. San Fran. Puerto Rico Boston N.Y. N.Y. Bait. Jax. Japan San. Fran. N.Y. 18 26 28 26 23 24 28 23 28 28 29 29 30 21 24 19 21 27 29 23 20 21 19 21 22 28 18 22 25 26 29 24 28 29 24 25 24 23 25 23 32 21 22 24 29 27 20 22 15 22 27 25 18 29 24 20 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N.Y. San Fran. Wilm. San Fran. Japan Jax. N. O. N.Y. San Fran. N.Y. Japan N.Y. Japan Charleston Seattle Singapore N.Y, Seattle N. O. 30 31 21 26 23 31 26 21 20 24 24 28 25 24 25 31 26 27 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vessel OAKLAND OVERSEAS DINNY OVERSEAS EVA OVERSEAS EVELYN OVERSEAS SUZANNE OVERSEAS NATALIE OVERSEAS REBECCA OVERSEAS TRAVELER PANAMA PHILADELPHIA PONCE -PORTLAND PORTMAR PRINCETON VICT. RALEIGH RAMBAM RICE VIGl. RICHWOOD ROBIN HOOD ROBIN TRENT SACAL BORINCANO SAN JUAN SEAMAR S.T. DELAWARE S.T. GEORGIA S.T. LOUISIANA S.T. MARYLAND S.T. NEW YORK S.T. PUERTO RICO S.T. SAN JUAN S.T. WASHINGTON SEAllLE SPITFIRE STEEL DESIGNER Port Japan San Fran. Mobile Japan San Fran. Wilm. Wilm. N.Y. Japan Seattle Puerto Rico N.Y. Bait. San Fran. Japan N. O. Norfolk Japan N. 0. Mobile Jax. N.Y. San Fran. Puerto Rico San Fran. San Fran. San Fran. N. Y. San Fran. N.Y. San Fran. N. Y. N. O. Seattle Vessel Port For Against For Against 23 0 STEEL ENGINEER Wilm. 25 0 23 0 Houston 23 0 STEEL FLYER 0 24 STEEL KING San Fran. 29 0 0 21 STEEL SCIENTIST N. O. 20 0 0 12 STEEL SEAFARER Bait. 19 0 26 0 STEEL VOYAGER 30 0 Bait. 30 1 SUMMIT N. Y. 29 0 28 0 TRANSCOLORADO Phila. 26 0 0 22 TRANSONTARIO 0 N.Y. 28 0 21 TRANSSENECA 28 0 Seattle 0 27 TRENTON 0 San Fran. 24 26 1 0 VANTAGE PROGRESS 27 Wilm. 18 0 26 0 WACOSTA N.Y. 0 22 0 29 WARRIOR N.Y. 23 0 0 WESTERN COMET Norfolk 29 19 0 0 WINGLESS VICT. Japan 23 0 24 0 YORKMAR Bait. 19 25 0 8 0 Wilm. YUKON 0 28 3.134 A Totals 27 0 0 12 VOTE TAKEN AT REGULAR 29 0 26 0 MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS 0 29 For Against^ Constitutional Port 27 0 0 144 BALTIMORE 0 24 37 0 PHILADELPHIA 29 0 285 0 NEW ORLEANS 29 0 160 0 SAN FRANCISCO 24 0 35 0 WILMINGTON 28 0 0 44 SEATTLE 409 1 NEW YORK r 28 0 83 0 HOUSTON 28 0 152 0 MOBILE 21 0 1,349 Totals 28 0 r The Score to Dote For Against On the Ships 3,134 4 In the Halls 1,349 1 Totals 4,483 �Jnlr, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Pace Ekven Additioa of 18 Seafarers Boosts Pension Roster Growth The ever-growing SIU pen­ he sailed as third cook. He oiler. Brother Andrews now lives York. His last vessel was the full 366 days at sea. Brother sion list has added to the roster makes his home in Brooklyn in Daphne, Alabama, with his John B. Waterman. Dario's last ship was the Steel the names of 18 additional Sea­ with his wife, Mae. wife, Sara. Tonis Tonisson is calling it Artisan. farers who have completed thenRoy McCannon is closing out a career after 45 years at sea. Earl Cain is retiring on SIU long sailing careers. a sailing career that spans more pension after completing ki»Torolf J. Kismul, a native of than 25 years as a member of long career at sea. An active Norway, is ending his sailing the steward department. A long member of the Union since he days after more than 20 years time member of the SIU, he first signed up in the Port of at sea. Brother Kismul joined joined the Union in 1941. Broth­ New York, Cain took part in the the SIU in the Port of New er McCannon was bom in Okla­ Robin Line beef in 1962. Broth­ York. His last ship was the John homa, and will spend his retire­ er Cain sailed as cook and baker B. Waterman. Seafarer Kismul MacGregor Bennett and his last vessel was the Herment at his home in Philadel­ sailed as an AB in the deck de­ mina. He now makes his home phia. He last sailed on the PetroTotdsstm Dario partment. He now makes his in Boaz, Alabama. Arliss C. Johnson, who is a Chem. home in Seattle with his wife, native of Michigan, joined the Joseph Holsenbeck, who Ramon Irizarry, who has Sailing as FWT, his last ship Lilly. Union in Aim Arbor, Michigan. been going to sea for more than was the Steel Seafarer in 1967. holds ratings in all three departHe last worked for the Ann Ar­ Brother Tonisson was bom in bor Railroad Company in the 30 years and sailed as chief Estonia 65 years ago, and now steward department as a cabin makes his home in Hoboken, watch. Se^arer Johnson lives New Jersey. He joined the Un­ with his father, Louis, in Frank­ ion in the Port of New York. fort, Mich. Pio Dario, an active SIU Leon S. Bekier, a veteran of member since joining the Union the U.S. Navy during World in the Port of Philadelphia, is Kismul Burgesser War II, was bom in Providence, Cain HoiseiriMck closing out a long sailing career R.I. He joined the SIU in the in the steward department. Bom McCannon Idzairy Herbert F. Burgesser is stow­ Port of Detroit. Brother Bekier in Catbalogau, Philippine Is­ ments aboard ship, is closing ing away his sea gear after al­ lands, in 1901, he plans to re­ out a sailing career of 25 years. steward for the past 18 years, most 30 years at sea. Bom in tire to his home in Quezon City. He has shipped as AB, FWT is also retiring on SIU pension. Seafarer Smithsburg, Maryland, he joined Dario was a profession­ and third cook. Brother Holsen­ the Union in 1940 in the Port Bom in Puerto Rico, he now al Seafarer who shipped year- beck joined the SIU in the Port of Philadelphia. His last vessel makes his home in Chalmette, round during nearly all of his of Savannah. His last vessel was was the Southwestern Victory Louisiana, with his wife. Car­ sailing career. During the last the Summit He was bom in on which he was chief steward. men. Seafarer Irizarry joined four leap-years—1956, 1960, Milledgeville, Georgia, where he Brother Burgesser lives with his the SIU in the Port of New 1964 and 1968—^he put in the continues to make his home. brother, Carroll, in New York aty. Lawson Evans, who was bom last sailed for the American in Washington, D.C., wound up Steamship Company in the en­ 25 years at sea with a final gine department as fireman. He trip on the Seatrain Georgia as June 1, 1969 to June 30, 1969 row. He joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1944. DECK DEPARTMENT Brother Evans lives with his TOTAL REGISTERED REGISTERED on BEACH TOTAL SHIPPED half-brother, Jerry Thomas, in All Groups All Grooi Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. Port Class A Class B Class A Class B Class A Class B Class C John A. Witchen, Jr., who Boston 6 6 9 2 3 15 1 New York 127 96 68 69 189 162 22 was bom in Alabama, joined the Philadelphia 24 27 1 2 5 2 1 SIU in the Port of New Orleans. Baltimore 53 36 96 65 Bekier Wells 23 23 7 His last trip was on the Delta Norfolk 24 49 26 29 21 13 5 Jacksonville 31 30 30 24 23 7 18 Mexico as cook and baker. Sea- makes his home in Johnston, Tampa 9 23 6 14 17 4 8 51 19 30 32 19 0 84 R.I., where he lives with his Mobile New Orleans 60 53 141 63 45 43 2 wife, Lena. Houston 96 100 84 65 35 118 57 42 36 29 3 51 41 12 John E. Wells who is 67 years Wilmington 98 San Francisco ... 84 49 61 3 71 85 old, was bom in Warren, Rhode Seattle 43 33 26 34 25 16 55 Island. Brother Wells joined the Totals 860 550 638 537 484 163 413 Union in the Port of Baltimore and last sailed as chief steward ENGINE DEPARTMENT on the Hastings. His home is in REGISTERED on BEACH TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED Evans Witchen All Groups Catonsville, Maryland, where he All Groups All Groups Class A Class B Class A Class B Port Class A Class B Class C lives with his wife, Rena. farer Witchen makes his home 4 5 2 Boston 3 4 6 3 Leo Q. Strange, a native of New 200 122 62 38 York 119 82 in Mesa, Arizona, with his wife, 83 Massachusetts, joined the SIU Philadelphia 3 3 24 14 17 24 23 Ora Josephine. 43 53 19 26 7 Baltimore 32 36 in the Port of Baltimore. He last 19 42 James MacGregor was bom 6 18 9 12 30 Norfolk sailed on the Gateway City as 13 21 9 23 9 37 5 Jacksonville in Massachusetts and joined the 3 8 6 2 12 6 12 Tampa Steward. Brother Strange makes Union in the Port of Baltimore. 38 43 21 25 0 35 21 Mobile 86 74 26 56 1 45 72 Brother MacGregor's last ship his home now in Ridgewood, New Orleans 91 39 74 41 25 79 51 Houston N.J., where he lives with his was the Portmar on which he 21 3 19 13 41 23 45 Wilmington 57 12 64 116 53 95 144 San Francisco ... sailed in the engine department wife, Margaret. 37 7 32 14 22 33 47 Seattle as FOWT. Seafarer MacGregor 407 512 312 181 487 598 400 Totals makes his home in Baltimore. STEWARD DEPARTMENT Marvin P. Bennett, a native REGISTERED on BEACH of Georgia, joined the SIU in TOTAL SHIPPED TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups All Groups All Groups Lake Charles, Louisiana. He dassA dEsB Class A Class B Class A Class B Class C Port last sailed on the Tamara Guil5 0 2 3 0 2 1 Boston den in the deck department as 56 34 40 95 128 44 73 New York ..., 3 20 6 20 4 36 11 Philadelphia .. AB. Seafarer Bennett now lives Strange Andrews 20 43 11 10 20 29 62 .... Baltimore with his brother in Houston, 6 2• 30 24 11 35 20 Norfolk ...... 11 8 24 13 17 19 11 Texas. Carl B. Andrews, who was Jacksonville .. 2 9 7 3 5 1 8 Pedro C f --an, who is 62, bom in Alabama, joined the Tampa 24 Mobile ....... 36 18 55 19 18 0 36 42 67 65 17 122 1 is a native of the Philippine Union in the Port of Mobile. New Orleans .. 44 26 65 39 33 50 100 Islands. He joined the SIU in He has been sailing in the en­ Houston 26 22 20 17 7 24 15 Wilmin^on .. 48 125 52 104 11 the Port of Galveston. Brother gine department, in all ratings San Francisco 55 71 24 46 14 17 12 20 43 Esteban made his last voyage and his last ship was the Qai- Seattle 631 375 Totals 289 218 458 402 311 on the Steel Worker, on which bome, on which he sailed as �PmgK Twehre SEAFARERS' LOG Julr, 1969 -• • -L" '/• Meet Your Ships' Cemmittees BIENVILLE—(l-r) Felipe Aponte, ship's delegate; Joseph Leyal, chairman; Frank Fadino, engine delegate; E. D. Strait, steward delegate; Ben Ladd, steward and ship secretary; and Tim Holt, deck delegate. / OVERSEAS TRAVELER—(l-r) Ivar Anderson, ship's delegate; James McLiden, deck delegate; Calvin Sheridan, engine delegate; Antonio Lipari, the ship chairman. ARIZPA—(l-r in photo below at left) Juan Guaris, engine delegate; Abraham Aragones, ship secretary; Luis Rivera, deck delegate; L. A. Vila, steward del­ egate; William Doiley, ship's delegate, SiU Vice President Earl Shepard; and Alfonso Rivera, bos'n, who will act as ship chairman and conduct all meetings. DETROIT-—^l-r in photo below) George Burke, chairman; Alvero Vego, engine delegate: Pete Siems, steward delegate; Julio Colon, retiring ship's delegate, and John McLaughlin, deck delegate. Victor Perez, ship secretary w^s absent. ^-1 �Jnlr* 1969 The crews of SlU-contracted ships at sea have always been encouraged to take an active part in the affairs of the Union. The fullest possible expression of ideas and opinions on issues affect­ ing them as Seafarers is vital to the continued growth of the SIU as a viable, democratic trade union. With a new contract providing the best wage gains in U.S. mari­ time history already negotiated, the Union is now moving ahead to improve the welfare plan, pensions and vacations. To do this, it is necessary to have the broadest participation of the entire member­ ship—at sea as well as ashore—in discussions and recommenda­ tions, so that the feelings of a maximum number of members are expressed. Regular shipboard meetings, and the communication of the conunents and recommendations of these meetings to Union head­ quarters, is the key to this kind of democratic participation. Out of 23 ships visited recently in ports along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, 16 of the vessels did not have an elected ship's dele­ gate—and only four of those 16 ships had held regular meetings at sea. In an effort to improve this situation and to secure more active participation throu^ shipboard meetings, the membership has concurred in a headquarters recommendation to establish a Ship's Committee on every SlU-contracted vessel and to hold weeldy meetings while at sea. The five-man committee will consist of the bos'n acting as chair­ man, the chief steward serving as secretary, and delegates elected from the deck, engine and steward departments. The Ship's Committee is the vital link between SIU members at sea and the Union headquarters ashore. It is also the link be­ tween the crews of all other SlU-contracted ships throughout the world. By establishing the bos'n as permanent ship's chairman and the steward as secretary, and charging them with the responsibility of conducting weekly shipboard meetings at sea, there will be an assurance of maximum participation and exchange of ideas on matters affecting the Union, its policies and its programs. The bos'n will bring to the job of ship's chairman his experience as an SIU member, a seaman and a leader. The steward, with his long experience with the responsibilities of keeping records, will be best able to record shipboard meetings and maintain effective communication with Union headquarters. The department delegates, whose function is vital in the enforce­ ment of Ae contract, will play an important role in assuring the success of the program for shipboard Union activity. The Seafarer at sea—like his brother on the beach—wants to know more about the Union and its policies. He has a right to know what these policies are, and he has both a right and an obli­ gation to take part in formulating and carrying out those policies. The establishment of the Ship's Committee, and the requirement of regular weekly meetings, provides the opportunity and the forum to give every SIU member a voice in the affairs of his Union. SEAFARERS Page ndrteen LOG AMERICAN VICTORY—(l-r) Walter Czajkowsici, bos'n and ship chairman; Claude Hollings, steward del­ egate: Sven Larson, deck delegate; Gerard Bellenoit (standing), engine; William Underwood, secretary. MAYAGUEZ—(l-r) George McAlpine, retiring ship's delegate: Lucian Moore, sec­ retary; Jack Rhodes, bos'n, chairman; Fred Boyne, deck; Louis Hernandez, engine. "I\ '/ ASBURY VICTORY—(l-r in photo above) Rex O'Connor, secretary; Charles Carr, steward delegate: Harold Stevens, deck delegate; Edward Wallace, chairman; SIU Vice President Earl Shepard; Juan Reyes, engine delegate. The ship's committee represents the Union at sea. l| SEATRAIN NEW YORK—(clockwise in photo at right) A. Pedrosa, secretary; E. Pantosa, re­ tiring ship's delegate;.. Richard Williams, steward delegate; Pedro. Garcia, deck delegate; Joseph Palmer, engine department delegate, and A. T. Ruiz, bos'n who will be ship chairman. On Page One: SEATRAIN SAN JUAN—(standing l-r) Juan Vega, chairman; Julio Fieu^roa, steward delegate; (seated) Mike Salcedo, engine; Jose Pratt sacretary; Joseph Ebbole, deck. BBS? �Page Fonrteea SEAFARERS July, 1969 LOG See You Later! THE THUNDERING VOICE OF JOHN L. LEWIS, by David F. Selvin. (Lothrop, Lee & Shephard. 224 pages. $4.95.) John L. Lewis, who marked his 89th birthday on February 12, died quietly, on June 11, as he had lived in recent years, while time and events passed him by—this same man who so much dominated time and events for almost one-half a century. John L. Lewis, a huge, dramatic beetle-browed man, was a central figure in the labor movement and in the industry-labor revolution for some three decades. It was more than 70 years ago that he first joined the United Mine Workers. He guided the nation's coal miners for more than 40 years. During this period he led the dramatic split in orga­ nized labor in forming the CIO and becoming its first president. John L. Lewis had his devoted supporters and admirers and he had enemies both in and out of the labor movement. And even while he sat in his house in Arlington controversy raged about him. Lewis carved a niche for himself in the history books. He slugged it out with Presidents of the United States, toe to toe. His powerful roar and penetrating speech captured the imagina­ tion. The Mine Workers' leader's life is inseparable from labor history itself. To understand Lewis is to come closer to a better understanding of the modem American labor movement. The story of this unusual man is the subject of another in a series of labor biographies by David F. Selvin. It is designed for young people and it helps to create for today's youth some of the deeper meaning of labor's fight. Many of Lewis' words carry a meaningful bite today. Take the issue of occupational health and safety. In 1946 coal mining was at its peak. Miners, though, were increasing their eamings only by working longer hours. To achieve that peak production, Lewis declared "we killed in the coal mines outri^t an average of one thousand, nine hundred and eighty-one men a year. We crushed or injured in a year an average of sixty-six thousand, nine hundred and eigjityeight." "By the record," he charged the operators, "through misman­ agement, cupidity, stupidity and wanton neglect, made dead twenty-eight thousand mine workers . . . violently mangled, crushed and shattered the bodies of one million, four hundred thousand mine workers. . . ." "We demand abatement of this slaughter...." It was after this that the miners negotiated their historic health and welfare fund based upon royalty payments for coal. Lewis as a man, Lewis as a union leader, Lewis as a crusader makes fascinating reading. You may not agree with everything he stood for but he rarely made the error of being dull, and author Selvin captures all this. * * * BREADLESS BiAFRA by John R. Sullivan (Pflaum Press— $1.50) Tucked into a small part of Nigeria in the middle of a large continent, Biafra occasionally comes to our attention via the newspaper and television. We read of thousands starving and then all to often erase the thought from our minds with our morning ration of bacon and eggs. John R. Sullivan warns that we cannot afford "to stare too long into the vacant eyes of starving children unless we intend to feed them." He sees "a public lynching of the nations in­ volved" when "the scope of this international disaster" is known. Sullivan went to Biafra late in 1968 to obtain an impartial view of this lingering war. He found "the fruits of cold observa­ tion" to be not enough because Biafra has "a smell, a taste, a spirit all its own." Thousands have died of starvation and thousands more are expected to die—even if the war should end suddenly. The war promises to drag along, due in part to the pledge of the fierce Biafran Ibo tribe to continue fighting even if Biafra surrenders. Experienced relief workers estimate that when the impending staple food shortage "fully grips the country, the monthly death toll will equal the population of St. Louis, Missouri." Sullivan sees this as a form of genocide reminiscent of World War II. The effect of the war upon the rest of the world ranges from indifference to embarrassment to opportunity. Russia sees the opportunity to attempt to influence Black Africa. France sees a chance to gain control of rich Biafran oil fields and embarrass Britain at the same time. Whether Sullivan is sounding a vital warning or crying "Wolf" only time will tell. It doesn't take much time to read this little book of one hundred pages. Memories of the forty pages of photographs may linger a little longer and if Sullivan is right, the aftermath of the war coMd be with us for a long time to cmne. c I !, • i. •f f: y- I There is mounting evidence that Medicare and Medicaid, the two vital pro­ grams conceived to bring improved health care within the reach of all Americans, have become enveloped in increasingly widespread abuses which are milking the public funds more for the benefit of the medical profession than for the public. Instead of extending their life-saving art to the poor and the aged, too many doctors have treated the programs as a shameless means of getting rich quick in which outright fraud has become a way of life. Small wonder the cost of the programs now, runs $5 billion a year over previous estimates—^with no end in sight. Not only the physicians are guilty, either. Other providers of medical goods and services have also taken their turn at raping the program. Big-name drug companies have been indicted for price-fixing so as to maintain a higher profit level. Skyrocketing hospital charges have come about mainly through cost-plus contracts with Blue Cross, as well as through mismanagement. Apparently, the greedy thirst for wealth has become an unquenchable sub­ stitute for medical profession's traditional devotion to healing the sick. The Senate Finance Committee has uncovered some shocking examples of abuse. One general practitioner, for instance, billed Medicare $58,000 in 1968 for house calls to 49 patients. This works out to a visit every third day to each patient—^plus one every other Sunday. "Who says you can't get a doctor to make a house call anymore?" the committee chairman remarked in disgust. In a move that would push costs still higher for millions, the doctor-domi­ nated Blue Cross recently applied for a whopping 49.5 percent premium in­ crease in New York State. Opposing this, the state AFL-CIO demanded in­ stead "far-reaching changes in policies and operating methods aimed at bringing health care costs under control." Similar rate hikes sought by Blue Cross in other states have also been opposed by organized labor. It becomes increasingly clear that the administration of medical programs must be divorced from the deeply entrenched medical profession which has been caught with its hands in the till. Stringent controls must be developed to curb outlandish fees and charges. Equally necessary is the extension of group medical practice and an end to the artificially maintained doctor shortage by the establishment of more training facilities which are not controlled by the medica^urea^^ r| -'vl ^i ' 'i �; M I SEAFARERS^OG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO U r. U' -tj POLITICS ir : i» •*. PORKCHOPS! Labor in politics? That's hardly news. For years, the American trade union movement has exercised its right to participate in the political process of this country. It makes sense, too. For generations, organized labor has known that the gains you make at the bargaining table can he taken away in State legislatures or in the Congress. And so the labor movement has been active in politics ... hacking candi­ dates who would vote for hills that would help working people . . . fighting candidates who were against the working man. **Reward your friends and punish your enemies." That's labor's view on politics. Samuel Gompers said it—63 years ago—^and it still holds true. Seafarers in politics? That's hardly news, either. If we hadn't gotten into politics—hack around the turn of the century— there would have been no Soman's Act, and sailors might still he the '^slaves" that they were for half a century after Lincoln had freed the black man. It was maritime labor that fought to win passage of the Cargo Preference program—so that American ships would get at least some of the government cargo and so that American sailors would still have employment. It was maritime labor that fought so hard for a share of the wheat that this country was shipping to Russia that the White House finally agreed to set up the Maritime Advisory Committee—a hlue-rihhon body which recom­ mended major improvements in the government's maritime program. It's maritime labor that is fighting today to preserve the right of Ameri­ can ships to share in the carriage of government cargo .. . that is fighting for a maritime program that will mean more Jobs for American seamen . . . that is fighting against the efforts of the runaway-flag operators and the fore^flag operators—the ones who would like to drive the U.S. flag from the high seas. When you get into a scrap like this, you're hound to make enemies. They're the ones who would like to sink the merchant marine. But you make friends, too. Those are the people who want to see a strong merchant marine—a fleet with more ships flying the U.S. flag ... a fleet employing more U.S. seafarers. If you go into politics, you want to win. And you don't win elections by accident. It takes hard work . . . orga­ nization ... manpower ... and, most of all, money. That's where the Seafarers' Political Activities Donations (SPAD) comes into the picture. Voluntary contributions from SIU members are put to work for fliose candidates dedicated to a strong merchant marine. And they're put to work against those candidates who would short-change America's economy and defense by short-changing the merchant marine. Like all labor political operations, SPAD operates on the basis of com­ plete public disclosure of every dime and dollar collected and spent. SPAD reports regularly to the U.S. Department of Labor, and to the cleric of the House of Representatives and the Senate. Corporations, wealthy individuals and management front groups can use dozens of dodges to hide their political spending ... the SIU and SPAD operate in full view of the members and the public. And that's as it should he. Seafarers in politics? You bet we are—and proud of it, too. As far as we're concerned, politics is porkchops! -i �Page Sixteen SEAFARERS LOG July, 1969 j Who Does The Wall Street * ,\ The Waii Street Journal for the past two /ears has been engaged in a continuing attack on the SlU for its political activity. The two articles reprinted below illustrate the tone and tactics of the Joumal^s attempti to distort the Union's role in the political arena. These articles attempt to convince the reader that the Wall Street Journal is the champion of the American seaman—and that the Journals only concern is to protect the seaman from his Union. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL December 29, 1967 ful Eubgovemments," Paul Hall at least packs Maritime Muscle sufficient punch to hold the line for now against unwelcome maritime-policy shifts, such as a cut in the present multimillion-dollar subsidies. Seafarers Union Builds Tickets to Dinners In pursuit of Its legislative goals, the union Fund Aimed at Winning donates heavily to national political commit­ tees in Washington; prints campaign literature for friendly politicians in a union-owned shop; Friends in Congress buys tickets to testimonial dinners for various purposes. "If we were touchy about our spend­ ing, we wouldn't report it all," he says. Indeed, the SIU seems eager to display its political muscle by reporting even those contributions not required by the Federal Corrupt Practices Act—to local- candidates, for example. (The rival National Maritime Union doesn't trouble to file the required Federal reports under the corrupt practices law, nor has the Justice De­ partment taken stieps.to make the NMU identi­ fy recipients of $40,850 that the union itself office-holders, and finances an annual Congres sional sightseeing junket to New York City says it spent for political purposes in the year (this year's trip cost $4,201.70). Recently the ended June 30, 1967.) Despite the SIU's care in conforming vdth union hired a public relations firm at $2,000 a the Federal disclosure law, its reports seem month. But the SIU advances it aims, most of all, somewhat puzzling. For one example, the by heavy campaign contributions to the rela­ union swears it contributed $1,000 last year to tively 'few national lawmakers who take an in­ the campaign of Republican Rep. John Bymss terest in maritime matters—particularly those of Wisconsin. Yet none of three Byrnes cam­ who disagree with Transportation Secretary paign committees reporting gifts to Wisconsin Alan Boyd's belief that "you don't revitalize an authorities oa required by state law lists re­ industry by flooding it with Federal dollars and ceipts from the SIU; a Byrnes spokesman says the Congressman didn't handle the campaign imprisoning it within a wall of protection." By JERRY LANDAUEB funds himself and so can't account for any Largely to thwart that notion, the Seafarers SinW Jttpnrler of THE WALL STIIKET JOOBNAL discrepancy. Mr. Hall promises to find out NEW YORK-Big, florid Paul Hall, who spent $375,000 in the 1966 elecUms. At least what happened to the money. $17,000 helped chairman Edward Garmatz of works in a black polo shirt at his Seafarers In temational Union headquarters in Brooklyn, is the House Merchant Marine Committee scrape Disclaimer From Mir. Ford The union also reported contributing $4,000 busily building one of the fastest-growing po through a difficult Democratic primary In Bal­ litical war chests in the land. From it he is dol­ timore; no other lawmaker got that much from to reelect House GOP Leader Gerald Ford of ing out goodies to politicians in a way that any single source, according to records filed Michigan, saying it gave $2,000 to the Kent makes him a major power in shaping the na­ with Congress. House Democratic Wl^p Hale County, Mich., Republican Committee and $2,Boggs of Louisiana received $7,000 from the 000 to the Ford for Congress Committee. The tion's maritime legislation. Seafarers. Democrat E. L. Bartlett of Alaska, Kent Coimty group agrees that it got $2,000, but Mr. Hall is president of the SIU, a relatively chairman of the Senate merchant marine sub­ small union claiming just 80,000 members, committee, got $4,000. And Democratic Sen. no donation from the SIU appears on the report mostly common- seamen. Yet these men are Warren Magnuson of Washington, chairman of filed in Lansing by Mr. Ford, who acted as his campaign treasurer. "If the Seafarers say contributing more to their luiion for political the parent Commerce Committee, can surely own they gave $2,000 to the Ford for Congress purposes than the 1.4 million members give to count on as much help as Rep. Garmatz got if Committee, their report must be in error," Walter Reuther's United Auto Workers, biggest he'.s pressed for reelection in 1968. Rep. Ford asserts. "They did iK)t make a union in the AFLrdO. The SIU insists that all Demonstrating Union Power contribution directly to me." The imion also contributions are entirely voluntary, as Fedferis rechecking its records to try to find out Mr. Garmatz' victory (early polls suggested al law requires. But union dissidents say the what went wrong. occasional presence of what they term "goon he might lose) was a particularly vivid display In his office here, Mr. Hall scoffs at charges squads" at collection time emphasizes Mr. of union dollar power. In addition to the SIU's Hall's desire to build up the union's political generous gifts, Garmatz campaign committees by John Cole, a union rebel, that SIU agents collected $14,500 from a maritime reception extract political funds from union members funds. heavily attended by labor and industry repre­ through "high-pressure shakedowns by muscu­ However it's obtained, the money docs roll sentatives; $2,500 from the Marine Engineers lar squads of collectors." In any case, Mr. Hall in. As of Sept. 1, the combined bank balance of Beneficial Association; $2,450 from the Na- says, the importance of money in politics is the Seafarers Political Activity Donation icnal Maritime Union; $2,000 from the Interna­ exaggerated; manpower is more impor­ Committee and the Seafarers Committee on tional Otganization of Masters, Mates & Pilots, vastly tant, he suggests. Political Education totaled $432,249. Monthly and lesser sums from three other unions. A "If there were 100 guys down there," he recollections are averaging •JtS.OOO. At this rate, special Maritime Committee for Garmatz, to mtu-ks, pointing to the union hiring hall, "I'd labor leader Hall may control close to $1 mil­ which the SIU alone contributed $5,000, also bet 50 would volimteer to punch doorbells or lion for disbursement to cooperative office-hold worked in the Congressman's behalf. drive sound-trucks for our friends." ers and office-seekers in election-year 1968. "1 Indeed, the SIU sends campaign contribu­ don't know if we'll get that much, but we'll tions to candidates who haven't troubled to But the union leader agrees that cash can try," Mr, Hall says. ask. Republican Jack Edwards of Alabama, a count. Probably more than any other union, the Seeldng a New Subsidy member 6f the House Merchant Marine Com­ SIU supplements Cmigressional salaries by pay­ Whether he achieves that informal goal mittee, promptly returned a $4,000 SIU check ing honorarium.s to lawmakers for attending doesn't much matter: the SIU's kitty already last year. "I was astonished," Mr. Edwards legislative breakfasts, seminars and pep-rallies represents a formidable political force. Work­ says. "1 wouldn't take that much from any­ sponsored in Washington by the union or by the ing with allied unions, shipbuilders and certain body." Rep. Thomas Downing of Virginia, who AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department (MTD), shipowners, Mr. Hall will deploy it next year to also serves on the House Merchant Marine of which Mr. Hall is president. Fees for an help grease the ways on Capitol Hill for a big Ck)mmlttee, received $1,00 even though he hour's work, which may include a short talk new maritime subsidy package; the plan could wasn't ODDOsed either in the DemonratiA J«l- telling the assembled unionists what they like require spending $2 billion over the next five mary or the general election; six other legisla­ to hear, range from $250 to $500. The SIU gladly pays such fees (nearly 40 years tq rebuild the moribund U.S.-flag mer­ tors who weren't opposed for reelection got this year) from Its political fund because, as chant fleet. This push will get under way when $250 or $500 each. Mr. Hall bluntly puts It, "there's nothing like Congress reconvenes next month. On occasion, the SIU actually seeks out an honorarium to make a guy show up." For . For Mr. Hall, whose union post pays $40,000 (k>i]grft.^men who need money. Democrat their part, the honorarium-collectors become a year, more U.S. merchant ships would mean FraaktThompson of New Jersey, a member of acquainted with Mr. Hall's views. "The hard­ more SIU members, each paying annual dues the Hhuse Labor Committee, was fretting est salesmen for an American merchant ma­ of $120. New recruits also pay initiation fees of about an unpaid $2,200 campaign printing bill rine on Capitol Ifill. . . have been those people $300. And strange though it may seem, the SIU when he bumped into a Seafarers lobbyist not educated the MTD-SIU-Hall way," says one requires new men to pay all special asses-s- long ago. "As near as I can recall, I was talk­ specialist in maritime matters. ments levied for various nonpolitical union pur­ ing to Paul Hall or one of Ms men who asked poses since 1940—before some of the members whether I needed assistance," Mr. Thompson Mr. Boyd Backs Down As if to underscore the point, lawmakers were bom. relates, f/tflkng how the bill came to be paid. who often accept SIU honorariums scuttled two The accumulation of close to 40 such assess­ The Sdnucrs have never asked me to do any­ key planks In Secretary Boyd's merchant ma­ ments brings the price of SIU membership to thing I ONVt think was right," he adds. "I'm rine rebuilding program (plain-spoken Paul almost $800. "It's like joining a country club," glad they're my friends." Hall says the original Boyd ideas "stink") dur­ one young seaman remarks. Another member All told, the Seafarers ladled money into 150 ing hard behind-the-scenes bargaining this displays a long white sheet showing the "total Congressional races last year, either to "re­ year. One would have permitted U.S. shipown­ of all mcmies due" to his union. He still owes ward friends or punish our enemies," In Mr. ers to build some vessels in lower-cost foreign .i729, not Including donations to Ifo. Hall's polit­ Hall's phrase. SIU money also flowed into a yards, a proposition once considered "unnegotiical funds. dozen states to help elect governors, mayors, able" by Mr. Boyd. Now the Secretary Considering the Federal Government's budg­ state legislators, judges or prosecutors; in New reluctantly accepts the subsidy package being et squeeze, prospects for bigger shipbuilding York State alone, the union spent $45,000 in pushed by the maritime lobby even tiiough it subsidies seem dim right now. But as a key op- 1966 and 1967 to help elect friendly local can­ would prohibit building abroad. erStor in the maritime lobby, which former didates. The maritime-minded legislators also forced U.S. Maritime Administrator Nicholas Johnson Mr. Hall tells a visitor that his union care­ Mr. Boyd to drop an effort to transfer the subsi­ describes as "one of Washington's most power- fully records every penny spent for political dy-dispensing Maritime Administration from Bigger Shipbuilding Subsidies Sought; One Congressman Got $17,000 for 1966 Race $800 for an SIU Membership THE WALL SIWT JODMAL January 3, 1969 Feeding the Kitty Union s Political Fund Is Swelled by Donations From Far East Seamen Seafarers Use Money to Aid Democrats^ but the Donors Don't Know Who Gets It Some Give $500 at a Crack By JERRY LANDAUER R/nIT Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOVRNAL WASHINGTON—The most ardent opponents of Richard Nixon's incoming Administration » apparently are some Japanese and Filipino V merciiant seamen who have never even voted in an American election. That, at any rate, is the case if dollar dona­ tions to election campaigns are a reliable guide to political convictions. For, month after month, these sailors have been contributing as much as a third of their wages to American po­ litical candidates, mostly Democrats. The sail­ ors, hundreds and perhaps thousands of them, have given as much as $500 each after a sing[le sea voyage. . ^ But the contributions—many ot which vio­ late Federal law by going unreported—aren't simple, direct gifts to candidates tlut the for­ eign seamen happen to admjre. *1710 sailors don'T v.hnm they are contributing, and the recipients don't know the source of their windfalls. O.stensibly, the money comes in the form of voluntary donations, as the law requires, from members of the Seafarers International Union, the Commerce Department to his own Trans­ portation Department. A blizzard of SIU tele­ grams, which cost the union $3,419.14, smoth­ ered the plan In House-floor voting: "The Seafarers beat the bill damn near single-hand­ ed," says Ralph E. Casey, pre.sident of the American Merchant Marine Institute, an indus­ try group. Chairman Garmatz and his col­ leagues then pushed through the House a bill conferring independent status on the Maritime Administration; the Senate has not yet acted. Mr. Hsdl's brand of political activism is win­ ning praise in certain circles as the very model of labor statesmanship. "Paul Hall has used his Influence wisely and skillfully on behalf of the overall good of the maritime industry," says admiring Democratic Sen. Daniel Brewster of Maryland. Mr, Hall's prestige within the AFL-CIO seems to be climbing at the expense of arch-foe Joseph Curran, NMU president. And there's continuing speculation that the Seafarers' chief may some day succeed AFLCIO president George Meany. Maritime men find part of the explanatior for the SIU's lavish spending in this presumed ambition to succeed Mr. Meany. Mr. Hall "dis claims the ambition but agrees that his union spends substantial sums promoting the po litical Interests of other unions. "Often a contribution reflects requests from othei unions," he say^r "Where we can we like to do that," he adds, explaining that it's the duty of powerful unions to protect the weak. �Julr. 1969 • X/ A SEAFARERS LOG Page Seventeen Journal Really Bleed Fer? When you read the Wall Street Journal's editorials, you discover where that newspaper's sympathies really lie. The editorials below show quite clearly that the Journal: • Supports runaway-flag shipping. • Opposes the free exercise of unions' rights. The Wall Street Journal, in short, supports those positions which the SlU, through its political activities, has been fighting against. No wonder the Journal is upset by the SiU's vigorous political efforts. Generally, the foreign sailors who contrib­ an American maritime union affiliated with the AlXrCIO. In reality, though much of the union's ute .so generously come aboard the American • contributions represent payments accept­ ships as replacements for American union ed—or exacted—from alien seamen who work members at Subic Bay in the Piiilippincs. n. on higli-paying U.S.-flag ships bound for Viet­ stopping-off point for Vietnam-bound ships, and nam. Most of these seamen are not even mem­ at Yokohama in Japan, terminus of a shuttle bers of the union, which distributes the collect- service to Vietnam. The foreign seamen are needed because ' ed cash to favored political candidates. many of the original American crewmen get The Secret, Circular Route All told, several hundred thousand dollars sick, yearn for home or jump ship for pleasure spots after months of strenuous, high-paying have traveled this secret, circular route: duty sailing in the Far East. From the U.S. Treasury to operators of The unions, which handle hiring, have no •hips owned by the Government or chartered difficulty signing up the foreigners. Wages are by the Pentagon's Military Sea Trani^rtation • Service; from the operators to foreign seamen high, with seamen on Vietnam-bound ships get­ in the form of premium wages; from the sea­ ting $700 a month against $500 fca- other duty. men to the union, and from the union to elected With overtime and other extra pay, a foreign officeholders—some of whom try to tap the .sailor can draw as much as $1,000 a month Treasury for more dollars in the form of marl- working on a U.S. ship. "You can't imagine time subsidies that tend to strengthen the how eager those fellows are to sign on," .say.s one Naval officer. union. F'requently, however, the foreign .sailors Officials of the union won't comment on al. legations that the union takes political contri­ don't get to keep all they earn. Often, they butions from the foreign seamen. "We file all must pay so-called service fce.s to union agents the necessary information in Washington, and who control hiring, and if the agent is a Seafar­ that's all the information we give out," says a er, he remits all or part of these fec.s to Brook­ • spoke.sman at the union's Brooklyn headquar­ lyn, where the money goe.s into a special fund ters. But records the union files with the clerk for political actl ity. The fund is maintained by of the House of Representatives do not name one district of the Seafarers, the Atlantic, Gulf, individual contributors of over $100, as re- Lakes and Inl.and Wiitcr.s Distiict. Tlie fund is by far the lushe.st electioneering • quired by law. kitty nsrintained by any American union. Not In the most recent election, the union backed some winners and some losers. It put all the money in the fund comes from forcignup at least $185,000 for President Johnson, who cr.s. of course, but it is the alicn.s' payments "withdrew, and Vice President Humphrey, who that help explain how one union district, with lost. It contributed $20,000 to a voter-registra- just 12,800 men at sea, manages to raise more , ' tion drive to help Daniel Brewster, Democratic money for Federal candidates than the giant Senator from Maryland, and it gave another Steelworkcrs, Auto Workers or Teamsters unions. ' $7,000 to his campaign, but the Senator lost. If the American members were the only ' Backing Some Winners contributors to the district's fund, the average However, it contributed $15,000 to Washing­ gift from the 12,800 men would have to top $35 ton state's Warren Magnuson, chairman of the to yield Uie $in7..3,38 collected through Nov, 10 .Senate Commerce Committee; it had offered this year. In contrast, the average Stcelworkeihim even more. It gave $10,000 to Brooklyn's or Auto Worker gives $1 a year, at moot, lor Emmanuel Celler, chairman of the House Judi- union political activity. But the Seafarers ' ciary Committee. It gave $7,800 in cash and Union scc.s nothing extraordinary in its mem­ - kind (the union prints campaign literature for bers' munificence. . some politicians at its own plant) to New York "For years our members have voluntarily Congressman Jacob Gilbert who was recently l onti ihutcd to our politxal activity funds and ' assigned to the House Merchant Marine Com­ have thus expressed their right to participate mittee. And it contributed at least $9,000 to Ed­ in Ihe American pnlit'cai process." say.s a ward Garmatz of Maryland, chairman of that statement is.sued from the union's headquar­ House committee. These men, all Democrats, ters in Brooklyn. all won. "Our poi't:cal contributions to various eanWith friends sprinkled through Congress, didaie.s for pubbc office are made openly. They the union seems well protected on Capitol Hill, are made legally. They arc reported publicly. , no matter who rules in the White House. In­ •Any .suggestion that the e.xercise of this right is deed, observers say that the Seafarers, togeth- linked to any other situation or circumstance is - er with other maritime unions and associations completely without justification." of ship owners and shipbuilders, probably are rerhaps, as the union sugge.sts, .iailora arc strong enough to strangle any Nixon Adminis­ more interested in politics than land-based tration attempts to make the U.S. merchant wage earners are. But it seems significant that marine less dependent on subsidies. only the Seafarers district headed by Interna­ These observers say there is no reason to tional Union President Paul Hall operates a po­ believe the shipping interests will fare worse in litical .action arm of any size. None of the par­ ' the 91st Congress than they have in the past. ent union's 32 other affiliates has reported any . The 90th Congress, which was known for being political activity to Federal authorities. economy-minded, didn't tamper with the John­ At any rate, the union's statement that its son Administration's suggested appropriations contributions arc legal is at least partly right. , of $119.8 million for ship-construction subsidies In fact, in at least one respect the Seafarers and .$206 million for ship operating subsidies in exceed legal requirements to disclose political the fi.s(:ai year that started last July 1. income and disbursements. The loosely en­ ' In fact, the maritime bloc nearly succeeded forced Federal Corrupt Practices Act requires ^ in persuading Congress to boost construction public accounting of donations to candidates ' .sub.sidies. And it helped persuade Congre.ss to for oj'ly these posts: President, Senator and reject Johnson Administration pi-oposals to Representative. But the union, going beyond stop subsidizing the operations of passenger the law. this year reported $20,000 in spcakmg ' liners and to build some subsidized ships in fees paid to Congressmen and $313,000 in cam­ cheaper, foreign yards. paign contributions to candidates for state and local offices. . Helping ISO Congressmen At the same time, however, the union fails One major element in the maritime lobby's extraordinary strength is the secret payments to comply with another—and more significant • from - the alien seamen. Lacking these pay­ —legal requirement. It neglects to identify by ments, the Seafarers Union couldn't keep dol- name and address every individual whose con­ ing out sizable campaign gifts to as many as tribution to the political fund exceeds $100. Tills is a requirement the union could meet 150 Congressmen, from ship-conscious Maine to landlocked Utah. Nor could the union so easily only at tlie risk of exposing the undercover , have raised the $100,000 given to the Demo­ payments flowing in from Asia. If the donors' crats last summer, a contribution that, perhaps names were listed, of course, all would be le­ coincidcntaily, followed the State Department's gal. But a listing of hundreds of Asian contriburefusal to honor Canada's request for extradi­ !:ors to American political campaigns might tion of former Canadian ^eafar^-g^.boss Hal prompt investigAtiflOB.into whether the contri­ butions were voluntary. . Banks on a charge of perjury. THE WALL STBEET JOURNAL. December 24, 1968 Tilio t'lirox iiFJci llio IMseaw MIK II. of the rlanpror of the longlunning balance-of-paymcnts deficit .stems from the "solutions" it invites, such as Government controls on for­ eign investments and imports. The curbs on U.S. business invest­ ment abroad already are impairing the competitiveness of American firms. Import quotas, besides being costly to U.S. consumers, encourage foreign re­ taliation and consequoni. damage to American exports. Another "cure" that could be quite damaging is now b<^ing urged by mari­ time interests and their supporters. Their contention is that the payment.'^' deficit can be cut, if nol eliminated, by a new program of Federal aid to the nation's ailing merchant marine. In a speech the other day, for exam­ ple, Rep. James J. Howard said he will introduce a bill in Congress next year to require that all foreign-aid cargoes travel in U.S.-flag vessels, which usu­ ally charge higher rates than foreign ship.s, whenever American vessels are available. At present the requirement is that IJOCC of the aid cargoes must be shipped in U.S. ships. One trouble with the New Jer.«!ny Den-ocr;it's proposal—it .amounf.s to an increased Fcdei'al subsidy— is that Government officials say they cannot now find enough U.S. ships even to meet the present rule. Another dif­ ficulty is that Mr. Howard's proposal, along with other anti-foreign ship changes he suggests, would almost surely spur other countries to new dis­ crimination against U.S. shipping. The major problem of American shiIdling is not inadequate Federal aid but its own excessive costs. These costs arc inflated in part by the wage deinani!s, and frequent strikes, of power!ul. Government-encouraged labor iinioi!.'. Th'> unions, moreover, insist on ret.-jntiou of outdated work practices and inanni-'g standards that largely thwart any efforts to increase the merchant marine's efficiency. Letting more car­ goes go to American ships would at best only make it possible for U.S. shipping to continue somewhat longer along the same dismal course. It's true that additional cargoes for U.S. ships might bring some shortterm gains in the balance of payments. But if those gains must be purchased .ut the price of perpetuating an ineffi­ cient, noncompetitive merchant mar­ ine. it seems to us that sort of "cure" is no improvement over the disease. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL May 23, 1969 Stealing Jobs In a recent issue of Maritime, pub­ lished by the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, Rep. Jacob Gil­ bert was raising again the issue of "runaway" ships. "There is," said the New York Democrat, "no excuse for the moral and ethical perversity 'that impels a shipping company to reedster its vessels in another cotmtry, thus de­ priving American seafarers of jobs and paychecks that should belong to them." Well, we don't know enough ship­ ping magnates to testify as to their morals or ethics, but we do know some compelling reasons that lead many of them to register ships in coimtries such as Panama and Liberia. Promi­ nent among them are the U.S. unions' high and constantly rising wage rates, their make-work practices and reastance to innovation, their incessant strikes. Rep. Gilbert implies that if the "runaways" •were somehow forced back into U.S. registry there would be thousands more jobs for American sea­ men. The answer to that assumption is •that a number of ^pping companies are indeed operating under U.S. re^pstry, and, even •with Federal subsidies, are finding the going exceedingly hard. If the so-called runaways could not operate abroad, in other words, some of them probably would not operate at all. And that surely raises the question of just who, exactly, is stealing Ameri­ can seamen's jobs. The Wall Street Journal's attacks on American seamen make it clear that we're up against some powerful opposition. After all, the Journal is more than just a newspaper—it's the voice of big business interests who want to break unions, take away seamen's rights, and destroy seamen's jobs. There's only one way to deal with this kind of on enemy of American seament By continuing to make those contributions to the Seafarers' Political Activities Donations ... so that SPAD can continue to fight the seamen's battles wherever they have to be fought! �Page Eighteen July, 196^ SEAFARERS LOG \ You Be The Judge! Poblication of ^ kind of letter printed bdow Is not a normal procedure fmr the Seafarers Log. liVhile the Log welcomes expressions of opinion from the mem­ bers) it does not cuttomarily reprint letters ttiat deal in personalities. The Seafarers Log is making an excep­ tion in diis case because of the feet that Broths- Lipari*s letter has been widely circufeted throughout fee Union, and is the subject of a letter submitted to the Log by anottier Brottier. That being ttie case, it is appropriate ttiat the full tmrt be r^rodnced h«re jnst as Brother Lipari has presented it As a Seafarers' International Union member, I ask a few sim­ ple questions. After reading various papers and magazines, I am wondering what it takes to wake up Con­ gress, the Senate, Labor Dept. and Justice Dept. The SIU with about 8500 members declare donating $1,000,000 for political purposes. How did they get the money? The SIU, about 8500 members and 6,000 jobs as a massive training program, equal only by the U.S. Maritime Commis­ sion during World War II at a time that the U.S. Maritime Commission was building one ship a day, there is not much training going on except for carrying picket, driving sound car and marching in demonstra­ tion. What it costs to go through that course, the man after mak­ ing a trip or two may be able to tell the article in the Wall Street Journal January 3rd, 1969, "Feeding the Kitty," ex­ plain to some extent. What justified the difference in pay between a man that must sail the ship for $89.00 a week of 56 hours and one that relieves him while the ship is in port at $160 a week for the same job at 40 hours. Yet he' goes home at night to the wife and kids. The men that hold these jobs are chosen by the big shot of the union. To keep these jobs, they must attend all the union meetings, irritate any rank and file member that takes the floor and steam roll the big shot pol­ icy. John Bucci is relieving gang boss, watch dog and muscle man for the big shot. At all un­ ion meetings he is the cheer leader and gives the cue to his boy to start irritating or steam roll the policy of the big shot, He is there to see that his boys pay for their jobs or else they would find themselves back at the ship at sea. At most union meetings, these men outnumber the professional seamen and most of them have not been to sea for years. Calucci, what is his standing, where did he get his union book? How much sea time does he have as an unlicensed personnel on an SIU ship? What's his job now? What gives him the priv­ ilege to hold the floor for 25 minutes at a union meeting when a member with 25 years senior­ ity was denied the floor? Why does a man on physical or old age retirement receive $40 a month more in the form of a meal book when he lives in the vicinity of an SIU union hall, than the one who does not live there? These men are encouraged to be around the union hall in case of a special meeting to help the big shot of the union steam roll the policy; in return they re­ ceived small favors on special committee. Phillip Carlip bagman for Paul Hdl at $20,000 salary and $20,000 expense. It is ridiculous to think that this man has a bigger salary and expense than the president of the union. This man is not a union member. He does not appear on ballot. He knows nothing about sHip or the condition. He has never been to sea and don't give a damn about the seaman. There is a rumor that the generosity without dis­ crimination of the SIU in Brook­ lyn put them a class with angels. Anyone knows that angels do no wrong. At a time when elections are held by honest ballot committee under Federal supervision, the SIU print their own ballots, have their election run by men on their payroll for years. For each day a member is em­ ployed, there is a contribution by the employer of $11.04 that goes into various funds, of that we receive $2.73 and a fraction. Where is the rest going? There is big talk going around that Paul Hall put the SIU on the blocks to achieve his goal that of being called Mr. Labor. How big is our payroll and how much personnel do we need to run a union with about 8500 members and 6,000 jobs? Every­ thing that the member learns about SIU action and policy, he gets by reading the news­ paper and magazines. When we ask questions we are ridiculed or given a stall. S.I.U. members pay $52.00 a year more dues and assessments than the National Maritime Un­ ion. At a union meeting as a member with more than 25 years seniority, I ask that we go into negotiations to get priority with the NMU parity pay and pension This simple demand irritated union officials to the extent that I was threatened bodily harm •at, union officials who have beerliving off our backs for 25 years and never appear on the ballot. Fifty percent of officials 20 years in office and 20% not on bal­ lot, 75% had not spent time on ships for the last 15 years or more. There is a rumor going around the union hall and vicin­ ity that the word was out for a dumping. I am wondering if the condition tliat appears at the trial of Harold C. Bank in Can­ ada exists here in Brooklyn. I am wondering if by making these simple demands I have put my livelihood and the bread and butter of my wife and five small children in danger. Finally, I ask who runs the S.I.U., a Hitler, Castro, Musso­ lini or what? How long before he must render account? Again I demand an investiga­ tion of all aspects, of this union. I am ready, willing, and able to appear before any tribunal to ANTONIO LIPARI Hie circalar letter, and some of the cifcmiislanoes dis­ cussed in it, has prompted the following re^y from an­ other SIUNA member—^William Funk—which Is abo being r^roduced in its original form in the interests of feir playj anri to assist members ot die Union in making np their own minds <m the matters nndn discussion. To the Editor: Recently, on the floor of the hiring hall in New York, I was given copies of literature by Anthony Lipari, who was in the company of Sid Rothman, who was on our last union ballot run­ ning for president. What both of these men had to say I think should be told to the entire membership for very important reasons. First of all, they downgraded the union, its policies and a great number of its members in every possible way. They rapped individual SIU members by name who are oldtime SIU guys and who are good union men. On top of all this, these guys passed out the business cards of a lawyer, who they suggested the men visit for discussions on union mattere. They said they had advising them a lawyer with whom they were very close who had been advising them for more than a year and that his name is Ben­ jamin B. Sterling. Sterling is known as a seamen's personal injury lawyer, who is always looking for business. Sterling's game is always to make a connection so he can lock up the business he's in­ terested in. If he can't, as was the case when the SIU told him to get lost, he makes fixes with various types of prostitutes— members and non-members—^to destroy the union and the union members and representatives who stand in his way. I am enclosing a number of clippings from the daily news­ papers which pretty well de­ scribe Sterling. The newspaper articles repeat, in his own words, how Sterling works, how he handles tens of thousands of dollars which finally are used to pay off these prostitutes to as­ sassinate characters and confuse the members. I was shipping out of New York during the period these articles refer to. I can remember it like it was yesterday, when a- Reprinted briow Is one of the newspaper cll^ pings submitted by Brotbor Funk. This one is from the New York Daily Mirror of October 17,1956. couple of other people were talking along the same lines and passing out the same kind of phony literature then as Lipari and Rothman are now. It seems to me that the Union should do something about this because many of our members today do not know the charac­ ter of these two guys' advisor, Benjamin B. Sterling. It is the same old game that Sterling played before. Sterling and the people he worked with back in those days were out to break the SIU and harm its membership. That is exactly what he is continuing to do to­ day. I think the brothers should understand what it's all about. I hope you will print this letter and the clippings which I have enclosed on the activities of Ben Sterling and the group he worked with at that time. Some of the things Lipari and Rothman were saying and pass­ ing out in the handbills about union representatives and mem­ bers who had fought hard for this union were pretty raw. Lipari and Rothman told me and others that Sterling had ad­ vised them they could say what­ ever they wanted to and that if any trouble started it could be a good thing for them. These two men also brag they are meeting with people from other groups who have for years been trying to destroy the SIU. They said these people have some good connections. I am enclosing a copy of one piece of literature that Lipari had been putting out, I don't know whether Sterling has ad­ vised them to send it to the SEAFARERS LOG or not, but due to the fact that they are so busy talking these things up to our membership I think that it should be run in the SEAFAR­ ERS LOG and the whole matter be replied to so our members who are being contacted should know the full score in this case. FUNK Dehvered 27G To Defeat Hall, Says Attorney By CLAIRE CURRAN and WILFRED ALEXANDER Labor attorney Benjamin Sterling testified Tuesday that he acted as "errand boy" and delivered a $27,000 campaign fund to Ray White, a Seafarers' International Union official, to defeat the union's secretary, Paul Hall, but he denied knowl­ edge of any scheme to murder Hall. He was driven to the rendez­ vous, Sterling said, by Capt. William V. Bradley, head of the racket-ridden International Longshoremen's Assn., who is scheduled to testify today (Wednesday). STERLING, counsel to sev­ eral seamen's and waterfront un­ ions, was a prosecution witness at White's trial in Hackensack, N.J., on charges of plotting the ambushing of Hall at latter's home in Montvale, N.J., on Dec. 23, 1954. The slaying was foiled when police were tipped off. Sterling said the $27,000 was put up by Ihe Marine En­ gineers Beneficial A^., for whom he was attorney, and that he delivered it to White, who at the time was port agent In Tampa, Fla., hut was running bis campaign frmn a New York hotel. Sterling denied knowing whether any of the $27,000 went to James E. Cobb, 35, con­ fessed murder-for-hire convict who is serving time in New Jer­ sey State Prison for his role in the alortive plot on Hall's life, m * * COBB, WHO testified just be­ fore Sterling, described how he ran into "carloads" of police when he drove up to Hall's home in Montvale, N.J., to am­ bush him. He said he had been promised $15,000 for the mur­ der by White, and had received a $4,000 advance payment from the defendant. Charles Fromhurst, former Bergen County Investigator who was In the party which seized Cobb, said he later searched the home of Edward (One Eye) Taffe, 66, of West Milford, NJ., and found $2,000 that Cobb told him was a "payment" to Taffe for providing Cobb with a hide­ out. Taffe, called to the stand, ad­ mitted he knew Cobb and that Cobb had come to his home Dec. 14, nine days before the attempted assassination, but he insisted he ordered Cobb out when he saw him carry a shot­ gun in from his car. Taffe was still testifying when court ad­ journed for the day. �Jnlr, 1969 SEAFARERS Page Nineteen LOG Five More Seafarers Win Licenses; Engineer Upgraders Now Total334 Five more Seafarers have passed Coast Guard examina­ tions and were awarded their engineers licenses after complet­ ing a comprehensive training course at die School of Marine Engineering, sponsored jointly by the SIU and District 2, MEBA. This latest listing of success­ ful candidates brings to 334 the total number of men who have passed their license examina­ tions after completing the course of study offered by the school. Included in this listing is Robert McKay who became the youngest man in the history of the U.S. merchant marine to hold a license when he received his third assistant engineer's li­ cense June 20 on his 19th birth­ day. (See story on page three.) Douglas Gregory, who last shipped as oiler on the Seatrain Puerto Rico, entered the School of Marine Engineering in Jan­ uary and received his third as­ sistant engineer license in June. Gregory, who was born and raised in Washington, D. C., first went to sea in 1965 as a wiper on the Fairport after completing training at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship in San Francisco. In 1966, he attended the HLSS upgrading school and received a O.M.E.D. endorse­ ment as fireman, oiler, and watertender. He last sailed as oiler on the Beauregard before enter­ ing engineer training in New York. Jim Dixon, a native of Eng­ land and former member of the British Seaman's Union, was awarded a second assistant en­ gineer's license after completing training at the SIU-MEBA Dis­ trict 2 engineering school. Dixon presently lives in Elizabeth, New Jersey, with his wife, Joan. He last shipped as third engineer on the Rice Victory. Frank Foster also received his second assistant engineer's li­ cense last month after complet­ ing training at the School. Bom in Michigan, he now lives in Hesperia, California. Foster has been shipping out for more than 15 years, and joined the SIU in the Port of San Francisco. Thomas Killion entered the engineering school in Febmary, and received his third assistant engineer's license last month. Killion, who was bom in Mas­ sachusetts, now lives there in the city of Dorchester. He joined the SIU in Boston. Killion last sailed as oiler on the Cabins. Rodney Danid Ellis, bom March 19, 1969, to Steafarer and Mrs. Fines A. Ellis, Pascagoula. Miss. Nellie Van Den Dnngen, bom April 3, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. John C. Van Den Dungen, Oakland, Calif. Denise Pavtdini, bom Febm­ ary 18, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Davey J. Pavolini, Long Beach, Miss. Douglas Gregory 25, at right, accepts congratulations from SlU Vice President Earl Shepard on receiving his third assistant engineer's license. Brother Gregory attended the Harry Lundeberg School, the Sll' seniority upgrading school, and the Union's school of engineering. Sea-Land expansion Continues $40 Million Conversion Job To Make 6 Ships Out of 3 A $40 million conversion contract has been let out by tlie SlU-contracted Sea-Land Service, Inc., to Todd Shipyards Corporation for work which will increase the operator's fleet carrying capacity by 20 percent and make six ships out of three. The big contract calls for construction of three neiw S33> foot-long forebodies which will then be joined to the upgraded stem sections of three of the present Sea-Land vessels, the shipbuilding company said. In turn, the existing forebod­ ies of the three ships will be joined to the stems of three oil tankers bought by Sea-Land from the government. The pres­ ently operating ships which will be sharply increased in size are the Baltimore, the Seattle and the Anchorage—all C-4-type containerships. Sea-Land had spent some $6 million in conver­ sion costs on the Baltimore just two years ago at the Maryland HI- \u 11 . SEAFABEBS^l^W July. 1969 • Vol. XXXI, No. 9 Official Publication of the Seafarers International Union of North America. Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District. AFL-CIO Shipbuilding and Drydock Com­ pany. The Mission Delores, a for­ mer reserve fleet tanker, will also be converted to a containership at Todd under terms of the contract. Scheduled for completion by the end of 1969, so as to keep "out of service" time to a mini­ mum, the entire program will add four ships to Sea-Land's present fleet of 35 vessels.. The total gain in the company's con­ tainer capacity will be 2,350 of its 35-foot boxes. Todd had previously con­ tracted to rebuild two vessels for Sea-Land with similar jumboized forebodies, the company noted. The first of these— launched only 184 days after coming off the planning boards —will be joined to the stern of the former troopship General G. H. Muir and is scheduled to enter service on August 4. Construction work under the new contract will be done in Todd's Los Angeles yard, with its Galveston, Houston, San Francisco and Seattle yards fur­ nishing assistance in the tasks of severing, joining and upgrad­ ing. Dixon —4^— Jeaimie Potto-, bora April 5, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. John N. Potter, Belhaven, North Carolina. — Maria Elena Sanchez, bom May 13, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jose Sanchez, Tampa, Fla. —4^— Helene Dixmi, bom May 22, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Robert J. Dixon, Philadelphia, Pa. Ronald Jones, bora April 14, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. John E. Jones, Marquand, Mo. Executive Board PAUL HALL. President EARL SHEPARD CAL TANNER Exec. Viee-Pres. Vice-President LINDSEY WILLIAMS AL KERR Vice-President Sec.-Treas. ROBERT MATTHEWS AL TANNER Vice-President Vice-President cardi ihoald be icnt to Ssafarin International Union. Atlantic, Gelt, Laket and Inland Wateri Dlitrlet, AFL-CIO, 675 Foarth Aeenae, Brooklyn, H.Y. 11232. —4f— Thomas Smkh, bom April 27, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Raymond J. Smith, Lakewood, Ohio. —4/— Teny McCari, bom March 31, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Robert E. McCarl, Lansing, 111. — 4/— Sonya Giddens, born April 13, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Reginald L. Giddens, Mobile, Ala. —4f— Ana Melissa Guerra, bom April 18 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Cesar A. Guerra, New Or­ leans, La. —4^— —4A— Diana Duracher, bum March 3, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Louis B. Duracher, Metairie, La. Staff Photographer ANTHONY ANSALDI POSmASTER'S ATTEHTIOR: Form 3579 —4^— Helen Dixim, bom April 25, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. George B. Dixon, Philadelphia, Pa. Robert White, bom April 8, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Melvin L. White, Jr., Mathews, Va. Editor HARRY WITTSCUBN Assistant Editors WILL KARP CHARLER SVBNSON Psbliihtd monthly at SIO Rhode liland Avenao N.E., Washiniton. D. C. 20018 by ths Soalaron Inlstnatlonal Union, Atlantic. Golf, Lakic and Inland Watin Dlitrlet. AFL-CIO. 675 Foirth Acenat, Brooklyn, H.Y. 11232. Til. HYaelnth 9-6600. Ssoond clan Rostan Raid at Waihlnitont, D. C. Foster 4^ 4^ Erin Colleen Kennedy, bom August 9, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Gerald C. Kennedy, Jr., Fairfax, Calif. 4/ — Thomas James O'Connor, bom August 5, 1968, to Sea­ farer and Mrs. Gerald J. O' Connor, Cleveland, Ohio. <I> Angelique Limiette, born Febmary 22, 1969, to ^afarer and Mrs. Wayne Linnette, Nor­ folk, Va. Rhonda Tuberville, bom March 3, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ira L. Tuberville, Perdido, Ala. —4/— Richard Austin Wilkerson, bom May 1, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Richard Ray Wilker­ son, Orange, Texas. ANVTIME-ANYVfHCRE ^ IMEANS Arthin- Elliott, Jr., bom May 3, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Arthur Elliott, Queens, N.Y. NO MORE SHIPS —4f— Nebral Arnold, bom April 27, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Edward E. Arnold, Mobile, Ala. Chester Rayrikond Wescott, bom October 23, 1967, to Sea­ farer and Mrs. Raymond Wes­ cott, Jr., Mantee, N.C. Melvin Hsu, born May 20, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Sung M. Hsu, New York, N. Y. —4^— <1> �Page TWenty SEAFARERS July, 1969 LOG agDgogpcopgiaogooytaMMfliuuuw Control of Worlds Seas Soviet Aim, Threat to U.S. Jobs Soon International Experts Analysis Finds In Cheap Foreign Imports BRUSSELS—The Soviet Un­ ion already surpasses the Unit^ States in certain important cate­ gories of sea power and is gain­ ing in others, according to an analysis recently issued by panel of American and Euro­ pean experts. This is all part of a develop­ ing picture of a maritime strat­ egy by the U.S.S.R. of challeng­ ing the United States, and other non-Communist sea powers for control of key waters around the Eurasian land mass, the findings of the study indicate. A report on the study's con­ clusions was issued here by 14 analysts assembled by the Cen­ ter for Strategic and Interna­ tional Studies of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. In furtherance of this Soviet policy, the group noted, a con­ tinuing expansion of the navy and merchant marine is taking place on an unprecedented scale, far beyond that of any other na­ tion. The study said it was clear that the Soviet Union will "at­ tempt to control the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea, and ultimately the Mediterranean." "The policy also envisions Soviet predominance in the Sea of Japan to the east, the Greenland-Iceland-Faeroe Islands gap to the west, and the Indian Ocean to the south," it con­ tinued. A probable objective cited was control of the Bosporus and the Dardanelles, providing pas­ sage for the Soviet fleet to the Mediterranean. "Beyond these goals the So­ viets want to gain dominant influenee at several major junc­ tions of the world's seaways," the panel noted. These were Ro€ket-Bonie SOS Seen BOOH to Ships LONDON—An auto­ matic "Weeper" invented by a British scientist may go a long way towards facilitat­ ing the transmittal of dis­ tress signals from a ship on the high seas. Code named ROBERT— for "rocket-borne emer­ gency transmitter"—^the mechanism is designed to fit in the nose of a distress rocket and would replace the usual flares. It is ca­ pable of beaming signals over a 200-mile radius as it parachutes downward from its highest point. Tapes which would broadcast the distressed ves­ sel's position could be fitted within the transmitter. Its designer is Harry Wolf, head of the biomed­ ical engineering division at the National Institute of Medical Research Labora­ tories here. identified as the Suez Canal, the Bab el Mandeb—leading from the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden —the Strait of Malacca between Malaysia and Sumatra, and the Strait of Gibraltar. In pursuit if this policy, the U.S.S.R. will exert increasing pressure on non-Communist naval operations in areas which they consider of strategic im­ portance, the report predicts. Already the Russians have many more conventionally pow­ ered submarines than does the United States, it noted, as well as "unparalleled" long-range surface-to-surface cruise-missile systems on surface ships and submarines and a considerablysized missile-equipped fleet of patrol boats. Soviet submarines are pres­ ently capable of firing a total of some 200 ballistic missiles. While this is overshadowed by the Polaris broadside of 16 longer-range missiles from each of 41 submarines possessed by the United States, the U.S.S.R. has begun production of a sub­ marine similar to the first Po­ laris vessels and may already have up to seven of these armed with 16 Serb missiles. The Serb missiles have an estimated range of 1,500 miles. Submarine Surveillance Reported The Soviet navy is reported to maintain one to three ballis­ tic missile submarines between 800 and 1,000 miles off the United States coast for periods of from six to eight weeks. This number is expected to increase substantially as the new 16missile vessels become opera­ tional. In addition, the Soviet sur­ face fleet includes two helicop­ ter carriers, 20 to 24 cruisers. CHICAGO—"We're not against free trade; we are against Americans losing their jobs , because of cheap foreign-made goods imported into this country," Representative John H. Dent (D-Pa.) told 400 delegates to the 87th convention of the Flint Glass Workers. Dent praised the union for its fight agaiast cheap imports, noting that the glass industry was the first hit and still the most vulnerable in the "competition" against low-wage stand­ ards in other countries. In the closing days of the two-week convention, delegates were preparing to debate and vote on a union policy on the import question. The convention also focused on craft prob­ lems and setting of contract goals for the next two years. Dent said the American public has begun to awaken to the dangers of cheap-made foreign imports. "Anything you can name—boots, shoes, clothing, food, steel and machinery—is brought into this country. . . . We no longer have the exclu­ sive knowledge and ability to produce goods; any finger— white, black, Asian or European—can push a button and turn out products." The Pennsylvania congressman called on the nation's lead­ ers to count job balances, not dollar balances, when making trade agreements. He said the economics of foreign trade should be taken away from the Tariff Commission and given to the Labor Department. When imports threaten American jobs, the flow of the goods into the country should be limited. Dent also called for efforts to raise employment standards around the world so that workers are given the means to con­ sume the goods produced in their own countries. 110 to 120 destroyers and frig­ ates, 92 ocean-going escorts, about 150 missile-armed patrol boats, 400 other patrol craft, 270 coastal escorts, 250 or more landing ships and craft plus a large number of mine­ sweepers, support and auxiliary vessels. Although still lagging in heli­ copter carriers, the Soviets are rapidly closing the gap, the re­ port points out. The Soviet Un­ ion's modem fleet and landbased power in the Mediter­ ranean is considered a "major political threat" to the United States Sixth Fleet. At a recent meeting, the North Atlantic Alliance took measures to meet this threat when the Defense Planning Committee agreed to organize a Mediterranean emergency na­ val force. However, the six des­ troyers to be so assigned are considered to be no match for the Soviet forces already there. Bill Would Grant Unemployment Pay To Ohio Seafarers on Great Lakes TOLEDO—^A bill introduced m the Ohio State Legislature would make Great Lakes sea­ men who make their homes in that state eligible to collect un­ employment benefits during the winter months. At present, Ohio seamen are eligible for unemployment com­ pensation only during the 40 weeks following the fourth Sun­ day in March, while other mari­ time workers—and all other Ohio workers—are not so re­ stricted. Co-spdnsored by Ohio State Senators Marigene Valiquette (D-Toledo) and David S. Holcomb (R-Dayton), the measure would correct a situation which singles out seafarers for discrim­ inatory treatment by amending Section 4141.33 of the Revised Code by striking from it the provisions specifically applicable to seamen. It is known as Sen­ ate Bill 394. Passage of the measure would permit the accrual of credits for unemployment purposes during the off-season months. Great Lakes ports are normally closed Tradition of Service Lives On The USS Samuel Gompers services warships in western Pacific. Named after founder and first president of the American Federation of Labor, the 20,000-ton destroyer tender has just returned to its home base in Sen Diego after six-and-a-half-mqnth tour of. duty, five of which were spent in Subic Bay, P.I. beginning with the last Sunday in December and continuing un­ til the fourth Sunday in March. Donald Bensman, SIU Port Agent in Toledo and Melvin H. Pelfrey, Vice President of MEBA-District 2, made the in­ itial requests for enactment of the bill and are continuing their efforts, with the backing of their Unions, to help its passage through the Legislature. The bill was assigned to the Election, Commerce and Labor Commit­ tee, of which Senator Holcomb is a member. Similar legislation was intro­ duced two years ago but failed to pass by a slender margin. Bensman and Pelfrey have stated that prospects are brighter for passage of the bill in this session of the Assembly. Point­ ing out that Ohio is the only state in the nation which ex­ cludes seamen from unemploy­ ment compensation in the win­ ter, they contend this discrimi­ nates against those Ohioans who work in the maritime industry. Seamen, and their friends, who make their homes in Ohio are requested to write to their state senators urging their sup­ port for this legislation. Among senators who should be contacted are: Douglas Applegate, D—Steubenville; Stan­ ley J. Aronoff, R—Cincinnati; Howard C. Cook, R—Toledo; Paul E. Gillmor, R-^TiflBn; David S. Holcomb, R—^Dayton; James K. Leedy, R—Wooster', Ronald M. Mottl, D—^Parma; William B. Nye, D—Akron; Oliver Ocasek,D—Akron; Wal^ ter E. Powell, R—^Fairfield; and Marigene Valiquette, D—^To­ ledo. �Special Pension Supplement SEAFARERSWLOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO IMPROVING THE PENSION PLAN The Seafarers International Union, in forthcoming contract negotiations, will move for improvements in the pension plan. The Union, as part of the preparation for these talks, has been surveying the features of various pension plans. Our purpose has been to consider every possible approach to the problem of assuring our members that they are properly protected in their retirement years. A pension program must be a living document—capable of changing to meet the chang­ ing needs of the membership it safeguards. The Union's responsibility, therefore, is to know the members' attitudes on a variety of benefits—for a pension program is a complex thing. There are many questions that must be answered: • Do the members wont a program geared solely to the monthly pension payment? • Or do they also want adequate protection against the heavy cost of long illnesses? • Do they wont a pension that provides benefits only for themselves? • Or do they also wont assurances that their dependents, too, will be protected? • Do they wont to gamble on staying fit for duty until they reach retirement age? • Or do they also wont a program that provides adequate retirement pensions in case of disability? To these questions, the Union must add one of its own: How do we develop a plan with the broadest possible coverage—and at the same time that is financially sound—that protects the member, goqd times or bad? In arriving at the answers to these questions, and many others, the membership will be deeply involved. Whatever proposals are made to management will come only after thorough discussion and action by the membership. For that reason, this brochure puts at the disposal of the members factors that will aid them in their discussion and decision-making. We have set down the features of the existing SIU plan—because every member should understand precisely what he has now, the benefits he derives from the present plan, and how it operates. The Union thinks it would also be useful to the membership, in considering possible changes, that it review the features of a plan in the same industry, dealing with problems which are the same insofar as the individual is concerned. Therefore the brochure makes comparisons between the SIU plan and that of the National AAaritime Union. This is not to say that one is better than another—it is done only to make possible an objective study by the membership. Each member is urged to study this document carefully, and to use it as the basis for continuing discussions aboard ship aiid in the union halls—because it is from these discus­ sions that the ultimate contract proposal will come. While these discussions ore being held, the Union will continue its study—calling on the best-traified expeifi in the pmsion field for advice. To assist with this part of the preparation for the fonhoofning contract negotiations, this brochure carries on the back page a Pension Data Questionnaire and a place for any comments whidi a member widies to make. Each member diould fill this out and forward it to Union Headquarters. In addition to asdding the Union, this form will enaUe each member to know pre­ cisely where he stands in reqpect to his own pension credits. �BENEFIT SIU-AGLIW DISTRICT PENSION CREDITS Pension credits are given for each day worked under covered employment. Pension credits are also given for inpatient and outpatient hospital time and for sickness and accident time, not to exceed 1,825 days of the total pension credit requirements of 5,475 days. For pulses of the disability pension credit re(|uirements 1,460 of the 4,380 days may be inpatient and outpatient hospital time and sickness and accident time. (Applies to All Pensions) Pension credits earned before October 1, 1967, cannot be lost by a break in service prior thereto. After October 1,1967, a seaman must have 90 days of covered employment in any one of 3 consecutive calendar years to avoid a break in service and loss of prior pension credits. BREAK IN SERVICE RULE (Applies to All Pensions) $250.00 per month for deep-sea sailors. Eligibility requirements: 15 years (5,475 days) of pension credits with no time limita­ tion, is age 65 or over, has 90 days of covered employment during the calendar year preceding his date of application, and has one day of employment during the 6-month period immediately preceding such application. Eligibility extended for military service, disability and certain non-seatime. NORMAL AND/OR SERVICE PENSION REDUCED AND EARLY RETIREMENT PENSIONS SEE NORMAL PENSION ABOVE •v.,, •v. • DISABILITY PENSION $250.00 per month for deep-sea sailors. Eligibility requirements: Permanent disability at any age, provided the employee has pen­ sion credits for 12 years (4,380 days) of qualifying time, and has accumulated at least 90 days of covered employment during the calendar year preceding his date of applica­ tion, and at least one day of employment during the 6-month period immediately pre­ ceding his date of application. Amount of Disability Years of Pension Regardless of Age Pension Credit $250.00 12 or Over Eligibility extended for military service, disability and certain non-seatime. DEATH BENEFIT $4,000.00 if the designated beneficiary is a pensioner's wife, child, step-child, mother, father, brother, sister, grandchild, grandparent, step or half-brother and sister, step­ mother or stepfather. $1,000.00 payable to any other class of beneficiaries not listed above. PENSIONERS' WELFARE BENEFIT Pensioners: Payment for life without limitation of all medical costs including surgery, hospitalization, drugs, nursing homes, dent^ care, artificial limbs, wheel chairs, hear­ ing aids, glassesi crutches, etc. - it Pensioner's Dependents: Eligible for schedule of dependent's benefits under Seafarers Welfare Plan which includes hospital room and board, hospital extras, blood transfu­ sions, doctor's visits at hospitals, surgical, diagnostic, medical extras, optical, etc. These benefits shall continue during the pensioner's life and for six months thereafter. (NOTE: The foresoiiw is sn analysis and synopsis of the salient and perUnent provisions of the trust SKieenSBntS and their'rules and regtiiations.' As td each specific provision, reference shouid be made to the text thereof.) �NMU % Pension credits are given as follows: . Periods commencing January 1, 1951: 200 days or more in covered emplovment, including certain disability time, counts as a year's credit (4 quarters). If less tnan 200 days are accumulated in any year, quarter' year unit credits are as follows: Days of covered Employment Quarters to in Calendar Year be Credited Less than 50 0 50 to 99 1 100 to 149 2 150 to 199 3 Periods before January 1, 1951: . To receive pension credit for any employment before January 1, 1951, must have at least 200 days of covered employment, including certain disability time, in the three year period between January 1, 1951 and December 31, 1953 and have ten years of - pension credits earned after January 1, 1951. . If a seaman does not work in covered employment for at least 200 days in any period of three consecutive calendar years after January 1, 1953, and for at least 300 days in - any period of three consecutive calendar years after January 1, 1969, it shall constitute a break in employment and his previous pension credits shall be cancelled. $250.00 per month for deep-sea sailors. - Eligibility requirements: 20 years (80 quarters) of pension credit within 30 consecutive ' years, at any age, for those employees who must work past January 1, 1969 to earn the > 20 years (80 quarters). The 30-year rule does not apply if 20 years (80 quarters) are earned before January 1, 1969. Eligibility extended for military service, disability and certain non-seatime. REDUCED PENSION $187.50 to $250.00 for seamen who are not entitled to a Normal Pension or a Service * Pension. Eligibility requirements: This pensidn available only to those seamen who were 65 years • old before January 1, 1969 and who had at least 15 years (60 quarters) of pension credits at that time in accordance with the following table of benefits: Number of Years of Amount of Qualifying Time Pension 15 $187.50 16 200.00 17 212.50 18 225.00 19 237.50 20 250.00 EARLY RETIREMENT PENSION - $131.25 to $235.00 as a Percentage of Normal or Reduced Pension. Eligibility requirements: This pension available only to the seamen who were 60 years " old before January 1, 1969 and who had at least 15 years (60 quarters) of pension credits at that time. Amount of pension is a percentage of the Normal or Reduced Pen­ sion he would have been entitled to if he were 65 years of age at the time when his Early • Retirement Pension first becomes payable. The following table of benefits indicates the amount of benefit payable: Age Seatime-Years 20 19 15 16 17 18 Benefit Amount $166.25 $175.00 $148.75 $157.50 60 $131.25 $140.00 190.00 142.50 161.50 171.00 180.50 61 152.00 205.00 194.75 62 153.75 164.00 174.25 184.50 220.00 63 165.00 187.00 198.00 219.00 176.00 235.00 64 223.25 176.25 188.00 199.75 211.50 . $50.00 to $250.00 for deep-sea sailors. Eligibility requirements: Permanent disability for those under age 65 provided they have credit for a least 15 years (60 quarters) of service. Those over 65 must have actually been employed in covered employment for at least 200 days after December 31, 1960 and must have credit for at least 10 years of service ' (40 quarters). The years of service on which a claim is based must be earned within a number of consecutive calendar years determined by adding 10 years to the actual years of service - at time of filing. Amount of Disability Pension Over 65 Under 65 Years of Pension Credit 10 to 14 $ 50.00 15 187.50 187.50 16 200.00 200.00 212.50 17 212.50 225.00 18 225.00 237.50 19 237.50 250.00 20 250.00 , Eligibilty extended for .military service, disability and certain non-seatime. $3,500.00, less any Pension payments received, but not less than $1,500.00 payable to . pensioner's wife, child, mother, father, brother or sister. Pensioner and Pensioner's Dependents: The total amount of benefits payable to the pen' sioner and his dependents collectively shall not exceed a lifetime maximum of $750.00. , In addition, a pensioner is entitled to a hearing aid benefit up to a maximum $325.00 once every four years. ' (NOTE: The forecoing i« an eiielyeia and lynopais of the salient and pertinent provisions of the trust agree­ ments and their rules and reguIaUonft, As to each speeifle provision, reference should be made to the text thereof.) f. •*ri!o ,-# A Guide to the Pension Data In comparing the features of pension plans, it is important not only to consider the amount of the pension payment, or the period of time required for eligibility, but the provisions which govern how you become eligible, and how you maintain your eligibility. Both the SIU and NMU full pensions provide for payment of $250 monthly. However, each carries with it certain fringe benefits which differ as- to the amounts payable, type of coverage and eligibility requirements. Regular Pension In both pension plans, the key is "pension credits," not necessarily years of service. Under the SIU plan, there is a simple formula—giving the seaman the broadest latitude in accumulating credits toward his pension. The NMU plan contains a more complex formula than the SIU plan with respect to past service in the industry, and a sliding scale with respect to future service. As the comparison of the various features of the two plans in the adjoining columns shows, eligibility for the SIU normal pension is attained at age 65 with 15 years of pension credits. There is no limitation on time for attaining eligibility, which means that an SIU seaman's pension credits began with the time he first began sailing. The NMU requires 20 years of pension credits within 30 consecutive years for retirement at any age. Obviously this is a very attractive feature; however, to achieve retirement at any age, the NMU plan, as of January 1, 1969, closed off pension credits earned prior to 1939 in computing future pensions. Furthermore, in order to maintain the 20-year pension, the NMU found it necessary to tighten up the break-in-service rule by adding 100 days to the previous time required to be worked in any three-year period to maintain eligibility, bringing the new level to 300 days. Prior to that it was 200 days for the same peri^. Under the SIU plan, a seaman must have 90 days of covered employment in any one of three consecutive calendar years to avoid a break in service. Disability Pension The SIU's disability pension provides a monthly benefit of $250 for a man disabled at any age, if he has had 12 years of service credits, one-third of which may be for in-patient and out-patient hospital time and sickness and accident time. The NMU's disability pension provides a scale of benefits from $50 to $250 a month, depending on the sailor's age and years of service, and provides credits for hospital time. No disability pensions are payable to a man with less than 15 years of pension credits, unless he is over 65 at the time of dis­ ability. And the $250-a-month maximum is available only to men with 20 years of pension credits—at which point they would be eligible, in any event, for full pension irrespective of disability. Death Benefits With respect to death benefits, the SIU's are paid to any beneficiary selected by the retiree, and remain constant throughout the years. The NMU death benefit is limited to fewer beneficiaries, is smaller to begin with, and is subject to being discounted by more than 50 percent as the years go by. Medical Benefits Medical benefits are an important element in a retirement plan because two factors come into play for the retiree: (1) As he advances in age, his medical costs go up; and (2) These higher costs are incurred at a time when his income is reduced. Under the l^U plan, a $750 ceiling is placed on all of the medical expenses ever incurred by the retiree and his dependents. This is an absolute maximum—no matter how long the pensioner lives, and no matter how many hospital bills he and his dependents, collectively, incur. The pensioner in the SIU has unlimited medical coverage for himself. His dependents, meanwhile, are eligible for the same schedule of Seafarers Welfare Plan benefits that have been available to them during his days as an active seaman—^plus the fact that these benefits continue for the pensioner's depend­ ents for six months after his death. Conclusion Obviously, any pension plan review can carry only the highlights of the respective documents. These are lengthy, they have been amended several tim^, and they deal in great detail with edch feature. Therefore, complete copies of both the SIU and NMU pension plans are being made available in all SIU ports so that members wishing to do so can examine them in detail. The foregoing comments are offered to help the members evaluate the relative merits of the various elements that make up a complete pension program. This evaluation will make it easier for the members to express their views on the direction in which the SIU should now proceed with respect to the future. (Now proceed to the next page and complete the Pension Data Questionnaire.) �Special Pension Supplement SEAFARERS *XOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO ? <" '••I I i " PENSION DATA - QUESTIONNAIRE In order to effect improvements in the current pension program, it is necessary that Seafarers submit the answers to the below listed questions, and fill in all seatime information in the place provided. Do not mail this questionnaire in until you have filled in all data. (Please print all answers.) Send to SlU Pension Study Committee, 675 Fourth Ave Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. 1-^ I. Name : •. 2. Residence address Street I* Apartment No. I City State Zip Code 3. Social Security No. (Area Code) 4. Book No. 6. Date of Birth r Telephone No. 5. Z No. 7. Age last birthday 8. Height I j ^ Year 11. Age when you first sailed deep-sea Single j. Widowed Divorced Relationship Living in your home? Separated II • --1 va 13. Number of Dependents Name Date of Birth Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 14. Are you presently on pension? Type: "" :I ',• ' H" .-4 When issued Month 12. Married ^ ^ I • I • Weight Mo. Day Year 9. Date of Joining SlUNA-AGLIWD" 10. Type of book now held: "C" ^^ - t"-' ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No No No No No No No I Receiving Social Security? ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) (' ) ( ) ( ) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) No No No No ( T-... • ( ( I No ( No ( No ( If yes, indicate as follows: Disability Normal From whom: Seafarers Pension Plan Other _ Social Security Other Name of Entity 15. Are you eligible for supplemental Medicare? 16. Fill in numbers of days of seatime for each of the years listed below: I Number of Days itW? 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 I960 For Pension Plan , Office Use Only / Number of Days 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 I For POnfioB Plao Number of Days : Offiba U«e Only 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 Number of Days 1940 1939 1938 1937 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 Number of Days 1931 1930 1929 1928 1927 1926 1925 I -- I' I > - J "5^-'- , >/'' ! I I I ' . . a J I I hereby authorize the Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Dis­ trict, its officers, employees or representatives, to obtain, on my behalf, any and all information as to my seatime from the United States Coast Guard. Date Sign your name here Social Security Number Comments: "'i! '''''' I I. I r I• USSSlft ' •' ' ' / �SEAFARERS July, 1969 Page Twenty Five LOG p SABINE (SWp Operatdrs)v May f •^Chairman, Howard Wheelns; Sec­ retary, Raymond Perry. Pew hours ' disputed OT in engine and steward department. No beefs were reported by department delegates. ^SAGAMORE HILL (Victory Car­ riers), April 2S—Chairman, J. M. Davis; Secretary, C. Dillman. Brother Myers Thomas, Jr. was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No major beefs were reported. No disputed OT, A special ship's meeting was called by Bosun Jack Nelson, ship's delegate on the Steel Sci­ entist (Isthmian), to discuss the failure of some crewmembers to show up on time for the sched­ uled sailing of Nelson the vessel from Durban. He reported that most of the deck gang, including him­ Owens McConnell self, were required to standby for seven hours waiting for six board the Trenton (Sea-Land). crewmembers to come aboard. A motion was made by Richard William Harrell, chief electri­ McConnell, meeting chairman, cian, suggested that the minutes and John Owens, meeting secre­ of this meeting be recorded and tary, and was adopted unani­ given to the boarding patrolman mously, to have the SIU nego­ when the ship arrives in Hous­ tiating committee look into these ton. problems. Among the recom­ — mendations included in the res­ At the meeting aboard the olution, which was sent to Un­ ion headquarters, were: increas­ Yaka (Waterman) the new con­ tract was read, ing pension contributions, in­ as well as the creasing overtime rales for work opinions and rec­ performed in port between 1700 ommendations of and 0800 hours, providing long­ the negotiating er vacations on containerships committee, re­ because of fast turnarounds, and ports C. Dc Je­ securing reefer engineering jobs sus, meeting sec­ for the unlicensed personnel. retary. An open The resolution also called for drawing up a new tanker agree­ De Jesus and frank dis­ ment covering ships on the west cussion was re­ coast to Alaska run which would ported between the new captain provide for premium pay for and Ship's Delegate Walt Sibley, working tankers during the win­ and, based on that discussion, ter months. Sibley briefed the crew on the A full discussion on the spe­ cial problems of containerships, including fast turnarounds, K HOUSTON (Sea-Land),.May 18-r Chairman, L. Cevette; Secretary, V. cargo lashing and reefer mainte­ Silva. Brother Cevette was elected nance, was held at a meeting on to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs and no disputed OT. S SACRAMENTO (Ogden)L May 18 -i^Chairman, W. P. Link; Secretary, D. B. Sacher. Brother W. MacDonald was elected to serve as new ship's delegate Some disputed OT ip each department. fc^lRICAN: ^ VTCrOSV •(Htideon Wa^rwaya), May 18—Chairman, Nels Laron; Secretary, John P. Pifer, No beefs were reported by depsi(ment delegates. Vote of thanks was extended to the entire stevlrard department for a job well done. • I DELTA B7.ASIL (Delta), April 21 •^-Chairman, Michael J. Dunn; SeciSitary, Willie Braggs. Ship's dele­ gate reported that everything is in ood shape. $222.00 in movie fund, ote of thanks was extended to the steward department JTor a job well done. I BRADFORD ISLAND (Steuart Tankers), May 5—Chairman, Louis P. Hagmann; Secretary, Charles L. Shirah. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Discussion held regarding retirement plan. f DIGEST of SIU MEETINGS I'.' -« i: ANTINOUS (Waterman), May 4-T Chairman, Allen Myrex; Secretary, Paul B. Adams, Jr. Some disputed OT in engine department, otherwise everything is running smoothly. I SEATRAIN OHIO (Hudson WV terways). May il—Chairman, T. E. Yablonsky; Secretary,,W. P. Messeur ger; Beefs and disputed OT to be turned over to boarding patrolman. Vote of thanks to the entire steward department for a job well done. Special thanks to Brother W. P. Messenger, chief steward, for his efforts to please one and all. ENID VICTORY (Columbia), May I9-rChairman, Primo Preing; Secre­ tary, Lloyd Hull. Brother C. M. King was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. No beefs and no disputed OT. CALMAR (Calmar), May 11— Chairman, Richard H. Hufford; Sec­ retary, M. Kaminski. No beefs and no disputed OT. Vote of thanks was extended to the entire steward de­ partment for a job well done. s OVERSEAS NATALIE (Maritime Overseas), May 4 — Chairman, R. Knowles; Set'rstary.P. Hall. Brother P. Stonehridge was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs and no disputed OT. S^EEL NAVIGATOR (Isthjuian)^ May 11—Chairman, Artemio Vaz­ quez; Secretary, Earl E. Gruber. $57,00 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Everything is running smoothly. f BABINE (Ship Operators), Aptrll 9—Chairinan, Howard Wheelus; Sec­ retary, Raymond Ferry. No beefs and no disputed OT reported by dejpartment delegates, EL IZ A BE T H PO RT (Sea-Land), April 25—Chairman, J; A. Busheed; Secretary, Juan L. Pagan, Brother Rusheed was elected to serve as ship's delegate. $44.00 in ship's fund. This has been a good trip with no beefs. Little disputed OT in engine department to be taken up with patrolman at payoff. Vote of thanks to Ihe steward department for a job weH done. DAGAMA (Crest Overseas), May 2l-i-Chairman, P. D- Carrnthers; Secretary, Shbrman Wright. Brother Jerry L, Wolfe was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Disputed OT in deck and engine departments. Crew's •quarters, messrooms, heads and showers, pantry and galley should^ be - painted^ MatterJ^evrsfpriftd.; to headquarters. EENA ELIZABETH (ArDairosa). April 27—Chairman, Billy Brewer; Secretary, Dennis Brodean. Discus­ sion held regarding poor mail serv­ ice. Few hours disputed OT in deck department. LINPIELD VICTORY (Alcoa), May 11—Chairman, L. D. Richard­ son; Secretary, ft, Perehee. Pew hours disputed OT in deck and engine departments. Crew urged to co-operate in keeping pantry clean and neat. LAFAYETTE (Waterman Steam­ ship Corp.), May 11—Chairman, P. J. Johnson; Secretary, ft. Dupre. Brother Tony Notturno was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for a job well done. No beefs and no disputed OT. PENN EXPORTER (Penn), Janu­ ary 21—Chairman, William S. Rudd; Secretary, Z. A. Markris. Ship's delegate reported that everything is running smoothly, with no disputed OT or beefs. Patrolman will be con­ tacted regarding restriction to ves­ sel while in port. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward depart­ ment for a job well done. Special vote of thanks to Brother Z, A. Markris, steward.. OVERSEAS FR0GRE3S (Mdritime Overseas), April 18—Chairman, James Sumpter; Secretary, Charles Scott. Pew hours disputed OT in deck department. Vote of thanks was extended to the entire steward •' department for a job well done. The Steward, in return, thanked the crew for their fine co-operation. DELTA BRAsfL (Delta), May 11 —Chairman, Mike Dunn; Secretary, Willie Braggs. $269.00 in ship's fund. Brother Dunn was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Discussion held on pension plan. BAYLOR VICTORY (Victory Car­ riers), May 30—Chairman,- C. Walk­ er; Secretary, E, C. Martin. Brother C. Walker was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs and no disputed OT. COMMANDER (Marine Carriers), May 31—-Chairman, J. Hoggie; Sec­ retary, K. Hatgimisibs. Motion was made to have wages paid on day for day basis, regardless of type of voy­ age. Long discussion held regarding pension plan. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for a job well done. captain's likely methods of run­ ning the ship. The crew was advised that ship's meetings will be held each Sunday at sea and that all crew members are ex­ pected to participate. The chief steward requested that all crew members bring back all soiled linen. — fire. The galley gang's four rated crewmembers are all over 60 years old—and their combined ages total 255 years! The "old- — Ship's Secretary Timothy Gal­ lagher reports no beefs so far from the crew of the M i d 1 a k e (American Bulk). At a meeting held aboard ship on the run to India, a motion was made by Broth­ Gallagher er Victor Bonura, and adopted unanimously, that crew quarters be air condi­ tioned on all vessels going to the Persian Gulf, Indian Ocean and other tropical waters. Ship's Chairman Albert Wills reports that the steward department has been doing an outstanding job during the voyage. The Midlake is due to pay off in Houston on August 10. Steward Phil Reyes, ship's secretary-reporter on the Spit­ fire (General Cargo), is sending out a challenge to all SlU-contracted ships to beat a record being set this trip on the SpitOVERSEAS DAPHNE (Maritime Overseas), May 11 — Chairman, L. Santa Ana: Secretary, V. DiGiacomo. Brother William Brown resided as ship's delegate and Brother Pat Colonna was elected to serve in his place. Vote of thanks Was extended to Brother Brown for a job well done. There were no beefs reported by department delegates. SEATRAIN PUERTO RICO (Hud­ son Waterways), May 11—Chairman, John J. Carey; Secretai-y, Louis D. Groom, Jr. $4.19 in ship's fund. Vote of thanks was extended to the entire steward department for a job well done. No disputed OT. \ • DEL VALLE (Delta), May 25 — Chairman, A. Bourgot; Secretary, R. N. Rohr- No LOGS and no mail from headquarters was received this voyage. Some disputed OT in en­ gine-department. STEEL ENGINEER (Isthmian), May 13—Chairman, J. J. Beve, Jr.; Secretary, Angel Seda. Brother Daniel P. Toman was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Everything is running smoothly. POTOMAC (Ogden Marine), May^ RICE VICTORY (Victory; Car­ 18-r-Chairman, C. Bedell; Secretary, J. Brooke. No beefs and no disputed riers). June 1—Chairman, John H. OT, Two men missed ship in Phila­ Ratliff; Secretary, John H. Ratliff. No beefs and no disputed OT. Dis­ delphia. cussion held regarding pension ALDION VICTORY (Bulk), May 17—uhairman, Ed Norris: Secre­ LA SALLE (Waterman), May 21— plan. tary, Gilbert J. Trosclair. Disputed Chairman, George Dakis; Secretary, OT in deck and engine departments •Thorn Shelton. No beefs andrlo dis­ CHOCTAW (Waterman), June 1-— to be taken up with patrolman. puted OT reported by departmeTib Chairman, Enos Allen; Secretary, A. Beck. Everything is running delegates. smoothly. Vote of thanks was ex­ DEL SOL (Delta), May 4—Chair­ tended to the steward department OVERSEAS AIIDREY CM^ man, ft. E. Stough, Jr.; Secretary, Overseas). for a job well done, Ship laying up. May 31—Chairman, Lee W. J. Holland. Ship's delegate ex­ Secretary, Stanley Schuy­ tended a vote of thanks to the entire Harvey: TRANSGLOBE (Hudson Water­ ler. Ship's delegate reported that crew for their co-operation. Vote everything is running smoothly with ways), May 24 — Chairman, B, of thanks was also extended to the no beefs and no disputed OT. Dis­ Schwartz; Secretary, T. Conway. steward department for a job well held regarding safety equip-: $20.00 in ship's fund. Couple of done. $10.50 in ship's fund. Some cussion ment on deck. Matter to be taken hours disputed OT in steward de­ disputed OT in deck ahd engine de­ up with the Captain. ^ : partment. No beefs reported by partments to be taken up with department delegates. boarding patrolman. MOBILIAN (Waterman), May 12 JAMES (James River Transport), --Chairman, J. J. DeCulty; Seci!%SEAFARER (Marine Carriers), tary. L. B. Kelly. Brother James P. May 18—Chairman, H. Mobley: See«1 April 4—Chairman. K. A. Heliman; Balderston, baker, was elected to jretary A. W. Morales. No beefs: Secretary, E. A. Laftoda. Disputed serve as shin's delegate. Discussion were reported and everything is OT in each department. Vote of held regarding ice machine. Some running smoothly. Vote of thanks ? thanks was extended to the steward disputed OT in deck and steward was extended to the electricians and department for a Job well donev departihentlii othprwise there were engineers for repair work done on i clothes dryer and air-condltipneh; !;:ii ho beefs. Yaribus matters under discussion.- Gbsscock Caldara timer" of the group is Floyd Hillier, 69, who sailed as baker. Steward Reyes is 63, Chief Cook Amie Glasscock is 62, and Third Cook William Caldara is 61. The Spitfire is on a threemonth run to India, and not one of these veteran Seafarers has been sick a day "except for their usual lumbagos, and, rheuma­ tism," according to Seafarer Reyes, who first shipped as stew­ ard in 1929, The Spitfire is due to pay off in the Houston area this month. An "unexpected delay" oc­ curred in the Port of New York when the Steel Seafarer (Isthmi­ an) collided with a Greek ship in the C and D Canal, Ira C. Brown, meeting secretary reports. The Steel Sea­ farer ran aground Brown for about three hours. Some damage was sus­ tained by both ships, but no one was injured. As a result, the Steel Seafarer was diverted back to the States after sailing foreign. Additional cargo was loaded in the Port of Baltimore, and the ship is now headed for a Far East voyage of about four months. Copies of the new con­ tracts were received and passed out to every member. One was also posted on the messroom bulletin board. A motion was made by Meeting Chairman Roy Guild and seconded by Brother Brown to concur in the new con­ tract and to thank headquarters for the good coverage as well as copies of the new increase. The motion was passed unanimously by the meeting which was at­ tended by all the members. Sug­ gestion was made that every member fill out the question­ naire in the LOG concerning the Pension Plan and mail it from Panama. There was much dis­ cussion about the mail problem. Seafarer Brown reports that all repairs were taken care of ex­ cept a fire hydrant leak near the stewards' room. The ship's fund contains no money now, but the crew will soon build it up. With good cooks and a good crew, a good trip is expected. �Page Twentr Six 'Maru' May Mean Great Mariner To the Edifon The story in the May issue of the Seafarers LOG about <4^ the origin of the name "Maru" was interesting. I think I have about three suitcases full of reference material, and some­ place I have material on the Japanese language. I'm sure that "Maru" probably relates to the sea. "Mare" means "sea" in Latin, and was used in Caesar's time. As for the names of Japa­ nese boys ending in "maru," it could be that the parents intended it to be coincident with the sea. Japan is a sea nation. They have a fondness for the sea, and are often ro­ mantic about it. I recall that the Japanese language was adapted from many languages. Many words were corrupted, particularly the names of people and things. After many years, these corrupted terms were integrated into the Japanese language. You might know that the idioms of seaport people in Asia, including India, got into their language over the years because of the bumboat peddlers and other traders who got a smattering of every language spoken around the docks. (Many Japanese girls can speak Greek, French and Spanish fluently, but can only speak broken English. This is especially true around Yawata.) I have an idea—and this is only an opinion—^that "Ma­ ru" means "Great Mariner." This definition may not be found in dictionaries, but I do know an old lady in Yoko­ hama who certainly could give the answer, if you could get in touch wiA her. She is a teacher of classical music. Your article sure was inter­ esting, and I wanted to write to you about it. In closing, I want to say that the LOG and the International are looking good, and provide much in­ terest and information. T^liain Calefoto Seattle, Wash. .t. Graduate Thanks SlU For Scholarship Aid TotheEdSttm^ I wish to express my sin­ cere gratitude to the Seafar­ ers International Union for the scholarship funds alloted to me over the past four years. I graduated June 1 with a Bachelor of Science degree « in mathematics from the Y University of Notre Dame. It would not have been possible fOT me to pursue my course of studies at Notre Dame if not for the Seafarers International Union Scholar­ ship. Thank you. A. E. Cemosek SEAFARERS Pensioner Proud ^ Of SiU Membership To the Editor: Promptness — yes, this is always one excellent thing with our Union. The Union is always on the ball ready to give you a hand when help is needed. This is not only true when it comes to a member applying for retirement, vaca­ tion money, sick benefit, etc., but even in other matters where he is attended to promptly with no red tape at all. You are told what to do, where to go, and the oflBce personnel will even go out of their way just to serve you. I am really very fortunate as well as proud to be with the SIU from the beginning of my going to sea until I re­ tired. I believe this should be the case with every member of our Union. I would also give this as a hint (if they are wise) to those just beginning or starting to go to sea as SIU mem^rs. Stick with a Union like ours, for I assure you, you will never regret belonging to the SIU. Let me thank the people of our Welfare plans, our Union officers, as well all those others who have made it possible to have a good Un­ ion like our SIU. Snic»ely, P. C. Esteban E-178 Seafarer's Wife Grateful for Aid To the Edi^: My husband is at sea and I had to enter the hospital, but was uncertain as to how to go about filing a benefit claim. After contacting the SIU Hall in New Orleans, I was put in touch with the Welfare Plan and Jeanie LeBlanc. Because of the wonder­ ful understanding and help I received I was able to enter the hospital with my mind at ease. After all the informaation and bills were sent in, the checks were soon on their way. Many thanks to everyone. Sincerely, IVfrs. Jolui Homen SUdefl, La. Seafarer Thanks Shipmates for Help To the EdhtHR I would like to thank all the members of the crew of the SS Henry La Libertie who assisted me at the time of my accident aboard this vessel on May 2, 1969. Sincerefy, Chester B. Kaiser K.13117 July, 1969 LOG Seafarer Praises SIU Pension Plan To the EdittMR Mrs. Hill and myself want (o thank the SIU for the won­ derful service we received when I filed for my pension in March of this year. The Seafarers Welfare Plan is one of the best that I know, and I am glad that I was able to be a part of it. I received my fimt check shortly after I filed my ap­ plication, and again I want to thank you for the won­ derful service. Nicfcolai Hin Brule, Wisconsin 1965 SIU Scholar Expresses 'Thanks' To the Editon I received today a check for the $187.50 which rep­ resents the May and final in­ stallment of my 1965 Sea­ farers Scholarship Award and felt a need to write and ex­ press my thanks through you to the entire Union for mak­ ing this award available to me. Your generosity over the past four years has enabled me to pursue my undergraduate studies and to concentrate on them without undue concern for financing them. For this I am extremely grateful. You might be interested in knowing that my future plans include obtaining an M.A. degree in Philosophy next year and then the possibility of studying Theology in Eu­ rope, leading to ordination to the Catholic priesthood. I hope eventually to teach on the university level. Whatever the future may hold, you may be assured that your Scholarship Award has played an important part in my life—a part that I will never forget. Thanking you again and asking you to convey my thanks to all the members of your organization, I am Very truly yours, Peter J. Bakarich Welfare Plan Aids Seafarer and Wife To the E£tor: Just a note to try and show my gratitude and apprecia­ tion for the help the SIU Welfare Plan has given us. Without it, our present situation would be impossible to take care of. I have recent­ ly been plagued, or jinxed, by poor health. Here's hoping I will soon be back to my normal health which had been very good. So as not to feel sorry for myself, things could be worse. God and the SIU have been good to us. Mrs. P. H. Key Hpuslon, Texas IMBguel Luis Medina Please get in touch with your sister, Marina Reyes, Mrs. Justina M^ero, 288 Tenth Ave., Apt. 5-E, New York, N. Y. 10001, as soon as possible. The telephone number is (212) 5643242. Fhmk Wendali Cbllins Please contact your daughter, Mrs. Pamela A. Blackwell, at Holiday Mobile Home Park, 433 Frances St., Jacksonville, North Carolina, as soon as pos­ sible. Ad(^h P. DeMarco Daidel J. DeMarco Please write to your brother, Pasquale DeMarco, who is a pa­ tient at Central Islip State Hos­ pital, Central Islip, New York 11722. Robert Allen Ruilner Please contact your mother, Mrs. Marion Locke, 371 Kern St., Winchester, Virginia 22601, concerning your tax papers. Charles W. Tbompswi Please contact Ross Bennett, Waldman & Smallwood, Attorneys-at-Law, 320 College, Beaumont, Texas, as soon as possible. Emory Hughes Fred Greathouse will be on the beach for the next three months. It is important that you contact him at the Sampan in New Orleans. Jtdm Bertie Sr. Please contact your sister, Lfilian Spence, 149-11 117th Street, Ozone Park, New York; or JoW W, Helfrich, Attorney, 1527 Franklin Avenue, Mineola, L. I., regarding your de­ ceased father's estate. vl> Oscar D. Jidmson Please contact your wife at 1705 Ursulines Ave., New Or­ leans, Louisiana 70116, as soon as possible. Jerry L. Wolfe Please contact Joseph P. Stahl, attorney. He is represent­ ing Brother August LeBlanc and needs your testimony. His address is 804 Baronne Bldg., 305 Baronne Street, New Or­ leans, Louisiana 70112 — or phone him at (504) 523-2910. Richard D. Tapman Please get in touch with your wife at 2000 Ramblewood Road, Baltimore, Maryland 21214, as soon as possible. Abdulrab Saleh Ahdulrehman Please contact A1 George & Associates, 227 Cleveland Ave­ nue No., Canton, Ohio 44702, as soon as possible. — Merlin Frank May Please contact Door County Department of Social Services, Court House, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin 54235. —4>— Arthur Hiers Ann Miller asks that you please call or write to her in New York. James W. McFarlln Please get in touch with your sister at 7220 Branch Street, Hollywood, Florida, as soon as possible. The telephone num­ ber is 961-5214. i Bohhy Gene McMidiad Please get in touch with your sister, Mrs. June Deneen, 216 B., E. Mt. Street, No. 45, Worcester, Massachusetts 01606, as soon as possible. ^ Bin Clegg It is urgent that you contact Mr. and Mrs. William L. Rob­ inson, 114 West Garfield, Se­ attle, Washington, as soon as possible. The phone number is AT 3-1038. ^ Hugh V. Miles Your family requests that you contact your home address im­ mediately on a very urgent mat­ ter. Editor, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 11232 I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list. (rriM infermattm,) NAME STREET ADDRESS OTY STATE. ZIP. TO AVOID DUPUCATIONi if you art an eU aubacribar and hava a dMnga ef acMratt, plana giva yewr fannar addraaa balow; cnr �Julf, 1969 SEAFARERS Retiring to the Beach ^Effective Control' Vessels Declined Slightly Last Year » J. • 11. T. f I* _ ,I II .. WASHINGTON —A slight decline in the number of ships, registered under foreign flags but considered under "effective U.S. control" for emergency use by the Defense Department, was reported by the Maritime Administration for the flnal quarter of 1968. Shown in the latest report were 401 such vessels, with an aggregate total of 15,493,000 deadweight tons. As of Septem­ ber 30, 1968 there were 412 suph ships and the end-of-l967 total was 422. Liberian-flag registry showed the greatest decrease, from 288 as of September 30,1968 to 274 as of December 31. At the end of 1967, the number of vessels was 309. Panama on Increase In contrast, Panamanian-flag registry has been increasing, from 104 at the end of 1967 to 115 on September 30, 1968 and 118 at the end of 1968. The number of so-called "ef­ fectively controlled" vessels under Ae flag of Honduras has been holding at nine for some time. At the end of 1968 the num­ ber of companies with "effective control" ships registered under the flags of these three coun­ tries was reported as 172— down from 191 the year before. In types of ships, the num­ ber of tankers so registered was 270 at the close of 1968, up from 263 at the end <rf 1967. Bulk carriers were 87, down from 97 and freighters declined to 36 from 53 a year earlier. The "effective control" theory has been much disputed by many members of Congress, as well as by the SIU. Congressman James M. Hanley (D-N.Y.), for example, has noted "the rather absurd concept. . . that we have some sort of magical 'effective con­ trol' over American-owned ves­ sels flying foreign flags." He pointed to the Cuban and the Vietnam emergencies and the Middle Eastern crisis, when U.S.-flag ships were "busily trading" with enemies of this country or other undesirable na­ tions and "thumbed their noses at our entreaties that they cease." Seafarers Angel Burga, at left, an oiler, and Pio Dario, at right, a utilityman, are about to be presented with their first pension checks from SIU Welfare Director Al Bernstein, at New York headquar­ ters. Both men spent many years aboard SIU ships and are looking forward to their well-earned leisure. Congressman, Shipping Co. Cxerutive Call for Cnd of 'Doable SabsUles' Ford emphatically pointed WASHINGTON—An end to out that "this 'double subsidy' the unfair use of the federal government's maritime subsidy practice must be eliminated—by program for 14 American ship­ the federal agencies through ping lines, which are actually their administrative practices, if reaping "double subsidies," was they are willing to do it; by the demanded recently by a mem­ Congress, through legislative ac­ ber of Congress and a shipping tion, if there is no other way." He said, "We simply cannot company executive. afford to pour the taxpayers' Speaking before separate dollars down a rat hole." meetings of the AFI^CIO Mari­ Speaking about the inequities time Trades Department, Rep­ of the subsidy program, Terres resentative William D. Ford (Dstated that "instead of building Michigan) and Edward A. Terres, vice president of the States up our fleet, the subsidy destroys Marine-Isthmian Agency, Inc., a part of our fleet." warned that the subsidies are Terres explained that the orig­ wasting taxpayer's dollars as inal purpose of the government well as threatening to destroy subsidy program was to help a large part of the American American ships compete with fleet. foreign-flag carriers on a com­ mercial level. This practice has been mis-^ used, according to Ford, who For Seafarers 65 or Over: noted that "these lines are not carrying as much commercial cargo as they could handle." Subsidies Permit Underbidding What is actually happening, he said, is that the lines are han­ dling government shipments "at Seafarers who have reached, or are about to reach the age preferential rates, using their of 65, are cautioned to protect their benefits under the Sea­ farers Welfare Plan—as well as benefits for their qualified subsidies to underbid the unsubdependents—^by making sure to enroll under Medicare sidized lines." (hospital) and Supplemental Medicare (medical). This ap­ This means that when federal plies to active members as well as pensioners. agencies accept the lowest bid Such enrollment is mandatory for continued benefits after on a cargo shipment, they are the age of 65—and no cost to the Seafarer is involved. in fact spending more money Medicare enrollment is free. Supplemental Medicare, because another area of the gov­ which provides medical coverage, costs $4 per month for ernment has given the shipping each enrollee. However, this cost will be reimbursed by the line a subsidy. Plan, on a quarterly basis, upon receipt of a photocopy of the Ford had explained this by enrollment card for Supplemental Medicare for the &afarer and each eligible dependent. asking if a bid is really "low" if Failure to obtain such coverage will render the Seafarer it is achieved through a subsidy and his dependent ineligible for any benefits from the Plan that comes from another fed­ which would have been furnished by Medicare and supple­ eral agency? "Of course not— mental protection. yet the practice persists," he de­ Medicare normally affords greater benefits than does the clared. "As long as the individ­ Welfare Plan. However, medical expenses in excess of Medi­ ual federal agency can show that care coverage will be covered by the Plan to subscribers, up it is operating on an 'econom­ to its schedule. ical' basis, apparently no one Following any medical expense, the subscriber should sub­ seems to care that, in the end, mit the bill to Medicare for payment up to the extent allow­ this practice is costing the gov­ able. Any remaining balance should then be forwarded to the ernment more money." Plan for allowable reimbursement in accordance with the schedule. At an earlier MTD gathering. Congressman Mario Biaggi (D- 'Medicare Enrollment Vital For Welfare Plan Benefits i Page Twenty Seven LOG N.Y.) declared anew the need for an autonomous Maritime Administration, separate from the Department of Commerce. Pointing to the worsening plight of the maritime and ship­ building industries, Biaggi stated: "Frankly, I think we're kidding ourselves if we think we're ever going to get a mean­ ingful maritime program — out of any Administration — until we have an agency of govern­ ment capable of drawing up such a program." Two-Part Program Biaggi outlined a two-point program for implementing the separate department, "first, that we move with all possible speed to give maritime back its inde­ pendence," and "second, that we follow this up with orderly, thoughtful consideration of the desirability of taking all of our ocean programs . . . and putting them into a single department whose sole responsibility would be the full development of the potential of the seas around us —and of our inland lakes and waterways, too." Sea-Land Opens Modern Terminal In Puerto Rico MAYAGUEZ, P. R. — SeaLand's new port terminal, an ultra-modem facility geared to receive and handle a larger amount of the company's grow­ ing ocean cargo trade, was dedi­ cated here recently by Mayaguez Mayor Benjamin Cole. Part of the SlU-contracted company's $2.2 million invest­ ment on the island which is scheduled for completion this year, the 41,000-square-foot structure is 410 feet long by ICQ feet wide, with 45 loadingunloading doors, erected on a six-acre lot at an approximate cost of $1.1 million. Sea-Land plans to double the Port of Mayaguez warehouse's capacity in the future. A loading crane with a 55,000 pound capacity, giving the port complete containerized cargo fa­ cilities, is expected to be in op­ eration by the end of this year, according to the company's Pu­ erto Rico manager David Tolan. In inaugurating the new ter­ minal, Mayor Cole noted that Sea-Land's development of the Mayaguez area had begun in 1958 with a small warehouse and trailer parking area and had shown continuous growth. SIU WELFARE, VACATION PLANS May l-Moy 30, 1969 Number of Benefits Hospital Benefits (Welfare) . .. Death Benefits (Welfare) Disability Benefits (Welfare) . . Maternity Benefits (Welfare) . . Dependent Benefits (Welfare) . (Average: $513.73) Optical Benefits (Welfare) . . . Out-Patient Benefits (Welfare) SUMMARY (Welfare) Vacation Benefits (Average: $429.19) Total Welfare, Vacation Benefits Paid This Period . . . 731 31 1,023 32 1,518 779 5,220 9,334 1,292 10,626 Amount Paid $ 15,349.73 95,775.77 232,993.00 6,400.00 77,984.26 9,065.73 41,220.00 478,788.49 554,507.53 $1,033,296.02 �Page Twentjr Eight SEAFARERS Jnlr, 1969 LOG Throwing In For a Berth MARAD Study Shows: U.S. National Cargo Carriage Surpassed by Most Countries WASHINGTON—Few coun­ vored segments of the U.S.-flag tries have permitted their na­ merchant fleet. Turkey, which the report tional merchant fleets to carry as little as 5.6 percent of their describes as having a fleet which import and export cargoes— is in "relatively poor condition," the amount carried by Ameri­ carries some 25 to 30 percent can-flag ships in 1967— a re- of its trade, despite a "pressing cent report released by the Fed­ need" for modem freighters. Japan carries 46 percent of eral Maritime Administration its trade in its own bottoms. shows. And those countries which Uruguay carries 18 percent, In­ do have so poor a record are all dia 13 percent and the Philip­ taking steps to improve the situ­ pines "only 17 percent," the re­ ation, MARAD's study shows. port shows. In comparing the various na­ Based recently on data for tional efforts of maritime na­ the years 1966 and 1967, the tions studied, MARAD discov­ study involves the nature of the ered that the U.S. merchant subsidies—^both direct and in­ direct—^that 49 non-Communist marine now plays about as im­ portant a role in the foreign AB John Bradford, second from left, throws in for a berth on the Robin Sherwood which was sailing from maritime nations with fleets of commerce of this nation as the Norfolk for a run to the Far East. Waiting to talk with Dispatcher Ted Babkowski in the New York hall are at least 50,000 gross tons use in 16 ships in the Moroccan com­ Henry Bursey, cook; Thomas Pastrano, cook; Louis Benmont, FWT; and Pedro Sanchez, an able seaman. support of their maritime in­ mercial fleet play in that coun­ dustries. try's trade. Of the countries included only The chief difference, the Measure Clears Congress; two receive no govermnent as­ agency points out, is that the sistance. African nation is pursuing a "This study clearly indicates," more aggressive policy to build Andrew E. Gibson, maritime ad­ up its merchant fleet. It is, for ministrator, pointed out, "the example, giving a construction types of competition with which bonus of 15 percent of the con­ the United States merchant ma­ struction cost to shipbuilders. rine must deal, and emphasizes WASHINGTON —A one- H.R. 265, had previously been of maritime legislation, teamed the importance which maritime year extension of the existing 55 approved by the House. The up with Senator John J. Wil­ nations accord to the mainte­ percent ceiling on construction measure—^which also includes a liams (R-Del.), an economy ad­ nance of their merchant fleets." subsidies for new ships has been 60 percent subsidy ceiling for re­ vocate, to force through an In furthering their merchant passed by the Senate. The bill, construction or reconditioning amendment cutting the House- fleet effort, the countries ex­ of passenger vessels—-is now on approved period in half. amined employ a variety of con­ the desk of the President await­ Rather than risk the possibil­ struction subsidies, import and ing action. ity of defeat by an anti-maritime export controls, and tax advan­ WASHINGTON—AFL-CIO Originally introduced in the minority which existed in the tages. The result is that the President George Meany has an­ House by Representative Wil­ Senate at that time. Represent­ fleets of most maritime nations nounced the appointment of liam S. Mailliard (R-Calif.), ative Edward A. Garmatz (D- carry considerably more of their James C. Gildea as his execu­ ranking minority member of the Md.), chairman of the House foreign commerce than does the tive assistant. House Merchant Marine and Merchant Marine and Fisheries United States, despite the direct Gildea, whose career in the Fisheries Committee, as a two- Committee, accepted the trim- and indirect subsidies applied labor movement spans nearly WASHINGTON The year extension, it was passed in med-down Senate version. in various ways to certain fa- three decades of service both at Yugoslav ship Cetinje of 8,299 the one-year form after word the national and state levels, gross tons has been added to the was received that this was the succeeds Lane Kirkland, who Cuba Blacklist, according to lat­ Administration's preference. became secretary-treasurer of est information from the Mari­ A new maritime program is the AFL-CIO on July 1. time- Administration. expected to be sent to Capitol Born in Hazleton, Pa., in Four other vessels were re­ Hill by the White House shortly 1922, Gildea started in the la­ moved from the blacklist at the and such a program could con­ bor movement as a member of same time because they had ei­ tain other provisions affecting VANCOUVER, B. C. — A ible figure for a great nation!" the Textile Workers Union. He ther been lost or were scrapped ship construction subsidies. "study syndrome" which has On the other hand, he noted, joined the staff of the CIO on recently. They are three CypIn its report accompanying been substituted for both na­ Canada has added 72 new ves­ July 23, 1941. riot-flag ships — the Acme of After serving with the armed tional policy and action in both sels to its Great Lakes fleet over 7,173 tons. El Toro, 5,949 tons the bill, the House committee the past 12 years—compared to forces from 1943 to 1946, Gil­ countries was blamed recently and the 7,257-ton Atticos—and pointed out that failure to pass only eight added by the United dea studied labor economics and by Edwin M. Hood, president also the 4,939-ton Panamanian- the extension would cause the States. other labor subjects at George of the Shipbuilders Council of subsidy ceiling to revert to 50 flag Yu Lee. Washington University and America, for the striking simi­ However, Hood concluded on Established by MARAD on percent, depriving ship operators larity in government neglect of American University here. January 1,1963, the Cuba black­ "of the cost parity contem­ the respective merchant fleets a note of optimism. In November 1958, after "The Nixon Administration," serving as assistant to the sec­ list now contains the names of plated" in the Merchant Marine in both the United States and he declared, "is presently en­ retary-treasurer of the AFL172 foreign-flag ships totalling Act of 1936. The construction subsidy ceil­ Canada. 1,237,025 tons. Vessels are so gaged in the formulation of a Speaking before the Canadian new approach to my country's CIO Industrial Union Depart­ listed because they have traded ing was raised from 50 percent ment, he became special assist­ with Cuba, and, as a result are to 55 percent in 1960 because Shipbuilding and Ship Repair­ pressing need for ships." While ant to the president of the AFLhenceforth forbidden to haul of the widening gap between ing Association here. Hood no details are yet publicly avail­ CIO, and in 1962 became assist­ U.S. government-generated or United States and foreign ship­ noted that, while the studies able, he noted, "Two things are ant to the president. financed cargoes. The agency re­ building costs. The Increase was have been going on "in a vacu­ Gildea is a former vice-presi­ designed as a short-term meas­ um", the U.S. fleet "has dimin­ particularly noticeable: For the vises this list periodically. dent of the Maryland State and first time in recent memory, the Vessels may be removed from ure but has been extended by ished by smne 1,000 vessels in D. C. AFL-CIO and a former the blacklist whenever their own­ successive sessions of Cbngress the past two decades and more attitudes of government have vice president of the Washing­ ers or operators pledge to keep as each new expiration date ap­ than three quarters of the ships changed; there is a new spirit ton Central Labor Council, presently registered, under the of co-operation and an entirely them^as well as any other ships proached. AFL-CIO. He has led a number under their control—away from Last year, the House passed American flag are 20 years of new outlook. Siecondly, there is of organizing campaigns for the agreement on the part of the International Union Cuban ports so long as it re­ the extension for a two-year age or older." Electri­ mains IJnIted States policy to period. However, when the He pointed also to the dwin­ architects of national policy cal, Radio and Machine Work­ divert shilling from that coun­ measure reached the Senate, for­ dling of the Canadian-flag deep that chronic proUems will never ers and, on occasion, has worked try. A similar blacklist is main­ mer Senator Frank J. Lausche sea fleet from 170 ships to four be solved unless the needed ships in organizational efforts for the (D-Ohio), a consistent opponent —which he called an "incred­ are built." tained for North Vietnam. Textile Workers Union. Nixon to Ait on One-Year Extension Of 55% Ship Construition Subsidies CiUeaAppiunted executive Ass't ToGeorgeMeany Yugoslav Ship Put On Cuba Blacklist; 4 Others Dropped 'StudySyttdrome'Blamedfar Decline Of Fleets in Both U.S. and Canada �Jalr, 1969 SEAFARERS Page Twen^ Nine LOG Maritime Authorization Bill Cleared Admiral Praises Seafarers For Quick Pescue of Flier By Senate Committee for Final Vote (Reprinted below is a letter of commendation from Rear Ad­ miral Charles Tighe, U.S. Coast Guard Commander of the Elev­ enth District, praising the alert action and high degree of training displayed by Seafarers of the Overseas Alice in the rescue of a downed aviator earlier this year. Addressed to the master of the vessel, the letter recalls highlights of the dramatic rescue originally reported in the April issue of the Seafarers LOG.) lj¥ Captain James P. Osnes SS OVERSEAS ALICE c/o Maritime Overseas Corporation ITew York, N.Y. Dear Captain Osnes; The District Commander notes with pleasure your rescue of the pilot of the ditched twin-engine De Haviland Dove on the early morning of 23 February 1969. The pilot of the De Haviland Dove, Mr. Warren Bullock, running low on fuel, with the right engine feathered, saw lights through intermittent breaks in the clouds. Mistaking these lights for the island of San Oemente, he descended to about 300 feet. By the time he realized that the lights were from your vessel, he was unable to regain altitude and ditched alongside the SS OVERSEAS ALICE at approximately 0315 (PST) in position 33-45.5 N; 122-04 W. The aircraft sank at 0326. eleven minutes after ditching. Due to the alertness of your crew, the No. 1 lifeboat was lowered and the pilot was recovered from the water at 0340 (PST), twenty-five minutes after the aircraft ditched. This rescue was made during adverse weather and sea conditions, and necessitated a co-ordinated effort between the vessel and the lifeboat by use of walkie-talkies to direct your rescue crew to the area of the downed pilot. Accordingly, in behalf of the U.S. Coast Guard, I commend you and your crew for the alertness, excellent seamanship and high degree of readiness that was displayed in upholding the finest traditions of the sea in performing your rescue mission. Sincerely, CHARLES TIGHE, Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Conmander, Eleventh Coast Guard District St Onge Charges lax Enforcement Of 50-50 Role I, r- -• I * i* WASHINGTON — Repre­ sentative William St Onge (DConn.) has charged federal agen­ cies with failing to "rigidly en­ force" the 50-50 cargo reqiurement St Onge told a meting of the Maritime Trades Depart­ ment cff the AFL-OO that time was "hanfcy-pani^ In the car­ riage surplus agricultural products under the Food-forPeace fnogram. The Department of Agricul­ ture was Uamed for "juggling of shipping dat^ to coincide with the time when the least number of American ships are available," as well as "statistical juggling about what does or what does not constitute 50 percent carriage aboard American ves­ sels." St. Onge called for changing the cargo preference provisions of the Export-Import Act to en­ courage 100 percent carriage of govenunent-generated shipments abroad American ships—^just so long as they are available. ^ ..lOH'~ m>iTOW i>UIX3j WASHINGTON — Decks were cleared for action on the bill authorizing funds to be ap­ propriated for Maritime Admin­ istration programs for the fiscal year 1970 last month when the Senate Commerce Committee reported the House-passed H.R. 4152 to the full Senate with two minor amendments. Senator Russell B. Long (DLa.), chairman of the Subcom­ mittee on Merchant Marine, filed the report which retains the major part of the House version. Recommended by the com­ mittee was a reduction in the funds allocated for research and development from $15 to $12 million. Funds for aid to state marine schools were pegged at $2,270,000 — an increase of $230,000 over the House pro­ visions. As reported to the Senate, the over-all amount of funds au­ thorized for maritime is $384,608,000, an increase of $121,612,000 over the amount re­ quested by the Nixon Adminis­ tration. The amount for oper­ ating subsidies is $212 million and $145 million is recommend­ ed for construction subsidies. The report states that MARAD's research and development request for $7.7 million is "to­ tally inadequate in view of the .. . needs in the maritime field." Nevertheless, it lowered the House's sights in this regard be­ cause the Senate Committee concluded that "present staff and programming limitations" would prevent MARAD from fully utilizing the larger sum. Included in the financial as­ sistance authorized to state ma­ rine schools are funds for the inauguration of a Great" Lakes maritime academy at Northwestem Michigan College in Trav­ erse City, Michigan. The Mich­ igan State Legislature must first act on this. In allocating an authorization of $145 million in new funds for ship construction subsidies, to be used in conjunction with $101,600,000 in carryover funds—an aggregate of $246,600,000—^the committee stated this would be "a lean but feas­ ible amount to set into motion in fiscal year 1970 a merchant marine revitalization program." Such a fund would permit subsidizing the construction of 18 to 22 new ships plus 17 104 U. X Sh^s Stifled in '6B Eqwds Otte-Fourth of WwU Total WASHINGTON ~ Nearly one-fourth of all ships scrapped during 1968 because of age were U.S.-flag vessels — this country once again leading all other nations in the continuing depletion of its merchant fleet. According to the Maritime Administration, 104 of the 463 ocean-going ships scrapped last year were American. This clear­ ly indicates the progressive deterioration of the U.S. mer­ chant marine, a process which is widely deplored, but about which, up to now, almost noth­ ing has been done by the gov- Ship Meeting on the Brooklyn Ship's Delegate Frank Gaspar, right, who sails as AB pn the Brooklyn (Sea-Land), talks with Oiler Frank Harris, left, and Bosun John Cabral after a meeting on board ship. Brother Gaspar reported a lot of rough weather on the recent coast-wise run to Puerto Rico. He claims you'll see more rough seas on this run than you would encounter in the Pacific in a year, but it gives the green OS's a chance to g6t their sea legs. "" "• iJfj - - — major conversions. Operating differential subsidy money included in the bill—a total of $212 million—encom­ passes $17 million to be avail­ able "in the event that it is pos­ sible for the Maritime Admin­ istration to initiate additional contracts during the coming fis­ cal year." This would envision enlarging the scope of such sub­ sidization beyond the 14 oper­ ators who are presently included. However, this is a policy ques­ tion which must await the pres­ entation of the new maritime program promised by the Ad­ ministration later this summer. Completion of congressimial action on the authorization bill is a necessary prerequisite to the actual appropriation of funds, which must be done under sepa­ rate legislation. n emment. The 97 freighters scrapped by this nation averaged 25 years in age. Also scrapped from the U.S. fleet were three combination ships with an average age of 21 years and four tankers, averaging 27 years old. A 20-year age mark is regarded as the limit for the economical operation of any ship. Most of the vessels scrapped by the U.S. were built during the World War II period and had long outlived their useful­ ness, even in the federal reserve fleet. Two-thirds of the 1,000 ships which remain in the U.S. merchant fleet will be over 25 years old by 1972—^if they last until then. This total includes all vessels now in reserve status. Forty-one countries-=including Communist-bloc nations— were covered by MARAD's re­ port, which was limited to mer­ chant ships of 1,000 tons or more. Although no other nation ap­ proached the U-S. figure, Liberia scrapped 79 ships and Panama's figure was 52. Many of the vessels regirteied under those flags, however, were binlt in tiie U.S. during World War n and later sold. Greece had a total of 47 ships scrapped, while the United Kingdom was next with 26. World-t^lde scrai^ings last year includ^ 409 freighters, 39 tankers 1^ ecanbination ships. Tt^^veraged 24 years of age. Oldest dCShe vessels disposed of was theTvido, an Italian-flag freighter built in 1889. Among the U.S. ships scrapped, the bulk carrier Edward Y. Townsend, built in 1906, was the niost ancient. ^ In 1967 the number of ships scrapped was 532, with an ag­ gregate total of 3,558,056 gross tbns. �SEAFARERS Page llirtjr Robert Swords, 48; Brother Swords was lost overboard is the East China 'Sea on February 25 while sailing as A B on the American Pride. A native of Flor­ ida, he had been living with his wife, Anne, in Norfolk, Virgin­ ia. Borther Swords was a 19year veteran of the U.S. Navy, serving from 1941 to 1960. He joined the SIU in the Port of Houston. <t>Clarence Gates, 50: An auto­ mobile accident claimed the life of Brother Gates on April 27 in Lorain, Ohio. He had been working as tug fireman for Great Lakes Towing Com­ pany since 1956, and joined the SIU in Lorain in 1961. Brother Gates is a native of Michigan, but had been residing in Lorain for a number of years. He is sur­ vived by his wife, Margaret. Burial services took place at Ridge Hill Memorial Park Cem­ etery in Lorain. Evit Ardoin, 59: Brother Ardoin died January 4 at the Vet­ erans Hospital in Houston after suffering a heart attack on board the Penn Sailor. Sailing as FWT, he had been shipping out for more than 20 years. Seafarer Ardoin joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1948. He was a lifelong resident of Ville Platte, Louisiana. Brother Ar­ doin is survived by a son, Lion­ el, and a sister, Mrs. Lillian Mullins. Burial took place at Tee Mamou Cemetery in Ville Platte. Randy Adams, 17: Brother Adams died March 24 in his home town of Westwego, Lou­ isiana. He had graduated from the Harry Lundeberg School of Sea­ manship in New Orleans in June, 1 9 6 8, and shipped as crew pantryman on the Overseas Dinny. His last vessel was the Steel Vendor. Brother Adams is survived by his father, Robert J. Adams, and his mother, Alice. Burial services were held at Westwego Cemetery. Harold Borup, 62: Brother Borup died at Memorial Hospi­ tal Southeast in Houston on Manuel Meza, 40: Brother April 14 follow­ Meza died December 31, 1968, ing a heart at­ in San Francisco. tack. Bom in He had been Rockport, Tex­ sailing since as, he had been 1954, after serv­ living for many ing three years years in Hous­ with the U.S. ton with his wife, Army. Rated Margaret, and a son, Harold, Jr. FOWT, his last Seafarer Borup had been work­ vessel was the ing as tug captain for G«S:H Depauw Victory. Towing Company since 1957 Brother Meza joined the SIU in and had previously worked for the Port of Seattle. Born in San Intercoastal Towing. He joined Jose, he continued to make his the SIU in Houston in 1957. home there throughout his life. Burial services were held at For­ est Park Cemetery in Houston. Brother Meza is survived by a sister, Mrs. Jovita Flores. Burial was at Calvary Cemetery in San Jose. Clarence Oliver, 58: Brother Oliver passed away August 18, _ 1968, at the Lee Biggs, 41: Brother Biggs USPHS Hospi­ succumbed to heart disease in tal in San Fran­ an Army Field cisco. A long­ Hospital in Sai­ time member of gon after being the SIU, Brother stricken aboard Oliver joined the the Del Alba. He Union in Savan­ had sailed as nah in 1939. He cook-baker, and had been going joined the SIU to sea for more than 35 years in the Port of and last shipped as steward on New Orleans. the Northwest in 1968. Brother Brother Biggs, a native of Ten­ Oliver was bom in Savannah nessee, had been making his but maintained his home in home in New Orleans at the Newark, New Jersey, when he time of his death. He is survived was not sailing. He is survived by his wife, Helen, and a daugh­ by his wife, Dorothy. Burial ter, Theresa. Burial services was in Savannah. were held in New Orleans. <I> July, 1969 LOG Donovan Turner, 37: Brother ' "Turner passed away at the USPHS Hospi­ tal in New Or­ leans on March 30 after a brief illness. Bom in Brooklyn, New York, he had been living in New Orleans at the time of his death. Brother Tumer was a graduate of the Harry Lunde­ berg School of Seamanship. Af­ ter completing his training in 1967, he shipped as AB on the Topa Topa. His last vessel was the Loma Victory. Brother Tumer is survived by his wife, Sylvia. Burial was at Rockfish Cemetery in Wallace, North Carolina. John Kerschnar, 49: Heart disease claimed the life of Brother Kerschner on Decem­ ber 17, 1968, in Wilmington, California. Bom in Iowa, he had lived most of his life in Long Beach. Seafarer Kerschner had been sailing for 23 years, and joined the SIU in the Port of Houston. He last sailed as oiler aboard the Afoundria. He served four years with the U.S. Army during World War II. Brother Kerschner is survived by his mother, Mrs. Delia Kerschner. Burial was at Inglewood Park Cemetery. Elizar Martell, 59; Brother Martell was lost at sea Novem­ ber 25, 1968, while sailing as cook aboard the Sagamore Hill. Bom in Con­ cord, Connecti­ cut, he had been making his home in Port Henry, New York. Sea­ farer Martell had been sailing for more than 23 years and joined the SIU in the Port of Boston in 1945. Hs is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Cynthia Durkin. Earl Rivers, 65: A heart at­ tack claimed the life of Brother Rivers on May 10 at the USPHS Hospital in San Francisco. Bom in Grinnell, Iowa, he had been making his home in Long Beach, Califor­ nia, since retiring on an SIU disability pension in 1966. He had sailed as a member of the engine department for more than 17 years, and joined the Union Michael Ray, 43: Brother Ray died October 7 while sail­ ing aboard the Afoundria. Bom in Brooklyn, he had maintained his residence in Kent, England, for a number of years. Seafarer Ray sailed as Paul Strickland, 63: Seafarer wiper, and had been going to Strickland died May 16 at the sea for 21 years. He joined the USPHS Hospi­ SIU in the Port of New York tal in Baltimore in 1951. Brother Ray had after a brief ill­ served with the U.S. Army dur­ ness. He was a ing World War II. He is sur­ veteran of 39 vived by three brothers and two years at sea as sisters, all living in England. a member of the Burial was at Long Island Na­ steward depart­ tional Cemetery, New York. ment when he retired on SIU pension in 1964. ——He last sailed as cook on Domingo Molina, 51: Brother the Losmar. Brother Strickland Molina was lost when the tug joined the Union in 1945 in Theresa F., Red Philadelphia. Bom in North Circle Trans­ Carolina, he had made his home port, capsized in in Baltimore for many years. the Gulf of Mex­ He is survived by his wife, on January ico Eleanor, and a son, William. 9. Bom in Texas, Burial services took place at St. he had been liv­ Stanislaus Cemetery in Balti­ ing in New Or­ more. leans with his wife, Consuelo. Seafarer Molina was rated AB and had been sail­ HwoldRosenaraiis, 61: Heart ing for more than 30 years. His failure claimed the life of Broth­ last ship was the Beloit Victory er Rosencrans in 1968. A long-time member Febmary 26 at of the SIU, Molina joined the the USPHS Hos­ Union in the Port of New Or­ pital in Savan­ leans in 1940. nah, Georgia. He <|> had been sailing since 1943, the Francisco Rodriquez: 39: same year he Brother Rodriquez passed away joined the SIU April 13 at St. in the Port of New York. He Mary's Hospital was rated bosun, and last in Hoboken, shipped on the Steel Seafarer New Jersey. A in 1968. Bom in New York, native of Puerto he had been living in Riviera Rico, he had Beach, Florida, at the time of made his home his death. Seafarer Rosencrans in Hoboken. is survived by his stepmother, Brother Rodri­ Mrs. Rhoda Rosencrans, and a quez had sailed as messman, brother. Nelson. Burial was at and joined the SIU in the Port Harts Mortuary, Macon, Geor­ of San Francisco and his last gia. ship was the Fanwood. Seafarer Rodriquez is survived by his mother, Maria, who lives in Puerto Rico. Burial took place Robert Statham, 61: Brother at Puerto Real Cemetery in Statham died of a heart attack Cabo Roji. , on board the <|> Seattle March 17 while the vessel Melvfai Grant, 61: Brother was tied up at Grant died May 22 at the Vet­ Long Beach, erans Hospital California. in Chicago, fol­ Rated AB, he lowing a brief had been going illness. Bom in ^' to sea for more Dundee, Illinois, ..N he had been liv­ than 25 years. Brother Statham ing in Elgin at was one of the SIU old-timers, / the time of his joining the Union in 1943 in death. Brother the Port of New York. He had last sailed on the Columbia Grant had sailed as steward, chief cook and baker. His last Banker. Born in New York, he vessel was the Midlake. Brother had been making his home in Grant's wife, Marilyn, passed Seattle. Seafarer Statham is away several years ago. He is survived by a brother, Arthur. survived by a daughter, Mrs. Burial services were held at Bernice Bradley. Burial services Oakdale Memorial Park Cem­ were held at Bluff City Ceme­ etery. tery in Elgin. .,. , . in Wilmington. He last shipped as electrician on the Ames Vic­ tory. Brother Rivers is survived by his wife, Theresia. Burial was at Westminster Memorial Park Cemetery in Westminster, Califomia. 4^ n �Jnlr, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Thirty One I VANTAGE PROGRESS (Pioneer), play 4—Chairman, Jimmie Bartlett; ^Secretary, Kenneth Roberts. Brother G. A. Allen resigned as ship's dele­ gate and Brother W. R. Mask^was elected to serve in his place. There were no beefs and everything is running smoothly. ^20.00 in ship's fund. PENN CARRIER (Penn Shipping), April 6—Chairman, J, J. Connors; Secretary, C. Roblee. No beefs and no disputed OT. Long discussion held regarding improvement in pen(fiion plan. Vote of thanks W&B exftended to the steward department for a job well done. i OVERSEAS REBECCA (Maritime *,Overseas), May 24 — Chairman, R. iByrd; Secretary, A. Arellano; Ship's l)elegate, John R. Nelson. No beefs ere reported by department dele^ stes. Motion made that twenty years, dues paying members with twelve years S.I.U. sea time be eligit)le for retirement pension, regard;Iess of age or physical condition. V^ote of thanks was extended to the fiteward department for a job well done. SiATRAIN GEORGIA (Hudson , May 4—Chairman, Wiljliam Douglas; Secretamr, John Mursphy; Ship's Delegate. rV;ank Smith; }eck Delegate, „ . Rodi„ r Swanson; Engine Delegate, A. B. Stevenson; Stewards' Delegate, John Murphy. No beefs were reported by depart- Jnent delegates. i STEEL APPRENTIC^Isthmian), April 18—Chairman, William W, Stevens; Secretary, Paul P. Lopez; Ship's Delegate, Pat Bucei; Deck Delegate, Thomas S. Kline; Engine Delegate, Marcelo Eimar; Stewards' Delegate, Macario Caairpuee. Motion was held to hold a safety meeting. Mo beefs were reported by depart­ ment delegates. PENN EXPORTER (Penn Ship­ ping), June 1 — Chairman, Phillip Wagner; Secretary, Z. A. Markris; Ship's Delegate, Blackie Wagner; Dec^ Delegate, Claude S. Dick; £nine Delegate, Miguel Luis Medina; tewards' Delegate, John R. Epper­ fson. Some disputed OT in engine department to be taken up with boarding patrolman. Repair list was turned in and repairs have been started. il. I< i- DIQEST of SIU I, /- MEETINGS i JOHN B. WATERMAN (Water­ man), May 18—ChairmM, Jqegph D. Blanchard; Secretary, b-reddlck R. Sullivan; Ship's Delegate, Jol^h D. Blanchard; Deck Delegate, Josenh D= Blanchard; Engsne Delegate, Stan­ ley Ganzor; Stewards' Delegate, Les­ lie Sigler. No beefs were reported. Ship's delegate extended a vote of thanks to the entire crew for their fine co-operation. 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.) Sdtzel-Weller DistiUeries "Old Fitzgerald," "Old EOc" "Cabin Stin," W. L. Weller Bourbon whldieys (Distillery Workers) ! i L^ .r*' t Gypsum Wallhoard, American Gypsum Co. (United Cement Lime and Gypsum Workers International) ^ R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Camels, Winston, Tempo, Brandon, Cavalier and Salem cigarettes (Tobacco Workers International Union) <I> Kingsport Press "World Book," "Childcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) Genesco Shoe Mfg. Co. Work Shoes . . . Sentry, Cedar Chest, Statler Men's Shoes . . . Jarman, Johnson & Murphy, Crestworth, (Root and Shoe Workers' Union) ^l> Boren Clay Products Co. (United Brick and Clay Workers) ^ "HIS" brand men's clothes Kaynee Boyswear, Judy Bond blouses, Hanes Knitwear, Randa Ues, Boss Gloves, RIchman ^ Atlantic Products Sports Goods (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) Jamestown Sterling Corp. (United Furniture Workers) RIchman Bros, and Sewefl Suits, Wing Shirts (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) i : White Furniture Co. (United Furniture Workers of America) Comet Rice Mills Co. products (International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drinks and Distillery Workers) Pioneer Flour Mill (United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers Local 110, San Antonio, Texas All California Table Grapes (United Farm Workers) Magic Chef Pan Pacific Division (Stove, Furnace and Allied Appliance Workers International Union) ^ Tennessee Packers Reelfoot Packing Frosty Morn Valleydale Packers (Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America) Fisher Price Toys (Doll and Toy Workers) Economy Furniture Co. Smithtown Maple Western Provincial BUt-Rite (Upholsterers) DEL SDD (Delta), June 2—Chair­ man, Ewing A. Rihn; Secretary, H'cs Spisgsl; Ship's Delegate, Hans Spiegel; Deck Delegate, John H. Dehring; Engine Delegate, Alfred S. DeAgro; Stewards' Delegate, Paul S. Huseby. Everything Is running smoothhr with no beefs and no disputed OT. Vote of thanks to all delegates. FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Dlatrict makes specific provision for safeguarding 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. Ail Union records are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. OV£I»EAS SUZANNE (Maritime ' Overseas^ May 11—Chairman, J. A. TRUST FUNDS. Ail trust funds of the SIU Atiantie, Gulf. Lakes and Inland Stevens; Secretary, J. Ollveri; Ship's Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. Ail these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds Delegate,. Herbert Archer; Deck shall equally consist of union and management representatives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only uimn appros^ by a majority of the trustem. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. of thanks was extended to Brother.;^ Archer for a job well done as ship's ® SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively delegate. Some disputed OT in en-, by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are nosted and available in all Union hails. If you gins, .depsrtssent.' . . there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in .^fed the eontraets betvreen the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified maU, return receipt requested. The proper addrcM for thU is: BUCKEYE ATLANTIC Earl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place. Suite 1980, New Yoric 4, N. Y. , Pull eopies of eontraets as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. Moore; En^ne Delegate, Bill Iveyj • CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available in ail SIU haiia. l%ese Stewards' Delegate, J. Bucala, Dis­ contracte specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live abo^ cussion held regarding preparation ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing tor OT of food. on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU imtrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract righto prop­ erly. eontaet the nearest SIU port agent. MONTICELLO VICTORY (Victory Carriers), June 8 — Chairman, L. Relnchucfc; Secretary. A. Rudhicki; Ship's Delegate, James J. Garner; Deck Delegate, V. Giima; Enrfne Delega^^Wiluam L. Sutton; Ste-1 wards' D. Loche, I21.p0 ita^eWp'e fond. Few hours disputed OT in — ' * • EDITORIAL POLICY-dBAPARERS LOG. The LOG has teadltlonally rained from pnblishing any article serving the political purposes ^ My Individual In the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publWng artides deoued harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This establisbed policy has been reaffirmed by memberahip action at the September, 1960 meetings In dl tonititutional porta. The responsibility for LOG poli^ is vested In mn editorial boaid whl^ eonsiats^ the Esaeutive Board of the Union. 'Hie Ezecntive may ddegate, firom fm««g ito ranks, one individual to carry out this rssponslbility. SIU-AGLIWD Meetings New Orleans Aug. 12—2:30 p.m. Mobile .... Aug. 13—2:30 p.m. Wilmington Aug. 18—2:00 p.m. San Francisco Aug. 20—2:00 p.m. Seattle .... Aug. 25—2:00 p.m. New York .. Aug. 4—2:30 p.m. Philadelphia Aug. 5—2:30 p.m. Baltimore .. Aug. 6—2:30 p.m. Detroit Aiig. 8—2:30 p.m. Houston . . . Aug. 11—2:30 p.m. United Industrial Workers New Orleans Aug. 12—7:00 p.m. Mobile Aug. 13—7:00 p.m. New York .. Aug. 4—7:00 p.m. Philadelphia Aug. 5—7:00 p.m. Baltimore .. Aug. 6—7:00 p.m. IHonston .. Aug. 11—7:00 p.m. Great Lakes SIU Meetings Detroit .... Alpena .... Buffalo Chicago ... Dnlnth Frankfort .. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. 18—2:00 p.m. 18—7:00 p.m. 18—7:00 p.m. 18—7:30 p.m. 18—7:00 p.m. 18—7:00 p.m. Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Section Chicago .,. Aug. tSanlt Ste. Marie Aug. Buffalo Aug. Dnlnth ... Aug. Cleveland . Aug. Toledo ... Aug. Detroit ... Aug. Milwaukee Aug. 12—^7:30 p.m. 14—^7:30 p.m. 13—7:30 p.m. 15—7:30 p.m. 15—7:30 p.m. 15—7:30 p.m. 11—7:30 p.m. 11—7:30 p.m. SIU Inland Boatmen's Union New Orleans Aug. 12—5:00 p.m. Mobile .... Aug. 13—5:00 p.m. Philadelphia Aug. 5—5:00 p.m. Baltimore (licensed and un­ licensed) Aug. 6—5:00 p.m. Norftdk ... Aug. 7—-5:00 p.m. Houston . .. Aug. 11—5:00 p.m. Railway Marine Region PUIadelpbia Aug. 12—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Baltimore Aug. 13—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. •Norfolk Aug. 14—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Jersey City Aug. 11—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. t Meeting held at I.abor Temple, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. • Meeting held at Labor Temple, New­ port News. . f Meeting held at Galveston wharves. IBHlCWSiHAiiii SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers PRESIDENT Paul Halt EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cat Tannar Earl Shapard A1 Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Lladiay Wllliaini Robart MaHhawi SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Karr HEAD9UARTERS «7S 4th Ava., Rklyn. (212) HY f-UOO ALPENA. MICH 800 N. Second Ave. (517) EL 4-3ili •ALTIMORE, Md 1214 E. •allimora St. (30!) EA 7-4900 BOSTON. Mais U3 Atlantic Avanua (417) 482-4716 BUFFALO. N.Y 735 WaiHaoton St. SIU (714) TL 3-92S9 IBU (714) TL 3-9259 CHICACO. Ill 9141 Ewinq .Ava. SIU (312) SA 1-0733 IBU (312) ES 5-9570 CLEVELAND. Ohio 1420 W. 2Sth St. (214) MA 1-5450 DETROIT, Mich I022S W. Jattanen Ava. (313) VI 3-4741 DULUTH, Minn FRANKFORT. Mich HOUSTON, Ta« JACKSONVILLE. Fla JERSEY CITY. N.J MOBILE. Ala NEW ORLEANS. La NORFOLK. Va PHILADELPHIA. Pa 2014 W. 3rd St. (218) RA 2-4110 P.O. lex 207 415 Main St. (414) EL 7-2441 5804 Canal St. (713) WA 8-3207 2401 Paarl St. (904) EL 3-0987 99 Montflomary St. (201) HE 5-9424 I South Uwranea St. (205) HE 2-1754 430 Jackson Ava. (504) 529-7544 115 3rd St. (703) 422-1892 2404 S. 4th St. (215) DE 4-3818 PORT ARTHUR. Tax 1348 Savanth St. SAN FRANCISCO. Calif., 350 Fraamont St. (415) DO 2-4401 SANTURCE. P.R 1313 Famandat Juncoa Stop 20 724-2840 SEAHLE, Wash 2505 First Avanua (204) MA 3-4334 "• TOLEDO. Ohio 935 Sumfnit St. (419) 248-3491 WILMINSTCN, Calif.. 450 Seasida Ava Tarminal Island, Calif. (213) 832-7285 YOKOHAMA. Japan..Isaya BIdg.. Room 801 1-2 Kaigan-Dori-Nakaku 2014971 Ext. 201 PAYMENT OP MONIES. No monies are to be paid tc anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumetances should any member pay any money for any reason unless be is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such pajrment he made without supplying a recdpt, or if a member is required to make a paymmit and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such iiayment. this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every sU months in the SBAFARBBS LOG a verbatim copy of ito constitution. In addition, copies are available in all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiariie themselves with ito contents. Any time you feel any membn or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obli­ gation by any methods such as dnling with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. RETIRED 8EAPARERS. 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 members at these Union meet­ ings, they are encouraged to take an aetive role in all rank-and-file functions, in­ cluding service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard onployment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union pol­ icy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal righto in emidoyment and as members of the SIU. Theee riiritto are elearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contraeto which the Union has negotiated with the employera. ConsequenUy, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feds that he is denied the equal righto to which he is entitled, he should notify headquarters. SEAPABERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic righto of Seafarers is the rQtht to pursue legislative and political objectives whieh will serve the best intensto of themselves, their famOles and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was establbhed. DpMtions to SPAI) are entlrdy voluntary and constitute the funds through whieh legislative and political activities are conducted for the benefit of the membenhip and the Union. If at any tima a Seafarer feds that any af tha above righto have been rioUted. •r that ha has bswx danied hia coutltMlMMl right af accaas to Unlan ramids or ^ toMMttoB, ha sharid immadUtdy natlfy BIU Prasldent Parf HaO at hcadgaartara by eartifiad maU. ratam racalpt raqMstad. *, �SEAFARERS^OG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC. GULF. LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO ,+ |Steel Vendor (Istiimian) crewed-up and took on cargo : at £He Basin in New York recently as she pt^ared fcNr a four-month Toyage to India. The ship was scheduled to stop at other east coast ports to take on more cargo before begin­ ning the long run around the Cape of Good Hope and up into the Indian Ocean. SlU representatives held a meeting aboard ship with the crew, and elected a ship's committee who will conduct weekly Union meetings at sea and represent Seafarers in aU departments. Ift -s. •m ' t/K ..p''.v. Jmi :'a&' • • 4 vV-, m m Frank Bakun, who sails as FWT, ehaeb fha readings af the boiler| combustion control board as the Steel Vendor takes on cargo in Erie Basin. The vessel, a 04, was preparing for a long voyage to India. ;el1#' rvH '-m Jack Mayo Mundine, baker, checks the day's menu for the crew signf ing on the vessel for the long haul to India. Mundine is a veteran in the steward department so this ship should be a good feeder. ^ ® ^«rles Michael 2ncl assistant engineer, at right, and Dale Chambers, oiler, make fa final check on the boiler drum safety valve drain line before sailing. Michaels got his 3rd assistant's license in 1966 after training at the SlU-MESA, Distfivt 2 EnigioeOfing Schooli and received his 2nd assistant's license through the sehoeljn 1968, Hi' r^r «.r I J7 \ if' y \\ I i P.. Parker Holt, chief steward, gets squared away with SlU Representa-.. tive Bill Hall, after Hall ard other Union representatives held a ship­ board meeting to discuss the pension plan and other Union matters^ „ 4«. JJ F/'f-'fJiiifle m kT < J • i Z-' - i AB Richard ^bbons keeps a strain on the bow-line under the watchful eyes of veteran Seafarer Ivan Tarkov. Gib­ bons was making his third trip since graduating from SlU's Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship last Oct. Tarkov, who sails as carpenter, joined the SlU in the Port of New York 1939. 4 KSSSF I ,> • ^ ^' i Thomas Shamblee writes a letter to mail home before the Steel Veh3 dor gets under way. Shamblee graduated front the Harry Lundeberg^'^ School of Seamanship In 1967. Sailing as OS, this is his first trip. "j � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1960-1969 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXII-XXXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource July 1969 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU SEEKS EXPANDED US FLAG ROLE IN SHIPPING TO SOVIET-BLOC COUNTRIES ICC EXTENDS BARGE TOW MIXING RULE; GIVES CONGRESS SIX MONTHS TO ACT THE SIU’S HARRY LUNDENBURG SCHOOL OF SEAMANSHIP UPGRADING LADDER TO LICENSED STATUS CLIMBED BY SEAFARERS – YOUND AND OLD WHO DOES THE WALLSTREET JOURNAL REALLY BLEED FOR? CONTROL OF WORLD’S SEAS SOVIET AIM, INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS ANALYSIS FINDS BILL WOULD GRANT UNEMPLOYMENT PAY TO OHIO SEAFARERS ON GREAT LAKES CONGRESSMAN, SHIPPING CO. EXECUTIVE CALL FOR END OF DOUBLE SUBSIDIES NIXON TO ACT ON ONE YEAR EXTENSION OF 55% SHIP CONSTRUCTION SUBSIDIES MARITIME AUTHORIZATION BILL CLEARED BY SENATE COMMITTEE FOR FINAL VOTE CREW UP ON STEEL VENDOR Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 07/1969 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXXI, No. 9 1969 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/9dcd590543c85a9f0f9784a167dda730.PDF a5d34a59fac8638e4976041610f00cf5 PDF Text Text mmmi In This Issue; SPK/AL PENSION SUPPLEMm Vol. XXXi No. 8 —See Centerfold 1 SEAFARERS mM AAARIA VAUENTE ARTURO VAUENTE LV-'iTfi;-:' • • • ••;• .. • AAARY E. BERNARD JOHN E. BERNAIW ;RS of the Kith annual SIU Cfdiege Sdmiaish^ were annonnced last month after an advisory committee id outstanding educators met in New York to maitA the awards. The chiUbren of five Seafarers were selected for fom'-year, $6,000 gnuds to study at the coOege of fiieir choke in any field desired. Since the SIU Sdbidarship program began u 1953, a to^ of 83 gran&. have been awarded. Of these, 25 have gone to Seafarers and 58 to the chilAren of Sejdarar& (ShMy ma Phge 3^ SCHOLARSHIP •w •-Siii i I I n . �SB Page. Two SEAFARERS Ship Management Unity Key to Progress, Hall Says SAN FRANCISCO—The United States must have a new maritime program quickly, or "we will have no maritime in­ dustry at all," SIU President Paul Hall warned leaders of maritime management and labor in a Maritime Day speech here. Pointing to the rapid buildup of Russia's merchant fleet. Hall told the audience of nearly 1,000 at the annual luncheon of the Propeller Club that the So­ viet Union was using its mer­ chant shipping as an "unarmed" extension of its political power and influence. By contrast, he said, the American merchant marine has been plagued by "deterioration" —its share of this nation's waterbome exports and imports droj^ing from 26 percent a third of a century ago to a mere seven percent today. "This obviously means that something has gone wrong," HaU said. Development of a strong mar­ itime program, he said, depends on unity within the industry— and specifically on unity among the managemrat groups which are guilty of "not caring what happens to their neighbor." Hall made it clear that he was talking about more than just the deep-sea segment of the U.S.flag fleet "To have a good maritime in- dustry," he said, "and to build the kind of fleet and the seapower that we need, we must build from the bottom up—^not only on the rivers, not only in the lakes, not only in the off­ shore, but in the shipbuilding facilities as well. Together, these components make up the maritime industry." With respect to legislation now pending in Congress, Hall pointed to two basic bills which he said are "fundamental" to the development of a balanced U.S.flag fleet: • Redrafting of the legisla­ tion governing the cargo prefer­ ence program to assure maxi­ mum U.S.-flag carriage of mil­ itary, foreign aid and Food-forPeace cargoes, and to protect unsubsidized operators against unfair competition from subsi­ dized lines. • Extending the unsubsidized operators the same right to es­ tablish tax-deferred construction reserve funds now enjoyed ex­ clusively by the subsidized op­ erators. Making it possible for imsubsidized operators to accu­ mulate ship replacement funds, he said, would lead to a surge in shipbuilding activity in Amer­ ican yards. The SIUNA president noted that more than 75 members of Congress already have sponsor­ ed such legislation. SB! Five Additional Seafarers Lkensed; Engineer Upgraders Now Total 329 Hants Mdton Five additional Seafarers have qualified for engineers licenses after completing the intensive course of training at the School of Marine Engineer­ ing sponsored jointly by the SIU and District 2, MEBA. This latest list of successful candidates brings to 329 the total number of men who have passed Coast Guard licensing examinations after taking the comprehensive course of study offered by the school. The new graduates include Bobby Harris, and Jesse Melton upgraded to 2nd assistant engi­ neer; James McCranie, 3rd as­ sistant; and Kenneth Carlson and Charles Heinen, temporary 3rd assistants. Harris is a natiye of North Carolina, and has been going to sea for the past 18 years with the exception of a three-year hitch in the U.S. Army. He last shipped Ml the Joplin Victory. Harris joined the SIU in t^ Port of Norfolk, the city he now SIU Urges Congress to Prevent Strangling' of TugSarge Indastry WASHINGTON —The SIU has strongly urged Congress to amend the Interstate Commerce Act to prevent "strangulation" of the tug and barge industry on the nation's inland waterways. Four officials of the Union— Vice President Earl Shepard; Paul Drozak of Houston, Gor­ don Spencer of Norfolk and Merle Adlum of Seattle—^voiced the SlUNA's support of three identical bills in testimony be­ fore the Subcommittee on Transportation and Aeronautics of the House Interstate Com­ merce Committee. The bills (H.R. 8298, H.R. 8376 and H.R. 8509) would get rid of "unrealistic language" now in • the law, the Union said. . The legislation. Spencer told the House group, would amend Section 303(b) of the Act in two ways. It would eliminate lan­ guage which defines an entire string of barges as a single "ves­ sel," and it would remove a definition of "bulk cargo" which would tie the industry to cargo practices in existence . 30 years ago, instead pf those now in existence. . This Section of the law was enacted in 1939, Spencer said, but the Interstate Commerce Commission "iS only now pro­ posing"^ ^at it be implemented. He noted that the ICC has twice delayed putting the require­ ments into effect to permit Con­ gress to consider legislative rem­ edies. Present plans call for im­ plementing the requirement on June 30. Spencer said that lumping a flotilla of as many as 40 sep­ arate bargbs under the single heading of a "vessel" would prevent an inland boat operator from carrying more than three different bulk commodities in the same string of barges if he is to maintain his exemption from certain types of regulation. The other objectionable lan­ guage in Section 303(b), the SIU official said, defining "bulk" cargo in terms of packaging practices in effect in 1939, would, if implemented, "be forcing the industry to go back to the 'custom of the trade' 30 years ago." Drozak told the Subcommit­ tee that the inland tug and barge industry has experienced a ma­ jor technological breakthrough in recent years. "Today," he said, "a single tug or towboat moves an aver­ age of 40 barges at a clip— carrying 50,000 tons of cargo at a time. . . . That 50,000-ton payload is greater than that car­ ried by many of the nation's ocean-going freighters. It's the' equivalent of the total cargo June, 1969 LOG that it takes 2,000 trailer trucks to move over our highways. It's equal to the carrying capacity of a dozen freight trains averag­ ing 70 cars each." The increased productivity, has been translated into "the lowest costs of any of our forms of domestic transportation," Drozak declared, adding that "average rail costs are 15 mills per ton-mile; truck costs are 65 mills per ton-mile; but barge costs average only three mills per ton-mile." The barge costs, he pointed out, "are lower than they were 20 years ago." ITie Union's statement said that unless the amendments are enacted into law, "barge opera­ tors are going to be forced to split tows according to the num­ ber or type of commodity car­ ried." This, it warned would mean lower utilization of equip­ ment, increased rates for ship­ pers, and ultimately higher costs for consumers. Summing up the SIU's posi­ tion, Shepard said: "If the inland boat industry prospers—as it has every right to prosper—^then there will be jobs and a, livelihood for our members. If this industry de­ clines—as it is in danger of do­ ing—then their jobs will be eliminated and their livelihood will be imperiled." McOranie calls home when he is not sail­ ing. Seafarer Melton was bom in Philadelphia and now makes his home in Brooklyn with his wife, Betty Jo. A long-time member of the SIU, Melton joined the Union in 1944 in Philadelphia. He has been sailing for more than 30 years as a member of the engine department. Melton last shipped on the San Fran­ cisco. Brother McCranie was born in Georgia, and now lives in Sparks, Nevada, with his wife, Margie. He served two years with the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict before joining the SIU in the Port of San Francisco and beginning his ca­ reer at sea. McCranie last shipped aboard the Seatrain Puerto Rico as FOWT. Seafarer Carlson was bom in Illinois, and now stays in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, when he is not sailing. He joined the SIU in Tampa. Carlson served three years with the U.S. Marine Carison Heinen Corps during World War II. Heinen comes from Port Ar­ thur, Texas, and now lives in Bandera, Texas, with his father, Harry. The newly-licensed tem­ porary 3rd assistant last sailed on the Alcoa Commander. All engineering department Seafarers are eligible for any of the upgrading programs at the Union-sponsored School of Ma­ rine Engineering, providing they are at least 19 years of age and have a minimum of 18 months of Q.M.E.D. watchstanding time in the engine department in addition to at least six months experience as wiper or the equivalent. Any Seafarer who qualifies and wishes to enroll in the school may obtain additional information and make applica­ tion for enrollment at any SIU hall. Information can also be obtained by writing to SIU headquarters, 675 Fourth Ave­ nue, Brooklyn, New York 11232, or by telephoning the school at (212) 499-6600. Shipmates Reunited After 24 Years I It was just 24 years ago vyhen S. M. "Catfish" McGowan (left) and Billy Brewer posed for the photo above in Santos, Brazil. Both were sailing as messmen on the old Hog Island. The two re­ cently found thennselves reunited when they both shipped on the Erna Elizabeth, so they had this photo snapped in Panama to rej-;— cord the event. Brewer (letft)' was sailing as chief pumpman, and McGowan, deck maintenance. Catfish also sails as bosun. Both • • joined the Seafarers in. 1945. ' �June, 1969 SEAFARERS Page Three LOG Youngsters of Five Seafarers Selected as: Winners of $6,000 SlU 1969 Scholarships Announced NEW YORK—Five children of Seafarers have been named recipients of $6,000 SIU college scholarships for the year 1969. The winners will be free to choose four-year courses of study in whatever field they de­ cide to pursue at any college or university in the United States or its possessions. This year's scholarship win­ ners are: Mary E. Bernard, daughter of Seafarer John E. Bernard, Sault Ste Marie, Mich.; Dennis E. Foreman, nephew and legal dependent of Seafarer Jewell E. Randolph, Metairie, La.; Jose L. Ramos, son of Seafarer Jose Ramos, Bayamon, Puerto Rico; Roy A. Schwarmann, son of Seafarer Arthur J. Schwarmann, Leonia, N. J., and Maria Valiente, daughter of Seafarer Arturo Valiente, New Orleans, La. This is the 16th year of awards under the SIU Scholar­ ship Awards program, which has opened the door to a college ed­ ucation for a total of 83 recip­ ients to date. Of these, 25 have been Seafarers and 58 have been the children or legal dependents of Seafarers. Selections are made by an im­ partial committee of six educa­ tors from top institutions of learning. Candidates are re­ quired to take tests given by the College Entrance Examination Board or the American College Testing Program. The results of the tests, together with evidence of the candidate's past scholastic attainments, character and qual­ ities of leadership, form the basis of the selections. Fine Caliber Demonstrated As in previous years, the chil­ dren selected all show a high re­ gard for service to the nation and the community and have distinguished themselves in serv­ ice-related fields, as well as in their consistently high scholar­ ship ratings and participation in 1 extra-curricular school activities. Typical of this spirit is that expressed by Jose Ramos— "More than anything, I would like to help the people of Latin America as a doctor. I know the language and the people, and the necessity is real." Mary E. Bernard, 17, daugh­ ter of l^afarer John E. Bernard, was graduated last month from the Loretto Catholic Central High School in Sault Ste Marie, Mich., where she was editor of the school yearbook. A member of the National Honor Society, she has participated in basket­ ball, the school chorus and is interested in music. Among oth­ er activities, she has served as a "candy-striper" at the War Me­ morial Hospital in Sault Ste Marie. Mary has already been accepted for admission by the University of Michigan, where she intends to major in history and political science. After col­ lege she hopes to work for the federal government, probably in the field of domestic issues, be­ cause she "wants to do some­ thing positive for our country." Dennis E. Foreman, 17, a nephew and legal dependent of Seafarer Jewell C. Randolph, is Student Council president at Ridgewood Preparatory School in Metairie, La., from which he will be graduated this month. A member of the National Beta Club, an honor society, he has been on the football squad, was captain of the school band and co-editor of the school news­ paper. He was named the "Out­ standing Teenage American" by the school faculty. With all this, he has worked after school. Dennis will enter Reed College in Portland, Ore., where his field will be experimental psychology, with emphasis on experimental educational methods. He in­ tends to go on to master and doctorate degrees after that. Jose L. Ramos, 17-year-old Seafarer's Daughter Awarded AFL-CIO Merit Scholarship WASHINGTON — Ronda Covington, daughter of Seafar­ er Eugene Covington, is the winner of one of six scholarship awards given by the AFL-CIO for 1969. A senior at Roosevelt High School in Portland, Oregon, Ronda has maintained a high grade average while participat­ ing in numerous school activi­ ties and working after school as a waitress. Ronda is a member of the National Honor Society and has held several class ofiSces. She plans to enter Mills College at Oakland, California, majoring •either in French or English for a career in education. The AFL-CIO Merit Scholar­ ship program provides up to $6,000 in financial aid during a four-year college course. Started 11 years ago, the annual awards Ronda Covington have furnished 66 scholarships to able, deserving youngsters in every part of the nation. Seafarers Scholarship Advisory Committee which named winners of 1969 SIU awards relax after making their choices. From left: Charles D. O'Conneii, University of Chicago; Dr. Elwood C. Kastner, Dean of Registration, New York"" University: Dr. Bernard P. Ireland, College Entrance Examination Board; Price C. Spivey, Administrator, SIU Welfare Plans (Not a committee member); Richard M. Keefe, St. Louis University; Edna M. Newby, Douglass College, and Dr. Charles A. Lyons, Jr., Howard University. son of Seafarer Jose Ramos, has maintained a straight "A" aver­ age at University High, an ex­ perimental school attached to the University of Puerto Rico, at Rio Piedras, P. R. He has also excelled at swimming and soccer and won the second prize for chemistry at the Scientific Fair held at the University. He hopes to enter the University of Mich­ igan in the Fall for a course in pre-medicine or possibly engi­ neering. Roy A. Schwarmann, 17, son of Seafarer Arthur J. Schwar­ mann, is president of the Senior Class at Leonia High School in Leonia, N. J., where he became intrigued by the future of spac.e exploration. A winner of the National Merit Letter of Com­ mendation, he has gone out for such sports as football, basket­ ball and baseball. He has al­ ready been accepted by Cornell University's school of engineer­ ing anid will major in aeronau­ tical engineering. Maria Valiente, the 17-yearold daughter of Seafarer Arturo Valiente, plans a career in the field of science—^preferably bi­ ology or chemistry. She will be graduated from Dominican High School in New Orleans, where she enjoys dancing and the pi­ ano. Her extra-curricular activi­ ties have ranged widely through mathematics, dramatics and journalism, and she has received commendation for volunteer work in Tulane's Lighthouse Eye Disease Detection Qinic. It was there she developed her desire to enter a research field. Maria plans to enter Tulane University, and wants to do post­ graduate work aimed at the eventual goal of teaching ^t the college level. High as the qualifications and interests of the scholarship win­ ners are, the Seafarers Award Committee expressed the unani­ mous opinion that their task was most difBcult this year because the records of all applicants were "the best ever." The committee met here last month to study the scholastic records of the 1969 candidates and reconunend their ultimate selections to the trus­ tees for aetion. Members of this panel of out­ standing educators were: Dr. Bernard P. Ireland, member of the College Entrance Examina­ tion Board; Dr. Elwood C. Kast­ ner, Dean of Registration, New York University; Robert M. Keefe, Admissions Director of St. Louis University; Dr. Charles A, Lyons, Jr., Dean of Ad­ missions, Howard University; Charles D. O'Conneii, Director of Admissions, University of Chicago; and Edna M. Newby, Assistant Dean, Douglass Col­ lege for Women at Rutgers Uni­ versity. MTP Administrator Tells Navy League Labor on US Flag Ships Chalked Up 25-Year, 440% Prodartivity Cain WASHINGTON — Seagoing unions aboard U.S.-flag mer­ chant ships have chalked up a record-breaking 440-percent productivity increase in less than, a quarter century, an ofiicial of maritime labor declared here last month. O. William Moody, Jr., ad­ ministrator of the 7.5-millionmember AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, told the 67th annual convention of the Navy League of the United States, that this productivity in­ crease refuted the "myth" that high labor costs have contri­ buted to the decline of U.S.flag shipping. "Back in 1945," Moody de­ clared, "the United States was building C-3 cargo ships of 9,600 deadweight tons. The complement of these ships was 48 to 50 men. Last year, we built the first of the 'Lancer' class containerships — 32,000 deadweight tons; with a smaller complement—ranging between 35 and 40 men. "Deadweight tonnage in­ creased 313 percent while the average crew size decreased 22 percent. Thus, productivity in­ creased from 196 tons per man to 845 tons per man—a 440percent increase. You would be hard pressed to find another American industry with a pro­ ductivity increase of this mag­ nitude. "Whatever else may be the cause of the decline of the mer­ chant marine, it certainly hasn't been the cost of labor." Tackling another of the "an­ cient myths and amazing mis­ conceptions that cling like bar­ nacles to the U.S. merchant marine," Moody declared that while it does cost more to build ships in U.S. yards and to operate them at U.S. wage levels, it does not follow that "high U.S. costs are driving the American merchant marine from the oceans of the world." He noted that all American industries have wage, material and capital costs that are higher than their counterparts. The dif­ ference, he says, lies in the "ex­ posed position" of the merchant fleet. "Other industries are insu­ lated from foreign competition," he said, "either because they control and dominate our vast domestic market or because of tariffs and quota arrangements. But this is not true with the merchant marine. It is in direct competition with foreign-flag ships—built at bargain-base­ ment prices overseas, and crewed by low-wage seamen." Moody called for an end to the "uneven treatment" of the merchant marine, with one-third of the industry being subsidized and two-thirds of the industry forced to go it alone without government assistance. He urged a "drastic overhaul" of maritime legislation to achieve "an equitable program leading to the development of a bal­ anced fleet." �mm i? r: Page Four SEAFARERS June, 1969 LOG To Succeed Sehnitzler Lane Klrkland is Elected New AFL-CiO Sec.-Treas. Congressional leaders and Union officials paid tribute to the late Senator E. L. Bartlett (D-Alaska) at the dedication of the E. L. Bartlett Auditorium in the headquarters of the Transportation Institution in Washington. Shown here during the unveiling of a bust of the Senator are (l-r) Congressman Howard W. Pollock (R-Alaska): Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska): Mrs. E. L. Bartlett the Senator's widow; Senator Mike Gravel (D-Alaska), and Senator Warren Magnuson (D-Wash.). Senator Bartlett died last Dec. I I. In Transportation Institute Ceremony Late Senator £ L. Bartlett Honored As Memorial Auditorium Deditated WASHINGTON—The late Senator E. L. (Bob) Bartlett was honored with the dedication of an auditorium in his memory by the Transportation Institute here last month. With members of the Senate and House, government agen­ cies, and maritime management and labor in attendance, the In-, stitute formally named the 200seat auditorium in tribute to the Alaska Democrat who had served as chairman of the Sen­ ate Commerce Subcommittee on maritime affairs. The Transportation Institute is a Washington-based research organization concerned with the maritime industry and allied forms of transportation. It is the successor to the 10-yearold Andrew Furuseth Founda­ tion for Maritime Research. The ceremonies also included the unveiling of a bust of Sena­ tor Bartlett, sculpted by Bernar­ do Sembrano, a 27-year-old Washington sculptor and a painter. A plaque at the base of the sculpture carries this inscrip­ tion: E. L. BARTLETT 1904-1968 Klondike gold miner newspaperman architect of Alaskan statehood first U.S. Senator from Alaska champion of the U.S. , Merchant Marine statesman—^friend Participating in the dedica­ tion were Mrs. B. L. Bartlett, widow of the Senator; Senator Warren G. Magnuson CDWash.); chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee; Senator Mike Gravel (D-Alaska); Rep­ resentative Howard W. Pollock (R-Alaska); Archibald E. King, Chairman of the board of Isth­ mian Lines and chairman of the Transportation Institute's Board of Trustees; Ray R. Murdock, executive director of the Trans­ portation Institute; Herbert Brand, Transportation Institute administrator and O. William Moody, Jr., administrator of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades De­ partment. Plaque Presented A memorial plaque was pre­ sented to Mrs. Bartlett by Moody on behalf of SIU and MTD President Paul Hall and 7.5 million union members rep­ resented by the Maritime Trades Department. "In every sense of the word," the plaque said, "Senator Bart­ lett was a vigorous champion of the U.S. merchant marine ... As the chairman of the Sub­ committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the Senate Commerce Committee, Senator Bartlett led the fight for mari­ time independence and for a fair and equitable maritime pro­ gram." At the conclusion of the cere­ monies, Mrs. Bartlett expressed her appreciation to all those who had come to honor her late husband. She said that a united, strong American mer­ chant marine was a dream that Senator Bartlett had worked for and urged that this work be continued. WASHINGTON—The AFLCIO Executive Council has elected Lane Kirkland secre­ tary-treasurer of the federation as of July 1,1969, to fill out the term of William F. Sehnitzler who will retire at the end of June. The council accepted "with deepest regret" Schnitzler's de­ cision to retire and said it looked forward lo "his contin­ uing advice and counsel as sec­ retary-treasurer emeritus." AFL-CIO President George Meany, in announcing the elec­ tion of Kirkland to a press con­ ference, said there were no other nmninees for the post. Kirkland has served as execu­ tive assistant to the president of the AFL-CIO since 1960. The council resolution on Sehnitzler hailed him as "friend and colleague, trade union lead­ er and distinguished American," and reviewed his long service to the AFL-CIO and the trade un­ ion movement. Sehnitzler has been AFL-CIO secretary-treas­ urer since the founding of the organization in December 1955. The retiring secretary-treas­ urer spoke briefly at the press conference saying he was look­ ing forward to retirement at 65, a decision that was entirely his own, and of his pride in years of serving with Meany as one of the executive officers of the fed­ eration. Kirkland, 47, a native of Camden, S.C., served as a mari­ time officer after graduation from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in 1942. He joined the AFL research staff in 1948 after completing his B.S. degree work at Georgetown University. From 1953 to 1958 he served as assistant director of the AFL and AFL-CIO Department of Social Security. In 1958 he ber came director of research and education of the Operating En­ gineers, returning to the AFLCIO in 1960 to become execu­ tive assistant to Meany. He is president of the In­ stitute of Collective Bargaining and Group Relations, a director of the American Foimdation on Automation and Employment, a board member of Community Health, Inc., and a member of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Advisory Board. He serves also as a fellow of the American Public Health Associ­ ation and of the American As­ sociation for the Advancement of Science. June 1969 Vol. XXXi, No. 8 Official Publication of' the Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Iniand Waters District. AFL-CIO Kxeeutive Board PAUL HALL, President CAL TANNER EARL SHEPARD Exee. Viee-Pret. Vice-President LINOSEY WILLIAMS AL KERR Sec.-Treat. Vice-President ROBERT MATTHEWS AL TANNER Vice-President Vice-President Editor HARRY WITTSCHEN Assistant Editors WiLh KARP CHARLES SVENSON Staff Photographer AJRHONY .ANSALDI Pstliihid Msnthfy at SIO Rfestt lilaat Amis H.E., Waililiitan, 0. C. 2001S ky tfcs •w'fsn InMnatlsaal Ualsn, Atiaatls, Gilf, Laksi ant Inland Watsn Olitrlrt, AFL-CIO, «75 Foirib Annas, Brasklyn, II.Y. 112)2. Tel. HVaalnth 9-6600. Sstsnd ilau psttafs saM at Waihlnitsnt, 0. 0. POSTMASTER'S ATTERTIOR: Fsrai 3579 cardi ibsald bs nnt ts Ssafarsn latsrnatisaal Unisa, Aiisnili, 8iil, Lata Siid Isissd Watin DlitrIrt, AFL-CIO, 675 Feirth Annas. Omklyn, H.V. 112)2. High Court Upholds Unions' Right to Set Work Quotas WASHINGTON — The Su­ preme Court has ruled that un­ ions may set limits on the amount of work their members may do for their regular daily pay, and levy reasonable fines on those who repeatedly violate the rule. The court voted 7 to 1 to affirm a 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision enforcing a National Labor Relations Board ruling in a 1961 case. The NLRB ruled that an Auto Workers local did not violate the Taft-Hartley Law when it fined four employees of Wiscon­ sin Motor Corp., Milwaukee, and suspended them from mem­ bership for a year, for demand­ ing immediate pay for produc­ tion over the daily quota or ceil­ ing. The rule, voted by a member­ ship meeting, is that members may produce as much as they wish per day but must "bank" the difference above the quota for payment in periods when work is slack. All but two justices joined Justice Byron White in ^ding that the union rule on produc­ tion quotas is valid and that its enforcement by reasonable fines does not constitute the restraint Of coercion forbidden by the law. Justice Hugo Black dis­ Lane Kirkland, at right, who was elected by the AFL-CIO Execu­ sented, and Justice Thurgood tive Council to succeed'William F. Sehnitzler upon his retirement on June 30, is congratulated by Sehnitzler and President George Meany. Marshall did not participate. I �Jane, 1969 SEAFARERS Page Fire LOG In Last Three Years SlU-MEBA, Dist 2 Schools Upgraded 1,000 to Licenses BROOKLYN, N.Y.—More than 1,000 members of the SIU, MEBA, District 2 and the Associated Maritime OfiBcers have obtained original or up­ graded licenses as engineers and deck oflScers in the last three years after completing courses at the Union training schools in Brooklyn, Toledo, and Duluth. Another 1,200 Seafarers have been trained at the Brooklyn school for shipboard jobs as firemen, oilers, electricians, pumpmen, etc. The Brooklyn school is part of the Maritime Upgrading Center operated jointly by the SIU and District 2, MEBA. The AMO is an affiliate of District 2 which rep­ resents licensed deck officers on ocean-going and Great Lakes ships. Since February 1966, the deepsea school has trained 803 men for licenses as engineers and deck officers. It has also prepared over 1,200 men for more than 2,560 Coast Guard endorsements as firemen, oilers, pumpmen, electricians, etc. On the Great Lakes, 209 men have obtained licenses as en­ gineers, 1st Gass Pilots and Masters, and another 58 stew­ ards have been trained in bak­ ing and meal planning. MARAD Adds 1 To Cuba Bbcklist; 3 Ships Dropped „ WASHINGTON—One ship -the 7,385-ton British-flag Sea Captain—added to the Cuba Blacklist, accm-ding to the latest report from the Maritime Ad­ ministration, which runs throu^ April 28. The list now includes the names of 175 ships, aggre­ gating a total of 1,254,111 gross tons. Three ships were removed from the blacklist at the same time. They are the Antonia II, a Cypriot-flag vessel of 7,281 tons; the Athelmere, a Britishflag ship of 7,524 tons and Chung Thai, Panamanian-flag and 3,352 tons. These were de­ leted because they had been scrapped or lost recently. The Cuba Blacklist was estab­ lished by MARAD on January 1,1963. The agency periodically places any Free World or Po­ lish-flag ships which have traded with Cuba on this list which henceforth makes them ineligi­ ble to carry U.S. governmentgenerated or financed cargoes. Vessels may be removed from the blacklist when their owners or operators pledge to keep them—as well as any others they control—away from the Cuban ports so long as it re­ mains United States policy to divert shipping from that coun­ try. A similar blacklist is main­ tained for North Vietnam. More than 750 men obtain licenses or ratings each year after studying at the School of Marine Engineering and Navi­ gation in Brooklyn. Approxi­ mately 250 become Engineers, Mates and Masters; the other 500 are trained as firemen, oil­ ers, electricians, pumpmen, etc. A number of men have al­ ready obtained more than one license at the school. The rec­ ords show that about 50 men come back to the school each year for their second license. In addition to preparing SIU, District 2 and AMO members for licenses, the Brooklyn school provides license training for ex-Navy, Coast Guard and Army transportation personnel, and others. To date, the deep-sea school has trained 753 men for en^neering licenses and 50 for licenses as deck officers, or a total of 803 licenses. It has also pfepared over 1,200 entry-rated personnel for more than 2,560 QMED endorsements. Of those who have obtained engineering licenses, 330 re­ ceived original licenses, and 373 raised their grade. Fifty inde­ pendents also obtained licenses. About 70 men also obtain li­ censes each year at the Great Lakes schools and another 20 receive training as stewards. To date 209 Lakesmen have ob­ tained licenses as engineers, 1st class. Pilots and Masters, and another 58 have been trained in baking and meal planning at the Union's Great Lakes schools. The SIU-MEBA District 2 School of Marine Engineering and Navigation in Brooklyn was established to help relieve the shortage of licensed officers resulting from the Vietnam sealift and from the normal loss of manpower arising from retire­ ments, deaths and other causes. The Toledo and Duluth schools —^for engineers, mates and stewards — were designed to sui>ply new officers for the Great Lakes shipping industry. Both programs were con­ ceived and planned by the Un­ ions and are financed by the ship operators, at no cost to the taxpayer. Under the SIU-MEBA, Dis­ trict 2 program professional seamen can add to their knowl­ edge, improve their skills and move up to better-paying ship­ board jobs. In the deepsea pro­ gram, a man can start as an ordinary seaman or wiper with the SIU, train with the SIU and District 2 or AMO, and work his way up to Master or Giief Engineer in as little as seven years. On the Great Lakes an unlicensed man can enroll, at the School of Marine Engineering and Navigation and prepare for an original license. Licensed officers can also raise their licenses at the Union schools. Dressed In crisp new tropical uniforms, 28 merchant marine staff officers received certificates as phar­ macist mates in ceremonies held at the USPHS hospital on Staten Island. Among the graduates was Henrietta Levenson, the second woman to complete the course sponsored by the SlUNA-affiliated Staff Officers Association. The school was set up to provide medical care aboard U.S. merchant ships. 28NewPharmaTistMates Graduate from SlUNASOA Training School NEW YORK—The third class of the Pharmacist Mate Training School, sponsored by the SIUNA-afiiliated Staff Of­ ficers Association, was gradu­ ated last month in ceremonies held at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital on Staten Is­ land. The new graduates—Tl men and one woman—^had success­ fully completed an intensive nine-month course under the in­ struction of Public Health Serv­ ice doctors and niu^es. They Seafarer Dilbeck Killed In Action By Viet Cong Seafarer Lonnie Dilbeck was killed in action January 1 while serving on active duty with the U.S. Army in Vietnam. He was 20 years old. He was in­ ducted in May, 1968, and began his tour of duty in Vietnam on December 7 af­ ter completing Dilbeck his training in Montgomery, Alabama. Brother Dilbeck shipped as wiper on the Tucson Victory in July, 1967, after completing QMED training at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seaman­ ship in San Francisco. He also attended the upgrading school in New Orleans. His last vessel was the Albion Victory. Bom in Reingold, Georgia, Dilbeck.had been living in Fairhope, Alabama, prior to his in­ duction. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Minnie Killingsworth. each were presented with Coast Guard endorsements as PurserPharmacist Mates to serve on vessels in the U.S.-flag merchant fleet. Graduates also received diplomas from the Department of Health, Education and Wel­ fare, and the Communicable Disease Center, Atlanta, for radio pratique. Addressing the graduates were Representative Hugh L. Carey (D-NY); Dr. Alexander Hutchison, World Health Orga­ nization consultant of Great Britain, and Burt E. Lanpher, SOA secretary-treasurer. Dr. Nicholas Galluzzi, director of the Marine hospit^, officiated at the exercises. Present at the ceremonies from SIU headquarters in Brooklyn were Representative Pete Drewes and Patrolman George McCartney. The training school was es­ tablished in 1967 after a fouryear campaign by the SIU and SOA to provide expert medical care for seamen aboard all U.S. merchant ships—a much-need­ ed service that had been lack­ ing on the vast majority of U.S.flag vessels. A number of significant ben­ efits have derived from the Pharmacist Mate program in the past two and one-half years. Chief among these is that it has provided medical care to crewmembers and passengers on American cargo ships who had not previously had this protec­ tion. When the program began, some 75 percent of all U.S. merchant vessels lacked medi­ cally trained personnel. The training program is also helping to trim the high cost of hospitalization and repatriation of American seamen—a cost of some $80 million last year alone which was borne by the shipping industry and the American tax­ payer. Students at the Pharmacist Mate Training School put in more than 1,000 hours during the nine-month course which consists of both academic in­ struction and clinical experience. Students spend long hours in emergency rooms and laborator­ ies, and observe operating room procedures under the expert guidance of staff doctors and nurses. Their classroom studies in­ clude the causes, symptoms and treatment of all major ailments, and qualifies the graduates to administer emergency treatment and after-care for all types of injuries they are likely to come in contact with aboard ship. Since the first class graduated on June 28, 1967, the work of the Pharmacist Mates has pro­ duced grateful testimonials from Seafarers, officers and doctors. Initial reports show that reliable diagnosis and prompt medical treatment by the Pharmacist Mates have saved lives at sea and prevented the compounding of less serious illnesses and acci­ dents. It has been demonstrated that seamen who sustain minor injuries aboard ship, and do not receive prompt and competent medical assistance, often require major treatment in a hospital by the time their vessel reaches port. All of the students accepted by the school are pursers who are members of SOA. They are selected by an impartial review board composed of eminent per­ sons in the maritime industry. The school is also evaluated pe­ riodically by leading medical authorities. �sm Page Six SEAFARERS LOG \ Jnne, 1969 MTD Meetings Hear: Congressmen Critical of 'Shortsighted' Policy Toward U.S. Merchant Marine WASHINGTON—Three Democrats and one Republican —^speaking at recent meetings sponsored by the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department— criticized the "shortsighted pol­ icies" of the federal government toward the American merchant marine, and gave strong en­ dorsement to two pending bills to "help right some of the wrongs" that have plagued the nation's maritime efforts. Representative Joseph P. Addabbo (D-N,Y.) called for an "order of priorities" in the car­ riage of military, foreign aid and agricultural surplus cargoes for the government—^with the first priority going to the nation's unsubsidized fleet. Addabbo, one of more than 60 Congressmen who are spon­ soring bills to this effect in the current session of Congress, said the priority system was neces­ sary to protect unsubsidized ' American-flag vessels from "the competitive practices of the subsidized operator," and to safeguard both against the low^ cost competition of foreignflag operators. Addabbo was particularly critical of federal agencies for "contravention of the law" which provides that when pur­ chase of American goods is fi­ nanced by the government, the cargo is to be carried by Amer­ ican-flag ships. In spite of the-^ law, he said, "repeated bureau­ cratic decisions have placed a large percentage of this cargo aboard foreign vessels." Congressman Addabbo also noted that 14 subsidized ship­ ping lines are using subsidies— which are intended to make them competitive with foreignflag vessels—to underbid the un­ subsidized operator, "usually by as little as petmies a ton." Representative William D. Hathaway (D-Me.) also ex­ pressed criticism of the "short­ sighted policies" of the federal government which have reduced the American merchant marine to a point where it is carrying "less than six percent of our waterbome foreign commerce." To correct this situation, Hathaway urged that present maritime laws be "reviewed, ad­ justed and funded" to achieve a "greatly augmented, much more balanced fleet of all types of vessels in all segments of the industry." He noted that federal government aid to the merchant marine is essential because the industry "is in the most direct confrontation of any American industry with its foreign com­ petition." Representative Lloyd Meeds (D-Wash.) declared that special tax assistance is needed for a major share of the American maritime industry to "encourage a new flow of private capital into shipbuilding." He said that the right to establish tax-deferred construc­ tion reserve funds should apply to all segments of the merchant marine—unsubsidized deep-sea shipping, the Great Lakes fleet and the fishing fleet. At present. Meeds said, the tax-deferred privilege is enjoyed by only 14 American shipping lines which receive in addition construction and operating sub­ sidies from the federal govern­ ment. Meeds and 70 other members of Congress have al­ ready joined in cosponsoring legislation to finally achieve equity for the unsubsidized fleet. Stating that some industries should not be subject to federal actions that would curtail their ability to develop their poten­ tial, he said: "We cannot afford to have any more roadblocks thrown in the way of economic recovery for the unsubsidized American merchant marine." Representative Howard W. Pollock (R-Alaska) indicated his backing for a measure that would give American-flag ves­ sels "absolute priority over foreign-flag vessels" in the car­ riage of foreign aid and surplus agricultural cargoes—and that would give unsubsidized U.S. ships priority over the subsi­ dized fleet. He also said that he is sup­ porting the bill that would ex­ tend to the entire American merchant marine the opportu­ nity to set up tax-deferred con­ struction reserve funds. Both Congressmen Pollock and Addabbo once again called for reconstituting the Maritime Administration as a totally in­ dependent agency. A similar bill was passed overwhelmingly in the last session of Congress, but was pocket-vetoed by President Johnson. Trustees Stayed by Judge In Snug Harbor Fees Case NEW YORK^A show cause order has been issued by the Appelate Court which prevents the board of trustees of Sailors Snug Harbor in Staten Island from demanding back payments for room and board from resi­ dents or threatening them with eviction until a decision has been reached on an appeal by the state attorney general's of­ fice. Issued by Judge Harold A. Stevens, presiding justice of the Appelate Division's First De­ partment in Manhattan, the order stops the trustees from taking any action with regard to payments until the attorney gen­ eral's motion is heard before a five-judge Appelate Division panel. Subpoena action had been taken by the trustees in Rich­ mond County Civil Court which sought to sue mariners in the Harbor for back payments due. This was countered by the at­ torney general's motion. Last fall the board of trustees won the approval of the Bronx Supreme Court to charge Har­ bor residents with social secur­ ity or pension incomes pay­ ments for room and board. That decision has been appealed by the state attorney general, and is expected to be argued in Sep­ tember. The present temporary restraining order stays action by the trustees until the appeal is heard. Assistant State Attorney Charles A. LaTorella Jr. is rep­ resenting the retired residents. Their cause has received the full backing of the SIU as well as of State Senator William J. Ferrall, who has charged the trus­ tees with mismanagement of the Harbor and has called for an investigation by the state legis­ lature. •J • t a * Would Clarify Congressional Intent; Sen. Gravel Asks 50-50 Cargo Law Stiffening WASHINGTON — Strong support for buttressing the SO percent cargo preference law was voiced here by Senator Mike Gravel (D-Alaska) in a speech on the Senate floor in which he urged passage of leg­ islation—S. 2144—^which would clarify and strengthen the SOSO provisions. "Government agencies have acted in such a way as to make the SO percent participation a maximum and not a minimum mandate," the Senator charged. Gravel pointed to the "plain intention" of the Congress in passing the original law—^which was to ensure a minimtim of SO percent participation of Ameri­ can-flag ships in the carriage of foreign aid, food for peace, and other government-generated cargo "which we have provided in such vast quantities for the less fortunate nations." Only 25 Perc^ Carried Despite this intent, the Sena­ tor stated, only 25 percent of the nation's tramp cargo is carried on U.S.-flag vessels, ac­ cording to a recent study made by the Transportation Institute, which he placed into the record. "The concept of providing some minimal safeguards for the American merchant marine is an historic one," Gravel pointed out. "Since its founding, this nation has been dependent up­ on merchant shipping for the adequate development of our peacetime commerce and for the carriage of our national de­ fense requirements. Repeated­ ly, our ability to develop mer­ chant shipping under the Amer­ ican flag has been placed in jeopardy by the highly com­ petitive nature of international shipping." Gravel said that the hi^er U.S. standard of living is re­ flected in higher wages fOT sea­ men, higher capital costs for "the American shipowner who builds and registers his vessels in this country," better working conditions and the "highest achievable safety standards" for our vessels. "All of this costs money," he pointed out, "and they place the American-flag operator at a disadvantage when he is forced into face-to-face competition with the foreign-flag operator who benefits from lower wages, substandard working conditions, and smaller capital costs re­ sulting from lower safety and operating standards. "Yet, competitive pricing aside, America's need for a merchant fleet of its own has The result, he said, is that it never been challenged. And it has been only rarely—and only is out of this need that the sys­ for brief periods—that U.S.tem of insulating American op­ flag ships have carried as much erators against predatory com­ as SO percent of such cargo, "while foreign-flag lines have petition develop^." Grnvel pointed to the statutes feasted on our bounty to the that had been passed previously detriment of our cmnmercial —^Public Resolution No. 17 of fleet." "Recently, the Transporta­ the 73rd Congress; section 901 Washington, (b) of the Merchant Marine tion Institute D.C., which concerns itself with Act of 1936—^which provides that at least SO percent of the all phases of transportation but gross tonnage of government- whose primary concern is for generated cargo shall be carried maritime matters, made an anal­ In privately owned U.S.-flag ysis of the practices of the commercial vessels, to tlie ex­ Federal agencies involved," tent they are available at fair Gravel stated. "I ask unanimous consent, Mr. President, to in­ and reasonable rates. clude in my remarks at this Intent Law Negated point the statistics on fiscal year "This law remains in effect, 1967 compiled by the Trans­ but it has not been subject to portation Institute on this sub­ strict enforcement and the in­ ject." tent of the law has been ne­ Referring to S. 2144, the gated," the Senator asserted. Senator explained, "The clear intent of this bill is to assure that privately owned Americanflag vessels receive priority over REMINDER government-owned ships; and that all American-flag vessels, TO ALL privately owned and govern­ SEAFARERS ment-owned, receive priority over the ships of recipient na­ When you register, you must have your-^ tions." • SIU Membership Book (Seniority Rating) "In accordance with the in­ • U.S. Merchant Mariners Document (Z-Card) tent of the original law," Gravel asserted, "the bill vests respon­ • Valid SIU Clinic Card sibility for the administration • Last Discharge Certificate of cargo preference with re­ When you throw in for a fob, you must have spect to foreign aid and agri­ your— cultural surplus shipments in • SIU Membership Book (Seniority Rating) the Federal Maritime Admini­ • U.S. Merchant Mariners Document (Z-Card) stration and leaves within the • Valid SIU Clinic Card Department of Defense respon­ sibility for administration of • Last Discharge CertificatB cargo preference with respect to • Valid SIU Registration Card military shipments." . I .1' 1 '1 'ij �June, 1969 SEAFARERS Aboard the Steel Executive LOG Page Seven For Mqritime Administration Budget; Nouse Passes 1970Authorizations; Ups Funds for Construrtion Subsidy All departments were represented as these crewmembers took time out to pose for this photo on the deck of the Steel Executive. Left to right are Peter Gonzalez, oiler, Angelo Reyes, chief cook; Mike Bordelon, FWT; Willie Wolfson, A.B., and Fidel De Dios, A.B. Picture was snapped a few days before the ship hit the Port of Pusan, Korea. Textile Workers Campaigning Against Health Perils in Mills - ' r- ! h PHILADELPHIA — The Textile Workers Union of America urged employers, Con­ gress and the Nixon Administra­ tion to help protect workers in the industry against crippling lung diseases and loss of hearing caused by on-the-job noise. The 22-member TWUA council, meeting here in observ­ ance of the union's founding 30 years ago, launched a campaign against byssinosis, a lung ail­ ment caused by inhaling cotton dust in carding and spinning mills; asbestosis, a rare type of cancer resulting from asl^stos dust; and significant hearing loss because of the constant expos­ ure of workers to high noise levels. The union called on textile employers to "take effective and immediate measures" to reduce dust and noise to an absolute minimum for textile workers. It also invited employers to "join with us in sponsoring an industrial hygiene program" in which the resources of medical science and industrial engineer­ ing may be enlisted to find the "most effective means of elim­ inating all on-the-job health hazards." The council called on Labor Secretary George P. Schultz to enforce Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act regulations setting maximum noise standards. It asked the U.S. Public Health Service to study the incidence of byssinosis among cotton tex­ tile workers, and the prevalence of disabling respiratory diseases ong retired cotton textile rkers. iln addition, the council urged gress to enact the Occupaal Safety and Health bill, called on President Nixon pport the establishment of al standards in those areas, council resolution said the 1th and welfare of textile ;ers are being threatened by failure of management to take adequate measures to pro­ tect employees from occupation­ al hazards." TWUA President William Pollock and Secretary-Treasur­ er Sol Stetin headed the council delegation which noted the un­ ion's founding in Philadelphia in May 1939. WASHINGTON — Legislation authorizing a sizable in­ crease in appropriations for commercial ship construction subsidies for fiscal 1970 was passed by the House last month without dissent. In passing the bill, H.R. 4152, the House voted $145 million for construction sub­ sidies as recommended by the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, upping consider­ ably the $15 million requested by the previous Administration and $29 million over that sought by President Nixon in a supple­ mental budget request to the Congress. Should the authorization be followed with the requested ap­ propriations, this would be added to $101 million in funds previously appropriated but not used, providing a revised total of $246 million available for construction subsidies — more than double the total $117.5 million originally submitted by the Administration. Also provided in the bill are $212 million for operating sub­ sidies, some $17 million more than was asked, and $15 million in research and development 67-Natimi Committee Mailing Plan Fw Intenatiottd Ship Rescue Code NEW YORK—International comply with the guide. At present there is no inter­ standards for assisting merchant vessels in distress are being pre­ nationally accepted code for pared at Governor's Island here search and rescue ship opera­ by an ad hoc committee of the tions at sea, although such a sys­ Intergovernmental Maritime tem does exist for the rescue of downed fliers. This was pro­ Consultative Organization. These standards, in the form vided by the International Civil .of a guide, are intended to pro­ Aviation Organization. The new guide would—at vide instructions to vessels in need of assistance as well as to long last—provide similar cov­ other commercial vessels which erage for shipping. It will in­ may be in a position to furnish clude instructions on emer­ such aid. If accepted by the or­ gency communications, rescue ganization as a whole, all mer­ and care of survivors, and plans chant ships flying the flags of and co-ordination of large scale the 67 member nations of IMCO searches. It will also outline may be required to carry and what specific actions a distressed vessel should take, as well as the manner and methods by which an assisting vessel should respond. Assisting in preparation of the code are representatives of LOREDO, Tex.—The Rub­ IMCO, ICAO, the International ber Workers have won a first Chamber of Shipping and seven contract at the Uniroyal Inc. maritime nations. These nations, test track here after a long strug­ in addition to the United States, gle to get management to the are the United Kingdom, Italy, Canada, West Germany, France bargaining table. The struggle ended after a and Norway. The site selected for the in­ National Labor Relations Board settlement in which the com­ ternational conference was the pany agreed to pay $6,900 to National Search and Rescue two workers who were unjustly School at Governors Island, fired, and to reinstate several which provides a center for the others, URW Local 758 said. study of such operations. In ad­ The local concluded negotia­ dition, Governors Island also tions on an 18-month contract houses the Coast Guard's East­ with wage increases of 30 ern Area Rescue Coordination cents an hour, plus fringe bene­ Center, which directs search and fits valued at an additional 51 rescue operations in the North Atlantic. cents. Rubber Workers Win in Stretcb funds, twice the amount re­ program, which, he said, he was quested. "assured would be forthcoming The Congressional authoriz­ this summer." ing procedure, whereby funds Mailliard also said the are approved for various Mari­ prompt action by the House time Administration programs could avoid special appropria­ prior to actual appropriation of tions, such as were necessitated monies, is relatively new, dating in the 90th Congress. back to 1967. Last year the In the Senate, the Merchant money bill was called up be­ Marine Subcommittee has com­ fore the authorization was pleted hearings on its version of signed into law. Failing author­ the bill and is expected to clear ization, the maritime sections it promptly in order to expedite were eliminated, making neces­ passage before the money bill is sary a subsequent appropriation brought up. later. House members concerned Representative Edward A. with maritime also noted that Garmatz (D-Md.), chairman of the presence of $101 million the House Merchant Marine of previously appropriated con­ and Fisheries Committee, the struction subsidy funds indi­ bill's floor manager, called it cated a holding back of pro­ "very modest", despite the boost grams which had already re­ over what the Administration ceived Congressional backing. asked for. Garmatz claimed it "It is considered deplorable," was absolutely necessary to lay the Committee report said, "that a foundation for the Adminis­ in many cases subsidy applica­ tration's promised revitalization tions have been pending for any­ program for the merchant fleet. where from four to 12 or more Representative William S. years." The Committee stated Mailliard (R-Calif.), ranking that subsidies should either be minority member on the House approved or rejected "on their committee, noted that the $145 merits with all reasonable dis­ million voted for construction patch." subsidies reflected the "very The $246 million now avail­ high priority" the Committee able is estimated to be enough had set on maritime. He, too, to build possibly 18 to 22 new stressed the measure would fit ships of various types, including into the Administration's new bulk carriers. AFL-CIO Details Position On ICFTU Relationship WASHINGTON—The AFL-CIO is ready to discuss with any responsible authority of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions "the restoration of free world labor unity," but such discussions must be conducted in terms of the reasons that led to the AFL-CIO's withdrawal. This was the position laid out by the federation's Executive Council in a statement on the relationships between the AFLCIO and the ICFTU. The statement details on a step-by-step basis the actions of the ICFTU and its general secretary. Harm G. Buiter, that led to the withdrawal. The statement documents the activities of Buiter in seeking to gain admission for the Auto Workers—who disaffiliated from the AFL-CIO—into the ICFTU. The council strongly reaffirmed its earlier position, declar­ ing that it is "impermissible and self-defeating for the ICFTU as a world organization to seek or accept the affiliation of any breakaway organization that is trying to split any one of its affiliated national trade union centers." The AFI.-CIO was a founding member of the ICFTU, the council pointed out, and was deeply involved in its activities for 19 years. The decision to leave "was not taken lightly or without careful consideration," it added. The council said it wished the ICFTU well despite the AFL-CIO leaving the organization and pledged to continue to work for "those ideals and aims which brought together the free trade unionists of the world to found the ICFTU." The ICFTU, the council warned, must never become an "international haven for splitters of its affiliated national trade union centers," and the assistance given by some top officers of the ICFTU to the UAW to become an affiliate of the world organization "is a grave violation of this principle." The statement cited numerous instances in which Buiter violated the ICFTU constitution and the general regulations governing its procedures, especially on admission of affiliates. �Page Eight SEAFARERS LOG 30,000 Solo Nonstop Miles Around the Globe! Mr- l!V. FALMOUTH, EnglandThe first nonstop voyage around the world by a lone seafarer came to a successful completion when Robin Knox-Johnston brought his 32-foot ketch Suhaili safely into port here on April 22. Grinning at the blast of boat whistles and the cheers of crowds ranged at dockside, the 30-year-old British merchant marine officer waggishly told reporters, "You are attaching a lot of importance to what I con­ sider was a very nice holiday." Knox-Johnston, who under­ standably looked a bit the worse for his experiences, his clothes in tatters and his face bearded,' had spent nearly 11 months alone at sea on a voyage that logged some 29,500 miles. It was the longest recorded sailing trip of its kind ever and KnoxJohnston experienced long stretches of bad weather. The Suhaili also looked battered as it limped into port covered with barnacles, weeds and rust. Last Days Trying The last few days, with port almost in view, were "the most trying of the whole voyage," the lone skipper said. When in the English channel, only two miles from home, the stiff northerly breeze forced a change of course and drove him six miles further away from harbor. "I suppose the combination of wanting to get home, have a good steak and a pint of beer kept me going," he explained. It was in the South Pacific that the worst weather was en­ countered—especially off Aus­ tralia—and twice, Knox-John­ ston admitted, he nearly gave up.. A tense moment came when a shark circled him while he was in the water, making re­ pairs to the ketch. He got by that one by grabbing his rifle and shooting the would-be at­ tacker. The lonely mariner's arrival in Falmouth, from whence he set sail on June 14, makes him the winner of the Golden Globe Trophy donated by the Sunday Times of London for the non­ stop globe-circling race. Nine starters had entered the compe­ tition; two are yet to be heard from. Another prize of $12,000 for the fastest time on the voyage will probably also be claimed by Knox-Johnston. Two other solo trips around the world were successfully con­ cluded in recent times, although not on a nonstop basis. Sir Alec Rose made port in July 1968, after a two-stop,' 354-day trip. Sir Francis Chichester com­ pleted his one-stop voyage of 274 days in May of the same year, making his single stop in Australia. Chichester has characterized a solo, nonstop global circum­ June, 1969 'iS? •••"'"•• navigation as "the Everest of the Sea." sailing from England in the days of the windjammer; south to Tristan de Cunha, around the F<rflowed Traditioiial Route Cape of Good Hope, east The route followed by Knox- past Cape Leeuwin, Australia, Johnston was the traditional one around Cape Horn and then of the wool and grain clippers north to home. "I am a little overwhelmed by the reception," Knox-John­ ston remarked as an ancient harbor cannon boomed a salute to the Suhaili and its skipper, who made the final half-mile to moorings under tow. Thousands watched the homecoming at the site, and the world had been alerted by tele­ vision, radio and the press. Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Harold Wilson sent their greetings. The Suhaili was escorted into harbor by a fleet of naval ves­ sels, press boats, private craft and helicopters. There, KnoxJohnston was accorded an offi­ cial reception by the mayor and civic officials of Falmouth. Sir Francis Chichester was also on hand to greet him. A less formal reception was given by his parents, Mr. and First man to sail alone round the Mrs. David Kaox-Johnston, and world nonstop, Robin Knox-John­ his three brothers, Chris, Mi­ .Crossing the finish line, the 32-'foot ketch Suhaili, with Knox-Johnston ston, steps ashore at end of trip. chael and Richard. at the helm, is seen from Royal Navy helicopter off the Cornish coast. •( . r - For from Curbing Inflation: ^4 Rising Interest Rates Seen Burden to Ecoiiomy Twenty years of increasing slowed, buying will fall off and worse problems for the econ­ interest rates shows that they the economy will cool off, the omy." do not halt inflation but instead article notes. What actually happens when add "a growing burden to the Then, so the theory goes, in­ interest rates are raised, the arti­ nation's economy," according to terest rates will fall and the cle continues, is that business­ an article in the May Issue of economy can move forward on men continue to borrow to build the Federationist, the AFL- an even keel. new factories, stores borrow to However, Mrs. Jager notes, buy stock and the higher costs CIO's magazine. Those who are "hurt first, this approach hasn't worked: for money are passed on to con­ worst and for a long time" by Ever since the early 1950s, sumers. the tight money cycle are work­ interest rates have been raised If the money squeeze be­ ers, home buyers and consum­ to increase the cost of borrow­ comes too tight, housing is ers, Elizabeth Jager, an AFL- ing. There have been recessions CIO economist points out. in 1954, 1958, 1960-61 and a hurt, some builders are forced Those who cause the infla­ slowdown in 1967. The long- out of business, smaller busi­ tion—banks and well-to-do cor­ term price of money continues nesses find they cannot afford porations, she emphasizes, are upward. Prices have not come the high price of money and shut down, and jobs are lost. "hurt last, least and often only down. temporarily." "In brief," she states, "the When unemployment in­ TTie money managers boost policy of raising interest rates creases, Mrs. Jager warns, the interest rates on the theory that represents a short-run, mis­ jobs that are lost first are those they "will make it too expensive placed effort which produces of "the poor, the unskilled, the to borrow," expansion will be long run distortions . , . and non-white and those least likely to be employed." Turning to the present policy of increasing interest rates, the article stresses that it has been SAN FRANCISCO—Superi­ set forth" in the preliminary in­ unsuccessful in slowing down or Court Judge William A. O'­ junction won by state labor Nov. corporate investment for several Brien made permanent a previ­ 14, 1967. reasons: ous temporary order barring the Secretary Treasurer Thomas • Rich firms can get loans use of convict labor to harvest L. Pitts of the state federation California farm crops. said the injunction closes "one at the lowest interest rate—^the The injunction puts some more door" to the use of cheap, prime rate—while others "get teeth into a provision of the captive farm labor by Califor­ the leavings, if any, at higher state constitution which the Cal­ nia's farm corporations. Prison­ cost." ifornia AFL-CIO accused Gov­ ers, he said, were used to har­ • Tax policies make credit ernor Ronald Reagan (R) of vest crops of non-union growers cheaper for corporations than ignoring. who "hadn't even attempted to consumers because the corpora­ Judge O'Brien entered a per­ meet the federal government's tions deduct interest costs as an manent restraining order against minimum wage and work cri­ expense of doing business. Reagan and the state govern­ teria" on importing farm work­ • The seven percent invest­ ment "for all the reasons fully ers. Mge Bars Use Of Convkt Labor ment tax credit allowed to busi­ nesses and double depreciation for new construction spur in­ vestment and inflation, while re­ ducing the cost of borrowing. • Businessmen can pass on higher interest charges in the form of higher prices, and they do just that. Profits after taxes zoomed 91 percent between 1960 and 1968. \ • When they have to bor­ row, the corporations' profit-tax depreciation structure allows them to pay back more rapidly, thus making the impact tempo­ rary. In addition to being sharply critical of the Federal Reserve Board's policy of raising inte­ rest rates on its loans to com­ mercial banks, the article at­ tacks the lending policies of the big banks themselves. They have steadily raised the prime rate—interest charged to leading customers, the largest corporations—until it is now' 7.5 percent, more than three times what it was in the early 1950s, Mrs. Jager points out. As the banks continuously jack up the prime rate—de­ scribed as "their own minimum wage" set without government involvement—they reap higTfiier and higher profits and drive up other intwest rates, she con­ cludes. h I �Jane, 1969 SEAFARERS Page Nine LOG 18 More Seafarers Added to Crowing SlU Pension Roster The SIU pension list has con­ tinued to lengthen as the names of 18 additional Seafarers were added to the roster after com­ pleting long sailing careers. Gabriel Bonefont, a native of Puerto Rico, is ending his sailing career after more than 20 years at sea. Brother Gabriel shipped as carpenter and bosun. His last vessel was the Seatrain Delaware. Brother Bonefont joined the SIU in Boston, and now resides there with his wife, Virgilia. Bonefont De Hoq^idales Clement De Hospidales was bom in Trinidad and now lives with his wife, Margaret, in Lakewood, New Jersey. Seafarer De Hospidales, who has been sail­ ing for more than 20 years, joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1945. Edward Robinson is closing out a sailing career that has spanned nearly 40 years. Bom in New York City, he now makes his home in New Orleans. Brother Robinson, who shif^d as FOWT, joined the SILF in the Port of New York in 1944. He last shipped aboard the Del Mundo. Robinson Culpher Edward Culpher had been employed as pumpman for the Graham Transport Company since 1951 before his recent re­ tirement. A native of North Car­ olina, he lives in Moorehead City with his wife, Annie. Broth­ er Culpher served with the U.S. Army during World War II. He joined the SIU in the Port of Philadelphia. Jens Ronning, one of the earliest SIU oldtimers, is retir­ ing after 31 years of sailing on the Great Lakes. He joined the SIU in Detroit in 1938. Born in Norway, Brother Ronning now makes his home in Detroit with his wife, Catherine. He served three years with the U.S. Army during World War 11 and attained the rank of ser­ geant. Brother Ronning last shipped as AB on the Erie Sand. Lansdale Madere is a native of Louisiana and still makes his home there with his wife, Grace, in the town of Gretna. Brother Madere has sailed for many years as tugboat engineer, and last sailed for Dixie Carriers. He joined the SIU in the Port of New Orleans. Joseph Stuntebeck is ending a sailing career of more than 20 years. A long-time Seafarer, Brother Stuntebeck joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1947. Rated FOWT, he last shipped aboard the Marymar. Brother Stuntebeck was bom in Baltimore and plans to live there during his retirement years. Albert Stout was bom in Ten­ nessee and now lives in New Orleans with his wife, Hilda. Holding all engine ratings. Brother Stout last sailed on the Del Norte. He joined the SIU in the Port of New Orleans. Ronnbig Madere 'i Antoine Landry is closing out a sailing career that spans 22 years in the steward department. Bom in Mobile, he now lives with his wife, Daisey, in New Orleans. Brother Landry joined the SIU in Mobile in 1946. He last shipped on the Selma Vic­ tory as messman. Edward Nelson has spent nearly 30 years sailing tugs out of Mobile as AB and pilot. Stuntebeck Stout Born in Alabama, he still makes his home there in Fairhope. Brother Nelson joined the SIU in the Port of Mobile and last sailed for the Mobile Towing Company. John Diercks is retiring after 41 years as tug mate with the Pennsylvania Railroad. Born in Jersey City, N.J., he now makes his home in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, with his wife, Frances. Brother Diercks joined the SIU in the Port of New York. Paul McPartland has been sailing as deckhand for the Erie Lackawanna Railroad since 1946 after serving three years with the U.S. Navy during World War II. Also bom in Jersey City, he still lives there with his wife, Elizabeth. Sea­ farer McPartland joined the SIU in New York. May I, 1969 to May oi, 1969 Landry DKK DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED "" dSss-A CikssS Port Boston 12 3 99 New York 116 Philadelphia 9 14 Baltimore 64 47 Norfolk 23 21 Jacksonville 32 37 Tampa 6 13 Mobile 62 38 New Orleans 86 62 Houston 78 66 Wilmington 33 48 San Francisco ... 91 104 Seattle 70 27 Totals 648 692 TOTAL SHIPPED AU Groni Class A Class B Class C 0 3 1 67 66 24 9 4 1 43 31 24 14 9 16 6 27 27 9 4 2 18 28 1 6 47 26 66 48 16 62 68 24 90 74 46 40 22 16 473 414 173 REGISTERED on BEACH Class A 17 167 19 71 32 24 7 77 132 127 26 61 66 796 CIMSB 7 120 20 63 47 26 23 38 89 130 1 0 18 671 Nelson Cameron Wooten is ending a 33 year career at sea. One of the early SIU old-timers. Sea­ farer Wooten joined the Union in 1939 in New York. He served six years with the U.S. Navy from 1927 to 1933. Bom in Georgia, Brother Wooten now lives in Elmhurst, Illinois. He last shipped as AB on the Afoundria. ENIGINE DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Port Class A Class B Boston 2 2 New York 89 128 Philadelphia 3 19 Baltimore 8 6 Norfolk 19 29 Jacksonville ..... 13 49 Tampa 7 6 Mobile 31 43 New Orleans 42 99 Houston 42 67 Wilmington 26 61 San Francisco ... 88 130 Seattle 23 32 •totals 392 641 TOTAL SHIPPED AU Groups Class A Class B Class C 0 0 1 49 80 33 6 14 2 10 2 6 16 17 4 38 11 14 6 3 1 24 22 0 30 36 3 29 64 27 24 40 32 62 109 69 17 28 14 283 342 236 REGISTERED on BEACH AU Groups Class A Class B 3 6 146 126 24 12 22 12 33 19 7 31 9 11 39 64 126 72 89 106 13 3 36 1 30 2 668 471 Diercks McPartland Harold Thilhorn has been sailing as cook on the Great Lakes for more than a quarter of a century. A native of Che­ boygan, Michigan, he plans to spend his retirement there. Brother Thilhorn joined the SIU STEWARD DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED Port Boston .......... New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk JacksonviUe Tampa .......... Mobue New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Franeiseo ... SwtUe Totals Class A 3 67 8 71 13 16 2 26 64 32 18 72 37 418 0 66 4 17 26 19 6 24 38 42 7 107 26 372 TOTAL SHIPPED All Groni Class A Class B Class C 2 0 2 64 39 44 10 2 6 31 26 8 16 16 9 14 24 28 3 3 6 18 20 0 33 19 2 32 40 14 9 10 22 64 92 47 23 17 14 298 308 200 REGISTERED on BEACH Class A 6 121 12 49 19 11 7 61 139 104 24 36 42 620 dIssB 1 68 12 18 36 4 8 24 64 44 2 1 9 280 Wooten Thilhorn in Detroit and last sailed on the Mackinac. Stanley Brown was born in New Orleans and makes his home there with his wife, Corrine. Rated FOWT, Brother Brown sailed for Crescent Tow­ ing Company out of New Or­ leans, where he joined the SIU. Albert Richards, who joined the SIU in the Port of Mobile in 1938, is retiring to the beach after more than 30 years at sea. He last shipped as A.B. aboard the Council Grove. Bom in Mobile, he still makes his home there with his wife, Carol. Brother Richards served with the U.S. Army for two years during World War II. Brown Rkiiards Paul Carter is closing out a sailing career of more than 25 years. He had shipped in both the steward and deck depart­ ments, and last sailed as AB Carter Ernest aboard the Bradford Island. Brother Carter makes his home in his native Tampa, Florida, with his wife, Bemice. He took an active part in the MooreMcCormack beef in 1962. Carl Ernest is a native of Ger­ many who now makes his home in Germantown, New York. He has been sailing as a member of the steward department for 26 years. He last sailed as cook and baker on the Colonel Bar­ ker. Brother Ernest joined the Union in 1956 in the Port of New York. Committee Urges Food Stamp Plan For All the Peer A committee of the National Planning Association has pro­ posed extending the food stamp program to every city and coun­ ty in the nation. The NPA's Agriculture Com­ mittee also suggested liberaliz­ ing existing rules for the food stamp program, taking the pro­ gram out of the Agriculture De­ partment, and providing free food stamps for the poorest fam­ ilies—those with incomes less than one-fourth the poverty level. For other low-income fami­ lies, the conunittee proposed what it termed a "variable" food stamp plan which would allow families to buy as few stamps as they wish instead of compel­ ling them to purchase a quan­ tity predetermined to be their full food budget for the month. The NPA conunittee said a uniform, federal food stamp program should replace the di­ rect distribution of surplus food by the Agriculture Department. �t I•it Si^ I -ti Page Ten SEAFARERS June, 1969 LOG Another Containership Launched Sea-Land's New Philadelphia Converted from a Troopship i' I }' si jS fi I II I I & y A former troopship, the Philadelphia, now a 20,295-ton containership converted for the SlU-contracted Sea-Land Service, heads for a trial run. Conversion included gutting the mid-ship hull section, remov­ ing the mid-ship house, and modifying and enlarging the aft house to provide new living quarters for • the crew. The superstructure deck was removed and eight A-frame buttresses installed for containers. BALTIMORE—The SIUcontracted Sea-Land Service took delivery of the Philadel­ phia last month after its conver­ sion from a C-4-^Al type troopship to a containership at Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Key Highway yard here. Originally known as the Gen. A. W, Brewster, the vessel was towed from the West Coast last October to the ship­ yard. Now a C-4-X3 type ves­ sel, the Philadelphia is able to carry 360, 35-foot containers, 217 of them below deck. The ship is 522 feet IOV2 inches long with a molded breadth of 71 feet six inches and scantling draft of 30 feet 6 inches. It has a displacement of 20,295 long tons. The complete mid-ship hull section was gutted and decks Insfqnf Credit Poses Lengthy Problems FTC Weighs Ban on UnsohVteJ Credit Cards WASHINGTON — Those who have been annoyed by re­ ceiving credit cards in the mail sent by over-zealous department stores or gasoline companies will be heartened by a recent action initiated by -the Federal Trade Commission. Prodded by agitated consum­ ers—as well as by several legislators who have pursued their cause for them—^the FTC has announced that hearings will take place September 10 on a series of proposed regula­ tions which would stop the mail­ ing of credit cards without prior written consent of the persons in whose names they are made out. Banks, common carriers and air carriers—^many of which have gotten involved in the new sales promotional gimmick— will not be affected by the pro­ posed regulations because they do not come under the jurisdic­ tion of the FTC. Nevertheless retail department stores, mar­ keters and retail dealers of gasoline, as well as travel and Unionist Honored For Saving Child CHICAGO — Hamdey J. Alley, a member of Local E965, of the United Transporta­ tion Union, here, recently re­ ceived a medal from the Carne­ gie Hero Fund Commission for the rescue of a four-year-old boy who was playing on the Grand Trunk Western Tracks. Alley was awarded the medal —plu.s $750—^for risking his life to save the youngster when he leaped from an engine haul­ ing a 22-car train, dashed out in front, and scooped the boy to safety. Chalk up one more labor hero. entertainment purveyors, would be bound by the rules. In moving into this area, the agency labelled the use of un­ solicited credit cards an "un­ fair method of competition." "A credit card holder is more likely to purchase at a retail outlet honoring his credit card," the FTC pointed out. What is more, a spokesman indicated, unsolicited cards are at times lost in the mails. When this happens, the intended re­ cipient is completely unaware that a card has been issued in his name and an account opened for him. Thus he can not take measures to protect himself. "Such credit cards are often misappropriated and fraudulent­ ly used by unknown parties and the intended recipient is often put to the often considerable burden of demonstrating to the billing company that the goods or services were not ordered or purchased," the FTC declares. As a result of the fraudulent use of such cards, or billing er­ rors, many consumers are put through much unwarranted worry about possible jeopardy to their credit ratings. Also, should a recipient of an unsolicited card decide he doesn't want it, he is faced with the additional — and likewise unsolicited—^burden of return­ ing the card safely to the sender and explaining that he prefers that the account be closed. Congressional Action Begun Recent large-scale mailings of unsolicited cards and public concern over the matter have prompted the introduction of remedial bills in both Houses of the Congress. A far-reaching measure by Senator William Proxmire (DWisc.) would give the Federal Reserve Board the right to re­ quire that issuers of credit cards determine credit worthiness prior to sending out cards to un­ knowing customers. Most im­ portant, liability for lost or stolen cards would be shifted to the issuer—rather than the con­ sumer—if the amount involved is over $50. An aide to Senator Proxmire explained that the only reason the bill does not flatly prohibit the mailing of unsolicited cards is that a number of large banks have already made such mail­ ings. A ban at this point would put the smaller banks—^which are first exploring this form of merchandising—at a competi­ tive disadvantage. Other measures in both Houses would prevent federally insured banks from making credit commitments unless they are requested to do so. were removed to convert the space to container storage holds. The mid-ship house was re­ moved and the aft house was modified and enlarged to pro­ vide new living quarters for the Seafarers. An additional deck was also added for the wheelhouse. The bow section was modified for container storage and ship's stowage. The superstructure deck was removed and eight Aframe buttresses were installed along the center line to provide deck stowage of containers. Con­ tainers will be stowed on deck, three high, above the hatch cov­ ers. New navigation equipment including radar, was installed and the ship was provided with an oil lubricated stern bearing. Piping and electrical work in the gutted midship section was re­ newed. The completely refurbished crew's quarters are air-condi­ tioned and equipped with new furniture. Existing machinery was overhauled and the electri­ cal system upgraded with the addition of a 600-kilowatt AC generator. New tanks for fuel oil ballast and fresh water were also installed. This is the sixth such troop­ ship that has been converted here into specialized cargo ves­ sels. The first five were con­ verted for the SlU-contracted Calmar Lines. Socially-Handicapped Need Job Aid WASHINGTON —The na­ tion has passed the halfway mark in its program of finding jobs for the handicapped and should now concentrate on overcoming the job disabilities caused by substandard social conditions. AFL-CIO Secre­ tary-Treasurer William F. Schnitzler stressed this theme as he addressed the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped at its annual conference here. Labor is "pleased because much progress has been made" in training and finding jobs for the handicapped, and is ready to help in seeing that much more is done, Schnitzler reported. He said it is no longer possi­ ble to "escape the conclusion that sub-standard social condi­ tions have a great bearing on disabilities. For if disabilities can be prevented, fewer handi­ capped persons will need help" in finding employment. . Schnitzler said "I am referring to the handicaps of poverty, poor environment and lack of adequate medical ajnd psycho­ logical care." A recent health survey com­ missioned by Blue Cross show­ ed, he said, that the incidence of heart disease in poor areas was four times as great as in average areas, six times greater for nervous and mental disor­ ders, eight times higher for vis­ ual defects, three times higher for orthopedic defects. Labor participation in the two-day conference included an AFL-CIO co-sponsored lunch­ eon for state winners of the 1969 "Ability Counts" essay contest for high school writers, a tour of the city for the students sponsored by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Work­ ers; a luncheon at the Capitol sponsored by the federation's Building and Construction Trades Department, and a re­ ception at which IBEW mem­ bers and their ladies were hosts. Kathy Saxton, 17, of Bonne­ ville High School in Ogden, Utah, won the $1,000 first place award of the Disabled American Veterans in the "Ability Counts" contest. Other top winners were Janey Looney of Lake Charles, La., $600; John Muessel of Madison, Ind., $400; Christina Fredet, Springville, Me., $300, and Lucy Sikes, Murfreesboro, Tenn., $200. The prizes were presented by Schnitzler and Gordon M. Free­ man, IBEW president-emeritus. Expenses of first place winners in 47 states, the Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia were contributed by AFI^-CIO state federations. Other conference speakers were Labor Secretary George P. Shultz; Mrs. Elizabeth Koontz, new Women's Bureau director; Senator Robert J. Dole (RKan.), and Mrs. Rene Carpenter of the NBC-TV "Today" show. Shultz asked the conference to seek answers to questions like these: Why must people be com­ pelled to work eight hours a day? Why can't jobs be rede­ signed for handicapped persons? Why can't jobs be matched to the personality of the worker? The conference gave its Dis­ tinguished Service award to Wil­ liam Passmore, double hip am­ putee and antipoverty worker in East Chicago, Ind.; Represent­ ative Charles E. Bennett (DFla.), and Stevie Wonder, blind singer from Detroit. A special award of apprecia­ tion was voted by the committee to former Vice President and Mrs. Hubert H. Humphrey for their joint efforts on behalf of the handicapped. Irving Geist of New York City was cited for his years of support for rehabili­ tation work. �Jnne, 1969 SEAFARERS Page Eleven LOG i1 There's plenty of work to do on board the Great Lakes vessels during winter layup— checking mooring lines, sounding ballast tanks, painting and getting things ready for spring fit-out. Maintaining and repairing engine room machinery is just one of the many jobs that keep shipkeeper Deragon busy during the long, cold and lonely winter. Seafarer Deragon is seen as he helps a shipyard worker install a main shaft bearing on the Reiss. Seafarer Deragon mans a snowplow to clear the dock of the Reiss Brothers while the ship is moored for the winter in windswept Howard pocket at Superior, Wisconsin. '^HROUGHOUT the long winter months in ports along the Great Lakes from Buffalo to Gary to Su­ perior, hundreds of ore, grain and limestone carriers lie silent in ice-locked slips. The only sound in the crisp, cold ni^t is the hissing of the wind and the groaning of shifting ice. Standing idnley vigil on each of these 600-foot bulk freighter is the shipkeeper. Moored last winter in Superior's Howard pocket— in the middle of a line of ships that stretched for blocks —^was the SIU-Great Lakes District-contracted Reiss Brothers, flagship of the Reiss Steamship Company. The wind swept over the open deck whipping the light falling snow. A thermometer outside the galley in the ship's afterhouse hung at 14 degrees below zero. Inside the galley, the stove was well-heated and a small light reflected over the expanse of stainless steel fixtures. In the officers dining room, another stove burned brightly. The dining table was gone. In its place was a bed, a few chairs and a portable TV set. A carpet had been spread on the deck for further warmth and comfort. Seated in the dining room of the Reiss Brothers were the vessel's winter tenants. Seafarer and Mrs. John Deragon. Brother Deragon was the shipkeeper, and his job was to look after the vessel until her crew be­ gan to come on board for the spring fit-out. Brother Deragon, an oiler on the Reiss during the sailing season, tries to keep busy during the winter layup. Leadline soundings of ballast tanks have to be made daily. And mooring cables must be checked. He works with shipyard machinists on installing and re­ pairing engine room machinery. And, there is always painting to be done in the crew's quarters. Mrs. Deragon is in charge of cooking, washing, sew­ ing and most other duties of any housewife. Also aboard is their son, Michael, who helps out with the shipkeeping duties and sails on another Reiss vessel during the season. The Deragons are one of the few shipkeeping fam­ ilies left on the Great Lakes. Shipkeeping can be a cold and lonely job, but it does have some plus points, mainly an extra three months' pay. Mrs, Deragon feels that they are living pretty much like any other family. "We play cards and watch TV. Our car is parked at the foot of the gangway, and it's only a short drive downtown or to the homes of relatives. We even have a snowblower to clear paths around the cabins and hatches." The lot of the shipkeeper has vastly improved over the years. During the Depression of the '30s, the ship- keeper's job was a coveteted prize despite the low pay and hard work. It meant free rent in warm and livable quarters and enough money to feed the family. Wherever the ships spent the winter, so did the shipkeeper and his family. There was nothing unusual about a family from Duluth living aboard a ship in Toledo, or another from Port Huron keeping ship in Milwaukee. During one winter in the mid-1930s, about 70 freighters were laid up at Buffalo. Most of them were anchored in Lake Erie outside the breakwater. "The fleet was like a city outside a city," recalls Seafarer Leif Alme, who was keeping ship with his wife. Their vessel was beyond the breakwater and they were—for all practical purposes—cut off from Buffalo. "Going ashore meant crossing the ice, using a small boat to cross the open water where tugs had opened fire lanes, and then climbing more ice," Mrs. Alme re­ membered. "It was hardly worth the effort unless you absolutely had to do it." Sometimes they had to. Fresh water and food had to be brought in from Buffalo. Once the supplies had been hauled out to the ships by sleds and skiffs, they were hauled aboard by rope. If the ships were moored near others, the women could gossip over the rail as easily as over a backyard fence. Mrs. Alme recalls that her husband once rigged a pulley line between two ships so that she and the Time out for a hot cup of coffee in the galley of the Reiss Brothers. It's little comforts like this that help make the lives of Great Lakes shipkeepers bearable during the long, bleak vigil of winter layup season. "women next door" could pass notes back and forth in buckets. Prolonged loneliness can play strange tricks on you, so it's understandable that one former shipkeeper had a little trouble trying to explain to its owners that the 440-foot C.W. Richardson had just climbed out of the water and was perched high and dry on a dock. Captain Henry Wiersch, long-time master and fleet captain for Columbia Steamship Company, was serv­ ing as shipkeeper on two Columbia boats tied up to­ gether in the 1920s. He was walking along the deck of the C. Russell Hubbard (now the W.W. Holloway), which was moored across the slip from the Richardson. As he neared the Hubbard's afterhouse, he noticed the Richardson's mooring lines go slack and then he watched in amazement as the ship slowly rose and then settled down gently on the wooden pier. After staring at the Richardson several minutes and assuring himself that he did see what he thought he saw, he called the Columbia office in Cleveland. "I don't know how to tell you this," he told the company official, "but one of your boats just climbed up onto a dock." As he fumbled for some explanation, the old wooden dock collapsed under the weight of the 5,000ton Richardson, and sent the ship sliding back into the water. "Hold everything," Wiersch told the thoroughly be­ wildered official, "your ship just launched herself again." Friends of the captain said that about three years passed before he was finally able to live the in­ cident down. What had happened was that Buffalo was being hit by a freshwater phenomenon known as a seiche, which results in a rise or fall of water levels up to 20 feet or more within a remarkably short time. On this oc­ casion, the water level at Buffalo increased as if some giant had picked up the west end of Lake Erie. The loneliness of keeping ship is something one gets used to, according to most of those who have wintered aboard the idle lake carriers, but it's not a job for people who cannot spend many hours by themselves. Still, it is easier nowadays. Most of today's shipkeepers live in the city where their vessel is berthed. They spend their days aboard the ship, but are in the comfort and warmth of their own homes at nightfall. "This is a much better ar­ rangement," said one shipkeeper in Duluth. "I don't mind having thin oak paneling separating me from a steel bulkhead in summertime, but I prefer plaster and wallpaper in the winter." �BBB SEAFARERS Page Twelve LOG Jnne, 1969 Plan Would Hinge on FacNFinding Agreements Shultz Proposes Special Farm Labor Board Outside NLRB WASHINGTON — The Nixon Administration has told Congress that farm workers should have collective bargain­ ing rights—^but not by bringing them under the National Labor Relations Act. Labor Secretary George P. Shultz told the Senate Labor subcommittee that a special Farm Labor Relations Board should be established because of the "unique characteristics" of agriculture. It would be made up of "members acquainted with the farm industry" and not be bound by NLRB precedents. He said farmers need protec­ tion against strikes during the harvest season. At the same time, Shultz acknowledged, "the right to strike is basic to collec­ tive bargaining" and "an out­ right ban on strikes in agricul­ ture ... should not be imposed." To resolve this apparent con­ tradiction, Shultz advanced a novel Administration proposal which would permit farm em­ ployers to avoid a harvest sea­ son strike if they agree in ad­ vance to accept the recommen­ dations of a fact-hnder chosen from a panel appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture. Besides naming the fact-find­ ers, the Agriculture Department would presumably suggest to the President the members of the Farm Labor Relations Board, Shultz indicated. President Nixon early this year asked Shultz and Agricul­ ture Secretary Clifford M. Har­ din to come up with a joint recommendation "on the ad­ visability of placing farm work­ ers under the provisions of the Taft-Hartley Act." The proposal Shultz pre­ sented-to the Senate subcommit­ tee, headed by Senator Harrison A. Williams, Jr. (D-N.J.), emerged from the interdepart­ mental negotiations. Here is how Shultz explained it to the subcommittee; First, he said, "I am here to support the right of farm work­ ers" to union representation and use the mechanism of the gestion and as a means of open­ ing up discussion of the issue." NLRB. The law, he said, could re­ He opposed any type of prehire union representation agree­ quire a 10-Klay notice of intent ment, such as that used in the to strike or lock out workers. construction industry, giving this He added: "At this point, the party argument: "Construction work­ ers as distinguished from agri­ threatened with a strike or lock­ cultural workers are largely out could prevent a disruption organized and the craft repre­ of work if that party is willing sentation lines are widely rec­ to accept the binding recom­ ognized. Agricultural workers, mendations of a neutral." on the other hand, are largely Alternative to Strike unorganized and therefore em­ If a grower, for example, ployers should not be permitted were served with a strike notice to enter into collective bargain­ in July and the season when a ing agreements unless an elec­ strike would hurt him the most tion first indicates majority re­ were in September, this is what presentation by the contracting he could do: union." By declaring his willingness Without spelling out the legis­ to accept the recommendations lative details, Shultz said laborof a fact-finder, he could pick management relations on large the month of September or any farms should be "associated" other 30-day period of his with the National Labor Rela­ choosing for the fact-finding and tions Act, but with special pro­ mediation to take place. visions and machinery. During that period, the union <<Too DissimUar" The proposed Farm Labor could not strike. If it struck be­ Shultz said agriculture is too Relations Board would have dissimilar to other industries to three members, its own general fore then, its members would be obligated to return to work counsel and a full staff of trial for the 30 days. examiners and regional direc­ By the 25th day of the fact­ tors comparable to that of the finding period, the recommenda­ NLRB. But, Shultz stressed, its tion for settlement would be members and staff would be submitted to both parties. If the drawn from people familiar with union accepted the proposal, the the farm industry and would growers would be obligated to not be "bound by 34 years of do likewise. But if the union tee, was among the conference industrial precedent established turned it down, neither party speakers who stressed the theme under the NLRB." would be under any obligations of unity that emerged in the To an extent, the separate and the union could strike. By resolution. body parallels the recommenda­ then, of course, the harvest "We must think internation­ tions of the anti-union Farm would presumably be completed ally just as the company does," Bureau. The Farm Bureau, how­ and the strike would have little Jennings said. "We must rec­ ever, has asked also for a flat impact. ognize that each problem we en­ ban on strikes. "The fact-finder should be counter has its counterpart in Jurisdiction of the Farm La­ chosen by the parties from a list some other country, and we bor Relations Board, Shultz of five names selected by the must find solutions that improve said, would be confined to the Secretary of Agriculture," not only our own situation, but large farms presently covered Shultz said. the situations of others." In reply to questions, Shultz by the minimum wage provision said he had no idea how much it He cited as an example of of the Fair Labor Standards growing unity among world GE Act—about two percent of the would cost to set up a farm unions, the assistance from the nation's farms employing 45 labor board structure such as United States, Canada and other percent of the nation's farm the Administration was suggest­ ing. But he said "we can make countries to the Irish Transport workers. estimates" if congressional com­ To deal with the harvest and General Workers Union in strike problem, Shultz advanced mittees find the concept merito­ its 1968 strike against GE. "the following steps as a sug­ rious. This assistance, he pointed out, helped the Irish workers Eastern Lay-up win union recognition and showed the company that an attack by it on one union is going to be answered by other GE unions, regardless of the country they are located in. Jennings voiced a "feeling of shame" on the part of U.S. unions that a U.S. corporation— GE—exploits workers around the globe and pays them "mis­ erably low wages." The work of the conference included an exchange of re­ ports on GE's financial struc­ ture, profits and policies, and the labor relations experiences unions have had with it. Delegates took a break from sessions to walk a picket line as a display of "solidarity" for a If you're going to be ill a long way from home, at least pleasant Colombian union on strike surroundirrgs are some compensation. Seafarers W. M. Stack (left) and against Olivetti Corp., a multi­ W. D. Hermsen are shown in new wing of Bluff Hospital, Yokohama, national company with close with nurse Y. Yonahure Stack was qpgine de'egate on the Transhartties to GE. ford, and Hermsen served, as deck delegate aboard Robin Locksley. collective bargaining. But "a boycott directed against an employer's merchan­ dise, designed to force that em­ ployer to sign a union contract ... is not a satisfactory way to settle labor conflicts, especially those involving issues of repre­ sentation." The boycott reference was an obvious comment on the Cali­ fornia table grape boycott, initi­ ated by the AFL-CIO United Farm Workers Organizing Com­ mittee and strongly supported by the labor movement. If boycotts are to be pre­ vented or prohibited, Shultz went on, there must be "an alternative" which provides both "an orderly answer" to the problem of union representation in the fields and "a satisfactory method for dealing with the pos­ sibility of strikes during the har­ vest season." International Labor Co-operation Set To Confront Mufti-Nation Ql Plants BOGOTA, Columbia—Un­ ions from nine nations have pledged mutual assistance to­ ward improving wages and working conditions for 400,000 employees of General Electric Company around the globe. They also appealed to GE to cease its efforts to "subjugate" workers and adopt policies that "recognize and respect funda­ mental trade union rights." The pledge and the appeal came in a resolution adopted at the first world meeting of GE unions here. The two-day con­ ference was sponsored by the International Metalworkers' Federation's committee on multi national electrical and elec­ tronic companies. Unions represented were from Argentina, Brazil, Colom­ bia, France, Ireland, Italy, Venezuela, Mexico and the United States. AFL-CIO affili­ ates participating were Elec- Key Lesson for Litton Typed by Federal Body '•4.; % WASHINGTON—The Fed­ eral Trade Commission is grow­ ing concerned about Litton In­ dustries' appetite for typewrit­ ers. The FTC has- issued a com­ plaint against the conglomerate, seeking divestiture by Litton of the stock it acqiiired in Janu­ ary, 1969 in the triumph-Adler Typewriter Company. The Ger­ man firm is a leading forei^ corporation which did $52 mil­ lion worth of business in the U.S. in 1967. Hearings on the FTC conmlaint are scheduled. trical. Radio and Machine Workers, International Brother­ hood of Electrical Workers, Machinists, Steelworkers and Allied Industrial Workers. The resolution called upon unions at GE plants around the world to cooperate through the IMF by collecting and distribut­ ing information on wages, work­ ing conditions, pensions, vaca­ tions, grievance procedures and health and safety programs. Standing Groups Formed It welcomed an earlier IMF decision to set up permanent working groups in various world companies and urged the federation's executive commit­ tee to extend its programs of organizational and educational cooperation to cover all GE workers. "We believe," it added, "that this should include the coordi­ nation of moral and material support to unions engaged in strikes or conflicts or subject to employer reprisals or per­ secution." The resolution expressed sup­ port for "the valiant efforts of GE workers, particularly in the developing countries of the world to win and assure their right to organize and bargain collectively." Attention was called to "the frequent violation of these trade union rights by multina­ tional companies such as GE" in a number of countries, in­ cluding Ireland, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay. lUE President Paul Jennings, chairman of the IMFs commit­ �lone, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Thirteen State Labor Bodies Enlisted in Safety Drive on Highways WASfflNGTON—AFL-CIO presidents where legislatures President George Meany has meet in 1969, Meany empha­ called on the federation's state sized that increasing highway central bodies to work with the "carnage" greatly concerns all National Safety Council in se­ union members and their fam­ curing passage of minimum- ilies. standards highway safety pro­ He enclosed a copy of a letter grams by state legislatures. from Howard Pyle, president of In a letter to state AFL-CIO NSC, appealing for labor's aid in getting states to adopt recom­ mendations from the National Highway Safety Bureau pursu­ ant to the Federal Traffic Safety Act of 1966. The bureau has proposed that each state enact or update safety WASfflNGTON — Neither programs to include 16 mini­ wage-price controls nor wage- mum standards that relate to the price guidelines are being con­ driver, the vehicle, the highway sidered as steps to combat in­ and enforcement of traffic codes flation—and history shows they and ordinances. Among other things, the "haven't worked well" in the past, according to Labor Secre­ standards provide for periodic inspection of cars and trucks, tary George P. Shultz. Appearing on television's up-to-date vehicle registration, Meet the Press, Shultz said driver education, uniform driver wage-price controls weren't suc­ licensing and standard chemical cessful during the Korean War. tests to determine misuse of al­ As for guidelines, he pointed cohol by drivers. out, they have been tried not Govt. Help Granted only in this country but also in Federal financial help is given other countries and "they didn't to states to advance their safety work either" in controlling in­ programs by including the stand­ flation. ards. Although some states have "I don't think there is any adopted certain standards, no point in embarking on things state is yet completely in line that have a very poor track rec­ with the bureau's proposals. ord," Shultz said. "I think we should be real­ Pyle explained that the coun­ istic about our approach to cil has established a program problems like inflation . . . and known as STATES (Safety when something has been tried Through Action to Enlist Sup­ and found wanting, not to con­ port) which will coordinate the tinue to act as though it is a activity of many organizatimis solution to the problem," he in securing passage of the stand­ declared. ards. Sec. Shulb Bars Wage-MceCurbs As 'Unworkable' Shell Pours on the Oil As Credit Cards Roll In Shell Oil Company has been writing a lot of letters lately. Many, if not all, individuals who have returned their Shell credit cards to the company as a result of the consumer boy­ cott declared against the company by Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers are getting individually typed letters from Shell officials sort of explaining the company position. Although the letters are individually typed, the wdrds ap­ parently are exactly the same in each. ^me come from Shell's big customer accounts center in Tulsa. Soine come from San Francisco. Perhaps some cmne from other places—but the words are always the same. "We appreciate your taking the time to explain why you no longer purchase Shell products," the letter begins. "Our cus­ tomers are important to us, and their views on matters affect­ ing our business are important." The Shell company even sent one of these "personal" form letters to President A. F. Grospiron of OCAW—the same one that goes to individual customers. It was signed by John R. Wright, Public Relations. Strange. It would seem that a public relations man would be inventive enough to write a different letter to the president of the union that is causing that trouble. And it wasn't a matter of not recognizing the name; the letter was addressed to him as president the union at the union's headquarters. The OCAW urges all trade unionists and friends of labor to get their own personal letter from Shell by returning their Shell credit cards—along with a letter saying why—to P. O. Box 80, Tulsa, Okla., 74102. Think of the employment this will provide for deserving stenographers! Also, it will help the oil workers get a fair deal from Shell. Lazaro B. Ellorin, who last sailed aboard the Eldorado, gets his first pension check from SlU Safety Director Joe Algina as John Fay, Philadelphia Port agent, and Baltimore Port agent Rex Dickey look on. Ai Fout'Day Conference: 3,000 Building Trades Delegates Launch Major Legislative Program WASHINGTON—Nearly 3,000 national, state and local un­ ion leaders launched a major legislative drive by the AFLCIO Building and Construction Trades Department here last month. Their goal: action by Con­ gress on a program covering both bread-and-butter trade un­ ion issues and broad-ranging measures to meet the nation's overall needs. Three Cabinet members and top congressional leaders of both parties came to the open­ ing and closing sessions of the four-day conference. And for two days, the BCTD delegates visited on Capitol Hill with the congressmen and sena­ tors from their home states— presenting, explaining and urg­ ing labor's legislative goals. Before they returned home, delegates turned in "report cards" on their congressional visits. The attitudes shown by congressmen and senators to the labor-supported bills will be a guide to union legislative repre­ sentatives in mapping strategy and priorities. Delegates talked to their leg­ islators about the on-site picket­ ing bill, about job safety legis­ lation, about extension of the Davis-Bacon Act to ensure pre­ vailing wages on buildings built to be leased to the Post Office Department and other federal agencies. They also talked about tax justice and social security im­ provements, about the^ne^ for a higher minimum wage and for strengthened equal employment opportunity. They cdled for congressional action on housing funds, consumer protection and education, among others. A "very goodly portion" of the BCTD's legislative program will be "enthusiastically" sup­ ported by the House Democrat­ ic leadership. Majority Leader Carl Albert (D-Okla.) told the conference. He said he finds it "just im­ possible" to understand opposi­ tion to the labor-backed job safety bills. On the site picket­ ing bill, Albert reiterated hjs strong personal support, but said threats of a Senate filibuster such as that which killed repeal of Taft-Hartley Sec. 14(b) have made House members reluctant to stick their necks out unless they are sure it will pass the Senate. If it is taken up first in the Senate, he said, it will be active­ ly supported by House Demo­ cratic leaders for final passage. House Minority Leader Ger­ ald R. Ford (R-Mich.) told the delegates that if they were will­ ing to "compromise" then "I think we can achieve some of these goals that are on your leg­ islative program." He said he personally sup­ ports the "sound principles" of the position taken by the Secre­ tary of Labor who coupled eas­ ing the secondary boycott re­ strictions on construction site picketing with toughening of other restrictive provisions. Both the Democratic and Re­ publican assistant leaders in the Senate gave strong personal en­ dorsements to site picketing leg­ islation. Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) declared: "I will fight to get the con­ struction safety bill passed this year, and I am with you 100 percent on the issue of site pick­ eting," he said. As for labor's overall program, Kennedy said he intends to keep his COPE record of all "right" votes in­ tact. His Republican counterpart. Senator Hugh Scott of Pennsyl­ vania, termed the labor-backed site picketing legislation a "good" bill and said he opposes "restrictive" amendments. Labor Secretary George P. Shultz and Transportation Sec­ retary John A. Volpe received the friendly attention of^ the delegates as they addressed the conference on its opening day. Housing & Urban Develop­ ment Secretary George W. Romney was welcomed with similar warm applause when he was introduced. But before he concluded, there were boos from the audience and applause where he didn't want it. Just a few minutes earlier, Romney had left another meet­ ing with the farewell: "I'm going now to a conference of the building trades and really lay it on the line to them." He told the delegates that building trades pay raises are feeding inflation, that appren­ ticeship standards are too high, that the Davis-Bacon Act re­ quiring prevailing wages on fed­ erally-assisted housing is too costly. He warned "that there are people already talking about compulsory arbitration in the building trades." "Construction wage rates are rising faster than any other," Romney chided. And the dele­ gates applauded. "There is every indication that future settlements may be higher," he complained. More applause. Earlier, Shultz said the Ad­ ministration is supporting "fully and unambiguously" the con­ struction safety bill. He said he hopes that "before long" there will be a presidential message dealing with "a comprehensive health and safety bill." Shultz noted the steady in­ crease in minority group em­ ployment in the building crafts and urged that the progress be continued. Volpe told the delegates he was impressed with the special training programs run by the Operating Engineers and the work done by other unions in opening up job opportunities to minority groups. Programs such as these, he said, are tapping "a tremendous reservoir of unused ability." �SEAFARERS Page Fourteen LOG June, 1969 Time for a Close Look levi f u {/ i 1' * V• ji II i: 1!. • i: ? '.'f <; THIRTEEN DAYS by Robert F. Kennedy G^orton—224 pages) "In April 1962 after President Kennedy forced Big Steel to roll back prices, someone remarked to me that anyone who could handle Steel could handle the Russians. Little did I realize that only a few months later I would be recalling those words during the Cuban Missile Crisis." The late Senator Robert Kennedy's exciting accoimt of those fateful thirteen days is not so valuable in what it reveals, as in the blueprint it provides for future crises. Kennedy emphasizes the importance of debate to bring about the best possible solution in such times. Critics of President Kennedy like to point to the Bay of Pigs as an example of Kennedy strategy. Robert Kennedy points out that there was unanimity of opinion during the Bay of Pigs. It seemed every­ one was in favor of going ahead because they thought that was what the President wanted. The missile crisis was another story. There were many opinions at first. Long periods of discussion converged them into two possible courses of action—attack and blockade. It was then up to the President to decide. One has a renewed sense of loss as he reads this book. At the same time there is thankfulness that such a man was around to keep cool at a time when the world stood still. President Kennedy was not so much concerned with the first step as what steps would follow and what would the final step lead to. For those who believe in simple solutions to our complex problems, this book emphasizes the complexities we face. It does more. It points up the importance of not letting the exasperation over Vietnam lead us once again into the shell of isolation. During the missile crisis, behind our vast array of military might on standby, there was the respect and support of most of the world which tipped the scales our way. The untimeliness of his death stopped Robert Kennedy's pen. He planned to write more about the crisis. He did write enough to emphasize the seriousness of the event. We can only hope if die world is ever perched on the brink again ws will have the same kind of men around as in 1962. If not there might not be anyone around to write about the next thirteen days of crisis. f * * A CENTURY OF LABOR-MANAGENffiNT RELATIONS by R. Ozanne (Wisconsin—$7.50) Robert Ozanne's book is an inside report of labor relations at McCormick and International Harvester. If ever the reader was treated to a look behind the poker faces of management, this is it. Ozanne charts one hundred years of stormy company-union relations. Every anti-union tactic in the book was tried during these years. Blacklists, company unions, lockouts, strike­ breakers, wage sweeteners, and all the rest, were tried to keep legitimate unions out. An example of Ozanne's reporting is found in this excerpt from a secret 1904 report to the McCormick Board of Direc­ tors: "'. . . We . . . think it entirely probable that we may have a strike of certain of the skilled trades. To successfully fight this strike it may be necessary to import non-union men and strikebreakers; it may be necessary to board and lodge these men inside our works; it may be necessary to practically put our works in a stage of seige. "'. . . We must assume that our plants will be picketed; that we shall have to have police protection . . . that there may be violence, slugging, rioting, even loss of life ... we believe by taking a firm stand ... we shall end up by having our men in better control.'" Such were the days of labor-management relations when brute force ruled, with most of the strength behind the boss. The value of government protection of the workers' right to organize is emphasized in this observation by Ozanne: "Despite the persistent desire of McCormick Works em­ ployees for unions, after 1886 they were unable to establish any lasting form of unionism against the implacable opposition of the company until the national government put its force and sustained support behind the right of workers to organize." One cannot do justice to this book in a brief review. It is an important history of labor relations told like it was. It is a valuable lesson to the worker of today lulled into complacency by the afiSluence of our times. Conditions at Sailors Snug Harbor, a home for retired seamen in Staten Island, N.Y., have given rise to so many complaints, both from its inhabitants and Uielr dependents, that a full investigation by the state legislature into alleged mismanagement by the trustees of the home has been requested by State Senator William J. Ferrall. And small wonder. At a recent press conference called by Ferrall, photos were exhibited of a walkway on the grounds built of gravestones taken from the cemetery. A letter from the widow of a man buried there complains that his grave could not be found—"there is no marker or any indication as to where he is buried," she said. Shortly after the press conference, the gravestones mysteriously disap­ peared. They were later found stacked in the chapel on the grounds*. It isn't only the dead who are callously deprived of their last vestige of dignity and respect. Room-and-board fees have been levied against the re­ tired seamen living there, many being asked to hand over their meager so­ cial security or retirement checks to the management in return for their continued residence at the Harbor. The men charge that the food they are served is "slop"; that leaky roofs and plugged-up drains go unrepaired. The lawn, they say, is being ruined by neglect, and religious services have become short and perfunctory. No one, declares one of the residents, seems to be in charge. He claims there is no discipline, proper surveillance, or apparent concern about the well-being of the men, and any complaints are ignored. As to the financial "deficit" used as an excuse by the trustees to claim fees from elderly residents—^the old seamen say this is a planned and manip­ ulated financial picture fostered and intentionally created by the present management. Extravagance, ordered neglect, padded payrolls, and overstaffed depart­ ments which fail to efficiently perform their assigned duties combine to pro­ duce this supposedly poor financial picture, they point out. Sailors Snug Harbor was established under the will of Captain Robert Richard Randall in 1801, to be run as a home for "aged, decrepit and worn out sailors." Randall left valuable property in lower Manhattan, the income from which was to be used to maintain the home on a non-profit basis. By terms of the will, some of the city's top dignitaries were named as trustees. If the trustees are personally unaware of what is going on, then it's about time they found out. Until conditions are corrected, the SIU will continue to stand solidly behind the old seamen and back all efforts to see to it that Sailors Snug Harbor is once again run the way Captain Randall undoubtedly meant for it to be run. -1 1 �Special Pension Suppiement SEAFARERS »1.0G . I OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO IMPROVING THE PENSION PLAN The Seafarers International Union, in forthcoming contract negotiations, will move for improvements in the pension plan. The Union, as part of the preparation for these talks, has been surveying the features of various pension plans. Our purpose has been to consider every possible approach to the problem of assuring our members that they are properly protected in their retirement years. A pension program must be a living document—capable of changing to meet the chang­ ing needs of the membership it safeguards. The Union's responsibility, therefore, is to know the members' attitudes on a variety of benefits—for a pension program is a complex thing. There are many questions that must be answered: • Do the members want a program geared solely to the monthly pension payment? • Or do they also want adequate protection against the heavy cost of long illnesses? • Do they wont a pension that provides benefits only for themselves? 4 • • Or do they also wont assurances that their dependents, too, will be protected? » - - • Do they want to gamble on staying fit for duty until they reach retirement age? V • 1". I• • Or do they also wont a program that provides adequate retirement pensions in cose of disability? - -lit UL. IS ^ i' i"' . To these questions, the Union must odd one of its own: How do we develop a plan with the broadest possible coverage—and at the same time that is financially sound—that protects the member, good times or bod? In arriving at the answers to these questions, and many others, the membership will be deeply involved. Whatever proposals are made to management will come only after thorough discussion and action by the membership. For that reason, this brochure puts at the disposal of the members factors that will aid them in their discussion and decision-making. We have set down the features of the existing SlU plan—because every member should understand precisely what he has now, the benefits he derives from the present plan, and how it operates. The Union thinks it would also be useful to the membership, in considering possible changes, that it review the features of a plan in the same industry, dealing with problems which are the same insofar as the individual is concerned. Therefore the brochure mokes comparisons between the SlU plan and that of the Notional Maritime Union. •I' •> r m• 1 This is not to say that one is better than another—it is done only to moke possible an objective study by the membership. Each member is urged to study this document carefully, and to use it as the basis for continuing discussions aboard ship and in the union halls—because it is from these discus­ sions that the ultimate contract proposal will come. While these discussions are being held, the Union will continue its study—calling on the best-trained experts in the pension field for advice. To assist with this part of the preparation for the forthcoming contract negotiations, this brochure carries on the bock page a Pension Data Questionnaire and a place for any comments which a member wishes to make. Each member should fill this out and forward it to Union Headquarters. In addition to assisting the Union, this form will enable each member to know pre­ cisely where he stands in respect to his own pension credits. �•) • I mjm - i ; ' ' '' v" ' *' BENEFIT SIU-AGLIW DISTRICT PENSION CREDITS Pension credits are given for each day worked under covered employment. Pension credits are also given for inpatient and outpatient hospital time and for sickness and accident time, not to exceed 1,825 days of the total pension credit requireinents of 5,475 days. For purposes of the disability pension credit req^uirements 1,460 of the 4,380 days may be inpatient and outpatient hospital time and sickness and accident time. iKf I I • ll' 'i ' m-.,' (Applies to All Pensions) ! i I :S ! Pension credits earned before October 1, 1967, cannot be lost by a break in service prior thereto. After October 1,1967, a seaman must have 90 days of covered employment in any one of y consecutive calendar years to avoid a break in service and loss of prior pension credits. BREAK IN SERVICE RULE (Applies to All Pensions) .. r f lit $250.00 per month for deep-sea sailors. Eligibility requirements: 15 years (5,475 days) of pension credits with no time limita­ tion, is age 65 or over, has 90 days of covered employment during the calendar year preceding his date of application, and has one day of employment during the 6-month period immediately preceding such application. Eligibility extended for military service, disability and certain non-seatime. NORMAL AND/OR SERVICE PENSION I' ' REDUCED AND EARLY RETIREMENT PENSIONS SEE NORMAL PENSION ABOVE ' ' 'f If'A I; ; in .1,' -.s;, :,,v. DISABILITY PENSION $250.00 per month for deep-sea sailors. Eligibility requirements: Permanent disability at any age, provided the employee has pen­ sion credits for 12 years (4,380 days) of qualifying time, and has accumulated at least 90 days of covered employment during the calendar year preceding his date of applica­ tion, and at least one day of employment during the 6-month period immediately pre­ ceding his date of application. Years of Amount of Disability Pension Credit Pension Regardless of Age 12 or Over $250.00 Eligibility extended for military service, disability and certain non-seatime. DEATH BENEFIT $4,000.00 if the designated beneficiary is a pensioner's wife, child, step-child, mother, father, brother, sister, grandchild, grandparent, step or half-brother and sister, step­ mother or stepfatlier. $1,000.00 payable to any other blass of beneficiaries not listed above. PENSIONERS' WELFARE BENEFIT Pensioners: Payment fw life without limitation of all medical costs including surgery, hospitalization, drugs, nursing homes, dental care, artificial limbs, wheel chairs, hear­ ing aids, glasses, crutches, etc. Pensioner's Dependents: Eligible for schedule of dependent's benefits under Seafa^rers Welfare Plan which includes hospital room and board, hospital extras, blood transfasions, doctor's visits at hospitals, surgical, diagnostic, medical extras, opticd, etc. These benefits shall continue during the pensioner's life and for six months thereafter. (NOTE: The foraoing; is an analysis and synopsis of the salient and pertinent provisions of the trust agrreements and their rules and regrulations. As to each specific provUion, reference should be made to the text thereof.) �' Pension credits are given as follows: Periods commencing January I, 1951: • 200 days or more in covered employment, including certain disability time, counts as a . year's credit (4 quarters). If less than 200 days are accumulated in any year quarteryear unit credits are as follows: Days of covered Employment Quarters to in Calendar Year be Credited Less than 50 0 50 to 99 1 lOO to 149 2 150 to 199 3 Periods before January 1, 1951: To receive pension credit for any employment before January 1, 1951, must have at * least 200 days of covered employment, including certain disability time, in the three ' year period between January 1, 1951 and December 31, 1953 and have ten years of . pension credits earned after January 1, 1951. If a seaman does not work in covered employment for at least 200 days in any period of three consecutive calendar years after January 1, 1953, and for at least 300 days in any period of three consecutive calendar years after January 1, 1969, it shall constitute a break in employment and his previous pension credits shall cancelled. $250.00 per month for deep-sea sailors. Eligibility requirements: 20 years (80 quarters) of pension credit within 30 consecutive years, at any age, for those employees who must work past January 1, 1969 to earn the 20 years (80 quarters). The 30-year rule does not apply if 20 years (80 quarters) are earned before January 1, 1969. Eligibility extended for military service, disability and certain non-seatime. REDUCED PENSION $187.50 to $250.00 for seamen who are not entitled to a Normal Pension or a Service Pension. Eligibility requirements: This pension available only to those seamen who were 65 years old before January 1, 1969 and who had at least 15 years (60 quarters) of pension credits at that time in accordance with the following table of benefits: Number of Years of Amount of Qualifying Time Pension 15 16 17 18 19 20 $187.50 200.00 212.50 225.00 237.50 250.00 15 16 60 61 62 63 64 $131.25 142.50 153.75 165.00 176.25 $140.00 152.00 164.00 176.00 188.00 18 17 Benefit Amount $157.50 $148.75 171.00 161.50 184.50 174.25 198.00 187.00 211.50 199.75 19 $166.25 180.50 194.75 219.00 223.25 In comparing the features of pension plans, it is important not only to consider the amount of the pension payment, or the period of time required for eligibility, but the provisions which govern how you become eligible, and how you maintain your eligibility. Both the SIU and NMU full pensions provide for payment of $250 monthly. However, each carries with it certain fringe benefits which differ as to the amounts payable, type of coverage and eligibility requirements. Regular Pension In both pension plans, the key is "pension credits," not necessarily years of service. Under the SlU plan, there is a simple formula—^giving the seaman the broadest latitude in accumulating credits toward his pension. The NMU plan contains a more complex formula than the SIU plan with respect to past service in the industry, and a sliding scale with respect to future service. As the comparison of the various features of the two plans in the adjoining columns shows, eligibility for the SIU normal pension is attained at age 65 with 15 years of pension credits. There is no limitation on time for attaining eligibility, which means that an SIU seaman's pension credits began with the time he first began sailing. The NMU requires 20 years of pension credits within 30 consecutive years for retirement at any age. Obviously this is a very attractive feature; however, to achieve retirement at any age, the NMU plan, as of January 1, 1969, closed off pension credits earned prior to 1939 in computing future pensions. Furthermore, in order to maintain the 20-year pension, the NMU found it necessary to tighten up the break-in-service rule by adding 100 days to the previous time required to be worked in any three-year period to maintain eligibility, bringing the new level to 300 days. Prior to that it was 200 days for the same peri^. Under the SIU plan, a seaman must have 90 days of covered employment in any one of three consecutive calendar years to avoid a break in service. Disability Pension EARLY RETIREMENT PENSION $131.25 to $235.00 as a Percentage of Normal or Reduced Pension. Eligibility requirements: This pension available only to the seamen who were 60 years old before January 1, 1969 and who had at least 15 years (60 quarters) of pension credits at that time. Amount of pension is a percentage of the Normal or Reduced Pen­ sion he would have been entitled to if he were 65 years of age at the time when his Early Retirement Pension first becomes payable. The following table of benefits indicates the amount of benefit payable: Age Seatime-Years I A Guide to the Pension Data 20 $175.00 190.00 205.00 220.00 235.00 $50.00 to $250.00 for deep-sea sailors. Eligibility requirements: Permanent disability for those under age 65 provided they have credit for a least 15 years (60 quarters) of service. Those over 65 must have actually been employed in covered employment for at least 200 days after December-'31, 1960 and must have credit for at least 10 years of service (40 quarters). The years of service on which a claim is based must be earned within a number of consecutive calendar years determined by adding 10 years to the actual years of service at time of filing. Amount of Disability Pension . Over 65 Under 65 Years of Pension Credit $ 50.00 10 to 14 187.50 187.50 15 200.00 200.00 16 212.50 212.50 17 225.00 225.00 18 237.50 237.50 19 250.00 250.00 20 Eligibilty extended for military service, disability and certain non-seatime^ $3,500.00, less any Pension payments received, but not less than $1,500.00 payable to pensioner's wife, child, mother, father, brother or sister. Pensioner and Pensioner's Dependents: The total amount of benefits payable to the pen­ sioner and his dependents collectively shall not exceed a lifetime maximum of $750.00. In addition, a pensioner is entitled to a hearing aid benefit up to a maximum $325.00 once every four years. (NOTE: The forenoinit is an analysis and synopeis of the salient and pertinent provisions of the trust agree­ ments and their rules and regulations. As to each specific provision, reference should be made to the text thereof.) The SHTs disability pension provides a monthly benefit of $250 for a man disabled at any age, if he has had 12 years of service credits, one-third of which may be for in-patient and out-patient hospital time and sickness and accident time. The NMU's disability pension provides a scale of benefits from $50 to $250 a month, depending on the sailor's age and years of service, and provides credits for hospital time. No disability pensions are-payable to a man with less than 15 years of pension credits, unless he is over 65 at the time of dis­ ability. And the $250-a-month maximum is available only to men with 20 years of pension credits—at which point they would be eligible, in any event, for full pension irrespective of disability. Death Benefits With respect to death benefits, the SIU's are paid to any beneficiary selected by the retiree, and remain constant throughout the years. The NMU death benefit is limited to fewer beneficiaries, is smaller to begin with, and is subject to being discounted by more than 50 percent as the years go by. Medical Benefits Medical benefits are an important element in a retirement plan because two factors come into play for the retiree: (1) As he advances in age, his medical costs go up; and (2) These higher costs are incurred at a time when his income is reduced. Under the I^U plan, a $750 ceiling is placed on all of the medical expenses ever incurred by the retiree and his dependents. This is an absolute maximum—no matter how long the pensioner lives, and no matter how many hospital bills he and his dependents, collectively, incur. The pensioner in the SIU has unlimited medical coverage for himself. His dependents, meanwhile, are eligible for the same schedule of Seafarers Welfare Plan benefits that have been available to them during his days as an active seaman—^plus the fact that these benefits continue for the pensioner's depend­ ents for six months after his death. Conclusion Obviously, any pension plan review can carry only the highlights of the respective documents. These are lengthy, they have been amended several times, and they deal in great detail with each feature. Therefore, complete copies of both the SIU and NMU pension plans are being made available in all SIU ports so that members wishing to do so can examine them in detail. The foregoing comments are offered to help the members evaluate the relative merits of the various elements that make up a complete pension program. This evaluation will make it easier for the members to express their views on the direction in which the SIU should now proceed with respect to the future. (Now proceed to the next page and complete the Pension Data Questionnaire.) �I f-7 Special Pension Supplement SEAFAKERSAIOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC. GULF. LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO PENSION DATA - QUESTIONNAIRE i / :7 In order to effect improvements in the current pension program, it is necessary that Seafarers submit the answers to the below listed questions, and fill in all seatime information in the place provided. Do not mail this questionnaire in until you have filled in all data. (Please print all answers.) Send to SlU Pension Study Committee, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 11232. J I" ^ it I. Name 2. Residence address Street ' City Apartment No. State Zip Code 3. Social Security No. (Area Code) 4. Book No. 6. Date of Birth Telephone No. 5. Z No. 7. Age last birthday 8. Height Weight Mo. Day Year 9. Date of Joining SlUNA-AGLIWD _ 10. Type of book now held: "C" When issued •B" Month \l 11. Age when you first sailed deep-sea i'' 12. Married Single Widowed Divorced Relationship Living in your home? Name Date of Birth mkm Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes I i • 14. Are you presently on pension? m't'" I Separated 13. Number of Dependents I'h I*'- Wi Year Type: ( I ( ( ( ( I ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No No No No No No No ( ( ( 1 ( ( ( Receiving Social Security? ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No No No No No No No 1 ( ( ( { ( .'-7^ 1 If yes, indicate as follows: Disability Normal From whom: Seafarers Pension Plan Other _ Other Social Security Name of Entity IS. Are you eligible for supplemental Medicare? 16. Fill in numbers of days of seatime for each of the years listed below: fc I 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 I960 Number of Days For Pension Plan Cffiee Use Qnlilr. Number of Days 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 For Pension Plan i Office Us^ Only i Number of Days Number of Days 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 1939 1938 1937 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 Number of Days 1931 1930 i » 1929 1928 I I 1927 1926 1925 1 1 j I hereby authorize the Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Dis­ trict, its officers, employees or representatives, to obtain, on my behalf, any and all information as to my seatime from the United States Coast Guard. 44 Date f II Sign your name here Social Security Number Comments: �June, 1969' SEAFARERS Page Nineteen LOG In Tribute on 80th Birthday; Randolphs Goals Reaffirmed by Labor-Clvll Rights Coalition NEW YORK The laborcivil rights coalition gave A. Philip Randolph an 80th birth­ day present—a rededication to his goal of "total liberation" of the American Negro. The leaders of the coalition turned out 1,500 strong in a vivid demonstration of unity and voiced their determination to carry on the work that Randolph had dedicated his life to. The entire scope of the labor movement was represented, along with the religious faiths, Negro organizations, govern­ ment leaders and many others. They crowded the grand ball­ room of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel to pay tribute to Ran­ dolph and add to the coffers of the A. Philip Randolph Educa­ tional Fund to finance voter education and registration pro­ jects in black communities to strengthen the labor, liberal, egro alliance. And at the conclusion they heard Randolph eloquently lay lown the principles by which he coalition must continue to guided: 'We must reject confrontaionism, and together reaffirm he necessity for democratic eans of political protest. "We must reject violence and ^together reaffirm the power and the wisdom of non-violence. "And we must reject racial separatism and together, with I the conviction that one day our nation can cease to be divided within itself, reaffirm our abid­ ing faith in integration." AFL-dO President George Meany, reviewing Randolph's accomplishments and the gains in the trade union movement in the battle against discrimination. declared there is "no room for complacency." Randolph, he pointed out, in founding the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in the face of all-out opposition of the Pull­ man Co., laid down the basic principle that black workers must be organized and become part of organized labor. Ran­ dolph's advice to Negro workers to get into the labor movement and win support for the fight against discrimination was criti­ cal to strengthening both the Negro and white worker, Meany said. The American labor move­ ment has responded to Ran­ dolph's leadership, sometimes too slowly, Meany added, but it has come a long way and is determined to wipe out the last vestiges of discrimination with renewed emphasis on job up­ grading and training. No Longer Alone Randolph is no longer alone in the struggle as he was in the early years, Meany said, and the AFL-CIO and all its affili­ ates are working to reach all workers at the local level to carry the message of equal rights. Roy Wilkins, executive direc­ tor of the NAACP, following the AFL-CIO president, noted that Meany has worked closely with Randolph and has worked effectively in the civil rights movement md that the AFLCIO has been the bulwark of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. Mrs. Martin Luther King, Jr., told the dinner that she had come from Charleston, S.C., where she has been aiding the striking hospital workers and that Charleston has now be­ come a national test of con­ science, that the labor civil rights coalition is a reality here and the battle must be won. Randolph, she said, had al­ ways been a great inspiration to her late husband and a source of encouragement. Randoph gave him advice and coun­ sel, she said, adding, "thank you for myself and Martin Luther King." Bayard Rustin, executive di­ rector of the A. Philip Ran­ dolph Institute, served as toast-* master and introduced New York Governor Nelson H. Rockefeller, New York City Mayor John Lindsay, and C. L. Dellums, president of the Sleep­ ing Car Porters succeeding Ran­ dolph who retired from the post last year. Paying tribute also to Randoph were Msgr. Gregory Mooney, for Terence Cardinal Cooke; Dr. John C. Bennett, present. Union Theological Sem­ inary, and Isaiah Minkoff, ex­ ecutive vice chairman. National Community Relations Advisory Council. The tributes were touching and emotional in spots as speak­ ers recalled earlier days and dif­ ficult battles, stressing Randoph's "prophetic vision," his quiet determination, his courage, his inspiration and his lack of personal animosity. It was all underscored when George Shirley of the Metro­ politan Opera sang some of the lyrics of Negro poet Langston Hughes and when "Oh, Free­ dom" rolled out over the great hall. In his response, Randolph ex­ pressed his gratification at the "fine representation" at the din­ ner from all areas of American life, cited Rustin's genius for or­ ganizing protest marches and spoke of his admiration and af­ fection for Meany as a man who "when he commits himself to a program will work at it and carry it through. He doesn't pre­ tend to be for something when he isn't." In dedicating himself to the liberation of the Negro, Randoph said, his major endeavor was to establish an alliance be­ tween the Negro and the Ameri­ can trade union movement be­ cause the Negroes are a work­ ing people and the labor move­ ment is the home of the work­ ing man and the only haven for the dispossessed. The struggle of the Negro masses for social and economic equality has "become irrepres­ sible," he observed. But in the continuing struggle "we must have faith that the society, di­ vided by race and class, and subject to profound social pres­ sures, can one day become a nation of equals." 'Lick and Promise' Seapower Effort Will Not Meet Soviet Fleet Threat CLEAR LAKE, Calif.— vention of the Pacific Coast Americans cannot effectively Metal Trades District Council meet the threat of the Russian meeting here. By 1970 the Soviet merchant fleet by the "lick and promise" that has characterized this na­ fleet is expected to total some­ tion's attention to strength on what over 14 million tons, a the seas over the past many seven-fold increase over its ton­ years, Edwin M. Hood, presi­ nage just 20 years ago. Hood dent of the Shipbuilders Coun­ pointed out. During this same period, the U.S. merchant fleet cil of America, cautioned. In fact, long after the war in has been on a steady decline. Last November, he noted, the Vietnam is ended, the challenge of Soviet Russia's burgeoning Russians had 458 merchant sea power will confront the ships under construction. Dur­ U.S., Hood told the annual con- ing the same month, the U.S. had 62 on order. The U.S.S.R. has for years been taking deliv­ ery of new merchant ships at a Trinidad UnionSsfs Visit SlU Headquarters rate six times greater than this nation's. As a result. Hood said, the Soviet merchant marine will "shortly be larger than the American maritime fleet in terms of both numbers and ton­ nage." Where in 1950 the U.S. fleet comprised 1,900 ships totalling 22 million tons, by the begin­ ning of 1969 it consisted of only 1,033 active ships and a 28 percent drop in tonnage. "Further contractions in the U.S. shipping fleet can. be ex­ pected during the next 18 months," Hood stated. In terms of age, the SCA president noted that "about 80 percent of the Soviet shipping fleet today is less than 10 years of age." In contrast, some "80 percent of the American mer­ chant marine is 20 years of age or older." "The Russians remember all Members bf the Seamen & Waterfront Union of Trinidad were recent visitors at SlU headquarters as to well that which we are often part of a program sponsored by the Organization of American States. During their stay they met with quick to forget," Hood de­ SlU Vice President Earl Shepard, visited the upgrading school and. toured other headquarters facilities. clared, "the importance of con­ SlU representatives Frank Pecquex and Bernie Lishinsky (left) and Frank Martino (far right), showed visitors trol of the oceans. In the (center, l-r): Edwin Stone, Alfred Grant, Errol Niles and Vernon Glean around the SlU Research Library. vacuum created by apparent American lethargy and the re­ treat of the British Navy on all fronts, the Kremlin obviously intends to use the oceans for exploitation of Soviet political, psychological and economic ob­ jectives. "That the Soviet Union has embarked on a carefully con­ ceived plan pointed toward mas­ tery of the seas there can be little question. The political and economic advantages are easily recognizable. Less obvious is the propaganda potential," he continued. "As these modem ships flying the ensign of the hammer and sickle, spread each day more expansively over the oceans, they suggest a posture and strength of frightening pro­ portions to uncommitted or lesser developed countries. The severity of this symbolism is easily portrayed by the arith­ metic of our own sea power in­ ventory. "In sum, Soviet Russia is mounting at sea a new challenge that . . . extends across the full spectrum of sea power. If the U.S. is to continue as a pre-emi­ nent world power, this challenge must be faced squarely. But, it will not be effectively met with old ships of questionable reli­ ability. . . . "What is needed is a fixed national determination such as the Russians have seen fit to adopt and pursue in their own national interest," Hood went on. "What is needed is a force­ ful acknowledgement by the stewards of national policy that strengthening our nation's sea power resources, in all respects, will require a high priority in the orchestration of essential national goals." �Page IVentr StAPARERS Jnne, 1969 LOG At SOfh Anniversary Celebration; no Saluted for Advanmg Workers' Welfare PHILADELPfflA—The In­ ternational Labor Organization's "positive accomplishments have far outweighed its failings" in advancing the welfare and free­ dom of workers, AFL-CIO President George Meany de­ clared here. At the same time, Meany warned that there must be "no tampering" with the tripartite structure of the United Nations specialized agency if it is to con­ tinue to be successful. Meany spoke at a three-day conference convened by Temple University to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the ILO and the 25th anniversary of an his­ toric ILO conference held here. Out of that 1944 meeting, also on Temple's campus, came the Declaration of Philadelphia, a document that reaffirmed ILO's goals and became its pol­ icy guide in the pursuit of hum­ an rights and social progress after World War II. Past and Future Viewed At the commemorative con­ ference, nearly ICQ leaders in labor, management, education and government from many parts of the world examined ILO's past and the challenges in its future. Major speakers agreed that the ILO has significantly im­ proved workers' conditions and living standards. Two of them —^Labor Secretary George P. Shultz and Edwin P. Neilan, U.S. employer delegate to the ILO—echoed Meany's warning against interfering with the agency's govemment-labor-employer structure. This solid stand of U.S. gov­ ernment, labor and management reflected concern over reports that Soviet-bloc nations might try at the ILO conference in June to convert the organization into one made up solely of gov­ ernment representatives. WMkeis Know Needis The tripartite structure of ILO, Me^y said, is its "funda­ mental strength." In free na­ tions, he noted, worker repre­ sentatives "know the needs of workers" and they co-operate with employers and govern­ ments in advancing these needs. "It was the genius of the founding fathers of ILO," Meany added, "to recognize that only by securing the participa­ tion of the representatives of workers, employers and govern­ ments that the welfare of work­ ers couid be effectively im­ proved." Meany said it was difficult to understand why the U.S. has ratified "only a handful" of ILO-adopted conventions when "our standards are equal to or better" than most of those in­ volved. He urged President Nix­ on and Congress to secure rati­ fication of these conventions. On the other hand, Meany emphasized that Commum'st na­ tions ratify conventions and then "brazenly" deny the rights and working conditions that are called for. He urged ILO to live up to its responsibilities to police its conventions. On balance, Meany found that ILO's achievements have more than offset its shortcom­ ings and "if Sam Gompers could see the ILO today he would be proud of what he helped to create." Gompers was chairman of a commission at the 1919 Paris Peace Confer­ ence out of which came the ILO. Labor's R<rfe Praised Shultz praised American la­ bor's "steadfast" interest and participation in the "world's leading tripartite organization." It is "highly important," he said, that the organization be main­ tained in its present form. "For half a century the ILO has sought to contribute to in­ ternational peace," Shultz de­ clared, and ^'it has pointed the family of nations toward the highest possible goal—^human justice." In line with ILO's appeals to nations to develop manpower programs and reduce unemploy­ ment, Shultz discussed current efforts in the United States to provide job-training for workers and reduce inflation without in­ creasing unemployment. The need to prevent any rise in uneiilployment in the United States "is especially critical," Shultz stated, because the in­ crease would come in poverty Rudolph Faupl of the Machinists, left, is congratulated by AFL-GIO President George Meany on his reappointment by President Nixon as the United States worker delegate to the International Labor Organ­ ization. Faupl has held the post since 1958, under many Presidents. areas where the jobless rate is He stressed the need of a na­ tional health insurance system even more "alarmingly high." Other major conference as advocated by the AFL-CIO. speakers included, C. Wilfred Robert M. McGlotten, pres­ Jenks, principal deputy director- ently serving as labor director general of the ILO, who helped of the National Alliance of shape the Philadelphia Declara­ Businessmen on assignment tion, and Assistant Secretary <rf from the AFL-CIO, spoke on Labor George L-P Weaver, manpower activities in the Unit­ chairman of ILO's governing ed States as part of a panel on body. employment programs. Pearl S. Buck, Nobel prize AFL-CIO Social Security Di­ rector Bert Seidman observed winner in literature, was the during a panel discussion on so­ main speaker at a conference cial security that the United banquet. She related her more States lags behind other devel­ than 40 years of life in Asia to oped ILO nations in providing the problems of the continent security for older persons and and its need for a strong labor health facilities for all citizens. movement. For Day Care, Scholarship Programs: ACWA Seeks Taft-Hartley Changes To Allow Use of Joint Trust Funds WASHINGTON — The Clothing Workers are asking Congress to amend the TaftHartley Act to allow employer contributions to joint labormanagement trust funds which would finance day care centers and student scholarships. Bills have been introduced in both houses of Congress calling for the amendment. Significantly, the Clothing Manufacturers Association al­ ready has agreed to pay onehalf of one percent of its pay­ rolls into the trust funds that would benefit the children of the 130,000 ACWA members. President Jacob S. Potofsky told the Senate Labor subcom­ mittee that favorable action by Congress on the legislation could encourage the private sector of the economy to help achieve the nation's social goals. The ACWA statement was delivered by union Vice Presi­ dent Howard D. Samuel during the subcommittee's hearings on the Senate version of the pro­ posed amendment to the Labor Management Relations Act. The joint trust funds would provide scholarships to young­ sters seeking post-secondary education and provide funds for day care centers serving children of working mothers. Employers or unions may fi­ nance such activities now, but may not collaborate in those operations because the law al­ lows only limited purposes for jointly administered trust funds. "Just as the government is now helping and seeks even further to help our citizens to achieve their education goals," the Potofsky statement stressed, "so too, the Amalgamated be­ lieves strongly that the private sector of the economy should be encouraged to help our citizens achieve their full potential." He said that the trade union movement — througji the pro­ cess of collective bargaining—^is particularly suited to help im­ plement the nation's educational goals by making education available to thousands of citi­ zens, "who might otherwise contribute less than their full potential to our nation's produc­ tivity." He emphasized the need for day care centers so that women who head families can support their children. "Among all families headed by women, three out of five in­ clude children under 18 years of age," Potofsky said, and nearly one of five includes children under six years old. The union now operates a day care center in Baltimore but it is nominally a health care center under the health and wel­ fare fund to avoid violating the law. The need for day care cen­ ters is expected to increase as the number of working mothers grows. A fact sheet from the Labor Department's Women's Bureau showed that about 10.6 million women with children under 18 years old were work­ ing in March 1967. Ibe legislation in Congress would make bargaining on the trust funds voluntary. A similar measure passed in the House last year, but there was no ac­ tion in the Senate. Farmers Union Backs Boycott Of Calif. Grapes HOT SPRINGS, Ark.— The National Farmers Un­ ion convention unanimous­ ly adopted a resolution sup­ porting the boycott of Cali­ fornia grapes until the grow­ ers grant bargaining rights to workers. NFU President Tony Dechant said in comment: "We do not believe the pub­ lic interest is served when large corporate farms such as these can run rough-shod over the rights of their em­ ployees." The convention also adopted a resolution calling for extension of the Na­ tional Labor Relations Act to agriculture so that its workers will have legal bar­ gaining and organizing rights. Aati-Union Daily Ord^ed by Cotal ToHeedNLRB NEW ORLEANS—Another newspaper in the chain of U.S. dailies owned by Lord Roy Thomson has been adjudged guilty of thumbing its nose at the National Labor Relations Act. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the Lafayette, La., Daily Advertiser to obey a National Labor Relations Board order to stop the unfair prac­ tices that triggered a 1964 strike. The ruling also directed the paper to bargain with Typo­ graphical Local 832 and to re­ instate all strikers with lost pay from the day they applied for re­ instatement. Other newspaper unions have run up against the hostile prac­ tices of the British and Cana­ dian press lord, owner of more than 50 U.S. and Canadian dai­ lies and some in the British Isles. The Newspaper Guild has jeen on strike at Thomson's' Peterborough, Ont,, Examiner since December. The Guild also has been trying for more than six months of negotiations to get a first contract with the same chain's Canton, Ohio, Reposi­ tory. On February 26, the board ordered Thomson's Dothan, Ala., Eagle, to stop trying to destroy the Printing Pressmen by refusing to bargain in good faith. Negotiations at Dothan were conducted by Thomson's national personnel manager. On the Lafayette paper, the labor board found management guilty of causing composing room and pressroom employees to strike on December 2, 1964, and prolonging the strike by threats and promises of im­ provements if the men would abandon the union. J * 9 �Jane, 1969 SEAFARERS Page Twenty One LOG Continuity of Contracts in Mergers Stressed in Labor's Plea to NLRB AIFLD Aide Testifies: WASHINGTON — An em­ ployer who takes over the busi­ ness of another employer should be bound by the entire labor contract of his predecessor, the AFL-CIO argued in a brief filed with the National Labor Rela­ tions Board. So should the incumbent un­ ion be bound by the existing contract for its full duration, the federation's legal counsel said in urging the board to follow the Supreme Court's ruling in a 1964 successorship case— Wiley and Sons v. Livingston, involving the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. The full five-member board heard oral arguments and re­ ceived briefs in four unfair la­ bor practice cases. In each case, unions filed charges, and the NLRB general counsel is­ sued complaints that employers violated the labor law when told the subcommittee. they refused to honor contracts The goals of the Alliance for in effect at the time of merger Progress, he quoted, include "fair wages and satisfactory or takeover. The board will rule later in working conditions for all" and "effective systems of labor man­ the four cases—Sheet Metal Workers Local 496 and Kota agement relations." Division of Dura Corp., a sub­ These goals can be accom­ sidiary of Walter Kidde and plished and unions can function Co., Inc.; Hotel and Restaurant effectively, Doherty stressed, only in a society "free of auto­ Locals 402 and 500 against cratic control either by despotic Mission Valley Travelodge; political parties who pervert the Chemical Workers Local 773 trade union movement ... by and Hackney Iron and Steel military juntas ... or by small, Co.; William J. Bums Interna­ tional Detective Agency, Inc., self-appointed cliques." and Local 162 of the United Doherty told the subcommit­ Plant Guard Workers and Lo­ tee, headed by Representative Dante B. Fascell (D-Fla.) that cal 1, American Federation the AFL-CIO Impact Projects Fund of more than $450,0(X) has developed several hundred conununity projects, clinics and co-ops. In Peru, he said, "the first savings and loan associa­ tion in Latin America run by WASHINGTON—Before an workers for the benefit of work­ ers" has made more than $4.5 advertiser promises "free" mer­ million in loans and now has chandise to consumers or offers 11,500 depositors. a "2-for-l" sale, he'd better take Training programs and social a look at the Federal Trade projects to improve the condi­ Commission's proposed guide tion of Latin America's farm on the use of the word "free" workers — the campesinos — in advertising. have been held in nearly every Because most shoppers think country. of free merchandise as the "ulti­ AIFLD union leadership mate" bargain, the FTC has training has reached more than warned advertisers to be particu­ 105,000 workers in 21 countries larly careful to avoid mislead­ over a seven-year period, Do­ ing or deceptive offers of give­ herty said. In addition, 725 aways. It listed such phrases as Latin American worker leaders "Buy 1, Get 1 Free", "50 per­ have received eight-to-12 weeks cent off with purchase of 2", and of specialized training at the "Half-price Sale" and "10 Sale" AIFLD center in the United as among the gimmicks. At the States and a nine-month univer­ same time an unnamed private sity-level program has helped association plagued by "certain meet the need for trained labor unfair and deceptive practices" asked the FTC to approve its economists. The work must continue, advertising and selling standards Doherty urged, because "the for its own publication. The FTC said it had approved best hope for the future of a Code of Ethics for the publica­ democracy and progress in Latin America lies with the tion which invites industry to people and their ability to de­ voluntarily agree to avoid "bait velop their own trade unions, advertising, false disparagement political parties, co-operatives, of competitors, deceptive pric­ credit institutions, business en­ ing, deceptive advertising of terprises and other human in­ guarantees and misleading use of the term 'free'." stitutions . . Labor Institute Is Vital Force For Latin American Progress WASHINGTON The American Institute for Free La­ bor Development has been a major force in support of the Latin American social reform programs envisioned in the Al­ liance for Progress, AIFLD Ex­ ecutive Director William C. Doherty, Jr., told a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee recently. AIFLD, he testified, as "a unique tripartite venture" of U.S. labor and business with fi­ nancial backing of the Agency for International Development, has helped bring about partici­ pation by Latin American work­ ers in the development of their nations through democratic trade unions. It has provided leadership training, seed money for com­ munity development programs, financing for workers' housing and practical assistance in estab­ lishing credit unions, co-ops and health clinics, Doherty noted. The AIFLD is committed to strengthening the free trade union movement, its director Nagging Scab Gets Bagged LOS ANGELES — The struck Hearst Herald-Examiner has created a new breed of sports specialist — the instant handicapper. Press box regu­ lars at Santa Anita track re­ ported that a young man asked numerous questions on the art of handicapping and shortly afterward they recognized his name as the new "race expert" for the scab-staffed newspaper. Unfortunately, the new "ex­ pert" got off to a bad start by listing a horse named Toyman .as scratched. He forgot to tell the horse about it. Toyman went on to win—spaying $25.20 —and was Oie second half of the winning daily double. The moral of this sad tale: Don't let a scab tout you on or off any­ thing. FTC Sets Guide Gevernii^ Offers Of 'Free'Coeds of mergers in American history of Guards. The issue in each case was is now rolling through the whether the employer commits economy." It cited Federation President an unfair practice under the labor act when he fails to keep George Meany's testimony be­ existing contract terms in ef­ fore the House Ways and fect on completion of a merger. Means Committee in April that The NLRB counsel, and the "not only are the bigs taking unions, opposed employer ar­ over the smalls, but minnows guments that the Wiley deci­ are swallowing whales, and the sion applies only to arbitration bigs are merging with other agreements and not to entire bigs." The concern, Meany testified, is "not with large con­ contracts. glomerate corporations merely The high court ruled in the because they are large" but be­ Wiley case that "the disappear­ cause of the effects—^plant ance by merger of a corporate closedowns and impacts on col­ employer who holds a contract lective bargaining and the local with a union "does not auto­ matically terminate all rights" community. The federation brief an­ of the covered employees. swered six questions on which In "appropriate circumstan­ the board asked labor, manage­ ces, present here," the court ment and government to com­ continued, "the successor em­ ment. It asked the NLRB to ployer may be required to rule in the pending cases that a arbitrate with the union under successor employer is bound by the agreement." the entire labor contract of his It would be illogical, coun­ predecessor, and so is the in­ sel for the NLRB told the cumbent union; changed cir­ board, "to hold that the ar­ cumstances will call for flexible bitration clause continues and interpretation of the contract the other clauses of the contract language; there is no rational do not. ... A successor stands reason to change the duration of in the shoes of the predecessor the contract. The business com­ and is bound by the contract." munity, it said, has found the The AFL-CIO reminded the Wiley decision's effects "quite board that "the greatest wave manageable." Benjamin Ferrdra Your wife Asuncion, asks that you contact her as soon as possible at 25 Julong Duhat, Sulukan Street, Malabon, Rizal, Philippines. GUbert Parker Mrs. Guinlee at the Famous Door in New Orleans requests that you contact her. 4/ Wayne Alvin Lott Please contact your mother as soon as possible at 6531 El Cortez, Apt. B, Bell Gardens, California 90201. Fred Bomatay Please get in touch with Jo­ seph Niziolek, 106 South Dur­ ham Street, Baltimore, Mary­ land 21231, as soon as possible. Donald Ault Please contact Jack M. Schock, P.O. Box 772, Clear­ field, Pennsylvania 16830, as soon as possible. i James Fuller Please get in touch with Nick Halpin, Jack's son, at RFD #3, Brattleboro, Vermont 05301, as soon as possible, or call Mrs. Halpin at (802) 254-9181. — Mike Piskin Please get in tou^h with your old sparring partner Georgie Gano (G. Ripcord Pulignano) at 6514 Keystone St., Philadel­ phia, Pennsylvania 19135. He has misplaced your address and is anxious to hear from you. ^ Tim Landers Please contact Kathy Han­ sen, 86-16 60th Ave., Apt. 5-D, Rego Park, New York 11373, as soon as possible. Potenclano Paculba Please contact your wife, Elma, at Bakhaw Norte, Kalibo, Aklan, Philippines, as soon as possible. Robert J. Miller Please get in touch with your brother, William R. Miller, on an important matter. ^ Walter Yeike Your old friend Jim McCarten would like to hear from you. Write to him at 603 South Ben­ nett St., Seattle, Washington 98108. Elliott Gorum Fred Shaia would like to hear from you. You can contact him at 3114 Bee Road, Savannah, Geor^a 31404. �\ Page Twenty Two Three Millionth Survivor 11' Social Security Commissioner Robert M. Ball, at left, presents Mrs. Andrew S. Kuttner, of Beltsville, Md., and her children, Mi­ chelle, 5, and Charles, 7, their first survivors' benefit check. Mrs. Kuttner's husband died in a recent automobile accident. There are now three million widows and children on the rolls. Children are covered until they are grown and through school. Under Sec­ retary of Health, Education and Welfare John G. Veneman is at right. B:. By Sidney Maigollns Viet Nam veterans are getting the worst insurance deal of any recent servicemen. After they leave service they no longer can continue their service policies on the same low-cost term insurance basis that earlier vets could choose. Their only choices—if they want to convert—are the more expensive ordinary life, limitedpayment or endowment policies. Unlike term insurance, which is pure insurance, these policies combine insurance with a savings feature. The new crop of veterans doesn't even have the privilege of continuing their insurance at low net through the government. If they want to convert they have to buy individual policies from a list of private companies. Moreover, the VA won't even tell the new vets the true cost of this private insurance; that is, the price of the actual insurance protection in these insurance-plus-savings policies. An Indiana University insurance professor—^Dr. Joseph M. Belth—uncovered the story of the VA's reluctance to help young ex-servicemen make the best choice even from the limited types of policies available to them. Belth, one of the nation's leading insurance experts, has for some time been urging that insurance companies should give the general public—not just the vets—more information about the real cost of the insurance part of policies which combine savings and insurance. He points out that the companies will tell you the premium you have to pay. But, Belth says, this is not a reliable in­ dicator of the price of the insurance itself. Even the so-called "net cost" method of computing the price of the insurance, which many companies use, can be misleading. In this method, agents often are able to "demonstrate" that the insur­ ance costs you nothing at all after a certain number of years. Belth points out that they can reach this "absurd conclusion" because they ignore the interest earned by the savings portion of your policy. Thus, they can show you that, at the end of 20 years for example, the cash value of your policy is more than the total of the premiums you paid in. Because of the lack of genuine price disclosure, Belth says, "Many policyholders are paying more than necessary for their in­ surance protection, in the sense thai some companies are charg­ ing much higher prices than others for essentially the same cover­ age." While all families who buy such insurance-plus-savings policies suffer from this price concealment, the lack of information is especially unfair to the returning veterans. Presently, when a young man is drafted he automatically is covered by $10,000 of Servicemen's Group Life Insurance. He pays $2 a month, or can pay $1 for $5,000 of insurance or cancel it altogether. The insurance is provided on a cooperative basis with the insurance industry. So far, the price is cheap because this is pure term insurance with no cash value, it is a group policy, and the government pays that part of the cost attributable to service hazards. SEAFARERS LOG June, 1969 NLRB Rules Strikers Retain Rights To Vote in Unit Bertion For I Year WASHINGTON —The Na­ tional Labor Relations Board has ruled that strikers whose jobs have been filled remain part of the bargaining unit and have the right to vote in unit elections within a year after the start of the strike. The board noted that the rul­ ing revised its "approach to this matter" to conform with the in­ tent of Congress in the Landrum-GrifiSn Act. It ordered C. H. Guenther and Son, Inc., doing business in San Antonio, Texas, as Pioneer Flour Mills, to negotiate new contract terms with Brewery Workers Local 110 and to re­ turn union strikers to the jobs filled between May 3 and Au­ gust 4, 1967, by "new untrained employees." During 1966 negotiations on a new contract the union went on strike. Of 96 employees in the bargaining unit, 79 actively supported the strike, 16 contin­ ued to work and the company hired 46 replacements for the strikers. The strike ended February 6, 1967, and most union members offered unconditionally to re­ turn. Management recalled 21 strikers that month, employed two strikers as new employees five months later, but refused to reinstate any others even when job, vacancies occurred. Late Doubts The union filed charges and at an NLRB hearing later that year management "for the first time raised the issue of its good faith doubt of the union's ma­ jority as the reason for its fail­ ure to deal with the union," the board noted in upholding an examiner's findings. The company based its de- But when the youngster leaves service he can convert only to a policy with one of the participating companies. Unlike World War I, II and Korean vets—^who were able to continue their poli­ cies at low government rates—the Viet vet now pays an individual private-company rate and can buy only a more expensive type of insurance. Nor does he get any guidance from the VA as to which of the policies may be the best value. All he gets is an alphabetical list of several hundred companies. When Senator Philip A. Hart (D-Mich.) learned about Belth's criticism of the lack of price disclosure for returning vets, he wrote to VA Administrator William J. Driver, suggesting that the VA get for the vets the needed comparative-price information. Hart pointed out that investigations have shown that "there are enor­ mous differences among commercial companies in prices charged for insurance protection in essentially comparable policies." You know the kind of answer Hart got back? Among other rea­ sons for not providing price facts. Driver argued that "Communica­ tion of comprehensive information on insurance through printed matter is difficult"; "When considering the purchase of life insur­ ance there are many factors to be considered . . . presenting such a mass of data would probably be confusing to most veterans." Disappointed by this negative response. Hart pointed out that the confusion Driver cited is the very reason why it was necessary for the VA to do this job. Obviously if the VA finds comparing policies tough, how is a kid coming out of the armed forces sup­ posed to know how to choose from among hundreds of companies? Then Driver came back with the argument—among others— that comparing prices could result in "considerable injustice" to many of the companies, because of "assumptions" that would have to be made about their varying interest, mortality and lapse rates. To Belth, "the inescapable conclusion is that Driver and the VA, at least in this instance, have acted in such a way as to protect what they regard as the interests of the insurance companies rather than to give top priority to the interests of the Viet Nam veterans." Belth and Hart both deserve credit for seeking to correct this situation. If Hart can pursue the need for price disclosure, he may be able to add "truth in insurance" to the "truth in packaging" ef­ forts that have been of great benefit to consuiners. The VA always has been a funny outfit about insurance, with its efforts to convince earlier vets to switch to higher-cost "perma­ nent" policies by showing how much term insurance would cost at age 95, no less. As for the Viet Nam vets, there is no special advantage at present to converting after leaving service unless the vet developed a dis­ ability for which a private insurer ordinarily would charge a hi^er premium. A participating company cannot charge more or reduce the amount of insurance because of disability. In any case, the returning vet has 120 days to see if he can pass a medical exam for a lower-cost policy—such as ordinary term with some of the lower-cost insurers—^before deciding whether to convert his service policy. fense on the claim that on Feb­ ruary 6, 1967, the appropriate bargaining unit consisted of 46 employees, hired as permanent replacements for strikers, and 16 non-strikers. Therefore, the employer argued, it had reason­ able grounds for believing the union no longer represented a majority of employees and thus it was justified in refusing to bargain with it. The board rejected this rea­ soning. Management's reliance on the number of replacements as the basis for questioning the union's majority was "mis­ placed;" it said, because the 79 strikers who offered to return to work "maintained their status as economic strikers and would have been permitted to vote in an election" conducted under the law. The NLRB said that in counting the economic strikers as part of the bargaining unit, "we realize . . . that we are departing from the standard used in Stoner Rubber Co., Inc.," a 1959 case in which re­ placed economic strikers were excluded from the unit. The law was amended by Congress in the Landrum-Griffin Act later that year, however, and now reads: "Employees en­ gaged in an economic strike who are not entitled to reinstatement shall be eligible to vote ... in V. any election conducted within 12 months after the commence­ ment of the strike." In addition, the NLRB said, the legislative history of the 1959 Act "strongly suggests" that it was the intent of Con­ gress that strikers in an eco­ nomic walkout of 12 months duration or less be considered members of the bargaining unit for the purpose of determining the union's bargaining status. AMine Pilots Offer Bounty On 'Sfcyjotfrm' WASHINGTON—AFL-CIO Airline Pilots are backing a new move to counter the 'skyjack­ ing' mania. Charles H. Ruby has announced his union's offer of a $25,000 reward for in­ formation leading to arrest and conviction of those violating federal 'skyjacking' statutes. "The air line pilots who are in the air with their passengers," says Ruby, "personally share all the risks of skyjacking. For several years we have been ex­ ploring many avenues of pre­ vention and deterrence and con­ cluded at this time that a reward offered the most promising solu­ tion without increasing the risks." The purpose of the reward, Ruby said, is to lessen the sense of immimity skyjackers have from being prosecuted. �June, 1969 SEAFARERS klin^ton Workers Waited 13 Years Back Pay DARLINGTON, S.C. — What is it worth to a man to wait 13 years for justice? That was the question that cried for an answer as 400 fired workers at Roger Milliken's big old textile mill here brought their meager records to the Grand Jury room in the new County Court House. Lawyers for the National La­ bor Relations Board asked them questions about where they had looked for work, and how much money they had made by pick­ ing cotton and babysitting for neighbors or commuting to other mills in the Pee Dee River valley, and beyond. Not too many of the older workers got other jobs after directors of the Darlington mill, part of the Deering Milliken textile empire, voted to dis­ mantle the mill and sell all its equipment to the highest bidder —^because its workers voted for the Textile Workers Union of America in an NLRB election in 1956. But whatever they earned, it will be deducted from whatever amount the corporation is ob­ ligated to pay them under a Labor Board order enforced by the courts. May Hit $7 MUlkm The total could come to $7 million, by TWUA reckoning. Or it could be considerably less as the years drag on and the older workers drop off one by one. But the workers all have a common wish to know "when will we get some money?" Rayford Carnes, who headed tne mill union when it first was organized, is 72 now. He asks bluntly: "To let something like this run for 13 years, would you call that justice?" Cames went to work at the Darlington mill in 1936 as a loom fixer. His wife Clara was a mill spinner, and got another job when the mill closed while her husband stayed home to look after their two children. He never did get another job, though he went everywhere to look. There was a blacklist, and he was on it, like many others who were turned away the min­ ute they mentioned the Darling­ ton mill. The mill—one of about 45 in the Deering Milliken empire —was the main source of work in Darlington ' when the em­ ployees rebelled against the speedup and the stretchout of work, and got in touch with the TWUA. Plant Closed Mill managers passed the word around that Milliken would shut down the plant if the union got in. TWUA won the election regardless, 256-248, and Milliken called his directors to town within a week to decide on suitable punishment. The vote was unanimously for economic death for all the workers, "innocent" and "guilty" alike. The mill shut down October 13, when every­ one but a few top managers was cut off the payroll. New equipment had been or­ dered, and crates of unopened looms were on the mill floor when the workers voted. On December 13, 1956, every bit of remaining equipment was auctioned off. Ever since, the case has been before the NLRB or the courts. The Supreme Court ended the first round of legal battling in Page Twenty Three LOG Thrown on the economic scrap-heap by Deering Milliken management, Cathrine Stocker, a 60-year old widow, is one of hundreds of workers barred from their |obs at the Darlington, S.C. mill when a majority voted for a union in 1956. Mrs. Stocker, unable to get other work now baby-sits to meet her expenses. January when it refused to re­ view a Court of Appeals ruling upholding an NLRB order. A copy of the NLRB order was received by former em­ ployees on lettens from Atlanta, Ga., marked "registered mail, return receipt requested." Each letter had the legend: 10 cents postage due. The order, signed by a Deering Milliken vice presi­ dent, said: "We will not discourage mem­ bership" in TWUA by "plant closings and discharging our employees. ... "We will not threaten to close down a plant or operation, or blacklist our employees if they select a union.... "We will make whole all the employees who were on our payroll on October 13, 1956, for any loss of pay suffered as a result of our discrimination against them. "We will, in the event we resume operations at Darling­ ton, S.C., offer reinstatement to all employees who were on our payroll" on the date the plant was closed. Delays Expected The final payoff may be stalled for months, perhaps years in some cases, while the lawyers haggle over the amount due. The textile chain followed up its capitulation to the courts by offering jobs in its other plants to some of the aggrieved work­ ers. Two husband-and-wife teams got offers of jobs in widely separated plants, but management told area news­ papers this was a "mistake." The couples, it said, would be offered work in the same plant, on the same shift. One worker voiced skepti­ cism about the final payoff. "I won't believe a bit of it until I see the money in my hand," said H. O'Neal Capps, who had been a tying machine operator 23 years when the mill closed. Many of those put out of work "are already in the grave," said Capps. "A lot of them had worked there 40 or 45 years when they closed it down, and didn't know how to do anything else." Union Representative James Blackwell helped the NLRB round up the names of workers fired 13 years ago, and saw that many of them got to the Court House on time. The mill, he remembers, "was the town; pretty much. When it closed, most of the workers were over 40 and couldn't get jobs." Savii^s Sparse Wages were low—from 90 cents to $1.50 an hour—and savings sparse. The union set up a relief kitchen, helped raise money for the destitute, and financed the legal fight against Deering Milliken—first to re­ verse a state finding that the laid-off workers were not en­ titled to unemployment compen­ sation, then to make Milliken pay for destroying the jobs of its employees. Some of the workers are bit­ ter against Milliken. One said, in a soft Carolina accent: "My mother went to work at the mill when she was nine years old. She had to stand on a box to reach the machine." Then she added: "We love Darlington, but we don't love Mr. Milliken. He done us a damn shameful deed." Mrs. Thelma Swann was 15 when she started in the mill. She was 56 when the layoff came, and traveled for miles to find work, with no success. But she has no bitterness in her heart, she said. When her back pay comes, if it does, she will give 10 percent of it to her church, as she always has, because "God has been good to us." Her son Ray sold his chicken and quail brooders, then his hunting guns, finally his fishing equipment. He despaired of finding another job but even­ tually, when hope was lowest, got work as an insurance sales­ man. So did William Johnson, a weaver who was secretary of the stillborn unban. Catherine Jackson Stocker, a widow, babysits for neighbors to help pay for necessities and to feel needed. Carnes, the former union president, sums up for his fel­ lows: "We do appreciate the great work the union and the NLRB are doing for Darlington. As for organized labor, this country needs it. I would like to see every plant in the United States organized." He helped bring the union to Darlington- -and he doesn't regret it. Dozier Tunstall, 73, is one of those whco lost their jobs when Deering Milliken shut down mill 13 years ago. Surviving workers are due for back pay by court order. Some of the workers will get jobs. �Page Twenty Four SEAFARERS Oldest of Social Socurity Rodpionts Provide Living Links With History Much can be learned about history through the eyes of Social Security recipients. There is Catherine Ward, for example, who publicly admits to being "100 years plus." She was bom in Sligo, Ire­ land, and is now living in New York City. She was fired from her first job as a boxmaker in New Haven, Conn., in January 1889, because she joined the Knights of Labor and her em­ ployer believed she was one of the ringleaders. The oldest living Social Secu­ rity beneficiary is Charlie Smith of Bartow, Fla. He celebrated his 126th birthday last July. Smith was brought to America from Liberia at the age of 12 and sold as a slave in New Or­ leans. Both Miss Ward and Smith belong to one of the most ex­ clusive clubs—the 3,200 cen­ tenarians on Social Security benefit rolls. Interviews with some 65 persons who reached 100 in 1967 are recorded in Volume VIII of "America's Centenarians" — witness ac­ counts of the past 100 years— compiled by the Social ^curity Administration. Last January John Newhard, managet and treasurer of a cemetery in Allentown, Pa., de­ cided to retire: "My age, after 102 years of active life, has now convinced me that the time has come for some relaxation." Like many members of "America's Centenarians," Newhard is getting Social Secu­ rity benefits based on his own work record, althou^ he was over 70 when the ISocial Secu­ rity program began operation in 1937. Newhard has been able to collect all his Social Security benefits since the time of his first entitlement in July 1950. The Social Security Admin­ istration first began identifying and collecting the stories of its centenarians in 1956. In 1963, four volumes of centenarian stories were issued, and the first annual supplement came out in 1964. Among the centenarians fea­ tured in the latest volume is Mrs. Anna Burgess of Camp Springs, Maryland. Mrs. Bur­ gess attributes her longevity to the fact that "I've never worried about a thing, especially about getting old." A widow since 1942, she had 11 children, four of whom are still living. In addition to her peace of mind, she credits her good health to the fact that "I've never had any bad habits. Oh, like all women I've always lied about my age, and I do let a little joke slip out now and then, but other than that, no bad habits. I guess once people read this story in the newspapers I won't be able to lie about my age anymore." Robert Grigsby of Kansas City, Kansas, was bom in Han­ nibal, Missouri, the home of Mark Twain and the immortal characters, Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. Grigsby recalls childhood play with Mark Twain and visiting the bluflfs and caves near Hannibal which mark the adventures of Tom Sawyer. Eugene Hodge of Dallas cred­ its himself with a great deal more hindsight than foresight. He recalls that Social Security started when he was working for a home for the aged. He figured it was a big fake and that the government had just figured out a way to take money from the working man. He admits that the money taken from his pay "sure is important to me now," since his Social Security checks are the main part of his income today. Charles Steurer of Tarrytown, New York, finds no cause for alarm in the younger generation's contempt for au­ thority, nor in hippies, pot, flower children and the old lament of alienation. "No generation is perfect," he Charting Their Course Kehh Hickman, born March 12, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. John H. Hickman, N. Wildwood, New Jersey. Shantel Bonefont, bom Oc­ tober 20, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Juan Bonefont, New York, N.Y. Patricia Emerson, bom April 1, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Eugene L. Emerson, Norfolk, Virginia. Kiik Teschke, bom Decem­ ber 31, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Klause E. Teschke, Ormond Beach, Florida. Michael Harsche, bom April 5, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Walter J. Harsche, Willingboro, N.J. —lif— Edie Adams, bom March 26, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Earl Adams, Mobile, Ala. KeUy Willis, bom April 29, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Donald P. Willis, Jacksonville, Florida. Nelson CtNnellas, bom Febmary 7, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Joseph N. Comellas, Tampa, Florida. Scott Scrogglns, bom March 20, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Euelle D. Scroggins, Houston, Texas. ^ David Palmer, bom Febraary 21, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Leslie D. Palmer, Houston, Texas. Michael Funk, bom January 18, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. John E. Funk, Staten Island, New York. vl> Barbara Reams, bom Febmary 18, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. William J. Heams, Jr., Cleveland, Ohio. — 'if— ^ Mike Williams, left, and Paul Merkelson relax in the cafeteria at SlU headquarters and talk oyer plans for shipping out. Both are recent graduates of the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship. Seafarer Joins Gallon Club said. "They are no worse than my generation and a lot smarter and better looking. The socalled bad ones get more pub­ licity, that's all." Steurer concedes, however, that there was a considerable difference between the leisurely pace of living in his youth and the frenetic pace of today and perhaps a greater appreciation for simpler thipp. He recall's the thrill of getting his first ready-made clothes at the age of 12—an overcoat bought Newest member of the "Gallon Club" is Seafarer Charles Johnston with money saved from the who has donated eight pints of blood to the SlU Blood Bank. Dr. $3.00 a week he earned in a Joseph Logue, SlU medical director, presents Brother Johnston with guitar factory. "You see," he a "Gallon Club" pin as Nurse Sheryl Edel looks on. Johnston, who said, "we had guitars even sails in the steward department, joined the SlU in 1949. He had then." just returned from a long voyage to Vietnam on the Steel Executive. Andrew Veid, bom Febraary 23, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Andrew T. Veal, Virginia Beach, Virginia. •«, June, 1969 LOG Jarrod Miller, bom January 28, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Michael A. Miller, Dallas, Oregon. — -if— Christopher Loftin, born April 6, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Samuel L. Loftin, Mobile, Alabama. —lif— Stephanie Domec, bom April 16, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. David A. Domec, Pasadena, Texas. <t> Lisa IVexler, bom March 28, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Richard L. Trexler, Cumber­ land, Md. —-if— Barbara Shirah, bom Janu­ ary 13, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Robert C. Shirah, Elestin, Florida. if Wendy bom January 22, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Nathan E. Jones, Royalton, Vermont. . — •if— Mary McDonald, bom March 11, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Charles D. McDonald, Detroit, Michigan. >if — Conme Ward, bom March 5, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Roy J. Ward, Prichard, Ala. —if— Kimberiy Carroll, bom Feb­ raary 24, i969, to &afarer and Mrs. John G. Carroll, Philadel­ phia, Pa. ^ ^1> if Jeffrey Amendolia, born April 23, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Anthony Amendolia, Brooklyn, N.Y. vtf Sabiina Carol Beatty, bom March 18, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. James E. Beatty, Orange, Texas. —<if— Sara Canard, bom March 25, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. James W. Canard, Hatiiesburg, Miss. —'if— Alida McCoy, bom March 6, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Roy N. McCoy, Tomball, Texas. if Linda Rkkard, bom May 9, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Edward J. Rickard, Houston, Texas. Bany Anderson, bom April 1, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Amold R. Anderson, Alpena, Michigan. 'if — Vincent Fidnion, bom April 25, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Vincent F. Fahrion, Bayonne, N.J.—'if— Eric Hughes, bom April 25, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ralph V. Hughes, Delair, New Jersey. Sofia Morales, bom April 25, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jose C. Morales, Ponce, Puerto Rico. lif Randall Ambrose, born March 19, 1969, to &afarer and Mrs. Johnnie L. Ambrose, Kountze, Texas. —'if— —lif— James Dohany, bom Febru­ Lisa Moody, born April 7, ary 28, 1969, to Seafarer and 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Mrs. Ronald D. Dohany, Ber- Samuel M. Moody, Sabine genfield, N.J. Pass, Texas. �I June, 1969 SEAFARERS Expanding His Horizons h . LOG Page Twenty Five House Labor Body Hears Arguments On Need tor On-Site Pitketing Law WASHINGTON—The need for passage of on-site picketing legislation is "far greater" this year than ever before in its long history before Congress, Presi­ dent C. J. Haggerty of the AFLCIO Building and Construction Trades Department declared re­ cently. In testimony before a House Labor subcommittee, he opened labor's drive for a bill to ^ve a union the right to picket a multi­ employer construction site if it has a dispute with one of the contractors there. Louis Sher­ man, BCTD general counsel, presented Haggerty's statement. The on-site picketing bill has been before Congress ever since 1954 and through the years has drawn an impressive array of bipartisan endorsements, includ­ ing those of Presidents Eisen­ Seafarer Cesar Izquierdo, who sails as AB, takes time out to read hower, Kennedy and Johnson. the SlU International as he waits for a ship at the New York hall. The AFL-CIO has said the measure is "vitally needed" to give building and construction workers "a right they are en­ titled to." Committees of Con­ gress have agreed. But widely varying procedural devices have been us^ to block it from ever CHICAGO — State Farm sions that the courts have previ­ coming to a vote on either the Mutual Automobile Insurance ously approved." Senate or House floor. Company lost a two-year battle Intent of the legislation is to IWIU President William A. to stay away from the bargain­ Gillen said the decision reaf­ nullify a 1949 National Labor ing table when the 7th U.S. firms previous rulings by the Relations Board ruling, known Circuit Court of Appeals or­ Supreme Court and lower courts as the Denver Building Trades dered it to negotiate with the in the insurance industry's long Case, which found picketing of Insurance Workers. legal fight over the size of bar­ a subcontractor at a common Six of the eight appeals gaining units. construction site to be in violajudges, sitting eti banc, over­ turned a contrary 1968 decision by a panel of three 7th Circuit judges. By a 6-2 margin the full court ruled that the National Labor Relations Board did not abuse its discretion when it cer­ RICHMOND — More than noted, but it also refused to re­ tified the union as the winner of one million Virginia motorists quire the companies to furnish a 1967 election and ordered the may be in line for auto insur­ information on their actual op­ Bloomington, 111., company to ance rebates because the State erating costs in the state. In­ bargain with it. AFL-CIO carried a case to Vir­ stead it accepted a nationwide The point at issue was wheth­ ginia's highest court—and won. average as a basis for determin­ er or not the NLRB was justi­ The landmark decision by the ing expenses. fied in ordering the election Virginia Supreme Court of Ap­ During the commission hear­ among agents in two claims dis­ peals upheld the state labor fed­ ings, AFL-CIO Attorney George tricts in New York state. eration and a group of liberal W. Shadoan, State Senator Hen­ The union had asked for a members of the legislature who ry E. Howell and others oppos­ smaller unit and management fought a 1967 increase in auto­ ing the rate increase were repeat­ for a larger one—either all of mobile liability insurance. edly rebuffed in their efforts to New York state, or the com­ Virginia's regulatory agency, challenge the need for higher pany's entire Northeast region. the State Corporation Commis­ rates. The court enforced the NLRB's sion, approved an 8.2 percent They made their points before order. rate hike based on claims by the state Supreme Court, how­ "None of the grounds urged insurance companies that they ever, and the judges ordered the by the company for setting aside were losing money at existing regulatory commission to hold the board's order is valid," the rates. It followed the same new hearings which would take court majority said. It spelled guidelines in determining profit- into account all of the insurance out its reasoning: and-loss that it had over the companies' income and its ac­ tual operating expenses in the "The board has a wide discre- - years. The State AFL-CIO argued in state. tion in designating appropriate The State AFL-CIO has units. It is not required ... to vain before the commission that choose the most appropriate earnings from investment of loss urged the commission to order unit, but only to choose an ap­ reserve funds should be included the insurance companies to re­ propriate unit within the range in determining whether the com­ bate 8.2 percent of all premiums of several appropriate units in panies were entitled to a higher collected since the 1967 rate ruling. a given factu^ situation/' premium. Julian F. Carper, president of This is the money the insur­ Under the circumstances, the the state labor body, said prompt judges concluded, "the reason­ ance firms set aside to meet ableness of the board's deter­ claims. By investing it, the ccun- refund of the increase and a re­ mination is clear." They cited panies earn additional income. turn to the pre-1967 rates is "the Not only didn't the state com­ least we should expect." The among other reasons the fact that the NLRB decision is "con­ mission consider this investment regulatory agency has not indi­ sistent with other board deci­ revenue, the State AFL-CIO cated M hat its next step will be. Holdout Insurance Company Ordered to Bargaining Table Virginia Labor Wins Its Case On Car Insurance Rate Hike tion of the Taft-Hartley Act's ban on secondary boycotts. New Measure Offered This year a measure to ac­ complish that intent, supported by the building trades, has been introduced by Representative Frank Thompson, Jr. (D-N.J.), chairman of the Labor subcom­ mittee. Labor Secretary George P. Shultz testified before the sub­ committee in general support of situs picketing legislation but called for certain "safeguards" in it. He said the legislation should not permit picketing for an il­ legal objective, should not con­ flict with certain state laws, must protect industrial and independ­ ent unions, permit contract-en­ forcing injunctions, and have a seven-day waiting period for si­ tus picketing and a 15-day time limit on it. Haggerty said there is a "far greater need" for legislation than ever before because "the effects of the Denver Building Trades rules have become even more inequitable" in recent years than they were in the 1950s. ITiis is so, he pointed out, be­ cause employers have seized up­ on new devices to transform hitherto legal primary picketing at a construction site into illegal picketing under the NLRB's in­ terpretation of the Denver case. One device singled out is a "reserved gate" which restricts building trades pickets to a gate designated by an employer at a construction site. A second de­ vice is limiting picketing only to designated "regular" work hours. Details Promised Shultz, the subcommittee's lead-off witness, did not furnish specific details on his version of needed "safeguards" but promised to - do so at a later date. In his testimony, Haggerty said labor welcomes "the addi­ tion of the Nixon Administra­ tion to the list of the prior ad­ ministrations which have sup­ ported the situs picketing prin­ ciple." On the subject of safeguards, he pointed out that the Thomp­ son bill "includes all the safe­ guards or limitations which the Eisenhower Administration had thought necessary," plus a few additional limitations developed in the years since. In fact, it was noted that Thompson's bill is drawn from one introduced in 1959 on be­ half of President Eisenhower by Senators Everett McKinley Dirksen (R-IIl.) and Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.) among others. The department believes that "the essential safeguards and limitations" to protect the pub­ lic interest are already in the bill, Haggerty said, "and we trust that this committee . . . after its study of the matter will be of the same opinion." Haggerty said the building trades share the desire express­ ed by Shultz in his testimony "to put this inflammatory issue be­ hind us." Shultz was questioned by Thompson, Representative James G. O'Hara (D-Mich.) and Representative Louis Stokes (DOhio) all of whom asked for more specific details on the "safeguards" he wanted in the bill. Thompson expressed opposi­ tion to revising the Taft-Hartley Act to permit enforcement of contracts by injunctions. He warned this could pave -the way to the old system of "govern­ ment by injunction" in labor disputes. However, all of the lawmak­ ers withheld full judgment on Shultz' ideas until they are pre­ sented in specific terms. Another witness before the subcommittee was the U.S. Chamber of Commerce which "respectfully" stood by its pref­ erence for the status quo. It has opposed the legislation every time it has been up in Congress. SlU WELFARE, VACATION PLANS April 1-April 30, 1969 Number of Benefits Hospital Benefits (Welfare) . .. Death Benefits (Welfare) Disability Benefits (Welfare) .. Maternity Benefits (Welfare) . . Dependent Benefits (Welfare) . (Average: $513.72) Optical Benefits (Welfare) . .. Out-Patient Benefits (Welfare) SUMMARY (Welfare) Vacation Benefits (Average: $422.83) Total Welfare, Vacation Benefits Paid This Period . . . 420 24 1,014 20 1,999 Amount Paid $ 17,112.73 77,750.00 230,537.00 4,000.00 102,692.10 300 4,729 8,506 1,613 2,082.48 37,830.65 472,004,96 682,020.83 10.119 $1,154,025.79 �Page Twenty Six SEAFARERS Federal Reserve Board Acts To Check U.S. Money Supply WASHINGTON—The Fed­ eral Reserve Board, in what it termed a "further move against inflation," has increased its dis­ count rate and the reserves requir-xi of the nation's banks. The two-pronged action will be felt most directly by consum­ ers in the fonn of harder-to-get credit and higher interest rates. The "Fed" increased the dis­ count rate—^the interest charged on its loans to banks—^from 5.5 to six percent. The rate, which had been raised one-quarter of one percent in December, is now at its highest level in 40 years. The board raised by one-half of one percent the requirement on reserves that member banks must hold in ratio to demand deposits. The new requirements are the highest since 1960. By raising reserve require­ ments, the board expects to freeze an estimated $650 mil­ lion in deposits. Since reserve computations would be that much less and banks lend about four times their reserves, the theory is that money available for lendingx would be reduced about $2.6 billion. In practice, however, this is unlikely to happen. The board usually eases the effect of stiffer reserve requirements by offset­ ting operations in its daily openmarket buying and selling of government securities. The purpose of the board's latest moves is to further ti^ten the money supply and credit so as to slow down economic ex­ pansion and reduce inflation. The AFL-CIO has pointed out, however, that tight money policies tend only to increase the cost of money "all along the line"—to medium-sized and small businesses, to home-buy­ ers, consumers, farmers and the government. The high costs of money, the AFL-CIO's Executive Coimcil warned at its meeting in Feb­ ruary, "are being built into the price structure, from manufac­ turer to retailer and consumer, to the profit of the banks and other lenders." It called on Congress to re­ view monetary policy with the aim of developing "a policy that is in the best interest of the na­ tion and the American people, rather than merely the banks and other lenders." Meanwhile, in reaction to the board's steps: The Washington Star quoted an unidentified "high-ranking Nixon Administration official" as saying the Fed will have to ease monetary policy by mid­ year or the tight-money course will lead to unemployment. The Wall Street Journal re­ ported that some bankers be­ lieve the boards' moves will trigger another increase in the banks' prime interest rate—the rate charged to their best cus­ tomers. The prime rate is now at 7.5 percent after four suc­ cessive boosts in less than four months. Creation of fecial Counsel Sought To Speak Oat for Utility Consumers New England's labor move­ ment gave strong endorsement to a bill in Congress setting up an independent agency to rep­ resent consumers and the public interest before federal and state utility regulatory agencies. Thomas F. Policastro, presi­ dent of the six-state New Eng­ land AFL-CIO Council, urged a Senate Government Opera­ tions subcommittee to approve legislation sponsored by ^nator Lee Metcalf (D-Mont.) and 10 other senators. The legislation would estab­ lish a utility consumers' counsel with a staff competent to deal ' with the complexities of utility rates and services. Policastro, who is also presi­ dent of the Rhode Island AFLCIO, said the legislation is of particular importance to the New England states, where elec­ tric power rates are the highest in the nation. "When we refer to the con­ sumers," Policastro said, "I am not restricting my concern sole­ ly to the residential union n^embers paying rates 34 percent higher than the national aver­ age. We include the commer­ cial customer who pays 50 per­ cent above national average, and the industrial consumers who pay a whopping 62 percent over the national average." He quoted the president of a Rhode Island manufacturing company who said his firm is moving from New England be­ cause it found "power costs in Rhode Island are running about 66 percent more than compara­ ble investor-owned power charges elsewhere." Policastro charged that "al­ most without exception, our state utility regulatory commis­ sions are and have been ineffec­ tive. They are simply over­ whelmed by the political strength and propaganda of utilities they are supposed to regulate." Hawaiian Enterprise Is Launched The Hawaiian Enterprise, a new 34,000-ton containership, was launched recently at the Sparrows Point shipyard. The SlU Pacific District-contracted vessel, which has a capacity of more than 1,000 24-foot containers, will be delivered to Matson Navigation Company in December. The 719-foot vessel will cruise at a normal sea speed of 23 knots, and is the first of two ships being built for Matson's Pacific service. Expanded Merchant Fleet Seen Aid To U.S. Economy, Payments Deficit WASHINGTON—Congress­ struction activity will be fol­ man Charles H. Wilson (D-Cal.) lowed by an increase of at least said recently that expansion of six percent in 1969 with orderthe American-flag merchant ma­ books showing both military rine can eliminate the hazard of and civilian contracts for ship a balance-of-payments deficit deliveries into 1970, 1971 and and contribute greatly toward a even into 1972. stronger American economy. "I have yet another reason The fourth-term Los Angeles for optimism," said Wilson, Democrat also pointed out that '.'one that hasn't yet been if U.S. shipbuilding, which led widely publicized. Shipyards in the world in 1946, was enlarged my state of California and else­ to the level of Japanese ship where have undertaken the most construction in 1967 employ­ extensive modernization pro­ ment in U.S. shipyards "could grams in history, programs de­ very well jump by 400 to 500 signed to bring our yards up to percent." date and equal—in terms of This would mean. Congress­ productivity and efficiency—to man Wilson told a meeting of the most modem shipyards in the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades the world. These vastly un­ Department, that the number of proved construction facilities U.S. shipyard jobs for produc­ will, we hope, make the Ameri­ tion workers alone could soar can yards competitive with any from the current 118,000 to other country's shipbuilding in­ anywhere from 472,000 to 590,- dustry." 000 jobs. On expansion of the mer­ chant marine as a solution to Optimism Expressed the balance-of-payments prob­ Rep. Wilson found several lem, Wilson declared: grounds for optimism about the "Since the end of World War immediate future of the ship­ II the United States has had a building industry. These, he healthy surplus in our balance said, included a Commerce De­ of trade. Consistently we have partment forecast that last year's exported more goods than we 16-percent gain in overall con- have imported. Time and again, however, our surpluses have been wiped out by our overseas military expenditures and our apprentices, 2,077 more have foreign aid programs. Our balpassed apprenticeship examina­ ance-of-payment. deficit gradu­ tions in the 18 building and con­ ally climbed until it totaled $23 struction trades and are wait­ billion over the 10-year period ing for referral to apprentice­ 1957 through 1966. ship committees. Another 516 "During that same 10-year have been referred to the ap­ period," the Congressman con­ tinued, "the U.S.-flag fleet con­ prenticeship committee. The '10 sponsors of the Ap­ tributed $5.7 billion in asset prenticeship Outreach program, dollars, and this figure would including the local building and have been even higher if it had construction trades councils of not included foreign-flag ships the AFL-CIO, have a combined under U.S. charter. Without goal of placing 3,360 youths foreign charters, the U.S.-flag fleet would have brought $7.3 in apprenticeship. Outreach Plan Is 83% Complete WASHINGTON — Appren­ ticeship Outreach programs— with still about five months to run—have attained 83 percent of the intended goal in placing minority group youngsters in the skilled trades. Labor Secretary George P. Shultz reported that a total of 2,758 minority apprentices have been aided by Apprenticeship Outreach since the Labor De­ partment began funding the pro­ gram 27 months ago. Besides the 2,758 indentured Jnne, 1969 LOG billion to our balance-of-pay­ ments over the 10-year period. And this would have occurred at a time when our merchant ma­ rine was shrinking, when it was carrying no more than 7 per­ cent of U.S. exports and im­ ports. Maritime Erases Deficit "The fact is," Wilson pointed out, "that if the U.S. Merchant Marine during the 1960s carried the same percentage of our export-import trade that it did in the 1930s—which is to say 30 to 40 percent—our inter­ national balance of payments in the 1960s would have been transformed from a deficit into a surplus. "Consequently if seven per­ cent of our export-import trade carried jn U.S. bottoms con­ tributed $5.7 billion positive dollars to the balance-of-pay­ ments, then 35 percent of our commerce would have resulted in a $5 billion surplus instead of a $23 billion deficit in the 19571966 balance-of-payments. "The conclusion is obvious," the Congressman said, "that if we can expand our American merchant marine to the point, envisioned by President Nixon, where 35 percent or more of the nation's export-import trade is carried in American-flag ships, then we will eliminate the risk of a balance-of-payments defi­ cit." To accomplish a revival of the merchant marine, the Californian said he favored a legis­ lative program that would in­ clude a plan to provide new ships for the unsubsidized seg­ ment of the fleet as well as the subsidized segment, and a re­ quirement that "American-flag ships should be built exclusively in American shipyards." �June, 1969 /Resident Names Lady Adviser on Consumer Affairs WASHINGTON—President Nixon has named Pennsylvania Republican, Mrs. Virginia Knauer, as his full-time con­ sumer affairs adviser. Mrs. Knauer, long active in GOP affairs, has headed the Pennsylvania Consumer Bureau for more than a year. The White House said she will also serve as chairman of the Presi­ dent's Committee on Consumer Interests and executive secretary of the Consumer Advisory Council. Mrs. Knauer told reporters that she believed consumers need help from the government to avoid "pitfalls in the market­ place." She praised her prede­ cessor, Betty Fumess, for hav­ ing done "a fantastic job" as White House consumer adviser. Earlier Nixon had named the head of Good Housekeeping In­ stitute, an advertising promotion enterprise, as part-time con­ sumer assistant. But she quit after four days under heavy criticism for conflict of interest. !•; * ll'f • V f" i EconomyFurniture Placed on Labor's *Do Not Buy' List The strike-bound Economy Furniture Cb. of Austin, Texas, has been placed on the "Do Not Patronize" list of the AFL-CIO Union Label and Service Trades Department. The department took action at the request of the Upholster­ ers, whose Local 4S6 has been on strike since last November 27. The AFL-CIO Executive Council had earlier called for full labor support. Noting that the company re­ fused to bargain in go^ faith, even after employees designated the Upholsterers as their legal bargaining agent, the council charged that management showed additional bias by "en­ gaging in name-calling with par­ ticular'emphasis on the Mexi­ can-American ethnic back­ ground" of a majority of its employees. Economy makes three lines of wooden and upholstered fur­ niture labeled Smithtowne Maple, Western Provincial and Built-lUte. Until the strike started, nearly 40 percent of Economy's production was bought by Montgomery Ward & Co., the union reported. Economy also makes products for the White Discount Stores, located mainly in the South. Economy Furniture is still operating with the help of strike­ breakers, the union said. "Latest reports are that 125 strikebreak­ ers are working. Outside the plant, 385 union members are picketing in shifts, 24 hours a day, seven days a week." SEAFARERS Page Twenty Seven LOG Mike Dunn was re-elected the ports of Rio De Janiero, ship's delegate on the Delta Santos and Buenos Aires. Brasil (Delta Steamship Com­ William Rudd, meeting chair­ pany), and was man on the Penn Exporter given a vote of (Penn Shipping thanks by the Company), re­ crew for a job ports that five well done. crewmembers Deck Depart­ were taken off ment Delegate Dunn the ship because A. W. Saxon re­ of illness, and ports that disputed overtime in­ were either hosvolving shifting the ship will be pitalized or Rudd taken up at the payoff. There flown home. were no beefs or disputed over­ Frank Gutierrez, ship's delegate, time in the other departments. reported that the voyage was a Meeting Secretary Willie Braggs smooth one with no beefs or reported that there was $296 in disputed overtime from any de­ the ship's movie fund. The Delta partment. A resolution was Brasil expects to pay off in New adopted calling for agreement Orleans June 28 after calling at that the crew be permitted to sign off after six months when OVERSEAS AUDREY (Maritime the vessel is on the Persian Gulf BUCKEYE VICTORY (Buckeye), f ? CONNECTICUT (Ogdeh), Marcli Overseas), April 20—Chairman, Lee run, with the company paying f t—Chairman, J. W. Altstatt; Secre- April 28—Chairman, James Thomas; Itary, T D. Ballard. No beefs were Secretary, Jack E. Long. Brother J. Harvey; Secretary, Stanley F. air transportation home. The I reported by department delegrates. Frank Flynn was elected to serve as Schuyler. Brother Lee J. Harvey was i Mftil service to this ship has been ship's delegate. $86.25 in ship's re-elected to serve as ship's dele­ crew gave a vote of thanks to I very poor. Crewmembers want fund. No beefs were reported by de- gate. Everjrthing is running along the steward department, and I UoadqUurtcrs- ' to . ooittnct-; coiapaiiy pariment delsgates. YVUJ of thanks ESioothly. Captain is well satisfied was extended to the steward depart­ with crew. There were no beefs and especially Steward Z. A. Markis, s regarding no disputed OT. Discussion held re­ ment for a job well done. garding proposals for new SIU con­ for good food and service dur­ tract. Vote of thanks to the steward ing the voyage. f WINGLESS VICTORY (ConsoliSBATRAIN WASHINGTON (Hud­ department for a job well done. I dated), May 14 — Chairman, Joe Ship's delegate Louis Hagmanii reports that there are no beefs or disput­ ed overtime on the Bradford Island (Steuart Tankers), which is on a run in the Indian Ocean and Persian Hagmann Gulf. The cap­ tain was asked to attend a meeting to brief the crew on the ship's itinerary, and where the ship is scheduled to discharge. Seafarer Hagmann also reported that the crew has not received any mail since the Bradford Island left the States on Februray 7. The crew held discussions on the SIU contract and also discussed the pension plan. •0^ .,v ^Bremer; Secretary, D. Robinson. I Brother C. W. Thompson was elected I to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs i were reported by department dcleI gates., .. OVERSEAS CARRIER (Maritime Overseis) i dkprll Y—Chaiinhan, J. B. MdClehton; Secretary,. M. Maldoiiade. Brother RhiUip f. Rayiie was elected to" serve as STO»?B d^ ,Nn.beefs were..rsportedib3r depa^, ment'delegates. «-)bds-.XisG®LBs: 4--£^hai)Ema.n,-^ A;? • :-€«(Weltay.? 'Seere^ • -S.' fnnd. Dispnted OT itt.declt dephrtihent. Motion was ntadd td hav phtrdlmah board the Bhip iti Yoltohams' to', square; away.'beef^ r OVERSEAS EVA (Maritime Over- Fred Lee, ship's delegate on the Antinous (Waterman), re­ ports that he is going to talk with the captain about getting ex­ tra compensation for the crew for the time when the washing ma­ chine was not Lee working. Aside from some disputed overtime in the engine department, every­ thing is running smoothly. Meet­ ing Chairman Allen Myrex re­ ports- that the crew gave a vote of thanks to the entire steward department for good meals and service during the voyage. The Antinous was expected to pay off in San Francisco on May 10 after a run to the Far East. son Waterways)^ April 20 — Chair­ man, Peter E. Dolan; Secretary, Ed­ ward G. Mitchell. Brother Dolan was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. No beefs were reported by department delegates. WACOSTA (Sea-Land), May 4— Chairman, Jose Cortes; Secretary, Frank NaMiCki' Long discdsslon rCr garding aij^cdhditioner which is not werking prd|wrly. Metidn made for ? matter to be taken hp with patrolmsn. -Vote;.;bfbhahka •; was extended to the two messmen for their good service on the last fire and boat drill. iOHw B.-WATERMAN (Water-^ rnati),;April ST^^Uhaityman, Joseph Dv rBlani^afedv Secretary,, Frederick R. RulUvan, No beefs were reported by department delegates. Brother doseph: Blanchaid waa elected bo serve as shipM delegate. .beefsdispatoAvUTtwaB.^rid'i ported. Everything is running • smoothly. b 'TKAnaCOLORAi>0 (Hudson vvaIterwaya).. May -.lO^dhawman, Roy'.' I Pierdef Secretary, Orlando FrezBa. I$18.00 ih ship's fund. Vote of thnnkft I was extended to the steward departimpnt for a job well done. .The chief Icook thanked all crewmembers fdr I their fine co-operation. Some disIputed OT in deck departnient. DAGAMA (Crest Overseas), April ;2n---Chftirirbo, F. P Gsirut-hor; Sec­ retary, Shernian;;Wright. No beefs , BAYLOR VICTORY (Vicf^^^ were reported by department dele-Iriers), April 19—Chairman, L.. G. gates- Crew would like thje patro!|Glarki Secretary, P. G. WiHougfcby. man in the Oakland arda to visit iSoime disputed OT ; in enigirte de- •ship aud .;stra?ghteh';oui;;yarfd^^ |parlment. .•matter,:' COLUMBIA BEAVER (Columbia), April 6—Ghainnan,. Albert Oramanuer; Secretary, Thomas Liles, Jr. Brother Michael F. Curry was elected to serve as ship's delegate, Discussion held regarding draws in Vietnam,:-;...,; .. .'V?-: / -';VANTAGE';-:HORI«ON: - (VancPiO;^ ;• Apri1;20-=^hairman, R Pepper; Sec••i^taiy., .,'D.,:'Farrmra,-; -.No beefs" were ;;rCpdided;ibyfd«Turibie,nt;. deleya Brother Bill L. Sideroff was elected to sorve as ship's delegate. EAGLE VOYAGER (Sea Trans::past)i'i.. April;-24- -r-i;-Chairman.-.'JaM«s:... Chiancse; Secretary^ dhlid D. Delgado,; No beefs and no disp uted OT. .Mail ';sttuatidn ;;veiry-.;bBd.;; Motion • dihde that matter be token up With Company. TRANSYORK (Hudson WateV^ bWjrs)i February 26—Chairman,; A," Pennine; Secretary, A. Rudnicki. $7,50 in ship's fund. .No beCfs ahd;; no disputed OT. Vote of thanks was ;ei;tcbdad';tc;;.thp for a job well done. STEEL DIRECTOR (Isthmian), •March 2----Chairman, Arvcll Bearden ;J. Secretary, J. P. Baliday. Ship's dele4; gdte reported that everything is running smoothly with no beefs. $37.60 in ship's fund. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward depart­ ment for a job well done. Crew •..paiitryman; ,.-and ./- crew messmen e*-;;; tended a vote of thanks to each and everyone, especially men on watch, ;fd'r-.keeping;..the pantry, and-, igeashall-; clean and orderly. ALCOA VOYAGER {AIeoii),^fH ;^-^Ghairmatt, .B.-vFTimovjcz;. .'S.ecre-"., Tl ES' SEBVICE 1^0 RFOLR :;;^bAlRISLE':i(Panebeanic;.Tanker^ii;: tary,; :Cox. - ;:.$72.76 • - in ship's iCGlties , -Service),- :Aprii -...{iT-^bair*. Mdrchit.9--^Ghairhian, Fred'Av'.Olsb fund. ;Nb beefs wore reported by deNone; Secretaryj V. Chaney. :Secretar^iWv;'.T.'Langford,.; Discus-- .: jartment;: delegates.; Brother B. M. lUiBputed OT in deck and bttgln^ de- sion belwl'^^rding retirement plan, RoTOanbF was elected to seiwe aq Disputed QT; In engine department. ' ;sHip'3-delegate.. Hareiheifits. ; A speciab'WPte of thanks to the steward departmeht for ; a job well r r'OYERSEAS' •.EVEL^ R^MAIOEN- CREER^GsehKLahd>, done. Overseas), April 20 —^ Chairinan, April 1—Chairman, Hubert Cain; Ervin D. Moyd; Secretary, W. E. Seeretary,;'Nohev&J^h;..:beef^^ .re­ SEATBAIN TEXAS (Seatrain), ..Oliyeri '-Brother- .Clan' E.; -ViEsoa- - was.; ported by departwent delegates. April ,20^-Chairiaah,: Wiu,iaijt'?;Sim»; :-eiect«d;td.'serve,.- as' ship's -dele^Wfo -:mbnsr I^Seferetary,' ;stanley:; 'HpWkipa» •DiSeussloh:' heM;;;'risga>dittg>. retire­ . Sotne;vdiSpatod; OT; in^decfcsdepajfe ment nlan. No beefs were renorlcd cRTEKL VSNDOR ment. Discussion held regarding re­ by department t Newhall. Brother T. pair list. Chief engineer will take 1 • elected to serve as care :df;bli;.rbpairs'ibat;;are: possible RICE VICTORY (Vietpry Car-. before arrival. Air-conditioning iidiewCifiApril; 20r--ChnirMatt)';.Sichhtd| -beafsi idjire iiles;- aboard ship was also discussed, F. FadderR;..'-.Secrelary^'jqhn -Fb> RatS sdeft •Ndhapfs ware;'rbpbib^.:> Evdg^ STEELFLfER (Isthmian), April 6 thing is running smoothly. J '--Chairmaui?;WrMi Wallace; Secre­ tary, R. Smith. Brother W. M. Wal­ COTTONWOOD CREEK (Bulk ; -TAMAEA GUILDEN (Transport lace was ;;ttlected-, to 3erve ;;a8'''-i?h{p's. Transport), 20 — Chairmanji vCommercial), April 4—Chairman, dfelegpteii; Np; beefs and no disputed George Luke:April Secretary. S. A, SoloiKenneth Gabagahi; Secretary, OT. man, Sr. DlBcussibn held regardln^j les W. p6jen. Brethcr William traRsportstioh from the Port of eSyl ..dnt'-wasi ,clected;::;td;;fferve.-'- as', the Port of dischary PFJSTN CARRIER (Penn Shipping), gagement &a^egate.:v$284b0';:d^^ April 6 — Chairman, J. J. Cpnin ship's fund. MAIDEN;-' CRESS; • f8»a.r..nni.. -•>nocS; Secretary. C. Roblee- Rmrber Biackle Connors was elected to Apri.l;S—Chairman,- H. C." C8«n;:;Mefl| WrAlBRN CREEK (Sea-Land), serve as ship's delegate. .Discussion retary. C. J. Nail. No beefs ,wq*«i Match 1—Chairman, H. C. Cain; Sec­ held regarding pension plan ;and dis­ reported by department delegatesretary, None. Discussion held re­ ability requirements. Vote if thanks Discussion held regarding wajsdsjl,,, was extendod to the stewarii depart- OT. and';;ppnsion..';-Crew':,would-,. Irfcei garding; various propodalBYoF information regarding new contradf# bjenbfoirar^^ Samuel J. Davis, chief stew­ ard on the Ames Victory (Vic­ tory Carriers), gets an "A-Plus" rating from the crew, according to R. P. Nelson, J ship's delegate. "ITie Ames Vic­ tory is a clean ship and a good Davis feeding ship," he reported. 'This is my sec­ ond voyage on the Ames with Brother Davis," and he is one of the very best. Not only has he served excellent food throughout the eiitke voyage, but he has also taken the time to teach the new men how to be good seafaring messmen." (If John Furr was elected ship's delegate on the Seafarer (Ma­ rine Carriers) and promised to do the best he can to represent the crew, ac­ cording to Karl Hellman, meet­ ing chairman. Deck Delegate Furr Pete DeCaupa reports a lot of disputed over­ time in the deck department, hut says that otherwise every­ thing is running smoothly. The crew held discussions on the pension plan and on provisions for the upcoming contract nego­ tiations. WRITE 'XO-T.H.E i �Page Twenty Ei^t SEAFARERS Jane, 1969 LOG •' I James Lynn, 27: Brother Lynn died June 2, 1968, in Prichard, Ala­ bama. Born in Mobile, he had been living in Prichard with his father, Chester, at the time of his death. Seafarer Lynn joined the SIU in the Port of Mobile, and attended the Union's training school there. He last shipped as wiper on the Overseas Rose. Lynn was a veteran of four years service with the U.S. Marine Corps. Burial services were held at Pine Crest Cemetery in Mo­ bile. Cecil Futch, 43: Brother Futch was accidentally drowned January 12 at Southwest Pass off Grand Isle; in the Gulf of Mexico. An AB, his last ship was the Alcoa Trader. Brother Futch had been sailing for more than 20 years, and joined the SIU in Savann^ in 1944. Bom in Cross City, Florida, Seafarer Futch had been living in Kenner, Louisi­ ana, with his wife, Ann. He is also survived by his father, John. Buriai services were held at Cross City Cemetery. James Allen, 48: Brother Al­ len died of a heart attack aboard the Albion Vic­ tory in Saigon on February 24. The veteran Sea­ farer had been sailing as cook and baker since 1942 when he joined the SIU in New Orleans. Born in Mobile, Alabama, he had been living in New Orleans with his wife, Delia. Burial services for Broth­ er Allen were held in New Orleans. ^ Robert Land, 42: Brother Land died March 17 in Mobile, Alabama. Bom in Atlanta, Geor­ gia, he made his home with his wife, Carolyn, in New Orleans. Brother Land had been sailing since 1946 ex­ cept for one year with the U.S. Army during the Korean con­ flict. He joined the SIU in the Port of Houston in 1946, and last shipped as cook on the Alcoa Explorer. Besides his wife, he is survived by his mother, Mrs. Mae Land. Burial was at Pine Crest Cemetery in Mobile. _—^ <I> John Jellette, 66: Brother Jellette died February 26 in Bellevue Hospi­ tal in New York City following an illness of sev­ eral years. He was a veteran Seafarer who sailed 37 years as steward, cook and baker before his retirement on an SIU pen­ sion in 1964. Brother Jellette poined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1942. He last sailed as chief steward aboard the Petrochem. Brother Jellette was bom in England, and had been living in New York for a number of years. A widower, he is survived by a nephew, Herman Stapf. Burial was at the Evergreens Cemetery in Brooklyn. Elon Brace, 78: Brother Brace passed away at his home in New Orleans on March 29. He had been on dis­ ability pension since 1963. Brother Brace was bom in Ja­ maica, and had made his home for many years in New Orleans. Seafarer Brace had been sailing for more than 20 years as cook and baker, and joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1947. Brother Bruce is survived by his wife, Sarah. Burial took place at Homestead Cemetery in New Orleans. Hubert Cantwell, 67: Brother Cantwell died March 23 at the USPHS Hospital on Staten Island, New York. He had shipped as messman for 21 years before going on disabil­ ity pension in 1963. His last vessel was the Robin Hood. Brother Cantwell was a native of New Jersey and lived in Tren­ ton with his sister, Mrs. Marion Basco. Burial services were held at St. Mary's Cemetery in Tren­ ton following a requiem high mass at St. Anthony's Church. ^ James RHlly, 58: A heart at­ tack claimed the life of Brother Reilly on Octo­ ber 28, 1968, in Galveston, Tex­ as. A tugboat captain, he had been employed by the Ellis Towing Com­ pany since 1947. Brother Reilly was bom in In­ land, Alabama, and had been living in Galveston for many years. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Brown and Mrs. Mary Chappell, and a brother, Andrew. Burial services were held at Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham, Alabama. John Leys, 62: Brother Leys was stricken by a fatal heart at­ tack on January 13 on board the Del Sol in the harbor at Charleston. He was one of the SIU old-timers, having joined the Union in the Port of Mobile in 1938. Rated FOWT, Seafarer I,eys had been sailing for nearly 40 years. He was bom in Mobile, and had resided there with his wife, Lucille. Besides his wife, he is also survived by a daughter, Jacqueline. Funeral services and burial took place in Mobile. vt^ Theodore Hardamon, 43: Seafarer Hardamon died Janu­ ary 9 in the U.S. Army Tripler Hospital in Hon­ olulu. Holding FOWT endorse­ ments, he last sailed on the Meridian Vic­ tory. Brother Hardamon was bom in Ala­ bama, and had been living in New Orleans with his wife, Florence. Besides his wife, he is survived by his father, G. W. Hardamon. ^rvices and burial were held in Mobile. ^ Ellis Samla, 61: Brother Samia died of a heart attack in Oakland, Califomia, on Octo­ ber 21, 1968, af­ ter completing a voyage on the Canton Victory. Rated FWTElectrician, he had been sailing for 27 years. Brother Samia joined the SIU in" Boston in 1941. He was born in Massa­ chusetts, and had made his home in New Bern, North Carolina, with his brother, John. Funeral services and burial took place in New Bem. John McCaslin, 65: Brother McCaslin passed away February 3 at St. Martin Infirmary in St. Martinville, Lou­ isiana, after a long illness. He had been on SIU disabilitypension since 196 2. Brother McCas­ lin had sailed for 20 years as cook and baker, and joined the SIU in 1944 in Norfolk. His last ship was the Westchester in 1962. Bora in Tennessee, he had made his home in St. Mar­ tinville with his wife, Alice, for many years. Burial took place at St. Martinville. Herman Lewis, 44: Brother Lewis died April 21 at his home in Balti­ more. Bora in North Carolina, he had been liv­ ing in Baltimore for the past ten years. Brother Lewis, who sail­ ed as wiper, joined the SIU in the Port of Baltimore. His last ship was the Baltimore. Brother Lewis served two years with the U.S. Army during World War n. He is survived by his wife, Mary, his mother, Mrs. Annie Lewis, a brother, Henry, and a sister, Mrs. Edna Cox. Burial was at the Lewis Family Cemetery in Blunts, North Carolina. ^ Omar Ames, 71: Brother Ames passed away March 20 at his home in ^ Bellport, Long Benho Lema, 69: Brother Island, New Lema passed away at St. Clare's York. He had Hospital in New sailed as cook York on Aprfl and baker for 14. He had been more than 20 on an SIU dis­ years before he ability pension went on an SIU since 196 4. disability pension in 1966. Brother Lema Brother Ames was bom in Mis­ had been going souri. Widowed, he is survived to sea for more by his son, Omar, who had lived with him in Bellport. Services than 40 years, sailing as cook were held at Washington Mem­ and messman, and joined the orial Park Crematory in Coram, Union in Miami in 1940. Hi' last vessel was the Beauregard New York. in 1964. Brother Lema, a na­ —-\t> tive of Spain, had lived for many Melvin L. Wheeler, 70: years in Miami. He is survived Brother Wheeler passed away by his wife, Concepcion. Burial January 4, 1968, services were held at St. Ray­ following a long mond's Cemetery in New York. illness. The vet­ eran Seafarer had been on dis­ William Mason, 71: Brother ability pension Mason died April 20 at the since 1964. A USPHS Hospital native of Sher­ in Baltimore. man, Michigan, Born in Boston, Wheeler had he had been liv­ been living with his wife, Grace, ing in Baltimore in Mackinaw City at the time since retiring on of his death. He had more than SIU pension in 30 years sea time as oiler and 1966. Brother deck engineer prior to his re­ Mason had been tirement and joined the SIU in sailing for 45 years as a mem­ the Port of New York in 1943. ber of the engine department, He served two years with the and last shipped aboard the U.S. Army during"World War I. Norina in 1966. He joined the Besides his widow. Brother SIU in Philadelphia in 1945. Wheeler is survived by a son, Burial services for Brother Ma­ Robert. Burial was in Petoskey, son were held at Lorraine Park Michigan. Cemetery in Baltimore. Isaac Miller, 71: Brother Mil­ ler died March 13 at St. ViiH' cent's Hospital in New York. Bora in Russia, he had lived in Brooklyn with his wife, Helen, for many years. Brother Miller had been going to sea for more than 50 years, and last shipped as chief steward on the Grethe in 1968. Active in Union affairs. Brother Miller joined the SIU in New York, and took part in the New York Harbor strike in 1961, and the Moore-McCormack strike in 1962. Burial services were held at New Montefiore Cemetery mi Long Island. \I>—- George Hazen, 66; Brother Hazen passed away at Baltimore City Hospital on December 27. He had been sailing as cook and steward for more than 25 years before his retirement on SIU pension in 1968. His last vessel was the Fred Morris. A native of Mary­ land, Brother Hazen had been living in Baltimore at the time of his death. He joined the SIU in the Port of Baltimore in 1939. Burial services were held at Fort Lincoln Cemetery in Colmar Manor, Maryland. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Lavinia Morrison. George Stortz, 49: Brother Stortz died April 11 at St. Mary's Hospital in buluth, Minn­ esota. A lifelong resident of Duluth, he lived there with his wife. Mavis. At the time of his death, he had been employed as deckhand for the Zenith Dredge Company. Brother Stortz served five years with the Air Force during World War II. Burial services were held in Bethany Cementery inDuluth. 9' ' ly �Jane, 1969 Chief Lauds Crew, SlU Training In Engine Emergency «' J) r To the Editon On a recent departure from Cam Rahn Bay during supper hour, with the oiler up for his meal and only the engineer and fireman on watch below, trouble devel­ oped with the main feed pump making it necessary for the engineer to sound the emergency alarm. All the en­ gineers answered this alarm. However, it was particularly gratifying to note that all un­ licensed members of the en­ gine department also an­ swered the alarm. We had just left port, and there was a real danger that we might run aground. Each man took to his du­ ties as if they were an inborn instinct, which proves the value of the SIU training and education program. I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude to the SIU for providing this' training, and my thanks to the follow­ ing members of the engine department for putting this training and knowledge to work in an emergency: Chief Electrician Shlomo Shahoa; Second Electrician Robert Stewart; Wipers William Ivey and Freddy Nunez; FWT's Royce Bufkin, Gennaro Esposito and Charles Myzwinski, and Oilers Arthur RathJens, Gilberto Salazar and Edward Mitchell. Sincerely, Raymond Dodl, Chief Engineer S.S. Buckeye Atlantic — ^1, Retired Seafarer Seeks Pen Pais To the Editon After 13 years in the SIU, I gave up sailing in 1958 and moved to Florida. My last foreign trip was on the S.S. Irenestar as bos'n. I really missed sailing for a couple of years, but now after ten years I have finally calmed down and accepted shore duty. I am working down here, and my wife. Rose, is also work­ ing at the local hospital. Maybe I will return to sail­ ing one of these days. My father is still in the SIU, and sails as FOWT. He is now in Vietnam, and hopes to come to Florida when he returns for a little rest and some fish­ ingI frequently run into a Sea­ farer down here, and- it's good to talk about places and ships. I get a card from Cap­ tain Fred Fredricksen once in a while. He is retired from the SIU and is now' living in New Orleans. I would like to hear from some of my old shipmates. Clyde (WUtey) Horton, 410 aark Drive, Holmes Beach, Florida SEAFARERS Sen. Ferrali Thanks SiU for Kids' Outing SiU Man Fosters Home for Homeless To tte Edihm Now that the trip to A1-' bany and the tour at the State Capitol by eighty eighth graders from St. John the Evangelist School in Brooklyn.is history, I believe that you will be interested in knowing of the fine im­ pressions made by them on those with whom they came in contact in Albany. From the Sergeant of the State Po­ lice in charge of the Gover­ nor's Red Room, to the leg­ islative stall in the Capitol, the Capitol tour guides and several others there was nothing but the highest praise for the fine deportment of the youngsters during the entire day. One person remarked "they were the best behaved youngsters that he has seen since the session started in January, and he has seen thousands." For myself, I was very proud of the youngsters and was very happy to be in their com­ pany. Of course, all this would To the Editor: Do you ever wonder what the good people are doing? So'bften the bad in people "make news" and the good is taken for granted. We want to share with you the goodness of one of your own SIU members-^ retired Seafarer James Rus­ sell (among his shipmates he was known as "King George"). We now claim him too! You see, Jimmie, as we call him, has made it possi­ ble for us to shelter babies, girls, boys, and women who would not have any plaee to go, or at least not the home Jimmie has provided. A year ago Jimmie gave us the down-payment for Mag­ nificat House, the name of Our shelter. We purchased an old two-story house, cleaned, repaired and painted it—all with voluntary help. We furnished it with furni­ ture people gave us, and we opened up our doors and our hearts to whomever needed us. There is no red tape to enter our house—only a need for shelter. There are no forms to fill out—^there are no fixed rules. We believe people, like nations, should love and respect one an­ other, and out of this love and respect peace can come. Our goal is voluntary cooper­ ation and a spirit of willing­ ness to work together out of need and love. Jimmie is our "house father"—many of the girls go to him with their little and big problems—he stocks the pantry for us, looks after the property—he gives of his time in whatever capac­ ity he is needed. The house is only about four or five blocks from the Houston Hall on the comer of Sherman and Altic, and we would welcome any of Jimmie's friends who would like to drop by for a cup of coffee. R(^ Mary Badami, Founder, Magnificat House Housttm, Texas not have been possible with­ out the whole-hearted sup­ port-Sponsorship of the trip and tour by the SIU and the splendid cooperation of the Union's Representatives. I believe that these youngs­ ters will always remember this splendid experience which brought into focus the state government in action. One of the greatest contri­ butions that adults can make to the youth of our country is to involve themselves in those matters which make for better citizenship among those who will be the citizens of the future. I want to thank the SIU and everyone involved for this great contribution they have all made. May God bless you and all those affili­ ated with Seafarers Interna­ tional Union for your wholeheartedness. With every good wish, Sincerely, Wflliam J. Ferrali (N.Y. State Senator) Back to Land of Calypso Seafarer Regis R. McKenzie, at left, receives his first pension check and best wishes from SIU Welfare Director Al Bernstein at New York hall. Brother McKenzie, a steward who last sailed aboard the Ameri­ can Victory, joined the Union in 1944. Regis comes from Trinidad. Nixon Asks $1 Billion Step-Up In Program to Fight Hunger PresidentWASHINGTON Nixon, under pressure for a stronger drive to eliminate hun­ ger in America has called for an expansion of the government's food programs for the poor. In a message to (ingress, Nixon estimated that his pro­ posed expansion would cost $2.5 billion a year when in full operation in 1971, up from the $1.5 billion he requested for fiscal 1970 food programs. To get the program started "sometime after the beginning of the calendar year 1970," the President said $274 million would be trinuned from other fiscal 1970 budget requests and added to food assistance pro­ grams. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, as­ sistant to the President for ur­ ban affairs, was unable to say where the money would come from but promised it would not be taken from any "poverty-re­ lated program." Nixon recommended major revisions in the food stamp pro­ gram, the key element in fed­ eral anti-hunger efforts, as well as some changes in direct food distribution programs. Under the food stamp pro­ gram poor families who qualify Editor, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 11232 ——<I> Member's Wife Thanks Union To the Editon I want to express my deep­ est and sincere thanks to SIU Representative Benny Wil­ son, of the Baltimore hall, for his kindness, interest and courtesy during my recent hospitalization, and for see­ ing that my claim was proc­ essed promptly. It is indeed refreshing to find union rep­ resentatives who are the epitomy of true gentlemen. Mrs. Jos^h Wolanski Baltimore, Maryland Page Twenty Nine LOG I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list, r^nf infermafiaf*) NAME STREET ADDRESS OTY STATE. ZIP. TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you are an old subseribaf and hava a chans* ef address, ptaasa ghra yewr fermar address below: OTT a miE are now entitled to buy stamps that are worth more than their cost in buying groceries. The price discount is based on fam­ ily size and income. The President proposed that each family taking part in the program should get enough stamps to provide what the De­ partment of Agriculture consid­ ers a nutritionally complete diet. This is not now the case. For example, at present a family of four with an income of $20 a month or less can pur­ chase for $2 stamps redeemable for $60. The department says a complete diet for this family would cost $100. A second proposal would offer stamps free to those in "the very low inccxne brackets." These were later described as persons who received less than $30 a month. Other Nixon proposals called for blending the stamp program with a revised welfare system he expects to propose later and permitting boffi stamps and di­ rect food distribution in the same counties. At present, the jurisdiction must choose either the stamps or the direct distribution of food packages, not both. Nixon also announced the es­ tablishment of a "pilot pro­ gram" through which needy women would be issued "vouch­ ers" redeemable for infant foods and special foods to prevent malnutrition in pregnancy. In other areas of his message, the President said he would shortly announce a White House conference on food and nutri­ tion and he directed the Urban Affairs Council to consider set­ ting up a new Food and Nutri­ tion Service to administer food programs. He also asked the Secretary of Health, Education and Wel­ fare and the director of the Office of Economic Opportunity "to take a number of steps" to enlarge research into malnutri­ tion and expand their activities in combating it. �Seaport Museum Seeks to Restore Titanic Lighthouse DO NOT BUY NEW YORK — Although Seafarers and their families are slated for oblivion because of new construction, the famed Ti­ urged to support a consumer boytanic Memorial Lighthouse has cott by trade unionists against been rescued by The Friends of various companies whose products South Street Seaport here, a are produced under non-union group that is presently seeking conditions, or which are "unfair to labor." (This listing carries the funds to remount the lighthouse name of the AFL-CIO unions in­ on a new pedestal, complete volved, and will be amended from with the time ball. time to time.) Towering for 55 years above —-vtf the Old Seamen's Church Insti­ Stftzel-WeUer DisfiDtrlM tute overlooking New York Har­ "Old FHzgeraM," "CM EDt" bor, the lighthouse served as a "Cabin Stili,'* W. L. WeHcr monument to those who went Bourbon whlskcya down with the vessel Titanic in (Distillery Workers) 1912, and provided countless lower Manhattan commuters the Kingsport Prcsu means for checking their "World Book," "CUidcrafI" watches. (Printing Pressmen) Turned green from the years (Typographers, Bookbinders) of weather, the lighthouse was (Machinists, Stereotypers) removed from its former perch when the old Seamen's Church —^ Institute on Coenties Slip was Genesco Shoe Mfg. Co. razed to make way for a taller, Work Shoes . . . new structure on State Street at Sentry, Cedar Chest, Battery Park. Statier Although no provision was Men's Shoes . . . made for the lighthouse, the Jarman, Johnson & Friends of South Street Seaport Murphy, Crestworth, retrieved the relic as a gift from (Root and Shoe Workers' Union) the Kaiser-Nelson Steel and Sal­ ^ vage Company and removed it Boren Clay Products Co. to Pier 16, a short distance from (United Brick and Clay Workers) the South Street Seaport Mu­ seum. \1> Its time-keeping mechanism "HIS" brand men's clothes still intact, the time-ball of the Kaynee Boyswear, Judy Bond lighthouse, operated by a hand blouses, Hanes Knitwear, Randa windlass, is expected to continue Ties, Boss Gloves RIciunan to work. In operation, the time—4,— ball was raised to the top of a Adantk Products metal pole shortly before noon Sports Goods each day, then dropped at the (Amalgamated Clothing Workers stroke of noon. TTiis enabled of America) seamen as far as ten miles at sea to check their chronometers Jamestown Sterling Corp. at a time when good navigation (United Furniture Workers) depended on accurate time­ keeping. Rlcbman Bros, and SeweO SuHs, Wing Shirts (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) —i— Atlantic Ocean Warming Up Year by Year GLOUCESTER, Mass. —^Data gathered by the De­ partment of the Interior's Bureau of Commercial Fish­ eries indicate that the At­ lantic Ocean, in the area of the New England fishing banks, may be warming up. A downward trend in sea water temperatures in this region started in 1953; analysis of conditions in 1968 showed marked in­ creases over the 1967 tem­ peratures—^as much as one degree centigrade for the annual average of inshore surface temperatures. The BCF studies indicate further that the tempera­ ture trends are more than just a surface phenomenon —^they relate to the move­ ment of warm slope water onto the Continental Shelf. i Baltimore Luggage Co. Lady Baltimore, Amelia Earhart Starllte luggage Starfllte luggage (International Leather Goods, Plastics and Novelty Workers Union) i White Furniture Co. (United Furniture Workers of America) —-if— Gypsum Wallboi^ American Gypsum Co. (United Cement Lime and Gypsum Workers International) R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Camels, Winston, Tempo, Brandon, Cavalier and Salem cigarettes (Tobacco Workers International Union) i Comet Rice MOIs Co. prodncts (International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drinks and Distillery Workers) — Pioneer Flour MID (United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers Local 110, San Antonio, Texas <t> AD Callfonila Table Grapes (United Farm Workers) Magic Chef Pan Pacific Division (Stove, Furnace and Allied Appliance Workers International Union) Tennessee Packers ReeDoot Packing Frosty Mom Valleydale Packers (Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America) ^ Fisher Price Toys (Doll and Toy Workers) ^ Economy Furniture Co. Smifihtown Maple Western Provincial eat-Rhe (Upholsterers) PINANCIAL BBP0RT8. Tha constitution of the 8IU Atlantie. Golf, Lalus and Inland Waters Diatrict makes speeille provision for aafegnwding the membership's moner and Unhm finaneea. The eonatitntion reqaires a detaUad 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. TBUST rUNDS. AU trust funds of the SIU AtUntic, Gulf. Lakes and InUnd Waters District are admlntatered in accordance with the provtaiona 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 altemates. All expenditurea and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund flnancial records ars available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the enntrscta 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 SeaEsrers Appeals Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The pr«q>er address for this is: Karl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place, Suite 1980, New York 4, N. Y. Full copies of contrscts 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 aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proi)er sheets and In the proper manner. If, at any time, any SlU patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights prop­ erly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SBAFA^BS LOG. The LOG has tradltionaUy refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deeroed hsnnfnl to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the SeptembCT. 1960, meetings in all constitu­ tional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy is vested in an editorial hoard which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Elxecutive Board may delegate, ftrom among its ranks, one individual to carry out this rcsponsibilitlr. SIU-AGLIWD Meetings New Orleans July 15—2:30 p.m. Mobile .... July 16—2:30 p.m. Wilmington July 21—^2:00 p.m. San Francisco July 23—2:00 p.m. SeatDe July 25—^2:00 p.m. New York .. July 7—^2:30 p.m. PhDadelphla July 8—2:30 p.m. Baltimore .. July 9—^2:30 p.m. Detroit July 11—2:30 p.m. Houston ... July 14—2:30 p.m. United Industrial Woricens New Orleans July 15—^7:00 p.m. Mobfle July 16—^7:00 p.m. New York July 7—^7:00 p.m. PhDadelphla July 8—7:00 p.m. Baltimore .. July 9—^7:00 p.m. tHoustmi .. July 14—^7:00 p.m. Great Lakes SIU Meetings Detroit July 7—2:00 p.m. Alpena July 7—^7:00 p.ni. Buffalo July 7—^7:00 p.m. Chicago ... July 7—^7:30 p.m. Duluth July 7—^7:00 p.m. Frankfort .. July 7—^7:00 p.m. Great Lak» Tug and Dredge Section Chicago ... July 15—^7:30 p.m. tSantt Ste. Marie July 17—^7:30 p.m. Buffalo July 16—^7:30 p.m. Duluth July 18—^7:30 p.m. Cleveland .. July 18—^7:30 p.m. Toledo .... July 18—^7:30 p.m. Detroit .... July 14—^7:30 p.m. MDwaukee July 14—7:30 p.m. SIU Inland Boatmen's Uidon New Orleans July 15—5:00 p.m. MohDe July 16—5:00 p.m. PhDadelphia July 8—5:00 p.m. Baltimore (Ucensed and unUcensed) July 9—5:00 p.m. Norfolk ... July 10—5:00 p.m. Houston ... July 14—5:00 p.m. RaDway Marine Region Philadelphia July 15—10a.ni.&8p.m. Baltimore Jidy 16—10 a.ni. & 8 p.m. *NorfoDc July 17—10a.m.&8p.m. Jersey City Jufy 14—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. * Meeting held at Labor Temple, New­ port News. t Meeting held at Galveston wharves. SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers rHESIDENT PaulHalt EXECUTIVE VICE PRUIDENT Cal Tannar Earl Shapard A1 Tannar VICE PRBIDENTS LMiay Wllltaim Robart Malfhawt •-'r SECRETARY-TREASURER A! Karr HEADQUARTERS tit 4lli Ava., IUM. (212) HY T-MW ALPENA, Mich •ALTIMORE, Md BOSTON, Malt. BUFFALO, N.Y IIP RIvar Sf. (517) EL 4-UU I2I< E. ialtlmara St. (301) EA 7-4f00 Ml Atlantic AvanM («I7) 412-4710 TM WathlMtM St. CHICA60, III VlBl Ewlne Ava. SIU (312) SA 1-0733 IBU (312) ES S-«S70 CLEVELAND, Ohio I4M W. 2Sth St. (2U) MA I-S4S0 DETROIT, Mich 11121 W. Jaffarton Ava. (313) VI 3-4741 DULUTH, Minn FRANKFORT, Mich HOUSTON, T« JACKSONVILLE, Fla JERSEY CITY. NJ MOBILE, Ala NEW ORLEANS, La NORFOLK, Va PHILADELPHIA, Pa 2014 W. 3rd St. (210) RA 2-4110 P.O. Boa M7 4IS Main St. (tit) EL 7-2441 1004 Canal St. (713) WA B-3207 2tBB Paarl St. (f04) EL 3-0fS7 TV Montgomanr St. (201) HEB-f424 I South Lawranca St. (205) HE 2-1754 430 Jackton Ava. (504) 52t-754t 115 3rd St. (703) t22-ll»2 2404 S. 4lh St. Si (215) DE 4-3010 PORT ARTHUR, Tax I34B Savanth St. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., IW Fraamant St. (415) DO 2-4401 SANTURCE. P.R 1313 Famandai Juncat Stop 20 724-2043 SEAHLE, Wash 2505 First Avanna (204) MA 3-4334 ST. LOUIS, Ms iOS Dal Mar (314) CE 1-1434 TAMPA, Fla 312 Harrltan St. (013) 227-2780 WILMINGTON, Califa 450 Saailda Ava. Tarmlnal Island, Calif. (213) 032-7205 YOKOHAMA, Japan..lima Bld^, Rsam 001 ' 1-2 Kal«an%sri-Nakafai 2014771 Ext. 201 PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies ars to be paid to anyone Sn any official capacity in the SIU nnlem an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make n payment and is given an official receipt but feds that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBUGATIONS. The SIU publishes every six months in the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of Its constitution. In addition, copies are available in all Unhm halls. All members should obtain coplae of this constitution so as to fkmillariM themsdvea with its contents. Any time you fed any member or officer is attempting to deprive yon of any constUutional right or obli­ gation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately iiotify beadquarters. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing dbabUity-penaion bene­ fits have always been encoursged to continue thdr union aethritics. including attend­ ance at membership meetings. And like all other SlU.mmnbers 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. Because these oldtimm cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union pol­ icy of allowing them to retain their good standing thrauih the waiving of thdr dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employnmnt and as members of the SIU. These rights are dearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union baa negotiated with the employers. Conse­ quently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic orQdn. If any member feds that he is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled he should notify headquarters. SBAPARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic rfadits of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve the best interests of themselves, their famOies and thdr Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was estsbllshed. Donations to 8PAD ere entiedy vuluut&ry cud eoneUtiite the funds through which legislative emd political activities are conducted for the benefit of the membership and the Union. If at any time a Seafarer feds that any of the shove rights have been violated, or that he has been denied his constHntieeal right of access to Union records or inforsution, he shonld immediately notify SIU President Paai HaU at headqaarters by certified maU, rstnm reedpt reqasstsd. A �Page Thirty One SEAF ARERS LOG y June, 1969 J. Ms •'«:i wilfeii'/V •' .^ ' "M-' ••i ii i .1 * .n 'S 'tuc • , -;:C'tV;y y i: I a:| • '•. V ••S.^:::fA«SirW}5y^^^ After two months anil one week on the high seas, the SlU'Contracted StOel King (Isthmian) makes port for I pay-off in Stockton, Calif. Having sailed with a cargo of rice from Sacramento, the vessel called at Ipchon and Mop on voyage. i4^iW If • Seafarer Ho Joeng, a messman, catches up on latest news of the industry and the doings of his buddies aboard other ships while awaiting pay-off. I' " Iplftt: SirSSS r/ v. \ ^ ¥ J P --ii |#yv.Sy You've got to know your ropes In the deck department. Seafarers Tom Mackernacher (at left) and Michael Flynn will both testify to that. \ s"- •' k -• Seafarer Mike McAbee, an AB, sporting a nineweek growth, finds a comfortable spot to read up on latest developments in the LOG after long trip. Two Harry Lundeberg School graduates are Messmen Alien young and John Stroderd. Steward Ken Hayes says they're good men. I if I: I grS-y-k- -i.y 1 S5 i I si' ' " ''it' i .i y^L..; -^Vv'* J -r. :•. _,• - -y»~. "• '• .. 'ty :.;:f .,\l 3fi9 iWiti I t V Y a^: D^ j«. 0. c^.-.AB.wHh 191 W www. • *-. '-r. I W.W.....W f „ •:: Y the voyaqe concerned the water cooling system.!; ' r r cnarnp of Cuba on ' ' •i I m*. �mem SB SEAFARERSALOC OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO All Seafarers are urgently reminded of the necessity to keep up to date enrollment-beneficiary cards on file at the SlU Welfare Plan office in order to facilitate prompt processing and payment 6f their welfare benefits. 'r.H', > Preteefl' Seafarers who have never filled out an enrollment-beneficiary card should do so immediately. A reproduction of both sides of the card ap­ pears below for convenient clipping and mailing. Remember, it Is Im­ portant that both sides be filled out carefully and legibly and that no informafioti be left ©of. Should any change have occurred since a card was last filed—a new dependent, a.change in beneficiary, a new address, etc.—a new card miist be filled out without delay. Benefits The beneficiary's name and address should be entered clearly. The sig­ nature of the Seafarer fhust be witiiessecb but no notary Is required. ThO correct date of signing Is also Important, since the latest card on file Is the one that counts In the event of d claim. Additional cards are available on all SlU-controcted ships and In all SlU halls. They require no postage if mailed from any part of the Conti­ nental United States. Seafarers Welfare and Pension Plans 275—20th Street, Brooklyii, N.Y. 11215 ENROUMENT-UNEFICIARY CARD Name. PRINT: LAST NAME FIRST NAME MIDDLE INITIAL Address PRINT: NUMBER AND STREET CITT ZONE No. Social Security No. COUNTT STATE Z No. Dote of Birth I revoke all previous beneficiary nominalions and moke the following nomination wifli respect to all beneflls provided now or at any lime in the future under the Seafarers Welfare Plan, still reserving to myself the privilegei of other and further changes. '' Nome of Beneficiory. Relotionship .to You PRINT: Address of Beneficiory. PRINT: NUMBER ANct STREET CITY ZIP CODE COUNTY STATE ^Employee's Signoture Dote Witness _ SIGNATURE Address _ NUMBER AND STREET PRINT: CITY ZIP CODE COUNTY STATE lAirORTAMT—Dependents niuit be listed on Reverie SItle LIST tELOW NAMES OP YOUR WIPE AND UNMARRIED LIST NAMES IN ORDER OF AGE—ELDEST FIRST CHIIDREN UNDER CHECK ( •) RELATIONSHIP Wife Husbond Son Daughter 19 YEARS OP AOS DATE OF BIRTH MONTH DAY YEAR I • liii IMPORTANT: As seen as possible, moll phetestotlc copies of your riege certfflcote end the birth certiflcatos of all unmarried children on this card to the Seafarers Welfare Plan, 37S — 20lh Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 11215. Pallure to do so could delinr the payment of welfare benefits. 30 SWP aOO 4-07 IWr � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource June 1969 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU URGES CONGRESS TO PREVENT STRANGLING OF TUG-BARGE INDUSTRY LABOR ON US FLAG SHIPS CHALKED UP 25 YEAR, 440% PRODUCTIVITY GAIN LATE SENATOR EL BARTLETT HONORED AS MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM DEDICATED 28 NEW PHARMACIST MATES GRADUATE FROM SIUNA-SOA TRAINING SCHOOL CONGRESSMEN CRITICAL OF SHORTSIGHTED POLICY TOWARD US MERCHANT MARINE HOUSE PASSES 1970 AUTHORIZATIONS RISING INTEREST RATES SEEN BURDEN TO ECONOMY FTC WEIGHS BAN ON UNSOLICITED CREDIT CARDS SHULTZ PROPOSES SPECIAL FARM LABOR BOARD OUTSIDE NLRB INTERNATIONAL LABOR CO-OPERATION SET TO CONFRONT MULTI NATION GE PLANTS 3,000 BUILDING TRADE DELEGATES LAUNCH MAJOR LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM RANDOLPH’S GOALS REAFFIRMED BY LABOR-CIVIL RIGHTS COALITION ILO SALUTED FOR ADVANCING WORKERS’ WELFARE ACWA SEEKS TAFT-HARTLEY CHANGES TO ALLOW USE OF JOINT TRUST FUNDS CONTINUITY OF CONTRACTS IN MERGERS STRESSED IN LABOR’S PLEA TO NLRB NLRB RULES STRIKERS RETAIN RIGHTS TO VOTE IN UNIT ELECTION FOR 1 YEAR DARLINGTON WORKERS WAITED 13 YEARS IN BACK PAY VICTORY OLDEST OF SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS PROVIDE LIVING LINKS WITH HISTORY HOUSE LABOR BODY HEARS ARGUMENTS ON NEED FOR ON SITE PICKETING LAW EXPANDED MERCHANT FLEET SEEN AID TO US ECONOMY FROM WEST TO EAST – AND HOME AGAIN Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 06/1969 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXXI, No. 8 1969 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/6fc4ea2da287edb9027950fa6b076040.PDF e1faf24e12fffe4c2fd8b1c535693356 PDF Text Text • SEAFARERS«LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO �Page Two SEAFARERS LOG March 1, 1969 Pres. Meany Tells Exec. Council AFL-CIO to Co-operate With Nixon Provided Corrert Programs Are Set BAL HARBOUR, Fla.—The AFL-CIO foresees a "reasonable" relationship with President Nixon and his Administration, federation President George Meany declared last month, but a good deal depends on the specific programs still to come and the future attitudes of the White House. Meany's statement came at a ^ • Urged a single co-ordinating committee to raise the rest of the press conference held in con­ $220,000. unit for day care centers at the junction with mid-winter ses­ Three new vice presidents and federal level to meet the increas­ sions of the AFL-CIO Executive council members named to suc­ ing need for such progr^ams as Council here. ceed John J. Grogan and George well as changes in existing federal The federation president said he M. Harrison, who are deceased, law to permit employer contribu­ was "delighted," for example, that and Ralph Halstein, who resigned tions to trust funds established the President had ordered a study were President C. L. Dennis of by collective bargaining to pro­ on coverage of farm workers un­ the Railway Clerks; Matthew vide for such programs. der the National Labor Relations Guinan, president of the Trans­ • Called for updating the HillAct. The outlook on this matter port Workers Union and A. F. Burton Act to provide grants-in- O. Wijiiam Moody, Jr., secretary-treasurer of the Conference of Trans­ and others requiring legislation, Grospiron, president of the Oil, aid for the development of com­ portation Trades, delivers a report to the CTT executive board, meet­ ing in Bal Harbour, Florida. Listening carefully are, from left, C. L. he said, will depend on the atti­ Chemical and Atomic Workers. plete health services and not just tude of the Administration and A subcommittee was established health facilities, along with com­ Dennis, CTT chairman and president of the Railway Clerks: Bruce Pike, CTT executive director, and SlU President Paul Hall, who also heads the leadership from the White House. to study the possible restructuring prehensive health .systems. He noted, however, that any and makeup of the council with AFL-CIO MaritimeTrades Department; Air piracy wasoneof thetopics. • Called on Congress to restore Administration plan to offset in­ action expected by the time of budget cuts and provide all nec­ flation by allowing unemployment the next convention, scheduled to essary funds to make the 1968 to rise is "fundamentally wrong." open Oct. 2 in Atlantic City. vocational education law opera­ CTT Board Declares: Queried on a statement by Paul tive, expressing its grave concern In other actions, the council: McCracken, chairman of the „• • Called for direct, good-faith at the cutbacks. Council of Economic Advisers, Rallied all unionists to sup­ that in order to check inflation negotiations between the Arab port the 80th birthday celebration there may l)e some rise in jobless­ nations and Israel as the key to of A. Philip Randolph in New lasting peace in the Middle East" ness, Meany said; and condemned the rejection of York May 6 and to contribute "I don't buy the idea that we such talks by Egypt's Nasser and to the fund to be establi.shed in BAL HARBOUR, FLA.—A free world trade union effort to have to make that sort of sacrifice Randolph's name to finance voter his allies as "tantamount to a . . . set up an international code covering air piracy is an important to get a stable economy." There determination to tvagc a war of education and registration proj­ step toward curbing an "increasingly acute" problem, a group of is no sense in a policy of counter­ extermination against the Israeli ects in Neero communities. ing inflation, he asserted, "by put- people." 7^ "7""; 7" • Voted support for the Oil AFL-CIO unions declared here ^ International Civil Aviation Ortine more people out of work." Workers strike against companies last month. • Authorized the chartering of ganization—and while signed by The council adopted compre­ that have still not signed the agree­ Thc executive board of Con­ hensive statements on the national a national union of policemen as ment reached with other compa­ ference of Transportation Trades 23 nations, only eight, four short economv and ^he question of in­ soon as certain structural prereq­ nies and called for all possible as­ called specifically on the U.S. of the required number, have rat­ uisites are met and assurances re­ flation during the sessions. sistance from affiliates and state Senate to ratify the Tokyo con­ ified it. ceived on jurisdictional limits. and local central bodies. Nteany briefly reviewed the The CTT board acted after re­ vention adopted in 1963 but now • Voted to withdraw the AFL• Urged affiliates to lend what­ in effect because it lacks the re­ viewing a report by the Federal 1968 election at the meeting of the COPE Administrative Com­ CIO from the Intl. Confederation ever support they can to the Up­ quired number of ratifications. Aviation Administration docu­ mittee, praising COPE for an out­ of Free Trade Unions following a holsterers union in its dispute with The board urged strengthening the menting the history of air piracy standing job, especially in turning recommendation to do so from Economy Furniture of Austin, pact along the lines of legislation since 1961 and a report by a back the bid by George Wallace. the federation's international af­ Texas. introduced in the Senate. House subcommittee on Inter• Reaffirmed its support of the The committee approved an an­ fairs committee. It urged also that sister trans­ American Affairs setting out the • Strongly reaffirmed support U.S. Savings Bonds payroll sav­ nual register-and-vote drive to re­ portation unions in the Interna­ nature of the problem and the place the biennial campaigns. The for the farm workers' strike and ings plan but urged that the in­ tional Transport Federation "press urgent need for corrective action. boycott of California table grapes, terest rates on the bonds be in­ council will act on this later. their governments" to ratify the declaring "we are determined that creased to the average interest Tokyo convention which calls for Total of 46 Attempts Key Positions Set they succeed and we intend to rate on U.S. notes issued during the safe return of the passengers,, Since 1961 there has been a The opening sessions set out a help them every inch of the way." the previous year. crew, cargo and plane to the total of 46 attempts to hijack number of policy positions high­ It added that labor awaits with It discussed with Senator Birch country of origin. commercial aircraft,jnost of them lighted by the creation of a pio­ "great interest" the Administra­ Bayh (D-Ind.) the question of di­ • The convention was drawn' up successful. neering AFL-CIO Labor Studies tion report on coverage of farm rect election of the President. In 1968 there were 18 Amer­ Center to develop trade union workers under the national labor Bayh is sponsoring legislation, by a United Nations body—the ican airliners hijacked, all of them leadership through varied educa­ law. along with a number of other senflown to Communist Cuba._ tional training programs. • • Called for rejection of the - ators,- to-abolish the Electoral Col­ The board pointed out that The council gave preference as proposed Uniform Consumer lege and provide for direct elec­ SEAEiARERS-^LOG there is "no international law cov­ an early order of business to the Credit' Code by the individual tions. The council later reaffirmed the ering freedom of the air," in con­ fine imposed on the New York states on an "as is" basis and March I, 1969 • Vol. XXXI, No. 5 trast to world treaties on piracy local of the Teachers, voting to urged amendments to get rid of AFI.-CIO position that the Presi­ Official Publication of the on the seas. contribute $100,000 toward pay­ the worst features of the code dent should be elected by popular Seafarers International Union ment of the fine imposed by the designed as a "model" law on vote rather than under the exist­ The resolution warned that pro­ of North America. ing electoral College system. court and naming a two-man consumer credit. posals for paying a reward for Atlantic. Guif, Lakes and Inland Waters District, those who aid in the conviction AFL-CIO and apprehension of hijackers is Executive Board risky and that "bounty-hunting PAUL HALL. President citizens might endanger them­ CAL TANNER EARL SHEPARD Exec. Vice-Pres. Vice-President selves, other passengers and the LINDSEY WILLIAMS AL KERR crew by rash acts of heroism." Vice-President Sec.-Treas. The board also urged support ROBERT MATTHEWS AL TANNER Vice-President Vice-President. for the proposal of the Interna­ tional Air Transport Association to deny air service to any coun­ Editor try which continues to provide HARRY WITTSCHEN a haven for hijackers of commer­ Assistant Editors WILL KARP cial aircraft. CHARLES SVENSON The 28 unions affiliated with Staff Photographer the conference also adopted a ANTHONY ANSALDI legislative report voicing strong opposition to forcing compulsory Publislied biweekly at 81.0 Rhode Island Avenae N.E., Washington. D. C. 20018 by the Seafar­ arbitration on unions in contract ers International Union. Atlantic. Golf. Lakes and Inland Waters District. AFL-CIO. 673 disputes in the transportation Fourth Avenae. Brooklyn. N.Y. 11232. Tel. HYaelnth 9-6600. Second class postage paid field, assailing proposals to ex­ at Washlngtons. D. C. tend injunction procedures against POSTMASTER'S ATTENTION: Forin 3579 cards should be sent to Seafarers International unions, attacking the "labor court" Union. Atlanlle. Gulf, Lakes and Inland scheme and proposals to deprive Waters District. AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Avenue. Outlining his proposal for direct, popular election of the President, Birch Bayh (D-lnd.), chairman .Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. workers of their democratic of the Senate's Constitutional Arnendments subcommittee, addresses the AFL-CIO Executive Council. rights to cast secret written bal­ Federation President George Meany is at Bayh's right and Vice President David Dubinsky at left. lots on contract proposals. International Code Required To Discourage Air Hijackers �SEAFARERS March 1, 1969 LOG Page Three i Happy Retirement! MTDs Exec, Board Sees New Hope For Stronger U. S. Merehant Fleet BAL HARBOUR, Fla.—Encouraged by a message from President Nixon which declared that "a strong and viable merchant marine is essential" to the economic strength and purpose of the na­ tion, the Executive Board of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department of the AFL-CIO held a two-day meeting here last month f segment of the fleet, the building depletion allowances was pro­ in a spirit of renewed optimism of American-flag ships exclusively posed. about the prospects of moving in American shipyards and taxTurning its attention to other ahead, in the area of maritime deferred construction reserve matters, the board adopted policies reform. funds for the investment of more which included opposition to The telegram, addressed to SIU. private capital in ship construc­ changes in the labor laws, such President Paul Hall, who is also tion by the unsubsidized operators. as anti-strike legislation, compul­ president of the seven-millionIt also called for an end to sory arbitration or other attempts member MTD, expressed the "double subsidies" for the sub­ aimed at weakening collective Chief Executive's "deep interest sidized operators—the 14 com­ bargaining procedures. in seeing our merchant marine panies which now receive 55 per­ Continued support was voted play a more important role in cent of the cost of constructing for the grape workers, the Los world commerce" and said that their vessels from the government Angeles Herald Examiner news­ Retiring after a full life at sea, Seafarer Lawrence E. Taylor receives the President looked forward "to in addition to being granted oper­ paper strikers, protection of Fire his first pension check from Al Bernstein, right, SlU Welfare Director, working with your department ating subsidies. Fighters against harassment, and at New York headquarters. Brother Taylor, who makes his home in and all of organized labor in Also stressed was the need for aid to the Meat Cutters boycott of Chicago, last sailed aboard the Seatrain San Juan as AB in deck dept. achieving this goal and in building legislation protecting the nation's Neuhoff products. a stronger, more united nation." fishing industry, which has suf­ The need to wipe out hunger While pointing out that there fered illegal seizure of trawlers as and malnutrition in the United would be difficulties. Hall told the well as the imposition of unwar­ States also received the body's meeting that, having survived the ranted fines and fees by Latin- attention. past few years, the new "atmos­ American countries. Seventy four Receiving an economic report phere" in Congress and the White such seizures were cited in the which reviewed the nation's fi­ House promised to make the mari­ past eight years—imperilling the nancial health in 1968, and the time picture "a great deal better." lives and livelihood of the crews. role of profits in triggering infla­ WASHINGTON—Federal war-risk insurance coverage on A legislative report to the board, Penalties Urged tion—rather than wage-increases American-flag ships currently in effect has been extended for six which consists of leaders of the The board urged the Depart­ which were blamed by segments months, the Maritime Administration announced last month. 39 unions which comprise the ment of State to press vigorously '^f business for higher prices—the Due to expire on March 7, Honduras—^the runaway-flag ships MTD. noted "a marked change its claim against Ecuador for re­ b-'ard insisted on "setting straight in attitude about maritime affairs payment of losses resulting from the record." the extension moves the final —because they were considered in official Washington circles." the illegal seizure of the fishing date to September 7. This ap­ by the Navy and the Defense De­ Tax Reform Needed Contributing to this more posi­ vessel Day Island. Also urged plies to all war-risk binders cov­ partment to be under "effective It also strongly urged that the ering hull insurance protection control" of the United States. tive attitude, the report said, were was the denial of further military and indemnity as well as second Theoretically, the DOD has con­ the maritime planks adopted in sales to any Latin-American na­ tax structure be reformed to pro­ seamen's war-risk insurance. tinued to maintain, these ships the platforms of both major parties tion seizing an American vessel vide equity of the tax burden and prior to last year's election cam­ outside its 12-mile limit; steps to an end to "legal evasion" of taxes War-risk insurance is provided could be called into service in the paigns, the cheering statements confine loan agreements of U.S. by the wealthy. by the government in order to event of a national emergency. concerning the nation's fleet made naval vessels to hemisphere de­ A special report to the board on Originally, runaway ships in bridge the gap between the time bv Nixon while campaigning and fense; and renewal of an amend­ the problems of civil service commercial war-risk insurance this category were eligible for the ' irtually unchanged make up ment to the Vessel Loan Act (Continued on Page 4) ceases to provide adequate cover­ war-risk coverage by the govern­ of the 91st Congres and its leader­ providing cancellation of such age and 30 days after the out­ ment only until they were 20 years ship. The 90th Congress, the re­ loans if any loaned vessel is uti­ break of war involving the major old. In 1960, 1962, 1963, and port pointed out, had passed good lized for non-defense purposes. 1964 successive liberalization of powers. maritime legislation which in­ Other resolutions sought laws Such coverage was also made age limits was permitted. cluded independence for the Mari­ to benefit the Great Lakes fleet, Late last year, however, available to some vessels owned inland waterways and oceanog­ time Administration — although or controlled by U.S. citizens and MARAD withdrew availability for this was pocket vetoed by Presi­ raphy. registered in Liberia, Panama or such insurance from runaway-flag dent Johnson after Congress ad­ Vigorous enforcement and re­ tankers and reefers owned by organization of the 50-50 cargo journed. United States citizens and regis­ "Progress is in sight—and it's preference laws were called for tered under Panamanian, Honso that foreign aid and Food-forduran or Liberian flags if they achievable," the report declared. BAL HARBOUR, Fla.— Peace cargoes are carried to a were over 25 years old. The age As the Executive Board of greater degree by unsubsidized Independent MARAD the Key limit restriction was imposed be­ the seven - million - member American vessels, and, if possible, cause MARAD felt such ships AFL-CIO Maritime Trades . In adopting its resolutions on that 100 percent of such cargoes may be in terminal stages of ob­ maritime, the board placed great­ move in American vessels on the Department opened its two- || solescence and thus not operation­ est emphasis on an independent basis of long-term charters. day winter meeting here this || month, President Richard M. || WASHINGTON—Addition of ally sound to perform reliable MARAD and a program of fleet Oil companies were condemned Nixon sent the following tele- || service in the interest of national the Lucky Dragon, a 4,225-grossdevelopment which would provide for building their tankers in for­ gram to SlU and MTD Pres- i| defense. ton Singapore-flag freighter to the new ships for the unsubsidized eign shipyards and an end of oilident Paul Hall; || North Vietnam blacklist this "The AFL-CIO Martime month marked the first appear­ || Trades Department's Execuance of a Singapore vessel on the || live Board meeting takes place list, the Maritime Administration at an important hour in the reported. The ship will henceforth history of our nation. To­ be barred from carrying U.S.gether we are seeking new government-generated cargoes be­ ways to create a more healthy cause it traded with North Viet­ economic climate in America nam. —one in which workers and At the same time, two other employers alike derive maxi­ vessels were removed from the mum benefits. list. One—the 5,388-ton British"A stronger and viable flag Yungfutary—^was wrecked, merchant marine is essential and the Maltese-flag Amalia of in this quest for economic vi- ^ 7,304 tons was scrapped, MA­ tality. I want each of you and RAD announced. the seven million men and This leaves a total of 58 ships women you represent to know| aggregating 399,467 gross tons on of my deep interest in seeing the list as of January 24. The our merchant marine play a North Vietnam blacklist was in­ more important role in world augurated by MARAD on Janu­ commerce. ary 25, 1966. Ships so listed will "I look forward to working no longer be permitted to carry 5^ with you and your department U.S. - government - generated car­ ^ and all of organized labor in goes again unless their owners ^ achieving this goal and in pledge that the vessels—as well as II building a stronger more any others they own—^will not be Actress Penny Singleton, the first woman to take part in such a meeting, addresses one of the sesi united nation." used again in the North Vietnam sionc of the two-day meeting of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department's executive board, MTD Presi- War Risk insurance Extended For Six Months by MARAD Pres. Nixon's Pledge on Fleet To MTD Board *New' Flag Added To No. Vietnam MARAD Blacklist »rade. dent Paul Hall is at podium, left. Penny attended in her capacity of vice president of Variety Artists, �. • 1 f.' f I Page Four SEAFARERS LOG MARAD Asks US-Hag Operators For 5-Yoar Ship Coastructioa Plans WASHINGTON—Details of future ship construction plans have again been asked of U.S.-flag operators—both subsidized and unsubsidized—by the Maritime Administration. The request, MARAD says, is for the purpose of assisting the agency in policy and planning and apparently is intended to be useful in budgetting ship con- ^ tion, as had its predecessors, re­ matz (D-Md.), chairman of the struction and replacement funds. fused to take the problem of a House Merchant Marine and Fish Programs to be submitted by "grave-yard" fleet seriously. De­ cries Committee. the shipping companies are to be spite numerous promises of a com­ Both legislators based their op­ long-range, covering the five years prehensive revitalization program timism on statements made by through the middle of 1974. for the merchant marine, the President Nixon while he was run­ Similar requests have been made Johnson Administration never did ning for office. twice before—in 1965 and again make good on them. If this optimism is to bear any in 1968. The only noticeable re­ fruit, shipbuilding wo'dd have to Even the final budget submit­ sult has been a continuation of ted by the outgoing Administra­ be upped considerably. A leve! subsidies to the 14 favored liner tion showed continued lack of of 30 new ships a year has been companies which already enjoyed concern by including ship subsidy described by Senator Magnuson them, and a continuation of gov­ funds—and those only for the al­ as the minimum needed for a proernment policy which leaves all ready subsidized segment of the cram geared to upgrade the fleet. the other operators out in the cold, fleet — which would permit the Coincidentally, recent figures sub­ despite the desperate need to re­ building of only from eight to 10 mitted by MARAD show that build the aging and largely obso­ ships during fiscal 1970. 1969 began with a total of 1,033 lete U.S. merchant fleet. ships of 1,000 gross tons and over The same budget also included MARAD wants preliminary some $101,600,000 in "carry­ in the nation's active ocean-going data on construction plans by over" funds, held over since 1967. fleet—^just 30 under the figure March 15, with a final follow-up Despite the presence of these year ago. by April 15, so that it can "place funds, however, proposed govern­ The current request by MARAD major reliance on the responses" ment policy remained consistent for ship construction plans in­ in its program planning for the in denying any use of funds to the cludes the following information, five years ahead. in addition to the number of ships unsubsidized operators. Last year, MARAD reported However, the statement which to be built and the number and that 35 companies submitted their accompanies MARAD's latest re­ type to be replaced: a detailed de­ plans, indicating the proposed con­ quest for data says: "This infor­ scription of routes to be served, struction of 220 ships during a mation is requested with the un­ the type of transportation offered, similar period ending in mid-1973. derstanding that if new construc­ expected traffic and income, manThese consi.sted of 35 to 40 bulk tion requires some form of gov­ nine scales, wage costs, financing carriers and 25 tankers, with the ernment assistance, the Adminis­ costs with estimates of construc­ remainder being advanced-design tration will require . . . formal ap­ tion subsidies required and amount liner types. plication in accordance with per­ of mortgage insurance needed. In addition, the operators are tinent regulations, and approval 1968 a Fizzle will depend on future considera­ asked to furnish the size, speed, At the time of the 1968 poll. tion of national needs and the deadweight and cubic capacities Acting Maritime Administrator availability of funds." and other pertinent general char­ James W. Gulick announced that acteristics of the prc^Dsed vessels. New Hope Expressed he hoped 1968 would be the year "which determines the course of Hope has been expressed that future development of the U.S. the Nixon Administration will re­ Merchant Marine." It never hap­ verse the previous trend and usher pened. a new dav" for maritime. Instead, the nation's commer­ Such a view has been presented cial fleet continued to decline— by both Senator Warren G. Magas it has since 1950—^while a gov­ nuson (D-Wash.), chairman of the (Continued from Page 3) ernment-backed major shipbuild­ Senate Commerce Committee and ing program failed to materialize his counterpart in the House, workers was made by a committee and the incumbent Administra­ Representative Edward A. Gar- chaired by Jerry Wurf, president of the State, County and Munici­ pal Workers. Wurf scored the lack of signifi­ cant progress during the past year "toward righting the wrong that has been perpetrated against the public employee." "It has been a year of justice delayed, and there­ fore of justice denied," the report Anyone who has ever waded through the incomprehensible stated. language which saturates official reports—and anything-butReviewed were developments official junk mail—will appreciate the following method for stemming from Executive Order creating such nonsensical jargon. It was devised by Philip 10988, issued by President Ken­ Broughton, a 63-year-old official of the U.S. Public Health nedy. After seven years of the Service. order, the report said, it becomes Broughton calls it the Systematic Buzz Phrase Projector and clear that what is needed is "a claims it is a sure-fire way to make even the simplest communi­ law, not a directive," to safeguard cation maddeningly confusing. The system employs a battery of the rights of federal employees. 30 carefully chosen "buzzwords": Urged in the state and local Column 1 Column 2 sector was concentration on four Column 3 0. integrated 0. management areas: a clear-cut statement on the 0. options 1- total 1. organizational right to organize, the right of pub­ 1. flexibility 2. systematized lic employees to be represented by 2. monitored 2. capability 3. parallel a union of their choice, to bargain 3. reciprocal 3. mobility 4. functional collectively, and negotiated con­ 4. digital 4. programing 5. responsive tracts setting forth in detail wages 5. logistical 5. concept 6. optional and working conditions. 6. transitional 6. time-phase 7. synchronized The committee, set up by the 7. incremental 7. projection MTD a year ago, will continue its 8. compatible 8. third-generation 8. hardware study for presentation to the next 9. balanced 9. policy 9. contingency MTD convention, Wurf said. Two The procedure is simple, First, think of any three-digit numareas to be examined more fully her. Then select the corresponding buzzword from each column. arc: the scope of collective bar­ For instance, number 257 produces "systematized logistical pro| gaining, including all aspects of jection," a phrase that can be dropped into virtually any report II relationships involving the legis­ with that ring of decisive, knowledgeable authority. ^ lature and the civil service system "No one will have the remotest idea of what you're talking || and whether effective collective about," says Broughton, "but the important thing is that they're i bargaining is possible for public not about to admit it." employees in the absence of the right to strike. MTD£xee. Board Sees New Hope For Strong Neet New System Shows How To Confuse the Confusers March 1, 1969 Aid Striking Oil Workers Officers of the SlU-affiliated International Union of Petroleum Work­ ers, Local 22, present a check for $526 to leaders of the striking Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers, Local 1-561. The money was raised for strike relief fund through voluntary contributions from lUPW mem­ bers in Richmond, Calif. Left to right: Don Regelb, president and Frank Postmus, vice-president, lUPW Local'22; Bob Entwistle, presi­ dent, and Jake Jacobs, secretary-treasurer, OCAW Local 1-561. Three More Seafarers Qualify As Engineers, Total Now 312 Three more Seafarers have earned their engineer's licenses after successfully completing upgrading training at the School of Marine Engineering jointly sponsored by the SIU and District 2, MEBA. This brings to 312 the number | of men who have passed Coast gineering if they are at least 19 Guard examinations after taking years old and have a minimum of the comprehensive course of study 18 months of Q.M.E.D. watchoflFered by the school. standing time in the engine de­ The latest trio partment, in addition to six of graduates in­ month's experience as wiper or cludes Howard the equivalent. Saucier, upgraded Seafarers who qualify and wishto second assist­ to enroll in the school may obtain ant engineer; and additional information and make John R. Hemp­ application for the course at any hill Jr. and Leon SIU hall. They may also write J. Canfield, both directly to SIU headquarters at of whom are now 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, Saucier third assistant en­ New York 11232, or telephone the gineers. school at (212) 499-6600. Howard Saucier is a native of Mississippi who now makes his home in Houston, Texas. Brother Saucier has been going to sea since 1947, the same year he joined the SIU in the Port of New York. He served a four-year hitch with the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. John R. Hemphill Jr. was born OAKLAND—Sea-Land Serv­ in Marion, North Carolina, and ice, Inc. is expanding its container terminal here. A revised agree­ ment between the City of Oakland and the SlU-contracted, unsubsi­ dized ship operator calls for the addition of nine acres to facilities already leased by Sea-Land. Also provided in the revised agreement, which has been filed with the Federal Maritihie Com­ Hemphill Canfield mission, are plans for improve­ continues to live there with his ments to the facilities, including mother, Mrs. Mattie Hemphill, regrading, draining and fencing. when he is not at sea. Brother Rental payments will be adjusted Hemphill has been sailing for 16 to include the additional property years, and joined the Union at the and improvements. Port of New York. His last ship The current expansion in the was the Fort Hoskins. Port of Oakland follows an $8.5 l.eon J. Canfield was born in million capital improvements pro­ VIobile, and still calls that city gram for fiscal 1968-69. A key home when he is not at sea. Sea- item of that program was the pur­ arer Canfield has been sailing for chase of 52 acres of Oakland 3 years, and joined the SIU in Dock and Warehouse Property on the Port of Mobile. He last sailed the Oakland estuary for develop­ as FOWT aboard the Transhat- ment as a marine terminal. teras. Sea-Land also participated in All engine department Seafar­ that expansion, in which large ers are eligible for any of the up­ modern container facilities were grading programs at the Union- huilt for the company. Sea-Lam! Adds Nine More Acres To Oakland Base �March 1, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Five Senate Commerce Committee Warns: International ice Patrol Resumes Atlantic Vigil The International Ice Patrol will begin its 55th year of operation early this month, it was announced by the U.S. Coast Guard. The patrol will concentrate in the vicinity of the Grand Banks, off Newfoundland, where icebergs pose a particular threat to trans-Atlantic shipping. It was nearly 57 years ago, just before midnight on April 14, 1912, when the White Star liner Titanic, steaming at 22 knots 95 miles south of Grand Banks on her maiden voyage, brushed a giant berg which ripped a 300-foot gash in her hull below the waterline. Two and one-half hours later, the largest and most luxurious passenger liner of her day plunged to the bottom with a loss of 1,513 lives—the worst disaster in maritime history. The Titanic had been considered unsinkable by her builders. She was double-bottomed with 16 watertight compartments and was designed to maintain bouyancy even with four compart­ ments completely flooded. However, the rip in her hull flooded five compartments forward, and the ship was dopmed. The disaster spawned the International Convention for Safety of Life at Sea which met in London in 1913. Out of that con­ vention came the Ice Patrol and two other safety measures which would have drastically reduced the death toll on the Titanic if they had been in effect a year earlier. At the time of the collision the California was less than ten miles away. But, the distress calls from the Titanic went unheard because the California's radio operators were off duty and asleep. The 1913 convention adopted a resolution requiring all ships to maintain a 24-hour radio watch. The other vital regulation coming out of that meeting requires that all ships have lifeboat space for all persons on board. The Titanic was equipped with lifeboats enough to accommodate only 1,178 of the 2,224 passengers and crew aboard. Since the Ice Patrol was inaugurated in February, 1914, not a single life has been lost due to collisions with icebergs in the North Atlantic sea lanes. US Fleet Needs Massive Rebuilding if Menhant Marine is to Survive WASHINGTON—A "massive rebuilding" of the nation's fleet is an absolute necessity "if we are to have a U.S. merchant marine" the Senate Committee on Commerce declared in a report issued here last month. Also stressed by the Commit­ have made possible a limited continued, "for further delay could tee was the fact that it must "ex­ replacement program. But the well spell the end for U.S. mer­ amine and determine the appro­ slowness and inadequacy of the chant shipping. Thus an exten­ priate administrative location and replacement program for the sub­ sive effort will be made by the function of the Maritime Admin­ sidized operators is well evidenced committee in the coming session istration." by the fact that by the end of to re-evaluate the urgent needs of The report accompanied a res­ fiscal 1970 we will be 65 vessels the merchant marine and develop olution to authorize appropriations behind in the subsidized opera­ a comprehensive new legal basis of $550,000 for the Senate unit's tors' contractual replacement pro­ for operation of the fleet." Dealing with the status of the work during the current fiscal gram with the government." Maritime Administration, the re­ year. The section of the statement Fleet's Life Ebbing port goes on to say that, "In addi­ dealing with maritime matters cen­ tered around the "crucial task" of Of the unsubsidized sector of tion to the great effort that will rebuilding the United States mer­ the merchant marine, the state­ be undertaken to develop.and en­ chant marine. ment noted: "The tramp fleet is act into law a long-range revitali­ "That a rebuilding of our mer­ comprised almost exclusively of zation program for the merchant chant fleet is required is not sub­ World War II vessels. As such, marine, the committee must as ject to dispute," the report states. their operating life has already well fulfill its requirement of an­ "The U.S. merchant fleet which been extended beyond that which nual authorization of funds for once evidenced our nation upon efficiency and expectation could the programs of the Maritime Ad­ the seas as the foremost seafaring reasonably be forecast. . . . The ministration. This will entail the nation of the world has been al­ 5.6 percent of our foreign-borne comprehensive review of existing lowed to deteriorate to an alarm­ commerce now carried in U.S.-* and projected programs of the ing degree. While our fleet does flag bottoms is symptomatic of the Maritime Administration." employ some of the most modern degree to which our fleet has been Location of M-4RAD and efficient liner vessels in the allowed to deteriorate and the de­ "Additionally," the report con­ world, the tramp fleet is approach­ gree to which there is the neces­ cludes, "the committee must ex­ ing block obsolescence and only sity for a greatly expanded mer­ amine and determine the appro­ a portion of the liner fleet has chant shipping effort. priate administrative location and "In the 90th Congress this com­ enjoyed the benefit of construction function of the Maritime Admin­ mittee held extensive hearings on and operating subsidies which the status of the U.S. merchant istration. When the Department marine in an effort to isolate and of Transportation was formed Will Become Effective July 1— analyze the various issues respon­ some two years ago, the Maritime Administration remained within sible for the decline of our fleet and holding the key to meaningful thfe Department of Commerce. revitalization. Following some five Last year this committee reported months of hearings several mem­ favorably and Congress passed bers of the committee sponsored legislation which would have es­ an omnibus maritime revitalization tablished the Maritime.Adminis­ program (S. 2650), upon which tration as an independent agency. hearings were begun late in the That measure was vetoed by the WASHINGTON—Merchants and money-lenders were told by the government last month exactly second session of the 90th Con­ President on the basis that the what information must be disclosed to credit customers and borrowers after July 1, when the fed­ gress. The brief hearings on S. Maritime Administration should 2650 were sufficient to disclose be located within the Department eral truth-in-lending law takes effect. the serious difference of opinion of Transportation. Thus the ap­ The law, strongly supported the amount repaid in 12 monthly between the administration and propriate administrative location by the AFL-CIO during an the buyer of an automobile to judge whether he would pay the installments comes to $1,060 the Committee as to the appropri­ of the Maritime Administration eight-year-campaign for passage, lowest finance charge by financing would have to use the correct ate path to follow toward revitali­ is unsettled and this committee allowed more than a year of prep­ his car through the dealer, a bank, annual rate of 11 percent. This zation of the merchant marine." must again examine the appropri­ aration to reform the nation's con­ a loan company or a credit union. is because the full $1,000 would "The Committee must reach an ate location for that agency in an sumer credit structure. The regulations include tables be available to the customer only accord with the new administra­ effort to constitute it in a manner It assigned to the board of gov­ for determining the true annual for the first month of the loan. tion as to appropriate and effective most conducive to a revitalization ernors of the Federal Reserve rate according to the type of With each payment, he repays remedies for our fleet," the report of the merchant marine." System the task of translating the credit—whether open end credit, part of the principal and has less legislative language into specific such as department store revolv­ money at'his disposal. Honored for Safety-at-Sea regulations on credit and interest ing charge accounts or credit • If a bank discounts the inter­ charge disclosure. cards, or single transactions such est charge in advance—actually The board has completed its as a bank loan or a major pur­ giving the borrower only $940, regulations which will apply to chase. The tables are geared to it would have to list its annual "banks, savings and loan associ­ show iiic true interest rate to the rate at 11.5 percent. For the first six months of the ations, department stores, credit nearest one-quarter of one per­ law—until January 1, 1970—the card issuers, credit unions, auto­ cent. The buyer or borrower doesn't annual percentage rate can be ex­ mobile dealers, consumer finance companies, residential mortgage have to worry about the tables; pressed as dollars per $100 in­ brokers, craftsmen such as plumb­ they are for the use of the seller. stead of as a percentage. Thus, ers and electricians, doctors, den­ But if the seller or lender deliber­ instead of 18 percent' a finance tists, hospitals and any other ately violates the law, he can be charge could be described as $18 per year per $100 of unpaid bal­ individuals or groups which ex­ jailed for one year and fined tend or arrange for consumer $5,000, and the customer can sue ance. for double civil penalties. credit." The new regulations also spell out the wording of a notice which Examples Cited Sets No Ceilings must be given to every person As examples of how credit and who signs an agreement putting Neither the law nor the regu­ lations set any ceiling on interest interest charges must be expressed up his home as security to a loan. by July 1, the Federal Reserve The notice tells the borrower that rates or finance charges. governors cited these cases: he can cancel the agreement within The intent is to disclose to cus­ • A department store which three business days without pen­ tomers or borrowers before a deal is closed or a sale made exactly now charges revolving credit cus­ alty. what the credit or interest charge tomers 1.5 percent of the unpaid Actual enforcement of the reg­ The Seattle wins award for being the safest ship in Sea-Land fleet. may be in terms of true annual balance each month would have ulations will be spread among At ceremonies in Seattle were (Seated, l.-r.): J. R. Nystrom, vessel s interest rates. This would enable to notify its customers that the nine federal agencies with regu­ master; Joe Schoell, ship's delegate: Steve Troy, SlU Port Agent. consumers to "shop for credit" by annual rate comes to 18 percent latory authority over various in­ Standing from left: R. F. Whitmire, Division Marine Manager, Seacomparing the credit costs of one a year. dustries and bank systems. How­ store, bank, or loan company with • A bank which makes a ever most retail credit transactions Land; P. K. Leatham, West Coast Marine Safety Representative; that of another. $1,000 loan for one year and now will be policed by the Federal Captain D. M. Alger, Chief, Merchant Marine Safety Division, U.S. Coast Guard, Thirteenth District, which includes the City of Seattle. calls it a 6 percent loan because Trade Commission. It would, for example, enable Gov't Truth-indending Regulations issuedto Merchants, Money Lenders �f'fl^ Page Six SEAFARERS March 1, 1969 LOG On Campaign by Big Business Board Member Srores Publkations For Slanted Anti-NLRB Propaganda TUCSON, Ariz.—Slanted and biased reports of National Labor Relations Board decisions can have only a harmful effect on the nation's collective bargaining system, NLRB member Gerald A. Brown told the University of Arizona's fifth annual conference on collective bargaining and labor law here last month. ^ lacious reasoning, and name call­ ers thought. The regulation was "Distorted accounts of the ing." adopted without benefit of the board's activities have appeared He cited as "distorted accounts" sort of formal rule-making pro­ recently in the Readers Digest those in the Readers Digest and cedure where companies and un­ and other publications," Brown other publications which "care­ ions could argue for or against it. said. fully select a few cases, gloss over The summary nature of this ac­ He noted a report last year or misrepresent the facts, accuse tion led an appeals court to de­ that the nation's major corpora­ the NLRB of bias and prejudice, clare the (Excelsior) rule invalid." tions had joined with the Cham­ and conclude with emotional Briefs Submitted ber of Commerce, the National words predicting dire consequenc­ The fact is, said Brown, that Association of Manufacturers and es for our system of free enter­ the board not only heard oral other employer groups in a $1 prise, consumers and the civil arguments by unions and manage­ million campaign to help change rights of all citizens." ment but invited, and received, public opinion about the labor Such accounts. Brown noted, written j^riefs from the CofC and laws. "do not mention that almost all the NAM more than eight months "The labor board welcomes the cases cited have been approved before the Excelsior rule was honest and informed criticism," by the courts" after judicial re­ adoptevl. Brown said. "But I have a differ­ view. The "quoted authorities usu­ Another fact, he said, is that ent reaction to an organized cam­ ally represented the losing side in the rule has been approved by paign-which represents a disserv­ the cases discussed, but this fact more than a dozen other courts ice to employers, employees and is nowhere mentioned." besides the one cited by the busi­ the general public." "If a case is to be reargued be­ ness paper. The Supreme Court The board does not seek im­ fore the public, both sides should recently agreed to hear arguments munity from fair comment but be heard. It is true that the board on the one adverse ruling. is concerned "about the harmful has sometimes been reversed by Brown produced copies of three effects of the existing well-fi­ the courts, but our critics ignore newspaper editorials in the Ma­ nanced propaganda campaign" the fact that the reversals have comb (Mich.) Daily, the Rich­ against the present labor law, he been at the expense of unions as mond (Calif.) Independent and the well as employers, and blame the Northern Virginia Sun of Arling­ told the conference. board whatever the results." ton, Va. Each editorial "appeared Facts Twisted Brown quoted a Wall Street to represent the independent view Since Big Business launched its Journal editorial of December 2, of the paper" in which it appeared propaganda campaign, Brown 1968, asserting that in requiring but two were identical, the board said, he has noted these propagan­ employers to furnish unions with member noted. All three repeated da -techniques in critical news employee name-and-address lists, employer charges that the board stories and editorials—"the use the board was forcing employers has "disregarded fraud and gross of slanted or biased news, ridicule to help unions organize their em­ misrepresentations" by unions and and belittlement, color words, ployees. The editorial said in part: "rewarded strikers for flagrant fear technique, guilt by associa­ "In this instance the board misconduct by forcing employers tion, false conclusions from fal­ didn't even find out what employ­ to reinstate them with back pay." New SlU Tanker Wabash Launched at Sparrows Point BALTIMORE—A new SlU-contracted tanker, the 37,250deadweight-ton S. T. Wabash was launched here last month at Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Sparrows Point shipyard. The vessel is the second of molded depth is 48 feet 9 inches. m tnis two in this Class class to oe be con­ The draft will be about 36 feet structed here for affiliated com­ 8 inches at 37,250 deadweight panies of Ogden Marine, Inc., tons. formerly Oriental Exporters, Inc. The house-aft vessel has been All ships of the companies are constructed to be as maintenance named for rivers in the United free as possible. The top side, unStates and this newest addition to derbody and all tanks are coated the fleet takes its name from the with epoxy type paints. The crew's Wabash River in Indiana. quarters are of the most modern When formally delivered to its design, fully air-conditioned and owners next spring, the Wabash with permanent pre-finished plastic will be assigned to the carriage coated bulkheads which will re­ of petroleum or .grain products, quire a minimum of maintenance. or both. Unlike most tankers recently built in the United States, the Wabash as does her sistership, the Willamette, has an expended cruis­ ing range of about 12,000 miles. Her storerooms—both dry and refrigerated—^have a capacity large enough to hold a six-month supply of stores. The vessel has a capacity of TAMPA—The Port of Tampa 333,000 barrels in its 15 tanks,' set a new record in cargo tonnage and may be readily converted to handled during 1968, eclipsing a the grain trade with a grain carry­ good 1967 total by eight percent, ing capacity of approximately 1,- Port Director Jack P. Fitzgerald 500,000 bushels. Her cargo han­ announced last month. dling pumps will be capable of A total of 28,002,237 tons were discharging a full liquid cargo in moved through the port during the only 14 hours. year, placing Tampa 10th in rank The Wabash is expected to op­ for waterbourne commerce in the erate at a normal sea speed of 16 nation and continuing its status knots. It has a 15,000 shaft horse­ as the most active port in Florida. power turbine driving a single During December, 1968—^the screw. The design includes a largest tonnage month ever re­ curved rake stem, a cruiser stern corded in the history of the port— and a spade rudder. a total of 2,625,005 tons of cargo Over-all length of the ship is were handled to register a 22660 feet 2 inches, with length be­ percent increase over the 2,147,tween perpendiculars of 630 feet. 063 tons handled in the previous Its molded breadth is 90 feet and December. '68 Cargo Totals Hit Record High la Port of Tampa Blue Cross Study Finds Health Problems of U. S. Poor Are National Disaster CHICAGO—A new publication has entered the health field with a bang, pointing out in its first issue that the health problems of the United States poor are a national disaster. The periodical. Sources is put out by the Blue Cross Association—the world's largest voluntary, nonprofit health prepayment organization. According to Walter J. McNerney, president of the association, the new periodi­ cal will "identify and give definition to vital health issues of today." The magazine will be distributed free to leading private citizens, public officials and other decision makers and will be published at a frequency yet to be determined. "We hope that by sharing our knowledge with others, inside and outside the health field, we will contribute to a decision-making process that will result in better solu­ tions that are an effective response to the problems," McNemey explained. In dedicating the first issue to the health problems of the poor. Sources quotes from several authorities who make salient points on the subject. "The health of the poor in the United States is a national disaster," says Dr. H. Jack Geiger, professor of preventive medicine at the Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston. "The poor are likelier to be sick, the sick are likelier to be poor." "More money is spent conserving migratory birds than the health of migratory workers," Dr. Stanley Skillicorn, director of the migrant clinic in Santa Clara, California, points out. "Now in the affluent 60's ... it can truthfully be said that over one third of this nation feels ill-cared for in its medical needs," declares public opinion analyst Louis Harris. And, from the Office of Economic Opportunity come these obsci vaiions from Dr. Joseph T. English, assistant director for health affairs: "There is no point in training a boy to work when employers view him as disfigured because all his teeth have been extracted." Commenting on the selection of this theme on the launching of the new publication, McNerney stated, "We in Blue Cross have discovered that we know too little about the health problems of the poor." He explained that the association is now working with several agencies both in government and in the private sector "to explore methods of making the health care system more efficient and improving its availability to every American, whether affluent or poor." The Social Security Administration designates 45 mil­ lion Americans as poor or near-poor, defined as members of four-person families with incomes of $85 weekly or less. Mollie Orshansky of that agency has suggested that, in order to combat poverty, new public income-support programs, or, at least, the sharp stepping-up of imple­ mentation of existing programs and their extension are needed. The result of poverty is directly translated into physical ailments, official government figures show. Families with incomes under $2,000 have three times the incidence of disabling heart disease, five times as much mental illness, and nine times as much visual impairments as occurs in the over-$7,000 income families. The leading pollster, Louis Harris, cites a study which finds that worsening health is what the poor—both white and black—worry about most. Most of the poor are convinced that not enough medical care is available to them. They resent the kind of care dispensed at hospital clinics—particularly the long waits and the impersonality of medical personnel. Also, the Harris study reveals, about 40 percent express the view that "each part of the health care has to be found somewhere else." A case in point is reported by Dr. George James, dean of New York's Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, who describes "a man who lived near a major medical center, but wouldn't go to it, even though he had 12 major pathologic diagnoses. The hospital called him 'an unco­ operative patient.' He had been told to attend no fewer than 10 specialty clinics. He was too sick to do it, so he just said the hell with all of them." Medical reporter Jay Nelson Tuck, in an article, "Gov­ ernment on the Poverty Line," reports the above case. The article details the new neighborhood health centers of the Office of Economic Opportunity as well as other aspects of the new $5.1 billion annual program to bring health care to the poor. American Indians fare even worse than the other ele­ ments of the population. Senator Fred R. Harris, Demo­ crat of Oklahoma and Mrs. Harris, in an article on Indian health, point out that diseases which the white community now regard as having become relatively rare continue to afflict these people "with disturbing frequency." Tuberculosis is six times more likely to strike an Indian than a white American; dysentery 40 times mor^ likely. Indian life expectancy is now 63.5 years, compared to 71 years for white Americans. The Harrises attribute the poor health conditions of these people to "poverty, family and social disorganization, and the hapless dependency of Indians on the federal government." "Poverty in living standards accompanied by poverty in medical care seems unjustified by the amount of money Americans are investing in health care—$47.3 billion, which constitutes more than six percent of the Gross National Product, the highest percentage spent on medical care of any nation, except the USSR," Richard M. Ralston, editor of Sources stresses. Tuck points out, on the basis of a recent study by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, that $9.7 billion of this amount was spent in 1968 by the federal and state governments on the health care of the 45 million poor and near-poor—somewhat more than $200 per person. The study concludes: "Given the current estimates that about $200 per year per person would purchase 'good' health care, if resources were applied for maximum benefit, current government expenditures would cover the major costs of health service for the poor. While this degree of efficiency is rarely found in any system, it seems clear that much room for improvement exists." �March 1, 1969 SEAFARERS President Contmues OEO; Two Key Programs Shifted WASHINGTON—President Nixon announced a reshuffle of key anti-poverty programs last month but told Congress he wants to con­ tinue the Office of Economic Opportunity as an "incubator" for new programs to help the poor. As a first step, the President said, he is using his executive authority to delegate operation of a number of OEO programs to the Depart­ ment of Health, Education and Welfare and to the Labor Department effective July 1. Nixon assigned the operation of the Job Corps to the Labor De­ partment to be co-ordinated with other manpower programs admin­ istered by the department. He delegated to Health, Education and Welfare the OEO's Head Start program for pre-school children, its Comprehensive Health Centers for poverty neighborhoods and its Foster Grandparents pro­ gram under which retired volunteers receive modest payment for providing individual "grandfafherly" care to fatherless small children. Several other OEO-initiated programs are already delegated to other agencies, including the operation of the Neighborhood Youth Corps by the Labor Department and the school-age Head Start FollowThrough program by HEW. At least initially, supervision of Community Action programs will remain under OEO. Although the announcement was the first formal message Nixon has sent to Congress since taking office, it was strictly informational and did not request any immediate legislative action. The President said he will later ask Congress to extend" authorization for appropriations for the OEO for another year. And before June 30, Nixon said, he will submit "a comprehensive proposal for the future of the poverty program." Nixon had both praise and criticism of the Office of Economic Opportunity in his message. He said the anti-poverty agency "has been a valuable fount of ideas and enthusiasm." Its "greatest value," Nixon said, "is as an initiating agency—devising new programs to help the poor, and serving as an 'incubator' for these programs during their initial, experimental phases." This, he said, is the area on which OEO should concentrate. He was critical of the management and loose financial supervision of some OEO programs. "Even those most thoroughly committed to the goals of the antipoverty, he suggested, much more attention must be given to those worked," the President said. "The men and women who will be valued most in this Administra­ tion," Nixon added, "will be those who understand that not every experiment succeeds, who do not cover up failures but rather lay open problems, frankly and constructively, so that next time we will know how to do better." In new areas, Nixon hinted at steps to overcome disadvantages which blight many children during the first four years of their lives— before Head Start comes into the picture. "If we are to make genuine, long-ranee progress" in overcoming poverty, he suggested, much more attention must be given to those earliest years "which determine how far, throughout his later life, the child can reach." Spin-off of OEO programs to other agencies has been a hotly con­ troversial issue in past Congresses, with most Republicans and conserv­ ative Democrats favoring it and most liberals supporting the role of the Office of Economic Opportunity as the keystone of the antipoverty effort. Leon Duplantier, former presi­ dent of Communications Workers Local 3410, will posthumously re­ ceive the annual Merit Award to Labor given by the A.ssociation for Retarded Children, Inc., of Greater New Orleans. Duplantier, who died in February 1968, was active in United Fund drives in a number of caoacities, including a role as special assistant of com­ munity services representing the president of the Louisiana AFLCIO. * » * Carl J. Megel, legislative direc­ tor of the AFL-CIO, American Federation of Teachers and form­ er AFT president, has been reap­ pointed to the President's Com­ mittee on Employment of the Handicapped for another threeyear term. Megel previously served six years on the committee after 12 years as union president. He is currently a vice president of the International Federation of Teacher Unions, and a trustee of the United Nations Association of the USA. The Post Office Mail Handlers' executive board has announced the election of Vice President Lonnie L. Johnson, 36, as presi­ dent and called for the implemen­ tation of the merger with the La­ borers voted by the union's 1968 convention. Johnson, of Chicavo, succeeds the late Harold McAvoy. He said most members of the un­ ion and the board support the merger because "our best hope as a small union rests with LIUNA." The University of Illinois hon­ ored State AFL-CIO President Reuben G. Soderstrom at a pub­ lic ceremony here for his decades of service to labor education and the university. Soderstrom, state federation head for 38 years, was given a certificate of appreciation by UI President David Dodds Henry and Director Melvin Rothbaum of the university's Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations to highlight the 20th annual Cen­ tral Labor Union conference. • * • LOG Page Seven Carrying the Load An estimated 28 percent of^f the total i7o1iiP> value of all goods and services produced in this country goes to the federal, state and local governments in the form of taxes. This makes government a major partner in the worker's pay-check—a partner whose share is collected first, before the family gets its food money. But who pays that 28 percent? How is the burden shared? During 1967, there were 21 individuals in the United States who made over one million dollars for the year but paid not one cent in taxes. When the wage-earner looks at his depleted pay-check and realizes that he is carrying the exempted money maker on his back, and paying his taxes besides—that's the time when tax reform becomes a top priority item and when the American worker's traditional belief in al­ ways paying his share begins to become some­ what shaken. Some loopholes are so obvious one might well wonder why the public outcry hasn't been louder before now. Nearly $2 billion of income is tax-free to those who can afford to buy state and local bonds. Another $2.5 billion escapes through the in­ vestment tax credit loophole which gives cor­ porations a seven percent credit for every dollar invested in new machinery. Also, the Treasury Department estimates that revenue lost throu^ manipulation and abuse of charitable deductions totals some $2.5 billion annually. Oil companies enjoy a 27.5-percent tax ex­ emption on the price of crude oil they sell—to others or themselves—the "oil depletion allow­ ance." In iS67, for example, • Standard Oil of New Jersey—with a net income of over $2 bil­ lion—paid only 7.9 percent of it in U.S. Taxes. The capital gains tax permits people who are in the top personal income tax brackets—where they would otherwise pay-up to 70 percent—to pay only 25 no*-/ percent, because stock income is taxed less than earned wage income. What happens is that the tax-brackets—which range from 14 to 70 percent on taxable income —become most meaningful at the bottom; least meaningful at the top. Those in the lower brack­ ets, who can least afford it, are the ones who are forced to pay the full amount of tax indi­ cated in the tax charts. The most shameful aspect of this process— that which perhaps shows it most clearly—is that families below the poverty level pay taxes. Vitally needed tax-reform, in the areas of abuse indicated, could bring in $10 billion, ac­ cording to estimates of AFL-CIO economists— without even touching the tax brackets them­ selves. This is enough to grant substantial relief where it is most needed—at the bread-and-butter level. Both the national AFL-CIO and the Mari­ time Trades Department have long advocated tax reform, soberly and realistically. They advocate a raise in the minimum stand­ ard deduction for individuals and families; treat­ ing capital gains the same as any other income, and setting a minimum tax for each tax bracket —above an "adequate living" income level and regardless of how the income is earned. Also, they argue, sound limitations must be set for charitable deductions and state and local bonds should not be allowed to continue entirely scot-free of taxation. Such loopholes as invest­ ment tax credit and oil depletion allowances have no place in an inflating economy where business hardly needs incentives, considering their booming profit statements. The possibility of a tax revolt by the "middle class" was voiced by former Treasury Secretary Joseph W. Barr in his departing appearance be­ fore the joint Congressional Economic Commit­ tee—unless tax reform becomes a fact. Finally fed up with a business-oriented tax structure, wage earners can be expected to call more and more for tax relief where it is most needed—at the bottom. not/ nnit/ �•ili Page Eight SEAFARERS LOG Runaway Firms Hopping to Mexico As U. S. Cities Tout 30'Cent Wage V !r ;i J 5• ISi 'u TUCSON, ARIZ.—Mexico's "inexhaustible inexpensive labor market" is being touted as a 30cents-an-hour gold mine for U.S. businessmen willing to invest in plants on both sides of the border. "You don't have to go to Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea or Japan for low cost easily trainable foreign labor," says the official ^ jg The walkout was not an official a day. publication of DATE—Devel­ strike, sanctioned by the ruling Defense Contract opment Authority for Tucson's powers, but it forced Transitron to The U.S. plant has started work Expansion—which describes itself ship some of the quartz crystals as a "nonprofit corporation repre­ on a $1.7 million contract to make used in its production processes to senting a broad cross-section of telephone cables for the Defense another company subsidiary in Department. The contract is for the Tucson community." a one-year period, but the Army Kansas City. The workers finally "It's available right here . went back when the governor of along the Mexico-Arizona border Electronic Command awarded Tamaulipas state stepped in and Transitron an additional contract for as low as 30 cents an hour in the State Labor Board agreed to virtually inexhaustible numbers," on its bid of $1.1 million, and the hear the dispute—over wages DATE proclaims in glowing Economic Development Adminis­ promised but not paid for lunch tration procured a grant of $28,Chamber of Commerce prose. 000 in U.S. funds to "train 15 or "breaks." "Mexican labor is competitive Last year an AFL-CIO Execu­ with foreign labor—easily recruit­ 20 persons in the electronics field" tive Council subcommittee urged ed, quickly trained and equally as at the Transitron plant in Laredo. joint action by American and A subsidiary, Phalo Corp., got the productive." Mexican labor movements and contracts and the grant. Tucson businessmen headed by The hands-across-the-border governments to change the immi­ J. Karl Meyer, DATE's executive concept got a jolt, however, when gration and tariff laws. It cited director, point to the "advantages" the Mexican workers cast off the unfair competition by low-wage of "co-operative U.S.-Mexican "proud, cheerful attitude toward border-jumping plants and "green border operations such as low ab­ work" extolled by the tubthump- card" tourists who cross the bor­ senteeism and a proud, cheerful ing U.S. businessmen and stopped der freely to take jobs in agricul­ attitude toward work . . . under work for three weeks at the Nu­ ture, often at the expense of union the Twin Plant concept." farm workers. evo Laredo plant. That concept is described in these words: "Components are manufactured Accord Reached With L&N in Tucson, assembled in Nogales, Mexico, and returned to Tucson for final inspection, packaging and shipping. . . . Duty is imposed only on the added value of the assembly." Tucson is only one of the WASHINGTON—The recent settlement of a dispute over trainSouthwest's border towns promot­ ing the "cheap foreign labor" con­ crew sizes on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad has been cept. Among the first to tap the cited by the United Transportation Union as "proof that good new lode was Laredo, Texas, faith bargaining" can resolve which induced the Transitron labor-management differences in self-help after 30 days. This means the management could arbitrarily Electronics Corporation of Wake­ the industry. set sizes on unresolved crews or field, Mass., to move its non-union The settlement, reached in long the union could strike over the operations into a new plant with negotiating sessions in Louisville, issue. a small work force. provides that L&N will employ The agreement on the l-and-2 Across the border at Nuevo La­ a conductor and two trainmen on makeup covers 250 crews, many redo, Mexico, within walking dis­ half of its freight train crews, of which previously operated with tance of Laredo, is a Transitron while the other half remain sub­ only a single trainman. plant with 1,400 workers, all Mex­ ject to negotiation. The procedure is similar to that ican nationals. Under the twin If no agreement can be reached set in accords reached previously plant formula, Transitron may on the makeup of the remaining use its small U.S. work force to 50 percent of the crews in six on the crew-size issue between manufacture products and its months, the matter will be re­ UTU and 52 other railroads. It large Mexican force to assemble ferred to UTU President Charles has led to complete agreements without walkouts. them. Luna and L&N President W. U. "Particularly Important" Wage rates in the U.S. are Kendall for disposition. $1.60 an hour and up. In Nuevo If they can't reach an agree­ However, UTU has stressed Laredo the rate is a reported ment, the parties may revert to that the L&N settlement is "par­ ticularly important" because the dispute there and similar disputes Fueling Up on the Illinois Central and the Belt Railway of Chicago were han­ dled by a presidential emergency board in December. The brunt of the union's case before the board was that the three carriers had "refused to bargain realistically" ever since 1966 when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the legality of no­ tices served by the Railroad Trainmen, now part of UTU. Recalling the history of the dis­ pute, LJTU noted that its memIjers were forced to strike L&N before the board was appointed, and again briefly in January when negotiations again reached a stale­ mate. The second strike was halted by a court injunction, but the walkout also produced a new round of negotiations which led to the settlement. "In the final analysis," Luna said, "an agreement can be It's chow time and Seafarer James Kalogrlds is ready to eat. George reached if both sides will sit down Spizou is serving up lunch Kalogrids has selected in cafeteria at the across the table from each other N,Y. Hall. Kalogrids sails in the deck department as deck engineer. and iron out their differences." Dispute on Train Crew Sizes Resolved by Union Bargaining -ft' III. March 1, 1969 Additional Legal Aid Urged As Vital to Nation's Poor WASHINGTON—Federal legal aid for the needy granted under the nation's anti-poverty drive should be greatly expanded, the National Council of Senior Citizens told Congress recently. David H. Marlin, associate director of NCSC's program of legal research and services for the elderly, made the appeal be­ fore a Senate Special Committee on Aging. The council is currently conducting legal aid projects under a $510,793 grant made last year by the Office of Economic Op­ portunity, and it was on the basis of this experience that Marlin testified. "I can detail both from my own experience and from known facts on legal aid in this country the very urgent need faced by millions of the poor for legal assistance," Marlin declared. He described two projects in which the NCSC is trying to expand legal services for poor, elderly Mexican-Americans in gj the San Antonio, Texas, and Albuquerque, N.M. areas. Afraid to Apply In the San Antonio area, Marlin said, about 5,000 MexicanAmericans receive old age assistance but many more receive none because they entered the United States illegally and are afraid to apply to the government for help. Estimating that there are more than 60,000 Mexican-American farm workers 65 and over who are "poverty stricken" in the Southwest, he added, "No group stands in greater need of legal aid than the Spanish-speaking Americans." Marlin also described legal research and legal aid demonstra­ tion projects being carried out by NCSC throughout the United States. They include a counseling program in Boston, legal aid in the area of housing at Venice and Culver City, Calif., and legal research projects being conducted in cooperation with law schools at Columbia and Duke universities. But his conclusion was that all of the NCSC plans and other legal aid now being provided for the poor falls far short of the actual need. Fla. Fun Center to Rise Non-Stop In Building Trudes-Disney Compmt BAL HARBOUR, Fla.—A labor-management agreement assurmg orderly and uninterrupted construction" at the largest private project ever put together in the United States was signed here by 18 building and construction f trade unions and Walt Disney 43-sq'jare mile site 15 miles south­ Productions and its contractors. west of Orlando, Fla. The agreement came during a The project agreement covers meeting of the BCTD executive Walt Disney World, a Florida vacation-recreation complex ex­ council here which discussed a pected to open in 1971 that will number of problems in the con­ be five times larger than Califor­ struction industry and the trade union movement. nia's famed Disneyland. The agreement was signed by C. J. Haggerty, president of the Building and Construction Trades Department, the presidents of the 18 unions making up the depart­ ment, and Harry Hall, president of Allen Contracting Co., Disney's general contractor. The joint statement issued at the signing termed the working BALTIMORE—Jurisdiction of arrangements "fair, strong and anchorages in the Port of Balti­ satisfying the needs of the em­ more, formerly the responsibility ployees, the unions, the contrac­ of the Maryland Port Authority, tors and Walt Disney World." has been assumed by the United The agreement, the statement States Coast Guard, effective from added, "makes possible the or­ January 11, it was announced last derly and uninterrupted construc­ month. tion" of the project and puts into The Port's anchorages include practice "effective and binding those for deep and shallow draft methods for the settlement of all vessels, a quarantine anchorage misunderstandings and disputes." and one for small craft of under lOO-feet—nine anchorages in all, Negotiated 12 Months including one reserved for dead Bonar Dyer, vice president for ships, awaiting scrapping or re­ industrial relations for Disney, pair. Anchorage areas are used by praised the "spirit of co-operation and good faith" of the unions dur­ ships awaiting berths or cargoes. Administration of the anchor­ ing the nearly 12 months of nego­ tiations on the agreement. ages, including requirements for The first phase of the project permits is now under the Captain will include an amusement park, of the Port, U.S. Coast Guard. several resort hotels, a large recre­ Some of the physical limits of the ation complex and a transportation areas have been altered. A new system. Later phases will feature chart, showing the changes, is ex­ a jet airport, industrial parks and pected to be available later this a prototype 'community of tomor­ month from the U.S. Coast and row." The project is located on a Geodetic Survey. CG To Oversee Nine Anchorages In Baltimore �mamBsmmsi March 1, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Nine Income Tax Guide April 15, 1969, is the deadline for filing Federal income tax re­ turns. As is customary at this time of the year, the SIU Accounting Department has prepared the fol­ lowing detailed tax guide to assist SIU men in fiiing their returns on income earned in 1968. Generally, with very few excep­ tions, seamen are treated no dif­ ferently under the income tax laws than any other citizen or resident of the U. S. (The non-resident alien seamen must also file a re­ turn, but the rules are not the same for him.) WHO MUST FILE. Every Sea­ farer who is a citizen or resident of the United States—whether an adult or minor—who had $600 or more income in 1968 must file; i 65 or over, $1,200 or more. A Seafarer with income of less than these amounts should file a return to get a refund if tax was withheld. A married Seafarer with income less than his own persona exemption should file a joint re­ turn with his wife to get the smaller tax or larger refund for the couple. WHEN TO FILE. Tax returns have to be filed by April 15, 1969. However, the April 15 deadline is waived in cases where a seaman is at sea. In such ins'tances, the sea­ man must file his return at the first opportunity, along with an affi­ davit stating the reason for delay. HOW TO FILE. The Seafarer has two return forms to choose from. Form 1040 and card form. Form 1040A. Form 1040 is lim­ ited to a single sheet. Supporting schedules may be attached accord­ ing to the individual needs of each taxpayer. Generally, if your income was entirely from salary, wages, inter­ est, dividends, and sources other than those for which schedules (B, C, D, and F) are required, you will need only Form 1040. You can use it whether you take the standard deduction or itemize de­ ductions. If you have income from sources listed below, complete and attach one or more of the follow­ ing forms: Schedule B for income from pensions, annuities, rents, royalties, partnerships, es­ tates, trusts, etc.; Schedule C for income from a personally owned business; Schedule D for income from the sale or exchange of prop­ erty: and Schedule F for income from farming. WAGE EARNERS WITH LESS THAN $10,000 INCOME. You can use a simpler return (Form 1040A), printed on a punch card, if: 1. Your income was less than $10,000, AND 2. It consisted of wages re ported on withholding statements (Forms W-2) and not more than $200 total of other wages, inter­ est, and dividends, AND 3. Instead of itemizing deduc­ tions, you wish to use the tax table or to take the standard deduction which is generally the higher of: (a) the 10 percent standard deduction—about 10 per­ cent of your income, or (b) the minimum standard de­ duction—an amount equa to $200 ($100 if marriec and filing separate return) plus $100 for each exemp­ tion claimed on item 15 on the back of your Form 1040A. If your income is less than $5,000, you can choose to have the Internal Revenue Service figure your tax for you. A husband and wife may file a joint return Form 1040A if their combined incomes do not exceed these limits. DON'T USE FORM 1040A IF— (1) You wish to take any de­ ductions for specific items, such as unreimbursed employee ex­ penses. (2) You wish to claim a re­ tirement income credit. (3) You wish to compute your tax under the head-of-household rates of to claim "surviving spouse" benefits. (4) You wish to claim any ex­ clusion for wages or salary you received for a period while you were sick and this amount is shown on your Form W-2. (5) You wish to claim credit for payments of estimated tax for the taxable year or for an over­ payment from 1967. (6) Your wife (or husband) is filing a separate return on Form 1040 and itemizes her (or his) deductions. (7) You have a nonresident alien status. TAX SURCHARGE. The tax surcharge is in addition to the regular income tax and is 10 percent figured on an annual basis for the period April 1, 1968 through June 30, 1969. Since the surcharge was effective for only nine months of 1968, the rate for the calendar year 1968 is 7.5 percent. If the regular tax is less than $734, the tax surcharge is to be found in accordance with the tax surcharge tables in the tax in­ struction booklet. If the regular tax is $734 or more, the tax sur­ charge is 7.5 percent of this amount. HOW TO PAY The balance of tax shown to be due on your return must be paid in full with your return if it amounts to $1 or more. Make checks or money order, payable to "Internal Revenue Service." ROUNDING OFF TO WHOLE DOLLARS The money items on your re­ turn and schedules may be shown in whole dollars. This means that you eliminate any amount less than 50 cents, and increase any amount from 50 cents through 99 cents to the next higher dollar. ADVANTAGES OF A JOINT RETURN. Generally it is advan­ tageous for a married couple to file a joint return. There are bene­ fits in figuring the tax on a joint return which often result in a lower tax than would result from separate returns. In cases where a man's wife tirement income such as rents, lives in a foreign country, he can dividends and earnings at odd still claim the $600 exemption jobs. However, an adjustment for her. must be made in this credit for In addition, a taxpayer can Social Security benefits. HOW TO REPORT YOUR claim $600 for each child, parent, grandparent, brother, brother-in- INCOME. All income in what­ law, sister, sister-in-law, and each ever form received which is not uncle, aunt, nephew or niece de­ specifically exempt must be in­ pendent on him, if he provides cluded in your income tax return, more than one-half of their sup­ even though it may be offset by port during the calendar year. The deductions. Examples are given dependent must have less than below: $600 income and live in the U. S., Example of Income Which Must Be Reported: Wages, salaries, Canada, Mexico, Panama or the bonuses, commissions, fees, Canal Zone. tips, and gratuities. A child under 19, or a student over 19 can earn over $600 and Dividends. CHANGES IN MARITAL still count as a dependent if the Interest on bank deposits, bonds, STATUS. If you are married at taxpayer provides more than onenotes. the end of 1968, you are consid­ half of his support. Interest on U. S. Savings bonds. ered married for the entire year. The law also enables a seaman Profits from business or profes­ If you are divorced or legally sep­ who is contributing (with other sion. arated on or before the end of relatives) more than ten percent Your share of partnership profits. 1968, you are considered single of the support of a dependent to Profits from sales or exchanges for the entire year. If your wife or claim an exemption for that in­ of real estate, securities, or husband died during 1968, you dividual, provided the other con­ other property. are considered married for the en­ tributors file a declaration that Industrial, civil service and other tire year. Generally in such a they will not claim the dependent pensions, annuities, endow­ case, a joint return may be filed that year. ments. CREDIT FOR EXCESS SO­ Rents and royalties from property, for the year. You may also be patents, copyrights. entitled to the benefits of a joint CIAL SECURITY (FICA) TAX return for the two years follow­ PAID. If a total of more than Your share of estate or trust in­ ing the death of your husband or $343.20 of Social Security (FICA) come. tax was withheld from the wages Employer supplemental unem­ wife. EXEMPTIONS. Each taxpayer of either you or your wife be­ ployment benefits. is entitled to a personal exemp­ cause one or both of you worked Alimony, separate maintenance or tion of $600 for himself, $600 for for more than one employer, support payments received from his wife, an additional $600 if you may claim the excess over (and deductible by) your hus­ he is over 65 and another $600 $343.20 as a credit against your band (or wife). if he is blind. The exemptions for income tax. Prizes and awards (such as items TAX CREDIT FOR RETIRE­ age and blindness apply also to a received from radio and TV taxpayer's wife, and can also be MENT INCOME. A tax credit is shows, contests, raffles, etc.) claimed by both of them. allowed for individuals against re- Examples of Income Which Should Not Be Reported: Disability retirement payments and other benefits paid by the Veterans Administration. A major tax beef by seamen is that normally taxes are not Dividends on veterans' insurance. Life insurance proceeds upon withheld on earnings in the year they earned Ae money, but death. in the year the payoff took place. Workmen's compensation, insur­ For example, a seaman who signed on for a five month ance, damages, etc., for injury trip in September, 1967, paying off in January, 1968, would or sickness. have all the five months' earnings appear on his 1968 W-2 Interest on State and municipal slip and all the taxes withheld in 1967. This practice could bonds. increase his taxes in 1968 even though his actual 1968 earn­ Federal Social Security benefits. ings might be less than those in 1967. Railroad Retirement Act benefits. Gifts, inheritance, bequests. There are ways to minimize the impact of this .situation. For example, while on the ship in 1967, the Seafarer un­ doubtedly took draws and may have sent allotments home. These can be reported as 1967 income. Unfortunately, this raises another complication. The sea­ man who reports.these earnings in 1967 will not have a W-2 (witholding statement) covering them. He will have to list all allotments, draws and slops on the tax return and explain why he doesn't have a W-2 for them. Furthermore, since no tax will have been withheld on these earnings in 1967, he DIVIDEND INCOME. If a will have to pay the full tax on them with his return, at 14 seaman has dividend income from percent or upwards, depending on his tax bracket. stocks he can exclude the first The earnings will show up on his 1968 W-2. The seaman $100 from his gross income. then, on his 1968 return would have to explain that he had If a joint return Is filed and reported some of the earnings in 1967 and paid taxes on them. both husband wife have dividend He would get a tax refund accordingly. income, each one may exclude In essence, the seaman would pay taxes twice on the same $100 of dividends from their income and get a refund a year later. While this will save gross income. the seaman some tax money in the long run, it means he WELFARE, PENSION AND VACATION BENEFIiS. Bene­ is out-of-pocket on some of his earnings for a full year until fits received from the SIU Wel­ he gets refunded. fare Plan do not have to be re­ This procedure would also undoubtedly cause Internal ported as income. Revenue to examine his returns, since the incmne reported Payments received from the would not jibe with the totals on his W-2 forms. SIU Pension Plan are includible That raises the question, is this procedure justified? It is as income on the tax return of justified only If a seaman hijid very little income In one year those pensioners who retire with and very considerable income the next Otherwise the tax a normal pension. There is a spe­ saving is minor and probably not worth the headache. cial retirement income tax credit (Continued on Page 10) LONG-TRIP TAX PROBtmS �Page Ten Mills Reap DOD Contracts Despite Evidence of Bias \ ft If"|: I '• WASHINGTON—The Defense Department has decided not to cancel multi-million dollar contracts with three big southern textile firms despite findings by a government agency that the companies had discriminated against Negroes and refused to take "affirmative action" to remedy the discrimination. South Carolina's Senator Strom Thurmond, the former Dixiecrat turned Republican, had strongly protested the proposed cancellations in a telegram to President Nixon. Thurmond was a key supporter of Nixon at the GOP national convention and during the presidential campaign. One of the firms involved was J. P. Stevens and Company, notorious for its union-busting policy involving wholesale firings of union supporters and repeated violations of federal labor law. Also involved were South Carolina plants operated by Burling­ ton Industries and Dan River Mills. The Labor Department's Office of Federal Contract Com­ pliance, which is charged with enforcing the executive order barring companies which discriminate from receiving govern­ ment contracts, had found the textile firms in violation of the federal policy. Accepted 'Personal Assurances' Deputy Defense Secretary David Packard, however, said he has reviewed the case and obtained "personal assurances" from the heads of the companies that they would take steps to provide equal opportunity for Negro workers. The Labor Department contract compliance office said it wasn't consulted about Packard's decision and would like to know just how specific the "assurances" were and what they covered. The agency's acting director. Ward McCreedy, said: "Those must have been rather spectacular agreements for them to award the contracts based on what I know of the case." He said he will ask the Defense Department for "a full report." In a related area. Labor Secretary George P. Shultz has before him a report from the contract compliance office that the AllenBradley Company, a Milwaukee electronics manufacturer, has refused to take steps to remedy discriminatory employment policies. The decision on whether to disqualify the firm from govern­ ment contracts was left by former Labor Secretary Wirtz to his successor. Income Tax Guide (Continued from Page 9) ment and applied against your income tax. to be calculated on Schedule B INCOME AVERAGING. A which is to be attached to the Seafarer who has an unusually return. Pensioners undet 65 who re­ large amount of taxable income ceive a disability pension do not for 1968 may be able to reduce the total amount of his tax by have to include such payments on their tax returns. However, all using the income averaging meth­ disability pension payments re­ od. This method permits a part ceived after age 65 are taxable of the unusually large amount of in the same manner as a normal taxable income to be taxed in lower brackets, resulting in a re­ pension. Vacation pay received from the duction of the over-all amount of Seafarers Vacation Plan is taxable tax due. income in the same manner as wages. DEATH BENEFIT EXCLU­ SION. If you receive pension pay­ ments as a beneficiary of a de­ ceased employee, and the em­ ployee had received no retirement pension payment, you may be en­ titled to a death benefit exclusion of up to $5,000. GAMBLING GAINS. All net gains from gambling must be re­ ported as income. However, if The following Items can be more was lost than gained during used as deductions against Income the year, the losses are not de­ (IF YOU DO NOT TAKE THE ductible, but simply cancel out STANDARD DEDUCTIONS): CONTRIBUTIONS. A tax­ the gains. INVESTMENT CREDIT. payer can deduct up to 20 per­ Form 3468 is to be used by a cent of gross income for contribu­ Seafarer claiming the investment tions to charitable institutions, and credit. The credit is allowed for an additional ten percent in con­ investment in tangible depreciable tributions to churches, hospitals personal property used in busi­ and educational institutions. INTEREST. Interest paid to ness. The credit is an amount c ;ual to 7 percent of such invest­ banks and individuals on loans. SEAFARERS March 1, 1969 LOG iruery Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco ... Seattle Totals X'tm to February lit DECK DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED Class A Class B 1 4 31 49 9 11 • 20 13 13 11 17 3 6 6 20 21 67 49 27 14 26 11 75 33 26 15 283 295 Class A Class B Class C 3 0 1 89 68 14 4 3 5 16 11 4 13 10 2 7 14 20 3 0 3 0 8 4 10 0 12 3 9 4 24 14 19 63 18 32 10 6 14 79 229 232 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 9 4 237 117 37 12 146 55 35 17 42 33 36 37 115 54 102 131 139 151 51 13 13 78 51 8 616 1107 E^IGIINE DEPARTMENT TOTAL SHIPPED TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups All Groups Port Class A Class B Class A Class B Class C Boston 0 2 2 0 3 New York 74 74 14 21 57 Philadelphia 9 1 5 1 14 Baltimore ....... 6 13 4 20 24 Norfolk 6 6 3 12 13 Jacksonville 19 10 13 3 15 Tampa 0 9 1 2 5 Mobile 9 1 17 20 5 New Orleans 9 54 47 3 2 Houston 18 3 4 15 4 Wilmington 19 17 12 24 5 San Francisco ... 42 38 41 35 54 Seattle 13 24 11 7 15 103 Totals 202 227 317 180 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 4 5 129 172 6 17 59 105 36 20 25 25 37 19 79 63 163 158 140 108 26 11 13 61 14 30 685 840 . STEWARD DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups All Groups Class A Class B Port Class A Class B Class C 0 1 2 Boston 2 0 66 18 32 New York 17 11 0 4 1 Philadelphia 6 2 7 7 Baltimore 5 18 11 8 4 Norfolk 4 11 11 Jacksonville 9 13 13 8 5 Tampa 0 2 0 0 3 Mobile 9 5 2 13 18 New Orleans 13 0 12 38 45 Houston 9 3 1 15 15 8 Wilmington 11 11 9 21 29 37 25 San Francisco ... 30 48 3 5 5 9 \ V 15 Seattle 144 130 105 194 187 Totals REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 5 1 89 174 13 11 109 42 19 30 8 25 18 25 33 105 84 186 62 131 26 11 54 18 39 11 911 418 ductible is $150.00. The other mortgages, etc., is deductible. TAXES. In general, you can one-half, plus any excess over the deduct: personal property taxes, $150.00 limit is deductible subject real estate taxes, state or local re­ to the normal three percent rule. The one and three percent lim­ tail sales taxes, state gasoline taxes and state income. taxes actually itations apply in all cases, regard­ paid within the year. You cannot less of your age, or the age of deduct: Federal excise taxes. Fed­ your wife or other dependents. eral Social Security taxes, hunting and dog licenses, auto inspection fees, tags, drivers licenses, alco­ holic beverages, cigarette and to­ bacco taxes, water taxes and taxes paid by you for another person. MEDICAL AND DENTAL EXPENSES. All expenses over three percent of adjusted gross income for doctor and dental bills, hospital bills, medical and CARE OF CHILDREN AND hospital insurance, nurse care OTHER DEPENDENTS. If de­ and similar costs can be deducted. ductions are itemized, a woman Other such costs include such or a widower, including men who items as eyeglasses, ambulance are divorced or legally separated service, transportation to doctors' under a decree and who have not offices, rental of wheelchairs and remarried or a husband whose similar equipment, hearing aids, wife is incapacitated or is institu­ artificial limbs and corrective de­ tionalized for at least 90 consecu­ vices. tive days or a shorter period if However, if the Seafarer is re­ she dies, may deduct expenses imbursed by the Seafarers Welfare paid, not to exceed a total of Plan for any of these costs, such $600, for one dependent, or not as family, hospital and surgical to exceed a total of $900 for two expenses, he cannot deduct the or more dependents for the care whole bill, only that part in excess of: of the benefits paid by the Plan. (a) dependent children under All expenses over one percent 13 years of age or of adjusted gross income for (b) dependent persons (exclud­ drugs and medicine can be de­ ing husband or wife) physi­ ducted. The deductible portion is cally or mentally incapable then combined, with other medi­ of caring for themselves; cal and dental expenses which are if such care is to enable the tax­ subject to the normal three per­ payer to be gainfully employed or cent rule. to actively seek gainful employ­ In figuring your deduction, you ment. can deduct an amount equal to ALIMONY. Periodic payment one-half of the insurance premi­ of alimony to a wife in accord ums paid for medical care for with a written agreement between yourself, your wife, and depend­ them can be deducted. ents. The maximum amount de­ CASUALTY LOSSES. The reasonable value of all clothing and gear lost at sea due to storm, vessel damage, etc., for which the taxpayer Is not otherwise compen­ sated, can be deducted as an expense. The same applies to fire loss or losses in auto accidents which are not compensated by in­ surance. These losses are limited to the amount in excess of $100 for each loss. WORK CLOTHES, TOOLS. The cost and cleaning of uniforms and work clothes which ordinarily cannot be used as dress wear can be deducted. This includes pro­ tective work shoes, gloves, caps, foul weather gear, clothing ruined by grease or paint, plus tools bought for use on the job, or books and periodicals used in di­ rect connection with work. UNION DUES. Dues and ini­ tiation fees paid to labor organi­ zations and most union assess­ ments can be deducted. PURCHASE OF U.S. SAV­ INGS BONDS. If you are entitled to a refund, you may apply it to the purchase of Series E. U.S. Savings Bonds. If you check the appropriate box you will be is­ sued as many bonds as your re­ fund will buy in multiples of $18.75 for each $25 face value bond. DECLARATION OF ESTIMATED TAX. The purpose of this declaration is to provide fjr current payment of taxes not col­ lected through withholding, where a taxpayer may have a consider­ able amount of outside income. In such cases, a Seafarer should check the instruction on his tax return carefully, as the "Declara­ tion of Estimated Tax" also must be filed on or before April 15, 1969. - p i -I • :i �March 1, 1969 SEAFARERS Looking the Other Way Page Eleven LOG Govt. Trustees Report Proves; Increased Social Security Benefits Would Not Increase Payroll Taxes Young Seafarer William Pentz, who sailj in engine department, stopped by for blood test in the clinic at New Orleans hall. Conducting test is technician Ann Will. Pentz hails from Iowa. War Fails to Stop Union Organizing Among Fishermen of South Vietnam SAIGON—When the Viet Cong pose as fishermen in the Gulf of Siam to spy for the Communists, Do Minh Toan, a South Viet­ namese fisherman who heads his union's local, fegularly reports their activities to his country's ion's recovery from its mid-1965 military officials. slump to a program it undertook Toan refuses to be intimi­ for the U.S. Agency for Interna­ dated by the Communists and tional Development later that year. he makes no bones about it, At a time when the Viet Cong even though he, his wife and their had cut a number of rail lines and three children face the threat of highways, the union's members Viet Cong reprisals. made an agreement with AID to Toan sees nothing particularly use their fishing junks to haul heroic in his attitude. He says, rice, medicines and diesel oil into "All Fishermen's union officials •South Vietnam ports. do the same thing throughout the Bottleneck Broken country." In the obstacles it faces and the The successful operation broke hardships and dangers its mem­ the Viet Cong bottleneck and bers encounter daily, the Fisher­ helped increase membership in the men's union is typical of most union. But there was a side bene­ labor organizations in South Viet­ fit that helped to bring new dignity nam. to the lives of the Fishermen. Yet the union has grown to be­ Under terms of the agreement come the second largest in the with AID, the union took 10 per­ country despite Communist oppo­ cent of gross income earned in sition, the job-destroying warfare carrying the cargoes and started that has engulfed the land, and a union welfare fund. This pro­ vestiges of feudal-era distrust vided the seed capital for a na­ among the people. tional Fishermen's credit union. The Fishermen, with 65,000 Until that point, fishermen of members, is affiliated with the the country traditionally had been Vietnamese Confederation of La­ lifetime debtors. A credit union bor (CVT), which is incontestably to them was the means of freeing anti-Communist and the best or­ themselves and their families from ganized group for progress in the the village money-lender who had nation. long dominated their economic, social and even political lives. Has Suffered Losses The union conducts training Despite the bravery of Toan programs in all parts of South and thousands of his fellow mem­ Vietnam for its members, officials bers, the union has suffered losses and organizers. One of the most in membership that coincide with successful seminars was recently Viet Cong successes and South held in Rach Gia, where Toan Vietnam instability. heads the local. Organized in 1963, it grew rap­ Attending the 25-days of train­ idly to 40,000 members in one ing sessions <vere many women year but plummeted to 10,000 by members of the union who work mid-1965 during the period of aboard the fishing boats along stepped-up military attacks by the with their men. Viet Cong and a chaotic political Plans are also underway for the situation. Fishermen's union to operate its The union suffered another drop own factory for the processing of in mid-1968 following the Conii- "nuoc mam," a popular fish munist attacks and terrorism that sauce, in Phan Thiet where it has broke the Tet (New Year's) truce, its beadauar*ers. but membership has once more The union's oroanizing and bar­ begun to climb. gaining efforts have greatly im­ As with all unions in South proved fishermen's wa<»es and ben­ Vietnam, there has been a direct efits and have enabled it to oper­ correlation between membership ate three social welfare centers. and security conditions. When Thus, despite the warfare rag­ warfare or Communist oppression ing around them, South Vetnam's eliminates jobs, membership drops. fishermen see a future of hope The Fishermen credit the un- I through their union. WASHINGTON—recent report by the trustees of the Social Security Trust Funds shows the funds to be in sound, healthy condition and "clearly proves" that social security benefits can be in­ creased without any boost in payroll taxes, AFL-CIO Social Security Director Bert Seidman has pointed out. In the report on the cash bene­ increased proportionately with in­ The report singled out by fits trust funds, the trustees cited creases in the general earnings Seidmah covers the two trust two factors accounting for the in­ level, there will be an actuarial funds from which cash benefits crease in the actuarial balance: balance in the fund—about 0.07 are paid—one for old-age and sur­ One, 1968 earnings levels were percent of taxable payroll. vivors insurance and one for dis­ higher than the 1966 levels which Total income to the hospital ability insurance. insurance trust fund in fiscal 1968 were used as a base for estimating The trustees stated that new contributions in determining the was reported at $3.9 billion, about cost estimates show a favorable previous estimated balance. $100 million in excess of outgo. actuarial balance of 0.53 percent Two, use of an assumed 4.25 The fund's total assets were $1.4 of taxable payroll compared with percent interest rate on trust fund billion, an increase of $87 million a previous estimated actuarial bal­ investments instead of a 3.75 per­ over fiscal 1967. ance of 0.01 percent. cent interest rate on which previ­ Steady Increases Expected "This new balance," Seidman ous estimates have been based. Estimates for the fiscal threesaid, "means that Congress could The trustees said that combined year period of 1969-71 looked to grant 5 to 6 percent of a badly- income into the old-age and sur­ needed increase in benefits without vivors and disability trust funds in steady increases in both income any increase in the social security fiscal 1968 exceeded outgo by $2.6 and disbursements. Income to the supplementary tax, shared equally by employer billion. Assets of the two funds medical insurance trust fund in and employee." totalled $28.1 billion at the end of fiscal 1968 was $1.4 billion, while The trustees also submitted to the fiscal year. outgo was $1.5 billion, the trustees Congress reports for fiscal 1968 In the five years ahead, the reported. But this high outgo, it covering Medicare hospital insur­ trustees forsaw income to the ance and supplementary medical funds exceeding expenditures by was pointed out, was due to a big backlog of claims for services ren­ insurance (doctors bills) under so­ about $45 billion. dered in the early period of the cial security. Based on the present tax sched­ program's operation. Trustees for the funds in the ule and taxable earnings level, While total assets of the fund fiscal year were Social Security they predicted that the funds will decreased from $486 million to Commissioner Robert M. Ball and have sufficient income from con­ $307 million between June 30, three members of the Johnson tributions to meet the cost.of bene­ 1967, and June 30, 1968, the re­ Cabinet: Treasury Secretary Jo­ fits and administrative expenses port noted that assets were back seph W. Barr, Labor Secretary "for the next 15 to 20 years and up to an estimated $446 million Willard Wirtz and Health, Educa­ for the distant future." by December 31, 1968, as the tion & Welfare Secretary Wilbur In the report on the hospital in­ result of an increased premium J. Cohen. surance trust fund, the trustees rate and payment of some govern­ said there would be an unfavor­ ment contributions for past years. able actuarial balance—0.29 per­ The trustees indicated that the cent of taxable payroll—based on financial future of the supplemen­ an assumption that the present tary medical insurance program taxable earnings base, $7,800 a depends upon rates of utilization year, remains unchanged. of doctors services and costs, par­ , However, the trustees empha­ ticularly how much doctors' fees sized that if the earnings base is continue to increase in the future. MARAD Insures Loan of Funds For Two Junkers WASHINGTON —The Mari­ time Administration has approved ship construction loan and mort­ gage guarantees for two 61,000deadweight ton American-flag tankers. Both will be built at the Beth­ lehem Sparrows Point Shipyard in Maryland for the SlU-contracted Maritime Overseas Corportation. One is scheduled for an August, 1970, delivery and the other is to be delivered in November of the same year. According to MARAD, the guarantees amounted to about $12 million for construction and $14 million for mortgages for each of the two vessels. The ships, capable of 16 knots, will be 733 feet long and will be placed in the worldwide and domestic trade. There will be a $14 million public bond issue for each vessel. This brings to 14 the number of tankers for which MARAD has approved federal ship mort­ gage insurance in the past two years. The latest loans were made possible by the passage, in June, 1968, of a bill which removed the six percent interest ceiling on loans and mortgages insured un­ der Title XI of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936. The Secre­ tary of Commerce, under the amendment, was given the au­ thority to approve such higher interest rates as he determines to be reasonable, taking into consid­ eration the rates of interest pre­ vailing in the private market for similar loans. Lack of Signed Contract Bars Widow from Pension NEW YORK—^A widow's claim for a pension was ruled illegal here recently because tbe contribution made by her hus­ band's employer was not covered by a written agreement as required under the Taft-Hartley Act. The decision came from the 2nd U. S. Circuit Court of Ap­ peals in a case involving Kathleen Moglia, the widow of John J. Moglia; his employer, Elmhurst Contracting Company, Inc., and the pension fund of Teamsters Local 282. The local's fund was set up in 1955 to cover various employers with collective bargaining agreements, with a clear provision that only union employees covered by contracts could participate in it, the court said. Despite this, according to the court, Elmhurst, a non-union employer, made payments into the fund on behalf of Moglia and other employees over a period of 11 years, without objections from the fund trustees. Pension Refused When Moglia retired in 1965, he filed an application for a pension with the fund, which the trustees refused, on advice of counsel, due to the lack of a bargaining agreement with the employer. In 1966, after he died, his widow was likewise refused a pen­ sion and she brought suit to compel the trustees to make pay­ ment of the pension. Mrs. Moglia's claim was denied by the U. S. Southern District Court of New York and the contributions made by Elmhurst on behalf of Moglia and others were returned to the employer. In upholding the lower court, the Appeals Court said the law's Section 302 clearly requires a written agreement specifying the basis of payments in order for an employer to contribute to a union fund. "As compelling and as appealing as the claimant's case was," the court concluded, "the structure of the law and intent of Congress preclude any inroads . . . into its specific requirements." �Page Twelve SEAFARERS March 1, 1969 LOG taking A Breather On Oceanic Tide A problem of shifting sailing board time is the only beef reported so far aboard the Del Mar (Delta Line), according to Darrell G. Chafin, meeting secretary. The crew adopted a motion that the mate be responsible for changing the sailing board time instead of the deck hand on watch. They also called for an improved Orlando Hoppe, became ill and restricted to the ship while in Wu launch service schedule on future had to be hospitalized in Saigon. Chi Chang, Taiwan, because the voyages to Santos, Brazil. The The entire crew gave a vote of company failed to send a clear­ well-attended meeting—31 mem­ thanks to the steward's depart­ ance request to the Taiwan gov­ bers took part— also heard ship's ment for a well-prepared holiday ernment. Finally, a letter from delegate Juan menu and generally fine menus. headquarters was read by Meet­ Cruz report that ing Secretary George O'Berry con­ the captain was cerning action taken by the Un­ well-satisfied with ion on the mail situation. the crew on this Jimmy Nayior, meeting secre­ voyage. Ship's tary aboard the Cuban Victory movie director, (Alcoa), got a Mail service to the Robin James Tucker, special treat while Sberwood (Moore-McCormack) got a unanimous his ship was has been poor vote of thanks berthed in Da Chafin throughout the from the crew af­ Nang. His son, entire voyage, re­ ter he reported there was $185.60 who is stationed ports William Mcin the movie fund. Seven arrival there with the Connell, meeting pools accounted for $85 of the U.S. Army, vis­ chairman and fund. A discussion was also held ited his dad on ship's delegate. on the retirement plan. Brother board the ship He also said that Crowley Cruz relayed a message from the and they spent the ship's library captain to the Seafarers that the several memorable days together. is in need of some ship was scheduled to go to the The crew made up a nice collec­ McConnell new books. Meetshipyard in New Orleans after the tion for him, reports M. Darcy, voyage and then lay-up. A vote meeting chairman. Joe Crowley, ing secretary Harry Schultz re­ of thanks was given to the entire ship's delegate, reported that there ported to the members attending steward department "for a fine were no beefs on the trip, and the meeting that he had been in­ Christmas dinner, and for good that the captain was very co-oper­ formed by Seafarers who were food throughout the entire voy­ ative about draws \and in gener­ aboard on the last trip that a number of repairs that were or­ age." ally looking out for the crew's dered were not taken care of while welfare. A unanimous vote of the vessel was in the shipyard in thanks was given to the steward Meeting Chairman Oreste Vola department "for a job well done." December. He said that these in­ cluded spare parts and fans, re­ reported that the captain of the pair of sanitary lines^ overhaul of Steel Scientist the meat box to maintain proper (Isthmian Lines) has agreed that Jen7 Gorman, ship's delegate temperature, adequate galley vents draws will be put on the Monticcllo Victory (Mon- and replacement ofixJeck plates in out if there ii no ticello Tanker the engine room.:! The drew also pay-off within 24 Co.), reported noted that the- ship l was not hours. The ship's that the captain equipoed with kick-out panels, and delegate, Eugene has agreed to pay vot-'d to make a full report to the Hayden, said that off any crew boardinq oatrolman when the ship there were no member under ties up in Savannah this month. Vola beefs or disputed mutual consent, overtime, and reported that a sug­ providing the crew member gestion was made by Seafarer Di I upays the transporWilliam Harrell that crewmemBlakenship tation of the relief bers bring up any beefs they have at pay-off after the crew has set­ man to join the ship there. How­ tled other business with the patrol­ ever, there was general discussion Joseph Moore, born December man. Meeting Secretary F. S. regarding such mutual consent 23, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. payoffs, reliefs and transportation, Omega reported that one Seafarer, and it was agreed that the ship's Joseph W. Moore, Roseland, La. . delegate would call SIU headquar­ ters for clarification on these mat­ Dana Theriot, born October 4, ters. Meeting chairman William 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Blakenship brought out that oc­ Murphy J. Theriot, Breaux casionally, when payoffs were Bridge, La. made outside the continental lim­ its of the U.S., crew members have Edward Stoudemire, born No­ been forced to accept second-class vember 27, 1968, to Seafarer and transportation to the States instead Mrs. Dallas E. Stoudemire, Wil­ of first-class jet fare. The crew mington, N.C. also discussed the matter of being 5; <I> iI vl> Marjorie Traux, born Decem­ ber 4, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. William G. Traux, Toledo, Ohio. SIU WELFARE, VACATION PLANS January 1-January 31, 1969 J f Hospital Benefits (Welfare) . .. Death Benefits (Welfare) Disability Benefits (Welfare) . . Maternity Benefits (Welfare) . . Dependent Benefits (Welfare) . (Average: $571.99) Optical Benefits (Welfare) . . . Out-Patient Benefits (Welfare) SUMMARY (Welfare) Vacation Benefits (Average: $424.80) Total Welfare, Vacation Benefits Paid This Period . . . Number of Amount Benefits Paid 2,446 26 974 4 1,458 211 4,563 9,682 1,703 11,385 $ 27,018.12 73,264.95 222,525.00 600.00 83,395.64 2,029.80 36,194.00 445,027.51 723,434.24 $1,168,461.75 James Degeberg, born Novem­ ber 8, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. James W. Degeberg, Duluth, Minn. <1> Kathleen Ferguson, born No­ vember 4, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Arnold J. Ferguson, Hub­ bard Lake, Alpena, Michigan. Toni Costango, born February 4, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Frank Costango, Eatontown, N.J. Scott Eshelman, born Decem­ ber 8, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Vernon D. Eshelman, Duluth, Minn. Seafarers on the Oceanic Tide take a breather during their recent trip to Okinawa. From the left are: Edward Troughton, Jim Hart, Ron Carraway, all ABs, and second electrician Richard Monterusso. ffrst Trip Aboard Tucson Victory Seafarer Martina's Fulfilled Dream Ever since he can remember, Seafarer Anthony Martina has had a strong yearning for the sea. Bom in New Orleans, he used to watch the ships moving down the Mississippi and in the harbor as they headed out to sea for ^ far away ports of call and he the necessary qualifications, was dreamed that one day he would given a ticket to join the crew of the Tucson Victory which was be aboard one of those vessels. After leaving high school last loading at San Francisco for a Far June, Tony got a East run. He signed on the ship job at a looal in November as ordinary seaman. amusement park. The Tucson Victory left San Fran­ bound for Seattle to pick But he was rest­ cisco up additional cargo, and then less, And then headed tor Subic Bay. when his two The first two weeks out of Seat­ closest friends shipped out he tle were not quite what Tony had decided that it expected. "We had heavy weather was time for him for those two ,weeks, and I wa? Martina to realize his seasick the whole time," he re­ calls. dream. He went to the SIU Dall in He soon got over his sicj^ness New Orleans and, after meeting however, and the rest of the trip was a good one. "We had an ex­ cellent crew, and the food was good, especially Christmas and New Year's dinners," he said. "I worked hard, but I was doing what I wanted to do and in some Angela D'Amico, born January ways the trip seemed almost like 7, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs"! a vacation. It was my first time Charles D'Amico, Jr., .Houston, away from home, on my own, Texas. and I learned a lot. It was very interesting to visit those far away Stacy Lynn Ainsworth, born places that I had only read about January 15, 1969, to Seafarer and before." In Honolulu, he walked the Mrs. Woody L. Ainsworth, Gal­ veston, Texas. sands of Waikiki Beach, and spent an afternoon with the ship's stew­ ard, William Alvaro, at the home Trazell Johnson, born October of the steward's sister. He also 6, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. had time for sightseeing at Da Ralph E. Johnson, New Orleans, Nang. Subic Bay and Panama. La. After his ship paid off in Brook­ lyn, Tony said he planned on a Carmen and Carmella Morrow, few days sightseeing in New York born January 15, 1969, to Sea­ before heading home, where he farer and Mrs. John A. Morrow, lives with his mother, Mrs. AurNorfolk, Va. dean Boulden. After a couple of Weeks at home, Tony says he plans to go Bonnie Vieira, born January back to the SIU's Harry Lunde8, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. berg School of Seamanship in New Edwin Vieira, Metairie, La. Orleans for further upgrading studies before shipping out again. <1> -i/ Guy Meyer, born December 16, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Bern­ ard C. Meyer, Addison, Illinois. Billy Joe Schultz, born October 7, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Donald J. Schultz, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. ATTEND, MEETIN6S �Maich 1, 1969 SEAFARERS FINAL DEPARTURES Francis R. Harvey, 55; Brother Harvey died at home September 5, 1968, after a brief illness. He was a native of New Orleans and continued to make his home there. Brother Harvey served as deckhand and ^ mate aboard tugs of the Inland Tug Co., and joined the SIU at the Port of New Or­ leans in 1964. Seafarer Harvey is survived by his wife. Aline, his mother, Catherine, and a brother. Merlin. Services were held at Mothe Funeral Homes, in New Orleans. Burial took place at McDonogh Cemetery in Gretna, Louisiana. Donald Forrest, 65: Heart dis­ ease claimed the life of veteran Seafarer Forrest at the USPHS Hospital in Se­ 'im attle on January J 17. Brother For' rest held all rat­ ings in the steward department. ^ His last ship was the Anchorage. Born in Mansfield, Ohio, he main­ tained his residence in Seattle unCONVECTICirr (Oriental Exporters). February 9—Chairman, Tom Ballard; Secretary, Joe Ballard. $87.60 in shin's fund. Few hours disputed OT in engine department. Beef regarding replacements to be taken up with patrolman. VANTAGE HORIZON (Vancor), Jan­ uary 26—Chairman, M. D. Green; Secre­ tary, O. Farrara. No beefs were reported by department delegates. NORTHWESTERN VICTORY (Vic­ tory Carriers), February 1—Chairman, A. H. Reasko; Secretary, G. Connor. Some disputed dT in engine and steward departments. Ship needs new wafer foun­ tain on main deck and new washing ma­ chine for the crew's use. Boarding Pa­ trolman to check on same. YELLOWSTONE (Oriental Exporters), January 26—Chairman, J. W. Simmons; Secretary, Maximo Bugawan. Some disputed OT in engine department to be taken up with boarding patrolman at payoff. All crew members have heen re­ quested to leave their quarters clean for the next crew. Vote of thanks was ex­ tended to the steward department for a job well done. ROBIN HOOD (Moore-McCormack), February 4—Chairman, L. Decker; Sec­ retary, Aussie Shrimpton. Brother Rob­ ert Bradus was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. Vote of thanks was ex­ tended to Brother P. Flanagan, former ship's delegate, for a job well done. $124.00 in ship's fund to be spent to pur­ chase a TV set for the crew raesshall. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Discussion held on full retire­ ment plan. ALCOA VOYAGER (Alcoa), Septem­ ber 29—Chairman, M. P. Cox; Secretary, J. Sutherland. Brother Frank V. Fromm was elected to serve as ship's delegate. $123.66 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported by department delegates. ALCOA VOYAGER (Alcoa), January 81—Chairman, J. Sutherland; Secretary, M. P. Cox. $116.66 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in deck and engine depart­ ments. Beef concerning chief mate to be taken up with patrolman. Vote of thanks to Ihe ship's delegate for a job well done. til the time of his death. Brother Forrest joined the SIU in the Port of Seattle in 1948. Services were held at the Booth Ashmore Funeral Home, in Seattle. Brother Forrest is survived by a sister, Mrs. Elsie May Selby. LOG Page Thirteen Seafarer-Hero Wins Highest Award For Gailant Rescue of Four at Sea The highest honor for heroism that can be awarded to a merchant seaman was presented to Seafarer Charles S. Darter in San Francisco recently. Brother Darter received the Merchant Marine Meritorious Service Medal for assisting in saving the lives of four men at great risk to hjmself. The heroic act took fplace aboard the tug E. Whit­ ney Olson, Jr. in 1966, The citation, which tells of Darter's heroic action, reads: "On November 15, 1966 the WilUam G. McMahon, 55: tugboat E. Whitney Olson, Jr. was Brother McMahon succumbed to standing by the Jalisco, 387-foot pneumonia at the USPHS Hospital non-propelled cement freight ves­ in Staten Island, sel, which had grounded during New York, on heavy weather on Cortes Bank, January 20 fol­ off the coast of California. The lowing a brief ill­ Jalisco, with 40 to 50-foot swells ness. A native of breaking over her structure, was Hoboken, New in dangerously shoal water and in Jersey, he main­ immediate danger of sinking with tained his home four men aboard. The Master there with his wife, Katherine. maneuvered his tug into the lee Brother McMahon sailed for 39 of the Jalisco's bow, and holding years with the Erie Lackawanna this position, yelled for the men R.R. as deckhand on the tug to jump onto his bow. One of the A hero is honored. Seafarer Charles I. Darter is presented the Mer­ Hornelle. He joined the Union at men jumped, slipped and fell into the Port of New York in 1963. the turbulent waters. Suddenly, chant Marine Meritorious Service Medal by Captain S. W. Galstan, Burial services were held at Holy huge seas swept the other three District Ship Operations Officer, MARAD, Pacific Coast District, left, and Thomas J. Patterson Jr., Assistant Director for Operations, Name Cemetery in Jersey City. men into the sea. MARAD, holding citation. Presentation was in San Francisco. "With complete disregard for Besides his widow. Seafarer Mc­ Mahon is survived by a daughter, his own safety. Darter hung pre­ cariously from the side, amidst Mrs. Virginia Lutz. heavy seas breaking over his ves­ most recent trip on an SIU vessel can be awarded only with the sel, and helped pull the four men was aboard the Cosmos Trader approval of the Secretary of Com­ safely aboard. The outstanding which took him to Camranh Bay merce. It may be awarded to any John C. Chatinski, 57: Great courage and determination dis­ in Vietnam. While there, the person serving in the United Chkes Seafarep Chatinski died played by Darter in successfully Cosmos Trader came under at­ States Merchant Marine for a meritorious act, conduct or serv­ suddenly Septem­ effecting the rescue of four hu­ tack by the Viet Cong. ber 2, 1968, at his man lives under extremely haz­ In an interview with a LOG ice in line of duty when that act ,, home in . Cleve- ardous contitions merit great reporter. Darter described the is one of "heroism, bravery, de­ land, Ohio. At praise, and are in keeping with the operation for which he received votion to duty involving extreme the time of his highest traditions of the United the Meritorious Service Medal in danger (actual or in mind)." death he was States Merchant Marine." his own words. The medal may also be pre­ serving as line­ The citation was signed by J. "The seas on Cortes Bank were sented under the following cir­ man aboard Dun­ W. Gulick, Acting Maritime Ad­ some of the roughest I have ever cumstances: to a master of a bar & Sullivan ministrator. seen," he recalled. "The rescue U.S. merchant ship when his ves­ tugs out of Cleve­ Following the presentation. operation took a full day because sel is granted the Gallant Ship land. A native of Cleveland, Brother Darter remarked: "I was the height of the swells made it Award; to a person who per­ Brother Chatinski joined the SIU only acting in the line of duty. nearly impossible to maneuver forms an act of life-saving while there in 1961. His wife, Marie, In a situation of this kind one the tug near the Jalisco. Clifford aboard ship at sea and not in a died in 1964. He is survived by does not stop to think about per­ Miller, the captain of the tug, did harbor, at the dock, or other­ a daughter, Helen, and a son, sonal danger." the most beautiful job of seaman­ wise idle. However, the act of John Jr. Brother Chatinski served No stranger to courage in pre­ ship I have ever seen. In all my heroism may be either at sea or nearly four years in the U.S. Air carious situations. Darter earned years at sea I have never seen in port if it involves an effort di­ Force during World War II, re­ a Silver Star for action at Okina­ such beautiful work." rected toward saving the ship or ceiving an honorable discharge wa while serving with the Navy Darter himself was in the water cargo. Also, any such act should in 1946. Burial was at Holy Cross during World War II. He has twice that day. "I was scared," be one not directly entitling the Cemetery, Cleveland. been sailing since 1938 and his he confided, "but no matter how individual to other medals—such scared we were, every man did as the Carnegie Medal, the Coast Guard Medal for life-saving, etc. his job." Presenting the medal and cita­ Darter's heroic act was ac­ tion were Thomas J. Patterson, knowledged as more than meeting Jr., Assistant Director for Opera­ in full the requirements of the tions of the Maritime Adminis­ award. The Seafarer makes his tration and Captain S. W. Gal­ home in Newport Beach, Califor­ stan, MARAD'S Pacific Coast nia, where he lives with his family, Charles E. Pippins Harold J. Bliss District Ship Operations Officer. including three sons between the Please contact your mother at Your wife is anxious to hear The Meritorious Service Medal ages of five and eight years. Route 2, Box 211, Pascagoula, from you as soon as possible. Mississippi, as soon as possible. Please contact her at 4213 Stickney St., Cleveland, Ohio 44109. <1> Fred MacMurray Contact your wife at 838 Bank Avenue, New Iberia, Louisiana, as soon as possible. Jerry L. Broaddus It is important that you con­ tact your mother as quickly as possible'. Write to Lock Springs, Missouri 64654. Editor, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 11232 I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list. (Prtnf information) NAME Dexter Worrell Please get in touch with Warren R. Gammons in New Orleans as soon as possible. Richard D. Tapman Your wife, Margaret, asks that you get in touch with her as soon as possible at .2000 Ramblewood Road, Baltimore, Maryland 21214. James Alan Burch Please get in touch with your mother at 136 North Street, Jer­ sey City, New Jersey 07307, as soon as possible. Herbert A. Miles it is important that you contact your nephew, John Young, Jr., as soon as possible at 4166 No. War­ ren St., Fresno, California 93705. STREET ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP. TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you are an old lubocriber and have a change of addreat, pleaie give your fanner addreit below: ADDRESS OTY STATE ZIP. .i �Page Fonrteen SEAFARERS Growing Seafarers Pension Roster Adds Ten More Veteran Oidtimers The SIU Pension roster continues to grow as ten more Seafarers close out their long sailing careers. The latest list of SIU members who have become eligible to collect SIU pensions includes: John McCarthy, Hughes Townes, Harry Roslund, Julius Smythe, Albert Jensen. Matthew Eurisa, Vance Reid, Francisco Carabba-' and was also qualified as ship's Carabbacan sailed as 2nd cook, can, Charles Uribe and Ralph carpenter. His last vessel was the and his last ship was the Overseas Guito, Rambam. Dinny. He joined the Union in John McCarthy was bom and 1947 in the Port of New York. Albert Jensen, 67, is a native still makes his home in Jersey City, N.J. A mate, he was em­ ployed by the Pennsylvania Rail­ road at the time of his retirement. Brother McCarthy joined the Un­ ion in the Port of New York. Hughes Townes will spend his retirement at his home in New Orleans. Bom in Georgia, he joined the SIU in Savannah. Brother Townes, who served in Eurisa Rosfaind Smythe the Army from 1928 to 1934, had Charles Uribe, 67, is a native sailed as AB. His last ship was the of Norway and now lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his of Chile, who now makes his home Walter Rice. Harry Roslund joined the Un­ wife, Charlotte. Brother Jensen in New York City. A member ion in 1940 in the Port of Mobile. join^ the SIU in the Port of New of the engine dqiartment. Brother He sailed as AB and bosun. A na­ York in 1944, and had sailed as Uribe held an electrician's rating. tive of Sweden, Brother Roslund FOWT. His last ship was the Steel His last ship was the Jacksonville. Ralph Guito is retiring after Scientist. Matthew Eurisa is retiring to more than 30 years at sea. Bom New Orleans, the city of his birth. in Key West, Florida, Brother Brother Eurisa, rated bosun and carpenter, last sailed aboard the Dd Rio. He is a Navy veteran, having served three years during World War U. Vance Reid, who was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, McCarthy Townes looks forward to taking it easy now lives in Mobile. He last with his wife, Ruth, at their home shipp^ on the Del Santos. in Norfolk, Virginia. Brother Reid Carabbacan Julius Smythe is retiring to his Reid's last ship was the Portmar native New Orleans with his wife, and he sailed as FOWT. He joined Guito now makes his home in Pauline, after a long career at the Union in Norfolk in 1948. Tampa with his wife, Mary. He sea. Brother Smythe joined the Francisco Carabbacan, a native sailed as steward, and was the Union at the Port of New Orleans of the Philippines, now makes his recipient of a safety award in 1960 in 1942. He held a bosun's rating home in San Francisco. Seafarer NAM Gloomy Over Chances To Gut National Labor Act The National Association of Manufacturers recently reported : to its big business affiliates that industry's "high priority" goal of gutting the National Labor Relations Act is "unlikely" to be achieved in the next two years. However, the NAM's government relations staff didn't use the blunt word "gutting" in its evaluation of the legislative outlook. In more roundabout language, it referred to its proposals for "re­ vision" of the law "to redress the present imbalance in favor of labor unions." il But the conservative employer group saw no likelihood of ac­ complishing this "unless public opinion changes sharply as a result of major strikes or other developments." It noted that neither the House nor the Senate Labor Commit­ tees, both controlled by liberal Democrats, could be expected to ^iprofve the changes the NAM wants. And it added the opinion that "the Administration, which is expected to seek ways to ac­ commodate at least some labor demands, is not likely to send Ctmgress measures which would diminish the power of unions." The report also expressed the NA.M's concern that Congress will move ahead on its own with job safety and health bills, con­ sideration of federal workmen's compensation legislation, strcn^hening the enforcement powers of the Equal Employment Oppofnuuties Commission, stronger pollution control and new consumer laws without awaiting the views of the new Republican Adniinali alionIt wanted its membsts, too, that new proposals for raising the mammum wages are likely to be made in this Congress and "could he dse doams&at Industrial relations issue of the second session." The NAM staff expressed relief that "the near hysteria that iwMnrfriM passage tite Wholesome Meat Act and other health has waned." Bex. it. found cause for concern that the leading proponents of smsRg cotmuaa protection laws in the House and Senate "all wnw m ffte bat Novembers elections and "can be expected to Kcfc tite Iradiglit again." M ai tesdt, the NAM report noted sadly, "the outhwk for conSagawd meaesmes to "prottxt the consumer is Imllidi.'' m Uribe March 1, 1969 LOG GoHo while sailing aboard the Alcoa Ranger. His last ship was the Steel Executive. FTC Seeks Rules Curbing Deception In Game Gimmicks WASHINGTON—The Fed­ eral Trade Commission has pro­ posed new rules to halt "unfair and deceptive practices" by the food retailing and gasoline indus­ tries in promoting games of chance. The agency said that, based in part on a staff study of the games, it has reason to believe such prac­ tices "are widespread in the in­ dustries involved." One proposed rule, applicable to both supermarket and gasoline station games, would make it an unfair and deceptive practice for industry members, promoters and manufacturers to "manipulate or rig a game so that prizes are dis(tersed on a pre-determined basis." Further, it would require clear disclosure of such material facts as the exact auoiLer of priz» in each category or cash denomina­ tion to be awarded in a sp&afkd area during a ^tecified period of time. Seafarers* Gift Receives Thanks Seafarer Sees Continuing Strength To the Editor: On behalf of the Lucas County Child Welfare Board and the Miami Children's Cen­ ter, we would like to thank Ronald McGinn, ship's dele­ gate and the crew of the Steam­ er Charles C. West for their donation of $65. You can be sure that this generous donation certainly helped to brighten Christmas for the children. Thanks again, it was very thoughtful and generous of all of you. Sincerely, Charies H. Kllppstehi Executive Director Mianri Children's Center Maumee, Ohio. To the Editon Being a writer I often times find myself looking at things, simple things that have • been taken for granted by the ma­ jority, and sometimes I'll admit, even very unimportant things, and Til make an attempt to dissect them in search of their major components, their vital organs let's say, so that they can be more thoroughly investi­ gated as to their real meaning for us. There are two psychological functions of our human anat­ omy that have both accused and broken men and sometimes even caused wars — these are pride and respect. Any man that has ever fought back at — 4,— Filibuster Still Haunts Senate To the Edttor: Apparently the Senate will continue to be in a position where a minority which makes common cause against some legislation can prevent—not its passage—but even its consider­ ation. Despite two attempts to change the rules so that fili­ busters can be stopped short without requiring a two-thirds vote, the senatorial talkathon remains a weajxin whereby the minority can stymie business in the most august body of the Congress. This is a sad commentary on the legislative process in the greatest country on the face of the earth. It makes the Senate every bit as ineffectual as the French Chambre of Deputies ever was, and holds us up to ridicule everywhere. And so the filibuster remains a tool on which the reaction­ aries of both parties can com­ bine to haunt and hamper the majority. Even the threat of a filibuster is enough to weaken such measures as those which protect the consumer. For this, we should hold the Republican leadership responsible. They had it in their hands to go along with rules reform; they chose to continue the archaic and hampering status quo. Sincerely, James O. HoOowefl —4,— Widow Grateful For SIU Benefits To the EdRon I wish to sincerely thank the SIU for both of the checks I received in the mail yesterday —ray husband Jim's disability and death benefit payments. As we had no other insurance at all, it certainly was a Godsent blessing. My husband was always a good Union man. He was for­ ever telUng me the good things the Union has done. I thank you, again. Siuccrcty, Bin. JauKs Babecker any other man or any circum­ stance for any just cause has witnessed the sensation of pride and more than likely suffici­ ently understands it as it per­ tains to him; hut respect is a more mysterious and hidden factor of our makeup and de^ serves at least a smsdl amount of our attention. As Seafarers we have a tradi­ tion of strong bodies, hard sweat, and a stern existence, but a large portion of this tradition has lacked the respect of those ashore as well as a percentage of our employers. Well men, things have changed. The men of this union have labored long and fought hard for the condi­ tions that we have now and the promise of even better things to come. You have chosen your leaders from among your group, you have organized your de­ mands, and you have placed a higher standard on your labors. Through this organizing and through your actions you have made great progress. Men who have been to sea for twenty and thirty years are noticing the change more now than ever before. Jobs that used to be done by hand they are now finding machines to help them. The hours that we work are being rewarded in kind and the food and living conditions improve constantly. A Seafarer finds that he now has extra money (hat can be saved and many are taking advantage ^f this. The oldtimers are helping the new men at every turn—there is no more worry of the younger taking his job away because of the new job security and seniority programs. There are new schools for faster advancement if one shows the initiative and talk of retirement and further pay raises in the future. We are demanding respect and we are getting it. . . . Sure we find men that still stick to the old ways and some employ­ ers who refuse to completely accept our new position but these are small men and will find themselves looking up to us in spite of themselves or left behind. "A worthy game gains the respect of the most persis­ tant of hunters." Rick Bartraa SMp^s Ddevate SS. �cb 1, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Fifteen ii DE SOTO (WBterman), Pcbruary 2— Chairman, J. F. Castronover; Secretary, I. H. Rossow. Discussion held regarding Duality and quantity of slopchest. Also fliscussed was the matter of salt in drink­ ing water. Discussion held on pension plan. Vote of thanks was extended to the ship's delegate, Brother T. L. Sloan; •deck delegate. Brother E. Morris; engine Idelegate, Brother M. A. Miller, and ste, |iif^)gward delegate. Brother L. B. Power. COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Service). I January 26—Chairman, Charles Scott; 'Secretary, Tommy Moore. Ship's delegate t; reported that it was a very good trip 5 with the exception of a few repairs which rhave not been completed. The matter will I be brought to the attention of the patrolrman at payoff. Vote of thanks was ex( tended to Brother Albert R. Wills, ship's |. delegate and to the entire steward defpartment for a job well done. $12.00 in I ship's fund. _ LYNN VICTORY (Victory Carriers), I January 26—Chairman, ,T, Altatatt; Sec! retary, M. Townsend. Very good crew , on board with a minimum of beefs. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward. Brother W. Herrin, and his entire de­ partment for the good food, the service and the general cleanliness of the messhall, pantry and galley. BEAVER VICTORY (Bulk Transport), January 26 — Chairman, Lawrence A. Banks; Secretary, John J. Kane. There were no beefs and no disputed OT was reported by department delegates. CITY OF ALMA (Waterman), Janu­ ary 80—Chairman, V. J. Ardowski; Sec­ retary, John L. Munnerlyn. No' beefs and no disputed OT reported by depart­ ment delegates. .i •M •II DIGEST Of SIU SHIP PRINCETON VICTORY (Columbia), January 12—Chairman, John C. Reed; SeciKtary, F. C. Gonzalez. Brother Gon­ zalez was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. No beefs were reported by depart­ ment delegates. Vote of thanks was ex­ tended to the steward department for a job well done. MAURY (Crest Overseas), January 26 —Chairman, F. R. Kaziukewicz; Secre­ tary, H. R. Crabtree. Discussion held re­ garding pension plan. No beefs reported by department delegates. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. CANTON VICTORY (Columbia), Feb­ ruary 2—Chairman, Charles T. Chandler ; Secretary, William F. O'Brien. Brother James Loe was elected to seiye as ship's delegate. $27.00 in ship's fund. Discussion held regarding pension plan. No. beefs were teported. PENN VANGUARD (Penn), February 9—Chairman, John Benitez; Secretary, Paul Arthofer. Crewmembers would like the patrolman to check the stores for next voyage. No beefs were, reported by depart­ ment delegates. CUBA VICTORY (Alcoa), February 2 —Chairman, M. Darcy; Secretary, Jim Naylor. Discussion held regarding retire­ ment benefits. Vote of thanks was ex­ tended to the steward department for a job well done. MONTICELLO VICTORY (Monticello Tanker), February 9—Chairman William B: Blankenship; Secretary, George A. O'Berry. Some disputed OT in deck and engine departments. General discussion held regarding shortage of men, mutual consent payoffs, reliefs and transporta­ tion. Ship's delegate will contact head­ quarters in regards to the above topics. J DEL NORTE (Delta), December 22— Chairman, Robert Callahan: Secretary, Bill Kaiser. Brother Robert Callahan was elected to serve as ship's delegate. $69.14 in ship's fund. Vote of thanks was ex­ tended to the steward department for the fine food throughout the entire voyage. i TRANSCOLORADO (Hudson Water­ ways), December 16—Chairman, S. Hacker; Secretary, J. H. Dietsch. $15.00 in ship's fund. Minor beef regarding the menus and the ordering of stores. HALCYON TIGER (Halcyon), January 18—Chairman, Paul Franco; Secretary, D. Missimei. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Brother Mike Curry was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. ij; l E iHK TRANSGLOBE (Hudson Waterways), February 10—Chairman, Arthur G. An­ derson : Secretary, Joseph A. Morrison, Brother Larry Scott was elected to serve J? ship's delegate. $20.00 in ship's fund. beefs were reported by department delegates. DEL MAR (Delta), February 5—Chair­ man, Juan A. G. Cruz; Secretary, Darrell G._ Chafin. $30.00 in ship's fund Cap­ tain pleased with the conduct of this crow. Vote of thanks was extended to the ship's delegate. Several minor beefs to be taken up with the boarding patrol­ man. Vote of thanks was extended to three department delegated and to the entire steward department for the good food throughout the voyage and par­ ticularly the fine Christmas dinner. , SIU Aflanfic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers PRESIDENT Paul Hall EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cal Tanner Earl Shapard Al Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Lindtay Williams Robert Matthews SECRETARY-TRE>VSIJRER Al Kerr HEADQUARTERS........47!! 4fh Ave., Bklyn. (212) HY ?-t400 ALPENA, Mich. 127 River St. (517) EL 4-3614 BALTIMORE, Md 1214 E. Baltimore St. (301) EA 7-4?00 BOSTON. Mass 443 Alllantic Avenue (617) Rl 2-0140 BUFFALO. N.Y. 735 V/ashlngton St. SIU (716 TL 3-9259 IBU (716 TL 3-9259 CHICAGO, lli; 93(13 Ewlng Ave. SIU (-112) SA 1-0733 IBU (:II2) ES 5-9570 CLEVELAND, Ohio 1420 W. 25th St. (216) MA 1-5450 DETROIT, Mich 10225 W. Jeffsrson Ave. (313) VI 3-4741 DULUTH, Minn 312 W. 2nd St. (218) RA 2-4110 FRANKFORT, Mich P.O. Box 287 415 Main St. (616) EL 7-2441 HOUSTON, Tex 5804 Canal St. 1713) WA 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. 2408 Pearl St. (904) EL 3-0987 JERSEY CITY, N.J. ... . 99 Montgomery St. (2i)l) HE 5-9424 M08ILE, Ala I South Lawrence St. (205) HE 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS, La. .. 430 .lackson Ava. (504) 529-7546 NORFOLK, Va 115 3rd St. (703) 622-1892 PHILADELPHIA, Pa 2404 S. 4th St. (215) DE 4-3818 PORT ARTHUR, Tax 1348 Sevanth St. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., 35(i Fraamont St. (415) DO 2-4401 SANTURCE, f.R. .... 1313 Farnundez Juncos Stop 20 724-2848 SEATTLE, Wash 4105 First Avenua (206) MA 3-4334 ST. LOUIS, Mo 805 Del Mar (314) CE 1-1434 TAMPA, Fla 312 Harrison St. (813) 229-2788 WILMINGTON, Calif., 450 Seaside Ave. Terminal Island, Calif. (813) 832-7285 YOKOHAMA, Japan. .Iseya BIdg., Room 801 1-2 Kaigan-Dori-Nakaku 2014971 Ext. 281 SIU-AGLIWD Meetings New Orleans Mar. 11—2:30 p.m. Mobile .... Mar. 12—2:30 p.m. Wilmington . Mar. 17—2:00 p.m. San Francisco Mar. 19—2:00 p.m. Seattle Mar. 21—2:00 p.m. New York .. Mar. 3—2:30 p.m. Philadelphia Mar. 4—2:30 p.m. Baltimore . . Mar. 5—2:30 p.m. Detroit .... Mar. 14—2:30 p.m. Houston .. . Mar. 10—2:30 p.m. United Industrial Workers New Orleans Mar. 11—7:00 p.m. Mobile Mar. 12—7:00 p.m. New York . . Mar. 3—7:00 p.m. Philadelphia Mar. 4—7:00 p.m. Baltimore . . Mar. 5—7*ftO n.m. ^Houston .. Mar. 10—7:00 p.m. 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.) Stitzel-Weller Distilleries "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" "Cabin Still," W. L. Weller Bourbon whiskeys (Distillery Workers) — Great Lakes SIU Meetings Kingsport Press Detroit .... Mar. 3—2:00 p.m. "World Book," "Childcraft" Alpena .... Mar. 3—^7:00 p.m. (Printing Pressmen) Buffalo .... Mar. 3—7:00 p.m. (Typographers, Bookbinders) Chicago .... Mar. 3—7:00 p.m. (Machinists, Stereotypers) Duluth Mar. 3—7:00 p.m. Frankfort .. Mar. 3—7:00 p.m. Great Lakes Tug and Genesco Shoe Mfg. Co. Dredge Section Work Shoes . . . Sentry, Cedar Chest, Chicago .... Mar. 11—7:30 p.m. Slatler tSault St, Marie Men's Shoes . . . Mar. 13—7:30 p.m. .farman, Johnson & Buffalo .... Mar. 12—7:30 p.m. Murphy, Crestworth, Duluth .... Mar. 14—7:30 p.m. (Hoot and Shoe Workers' Union) Cleveland .. Mar. 14—7:30 p.m., Toledo .... Mar. 14—7:30 p.m. Detroit .... Mar. 10—7:30 p.m. Boren Clay Products Co. Milwaukee . Mar. 10—7:30 p.m. (United Brick and Clay Workers) SIU Inland Boatmen's Union New Orleans Mar. 11—5:00 p.m. "HIS" brand men's clothes Mobile .... Mar. 12—5:00 p.m. Kaynee Boyswear, Judy Bond Philadelphia Mar. 4—5:00 p.m. blouses, Hanes Knitwear, Randa Baltimore (licensed and un­ Ties, Boss Gloves, Richman licensed) . Mar. 5—5:00 p.m. (Amalgamated Clothing Workers Norfolk .... Mar. 6—5:00 p.m. of America) Houston . . Mar. 10—5:00 p.m. Railway Marine Region Jamestown Sterling Corp. Philadelphia (United Furniture Workers) Mar. 11—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Baltimore —— Mar. 12—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Richman Bros, and Sewell Suits, •Norfolk Wing Shirts Mar. 13—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. (Amalgamated Clothing Workers Jersey City of America) Mar. 10—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. \1> <I> t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. * Meeting held at Labor Temple, New­ port News, t Meeting held at Galveston wharves. FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU AtUntie, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes specific ptovision for safeguardinK 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 heatiquarters in Brooklyn. TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU AUantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accc>rdance with the provisiona of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall equally consist of union and mansgement representatives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and 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: Earl .Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place, Suite' 1980, 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 aboard ship. Know your contract righte, 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 righte prop­ erly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG has traditionally refrained from publishing any article swving the political purposes of any individual in the Union officer or member. It baa also refrained from publishing artiues deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This esteblished policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September, 1960, meetings in all institu­ tional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy te vested in an ^itorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. <1> Baltimore Luggage Co. Lady Baltimore, Amelia Earhart Starlite luggage Starflite luggage (International Leather Goods, Plastics and Novelty Workers Union) White Furniture Co. (United Furniture Workers of America) Gypsum Wallhoard, American Gypsum Co. (United Cement Lime and Gypsum Workers International) <|> R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Camels, Winston, Tempo, Brandon, Cavalier and Salem cigarettes (Tobacco Workers International Union) —— Comet Rice Mills Co. products (International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drinks and Distillery Workers) ^ Pioneer Flour Mill (United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers Local 110, San Antonio, Texas All California Table Grapes (United Farm Workers) <1> Magic Chef Pan Pacific Division (Stove, Furnace and Allied Appliance Workers International Union) Tennessee Packers Reelfoot Packing Frosty Mom Valleydale Packers (Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America) ^ Fisher Price Toys (Doll and Toy Workers) Atlantic Products Sports Goods Owned by Ouett Peahody (Amalgamated Clothing Workers) PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU" unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such imyment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every 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 obli­ gation by any methods such as deiJing with charges, trials, etc., 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 members 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. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the nxembership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union pol­ icy of allowing ^em to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal righte in employment and as members of the SIU. These righte are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Conse­ quently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal righte to which be is entitled, he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic righte of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve the best interests of themselves, tneir faodlies and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was established. 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 fe^ that any of the above righte have been violated, or that he has been dsnlod his constUntlonal right of access to Union records or in­ formation, he should immediately nettfy SIU President Paul Hall at headquarters by certified mail, return receipt requested. �SEAFARERS»LOG March 1, 1969 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION . ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT » AFL-CIO M>fne I ,• Phm _ J. Cf^ m EM ''I' Around table at payoff (l-r); Nick Kratsas, AB; Ray Perez, steward; Jim Garner, AS; Bob Davison, ship's delegate: Chas. Howell, AB; Salvatore Brunetti. AB and New York Patrolmen Ted Babkowski and Pete Drewes. One reason why the crew cheered the excellent job done by the steward department is shown in the group above, left to right: Miguel La Fon­ taine, chief cook; Fernando Zavallo, messman and Wm. Elvaro, steward. V_/' 1 El I #• vaC, Another section of the steward department, left to right: H. D. Laiche, cook; Emile Bourdeois, 3rd cook; E. D. Strait, baker and William Elvaro, steward. Laiche is checking evening meal before going ashore. Again the steward department, this time the younger set. Left to right, in rear, are: Mike Langford, messman; Russ Allen, saloon pantry, and Floyd Furr, pantry. Messman Jose Gonzalez is smiling Seafarer in front. m II i: k i A I- ta^ety •'l/ena ve-.e. aboard ezs ^ays ' � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1960-1969 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXII-XXXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource March 1, 1969 Description An account of the resource Headlines: AFL-CIO TO CO-OPERATE WITH NIXON PROVIDED CORRECT PROGRAMS ARE SET MTD’S EXEC. BOARD SEES NEW HOPE FOR STRONGER US MERCHANT FLEET MARAD ASKS US FLAG OPERATORS FOR 5 YEAR SHIP CONSTRUCTION PLANS US FLEET NEEDS MASSIVE REBUILDING IF MERCHANT MARINE IS TO SURVIVE GOVT TRUTH-IN-LENDING REGUKATIONS ISSUED TO MERCHANTS, MONEY LENDERS BOARD MEMBER SCORES PUBLICATIONS FOR SLANTED ANTI-NLRB PROPAGANDA HEALTH PROBLEMS OF US POOR ARE NATIONAL DISASTER RUNAWAY FIRMS HOPPING TO MEXICO AS US CITIES TOUT 30 CENT WAGE INCREASED SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS WOULD NOT INCREASE PAYROLL TAXES SEAFARER HERO WINS HIGHEST AWARD FOR GALLANT RESCUE OF FOUR AT SEA HOME AGAIN FROM VIETNAM Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 03/1/1969 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXXI, No. 5 1969 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/40aaf394e342c7e5804322a51fc877fe.PDF 0a9bbf342ed71ef054c2e6e2022e0ff4 PDF Text Text OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO IMPROVING THE PENSION PLAN The Seafarers International Union, in forthcoming contract negotiations, will move for improvements in the pension plan. The Union, as part of the preparation for these talks, has been surveying the features of various pension plans. Our purpose has been to consider every possible approach to the problem of assuring our members that they are properly protected in their retirement years. A pension program must be a living document—capable of changing to meet the chang­ ing needs of the membership it safeguards. The Union's responsibility, therefore, is to know the members' attitudes on a variety of benefits—for a pension program is a complex thing. There are many questions that must be answered: • Do the members want a program geared solely to the monthly pension payment? • Or do they also want adequate protection against the heavy cost of long illnesses? • Do they want a pension that provides benefits only for themselves? • Or do they also want assurances that their dependents, too, will be protected? • Do they want to gamble on staying fit for duty until they reach retiremjent age? • Or do they also want a program that provides adequate retirement pensions in case of disability? To these questions, the Union must add one of its own: How do we develop a plan with the broadest possible coverage—and at the same time that is financially sound—that protects the member, gbod times or bad? ;s;i . .1 In arriving at the answers to these questions, and many others, the membership will be deeply involved. Whatever proposals are made to management will come only after thorough discussion and action by the membership. For that reason, this issue of the LOG puts at the disposal of the members factors that will aid them in their discussion and decision-making. We have set down the features of the existing SlU plan—because every member should understand precisely what he has now, the benefits he derives from the present plan, and how it operates. rS:'KW;-| The Union thinks it would also be useful to the membership, in considering possible changes, that it review the features of a plan in the same industry, dealing with problems which ore the same insofar as the individual is concerned. Therefore the brochure mokes comparisons between the SlU plan and that of the National Maritime Union. This is not to say that one is better than another—it is done only to make possible an objective study by the membership. Each member is urged to study this document carefully, and to use it as the basis for continuing discussions aboard ship and in the union halls—because it is from these discus­ sions that the ultimate contract proposal will come. KC While these discussions are being held, the Union will continue its study—calling on the best-trained experts in the pension field for advice. To assist with this part of the preparation for the forthcoming contract negotiations, this issue of the LOG carries on the back page a Pension Data Questionnaire and a place for any comments which a member wishes to make. Each member should fill this out and forward it to Union Headquarters. In addition to assisting the Union, this form will enable each member to know pre­ cisely where he stands in respect to his own pension credits. *:• •• -M �BENEFIT SIU-AGLIW DISTRICT PENSION CREDITS Pension credits are given for each day worked under covered employment. Pension credits are also given for inpatient and outpatient hospital time and for sickness and accident time, not to exceed 1,825 days of the total pension credit requirements of 5,475 days. For purposes of the disability pension credit requirements 1,460 of the 4,380 days may be inpatient and outpatient hospital time and sickness and accident time. (Applies to All Pensions) BREAK IN SERVICE RULE (Applies to All Pensions) NORMAL AND/OR SERVICE PENSION Pension credits earned before October 1, 1967, cannot be lost by a break in service prior thereto. After October 1, 1967, a seaman must have 90 days of covered employment in any one of 3 consecutive calendar years to avoid a break in service and loss of prior pension credits. $250.00 per month for deep-sea sailors. Eligibility requirements: 15 years (5,475 days) of pension credits with no time limita­ tion, is age 65 or over, has 90 days of covered employment during the calendar year preceding his date of application, and has one day of employment during the 6-month period immediately preceding such application. Eligibility extended for military service, disability and certain non-seatime. REDUCED AND EARLY RETIREMENT PENSIONS < SEE NORMAL PENSION ABOVE I' ' ' • i, I • !. DISABILITY PENSION $250.00 per month for deep-sea sailors. Eligibility requirements: Permanent disability at any age, provided the employee has pen­ sion credits for 12 years (4,380 days) of qualifying time, and has accimiulated at least lica90 days of covered employment during the calendar year preceding his date of appli tion, and at least one day of employment during the 6-month period immediately prep ceding his date of application. Amount of Disability Years of Pension Regardless of Age Pension Credit 12 or Over $250.00 Eligibility extended for military service, disability and certain non-seatime. DEATH BENEFIT $4,000.00 if the desi^ated beneficiary is a pensioner's wife, child, step-child, mother, father, brother, sister, grandchild, grandparent, step or half-brother and sister, step­ mother or stepfather. $1,000.00 payable to any other class of beneficiaries not listed above. PENSIONERS' WELFARE BENEFIT Pensioners: Payment for life without limitation of all medical costs including surgery, hospitalization, drugs, nursing homes, dental care, artificial limbs, wheel ch^, hear­ ing aids, glasses, crutches, etc. Pensioner's Dependents: Eligible for schedule of dependent's benefits under Seafarers Welfare Plan which includes hospital room and board, hospital extras, blood transfu­ sions, doctor's visits at hospitals, surgical, diagnostic, medical extras, optical, etc. These benefits shall continue during the pensioner's life and for six months thereafter. (NOTE: Tlie fongoliiK to >n analyBto and lynopito of .the Mlient and pertinent provtoioni of the trust sirree- �NMU Pension credits are given as follows: Periods commencing January 1, 1951: 200 days or more in covered employment, including certain disability time, counts as a year's credit (4 quarters). If less than 200 days are accumulated in any year, quarteryear unit credits are as follows: Days of covered Employment Quarters to in Calendar Year be Credited Less than 50 0 50 to 99 1 100 to 149 2 150 to 199 3 Periods before January 1, 1951; To receive pension credit for any employment before January 1, 1951, must have at least 200 days of covered employment, including certain disability time, in the three year period between January 1, 1951 and December 31, 1953 and have ten years of pension credits earned after January 1, 1951. If a seaman does not work in covered employment for at least 200 days in any period of three consecutive calendar years after January 1, 1953, and for at least 300 days in any period of three consecutive calendar years after January 1, 1969, it shall constitute a break in employment and his previous pension credits shall be cancelled. $250.00 per month for deep-sea sailors. Eligibility requirements: 20 years (80 quarters) of pension credit within 30 consecutive years, at any age, for those employees who must work past January 1, 1969 to earn the 20 years (80 quarters). The 30-year rule does not apply if 20 years (80 quarters) are earned before January 1, 1969. Eligibility extended for military service, disability and certain non-seatime. REDUCED PENSION $187.50 to $250.00 for seamen who are not entitled to a Normal Pension or a Service Pension. Eligibility requirements: This pension available only to those seamen who were 65 years old before January 1, 1969 and who had at least 15 years (60 quarters) of pension credits at that time in accordance with the following table of benefits: Number of Years of Amount of Qualifying Time Pension 15 $187.50 16 200.00 17 212.50 18 225.00 19 ' 237.50 20 250.00 EARLY RETIREMENT PENSION $131.25 to $235.00 as a Percentage of Normal or Reduced Pension. Eligibility requirements: This pension available only to the seamen who were 60 years old before January 1, 1969 and who had at least 15 years (60 quarters) of pension credits at that time. Amount of pension is a percentage of the Normal or Reduced Pen­ sion he would have been entitled to if he were 65 years of age at the time when his Early Retirement Pension first becomes payable. The following table of benefits indicates the amount of benefit payable: Seatime-Years Age 15 60 61 62 63 64 $131.25 142.50 153.75 165.00 176.25 16 $140.00 152.00 164.00 176.00 188.00 17 18 Benefit Amount $157.50 $148.75 171.00 161.50 184.50 174.25 198.00 187.00 211.50 199.75 20 19 $166.25 180.50 194.75 219.00 223.25 $175.00 190.00 205.00 220.00 235.00 $50.00 to $250.00 for deep-sea sailors. Eligibility requirements: Permanent disability for those under age 65 provided they have credit for a least 15 years (60 quarters) of service. Those over 65 must have actually been employed in covered employment for at least 200 days after December 31, 1960 and must have credit for at least 10 years of service (40 quarters). The years of service on which a claim is based must be earned within a number of consecutive calendar years determined by adding 10 years to the actual years of service at time of filing. Amount of Disability Pension Years of Pension Credit 10 to 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Over 65 $ 50.00 187.50 200.00 212.50 225.00 237.50 250.00 Under 65 —0— 187.50 200.00 212.50 225.00 237.50 250.00 ' Eligibilty extended for military service, disability and certain non-seatime. $3,500.00, less any Pension payments received, but not less than $1,500.00 payable to pensioner's wife, child, mother, father, brother or sister. Pensioner and Pensioner's Dependents: The total amount of benefits payable to the pen­ sioner and his dependents collectively shall not exceed a lifetime maximum of $750.00. (in addition, a pensioner is entitled to a hearing aid benefit up to a maximum $325.00 I once every four years. (NOTE: The foresoing is an analysis and synopsis of the salient and pertinent provisions of the trust agree­ ments and their rules and regulations. As to each speeifle provision, reference should he made to the text thereof.) >1 Cff/Je to the Pension Data In comparing the features of pension plans, it is important not only to consider the amount of the pension payment, or the period of time required for eligibility, but the provisions which govern how you become eligible, and how you maintain your eligibility. Both tlje SIU and NMU full pensions provide for payment of $250 monthly. However, each carries with it certain fringe benefits which differ as to the amounts payable, type of coverage and eligibility requirements. Regular Pension In both pension plans, the key is "pension credits," not necessarily years of service. Under the SIU plan, there is a simple formula—giving the seaman the broadest latitude in accumulating credits toward his pension. The NMU plan contains a more complex formula than the SIU plan with respect to past service in the industry, and a sliding scale with respect to future service. As the comparison of the various features of the two plans in the adjoining columns shows, eligibility for the SIU normal pension is attained at age 65 with 15 years of pension credits. There is no limitation on time for attaining eligibility, which means that an SIU seaman's pension credits began with the time he first began sailing. The NMU requires 20 years of pension credits within 30 consecutive years for retirement at any age. Obviously this is a very attractive feature; however, to achieve retirement at any age, the NMU plan, as of January 1, 1969, closed off pension credits earned prior to 1939 in computing future pensions. Furthermore, in order to maintain the 20-year pension, the NMU found it necessary to tighten up the break-in-service rule by adding 100 days to the previous time required to be worked in any three-year period to maintain eligibility, bringing the new level to 300 days. Prior to that it was 200 days for the same period. Under the SIU plan, a seaman must have 90 days of covered employment in any one of three consecutive calendar years to avoid a break in service. Disability Pension The SIU's disability pension provides a monthly benefit of $250 for a man disabled at any age, if he has had 12 years of service credits, one-third of which may be for in-patient and out-patient hospital time and sickness and accident time. The NMU's disability pension provides a scale of benefits from $50 to $250 a month, depending on the sailor's age and years of service, and provides credits for hospital time. No disability pensions are payable to a man with less than 15 years of pension credits, unless he is over 65 at the time of dis­ ability. And the $250-a-month maximum is available only to men with 20 years of pension credits—at which point they would be eligible, in any event, for full pension irrespective of disability. Death Benefits With respect to death benefits, the SIU's are paid to any beneficiary selected by the retiree, and remain constant throughout the years. The NMU death benefit is limited to fewer beneficiaries, is smaller to begin with, and is subject to being discounted by more than 50 percent as the years go by. Medical Benefits Medical benefits are an important element in a retirement plan because two factors come into play for the retiree: (1) As he advances in age, his medical costs go up; and (2) These higher costs are incurred at a time when his income is reduced. Under the NMU plan, a $750 ceiling is placed on all of the medical expenses ever incurred by the retiree and his dependents. This is an absolute maximum—no matter how long the pensioner lives, and no matter how many hospital bills he and his dependents, collectively, incur. The pensioner in the SIU has unlimited medical coverage for himself. His dependents, meanwhile, are eligible for the same schedule of Seafarers Welfare Plan benefits that have been available to them during his days as an active seaman—plus the fact that these benefits continue for the pensioner's depend­ ents for six months after his death. Conclusion Obviously, any pension plan review can carry only the highlights of the respective documents. These are lengthy, they have been amended several times, and they deal in great detail with each feature. Therefore, complete copies of both the SIU and NMU pension plans are being made available in all SIU ports so that members wishing to do so can examine them in detail. The foregoing comments are offered to help the members evaluate the relative merits of the various elements that make up a complete pension program. This evaluation will make it easier for the members to express their views on the direction in which the SIU should now proceed with respect to the future. (Now proceed to the back page and complete the Pension Data Questionnaire.) �Pa^e Four SEAFARERS SlU Issues Strong Protest Against Closing of Detroit USPHS Facility WASHINGTON—The SIU has filed a strong protest against the closing of in-patient facil­ ities at the Public Health Serv­ ice Hospital in Detroit, Michi­ gan, as set forth in an April 2 directive of the Department of Health, Education and V/elfare. SIU President Paul Hall New Record Set For Ship Traffic In Panama Canal Panama Canal traflBc broke all previous records set during the canal's history during fiscal year 1968, according to the Panama Canal Company-Canal Zxvne Government's annual re­ port issued recently. There were 14,807 oceango­ ing transits—^producing $93,113,877 in total tolls—during the year, compared with 13,385 oceangoing transits and $82,253,172 in tolls during 1967. In terms of cargo carried, 1968 totals were 105,529,869 long tons, an increase of 12,546,098 long tons over the previous 12month period. The record-breaking number of vessel transits was attributed to two factors, the conflict in Vietnam and the closing of the Suez Canal and the sixday Arab-Israeli war in June of 1967. The 1968 total in­ cluded 13,199 commercial tran­ sits and 1,504 U.S. government transits. warned that the proposed ac­ tion, scheduled to take place July 1, would "deprive mer­ chant seamen and others in the community of critically needed health and medical services which the federal government has historically provided." Section 322 of the Public Health Service Act provides that U.S. merchant seamen shall be entitled to medical, surgical and dental care at Public Health Service Hospitals. The federal order to close the in-patient section of the 147bed facility claims that its de­ clining caseload and limited size makes it impractical to operate during the coming fiscal year. The Union's protest was con­ tained in a letter to HEW Secre­ tary Robert H. Finch. Hall expressed the SIU's sup­ port of a proposal by three members of the Michigan Con­ gressional delegation—Senator Philip Hart (D), Senator Rob­ ert Grifiin (R) and Representa­ tive John Dingell (D)—that Congress hold hearings on the proposed closing, and urged Finch to hold any action in abeyance until after the public airing of all of the factors in­ volved are completed. The SIU pointed out that the Detroit hospital is "the only Public Health Service institu­ tion remaining in the Great Lakes area—an area in which maritime activities provide an essential economic base, and in which the federal government Missing Ship In Durban Means Week In WASHINGTON—Immigration procedures in South Africa have been changed drastically insofar as they affect Seafarers who have missed their ship, the Coast Guard warns in trans­ mitting information received last month from the U.S. State Department. Under the new rules, a week in prison can be expected. Prior to March 1, 1969, any seaman who missed his ship in South Africa was placed in relatively comfortable detention quarters where he was permitted to telephone the Consulate General and allowed to receive visits by company doctors, ship's agents, and consular officials. A bed was provided and rooms were partitioned to give considerable privacy. The de­ tention quarters, though restrictive, gave little reason for the" seaman to complain of treatment received. However, effective March 1, 1969, the detention quarters were closed by the Department of Interior, and seamen are now detained within the local prisons. This move was made because of the increased ship traffic in South African ports as a result of the closing of the Suez Canal. The number of sea­ men missing their ships had risen and >^as taxing the facili­ ties of the detention quarters. The conditions in the local prisons are completely different. Seamen now are confined in cells with prisoners awaiting trial for a wide variety of crimes; only a prison doetor attends to them; there are no beds provided, and there is no privacy. The U.S. Consulate General in Durban has commented that he does not believe seamen will appreciate being detained in Durban. This is an understatement, the Coast Guard notes in warning that it now appears seamen who miss their ves­ sels in South African ports will have to expect to be jailed for at least a week under the best of circumtsances. May, 1969 LOG has invested millions of dollars to encourage maritime growth." In his letter. Hall said it would be "false economy" to close the hospital, in view of a nationwide shortage of hospital facilities and the considerable investment that already has been made in the physical plant and equipment. At today's prices it would cost the government "many times the original invest­ ment" to duplicate the facilities, he pointed out. Hall said that closing the hos­ pital "in no way eliminates the need for the medical services which it now provides—it does nothing more than transfer the task of providing these services to other facilities in the area." "This country is short of hos­ pitals, and virtually every com­ munity is in the same fix," the SIU President told Finch. "The people of this country already have a considerable investment in the physical plant and equip­ ment in the Detroit Public Health Service Hospital." "If economic necessity must be served," he added, "then we suggest that whatever 'excess' facilities may exist be put at the disposal of the community to ease the burden there." Engineers Upgrading School Alters Entrance Procedure Beginning on May 19, 1969, the School of Marine Engineer­ ing and Navigation, sponsored jointly by the SIU and MEBA District 2, will institute a change in the engineering applicant's admittance procedure. Engineering applicants who are accepted shall report to the School in Brooklyn on a bi-monthly schedule on every other Friday. After completing a physical examination and the School ap­ plication the student will report to the SIU's training facilities at Piney Point, Maryland, on the following Monday. A training program utilizing the finest refrigeration facilities, diesel engines, pumps and visual aids has been instituted at the Piney Point School. Both original and upgrading engineers are required to spend two weeks in this training program before completing their training at the School in Brooklyn. SCHEDULE OF BI-MONTHLY REPORTING DATES Piney Point, Md. Brooklyn, N.Y« Friday, May 16 Monday, June 2* Friday, June 13 Friday, June 27 Friday, July 11 Friday, July 25 Friday, Aug. 8 Friday, Aug. 22 Friday, Sept. 5 Monday, May 19 Tuesday, June 3** Monday, June 16 Monday, June 30 Monday, July 14 Monday, July 28 Monday, Aug. 11 Monday, Aug. 25 Monday, Sept. 8 * Report to Brooklyn on Monday, June 2, since the preceding Friday is a Holiday. ** Report to Piney Point on Tuesday, June 3, because of Holiday schedule. Bills Weald Give Unsabsidized Ships Cargo Priorities and Tax Advantages WASHINGTON — Growing concern with the plight of unsubsidized American ship oper­ ators was evidenced last month by the introduction of several measures calculated to give cargo preference and tax advan­ tages to these lines. Identical bills by Representa­ tives Joseph P. Addabbo' and Jacob H. Gilbert, both New York Democrats and James J. Howard (D-N.J.)—on which a total of 39 additional co-spon­ sors are listed—would give ab­ solute preference in the carriage of all government-generated car­ goes to U.S.-flag unsubsidized ships to the maximum extent. Going even beyond this, they would provide that government shipments be scheduled, insofar as possible, with the availability of unsubsidized American-flag shipping in mind. Cargo preference powers would be vested in the Mariti^pe Administration—with the admonition that the agency, as well as all other agencies con­ cerned, "shall give effect to the interest of the United States in sustaining and encouraging the growth of a privately owned diversified and efficient unsub­ sidized merchant marine, and shall prefer shipment on such vessels to shipment on any other vessels of either United States or foreign registry." •J : In addition, priorities are clearly set forth as follows: "To the maximum extent pos­ sible, shipment of all cargoes generated by the United States government shall be aboard pri­ vately owned unsubsidized ves­ sels of U.S. registry built and operated without benefit of con­ struction and operating subsi­ dies. . . . "To the extent that privately owned unsubsidized vessels are unavailable for such carriage, government-generated cargoes shall then be allocated to pri­ vately owned subsidized vessels of American registry. . . . "To the extent that no pri­ vately owned American-flag vessels are available, shipment will then be preferred on United States government-owned ships then available and operating "Only to the extent that neither unsubsidized vessels of American registry are available, carriage shall be permitted on ships registered under the flags of the recipient nations." Not only are prioiiiles thus laid down, but the intent is also spelled out: "The intent . . . shall be to secure 100 per cen­ tum carriage of government-gen­ erated cargoes aboard privately owned American-flag vessels, to the extent that they are avail­ able for such carriage." Government agencies re­ sponsible for such shipments are instructed to make "every reasonable effort to assure that shipments of such cargoes are scheduled to coincide with the availability of privately owned American-flag vessels to maxi­ mize U.S.-flag participation in this program." In regard to rates on such vessels, they "shall be deemed fair and reasonable when, after reflecting American capital and operating costs, they provide a reasonable profit on investment on an annual or longer basis and such funds as may be nec­ essary" for their replacement. The same three congressmen and 39 co-sponsors, also sub­ mitted bills providing certain tax considerations to unsubsidized ships which are presently en­ joyed only by the subsidized lines. Earnings and interest receipts deposited would, except as to withdrawals, be treated for tax purposes in the same fashion as applied to subsidized lines if deposited within specified time periods. Consideration would thus be given in the tax structure to pro­ visions for "orderly replacement of such vessel within such pe­ riod and under such terms and conditions" as the Secretary of Commerce would prescribe. 1A �May, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Five Retirees Charge Mismanagement at Sailors'Snug Harbor BROOKLYN — Charges of serious mismanagement and im­ proper conditions at Sailors' Snug Harbor, a home for re­ tired mariners on Staten Island, N. Y., were levied at a confer­ ence called by New York State Senator William J. Ferrall at SIU Headquarters here on May 2. The meeting was attended by numerous residents of the home who were determined to get their views heard. Among the com­ plaints made was that the ceme­ tery on the grounds had been desecrated, headstones having been removed and used to make a public side walk, and that the food served the elderly residents was "slop." Also objected to was a sys­ tem of monthly payments for room and board which the trustees have been seeking to impose and which the retirees claim is unwarranted and un­ fair. The SIU, which initiated the original litigation opposing the proposed charge plan, has pledged its 100 percent support to the men at Snug Harbor. The conference also heard New York City Councilmen Robert G. Lindsey and Edward Curry of Staten Island express their concern and the interest of the city legislature in the matter. SIU Vice President Earl Shepard and Welfare Director A1 Bernstein also spoke out. Shepard stated that the SIU "would stand squarely with the men on their grievances," Fa­ ther Dominic A. Sclafani of St. John the Evangelist Rectory de­ livered the invocation. Pictures Show Desecration Senator Ferrall showed pic­ tures he had received of the gravestones which had been turned face down to form a walking path and stated this and the monthly room-and-board charges being pushed by the Board of Trustees had prompted his introduction of Senate Reso­ lution 108 in the N. Y. State legislature calling for a thor­ ough investigation of conditions at Snug Harbor, as well as the administ ation of the home. The State Attorney General's office has Hied suit against the trustees of Snug Harbor on charges of mismanagement and waste of funds. Appearing at the conference were Assistauc Attorneys General Allan S. Meyers and Gustave J. Soderberg, who told of being thwarted by the trustees in thei- previous attempts to investigate condi­ tions and find facts. A disclaimer of mismanage­ ment was made by Francis Bensell, attorney representing the Snug Harbor Board of Trustees. Under prodding by Senator I Mrall, however, he did an abo..L face and agreed to persuade the trustees to cooperate with the investigators. Will Dirawn in 1801 Sailors' Snug Harbor v/as set up in a will drawn up in 1801 by Captain Robert Randall, a retired sea captain and mer­ chant. Alexander Hamilton is credited with drawing up the will which bequeathed the in­ come of the captain's estate ff"the establishment and support of a perpetual "Snug Harbor" for enfeebled or aged sailors, free of charge. Some 250 mariners with dis­ tinguished records of service during World Wars I and II and the Korean conflict are residents at Snug Harbor. It is estimated that more than 10,000 seamen have benefited iiom Captain Randall's forethought. The trustees have claimed that the income is not sufficient to carry the operation of Snug Harbor and to maintain it ade­ quately. Attorneys for the SIU —^which led the fight to pre­ serve the home for aged sea­ men—have charged that there would be adequate funds, if waste and mismanagement were eliminated. Trouble erupted once before, in 1967, when monthly charges to the residents were first insti­ tuted. The SIU at that time won a court stay prohibiting the eviction of mariners for nonpavment of fees. That case is still pending. This solemn walkway was Snug Harbor's Cemetery. The walk has been built with the headstones from the graves of departed mari­ ners. The markers were torn from the graves by officials of the Harbor and implanted face down. Potter's Field has more dignity. New York State Senator William J. Ferrall, flanked by SIU Vice President Earl Shepard, right, and Wel­ fare Director Al Bernstein, discusses charges of mismanagement and inadequate conditions at Sailors' Snug Harbor with the large group of retired mariners attending a conference held at SIU headquarters. Independent MARAD Tops Maritime Goals Voted by Louisiana AFL-CIO NEW ORLEANS—Orga­ nized labor in Louisiana has of­ ficially endorsed a bill submitted before the 91st Congress calling for the establishment of an inde­ pendent Federal Maritime Ad­ ministration. Meeting in its 14th annual convention here March 31 to April 3, the Louisiana AFLCIO adopted a resolution lend­ ing its "full support to the pas-* sage of H.R. 213." This the bill introduced by Representa­ tive Edward A. Garmatz (DMd.), chairman of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, which would set up an independent MARAD. The state body also urged all mem­ bers of Congress from Louisiana to give their active support to this legislation. H.R. 213 and similar bills already have been sponsored by some 160 mem­ bers of the House during the current session. Introduced by the Maritime Council of Greater New Orleans and Vicinity, the resolution for an independent MARAD was one of five submitted by the Council to the 1969 Louisiana convention. All received the en­ dorsement of the state AFLCIO body. The convention call for a sep­ arate maritime agency pointed out the fact that the Merchant Marine Act of, 1936 had cre­ ated the agency as autonomous and independent and that suc­ cessive executive reorganiza­ tions in 1950 and 1961 had "whittled away" this independ­ Continued support was also ence, "burying" the agency in voted for the striking grape the Department of Commerce. "Lacking independent author­ workers and their boycott of ity," it said, "Maritime is forced California table grapes. The to eompete with other programs Louisiana AFL-CIO called for administered by Commerce, the its affiliates to "continue the American Merchant Marine is generous and aggressive aid they obligated to subsist on insuffi­ are giving to the United Farm cient funds from the Commerce Workers Committee AFL-CIO" budget, and as a result it has and urged that this be continued gone into a decline from which "until victory has been won in this crucial fight for the rights it has never recovered." Other maritime resolutions of farm workers everywhere." included one urging affiliates to press for the "Build American" concept, so that American-flag SEAFARERSI^LOG ships would be built in this country, thus supporting and Vol. XXXI, No. 7 May 1969 protecting American jobs and Official Publication of the the nation's economy. Support Seafarers International Union of North America, was similarly Voted for legisla­ Atlantic. Gulf, Lakes tion to prohibit off-shore oil and Inland Waters District. drilling rigs, which are to be AFL-CIO used in the United States terri­ Executive Board PAUL HALL. President torial waters, from being con­ GAL TANNER EARL SHEPARD tracted for or built outside the Exee. Vice-Pres. Vice-President LINDSEY WILLIAMS AL KERR United States. Vice-President Sec.-Treas. Another resolution adopted ROBERT MATTHEWS AL TANNER Vice-President Vice-President by the body was in opposition to the foreign trade subzone con­ Editor cept. The recent setting up of HARRY WITTSCHEN such a zone in New Orleans by Assistant Editors WILL KARP the Foreign Trade Zone Board CHARLES SVENSON late last year enabled a domestic Staff Photographer shipyard to build marine equip­ ANTHONY ANSALDI ment including barges and ves­ sels with imported materials on Pibllshed monthly at 810 Rhode Island Avtnse H.E.. Waihlniton. 0. C. 20018 hy the Seafar­ a duty-free basis. This gives the ers International Union. Atlantic. Golf. Lakes and Inland Waters District. AFL-CIO. 675 yard the ability to undercut com­ Foirth Asenif. Brooklyn. N.V. 11232. Tel. HYaelnth 9-6600. Second elau postaie paid petitors who use U.S. steel and at Washlnptons, D. C. other components. It was point­ POSTHASTER'S ATTENTIOM: Form 3579 cards shoald he sent to Seafarers International ed out that severe damage re­ Unlen. Atlantic, Galf, Lakes and Inland Waters District. AFL-CIO. 675 Foartfa Arenae. sulted to the American economy Brooklyn. N.Y. 11232. in the form of "millions of dol­ lars in lost taxes and wages." �Page Six SEAFARERS LOG May, .1969 Proposal to Tax Union Plans Called Destructive by Labor The old Genevieve Lykes appears anxious to resurface as she slowly noses out of Mississippi. At right is the Transtexas from which the two-year salvage operations are being conducted. Beneath the Genevieve Lykes is the Frederick Lykes, next to be lifted. Both ships were sunk by Hurricane Betsy in 1965. Hurricane Betsy Victim Emerging As Salvage Efforts Slowly Progress NEW ORLEANS—A victim of Hurricane Betsy—^the devas­ tating tropical destroyer of 1965 —the former Genevieve Lykes is being slowly raised from the Mississippi in stages here by the SlU-contracted Hudson Water­ ways Company. The first stage has been completed. Work on raising the sunken freighter has been underway for two years. Huron Waterways, a Hudson subsidiary, is using the old tanker Transtexas, as a floating pontoon from which chains and cables are hooked to the Genevieve Lykes. With the cables attached, the Trans­ texas is flooded, and lines drawn taut. Then she is pumped out, raising her and—at the same time—^the sunken vessel. In the process, the submerged ship is pushed closer to shore, keeping her at the height raised and allowing the Transtexas to slack off, whereupon the proc­ ess is repeated over and over again. Movement is very slow, chains and cable often snapping under the strain. Some 2,000 long tons are needed to accom­ plish lift. Warren Pack, Hudson's chief engineer, states that his com­ pany has spent nearly two years straightening up the sunken ves­ sel before trying to raise her. Baby Seal Hunt Provokes Outcry; Seals Coat Doom MILAN, Italy — Italian fur­ riers announced that they , were discontinuing making sealskin coats because of the public reaction here to the slaying of baby seals. The annual seal hunt in the Gulf of St. Lawrence has been getting a great deal of bad pub­ licity in Italian magazines and on the national TV network. In France also there has been a recent outcry against the "cruel­ ty" of the seal hunters. The pace of the work often de­ ing built at Avondale Shipyards and was three-quarters finished pends upon the river level. when Hurricane Betsy struck on Listed 70 Degrees September 9, 1965. She was "She listed about 70 degrees torn from her moorings and bat­ after she was sunk by stray tered by barges. barges in the river during the Also sunk by Betsy was the hurricane," Pack explained. Frederick Lykes, a sistership "Now she is listing only about which was also under construc­ 20 degrees. We could not try to tion at the time. The Frederick raise her at the 70-degree angle, Lykes lies beneath the Gene­ because she would capsize." vieve Lykes on the river bottom. He notes the theory being Hudson Waterways, which used in the work is that once the vessel rises sufficiently, workmen bought both ships from the in­ will be able to pump water out surance underwriters, will next attempt to raise the Frederick of her. With the rising of the Lykes if the present salvaging river level, it is hoped she can operation is successful. be refloated. Failure to raise Both vessels have since been her in that way will necessitate replaced by the original owners filling the ship with foam—"a very costly process." with new ships bearing the same The Genevieve Lykes was be­ names. WASHINGTON—The AFL- qualifying for exemption as an CIO has urged the Internal Rev­ organization whose employees enue Service to withdraw and "are members of a common revise proposed new regulations working unit." The phrase "common work­ that "unfairly and extremely re­ strict" union-negotiated health ing unit" should be deleted, Seidman said, and the regula­ and welfare plans. The proposals, AFL-CIO So­ tion revised to make it clear that cial Security Director Bert Seid- a fund formed by several unions man told an IRS hearing, could for a variety of workers has tax destroy some health and welfare exempt status. Seidman further called for re­ funds, eliminate benefits under others and disrupt the collective visions of regulations that ap­ pear to narrow the definitions of bargaining process. The regulations, as published an "employee" and "income," in the Federal Register, would endanger tax exemptions for alter the section of the Internal funds that cover apprentices, Revenue Code that established and restrict funds in several tax exemption for health and other ways.. welfare benefits and employees' beneficiary associations. Seidman hit at one proposal which would limit exemption to Tana Goes Fishing life, sick, accident, or other ben­ efits that are "intended to safe­ With Anglers Rod guard or improve" health or CAPE TOWN, South protect against the possibility Africa—Some lucky fisher­ of reduced earning power. man may hook a large tuna Such a limitation, Seidman near here and reap a hand­ pointed out, is "contrary to the some bonus besides— an i approach taken by Congress" in elegant rod and several hun-1 tax legislation as well as IRS of fine fishing line. dred feet regulations over many years. The tuna made off with The rule, he said, might "trig­ it very unexpectedly. Louis ger the loss" of many benefits Boshoff, 64, a retired rail­ negotiated by unions, such as way artisan, fishing from scholarships, automobile insur­ shore near here, had hooked ance, day care centers for chil­ the prize catch and was dren and jobless benefits.. carefully playing it when I Seidman also attacked pro­ the large fish made an ab­ posals that would threaten the rupt change of course, tax exempt status of benefits knocking him off his ledge paid for injuries sustained from and landing him on a reef | fire or automobile accidents and projecting above low tide. for deaths covered by insurance He not only lost his rod, other than term insurance. and reel but injured his leg j He sharply criticized another in the rough yank. suggested regulation to define an "association of employees" One Man-One Vote Principle Strengthened by High Court WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court ordered two states to realign their congressional districts to approach as closely as pos­ sible exact equality of population in accordance with one-man, one-vote principles. The 6-3 ruling affected New York and Missouri directly. But by implication it also paved the way for a new round of redistrict­ ing challenges affecting congressional boundary lines in other states and districts which elect state legislators and city councils. In effect, the court majority refused to countenance any varia­ tion from mathematical equality unless somehow a state can dem­ onstrate that a small population variance is "unavoidable." In Missouri, the largest district exceeded the mathematical ideal by slightly more than three percent—but this amounted to a popu­ lation spread of about six percent between the state's smallest and largest districts. New York's congressional district boundaries, drawn by a politi­ cally divided legislature interested in preserving the seats of as many incumbents as possible, had a wider spread. There was more than a 14 percent difference between the largest and smallest dis­ tricts. The challenge to the New York districting had been brought by David I. Wells, education director of the Ladies' Garment Workers. Wells had won an earlier suit challenging a more extreme malapportionment which had been enacted by a Republican legis­ lature. He contended that the new apportionment should be in­ validated both on population grounds and because of political gerrymandering. A lower federal court rejected his contention. The Supreme Court upheld him on the population issue, and therefore was not faced with the necessity of ruling on the gerrymander issue—^which Wells considered a key point. l^epublicans now control both houses of the New York legis- lature as well as the governorship, and one GOP official told the New York Times that the legislature would be able to carve up districts of mathematical equality which would enable the GOP to pick up additional seats. "Now it's just a question of slicing the salami," he was quoted, "and the salami happens to be in our hands." The Democratic leader of the state Assembly termed the state­ ment a "shocking and blatant announcement of intent to gerry­ mander" and called on Gov. Nelson Rockefeller to appoint a non­ partisan or bipartisan commission to recommend new boundaries. Wells served notice that he will "move right back into court" on the gerrymandering issue if the legislature carves up the districts for political advantage. The Supreme Court was sharply divided on the issue of exact mathematical equality. Justices John Marshall Harlan, Potter Stewart and Byron R. White vigorously dissented, charging that the ruling imposed impossible "slide rule" standards on the politi­ cal process. Justice Abe Fortas, while joining in holding that the Missouri and New York test cases exceeded one-man, one-vote standards, said the majority decision laid down impractical standards for the states. Justice William J. Brennan, Jr., writing for the majority, said that to allow a population variance, however small, without sound justification would be an invitation to legislators to seek the maxi­ mum allowable variation rather than strive for exact equality. As a practical matter, the time involved in court suits makes it unlikely that there will be a national wave of redistricting before the 1970 elections. After the 1970 census, all states will almost certainly be required to redistrict in accordance with new popula­ tion figures and distribution. . .4 �jggnwg Mar, 1969 Communist Ships Win Coffee Haul From the British SEAFARERS Page Seren LOG SlU and MTD Urge Congress; Be Certain Maritime Money Biil is Fair to AH Warnings that the commu­ WASHINGTON — Congress nists would use their maritime has been urged by the SIU and growth to undermine free world the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades economy were given new valid­ Department to reword a pend­ ity last month in reports from ing merchant marine authoriza­ London. tion bill to eliminate the loop­ Three importers in the coffee hole in maritime laws which trade have signed contracts with permit 14 favored shipping com­ East German and Polish steam­ panies to reap a double subsidy, ship companies for the next and also to insure that the fi­ three years to carry coffee from nancial assistance provided by the East African areas to Eu­ the legislation would be ex­ rope. tended to the unsubsidized seg­ The three coffee importers ment of the nation's fleet which are Lyons, Maxwell House and is desperately in need of such Nestle. The firms explained help for its very survival. their dropping British shipping St(^ ''Double Subsidies** companies by reason that the In a statement filed with the communist companies offered them a 15 percent lower rate House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee which held than the British ships. hearings on maritime authori­ However, the undercutting zations for fiscal 1970 last actually amounted to 25 percent according to London shipping month, the SIU urged that the sources. A 10 percent increase language of the authorizations in rates was scheduled to go into measure be amended to "make effect shortly on the British it clear that the practice of pay­ ships. With the 15 percent lower ing 'double subsidies' will no rate offered, the net effect was longer be tolerated." to undercut by 25 percent. "Any reasonable interpreta­ Communist maritime sources tion of the statutes indicates that have made it plain in recent operating and construction sub­ months that they have every in­ sidies were granted solely to tention of using their huge mer­ make at least some Americanchant fleets to undercut the es­ flag ships competitive with for­ tablished rates of the free world eign-flag ships in the carriage nations. of commercial cargo," the Un­ ion declared. Those who now contend that these subsidies were granted to insure regular movement of ships over selected trade routes—irrespective of whether or not these ships car­ ried any cargo at all—are guilty of attempting to rewrite history. "The Act spoke of utilizing the subsidy system to insure car­ riage of a 'substantial' share of our waterbome imports and ex­ ports. Obviously, the subsidies were designed to give American operators a crack at commercial cargo. These operators should no longer be allowed to pervert the law, as they have been doing, by using the subsidies as a means of underbidding unsubsidized American-flag vessels for the carriage of government-gener­ ated cargo." At the same time, the SIU urged that the section of the bill authorizing ship construction subsidy funds be broadened to make this federal assistance "available to build Americanflag ships in this country for the entire industry—not just for the 14 liner companies which, alone, have reaped the benefits of this program." The union's statement stressed the need for action on drafting a new maritime program that would be "equitable" in terms done." Describing the authorization of the entire fleet, pointing out measure as little more than a that the authorization bill deals only with "the smallest of all "status quo" bill. Moody said: "Nowhere does it reflect the the segments of our merchant marine—the one-third of the need for an accelerated program industry that is directly subsi­ of shipbuilding. Nowhere does dized." The statement said that it reflect the need for a balanced the funds proposed "do not fleet. Nowhere does it reflect meet the test of resolving the the need for going beyond the maritime difficulties in which favored 14 berthline operators to make operating and/or con­ this nation finds itself." struction differential assistance Similar testimony was given available to all operators. No­ before the Committee, by O. where does it reflect any con­ William Moody, Jr., adminis­ cern for the two-thirds of the trator of the 7.5 million-mem­ industry which is on the brink ber AFL-CIO Maritime Trades of obsolescence." Department. "And speaking of the status Moody expressed disappoint­ quo," he pointed out, "it falls ment that the authorization measure which was being con­ short even then of adequately sidered before Congress had an serving the needs of the oneopportunity to act on legislation third of the industry which that would broaden the scope of would be the beneficiaries. It calls, for example, for the con­ the merchant marine program. struction of 10 new ships for Priorities Inverted the 14 subsidized operators—in "We believe the order of other words, five-sevenths of a priorities has been inverted," ship per company! Obviously, Moody declared. "We think we if it is not serving the favored should be here today discussing one-third adequately, it cannot the ways to correct the deficien­ possibly give hope to the twocies of our 33-year-old maritime thirds of the fleet which has program—and that only then systematically been excluded should we get down to discuss­ from the benefits of this pro­ ing the dollars that need to be gram since its adoption in appropriated to get the job 1936." MTD Holds Seminar on Dangers of Runaway-Flag Fleet WASHINGTON—A long-standing Defense De­ partment theory that American-owned ships, regis­ tered under the flags of other countries, are under the "effective control" of the United States in time of crisis was sharply attacked last month by Senator Hugh Scott (R-Pa.O. "The only ships that are effectively controlled by the United States," Scott said, "are United States-flag vessels." He urged the Nixon Administration to base its decisions on maritime needs solely on "ships which fly the American flag and are manned by American citizens." Scott was the principal speaker at a day-long sem­ inar sponsored here by the AFL-C30 Maritime Trades Department. The seminar was devoted to the problem of the "runaway-flag" fleet, which is now larger, in terms of tonnage, than American-owned vessels regisiered and ciewed in this country. Sharing the platform with the Pennsylvania Sen­ ator were: • Representative John Dent (D-Pa.), who criti­ cized American companies which had moved their vessels to foreign registry where they "reap fantastic profits because they get off scot-free as far as Ameri­ can taxes are concerned and because they find it ever so much more profitable to pay substandard foreign wage rates." • SIU Safety Director Joseph Algina, who said the "runaway" ships have cost American sailors their jobs," have cost the U.S. Treasury "millions of dol­ lars in taxes" and have "encouraged a general lower­ ing of safety standards on the high seas." Really a "Give-Away** • Bertram Gottlieb, director of research for the Washington-based Transportation Institute, who charged that the "runaway" situation really should be called a "give-away" because under it "we give away our registry rights; we give away our cargo . . . we give away the earnings of these ships and the taxes that should be paid on the earnings; and ... we give away our shipbuilding." Scott said that the "effective control" theory con­ cerning the "runaways" was founded on what he said were "four rather questionable bases." These include so-called "conditions of approval incorporated in pa­ pers transferring former Ainerican-flag vessels to for­ eign registry; the fact that the laws of Panama, Li­ beria and Honduras "permit U.S. owners to commit their vessels to the United States for use in emergen­ cies;" the fact that the U.S. government extends war risk insurance only to owners signing unconditional contracts of commitment; and the fact that voluntary "letters of intent" are filed with the Maritime Admin­ istration. The Pennsylvania Republican said the "conditions of approval" are difficult to enforce once a vessel is safely transferred, and in any case most of the trans­ fers took place a quarter of a century ago and these ships have since been replaced by vessels built abroad by U.S. companies. With respect to the war risk insurance, Scott said there is "nothing which requires that they bother with such coverage," adding that only 54 of the 422 ships in the "runaway" fleet carry such insurance. On the two other points, Scott said that the laws in Panama, Liberia and Honduras "guaranteeing availability can be repealed just as easily as they were enacted," and that the voluntary agreements "are de­ pendent upon the good will of the owners of the ships concerned—^they are not binding." Scott warned that reliance on these vessels in com­ puting the nation's emergency sealift requirements would be to base "many of our maritime decisions on some false premises," adding that "the concept is neither 'effective' nor does it insure 'control.'" "Kiliii^ the Economy** Congressman Dent said that the "runaway ship" was in the same category with the "runaway shop"— both of which, he said, are "killing the American economy." He said that American business interests have taken both manufacturing operations and ship­ ping operations to foreign countries "where labor is cheap," and added that, as a result, they are "flooding the market" with "cheap foreign imports" carried to this country "at cheap rates by foreign-flag ships." Dent noted that last year the United States paid $3.6 billion to foreign-flag operators for carrying nearly 95 percent of this country's exports and im­ ports. He added: "And the 'runaway-flag operators were up near the front of the line to receive their share of the busi­ ness. Tiny Liberia—that great haven for 'runaways' carried nearly 30 percent of this country's waterbome commerce. That's almost six times as great as the American-flag share. So you can see how we're being taken—and how we're paying for the privilege." Gottlieb pointed out that the reliance on "runawayflag" shipping was having a continuing impact on the nation's balance of payments. He declared: "In the 10-year period prior to 1967 we had a $23 billion deficit. During this same period we were only carrying from five to seven percent of our imports and exports in American bottoms. "There is no question that increasing the share of our foreign commerce carried by U.S. flags could significantly improve our payments balance. In fact, if during this period the U.S. merchant marine had carried the same percentage of our trade as it did in the 1930's, we would have had a $5-billion surplus rather than a deficit in our balance of payments." Algina told the MTD seminar that "the poorest safety-at-sea records were those of the countries that serve as a haven for the 'runaway fleet.' " Last year, he said, Panama lost 1.6 percent of its gross tonnage in sea accidents and Liberia lost close to one percent, while the U.S. loss ratio was only two-tenths of one percent. "The difference is in safety standards," the SIUNA official said. "Liberia and Panama have no stand­ ards. They let the industry decide for itself what, if any, requirements will be established concerning safety in construction and safety in operation. "Since even minimum safety features cost money, you find them lacking on Liberian and Panamanian ships—and you find the ship operators apparently preferring to pay the cost of substandard safety in human lives instead of dollars." �Page Eight SEAFARERS Mar, 1969 LOG Legislators, Mar'rtlme Leaders Weigh Growing Woes of Great Lakes Fleet CHICAGO—Three members of Congress and national lead­ ers of maritime unions marked the 10th anniversary of the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway on April 25 by calling for substantial expansion of the American-owned merchant fleet carrying trade between Great Lakes cities and foreign ports, a large increase in the U.S. Great Lakes fleet engaged in trans-lakes commerce, and a strong, concerted fight against recent moves to raise St. Law­ rence Seaway tolls. These and other proposals designed to strengthen the St. Lawrence Seaway maritime in­ dustry and the economy of the Great Lakes states were ad­ vanced at an all-day AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department Great Lakes Conference. The speakers were: U.S. Senator Birch Bayh (DInd.); Congressmen Frank Annunzio and Dan Rostenkowski, both Illinois Democrats; O. Wil­ liam Moody, Jr., Administrator of the AFL-CTO Maritime Trades Department; and Peter McGavin, Executive SecretaryTreasurer of the MTD. Chair­ man of the Conference was SIUNA Vice President John Yarmola. Bayh, a member of the in­ fluential Great Lakes Confer­ ence of Senators, told the dele­ gates—representing 32 mari­ time unions with 275,000 mem­ The long and the short of it. Ronald N. Foster, right, who weighs in at bers in the Chicago area—that 70 pounds and stands 51 inches tall is the smallest trainee ever to enter the American merchant fleet on the SlU's Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship at Piney Point, Md. the Great Lakes faces two major Matching oars here with 6 foot, 5 inch-tall Bosun Joe Clowes, Foster threats. says he intends to prove that a little man can become a good Seafarer. "The deep-sea American merchant fleet faces massive competition from foreign car­ riers," he said. "These compa­ nies build their vessels with lowcost labor in foreign shipyards PINEY POINT, Md.—A the SIU's Harry Lundeberg and they crew their vessels with young man appeared at the School of Seamanship here at low-wage seamen drawn from a SIlTs Harry Lundeberg School Piney Point. He immediately ap­ variety of nations. The result is of Seamanship here recently, plied for the training, which that they can carry goods at rates and applied for entrance. This will qualify him to sail as an that are not profitable for Amer­ happens every day and there Ordinary Seaman. ican vessels." Foster said that he'd like to would be nothing unusual about A second threat, Bayh pointed it—except for one thing. This train to be a Wiper and hopes out, lies in the fact that the U.S. particular young man was just to get a berth on one of the has a program to provide assist­ 51 inches tall snd weighed 70 many SlU-manned ships sailing ance in the construction of ves­ to Vietnam so that he can see sels for the American-flag fleet pounds. Ronald N. Foster, who hails for himself what is going on to enable U.S. shipowners to from Redondo Beach, Califor­ over there. "All of my buddies buy American-built ships at the nia, has wanted to join one of have to stick their necks out world market rate, but extends the military services, particu­ over there; and I don't want to this assistance to only 14 of larly the Marine Corps, ever be any different," he declared. hundreds of American shipping since he was 16 years old. Foster said he is very happy lines. After being rejected by all at the Lundeberg School and is "This year, for example," he of the services because of his looking forward to many years continued, "the budget pre­ size, he wrote to former Vice- as a Seafarer and a member of sented to Congress calls for con­ President Hubert Humphrey in the SIU. He hopes to be able structing only 10 new ships to hopes that the Vice-President to ship to many different ports be divided among these 14 com­ might be able to intervene for throughout the world and see the panies, at a time when we should him. However, he received an many places that—up to now be building many times that answer from the office of the —he has only read about. number in the face of the seri­ Vice-President which explained "This is the answer to a life­ ous obsolescence of our fleet. that Humphrey regretfully could long dream," Foster said. "When "The U.S. also has a pro­ not change the rules, as much you are as small as I am, a lot gram," the Senator pointed out, as he admired the young men— of doors are dosed to you. I am "to help defray the operating unable to qualify—^for wanting grateful to the Seafarers Inter­ costs of American vessels so to do their share. national Union and the Harry they can carry imports and ex­ Foster had just about given Lundeberg School for giving me ports at precisely the same rate up hope when he heard about this wonderful opportunity." as foreign-flag vessels. Yet Loiy Sailing Career as Seafarer DetemiaeJ Goal of 'Mighty Mite' again, this assistance is limited the provisions of the 1936 Act. "Yet these are the ships which to only 14 companies which, should be given assistance be­ together, operate only one-third cause of their potential for of the ships in our fleet. "These defects in our mari­ carrying a major share of our time program," Bayh empha­ cargo, because we are engaged, sized, "affect all of our merchant as you well know here on the marine, but they have a partic­ Lakes, in bulk cargo traffic— ularly devastating effect on the not in liner traffic." Moody proposed an end to development of our maritime "further discrimination against strength on the Great Lakes." Annunzio strongly deplored any segment of our fleet with the decline of U.S. shipping in respect to shipbuilding. The gov­ ernment should make ship con­ Great Lakes trade. "In the period between 1955 struction subsidies available to and 1966," he said, "the U.S.- all American ships—subsidized owned Great Lakes fleet de­ and unsubsidized. Great Lakes clined by more than 500,000 and deep sea, cargo vessels and gross tons, while the Canadian- fishing vessels—so that all seg­ owned fleet on the Lakes in­ ments of this industry can build creased by exactly that amount." ships in American shipyards..." He also called for no further "American operators would like to bring about a revival of discrimination in the expendi­ their fleet with private capital ture of operating subsidies, a rather than with tax dollars," halt to double subsidies and an Annunzio continued. "But if the end to the practice of govern­ job cannot be done totally with ment agencies favoring foreignprivate capital, I would support flag ships for the carriage of legislation that would extend government cargo in preference some measure of construction to American ships. McGavin, discussing the subsidy assistance to the Amer­ 2500-mile inland waterway ican Great Lakes fleet." Rostenkowski referred to "in­ system, warned against a pro­ creasing pressures to raise the posal in Congress "to impose a tolls on the Seaway—a move user-tax on the fuel used by which, in my judgment, could towboats on our inland water­ price this waterway out of the ways." A tax on fuel would market. Water carriers are al­ raise the cost of water transpor­ ready facing stiff competition tation and cripple the inland from other modes of transpor­ barge industry, he said. A second threat McGavin tation—including the unitized train—and any tampering with stated, comes from the Inter­ the Seaway rates could lead to state Commerce Commission a disastrous slowdown in traffic which "wants to enforce a law and could place the whole fu­ passed 30 years ago that would ture of the &away in jeopardy." limit the number of different Moody, stressed to the dele­ commodities that could be car­ gates that the U.S. merchant ried in the same unit of barges." He noted that Congress is now marine program has concerned itself with only one segment of considering a bill to eliminate the merchant marine since 1936. this discrimination by making "The goal was fine," Moody it clear that each barge is a ves­ declared, "but the benefits of sel and that 40 different barges the program were limited exclu­ in a tow could, if desired, carry sively to the liner segment of 40 different commodities. the industry. The bulk cargo "The MTD is going to fight segment of the fleet—the so- for this legislation," McGavin called 'tramp' fleet, the Great pledged, "Just as we are going Lakes fleet, the fishing fleet— to fight against the user-tax on all of these were excluded from the inland waterways." Father & Son in Vietnam When the Oakland put In at Cam Ranh Bay on a recent Far East run to Vietnam, Seafarer Delmar Craig had the happy opportunity to spend some time with his son, Army Specialist E-5 James Craig. �May, 1969 SEAFARERS Page Nine LOG Total Reaches 324 Japanese %ru' Mystery Is Solved at Last—or Is It? If it's a Japanese ship, its name ends with "mam." Every Seafarer, as well as most landlubbers, are aware of this. But it seems nobody—including the Japanese—knows exactly why this is. It took a tourist to uncover the fact. When the Oshima Mam tied up at the Port of Toledo not long ago, a tourist asked a port guide what the "mam" meant. The guide fumbled, then sought a higher authority. Before long, the question had them all fumbling. The Port Authority contacted its Japanese representative in Tokyo in an attempt to solve the mystery. They got an answer from the Japanese—in fact they got three answers. Apparently, no one there is quite sure, either. According to the Port of Toledo News, the possible origins are as follows: "The first and most common explanation is that, in feudal days, Japanese people developed a custom of giving the end­ ing 'mam' to the names of things that they were particularly fond of. Boys were called Takemam, Kiyomam and so on by their parents. . . . "A second interpretation is that ships were regarded as floating castles, and thus were named as castles were. The various defense stmctures in these old castles were called honmam, ninomam and sanomam. "A third explanation is that it came from 'toimam' by which big Japanese wholesale merchants were called during the Kamamam period. At that time, the trade names of all big merchants bore the ending 'mam.'" As the old saying goes—You pays your money . . . Six More Seafarers Earn licenses At SlUEngineers Upgrading School Bunyard Adams The total number of Seafarers who have passed Coast Guard examinations and earned their engineering licenses after suc­ cessfully completing training at the School of Marine Engineer­ ing sponsored jointly by the SIU and District 2, MEBA, has reached 324. The latest group of graduates who took advantage of the com­ prehensive course of study of­ fered by the school include George Adams, James Bunyard, Bart Power, Jimmy Farris, Ben­ jamin Howard and Charles Hoff­ man. Farris George Adams, newly-licen­ sed third assistant, was born in Dallas, Texas, and now lives in San Francisco. Brother Adams began sailing in 1966 and joined the SIU the same year in San Francisco. He last shipped as FOWT-electrician aboard the Columbia. He also served three years with the U.S. Navy, re­ ceiving an honorable discharge in 1966. James Bunyard, a six-year Navy veteran, is now licensed as a third assistant. Born in Trin­ ity, Texas, he makes his home in Houston with his mother. Because of Undereount: U.S. Census Clouds True Employment Statistics Government experts know . that there are more people in the labor force—^both employed and looking for work—than the government's own statistics show. They even know with reason­ able accuracy the age, sex and race of these missing Ameri­ cans. But the statistics the gov­ ernment issues every month— used by both public and private planners—don't reflect this knowledge. An article in the March issue of the Monthly Labor Review, publication of the Labor De­ partment's Bureau of Labor Statistics, discusses some of the data—and the implications— that previously appeared only in litUe-read technical journals. The article is titled, "Effect of the Census Undereount on Labor Force Estimates." Its authors are Denis F. Johnston, a sociologist, and James R. Wetzel, an economist. Root of the problem is the difficulty of counting every per­ son in the United States every 10 years. In the very first U.S. census, George Washington recognized the problem, including suspicion of government by citizens and what Washington termed "the negligence of some of the offi­ cers taking the census." The Census Bureau's own statisticians have come up with generally accepted figures on the "undereount" in the last census, in 1960. Nearly 5.7 million people weren't counted in the 1960 census—about 3.1 percent of the total population. But while the 3.55 million whites in this group represented only 2.2 per­ cent of the white population, the 2.14 million nonwhites made up 9.5 percent of the nonwhite population (a group that is 92 percent Negro). Even more significantly, the undereount rises to 19 percent —nearly one out of five— among nonwhite men in the 2035 age bracket. How does the Census Bureau know this? The key is a bit of elementary deduction. In simplified terms, it in­ volves following a specified age group—^say 10 to 14—over sev­ eral census tallies, making al­ lowances for mortaJity rates and persons serving overseas in the armed forces. When the num­ bers and sex ratio in a census differs significantly from the projection, the undereount is obvious and can be pinpointed. The monthly employment and unemployment figures are based on samplings of an up­ dated census tdly. But the up­ dating refers only to such data as mortality, birth and death figures, and the people entering and leaving the United States. Errors Become Official Thus, the authors of the article point out, "any errors in the basic decennial population count are transmitted directly to the official employment and unemployment figures analyzed and reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics." And, the article continues, "since the population was undercounted in 1960, each month's estimates of popula­ tion, labor force, employment and unemployment are lower SIU WELFARE, VACATION PLANS March 1-March 31, 1969 Number of Benefits Hospital Benefits (Welfare) . .. Death Benefits (Welfare) Disability Benefits (Welfare) .. Maternity Benefits (Welfare) . . Dependent Benefits (Welfare) . (Average: $325.04) Optical Benefits (Welfare) . . . Out-Patient Benefits (Welfare) SUMMARY (Welfare) Vacation Benefits (Average: $402.07) Total Welfare, Vacation Benefits Paid This Period . . 694 36 1,025 37 2,384 Amount Paid $ 16,838.54 111,082.31 232,350.00 7,400.00 77,490.26 586 4,475 9,237 2,688 2,433.10 32,752.00 480,346.21 678,697.40 11,925 $1,159,043.61 then a fully accmate census would reveal.'-' It allocates the missing peo­ ple of working age to the em­ ployment-unemployment figures for a sample month by two al­ ternative methods. One would assume that the uncounted per­ sons fall into the same pattern as others of their age, sex and race. The other would assume that most of them are in pov­ erty neighborhoods. Under either of these assump­ tions, there would be no signifi­ cant change in the overall unem­ ployment rate—as a percentage of the labor force—although there would, of course, be an increase in the number of per­ sons unemployed. The authors note that other theories would assign a consid­ erably higher proportion of the uncounted to the jobless cate­ gory—large enough to affect the national unemployment rate. Bui the authors said they could not find "convincing evidence" to justify such an assumption. They did say, however, that "a large portion of the omitted are probably employed in less desirable, low-paying occupa­ tions and industries. Thus, esti­ mates of underutilized persons based on the official figures are probably low." The statistical errors in the census and the employment figure do mean, however, that programs designed to attack such problems as unemploy­ ment, poverty and housing un­ derestimate the magnitude of the task unless the planners have taken into account the errors in numbers stemming from the cen­ sus undereount. Howard Hoffman Mrs. Ethel Ross, when he is not at sea. Brother Bunyard began sailing. following his hitch in the Navy, and joined the SIU in the Port of Houston. He last shipped as FOWT on the Kenyon Victory. Bart Power, newly-licensed second assistant, is a native of Buffalo, New York. He has been sailing since 1953 when he joined the SIU in the Port of New York. He last shipped as FOWT on the Yellowstone be­ fore enrolling in the training school. Jimmy Farris was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and now lives in Gulfport, Mississippi, with his mother, Mrs. Louise Farris. Licensed as third assist­ ant after completing the training course. Brother Farris has been sailing since 1966 when he signed up with the SIU in the Port of New York. He last shipped as FOWT on the Alcoa Voyager. Benjamin Howard, another newly-licensed third assistant, is a native Alabaman who lives in the town of Foley with his wife, Dorothy. Brother Howard joined the SIU in Mobile and has been sailing for the past seven years. His last vessel was the Fairport, where he shipped as FOWT. Charles J. Hoffman was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and now makes his home in Tampa, Florida, with his wife, Mary. Brother Hoffman, who holds a new license as third assistant, has sailed as oiler and joined the SIU in the Port of Tampa. His last ship was the Keva Ideal. Brother Hoffman is a two-year veteran of the U.S. Army. All engineer department Sea­ farers are eligible for any of the upgrading programs at the Un­ ion-sponsored School of Marine Engineering provided they are at least 19 years of age and have a minimum of 18 months of Q.M.E.D. watchstanding time in the engine department,^ in addition to at least six months experience as wiper or the equiv­ alent. Any Seafarer who qualifies and wishes to enroll in the school may obtain additional in­ formation and make application for enrollment at any SIU hall. Information can also be ob­ tained by writing to SIU Head­ quarters, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11232, or by telephoning the school at (212)499-6600. �Page Ten SEAFARERS Substantia!SocialSecurity Increases Urged toMeet Income Cap ofClderly WASHINGTON—A special Senate report emphasizes that the nation must take actions "going far beyond those taken in recent years" to resolve a worsening retirement income crisis. Most needed, the report said are substantial increases in so­ cial security benefits which "have failed to keep up with the rising income needs of the aged." The report was prepared for the Senate Committee on Aging by a task force of four promi­ nent social scientists. Task force members were Juanita M. Kreps, Duke Univer­ sity; James H. Shulz, University of New Hampshire; Agnes W. Brewster, an economics consult­ ant; and Harold L. Sheppard of the Upjohn Institute for Em­ ployment Research. ITieir study found that three out of 10 people 65 and older lived below the government's defined poverty-level income in 1966, and another one of the 10 "was on the poverty border­ line." Of older people living alone or with nonrelatives in 1967, half had incomes below $1,480, and one-fourth had incomes of $1,000 or less, the report said. Moreover, the task force ob­ served that "Americans living in retirement are suffering from an income gap that is widening in relation" to the income of younger persons. Median income of families headed by a person over 65 was 51 percent of that for younger families ip 1961, but only 46 percent in 1967. Widows and other aged wom­ en living alone were found by the task force to be "particularly disadvantaged economically," with six of every 10 having in­ come below the poverty line. One chart illustrating the task force's findings, based on analy­ sis of Social Security Adminis­ tration statistics, showed that the level of living set by the Bureau of Labor Statistics' "moderate" budget for a retired couple is "well beyond the reach of most older people, especially those who retired years ago." The average monthly social security benefit of a couple re­ tiring in 1950 met half the BLS budget cost of $149. Although both the benefit and budget have been adjusted in the years since, that same couple's benefit in 1968 met less than one-third the updated budget's cost of $370. SfU Lifeboat Class No. 223 Graduates of SlU Lifeboat Class No. 223 pose with instructor Paul McSarin and Chief Bowen, Coast Guard examiner. Standing (l-r) are William Croly, John Collins, Peter Hove, Joe Crumpler and John L. Maynard. Kneeling are Ernest Hoitt, Mathiondis Aristidis, Norman MacDonald and Zdziszaw Kukulski. Graduation took place on April 14. Standing (l-r) are Constantinos Florous, Fabian Cruz, Randolph Hum­ phrey, Cornell Sarossy and Ruben Bautista. Graduates in front row are Ramon (Puiles, Joe Villaha, Michael Rogers, Angelos Vartholomeos. May, 1969 LOG Among the aged in poverty, it stressed, are many who "did not become poor until they be­ came old." The report pointed to a num­ ber of other problems which are becoming increasingly acute for the aged—problems associated with owning homes or renting, paying taxes and meeting rising medical costs. The task force concluded that government programs, particu­ larly social security, are the only real "assurance" that "the rela­ tive economic status of the aged" can be improved. It also recommended that the government explore and support "various methods of promoting and encouraging private group pensions and personal savings as supplementary sources of private income." Senator Harrison A. Williams (D-N.J.), committee chairman, said the report "states a funda­ mental truth as no other docu­ ment has yet done." That is, he explained, that "economic problems of old age are not only unsolved for today's elderly but also unsolved for the future el­ derly." Old Shipmates Are Reunited Seafarers Anthony Russo, left, and Carlos Matt, right, who were ship­ mates 22 years, were reunited at the USPHS Hospital on Staten Island. Even after so many years, both Seafarers recognized each other almost at once. The occasion for all the smiles was the presentation of Brother Russo's first pension check by SlU Representative George McCartney. In 1963 Case Railway Clerks Win Millions For Merger's Effect on Jobs The Railway Clerks have negotiated a multi-million dol­ lar payment to compensate some 2,000 workers who lost their jobs or seniority rights when the Southern Railway took over the Central of Georgia Railroad in 1963. Workers who were adversely affected by the takeover will have their full seniority re­ stored, with retroactive pay­ ments and other cash benefits of BALTIMORE — A solution up to a year's pay. to oil slicks, the great pollutant The total package of "redress of waters and beaches and payments" is estimated at be­ large-scale scourge of fish and tween $8 million and $12 mil­ marine vegetation, appears to be lion. A special arbitration panel on hand in a compound devel­ will resolve any disputes over oped by a Baltimore chemical application of the agreement. company. C. L. Dennis, the union's Three years were required to president, termed the settlement develop the product which is rel­ a "historic step toward protect­ atively inexpensive—about $3 a ing railway employees from gallon. Biodegradable—which economic and social hardship means it breaks down into harm­ less substances—the dispersant when companies merge opera­ causes oil slicks on water to tions." He said it "rights a six-year precipitate to the bottom as a wrong" committed by the for­ fine silt-like substance. It is also non-flammable and non-corro­ mer management of the Southsive and can eliminate a quan­ em Railway. Dennis praised the tity of oil five to 10 times its railroad's new officers for their own volume under normal con­ "willingness to correct a past wrong." ditions. While the clerks were hit According to Dr. Alfred Sohn- hardest by the takeover, other ius, the scientist who developed Central of Georgia workers the unique formula, and who were also affected and the Rail­ will market the product through his own Mankana Chemical way Labor Executives' Associa­ tion has reached a basic agree­ Company, the chemical breaks ment on restoration of job the cohesion of the oil and rights. Negotiations are contin­ changes its physical properties, uing on implementing agree­ causing the slick to "settle out ments affecting members of on the bottom of the ocean and disperse." It is "completely safe" other rail unions. Went to Supreme Court and requires no protective equipment, he claims. The rail union had to go to If the new product is as ef­ the Supreme Court in order to fective as the maker claims it is, get the Interstate Commerce it will go a long way towards Commission to rule on whether neutralizing dangers such as the basic Washington Job Pro­ those posed by the Torrey Can­ tection Agreement protecting yon disaster off the coast of workers involved in rail mergers England in 1967. applied to the "acquisition of Ocean Oil Slicks Are Neutralized By New Foranila control" of the Central of Geor­ gia. Finally, in late 1967, the ICC ruled that protective features of the Washington Agreement—a nationally-negotiated compact —Were binding in the case. Then came the difficult nego­ tiations to try to remedy the in­ justices and restore lost job rights. The Railway Clerks began di­ rect negotiations with the new management of the Southern Railway last July and the union said the resulting agreement "testifies once again to the value of free collective bargaining in the American spirit between la­ bor and management." The 20-page agreement which emerged sets up a senior­ ity date and rank for all clerical employees affected by the merg­ er—and gives each person on the list the right to claim any job on the roster to which his senior­ ity entitles him. Other provisions cover reim­ bursement of those who have al­ ready taken higher paying jobs, payment of necessary moving expenses, payment for lost in­ surance benefits and reimburse­ ment for workers no longer on the payroll because of retire­ ment, resignation or other such reasons. And He Doesn't Mean 'Perhaps' LONDON, England—^A pro­ posal to increase the paychecks of Navy girls by three cents a day for "good conduct" was denounced by Rear Admiral M. Morgan Giles here recently. Addressing the House of Com­ mons, Giles declared, "That's a ridiculous sum to give a girl for saying 'Yes, Sir' all day and 'No, Sir' all night!" �MraBWrwWMnnieser^'^'?''^^-'' May, 1969 SEAFARERS Job Safety Committee Named By Labor Secretary Sbultz WASHINGTON — Labor Secretary George P. Shultz has established a National Safety Advisory Committee comp>osed equally of labor, management and public representatives to ad­ vise him on the increasing prob­ lem of on-the-job safety. In announcing the committee, headed by National Safety Council President Howard Pyle, Schultz observed that there cur­ rently is "more interest in safety legislation than there has been in the past 20 years." He listed these 1967 statistics as among the major reasons for the high level of interest: • More than 14,000 deaths and two million disabling in­ juries on the job. • Costs for occupational ac­ cidents of $7.3 billion, with $1.5 billion lost in wages. • The loss of some 245 mil­ lion man-days of production be­ cause of such accidents—"many times greater than the loss re­ sulting from strikes." Schultz also said that occupa­ tional disease "seems to be a growing problem and we must increase our efforts to control new diseases brought on by new technology." "Unfortunately," he added, "the nation hasn't been experi­ encing improvement in this area," with occupational injury rates on an "upward trend" over the past 10 years. The committee held its first meeting with Schultz on April 10 to make recommendations on new health and safety stand­ ards proposed by former Presi­ dent Johnson but still under re­ view in the Nixon Administra­ tion. The standards, which Schultz delayed putting into effect until May 17, deal with new fire reg­ ulations, noise levels, and air contaminants. They will apply to firms covered by the WdshHealey Public Contracts Act. Later this year, Shultz said, the Labor Department will probably consider a "compre­ hensive" occupational safety and health bill and committee mem­ bers will be called upon for their views. Labor members named to the 15-member tripartite committee are: George Taylor of the AFLCIO Department of Research; Alan Burch, safety director. Operating Engineers; Steelworkers Secretary - Treasurer Walter J. Burke; Brewery Workers Secretary-Treasurer Arthur P. Gildea; Vice Presi­ dent Elwood Swisher of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers. ' Page Eleven LOG Rep. Halpern Calk for Strapping Repladag 1936 Maritime Law WASHINGTON — Repre­ but was pocket-vetoed by for­ sentative Seymour Halpern (R- mer President Johnson. Halpern said that the "only N.Y.) has called for scrapping the nation's third-of-a-century- argument that could persuade old maritime law and replacing me to leave maritime in the De­ it with new legislation "geared partment of Commerce would to the realities of today's mari­ be a sweeping new program that is fair and equitable to all seg­ time problems." The Congressman warned ments of the industry, accom­ that attempts to "patch over" panied by a positive attitude on the Merchant Marine Act of maritime development for both 1936, instead of writing new the short run and the long run." legislation, would leave the na­ Four Elemeiits Stressed tion with a maritime program The Congressman stressed geared to a scheduled ocean four elements that are required liner service in an era in which to meet his test of an "equitable" "our reliance is chiefly on the maritime program: unscheduled bulk cargo trade." • The privilege now accord­ Speaking at a meeting spon­ ed to some operators to set aside sored by the AFL-CIO Mari­ money in tax-deferred construc­ time Trades Department, Hal­ tion reserve funds should be ex­ pern indicated there was a dis­ tended to all operators. Such a agreement between Congress move, he said, would "attract and the Nixon Administration over the location of the Mari­ private capital," and would time Administration. The New make possible the building of York Republican is one of more urgently-needed ships "with the than 160 House sponsors of leg­ minimum investment of public islation to create an independent funds." • The two-thirds of the mer­ Maritime Administration while the White House has indicated chant fleet which is unsubsidized it wants to keep maritime where should get "first crack" at the it is, in the Department of Com­ carriage of military, foreign aid merce. Similar legislation to set and agricultural surplus ship­ up an independent Maritime Administration passed the House and Senate by lopsided margins in the 90th Congress, & Inland ©1 ments sponsored by the govern­ ment. Unable to compete with low-cost foreign-flag vessels or subsidized American ships for commercial cargo, Halpern said, the unsubsidized segment of the fleet "either carries government cargo or it perishes." • The government should give long-term charters to un­ subsidized operators to carry government-generated cargo so that they can plan for the or­ derly replacement of their ships, paid for "entirely with private capital." • The present limiting of construction and operating sub­ sidies "to just 14 companies" engaged in the liner trade should be abandoned. Subsidies should be made available to all oper­ ators, but they would have to choose between this direct as­ sistance and the indirect aid available through the carriage of government cargo. Such a program, Halpern said, woud be "equitable and flexible," and would lead to a maritime program "that will be capable of reaching into the fu­ ture instead of being throttled by the dead hand of the past." New Pensioner Frank Miller Will Continue SlU Activities April 1, 1969 to April 30, 1969 DECK DEPARTMENT Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmingrton San Francisco ... Seattle Totals TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED Class A Class B 7 5 95 104 23 24 32 50 36 19 31 32 29 26 37 23 105 80 114 125 47 44 86 159 44 26 687 816 Class A Class B Class C 1 4 2 89 101 16 9 18 14 18 14 31 17 10 12 10 21 21 18 27 2 23 21 2 89 47 8 140 40 125 50 23 42 73 141 56 30 28 23 582 629 215 ENGINE DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups All Groups Port Class A Class B Class A Class B Class C Boston 3 5 2 5 5 New York 68 110 31 187 140 Philadelphia 13 9 9 11 5 Baltimore 26 26 10 41 34 Norfolk 20 30 19 11 12 Jacksonville 49 15 10 22 15 Tampa 8 8 4 10 25 Mobile 32 29 20 29 1 New Orleans 53 84 61 3 56 Houston 75 79 47 152 112 Wilmington 20 49 20 40 16 90 San Francisco ... 131 91 129 65 32 35 Seattle 24 32 23 Totals 471 762 432 623 240 REGISTERED on BEACH Class A Class B 6 11 188 191 23 18 109 62 38 49 26 37 30 8 29 73 92 134 116 140 2 44 54 1 9 55 660 885 EGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 2 5 137 216 13 14 60 56 30 24 33 11 56 11 47 42 132 83 109 92 17 2 0 29 6 18 630 584 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco ... Seattle Totals TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED All Class A Class B 2 2 73 48 9 19 23 25 18 19 13 18 8 8 27 25 62 47 57 127 26 29 67 149 30 26 436 531 Class A Class B Class C 0 3 0 59 47 51 3 7 • 14 20 24 5 14 11 10 9 9 28 13 21 4 14 1 24 33 1 57 86 17 71 16 17 11 43 126 62 28 22 11 196 380 416 REGISTERED on BEACH Class A dass^ 1 5 143 79 8 17 43 84 37 24 7 14 8 11 36 59 162 73 53 117 25 8 31 0 15 13 704 369 Frank J. Miller is ending a 36-year sailing career—but not his Union activities.—as he accepts his first SlU pension check from SlU Welfare Director Al Bernstein. Brother Miller had sailed as AB. Frank J. Miller is winding up a sailing career that has spanned 36 years. However, his retire­ ment doesn't mean the end of his activities in the Union. As he accepted his first SIU pension check at the New York Hall from Welfare Director Al Bernstein, Brother Miller said: "The Union has been good to me for these many years, and now I am going to do whatever I can to help other members. What I'd like to do is help out on projects which will benefit other SIU oldtimers." Miller, who was bom in Ger­ many, went to sea when he was 14, and, except for a three-year hitch with the U.S. Army dur­ ing World War II, he has been sailing every year since. Rated AB, his last voyage was on the Ponce. Brother Miller lives just a few blocks from SIU Headquarters in Brooklyn. "I like to live close by the hall so I can stop in every day and see all my old friends. The Union and my old shipmates are all the family I have," he said. Miller joined the SIU when the Union had its headquarters on Beaver Street, in lower Man­ hattan. He says he hopes that the younger men coming in will understand what the Union has done ror the Seafarer in making sailing a better way of life. "The safety measures we have today aboard ship, and the se­ curity we have for ourselves and our families when we are sick or when we retire, are all due to the Union," he said. "And I hope the young fellows just start­ ing out will never forget this." �Bi m SEAFARERS Page Twelve Nama Amount Adamt, J. J. 3.U Adams, James Jr. 14.12 Adams, L. N. 3.73 Adams, L. N. 3.73 Aikens, Nowelt T. 117.12 Akin, h. L. 40.04 Akin, H. L. 7.83 Allison, Blair 4.04 Anderege, F. T. 4.77 Anderege F. T. 4.03 Arcenaux. tH. J. 8.57 Ardoin, i. J. 8.07 Arreboia, S. 12.43 Baham, Vincent hi. 8.17 Bailey, El.-ner E. Ill 3.03 Bailey, Ronald S. 4.27 Baldwin, B. W. 18.08 Ballard. James F. 4.04 Barringer, Joseph E. Jr. 8.17 Belanger, H. F. 37.32 Bell, James E. 18.84 Benedict Anthony 8.21 Benedict, John 7.14 Bennett, C. B. 15.80 Bennett, H. Arihur 11.43 Berlier, Id. Id. 2.85 Bernard, Wayne J. 7.58 Bice, J. 2.85 Biehl, James 2.87 Birch, Sary S. 8.78 BlancheHe, A. H. 13.27 Bodden, Fulbert A. 3.02 Bohma, R. 4.73 Boles. Richard J. 4.72 Boiling, J. R. 10.24 Bonner, Thomas H. Jr. 3.02 Bonoir, Cleophas Jr. 1.84 Bonti, A. 2.51 Boteler, L. J. 7.23 Botelho, Arthur 17.87 Boyce, E. F. Jr. I.OS Boyette, Timothy 4.27 Bradford, Richard O. 27.40 Bradley. James R. 2.70 Brady, Robert L. 24.85 Briant, L. P. Jr. 8.50 Briant, Louis P. 3.73 Broussard, W. J. 37.32 Browning, J. F. 2.15 Bryant, G. J. 3.73 Bumatay, Leoncio O. 8.51 Burnett, L. 2.51 Bums. J. T. 4.27 Butler, Owen 8.52 Butler, Robert 1.83 Cancela, R. 11.87 Canty. C. S. 7.78 Canhy, Carl 5. 2.85 Capps, Ernest E. 2.15 Carter. Don A. 11.37 Carter, Don A. 33.77 Catalanotto, J. 3.07 Cayton, G. S. 13.75 Chandler, B. 11-21 Chandler, Wade D. 7.84 Cheshire, James M. 11.10 Christophe, Antoine 10.07 Cieslak, Stanley J. 44.81 clement, E. J. 12.43 Coats, Laverne 8.22 Cobb, Arnie C. 52.73 Cobb, C. W. 1.18 Cobb, C. W. 8.21 Cole, H. D. 3.02 Coleman. James E. 12.05 Collins, David 12.08 Colon. Carlos M. 8.37 Conley, Walter 3.88 Conners, Eugene E. 1-77 Cook, Philip G. 5.20 Cooper, Idarshall C. 87.83 Corlis, James T. 13.71 Coto, J. F. 8.70 Coto, J. F. 13.00 Courteaux, Henry J. 5.52 Covert, E. P. 7.35 Crain. Michael O. 2.85 Crawford, E. B. 3.85 Crawford, S. V. 4.73 Croteau, Jack D. 11.43 Cuenca, Benito R. 8.51 Curry, Horace 8.21 Daniluk, Alexander 7.58 Danne, A. L. 7.B3 Davidson, L. H. 4.2? Davidson, Leonard 2.B5 Davidson, Leonard H. B.3I Davidson, Leonard H. 8.17 Davis, Kenneth 11.23 Davis, M. B. 18.74 De Las. Santos N. 1.24 Deale, V. C. 2.51 Deale, Thomas C. 5.77 Debautte, E. C. 1.83 Dnfnra, J, J. 12.57 Name Demoss, Edmund K. Di Gratia, J. Dickerson, J. E. Dickey, Wm. P. Difuico, L. H. Dubuisson, Lloyd F. Dugas, A. J. Duncan, G. F. Dunkins, L. Dunn, Johnny B. Durapau, W. A. Jr. Durden, R. B, Durning, Ivan Durning, Ivan A. Easter, T. Eddleman, B. G. Edwards, Otis N. Eiland, L. E. Eliser, C. P. Elliott, John C. Enqie, F. P. Jr, Everett, Edward L. Jr. Farley, Hubert M. Jr. Fillingim, W, H. E. Fisher, B. E. Flanagan, Eugene F. Forrest, W. Forrest, Wm. L. Foto, G- J. F-'ahse, Owsn W. Jr. Frayle, Marcel Fraxier, Lee Roy Fredericks, R. A. Frederiksen, Verner M. Frey, C. J. Frindt, F. Fruge, Clifton Fuglsang, 6. G. Furlcw, Rollins O. Gagliano, J. Galuska, Louis T. Garcia, J. L. Garcia, Natanael Garrity, Gerald L. Garrity, Gerald L. Garta, A. Gassard, C. H. George, J. J. Ghoodhooth, Ictech Giarratano, D. L. Gibson, Ciyde J. Giercxic, G. C. Gilliken, N. D. Gilliken, Norman D. Glennon, G. G. Gonxales, Juan I. Gonxales, Juan I. Gonxales, R. P. Gonxales, Ralph Goonan, Lawrence Gordon, I. Gorgas, Irvin J. Green, J. L. Green, Jessee Grifflth, J. C. Griggers, Ira W. Grofts, R. G. Gronberq, Nils E. Grove, Elmer T. Guidry, A. R. Guillory, R. R. Halem, Frank hialem, F. Hall George M. Hall George M. Hatlock, James L. Hals, John A, Halvorsen, S. Halvorsen, S. Hamby, E. F. Hammett, F. L. Hammock, George Hancock, Robert M. Harman, De Loss C. Harman, E. Harris, William F. Harrison, Daniel G. Haslett, Paul Hassell, D. Hebert, C. W. Hebert, C. W. Hebert, Ronald Heidelberg, James H. Hernandex. Isabel Hibbs, Maiden D. Hill James Blair Hillion, Henri Hlnes, Robert C. Jr. Hoffman, George C. Hoffman, L. C. Hoffman, Lester C. Hoffman, Lester C. Holder, M. J. Hnnd. Harvey H, Amount 21.71 13.47 7.15 201.02 2.85 8.57 7.47 12.43 2.85 2.85 1.38 1.43 5.57 1.55 3.73 11.07 8J4 2.51 21.73 18.71 7.15 15.72 52.33 7.23 13.72 53.70 10.32 174.88 8.21 835 4.23 8.72 7.75 8.17 34.11 80.27 12.84 1.84 21.73 1.00 8.07 37.32 1.95 18.37 18.37 7.88 2.86 15.71 8.35 7.34 27.40 7.58 3.02 1.07 14.05 8.17 8.21 18.84 4.04 7.35 13.44 18.15 5.34 18.26 7.83 I.81 17.50 8.17 12.11 7.31 8.50 4.27 Name Hood, Tommy H. Hoolahan. M. J, Hoover, 6. E. Jr. Hope, Wayne R. Howington, M. L. Hubbs, Robert Huddleston, M. J. Hudson, W. M. Hudson, W. M. Hughes, O. L. Hunt, 6. Hunter, W. Hurst, Marion Huseby, P. 5. Ivy, J. L. Jack, U. Jack, U. Jack, U. Jackson, A. C. Jackson, August C. Jackson, Bernard Jackson, Eddie L. Jackson, Robert W. Jane, A. E. Jane, A. E. Johnson, C. P. Johnson, H. A. Johnston, Lloyd Jones, Henry E. Jordan, C E= Karns, R. L. Amount 17.82 15.87 100.00 12.38 7.83 .01 8.57 .84 7.73 .40 20.B7 18.76 50.51 12.84 33.44 21.14 .20 18.80 22.73 8.14 7.33 17.73 103.08 4.73 3.82 18.37 ^ 12.75 5.M 1.12 8.1? 14.45 ,47 2.87 40.14 722.21 .20 8.30 24.K ^.£5 4.32 11.81 Name Cousins, W.M. Craig, D. E. Crew, R. Cumingham, W. N. pabao, L. Dabao, L. J. Davis, M. C. Davis, M. J. Davis, Wilson J. De Arce, R. Delacrux, A. T. Denehy, Thomas J. Desiiva, H. Dipietro, James J. Dipietro, James J. Dobak, John Dorsett, Dwain Dowd, O. Ellis, Francis M. Falgoust, M. J. Falgoust, M. J. Felix, H. M. Fernandex, F. A. Figueroa, A. B. Firlie, L. FItton, Lewis Forest, Jackson Frender, G. E Fulmar, William W. Galloway, N. Galvin, F. Garrecht, Ronald Garrecht, Ronald J. Gleason, J. H. Goutierrex, H. J., Jr. Greene, Brandon F. Gregory, Howard Hachay, L. W. Hair, Geo. Hanson, Karl Hans Harada, S. Karada, S. Amount 2.85 27.75 15-31 47.08 2.85 7.08 3.27 13.74 15.75 2.86 15.51 10.24 8.23 12.77 8.54 285 2.85 44.82 28.71 1-43 8.06 5.07 8.03 8.44 7,87 13.75 2.85 1.83 35.44 11.00 3.68 Mar, 1969 LOG Name Lea, Albert 5. Lea Albert 5. Lebianc, J. W. Lee, William HLesueur, Roy H. Lewis, J. F. Lewis, J. F. Lewis, J. F. Lewis, William H. Libby, Melvin F. Libby, Melvin F. Liies, Royall T. Ml Littleton, Ronald JLoeber, Glen R. Lofiin, E. J. Loflin, Edward J. Lofton, Clarence J. Lofton, R. L. Lopex, J. L. Lopex, Pablo Lucas, Charles 5. MacGregor, William A. Machado, Arthur Maddox, R. C. Maire, 1^. C. Maloney, G. J. Manca, L. Manca, L. Mannette, J. 5. Martello, Joseph Martin, Joe V. Amount 5.M 8-17 8.85 7.07 29M 3.88 7.31 2.74 8.17 27.40 5.01 18.50 12.43 3.88 18.84 32.30 4.04 10.80 8.38 3-00 4.35 12.77 2.84 2.14 2.85 2.87 I8.M 8.00 1.83 22.50 21.57 DELTA LINE MONEY DUE The Delta Steamship Lines has notified the SIU that it is holding checks for unclaimed wages due crewmembers as of March 31, 1969. Seafarers whose names appear on either of the lists on this page may collect their checks by writing to Mr. L. M. English, Jr., Port Purser, Delta Steamship Lines, Inc., Galvez Street Wharf Operations Office, Section 100, New Orleans, La. 70130. 12.43 3.55 27.40 4.72 14.04 6.41 3.66 12.43 6.05 7.27 55 83 36.84 3.88 14.05 12.77 18.45 2 85 2.87 5.14 1.15 4.72 3.86 4.04 8.78 3.21 304.44 II.37 2.87 7.88 14.21 18.54 18.15 Keith, H. O. Keith, Harold O. Kelly, Floyd Kelly, Robert L. Kendrick, Frank J. Kennedy, P. W. Kennedy, Robert V. Kerr, Glenn M. King, F. H. Jr. King, William E. Kirton, Robert W. Jr. Klauber, Perry M. Krolowitx, Terrance W. Kulakowski, Julian Kushmer, Charles D. Lacy, Timothy M. Lafleur, George Laguaite, R. F. Lambert, Arnold D. Lamer, C. H. Lammon, Kenneth A. Land, Dorsy D. Laquere, J. Laulrrson, C. L. Lavaughn, May Lawrence, G. I. Lawton, fe. W. — National Name Adams, J. N. Addington, Homer Amoren, Peter Anderson, Clarence E. Arnot, Elden R. Asunsion, A. AAyler, Eugene Badgett, William A. Banta, Henery Baroni, Tony A. Beadles, W. H. S. Beckman, Donald W. Bernard, Edison D. Berry, Glenn Bingenheimer, J. P. Boatnar, R. Boles, Jimmie L. Brabham. Wm. L. Brackbelf, R. R. Brewer, William, Jr. Brian, R. E. Brown, Clifford F. Brown, J. P. Brown, J. P. Brown,Paul W. Brunker, C. C. Brunnell, Victor Bunn, Eugene J. Byers, J. Byers, J. Carbonel. E Carroll, Earl 0. Carter, F. Caswgn^ Robert E Cauley, Clyde B. Claypbol, barrel W. Cline, J. E Colby, Edmund Cole, Edward Connenty, Wm. CooDAf C. Cotham. Ciiarles W. BBBB B Amount 5.14 18.03 10.00 3.52 1.21 18.87 .48 .44 8.21 1.78 20.11 84.17 36.70 2.80 2.17 7.83 1.82 .75 10.11 4.44 13.87 5.38 87.51 1.44 3.78 24.77 11.07 .58 75.87 8.34 10.07 23.07 8.00 22.48 13.57 2.87 7.83 13.83 5.13 4.04 .75 IIJ5 38.2i 2.08 22.73 14.00 2.02 11.26 1.46 8.53 12.43 4.04 21.74 1.34 26.00 4.27 7.74 7.27 8.35 2.51 1.07 12.43 24.75 23.35 14.82 32.30 7.83 10.24 10.72 Martin, Joe V, Martin, Kelly Maruilo, Theodore J. Masden, R. Masden, Rafael Mattair, G. W. Mayes, Terrei S. Maywald, Joe T. Mc Leilan, Clifton G. McAndrew, J. J. McAvoy, K. R. McAvoy, K. R. McCormick, S. L. McKenna, J. J. McKenna, John J. McKenna, John L. McKinney, Henry C. McLoughlln, R. F. McMaster, E. McMaster, Edward McSpadden, J. C. Meehan, W. J. Menendex, G. Jr. Millard, H. A. Miller, Sherman E. Mims, William Y. t.tcntgsinery, B. J. Shipping Name Harp, Uichard A. Hashagen, G. Hayes, F. B. Hirabi, S. N. Holland, R. A. Holland, W. J. Holsebus, Merlen Holt, P. S. Huckeba, J. J. Huckeba, J. J. Jr. Hulsebus, Merlen M. Hunt, J. llmer, W. Matpacka Israel, J. A. Itoman, Y. Jackson, G. R. Jackson, Tyrone Jahafi, Hammond N. Jardine, W. SJensen, 5. Johns, William D. Johnson, A. Johnson, William H. Johnson, Wm. Jordan, A. W. Judd, k. Kelly, Clarance Kerr, George C. King, R. G. King, R. O. King, Ralph O. Knight, Lawrence, Jr. Knight, R. C. Kopfler, W. B. Kopfier, Wallace Labua, Thomas V. Laird, C. W. Lavigne, T. Leaveil, W. L. Lee, H. A. Lee, Hubbert A. Ue, William H. Amount 4.27 2.32 2.86 .47 2.67 7.81 27.70 13.57 13.63 12.38 20.55 1.43 5.57 10.00 84.35 2.17 12.43 28-88 4.22 17.78 12.33 .47 1.08 2.40 57.37 17.83 2.27 24.00 12.43 23.12 1.00 , 24.77 7.18 .75 8.42 18.74 2.47 12.83 .01 14.84 28.88 18.74 5-00 177.15 2.75 18.84 32.30 i.87 2.15 17.05 4.72 2.87 5.72 2.85 2.74 12.43 14.37 11.25 4.84 il.45 12.43 32.30 18.50 4.84 2.00 2.51 31.74 7.88 2.31 Nama Mooney, «. Moran, G. Moreno. P. Morrison, J«m«i L. Moseiey, Gary L. Mouton, Joseph N. Moye, 6. M. , Mueller, Herbert E. Mulkey, Wayne R. Murr, M. G. Murrell. Wm. fjapier, Wayne Nette, J. P. Newsom, W. H. Newton, Charles Nicholas, Louis C. Nichols, W. W. O'Hern, J. J. Jr. Odom, Henry E. Orien, W. Oroxco, Gregarlo Ortix, Vincente Pannell, Gary W. Parker, Clyde D. V. Parker, J. W. Parker, W. Paron, Robert AParris, J. L. Parris, J. L. Parsons, Frank E. Palin, Luthsr J, Patingo, Udie A. Patingo, Eddie A. Patingo, Eddie A. PaMerson, Harris H. Pedraia, F. M. Peli, George R, Perdi, Espar Peredne, Francis Pierce, C. Pierce, Grafton J. PiMs, H. G. Polkington, J. T. Pollanen, Veikko Polley, James R. Ponson, John Pontiff, J. F. Post, Jack W. PotorskI, R. Potorski, R, Prater, J. H. Prater, James E. Prater, T. W. Praytor, James F. Prudhomme, J. H. Puras, Ernest E. Purvis, Robert W. Quasada, R. N. Raynal, R. Raynol, R. Raynor, O. M. Reed, P. Reinecke, Richard W. Revette, J. DRevili, J. C. Reyes, Aurelis Rhea, H. P. Rhew, L. W. Rhew, Lawrence Richie. Thomas Ricord, F. M. Jr. Ringler, David R. Rivill, J. C. Robb, Wesley P. Robertson, I. Robertson, L. D. Robinson, John T. Robinson, P. L. Robinson, Prather L. Roche, William T. Rosario, Efrain Rossi. Robert Rourke, R. O. Ruix, Genaro Saenx, J. Saanx, Jesse Sahuque, E P. Saik, Joachin D. Sanchex, J. N. Sanchex, Jay Sanders, U. H. Jr. Sanders, U., Jr. Saucier, H. L. Saunders, R. L. Schaefer, Wm. C. T. Scheidel, J. W. Scheidei, Julius W. Schug, Wilbur H. Schutx, Frank ScoH, Mason R. Scruggs, Thomas G. Sepulvado, Larry B. Serio, S. Seymour, A. Agemy Name Amount Lekiviti, Alfred 4.84 Leon, A. 4.18 Lewkkei, L. 20.71 Lines, T. O. .50 Lockerman, W. .52 Loncxynski, Herbert 13.70 Long, Horace C., Jr. 6.21 Longo, Perry W. 81.34 Lyons, A. 2.25 Maccoline, H. W. 40.18 MacDonaid, Samuel M. 8.44 Markin, P. J., Jr. 7.15 Mathews, T. J. 27.87 Maxwell, K. J. 1.07 McGlove, F. S. 3.01 McCay, Wm. 5.47 McClintic, William R. 10.87 McDougall, L. 13.75 McHale, Martin 5.71 McLain, J. 2.32 McLemore, John 7.30 Mendoxa, Ernest 18.53 Messerail, Bobby L. 4.04 Miller, C. E. IB8.32 Montgomery, D. R. 18.03 Moreland, Dennis 18.85 Morse, William E. 15.07 Morse, William E. 17.17 Murrell, W. 21.77 Myers, Jake 22.37 Heathery, Emmett E. 24.07 Heathery, Emmett E. 12.38 Nelson, Arthur J. 2.87 Nelson, W. A. 33.44 Nelson, Wayne O. 7.75 Neris, Johnson 5.30 New, David E 30.20 Nolan, U. E 7.31 Norton, Alexander R. 12.38 Ckuhara, Sosel 48.33 Ortix, William O. 34-33 O'Sulllvon, R. P. ' 2.17 Amount J-'S •.» 'J.J* 4.21 4.27 ••21 .87 I.tt 27.11 2.87 15.88 3.38 8.00 8.22 7.07 10.25 14 24.28 12.84 4.04 7.84 7.08 7-20 1.87 4,« 1.00 1.58 10.88 7.21 4.04 8.51 2.18 8.17 8.08 7.72 38.35 3.35 4.06 8.21 1.55 5.01 18.40 27.40 7.44 28.27 1.84 10.32 345.48 12.43 12.47 7.15 1.75 1-00 14.13 2.85 2.85 4.73 3.83 2.08 1.28 22.88 7.83 8.50 8.51 2.14 18.64 8-05 14.84 17.44 5.72 7.83 7.70 14.85 14 00 18.06 2.15 8.88 2.02 8.17 7.35 10.30 4.72 3.10 7.25 3.27 4.27 77.53 4.71 8.22 3.73 2.51 7.14 1.43 1.83 8 07 8.07 i.74 45.15 4.01 4.71 3 73 7.05 — Amount Name Oswinkle, Wm. A. 2.25 Overton, R. R. .75 Owen, John A. 8.40 Owens, R. J. .44 Owens, Robert J. 5.50 Owens, Wm. 2.40 Pakras, B. 3.01 Parker, Anthony C. .87 Paschalson, G. J. 2.88 Pastrana, F. A. 20.68 Patino, J. 3.77 Pekarak, Frederick R. 12.12 Pereira, R. M. 7.14 Phillips, Harold L. 417.00 Phillips, Harold L. 500 00 Phillips, Harold L. 500.00 Piecxykoln, Frank 1.22 Pierce, Normond 7.31 Pimentel, R. F. 40.71 Pope, William 21.52 Potarsky, R. 2.78 Pritchett, R. C. 12.43 Ramon, Alvarex 21.17 5.47 Ray, Robert F. 18.03 Reynolds, F. L. Rios, J. 17.83 3.88 Robertson, Philip 21.27 Rodriguex, Galo Roney, J. S. 13.83 Russo, G. F. .44 Saberon, B. 3.78 Sablln, J. R. 15.33 Sampson, James L. 2.27 Sanders, E. B. 23.51 Sanders, Eugene B. 23.00 Saunders, O. H. 1.84 Saxen, J. 1.15 Saxen, J. • 5.83 Sconion, Charles T. 55.87 Scovel, Joseph 5.57 Selby, J. C. .75 Sen, 9. Name Amount Shafer, James R. 7.50 Shartxer, Corrie L. 81.73 Shell, B. R. 2,15 Siiva, M. 11.43 Skottene, Hans 8.21 Slay, J. A. 8.00 Smith, C. R. 2.85 Smith, Edward G. 3.55 Smith, Eugene 12.43 Smith, O. D. 2.85 Smith, P. R. 18.84 Smith, Robert D., Jr. 8.07 Snodgrass, Lee W. 8.07 Snodgrass, L. W. 4.04 Solano, Jose R. IIJ7 Sosa, J. C. 11.43 Sosa, Julio C. 8.57 Spencer R. O. 7-58 Spires, h. 2.51 Sporich, Michael 1.34 Stafford, Stephen A., Jr. 48.48 Stalnaker, Bernard 8.05 Stalsworth, B. R. 2.51 Steadman, H. O. 18.21 Steele, M. C. 2.85 Steller, Mitchell E 3.18 Stockman W. 3.74 Stockman W. W. 3.03 Stockman, W. W. 8.50 Sveum, L. O. 8.23 Syms, J. 24,70 Syms, Jack M. 8.17 Syms, Jack M. 15.83 Talbert, N. R. 2.85 Talley, C. A. 8.50 Tarrant, William J. 28.28 Tarrant, William J. 12.05 Thomas, Clay 4.04 Thomas, J. H. 3.88 Thomas, 5. R. 4.77 Thomas, W. Pye 1.43 Thomas, Wm. 14. 9.72 Thomason, John E., Jr, 8.21 Thompson, August F. 7.33 Thompson, Emmett 27.40 Thornton, Dodson 10,81 Timm, O1.43 Tobey, V. V., Jr. 2.14 Todd, B. G. 4.27 Todd, Billy G. 2.85 Todd, Raymond J. 10.81 Tolentino, A. M. 12.34 Torres, Stanley S. 27.14 Touro, Eddie A. 8.07 Travis, A. J. 4.27 Travis, Alexander J. 5.82 Travis, W. R. 7,23 Troncoso, Carlos 5.80 Troxclair, C. J. 2.85 Tucker, fhomas E, 27.40 Tulp, J., Jr. 1.73 Tulp, J., Jr. 3.73 Turner, M. A. 10.07 Vasquex, T. 2.74 Vasquex, Telesfaro 22.83 Veneiia. F. S„ Jr. 7.07 Vlaira, k. 3.73 Vigo, Jose J. A. 8.52 ViManueva, A. 8.73 Vincent, F. J. 4.03 Vlsser, Dirk 18.07 Walker, Prentiss 14.77 Walker, Prentiss 4.27 Walker, W.D. 12.43 Walker^ William J. 141.73 Weir, kari 8.38 Weir, William J. 27.40 Wails, Glenn M. 2.02 Wells, Walton E. 2-02 Wast, Henry A., Jr. 18.14 Whatiey, Herbert E. 7.58 Wheeler, O. 3.73 Wheller, Orien 15.13 While, K. C. 5.01 White, S. 17.53 Whitad, John B. 5.01 Wickiina, Paul V. 27.40 Wiemers, William F. 8.03 Will. Harold C. 3.28 Williams, D. R. 2.87 Williams. Kenneth D. 4.72 Wilson, D. M. 4.73 Wilson, James L. 45ii5 Wilson, Orie 3.03 Witska, Ronald 5.05 Wolverton, Frank D. 4.27 Wolverton, Frank D. 2J5 Workman, H. 0. 1.78 Wright, David A. 4.72 Young, John W. 11-87 Zapata, Carlos R. 14.05 Zetch, A. 8.57 Zimmar, John 35.81 $14,882.03 .75 Name Amount Shea, W. R. 4.28 Shimada, S. 11.55 Singleton, W. C. 3.82 Sinush, Edward P. 2.87 Smith, Edward R. 4J8 Smith, R. C. 22.45 Sommers, E. 21.14 Sterling, Claude E 1.00 Stierheim, M. P. 27.37 Suchocki, L. C. 3.32 Sunagawa, S. 13.77 Swindel, W., Jr. 5.42 Sxanto, Steve 4.71 Takamtne, C. 58.50 Takamine, Chosel 7.25 Takamine, Chosel . 47.33 Tate, W. 8.34 Throp, F. R. 1.18 Toler, Richard L. 37J1 Torres, Felipe 10.52 Triguero, G. 3.00 Trinidad, A. P. .01 Underwood, Donald C. 7.88 Underwood, Clifford 11.50 Usher, Stephen E. 7.82 Vailadares, John 14.40 Varona, R. B. 2.21 Vedrine, H. R. 2.02 Viliacruxes, L. E 28.71 Vossbrinck, Jonathan .57 Vossbrinck, J. H. 75.57 Wade, L. G. 1.81 Waggoner, James C. 12.42 Weed, M. F. 18.03 Wheatley, J. E, Jr. 1.13 Williams. D. S. 4.72 Windsheimer, M. 135.32 Wolf, L. .44 Wong, H. M. Woodell, Standish Young, J. R. 12.58 4.04 1.34 15,782.54 w �May, 1969 SEAFARERS Med Students Defy AMA; Ask Prepaid Health Care CHICAGO—Tradition was defied and precedents shat­ tered when the Student American Medical Association re­ solved in convention here that present health care systems are "inadequate to meet the needs of society." The medical students, long dominated by the American Medical Association, took a number of actions that ran coun­ ter to AMA policies. The student doctors, by a vote of 48-7, endorsed prepaid group practice—a growing form of service that the hierarchy of the AMA and some state medical societies have fought. The association, which met for four days of seminars, symposiums, luncheons and business sessions, had Senator Edmund S. Muskie, Democratic candidate for Vice President last year as keynote speaker. Other speakers were former Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Wilbur J. Cohen, Senator Fred Harris (D-Okla.); Adam Yarmolinsky of Harvard Law School, and columnist Max Lemer. The resolution on prepaid group practice noted that, whereas several examples of successful group practice exist in the United States, the student doctors should "support the concept ... as a model to increase the quality and quantity of health care delivery to all people." A resolution on fee for service was amended to provide, by a 32-21 vote, that SAMA "go on record as recognizing" that the fee-for-service concept is "not the only utilizable foundation for a system that is to provide the highest quality and availability of medical care possible." Another resolution was critical of the advertising practices of the drug industry, and acknowledged the right of students to refuse free gifts of doctors' bags and stethoscopes. LOG Five Additional Seafarers Upgraded Througli SlU Deck Officers School Gigantelli Deck officer's licenses have been awarded to five more Sea­ farers who have completed the course of study offered at the upgrading school sponsored by the SIU and the Associated Maritime Officers Union. These latest graduates bring to 50 the total of men who have earned a deck officer's license after at­ tending the school and passing their Coast Guard examina­ tions. The new graduates are Casimer Gigantelli, William Prip, Frank Janusz, Narch Krzyda and Roland St. Marie. Gigantelli was bom in Port Morris, New Jersey, and now makes his home in Dover, N.J. Brother Gigantelli now holds second mate's papers. He has been going to sea since 1944 except for a two-year hitch in Legislation Proposing Vser Tax' For Tugs and Towboats is Opposed WASHINGTON — Repre­ sentative James M. Hanley (DN.Y.) recently expressed strong opposition to proposed legisla­ tion which would levy a "user tax" on tugs and towboats oper­ ating on the nation's inland wa­ terways. The tax—in the form of a two-cent-a-gallon levy on the fuel used by most tugs and towboats — was proposed by the Nixon Administration in a special message to Congress in March. The Administration said that the tax—which would rise by steps to 10 cents a gallon in 1973—would produce $7 mil­ lion in federal revenue the first year. The Administration said the proposed levy was part of its effort to fight inflation. Speaking to a meeting spon­ sored by the AFL-CIO Mari­ time Trades Department here, Hanley sharply disagreed, de­ claring that "far from fighting inflation," the user charges "ac­ tually would create new infla­ tionary pressures." The New York Congressman contended that the tax levy would raise the cost of moving petroleum and petroleum prod­ ucts, which constitute 82 per­ cent of the commerce moving on the inland waterways, and that the levy would boost up the transportation cost of coal "by two-thirds." Since most of the coal moving on the waterways is used to generate electricity, Hanley said, this would raise electric prices to consumers. Hanley said that the plan to tax movement of goods on the nation's lakes, rivers and canals —which form an interconnect­ ed, 25,000-mile transportation network — would mean a de­ parture from the country's "twocenturies-old policy of free nav­ igation of our inland water­ ways." This principle, he said, was laid down in the Northwest Ordinance in 1787, and has sur­ vived to the present time. Opposition Non-Paitisan He stressed' that his opposi­ tion was not a "partisan issue," noting that he had opposed sim­ ilar proposals sent to Congress by the Johnson Administration. "My quarrel is not over who proposed to levy taxes on the users of our inland waterways," he declared, "my quarrel is over the proposal, itself." The New York Congressman also registered opposition to a move by the Interstate Com­ merce Commission to limit the number of commodities that can be carried on a single tow of barges. A law enacted in 1939 sets a limit on these commodi­ ties in terms of the number of different goods that can be car­ ried on one vessel. The defici­ ency in the 30-year-old legisla­ tion, Hanley said, is that "in­ stead of classifying each barge as an individual vessel, the law lumped the whole fleet of barges in a single tow under the single heading of a 'vessel.'" Tlie law had no great impact at the time, he went on, because Page Thirteen Jannsi the U.S. Army during the Ko­ rean War. He joined the SIU in 1944 in the Port of New York. Prip is a native of Denmark who now lives with his wife, Shigeko, in Sasebo, Japan. Brother Prip had sailed as AB on Danish-flag vessels before coming to the United States and joining the SIU in the Port of Seattle in 1958. He is also a newly-licensed second mate. Brother Prip's last ship was the Overseas Horace. Brother Janusz was bom in Ohio and now makes his home in Mexico with his wife, Hilda. The newly-licensed third mate has been going to sea for the past 13 years. His last ship was The Cabins. Janusz, who joined the SIU in the Port of New York, has a son, Richard. Krzywda, another newlylicensed third mate, was bora in Ohio, and lives in Cleveland. He has been sailing for more than 20 years, and joined the SIU in Tampa in 1949. He last shipped as AB aboard the Beauregard. Seafarer Krzywda served with the U.S. Army for three years during World War II. St. Marie is a native of Con­ necticut who now lives there in North Grosvenordale. He has been going to sea for the past 17 years. St. Marie served three years with the U.S. Navy during in 1939 the average tow was made up of no more than six or eight barges. Since that time, technological adv^ances in terms of greater tug propulsion has made possible "a string of 40 or more barges in the same tow." As a result, Hanley said, appli­ cation of the law today would "cripple" the industry and "turn the clock back to 1939." He said that the ICC has agreed to suspend enforcement of the rule until July 1 to give Congress an opportunity to NAIROBI, Kenya—Students "clear up the language in that 1939 legislation." Hanley said who come form all parts of East he strongly supported corrective Africa to attend Kenya Poly­ legislation. technic School will soon be able to learn lithography, thanks to the African-American Labor Center. It has agreed to develop, equip and operate a new litho­ graphic training section at the CHARLOTTE, N. €.—The school's printing department at Fire Fighters moved swiftly after a cost of more than $60,000. a successful court battle and re­ Later, the section will be turned instated its Charlotte local in a over to Kenya's government, ceremony conducted by lAFF which is pledged to continue to President William H. McClen- equip and operate it. nan. The section will fill a void McClennan installed acting since there are no other litho­ officers of the local less than a week after a panel of federal graphic training facilities in judges overturned a 10-year-old East Africa. Students wanting North Carolina statute barring to learn the craft have to travel police add fire fighters from un­ to Europe or the United States. ion membership. The local be­ Two labor organizations here, gan operations after a whirlwind the Federation of Master Print­ organizing campaign that gave ers and the Printing and Kindred it a membership that includes Trades Union, will be consulted more than 80 percent of Char­ on development of the project lotte's fire fighters. to give their members the fullest St. Marie World War II. He joined the SIU in New York. The newlylicensed second mate last sailed aboard the Seatrain Delaware. The training program, oper­ ated under a reciprocal agree­ ment between the SIU and the Associated Maritime Officers Union, is the first of its type in the industry. Applicants can begin training at any time. The period of in^struction is geared to each stu­ dent's individual ability and knowledge, and his preparation for taking the examination. The training program—like the engineer's upgrading pro­ gram—was instituted in line with the SIU's objective of en­ couraging and assisting unli­ censed personnel to upgrade themselves. Seafarers can participate in the course of instruction at no cost to themselves. They will be provided with meals, lodging and subsistence payments of $110 a week while they are in training.. Deck department Seafarers who are interested in taking advantage of this training pro­ gram may apply at any SIU hall, write directly to SIU headquar­ ters at 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11232, or telephone the school at (212) 499-6600. Afro-American Labor Center Takes Lithography to Kenya Rre Fighters Regan Rights opportunity to take courses. Initial classes in lithography will be offered to students from the Nairobi area, with further expansion planned to accommo­ date students from rural areas. Night classes also are envisioned for workers now employed in printing. An agreement to provide the section was signed by Carl Schlesinger for AALC and Ken­ ya's Minister of Labor E. Mwendwa and Minister of Education J. G. Kiano, for the government. Schlesinger, of Typographical Union Local 6 in New York, is AALC's technical adviser for printing education. He will de­ velop the project here in cooper­ ation with Polytechnic's princi­ pal, A. N. Getao. Mwendwa and Kiano thanked the AALC for its financial aid to the project arid for helping Kenya's workers develop skills that will boost their standard of living and in turn strengthen the nation's economy. �Page FourteeB SEAFARERS May, 1969 LOG While Expansion Continues: SlU Sponsors Student Tour Of State Capitol in Albany , '.At .fi' r'rt-'-'-'J/V "< BROOKLYN "tklBANV Port of Jacksonville Tonnage Doubles In Ffve-Year Period JACKSONVILLE — A $35 eight miles from the open sea, million rebuilding program, now making it ideal for the container three-quarters completed here, business. The SlU-contracted is contributing to the rapid Sea-Land Service—a major con­ emergence of this port as one tainer shipper—operates at the of the leading ones of the South facility. Atlantic. The Authority's thinking is Following the takeover of the based on being a jump ahead of old municipal docks by the developments. This requires an­ Jacksonville Fort Authoiity in ticipating needs. "Our burgeon­ 1964, a complete revamping ing business demands that spe­ and modernization has brought cial arrangements be made for up-to-date equipment and a new the facilities before they are look to the entire area. As a re­ even finished," Rawls explained. sult, cargo tonnage has doubled When the new 160,000in less than five years. And this square-foot transit shed-ware­ is with containerization handling house was completed here re­ facilities just beginning to take cently, cargo began rolling into shape. the terminal for loading aboard Students at St. John the Evangelist school in Brooklyn are pictured as they prepared to depart on a tour a waiting ship even before the of the New York State Capitol sponsored by the SlU. With the group are SlU Welfare Director Al Bern­ Sees Foreign Trade Future stein, Sisters Margaret Donnell and Mary St. Alfred, and Mother Ann Stephanie of St. John's School. paint was dry. The Authority's managing di­ The Talleyrand Docks, which BROOKLYN—The SIU and were met in Albany by Sen­ the Assembly, as well as other rector, Dave Rawls, believes sponsored a tour of the New ator Ferrall and other legislative legislative offices. include a massive auto marshal­ York State Capitol in Albany representatives. The one-day "The democratic process can Jacksonville has a great future ling yard, will include a mile last month for 80 eighth-grade tour schedule included a visit to only perpetuate itself if the in the nation's foreign trade. of marginal wharf area ready students from the St. John the the chambers of the Senate and younger generation understands Convinced that the port would to handle all types of cargo by Evangelist School in Brooklyn. and becomes more involved in become the Southern terminus 1971. This tour, part of the SIU its operation," Senator Ferrall of the U.S. container movement Community Services Program, stated. "I believe that when a to Europe, the Caribbean islands 1968 Set Record is expected to be extended in youngster is actually taken to and South America, he set out During 1968—a banner year the future to other schools and where 'the action is,' his interest to design and finance a severalfor Jacksonville—over one mil­ communities. will definitely be enhanced. million-dollar container terminal lion tons of cargo passed through The program of SlU-spon"The Seafarers International on Blount Island—adjacent to sored visits to Albany is for the Union is to be commended for the existing terminal—while the the Talleyrand facilities. Over purpose of informing young peo­ undertaking this worthwhile ed­ the same period the port's stand­ ple how our laws are made, the ucational project for children in idea of containerization was still ing as the Southeast's center for union said, so that "they will our community," Ferrall added. largely a topic of conversation. imported automobiles was en­ be better prepared to act as vot­ When completed, the facility hanced by the handling of more In addition to furnishing all ers and as citizens. The SIU be­ necessary transportation, the will house stuffing and shipping than 60,000 units to be shipped lieves that children learn through SIU also provided box lunches sheds and have 11 acres of participation." for the students. Several teachers paved open storage, as well as inland. Last month's tour of the State and church representatives ac­ railway facilities. A high ca­ Overall, 1968 showed a 28 Legislature was developed with companied the youngsters on the pacity crane will be included to percent increase in import cargo, the cooperation of State Senator New York State Senator William tour. handle boxed freight. Almost a 16 percent rise in exports and William J. Ferrall, who repre­ J. Ferrall chats with the students Arrangements for the tour a gain of five percent in bulk sents Brooklyn's 22nd Senator­ on the steps of State Capitol. were made by the Seafarers with nine miles' of deepwater berths cargo. ial District, in which SIU Head­ At back are (l-r) James Rumolo, Father Dominic A. Sclafani, and 1,600 acres of marine asso­ Coffee remained the number quarters is located. Mike Kelleher and Vincent Aver- Pastor of St. John the Evange­ ciated industrial sites will also one import, reaching a high of Special buses provided by the sano. Jcimes Alaimo is behind Jo­ list Church at 250 21st Street, be added. Union left Brooklyn at 6:00 a.m. seph Datolo at Ferrall's right. Brooklyn. Blount Island is less than 132,000 tons. Courage, Love for ChilJren Shown In Seafarer Shaia's Career The recent retirement of Sea­ Army Terminal, Saigon, Viet­ ored by the army in a separate willingness to give of himself farer Fred Shaia brought to an nam, and to successfully repel citation. "above and beyond" what was end a sailing career in which enemy attacks on the port com­ Brother Shaia has shown normally expected. Brother Shaia distinguished him­ plex. Even though you were courage and humanity and the He led the crew of the Steel self in many ways and helped working under adverse and haz­ bring official commendable at­ ardous conditions you provided tention to the fine crews with the logistical requirements criti­ which he served on SlU-con- cally needed at that time. You tracted vessels. displayed an aura of compas­ A special letter of commen­ sion, humility and sincerity that dation was issued last January is unequalled, and will be re­ by the Department of the Army, membered and appreciated by Headquarters, 125th Transpor­ the military members serving in tation Command, to Shaia, who this Command during TET the was Chief Steward aboard the remainder of their lives. Steel Vendor (Isthmian Lines) "Your unselfishness, profes­ during the Tet offensive of 1968. sional competence, patriotism, The letter reads: and responsiveness to a very dif­ "By taking the initiative and ficult situation were in keeping volunteering to provide hot food with the highest traditions of the and other standard necessities commercial shipping industry of life to the military members ' and reflect great credit upon of the 125th Transportation yourself, your company, and the Command, they were able to ef­ United States of America." fectively discharge vital military The other Seafarers, Captain Spreading happiness to kids, Fred Shaia is shown at a Christmas party cargo from all commercial ves­ Jack Misner and the officers of he arranged aboard the Steel Surveyor for orphans in Korea. At right sels berthed at United States the Steel Vendor were also hon­ is an appreciative attendant from the BiduUgi orphanage at Pusan. Vendor in charitable activities over a period of years, including many on-board parties for or­ phans at Korean and Vietna­ mese ports. Early in 1968, Shaia and his fellow Seafarers entertained 35 children from a Saigon orphan­ age at a dockside Christmas party. The SIU crew donated money enough to buy toys, candy and gifts for about 60 children—sending extra goodies back to the orphanage. Some years ago, while sailing on the Steel Surveyor, Shaia arranged a Christmas party for 50 youngsters from the Bidulgi orphanage in Pusan, Korea. Another such institution, the Kwang Myung Orphanage and School for the Blind in Inchon, Korea, presented Shaia with a plaque in honor of his work which took special note of his "kindness and love of the blind children." *• * it ' �i. May, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG / . pc'' •> ' ' * ; <> - • : -V At left are first three trainee Lifeboat Classes at Piney Point. Front, frdm left: Tom Brooks, instr., Paul Cannon, Dick O'Brien, Chas. Pearce, John Boozer, Steve Schaefer, Donald Yeagley, Roger Dent. Second row: Chas. Wodack, " Doyle Frost, Thos. Weymouth, Edgar Ruark, Jr., Wm. Olison, Jim White, Art Shayewitz, Eric Fasske. Back: Chas. Tilton, Chas. Burripers, Clinton Duke, Ronald Moored p [ijv. .. i:v: • ii;>^h-.I''.-•|'^ ;. i .:--i, "I; / m'ii PINEY POINT, Md. — T^e Founded in 1953, the Harry SILTs Harry Lundeberg School . Lundeberg School of Seaman­ of Seamanship here has initiated ship has made it possible for full-scale lifeboat training for many thousands of young men all trainees. Six complete classes to start carers that combine have thus far successfully quali­ excellent pay with travel, ad­ fied for the U.S. Coast Guard venture and advancement. Lifeboat Certificate. The school offers a compre­ Before a lifeboatman's certifi­ hensive eight-week course m the cate may be granted, the appli­ basic elements of seamanship to cant must prove to the satisfac­ young men between the ages of tion of the Coast Guard—^by 16 and 21. Graduates are eligi­ oral or written examination and ble for jobs in the deck, engine by actual demonstration—that: and steward departments of he has been trained in all the ships under contract to the SIU. operations connected with the Following graduation, the train­ launching of lifeboats and life- ee is eligible—after a prescribed rafts and the use of oars and period at sea—to return to the sails; he is acquainted with the school for short, intensive up­ practical handling of boats them­ grading courses which qualify selves; and, he is capable of him for jobs with greater respon­ taking command of a boat's sibility and better pay. crew. Located near the mouth of the Under Coast Guard regula­ Potomac River in southern tions the oral or written exami­ Maryland, the SIU's Lundeberg nations are conducted only in School is a modem, completely the English language and consist of questions regarding: lifeboats equipped training facility for and liferafts, the names of their young men interested in jobs at essential parts, anj^ a description sea. Trainees live in modem, air of the required equipment; the clearing away, swinging out, and conditioned cottages and eat in lowering of lifeboats and life- an attractive, spacious dining rafts, the handing of lifeboats room; In addition to the basic under oars and sails—including training received, they have ex­ questions relative to the proper cellent recreation facilities. The handling of a boat in a heavy physical education program, un­ sea; and finally, the operation der the direction of former U.S. and functions of commonly used Olympic Boxing Coach, Robert "Pappy" Gault, has been praised types of davits. The practical examination as a model one. consists of a demonstration of Young men, interested in this the applicant's ability to carry unique career opportunity, out the orders incident to should write to the Harry launching lifeboats, and the use Lundeberg School of Seaman­ of the boat's sail, and to row. ship, Piney Point, Md. 20674. l^oberf - L ::m I "®oc/gg Q.. ' cdward Ck xr / '7/ ^lobro. /? I TL.. '""o. R kr L °''c''-eau)f c - brooks C ^ . . . :,, ^ ^carboroug/;.^ .y • .• -vv,-; ]. ' VvJ �Page Sixteen SEAFARERS May, 1969 LOG A Special Message #o Seafarers and Their Families an i i liii' 1 # COST OF DRUGS For years the SIU has been helping Seafarers and their families to meet the mounting problem of med­ ical and hospital costs through the benefits provided by the Seafarers' Welfare Plan. One area, however, continues to pose problems for everyone, including Seafarers. This area is that of prescription drugs, on which Americans spend bil­ lions of dollars each year. Much of this cost is un­ necessary. The problem is this: When a patient goes to a doctor and his condition requires medicine, he is given a prescription to be filled at his local drugstore. When the doctor writes up the prescription, he has two choices, and this is where the problem of high costs lies. The doctor can either prescribe the necessary med­ icine by its chemical name—sometimes known as its "generic" name—or he can prescribe the same med­ icine by the brand name placed on it by the drug manufacturer. The only difference between the drug by its chem­ ical name and the same drug by its brand name is in the cost to the patient. The brand name medicine can run from ten to several hundred percent higher. What happens is that the drug company makes the patient pay for all of the company's advertising, pro­ motion, and higher rates of profit. !i •; : i:' t Once the doctor prescribes medicine by its brand name, the druggist can't substitute the same medicine under its less expensive chemical name. This is be­ cause most states prohibit such substitutions by law. How can we overcome this problem? We can do so by asking the doctor to prescribe medicines for us by their chemical (or "generic") names. Or we can ask the doctor to authorize the druggist to fill the prescription with the lovrest cost suitable chemical equivalent. Thus we must educate the physician in order to help ourselves. This will mean a direct saving to you and your family. To help in this education process, the SIU's Welfare Department has prepared the fol­ lowing list of some of the more commonly used med­ icines prescribed by physicians. As you can see, there are considerable differences in the prices be­ tween the brand names and their chemical equiva­ lents. If Seafarers or their families are using any pre­ scription drugs not included in this list—and if the attending doctor does not know the name of the equivalent drug—write to the SIU Welfare Depart^ ment, at SIU Headquarters, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232, and the information will be obtained for you. "T' Chemical or Generic Name Quanti+y Brand Name Price Chemical Name Price Brand Name Achromycin 250 mg. Tetracycline Hydro­ chloride 16 $ 3.00 $ 1.50 Nocteo—71/2 gr. Achromycin V 250 mg. Tetracycline Hydro chloride 16 3.00 1.50 Butisol Sodium I/2 gr. Butabarbital Sodium 100 3.45 1.50 Chloromycetin 250 mg. Chloramphenicol 16 4.80 1.50 Chlor-Trimeton 4 mg. Chlorpheniramine Maleate 100 4.05 1.25 Cort-Dome Cream Hydrocortisone ! oz. 3.75 1.50 Crystodigin .1 mg. Digitoxin 100 1.30 .75 Peritrate 20 mg. Decadron .75 mg. Dexamethasone 100 24.20 10.40 Polycillin 250 mg. Delta Dome Prednisone 100 8.35 2.40 Dexamyl Spansules #2 Dextroamphetamine Sulphate/Amobarbital 50 7.20 1.80 Dexedrine Spansules #2 Destroa m pheta mine Sulphate 50 6.85 1.55 Digifortis Digitalis 100 2.15 .75 Dilantin i'/2 gr. Diphenylhydantoin 100 2.05 1.20 Elixophytlin Theophylline 16 oz. 4.00 2.20 Isopto-Carpine 2% Pilocarpine 15 cc 1.90 1.40 Lanoxin .25 mg. Digoxin 100 2.00 1.25 Luminal '74 gr. Phenobarbital 200 I.IO .75 Mandelamine 500 mg. Methenamine Mandelate 100 5.85 2.00 Trasentine Adiphenine Equanil—400 mg. Meprobamate 50 5.75 2.95 Vioform HydroCortisone—3% Hydrocortisone, lodochlorhydroxyquin Brand Name Cuantity Brand Name Price Chemical Name Price Chloral Hydrate 100 $ 7.00 Mebaral 1/2 gr. Mephobarbital 100 1.65 $ 3.00 1.10 Metandren 10 mg. Methyltestosterone 100 14.25 1.20 Nembutal 11/2 gr. Sodium Pentobarbital 100 3.60 1.80 Chemical or Generic Name • l/2%-l 02. Pentids 400 Penicillin S. Potassium Pentritoi 30 m. Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate Potassium Phenoxymethyl Penicillin Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate Ampicillin Pen-Vee-K 250 mg. 20 1.80 1.00 100 11.00 3.10 36 6.40 4.35 100 6.25 1.00 24 9.20 7.40 f •> ^ f • tP Premarin 1.25 mg. Conjugated Estrogens Equine 100 10.00 4.75 Purodigin .1 mg. Digitoxin 100 1.50 .75 Pyribenzamine 50 mg. 100 4.65 1.90 Raudixin 100 mg. Tripelennamine Hydro­ chloride Rauwolfia Serpentina 100 8.55 1.50 Seconal Sodium II/2 gr. Secobarbital 100 3.60 1.80 Serpasil .25 mg. Reserpine 100 7.50 .75 Teldrin 12 mg. Chlorpheniramine Maleate Tetracycline Hydro­ chloride 50 4.60 2.00 16 1.80 1.50 100 5.40 20 gm 5.25 1.95 Tetracyn 250 mg. 1.90 �M«y, 1969 SEAFARERS ^QOK^y/eMs A FIGHTING EDITOR by William T. Evjue (875 pages— $5.95) For over fifty years, through the pages of the Madison, Wiscon­ sin Capital Times, William Evjue has taken on the forces of eco­ nomic stagnation and the concentration of wealth. He has fought the evils of mass hysteria. The success of his efforts may well be measured by the long list of uncomplimentary names tagged on him. Evjue has been called everything from a "Communist" to a "watch fob editor." Attacks have ranged from a group of house­ wives decked out in Red Cross uniforms to Senator Joe McCarthy, who parlayed American mass hysteria into a successful political formula. The author follows a loose chronological order through the 800-plus pages, with frequent tangents of sudden recollection. The reader not interested in local Wisconsin politics can quickly pass to the meatier portions. One is treated to personal recollections of such men as "Fight­ ing Bob ' LaFollette, the bathtub Kohlers—^o well known in labor relations—architect Frank Lloyd Wright, Senator Gaylord Nelson, and others. During the mass hysteria of the McCarthy era, Evjue and Capital Times stood for reason and fair play. There was another time and another era of hysteria when Capital Times almost fell victim to an advertiser's boycott. Evjue withstood the pressure and has this to say about adver­ tising: "One of the most distressing problems faced by the news­ paper publisher and editor is the pressure of advertising and the threats made by advertisers to withdraw their advertising because they disagree with the editorial content or the news stories con­ cerning their products carried in a newspaper." For over a half century, William Evjue has withstood the pressures from advertisers. He has been guided by the slogan: "Let the people have the truth, and the freedom to discuss it, and all will go well." At 85, Evjue is still "A Fighting Editor." The book may be ordered directly from the author at The Capital Times, Madison, Wisconsin. * * * CLASS, RACE, AND LABOR by John C. Leggett (Oxford— 250 pages, $7.50) In this book Professor Leggett sounds a warning to the big industrial unions: To go beyond the central bargaining table where only the big issues such as wages are hammered out. Unions must do more than give lip service to such problems as rent prices, living conditions, rat control, streets and the countless other neighborhood problems. Leggett draws his conclusions from a series of interviews with workers in Detroit. The research for this book was made some eight years ago and it is interesting to note one can read signs of crisis over the horizon from the statements of workers. The author predicts the more militant forms of class con­ sciousness will be the strongest where "marginal members of the labor force have forged plant and/or neighborhood organizations" in those communities where there is a history of class struggle. An example is United Farm Workers attempting to organize unions in the fields of California and Texas. It will do well to study the structure of these unions and the services they seek to perform. : LABOR ROU'ND-UP Vice President Howard D. cal. The State Federation has an Samuel of the Clothing Workers anti-trust action pending agziinst has been appointed by Secretary rating bureau companies in of Labor George P. Shultz as a Ohio. They think their study member of the National Man­ will show that the union could power Advisory Committee. offer insurance for as much as The ten-member committee— 30 percent less than rates composed of representatives of charged by private companies. • • • labor, management, agriculture, The Clothing Workers paid education, training and the pub­ final tribute to Milton Fried, lic—was set up in 1962 under ACWA research director for 15 the Manpower Development years, at memorial services in and Training Act and advises New York. His services, in help­ the Secretary of Labor on his ing build an "enormously use­ administration of that law. ful" research department, and * <K * his other qualities were cited by The Ohio AFL-CIO is exam­ ACWA President Jacob Potofining a plan to sell collision and sky in a funeral eulogy. Fried, liability auto coverage to its 53, died of a heart ailment members. An actuarial study at the Bethesda, Md., hospital will be made to see if an insur­ of the National Institutes of ance operation would be practi­ Health. LOG Page Seventeen Lock-Out! NEAREST USPHS IN-PATIENT FACIUTIES In the name of economy, the Washington bureaucrats are again striking out at the United States Public Health Service—^this time at the in-patient services at the USPHS hospital in Detroit. The April 2 directive to close down these facilities so vital to Seafarers, as of July 1, is spawned from a long line of unconscionable directives sup­ posedly aimed at saving money—regardless of the effect on human need or social resources. The SIU and shocked members of Congress share a firm determination that this blow, so destructive to Seafarers and others in the Great Lakes area, must be averted. And for good reason. Merchant seamen have special health problems. They are—by virtue of their work—transients. Their stay in any port is limited. Ship schedules are flexible and uncertain. They may be at sea for long periods. They must meet rigid physical requirements of fitness for duty before being allowed to ship out. For all these reasons they require efficient and adequate hospital care that is immediately accessible in reasonably convenient ports. These unique needs common to seamen, recognized generations ago, were a prime reason for the establishm.ent of the USPHS in the first place. From their inception, the hospitals maintained by this service have offered quality care and have earned the enthusiastic appreciation of the men they served. None of this has changed. The need for these strategically located facil­ ities is greater than ever, particularly in view of the fact that the closing of similar facilities at Chicago and Memphis four years ago left Detroit's the only inland USPHS hospital left in existence and the sole remaining source of in-patient services in the Great Lakes area. The reasons given for the closing order—that the in-patient facilities in Detroit are not fully utilized on the one hand and the hospital is too small on the other—are difficult to comprehend. Any claim by the government that savings will result is unreal in view of the fact that seamen are guaranteed hospital services by law and that USPHS costs per day are about half of the costs in other hospitals. What makes the situation all the more serious, however, is the fact that there just isn't any other place in the Lakes area for seamen to turn. The available VA hospitals and public hospitals are unequal to the task. The only alternatives are the USPHS facilities located in distant Staten Island, N.Y., or Baltimore. There is only one answer to this latest crisis faced by the USPHS. The De­ troit facilities must be maintained. Nothing else makes sense. �Page EightM SEAFARERS May, 1969 LOG VOYASER SAILS AGAIN If was sign-on time aboar^ the Alcoa Voyager at the Army termi­ nal In Bayonne, New Jersey, as the C-2 vessel was being loaded for a run to U.S, military si/pply ports In northern Europe* Commis- Bob Stev/arb Louis Uben! Democrat Wins Laird's Seat Threap Upset Victory in Wisconsin WAUSAU, Wis. —A 30- and a scattering of industrial year-old Democratic liberal has enclaves. won an upset victory in a special He captured the seat long Wisconsin congressional elec­ held by Melvin R. Laird, who tion which his Republican op­ resigned to become Secretary of ponent had labeled a referen­ Defense. Laird had been re­ dum on the Nixon Adminis- elected by a nearly 2-to-l mar­ ^. tration. gin last November. Obey de­ David R. Obey, backed by a feated Republican Walter J. coalition of labor and family ChUsen, 62,901 to 59,292. farmers, is the first Democrat Former Vice President Hu­ ever sent to Congress from the bert H. Humphrey campaigned 15-county 7th District—an area for Obey, making his first ma­ of dairy farming, paper mills jor political appearance since the presidential campaign. Sen­ ator Edward M.,Kennedy (DCouple Gets Drift— Mass.) made film clips for tele­ vision use in Obey's campaign. lO-Year-Old Mall Chilsen used television com­ WESTPORT, Wash.—It took 10 years for a letter "mailed" mercials showing himself with by a Norweigian seaman off Nixon and strong endorsements Japan to reach the U.S. West from Laird. He told the voters that election of Obey "would be Coast. It came via a bottle found by an insult to President Nixon and George Palmer and his wife a slap in the face to Mel Laird." while beachcombing near here On the national level. Obey, at Grays Harbor. hit hard at tax loopholes includ­ I Heavily encrusted with bar- ing the low taxation of capital K, nacles, the bottle was originally gains and the oil depletion al­ a container for Japanese liquor lowance. He also sharply at­ "Distilled by Otobukiy Limited, tacked the Republican gover­ Osaka," and was cast into the nor's proposal to increase in­ sea some 300 miles off the coast come taxes only on the first of Japan by Olaf Braaten of $14,000 of earnings, with no Oslo. The enclosed note bore hike in the higher brackets and the date "August 5, 1959." The no raise in corporate taxes. Palmers have answered BraaObey's support of private ten's message. dairy farmers and opposition to large corporate farms also won him substantially more support than a Democrat normally gets. 'Labor-Famiei* Support A "labor-farmer" rally for Obey at Wisconsin Springs two days before the election brought together the area's trade union movement, the Farmers Union and the National Farmers Orga­ nization. State AFL-CIO President John W. Schmitt was chairman of the rally. Speakers included national AFLA^IO Legislative Director Andrew J. Biemiller, who is a former Wisconsin con­ gressman; A1 J. Hayes, retired president of the Machinists and a Wisconsin native, and Bronson LaFollette, who ran strong in the district as the Democratic gubernatorial candidate last No­ vember; It was 3 o'clock in the morn­ ing after Election Day before Obey's victory was confirmed. The newly-elected congress­ man could have celebrated or gone to bed. Instead he and his wife drove out to the Brokow paper mill and stood at the plant gate as the workers—^members of the Pulp-Sulphite union— came for the morning shift. The word from the new congress­ man: "Thanks for your sup­ port." there's going to be a lot of painting on this trip, according to AB Rafael Spiteri and O.S. Richard O'Brien, who are hard at work stocking the Voyagers paint locker with gallon after gallon as ship prepared for the Atlantic rtin. Challenger Wins Broad Support COPE Backs Bradley Over Yorty in Los Angeles Mayoralty Runoff LOS ANGELES — COPE delegates have overwhelmingly endorsed City Councilman Thomas Bradley's bid to be­ come the first Negro mayor in this, the nation's third largest city. COPE action assured Bradley broad-based labor support for the May 27 runoff against Sam Yorty, the incumbent. It also reflected widespread labor dissatisfaction with eight years of Yorty administration, including ineffective handling of the 18-month strike-lockout at the Hearst-owned Herald-Ex­ aminer. In an April 1 primary elec­ tion, when COPE made no en­ dorsement, Bradley pulled 42 percent of 718,678 ballots cast. Yorty got 26.5 percent, second highest in a field of seven. Sigmund Arywitz, county AFL-CIO executive secretary, called on union members to pour contributions and man­ power into the effort to elect Bradley. "Our feeling is that he is the best suited to meet the needs of this major metropolis," Arywitz said. He said the 51-year-old Bradley, first Negro elected to the City Council here, had the peacemaking potential to solve critical urban problems. All major independent labor bodies also have endorsed the Bradley candidacy. Arywitz said COPE would "take the facts" of the campaign tu union members. He told a news conference that racism, an issue raised by Yorty on pri­ mary election night, was "wholly spurious." "Los Angeles is tired of per­ sonalities and smears," Arywitz said. Yorty had accused Bradley of emphasizing race in his primary campaign to get votes. About 20 percent of the city's regis­ tered voters are Negro. A vote analysis published in the Los Angeles Times, how­ ever, indicated that predomi­ nantly white San Fernando Val­ ley, for example, a traditional Yorty stronghold, deserted him in the primary election. Bradley greeted the COPE endorsement with "delight" and said it "clearly shows that this will be a people's campaign." Theoretically, the mayoralty race is non-partisan. Both Brad­ ley and Yorty are registered Democrats, but Yorty supported Republican Richard Nixon for President in 1960 and was pretty much in Republican Ron­ ald Reagan's corner when he was elected governor in 1966. V s �-.-»x-.--> ^ •- vzamilm May, 1969 SEAFARERS .h Page Nineteen LOG Continued Support of UN Vital Goldberg Tells Union Leaders Labor must maintain a "deeprooted interest" in supporting and strengthening the United Nations as the best available instrument for securing peace, Arthur J. Goldberg, former U.S. Ambassador to the UN, de­ clared in Washington. Helping to make the agency succeed, he told representatives of unions, he is in accord with labor's involvement in interna­ tional affairs going back to Sam Gompers, who led in founding the International Labor Organi­ zation. Goldberg spoke to about 50 union leaders who attended a luncheon meeting sponsored by CentralAmerkan East-West Canal Seen S-Year Job LAS VEGAS, Nev.—Even with the use of nuclear ex­ plosives, it could still take up to five years to construct a pro­ posed new sea-level canal to link the Atlantic and Pacific oceans across Central America. Such a canal could not be produced in one blast, but would require a series of detonations planted in leapfrog design, Mar­ vin Williamson, an Atomic En­ ergy Commission engineer in the division of peaceful nuclear ex­ plosives, told a symposium here. "Since the total excavation might require 300 or more ex­ plosives with a combined yield of 200 to 300 megatons," Wil­ liamson explained, "one would not propose to excavate the en­ tire length in one blast because logistics, safety and other con­ siderations could become un­ manageable.'' More than 200 delegates, in­ cluding three from Soviet bloc countries, attended the sym­ posium which was called to ex­ plore public health aspects in the peaceful use of nuclear energy. the United Nations Association of the USA, a non-partisan, privately supported organization to further peace and justice through the UN. Goldberg, chairman of the board of the association, and James B. Carey, its director of labor participation, appealed to unions to continue and increase their backing of the association. President I. W. Abel of the AFL-CIO Industrial Union De­ partment urged labor leaders to stimulate greater interest in the UN among union members. "We haven't taken as seriously as we should the work of the UN," he declared. His 'Strongest Resource' Goldberg who also served as Secretary of Labor and Supreme Court Justice, recalled his long prior career in the labor move­ ment. That experience, particu­ larly participation in collective bargaining conferences, "be­ came the strongest resource I had in serving in the United Nations," Goldberg said. There is too much a tendency for our government to use busi­ ness leaders as international ne­ gotiators when union partici­ pants in collective bargaining have an "ideal background" in this area, he added. Goldberg noted that AFLCIO President George Meany, Abel, President Louis Stulberg of the Ladies' Garment Workers and the late President George Harrison of the Railway Clerks have "all served with distinc­ tion" on U.S. delegations to the UN. He expressed the hope that the Nixon administration and future administrations will con­ tinue the policy of including la­ bor leaders on these delegations. The UN, he continued, is not a perfect instrument. But with all of its imperfections, Gold­ berg said, there is "no better choice" as a means of trying to bring peace and justice based on international law. Unclaimed Wages Held Open wages unclaimed during the period August 1, 1968, through January 31, 1969, are being held for the Seafarers listed below by the Robin Line Division of Moore-McCormack Lines. Those whose names appear are requested to contact Mr. F. L. Haggerty, Manager, Accounting Services, at the company's offices at 2 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10004. Adams, Thomas Anagnoston, A. Brockton, R. H. Brown, Albat Browning, Stevie J. Buie, Richard Butterworth, P. M. Byran, Haze Ervin Campfield, J. HI Carr, Melvln J. CaCmi, Daniel Chameco, Sixto Dtdiy, Lmry E. Edwwds, Harold J. Espinal, Ramon L. Fennel!, Arthur T. Gerganious, James Hubert, Joseph R. Kermarec, Leon H. Lamourieux, H. D. Mays, Richard F. Morrow, Jolm A. Nemo, Rob^ W. Pardue, Robert W. Savoie, Patrick J. Smith, James H. Steiiimetz, A. L. Thompson, Vernon Wilson^ Lmmle S. The decision is unanimous. Enthusiastic women in the United Fishermen's Wives Organization anx­ ious to boost the use of seafood products, all agree to proposal to "stress that all American fish­ ery products should be used in much greater amounts in schools, institutions and the armed services. New Bedford Women Map Attack On Problems of Fishing Industry NEW BEDFORD, Mass.— The old adage, "never underes­ timate the power of a woman," nicely sums up the philosophy of the newly-formed United Fishermen's Wives Organization in this East Coast fishing port. A majority of the women in the UFWO are married to fisher­ men who belong to the SIUNAaffiliated New Bedford Fisher­ men's Union, and the ladies are determined to help their hus­ bands by boosting the declining New Bedford fishing industry. The problems facing fisher­ men in New Bedford reflect the nation-wide crisis that has hit the domestic fishing industry, a crisis caused in part by overage vessels and gear, ever-increasing imports of foreign fish, and a drop in prices paid for domestic fish. Scallop Stocks Down The important scallop fishing industry in New Bedford is also being threatened by decreased stocks in Atlantic waters and, all along the Massachusetts coast, fishermen have experienced a marked decline in the supply of other species—such as haddock. The tremendous influx of im­ ported fish has created a situa­ tion whereby domestic fish is be­ ing pushed off the shelves in lo­ cal stores and supermarkets in New Bedford. This is also be­ coming a commonplace situation across the entire nation. In an effort to combat this crisis, fishermen and boat own­ ers recently formed the Commit­ tee to Preserve the New Bed­ ford Fishing Industry. Its chair­ man is SIUNA Vice President Austin Skinner, secretary-treas­ urer of the New Bedford Fisher­ men's Union. The wives of several fisher­ men also decided to join the fight and, near the end of Janu­ ary, the structure of their own organization began to take shape. Mrs. Janet Connors, whose husband, Eugene, skippers sev­ eral draggers out of New Bed­ ford, went to the piers, got the home numbers of the fishermen and began calling their wives about starting a group that would help the fishing industry. The women met during Feb­ ruary and early March, but the group really got off the drawing boards on March 21st when by­ laws were officially adopted and officers elected, making UFWO probably the first group of its kind on the East Coast. Dues-paying members already number nearly 100. During the formative meet­ ings held in the NBFU union hall—a historic building on North Water Street—the ques­ tion of eligibility for member­ ship in the new organization was settled by clarifying that fishermen's widows and the wives of retired fishermen were also eligible to join. The constitution, read by Mrs. Ann Mackay, established the name of the group as the United Fishermen's Wives Or­ ganization—a group whose purpose shall be "to improve, promote and encourage the pur­ chase of fish, scallops and sea­ food products harvested by the New Bedford fishing fleet." 10-Point Program Later included in the organi­ zation's by-laws were sugges­ tions made by Skinner, patterned after the program of National Fishermen and Wives, Inc., a West Coast group. In line with these suggestions, UFWO has gone on record in support of "limitations on fish imports, correct labelling of for­ eign fish products; ciutailment of foreign fleets off our shores; continued work with State and Federal pollution control groups," and "strict enforce­ ment of the 12-mile fishery limit." Also, UFWO will seek to "promote public relations; edu­ cate the American housewife to use more domestic fishery prod­ ucts; stress that American fish­ ery products be used in greater amounts in schools, institutions and the armed services; continue to work to upgrade the Ameri­ can fisherman and to protect his rights," and "urge the en­ actment of legislation beneficial to all fishermen." Relaxing With TV Joe Cook watches television, while waiting for the morning shipping call in New York hall. He , sails in the steward department. �Page Twenty SEAFARERS May, 1969 LOG At Graduation Exercises for 25th Class: AlFLD's Contribution to Social Progress Praised by Nixon WASHINGTON — The American Institute for Free Labor Development has made a valuable contribution to Latin America's social progress and economic improvement. Presi­ dent Nixon said in extending "warm congratulations" to grad­ uates of AlFLD's 25th training program, "We have a special interest," Nixon said in a message read to the graduates by AFL-CIO President George Meany, "in the welfare of the people who share this hemisphere with us and are currently seeking new initiatives to make our com­ bined efforts more effective." AIFLD, through its self-help projects in such fields as co­ operatives and housing, and through its educational work in support of the development of free democratic trade unions, has "played an important role by involving rank-and-file work­ ers in its activities," the message emphasized. Meany gave certificates of graduation to 28 union leaders from 15 Latin-American coun­ tries who spent six weeks study­ ing advanced collective bargain- AIFID Graduate Named Guyana Labor Minister GEORGETOWN, Guyana— Winslow Carrington, Guyana's recently appointed Minister of Labor and Social Security, is a graduate of an American Insti­ tute for Free Labor Develop­ ment training course. Carrington, who is president of Guyana's Transport Workers Union, was the valedictorian among English speaking mem­ bers who graduated from AlFLD's first course for Latin American union leaders in Washington in 1962. Midpoint Remains 2Z7\ r r "Americans have stopped getting younger," the Cen­ sus Bureau said in report­ ing that the median age of 27.7 years was unchanged between fiscal 1967 and 1968 for the first time in 15 years. The median age, mid­ point at which the popula­ tion divides equally, half younger and half older, reached a peak of 30.3 years in 1952 after steadily rising from 16.7 in 1920. The report said that 1.5 million Americans reached age 65 during fiscal 1968, up slightly from the previ­ ous year, and 3.8 million people became 21, up1 mil­ lion from the number reacliing that age in 1967. ing and related subjects at AlFLD's Front Royal, Virginia, Institute, and taking field study trips in Cueraavaca, Mexico; St. Louis, and New York. Responding to critics who be­ lieve Latin leaders should be trained on a govemmc^it-to-government and business-to-busi­ ness basis, Meany said "we don't buy that. It might be more comfortable that way, but there is no guarantee that the ensuing economic improvement would work its way down to the lowest rungs of the economic ladder." He added: '*A Lasting Impact" "I personally feel that, no matter what else happens in the Alliance for Progress, the pro­ gram of education offered by AIFLD will have a lasting im­ pact on the future of Latin America. We are going to con­ tinue this work." No nation can build prosper­ ity on low wages and inferior working conditions, Meany de­ clared. A country's wealth should be measured not by roads or great edifices but on the basis of social and economic conditions experienced by the great mass of its people, he told the class. The exercises were held in the AFL-CIO assembly room. Besides Meany, others partici­ pating were President Joseph A. Beime of the Communications Workers, AIFLD secretarytreasurer; and General Secre­ tary Arturo Jauregui of GRIT the Inter-American Regional Organization of Workers. Orlando E. Bustos, organiz­ ing secretary for the Textile Workers' Union of Argentina, spoke for the graduates in ex­ pressing appreciation of the in­ stitute's work. Need is Worldwide Workers of the United States have "crossed national bound­ aries" in creating the institute, and "with generosity and altru­ ism have offered to those with­ out the same advantages the means of attaining effective edu­ cation and international expe­ rience," Bustos said. Work of this kind, he said, is needed in all parts of the world." Even in this hemi­ sphere, "innocent people are being struck down; overriding violence and repression still throttle those who clamor for social justice; humble people are still being punished for aspiring to live in a better world," he declared. Class members, Bustos said, have committed themselves for­ mally to "the fight to achieve the common good, and eradicate forever the phantoms which, in various forms, stalk America." Jauregui told the graduation dinner audience that while dic­ tatorships have spread in some Latin-American lands, they soon lose popular support be­ cause of their denial of freedom and democracy. The Latin labor movement has grown from a few to the point where free, democratic inter-American labor represents 28.5 million workers, "working together toward the same goal," he said. Class students were picked to take the course by fellow union­ ists in Argentina, Chile, Colom­ bia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Uru­ guay and Venezuela. In seven years the AIFLD has trained more than 700 labor m' leaders in Front Royal; selected labor economists in advanced training at Loyola and George­ town universities, and more than 100,000 unionists at resident Orlando E. Bustos, left, of the Argentina Textile Workers Union, centers and regional seminars in receives certificate at exercises climaxing 25th AIFLD program from AFL-CIO President George Meany, who is also AIFLD president. Central and South America. mm Private Watchdog Group Charges; Job Blacklisting Service Operated By [xtremist Right Xhurch League' The right-wing Church League of America has been charged with operating a "black­ listing business" that gives em­ ployers a secret check into the background of job applicants. The charge was made by the Institute for American Democ­ racy (IAD), a non-profit orga­ nization which exposes extrem­ ists on both the left and right. Its board includes leaders in la­ bor, religion, business and gov­ ernment. Details of the blacklisting service were explained by Charles R. Baker, IAD's execu­ tive secretary, in an article in the March issue of the organiza­ tion's newsletter, Homefront. This is how the setup works, based on letters and a flyer being sent to businessmen in the Chi­ cago, Philadelphia and New York areas. Baker said: For as little as $5 a head, prospective employers can get a check into what the Church League terms the "philosophy of life" of job-seekers. Ai^Iicant Defenseless The individual job applicant has no way of knowing about the check and there is no defense against wrong identification. Employers are told that for a $1,000 "donation," they can get checks on 50 names, with addi­ tional checks at $5 each. Even if they don't use the service, em­ ployers can write off the "dona­ tion" as a tax deductible contri­ bution, CLA says. Name checks are made against the Church League's ANVTIME-ANYMHIRE ^ MEANS NO MORE SHIPS files, which the organization claims "are the most reliable, comprehensive and complete, and second only to those of the FBI." According to Baker, the Church League has boasted that it has file cards of nearly three million persons, groups and pub­ lications "which serve the Com­ munist cause," and has claimed to have a working relationship with law enforcement groups. Prospective clients are sent a promotional letter warning that "our working forces include more than a few radicals, social­ ists, revolutionaries. Commu­ nists and troublemakers of all sorts." "Colleges and schools are ed­ ucating thousands more who will soon be seeking employment," the letter adds. The Church League points out that while employers can easily check the "educational and professional background" of job seekers, little is being done to learn their "philosophy of life," which is "of paramount importance." Baker identified the Church League of America as a rightwing group that provides a "li­ brary function" for a variety of other right-wing outfits. It lists Major Edgar Bundy as its exec­ utive secretary. The Church League's catalog. Baker nftted, features materials f^rom the John Birch Society and the Carl Mclntyre complex. Last winter, Bundy was a guest on Birch member Dean Manion's Radio and TV Forum. �[iiv.S- May, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Twenty-One Wayne County AFL-CIO Adopts SIU Resolution DETROIT—The following Resolution, submitted by the SIU, Great Lakes District, was adopted by the Wayne County AFL-CIO Delegate Body at its recent meeting here. Resolutions Opposing Foreign Flag Passenger Operations on the Great Lakes WHEREAS, the Seafarers' International Union, Great Lakes District, AFL-CIO, has for many years represented, in collective bargaining, the unlicensed crewmembers em­ ployed by the Chicago, Duluth and Georgian Bay Lines on its Great Lakes vessels and still maintained the bargaining rights until the close of the navigation season in 1967 when the Chicago, Duluth and Georgian Bay Lines permanently curtailed operations due to Coast Guard restrictions, and WHEREAS, many of these said crewmembers no longer are able to continue their employment on the Great Lakes due to this curtailment of operations, and WHEREAS, the Chicago, Duluth and Georgian Bay Lines have now been purchased by the Arison Shipping Company of Miami, who operate vessels of the Norwegian-Caribbean Line between Miami and the West Indies under foreign flag operations, and WHEREAS, under such foreign flag operations this com­ pany operates under said foreign flag with foreign crews at substandard wages and substandard conditions, and without any legitimate collective bargaining agreement, and WHEREAS, said company operates its ships at substan­ dard levels not acceptable to the United States Coast Guard, and WHEREAS, many American citizens will use these ships at great danger to their personal safety due to the substan­ dard safety standards, and WHEREAS, said company operates without payment of any taxes to the American Government, and WHEREAS, said company now intends to extend its oper­ ations to the Great Lakes in 1970 by placing one of its vessels, namely the SS SUNWARD, under the same con­ ditions as its Coast operations with foreign crews and foreign flag conditions, therefore, be it RESOLVED that the Detroit and Wayne County AFLCIO take positive action to protest this foreign flag operation on the Great Lakes, and publicize this underhanded "fraud" to the entire American public and its public officials. U.S.-Freiich Labor Combme To Help African Unions Grow PARIS—American labor is proud to be allied with free French labor in helping the de­ veloping nations of Africa, an AFL-CIO representative told the tenth congress of Force Ouvriere (FO) here. Irving Brown, executive di­ rector of the African-American Labor Center, added, "It is common concern like this that unites Us as forces for freedom throughout the world." Brown spoke as the repre­ sentative of AFL-CIO President George Meany to delegates rep­ resenting LI million FO mem= hers. A democratic labor fed­ eration, FO was founded in 1948 with U.S. labor's help af­ ter Communist elements seized control of the General Confed­ eration of Workers (CGT). In the earliest years. Brown recalled, the federation pitched in with American unions and labor movements of other na­ tions to aid the reconstruction of Western Europe. Now, he pointed out, FO is contributing greatly in labor's efforts "to build the trade union movement in new nations, par­ ticularly in French - speaking Africa." "We have never wavered in our support of FO since its founding," Brown said. "For the history of your movement is the history of France, Western Eu­ rope and the entire free world ever since World War II." He said the cooperation of labor movements in industrial nations also is vital if free na­ tions are to resist communism and all forms of totalitarian ag­ gression. In this connection, he warned that efforts by the Communistcontrolled World Federation of Trade Unions to make inroads in industrialized and developing nations is "part of the Soviet government's offensive to stran­ gle the existing and emerging trade unions of the world." "Their objective," Brown said, "is not to improve but to exploit the low economic and social standards of workers in order to advance the power drive of the totalitarian powers." Brown expressed "fervent hope" that negotiations in Paris will lead to a peace in which the free trade union forces of South Vietnam "will not only survive but become the standard bearer of freedom for all Vietnam." The burning Formosan freighter Union Faith lights up the New Orleans skyline following a collision with oil-laden barges in the Mississippi River. Twenty-six men perished in the blazing waters. SlU-contracted tugs were credited with helping to avert a major disaster along the entire waterfront near Canal Street. Seafarer Gives On-Spof Account: Formosan Vessel, Oil Barges Collide Under New Orleans Bridge; 25 Dead On April 6, the Formosan freighter Union Faith and three fuel-laden barges collided in the Mississippi River under the Greater New Orleans Bridge, five blocks from famed Canal Street. In the explosion and fire that followed, 24 of the seamen on the freighter and a Missis­ sippi river pilot were lost. A major disaster along the en­ tire waterfront was narrowly averted by the prompt action of the city's fire department, SIUcontracted tugs of the Crescent Towing Co. and the Whiteman Towing Co., and the Seafarers aboard the Alcoa Master. AB Jacob Levin was a crewmember aboard the Alcoa Mas­ ter and, shortly after the colli­ sion, took part in getting the vessel safely away from the danger area. Here is Seafarer Levin's first-person account of what happened: It was a very quiet Sunday, and I was sitting in the French Market having a cup of coffee before returning to my ship to stand the midnight to 8 a.m. gangway watch. Suddenly there was a large explosion, and I guessed that a collision had taken place in the river. My first thought was to get back to the ship. When I got down there the whole river seemed to be a mass of flames. A Chinese freighter, the Union Faith, and a tow of three barges loaded with fuel oil had collided right under the Greater New Orleans Bridge. Mr. Nolan, the chie;f mate, -broke out everyone who was on board, including the cooks, a couple of firemen, an oiler and the chief electrician. Even a couple of Greek seamen who were nearby came aboard and volunteered their services. At first we thought we might have to abandon ship but the chief engineer had kept vacuum on the engine. A river pilot promptly came on board and we were able to quickly cast off all lines and get under way. We got away from the dock not a minute too soon, because one half of a burning barge drifted down to where we were tied up just after we had pulled away. Had we not gotten under way when we did, the Alcoa Master and the Bienville Street wharf would have burned. Our vessel was the only one in port to get away from the dock under her own power. The pilot swore it was a beautiful undocking, and said that he had never seen a bunch of men per­ form their duties so efficienfly. We passed the burning Union Faith. She was listing heavily and was a mass of flames from stem to stern. The pilot, cap­ tain and 24 of the Formosan ship's crew perished. And two of the 26 crewmembers who were rescued are still in the hospital. It was a very lucky thing that only one of the barges exploded in the collisioii. It is felt by some in the port that if all three barges had exploded, the entire port of New Orleans might have been a total loss. John Galbrmth Please contact Wynn Walker, attorney-at-law, 1780 Broad­ way, New York, New York 10019, as soon as possible. Baltimore, Maryland, as early as possible. <1> Wayman Lizotte Please write to your daugh­ ter, Patricia Ann Lizotte, in care of Rebecca Aquino, Little Tommy's Barber Shop, Agana, Guam. ^ Charlie Bums Please get in touch with W. A. Johnston, Box 93, Brundidge, Alabama 36010, as soon as possible. Nkk Mufin Please get in touch with George D. Edwards, Profession­ al Building, 6903 Dunmanway, Leroy William Bird You are requested to contact Krout & Schneider, Inc., 150 Mezzanine, 350 Sansome Street, San Francisco, California 94104, at your earliest con­ venience. 4/ Michael Bordelon Please contact your mother at her new address, 330 De Soto Avenue, Pineville, Louisiana 71360, as soon as possible. —— Ralph D. Shuman Your father is anxious to hear from you. Please contact him as soon as possible at 1564 Trona Way, San Jose, Cali­ fornia. L �SEAFARERS Page Twenty-Two TwO'Gallon Blood Donor Seafarer Arthur Sankovidt, center, has donated 19 pints of blood to the SlU Blood Bank. Congratulating him on achieving two-gallon mark in SlU's "Gallon Club" is Dr. Joseph Logue, SlU medical direc­ tor, and Nurse Sheryl Edel, RN. Brother Sankovidt, who sails as messman, says he likes to give blood "because it's a good way to help other Seafarers." Sankovidt's last ship was the Gateway City. • A' Want to know what is pushing prices up and holding back progress? The National Associa­ tion of Manufacturers would have Americans believe that it knows. It's a conspiracy between organized labor and the National Labor Rela­ tions Board, that's what. And the NAM thinks it knows what to do about this dreadful state of affairs. Change the labor laws—again. From the SIU hall in Norfolk comes word that the NAM is currently sending out a new broadside of anti-union propaganda to compa­ nies in that area. Included in the package is a handsomely designed booklet—loaded with the usual misstatements of fact and specious rea­ soning—and glumly predicting disaster unless labor laws are reformed "to restore the balance in labor-management relations." The companies are being urged to distribute the booklets to all of their employees so that "the man in the street" can know how organized labor and the NLRB are ganging up on him. The NAM has never been accused of champion­ ing the man in the street, so their new-found concern for him is not likely to be viewed with­ out suspicion. The thrust of NAM's argument is that the NLRB "has left a bewildering trail of decisions which frustrate the original intent of the law." Translated, this means that the NLRB has been too conscientious in protecting the rights and security of workers. Remember that both major amendments to the original Wagner Act—the Taft-Hartley Act and the Landrum-Griffin Act —were heartily endorsed by the NAM. The clear intent of those two amendments was to cripple the effectiveness of organized labor so, naturally, any frustration of that intent was bound to make the NAM mad. "The NLRB has been going too far," they complain in their booklet, and then they tick off some of their pet peeves. For instance, the NLRB told one company it couldn't try to in­ timidate its employees during an organizing drive by suggesting that a number of companies had to close down because they couldn't afford to provide union wages or working conditions. Why shouldn't a company have the right to scare its employees? Then, with their usual half-truth technique, they charge that the NLRB is keeping prices up because they won't let a company introduce May, 1969 LOG Kansas' RighMo-Workers'Stymied In Move to Assess Harsh Penalties TOPEKA, Kansas—A bill which threatened unions with harsh penalties under Kansas' 10-year-old "right-to-work" law has been killed by the veto of Governor Robert B. Docking (D). After Docking refused to sign the measure, vigorously opposed by labor, a move to override his veto failed in the state House of Representatives and the legisla­ ture adjourned shortly there­ after. The union shop ban was adopted as a constitutional amendment in 1958 but the state has never before acted on enabling legislation. Last year. Laborers Local 605 won a union shop contract at the Sunflower Ordnance Plant of Hercules, Inc. near De Soto, and Kansans for Right to Work focused on the pact in pressing for enabling legislation. They ignored the fact that the plant's management and the cost-reducing methods without first negotiating with their workers' union. What they aren't telling "the man in the street" is that the costreducing method they are talking about consists of throwing some of their workers out into the street and replacing them with machines. The NLRB ruled that the union has a right to protect the security of those workers and their families—but the NAM says "this is going too far." Then they go on to cite another horror story about how the NLRB made a firm bargain with the union because it shut down a factory that they said was losing money. "The resulting penalties make other companies reluctant to close in similar situations," groans the NAM. What they are really talking about here is the attempt of some companies to avoid pay­ ing decent wages by closing down an orga­ nized plant, and moving it to a "right-to-work" state or some other low-wage area. The "pen­ alties" they complain of include offering the workers jobs at the new plant at their present wages, and the cost of moving their families to the new factory site. "This is going too far," says the NAM. So, despite the fancy new packaging of this latest NAM attack on organized labor, inside are the same old tired arguments. They piously assert that all they want is to restore the bal­ ance in labor-management relations, but their actions clearly indicate a nostalgia for the good old days when management could do as it damned well pleased without regard for the hardship it caused to its workers and their families. One footnote to illustrate the double-talk that is typical of the NAM as well as other antilabor organizations. The NLRB recently ruled that the notorious I. P. Stevens Company had to provide the Textile Workers Union with the names and addresses of its employees so that the union could inform the workers of the issues involved in the organizing drive at Stev­ en's plants. "This is going too far," says the NAM. But then you read the letter the NAM is sending to company owners along with their brand-new pamphlets. It says: "Why not dis­ tribute a copy of this booklet to each of your employees by direct, mail to their homes. . . ." Who do they think they're kidding? local agreed to the contract on the basis that the plant was on federal property and was thus under federal, not state, juris­ diction. Another factor in the "rightto-work" push was that the 1968 election gave conservative Republicans strong control of the legislature even though Docking was re-elected. ibility, but also in defined legal purpose." He noted the discrepancy be­ tween the proponents' conten­ tion that the bill would apply to Sunflower—a federal installa­ tion—and the attorney general's opinion that it would not. Since the entire case for the legislation was based on the Sun­ flower situation and there has never been another contention Penahies Outlined of violation of the constitutional The bill introduced in the leg­ amendment. Docking said, the islature would have spelled out bill was "unnecessary." the union shop ban and imposed Further, he cited the penal­ fines of $500 or six-month jail ties, uniform for employers and sentences against violators. unions, as being "discrimina­ The "right-to-work" forces tory" since they would fall most claimed that the measure would heavily upon unions and work­ force "an open shop agreement" ers. "For these reasons," he de­ at the Sunflower plant even though an opinion from state clared, "I find this bill—if it Attorney General Kent Frizzell were to become law—would be (R) said it would not apply to lacking in legal purpose, highly discriminatory, and disruptive of Sunflower. good labor-management rela­ The measure was swept through the House, 76 to 40, tions." To sign it, he added, would and the Senate, 27 to 10, with be to place "an albatross around the votes cast mainly along party the neck of management and lines—Republicans for and labor and industrial develop­ Democrats against. ment in Kansas for many Newspapers throughout the years." state drummed out a steady flow "The bill is negative, not con­ of editorials in support of the structive, and therefore, not in bill. Some suggested that Dock­ the public interest," he con­ ing wouldn't dare veto the cluded. measure. When the vote on overriding In a forthright message, how­ Docking was taken in the House ever, the governor pointed out the next day, the final tally was that "this is a proposal lacking 78-46—five votes short of the not only in philosophical cred­ margin needed to override. RTW Law Alienates Youth, Says N. Dakota's Governor BISMARCK, N.D.- -North Dakota is one of the few nonSouthern states which has a so-called "right to work" law and the governor of the state takes a dim view of it. In a message to the 41st Legislative Assembly, Governor William L. Guy, a Democrat, has called for repeal of "that law which now denies the majority of working people in the industry to contract with their employers for certain contract bargaining provisions." "Our State Right to Work law," he added, "has protected no one but is driving our youth from this state to states where they can have such protection." "We need to be concerned about wage levels and working conditions," the Governor said, "because our own youth are judging us in comparison to what is available to them outside our state." "North Dakota labor law has not adequately recognized the desirability of working people gathering together to take action to improve their lot. The industrial states have recog­ nized the rights of their working citizens." Guy declared that one of the "myths" that still prevails in some quarters in our state is that industry will seek to locate where substandard wages are paid and where working people are discouraged from organizing. "Nothing could be further from the truth. We have tried that philosophy for nearly 80 years of North Dakota's exist­ ence yet we still find ourselves the least industrialized state in the union. If low wages and weak labor laws protecting the rights of workers could attract industry, then we should be one of the most industrial of all states." It was on the basis of this that the governor recommended that "we start to rectify this oversight by repealing" the socalled "right to work" law\ He also urged the assembly to take action on the "unrealis­ tic" minimum wage laws. I �m May, 1969 SEAFARERS Trad Lorrane Neathery, bom September 6, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs, Emmett E. Neathery, Portsmouth, Va. Lisa Mathews, born Febru­ ary 23, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Qiarles R. Mathews, Nor­ folk, Virginia. <|> Donald King, bom Febmary 11, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Donald M. King, Seattle, Wash­ ington. La Dan Bonefont, bom Sep­ tember 16, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Gabriel Bonefont, Jr., New York, N.Y. —— Mallsa Pitts, bom January 29, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Houston G. Pitts, New Orleans, La. Lori Ann Fell, born March 19, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. William K. Feil, Jersey City, N.J. Joey Rodgers, bom Decem­ ber 13, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Riley C. Rodgers, Hombeck. La. Sandra Grove, born January 13, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Leonard C. Grove, Shamokin, Pa. Clarence Ussin, bom Decem­ ber 29, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Charles Ussin, Sr., Grosse Tete, La. Scot Wade Latour, bom Au­ gust 27, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Charles B. Latour, New Orleans, La. Kevin Cole, bom February 19, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ricky L. Cole, Gallipolis Ferry, W. Va. Richard Karl Stevens, born January 3, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Garry Lee Stevens, Erie, Pennsylvania. ^ \1> <1> Pension Roster Continues to Grow As 12 Additional Seafarers Retire The lengthening SIU pension roster has added the names of 12 more Seafarers who have retired after wrapping up long sailing careers. Roy Johnston is closing out a sailing career that spans 43 years. Brother Johnston was born 61 years ago in Canada, and now makes his home in Bal­ timore. He joined the SIU in Boston in 1938. His last ship was the Yorkmar, on which he sailed as FWT. Arnie Cobb is retiring to his native Andalusia, Alabama, with his wife, Maudie, after complet­ ing his long career at sea. Broth­ er Cobb joined the SIU in the Port of Galveston. Shipping as FOWT, his last vessel was the Del Norte. Stacy Lynn Goodwin, bom October 9, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. John Cole Goodwin, Baltimore, Md. i[ I 'I Martin their home in Galveston, Texas. He joined the SIU in Galveston in 1947. Brother Martin's last ship was the Steel Fabricator. Jack Chattin, who was bom in Alabama in 1904, has been going to sea for 44 years as a member of the engine depart­ ment. He plans to spend his re­ tirement in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. Brother Chattin joined the Union in the Port of New York in 1949. Rated FOWT 2, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Miguel A. Nieves. Brooklyn, N.Y. Andrew DeFatta, born March 25, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Paul A. DeFatta. Jascm Scott Newman, bom Febmary 26, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Waymer E. Newman, Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Scott Wayne McKeehan, born November 21, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Wayne McKeehan, Madisonville, Tennessee. Lawrence Dugas, born Janu­ ary 27, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Lawrence J. Dugas, Houma, Louisiana. Rohrat Miller, bom Decem­ ber 7, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Robert Louis Miller, Tampa, Florida. no BIS- G BAY (Moore-McCormack), April 6—Chairman, Ralph pug; Secretary, David Velandra, Gacn man asked to coniribuie 11.60 to build up ship's fund. Dis-^ juasion held regarding repairs which iiave not been taken care of; Chief Engineer to be contacted regarding same. NORTHWESTERN VICTORY (Victory Carriers), March 23—^ Chairman, A; H. Reasko; Sserctsry; rk.^ AX. Awcboxkv* xev wcir ported by department delegates. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for a job well 'done.. Chattin Johnston Cobb Frank Gavin, who held both AB and FOWT ratings, is re­ tiring after 31 years at sea. The long-time Seafarer joined the SIU in the Port of New York. He was born in Califomia in 1911. Brother Galvin's last ves­ sel was the Potomac. Joseph Martin, 66, has spent more than 26 years at sea as a member of the steward depart­ ment. Born in Louisiana, Broth­ er Martin will spend his retire­ ment with his wife, Louella, at CORTEZ (Cortez Steamsbip Co.),A^ril 13—Chairman, John Lyons;! u^rc reported by department deie-yj ates. Some disputed OT in steward/ epartment. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well /•done., f DEL SUD (Delta), March 30— PETER REI8S (Reias), April 10— Chairman, Ed Uelaney; Secretary; :./Chairffian,, Secre-/;; liana Spiegel. Brother Spiegel was tary, GeorgeGeorge;:,Sbislds,;: Bbdkih; Elected; Jackie! elected to serve as ship's delegate. Mashriih, deck George^ No beefs were reported by departr Shields, engine delegate; delegate; Albert;/ •menr delegates;: Bain, steward delegate. Men would /like to be paidj on / ship at the end; of each pay period. ®COLinMBrA TIGER {Columbia), March 13—-Chairman, T. J. Heg» rarty; Secretary, Rafael Hernandezi DEL MAR (Delta), April 16— Srother M. W, Murphy was elected Chairman, James L. Tucker; SeotO'c to serve as ship's delegate. It wns taryi G. Chafin. Brother Ramon R./ suggested that the patrolman check ROque was elected to serve as ship'sft the stores as ship is short a few delegate. Vote of thanks to Brother/; terns; No beefs and ho disputed Juan A. G. Cruz, former ship^ dele-y OT. gate, for a job well done. $31.51 in movie fund and ^0.00 in ship's fund.! PECOS {Oriental Exporters), Vote of thanks to Brother James L;# arch 30—Chairman; John Thompts Tuck, movie director, for a job well ton; Secretary,:,: G.:.'':-®.:, 'Turheiv' done. Jrpther D. H. Ifcart was elected td GRETIIE (Motorship of DelapcrVe as ship's delegate. No beefs ware), April 6—Chairman, Bell ttd no disputed OT was reported Ailen; Secretary, D. Pase. No beefs : ERNA ^ ELIZABETH:// (Albatross), January 26—Chairman, Bill Brewer; y!; department delegate. $27.00 in were reported by department deler Secretary, Denis Brobeur. Discussion hip's fund. gates. Discussion held regarding held regarding leave iny pension plan. Vote of thanks to the Panama. No beefs shore were reported by I CONNECTICUT {Ogden), April 18 steward department for a job well department delegates. I^Ghairman, John W Altstatt; Sec- ,„done./ totary, T. D. Ballard. Some disputed pT in deck department, otherwise STEEi; WORKER (States Ma-^ STEEL SEAPABER (Isthmian), there were no beefs reported by rine), April 15—Chairman; John T; March 16—Chairman, Lee Prasier; uepartment delegates. Discussion Cri-^ds; Secretary, R B. Barnes. Secretary, Ira Broan. Brother Leei field regarding draws on OT. Over $100.00 in .shiph fund. No beefs Prasier was elected to serve as new, Were reported by department dele"- ship's delegate. Trip has been a good t HUDSON (Ogden Marine), April gates. Discussion held regarding re- one. Good cooperation from all crew-1 j||[8%Chairman, lohh Kuohta; Secre- tireraent'plan,./^ • members. Ship has been kept clean / jiiary,.:David'E. /Edwards. -No beefs and the food has been very good. ifwere/'Teported by , department :delsr y: .SEATRAlN OHIO (Hudson Water- /Pine gangy«lJ:theTayC8t'0Und. , // /.:i ways), April 13—-Chaiman, T; YabJonsky; Secretary, W. Messenger, No TRANSPORTER yr:"{Peni|.; beefs were reported by ^department •y'^"/,RPNYdN;/VICTORY^''(GolumbiB);| Msicli Chairman, R." delegates. : Various iesoluUons, ino- •Februuiy, 26—-Chairman, George :W;| s, MtoS, Sr.; Secretary; R. Casanova; tions and suggestions were sub­ Bowden; Secretary, George Chillum.| Brother W. G. Bigby was elected to mitted to headquarters regarding/ Brother Glenn Reynolds was elected 1 yifEyiiu.as,ship'sidelegatc, .:No heefs.; eotttract. Vote;;bf thanks to the stewd,:: to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs ^•plbpartmeht' tot 'doing 'an/ekcON' were reported by department dele­ gates, •' ' ' '"'•""Tob. COLUMBIA BARON {Columbia); March 30—Chairman, A. Booth; Ssor retary, C. Breau^. Brother H. Harris was elected to serve as ship's deiergate. No beefs were reported hy department delegates. DIGEST of SIU MEETINGS J il •^1 4/ Giwieta Vain, bom Febmary 13, 1969, to Se^arer and Mrs. Joseph E. Vain, Baltimore, Md. i Miguel Nieves, bom October Page TVenly-Three LOG Clooney and Pumpman, his last vessel was the Steel Advocate. Harold Clooney has been sailing for the Sabine Towing and Transportation Company for the last 16 years as tug cap­ tain. A native of Lake Charles, Louisiana, he still lives there with his Wife, Lillian. Brother Clooney joined the SIU at Port Arthur, Texas. Miller Chiorra Frank Miller was born in Germany in 1908, and now lives in Brooklyn, New York. Brother Miller, who sailed as AB, has been going to sea for 35 years and joined the Union in the Port of New York. He served for nearly three years with the U.S. Army during World War 11. Brother Miller's last ship was the Ponce. John Chiorra, who shipped as a member of the steward depart­ ment, is ending a 25-year sail­ ing career. He also served with the U.S. Army during World Norton Soto I War 11. Brother Chiorra was born in West Virginia, and now makes his home in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1944. He last shipped as cook aboard the Commander. Paul Norton, one of the real old-timers in the SIU, is retiring to the beach after 34 years at sea. Brother Norton joined the Union in 1938 in the Port of New York. Born in Maine 63 years ago, he now lives in Bos­ ton. Brother Norton, who also served a hitch with the Coast Guard in the 1920s, sailed as AB. His last vessel was the Miami. Juan Soto was bom in Puerto Rico, and now makes his home in Brooklyn. Brother Soto, who has been sailing for 26 years, joined the SIU in the Port of New York and was active in supporting many SIU beefs on the picket line. He last sailed as bosun on the Ocean Ulla. John Liston is a native of Brooklyn, New York, and still resides there with his mother, Bridget. Brother Liston joined Liston Staikopoulos the Union in the Port of New York. He has more than 25 years at sea, and he last shipped as AB aboard the Ocean Tide. Athanasios Staikopoulos, 61, is ending a 33-year sailing ca­ reer. A native of Greece, he has been living in Hoboken, New Jersey, but now plans to join his wife, Maptha, in Bremerhaven, Germany. Brother Staikopou­ los, who sailed as oiler, joined the Union in New York in 1945. His last ship was the Charleston. flshiag Reik Fmds New Berth NEW YORK —A relic of by Captain Mel McCIaine, of America's great fishing past has Rockport, Mass., who, along found a new berth. The Caviare, with others, revolutionized the the oldest surviving Gloucester- New England fishing fleet by man, a type of fishing vessel designing a fast, yacht-like which sailed the North At­ schooner with a clipper bow. lantic from the 1890's to the This new design, called the 1940's, is now on exhibit at the South Street Seaport Museum Gloucesterman, completely re­ in New York City's Fulton Fish placed the slower, clumsier "Georgie," which had carried Market. The ship was built in 1892 many fishermen to their deaths. 1 �Page Twenty-Ffmr Ralph Masters was elected ship's delegate at a meeting of crew members aboard the Pan­ ama (Sea Land), it was reported by Felk Vito, meeting chair­ man. The crew also adopted a resolution to VHo send a letter to the company concerning the number of inoculations re­ quired. According to Bill StaA, meeting secretary, the crews of ships operated by Sea-Land are required to take shots before each trip, while crews of other vessels get them every six months. The Panama was due to tie up for pay-off in Oakland after a voyage to Cam Rahn Bay and Yokohama. The crew gave a unwimous vote of thanks to the entire steward de­ partment for a fine menu and good service throughout the en­ tire trip. •<1> t. 'J' Benjanffn Freeman, ship's delegate aboard the La SaDe (Waterman), re­ ports an eventful trip on a recent run to Vietnam. He said that the ship sustained a great deal of damage during a storm in the Mosher North Pacific. The storm also caused a serious injury to the La Salle's bosun, who was put ashore at Adak, Alaska, to be hospitalized. Shortly after arriving at Da Nang, the ship underwent a rocket attack as the North Viet­ namese opened their spring of­ fensive against the" port city. Fortunately the La Salle was not hit and none of her crew were injured. R. Mosher, meet­ ing chairman, reported that there were some beefs, includ­ ing refusal of the chief engineer to let the black gang paint their quarters. The crew gave a vote of thanks to the entire steward department for outstanding menus during the entire trip. Ralph Fit;q>atrkk, ship's del­ egate aboard the Falride (Panoceanic Tank­ ers), was elected ship's treasurer at a meeting held aboard the ves­ sel. Brother Fitzpatritk really wears three hats Fitzpafridk steward depart­ ment delegate. FVed Olson, meeting chairman, reported that no serious beefs have come up, but that there are munefous overtime disputes to be brought up when the ship comes in for payoff. W. T. Lax^ord, meeting SEAFARERS secretary, reports that there was discussion on the retirement plan after a motion was made by Jolm W.Wood Jr. ^ New department delegates were elected during a meeting aboard the PeteReiss (Reiss Steamship Com­ pany). lliey are Jackie Mashrah, deck delegate; George Shields, engine depart­ ment, and Albert Madnah Bain, steward department. Ge<»ge Bodkin, meeting secretary, reports that a resolution was adopted calling for payoffs on the ship at the end of each day period. He also said that future meeting times would be set up in the afternoon so that it would be more con­ venient for the crew to attend. May. 1969 LOG John Gardner was unani­ mously elected ship's delegate on the Overseas Ulla (Maritime Overseas). He replaces A. D. Nash who was given a vote of thanks by his shipmates "for a job well done." Di Sei Meeting Chair­ man Domenic Di Sei reported that three crew members, Fred­ erick J. Brown, Charles C. Oemens and Francis R. Con­ nors, were paid off in Aruba for medical reasons. Brother Di Sei also reported that there were some minor beefs concerning the variety of meats available aboard the ship, among other things. A letter has been sent to Headquarters on these mat­ ters. process them through the proper channels. Brother Arnold took over from Deck Delegate Peter Di Capua, who had been acting ship's delegate. Chairman La­ roda explained to the new crewmembers that the ship's treasury was to be used for TV repairs, telegrams for sick brothers and other emergencies. The steward department delegate, James A. Wright, said that the two fo'csles which had been flooded were re­ ported to the captain. There were no other beefs or disputed overtime in any departments. .1. Lee Frasier was elected ship's delegate on the Sted Seafarer (Isthmanian) by acclamation, and immediately asked for the full cooperation of the crew in pursuit of his duties. He dis­ cussed the things he expected to do as the delegate representing the good and welfare of the crew. Brother Frasier's elec­ tion came following the resigna­ tion of James Armstrong, who had served as delegate for a long time. Meeting Secretary Ira Brown reported that the Steel Seafarer had sailed from Pacific porthwest ports with a load of grain and other cargo for Viet- Meeting C!hairman Edward A. Laroda reported that George Arnold was Ramon Roqne was elected to elected ship's del­ serve as ship's delegate during egate at a meet­ the current voy­ ing held aboard age of the Dd the Seafarer Mar (Delta (Marine Car­ Lines). Brother riers). Brother Roque is a mem­ Arnold asked for ber of the stew­ the cooperation ard department. Laroda of department He replaces Juan delegates in checking with him Cruz as ship's Cmz first on all beefs so that he can delegate. Brother Cruz, who reported that every­ thing was running smoothly : pVEitSiAS TRAVELER (MarigSr^Ctialimatt, Ed Miaa-- l tinie Overseas). February 25—Chair-, with no beefs and no disputed Januai^ Kianr SeciNBtai^, ^ Mlcliael Fiiiley, man, Charles Lord; Secretary, Wilovertime, received unanimous fl2,0NS in ship's fund* Brotfaer War- > Bam 'F.: Barlh. Ship's delegate LaPrelle elected to sewe reported that everything^ is running vote of thanks for a job well iren as shfp's delag8te» ybte or thanks smoothly. Vote of thanks was ex­ done during the past voyage. was extended to the steward depart^ tended to the steward department for a job well done. A special vote of appreciation nieht for a joh well done. » BAFHAEt SEMMES (Sea-I4nd)i was given to the Del Mar's MOBILIAN April . . , (Waterman), , - . -r ..... 6 . March 15-r-Chairttian, Edward: movie director, James Tucker, Morales; Secretajty, Michael Cant- —Chaiiuiaii, L. p. Bryaiitj Secretary, well. Ship's delegate reported that L. B. Barime^.E!yprything .is:• running' for arranging to' have 15 films es-erything is O.E* with th no heefai smoothly. Very good trip. Captain aboard and for setting up two :Motion;; was; sahhtltttd :regatdihg:;ri^ pleased with crew. No beefs and no disputed OT. . , screenings each night so that tirement plan. the deck and engine crews, all ALBION VICTORY (Bulk Tran«March i{»---Ghalrjnah, M. MOr-i; of whom are working overtiiue, port), ris; Secretary, G. Troxclair. Some will be able to see the movies. idispated OT in dngxne, departmeafc; ; Crew dohated -of Brother The crew of the Robin Hood (Moore McCormack) gave a unanimous vote of thanks to the entire steward department for excellent chow throughout the entire trip, and a special vote of appreciation Edstrom went to Chief Cook Lauri Edstrom for his ex­ tra effort in filling in for the baker who was hospitalized in Guam on the out^und run. Ship's Delegate Robert Broadus reported a very smooth trip with no logs, and very little disputed overtime. Meeting Secretary Aussie Shrimpton reported that the crew presented a box of cigars to the ship's radio opera­ tor for putting out a daily news sheet. The crew also chipped in $174 for two G.I. passengers 'ffor their work and cooperation with the crew" on the trip to Vietnam. to the faihilyl Who' pasSsdS SEAFARE-R- (Marine^Carri»w#| March :15~0hairrnaii,-. Edward A.' Laroda; Secreta^, Fete L. TriantM fillos. Brother George Arnold was elected to serre as new ship'B deleV gate. No disputed OT and no beefs DIGEST of SIU MEETINGS were reported by department delegates. Brother " • • George Gf Arnold *• • '• was" elected to servo a.s new ship's dele­ gate. • TRANSNORTHEKN (Hudson Waterways), April 6 — Chairman, Jack E. Long; Secretary, Bernard i OAKLAND • fSea--Land), March - 8^ Donnelly. ?86.25 in ship's fund. Pew Chairman, M, K. Sanchez; Secretary; 'hours disputed OT ia deck depart­ dy Dbylc. Brother S.; B, Czcealowakl; ment. No beefs on last leg of trip :ship's qeie-,: around the world, :with ah exceipeate. No beefs have been reported. tionally good crow. Patrolman to Most of the repairs whie taken care cheek to see that sufficient fans are of, the remaining repairs will be on board ship before next trip. Vote finished as soon aS possible. of thanks to the steward department I: for a job well dona. OVERSEAS EVELYN (Maritime Overseas), February 10i-Chalrmah, ^ 'MALCYfJM^TIEER, (Halcyon), Lawrence Dueitt: Secretary, Nor­ April S—Chairmanj Vincent Tarallo; man Mclntyre. , No' ''beefs -/were re- Secretary, Donald Pruett. No beefs nbrted , by department delegates. no disputed OT. Brother Pruett :Yote of thanks was extended to the and was elected to serve as ship's dele­ Steward department for a job; well gate. Vote of thanks was extended done. to the; d' ck gang for keeping the messj^mpi end pantry clean after DEL MLNDO (Delta), March 23— each watch. Chairman,, Samuel Case, Jr.: SecrC''.: tary. Woody Ferklns. Some disputed AM'ERl GOf r e s t- G ve rs b a s), OT in deck department to be taken Robert Sull "• 30—Chairman, • " IP up with patroImanrKepair list was March turned in and some repairs have van; Secretary, R, R, Pooyey. Sew been taken care of, the othcra: will eral hours disputed OT jn engine be done ashore. Vote of thanks was departmehL;;;:Mote • ;.o#' ;:th»nks was /^tended fn t-hr. stssvcrd Ber-artfrMt; for « L'/D well dene. V.-.t= ixf • th-nVw TVW.XX' -Myyatgfr ywv' "V-# "to Brothcr» Mik« Bfttry and VelkkdO" FollRoen for work done on amendments for new nam ports. "The trip so far has proven to be a good one with full cooperation by all hands to make it an enjoyable one," he said. "The ship has been cleaned up a lot, the food has been good •and we have a good gang all the way around.' ^1, "We are now on the last leg of a trip around the world," reported Ship's Delegate How­ ard H. Allen from the Transnorthern (Hud­ son Waterways). "We have a very good crew, and we have been to ADen some very inter­ esting ports—Bremerhaven, Antwerp, Saigon, Manila and Balboa. Many crewmembers will be leaving the ship when we reach Sunny Point, North Caro­ lina, scattering to the four winds perhaps never to assemble on the same ship again." Aside from a few cases of disputed overtime reported by Deck Delegate William Rogers, the voyage has been a smooth one with no beefs, said Meeting Chairman Jack Long. Meeting Secretary Bernard Donnelly re­ ported Logs and mail were re­ ceived regularly during the trip. WRITE XOJIM.E COLUMBIA BANKER (Columbia), January 11—Chairmanj^D. W. Prounfelter; Secretary, J. P. Davis. No beefs were reported by department delegatss. Repairs neeessary to the galley are to be taken up with the Captain and completed aa soon as possible. ' BELGIUM VICTORY (Victory Carriers), Aprs! 6—Chairman, G. C. Gartland; Secretary, C. N. Johnson. Ail repairs submitted at end of last voyage; have not been completed. Disputed OT in engine department to be taken up with boarding patrol­ man. SLTT in ship's fund. JEFFERSON CITY VICTORY (Vic­ tory Carriers), May 7—Chairmaa, T. Lynch; Secretary. Hector Torres. Brathji' Lyiidi waa.eiected to.serve as ship's delegate. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Motion was made to have regularly scheduled busea^ pick up fcfewmeiiibefa at Suiuiy Folut and transport them from ship to town. OVERSEAS JASON (Maritime Overseas), March 30—Chairman, Charles P. Moore; Secretary, George Clarke, $11J26 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in engine department. ALBANY (Ogden), March 20— Chairman, Drew Gay; Secretary, Larry S Moose. Brother J. Busalack was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. Discussion held regarding food preparation, stores, and steward de­ partment in general. , CHOCTAW ( Waterman), March 30 —Chairman, Enos E. Allen; Secre­ tary, James T. Myers. Beef regard­ ing steward department to be taken irdin patrolmah. up with boardmg OVERSEAS ULLA (Maritime Overseas), March 28—Chairman,: D. D. Dei; Secretary, H. P. DuCloux. Br-other John Gardner was elected to , serve as ship's delegate. Vote of thanks was extended to' Brother A. D, Nash, resigning ship's delegate, for a Job well done. Discussion held regarding variety of meat aboard ship. Numerous hours of disputed OT in deck and ehgine departmentsi �Kf- May, 1969 I •«! SEAFARERS Happy Send'Off IPSii lifills jlf' SIU representative, Pete Drewes, presents first pension check to Sea­ farer Jose Da Costa (right) at SIU headquarters in New York, as he wishes him a long and healthy life retirement ashore. Brother Da Costa held a steward's rating and last sailed aboard the Yorkmar (Calmar). Oil Workers Call for Action Against 'Runaway -Flag' Ships .WMI Page Twenty-Five LOG Textile Giant Loses Again Appeals Court Orders /• P. Stevens To Give NIRB Workers'Addresses RICHMOND, Va J. P. Ste­ vens and Co. lost its fifth legal battle when the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered it to give the National Labor Rela­ tions Board a name-and-address list of employees eligible to vote in an NLRB election at Shelby, N. C. . Failure to supply the names would "impede union campaign efforts while leaving the com­ pany free to communicate its point of view to all its em­ ployees," the appeals judge agreed in an opinion written by Judge Simon E. Sobeloff. The court rejected a claim by Stevens management, and 219 of the 600 Shelby plant em­ ployees, that giving the Textile Workers Union of America an employee list would violate their right of privacy. Stevens, a major supplier of textile goods under government contract, has fought every union and NLRB effort to protect the rights of its employees to join TWUA. Found guilty of nu­ merous violations in many of its plants, Stevens has lost three ap­ peals to appellate courts and two in the U.S. Supreme Court. A year ago TWUA filed an election at the firm's Qeveland Cloth Mill in Shelby. The com­ pany refused to comply with an NLRB director's order to fur­ nish a name-and-address list. It also spurned a subsequent board subpoena. The appeals judges upheld a lower court decision enforcing the NLRB order. As they had in a similar case involving the Hanes Corporation, they ruled that the board's request was an appropriate exercise of its au­ thority over representation elec­ tions. "AflEording the union an op­ portunity to communicate" with employees. Judge Sobeloff wrote, does not encroach on the employees' right to remain neu­ tral. "They are not required to read literature which the union may mail them, or to speak to union representatives" at home, he observed. The court added: "An em­ ployee exercises his . . , rights most effectively by voting. . . ." TWUA President William Pollock said that even as the latest decision was being writ­ ten, a "new set of illegal dis­ charges has been taking place in a Stevens hosiery plant" at Hickory, N. C. The govern­ ment, he said, can "demonstrate that Stevens is not bigger than the law" by citing its officers for contempt of court and withhold­ ing all federal contracts "until it complies with the law." AFL-CIO Issues Call for Repeal Of Provisions for Wiretapping BAL HARBOUR, Fla.- -Repeal of the wiretapping and bugging provisions of the 1968 anti-crime law has been "strong­ ly urged" by the AFL-CIO to preserve individual rights and privacy. Pending such repeal, the federation's Executive Council called on the Administration to "reconsider its decision to resort to wiretapping measures that hold such awesome potential of reducing the nation to a police state morality." In addition to repeal, the council statement called for adding a title to the Crime Con­ trol and Safe Streets Act pro­ viding stiff penalties for the use of vdretapping and eavesdrop­ ping, except in those instances involving national security cases, "and even then this one exemp­ tion must be closely guarded." The council noted the de­ clared intentions of the Admin­ istration to make extensive use of wiretapping and electronic devices as an aid in the fight against crime, citing the state- DENVER- -A resolution wrecked off the coast of England calling for a review of "run­ and did millions of dollars away flag" shipping—so preva­ worth of damages to public lent in the oil industry—^was beaches and private properties, adopted at a recent Executive it was near impossible to prove Board meeting here of the Oil, responsibility. The ship was Chemical and Atomic Workers owned by an American compa­ ny, leased to a Bermudan com­ Union AFL-CIO. The board also pledged its co­ pany, manned by an Italian operation with the AFL-CIO crew and sailed under the flag Maritime Trades Department in of Liberia." the campaign to correct the sit­ Stating that larger and larger supertankers are being put into uation. Pointed out in the resolution service under runaway flags, is that the American merchant that some of them have a ca­ fleet is so "shrunken in size that pacity of nearly half a million only seven percent of our im­ barrels and that they pose grave port-export cargo is carried by dangers of fire and pollution, the American flag ships." board called upon the U.S. gov­ This problem would be seri­ ernment and oil companies to ous enough if the other 93 per­ review the situation. cent merely was being moved by the ships of competitive mari­ A Dim View of Nude Look time nations, the OCAW board stated. U.S. Cmporations Responsible "But, in fact, much of the foreign flag shipping is carried on by American corporations operating under the flags of nonmaritime foreign nations which do nothing except issue the li­ censes for the ships." This is particularly prevalent in oil shipping by tanker, the board continued, and most of the tankers owned and operated by U.S. oil companies sail under runaway flags of such tiny na­ tions as Liberia and Panama. The resolution stated: "Under runaway flags, the ships escape American taxes, American safety regulations, American labor conditions, American legal responsibility and even the obligation to sup­ port American armed forces overseas. "There is no way to enforce responsibility on the owners of Nude look in hosiery popularized by their employer, Hanes Corp., is spoofed by girl pickets in Toronto, these runaway flag ships. When Ont., to demonstrate the bare facts about Hanes' "no-raise-in-five-years" policy. The girls, who are the tanker Torrey Canyon members of the AFL-CIO Textile Workers Union of America, went out on strike for their first contract. ments of Attorney General John Mitchell and Deputy Attorney General Richard Kleindienst to congressional committees as to how they would apply the 1968 law. That legislation permits wide­ spread wiretapping and bugging in the investigation of a broad variety of crimes after obtaining a warrant or court order and permits taps or bugs to be used for 48 hours without a warrant or court order in instances where a prosecutor "reasonably" determines that an "emergency" situation exists. Clark Refused Tapping Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark refused to use the authority to wiretap contained in the legislation on the basis that it transgressed traditional American freedoms,, the coimcil noted. "The AFL-CIO abhors the crimes committed and the vio­ lence that runs rampant in our land," the council said. "But it does not believe that the 'new road' that holds such frighten­ ing potential for wholesale en­ croachment on the privacy of the individual can combat crime and still protect our cherished her­ itage of freedom." Federal aid to state and local communities in developing more qualified law enforcement offi­ cers and the practical utilization of new technology in the detec­ tion and prevention of crime would seem the more sane and rational approach, the council said, along with a massive attack on the root causes of crime— poverty, ignorance and disease. The council pointed out that "the assumption that in practice the use of wiretapping and eavesdropping affects only crim­ inals is fallacious and totally unwarranted. In our free society, the ends of law enforcement do not justify any and all means. Even if crime could to a degree be prevented, we should not choose the use of those ends that assuredly portend flagrant violation of the 'right to priv­ acy.' " �Page TweDtTiSix SEAFARERS LOG Bhr. 1969 Govt. Release of Pay Plan Hit as Evading Union Role WASHINGTON—^AFL-CIO unions representing more than one million federal workers joined in a sharp protest against "premature" announcement by the government of pro­ posed salary adjustments to take effect July 1. The proposal would give the biggest percentage raises to persons in the top government grades and no increase at all to those in the lowest pay grade. The AFL-CIO Government Employees Council, repre­ senting 35 unions with members working for the federal gov­ ernment, said the effect of the announcement has been to undercut a requirement in the salary comparability law that unions be consulted in the preparation of pay recommenda­ tions. The new pay scales, supposedly based on comparability with similar jobs in private industry, were drawn up by the Civil Service Commission and the Budget Bureau for submis­ sion to the President. Technically, the pay tables released to the press by the two agencies are still tentative. The unions were given copies of the proposed salaries at the same time as the newspapers and will have an opportunity to argue for improvements. But the Government Employees Council charged in a state­ ment that the publication "seriously hampers" the chances that the agencies will agree to significant changes. And the GEC says there are a lot of improvements needed.' Earlier, a joint statement by the American Federation of Government Employees, Letter Carriers and Postal Clerks had termed the publication of the tentative pay propoals "a gesture of bad faith." The three unions charged that the action "reflects the longout-dated management concept that unions are mere windowdressing." Under a 1967 law, this year's round of pay increases doesn't require congressional action. They can ^ put into effect automatically by the President. A year after the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 15,000 SOME members from all over the coun­ try, led by President Jerry Wurf, pay tribute to him by joining in a memorial march in Memphis, Tenn. Memphis is where Dr. King helped win a long strike for recognition of SOME sanitationmen in 1968. Thousands Join Good Friday March In Memphis Memorial to Dr. King versary date of his assassination particular—^to make Dr. King's here where he had come to help dream a reality. the union's striking sanitation "In Memphis it is no different workers. today than it was a year ago," "We're in Memphis not to re­ he said. "We want you to know member the death of Dr. King; we are marching today because we are here in Memphis to re­ we are dissatisfied with rat-in­ member the life of Dr. King," fested housing and children go­ SCME President Jerry Wurf told ing to bed hungry." a gathering of more than 200 The Southern Christian Lead­ march leaders on the eve of the ership Conference was repre­ event. sented by Dr. King's successor, Nearly 15,000 participated in the Reverend Ralph Abernathy, the peaceful demonstration, pro­ who told tlt,e throng that "white viding a sea of faces on the mall and black people can perish sep­ population is functionally illiter­ and the streets surrounding arately as fools or live together in sanity." ate; average grade level is 8.6 Memphis City Hall. Responding to an invitation years of schooling. from Wurf to participate, SMCE Housing, sanitation and members and leaders came from transportation are generally in­ Michigan, Ohio, New York, adequate for the migrant and his Washington, Illinois, the District family. In addition, migrants are still excluded from most con­ of Columbia, Maryland, Minne­ ventional labor legislation sota, Georgia, Mississippi, Lou­ isiana, Florida, Alabama, the passed in recent years." Carolinas and other states. They In summing up, Williams NEW YORK —These days came by bus, by car, by plane. said: "As long as migrant mo­ you can never tell where charges But most of the marchers of discrimination will rear their bility persist—and as long as migrant workers and their fam­ came by foot—^thousands of head, according to union rail­ ilies go untouched by federal SCME Local 1733 members roadmen here. anti-poverty and rehabilitation from all sections of Memphis. They made their comment programs—special effort will 'Dignified Partnership' after George Bossert, of Mashave to be made to keep the Reflecting on the struggle for sapequa, complained that the migrant alive and well as he recognition and dignity by Long Island Railroad discrimi­ travels to harvest our crops." SCME's sanitation workers, nated against him and all otlier The report includes a special section written by Dr. Robert Wurf observed that "we were not men by instituting Ladies Day. Coles, Harvard University psy­ alone. We in our strike brought The railroad offers female pas­ chiatrist and commentator on about a partnership between the sengers reduced fares on Ladies sociology who has spent many black community and the white Days provided they take trains years studying the social and community, the black worker that arrive in Manhattan after cultural lives of migrant farm and the white worker. We un­ 10:00 A.M. But, protested, Bossert, a derstood that our strength was workers. the strength of standing up in N. Y. State Labor Department Coles noted that migrants nonviolent fashion for a sense interviewer — probably with form a "subculture" in Ameri­ of dignity. If there were to be tongue, in cheek—"I am being can life in which they live deviolence, we knew it had to denied passage at the same price mjeaned and impoverished lives come from the other side." as a female only because of my —cut off from other groups of sex." SCME was joined in spon­ American citizens largely be­ On Ladies Day, he con­ cause they lack a place of resi- soring the march by the Com­ munity on the Move for Equal­ tended, he is "denied equal r^ence. "We go everywhere and we ity. Its leader. Dr. H. Ralph treatment, conditions and privi­ don't belong nowhere," he Jackson, also pointed to the fail­ leges in a place of public ac­ ure of society—and Memphis in commodation." quoted one migrant as saying. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Thou­ sands of members of the State, County and Municipal Employ.ees from all sections of the coun­ try marched in memory of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., on Good Friday, the anni- Senate Report Pleads for Extension Of NLRA to Migratory Workers WASHINGTON—WhenSen- agricultural workers and em­ ator Harrison A. Williams, Jr., ployers. (D-N.J.) uses the term "crime in • Extension for five years of the field" he is not using it as the Migrant Health Act and Ex­ a parallel to the expression pansion of programs and serv­ "crime in the streets." ices to reach the total impover­ He is using it rather to paint ished rural society. • Revamping or extending a ^aphic picture of the tragic living conditions, the unfair la­ Federal food-assistance pro­ bor policies and protections, the grams to combat hunger and substandard wages that year malnutrition; the migrants' no­ after year are inflicted on Amer­ madic life makes most existing Food Stamp and food assist­ ican migrant farm workers. ance programs unreachable. In an unusually moving re­ • Stepping up housing code port on the migratory farm la­ enforcement to apply to all hous­ bor problem made by the Senate ing in migrant camps. Subcommittee on Migratory La­ bor, Williams pleads for federal Details Haunting Poverty action to raise the economic and The report details "the per­ social level of the nation's one sistent poverty which haunts million migrant rural poor— the migrant camps and fields" wandering farm workers and throughout the nation: their families who have no fixed "The migrant in 1967 worked homes and who are cut off from an average of only 85 days for the mainstream of American an average annual wage of life. $922. If he also worked at a The report concludes that in non-farm job, his annual aver­ the long run "there probably age earnings came to about will be no escape for the mi­ $2,100—far below the poverty grants until their migrancy is level. ended" and they attain steady "Medical care for migrants work—^but meanwhile it calls came to $12 per person from for at least four steps to make federally-assisted programs as the lot of such workers less compared with $200 individual tragic than it is now. average for the total population. Specifically the report recom­ "Education for the migrant mends: family was clearly sub-standard • Extension of the National compared to a national norm. Labor Relations Act to-include Some 17 percent of the migrant Discriminatitm Tracked Datum By Coamnter �May, 1969 Wages Beisg Hdd Certified checks, rep-| resenting wages due for | service on the Oceanic i Tide, are being held at New! York Headquarters for thej following Seafarers: Philip Livingston Paul Lopez Richard Monterusso Dan Ticer The checks may be] claimed at Headquarters or mailed to Port Agents upon request. SEAFARERS LOG Page Twenly-Seven. Grape Workers Seek to Expose Pesticide Peril DELANO, Calif.—The thing that tempted Snow White to take a bite of the poison apple was that it looked so good—per­ fectly shaped, unblemished and shiny red. An effort by the AFL-CIO United Farm Workers Organiz­ ing Committee to uncover records of the use of pesticides in California's fruit fields may lead consumers to wonder how much danger lurks beneath the perfect surface of the fruit we buy. The Farm Workers have be­ the problem and union General "The people in our crew come involved in a legal contro­ Counsel Jerome Cohen asked smelled unusual odors in the versy in the last few months the Kern County Agricultural field and then many of us got trying to protect the health of Commissioner to show his rec­ sick. farm workers injured by the ords on pesticide use in the "We threw up and we were sprays. county. sick and had dizziness. At the UFWOC leader Cesar Chavez same place with us were Jesus 'Trade Secrets' Claimed says that once the union set up Cantu and Ernesto Rodriguez Commissioner C. Seldon its health clinic at Delano, doc­ who were also farm workers tors there began to treat farm Morely refused, saying the rec­ with me and they were sent to workers affected by sprays and ords were not public because of the hospital for a couple of pesticides used in the fields they certain "trade secrets" they con­ weeks because of the pesticides tained. The case is now pending in the field." work. The doctors decided to set before Superior Court Judge 'Sick Every Summer' up a specieil clinic dealing with George A. Brown and a number "The first time I was injured of pesticide companies have re­ quested a permanent injunction by pesticides was about three to prevent the release of the years ago in the summer and every summer when I am in­ information. Growers say the union en­ volved in the harvest I get sick tered the fray to publicize their due to the pesticides," Francisco national boycott against Cali­ Mendoza testified. "I get pains in the stomach; fornia table grapes. But a series of articles on pesticides in the I throw up and I get headaches. Los Angeles County AFL-CIO Sometimes I get chills and have publication, The Citizen, points itching sensations over my en­ tire body." out another set of facts. Another farmworker noted: The articles report that the UFWOC has been willing to set "I got the spray on me because aside all other labor relations it was still in the air when I had problems in order to resolve the to move back into the vines and also from touching the vines. pesticide poisoning issue. The union was willing to Last year my eyes became red meet with the growers and and swollen and were running crop dusters without fanfare— from the spray and my whole "Knowing full well their motives face was swollen." would be twisted." They also The pesticides are not only Farm workers—like other workers—need union rights and collective bargaining, Dolores Huerta, Vice attempted to work out health the concern of the people who President of United Farm Workers Organizing Committee AFL-CIO tells Senate Labor subcommittee and safety guidelines with local work in the fields or those who chaired by Senator Harrison A. Williams, Jr. (D-N. J.), at left, who has sponsored a bill granting such rights. health officials and growers. eat the fruit they pick. The use Despite this—and the grow­ of pesticides is feared to be £ifing number of reported deaths fecting the entire balance of and injuries in the state laid to nature. pesticides—the growers persist Representative John Dingell in denying the problem. (D-Mich.) has introduced an One Los Angeles Citizen ar­ article by conservationist David ticle points out that the pesticide H. Jenkins into the Congres­ WASHINGTON — Farm have workers been abl? to killed—by highly toxic pesti­ Parathion has been responsible sional Record, which discusses cides. And when the UFWOC for six sizable outbreaks of the pesticide pollution of Lake workers asked Congress for leg­ achieve dignity and decency. tried to examine county records poisoning among farm workers. Michigan. islation to protect their right to Passed By in '30s of pesticide application in the Experts term this poison "ex­ build unions strong enough to The Lake is a great recre­ Farm workers were passed by Delano, Calif., area, a state tremely hazardous" and say it ational center and a principal match the enormous power of during the "social revolution of court injunction blocked the dis­ can be almost as fatal when ab­ source of drinking water—1.5 the big agricultural corporations the New Deal" in the 1930s, closure, sorbed through the skin as when billion gallons a day. Yet it has and achieve social justice and Mrs. Huerta said, because they received orally. decent living standards for field In addition to a team of had several tons of DDT were excluded from the orig­ During the hearings to obtain dumped into its waters, from the workers. UFWOC officials from Califor­ inal National Labor Relations Dolores Huerta, vice presi­ nia, a panel of unorganized farm release of the information sev­ fruit-growing area along its Act—the Wagner Act. eral workers submitted affidavits shore line, which has found its dent of the AFL-CIO United She urged that they now be workers from other areas of the in evidence. Farm Workers Organizing Com­ way into Lake Michigan's sal­ nation joined in urging federal mittee spoke for the ailing given the same protection which collective bargaining legislation mon as well. Hilario Garcio declared: enabled industrial unions to UFWOC Director Cesar Chavez for agriculture. take root and grow strong dur­ at Senate Labor subcommittee The congressional testimony ing that period. hearings. was part of an all-day program A bill merely giving farm She told the subcommittee sponsored by the National Cam­ workers bargaining rights in that the UFWOC has had to pin paign for Agricultural Democ­ name only, she suggested, would its hopes on the worldwide Cal­ not solve the farm workers' racy, an alliance of labor, ifornia grape boycott and its problems. Growers, she said, church, farm and consumer or­ support by union members and could "litigate us to death" and ganizations including the AFLconsumers because the big grape CIO. growers had an inexhaustible "bargain around the calendar The program included a re­ . . . unless we are allowed to supply of low-wage strikebreak­ apply sufficient economic power ception for Senator Harrison A. One of the nation's kookiest right-wing organizations is er labor streaming across the to make it worth their while to Williams, Jr., who chaired the counting on a comic book to achieve its key goal—a consti­ Mexican border. sign." Senate hearings, the 20 senators tutional amendment that would prevent the federal govern­ Mrs. Huerta said the power The goal is not just recogni­ who co-sponsored his bill to ex­ ment from levying any income, gift or estate tax. of California's "agribusiness" tion but "signed contracts . . . tend labor law coverage to farm The Liberty Amendnient Committee, based in Los An­ was so great that repeated vio­ good wages ... a strong union." workers, and 56 congressmen geles, has put out a first printing of 250,000 copies of its lations of what health, sanita­ For this, Mrs. Huerta said, cov­ who joined with Representative cartoon strip Tax Report and hopes its supporters wiU brder tion and safety laws are on the erage under the National Labor James O'Hara (D-Mich.) in in­ 10 milliou i-»ore to be passed out "wherever people gatlier." books are winked at or pun­ Relations Act should be coupled troducing similar legislation in Its simplistic theme is that the government should sell, all ished by token fines—infinitesi­ with amendments geared to the the House. federal lands and property, use the money to reduce the mal compared to the huge sub­ special problems of farm worker AFL-CIO Organizing Direc­ national debt, and then stop taxing people's incomes. With­ sidies some of the agricultural organization. tor William L. Kircher, Senator out taxes to pay, workers wouldn't have to strike for more corporations get from the fed­ Ralph W. Yarborough (D-Tex.) Health Endangered money and there would once more be "respect and affection eral government. for government in our country." Only in the few places where Without a union, the crowded and Senator Walter F. Mondale The treasurer of the organization is one of the nation's the UFWOC has been able to Senate hearing room was told, (D-Minn.) spoke at a conclud­ wealthiest right-wing extremists, Walter Knott. get signed contracts, Mrs. farm workers and their children ing dinner honoring Williams, Huerta told the subcommittee. are being sickened—sometimes held at a Washington church. Farm Workers toSenate Committee: Give Us Laws to Guard Oar Rights' m t '.i �!L';t^f:efU£aaMnI Page Twenty Eight Roy F. Garcia, 23: Brother Garcia died suddenly November 24, 1968, while on shore leave in Da Nang, Viet­ nam. At the time of his death he was serving as wiper aboard the Hastings. Broth­ er Garcia was bom in Fresno, California, and maintained his home in Sacramento. He at­ tended the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship in New York, and planned to continue his studies there after complet­ ing the Far East run. He is sur­ vived by his wife, Mary, and a daughter, Anna. Services were held at Sacramento with burial in St, Mary's Cemetery. Edward Searcey, 59: Brother Searcey died of a heart attack March 10 at the USPHS Hospital in Savannah, Georgia. He last shipped aboard the Fanwood as deck engineer. Brother Searcey had been going to sea for 32 years and joined the SIU in 1942 in the Port of Baltimore. A native of South Carolina, he had been living in Savannah with his wife. Alma, at the time of his death. Funeral services were held at Bonaventure Cem­ etery in Savannah. SEAFARERS Clarence A. Williams, 40: Brother Williams passed away on February 28. Born in Jeffer­ son, Pennsyl­ vania, he was living in Kissimmee, Florida, at the time of his death. Brother Williams had \ ^ sailed as FOWT; his last vessel was the Del Sol. Funeral services were held at the Grissom Funeral Home, in Kissimmee. Brother Williams is survived by his wife, Jeanette, and two children, Janet and David. Samuel C. Lawrence, 51: Brother Lawrence died Febru­ ary 2 at the USPHS Hospital in San Francisco. Bom in Pensacola, Florida, he had made his home in Tampa. Brother Law­ rence served with the U.S. Army throughout World War II, re­ ceiving an honorable discharge in 1945. His last vessel was the Eliza Port, on which he sailed as wiper. He is survived by a brother, John. Burial took place at Myrtle Hill Cemetery in Tampa. —— Paul Liotta, 54: A heart at­ tack claimed the life of Brother ^^ on Janu­ ary 31 in San Francisco. Born in New York, he had maintained his home in Brooklyn. Broth­ er Liotta joined the SIU in New York and had shipped as AB. His last vessel was the San Francisco. Burial services were held at Ocean View Cemetery on Staten Is­ land. Brother Liotta is survived by his wife, Mrs. Amelia Liotta, and his son, Joseph. John T. Smith, 71: Heart dis­ ease claimed the life of veteran ^ Seafarer Smith Thomas Sullivan, 38: Brother at his home in Sullivan passed away February Erie, Pennsyl­ 3 at his resi­ vania, February dence in San 12. Brother Francisco. He Smith, who had was bora in Bos­ been sailing as ton, Massachu­ AB for more setts, and was than 30 years buried there at before an illness Mount Benedict forced his retirement in 1965, Cemetery. Broth­ joined the Union in Buffalo in er Sullivan's last 1938. Burial services were held voyage was aboard the Los An­ at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in geles, on which he sailed as Fairview Township, Pennsyl­ wiper. He had signed on the vania. Brother Smith is sur­ Iberville just prior to his death. vived by his wife, Florence. Sullivan joined the SIU in the ^ Port of New York. Brother Sul­ livan is survived by his mother, Frank S. Farmer, 58: A heart Mrs. Frieda Sullivan, and a attack claimed the life of Brothbrother and sister. • er Farmer at Southmore Hos­ Thomas J. Gray, 41: Brother pital in Houston, Gray died at his home in New l Texas on Febru­ York City on ary 17. Bora in March 8, follow­ Highlands, Tex­ ing a brief ill­ as, he had been ness. He joined living in Hous­ the SIU in the ton for a number i Port of New of years. Broth­ ^ York in 1951, er Farmer had been chief engi­ and had sailed neer with the G«&H Towing in the steward Company since 1956. Before department as that, he worked for the I.T.T. messman. Seafarer Gray's last Towing Company for 11 years. vessel was the Barre Victory. Seafarer Farmer joined the SIU Burial services were held at Cal­ in Houston. He is survived by vary Cemetery in Queens, New his wife, Josephine, and a York. Brother Gray is survived daughter, Bevelye. Burial was by his mother, Mrs. Eleanor at Garden of Gethsemene in Gray, and a brother, Frederick. Houston. May, 1969 LOG Ralph Subat, 65: Brother Subat passed away at the USPHS Hospital in New Orleans on March 6. He had been on SIU pension since 1964. Brother Subat, who was bom in Missis­ sippi, had made his home in New Orleans. He had' sailed for nearly 30 years as a member of the steward department. His last ship was the New Jersey. Burial services were held at Lake Lawn Park Cemetery in New Orleans. He is survived by his widow, Irene. Martin J. Kelly, 64: Brother Kelly passed away Ft --uary 10 at the USPHS Hospital New Orleans er a brief ill", ess. Bom in T? bode Island, he had been livinp it the Catholic Mari­ time Club in New Orleap" at the time of his death. During his sailing career. Brother Kelly had sailed as both wiper and AB. His last ship was the Del Mar. He had also served two years with the U.S. Army dur­ ing World War II. Seafarer Kelly is survived by a sister, Margaret Thierfolder. Burial was at Hills Grove Cemetery in Providence, Rhode Island. Evert Rosenqvist, 57: Broth­ er Rosenqvist died February 14 at his home in San Francisco. Born in Halsingborg, Sweden, he had lived in San Francisco for the past 10 years. A veteran of more than 25 years at sea, he sailed as AB and joined the SIU in the Port of New York. Burial serv­ ices were held at Olivet Memo­ rial Park Cemetery in San Fran­ cisco. Brother Rosenqvist is survived by a brother, Sven, who lives in Sweden. C. L. Tarver, 51: Brother Amo Peura, 53: Brother Tarver was stricken with a fatal Peura died March 1 at the heart attack USPHS Hospital aboard the tug in Staten Island, Dixie Vanguard New York, after on February 9 in a brief illness. the Mississippi Born in PeaRiver. He had body, Massa­ been employed chusetts, he had as tankerman for been living on ^ Dixie Carriers Staten Island for since l.J", when the past 20 years. he joined the SIU in the Port Rated AB, he had been sailing of New Orleans. Brother Tarver for 22 years, and joined the was a life-long resident of Lou­ SIU in the Port of New York. isiana. He had served with the Seafarer Peura last shipped on U.S. Army from 1941 through the Beaver Victory. He is sur­ 1945. He is survived by his vived by two brothers, Donald wife, Helen, and a daughter, and Warren! Burial was at Cedar Linda. Burial services were con­ Grove Cemetery in Peabody. ducted at Unity Community Cemetery. Jack Scurlock, 47: Brother Scurlock was lost overboard —— from the Penn William A. Jordan, 72: Ranger on Jan­ Brother Jordan passed away uary 25. Bom in from a stroke Tennessee, he 4 February 9 at had been mak­ the Plantation ing his home in f General Hospital the town of Mad­ in Fort Lauder­ ison with his dale, Florida. He /m^ father, Clyde, at had been ill for IHL W': the time of his a number of years, and re­ death. Brother Scurlock had tired on disabil­ been going to sea for 14 years ity pension in 1962. Brother as a member of the engine de­ Jordan, who joined the SIU in partment, and joined the SIU New Orleans in 1946, had been in Baltimore in 1957. He was going to sea for more than 20 sailing as oiler on the Penn years. He last shipped as AB Ranger when he was lost. Be­ aboard the Santore in 1962. sides his father, he is survived There are no survivors. Burial by a son, Ralph. services were held at Lauder­ dale Memorial Park Cemetery. Larry Jones, 69: Brother Jones passed away February 6 at Maryland Alfred Wright, 60: A sudden General Hos­ heart attack took the life of pital in Balti­ Brother Wright more. A native on February 18 of Denmark, he in Mobile Gen­ made his home eral Hospital. A in Baltimore for native of Louisi­ a number of ana, he had been years. Seafarer living in Mobile Jones, who held for the last 28 an AB's rating, had been sailing years. He had for more than 50 years. One of sailed as AB for the SIU oldtimers, he joined the the Mobile Towing Company, Union in the Port of Baltimore and joined the SIU in Mobile in 1938 and retired on an SIU in 1956. Wright had been sail­ pension in 1964. Brother Jones ing for nearly 40 years. He is last shipped aboard the Alcoa survived by his wife, Frances. Trader. Burial services were Burial services were held at Pine held at Oak Lawn Cemetery in Crest Cemetery in Mobile. Baltimore. He is survived by a brother, Poul Bjarni, who lives in Denmark. John W. Rankin, 36: Brother Rankin died January 1 at the Thomas Trollinger, 46: Ochsner Foun­ dation Hospital Brother Trollinger died of pneumonia at in Jefferson the USPHS Hos­ County, Louisi­ pital in San ana, of injuries Fransico on No­ sustained while vember 6, 1967. working aboard Bora in Seattle, a barge. Born in Washington, he Franklin, North had been living Carolina, he had for a number of been living there with his wife, years in San Lytha, at the time of his death. Brother Rankin sailed as OS, Francisco. Brother Trollinger and joined the SIU in Detroit. sailed as messman, and joined He had been employed by the the SIU in San Francisco. His Roen Towing Company. Burial last vessel was the Hastings. He services were held at Woodlawn is survived by his aunt, Mrs. Cemetery in Franklin. Hattie Adair. i O <I> �May, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Twenty Nine SlU Family .ifails Union Welfare Plan Wife Thanks Union For Death Benefit To the Editor: My wife and I are well pleased with the Union Weltore Plan. We have gotten good service and always have been well treated at the hos­ pitals as well as at the SIU hall here in Houston. Both of us wish we had checked into this when I first went on boats years ago. Hope to be with the SIU for many years to come. R. G. Bordelon Houston, Texas To the Editon My husband, Frank J, Walter passed away on Jan­ uary 8. I would like to ex­ press my appreciation to the SIU Welfare Fund for the check 1 received so promptly after my husband's death. Thank you so much for the kindness afforded me and my family by my husband's Un­ ion brothers. , Sincerely, Mrs. Frank J. Walter Baltimore, Maryland ^ Safarer Anthony Notturno points to a welded patch just above the waterllne of the Lafayette which was put on. after ship was hit by VC artillery fire in ^the Saigon River. Fortunately, none of the crew was hurt. Photo was taken by Chief Electrician Rudy Djong. Seafarers All Safe •f- Enemy Salvo Hits Lafayette in Estuary of Saigon River On her second voyage under the Waterman Steamship Com­ pany banner, the SlU-contracted Lafayette underwent her bap­ tism of fire with no injuries to the Seafarers aboard. Steaming into Saigon from Vung Tau early on the morning of March x8, the Lafayette— formerly the American Mail Lines' California — was sud­ denly the target of a heavy salvo of artillery fire just as the ship entered the mouth of the Saigon River. Several shells ripped into the Lafayette amidships—about 15 feet below the main deck, and just above the waterline. For­ tunately, most of the damage was confined to the fuel oil settlers. Despite the fact that the at­ tack came suddenly and with­ out warning, and many of the crewmembers were working on the open decks at the time, no one was hurt. The attack ended as suddenly as it began, and the vessel con- W-2 Forms Held For Five Seafarers Income Tax W-2 forms | are being held by the Mid- I i land Grace Trust Company I for the following crewmem-1 I hers of the Galteia De-1 I fender: Gerald GaUagan Charlie Jones Eustaquil Santos Homero Gnerra Ellzar Martell The W-2 forms can bei i obtained by writing to i : Joseph P. Flamming, Burke i & Parsons, Counselors at | I Law, 52 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005. tinued on up the river. Then, again without warning, the ves­ sel came under another artillery barrage. The enemy shells raised geysers of water just off the Lafayette's bow, but this time there was no damage at all except to the crew's alreadyfrayed nerves. Shell Holes Patched Following this second en­ counter, the ship continued on to its berth in Saigon without further incident. The cargo was discharged while patches were being welded to cover the shell holes in the vessel's side. Anthony Notturno, an able seaman, was aboard the Lafa­ yette during the attacks. He summed up the feelings of the crew: "I used to read about things like this in the newspa­ pers, and I would think that they only happen to other ships. I don't feel that way anymore." Soviets Teaching fishing Methods To 18 Countries MOSCOW—The Soviet Un­ ion is at present helping 18 foreign countries to develop their marine resources and train fish­ ermen, according to the official news agency of the U.S.S.R., Tass. Among the countries receiv­ ing Russian aid are Burma, Iran, Uganda, Guinea, Somalia, Ken­ ya, the Cameroons, Cuba, and the United Arab Republic. Students from these countries and others are studying fishery subjects in Russian universities and technical institutes. As part of their training, foreign student fishermen sometimes work alongside veteran Russian fish­ ermen aboard Soviet fishing ves­ sels like those operating off the coasts of the United States. Seafarer's Parents Express Gratitude To the Editor: We wish to sincerely thank everyone aboard the S.S. Yukon at the time of our beloved son's death for their generous help. We also want to thank all aboard the S.S. Steel Advocate for helping James' father to return home at this tragic time. We want all to know it is deeply ap­ preciated. Our thanks also to Jerry and Shirley at the Terminal Island SIU Hall for their very kind help. Mr. & Mrs. George Ospring Westminster, California. — Thanks Offered For Lucky 2 years To the Editor: I want to take the oppor­ tunity to thank the SIU Social Security and Welfare office for what has been the luckiest two years of my life. Number 1: I just got mar­ ried and am going to live in Opa-Locka, Forida, with my wife, Regina. We have a nice little place near the water. Number 2: I have been on pension since last August, and I want to tell you it feels great to take it easy and not have to get up and answer any bells. Number 3; Not too long ago, I was in the Marine Hos­ pital for a serious ailment. They gave me only a 50-50 chance to live, but I pulled through and feel better now than I have for the past 50 years. Although I am in the RMR, I found out that what­ ever district you are in when you need help, you always get it. All in all, I have a lot to be thankful for. I particularly want to thank the SIU and the Social Secu­ rity and Welfare people for the great help they have been to me over the years. I think one of the luckiest things we fellows in the RMR ever did was to affiliate with the SIU, because we have had a lot of good luck since. I have worked for Penn Railroad for 25 years so I know this to be true. Aneus W. Olson Opa-Locka, Florida Welfare Plan Pays Wife's Medical Bills To the Editor: I must state my many thanks to our Welfare Plan for the many times during which my wife, Freda, has been in the hospital and our SIU Welfare Plan has come to my rescue when the bills came. It sure is something to have such a plan that can be relied on when one is in need. Then again, when I had to have a hearing aid, the big­ gest part of the bill was paid. So, again I say thanks, and hope that all our SIU mem­ bers know how much the Wel­ fare Plan can do for all in the time of need. Glen H. Whitehead Toledo, Ohio .1. SIU Pension Check Called A Godsend To the Editor: I received my first disabili­ ty pension check, and I don't know how to express my thanks to our fine Union, its officers and trustees. The check was a Godsend. We have come a long way since I first joined the SIU in 1944. I consider myself a very fortunate man to have been a part of such a fine and progressive Union. Once again, thanks to the SIU from the bottom of my heart. John C. Chiorra Allentown, Pa. Wife Thanks SIU for Check To the Editor: I wish to send my sincere thanks to the SIU Welfare Plan for the check I received covering hospital expenses after my recent operation. I want to thank my hus­ band's wonderful Union and to say that I am very proud that he is a member of the SIU. Mrs. John Dnist l^lkes-Bonre, Pa. Seafarer's Sister Sends A Prayer To the Editon This is a difficult letter for me to write. My brother, Charlie Goldstein, was on an SIU pension and he recently passed away. He always had a great deal of respect for the Union, and many times spoke about the SIU's accomplish­ ments in making a better life for the seaman. He would be the one to know, because he came a long way. He was only 18 years old when he began to sail, and his feeling for the sea was deep in him. He was away from the sea for only a short time, and when the Second World War began he was back again and he stayed with it, for it truly was his way of life. It was not just like working for work's sake. He had a compassion for the men he worked with, and truly want­ ed to be a friend. I know that at various times when he was sick and money was needed he had no troubles, for all of his bills were taken care of by the Union. He had dignity. I personally came down to the Union Hall and spoke with some of the representa­ tives there. Their kindness and understanding, and their telling me how much they thought of my brother gave me great comfort. I did want to meet my brother's friends and to talk with them about him. As I said, shipping was truly his whole life, and in my heart I feel that he has just taken another trip. A very special thanks to all my brother's friends in the Un­ ion, and a little prayer that God may bless each of them every day. Sincerely, Helen Coe Seafarer Writes From Vietnam To the Editon I am a member of the SIU, just as my father is, and I am now stationed in Vietnam serving with the U.S. Army. I always enjoyed receiving the LOG while I was in the States and I will appreci­ ate having it sent to me at my new address. I am stationed at Camp Evans, and things are all right so far. We just arrived here, and there are a lot of things to be done around camp. There has not been any action yet and everyone hopes it will stay that way. I am trying very hard to see if I can get stationed down near the waterfront. One reason is that I will have a better chance to see my father when he ships over here. It will also give me a chance to see some friends who sail out this way. I would also like to say hello to all my old shipmates. Pedro A. Castro .'5 I .i\ �Page Thirty 'I' Labor ViewedAs 'Strong, Vibrant' Force for Uplift BOISE, Idaho—Labor's com­ mitment "to help in the uplift of all workers remains strong and vibrant" even though unions have achieved many of their earlier goals for their members, AFL-CIO Education Director Walter G. Davis declared here. In an address to a Pacific Northwest Labor History Con­ ference sponsored by Gonzaga University, Davis refuted those who contend that labor is no longer a dynamic force. Enemies Active For one thing, he noted, la­ bor's enemies are as busy as ever trying to weaken unions and their programs, "so if labor was as weak as some say, most of the economic and social gains of the past would be wiped out." He noted that organized labor has been the "dominant voice" in securing higher minimum wages, strengthened civil rights laws, more aid to education, and other measures that benefit everyone, not just union mem­ bers. Labor has "moved into a larger dimension" of helping all Americans and its militancy and influence in improving society "will continue to grow," Davis concluded. Land Sale Fraud Curbed by HUD's New Regulations Cs t? WASHINGTON — Regula­ tions to curb some of the worst abuses in mail order sale of home lots took effect April 28. Developers of subdivisions of 50 or more lots, offered for sale in interstate commerce, now are required to furnish "property reports" to the prospective buy­ ers. The reports must include such data as distance to nearby communities over paved or unpaved roads, present and pro­ posed utility services and charges, number of homes cur­ rently occupied, soil and other foundation problems in con­ struction. The AFI.-CIO had strongly urged federal legislation to guard against land sale fraud in congressional testimony. The legislation was enacted last year as part of the Housing and Urban Development Act. HUD Secretary George Romney's announcement of the final regulations indicated some weakening in a tentative draft issued January 25. It enables developers with disclosure state­ ments on file under state laws in Florida, California, Hawaii and New York to use those statements without having them checked by HUD for complete­ ness and accuracy. SEAFARERS May, 1969 LOG UN]PAIR "TO, LABC>R •• aisJ 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.) Stitzel'Weller Dislillerics "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" "Cabin Still," W. L. Weller Bourbon whiskeys (Distillery Workers) Kfngsport Press "World Book," "Childcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) Cenesco Shoe Mfg. Co. Work Shoes . . . Sentry, Cedar Chest, Statler Men's Shoes . . . Jarman, Johnson & Murphy, Crestworth, (Boot and Shoe Workers' Union) Boren Clay Products Co. United Brick and Clay Workers) <1> "HIS" brand men's clothes Kaynee Boyswear, Judy Bond blouses, Hanes Knitwear, Randa Ties, Boss Gloves, Richman vl> Atlantic Products Sports Goods (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) Jamestown Sterling Corp. (United Furniture Workers) —— Richman Bros, and Sewell Suits, Wing Shirts (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) Baltimore Luggage Co. I^dy Baltimore, Amelia Earhart Starlite luggage Starflite luggage (International Leather Goods, Plastics and Novelty Workers Union) —— White Furniture Co. (United Furniture Workers of America) Gypsum Wallboard, American Gypsum Co. (United Cement Lime and Gypsum Workers International) i R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Camels, Winston, Tempo, Brandon, Cavalier and Salem cigarettes (Tobacco Workers International Union) -if Comet Rice Mills Co. products (International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drinks and Distillery Workers) i Pioneer Flour Mill (United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers Local 110, San Antonio, Texas — <!> — All Califonua Table Grapes (United Farm Workers) i Magic Chef Pan Pacific Division (Stove, Furnace and Allied Appliance Workers International Union) Tennessee Packers Reelfoot Packing Frosty Mom Valleydale Packers (Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America) ^ Fisher Price Toys (Doll and Toy Workers) Economy Furniture Co. Smitbtown Maple Western Provincial BUt-Rite (Upholsterers) FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution reguires 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, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are adnainistered in accordance with the provislona 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 fun^ are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and 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 request^. The proper address for this is: Ekirl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals' Board 17 Battery Place, Suite 1980, 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 yon work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and in the proper nuinner. If, at any time, any STO imtrolman or other Union ofllcial, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights prop­ erly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG has tradithmaUy KMn^ from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the publlsmng articles aeemeu Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from, publishing deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. ThisI established policy has been 0, meetings In all constltureafllrmed by membership action at the September, 1960, tional jwrts. The responsibility for LOG policy is vested (n an ^ editorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, fTom among its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. .4-. \ SIU-AGLIWD Meetings New Orleans June 10—2s30 p.m. Mobile .... June 11—2:30 p.m. Wilmington. June 16—2:00 p.m. San Francisco June 18—2:00 p.m. Seattle June 20—2:00 p.m. New York . June 2^—2:30 p.m. Philadelphia June 3—2:30 p.m. Baltimore .. June 4—2:30 p.m. Detroit .... June IS—2:30 p.m. Houston ... June 9—2:30 p.m. United Industrial Workers New Orleans June 10—7:00 p.m. Mobile .... June 11—7:00 p.m. New York . June 2—7:00 p.m. Philadelphia June 3—7:00 p.m. Baltimore .. June 4—7:00 p.m. ^Houston .. June 9—7:00 p.m. Great Lakes SIU Meetings June 2—2:00 p.m. Detroit . . June 2—7:00 p.m. Alpena .. June 2—7:00 p.m. Buffalo .. June 2—^7:30 p.m. Chicago . June 2—^7:00 p.m. Duluth .. June 2—7:00 p.m. Frankfort Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Section Chicago ... June 10—^7:30 p.m. tSault June 12—7:30 p.m. St Marie . Buffalo .... June 11—^7:30 p.m. Duluth .... June 13—^7:30 p.m. Cleveland .. June 13—^7:30 p.m. Toledo .... June 13—7:30 p.m. Detroit .... June 9—7:30 p.m. Milwaukee . June 9—^7:30 p.m. SIU Inland Boatmen's Union New Orleans June 10—5:00 p.m. Mobile June 11—5:00 p.ni. Philadelphia June 3—5:00 p.m. Baltimore (licensed and un­ licensed) June 4—5:00 p.m. Norfolk ... June 5—5:00 p.m. Houston ... June 9—5:00 p.m. SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers PRESIDENT Paul Hall EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cal Tannar Earl Shapard Al Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Llndiay Wllliamt Robert Matthewi SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Kerr HEADQUARTERS *75 4fh Ave., Bklyn. (212) HY ?-*400 ALPENA. Mich 127 RIvar St. (517) EL 4-361* BALTIMORE, Md 121* E. Baltimore St. (301) EA 7-4900 BOSTON. Mast **3 Atlantic Avenue (il7) 482-4716 BUFFALO, N.Y. 735 Waihlngton St. SIU (716) TL 3-9259 IBU (716) TL 3-9259 CHICAGO, III 93B3 Ewing Ave. SIU (312) SA 1-0733 IBU (312) ES 5-9570 CLEVELAND, Ohio 1420 W. 25th St. (216) MA 1-5450 DETROIT, Mich 10225 W. Jaffanon Ave. (313) VI 3-4741 DULUTH, Minn FRANKFORT, Mich HOUSTON, Tex JACKSONVILLE, Fla JERSEY CITY, N.J MOBILE, Ala NEW ORLEANS, La NORFOLK, Va 2014 W. 3rd St. (218) RA 2-4110 P.O. Box 2B7 415 Main St. (616) EL 7-2441 5804 Canal St. (713) WA 8-3207 2*0t Pearl-St. (904) EL 3-0987 99 Montgomery St. (201) HE 5-9424 I South Lawrence St. (205) HE 2-1754 *30 Jackion Ave. (504) 529-7546 115 3rd St. (703) 622-1892 PHILADELPHIA, Pa Railway Marine Region Philadriphia June 10—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Baltimore June 11—10 a.m. & 8 p.ni. •Norfolk June 12—10 a,m. & 8 p.m. Jersey City June 9—10 a.m. & 8 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. 2*04 S. 4th St. (215) DE 6-3818 PORT ARTHUR, Tex 134* Seventh St. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., 350 Freemont St. (415) DO 2-4401 SANTURCE, P.R 1313 Fernandez Juncoi Stop 20 724-2848 SEATTLE, Wath ST. LOUIS, Mo TAMPA, Fla 2505 Firjt Avenue (206) MA 3-4334 SOS Del Mar (314) CE 1-1434 312 Harriion St. (813) 229-2788 WILMINGTON, Calif^ 450 Seajide Ave. Terminal Island, Calif. (213) 832-7285 YOKOHAMA, Japan. . Iieva BIdg., Room BOI 1-2 Kaigan^ori-Nakaku 2014971 Ext. 281 PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to nuke a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every six months in the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitution. In addition, copies are available in all Union balls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any mmber or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obli­ gation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify hradquarters. - RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing diubility-pension bene­ fits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, including attend­ ance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU members at these Union meet­ ings, th^ are encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file functions, in­ cluding service on raA-and-flle committees. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union pol­ icy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Conse­ quently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, 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 basic rights of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve the best interests of thonselves, .^'r families and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was established. Donations to SPAD are entirely voluntary and eonstitnte the funds through which legislative and jtolitical activities are conducted for the benefit of the membership and the Union. If at any tlms a Seafarer fseb that any of the above rights have been vMatad. or that ha has been denied his consUtntlenal right of acesss to Union records or 1^ formation, ho shenld fanmsdlately nstb^ SIU Prmident Panl HaU at headquarters by eertifisd suUL return receipt requested. �R^i:-cK3^.<lPrt5V»K«WW?.-«raj'*Wftvrj-rf«7^'atr»^>tS:wnrTWJW.Sl«WV^ ^\ , ., \ ^ AB Thomas Moose was the ship's delegate during the voyage, and everyone agreed he did a very fine job representing the Rafael Semmes crew. Henry Lovelace sails as AB and has been going to sea for over 20 years. He has often served as department or ship's delegate during career. Harold Loll, left, who sailed as OS and Bob Scarborough, baker, take it easy and talk over their plans as they await their turn at pay-off. Deck Delegate James scans the LOG as Ship's Thomas Moose loob on. Grinnell is a 19-year SIU ••V Grinnell Delegate Seafarer member. iiiilL Seafaesr Robert L. Harnell is- dressed and ready to hit the beach as soon as he'gets paid off. Harnell, member of engine department, shipped as FWT. ii'N'i AW. ^d^Viec aoe ^ �II' "'f 'I iiiliM SEAFARERfrttlXM} OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO I?: t PENSION DATA - QUESTIONNAIRE In order to effect improvements in the current pension program, it is necessary that Seafarers submit the answers to the below listed questions, and fill in all seatime information in the place provided. Do not mail this questionnaire in until you have filled in all data. (Please print all answers.) Send to SlU Pension Study Committee, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 11232. i I I I. Name 2. Residence address Street Apartment No. State City Zip Code 3. Social Security No. (Area Code) 4. Book No. 6. Date of Birth Telephone No. 5. Z No. 7. Age last birthday 8. Height Weight Mo. Day Year 9. Date of Joining SlUNA-AGLIWD 10. Type of book now held: "C" "B" When issued "A" Year Month 11. Age when you first sailed deep-sea 12. Married Single Widowed Divorced Relationship Living in your home? Separated 13. Number of Dependents Name i ; ( - Date of Birth Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes SSi ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) No No No No No No No Receiving Social Security? ( ) Yes ( ( ) Yes ( ( ) Yes ( ( ) Yes ( ( ) Yes ( ( ) Yes ( ( ) Yes ( No ) No ) No ) No ) ) . No No ) No ) ( ( ( ( ( ( * ( V. ;• If yes, indicate as follows: 14. Are you presently on pension? Type: Other _ Normal Disability Other Social Security From whom: Seafarers Pension Plan Name of Entity 15. Are you eligible for supplemental Medicare? 16. Fill in numbers of days of seatime for each of the years listed below: Number of Days For Pension Plan Office Use Only Number of Days 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 I960 1950 For Pension Plan Office Use Only 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 Number of Days Number of Days Number of Days 1940 1939 1938 1937 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 1931 1930 1929 1928 1927 1926 1925 I hereby authorize the Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Dis­ trict, its officers, employees or representatives, to obtain, on my behalf, any and all information as to my seatime from the United States Coast Guard. ^rt.-' :>•: Date Sign your name here t Social Security Number Comments; I 1. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource May 1969 Description An account of the resource Headlines: IMPROVING THE PENSION PLAN SIU ISSUES STRONG PROTEST AGAINST CLOSING TO DETROIT USPHS FACILITY BILLS WOULD GIVE UNSUBSIDIZED SHIPS CARGO PRIORITIES AND TAX ADVANTAGES RETIREES CHARGE MISMANAGEMENT AT SAILORS’ SNUG HARBOR INDEPENDENT MARAD TOPS MARITIME GOALS VOTED BY LOUISIANA AFL-CIO HURRICANE BETSY VICTIM EMERGING AS SALVAGE EFFORTS SLOWLY PROGRESS LEGISLATORS, MARITIME LEADERS WEIGH GROWING WOES OF GREAT LAKES FLEET SUBSTANTIAL SOCIAL SECURITY INCREASES URGED TO MEET INCOME GAP OF ELDERLY REP HALPHREN CALLS FOR SCRAPPING, REPLACING 1936 MARITIME LAW LEGISLATION PROPOSING USER TAX FOR TUGS AND TOWBOATS IS OPPOSED LIBERAL DEMOCRAT WINS LAIRD’S SEAT THROUGH UPSET VICTORY IN WISCONSIN AIFLD’S CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIAL PROGRESS PRAISED BY NIXON JOB BLACKLISTING SERVICE OPERATED BY EXTREMIST RIGHT CHURCH LEAGUE FORMOSAN VESSEL, OIL BARGES COLLIDE UNDER NEW ORLEANS BRIDGE; 25 DEAD KANSAS RIGHT-TO-WORKERS STYMIED IN MOVE TO ASSESS HARSH PENALTIES APPEALS COURT ORDERS JP STEVENS TO GIVE NLRB WORKERS’ ADDRESSES THOUSANDS JOIN GOOD FRIDAY MARCH IN MEMPHIS MEMORIAL TO DR. 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He graduated has graduated five more Seafar­ on October 30 with a Tempo­ ers from the engine department. rary Third Assistant Engineer's The men have earned their en­ License. Brother Smith now gineer's licenses following suc­ makes his home in Hyattsville, cessful completion of the com­ Maryland, with his wife, Agnes. prehensive training program of­ From 1946 until 1959 he served fered by the school. in the Army. This latest group brings to Herbert Duke Lawrence, Jr., 359 the total number of Seafar­ 41, received his Third Assistant ers v/ho have completed the Engineer's License on October School's course and gone on to 22. A native of Norfolk, Vir­ pass their Coast Guard licensing ginia, he joined the SIU there examinations. in 1956. Seafarers Lawrence sailed as a wiper before entering the School. He continues to make his home in Norfolk with his wife, Betty Lois. Carl Howell, Jr., 45, en­ tered the SIU-MEBA, District 2 School in -June and graduated •with a Second Assistant Engi­ neer's License on October 31. He is a native of Suffolk, Vir­ ginia and,still makes his home George Henry Rowland, 43, there. Brother Howell joined the joined the SIU in the Port of SIU in the Port of Norfolk in New York in 1961 and shipped 1965 and shipped out in the out in the engine department engine department as an FOWT. as a wiper before entering the Clarence Edwards, 60, is a school in June. He graduated native of Alberta, Canada, who on October 14 with a Tempo­ joined the SIU in the Port of rary Third Assistant Engineer's New York in 1962. He sailed in License. A native of Elberton, the engine department in all Georgia, Brother Rowland now ratings before entering the lives in Atlanta with his sister, school in June. Brother Ed­ Lucy R. Cobb. wards received his Second As­ Douglas Lee Smith, 40, is a sistant Engineer's License Sep­ native of Dickerson, Maryland, tember 19. He now makes his who joined the Union in 1967 home in Vancouver, British Co­ in the Port of Baltimore. He lumbia. Any of the upgrading pro­ grams at the School of Marine Engineering are open to all en­ gine department Seafarers as long as they meet the following requirements. They must be at least 19 years old and have a minimum of 18 months of Q.M.E.D. watchstanding time in the engine department in ad­ dition to at least six months experience as wiper or the equivalent. Additional information and applications for enrollment for eligible Seafarers may be ob­ tained at any SIU hall. Further information can also be gotten by writing to SIU headquarters, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11232, or by tele­ phoning the school at (212) 499-6600. HISS Graduates at SEA Two graduates of the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship are seen_ here during a shipboard meeting on the Merrimac. Dennis Campbell, right, completed his trainee course in 1968, and sailed as ordinary seaman.'He graduated from the HLSS Upgrading School in August, and now sails as AB. Richard Forrest went through trainee program in 1967, completed AB upgrading course in 1968 at Piney Point, earned his full book through Advanced Seamanship Training in August. Increased Cargo for US Bottoms Seen Vital to Lasting Fleet Revival WASHINGTON—President Nixon's program for rebuilding America's aging merchant ma­ rine will bring about "no lasting advances" in the nation's mari­ time strength unless it also pro­ vides for increased cargo for American vessels, a member of Congress warned this month. "Are we going to have a pro­ gram geared to putting ships 'into the-water," Representative Frank M. Clark (D-Pa.), asked, "or are we going to have a pro­ gram geared to putting cargo into these ships, so that they'll stay in the water and not have to be put into mothballs?" Speaking at a meeting spon­ sored by the 7.5-million-member AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, Clark emphasized Discussing Nixon's Maritime Program that he had "no quarrel" with the goals enunciated in Nixon's maritime message to Congress last week. But, he added, the program is "largely silent" on the subject of providing cargo for the new ships proposed by the Administration. "We are the largest trading nation in the world," the Con­ gressman said, "and yet 95 per­ cent of our imports and exports . move across the waters in the holds of foreign vessels." To achieve an increase in American-flag carriage, Clark proposed: • Telling the 14 subsidized companies that continued fed­ eral aid "will rest on their get­ ting into the commercial market and competing for commercial cargo." • Maximizing U.S.-flag par­ ticipation in the movement of such government cargoes as agricultural surplus, foreign aid Mrs. Helen Ltelich Bentley, newly sworn-in federal Maritinne Commis­ aiid military shipments, setting sion chairman, and O. William Moody, Jr., administrator of the AFL- a goal of 100-percent carriage CIO Maritime Trades Department, which represents 42 unions with of these cargoes by American, 7,500,000 members, discuss the administration's recently released instead of foreign, vessels. fleet revitalization program at recent meeting sponsored by MTD. • Taking the administration of the government cargo pro­ • eral budget." gram out of the hands of the Qark noted that a year ago, State, Agriculture and Defense in a speech in Seattle, President Departments and turning it over Nixon set as a national goal the to the Maritime Administration carriage of 30 percent of our "whose job it is to promote the cargo in American ships by the American merchant marine." mid-1970's. •-Making maritime decisions "That's a six-fold increase on the basis of "restoring vital­ over what we're carrying now," ity to the merchant marine, Clark said, adding it can be shoring up our domestic econ­ omy and reducing the pressures achieved only if legislative pro­ on our balance of payments," posals to back up the White instead of on "the narrow dol- House policy statement are lars-and-cents basis of the fed- "cargo-oriented proposals." f I Congressman Predicts: Xlose Harmon/ on Maritime Between Nixon, Capitol Hill WASHINGTON — "Close Executive Branch that would harmony" between the Nixon put our shipping and shipbuild­ Administration and the Demo­ ing industries back on their feet cratic-controlled 91st Congress again." Foley said that the Nixon on maritime matters has been forecast today by Representa­ maritime message "signals a tive Thomas S. Foley CD- long-awaited change in the sit­ uation," and demonstrates for Wash.). Foley told a meeting of mari­ the first time an inclination in time industry and labor repre­ the Executive Branch to work sentatives and government of­ with Congress "to legislate ficials that the President's mari­ meaningful reforms." Pointing out that the maritime proposals unveiled last tim^^message enunciated princi­ month would be acted on "in the same bi-partisan spirit" that ples"that must be fleshed out in has characterized the Congres­ the legislation the Administra­ sional approach to merchant tion intends^ to send to Capitol Hill, the Democratic Congress­ marine legislation. "Our nation's urgent mari­ man expressed the hope that the time needs demand nothing less White Hquse would make clear from all of us," Foley said at its determination to extend the the gathering sponsored by the provisions of the new program 7.5-million member AFL-CIO to the two-thirdS( of the mer­ chant marine which has not Maritime Trades Department. The west coast lawmaker been subsidized under the mari­ noted that Congressional efforts time program in effect since to rebuild American maritime 1936. Only 14 companies, fortunes over the past years had Foley noted, "have, up to now, been blunted by "either indif­ been the sole beneficiaries of ference or open hostility in the our maritime program." �November 14, 1969 SEAFARERS Page Three LOG Constitution Committee Report Approved; Voting on Amended Constitution To Begin Nov. 22 in AH Ports SIUNA Vice President Steve Edney (center) addresses a recent emer­ gency meeting of SIUNA fishermen and cannery workers, and boat owners, in San Diego to seek a more realistic.tuna quota for the U.S. SIUNA Fish Conference Seeks Higher Tuna Quota SAN OnEGO—^An emergency meeting of SIUNA fishermen, cannery workers, boat owners and other interested parties was held earlier this month to draft a unified program to meet the growing problems facing the West Coast tuna industry. The meeting was called to draw up proposals to present to the Inter-Tropical Tuna Com­ mission which is scheduled to meet shortly to hear appeals and set fishing quotas for the United States and a number of South American countries. Steve Edney, SIUNA vice president, and chairman of the SIUNA Fish and Cannery Con­ ference, told the meeting that the quotas under which the United States operated in 1969 were unrealistic, "and we don't want to see it happen again in 1970." The U.S. tuna quota for 1969 was set at 120,000 tons. The conference is seeking an increase to a minimum of 200,000 tons for 1970, Edney said. He pointed out that until 'T959, there was no quota restriction on tuna fishing, but that after restrictions were enacted "the pendulum has swung so far the other way that the entire indus­ try is now in danger." He charged that the low quotas have put many fishermen and fish processing workers out of work. Seafarer^^il? begin voting in all ports on November 22 in a secret-ballot referendum on a proposed amended constitution for the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District. The decision to place the pro­ posed amended constitution on the ballot was made at member­ ship meetings in all ports on October 22-23, after the Con­ stitution Committee submitted its report and recommendations, and the text of the proposed document was read in its en­ tirety and discussed. In addition, as vessels came into port, similar meetings and discussions were held. The ballot will contain three propositions on which Seafarers will vote: • The proposed new consti­ tution. • A change in initiation fees. • A change in the method for paying dues, and a termina­ tion of assessments. The financial changes on which the membership will bal­ lot are designed to spread dues payments evenly throughout the year, instead of Seafarers hav­ ing to make one large payment in the first quarter. The change in the method of paying dues will make no overall change in the amount of dues paid annu­ ally by the membership. The Constitution Coqjmittee recommended adoption of the new constitution. (The full text of the commit­ tee's report appears on Pages 5 to 7. The text of the proposed amended constitution, followed by the text of the present consti­ tution, appears in the Constitu­ tion Supplement in the center­ fold of this issue.) In recommending the consti­ tution changes, the Constitution Committee in its report cited three reasons for its proposals: 1. "The fact that no major or large changes have been made in our constitution for almost 10 years," during which "there have been many changes in the industry and interpretations of laws put on the books . . ."; 2. "The necessary housekeep­ ing changes which have to be made from time to time"; and 3. "The arbitrary position which has been taken by the Department of Labor in connec­ tion with our recent officers' election." Voting on the new constitu­ tion will be held in all ports from November 22 through De­ cember 22, on Mondays through Fridays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and from 9 a.m. to noon on Sat­ urdays. Voting will not be con­ ducted on holidays. Would End Decline of American Shipping: Nixon Unveils Maritime Program to Encourage Construction, Give U.S.-Fiag Ships More Cargo WASHINGTON—The Nixon Administration has unveiled its long-promised maritime pro­ gram—a plan for revitalization of the U.S.-flag fleet geared to building new ships, encouraging increased private investment, and guaranteeing more govern­ ment cargo for the unsubsidized, as well as the subsidized, seg­ ment of the shipping industry. The proposals, promised by President Nixon a year ago dur­ ing the 1968 presidential cam­ paign, called for positive gov­ ernment and industry action to "replace the drift and neglect of recent years and restore this country to a proud position in the shipping lanes of the world." In a lengthy message to Con­ gress, the President called, in effect, for modernization of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, declaring bluntly that "the old ways"—under a program which granted aid exclusively to 14 subsidized berth-line operators —"have not worked." The Nixon message was hailed by SIUNA President Paul Hall as a "Inndmark" on the road to long-overdue revival of the U.S.-flag merchant fleet. (See text of Halts statement at right.) The Admmistration proposals drew bipartisan support from Capitol Hill, where the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee and the Senate Com­ merce Committee promptly slated hearings on a maritime program even in advance of Nixon's formal legislative pack­ age. The Administration's mar­ itime bill is expected to be sub­ mitted to Congress early in De­ cember. Here are highlights of the Nixon proposal: |> • Tripling of ship construc­ tion in American yards—from the present 10-a-year level to 3U ships annually. • Extension, for the first time, of construction differential subsidies to bulk carriers in the ore, grain and oil trades. • Long-range commitment of funds for shipbuilding, allowing Operators to plan vessel replace­ ment and permitting shipyards to achieve economies in cost. • Extension to unsubsidized operators of the same right granted the 14 subsidized lines to establish tax-deferred con­ struction reserve funds—an im­ portant move in terms of at­ tracting needed private capital for expansion and moderniza­ tion of the fleet. Among the areas in which changes in the constitution have been recommended are those dealing with qualification for membership in the Union, and those covering dues, initiations and assessments. In its report to the membership, the commit­ tee emphasized that "none of the changes proposed have any­ thing to do with your job rights. Your job rights are preserved within the shipping rules as part of the contract between our Un­ ion and the shipowners. The constitutional changes recom­ mended deal only with union rights." Another change calls for re­ vision of the balloting proce­ dures, including the use of mail ballots in future flections. The Constitution Committee recommended changes in nomi­ nating procedures, and a simpli­ fication in the qualifications for elected office in the Union. Under the proposed new con­ stitution, the next general elec­ tion would be held in 1971 instead of 1972, thus shortening, by one year, the terms of exist­ ing officers. In its report to the member­ ship, the Constitution Committee urged Seafarers to "carefully read the proposed revised con­ stitution in conjunction with our existing constitution so as to be fully informed as to any and all recommended changes and in that way be in a position to vote with full knowledge of the facts upon the proposed revised constitution." Serving on the elected Con­ stitution Committee were Dan­ iel Dean, Book No. D-70; John Pasko, Book No. P-666; Fazil AH, Book No. A-475; Charles Boyle, Book No. B-958; John Dolan, Book No. D-124; and John Graddick, Book No. G313. • Raising the ceiling on the clared, "approximately threegovernment's mortgage insur­ fourths of American trading ves­ ance program from its present sels are at least that antiquated. $l-billion level to $3 billion, In the next four years, much of will be as a further spur to private cap­ our merchant fleet scrapped. Yet we are now proital to get into the business. (Continued on Page 25) • A new "direct subsidy sys­ tem" for American-flag ships carrying government-sponsored cargo to replace the present in­ direct subsidy, thus reducing the President, Nixon's maritime message drew this comment hostility of such agencies as from SIUNA President Paul Hall: Agriculture and AID to the use "The maritime program submitted to Congress by Presi­ of American ships.and Ameri­ dent Nixon marks the first time in a third of a century that can crews. (Details of the new proposals have been made by the government to overhaul cargo preference program were the out-of-date Merchant Marine Act of 1936. not spelled out in the Nixon "The proposed legislation is a landmark in still another message.) direction: It is the first proposal that has been made that Many of the key points in the takes into consideration the needs of the entire merchant Administration's program close­ marine—not only the one-third of this industry which has ly paralleled recommendations been the beneficiary of federal assistance since 1936, but made repeatedly over the past also the two-thirds of this industry which has operated inde­ several years by the SIUNA and pendently of government subsidy during this period. the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades "President Nixon's proposals form the most substantial Department, which have been basis to date for a revitalization of the American merchant active in efforts to reverse the marine. It may be that Congress will feel that some amend­ decline in the nation's maritime ments are necessary in order to rajike this program achieve fortune. its maximum effectiveness in terms of our balance of pay­ In sending his maritime mes­ ments, the growth of our shipping and shipbuilding capabil­ sage to Congress, the President ities, the realization of our potential for sealift in time of painted a bleak picture of the emergency, and the enhancement of our prestige around tlie present state of the merchant world. marine. "What is most important, however, is the fact that the "While only one-fourth of the President has enunciated a policy that, for the first time, should world's merchant ships are more lead to the full development of our merchant marine." than 20 years old," Nixon de­ Hall Sees Program as Lamlmark' �Page Four SEAFARERS LOG November 14, 1969 . f SlU Pension Roster Adds 14 More Seafarer Veterans Fourteen more Seafarers joined the ever-expanding list of members drawing their SIU pensions last month following completion of long careers at sea. Walter James Jarrett, 63, of St. Louis, Missouri, joined the SIU in the Port of Boston in 1944. He sailed as a cook and baker in the steward department and last shipped aboard the Transpacific. Brother Jarrett is a native of Illinois who now lives m St. Louis with his wife, Dorothy May. Pennine Wall James P. Fitzgerald, 65, is a native of Galway, New York, who now makes his home in Elsinore, California. He joined the Union in the Port of Tampa and sailed in the deck depart-, ment as an AB. His last vessel was the Iberville. Seafarer Fitz­ gerald served in the Navy for 26 years, from 1921 until 1947. Barbour McCann Simplicio G. Mansan, bom in the Philippine Islands, joined J' Jarrett Fitzgerald Mansan Krinke the Union in the Port of New an accident free ship for the pe­ York. He shipped as a cook and riods covering the last half of last sailed aboard the Geneva 1960 and the first half of 1961. earlier this year. A seaman since Jesus Maria Landron, 49, 1925, Brother Mansan now joined the SIU in the Port of makes his home in Philadelphia. New York in 1942. He is a na­ Henry R. Krinke, 65, joined tive of Puerto Rico and now the SIU in the Port of New makes his home in Brooklyn York. He sailed as a deckhand with his wife, Monica. Seafarer and last worked for the Penn­ Landron worked as an AB and sylvania Railroad. A native of last sailed aboard the TransEast Norwalk, Connecticut, he westem. Gorham M. Bowdre, 64, now lives in Harrington Park, New Jersey, with his wife, makes his home in Glyndon, Maryland. He is a native of Helen. Washington, D.C., and joined the Union in the Port of Balti­ more. Brother Bowdre sailed as a chief electrician and last shipped aboard the Kyska. Cedric U. Francis, 75, is a native Texan who continues to live in the Lone Star state at Clute with his daughter, Cath­ . •f' }•C •) • erine Mae Palmer. He joined the SIU in the Port of Galveston Lum Redmond and sailed as a steward, cook Eugenio T. Marte, 65, is a and baker. Seafarer Francis had native of the Philippine Islands been sailing since 1921 and his and now lives in Brooklyn. Sea­ last vessel was the Chatham. farer Marte joined the Union in John Pennino, 57, is a native the Port of New York in 1944. of Louisiana who joined the He sailed in the engine depart­ SIU in the Port of New Orleans ment as a wiper and last worked in 1942. He sailed as a steward aboard the Steel Surveyor. and his last vessel was the Brother Marte has been sailing Del Mar. Brother Pennino now the seas for 34 years. In 1961 makes his.home in New Orleans he was presented with two per­ with his mother, Mrs. Mary sonal safety awards for his part in keeping the Steel Surveyor Meany Tells AIFLD Graduates: Aid to Free Trade Unions Curbs 'Slave Labor' Threat FRONT ROYAL, Va.—^American labor aids in building free unions around the globe because it knows that "slave labor threatens free labor everywhere," AFL-CIO President George Meany told graduates of the American Institute for Free Labor Development. Also addressing the graduation ceremonies was Robert B. Black, director of social development for the Agency for International Development. Graduates of the latest AIFLD class-—36 union leaders from Brazil and Caribbean nations—^bring to nearly 800 the number from Latin America who have completed the course here. They, in turn, become instructors in their own countries. Meany stressed that the course is designed to help those who take it understand U.S. unions, benefit from their experi­ ence, adopt them where possible, but "not necessarily emu­ late us." The important thing, Meany said, is that the graduates help build "free labor structures" that will advance the wages and working standards of union members, and thereby strengthen the economies of their countries. , Black said the U.S. government sees the labor movement in Latin America as "perhaps the best system of private organizations who assemble, speak their views and represent their interests in the open societies of their countries." Labor unions, he added, are "one of the fundamental building blocks in the creation of an effective modem society, along with cooperatives, credit unions, community organi­ zations, and women's and student's groups." He urged the graduates to equip themselves with the eco­ nomic facts about their countries and make their voices heard in helping to determine economic policies. Race Quotas Plan On Minority Jobs Rapped as lllogal WASHINGTON —The Ad­ ministration's racial quota sys­ tem for hiring minority group members in the Philadelphia building industry is illegal, un­ workable, and in conflict with the intent of Congress and the language of a presidential ex­ ecutive order, the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department has charged. The department "supports the objectives ofmon-discrimination and affirmative action in the Equal Employment Opportunity program" in deeds as well as words, BCTD President C. J. Haggerty said in a statement presented to the Senate Subcom­ mittee on the Separation of Powers by Louis Sherman, the department's legal counsel. The statement paralleled a policy declaration of delegates to the department's 55th con­ vention, held in September. That convention agreed unanimously that "we are unalterably op­ posed to the quota system." The AFL-CIO convention which followed said the Phila­ delphia plan "sets up unsound procedures used in no other in­ dustry, segment of the labor market or in government itself." Marte Landron Pennino. Qpie C. Wall, 66, joined the Union in the Port of Norfolk. He is a native of North Carolina and now lives in Baltimore, Maryland, with his daughter, Betty. Seafarer Wall sailed in the engine department as an FOWT and last shipped aboard the Yorkmar. From 1923 until 1927 he served in the Navy. He began his sailing career in 1935. John O. McCann, 56, of Houston, Texas, joined the SIU in the Port of Galveston and shipped as an FOWT. His last vessel was the Cottonwood Creek. A native of Indiana, Brother McCann served in the Navy during World War II from 1943 until 1945. Norwood A. Barbour is a na­ tive of North Carolina who joined the SIU in the Port of Norfolk. He sailed in the engine Bowdre Francis department as an engineer and FOWT. Seafarer Barbour now makes his home in Washington, North Carolina, with his wife, Dorothy Faye. From 1950 until 1952, Brother Barbour served in the Army. George L. Lum, 62, of Du, mont, New Jersey, is a native of New York City. He joined the Union in the Port of New York in 1960 and sailed as a deckhand. His last^ employer was the Pennsylvania Railroad. Brother Lum now makes his home in Dumont with his wife, Catherine. Daren L. Redmond is a na­ tive of North Carolina who joined the SIU in the Port of New York. He sailed in the deck department as an AB and last worked aboard the Transeric. Brother Redmond now lives in Federal Way, Washington. 3 More Seafarers Upgraded By SIU Deck Officers School Three additional deck de­ partment Seafarers have earned their officer's licenses after successfully completing the course of study offered at the upgrading school jointly spon­ sored by the SIU and the As­ sociated Mari­ time Officers Union. There are now 57 Seafarers who have received ^, mate's licenses Culpepper tailing the course and passing their Coast Guard examinations. William Earl Culpepper, 53, received his third mate's license after graduating from the school. He is a native of Virginia and now lives in Norfolk with his wife, Wilby. Brother Culpepper joined the SIU in the Port of Norfolk in 1947 and sailed in the deck department as an AB. He ^rved in the Marines from 1942 until 1946. Ronald Dale Stough, 40, is a native of Ohio who now makes his home in Washington with his wife, Mina. He has been sailing with the SIU since 1948 when he joined the Union in the Port of New York. Brother Stough shipped out as a bos'n before entering the school in June. He graduated on October 8 and received his second mate's license. Michael Theodore Chiglo, 26, of Philadelphia, graduated and received his third mate's license upon graduation from the SIUAMO school. He is a native of Philadelphia and joined the Un­ ion there in 1965. In the same year he gradu­ ated from the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship. Brother Chiglo sailed as an AB before entering the upgrading school in June. He served in the Marines from 1960 until 1964. The deck officers upgrading school is the first of its type in the industry. It is run under a reciprocal agreement between the SIU and the Associated Maritime Officers Union. Seafarers wishing to partici­ pate in the program can begin training at any time. There is no set length for the course, rather it is geared to the ntan's ability and knowledge, and the degree of his preparation for the examination. Stough Chiglo Like the engineer's upgrading school, the deck officer's train­ ing program was begun in line with the SIU's objective of en­ couraging and assisting unli­ censed Seafarers to upgrade themselves tp better paying jobs. There is no expense involved for Seafarers. TTiey are pro­ vided with meals, lodging and subsistence payments of $110 a week while in the program. Deck department Seafarers who are interested in taking ad­ vantage of this training program may appy at any SIU hall, write directly to SIU headquarters at 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11232, or telephone the school at (212) .768-0561. �November 14, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Five Report of the CONSTITUTIONAL COMMITTEE E, THE UNDERSIGNED Consti­ tutional Committee, were elected at a special meeting at Headquar­ ters—Port of New York, on September 22, 1969 in accordance with Article XXV, Section 2 of our Union Constitution. We have studied the amendment resolution submitted by A1 Kerr, Secretary-Trea­ surer, in behalf of our Executive Board, and which resolution was printed in full in the Seafarers Log, September 1969 issue. As the resolution provided, it was pro­ posed that our Constitution be amended to provide for mail balloting for the election of officers and for constitutional amendments, unless with respect to such amendments the membership should otherwise determine. Our Committee was charged with making recommendations as to the exact procedures or details for such mail balloting. We were also authorized and directed to make recommendations on any other proposed constitutional amendments as our Committee felt were needed or ap­ propriate, including such items as mem­ bership requirements, financial require­ ments, election procedures, definitions, and any other constitutional subjects. Since our election your Committee has been meeting regularly on the second deck of the Headquarters building. We have met daily with members and dis­ cussed many of the items to be continued or changed in our Constitution. In fact, Secretary-Treasurer Kerr at the October 6th Headquarters—^Port of New York meeting announced to the members that any of them who had any suggestions as to changes in our Constitution should discuss them with our Committee in the Conference Room on the second deck of the Headquarters building and, as we have stated before, many of the members have had such discussions with us. In addition, we have had regular discussion with our officers as to operational and~ other problems which have a direct effect upon the terms of our Constitution. We have met with Secretary-Treasurer Kerr on numerous occasions and he has given us material for our study, as well as numerous reports concerning the Depart-' ment of Labor's action on two members' complaints hied with the Department re­ garding our last officers' election. In rela­ tion to this last item, we will deal with it in more detail later on in this report. As a result of our studies, meetings, discussions with members and officers as well as going over various materials, we have come to the decision that a large number of changes must be made in our Constitution and as a result we are rec­ ommending numerous changes that we feel are needed. These changes and rec­ ommendations are contained in the pa­ pers attached which are headed, "TEXT OF PROPOSED SIU CONSTITUTION." Where we have made changes or dele­ tions from our old Constitution we have attempted to identify them by an aster­ isk (*) alongside of each section. How­ ever, to make sure that all members are aware of all changes or deletions, we suggest that each member compare tbe old Constitution with the proposed new Constitution, section by section, item by item. The reasons for the suggested changes as recommended by your Committee falls within three groups: the first is the fact that no major or large changes have been made in our Constitution for almost ten years and, as we all know, during that period of time there have been many changes in the industry and interpreta­ tions of laws put on the books within the past ten years or so. The second reason is the necessary housekeeping changes which have to be made from time to * time. The third and most important rea­ son is because of the arbitrary position which has been taken by the Department of Labor in connection with our recent officers' election. As to this last> item, we have examined numerous materials, pa­ pers, and documents and have received detailed reports from our SecretaryTreasurer. Your Committee believes it is very important that the full story on this 5. Members in good standing may subject be given to the membership so have been denied a reasonable op­ that a complete understanding can be had as to why your Committee has recom­ portunity to cast one vote in that out of a possible 735 voting days mended some large and basic changes in at all port polling places, there our Constitution. The facts are as fol­ were 198 days on which the polls lows: were closed due to the questionable On our 1968 election of officers there election procedures employed (Sec­ were two complaints filed with the De­ tion 401(e); and partment of Labor relative to our elec­ tion of officials. Based on these com­ 6. At least one officer position was filled by appointment rather than plaints the Department of Labor com­ election by secret ballot (Sections menced an investigation in late March 1969. Starting from that time, the De­ 3(n) and 401(d). partment of Labor's investigators met In order to conclude this investigation with representatives of our Union, par­ as expeditiously as possible, it would be ticularly our Secretary-Treasurer and appreciated if you communicate with me our Counsel, and were furnished with on or before August 6, 1969, concerning all information requested over a period any additional evidence bearing on the of many months. They also interviewed violations or any remedial action con­ many of our members who participated templated by your office. in conducting the vote and our officials, .In the event that additional time is de­ in each and every port in which the Union sired to consider these matters, it is sug­ maintains an office, throughout the gested that an additional time waiver United States as well as Puerto Rico. be submitted. 'As you know, under the Under the law, the Department of La­ current waiver statutory filing deadline bor wns required to finish their investiga­ extends only to August 7,1969. tion in sixty (60) days. However, they Sincerely yours, repeatedly requested extensions of time, s/ Henry A. Queen which were granted to them on six sep­ Chief, Branch of Elections arate occasions. and Trusteeships As the membership knows, the Sea­ cc: Mr. Howard Schulman farers International Union was holding Schulman, Abarbanel and Kroner its Convention in Washington, D.C. dur­ Attorneys at Law ing the week of July 28th through Au­ 50 Broadway gust 1st. On July 30th,' during a Con­ New York, New York 10004" vention session—^without any prior no­ tice, telephone call or common courtesy The arrogance of the Department of —the Department of Labor caused to be Labor as demonstrated by the manner in served on our President and our Counsel, which they served this letter was ex­ at the Convention Hall, the following ceeded only by the very contents of the letter: „ letter itself. ^ On August 1st, our Union's Secretary"Office of Labor Management & Treasurer, A1 Kerr, accompanied by our Welfare Pension Reports Counsel, met in Silver Spring, Maryland Washington, D.C. 20210 with the writer of the letter and the Di­ rector of this division of the Department Official Business of Labor, his assistants and associates, July 30,1969 including a representative from the of­ fice of the Solicitor of Labor, to discuss "Mr. Paul Hall the contents of the aforementioned letter President, Seafarers' International and the reason for same. The following Union of North America, Atlantic, "fantastic" explanation was given by the Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District Department's representatives. 675 4th Avenue In answer to item one where it was Brooklyn, New York 11232 claimed that 7,000 to 9,000 members in Dear Mr. Hall: good standing were denied the right to Pursuant to the authority of Section 601 vote, the Department's explanation was of the Labor-Management Reporting and as follows. They estimated that approxi­ Disclosure Act of 1959, as Amended, and mately 15,000 to 17,000 people had sailed receipt of a complaint, this Office has aboard Union-contracted vessels and that initiated an investigation into an election approximately 8,000 full book members for the principal headquarters and port were given the right to vote. They fur­ offices conducted by the Seafarers' In­ ther estimated that about 7,000 to 9,000 ternational Union of North America, of those persons who worked as unli­ Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters censed seamen aboard these vessels dur­ District (SIU-AGL & IWD), during No­ ing that period were, therefore, denied vember and December 1968. Section 402 the right to vote, claiming that all such (b) of the Act states, in part, ". . . if he approximately 15,000 to 17,000 persons (the Secretary of Labor) finds probable were entitled to vote in our election for cause to believe that a violation of this our officers. It was pointed out to the title (Title IV) has occurred and has not Department of Labor that, in spite of been remedied, he shall, within sixty any other considerations, many of these days after the filing: of such complaint, men who the Department of Labor bring a civil action against the labor claimed should have been entitled to vote, organization. . .." were men who had sailed in some in­ stances less than thirty days, less than The investigation thus far conducted sixty days, less than ninety days, and establishes probable cause to believe that the election conducted by SIU-AGL & some as little as ten days, many of whom IWD violated Title IV in the following were college students seeking summer employment, otherg who sought tempo­ particulars: rary part-time employment, and others 1. Approximately 7,000 to 9,000 mem­ who just desired to make a trip or two, bers in good standing were denied etc. In addition, it was pointed out to the the right to one vote (Section 401 Labor Department that by previous court (e); decisions which pointed out the ups and 2. Reasonable opportunity for the downs of our industry and under rules nomination of candidates was not which the Labor Department itself has given in that officer candidate eligi­ used to supervise elections of officers in bility requirements were waived maritime unions, that no such position after nominations-were closed (Sec­ had ever been taken by the Department tion 401(e); of Labor before. To the contrary, a most 3. The election procedures at various substantial employment requirement was port polling places resulted in the used by the Department in determining denial of a secret ballot (Sections the right of the seaman to vote. In spite of this explanation, these undisputed 3(k) and 401(d); 4. Adequate safeguards for a fair facts, the Department of Labor never­ election were not provided in the theless has continued to maintain its position as they had set forth in item one custody and control of voted bal­ of the letter that "approximately 7,000 lots; and denial of the right of a to 9,000 members in good standing were candidate to have an observer at the counting of the ballots (Section denied the right to one vote." One of the must surprising things in 401(c); regard to this item of 7,000 to 9,000 members being denied the right to vote, is the fact that no complaint was filed with the Department of Labor making this a reason for any protest. In fact, the direct opposite occurred because of our two (2) members who filed a protest, one complained that the Union's constitution­ al provision with respect to the right to vote was too liberal! It certainly is strange to find the De­ partment of Labor creating its own com­ plaints and we can only determine that from their actions it is the intent of the Department of Labor to arbitrarily de­ termine what should or should not be the constitutional provisions of our Union. The Labor Department, it a.ppears, is prepared to substitute the judgment of some of its bureaucratic personnel for that of the membership of our Union. For, after all, the constitution under which we operate is the document which was prepared, voted upon and approved by our membership to determine the manner in which we should live and the rules under which cur organization should operate. Furthermore, we are the men who sail the ships, who understand our problems, needs and desires as dis­ tinguished from the desk jockey in 'Wash­ ington who in all probability does not know one end of a ship from another; whereas we as active seamen do and many of us being transient individuals are dependent upon our organization and the relationship with our fellow seafarers as our way of life and the maintaining of same. We have been advised that one of the main purposes of the law which regulates union elections is to give the Union and its members the opportunity to act upon any protest by its members before the Department of Labor may assume con­ trol of the member's beef. Here, neither of our two protesting members ever raised this issue and we therefore ask how could our Union have acted upon such a complaint? In •view of this, we find it impossible to understand the De­ partment of Labor's position in this matter. Item 2 of the Department's letter reads as follows: "2. Reasonable opportunity for the nomination of candidates was not given in that officer candi­ date eligibility requirements were waived after nominations were closed (Section 401(e)" For our recent election of officers our membership Credentials Committee liber­ ally interpreted the qualifications for of­ fice and our membership overwhelmingly affirmed the Committee's action. The re­ sults of such liberal interpretation was to make more of our members eligible to run for office. In fact, one of those found eligible by this liberal interpretation was Brother Rothman, who was one of the members who protested the election. For the past several years, we have been reading and hearing about state­ ments from Government officials who are charged with the administration of laws regulating Union affairs, that Unions should take steps to afford the greatest number of members the opportunity to run for office. Yet, in our election of of­ ficials where our Credentials Committee and membership liberally interpreted our own Constitution to make more of our members eligible to run for office, the Department of Labor, under a blank­ et of technicalities, challenges this ac­ tion. We should also point out to the membership that none of our members who had not filed their credentials in this election, have made any protest, as to the manner in which the Credentials Committee and the membership inter­ preted and applied this portion of our Constitution. Item 3 of the Department of Labor's letter reads as follows: "The election procedures at various port polling places resulted in the denial of a secret ballot (Sections 3(k) and 401(d)" �Page Six The Department's explanation to our representatives, as to this item, was that certain voted ballots had been kept over­ night at one (1) of the ports. Our Union representatives demanded proof of this charge as well as the name of the port involved which the Department's repre­ sentatives were unable to furnish at that time. We were subsequently advised that the sole basis for their charge was the postmark contained on two envelopes addressed to the depository bank from the port of Norfolk and which postmark was the postmark for the day immediate­ ly after the day on which those ballots had been cast. It was pointed out to the Department that the record showed that the envelope was mailed the same day as the votes were cast and that it had been posted in a post box and apparently not picked up and stamped by the postal au­ thorities until early the following day. The Department thereafter admitted that it had no evidence to support its charge, other than the mere postmark upon the two envelopes. It is upon such flimsy facts that the Department of Labor makes such serious charges of a "denial of a secret ballot." The Labor Depart­ ment is apparently good at making ac­ cusations, but quite short in supplying the evidence in support of them. As to Item 4 of the Department of Labor's letter, it reads as follows: "Adequate safeguards for a fair election were not provided in the custody and control of voted bal­ lots; and denial of the right of a candidate to have an observer at the counting of the ballots (Sec­ tion 401(c)" The Labor Department's peculiar evi­ dence as to the failure to have adequate safeguards concerning the custody and control of voted ballots is based upon the procedure used by our Polls Committee, as called for in our Constitution, where­ by at the end of the voting day the bal­ lots in the ballot box, completely folded, were then placed by the Polls Committee into a mailing envelope and mailed to the depository. In effect, the Labor De­ partment is indicting each and everyone of the members of our Polls Committee who as rank-and-file members partici­ pated as good Union members should in the operation and affairs of our Union without compensation. It is more amaz­ ing when this is the sole "evidence" that the Department of Labor has. In fact, they admitted to our representatives that there was no evidence that any single committeeman ever invaded the secrecy of any man's ballot by this procedime. In spite of these cold facts, the Department of Labor has the nerve to accuse our Union and its members of being derelict in failing to provide adequate safeguards for a fair election. As to the second part of this Item 4, which refers to the denial of the right of a candidate to have an observer at the counting of the ballots, the Labor De­ partment is referring to the protest of Brother Rothman. This item we all find impossible to believe, for as members, many of us have observed the counting of the ballots. In fact, in this election it was done in an open room, right off the main floor of our Headquarters' building, in full view of all members, many of whom for long periods of time personally observed the count. Such a charge, Ijo our knowledge, is unbelievable. Of great­ er importance however, is the Labor De­ partment's confused position. On the one hand, under Item 2 of their letter, they say that we were wrong in liberalizing the rules for nomination. Yet, strictly be­ cause of such liberalization. Brother Rothman was found qualified. The De­ partment under their Item 2 would find him non-qualified. But on the other hand, under their Item 4 they say this "non.qualified candidate" was denied the right to have an observer. We wonder how ridiculous some people can get. With respect to Item 5 the Depart­ ment's charge is as follows: "Members in good standing may • have been denied a reasonable op­ portunity to cast one vote in that out of a possible 735 voting days at all port polling places, there were 198 days on which the polls were closed due to the question­ able election procedures employed (Section 401(e)" The meaning of this charge is that on some days, at some ports, there was not a quorum available to elect a Polls Com­ mittee and, therefore, no voting took place on such days. Included in this SEAFARERS LOG charge is the port of Detroit, ..here be­ cause of the change in shipping traffic, and weather conditions, few if any of our vessels entered such port during the vot­ ing period. Furthermore, none of our membership is at that port, as witness the fact that because no members are present, there are no quorums for meet­ ings. Most important, however, is the fact that the Department of Labor ad­ mits that no member at anytime claimed that he was unable to vote, nor has the Department of Labor shown any evidence that any member was unable to vote be­ cause of the above circumstances. We can only once again express our amazement and concern at the Department's charge, in the light of these undisputed facta, and can furthermore, only conclude that the Department of Labor is clearly intent on making a "case" in spite of the lack of evidence and the overwhelming facts to the contrary. With respect to their last Item 6, the charge is as follows: "At least one officer position was filled by appointment rather than election by secret ballot (Sections 3(n) and 401(d)." However, the facts concerning this issue are as follows: After the close of nominations and the printing of the ballot, but shortly before the beginning of the election period," Brother Leo Marsh, a candidate for Mo­ bile Joint Patrolman, died. Nevertheless, the membership elected him to office. As provided by our Constitution, after the election was over, the membership, adopting the recommendations of the President, appointed Stanley Zeagler to fill the position. The Department of La­ bor took the position that the person who should have been deemed elected to office or appointed to the office to which Broth­ er Marsh; was elected, should have been the candidate who received the next high­ est vote. Such member, who the Depart­ ment of Labor says should have been appointed, received 2,500 less votes than our deceased member. Brother Marsh. Our representatives pointed out to the Department of Labor that in political elections, where a similar situation oc­ curs, under no circumstances does a de­ feated candidate get appointed to the spot of a deceased successfully elected caiididate. The reason for this is obvious. The defeated candidate was rejected by the voters and under no stretch of any reasonable person's imagination should a candidate be imposed upon the voters, particularly when he has been rejected by them. This is the sort of nonsense which is being engaged in by the Depart­ ment of Labor in connection with our election. After the August 1st meeting between representatives of our Union and the De­ partment of Labor, on the letter that has been dealt with above, additional meet­ ings were had between our officers and counsel and representatives of the De­ partment of Labor. Included in these meetings was one attended by our Sec­ retary-Treasurer, A1 Kerr and Vice-Pres­ ident, Robert Matthews and our counsel with the Solicitor of the Department of Labor, the members of his staff as well as other representatives of the Depart­ ment of Labor. In addition, our President, Paul Hall, met with the Assistant Secre­ tary of Labor, William Ussery, on this subject. As our Union representatives have advised members of our Committee, it became quite clear that the Department was intent in moving against our Union and its membership regardless of the evidence or facts submitted. On October 15, 1969 there was served upon our Union a complaint filed by George P. Shultz, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor, Plaintiff against Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The main content of their complaint is con­ tained in paragraph X which reads as follows: "a) Defendant violated section 401(c) of the Act (29 U.S.C. 481(c)) by failing to provide adequate safe­ guards to insure a fair election, b) Defendant violated section 401(e) of the Act (29 U.S.C. 481(e)) by i) denying members in good standing a reasonable oppor­ tunity to nominate, vote for or otherwise support the can­ didates of their choice; ii) denying members in good standing the right toJ>e can­ didates and to hold office by the imposition of unreason­ able candidacy qualifications; and iii) denying members in good standing the right to vote." In effect, the Department of Labor is seeking to set aside our recent election for officers and to run a new election under the Department of Labor's super­ vision. The Department also seeks the costs of their lawsuit against the Union. The membership of this Union is aware of the past activities of the De­ partment of Labor as applied to our Union and it appears to us based upon these facts which have been laid out above, that this is more of the same.Although not strictly within our author­ ity, we feel compelled to recommend that our membership go on record to oppose this action of the Department of LaW to the fullest extent possible. The con­ duct of the Department of Labor, in the light of the facts concerning this issue compels us as trade unionists not only to vigorously fight their unwarranted conduct, but to accept their challenge and come to grips with them in a Court of law. To do less is to give up our respon­ sibilities to our membership, our Union, and to the concepts of free trade union­ ism. The action of the Department of Labor can result in serious damage to our mem­ bership and as set forth above should be most vigorously opposed. In the mean­ time, we should take the necessary steps to">rcducc any damage which may be done to our membership and our Union, and it is for that reason that we recommend many of the items for change which are contained in our proposed Constitution. We further recognize that because of the Department of Labor's action many of these constitutional changes will impose financial costs to those who as of now are not full book members of our Union. This is regrettable. However, this is all a result of the Department of Labor's activities. For it is fundamental that with complete and full rights conies equal responsibility. The Department of La­ bor's activities compels this application and with it the same financial obligations upon practically all persons who sail aboard our contracted vessels irrespec­ tive of the unequal economic opportu­ nities among such group. In connection with this proposed con­ stitutional change, involving the above subject, it ^hould be pointed out that the constitutional provisions with respect to membership, the payment of financial ob­ ligations and matters related thereto, is recommended to be changed. It should further be pointed out that none of the changes proposed have anything to do with your Job Rights. Your job rights are preserved within the shipping rules as part of the contract between our Union and the shipowners. The constitu­ tional, changes recommended deal only with the Union's rights. Your Committee points out that by virtue of some of the charges made by the Department of Labor we are pro­ posing a substantial revision in our bal­ loting procedure. It is regrettable that the actions of the Department of Labor results in less membership participation than existed before the appearance of the Department of Labor upon this scene. For the Labor Department, in its "nit­ picking," criticizes and charges the Union for what may, at the most, appear to be harmless errors of members who participated in carrying out election pro­ cedures. The consequences of the De­ partment's action is that our Union as an aware Union must of necessity limit its exposure to lawsuits by the Depart­ ment of Labor. In limiting such ex­ posure, of necessity it limits membership participation in the elective processes and procedures of the Union. As will be noted, the recommended balloting proce­ dures practically eliminates membership participation in election procedures. This, we must repeat,,' is most unfortunate. The blame, however, must be laid at the doorstep of the Department of Labor and perhaps some day our legislative bodies will recognize this and take the neces­ sary steps to remedy this. Your Committee also wishes to point out that because of the changes in the provisions of our Constitution dealing with membership, and so as to afford all full book members a reasonable early opportunity to exercise their democratic November 14, 1969 elective rights, your Committee recom­ mends that the present term of office for officers which expires at the end of 1972 be changed to end at the end of 1971, and that tlm election of officers for a four-year tern be held in the year 1971 in the manner set forth in our recom­ mendations on this subject. It should be further noted that quali­ fications for nomination to office are being partly liberalized. This recommendation picks up part of the sentiments ex^4|^ed by our membership during the last election qualification period. Because of the action of the Secretary of Labor against our Union, this liberalization has been limited to the extent recommended. Also, contained within our recommen­ dations are certain housekeeping and technical matters updating our Constitu­ tion in the light of the changing circum­ stances and interpretations of laws con­ trolling unions. Some examples of this are contained in granting the member­ ship the right to determine the status of pensioners; in the type of evidence of membership; in revising some of the duties and functions of our officers; in making provisions with respect to unop­ posed candidates; incorporating many of the provisions concerning elections not heretofor set forth in our Constitution but contained in our Officers' Reports and Recommendations as additions to voting procedures, such as provisions for absentee ballots, nomination of another member; revisions with respect to the procedures on protests concerning elec­ tion of officers; provisions with respect to the maintenance of our assets; provi­ sions with respect to amendment pro­ cedures, as well as other changes. Again, we recommend to the membership that you carefully read the proposed revised Constitution in conjunction with our ex­ isting Constitution so as to be fully informed as to any and all recommended changes and in that way be in a position to vote with full knowledge of the facts upon the proposed revised Constitution. At this point your Committee further points out that in connection with its recommended change in the qualifications for full book membership, the same should not result to the detriment of those members who within the next two years, under the existing rules, would have enough time to become full book members. With respect to this particular group who may be so affected, it is rec­ ommended that if the new Constitution is adopted by the membership, the member­ ship provisions of the new Constitution be so interpreted so as to preserve to that particular group mentioned above their present rights. Specifically, refer­ ence is made to those members who would have been - entitled to full book membership if they had sailed at least 90 days in 1970 and 1971 under the present rules for qualification for full book mem­ bership, and it is this group which is referred to above as the special group. As your Committee has stated before, we have also dealt with finances. It should be noted that it is recommended that the initiation fee for all new full book members shall be $500.00 and pro­ vision is made for installment payments of the initiation fee during the period of time that the person is working up to his full book membership. As a result, the following resolution is proposed for mem­ bership vote: "RESOLVED: Effective January 1, 1970 the initiation fee for all new full book members shall be $500.00." Your Committee wishes to repeat that the new initiation fee would only be applicable to new full book members for obviously a present full book member need not pay any initiation fee, having paid it previously. In connection with the initiation fee to be paid by new full book members, it should be pointed out that under the proposed revised Constitution, monies paid by any non-full book member prior to the effective date of the amended Constitution, on- account of initiation fee and assessments, not exceeding $250.00, shall be credited to such persons payment of the new initiation fee amount. ^ Again in connection with the matter of finances, your Committee recommends that the membership vote on the follow­ ing resolution: "RESOLVED: Effective January 1, 1970 the calendar quarterly dues for. all members shall be $43.00, and that all present assessments shall termi­ nate on December 31,1969." �November 14, 1969 Page Seven SEAFARERS LOG Under the above proposition, all as­ sessments presently in effect would end upon the adoption of this new quarterly dues amount. It should be pointed out that those who Jjave not paid their re­ quired assessments and are in default would have to clear up such default. However, once the arrears is paid, there would be no obligation for any past assessment. Your Committee recommends that in connection with the ballot to be used by the membership in the vote on your Com­ mittee's recommendations, there be three separate propositions to be voted yes or no, reading.as follows: 1. SHALL THIS UNION ADOPT THE PROPOSED AMENDED CONSTITUTION EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1970. YES • ^ NO • 2. EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1970, ' THE INITIATION FEE FOR ALL NEW FULL BOOK MEMBERS SHALL BE $500.00. YES • NO • 3. EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1970, THE CALENDAR QUARTERLY DUES FOR ALL MEMBERS SHALL BE $43.00, AND THAT ALL PRESENT ASSESSMENTS SHALL TERMINATE ON DE­ CEMBER 31, 1969. YES • NO • If this Constitutional Committee's re­ port and recommendations is concurred in by the membership at the special meetings called for October 22, 1969 to act on same, it is recommended that the ballot on the above three propositions be held by referendum vote over a 30day period, by secret ballot, and that the voting shall commence at all ports on November 22, 1969 and end on December 22, 1969; between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. Monday through Friday, and on Saturdays between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 12 Noon, excepting there­ from legal holidays; and that Polls Com­ mittees be elected to conduct such vote in the manner specified in Article XIII, Section 4(a) of the present Constitution; that the Union Tallying Committee, as provided in Article XXV, Section 2 of the present Constitution, be elected on De­ cember 23rd at a special meeting at Headquarters called for that purpose, and that such Union Tallying Committee make its report and notify the President as to the results of the referendum as soon as possible thereafter. We remind all members that copies of the proposed afnended Constitution to­ gether with the present Constitution will be available for you to read at all Union halls prior to and during the referendum, and we again urge that you read those copies so that you may be able to vote intelligently. The Constitutional Committee wishes to thank the officers and members of the Union for their cooperation during our deliberations and to assure all members that we believe the proposed amended Constitution will serve the Union and the membership well. We recommend that the proposed amended Constitution annexed hereto and made a part of this report to be effective January 1, 1970 together with the resolu­ tions as to the change of initiation fees, dues and termination of assessments be approved by the membership and sub­ mitted to a referendum vote in the man­ ner recommended by your Committee. Fraternally submitted, Daniel Dean, D-70 John Pasko, P-666 Fazil Ali, A-475 Charles Boyle, B-958 John Dolan, D-124 John Graddick, G-313 Dated: October 20,1969 Slallat SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, ATIANTIC, GULF, LAKES and INLAND WATERS DISTRICT, AFL-CIO Voting Period from November 22nd, 1969 to December 22nd, 1969, both inclusive ©ffmal laUnt SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES and INLAND WATERS DISTRICT, AFL-CIO Voting Period from November 22nd, 1969 to December 22nd, 1969, both inclusive THIS IS A SECRET REFERENDUM VOTE, TAKEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS UNION, TO DECIDE WHETHER THIS UNION SHALL ADOPT THJ^bPOSED AMENDED CON­ STITUTION AS RECOMMENDED BY THE CONSTITUTIONAL COmil^t^ REPORT OF WHICH WAS ADOPTED ON OCTOBER 22ND, 1969 BY THE MEMBERSHIP AFEM^te^TIM READING OF THE PROPOSED AMENDED CONSTITUTION. IN ADDITION, THEREI^AVE BEEN POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARDS OF THE PORTS AND HAVE jd^^Alj^y^BLE IN ALL PORTS. IT IS ON THE ADOPTION OF THIS PROPOSED AMENDE^hwITuSw ^ND THE MONEY ITEMS CONTAINED THEREIN THAT YOU ARE VOTING. Instru 1. VOTE ONLY YES OR V.:® �Page Eight SEAFARERS LOG November 14, 1969 SEAFARERS DISCUSS AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTION Aio po»a: na» _..X . - -7- -stt u • -'= -* - A t membership meetings in all ports Oct. 2223, Seafarers approved the Constitution Committee report to vote on a proposed amended constitution in a secret ballot referendum. Similar meetings and action took place aboard SlU-contracted vessels as they came into port. On this page are photos taken at various SIU halls during the reading of the committee report and the pro­ posed constitution, and the discussion that fol­ lowed. fa - ^ *1^ , . P 4 A- "si '11 w_ </• v-A.: .11*. tela-i'; X'^ii M •• ' am Ma ' H a w;isS!f LA �CONSTITUTION SUPPIEMENT This supplement contains: I. Text of Proposed Amended Constitution « To be Voted on Nov. 22 thru Dec. 22 Supplement Pages 2 to 8 2. Text of Present Constitution Supplement Pages 9 to 16 *NOTE: The Constitution Committee report notes that Articles and Sections of the proposed amended Constitution which contain changes, deletions or revisions are indicated by an asterisk (*). To allow for easier reading and clarity, any Article or Section in the proposed amended Constitution which have been changed from the present Constitution are printed on a white background. Those Sections in the proposed amended Constitution which remain the same as the language in the present Constitution are printed on a dark background. The present Constitution is also printed on a dork background. This will enable Seafarers to more easily note the areas of proposed changes. SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT, AFL-CIO �November 14, 1969 1, • -J TEXT OF PROPOSED CONSTITUTION ' THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA^ ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT Affiliated with American Federation of Labor — Congress of industrial Organizations Voting Period from November 22nd, 1969 to December 22nd, 1969, both inclusive. (Effective January I, 1970 Upon /acceptance) ..... PREAMBLE As maritime and allied workers and realizing the value and necessity of a thorou^ organization, we are dedicated to the forming of one Union for our people, the Seafarers International Union of^ North America—^Atlantic, •-iJulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, based upon the following principles; All members shall he entitled to all the rights, priv^ges and guarantees as set forth in this Constitution, and such rights, pnTilegcs and guarantees shall he preserved in accordance with its terms. We declare that American seamen are entitled to receive their employment without interference of crimps, shipowners, fink halls or any shipping bureaus maintained by the (Government. We afBrm that every worker has the right to receive fair and just remuneration for his labor, and to gain sufficient leisure for mental cultivation and physical recreation. We proclaim the right of all seamen to receive healthful and sufficient food, and proper forecastles in which to rest. We defend the right of all seamen to be treated in a decent and respectful manner by those in command, and. We hold that the above rights belong to all workers alike, irrespective of nationality or creed. Recognizing the foregoing as our inalienable rights, we are conscious of corresponding duties to those in command our employers, our craft and our country. We will, therefore, try by all just means to promote harmcmious rebtions with those in command by exercising dnc care and diligence in the performance of tl^ duties of our profusion, and by ^ving all possible assistance to our employ' ers in caring for their gear and property. Bued upon these principles, it is among our Ejects; To use our infiuence individually and collectively for the purpose of maintaining and developing skill in seamanship and effecting a change in the maritime law of the United States, so as to render it more equitable and to make it an aid instead of a hindrance to the development of a merchant marine and a body of American seamen. To support a journal which shall voice the sentiments of mandme workers and through its columns seek' to maintain their knowledge of, and interest in, maritime affairs. To assist the seamen of other countries in the wtwk of organ* li^ion and federationf to the end of estsffilishing the Brouer* j hood of the Sea. |K / To form and to assist -by legal means other bona fide labor ^organizations whenever possible in the attainment of their just Idemands. ~ r;:To regulate our conduct as a Union and as Individuals so as :to make seamanship what it rightly is—an honorable and use­ ful calling. And bearing in mind that we are migratory, that our work takes us away in different directions from any place where the majority might otherwise meet to act, that can be attended by only a fraction of the membership, that absent members, who cannot be present, must have tteir inter­ ests guarded from what might he the results of excitement and passions aroused by persohs^or conditions, and ffiat those who are present may act for and in the interest of all, we liOTe adopted this Constitution. 'Stat9Rieat ef PrlRclples and Declarafinn of Rights Ip order to form a more perfect Union, we workers in the maritime and allied industries, realizing the value and necessity of uniting in pursuit of our improved economic and social vrel* fare, have determined to bind ourselves together in the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, GuM, Lakes and Inlwd Waters District, and hereby dedicate ourselves to the following principles: In promoting our economic and social welfare, we shall ever be mindful, not only of our rights, but also of our duties and obligations as members of the community, our duties as citizens, and our duty to combat the menace of. communism and any other enemies of freedom and the democratic principles to which we seafaring men dedicate ourselves in this Union. _ We shall affiliate and work with other free labor organizalions; we shall support a journal to give additional voice to our , views; we shall assist our brothers of the sea'and other workers of all countries in these obligations to^the fullest extent con­ sistent with our duties, obligations, and law. We shall seek to exert our individual and collective influence in the fight for the enactment of labor and other legislation and policies which look to the attainment of a free and happy society, without distinc­ tion based on race, creed or color. To govern our conduct as a Union and bearing in mind that ;• most of our members are migratory, that their duties carry them ; all over the world, that their rights must and shall be protected, we hereby declare these rights as members of the Union to be inalienable. I |: ; No member shall be deprived of any of the rights or privileges I guaranteed him under the Constitution of the Union. 11 ^ Every qualified tnember shall have the ri^t to nominate hnnT^i |elf for, and, if elected or appointed, to hold office in this Union, \ II.' I-1 *:• No member shall he deprived of his membership without due gprocess of the law of this Union. No member dtall be com- 't'r' 'J pelled to he a witness against himself in the trial of any jsoceeding in which he may be charged •with failure to observe the law of t^his Union. Every official and job holder shall be bound lu uphold aiid protect the righto of every member in accordance with the principles set forth in the Constitution of the Union. IV Every member shall have the right to be confronted by his accuser whenever he is charged with violating the law of this Union. In all such cases, the accused shall be guaranteed a fair and speedy trial by an impartial comnaittee of his brother Union tnembers. ' V •; No member shall be denied the right to express himself freely on the floor of any Union meeting or in coinmittee. VI A militant mmbership being necessary to the security of.• free union, tfe members shall at all times stand ready to d^ fend this Union and the principles set forth in the Constitu­ tion of the Union. VII The powers not delegated to the officers, job holders, and ' Executive Board by the Constitution of the Union shall be reserved to the members. cONSTiTuncm , Nanuff and G«n(H>ol ifris Union shall be known as ^e Seafarers Intematitmal Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District. Its powers shall be legislative, judicial, and executive, and shall include the formation oL and/or Issuance ' of charters to, subcfrdinate bodies divisioiu. otherwise, the formation of funds and participation ui lunus, the establishment of enterprises for ffie benefit of the thiion, wd similar ventures. This Union shall exercise all of its poweni;i> in aid of subordinate bodies and divisions created or chartered; by it. convenience of administration and in furtherance off its policies of aid and assistance, the Union may make its prop­ erty, facilities ^d personnel available for the use and on behalf of,such subordinate bodies and divisions. A majority vote of the membership shall be authorization for any Union action, otherwise specified in the Constitution or by law. This Unlen shall at all times protect and maintain its jurisdiction. . - be inconsistent with the provisions of this Constitution. All candidates with 360 days or more seatiipe in a consecutive 24 calendar month'period commencing from January I, 19M, in an unlicensed capacity, aboard an American-flag merchant vessel or vessels, covered by contract with this Union, shall ^ eligible for full membership. All persons with less than the foregoing seatime but at least thirty (30) days of such seatime, shall be eligible for probationary membership. Only full book uieiubers shall be entitled to vote and to hold any office or elective job, except as otherwise specified herein. All probations^ members shall have a voice in Union proceedings and shall be entitled to vote on Union contracts. Section 2. No candidate shall be granted membership who is a member of any dual organization hostile to the aims, prin­ ciples, and policies of this Union. The membership, by majority vote, shall at all times have the right to determine the membership status of pensioners. « 9" memBcrsinore man one quarter in arrears in dues Ishdl be automatically suspended, and shali forfeit all benefits land all other rights and privileges in the Union. They shall be jautomaticaliy dismissed if they are more than fwo quarters in —rcMs in dues. An arrearage in dues shall be computed from e first day of the applicable quarter, but this time Aalt not run: (a) While a member is actually participating in a «H<VI» or lockout. (b) While a member is an in-patieni in a USFHS or other accredited hospital. ^ ' (c) While a member is under an incapacity due to aetivitv in behalf of the Union. (d) While a member is in the armed services of the United States, provided the tnember was in good standing at the tini« of entry into the armed forces, and further provided he applies for reinstatement within ninety (90) days after dischuge from the armed forees. (e) While a member has no opportunity to pay dues, because of employment aboard an American flag merchant vessel. Soction -6. A majority vote of the membership shall be suf­ ficient to desi^ate additional circumstances during which the time specified in Section 3 shall not run. It shi^ be the rie*** of any member to present, in writing, to any Port at any regu­ lar meeting, any question with regard to the application of Section 3, in accordance with procedures established by a majority vote of the membership. A majority vote of the mem­ bership shall be necessary to decide such questions. " Soction 5. The membership shall be empowered to establish, from time to time, by majority vote, rules under which dues and assessments may be excused where a member has been unable to pay dues and assessments for the reasons provided in Sections 3 and 4. SocHon 6. To preserve imity, and to promote the commoiii' welfare of the membership, ^ members of the Union shells Uphold and defend this ConsiUnuon and ahiill be goTerned the provisions of this Constitution and idl policies, rulir Orders and decisions duly mode. Soction 7. Any member who gives aid to the principles .policies of any hostile or dual organizatimi sl^ be de further membership in this Union to the full etfent by latr. A majority vote of the membership itlbj^l.. Soction 8. Evidence of membership or other affilisHnn with the Union shall be in such form or forms as determin^ by the Executive Board, and shall at all times remain the property of the Union. Maimers may be required to show their evidence of membeiship- in order to be admitted to Union meetings, or into, or on Union property. 'Mefiibers distnis^d from the U&ioh accordance with such rules imd under such condhloiis as an adopted, from time to time; by a majority vote of the member- .'^Articia Arflid* II •Aimtation . :-C: V•9ua*-andVlnHI^^ ,v ' f •' Soction 1. This Union shall be affiliated vnth the Seafarers International Union of North America and the American Fed­ eration of l^bor—Congr^s of Industrial Organizations. All other affiliations by the Union or its subordinate bodies or divisions shall be made or •withdra'wfa as' determined by a majiwity vote of the Executive Board.Soction 2. In addition to such other provisions as are con­ tained herein, all subordinate bodies and divisions seeking a cbuter from and/or ^liation with this Union, shall be re­ quired to adopt, within a time period set by the Executive Board, a eoiisiituiioii containing provisions as set forth in Exhibit A, annexed to this Constitution and made a part hereof. AJ1_ other provisions adopted by such subordinate bodies and divisions as part of their constitutions shall not be inconsistent therewith. No such constitution or amendments thereto shall be deemed to be effective without the approval of the Executive BoMd or this Union, which shall be executed in writing, on its behalf, by the President or, in his absence, by any other officer designated by it. Such approval shall be deemed to be recog­ nition of Compliance herewith by such subordinate body or' division. Where a subordinate body or division violates any of the foregoing, and, in particular, seeks to effectuate any constitu­ tional provision not so authorized and approved, or commits acts in violation of its approved constitution, or fails to act in ,, accordance therewith, this Union, through its Executive Board, may withdraw its charter and/or sever its affiliation forthwith, or on such terms as it may impose not inconsistent with law, in addition to exercising any and all rights it may have pur­ suant to any applicable agreements or understandings. Svction 3. This Union shall also have the power,' acting through its Executive Board, and after a fair hearing, to impose a trusteeship upon an/ subordinate body or divisions chartered by and affiliated with it, for the reasons and to the extent provided by law. Artlde Section 1. There shall be two classes of membership, to wit full book members and probationary members. Candidates for membership shall be admitted to membership in accordance with such rules as may be adopted from time to time, 1^ a majority vote of the membership and which rules shall not , SOCHOR 1, members shall pay dues quarterly, on a calen­ dar year basis, no later than &e first business day of eadi quarter, except as herein otherwise provided. The dues doll be those payable as of the date of adoption of this Constitution as mnesded and may be changed only by CoRgritatitwsal amssdment.. Section 2. No candidate for full book membership shall be admitted into such membership without having paid an initia­ tion fee of Five Hundred ($500.00^ Dollars, except as other­ wise provided in this Constitution. In addition, the candidate shall pay a Ten ($10.00) Dollar "service fee" for the issuance of his full book. Each candidaitq for probationary membership and each pro­ bationary member shall, with the payment of each of his firrt four quarterly dues, as required by Section 1, pay at each such time the sum of One Hundred and Twenty-five ($125.00) DoUus as partial initiation fee. The total of such initiation monies so paid shall be credited to his above required initiation fee for a full book member upon completion of the required seatime as provided for in Article 111, Section 1. Monies paid to the Union by any non-full book member prior to the effective date of -this amended Constitution, on account of initiation fee and assessments, not exceeding Two Hundred and Fifty ($250.00) Dollars, shall be credited to such mem­ ber's payment of his initiation fee as required by this section. : ^eellort 3. Payment of dues and initiation fees may be waived for organizational purposes in accordance with siich rules u are adopte<l by a majority vote of jthie Execptiye^B^fr^^ Section 4. All members shall be and remain in good standing. 'Articl*:Vi: . RetirDnient from MeinlMirslilp Section 1. Members may"retire from membership by sur­ rendering their Union books other evidence of affiliation and paying all unpaid dues for the quarter in which they retire, assessments, fines and other monies due and owing the Union. AiThp the member soirenders his book or other eridence o£ affiliatioii in connection with his application tor retirement he aboil he given a receipt therefor. An official retfrement card shall be issued by Headquarters, upon request, dated as of the day that such member accomplished fihese payments, and shall be ^ven to the member upon his presenting the aforesaid•receipt.' �VSecHen S. All the Hghts, privileges, duties and nhligations of linembership shall be suspended during the period of retirement, except that a retired member shall not be disloyal to the Union nor join or remain in any dual or hostile organization, upon penidty of forfeiture of his right to reinstatement iod of two Socrion 4. Any person uuarters or more shall he restorgiLJn memberi ip, except as ierein 'indicated, by paying duesmr the current quarter, as $11 as all assessments accruing and newly levied during the iriod of retirement. If the period of retirement is Jess quarters, the required payments shall consi^ «il <-• i^g during the said period of retirement, including those for the current quarter, and all assessments accrued and newly teried during that period. Upon such parent, the person in retirement shall be restored to membership, and his member­ ship book, gppcopriately stamped, shall be returned to him. loattea A member in retirement may be restored to membenlrip after a two-year period of retirement consist^ of eight fj^ Quarters only by majority vote of the membersmjp. 8. The period of retirement shall be conaputed from the first diy of the quarter; fpllowing the one in whidi ute cetir^ent-eaid, was'iasaed.:;::^^-;';' Syitmntui o* Organization SMfion 1. Union, and all officers, headqasrtCT's repre­ sentatives, pi>ri agents, patrolmen, and members shall be gov­ erned in this order by: (a) The Constitntion. (b) The Executive Board. (c) fwajijrity vote of dss mcmbsrshi?. - Section 91. The headquarters of the Union shall be located in few York and the headquarters officers shall consist of a lident, and Executive Vice-President, one Vice-President in large of Contracts and Contract Enforcement, a Secretaryiieasurer, one Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Copt, one Vice-President in Chiirge of the Gulf Coast, and one VicePresident in Charge of tiie Lakes and Inland Waters. Sactiott 3. The staff of each port shall consist of such per.onnel as is provided for herein, and the port shall bear the same of the city in which the Union's port offices are located. Section 4. Every membeir of the Union shall be registered in ^e of three departments; namely, deck, engine and stewarp Idepartment. The definition of these departments shall be in laccordance with custom and usage. This definition may be sc^fied by a majority vote of the membership. No member say transfer from one department to another except by apoval as evidenced by a majority vote of the ntembership. Articlo VIII IOfficers/ Haadqudrtors Representatives, Port Agents and Patrolmen Section 1. The officers of the Union shall be elected as otherise provided in this Constitution. These officms shall be \he r'resident, an Executive Vice-President, one Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforcement, a SecretaryFreaaurer, one Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Copt, one Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf Coast, and one Viceesident in Charge of the Lakes and Inland Waters. SecHen 2. Port Agents, Headquarters Representatives, and Patrolmen shall be elected, except as otherwise provided in '' i Constitution. Vt' Supplement—^Page Three SEAFARERS LOG November 14^ 1969 Arflcla IX, Othor lloctiva Jk»bs Section 1. In addition to the elective jobs provided for in Article VIII, the following jobs in the Union shall he voted upon in the manner prescribed by this Constitution: Committee members of: (1) Trial Committees (2) Quarterly Financial Committees (3) Appeals Committees (4) Strike Committees (5) Credentials Committees (6) Union Tallying Committees (7) Constitutional Committees ^Ki^n 9t. Additional committee^m^^'^S^^^wwdi^ a majority vote of the membership. Committers inay alro appointed as permitted by tlus Constitulioiu ' "Articla"x 1-^ Duties of Officers/ Headquarters |Re||»reienftatives, jPort Agents, Other Elected I Job Holders and AUscellaneous Personnel I Sectinn 1. Thn Pmsidnnh i (a) The President shall be the executive officer of the Union land shall represent, and act for and in behaU of, the Union in IBU matters except as otherwise specifically provided for in the iConstitution. I (b) He shall be a member ex-officio of all conunittees, except IM otherwise herein expressly provided. I (c) The President shall be in charge of, and responsible for, Ikll Union property, and shall be in charge of headquarters and i jjort offices. Wherever there are time restrictions or other con.aiderationo affecting Union action, the President shall take Appropriate action to insure observance thereof, t (d) In order that he may properly execute his responsibil­ ities, he is hereby instructed and authorized to employ ray liielp he deems necessary, be it legal, aeeounting or otherwise. |V(e) Subject to approval by a majority vote of the member"ship, the President snail designate the ntunber and location of ports, the jurisdiction, status, and activities thereof, and may close or open such ports, and may re-assign Vice-Presidents and Ae Secretary-Treasurer, without reduction in wcges. He may • s, and ako re-assign Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents, aRCs. T Patrolmen, to other duties, without reduction in wages. The Ports of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Mobile, New Or:.leaao, H&usteE and Dclrsit Ki&y not he clo-Md except by Con­ stitutional amendment. I Where poits are opened between elections, the President Ahall designate the Union personnel thereof. ^ The President shall designate, in the event of the incapacity ibf any Headquarters Representaitive, Port Agent or Patrolman, ray officor oth« than the Presidient, a repkcemeirt as such during ihe period of incapacity, provided such replace­ ment is qualified under Article Xll of me Constitution to fill such job. " At the regular meeting in May of every election year, the President shall submit to the membership a pre-balloting report. In his report he shall recommend the number and loca­ tion of ports, the number of Headquarters Representatives, Port Ag«..its a* J Patrolmen which are to be eleq^rid- He shall also recommend a bank, a bonded warehouse, a regular officer thereof, or any similar depository, to which the ballots are jgilVlMikacled, except that the President nuiy, in his discretion, postpone the recommendation as to the depository until no later than the first regular meeting in October. This recommendation may also specify, wfeltier man and/or Headquarters Representative, shall be designated as departmental or otherwise. The report shall be subject to approval or modification by a majority vote of the membership. (f) The President shall he chairman of the Executive Boord and may cast one vole in that body. (g) :He shall be responsible, within the limits of Im powf^ for the enforcement of this Constitution, the policies <!>f we Union, and all rules and rulings duly adopted by the &«tmitiye Board,'and those duly adepted by a majority vote of the mem­ bership. .Within these limiu, he shall strive to enhiBitiJe the strength, position, and . prestige of the Union. (h) The foregoing duties shall be in addition to those othif duties lawfully imposed upon him. (i) The responsibility of the President may not be delegst^ but the P^sident may delegate lo a person or persons the execution of such of his duties as he may in his di^eUim decide, subject to liie limitations set forth in this Constitution. fied for ilic officu oi* joh under ArtJcls Xfl of this Ccnstitsitum, except in .those cases where the filUng of such vacancy is other­ wise provided for by this Constitution. (k) The President is directed to take ray and aH measures and employ such means which he deems necessary or advisable, to protect the interests, and further the welfare of the Union and its memfiers, in all matters involring national slate or local legislation issuie, and public affairs. (1) TOie President shall have authority to require any officer ot Union representative to attend ray. regular or special meet­ ing if, in his opinion, it is deemed necessary. Section 2. Exocutivo Vica-Prosidont. The Executive Vice-President shall perform any and all duties assigned him or delegated to him" by the President. The Executive Vice-President shall be a member of the Executive Board and may cast one vote in that body. Soction 3. Vico-Prosidont in Chnigo of Contracts and Contract Enforcomoht. is empowered and authorized to retain any technical or fessional assistance he deems necessary, subject to apprqya of the Executive Board. Soctien 7. Vico-Prosidont in Charge of the Lakns nnid inland Wntors. The Vice-President in Charge of the Lakes and Inland Wa sh4»ll be a qiember of the Exceutive Board jnd shall^;^^ to cast one vote in that body. He shall supervise and be responsible for the activities of all the poru, and the personnel thereof on the Lakes and Inland Waters, including their mganizing activities. Ijp order that he may properly execute his respotwibilities is empowered and authori^ to retain any technical or proj fessional assistance he deems necessary, nibjcct to, approva' of the Executive Board. , iS * Section 8. Headquarters Representatives. The Headquarters RepresenUtives shall perform any^andrall duties assigned them or delegated to them by the Pr^ident or the Executive Board. , .S:-' • J:. -'Am Section 9. Port Agents. The Port Agent shaff'^lSriffiSS^cSlp'ol 3^ istration of Union affairs in the port of his jurisdictjon subject to the direction of the area Vice-President. « (b) He sfaaM, within the jurisdiction of his peart, ^be respoh Sible for the enforcement and execntion of the Ae policies of the Union, and the rules adopted by the Executive mard, and by a majority vote of the membersliiiK Wherever there are .time restrictions or other considerations affecting port action, the P<n-t Agent sbedl take appropriate aCtira to insure obseryance thereof. „ n n <c) He shall be prepared to account, fiiundally or OUMSwise, for the activities of his port, whenever demraded by tlw President, the Vice-Presiden! oi the area in which p«rt located, or by the Secretary-Treasurer. ^ (d) In ray event, he, shdl prepare and forward to^the Seteretary-Treasurer, a weekly financial report showing, in detsdl, weekly income and expenses, and compljdng with all other accounting directions issued by the Secretary-Treasurer. (e) The Port Agent may assign each port Patrolman to sm duties as fall within the jorisdiction of the port, regardless ol the departmental designation, if ray, under which the Pad man was elected. , A: ?® (f) The Port Agent shall designate which members at TOa|! port may serve as representatives to other orgaiiizafions,; lion wito which has been properly authorized. , Section 10. Patrolmen. Patrolmen shall perform aUy duties _ Agent of the Port to which they are assign Soction II. Exocutivo Board. led iffiem by Ht# ^ The Executive Board shall consist of the President, the Execurive Vice-President, the Vice-President in Charge of CtmThe Vice-President in Charge of Contra^ and Contract En­ tracts and Contract Enforcement, the Secretary-Treroure^ the forcement shall perform any and all duties assigned him or Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Area, the Vice-Presi­ delegated to him by the President. In addition, he shall be dent in Charge of the Gulf Area, the Vice-President in t .harge; responsible for all contract negotiations, the formulation of of the T.i.lfAa and Inland Waters, rad the National Bireeicr (ojf bargaining demands, and the submission of proposed collective chief- executive officer) of each subordinate body or dh^ioii bargaining agreements to the membership for ratification. He created or chartered fay the Union whenever such subordinate shall also be responsible, except, as otherwise provided in body or division has attained a membership of 3,200 memaera Article X, Section 13(d) (1), for strike authorization, signing and has maintained that membership for not less than threes of new contracts, and contract enforcement. He shall dso, act (3) months. Such National Director (or chief executive offi^) for headquarters in executing the administrative functions as­ shall be a member of the respective subordinate body or divi­ signed to headquarters by thb Constitution with respect to sion and must be qualified to hold office imder tlm terms of trials and appeak except if he is a vdtness or party thereto, in the Constitution of such division or subordinate body. ' which event the Secretary-Treasurer shall act in his pla^ In The Executive Board shall meet no less than twice each order that he may propCTly execute these responsibilities he year and at such times as the President and/or a majority of is hereby instructed and authorized to employ such help as he the Executive Board may direct. The President shall be chmrdeems necessary, be it legal, or otherwise, siibject to approval man of all Executive Board meetings unless absent, in i^ich of the Executive Board. case the Executive Board shall designate the chairman. Each The Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract member of the Executive Board shall be entitled to cast one Enforcement shall be a membw of the Executive Board and vote in that body. Its decision shall be determined by majority ; may cast one vote in that body. vote of those voting, providing a quorum of three is present. It shall be the duty of the Executive Board to develop policies, I Sortian A. Saeratary-Tswaswrnr. strategies and rules which will advance and protect the interests I: , The Secretary-Treasurer shall perform my and all duties and welfare of the Union and the Members. It shall be the I ^signed him or delegated to him by the President He shall duty of the Secretary-Treasurer, or in his absence, an appointee Ihe responsible for the organization end maintenance of the of the Executive Board, to keep accurate minutes of all Execu­ I cmrespondence, files, and records of the Umon; setting np, tive Board meetings. The Executive Board shall determine per " and maintenance of, round accounting and bookkeeping sys­ capita tax to be levied and other terms and conditions of tems; the setting up, ^d maintenance of, proper office rad affiliation for any group of workers desiring affiliation. The other administrative Union procedures; the proper collection, Executive Board may direct the administration of all Union and expenditure of all Union funds, port or affairs, properties, policies and personnel in any rad all areas 1 Otherwise. He shall submit to the membei^ip, for each qura not otherwise specifically provided for in this Constitution. terly period, a detailed report of the entire Union's ^racial Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive Board may act ^operations and shall submit simultaneously therewith, the ' without holding a formal meeting provided all members of Quarterly Financial Committee report for the same ptpod. the Board are sent notice of the proposed action or actions and The Secretary-Treasurer's report shall be prepared by an inde­ the decision thereon is reduced to writing and signed by a pendent Certified Public Accountant. He shra also work with majority of the Executive Board. all duly elected finance committees. The Secretary-Treasurer ^ In the event that death, resignation or removal from ofBce shall be responsible for the timely filing of ray and all reports for any reason should occur to the President, the Executive on the operations of the Union, financial or otherwise, that may Board by majority vote shall name a successor from its own be required by any Federal or state laws. In order that he may membership w!io shall fill that vacancy until the next general properly execute his responsibilities, he is hereby instructed and authorized to employ any help he deems necessary, be it election. In the event the President is incapacitated for a period of legal, accounting, or otlwrwise, subject to approval of the more than thirty (30) days, and the Executive Board by Executive majority vote thereafter determines that such incapacity pre­ The Secretary-Treasurer shall be a member of the Executive vents the President from carrying out his duties, the Executive Board and may .cast one vote in that body. Board by majority vote, may appoint from among its own The Secretary-Treasurer shall be a member ex-officio of the . membership the officer to fill the office of President. This Credentials and Ballot Tallying Committees. In addition he appointment shall terminate upon the President's recovery shall make himself and the records of hb office available to from such incapacity or upon the expiration of the President's the Quarterly Financial Committee. term of office whichever occurs first. The Executive Board by majority vote may grant requests for Section S. ' Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast. leaves of absences with or without pay to officers. In the event The Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Co^st shall bo that a leave is granted to the President, the Executive Board a member of the Executive Board and shall be entitled to cast by a majority vote, shall designate from among its own one vote in that body. membership who shall exercise the duties of the President He shall supervise and be responsible for the activities of all during such period of leave. the ports, and the perronnd thereof on the Ariantic Coast; Section 12. Deiegntas. including their organizing activities. The Atlantic Coast area is deemed to mean that area from and inclnding Georgia (a) The term "delegates" shall mean those membeia of the through Maine and ahal! also include the Islands in the Carib­ Union and its subordinate bodies or divisions who are elected bean. In order that he may properly execute his responsibilities in accordance with the provi&io.us of this Constitution, to attend he is empowered and authorized to re'.ain any technical or the convention of the Seafarers International Union of North professional asslbtance he deems necessary, subject to approval America. The following officers upon their election to office shall, during the term of their office, be delegates to all Con­ of the Executive Board. ventions of the Seafarers International Union of North America Soction 6. VIco-Prosidenr In Chmgio of tho Gulf Coast. in the following order of priority: President; Executive ViceThe Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf Coast shall be a President; Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract member of the Executive Board and shall be entitled to cast one Enforcement; Secretary-Treasurer; Vice-President in Charge vote in that body. of the Atlantic Coast; Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf He shall supervise and be responsible for the activities of oH Coast; Vice-President in Charge of the Lakes rad Inland the Ports, and the personnel thereof on the Gulf Coast including Waters; Headquarters Representatives, with priority to those their organizing activities. The Gulf Coast area' -is deemed^ to most senior in full book Union membership; POTI Agents, with mean the State of Florida, all. through the Gulf, including priority to those most senior in full book Union membership; and Pauolmen, with priority to those most senior in full book Texas. - , In ordiw that he may prup^ly execute his lespohaiidlitiea he Union membership. �I (b) Each delegate shall, hj his vote and otherwise, support Articia XII '''HQ I those policies agreed upon hy the majority of the delegates to the Convention. (Qualiflcatlons for Officers, HoMquariters P (c) The President shall assign to each subordinate body or division that number of delegates to which this Union would 'Jtopresentafives/ Port Agents, Patrolmen and Other Eloctivo Jobs have been entitled, if its membership had been increased by the number of members of the subordinate body or division, in Section Any ineniLer'^'fu^^irion is eligible to be a can­ accordance W'.th the formula set forth in Constitutiun of the Seafarers International Union of North America, except didate for, and hold, any office or the job of Headquarters that this provision shall not be applied so as to reduce the Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman provided: number of delegates to which this Union would otherwise have (a) He has at least three (3) years of seatime in an un­ been entitled. licensed capacity aboard an American-flag merchant vessel or vessels. In computing time, time spent in the employ of the Section 13. Committees. Union, its subsidiaries and its affiliates, or in any employment (a) Trial.Committee. at the Union's direction, shall count the same as seatime. The Trial Committee'shall conduct the trials of a perscm Union records, \Pelfare Plan records and/or company records charged, and shall submit findings and recommendations as can be used to determine eligibility; and prescribed in this Constitution. It shall be the special obliga­ (b) He has been a full book member in continuous good tion of the Trial Committee to observe all the requirements standing in tbe Union for at least three (3) years immediately of this Constitution with regard to charges and trials, and their prior to his nomination; and findings and recommendations must specifically state whether (c) He has at least one hundred (100) days of seatime, in or not, in the opinion of the Trial Committee, the rights of any an unlicensed capacity, aboard an American-flag merchant accused, under this Constitution, were properly safeguarded. vessel or vessels covered by contract with this Union, Or one hundred (100) days of employment with, or in any office or (b) Appeals Committee. job of, the Union, its subsidiaries and its affiliates, or in any 1. The Appeals Committee shall hear all appeals from trial employment the Union's direction, or a combination of judginents, in accordance with such procedures as are set forth these, betweenat January 1st and the time of nomination in the in this Constitution and such rules as may be adopted by a election year; and majority vote of the membership not inconsistent therewith. (d) He is a citizen of the United States of America; and 2. The Appeals Committee shall, within not later than one (e) He is not disqualified by law. He is not receiving a week after the close of the said hearing, make and submit findings and recommendations in accordance with the provisions pension from this Union's Pension Fund, if any, or from a of this Constitution and such rules as may be adopted by a Union-Management Fund to which Fund this Union is a party or from a company under contract with this Union, majority vote Of the membership not inconsistent therewith. (c) Quarterly Financial Committee. 1. The Quarterly Financial Committee shall make an exami­ nation for each quarterly period of the finances of the Union and shall report fully on their findings and recommendations. Members of this committee may make dissenting reports, sepa­ rate recommendations and separate findings. 2. The findings and recommendations of thfs committee shall be completed within a reasonable time after the election of the members thereof, and shall be submitted to the SecretaryTreasurer who shall cause the same to be read in all ports, as set forth herein. 3. All ofiScers, Union personnel and members are responsible for complying with all demands made for records, bills, vouchers, receipts, etc., by the said Quarterly Financial Com­ mittee. The committee sh^l also have available to it, the serv­ ices of the independent certified public accountants retained by the Union. 4. Any action on the said report shall be as determined by, a majority vote of the membersMp. 5. The Quarterly Financial Committee shall consist of seven (7) full book members in good standing to be elected at Head­ quarters—Port of New York. No officer. Headquarters Repre­ sentative, Port Agent, or Patrolman, shall be eligible for elec­ tion to this Committee. Committee members shall be elected at the regular Headquarters—Port of New York meeting desig­ nated by the Secretary-Treasurer. In the event such regular meeting cannot be held for lack of a quorum, the New York Port Agent shall call a special meeting-as early as possible for the electing of Committee members to serve on the Quarterly Financial Committee. On the day following their election, and continuing until the Committee has completed its report, each Committee member shall be paid for hours worked at the standby rate of pay, but in no event shall they be paid for less than eight (8) hours per day. They shall be furnished room and board during the period they are performing their duties. In the event a committee member ceases to act, no replace­ ment need be elected, unless there are less than three (3) committee members, in which event they shall suspend their work until a special election for committee members shall be • held as provided above, for such number of committee members as shall be necessary to constitute a committee of not less than three (3) members in good standing. : Section 2. All candidates for, and holders of, other elective jobs not specified in the preceding sections shall be full book members of the Union. Section 3. All candidates for and holders of elective offices and jobs, whether elected or appointed in accordance with this Constitution, shall maintain full book membership in good standing. Article Xlll Elections for Officers, Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents and Patrolmen Section I. Nominations. Except as provided in Section 2(b) of this Article, any full book member may submit his name for nomination for any office, or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, by delivering or causing to be delivered in per­ son, to the office of the Secretary-Treasurer at headquarters, or sending, a letter addressed to the Credentials Committee, in care of the Secretary-Treasurer, at the address of headquarters. This letter shall be dated and shall contain the following: (a) The name of the candidate. (b) His home address and mailing address. (c) His book ntunber. (d) The title of the office or other job for which he is a candidate, including the name of the Port in the event the position sought is that of Agent or Patrolman. (e) Proof of citizenship. (f) Proof of seatime and/or employment as required for candidates. (g) In the event the member is on a ship he shall notify the Credentials Committee what ship he is on. This shdl be done also if he ships subsequent to forwarding his credentials. (h) Annexing a certificate in the following form, signed and dated by the proposed nominee: "I hereby certify that I am not now, nor, for the five (5) years Strike Commhtae; " last past, have 1 been either a member of the Communist Party 1. In no event shall a general strike take place ludm AP';- or convicted of, or served any part of a prison term resulting from conviction of robbery, bribery, extortion, embezzlement, proved by a majority vote of the membership. 2. In die event a general strike has been approved by the grand larceny, burglary, arson, violation of narcotics laws, inembership the Port Agents in all affected ports shall call a murder, rape, assault with intent to kill, assault which inflicts grievous bodily injury, or violation of Title 11 or 111 of the timely special meeting for the purpose of electing a strike com­ mittee. This committee shall be composed of three full book Landrum-Griffin Act, or conspiracy to commit any such crimes." members and their duties shall consist of assisting the Port Agent to effectuate all strike policies and strategies. Dated ... Signature of member ArliclQ XI Book No. Wagss and! Tenns of Office of CWRcers ond^ Printed forms of the certificate shall be made available to nominees. Where a nominee cannot truthfully execute such a Other Elective Job Holders, Union certificate, but is, in fact, legaUy eligible for an office or job ^ Employees, and Othe«; Section 1. The following elected offices and jobs shall be held for a term of four years: President Vice-Presidents Secretary-Treasurer Headquarters Representatives Port Agents Patrolmen The term of four years set forth here is expressly subject to the provisions for assumption of office as contained in Article Xlll, Section 6(b) of this Constitution. The first nomination and election of officers and jobs under this amended Constitution as provided for in this Article XI, and Articles Xll and Xlll, shall be held in the year 197l', notwithstanding the unexpired term of any office as a result of a prior election or appointment. I ' I f I |/ rggction 2. The term of any elective jobs other than those inSection 1 of this Article shall continue for so long as is necessary to complete the functions thereof, unless sooner terminated by a majority vote of the membership or segment of the Union, whichever applies, whose vote was originally necessary to elect the one or ones serving. November 14, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Supplement—^Pafe Four by reason of the restoration of civil rights originaUy revoked by such conviction or a favorable determination by the Board of Parole of the United States Department of Justice, he shall, in lieu of the foregoing certificate, furnish a complete signed state­ ment of the facts of his case together with true copies of the documents supporting his statement. Any full book member may nominate any other full book member in which event such fuU book member so nominated shall comply with the provisions of this Article as they are set forth herein, relating to the submission of credentials. By reason of the above self nomination provision the responsisibility if any, for notifying a itominee of his nomination to office, shall ^ that of the nominator. All docuinents required herein must reach headquarters no earlier than July 15th and no later than August 15th of the election year. The Secretary-Treasurer is charged with the safekeeping of these letters and shall turn them over to the Credentials Com­ mittee upon the letter's request. Secfion 2. Cradanlials Committae. (a) A Credentials Committee shall be elected at the regular meeting in August of the election year, at the p<#t where Head­ quarters is located. It shall consist of six (6) full book mem­ bers in attendance at the meeting, with two (2) members to i v: ' Section 3. The compensation to be peid the holder of any be elected from each of the Deck, Engine and Stewards De­ ' office or other elective job shall be determined from timo to . partments. No officer. Headquarters Representative, Port Agent time by the Executive Board subject to approval of the mem­ or Patrolman, or candidate for offici» or rhe job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, shall be eligible for bership. election to this Ciommittee, except as provided for in Article Section 4. The foregoing provisions of this Article do not X, Section 4. In the event any committee member is unable apply to any corporation, business, or other venture in which to serve, the Committee shall suspend until the President or this Union participates; or which it organizes or creates, Executive Vice-President, or the Secretary-Treasurer, in that order, calls a special meeting at the port where Headquarters k such situations, instructions conveyed by the Executive Bomi . be followed. is located in order to elect a replacement. The Committee's results shall be by majority vote, with any tie vote being resolved by a majority vote of the membership at a speciid meeting called for that purpose at that Port. (b) After its election, the Committee shall immediately go into session. It shaU .determine whether the person has mitted his application correctly and possesses the necessary qualifications. The Committee shall prepare a report listing each applicant and his book number under the office or job he is seeking. Each applicant shall be marked "qualified" or "disquaU^J^cco^ing to the findings of the Committee. Where an aj^^PffiMPBben marked "disqualified," the reason therefor must be stated in the report. Where a tie vote has been resolved by a special meeting of the membership, that fact shaU also be noted, with sufficient detail. The report shall be signed by all of the Committee members, and be completed and submitted to the Ports in time for the next regular meeting after their election. At this meeting, it shall be read and incorporated in the minutes, and then posted on the buUetin board in each port. On the last day of nominations, one member of the Commit­ tee shall stand by in Headquarters to accept delivery of creden­ tials. All credentials must be in headquarters by midnight of closing day. (c) When an applicant has been disqualified by the commit­ tee, he shaU be notified immediately by telegram at- the ad­ dresses listed by him pursuant to Section 1 of this Article. He shall also be sent a letter containing the reasons for such dis­ qualification by air mail, special delivery, registered or ^certified, to the mailing address designated pursuant to Section 1(b) of this Article. A disqualified applicant shall have the right to take an appeal to the membership from the decision of the Committee. He shall forward copies of such appeal to each port, where the appeal shall be presented and voted upon at a regular meeting no later than the second meeting after the Committee's election. It is the responsibility of the appli­ cant to insure timely delive^ of his appeal. In any event, without prejudice to his written appeal, the applicant may appear in person before the Committee within two days after the day on which the telegram is sent, to correct his application or argue for his qualification. The committee's report shall be prepared early enough to allow the applicant to appear before it within the time set forth in his Constitution and still reach the ports in time for the firrt regular meeting after its election. (d) A majority vote of the membership shall, in the case of such appeals, be sufficient to over-rule any disqualification by the Credentials Committee, in which event the one so previously classified shall then be deemed Qualified. (e) The Credentials Committee, in passing upon the quali­ fications of candidates, shall have the right to conclusively pre­ sume that anyone nominated and qualified in previous elections for candidacy for any office, or the job of Headquarters Rejpresentative. Port Agent or Patrolman, has met aU the requirements of Section 1(a) of Article Xll. Section 3. Balloting Procedures. (a) Balloting in the manner hereafter provided, shall com­ mence on November 1st of the election year and shaU contin.ue through December 31st, exclusive of Sundays and (for each individual Port) holidays legally recognized in the City of which the port affected is located. If November 1st or De­ cember 31st falls on a holiday legally recognized in a Port in the City ih which that port is located, the balloting period in such port shall commence or terminate, as the case may be, on the next succeeding business day. Subject to the foregoing, for the purpose of full book members securing tbeir ballots, the ports shall be open from 9:00 A.M. to 12 Noon, Monday through Saturdays, excluding holidays. (b) Balloting shall be by mail. The Secretary-Treasurer 'Shall insure the proper and timely preparation of ballots, with­ out partiality as to candidates or ports. The ballots may con­ tain general information and instructive comments not in­ consistent with the provisions of this Constitution. All qualified candidates shall be listed thereon alphabeticaUy within each category with book number and job seniority classification status. The listing of the ports shall first set forth Headquarters and then shall foUow a geographical pattern, commencing with the most northerly part of the Atlantic Coast, following the Atlantic Coast down to the most southerly port on that coast, then westerly along the Gulf of Mexico and so on, until the list of ports is exhausted. Any port outside the Continental United States shall then be added. There shaU be no write in voting and no provisions for the same shall appear on the ballot. Each ballot shaU be so prepared as to have the number thereon placed at the top thereof and shaU be so perforated as to enable that portion containing the said number to be easily removed to insure secrecy of the ballot. On this removable portion shall also be placed a short statement indicating the nature of the ballot and the voting date thereof. (c) The ballots so prepared at the direction of the SecretaryTreasurer shaU be the only official ballots. No others may be used. Each ballot shall be numbered as indicated in the pre­ ceding paragraph and shall be numbered consecutively, com­ mencing with number 1. A sufficient amount shall be printed and distributed to each Port. A record of the ballots, both by serial numbers and amount, sent thereto, shall be main­ tained by the Secretary-Treasurer, who shall also send each Port Agent a verification list indicating the amount and serial numbers of the ballots sent. The Secretary-Treasurer shaU also send to each Port Agent a sufficient amount of blank opaque envelopes containing the word, "Ballot" on the face of the envelope, as weU as a sufficient amount of opaque mail­ ing envelopes, first class postage prepaid and printed on the face thereon as the addressee shall be the name and address of the depository for the receipt of such baUots as designated by the President in the manner provided by Article X, Section 1, of this Constitution. In the upper left-hand comer of such mailing envelope, there shall be printed thereon, as a top line, provision for the voter's signature and on another line im­ mediately thereunder, provision for the printing of the voter's name and book number. In addition, the Secretary-Treasurer shall also send a sufficient amount of mailing envelopes identi­ cal with the mailing envelopes mentioned above, except that they shall be of different color, and shall contain on the face of such envelope in bold letters, the word, "Challenge". The Secretary-Treasurer shall further furnish a sufficient amoimt of "Roster Sheets" which shall have printed thereon, at the top thereof, the year of the election, and immediately thereunder, five (5) vertical columns designated, date, b^ot number, signature full book member's name, book number and com­ ments, and such roster sheets shall contain horizontal lines immediately under the captions of each of the atmve fote columns. 'The Secretary-Treasurer shall also send a sufficient amount of envelopes with the printed name and address of the depository on the face thereof, and in the upper left-hand comer, the name of the port and address, and on the face of such envelope, should be printed the words, "Roster Sheets and Ballot Stubs". Each Port Agent shall maintain separate �JVovember 14, 1969 records of the ballots sent him and shall inspect end count the ballots when received, to insure that the amount sent, as well as the aiimbers thereon, conform to the amount and numbers listed by the Secretary-Treasurer as having been sent to that Port. The Port Agent shall immediately execute and return to the Secretary-Treasurer a receipt, acknowledging the correctness of the amount and the numbers of the ballots sent, or shall notify the Secretary-Treasurer of any discrepancy. Discrepancies shall be corrected as soon as possible prior to the voting period. In any event, receipts shall be forwarded _ i^L the aforementioned election material actually received, 'he Secretary-Treasurer shall prepare a file in which shall be kept memoranda and correspondence dealing with the election. This file shall at all times be available to any member asking for inspection of the same at the office of the SecretaryTreasurer and shall be turned over to the Union Tallying Committee. (d) Balloting shall be secret. Only full book members in good standing may vote. Each full book member may secure his ballot at Port offices, from the Port Agent or his duly designated representative at such port. Each Port Agent shall designate an area at the Port office over which should be posted the legend "Voting Ballots Secured Here." When a full book member appears to vote he shall present his book to the Port Agent or his aforementioned duly designated representa­ tive. The Port Agent or his duly designated representative shall insert on the roster sheet under the appropriate column, the date, the number of the ballot given to such member and his full book number, and the member shall then sign his name on such roster sheet under the appropriate column. Such member shall have his book stamped with the word, "Voted" and the date, and shall be given a ballot, and simultaneously the perforation on the top of the ballot shall be removed. At the same time the member shall be given the envelope marked "Ballot" together with the pre-paid postage mailing envelope addressed to the depository. The member shall take such ballot and envelopes and in secret thereafter^ mark his ballot, fold the same, insert it in the blank envelope marked "Ballot", seal the same, then insert such "Ballot" envelope into the mail­ ing envelope, seal such mailing envelope, sign his name on the upper left-hand comer on the first line of such mailing envelope and on the second line in the upper left-hand corner print his name and book number, after which he shall mail or cause the same to be mailed. In the event a full book member appears io vote. and is not in good standing, or does not have his membership book with him or it appears for other valid reasons he is not eligible to vote, the same procedure as provided above shall apply to him, except that on the roster sheet under the column "Comments", notation should be made that the member voted a challenged ballot and the reason for his challenge. Such member's membership book shall be stamped "voted challenge", and the date, and such member instead of the above-mentioned mailing envelope, shall be given the mailing envelope of a different color marked on the face thereof with the word, "Challenge". At the end of each day, the Port Agent or his duly designated representative shall enclose in the envelope addressed to the depository and marked "Roster Sheets and Ballot Stubs", the roster sheet or sheets executed by the members that day, together with the numbered per­ forated slips removed from the ballots which had been given to the members, and then mail the same to such depository. To insure that an adequate supply of all balloting material is maintained in all ports at all times, the Port Agent or his duly designated representative, simultaneously with mailing of the roster sheets and ballot stubs to the depository at the end of each day, shall also make a copy of the roster sheet for that day and mail the same to the Secretary-Treasurer at Head­ quarters. The Port Agent shall be responsible for the proper safeguarding of all election material and shall not release any of it until duly called for and shall, insure that no one tampers with the material placed in his custody. (e) Full book members may request and vote an absentee ballot under the following circumstances; while such member is employed on a Union contracted vessel and which vessel's schedule does not provide for it to be at a port in which a ballot can be secur^ during the time and period provided for in Section 4(a) of this Article or is in a USPHS Hospital any­ time during the first ten (10) days of the month of November of the Election Year. The member shall make a request for an absentee ballot by registered or certified mail or the equivalent mailing device at the location from which such request is made, if such be the case. Such request shall con­ tain a designation as to the address to which such member wishes his absentee ballot returned. The request shall be post­ marked no later than 12:00 P.M. on the 15th day of November of the election year, shall be directed to the SecretaryTreasurer at Headquarters and must be delivered no later than the 25th of such November. The Secretary-Treasurer shall determine whether such member is eligible to vote such absentee ballot. The Secretary-Treasurer, if he determines that such member is so eligible, he shall by the 30th of such November,, send by registered mail, return receipt requested, to the address so designated by such member, a "Ballot", aher removing the perforated numbered stub, together with the hereinbefore mentioned "Ballot" envelope, and mailing en­ velope addressed to the depository, except that printed on the face of such mailing envelope, shall be the "words "Absentee Ballot" and appropriate voting instructions shall accompany such mailing to the member. If the Secretary-Treasurer de­ termines that such member is ineligible to receive such absentee ballet,, he shall nevertheless send such member the afore­ mentioned ballot with accompanying material except that the mailing envelope addressed to the depository shall have printed on the face thereof the words "Challenged Absentee Ballot." The Secretary-Treasurer shall keep records of all of the fore­ going, including the reasons for determining such member's ineligibility, which records shall be open for inspection by full book members and upon the convening of the Union Tallying Committee, presented to them. The SecretaryTreasurer shall send to all Ports, the names and book numbers of the members to whom absentee ballots were sent. (f) All ballots to be counted, must be received by the depository no later than the January 5th immediately sub­ sequent to the election year and must be postmarked no later than 12 midnight December 31st of the election year. Saction 4. (a) At the close of the last day of the period for securing ballots, the Port Agent in each port, in addition to his duties set forth above, shall deliver or mail to Head­ quarters by registered or certified mail, attention Union Tally­ ing Committee, all unused ballots and shall specifically set forth, by serial number and amount, the unused ballots so forwarded. (b) The Union Tallying Committee shall consist of 14 full book members. Two shall be elected from each of the seven ports of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Mobile, New Orleans, Houston and Detroit. The election shall be held at the regular meeting in December of the election year, or if the Executive Board otherwise determines prior thereto, at a SEAFARERS LOG special meeting held in the aforesaid ports, on the first business day of the last week of said month. No officer. Headquarters Representative, Port Agent, Patrolman, or candidate for office, or the job or Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, shall be eligible for election to this Committee, except as provided for in Article X, Section 4. In addition to its duties herein set forth, the Union Tallying Committu».°hall be charged with the tallying of all the ballots anir the preparation of a closing report setting forth, in complete detail, the results of the election, including a complete accounting of all ballots and stubs, and reconciliation of the same with the rosters, and receipts of the Port Agents, all with detailed reference to serial numbers and amounts and with each total broken down into port totals. The Tallying Committee shall have access to all election records and files for their inspection, examination and verification. The report shall clearly detail all discrepancies discovered and shall contain recommendations for the treatment of these discrepancies. All members of the Committee shall sign the report, without prejudice, however, to the right of any member thereof to submit a dissenting report as to the accuracy of the count and the validity of the ballots, with pertinent details. In connection with the tally of ballots there shall be no counting of ballots until all mailing envelopes containing valid ballots have first been openeR, the ballot envelopes removed intact and then all of such ballot envelopes mixed together, after which such ballot envelopes shall be opened and counted in such multiples as the Committee may deem expedient and manageable. The Committee shall resolve all issues on chal­ lenged ballots and then tally those found valid, utilizing the same procedure as provided in the preceding sentence either jointly or separately. * Snpplement—Pmge Five ordering of a special vote, unless reported discrepancies or protested procedure or conduct found to have occurred and to be violative of the Constitution, affected the results of the vote for any office or job, in which event, the special vote shall be restricted to such office, offices and/or job or jobs, as the case may be. A majority of the membership at the Election Report Meetings may order a recheck and recount when a dissent to the closing report has been issued by three (3) or more members of the Union Tallying Committee. Except for the contingencies provided for in this Section 4(f), the closing report shall be final. There shall be no further protest appeaTrfffl^^ne action of the majority of the membership at the Election Report Meetings. (g) Any special vote ordered pursuant to Section 4(f) shall be commenced within ninety (90) days after the first day of the month immediately subsequent to the Election Report Meetings mentioned above. The depository shall be the same as designated for the election from which the special vote is ordered. And the procedures shall be the same as provided for in this Section 4, except where specific dates are provided for, the days shall be the dates applicable, which provide for the identical time and days originally provided for in this Section 4. The Election Report Meeting for the aforesaid snecial "oie sha.i "e that meeting immediately subsequent to the report of the Union Tallying Committee separated by one calendar month. Section 5. Elected Officers and Job Holders: (a) A candidate unopposed for any office or job shall be deemed elected to such office or job notwithstanding that his name may appear on the ballot. The Union Tallying Committee shall not be required to tally completely the results of the voting for such unopposed candidate but shaU certify in their report, that such unopposed candidate has been elected to such office or job. The Election Report Meeting shall accept the above certification of the Union Tallying Committee without change. (c) The members of the Union Tallying Committee shall, after their election, proceed to the port in which Headquarters is located, to arrive at that port no later than January 5th of the year immediately after the election year. Each member of the Committee not elected from the port in which Head­ quarters is located shall be reimbursed for transportation, Section 6. Installation into Office and the Job of Head­ meals, and lodging expenses occasioned by their traveling to quarters Representative, Fort Agent or Patrolman: and returning from that Port. Committee members elected (a) The person elected shall be that person having the largest from the port in which Headquarters is located, shall be number of votes cast for the particular office or job involved. similarly, reimbursed, except for transportation. All members Where more than one person is to be elected for a particular of the Committee shall also be paid at the prevailing standby office or job, the proper number of candidates receiving the rate of pay from the day subsequent to their election to the successively highest number of votes shall be declared elected. day they return, in normal course, to the port from which they These determinations shall be made only from the results were elected. deemed final and accepted as provided in this Article. It shaU The Union Tallying Committee shall elect a chairman from be the duty of the President to notify each individual elected. among themselves and, subject to the express terms of this (b) The duly elected officers and other job holders shall take Constitution, adopt its own procedures. All decisions of such over their respective offices and jobs, and assume the duties Committee and the contents of their report shall be valid if thereof, at midnight of the night of the Election Report Meet­ made by a majority vote, provided there be a quorum in at­ ing, or the next regular meeting, depending upon which meet­ tendance, which quorum is hereby fixed at nine (9). The ing the results as to each of the foregoing are deemed final Committee, but not less than a quorum thereof, shall have and accepted, as provided in this Article. The term of their the sole right and duty to obtain" all mailed ballots and the predecessors shall continue up to, and expire at, that time, other mailed election material from the depository and to notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Article insure their safe custody during the course of the Committee's XI,' Section 1. This shall not apply where the successful candi­ proceedings. The proceedings of the Committee except for date cannot assume his office because he is at sea. their organizational meeting and their actual preparation of In such event, a majority vote of the membership may grant the closing report and dissents therefrom, if any, shall be open additional time for the assumption of the office or job. In the to any member, provided he observes decorum. Any candidate event of the failure of the newly-elected President to assume may act as an observer and/or designate another member to office the provisions of Article X, Section 11 shall apply until act as his observer at the counting of the ballots. In no event the expiration of the term. All other cases of failure to assume shall issuance of the above referred to closing report of the office shall be dealt with as decided by a majority vote of the Committee be delayed beyond January 31st immediately subse­ membership. quent to the close of the election year. In the discharge of its Soction 7. The Secretary-Treasurer is specifically charged duties, the Committee may call upon and utilize the services with the preservation and retention of att election records, of clerical employees of the Union. The Committee shall be including the ballots, as required by law, and is directed and discharged upon the completion of the issuance and dispatch authorized to issue such other and further directives as to the of its report as required in this Article. In the event a recheck election procedures as are required by law, which directives and recount is ordered pursuant to this Article, the Committee shall be reconstituted, except that if any member thereof is not shall be part of the election procedures of this Union. available, a substitute therefore shall be elected from the appropriate port at a special meeting held for that purpose as soon as possible. Article XiV (d) The report of the (Committee shall be made up in suffi­ Other Elections cient copies to comply with the foUowing requirements: two copies shall be mailed by the Committee to each Port Agent Section 1. Trial Committee. and the Secretary-Treasurer no later than January 31st im­ A Trial Committee shaU be elected at a special meeting held mediately subsequent to the close of the election year. As at 10:00 A.M., the next business day following the regular soon as these copies are received, each Port Agent shall post one copy of the report on the bulletin board, in a conspicuous meeting of the Port where the Trial is to take place. It shall consist of five full book members, of which three shaU consti­ manner, and notify the Secretary-Treasurer, in writing, as to tute a quorum. No officer. Headquarters Representative, Port the date of such posting. This copy shall be kept posted until Agent, Port Patrolman, or other Union personnel may be after the Election Report Meeting, which shall be the March elected to serve on a Trial Conunittee. No member who intends regular membership meeting immediately following the close to be a witness in the pending trial may serve, nor may any of the election year. At the Election Report Meeting, the member who cannot for any reason, render an honest decision. other copy of the report shall be read verbatim. It shall be the duty of every member to decline nomination if (e) Any full book member claiming a violation of the he knows, or has reason to believe, any of the foregoing dis­ election and balloting procedure or the conduct of the same, qualifications apply to him. The members of this committee shall within 72 hours of the occurrence of the claimed violation, shall be elected under such generally applicable rules as are notify the Secretary-Treasurer at Headquarters, in writing, by adopted by a majority vote of the membership. certified mail, of the same, setting forth his name, book Section 2. Appeals Committee. number and the details so that appropriate corrective action if warranted may be taken. The Secretap'-Treasurer shall ex­ The Appeals Committee shall consist of seven fuU book peditiously investigate the facts concerning the claimed viola­ members, five of whom shall constitute a quorum, elected at tion, take such action as may be necessary if any, and make a the port where headquarters is located. TTie same disquali­ report and recommendation, if necessary, a copy of which shall fications and duties of members shall apply with regard to be sent to the member and the original shall be filed for the this committee as apply to the Trial Committee. In addition, Union Tallying Committee for their appropriate action, report no member may serve on an Appeals Committee in the hearing and recommendation, if any. The foregoing shall not be of an appeal from a Trial (Zommittee decision, if the said applicable to matters involving the Credentials Committee's member was a member of the Trial Committee. action or report, the provisions of Article XIII, Sections 1 and 2 being the pertinent provisions applicable to such matters. All protests as to any and all aspects of the election and Article XV balloting procedures or the conduct of the same, not passed Trials and Appeals upon by the Union Tallying Committee in its report, excluding therefrom matters involving the Credentials Committee's action Section 1. Any member may bring charges against any other or report as provided in the last sentence of the immediately member for the conunission of an offense as set forth in this preceding paragraph, but including the procedure and report Constitution. These charges shall be in writing and signed by of the Union Tallying Committee, shall be filed in writing by the accuser, who shaU also include his book number. The certified mail with the Secretary-'Treasurer at Headquarters, to accuser shall deliver these charges to the Port Agent of the be received no later than the February 25th immediately sub­ sequent to the close of the election year. It shall be the re­ ^ port neai;rat the place of the offense, or the port of pay-off, if the off^se took place aboard ship. He shall also request Ae sponsibility of the member to insure that his written protest is Port Agent to present these charges at the next regular meeting received by the Secretary-Treasurer no later than such Febru­ The accuser may withdraw his charges before the meeting takes ary 25th. The Secretary-Treasurer shall forward copies of place. such written protest to ^1 ports in sufficient time to be read at the Election Report Meeting. The written protest shall Section 2. After presentation of the charges and the request contain the full book member's name, book number, and all to the Port Agent, the Port Agent shall cause those charges details constituting the protest. to be read at uie said meeting. If the charges are rejected by a maiority vote of the port, (f) At the Election Report Meeting the report and recom­ no further action may be taken thereon, unless ruled othenvise mendation of the Union Tallying Committee, including but by a majority vote of the membership of the Union within SH) not liinited to discrepancies, protests passed upon by them, as days thereafter. H the charges are accepted, and the accus^ well as protests filed with the Secretary-Treasurer as provided is present, he shall be automatically on notice that he wiR be for in Section (e) immediately above, shall be acted upon by tried the ifollowing morning. At his request, the trial shaD be the meeting. A majority vote of the membership shall decide postponed until the morning foUowing the next regular meeti^. what action, if any, in accordance with the Constitution shall at whi|^ .time tW Trial Committee wiU then be be taken thereon,'which action, however, shall not include the �Supplement—^Page Six ^^ aho be handed a writtcu copy of Uie should have ^en disquriified, or (b) that the adiaisea-was-nor adei^ately informed of the detaUs of the diarged offense, which or (c) U that J®®lulted m his not having —o been given a a fair Aou trial, maj. or for any other reason^ the accused was not given a fair triid. (d) If there is not si^stantial evidence, to support a ffnding of guilt the Appeals Committee shall recommend 'i— M which the finding was based be dismissed. " (e) The Appeals Committee may recommend lesser punish­ ment. • J ~~^®'j4l''°f^^an prMf of the commission of anv of t^ tMH the accused is not present, the Port Agent shall immedi. ately cause to be sent to h^ by registered inaU addressed to his last Iteown mailing address on file with the Union a copy " wiltfiil fdlute to be preKpt to togntou or -L f numbers of the accusers, and a notificabon, that he must appear with his witnesses, rwdy for tnal the inonung after the next regular meetinm at ".Sra ^ nit rhich meetmg the Trial Committee will be elected. (c) Diaorderiy conduct at pay-off or 8i0i.oB; In the event a majority of the membership of the Union shall ^te to accept chijmggiafter Aeir rejefction by a port, the trial (d) Refusal to cooperate with Urmu £-;tpref.eMAMr«<^ Sa^en 14. The Appeals Committee shall deliver its decision ^ phall take place mTB^ort where Headquarters is located. Due and dissent if wy, to headquarters, which ^aQ cause sufficient charging Aeir duties; lotice thereof shall be given to the accus"ei*Vhr'Adl"be copies to be publish^ and shall have them sent to each port in (e) Disorderly conduct in the Union h'afl; I •^formed of the name ot nis accusers, and vdio shall receive a of his tune to reach there before the next regular scheduled meeting, (f) GambUhg m Ae Union hall; J ^tten statement of the charges. At the request of the'accnsed, xleadquarten shall also send a copy to each accused and (g) Negligent failure to jom ship. ^ trms^rtabon and subsistence shall be provided the accused accuser at their last known address, or notify them in person. and his witnesses. member who has committed tm offense ^ A J-*?'® L meeting indicated in Section 14 of this Socrion 3. ne Trial Committee shall hear all penineni Article, the membership, by a majority vote, shall accept the ized by no mow th^ a fine of $50.00 may elect to wriw^ ' sabjcct to Ae previsioBs of ' evidence Md shall not be bound by the rules of evidence decision of Ae Appeals Comimttee, or Ae Assent Aerein. U A^de^V'Vr® Artmle XV, Section 19 and to pay the maximum fine of ISOdX) ' reqmred by coum of law but may receive all relevant testi­ stMd the decision of the Appeals Committee to the duly authorized representative of Ae Union. mony. The Tnal Comimttee may grant adjournments, at the If a new trial is orfered, Aat trial shall be hdd in Ae port request of the accused, to enable him to make a proper defense. SocMon 6. This Union, and its members, Aoll not be deemtt.! ¥ event the Trial Committee falls beneath a quoruim it to waive anj^laim, pf personal or property rights to which it P^^ded for in ? shril adjourn until a quorum does exist. Section 2 of this Article. Any decision so providing for a new or its members are entitled, by bringing the member to trial orV trial shall coniam such directions as will insure a fair hearing enfbrcmg a penalty as provided m Ais Constitution. S " !, Sacrion 4. No trial shall be conducted unless all the accusers to Ae accused. I me present Tne Trial Committee shall conduct the trial except SacHon 14. Headquarters shall notify Ae accused and each I that the accused shall have the ri^t to cross-examine the accuser, eiAer m person or m writing addressed to their last I accuser, or acrasers, and the witnesses, as weD as to conduct his k°iiMu tJt® results of Ae appeal. A further apMal sown defense. The accused may select any member to assist him ' m bs defense at the trial, provided, (a) the said member is shall be aUowed as set forth in Section 17 of Ais Article. available at Ae time of the trial and (b) the said member SMHOR HT. Each member is charmd wiA khowkdge of Ae Artid* XVil agr^ to mnder such assistance. If the accused challenges the provisions of the ConstituUon of v, Ae puo Seafarers miemauonaj International qualificabons of the members of the Trial Committee, or states Union of North ^enca, and Ae rights o^ and procedure as PiiSHcafibm that the charges do not adequately inform him 6f what wrong to, lunner appeal as provided for Aerein. Decisions reached t his Union may puhhsh such psmpUets. journals he aUege^y committed, or the time and place of such commit thereunder be bmdmg on all members of Ae Union. ^^8, magazines, periodicals and general literature, in snA Bion, such matters shall be ruled upon and disposed of, prior Se^en Ifc It shall ^ Ae duty of all members of Ae Union to proceedmg on the merits of the defense. The guilt of an <® by the to take all steps w^m their constitutional power to carry out Stive'B^S?d. jBccused shall be found only if jn-oven by the weight of the tne terms of any effective decisions. evidence, Md the burden of such proof shall be upon the Artlcfo XVIH accuser. E«ry finding shall be based on the quality of the « SoetioR !P. Every accused shall receive a written copy ef the evidence and not solely on the number of witnesses produced. charges preferred against him and Aall be given a wwnable Bond. " . tune to prepare his defense, but he may Aereafter plead guilty Officers and job holders, wheAcr elected or appok^ as Section 5. The Trial Committee shall make findings as to and waive My or all of the oAer rights and privUeges granted gmlt or innoMnce, and recommendations as to punishment to him by this Article. If an accused has fcien properly notified Iwi ^ employees handling monies of Ae Union shall be bonded as required by law. rad/or other Unira action deemed desirable in the light of of his tnal and fails to attend wiAout properly requesting a • •• i the proceedmgs. "Hiese findings and recommendaUons shall ^stponement, the Trial Committee may hold its trial wiAout be those of a majonty of the committee, and diall be in writing, ' Article^ as shaU be any disi^ Ibe committee shall forward its findmgs and rerommendations, along with any dissent to the Port Ix(>«iidit«i^s ; ArHcIo 3tVI whem the trial took place, while a copy S^on I. In Ae event ho contrary policies or in.imtotttons thereof shall be forw^ded to the accused and the accusers are in existence, the President may an^rize, mAe, or incmL OifeitMs ond PanaMm addressed to their last known L'®® expenses as are normally encompass^ add^ses. The findmgs shall^ mclude a statement that the Section 1. Upon pmf of Ae commission of Ae foUowing Sn^t^on " conferred upon him by Article X of thiJ Constitution, were properly offenses, Ae member shall be expelled from memberdiip: safe^ardt^. The fcdings also must contain the charges made, (a) Proof of m^hership in any organization advocating Ae the date of the tnal, the name and address of the accused, the S^on 2. The provisions of Section I shaB similarly apply to! the routine accounting and administrative procedures of the! document ^ised overthrow of Ae Government of the United States by force; Union except those primarily concerned with trials, appeals.! (bj Acting as an informer against the interest of Ae Union t ^ A .1 ® summary of the proceedings, negotiations, strikes, and elections. , and shall state the findings as to guilt or innocence. If possible, or tbe membership m any organizational campaign; aU documents used at the trial shaU be kept All findings and (c) Acting as an informer for. or agent of, Ae company Sactlen 3. The provisions of Ais Article shall sui ^recommendations shaU be made a part of the regular files. against the mterests of Ae membership or the Union; OmstitmbinProvisions of Article A ^JTrial shall, upon a..'.™,"", DS^°° "" ^•» wceipt of the fin^gs and recommendations of Ae Trial Comand recommendations to be presented, ArHcl* XX Section 2. Upon proof of Ae commission of any of the foljand entered mto Ae minutes, at Ae next regular iLting. lowng offenses, Ae member Aall be penalized up to and Port-Agent shall send Ae record of Ae entire including a penalty of expulsion from the Union. In Ae event S^«n 1. Ihe income of Ais Union Aall include dues, the penalty of expulsion is not invoked or recommeded, the fhS f^r headqumers, which AaU cause sufficient copies A^f to be mde and sent to each Port in time for Ae next penalty shall not exceed suspension from Ae rights and privi- mitistion fees, fines, Msessments, contributions, lotuis, inter^ regularly scheduled meeting. mvidends, as well as income derived from any otherliegitimate L ®^"P f®"" 'w® <2) yearr, or a fine business operation or other legitimate source. 01 Sou.OO or both: ¥® latter meeting, Ae proceedings shall be die(a) Willfully misappropriating or misusing Union property , Sactien 2. An official Union receipt, propefly filled out, .hsll ct^ed. ^e meetmg Aall Aen vote. A majority vote of Ae of the value in excess of |50.00. , membership of the Union shall: be given to anyone paying money to the Union or to any (b) Unautho^d use of Union property, records, stamps, person auAonzed by the Union to receive money. It shall be ; , (a) Acwpt Ae findings and recommendations, or Ae huty of every person affiliated wiA Ae Union who m-vseals, etc., for Ae purpose of personal gain; ^ ! (b) Reject Ae findings and recommendations, or such payments to demand such receipt » i^suse of any office or job, elective or not, within : (c) /^t Ae findings, but moAly Ae recommendations, or Ae Umon for the pur^se of personal gain, financial or oAerSestien S. ?»u assessincais shall be levied except after a bsESp i Lk after finding Aat substantial justice wise, or the willful refusal or failure to execute Ae duties or inducted under such general rules as may be decided up^ funcuons of the said office or job, or gross neglect or abuse in by a m^ority vote of Ae membership, provided Aat* ''^4^ .1 J take place at Ae port where headquarters is executing such duties or functions or oAer serious misconduct taj The ballot must be secret ;'K i theS^litaM."'"^ i!^S the accusers, and or breach of. trust. The President may, during the pendency vj^^iv® ""ssment must be approved by a majority of Ae I MM furnished transportation and subsist- o^sciphn^ pr®ceedmg8 under this subsection, suspend the valid baflota cast oHw^or jobholderTrom exercising Ae functions of Ae office _ Saction 4. Except as otherwise provided by law, aU payments and designate his temporary w- by members or other affiliates of Ais Union shall be applied ™ Section 8, any puniah- placemen " IK ®®"'®'^ upon shaU become effective. Headquariew succeMlvely to Ac monetary obligations owed Ae Union com(d)fitiThr Unauthorized votmg, or unauAorized handling ot of ballotr rn^ w uuttumonzea^nanoiiiig Pal- mencing inencmg with witn the tue oldest in point of time, as measured from te-'iar '» a.b'sssr.js totrjfrrii s^to°^5i piTarrto.!' I HI f iytoiifc! ts. stubs. rOStAm. VArSfi^ali#vn l;.*- a®®"®ed who has been found guilty, or who is ®PP®"11° »fte manner: P ^®''*®'' ® ®1 appeal to Headquarters '^® °®*'®® of ftte *''® regular meetmg of Ae port whwe receipt of the notice of appeal the notice shall be presented and shall then become part of the .... ^uuaniee snau then be elected The 5 contracts is charged wiA Ae duty , before-mentioned proceedings and all available documents uwd as evidence at Ae trial to the AnS J or argument subnutted by Ae accused. The accused may argue his hnneal in E'Xuart^s on ^® elected. ItUnion neaaquarters on thTntehT^l Ae night Ae^ committee is Aall to insure that his written ?r'eseSon. ™ headquarters m timaVrTuch evidence and arguments before it. It may grant adjournments I and may request Ae accused or accusers to ores-» I Whenever necessary for such fair conAfrStffa.^oxuculs, Seetlon 13. The decision of the Appeals Committee shall by majony vote, Md shall be in the form Tffimgs and dissente sh^ b® in writmg Md signed by those participatinsT to such decision or dissent. In makmg its findings and recomi^^mendations, the committee shall he governed by the following* ^srijsiLf i t wSfofiStoS! •" """ "• - •»' (b) In no event shaU increased punishment he recommended, ^(c) A new rtal shaU be recommended if the Appeals Committee finds-^faU^at-anvjaMober of, Ae Trial ^mmittw t ..r .1 hies, or election material of any sort; (e) Preferring charges wiA knowledge Aat duch charges Arc f&lsCy • (f) Makmg or transmitting, with intent to deceive," false bMbiCTs*'' wiAin the scope of Union shaD be calct Sertion 5. To the extent deemed appropriate by Ae major­ ity of the Executive Board, funds and assets of Ae Union may be kept in an account or accounts without separation 88j^^®^ Punmse and expended for all Union purposes and Deliberate failure or refusal to join one's ship, or misMnduct or ne^ect of duty aboard ship, to Ae detriment of Article XXi "greements; Other Types of Union Affliioti^ and unauthorized interference, or deliberate viUification, wiA regard to the execution of Ae To the extent permitted by law, this Union, by majority ®^ office or job; y®te of the membership, may provide for affiliation wiA it by U) PaviW for, W or receiving money for, employment , (i) Paying aboard individuals in a lesser capacity than membership, or in a a vessel, exclusive of proper earnings and Union payments; capMity other than membership. By majority vote of Ae mem­ bership, Ae Union may provide for the rights and obligations W WiUfiil refusal to submit evidence of affiliation for the incident to such capacities or affiliations. These rights and purjmse of avoiding or delaying money payments to the Urtion, obligations may include, but arc not limited to (a) the applicor imauAonzedly transferring or receiving evidence of Union ability or non-applicability of all or any part of the ConstiatliJiation, with intent to deceive; _ . tutioh; (b) the terms of such affiliation; (c) the right of Ae (k) Willful faffure or refusal to cany out Ae order of Aose Union to peremptory termination of such affiliation and, (d) duly authorized to make such orders during time of strike, the fees required for such affiliation. In no event may onyoncjil U) Failure or refusal to pay a fine or assessment within Ae ®®' a roemher receive evidence of affiliation equivalent to^i time limit set therefor eiAer by the Constitution or by action Aat of membe^ receive priority or rights over members, oif taken in accordance with the Constituiion. be termed a, f^jj^fber. •& Section 3. Upon proof of the commission of any of Ae fol­ lowing offenses, members shaU be penalized up to and incliduiK ArticI* XXIi I a sus^nsion from the rights and privileges of memberAip for two(2) years, or a fine of $50.00 or both: Quorums ' .1 (a) Willfully misappropriating or misusmg Union property Section 1. Unless elsewhere herein oAerwise specifically pro-^ of the value under $50.00; t* i* / yii®filT S"®'"""®^'®'" 8 8pecial meeting of a port shall be six| lo) full book members. ^ | ,®®®® ®' J®ft' wheAer elective or not wiA Knowledge of Ae lack of possession of Ae qualAcations re­ quired therefor; (c) Misconduct dmlng any meeting or oAe^fficial Union Section 3. Unless otherwise specifically set forth hprwin • Ae proceeding, or bringing the Union into disrepute by . conduct f®"®;,®f'J®P?«8, recommendations, or not provided for elsewhere in Ajs Article; (d) Refusal or negUgent failure to Carrv out orders of 3 K! • ®5 roquiring a quorum to act offipiaUy, Aose duly authorized to make such orders at anv tihia. ' • ' or effectiro unless MICM th"®* ^® tne quorum requuremen^-s are mot,, •'•n! �SEAFARERS LOG November 14, 1969 Snpplement—^Page Seven Lakes and Inland Waters District, ana this Cbn^tc f-i. Unles# otherwise indicated herein, where the re- i officials and other elected job-holders are required to asume sI Gulf, and any amendments thereto, shall not take effect unless andj for a quoniin are not specifically set fortl^ a quorum | office. ^ until approved as set forth in Ae Constitution of Aat Union. " 1^ deemed to be a majority of . those xpmp<»ing^ A Section 8. The terms, "this Constitution", and "this fended -• ' ' '.'5 ^cahle segment of the. Ijmon.' . ConstitHlJon," shall be deemed to have, the same meanjig and , • iv shall refer to the Constitution as amended which takes the " An object of this Union is, within its reasonable capacity, place of the one adopted by the Union in 1939, as amended Article RM to promote the welfare of, and assist, the Seafarers Interna­ up through August, 1968. tional Union of North America—^Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and InM«afings' •' ":''?->^i£|ffgn'%r'Tbe tennV^ shaB mean "'fifciffiistrict. Section I* llogular memJISffip meetings shall be held a^^^ber whflBS monetary obligations to the Union are not monthly only in the following major ports at the following in arrears for thirty days or more, or who is not under suspen­ sion or expulsion effective in accordance with this Constitution. times: The charter (and/or affiliation) relationship between this During the week following the first Sunday of every month Unl^s otherwise expressly indicated, the term, "member," Union and the Seafarers International Union of North America a meeting shall be held on Monday—at New York; on Tuesday shadl mean a member in good standing. —Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District shall not —at Philadelphia; on Wednesday—at Baltimore; and on Section 10. Unless plainly otherwise required by the context Friday—at Detroit. During the next week, meetings shall be of their use, the terms "Union book," "membership bool^" and be dissolved so long as at least ten members of this Union, and the Seafarers International Union of North America— held on Monday—at Houston; on Tuesday—at New Orleans; "book," shall mean official evidence of Union membership. Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District acting Arongh and on Wednesday—at Mobile. All regular membership meet­ its Executive Board wish to contmue such relationship. Section 11. The term "full book" or "full Union book" shall ings shall commence at 2:30 P.M. local time. Where a meeting day falls on a Holiday officially designated as -such by the mean only an official certificate issued as evidence of_ Union authorities of the state or municipality in which a port is J membership which carries with it complete rights and privileges VI located, the port meeting shall take place on the fouojmg I of membership except as may be specifically constitutionally No amendment to this Constitution shall be effective unless business day. Saturday and Sunday shml not be deemed busi­ otherwise provided. and until approved by at least a two-thirds vote of the member­ ness days. • Section 12, The terin, "full book member", shall mean a ship in a secret referendum conducted for Aat purpose. In The Area Vice Presidents shall be the_ chairmen of a|l member to whom a full book has been duly issued and who any event, the adoption of this Constitution and any amend­ regular meetings in porta in their respective areas. In the is entitled ro retain it in accordance with the provisions of ments thereto, will not be effective unless and until compliance event the Area Vice Presidents are unable to attend a regular with Article II of the Constitution of the Seafarers- Interna­ this Constitution. meeting of a port, they shall instruct the Port Agents, or tional Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and other elected job holders, to act as chairmen of the meetings. Inland Waters Drstrict is first made. Articie^XXV In the event a quorum is not present at 2:30 P.M. the chairman of the meeting at the pertinent port shall postpoM Amendments Vii the opening of the meeting but in no event later than 3:0P. This Constitution shall be amended in the following manner: The Seafarers International of North Americar—At­ Section 2. A special meeting at a port may be called only at M Section 1. Any full book member may submit at any regi^ lantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Union Waters District shall have Ae the direction of the Port Agent or Area Vice President. No '^meeting of any Port proposed amendments to this Constitu- ri^t to check, inspect and make copies of all Ae books and special meeting may be held, except between the hours of .i tion in resolution form. If a majority vote of the membership records of this Union upon demand. 9:00 .la.xv*. A.M. and P.M. Notice of : .Qi iof ine the Port «ss»« 5:00 v.vw — such meeting w sh^ be run approves appiuvca it, ss, the mo proposed amendment shall be forposted at least two hours in advance, on the port buUetm board. afl Ports for further action. VIII The Area Vice Presidents shall be the chataen section 2. When a proposed ainendment is accepted by a maThis Union shall not take any action which will have Ae ' effect of reducing its net asseta, calculated through roMgnized, ing of a port, tney snait instruct ine rori Agenis, or accounting procedures, below Ae amount of its indebtedness elected job holders, to act as chairmen of the meetings. to Ae Seafarers International Union of North America—^Atlan­ two from each department and shall be elected in accordance tic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, unless approved the i^ntrary, all reg- with such rules as are established by a majority vote of that meetings shall be governed by the following: Port. The Committee will act on all proposed amendments by Aat Union through its- Ekecutive Board. Pl. The Union Constitution. • . referred to it. The Committee may receive whatever adwce and assistance, legal or otherwise, it deems necessary. It shall IX |2. Majority vote of the members assembled. prepare a report on the amendment together wiA any proposed So long as there exists any indebtedness by tWs Union to changes or substitutions or recommendations and Ae reasons Ae Seafarers, International Union of North America—^Atlantic, for such recommendations. The latter shall then be submitted AiticI* XXIV to the membership. If a majority vote of the membersMp Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, that Union shall have Initiom and Miscellaneous Provisions approves the amendment as recommended, it shall then be Ae right to appoint a representative or representatives to tms voted upon, in a yes or no vote by the membership of the Union Union who shall have the power to attend all meetings of this Relating Thereto by secret ballot in accordance with the procedure directed by Union, or its sub-divisions, or governing boards, if any; Md pHSoctibn 1. Incapacity. Unless otherwise set forth or dealt a majority vote of the membership at the time it gives the who shall have access to idl books and records of this Union Jwith herein, the term "incapacity," shall mean any illness or approval necessary to put the referendum to a vote. The on demand. This representative, or these representatives, shall i'jiituation preventing the affected person from carrying out his Union Tallying Committee shall consist of six (6) full book be charged with the duty of assisting this Union and its mem­ iTduties for more than 30 days, provided that this doM not members, two from each of the three (3) departments of the bership, and acting as a liaison between the Seafarers InterSresult in a vacancy. However, nothing contained in this Article Union, elected from Headquarters Port. The amendment shall natiouM Union of NorA America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and !®hall be deemed to prohibit the execution of the functions of either be printed on the ballot, or if too lengthy, shall be Inland Waters District and this Union. ttore than one job and/or office in which event no incapacity referred to on the ballot. Copies of the amendment shall be mail be deemed to exist with regard to the regular job or posted on the bulletin boards of all ports and made available office of the one taking over the duties jmd functions of the at the voting site in all porta. So long as any unpaid per capita tax, or any other indebted­ one incapacitated. TTie period of incapacity shall be the time Section 3. If approved by a majority of the valid ballots ness of any sort is owed by this Union to the Seafarers Inter­ during which the circumstances exist. cast, the amendment shall become effective immediately upon national Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and ,S»et{en 2. Unless otherwise set forth or dealt with herein,| notification by the aforesaid Union Tallying Committee to the Inland Waters District, such indebtedness shall constitute a ,Jio term "vacancy" shall include failure »o perform Ae func- j Secretary-Treasurer that the amendment has been so approved, first lien on the asseta of this Union, which lien Aall not be lions of any office or job by reason of death, or resignation; \ 1 unless otherwise specified in the amendment. The Secretary- impaired wiAout Ae written approval of Ae Seafarers Inter­ or suspension from membership or expulsion from Ae Union s i Treasurer shall immediately notify all ports of the results of national Union ol North America—^Atlantic, Gulf Lakes and with no further ri^l to appeal in accordance virith Ae pro- j the vote on the amendment. Inland Waters District acting through its Executive Board. visions of Artide ^ of this Constitution. I Section 3. When applicable to the Union as a whole Ae terns, iXHIMT A iority vote of the memberAip," shall mean the majority XI Ae valid votes cast by full book members at an officim Minimal' requirements to be contained in - The per capita tax payable by Ais Union to the Seafarers meeting of those ports holding a meeting. This definition sh^ Constitution of subordinate bodies ond divisions International Union of NorA America—^Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes prisvail notwithstanding that one or more ports cannot hold chortered by or qffliioted with die Seoforers and Inland Waters District Aall be Aat which is fixed in ac­ meetings because of no quorum. For the purpose of this :ion, the term "meeting" shall refer to those meetings to be iRternotionoi Union of North Americo •— At- cordance with Ae terms of the Conrtitution of Aat Union. iicld during the time period within which a vote must be tdcen lontic, Guif, Lokes ond Iniond Woters District. in accordance wiA Ae Constitution and Ae custom and usage Xii >f Ae Union in the indicated priority. This Constitution and actions by this Union pursuant Aereto Useetion 4, When applicable solely to port action md not conAll members shall have equal rights and privileges, subject are subject to Aose provisions of Ae Constitution of Ae Sea­ c^ed with, or related to, the Union as a whole, and not to reasonalile rules and regulations, contained in this Consti­ farers International Union of North America—^Atlantic, GuU, iorming part of a Union-wide vote, the tenn_ "majority wA tution, including secret election, freedom of speech, Ae right Lakes and Inland Waters District pertaining to affiliation, dis­ of Ae membership," shall refer to the majority of Ae valid to hold office and the right of secret votes on assessment and affiliation, ~ trusteeships, and Ae granting aud removal of, votes cast by the full book members at any meeting of Ae dues increases, all in accordance wiA Ae-law. charters. ^ Port, regular or special. XHI ii . Section 5. The tdrm, "membership action*V or reference Aerelo, shall mean Ae same as Ae term "majority vote of No member may be automaticaly 'suspended from member­ This Union shall be affiliated wiA Ae Seafarers International the membership." ship except for non-payment of dues, and all members Aall Union of North America Arough Ae Seafarers International be afforded a fair hearing upon written charges, wiA a reas­ Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Section 6. Where Ae title of any office or job, or the holder thereof, is set forth in this Constitution, all references Aereto onable time to prepare defense, when accused of an offense Waters District. It Aall Aare in, and participate as part of, ' the delegation of Aat District to Ae Convention of Ae Sea­ and Ae provisions concerned Aerewith shall be deemed to be under the Jlonstitution. farers International Union of NorA America in accordance equally applicable to whomever is duly acting in such office wiA Ae provisions of the Constitution of Ae Seafarers Inter- ^ Ill' •• national Union of North Americ^Atlantic, GulL Lahcs f Union is Section 7.'TI« term^'Election Year" shal^^ tegBTUs Aat calendarr year prior to Ae calendar year in which elected jiSeafMera International Union of North America—Atlantic, .; Inland Waters District. . . . . .1 lf_l_ _ 1 1 / ..-i : J.-'.'TV ^ i' — �Supplement—^Page Eight ' SEAFARERS LOG —, ^ . J ..' A .V,- ^ -- EVERY SEAFARER IS GUARANTEED ' ' I ' ^ *f% nC . , ^ *-" , 4. '•>, ' ^ November 14, 1969 • '•^'' CS. r, ^ ' ^ ' ^ • Protection of the rights and privileges guaranteed 1^1 ^J ^ ^/ yHf ^•, .• F 7 V' him under the Constitution of the Union. The right to vote. The right to nominate himself for, and to hold, any office in the Union. ^ That every official of the Union shall be bound rto uphold and protect the rights of every member and that in no case shall any member be deprived his rights and privileges as a member without due process of the law of the Union. The right to be confronted by his accuser and to be given a fair trial by an impartial committee of his brother Union members if he should be charged with conduct detrimental to the welfare of Seafarers banded together in this Union. i The right to express himself freely on the floor of any Union meeting or in committee. ^ The assurance that his brother Seafarers will stand him in defense of the democratic principles forth in' the, Constitution of • the Union. ' S.;. ;!: '- 1V* **'f' ^ .••• ^ ^ •• • • '-• ' •4-''. »» .f . >v^ . r: ' ^ . " ; •ft'-' /' - b-.-i-r. h-'P'.L-"••*•'.-Vf •* k!A0ip:- •:»<A'!y^:. 'a®X'SS•;:i»; • iT-:" i" ^ -• • •-••:- liilliiilt.,, . 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This Union shall jdso have tko powo-, acting - thnnjifi ito Executive Board, and after a fair heanng, to impoae a truste^iiip upon any subordinate body or divisions chartered by and effinated with it. for the reasons and to toe eOna provided by Uw. V. Artlcia III Miwliii»r»hi|i THi SIAFAMtS INTfRNAllOilAl UNION OF NQRIH ANIRKA—ATLANTIC/GUU/ LAKiS AND INLAND WATI^ DISTRitT *iV-t -.- AlHiioted with Americm W4uw«lfm of Ubor- CooiifoM of ioAistrlol Orvooinrtloi ••iivr'--:-: - ... «'< ^ te-i.®*!: ^ (As AIMMM Pell. *, 19«r) II PREAMBLE As maritime and allied workers and realiidng the value and necessity of a thorough organization, we are dedicated to the fooning of one Union fw our people, the Seafarera^lntemationM Union of North America—AtlanUc, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, based upon the following principles: All menibeis shall be entitled to all the ri^ts, privileges and guarantees as set forth in this Constitution, and such right^ privileges and guarantees shall be preserved in accordance with iu terms. ... We-declare that American seamen are ratitled to receive ttem employment without interference of crfan^ shipowners, fink halls or any shipping bureaus maintained by the (^vemment. We affirm that every worker has the right to receive fair and just remuneration for his labor, and to gain sufficient leisure for mental cultivation and physical recreation. We proclaim the right of all seamen to receive healthful and sufficient food, and proper forecastles in which to r«t We defend the right of all seamen to be treated in a decent and respectful manner by those in command, and. We hold that the above rights belong to all woHcers alike, irrespective of nationality or creed. R»yngni»ing the foregoing as our inalienable rifdits, we are conscious of corresponding duties to those in command, our employers, our craft and our country. We will, therefore, try by all just means to promote har­ monious relations with those in command by exercising due care and diligence in the performance of the duties of our profession, and by giving all possible assistance to our employ­ ers in caring for their gear and property. _ Based upon these principles, it is among our objects; To use our influence individually and collectively for the purpoM of miuntaining and developing skiU in seamanship and effecting a change in the maritime law of the United States, so as to render it more equitable and to make it an aid instead of a hindrance to the development of a merchant marine and a body of Amer­ ican seamen. To support a journal which shall voice 'the sentimeiits of maritime workers and through its columns seek to maintain their knowledge of, and interest in, maritime affairs. To assist the seamen of other countries in the work oj[ ization and federation, to the end of establishing the " hood of the Sea. . To form and to assist by legal means other boiu fide^ labor organizations whenever iKMsible in the attainment of their jiut demands. To regulate our conduct as a Union and as individuals so as to make seamanship what it rightly is—an honorable and useful calling. And bearing in mind that we are migratory, that our work takes us away in different directions from any place where the majority mi^t otherwise meet to act, that meetinn can be attended by only a fraction of the membmhip, Aat the absent members, who cannot be present, must have dieir inter­ ests guarded hrom what might be the results of excitement and passions aroused by persons or conditions, and. that those who are present may act for and in the interest of all, we have adopted this Constitution. Every qualified member shall have the right to nomiute It­ self for, and, if elected or appointed, to hold tffice in this Union. Ill No mCiuber shall be deprived of his membetship wiihoiii due process of the law of this Union. No member shall b:* com­ pelled to be a witness against himself in the toial of any pro­ ceeding in which he may be charged with failure to observe the law of this Union. Every official and job holder shall be bound to uphold and protect the rights of every member in accordance with the principles set forth in the (](«stitation of the Union. IV Every member shall have the ri^t to be confrohited1 by bis of this accuser whenever he is charged with violating the law „ __ Union. In aU such cases, the accused shall be guaranteed a ^ and speedy trial by an impartial committee of his brother Union members. V No member shall be denied the right to expr<M himself fredy on the floor of any Union meeting or in committee. (b) While a member is an in-patient fa a USPHS or other accredited hospital. , (c) WhUe a member u under an incapacity due to activity •i.i in behalf of the Union. ^ i.. . (d) Wliile a member is in toe armed services of the Uimed States, provided the member was in good stand^ at the ti^ of entry into the armed forces, and further provided he applies for reinstatement within ninety (90) days after disdiarge feom the armed forces. (e) mUe a'member has no opportunity to w dues, l^use of employment aboard an American flag inerchant vesseL Sactlon 4. A majority vote of toe membership shall be srfficient to designate additional oiroumstancre dunng w^h toe time specified in Section 3 shall not run. It wall be the right of any member to present, in writing, to any Port at any regu­ lar meting, any question with regard to the apdication o. Section 3, in accordance with procedure establish^ by a A militant mmbership being necessary to the security of'a majority vote of the membersip. A majwrity vote of the mesnfree union, the members shall at times stand ready to defoid bership shall be necessary to decide such questions. Section S. The membership shall be empowered to this Union and the principles set forth in the (kmstitution of from time to time, by majority vote, rules under wfach dues the Union. and assessments may be execused where a member has bm VII unable to pay dues and asseatanents for the reasons provided The powers not delegated to the dfficera, job holders, and in Swtions 3 and 4. Executive Board by the Cwistitution of the. Ihiion dtidl be Secrion 6. To preserve unity, and to promote toe common reserved to the members. welfare of the membership, all members of the Union shW uidiold and defend this Cktosdtution and shall Iw govern^ by the • provisions of this Constitution and all polieios, ruMnga, CONStlTUridN orders and decisions duly made. , SMHnn 7. Any memlw vtoo gives aid to Artid* I poUcies of any hoslUe or dual argium^ rfmll be dwfad further membership in this Union Nqm* and GMMral Powers by law. A majority vote of the mentoertoip naU deckle wiucii ^ This Union shall be known as the Seafarers International organizations are dual or hostile. Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and_ Duand SMtioR 3. Evidence of membership oar other alHhUiro iro Waters District. Its powers shall be legislative, judical, and the Union shaU at aU times remain the of m Unm executive, and shall include the formation of, and/or issuance Members may be required to show their evidence of memMn^ of charters to, subordinate , bodies and divisions, corporate OT ship in order to be admitted to Union meetfai®, or lnto, OT cm • otherwise, the formation of funds and participation in fmds, Union property. the establishment of enttwprises for the benefit of the Unum, \ './Mrllcia IV and similar ventures. This Union shall exercise all of its powen in aid of subordinate bodies and divisions created or chartered ' • |lalW3aWlam9Wt by it. For convenience of administration and in furthwance of its policies of aid and assistance, the Union may make i** ProP; Members dismisiwd from the Ul^ may erty, facilities and personnel available for the use and behw of accordance with such rules and such subordinate bodies and divisions. A majority vote of the adopted, from time to time, by a majon^ vote of toe membwmembership shall be authorization for any Union action, unless . ship. otherwise specified in the Constitution or by law. This Unitm , : Artleto V, shall at all times protect and maintain iU jurisdiction. Statemsnt of Prlnciplos end Dociqration of Rights In order to form a more perfect Union, we workers in t^ maritime and allied industries, realizing the value and necewity of uniting in pursuit of our improved economic and social wet, fare, have determined to bind ourselves together in the Seafarers International Union of North America—^Atlantic, GuU, Lakes and Inland Waters District, and hereby dedicate oursdves to / die following principles: ; - In promoting our economic and social welfare, we shall ever ;be mindful, not only of our rights, but also of our duties and . obligations as members of the community, our duties as citizens, and our duty to combat the menace of communism and any other enemies of freedom and the democratic principlea to which we seafaring men dedicate ourselves in this Union, We shall affiliate and work with other free labor mrganiza; tions; we shall support a journal to give additional voice to our views; we shaB assbt our brothers of the sea and other woriters of all countries in these obligations to the fullest extent con­ sistent with our duties, obligations, and law. We shaU seek to exert our individual and collective influence in the fight for the enactment of labor and other legislation and policies which look to the attainment of a free and happy society, without distinc­ tion based on race, creed or color. To govern our conduct as a Union and bearing in mind that most of our members are migratory, that their duties carry them aii over the wtwld, that their rights must and shall he protected,' we hereby declare these rights as members of the Union to be inalienable. ... or priviliegcs No member »l»vll be.deprivol td any 6f the.. guaranteed him tiiodm' the Omstilittion of die fukm. Soctiod 1. Candidates for membership shall be a^itted to -membertoip in accmdance with such rules as are adopted from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership. Member­ ship claMifications shall correspond to and depend upon senior­ ity classifications established in accordance with tbe-Oi^nni coUective bargaining agreement of this Union. In addition to meeting the other requirements duly promulgated pursuant hereto, no persons shall become a fnll book member unless and until he has attained the highest seniority rating set out in toe said collective bargaining agreement. Only fnll book members shall be entitled to vote and to hold any office or dectire job, except as otherwise spMified herein. AU members sbau have a voice in Union proceedings and shaU be entitled to vote on Union contracts. SMtion a. No candidate shaU be granted membwslup wlw U a member of any dual organization hostUe to the aims, prin­ ciples, and policies of this Union. ~ Secttou 3. Memberr more than one quarter in arrears in dues shall be automatically suspended, and shall forfeit dl benefits and all other ri^u and privileges in the Union. They shall be automatically dismissed if they are more than two quartew fa arrears in dues. An arrearage in dues shaU be ctmputed fcoi5^ the first day of the applicable quarter, but tliis time abaU not run: — (a) WhUe a member is actually participating fa a strike Arfkla U AIRIioffleti aMtlbn 1. This Union shall be ^liated with the Seafaren International Union of North Aiheiica and the American Fed­ eration of Labor—Congresa of Industrial Organizations. All other affiliations by the Union or its swhordihate bodies or divisions ShaU be made or withdrawn as determined by a majmlty vote of the Elxecutive Board. SocHon 2. In addition to snch other provisions as are con­ tained herein, all subordinate bodies and divisions seeking a charter from and/or affiliation with this. .Union, sh^ be re­ quired to adopt, within a time period set by the Mec^ye Board, a constitution containing provisions as set forth m Exhibit A, annexed to thb Ckmslitution and made a part hereot All other provisions adopted by such subordinate bodies and divisions as part of their constitutions shall not be incondsteto therewith. No such constitution or amoidments thereto shw be deemed to be effective without the spproval of the Exccutm Board or this Union, whicti shall be executed in writing, <« tts: behalf, by the President or, in his absence, by any other officer designated by it. Such approval shall be deemed to be recog­ nition of compliance herewith by such subordinate body or division. Where a subordinate body or ^ division violat« any of the foregoing, and, in particular, seeks to effectuate any constitu­ tional provision not so authorized and approved, or commrts acts in violation, of its approved constitution, or fails to^ in accordance therewith this Union, through its Executive Boarm may •withdraw ita charier and/or sever its affiliation fortovnth, or on such terms as it may impoim not inconsistent •with law. r-.',•• • • iiiiiSliS HUM^ InMcrtlon PM | Secrien I. AU members^ pay dues dar year basis, no later tM toS quarter, except as herein otlwrvnse provided. ^ The d^ to^ be those payable as of the date of adoption of to Coi^tutkm SSXnAmay be changed only by ConstituUonal mmmdment. ^ . j flMttoM 2. No candidate for mentosWp sh^ into memberaiiip witoout having paid w hundred (|3OOJ0O) doHari except as othsrwire provided in thq Constitution. .. . SRcrion 3. Payment of diies and initiation fw for organizational purpcto m ai^rdanre wito ^ rulee aa. are adopted by a vote of ibo JMWCUMTO RaHirmnant fm laeitoR I. Memben may retire fawu' mwil^^p hy rendering tbefr Union books OT o»her evidence^rfrii^au^ paying M unpaid dues for the quarter assents, fines and other moBl® due and When the member surrenders fas book or affiliation in cbiinection wkh hfr applicayn frf shall be given a receipt therefor. An dficuti shaU be Issued by Headquarter upon request d^ day that such member .accOmplishre th^^ggy^ be given to toe member upon his peeaenlmi 2. AU toe righr d and | ^ At �Sapplement—Page Eleven membeirship shall be suspended during the period of rettrement, ewept that a retired member shall not be disbyal to the Union nor join or remain in any dual or hostile organization, npon penalty of forfeiture of his right to reinstatement Section 3. Any person in retirement for a perod of two iinarters or more shall be restored to membership, except as herein indicated, by 'eying dues for the current quarter, as well as all assessments accruing and newly levied during the period of retirement. If the period of retirement is less than two quarters, the required payments shall consist of all dues accruing during the said period of retirement including those for the current quarter, and all assessments accrued and newly levied during that period. Upon such payment the person in retirement shall be restored to membership, and his member­ ship book, appropriately stamped, shall be returned to him. SoctisMi 4. A member in retirement may be restored to mem­ bership after a two-year period of retirement consisting of eight full quarters only by majority vote of the membership. Soction S. The period of retirement shall be computed from the first day of the quarter following the one in which the retirement card was issued. Artiel«~ifll Systium of Orsaiilxotion Soction 1. This Union, and all officers, headqiiarter's repre­ sentatives, port agents, patrolmen, and members shall be gov­ erned in this order by: (a) The Constitution. _ (b) The Executive Board. vL (e) Majority vote of the membership. Soction 2. The headquarters of the Union shall be located in ^iNew York and the headqc.arters officers shall conisiat of « President, and Executive Vice-President, one Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforcement, a SecretaryTreasurer, one Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast, "one Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf Coast, and one VicePresident in Charge of the Lakes and Inland Waters. SocHen. 3. The staff of each port shall consist of such per­ sonnel as is provided for herein, and the port shall bear the ,iname of the city in which,the Union's port offices are located. ••etion 4. Every member of the Union shall be registered in >:one of three departments; namely, deck, engine and stewards department. The definition of these departments shall be in faccordance with custom and usage. This definition may be modified by a majority vote of the membership. No member may transfer from one department to another except by approval as evidenced by a majority vote of the membership. ArticI* VIII pfllc*n, Haadquartors RapraMntativM, Port^ : Agants and Patrolman SocHen 1. The officers of the Union shall be elected as other­ wise provided in this Constitution. These officers shall be the President, an Executive Vice-President, one Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and . Contract Enforcement, a Secretary'Treasurer, one Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Coas^ one Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf Coast, and one VicePresident in Charge of the Lak^ and Inland Waters. 2. Port Agents, Headquarters Representatives, and Fairolnicn shall be elected, except as otherwise provided in . .this Constitutiim. ^ Articio IX Othar Noctivo Jobs Sectian 1. In addition to the elective jobs provided for in Article VIII, the following jobs in the Union shall be voted upon in the manner prescribed by this Constitution: A. Delegates to the convention of the Seafarers International Union of North Atnerica. / B. Committee members of: (1) Trial Committees (2) Quarterly Financial Committees (3) Appeals Committees (4) Strike Committees : " (5) Credentials Committees ^ (6) Polls Committees , ' (7) Union Tallying Committees <8) Constitutional Committees 2. Additional committees may be formed as provided by a majority vote of the membership. Committees may alsn be appointed as permitted by this Constitution. leans, Houston and Detroit may not he closed except by Con­ stitutional amendment. Where ports are o|^ed between elections, the President shall designate the Union personnel thereof. ' , The President shall designate, in the event of the incapacity of any. Hadquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrdman, or any officer' other than the President, a repkcement to act OS such during the period of incapacity, provided such replace­ ment Is qualified under Article XII of Uie Constitution to fill such job. At the regular meeting in July of every election year, die President shall submit to the membership a pre-balloting report. In his report he shall recommend the number and loca­ tion of ports, the number of Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents and Patrolmen which are to be elected. He shall also recommend a bank, a bonded warehouse, a regular officer thereof, or any other similar depository, to vdiieh the ballots are to be mailed or delivered at the close of each day's voting, except that the President may, in his discretion, postpone the recommendation as to the depository untili no larer than the first regular meeting in October. This recommendation miv dso specify, whether any Patrol­ man and/or Headquarters ReprMentative, shall be designated as departmental or otherwise. The report shall be subject to approval or modification by a majority vote of the memlmrsbip. (f) The President shall be chairman of the Executive Board' and may cast one vote^in that body. (g) He shall be resimnsible, within this limits of his powen, fmr the enforcement of this Constitution, the policies of the Union, and all rules and rulings duly adopted by the Executive Board, and those duly adopted by a majority vote of the mem­ bership. Within these limits, he shall strive to enhance-the strength,, position, and prestige of the Union. <h) The foregoing duties shall be in addition to those (Hther duties lawfully imposeil upon him. (i) The responsibility of the President maynot oe delegated but the President may delegate to a person or .perrons thi execution of such of his duties as he may in his discretion decide, subject to the limitations set forth in this Constitution. (j) Any vacancy in any office or the job of Headouarters Representative, Pert Agent, or Patrolman shall be filled by the President by temporary appointment of a member qi^* fied for the office or job under Article XII of-this Cimstitution, except in those cases where the filling of such vacancy is other­ wise provided for by this Constitution. (k) The President is dirrated to take any and all measures and employ such means which he deems necessary or advisable, to protect the interests, and further the welfare of the Union and its members, in aJl matters involving national, state or v local legblation issuee, and public affairs. (1) The President shall have authority'to require any officer or Union representative to attend any regular or specid meet­ ing if, in his opinion, it is deemed necessary. $«crieir2. IxMUtlvu VIco-PiwsMont. The Executive Vice-President shall perform any and aB duties assigned him or delegated to him by the President. ]b the event the President shall be upable to cany out any of his duties by reason of incapacity or unavailabili^, the Executive Vice-President shall take over such duties during the period of such incapacity or unavailability. Upon the death, resignation, or removal from office for any reason of ^he President, the Executive Vice-President shall immediately assume the office, duties and responsibilities of the President until the next general election. The Executive Vice-President shall be a member of the Executive Board and may cast one vote in that body. Sectlen 3. yice^rMldMit in Chnrgn of Contracts and AswnWwCT •IIIVIIiVniwflTo The Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract En­ forcement shall perform, any and all duties assigned him or delegated to him by the President. In addition, he shall be responsible for all contract negotiations, the ftmnulation of bargaining demands, and the submission of proposed collective bargaining agreements to the membership for ratification. He shall also be responsible, except as otherwiro provided in Article X, Section 14(d)(1), for strike aathurization, signing of new contracts, and contract enforcement He shall also act for headquarters in executing the administrative functions assipied to headquarters by ^is Constitutitm with respect to trials and appeals except if he is a witness or party thereto, in which eyent the Secretary-Treasurer shall act in his place. In order that he may properly execute these responsibilities he is hereby instructed and authorized to employ such help as he deems necess^, be it legal, or otherwise, s^ject to approval of the Executive Board. The Vice-President in Charge of Contracts'and Contract Enforcement shall be a member of the Executive Board and may cast one vote in that body. » Seerica S. Vica-Prarldaaf la gfegyge ef tire Mfmrtls Ceeafc The Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast shaQ be a member of the Executive Board and shall be entitled to caat one vote in that body. He shall supervise and be responsible for the activities of all the ports, and the i^sonnel thereof tm the Atlantic Coast, including their organizing Activities. The Atlantic Coast area is deemed to mean that area from a::d incladiBg Georgiii through Maine and shall also include die Islands in the Carib­ bean. In order that he may properly execute his responsibilities . he » empowered and authori^ to retain any technical or professional assistance he deems necessary, subject to approval of the Executive Board. Soctlen 4. Vlc«-PrMld«iit In Citavga of th* Oaif Conat. The Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf Coast shall he a member of the Executive Board and shall be entided to cast one vote in that body. He shall supervise and be responsible for the ac^vities of alt the Ports, and the personnel thereof on the Gulf Corot inclnding .their mganizing activities. The Gulf Coast area is deei^ to mean the State of Florida, all through the Gulf, Jnclndrng Texas. In order that he may properly execute his respmiaibllities he is empowered and authori^ to retain any technical or pro­ fessional assistance he deems necessary, subject to approfval of the Executive Board. Soctle«7. Ylce-PresMent in IMISHMI Wafers. of tfe* UdMS and The Vice-President in Charge of the Lakes and Inland Waten shall be a member of the Executive Board and shall be entithMi to cast one vote in that body. He shall supervise and be responsible for the activities of all the ports, and the oersonnel thereof oi. the Lakes and Inland Waters, including their organking activities. In order that he may properly execute his responsibOities he is empowered and authorn^ to retain any technical or pro­ fessional assistance he deems necessary, .subject to approval $ of the Executive Board. Sectiant. Blraeter of Orgaalrins and PaMlcatians. The Director of Organizing and Publications shall be ap-, pointed and may be removed at will by the Executive Board of the Union. He shall be responsible for and snpervise all pub­ lications and public relations of the Union and shall serve air co-ordinator of all organizational activities of the Union. In addition, he shall perform any and all duties assigned him or delegated to him by the Executive Board. Snellen 9. |lnadq«arterfl UnpreMntatlvea. The Headquarters Representative shall perform any and aU duties assigned them or delegated to them by the President, Executive Vice-President or the Executive Board. Snellen 10. Pert Agents. (a) The Port Agent shall be in direct charge of the admin­ istration of Union affairs in the port of his jurisdiction subject to the direction of the area Vice-President. fb) He shall, within the jurisdiction of his port, be respwisible for the enforcement and execution of the Constitution, the policies of the Union, and the rules adopted by the Executive Board, and by a majority vote of the membership. Wherever there are time restrictions or other considerations affecting port acton, the Port Agent shall take appropriate action to'^ insure observance thereof. S (c) He shall be prepared to account, financially or other--: wise, for the activities of his port, whenever demanded by the President, the Vice-President of the area' in which his ia located, or by the Secretary-Treasurer. (d) In any event, he shall prepare and forward to the See-retary-Treasurer, a weekly .financial report ahowinK in detail, weekly income and expenses, and complying with all other accounting directions issued by the Secretary-Treasurer. (e) The Port Agent may assign each port Patrolman to audi, duties as fall within the jurisdiction of the poiU regardlen of : the departmental designation, if any, under which the PatroI•^ man was elected. (f) The Port Agent shall designate which members at that port may serve as representatives to other organizations, affilia­ tion with which has been properly authorized. Soctlod II. PatrotoMn. It Patrolmen shall perform any duties assigned thien) by tlw Agent of the Port to which they are assigned. Soctloa 12. Ixocotlva ioarO. The Executive Board shall consist of the President, the Executive Vice-President, the Vice-Piresident in Charge of Cimtracts and Contract Enforcement, the Secretary-Treasurer, die Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Area, the Vice-Presi­ dent in Charge of the Gulf Axon, the Vice-President in Charge ArticU X of the Lakes and Inland Waters, and the National Director (or Soction 4. tecratary-Troasvrar. chief executive officer) of each .subordinate body or division The Secretary-Treasurer shall perform any and all duties created or chartered by the Union whenever such aubordinate Ouftas of Officers, HocKlquartani assigned him or delegated to him by the President. He shall body or division has attained a membership of 3,200 members Roprasentativas, P^rt Agants, Othar Iloctad be responsible for the organization and maintenance of the and has maintained that membership 'for not less than three Job Holders and Miscellaneous Personnel correspondence, files, and records of the Union; setting up, (3) months. Such National Director (or chief executive officer) and maintenance of, sound accounting and bookkeeping sys­ shall be a member of the respective submrdinate body or divi- . taction 1. Tiia Prasldnn*. tems; the setting up, and maintenance of, proper office and (a) The President shall be the executive officer of the Union other administrative Union procediOes; the proper collection, sion and must be qualified to hold office under the terms of and shall represent, and act for and in behalf of, the Union in safeguarding, and expenditure of all Union fun'ds, port or the Constitution of such division or subordinate body. The Executive Board shall meet in headquarters no less than all matters except as otherwise specifically provided for in the otherwise. He shall submit to the membership, for each quar­ once each quarter and at such other times as the President or, Constitution. terly period, a detailed report of the entire Union's financial in his absence, the Executive Vice-President may direct. Ihe (b) He shall be a member ex-officio of all committees, except operations and shall submit simultaneously therewith, the President shall be the chairman of all Executive Board meetinga as otherwise herein expressly provided. Quarterly Financial Committee report for the same period. unless absent,.in which case the Executive Vice-President shiJl (c) The President shall be in charge of, and responsible for, The Secretary-Treasurer's report shall, he prepared by an inde­ assume the chairman's duties. Each member of the Executive all Union property, and shall be in charge of headquarters and pendent Certified Public Accountant. He^^jidl also work with Board shall be entitled to cast one vote in that body. Its port offices. Wherever there are time restrictions or other con­ all duly elected finance committees. The Secretary-Treasurer decision shall be determined by majority vote of those voting, siderations affecting Union action, the President shall take shall be responsible for the timely filing of any and all reports providing a quorum of three is present. It shall be the duty of appropriate action to insure observance thereof. on the operations of the Union, financial or otherwise, that may the Executive Board to develop, policies, strategies and rides _ (d) In order that he may properly execute his responsibil­ be required by any Federal or state laws. In order that he may which will advance and protect the interests and welfare of ities, he is hereby instructed and authorized to. employ any properly execute his responsibilities, he is hereby instructed the Union and the Members. It shall be the duty of the Sec­ help he deems necessary, be it legal, accounting or otherwise. and authorized to employ any help he deems necessary, be it retary-Treasurer, or in his absence, an appointee of the Execu­ (e) Subject to approval by a majority vote of the member­ legal, accounting, or otherwise, subject to approval of the tive Board, to keep accurate minutes of all Executive Board ship, the President shall designate the number and location of Executive Board. meetings. The Executive Board shall appoint one perron _wfao ports, the jurisdiction, status, and activities thereof, and may The Secretary-Treasurer shall be a member of the Executive shall be designated Director of Organizing and Publicationa. close or open such ports, and may re-assign Vice-Presidents and Bodrd and may cast one vote in that body. The Executive Board shall determine per capita tax to be the Secretary-Treasurer, without reduction in wages. He may The Secretary-Treasurer shall be a member ex-officio of the levied and other terms and conditions of affiliation for any also re-assign Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents, , and Credentials and Ballot Tallying Committees. In addition ho group of workers desiring affiliation. The Executive Board Patrolmen, to other duties, iHthout iteduction in wamm. The shall make himself aUd the records of his office available to direct the administration of all Union affairs, properties, ptdieies Porta of New York, Philadelphii^ Boltimjore. Mobile, New Or- . the Qvi^iMrterly Financial Committee. and personnel in any and aU areas not oUterwiro specifically �Supplement—Page Twelve November 14, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG HP l^bertificate, but Is;' in fact, legally eligible for an' office or job ? provided for in this Constitution. Notwithstanding Ae forc^'^l*^ Article XI by reason of the restoration of civil ri^ts originally revoked by I going, the Executive Board may act without holding a formal such conviction or a favorable determination by the Board of meeting provided all members of the Board are sent notice of anil Teitri* of Offico of Parole of the United States Departm.mt of Justice, he shall, iii the propb^d action OT actions and the decision thereon is Other Eiertive Job Holders, Union lieu of the foregoing certificate, furnish a complete signed state­ reduced to writing and signed by a majority of the Executive Employees, and Others ment of the facts of his case together with true copies of the Board. supporting his statement. In the event that death, vesication or removal from_ oflBce for Sactien 1. The following elected offices and jobs shall be held documents AH documents required herein must reach headquarters no any reason should occur simultaneously to the President and for a term of four years: earlier than July 15th and no later than August 15th of the Executive Vice-President, the Executive Board by majority President election year. vote shall name successors from its. own membership who shall Vice-Presidents The Secretary-Treasurer is charged with the safekeeping of fill those vacancies until the next general election. Secretary-Treasurer these letters and shall turn them over to the Credentials Com­ If the Executive Vice-Preddent duly assumes the office of Headquarters Representatives mittee upon the letter's request. the President and dies, resigns, is removed from office, or is Port Agents incapacitated for more than. 30 days during the remainder of Patrolmen Sactlon 2. Crodaatlals Committoo. the term, the Executive Board shall elect a successor for the The term of four years set forth here is expressly subject to (a) A Credentials Committee shall be elected at the regu­ balance of ^e term from its own membership. the provisions for assumption of office as contained in Article lar meeting in August of the election year, at the port where ^HI, Section 6(b) of this Gcnstitution. Soction 13. Doiogatos. headquarters is located. It shall consist of six full book mem­ Soctlen a. The term of any elective jobs other than those in­ bers in' attendance at the meeting, with two members to be (a) The term "delegates" shall mean those members of the Union and its subordinate bodies- or divisions who are elected dicated in Section 1 of this Article shall continue for so long elected from each of the Deck, Engine and Stewards Depart­ ments. No Qfficer, Headquarters Representative, Port Agent in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution, to attend as is necessary to complete the functions thereof, unless sooner the convention of the Seafarers International Union of North terminated by a majority vote of the membership or segment or Patrolman, or candidate for office or the job of Headquarters • America. The following officers upon their election to office of the U>i>o»> whichever applies, whose vote was originally Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, shall be eligible for election to this Committee, except as provided for in Article X, ; shall, during the term of their office, be delegates to all Con­ necessary to elect the one or ones serving. Section 4. In the event any committee member is unable to ' ventions of the Seafarers International Union of North America Soction 3. The compensation to be paid the holder of any serve, the committee shall suspend until the President or Excuin the following order of priority: President; Executive Vice- office or other elective job shaU be determined from time to President; Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract time by the Executive l^ard subject to approval of the mem­ tive Vice President, or the Secretary-Treasurer, in that order, calls a special meeting at the port where Headquarters ie lo­ Enforcement; Secretary-Treasurer; Vice-President in Charge bership. cated in order to elect a replacement. The Committe's results^ of the Atlantic Coast; Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf Soction 4. The foregoing provisions of this Article do not shall be by majority vote, with any tie vote being resolved by a Coast; Vice-President in Charge of the Lakes and Inland Waters; Headquarters Representatives, with priority to those apply to any coriwration, business, or other venture in which majority-vote of the membership at a special meeting ctdled ' most senior in full book Union membership; Port Agents, with this Union participates; or which it organizes or creates. In for that purpose at that Port. (b) After, its election, the Committee shall immediately go / priority to those most senior in full book Union membership; such situations, instructions conveyed by the Executive Board into session. It shall determine whether the person has si^ . and Patrolmen, with priwiiy to those most senior in full book sha!! be followed. mitted his application correctly and possesses the necessary Union membership. qualifications. The Committee shall prepare a report listing (b) Each delegate shall attend the convention for which Article XII each applicant and his book number under the office or job he elected and fully participate therein. is seeking. Each applicant shall be marked "qualified" or "dis­ (c) Each delegate shall, by his vote and otherwise, support Quallllcotlons for Officers, Heodqiiorters those policies agreed upon by the majority of the delegates to Representatives, Port Agents, Potrolmen ond qualified" according to the findings of the Committee. Where an applicant has been marked "disqualified," the reason therefor the Convention. Other Elective Jobs must be stated in the report. Where, a tie vote has been resolved (d) The President shall assign to each subordinate body or by a special meeting of the membership, that fact shall also be division that number of delegates to which this Union would Section 1. Any member of the Union is eligible to be a can­ have been entitled, if its membership had been incrpawd by the didate for, and hold, any office or the job of Headquarters noted, with sufficient detail. The report shall be signed by all of the Committee members, and be completed and submitted number of members of the subordinate body or division, in Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman provided: to the Ports in time for the next regular meeting after their accordance with the formula set forth in the Constitution of (a) He has at least three (3) years of seatime in an un­ the Seafarers International Union of North America, except licensed capacity aboard an American-flag merchant vessel or election. At this meeting, it shaU be read and incorporated in that this provision shall not be applied so as to reduce the vessels. In computing time, time spent in the employ of the the minutes, and then posted on the bulletin board in each port. On the last day of nominations, one member of the Commitnumber of delegates to which this Union would otherwise have Union, its subsidiaries and its affiliates, or in any employment , tee shall stand by in Headquarters to accept delivery of creden­ been entitled. at the Union's direction, shall count the same as sea time. tials. All, credentials must be in headquarters by midni^t of Union records. Welfare Han records and/or company records closing day. Soction 14. Committoos. can be used to determine eligibility; and fa) Trial Committoo. (c) When an applicant has been disqualifiqj by the commit­ (b) He has been a full book member in continuous good tee, he shaU be notified immediately by telegram at the ad­ The Trial Committee shall conduct the trials of a person dresses listed by him pursuant to Section 1 of this Article. He charged, and shall submit findings and recommendations as standing in the Union for at least three (3) years immediately shall also be sent a letter containing the reasons for such dis­ prescribed in this Constitution. It shall be the special obliga­ prior to his nomination; and (c) He has at least four (4) months of sea time, in an un­ qualification by air mail, special deHveiy, registered, to the tion of the Trial Committee to observe all the requirements of this Constitution with regard to charges and trials, and their licensed capacity, aboard an American-flag merchant vessel or mailing address designed pursuant to Section 1(b) of this Arti­ findings and recommendations must specifically state whether vessels, covered by contract with this Union, or four (4) months cle. A disqualified applicant shall have the right to take an appeal to the membership from the decision of the ccnunittee. or not, in the opinion of the Trial Committee, the rights of any of employment with, or in any office or job of, the Union, its sub­ sidiaries and its affiliates, or in any employment at the Union's He shaU forward copies of such appeal to each port, where the accused, under this Constitution, were properly safeguarded. direction, or a combination of these, between January 1st and appeal riiall be presented and voted upon at a regular meeting (b) Appoais-CommittM. the time of nomination in the election year; and - no later than the second meeting after the committee's election. (d) He is a citizen of the United States of America; and It is the responsibility of the applicant to insure timely delivery 1. The Appeals Committee shall hear all appeals from trial (e) He is not disqualified by law. judgments, in accordance with such procedures as are set forth of his appeal. In any event, without prejudice to ,his written (f) He has at least one (1) year of seatime aboard an appeal, me applicant may appear in person before the commit­ in this Constitution and such rules as may be adopted by a American-flag merchant vessel or vessels in a rated unlicensed tee within two days after the day on which the telegram is sent, majority vote of the membership not inconsistent therewith. 2. The Appeals Committee shall, within not later than one capacity other than an entry rating. to correct his application or argue for his qualification. week after the close of the said hearing, make and submit The committee's report riiall be prepared early enough to > Soctlen 2. All candidates for, and holders of, other elective findings, and recommendations in accordance with the provisions jobs not specified in the precetUng sections shall be full book aUow the applicant to appear before it within the time set forth of this Constitution and such rules as may be adopted by a members of the Union. in his Constitution and still reach the ports in time for the fiirst ;/i; majority vote of the membership not inconsistent therewith. Section 3. All candidates for and holders of elective offices regular meeting after its election. (d) A majority vote of the membership shall, in the case oi'^ and jobs, whether elected or appointed in accordance with this (c) Qoarferly Pinaneial CammittM. Constitution, shall maintain full book membership in good such appeals, be sufficient to over-rule any disimalification ^ 1. The Quarterly Financial Committee shall make an exami­ standing. classification by the Credentials (Committee, in which event die ,' nation for each quarterly period of the finances of the Union one so previously classified shall then be deemed qualified. and shall report fully on their findings and recommendations. (e) The Credentials Committee, in passing upon the quali- :^ /^Members of this committee may make dissenting repmrts, sepa• ArHeio'Xiil • ficatioss of candidates, shall have the right to conclusively ftif ;-rate recommendations and separate findings. stune that anyone nominated and qualified in previous elections : Elections for Officers, Hoadquarlera V '2. The findings and recommendations of this committee shall for candidacy {or any office, or the job of Headquarters Repre-; be completed within a reasonable time after the election of the Representatives, Port Affents and Pafrc^en sentative. Port Agent or Patrolman, has met all the requirementa. members thereof, apd shall be submitted to the Secretaryof Section 1(a) of Article XH. : Treasurer who shall cause the same to be read in all ports, as Section I. Nemlnotiens. Sactlon 3. lallatlng Procodwroa. set forth herein. Except as provided in Section 2(b) of this Article, any full 3. All officers. Union personnel and members are responsible book member may submit his name for nomination for any (a) The Secretary-Treasurer shall insUre the proper and for complying vyith all demands made for records, bills, office, or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent timely preparation of baUots, without partiality as to candidates vouchers, rweipts, etc., by the said Quarterly Financial Com­ or Patrolman, by delivering or causing to be delivered in per­ or ports. The baUots may contain general information and in­ mittee. The committee shdl also have available to it, the serv­ son, to the office of the Secreta^-Treasurer at headquarters, or structive comments not inconsistent with the provisions of this ices of the independent certified public accountants retained sending, a letter addressed to the Credentials Committee, in Constitution. All qualified candidates shall be listed thereon by the Union. care of the Secretary-Treasurer, at the address of headquarters. alphabetically within each category. The listing of the ports 4. Any action on the said report shall be as determined by a This letter shall be dated and shall contain the following: shall follow a geographical pattern, commencing with the most majority vote of,the membership. northerly port on the Atlantic Coast, following the Atlantic (a) The name of the candidate. 5. The Quarterly Financial Committee shall consist of seven coast, following the Atlantic coast down to the most southerly (b) His home address and mailing address. (7) members in good standing to be elected as follows: One port on that coast, then westerly along the Gulf of Mexico and (c) His book number. _ member from each of the following ports: New York, Philadel-. (d) The title of the office or other job for which he is a so on, untU the list of porte is exhausted. Any port outside the phia, Baltimore, Mobile, New Orleans, Houston and Detroit. candidate, including the name of the Port in the event Ck>ntinental United States shall then be added. There shall be No officer. Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrol­ allotted write-in space, on each ballot, sufficient to permit -each the position sought i^ that of Agent or Patrolman. man, shall be eligible for election to this Committee. Committee member voting to write in as many names as there are offices (e) Proof of citizenship. members shall be elected at the regular meeting designated by (f) Proof of seatime and/or employment as required for and jobs to be voted upon. Each ballot shall be so prepared as the Secretary-Treasurer. In the event a regular meeting can­ to. have the number thereon placed at the top thereof and shall candidates. not be held in any port for lack of a quorum, the Agent'shall (g) In the event the member is on a ship he shall notify the be so perforated as to enable that portion containing the said call a special meeting as early as possible for the purpose of Credentials Committee what ship he is on. This sh^ be number to be easily removed to insure secrecy of the baUot. On electing a member to serve on the Quarterly Financial Com­ done also if he ships subsequent to forwarding his this removable portion shall also be placed a short statement mittee. Such committee members shall be furnished trans­ indicating the nature of the ballot and the voting date thereot credentials. portation to New York and back to their respective ports and (b) The ballots so prepared at the" direction of the Secretary(h) Annexing a certificate in the following form, signed and they shall be furnished room and board during the period they Treasurer shall be the only official ballots. No othms may be dated by the proposed nominee: are performing their duties in New York. Commencing on the "I hereby certify tharl am not now, nor, for the five (5) years used. Each ballot shall be numbered as indicated In the pre­ day following their election and continuing until they have last past, have I been either a member of the Communist Party ceding paramaph and shall be numbered consecutively, com­ been returned to their respective ports each committee mem­ or convicted of, or served any part of a prison term resulting mencing with number 1. A sufficient amount shaU be printed ber shaU be paid for hours worked at the standby rate of pay from of robbery, bribery, extortion, embezzlemsit, and distributed to each Port. A record of the ballots, foth by but in no event shall they be paid for less than eif^t (8) hours grand conviction larceny, burglary, arson, violation of narceHcS' laws, serial numbers and amount, sent thereto shall be maintained by per day. murder, rape, assault with intent to kill, assault which inflicts the SecretaryTieasurer, who shall alro send each Port Agent a verification list indicating the amouUt and serial numbers of (ti) Sirika CoomiiNaa. grievous bodily injury, or violaticm of Title 11 or HI of tiie the ballots sent. Each Port Agent shall maintain separate rec­ Landrum-Griffin or conspiracy to conuiiit any such criOM" T. In no event shall a general strike take place unless ap­ ords of the ballots sent him and shall inspect and count the proved by a majority vote of the membership. ballots, wheh received, to insure that the amount sent, as vrell as 2. lit the event a general strike has been approved by the Dated the numbers thereon, conform to the amount and nunibers listed Signature of member membership the Port Agents in all affected ports thall call a ^ the Secretary-'Treasurer as having been sent to diat port. timely special meeting for the purpose of electing a strike com­ The Port Agent sh^ immediately execute and return to the Book mittee. This committee tiiall be composed of three full book Secretary-Treasurer a receipt acknowledging the correctness of membezB and their duties shall consist of assisting the Port Printed fontis of the certificate shaU be made available to tire amount and numbers of the ballots sent, or shall notify die Agent to <^ectuate all strike policies and strategies. nominees. Where a nominee caimot truthfully execute such a Secretary-Treasurer of any discrepancy. Discrepancies sh^ be J-.----. - �November 14, 1969 ilible ptl6r to the TOtinig period/In event, receipts shaB he forwarded for ballots actually received. The Secretary-Treasurer shall prepare a file in which shall be kept memoranda and correspondence dealing with the election. This file shall at all times be available to any member asking for inspection of the same at the office of the Secretary-Treasurer. (c) Balloting shall take place in person, at port offices, and shall be secret. No signatures of any voter, or other distinguish­ ing mark, shall appeat on the ballot, except that any member may write in the name or names of any member or m: mbers, as appropriate, for any office, or the job of Headquarters Repre­ sentative, Port Agent or Patrolman. (d) Only full book members may vote. However, immediately prior thereto they must present their books to the Polls Com­ mittee of the ^rt in which they are voting. The voter's book number shall Be placed upon the roster sheet (which shall be kept in duplicate) in the space op^site the proper ballot,num­ ber, and the member shall sign his name. The portion of the ballot on which the ballot number is printed shril then be re­ moved, placed near the roster sheet, and the member shall pro­ ceed to the voting site with the ballot. An appropriate notation of the date and of the fact of voting shall be placed in the member's Union book. (e) Each Port Agent shall be responsible for the establish­ ment of a booth or other voting site where each member may vote in privacy. (f) Upon completion of voting the member shall fold the ballot so that no part of the printed or written portion is visible. He shall then drop the ballot into a narrow-slotted ballot box, which shall be provided for that purpose by the Port Agent and kept locked and sealed except as hereinafter set forth. (g) Voting shall commence on November 1st of the election year and shall continue through December Slst, exclusive of Sundays and (for each individual Port) holidays legally recognl^d in the city in which the port affected is located. If No­ vember 1st or December Slst falls on a holiday legally recog­ nized in a port in the city in which that port is located, the bal­ loting period in such port shall commence or terminate, as the case may be, on the next succeeding business day. Subject to the foregoing, voting in all ports shall commence at 9:00 A.M., and continue until 5:00 P.M. except that, on Saturdays, voting shall commence at 9:00 A.M. and continue until 12 noon. Suction 4. Pells Committees. (a) Each port shall elect, prior to the beginning of the voting on each voting day, a Polls Committee, consisting of three full book members none of whom shall be a candidate, officer or an elected or appointed job holder. For the purpose of holding a meeting for the election of a Polls Committee only, and not­ withstanding the provisions of Article XXIII, Section 2, or any other provision of this Constitution, five (5) members shall con­ stitute a quorum for each port, with the said meeting to be held between 8:00 A.M. and 9:00 A.M. with no notice there­ of required. It shall be the obligation of each member wish­ ing to serve on a Polls Committee, or to observe the election thereof, to be present during this time period. It shall be the responsibility of the Port Agent to see that the meeting for the purpose of electing the said Polls Committee is called, and that the minutes of die said meeting are sent daily to the SecretsTreasurer. In no case shall voting take place unless a duly elected Polls Committee is functioning. (bl'The duly elected Polls Committee shall collect all unUB^ ballota, the voting rosters, the numbered stubs of those ballots already used, the ballot box or boxes and the ballot records and files kept by the Port Agent. It shall then proceed to compare the serial numbers and amounts of stubs with the number of names and corresponding serial numbers on the roster, and then compare the serial ntunber and amounts of ballots used with the verification list, as corrected, and ascer­ tain whether the unused ballots, both serial numbers and amount, represent the difference between what appears on the verification list, as corrected, and the ballots u^. If any discrepancies are found, a detailed report thereon shall be drawn by the Polls Committee finding such discrepancies, vriiich report shall be in duplicate, and simed by all the members of such Polls Committee. Each member of the Comm'ttee may make what separate comments thereon he desires, provided they are signed and dated by him. A copy of this report shaU fie given the Port Agent, to be presented at the next regular meet­ ing. A copy shall also be simultaneously sent to the SecretaryTreasurer, who shall cause an investigation to'be made forth­ with. The results of such investigation shall be reported to the membership as soon as completed, with recommendations by the Secretary-Treasurer. A majwity vote of the membership shall determine what action, if any, shall be taken thereon. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Con­ stitution, the Executive ^ard shall not make any determinadon in these matters. (c) The Polls Committee shall also insure that the ballot box u locked and sealed, which lock and seal shall not be opened except in the manner hereinafter set forth. The same procedure as is set forth in the preceding paragraph with regm to dis. crepancies shall be utilized in the event the Polls Committee has reason to believe the lock and seal have been illegally tampered 'with. . (d) .The Polls Committee shall permit full book members only to vote. Prior thereto, it shall stamp their book with the word "voted" and the date, issue ballots to voters, insure that proper registration on the roster takes place, collect stubs, and : keep them in numerical order. It shall preserve good cHrder and /decorum at the voting site mid vicinity thereof. All members : and others affiliated with the Union are charged with the duty of iisisting the Polls Committee, when called upon, in the /preservation of order and decorum. <e) In order to maintain the secret and accuracy of the ballot, and to eliminate the possibility ot errors or irregulsritiss la any one day's balloting affecting oU the balloting in any port, the fnUowiiw procedure shall be obseryed: •At the enid of earii day's votings the Polb Committee, in the : presence of any member desiring to attend, provided he <d>• serves proper decorum, shall open the ballot box ot boxes, and place all of that day's ballots therein in an envelope, as required, which shall then be sealed. The members of the Pqlls Commit?4<ee shall thereupon sign their names across the flap of the said envelope w envelopes, with iheir book numbers %eit to their / sh^iUes. The committee shall also place the date and name i Or the Port on the said envelopes, and shall certify„on the enve­ lope mr envelopes, that the ballot box or boxes were opened publicly, that all ballots for that day only were r^oved, and that all of those ballots are enclosed in the env^pe or enve­ lopes dated lor that day and voted in that Fort The Polls Coin- SEAFARERS LOG Supplement—Page Thirteen accordance with this Section 5(c), these terms shaO apply, JWappropriate, to insure the foregoing. At the discretion of the withstanding any .provision to the contrary contained in this Executive ^ard official envelopes may be prepared for the Article. Protests may be made only in writing and must be purpose of enclosing the ballots and the making of the aforesaid received by the Union Tallying Coinmittee during the peri^ certification, with wording embodying^ the foregoing inscribed ' of its proceedings. The reports of this committee shall include thereon, in which event these envelodes shall be used by the a brief summary of each protest received, the name and book Polls (^ommitee for the aforesaid purpose. Nothing contained number of the protesting member, and a summary of the dis­ herein shall prevent any member of S Polls Committee from position of the said protest. The committee shall take all rea­ adding such comments to the certifif;ate as are appropriate, sonable measures to adjust the course of its proceedings so as provided the comments are signed arid dated by the member to enable the special vote set forth in this Swtion 5(c) to be making them. The envelope or envelojpes shall then be placed completed within the time herein specified. No closing report in a wrapper or envelope, which, at (he discretion of the Ex­ shal he made by it unless and until the special votes referred to in this Section 5(c) shall have been duly completed and ecutive Board, may be furnished for that purpose. The wrapper or envelope shall then be securely sealed and either delivered, tallied. (d) The members of the Union Tallying Committee shall or sent by certified or registered mail[ by the said Polls Com­ mittee, to the depository named in the pre-electioti report proceed to the port in which headquarters is located, -as s<»n as adopted by the membership. The Polls Committee shall not be possible after their election hut, in any- event, shall arrive at discharged from its duties until thisjmailing is accomplished that port prior to the first business day after December 31 of and evidence of mailing or delivery is furnished the Port Agent, the election year. Each member of the committee not elected which evidence shall be noted and. kept in the Port Agent's from the port in which headquarters is located shall he reim­ bursed for transportation, meals, and lodging expenses occa­ election records or files. The Polls Committee shall also insdre that the ballot box or sioned by their traveling to and returning from that Port. All boxes are locked and sealed before handing them back to the members of the committee shall also he paid at the prevafling Port Agent, and shall place the key ot keys to the boxes in an standby rate of pay from the day subsequent to their election envelope, across the flap of-which the rjierabers of the committee to the day they return, in normal course, to the Port from which shall sign their names, book numbers, and the date, after seal­ they were elected. ing the envelope securely. In addition to delivering the key and The Union Tallying Committee shall elect a chairman from ballot box or boxes as aforesaid, the Polls Committee shall among themselves and, subject to the express terms of this Con­ deliver to the Port Agent one Copy of each of the roster sheets stitution, adopt its own procedures. Decision as to special votes, for the day, the unused ballots, any reports called for by this protests, and the contents of the final report shall he valid if Section 4, any files that they may have received, and all the made by a majority vole, provided there he a quorum in attend­ stubs collected both for the day and those turned over to it. ance, which quorum is hereby fixed at nine (9). The Union The Port Agent shall be responsible fo|r the proper safeguarding Tallying (Zommittee, hut not less than a quorum thereof, shall of all the aforesaid material, shall not release any of it until have the sole right and duty to obtain the ballots from the duly called for, and shall insure that no one illegally tampers depository immediately after the termination of balloting and with the material placed in his custody, ihe remaining copy to insure their safe custody during the course of the commit­ of each roster sheet used for the daji shall be mailed by the tee's proceedings. The proceedings of this committee, except for Polls Committee to the Secretary-Tifeasurer, by certified or the actual preparation of the closing report and dissents there­ from, if any, shall he open to Wy member, provided he observes registered mail or delivered in person. • (f) Members of the Polls Committee shall serve without com­ decorum. In no event, shall the issuance of the hereinbefore pensation, except that the Port Agent shall compensate each referred to closing report of the Tallying Committee he delayed PoUs (Zommittee member with a reasonable sum for meals while beyond the January, 15th immediately subsequent to the close of voting. The Union Tallying Committee shall he discharged serving or provide meals in lieu of bash. upon the completion of the issuance and dispatch of its reports Section 5. Ballot Collection, Tallying Procedure, Protesta, as required in this Article. In the event a recheck and recount is ordered pursuant to Section 5(g) of this Artime, the com­ and Special Votes. mittee shall he reconstituted except that if any member thereof (a) On the day the balloting in each port is to terminate, the is not available, a substitute therefore shall be elected from Polls Committee elected for that day shall, in addition to their the appropriate port, at a special meeting held for that purpose other duties hereinbefore set forth, deliver to headquarters, or as soon as possible. mail to headquarters (by certified or registered mail), all the (e) The report of the Committee shall he made up in suffi­ unused ballots, together with a certification, signed and dated copies to comply with the following requirements: two by all members of the (Zommittee that all ballots sent to the cient shall he sent by the committee to each Port Agent and port and not used are enclosed therewith, subject to the right copies the Secretary-Treasurer prior to the first regular meeting whedof each member of the Committee to make separate comments uled to take place subsequent to the close of the committee's under his signature and dale. The cerfification shall specifically proceedings or, in the event such meeting is scheduled to take identify, by serial number atfd amouht, the unused mallots so place four days or less from the close of this committee's pro­ forwarded. In the same package, but bound separately, the then at least five days prior to the next regular meet­ committee shall forward to headquarters all stubs collected dur­ ceedings, ing. WhiiAever meeting applies shall he designated, by date, ing the period of voting, together with a certification, signed by in the report and shall he referred to as the "Election Report all members of ihe committee, that ail stubs collected by the Meeting." As soon as these copies are received, each Port Agent committee are enclosed therewith sufajject to the right of each shall post one copy of the report on the bulletin hoard, in a member of thb' committee to make sepWate comments under his manner. This copy shall he kept posted for a signature and date. The said Polls (^mmittee members shall conspicuous period of two months. At the Election Report Meeting, the not be discharged from their duties until the forwarding called other copy of the report shall he read verbatim. for hereunder is accomplished and evidence of mailing or de­ (f) At the Election Report meeting, there shaU he taken up livery is furnished the Port Agent, which evidence shall be noted the discrepancies, if any, referred to in Section 5(c) of this and kept in the Port Agent's election records or files. Article and the recommendations of the Tallying Committee (b) All forwarding to headquarter called for under this Section 5, shall be to the Union Tallying Committee, at the submitted therewith. A majority vote of the membership shaH address of headquarters. In the event a Polls Committee cannot decide what action, if any, in acctwdance with the (Zonstitntion, be elected or cannot act on the day the^balloting in each Port shall be taken thereon, which action, however, shall not include is to terminate, the Port Agent shall have the duty to forward the ordering of a special vote unless the reported discrepancies this material specifically set forth iii Section 5(a) (unus^ affect the results of the vote for any office or job, in which event, ballots and stubs) to the Union Tallyijig Conunittee, which will the special vote shall be restricted thereto. A majority of the then carry out the functions in regard thereto of the said PoUs membership, at the Election Report Meeting, may order a reCommittee. In such event, the Port Amnt shall also forward all check and a recount vdien a dissent to the cl<»ing report has other material deemed necessary by the Union Tallying Com­ been issued by three or more members of the Union Trilyii^ Committee. Except for the contingencies provided for in this mittee to execute those functions. Spetion 5(f) the closing report shtdl be accepted as finaL All certifications called for under tiis Article Xlll shaU be (g) A special vote tiered pursuant to Section 5(f) must deemed made according to the best luiowledge, and belief of take place and be completed within seven (7) days after the those required to make such certific4tion. Election Report Meeting, at each port where the discrepancira (c) The Union Tallying Committed shall consist of 14 full book members./Two ^all be electedi from each of the seven so acted upon took place. Subject to the foregoing, and to the ports of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Mobile, New limits of the vote set by the membership, as aforesaid, the Port Orleans, Houston, and Detroit The election shall be held at the Agents in each such port shall have the functions of the Tally­ regular meeting in December of the election year, or if the &- ing Committee as set forth in Section 5(c), insofar as that ecutive Board otherwise determines prior thereto, at a special Section deals with the terms of such special vote. The Secre­ meeting held in the aforesaid ports on the first business day of tary-Treasurer shall make a sufficient amount of the usual the last week of said month. No Offii:er, Headquarters Repre­ balloting material immediately available to Port Agents, for the purpose of such special vote. Immediately after the close sentative, Port Agent, Patrolman, or cmdidate for office, or the job of Headquarters Representative, Foil Agent or Patrolman, thereof, the Port Agent shall summarize the results and com­ shall be eligible for election to this C ommittee, except as pro­ municate them to the Secretary-Treasurer. The ballots, stubs, vided for in Article X, Section 4. In aidition to its duties here­ roster sheets, and unused ballots pertaining to the special vote inbefore set forth, the Union Tallying Committee shall be riiall be forwarded to the Secretary-Treasurer, all in the same charged with the tallying of all the bsjllots and the preparation package, but bound separatdy, by the most rapid means prac-• of a closing report setting forth, in ccmplete deuil, the results ticable, hut, in any case, so as to reach the Secretary-Treasurw of the election, including a complete accounting of all ballots in time to enable him to prepare his report as required by this and stubs, and reconciliation of the same -with the ^ters, Action 5(g). An accounting and certificatiim, made by the verification lists, and receipts of the Port Agents, all vrith de­ Port Agent, similar to those requiircd of Polls Comminees, shatt tailed reference to serial numbers am amounts and with rach be enclosed therewith'. The Secretary-Treasurer shall then total iKoken down into port totals. The Tallying Committee prepare a report containing a combined suniunary of the results;' shall be permitted access to the electim records and ffies of all together with a schedule indicating in detail how they affect: ports, which they may require to be forwarded for insp^tion the Union Tallying Committee's reailts, as set fwth in its clos-/ at Its discretion. The report shall clearly detail all discre­ ing report. The form of the leer's report shall be followed an pancies discovered, and shall contain recommendations for the closely as possible. Two (2) copies shall be sent to each mit;' troetroent of these discrepancies. All n embers of the Committee one copy of which shall be posted. The other copy shaU be shaB sign the report, without prejudire, however, to the right presented at the next regular meeting after ffie Eiection Report of any member thereof to submit a di^nting report as to the Meeting. If a majority vote of the membeiship decides to accuracy of the count and the valid ity of the ballots, with accept the Secreta^-Treasureris report, the n^erical ruults set forth in the pertinent .segments of the TaUying Committee's pertinent details. * Ihe Tallying Committee is also chaiged with ffie receipt and closing report shall be deemed accepted and final without modi­ evaluation of written protests by any member who claims an fication. If ordered, a recheck and recount, and the report thereon by illegal denial of the right to vote. Ill it finds,the protesta in­ valid, it shall dismiss £e protest and so inform the protesting the Union TaUying Committee, shall be similarly disposed o| / member, by wire, on the day of dismistal. If it finds the protest and deemed accepted and final, by majority vote of ffie mem-../ valid, the committee shaU order a spscial vote, to be had no bership at the te^ar meeting fwowing the Election Report| later than within the period of its prooiedings, on such terms as Meeting. If such recheck and recount is ordered, the Union'' are practical, effective, and just, but which terms, in any event, TaUying Committee ahali be required to continue iU i^oceedshall include the provisions of SectioUiSCo) of this Article and ings correspondingly. Socfion 6. InstaUation into oSSce atnl the Job of fleadqusrten the designation of the voting^site of ffie pwt most convenient to the: protesting member, where a sheclal vote ia ordered in Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman. ^mittee shall check the rosters, and any other records they dera �Supplement—Page Fourteen ^ Ca) Hie person elected shall be that penon baviag the largest hnmber of votes cast for the particular office or job involved. Where more than one person is to be elected for a particular office or job, the proper number of candidates receiving Ae. successively highest number of votes shall be declared elected. \ These determinations shall be made only from the results deemed final and accepted as provided in this Article. It ^all "1 b« the duty of the President to notify each indiWdual elected, (b) Hie duly elected oScos and other job holders shall take r over their respective offices and jobs, and auume the duties thereof, at midnight of the night of the Election R^rt Meet^in{^ or the next regular meeting, depending upon which meetJ ing the results as to each of the foregoing are deemed fiinal %^and accepted, as provided in this Article. The term of their 3irI»^ece8sor8 shall continue up to, and expire at, that time, ^^inotwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Article iXI, Section I. Hiis shall not apply vrhere^ the successful candi|date cannot assume his office Iweause he Is at sea. Mi In such event, a majority vote of the membership may grant pdditional time Jor the assumption of the office or job. In the fevent of the failure of the newly-elected President to assume ^^office the provisions of . Article Section 2, as to succeuion ;|!^3tihtdl apply until the expiration of the term. All other cases of failure to assume office shaD be dealt with as decided by a majority vote of the membership. SEAFARERS LOG notice thereof shall be given to the accused, who shaH be informed of the name of his accusers, and who shall receive a written statement of the charges. At the request of the accused, transportation and subsistence shaR be provided the accused and his witnesses. Tiavember 14, 1969 of guUt, the Appeals Committee shaR charge on which the finding was based be dismissed. (p) The Appeals Committee may recommend lesser punldi- ' feu 14. The Appeals Committee shall deliver its decision Section 3. The Trial Committee shall hear all pertinmii dissent, if any, to headqiiarters, which shaR cause sufficient evidence and shaR not be bound by the rules of evidence wpies to be publiaJied tSSS^ell have them sent to each pott In required by courts of law but may receive aR relevant tesU- time to reach there beforis the next regular scheduled meeting. mony. The Trial Committee may grant adjournments, at the Headquarters shaR also send a copy to each accus^ and request of the accused, to enable him to make a proper defense. accuser at their last known address, or notify them iot^peraon. In the event the TrisJ Committee falls beneath a quorum, it S<MMV IS. At the meeting indicated in Section 14 of this disR adjourn untO a quorum does exist. Article the memberdiip, by a majority vote, shall accept, the Soctfon 4. No trial shaR be conducted unless aR the accusers deciiion of the Appeals Committee, or the dissent therein. If are presenL The Trial Committee shaR conduct the trial except there is no dissent, the decision of the Appeals (^mmittee shaR that the accused shaR have the right to cross-examine the accuser, or accusprs, and the witnesses, as weR as to conduct his r ^H a new trial is oideteid, that trial shaR be held In the port 1 own defense. The accused may select any member to assist him whe e headquarters is located, hi the miuuier provided for in If in defense at the trial, provided, (a) the said member is Section 2 of this Article. Any decision so providing for a new Vavailable at the time of the trial and (bj ihe said member trial riiaW coiitala such directions as wEQ insure aTair hearhig agre» to render such assistance. If the accused chaReng(» the to Re accused. quaRfications of the members of the Trial (temmittee, or states Ssctien 14. Headqiiarters sbaR notifj' the accost and each that the charges do not adequately inform him of what wrong he aRegedly committed, or the time and place of such commis­ accuier, either in person or in writing addreiB^ to thdr tea of the results results of the appeal. A fu^er further aaneid app«d SI » sion, such matters shall be ruled upon and disposed of, prior kno^ address, allowed as set forth in Section 17 of this A^cle. to proceeding on the merits of the defense, lae guilt of an Sectien 7. The Secretary-Treasurer is specific!^ charg^ 17. Each memlrer is ohari^d with ktiowtedge of with the preservation and retention of all election recoras. accused shaR be found only if proven by the weight of the and the bnrden of such proof shaR be upon the ons of the Constitution of the Seaforen tnternational Including the ballots, as required by law, and is directed and evidence, Jnioa of North America, and .the rights of, and iwcceduie as .. authorized to issue sudi other and further directives as to the accuser. Evay findii^ shaR be based on the quality of the election procedures as are required by law, which directives evidence and not "solely on the number of witnesses produced. to, fiirRier appeal as provided for therein. Decirions ieachej be part of the election procedum of this IJiimn. 8. The Trial Committee shaR make findings as to thereunder shaR be binding,on all members of the Union. life guRt or innocence, and recommendations as to punishment S«:rion 14- It shall be the duty of aR members of the Unimf and/or other UnioB action deemed desirahle in the I|^t of to ta ce aR steps within their conatitntiiaiia! power lo eaiTv osf sail the proceedings. Hiese findings and recommendations*^Asdl the t ;rms of any effective decisions. be those of a majority of the committee, and shaR be In writing, Soctfon 19. Every accused shaR receive a writtcai ciq?y of tfie as shaR be any dissent. The immmittee shaR forward its find­ charges prefened against him and shaR be given a leaaonaUe -'tactimi 1. TiMte ings and recommendation^ along with any dissent to the Port Agent of the port where the trial took place, whUe a copy time to prepare his defense, but he may thereafter plead guRty A Trial Committee shall be elected at a specialmeeting held it 10:00 AJlf., the next business day following the regular thereof riiaR he forwarded to the accused and the accusers, and waive any or aR of the other rights ttud priyileges granted astifis# . I meeting sf the Port where the Trial is tc- take place. It shall either m psrscn or by msi! addiesscd to their last known to. hill by this Article, If an accused has been prop^ly to attendf« without 1 consist of five full book members, of which three shall consti- addresses. The findings shaR include a statement that the of hii I trial and faRs .*? «he Tnal Committee may hold ito trial without I tute a quorum. No officer. Headquarter? Representative, Port rights of the accused under this ConsliluUon, were properly I : Agent, Port Patrolman, or other Union personnel may be safeguarded. The findings also must contain the charges made, "'s P^sence. A-SI I wire MiTieia. Awl I ' elected to serve on a Trial Committee. No member who intends thfe date of the trial, the name and address of the accused, the I to be a witness in the pending trial may serve, nor may any accuser, and eodi witness; shall describe each document used Offansat and Penaltias ^ member who cannot for any reason, render an honest decision. at the trial; shaR contain a fair summary of the proceedings, SMrtan 1. Upon proof .the commission of the foRowing It shall be the duty of every member to decline nomination if and shaR state the findings as to guRt or innocence. If possible, he knows, or has reason to believe, any of the foregoing dis­ aR documento used at the trial diaR be kept AR findings and offenses, the member shall he expeRed ftwm membership: (a) Proof of membership in any organization advocating the: qualifications apply to him. The members of this committee recommendations shaR be made a part of the regular files. overRrow of the Government of the United States by force; y shaU be elected under such generally applicable rules as are Sactfen 6. The P«rt Agent of the Port of Trial shall, upon (b) Acting as an informer against the interest of the Union adopted by a majority vote of the membership. receipt of die findings and recommendations of the Trial Com­ or thi! membership in any organizational campaign; mittee, cause the findings and recommendations to be presented, Sactlen 2. Appaols CeminlNM). (c) Acting as an informer for, or agent of, the company and entered into the minutes, at the next regular meeting. against the interests of the memberehip ta the Union; The ^peals Committee shall consist of seven full book (d) The commission of any act as part of a considracy to SacHoiigr. The Port Agent shall send the record of the entire members, five of whom shall constitute a quorum, elected at the port where headquarters is located, "fte' same disquali­ proceedings to headquarters, which shaR cause sufficient copies destro^ the Union. fications and duties of merobem shall apply with regard to thereof to be made and sent to each Port in time for the next SecHen S. Upon proof of the commission of any of the folibis comrniiiee as apply to the Trial Committee. In addition, - reguiariy scheduled meeting. lowini^ offenses, the member shall be penalized up to and no member may serve on an Appeals Committee in the hearin, Saction 4. A( the latter meeting, the proceedings shaR be dis­ includqig a penalty of expulsion from the Uiuon. In the event of an appeal from a Trial Committee decision, if the sai^ cussed. The meeting shoR then vote. A majority vote of the the penalty of expulsion is not invoked or recommeded, the member was a member of the Trial Committee. enaltV sh^ not exceed suspension from the rights and privi­ membersbip of the Union shall: P«' " lege le® of membership for more than two (2) years, or a fine (a) Accept the findings and recommendations, or SocHonS. Magotos. ._llOO or both: of |5(l|.00 y (b) Reject the findings and recommendations, or (a) As ^n as the President is advised as to the date and duly WRlfuRy misappropriating or misusing Union property (c) Accept the findings, but modify the recommendations, or authorized nuinber of delegates to the convention of the Sea(d) Order a new trial after finding that substantial justice of the value in excess of 150.00. (b) Unsuthcrired use of Union property, rcco^s, straps, farers InteraalioQal Union of North America, he commu- has not been done with: regard to the charges. In this event, nicate such facts to the Port Agent of each Port, together with a new trial shaR take place at the porT where headquarters is seals, i;tc^ for the purpose of personal gain; (c) WiRful misuse of any office or job, elective or not, within r^mmendations as to generally applicable rules for the elec- located and upon apiuication, the accused, the accusers, and tion of delegates for those delegates that may be required in their witnesses shaR be furnished transportaUon and subsist­ the Uiion for the purpose of pemn^ gain, financial or other­ I ;^dition to those provided for in Article X, Section 13, These ence. wise, <r the wiRfuI refusal or faUure to execute thei duRes or ylacts and recommendations shall be announced and read at the functicns of the said office or job, or gross nejdect or abuse in Sfwtion 9. After the vote set forth in Section 8, any punish­ executing such duRes or funcRona or other serioiumlBcondaet first regular meeting thereafter. Unless changed by a majority of the membership during that meeting, the election rules ment so decided upon shaR beciune effective. Headquarters or breitch of trust. The Presid«lt may, during the poidency r/miall apply. Hiese rules shall not prohibit any fiill book mem- shaR cause notice of the resiilto thereof to be sent to each of disciplinary proceedings under this snbsecRon, suapend the " 13^ from nominating himself. The results of the election shall accused and accuser. officer or jobholder from exercising the functions of tlw officw W communicated to each Port Agent, posted on the buUetin, Sortloii 10. An accused who has been found guilty, or who is or job, with or without pay, and designate his temporary n-. bwd, and animun^ at the next regular meeting of the Port, under effective punishment may appeal in the foUowtng manner: placement. lollies of election hereunder may include provisions for autd^ (d) Unauthorized votings or unauthorized Kaiidlifig of bal­ He may send or deUver a noRce of appeal to Headquarters election of aU qualified nominees, in dm event the aum- within 30 days after receipt of the notice of the decision of the lots, stubs, rosters, verification lists, baRot boxes, or electhm ber of such nominees does not exceed the number of deleeatea -membeiship. files, o]- election material of any sort; |o be elected. (e) Preferring charges with knowledge that such chatges Saetlew 11^ At the next regular meeting of Qie pwt where are falie; Headqi^ers is located, after receipt of the notice of appeal, (f> iifaking or transmitRug, with intrat to deceive, false i Artid* XV the notice sbaR be presented and shaR then become part 01 the reports or communications whidi faR within the scope of Union minutes. An Appeals Committee shoR then be elected. Hie buriness; , > Trials and Appgdki Vice-President in charge of contracts is charged with the duw (g) Deliberate faOure or refusal to join one's dhim or mis" rownber may bring charges against any other of presenting the before-mentioned proceedings and dl avaU- conduc: or ne^ect of duty aboatd ship, to the detnment of member for tte commission of an offense as set forth in this able documents used as evidence at the trial to the Appeals the UuMin or its agreements; . Constitution. These charges shaU be in writing and signed by Committee, as weR as a^ written statement or argument sub­ Deliberate and unauthorized interference, or deliberate the accuMrj^ who shall also include his book nuinber. Hie mitted by Rie accused. The accused may argue his appeal in liclous vRUfication, with regard to the execution of the accuser shaU deliver these charges to the Port Agent of the person, if he so desires. The appeal shtul be heard at Union if any office or job; ^rt nearest the place of the offense, or the port of pay-off, if Headquarters on the night the committee is elected. It shaR 'aying for, or receiving money for, employment aboatd tte offense took place aboard ship. He shaU also request the be the responsibOity of Rie accused to insure that his written a vessel, exclusive of proper earnings and Union payments; nit Agent to present these charges at the next regular meeting statement or argument arrives at headquarters in liww for such (j) ^ViRful refusal to submit veidence of affiliation for tliq;..^^.,; H^ccuser may withdraw his charges before die meeting, takes presentaRon. purpose >f avoiding or delaying money ^yments to the UniouiyMjg Sacfieii IS. The Appeals CcKumittee shal! decide the appexl or unat thorizedly transferring or receiving evidence of Unioii:|f' {Soctlon 3. After presentation of the charges and the request as soon as possible, consistent with fair consideraRon of the affiliatu n, with intent to deceive; (k) ^Fillful faRure or refusal to carry out the order of tho to Ae Port Agent, the Port Agent shaR. cause those charges evidence and arguments before it. It may grant adjournments to be read at the said meeting. and may request the accused or accusers to present arguments, duly auRiorli^ to make such orders during Rme of strike. . . . (1) laRure or refusal to pay a fine or assessment within thi^| ^ reject^ by a majority vote of the port, whenever necessary for such fair consideraRon. time limit set therefor either by the Constitution or Iqr actioi^^l no further MUOU may be taken thereon, unless mled otherwise Saction 13. The decision of the Appeals Committee shall be takmi ill accordance with the ConstituRon. ^ a iMjonty vole of the memhefship of the Union within 90 days thereafter. If the charges are accepted, and the accused by majority vote, and-sbaR be in the form of findings.and SacHiin 3. Upon proof of the commission of any of die fol­ IB, preMut, shaU be automaticaUy on notice that he wiH be recommendations. Dissents wiR be aRowed. Decisions and lowing (ffenses, members she!! be penalized dp to and including.^,,, disrents shaH be in writing and signed by those participating tried thi foHowing moniing. At his request, the trial shall he a susneiision from the rif^ts and privReg^ m membership postMned Mtil Ae wining following the next regular meetiBg, in such decision or dissent In mal^g its findings and recom­ two(2) years, or a fine of 150.00 or both: -' mendations, the commiitee shaU be governed by the following: at which time the Trial Committee wiR then be elected. He (a) ^WRlfuRy miBappropHaRng or misuung Unicm propor^:^^" (a) No finding of guilt shoR'be reversed if there is irab"«> be handed a written copy of the charges matte against the V alue under |w.OO; stotial evidence to support such a finding and, in such case, of (h) Assuming any office jHT job, whether elective or not with ' me Af^ieals Committee shall not make its own findings as to If the accus^ is not mesent, the Port Agent shaR immediknow! lack of poMesaion of the quaRfications ni-i the tvei^t of evidence. a^y ca^ to be sent to him, by registered maU addressed to quired his tot known n^ing address on file with the Union a copy (b) In no eveai riiaR increased punishment be recommended. (c) iiiisGonduct during on; mccRsg or other official UiifaHiL%,| of the charges, the names and book numbers of the accuserfc into dinepnte by condact^f (c) A new trial shaU he recommended if the Appeals Cosa- {Hoceeding, or bringing the and. a notificauon, that he must appear with his witnesses imttee finds—(a) that any member of the TritJ Committee not proiided for elsewhere in this Article; for trial dm wm^g after the nest regular meeting, at should have been disqualified, or (b) that the acctised was not <d) Tefusal or negligent faUure to carry, out orders of meetmg the Trial Committee will be elected, adequately infonned of the details of the charged offense, which those duly authorized to make such orders at any time. fii the event B^iaajorUy of the membership of the Union «haR resulted In his not having been given a fair trial, or (c) that SoctfsM 4. Upon proof of the commission of any the fdkp{? reto to accept charges irfter Rieir rejectlon'by a ^rtTtbe trbd for any other reason, the accused was not given a fair trial. lowing offenses, membem shall be penalized up to and including I ptece in the Port where Headquarters is located. Duf (d) If there is not substanRal evidence to support a finding a fine of $50.00; �November 14, 1! Supplement—^Page Fifteen si{;n-oni^;iev;^Jf ehall be deemed to be a majority of those oompoejnf die ap-:c have first acquired the highest seniority rating set forth in. ' - ' J plicable segment of the Union, standard collective bargaining agreement • (b) WiQluI failure to submit Unioti book to Union repre­ SRCHOR 12. The term, "full book member", shall mean a sentatives at pay-off; Artida XXIII memher.to whom a full book, has been duly issued and who (c) Disorderly conduct at pay-off or sign-on; is entitled to retain it in accordance with the provisions of (d) Refusal to cooperate with Union representatives in dis. j MMtingft . thi^ (Constitution. «(^arging their duties; SRCflam 1. Regular i membership meeting shall be held (e) Disorderly conduct in the Union hall; • . Artido XXV monthly only in the flowing majo^ po^ts at the following ,(f) Gambling in the Union hall; times: pi (g) Negligent failure to join ship, Amondmoiiti During the week following the first Sunday of every month tecfton S. Any member who has committed an offense penal- a meeting shall be held on Monday—at New York; on Tuesday This (Constitution shall be anfended in the following manner: , ized by no more than a fine of ISO.OO may elect to waive his ->-at Philadelphia; oq Wednesday—at Baltimore; and on SRCHRR 1. Any full book member may submit at any regi^ rights under thi^ Constitution subject to the provisions of Friday—at Detroit. During the next week, meetings shall be meeting of any Port proposed amendments to this (Constitu­ Article XV, Section 19, and to pay the maximum fine of fSO.OO held on Monday—at Houston; on Tuesday—at New Orleans; tion in resolution form. If a majority vote of the membership to the duly authorized representative of the Union. and on Wednesday—at Mobile. All regular membership mMt- of the Port approves it, the proposed amendment shall be for­ ings shall commence at 2:30 P.M. local time. Where a meeting warded to all Ports for further action. Soetion 4. This Union, and its members, shall not be deemed to waive any claim, of pers. ..al or property rights to which it day falls on a Holiday officially designated as such by the SRCHRR 2. When a proposed amendment is accepted by a ma­ authorities of the stat« or municipality in which a port is jority vote of the membership, it shall be referred to a (Con­ or its members are entitled, by bringing the member to tri^ or located, the port meeting shall take place on the following stitutional Committee in the Port where Headquarters is located. enforcing a penalty as provided in this Constitution. business day. Saturday and Sunday shall not be deemed busi­ This Committee shall be composed of six full book members, SnctioR 7. Any member under suspension for an offense under ness days. ~ two from each department and shall be elected in accordance this Article shall continue to pay all dues and assessments and The Area Vice Presidents shall be the chairmen aH with such rules as are established by a majority vote that must observe his duties to the Union, members, officials, and regular meetings in p^s in their respective areah In the Port. The Committee will act on ^ proposed amendments jobholders. event the Area Vice Presidents are unable to attend a regular referred to it. The Committee may receive vHhatever admce meeting of a port, they shall instruct the Port Agents, or and assistance, legal or otherwise, it deems necessary. .It;.jdiall other elected job holdeis, to act as chairmen of the meetings. prepare a report on the amendment together with any proposed Article XVil In the event a quorum is not present at 2:30 P.M. the changes or substitutions or recommendations and the reasons chairman of the meeting at the pertinent port shall postpone for such recommendations. The latter shall then be submitted Publications the opening of the meeting but in no event later than 3:00 P.M. to the membership by the President. If a majority vote of the S This Union may publish such pamphlets, journals, news­ SRCtlen 2. A spec.'al jneeting at a port may be called only at membership approves the amendment as recommended, it sh^ papers, magazines, periodicals and general literature, in such then be voted upon, in a yes or no vote by the membership . manner as may be determined, from time to time, by the the direction of the Port Agent or Area Vice President, No of the Union by secret ballot in accordance with the procedure special meeting may be held, except between the hours of Executive Board. 9:00 A.M. and -5:00 P.M. Notice of such meeting shall be outlined in Article XHI, Section 3(b) throng Section 5, ex­ posted at least two hours in advance, on the port buUetin board. cept that, unless otherwise required by a majority vote of the Article XVlli at the time it gives the approval necessary to The Area Vice Presidents shall be the chairmen of all membership eferendum to a vote, the Union Tallying Committee Bonds special meetings in ports in their respective areas. In the event shall consist of six (6) full book members, two from each of Officers and job holders, whether elected or appointed as the Area Vice Presidents are unable to attend a special meet­ the three (3) departments of the Union, elected from Head' well as all other employees handling monies of the Union ing of a port, they shall instruct the Port Agents, or other quarters Port. The amendment shall either be printed on the elected job holders, to act as chairmen of the meetings. shall bo bonded as required by law. baUot, or if too lengthy, shall be referred to on the ballot. Hie contents of this {Section 2 are subject to the provisions (Copies of the amendment shall be posted on the bulletin of Article XIII, Sectioi^ .4(a). Article XIX boards of all ports and made available at the voting site in all ports. SRCtioR 3. Notwithstadding anything to the contrary, all reg­ Ixpenditures . ular meetings shall be governed by the following: SRCHOR 3. If approved by a majority of the valid ballots cas^ SMHOR 1. In the event no contrary policies or instructions 1. The Union Constitution. the amendment shall become effective immediately upon noti­ are in existence, the President may authorize, make, or incur 2. Majority vote of tjnle members assembled. fication by the Hearquarters Tallying Committee to the Presi­ such expenditures and expenses as are normdly encompassed dent that the amendmedt has been so approved, unless other­ within the authority conferred upon him by Article X of this wise specified in the amendmenL The Pi^ident shall immedi­ Article XXIV Constitution. , ately notify ^ ports of the results of the vote on the amendment. Definitions and Miscelloneous Provisions Sttction 3. The provisions of Section 1 shaH similarly apply to '• the routine accounting and administrative procedures of the Reloting Thereto EXHIBIT A [ Union except those primarily concerned with trials, appeals, SRctien 1. Incapacity, Unless otherwise set forth or deak ' ^negotiations, strikes, and elections. Miiiimol roquiroments to bo contoinod In with herein, the term "incapacity," shall mean any illness or Constitution of subordincrte bodies ond divisions : SoctloR 3. The provisions of this Article shall su| to situation preventing the' affected person from carrying put his the extent applicable, the provisions of Artide this duties for more than ^ days, provided that this does not chortered by or offiliotad with the Seolorers Constitution. result in a vacancy. However, nothing contained in this Article Intemcdionol Union of North Americo — Atshall be deemed to prohibit tlie execution of the functions of more than one job and/or office in which event no incapacity lontic. Gulf, Lokes ond Inlond Woters District. Article XX shall be deemed to exijst with regard to the regidar job or I • Income: • office of the one taking over the duties and functions of the All members shall have equal rights and privfleges, subject IhscHen 1> The income of this Union shall include dues, one incapacitated. The period of incapacity shall be the time to reasonable rules and regmations, contained in this Consti­ - i^ fees, fines, assassments, contributions, loans, intermt,- during which the circufiistances exist. ^dividends, as well as income derived from any other legitimate SectioA 2. Unless otherwise set forth or dealt with herein, tution, including secret electicm, frradom of speech, the right business operatimi or other legitimate source. the torn "vacancy" shall include failure to wrform die func­ to hold office and the rif^l of secret votes on assessment and tions of any office or job by res^n of death, or resignation, dues increases, all in accordance with the law. [ 2. An official Union receipt, properly filled out, shall or suspension from meinbership or expulsion from the Union be given to wyone paying money to the Union or to any II right to apped ita accordance with the properson authorized by the Union to receive money. It shall be with no further rig No member may be automaticaly suspended from member­ ' ' the duty'of every person affiliated with the Union who makes visions of Article XV of this Constitution. ship except for non-payment of dues, and all members shall such payments to demand such receipt SRctiRR 3. When applicable to the Union as a whole the term, be affm-ded a fair hearing upon written charges, with a reas­ SRctioR 3. No assessmente shall be levied except after a ballot "majwity vbte of the membership," shall mean the majority time to prepare defense, when accused of an offense conducted under such general rules as may be decided upon of all the valid votes cast .by full book members-at an officiail onable under the Constitution. meeting of those ports holding a meeting. This definition shall by a majority vote of the membership, provided that: . (a) The ballot must be secret. prevaU notwithstanding that one or more pwts cannot hold III [ (b) The assessment must be approved by a majority of the meetings because of no iqutmim. For the purpose of this Sec­ This Union is chartered by (and/or affiliated with), the valid ballots cast. tion, the term "meetingf* shall refer to those meetings to be held during the time period within vdiich a vote must be taken Seafarers International Union of North America—^Adantic, ; ^ Seetinn 4, Except as otherwise provided by law, all payments in with the Constitution and the custom and usage Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, and this Constitudon by members or other, affiliates of this Union sh^ be applied of accordance and any amendments thereto, shall not take effect unless and the Union in the indicated priority. suGcepively to the monetary obligations owed the Union comuntil approved as set forth in the Consdtudon of that Union. SRCHOR 4. When applicable 'solely to port action and not con­ I mencing with the oldest in point of time, as measured from the date of accrual of such obligation. The pmod of arrears cerned with, or related I to, the Union as a whole, and not IV tbail be calculated accordingly. ; forming part of a Union-wide vote, the term "majority vote An object of this Union is, within its reasonable capacity, of the membership," shall refer to the majmity of the valid votes cast by the full book members at any meeting of the to promote the welfare of, and assist, the Seafarers IntemaI Artida XXI donal Union of North America—^Adantic, Gulf, Lakes and In­ Port, regular or special. land Waters District. |; dthar Typas of Union AfRlinUon SRCHOR S. The term, "membership action", or reference .To the extent permitted by law, this Union, by majority thereto, shall mean the same as the term "majority vote of vote of the membership, may provide for affiliation with it by the membership." The charter (and/or affiliation) relationship' between this .. individuals in a lesser capacity than membership, or in a Union and the Seafarers International Union of North America SocHCin 6. Where the title of any office or job, or the holder 'r capacity other than membership. By majority vote of the mem­ bership, the Union may provide for the rights and obligations thereof, is set forth in tfiis Constitution, all references thereto —Atlandc, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District shall not incident to such capacities or affiliations. These rights and and the provisions concerned therewith shall be deemed to be be dissolved so long as at least ten members of this Union, obligations may include, but are not limited to fa) the applic­ equally applicable to whomever is duly acting in such office and the Seafarers International Union of North America— Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Weters District acting throu^ ability or non-applicability of all or any part of the Consti­ or job. its Executive Board wish to. continue 'such reladonship. tution; (b) the terms of such affiliation; (c) the right of the SoctioR 7. The term "Election Year" shall be deemed to mean Union to peremptory termination of such affiliation and, (d) that calendar year prior to the calendar year in which elected VI the fees required for such affiliation. In no event may anyone officials and other elected jpb-holders are required to asume not a member receive evidence of affiliation equivalent to office. The first election year hereunder shall be deemed to be No amendment to this .Constitudon shall be effective unless that of members, receive priority or rights over members, or I960. and untn approved by at least a tworthirds vote of the member­ be termed a member. ship in a secret referendum conducted for that purpose. In SRCHOR 3. The terms, "this Constitution", and "this amended any event, the adoption of this Constitution and any amend­ Constitution," shall be deemed to have the same meaning and ments thereto, will not be effecdve unless and until compliance Arfflcio XXII shall refer to the Constitution which takes the place of the with Article II of the (^{onstitution of the Seafarers Interna­ one adopted by the Union in 1939, as amended up throu^ tional Union of North Americar^Atlandc, Gulf, Lakes and Quorums August, 1956. Inland Waters District is first made. ticHoR 1. Unless elsewhere herein otherwise specifically proSRCHRR 9. The term, "member in good standing", shaH mean vided, the quorum for a special meeting of a port shall be six a member whose monetary obligations to the Union are not VII ij full book members. I.; in arrears for thirty dap or more, or who is not imder suspen­ The Seafarers International Union of North America—^At­ SoctieR 2. The quorum for a regular meeting of a Port shall sion 6r expulsion effective in accordance with this (Constitution. lantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District shall have the ? be fifty (50) members. Unless otherwise expressly indicated, the term, "member," right to ch^k, inspiect and make copiiss of all the books and Sc^OR 3. Unless otherwise specificalfy set forth hereio, the shall mean a member in good standing. records of this Union upon demand. decisions, reports, recommendations, or other functions of any SRCHRR 10. Unless plainly otherwise required by the context segment of the Union requiring a quorum to act officially, of their use, the terms "Union book," "membership book," and VHI sh®!! be.e majority of those voting, and shall not be official "book," shall meian official evidence of Union membership. This Union shall not take any acdon which will have the or effective unless the quorum requirements are nlet. SRCHRR 11. The term "fuU book" or "full Union book" shaH effect of reducing its net assets, calculated through recognized Socrim 4. Unless otherwiise indicated herein, where the re- mean only an official certificate tissued as .evidence of Union aocoundng procedures, below the amount of its indebtedness quiiements for a quorum are not specificalljr set forth, a quorum membership which can b^ attained only by those members who to the Seafarers International Union of North America—^Atlan- �SEAFARERS LOG Supplement—Page Sixteen tic. Gulf, Lakes {Qid Inland Water District, unless approved b* that Union through its Executive Board. IX So long as there exists any indebtedness by this Union to tlie Seafarers, International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, that Union shall have the right to appoint a representative or representatives to this Union who shall have the power to attend all meetings of this Union, or its suh-divisions, or governing boards, if any; and who shall have access to all books and records pf this Union on demand. This representative, or these representatives, shall be charged with the duty of assisting this Union and its mem­ bership, and acting as a liaison between the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District and this Union. * So long as any unpaid per capita tax, or any other indcfcle^ness of any sort is owed by this Union to the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, such indebtedness shall constitute a first lien on the assets of this Union, which lien shall not be impaired without the written approval of the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North Ai.ierica-—Atlantic, Gulf Lakes and Inland Waters District acting through its Executive Board. Xi The per capita tax payable hy this Union to the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District shall be that which is' fixed in ac­ cordance with the terms of the G>nBiitution of that Union. This ^bhsl^tutioh iih'^ actions by tliiis Union pursuant hereto are subject to those provisions of the Constitution of the Sea­ farers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District pertaining to affiliatwQ, disafliliation, trusteeships, and the granting and removal of charters. xiii "^is Union shall be affiliated with the Seafarers International Union of North America through the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District. It shall share in, and participate as part of, the delegation of that District to the Convention of the Sea­ farers International Union of North America in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the Seafarers InternationalJUnion of North America—Atlantic, GulL L^es and Inland waters District. EVERY SEAFARER IS GUARANTEED evi-v.. . X • •T •/- • ',1.' \ " . ' ^ tf -'""r ^ T ' ~ '' ^ 1- *5 Protection of the rights and privileges guaranteed him under the Constitution of the Union. The right to vote. The right to nominate himself fory and to holdt any office in the Union. That every official of the Union shall be bound to uphold and protect the rights of every member and that in no case shall any member be deprived of his rights and privileges as a member without due process of the law of the Union. The right to be confronted by his accuser and to be given a fair trial by an impartial committee of his brother Union members if he should be charged with conduct detrimental to the welfare of Seafarers banded together in this Union. The right to express himself freely on the floor of any Union meeting or in committee. The assurancelhat his brother Seafarers will stanef with him in defense of the democratic principles set forth in the Constitution of the Union. ' . . - r. ^ -vi, • J V' •> C A AA'; f ' ' 1/ .i c • :V.i' r - " • w- .--V •;• /•' X • 5¥f ' '-5.V , mxsi:, ;as?sA£w:. -3 ' ' J ' 1: 5.•.^ •V'V- ' V'l \" V '''*, -i ^ - ^ . " .< r.<., -W - V-'-x\ • .-il - t • . - , yi'" %y-'~ _ , J. 1 �November 14, 1969 SEAFARERS Rep. Tiernan Tells MTD; Separate MARAD Best So/utien To Dilution of Maritime Authority WASHINGTON—A strong plea for the creation of a sepa­ rate and independent Maritime Administration, with full re­ sponsibility and authority for all matters relating to the na­ tion's merchant fleet, was made here last month by Representative,,^Robert O. Tiernan (DR.I.). Speaking before a meeting sponsored by the 7.5-miUionmember AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, the con­ gressman described the serious fragmentation of authority that has taken place in the field of maritime which has, in his view, contributed to the current sorry plight of the U.S.-flag merchant marine. He broke it down this way: "The Department of Agricul­ ture makes maritime decisions in the area of the shipment of agricultural surplus products to the needy nations of the world. The Agency for International Development makes maritime decisions that deal with our shipments of foreign aid. The Department of Defense makes maritime decisions in terms of our military sealift. The Depart­ ment of State makes maritime decisions in terms of our rela­ tionships—good or poor—with other nations. The Department of the Interior makes maritime decisions with respect to oil im­ ports. The Budget Bureau makes maritime decisions in cold, and often unrealistic, dollars-andcents terms." "Our most urgent need," Tier­ nan declared, "is for a Mari­ time Administration that is in­ dependently managed—^that has all of the responsibility for de­ veloping our maritime resources —and that has the authority to go along with that responsibil­ ity." Taking note of some optimis­ tic developments—the congress­ man cited the recent submission of the administration's maritime program to the Congress, as well as the spirit of optimism ex­ pressed by the MTD convention in Atlantic City—^Tiernan said: ". . . we, in Congress, are not only optimistic, we're deter­ mined that something will be done by this Congress to get us moving on the high seas once again." The Rhode Island lawmaker cited the fact that the nation ranks fifth in world shipping and eleventh in world shipbuild­ ing. He attributed the decline, which he described as starting four years after the end of World War II, to the loss of in­ dependence by the Maritime Administration when it was rel­ egated to a subordinate status in the Department of Com­ merce. "Four years after the war's end," he said, "American-flag ships were carrying more than 40 percent of our commercial imports and exports—^the high­ est level achieved by our civil­ ian-owned and civilian-manned fleet in this decade. Today, we're down around the five percent level—ships of other nations are carrying 95 percent of our commercial cargo." "Maritime independence con­ tinues to be a top priority item as far as I'm concerned," Tier­ nan concluded. "With an inde­ pendent agency, we can go a long way toward correcting the mistakes of the past. Without an independent agency, no mar­ itime program—no matter how promising it looks on paper— is going to be fully effective." CTT Cites Transportation ProblemsIncluding Conglomerates, Automation WASHINGTON—The Con­ ference of Transportation Trades has announced it will launch a continuing study to de­ velop ways of protecting work­ ers and the public against the harsh effects of corporate merg­ ers. The decision was made dur­ ing a one-day meeting in Wash­ ington of the general board of the conference, which is com­ posed of 27 AFL-CIO unions,, including the SIU, with 4.5 mil­ lion workers in all modes of transportation. The conference is headed by AFL-CIO Vice President C. L. Dennis, who Panel Advocates Wage Floor Hike For Puerto Rico SAN JUAN — A committee composed of representatives of labor, management, and the general public have unanimous­ ly recommended that the mini­ mum wage paid in six Puerto Rican industries be increased. The reports of Puerto Rico Minimum Wage Industries Committees No. 87-A, and 87B, called for increasing from $1.35 to $1.60, the hourly mini­ mum wage for workers in com­ mercial establishments included under the coverage of the 1961 Fair Labor Standards Act. Secretary of Labor George P. Shultz appointed the commit­ tees that included two officials of the SIU. Headquarters Rep­ resentative Edward X. Mooney and Friedrich Thursch, assist­ ant to Keith Terpe, president, of the SIU of Puerto Rico, served on the panels that held public hearings before offering their recommendations. SIU Adds 10 New Full Book Men I Page Twenty Five LOG also is president of the Railway and Airline Clerks. SIU Presi­ dent Paul Hall is chairman of the Conference's maritime sec­ tion. In another action, the board adopted a far-ranging report dealing with major problems facing transportation ihdustries and expressing the conference's views on solving them. The resolution calling for the study of corporate mergers not­ ed that the rising tide of busi­ ness mergers has reached the stage where some 200 corpora­ tions, out Of about 200,000 in the United States, "control near­ ly 60 percent of the country's manufacturing wealth." This has happened, the reso­ lution pointed out, because of the growth of "conglomerate" mergers—those that cut across industry lines with emphasis "on monopoly control of the Amer­ ican economic system." The resolution noted that the conglomerates pose a particular danger to labor because "the more diverse a company's busi­ ness interests, the less pressure unions are able to bring in the collective bargaining process." Noting that in the past trans­ portation managements have not always responded to transpor­ tation needs, the resolution warned: "When conglomerates invade the transportation' field, and when corporate decisions are handed over to financiers whose concerns are solely economic, the American people will find management even less respon­ sive to the transportation needs of the nation. "It would be possible, under such circumstances, to close down the transportation segment of the conglomerate solely for tax advantage or similar eco­ nomic gain—and the American • people will be the losers." TTie report on problems fac­ ing the transportation industries covered a wide range of topics dealing with economics, labor relations and the future outlook of all domestic and international modes of transportation. The report, "Transportation: A Time to Move Ahead," noted i Jllrxoa Announces Fleet Program (Continued from Page 3) ducing only a few new ships a year for use in our foreign trade." Nixon said that "both govern­ ment and industry share respon­ sibility for the recent decline in American shipping and ship­ building." The President expressed the hope that his program would "introduce a new era in the maritime history of America, an era in which our shipbuilding the latest group of Seafarers to take advantage of the SIU Seniority Upgrading* Program pose happily and ship operating industries after receiving their full books at the November membership meeting at Headquarters. In the. front take their place once again row are, from left: Darrell Fisher, Philip Pardovich, John Bertolino an James Jodd. Back row, left among the vigorous, competitive to right: David Bass, Torry Kidda, Jr., Larry Kincer, Edward Dale, Kelly Graham and James Phillip:s. industries of this nation." that although problems "vary greatly between various modes" there are some "common threads" that run through the entire industry. These are highlights in sev­ eral areas of common concern as expressed in the report: Safety—Occupational injuries and deaths are on the rise be­ cause managements have not voluntarily taken steps "to make the workplace safe and heal­ thy." The conference backed legislation sought by the AFLCIO to require federal health and safety standards. Automation—The conference seeks to work with employers to develop "intelligent approaches" to introducing automation so that workers can retain their dignity and their purchasing power, "which is as vital to the entire economy as to the indi­ vidual worker." Pollution—It was noted that "man cannot live without air and water, yet in America to­ day, we seem bent on squander­ ing both."" The conference pledged its continued support of the efforts of the labor movement and oth­ ers to halt the destruction of nat­ ural resources "before the spoil­ ers destroy our environment, and in the process destroy us all." Senator Vance Hartke (DInd.), speaking at a luncheon held by the board, took a firm stand against compulsory arbi­ tration in labor management re­ lations — particularly in the transportation industry. •Whenever the government steps in to bar strikes in an in­ dustry, Hartke declared, it be­ comes the "invisible partner" of management which knows it is protected "against the economic consequences of its own in­ transigence at the bargaining table." SEAFARERS^JiOC Nov. 14, 1969 • Vol. XXXI, No. 13 Official Publication of the Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO Executive Board PAUL HALL, President EARL SHEPARD CAL TANNER Exec. Vice-Pres. Vice-President LINDSEY WILLIAMS AL KERR Vice-President Sec.-Treas. ROBERT MATTHEWS AL TANNER Vice-President Vice-President Editor HARRY WITTSCHEN Assistant Editors WILL KARP CHARLES SVENSON FRANK MARGIOTTA MARIETTA CRISCI Staff Photographer ANTHONY ANSALDI Pibllihed monthly at 810 Rhode Island Avanao N.E., Washington, D. C. 20018 hy the Seafar­ ers International Union, Atlantic, Golf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, 675 Foorth Avenie, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. Tel. HYaclnth 9-6600. Second class postaie paid at Washlngtons, D. C. POSTMASTER'S ATTENTION: Form 3579 cards shonid he sent to Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Golf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, 675 Foarth Annae, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. �Page Twenty Six SEAFARERS November 14, 1969 LOG A Tricky Shot Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to iLO For SO'Year Role in Social Justice OSLO, Norway—^The Inter­ national Labor Organization has been awarded the 1969 Nobel Peace Prize for 50 years of helping to safeguard peace through the promotion of social justice. AFL-CIO President George Meany praised the selection as a "tribute to the foresight and vision" of Samuel Gompers, who was chairman of a com­ mission at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference out of which came the ILO. Meany, ILO Director-General David A. Morse and Rudolph Faupl, U.S. worker delegate to the oragnization, also viewed the award as a tribute to workers themselves. The Nobel Prize Committee, announcing its decision in Olso, Norway, after considering 45 candidates, described the ILO as an organization that has worked continuously to improve workers' social conditions, "thus contributing to safeguarding world peace." Mrs. Aase Lionaess, chair­ man of the committee, said that the prize — $75,000 plus an insignia, a diploma and a gold medal-—will be awarded to an ILO representative at Oslo Uni­ versity on December 10. That day is the anniversary of the death of Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inventor. The Nobel awards were set up at his bequest. Although the prize was orig­ inally designated to go to in­ dividuals "who shall have done the most or the best work for peace," a number of organiza­ tions have received the award in recent years. Past recipients include the International Red Cross and UNICEF—the Uni­ ted Nation's Children's Fund. Mrs. Lionaess said that the committee's choice of the ILO "stresses the close relations be­ tween work, social progress and peace." She cited the organization's activities in "reducing social barriers between people in an effort to make nations work to­ gether in peace" and its efforts to reduce unemployment and improve working conditions. Meany pointed out that Gom­ pers—"the father of the ILO" Labor Critical of HEW Rules To Upgrade Nursing Homes WASHINGTON — Federal regulations recently announced by the Health, Education and Welfare Department to improve nursing home standards under Medicaid "completely fail to meet that'objective," the AFLCIO has emphasized. Without changes, it warned, the regulations will "perpetuate inadequate health care for the most disadvantaged Americans, the needy and medically needy." Criticism of the regulations • and proposed changes was ex­ pressed by AFL-CIO Social Se­ curity Director Bertrand Seidman in a letter to Administrator Mary Switzer of HEW's Social and Rehabilitation Service. Amendments to the Social Security Act adopted in 1967 called for regulations to upgrade nursing home standards under Medicaid. Draft regulations were released in February and specific proposals were recently published in the Federal Regis­ ter. The basic defect in the regu­ lations, Seidman wrote, "is that they establish significantly lower standards for skilled nursing homes" under the Medicaid pro­ gram for the poor than are re­ quired under the law for Medi­ care. "Yet," he continued, "there is no evidence that Medicaid patients in skilled nursing homes require less intensive care than Medicare patients in extended care facilities." The "grossly inadequate" standards would add to already high Medicaid costs, Seidman charged, by requiring reimbursments to substanderd nursing homes and "unecessary" hospi­ talizations of patients unable to get skilled nursing care. Moreover, he said, failure to require appropriate standards will remove any incentive for substandard nursing homes to raise skill levels as was intended by the 1967 amendments. To raise nursing home quali­ fications to the necessary level, Seidman and the AFL-CIO urged the following changes in the proposed regulations: • An immediate requirement that either a professional regis­ tered nurse or a licensed prac­ tical nurse be on duty at nursing homes at all times. The regula­ tions would postpone this re­ quirement until at least July 1, 1970. • If there is to be a provision permitting waiver of educational requirements for licensed prac­ tical nurses, the regulations should authorize "only the state agency responsible for licensing of nurses" and not simply any "appropriate state licensing authority" to grant the waiver. • Similarly, the authority to waive other requirements for nursing homes should be given only to the State agency respon­ sible for licensing nursing homes. • Provision should be made for minimum ratios of nursing and auxiliary personnel to the number of patients, with sepa­ rate ratios for nurses and other personnel—a requirement clear­ ly intended by the 1967 amend­ ments. —believed that "improving the conditions of workers every­ where could make an important contribution to peace and jus­ tice." Noting that the organization was founded 50 years ago this month" in Washington "with Gompers in the chair," he added: "It is an award, there­ fore, that has special signifi­ cance to workers throughout the world." Morse called the award to the ILO "a tribute to the common man throughout the world." The award, he added, "will give the ILO immense encour­ agement to build further on the solid foundation laid by un­ remitting efforts to which the governments, employers and workers throughout the world have contributed in full meas­ ure." Faupl, a Machinists' repre­ sentative who hias.served as the U.S. worker delegate since 1958 said: "There can be no peace with­ out social justice—this has been the overriding conviction of the ILO since its beginning and this is the basis for its future." Difficult shot is attempted on the billiard table in Port O'Call at New York hall by Brother Troy Lancaster, who sails as a wiper, while Larry Drummer, an O.S., looks on with a doubtful expression. Many Sea­ farers enjoy the recreational facilities at SID halls between voyages. DISPATCHERS REPORT Atlantic, Gulf & inland Waters District October 1, 1969 to October 31, 1969 DECK DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Port Boston New York ..., Philadelphia .. Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville .. Tampa Mobile New Orleans-.. Houston ...... Wilmington .., San Francisco Seattle Totals Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore ....... Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans .... Houston .... Wilmington San Francisco ... Seattle Totals Class A Class B 9 4 109 123 33 16 47 20 23 26 31 33 11 9 50 27 60 58 61 51 34 50 110 101 53 ' 44 631 562 TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C 5 2 1 83 48 0 23 16 4 28 10 1 15 18 7 23 18 7 ,3 11 0 31 23 3 90 43 0 37 48 6 44 45 13 78 92 24 25 34 12 485 408 78 ENGINE DEPARTMENT TOTAL SHIPPED TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups All Groups Class A Class B Class^ Class A Class B 3 83 19 39 16 24 5 40 42 29 15 79 17 411 4 54 19 25 10 11 1 20 56 32 25 67 14 338 7 178 19 34 39 41 16 34 69 64 45 121 37 704 5 89 22 21 17 28 8 33 76 43 34 85 33 494 1 •5 4 1 2 5 0 0 3 9 14 21 16 81 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 3 8 182 214 38 31 45 161 38 41 29 41 24 16 17 81 87 110 112 133 9 40 23 . 76 31 59 638 1011 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 3 146 13 77 25 22 9 61 88 79 15 51 29 767 2 195 25 58 51 34 11 44 72 79 17 29 11 628 STEWARD DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Port Boston ...... New York ... Philadelphia . Baltimore ..., Norfolk Jacksonville ., Tampa Mobile New Orleans . Houston ...., Wilmington ... San Francisco Seattle_^j^l^^^ Totals Class A Class B 3 4 87 74 16 14 16 43 20 13 13 15 6 8 23 25 46 68 38 27 37 33 76 65 28 28 430 396 TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B ClassC" 3 29 19 25 10 9 10 20 67 33 26 59 21 331 3 2 -4 45 3 15 4 9 10. 22 10 13 0 3 4 16 2 48 34 . 16 13 17 28 58 7 17 104 299 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 3 2 70 152 15 16 32 103 22 23 25 17 10 8 30 50 46 104 39 88 15 15 26 58 22 50 355 686 �14, 11969 SEAFARERS Page Twenty Seven LOG SlU WEIFARE, PENSION & VACATION PLANS Cash Benefits Paid Report Period: September 1-September 30, 1969 Number of Benefits SEAFARERS' WELFARE PLAN Scholarship Hospital Benefits Death Benefits C Medicare Benefits Maternity Benefits Medical Examination Program Dependent Benefits (Average $464.53) Optical Benefits Meal Book Benefits Gut-Potients Benefits SUMMARY OF WELFARE BENEFITS PAID SEAFARERS' PENSION PLANBENEFITS PAID SEAFARERS' VACATION PLANBENEFITS PAID (Average $395.93) TOTAL WELFARE, PENSION & VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD 8 2,154 16 95 27 Amount Paid $ 1,749.00 52,296.86 41,569.76 382.00 5,400.00 1,057 1,966 31,718.35 91,325.66 626 61 4,841 8,556.74 614.83 37,756.00 10,851 1,421 ^ 1,878* 14,150 Steve A. Stafford, Jr. Please contact Union Head­ quarters in Brooklyn immedi­ ately concerning your draft status. — Paul C. Stubblelield Your mother, Mrs. Emma A. Campbell, asks that you contact her as soon as possible at 922 Ludlow Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45220. <I> Earl McGee Please contact Bernard Rol328,501.81 nick at 299 Broadway, Room 905, New York, New York. The 743,564.82 telephone number is (212) == WO-2-3905. 271,369.20 $1,343,435.83 George Bruno Please contact Mr. J. M. Fenton at Penn Shipping Company, Inc., at 405 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022, as soon as possible in connection with a salvage claim award due you. <I> Walter Lungren Please contact Anargyros Dokeris at 1936 Benedict Avenue, Bronx, New York 10462. Tele­ phone: TA-8-2211. William C. Besselievre Your son, William, asks that you please contact him at the following address: c/o Stafford, 433 Prospect Avenue, Staten Island, New York 10301. He is very anxious to hear from you. ^ Andrew Oreo Your wife, Minerva, asks that you get in touch with her as soon as possible on an urgent matter. Her address is 61-63 Varet Street, Apt. 15, Brook­ lyn, N. Y. 11206. The tele­ phone number is (212) 7820359. <I> John O. Glenn Your mother, Mrs. Carolina O. Glenn, asks that you contact her as soon as possible at Hotel Inter-Continental, H. K. Dept. Makati, Rizal, Philippines. Joe Meyercheck Andy H. Reasko would like to hear from you, what ship you are sailing on and where you are. Reasko can be reached aboard the S.S. Beauregard, c/o Sea-Land Service, A.P.O. 96312, San Francisco, Calif. <1> William Brack Please contact SIU headquar­ ters at 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 11232 as soon as pos­ sible. The telephone number is (212) 499-6600. <j> Joseph Rioux Please get in touch with James Eichenberg at 337 No. 41 Street, Camden, New Jersey, about an income tax check he is holding for you. His telephone number is 964-2571. —— Richard D. Tapman Your wife asks that you con­ tact her as soon as possible at 2000 Ramblewood Road, Balti­ more, Maryland 21214. B. James Ricketts Please contact your brother, G. H. Ricketts, at 1150 Bushwick Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11233. Craig Mock, bom September Mrs. Sam M. Hardin, Brooklyn, Mrs. Reginald D. Nolan, Mo­ 15, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. N.Y. desto, Calif. Theodore J. Mock, Brooklyn, — N. Y. Melanie Thompson, bora Michad Lyie, bora Septem­ August 27, 1969, to Seafarer ber 21, 1969, to Seafarer and — <1> William A. Villagran Charles Pryor, born Septem­ and Mrs. Carl E. Thompson, Mrs. Edward E. Lyle, Gaines­ Louis E. Raymond Please contact the Depart­ ber 29, 1969, to Seafarer and Mobile, Ala. ville, Fla. Mrs. Charles T. Pryor, Dauphin Please contact your wife, ment of the Army, Office of the —— — ^3>— Island, Ala. Scott Kelly, born August 5, Yvonne, as soon as possible at Adjutant General, U.S. Army Raymond LeBlanc, bora July ^ 29, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Law­ 2673 Radnor Avenue, Long Administration Center, St. Lou­ is, Missouri. Beach, California 90815. Wesley Keenum, born July Richard J. LeBlanc, Superior, rence B. Kelly, Stanton, Califi 28, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Wisconsin. Bobby E. Keenum, Mill Valley, ness with Deering Milliken, withdraw the nomination. It Haynsworth Name 4/ doesn't do his reputation any Calif. he was sitting as the "impar­ Alfredo Diazdelvalle, bora Should Be Withdrawn tial" judge on a case between good to stand by a man like August 22, 1969, to Seafarer To the Editor: that. a union and Deering Milliken. Kosbayne Lial, born October and Mrs. Alfredo Diazdelvalle, In the October issue of the How could he possibly ren­ Edgar R. Hodias 8, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. New Orleans, La. LOG I read the article on der a fair decision? Isn't the Candido C. Lial, Houston, ^ Judge Clement F. Hayns­ going rough enough for union Texas. SIU Welfare Plan Nicholas Kratsas, bora Sep­ worth Jr. and where the Jus­ people without having judges tember 17, 1969, to Seafarer . ^ Promptness Praised tice Department said he who are involved with the Karen Sue Preston, born Oc­ and Mrs. Nick G. Kratsas, Bal­ wasn't guilty of anything. other side determining what To the Editor: tober 6, 1969, to Seafarer and timore, Md. "justice" is? It's a good thing4he AFLI wish to thank the SIU Mrs. Terry W. Preston, Norfolk, In the hearings before the CIO has its own lawyers and Welfare Plan for its quick Va. Sonnia Moreno, bora August Senate Judiciary Committee, they really gave it to the Jus­ efficiency. My claim, submit­ 28, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. <|> Haynsworth played dumb tice Department. These peo­ ted September 5, 1969 for Cecil Mclntyre, born August Louis A. Moreno, Houston, ple in the Justice Department medicine purchased August 9, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Texas. have double standards for 23, 1969 and August 25, Cecil A. Mclntyre, Jr., Chula some things and they can 1968 was most promptly Vista, Calif. Susan Buterakos, bora July really stand the truth on its paid. In fact this was the 22, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. head and make it cry "uncle" speediest payment I have ever Melinda Bauman, born Au­ Thomas G. Buterakos, Win­ when they want to. received. gust 11, 1969, to Seafarer and chester, Va. It seems clear that Hayns­ while all his connections with Thank you very much for Mrs. William K. Bauman, New worth has not acted as the companies which were in­ your courtesy and considera­ Orleans, La. Alcuin and Patricia Smith, American people have a right volved in legal matters that tion. In this day and age kind born August 26, 1969, to Sea­ came before him were brought to expect from a jurist sit­ concern is very much appreci­ Angela Talley, born October farer and Mrs. Alcuin A. Smith, ting on the bench of one of ' out by various senators. Just ated. 14, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Baltimore, Md. our high courts. like he has played dumb Isaac Sieger Floyd L. Talley, Norfolk, Va. — He was not only a stock­ about his connections while <1> Christine Amora, born Sep­ — holder, but an officer and a on the Circuit Court bench. Widow Appreciates Tannia Dongen, born July 24, tember 11, 1969, to Seafarer director of the Carolina Besides this, how could a 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Isi­ and Mrs. Felix P. Amora, San Welfare Fund Check Vend-A-Matic Corp., which man who has consistently dore C. Dongen, Brooklyn, N.Y. Francisco, Calif. To the Editor: had a whole lot of money at made anti-labor decisions sit \1> stake with Deering Milliken. on the highest court of the I wish to express my sin­ AUie Armstead, born Septem­ William Daniels, bora Sep­ At the same time his wife was U.S., the court which, in cere gratitude and apprecia­ ber 5, 1969, to Seafarer and tember 22, 1969, to Seafarer the secretary of a company many of its opinions, has tion for the prompt way in Mrs. William Armstead, Jr., and Mrs. Jammie M. Daniels, of which Haynsworth was a found him wrong in labor which the Union handled my Marrero, La. Jr., Bayville, N.J. first vice president and a di­ cases? This is, after all, the late husband's affairs. Thank court of last resort for Na­ rector—a company which you for his Welfare Fund — Neyra Castro, bora May 22, Wanda Garcia, bora Septem­ was connected with Deering tional Labor Relations Board check payable to me as bene­ 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Se­ ber 24, 1969, to Seafarer and decisions. Milliken and used Haynsficiary. bastian B. Castro, New Orleans, Mrs. Natanael R. Garcia, Har­ This is a bad nomination. worth's law firm. I know that he was proud La. vey, La, It could lead to eventually And while he was so in­ to belong to his Union and packing the Supreme Court volved with the financial af­ had great faith in it. We have with anti-labor judges. lost a wonderful man. fairs of the vending com­ Re^nald Nolan, bora Sep­ Tracy Hardm, bora Septem­ President Nixon should Dorothy Christie pany which was doing busi­ ber 9, 1969, to Seafarer and tember 2, 1969, to Seafarer and <I> <I> <I> <1> �SEAFARERS Page Twenty Eight INGER (Reynolds Metals), Sep­ tember 14—Chairman, S. Garcia; Secretary, P. L. Shauger; Ship's Del­ egate, S. P. Garcia; Engine Delegate, E. Lanier; Steward Delegate, G. Martinez. Some disputed OT in deck department. Vote of thanks was ex­ tended to the steward department for a job well done. ANTINOUS (Waterman), Septem­ ber 9—Chairman, Melvin Moore; Secretary, James R. McPhaul; Deck Delegate, Sheppard Morris; Engine Delegate, Arthur G. Milne; Steward Delegate, Giavanni Aquinos. $1.10 in the ship's fund. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward depart­ ment for a job well done. WALTER RICE (Reynolds), Sep­ tember 14—Chairman, W. Lawton; Secretary, L. J. Beale; Ship's Del­ egate, Paolo Pringel; Deck Delegate, Jay C. Cohen; Stewards' Delegate, Charles G. Lampman. Discussion held regarding pension plan. Some disputed OT in deck department. BEAUREGARD (Sea-Land), Sep­ tember 14—Chairman, R. Whitney; Secretary, A. H. Reasko; Ship's Del­ egate, R. Whitney; Deck Delegate, B. Hager; Engine Delegate, Alfred R. Fry; Steward Delegate, J. Kearns. $30.00 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in deck and engine departments. Outstanding minor beefs were taken care of by SIU Far East representa­ tive Frank Boyne. Everything is AO.K. in steward department. OVERSEAS SUZANNE (Maritime Overseas), September 7—Chairman, M. A. Poole; Secretary, Jose L. Ra­ mos; Deck Delegate, James Newton, Engine Delegate, Jack D. Smith; Steward Delegate, Hazel Johnson. No beefs reported by department delegates. DEL MUNDO (Delta), August 31 —Chairman, Edgar Freimanis; Sec­ retary, W. Purdy; Ship's Delegate, Charles M. Marion; Deck Delegate, Justin T. Wolff; Engine Delegate, C. W. Smith; Steward Delegate, Alberto Angel Yado. No beefs and DEL NORTE (Delta), August 10— I no disputed OT. Chairman, Weldon Smith; Secre­ tary, R. E. Stough, Jr.; Ship's Dele­ MAIDEN CREEK (Gulf Puerto gate, John R. Johnson; Stewards' Rico), September 11—Chairman, Delegate, John T. Kelly, Jr. Ship's George Annis; Secretary, Joseph E. delegate had nothing to report as Hannon; Ship's Delegate, George ship just came out of lay-up. Annis; Deck Delegate, D. Savoy; Steward Delegate, F. R. Stecklan. BURBANK VICTORY (Burbank), Discussion held on retirement and August -31—Chairman, Joe Crawley; welfare plan. Some disputed OT in Secretary, Joe Crawley; Ship's Del­ deck department. Vote of thanks egate, Joe Crawley: Deck Delegate, was extended to the steward depart­ A. Foster; Engine Delegate, M. Clivment for a job well done. ens; Steward Delegate, Jules H. Mones. Some disputed OT in engine department. LOG PECOS (Pecos Transport), Sep­ tember 28—Chairman, James Boland; Secretary, Harold D. Strauss; Ship's Delegate, James Boland; Deck Delegate, Donald E. Smith; Steward Delegate, Alfred Flatts. $27.00 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Every­ thing is running smoothly. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for a job well done. IBERVILLE (Waterman), Septem­ ber 14—Chairman, John Cis ecki; Secretary, W. L. Kilgore. $10,00 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported by department delegates. PRODUCER (Marine Carriers), September 21 — Chairman, Alfonso A. Armada; Secretary, William H. Rhone; Ship's Delegate, William E. Richardson; Deck Delegate, Biagio DiMento; Engine Delegate, Lyle H. Haddox; Steward Delegate, Joseph Naurocki. Some minor beefs in deck and engine department, otherwise everything in general is O.K. YORKMAR (Calmar), September 21—Chairman, John C. Green; Sec­ retary, Daniel W. Lippy; Ship's Delegate, Melvin Knickman; Deck Delegate, Leiston Lanerin; Engine Delegate, John O'Toole. No beefs were reported by department dele­ gates. COLUMBIA (U.S. Steel), Septem­ ber 28—Chairman, B. J. Waturski; Secretary, M. S. Sospina; Deck Dele­ gate, Richard Heffley; Engine Dele­ gate, R. C. Blair; Steward Delegate, A. G. Ygama. Ship's delegate re­ ported that everything is going along fine with no beefs. November 14, 1969 OAKLAND (Sea-Land), September 20—Chairman, T. White; Secretary, J. Doyle; Ship's Delegate, H. J. White; Deck Delegate, H. Miller; Engine Delegate, J. Rogers; Steward Delegate, B. Burke. $60.00 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported by department delegates. STEEL VOYAGER (Isthmian), July 20—Chairman, John Eddins; Secretary, Robert D. Brown. Every­ thing is running smoothly in all departments. STEEL VOYAGER (Isthmian) July 27-^Chairman, John Eddins; Secretary, Robert D. Brown. Every­ thing is running smoothly in all departments. No beefs were re­ ported by department delegates. CHATHAM (Waterman), August 25—Chairman, W. S. Sharp; Secre­ tary, Alfred Hirsch; Ship's Dele­ gate, William S. Sharp; Deck Dele­ gate, Vernon Hopkins; Engine Dele­ gate, Wade H. McC!all; Steward Delegate, Joe Miller. No beefs were reported by department delegates. STEEL VOYAGER (Isthmian), September 21—Chairman, John Ed­ dins; Secretary, Robert D. Brown. No beefs were reported by depart­ ment delegates. Everything is run­ ning smoothly. RACHEL V (Vantage), October 5 —Chairman, E. Morris; Secretary, A. Q. Nail; Deck Delegate, G. H. Cohn; Engine Delegate, W. E. Nordland. No beefs were reported by department delegates. OVERSEAS ULLA (Maritime Overseas), August 24—Chairman, V. C. Smith; Secretary, H. P. DuCloux; Ship's Delegate, V. C. Smith; Deck Delegate, S. H. Fulford; Engine Del­ egate, Raymond Gorja; Steward Delegate, L. Betts, Jr. ALCOA VOYAGER (Alcoa), Sep­ tember 7—Chairman, V. W. O'Mary; Secretary, M. P. Cox; Ship's Dele­ gate, V. W. O'Mary; Deck Delegate, F. A. Badden; Engine Delegate, E. Lane. Ship's delegate reported that iverything is running smoothly. ANTINOUS (Waterman), Septem­ ber 21—Chairman, Melvin Moore; Secretary, J. R. McPhaul; Deck Del­ egate, Sheppard Morris; Engine Del­ egate, Arthur G. Milne; Steward Delegate, Giavanni Aquinos. Every­ thing is running smoothly. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. TRENTON (Sea-Land), September 15—Chairman, Dan Butts; Secre­ tary, Archie Davis; Ship's Delegate, Dan Butts; Deck Delegate, John A. Owen; Engine Delegate, Thomas F. Delaney; Steward Delegate, Ken­ neth Bowman. Some disputed OT in deck department, otherwise there are no beefs. YELLOWSTONE (Ogden Marine), September 14—Chairman, Willie A. Slater; Secretary, Willie A. Slater, Jr.; Ship's Delegate^-Jack A. Olsen; Deck Delegate, Augustus Z. Markris. Top notch crew on board. Every­ thing is running smoothly. OVERSEAS EXPLORER (Mari­ time Overseas), August 3—Chair­ man, Gerald McCray; Secretary, P. Morreale; Ship's Delegate, Gerald McCray. No beefs were reported by department delegates. SEATRAIN OHIO (Seatrain), Auust 24—Chairman, R. L. Anderson; ecretary, W. E. Messenger. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Vote of thanks was ex­ tended to the steward department for a job well done. f BUCKEYE PACIFIC (Buckeye), September 21—Chairman, Leon M. Kyser; Secretary Wilmer E. Har­ per; Ship's Delegate, William Cullen; Engine Delegate, M. R. Hollis; Steward Delegate, A. C. Bell, Jr. No disputed OT. Discussion held on safety of ship. HALCYON PANTHER (Halcyon), September 7—Chairman, J. Lowrey; Secretary, Alipio Trujillo; Ship's Delegate, J. Lowrey; Deck Delegate, Ralph O. King; Engine Delegate, James C. Brazzell. Everything is running smoothly with no beefs. STEEL ENGINEER (Isthmian), September 28—Chairman, J. Beyes; Secretary, A. Seda; Ship's Delegate, J. Beyes; Deck Delegate, P. McCaskey; Steward Delegate, A. G. Soto. $10.50 in ship's fund. Every­ thing is running smoothly. Some disputed OT in steward department. Vote of thanks to steward depart­ ment for a job well done. PENN CHALLENGER (Penn), September 14—Chairman, H. C. Hunt; Secretary, H. M. Karlsen; Ship's Delegate, F. A. Kirshbaum; Deck Delegate, Sidney D. Turner; Engine Delegate, R. Gonzalez; Stew­ ard Delegate, M. Agarcia. Discussion held regarding vacation plan. Dis­ cussion on welfare, in general. FANWOOD (Waterman), Septem­ ber 21—Chairman, Earl J. Brannan; Secretary, Anthony J. Kuberski; Ship's Delegate, Earl J. Brannan; Deck Delegate, Hans S. Lee; Engine Delegate, Frederick Moore. Some disputed OT in deck department. No major beefs were reported. ROBIN HOOD (Moore-McCormack), October 8—Chairman, (31enn Miller; Secretary, Aussie Shrimpton. $87.00 in ship's fund. Vote of thanks was extended to the second engineer for his donation of $56.00 to the ship's fund. No beefs were reported by department delegates. CANTON VICTORY (Columbia), October 5—Chairman, C. P. Just; Secretary, M. L. Leache; Ship's Delegate, Chester F. Just; Deck Delegate, M. P. Kramer; Engine Delegate, Irving Futtermoff. Every­ thing is running smoothly with no beefs. OVERSEAS ULLA (Maritime Overseas), July 22—Chairman, James A. Thompson; Secretary, Har­ old P. DuCloux; Ship's Delegate, V. C. Smith; Deck Delegate, S. H. Fulford; Engine Delegate, Raymond Gorja; Steward Delegate, L. Betts, Jr. Some disputed OT in each de­ partment to be squared away by patrolman. OVERSEAS ULLA (Maritime Overseas), August 11—Chairman, Vertis C. Smith; Secretary, Harold P. DuCloux; Ship's Delegate, Vertis C. Smith; Deck Delegate, Stephen H. Fulford; Engine Delegate, Ray­ mond Gorja; Steward Delegate, L. Betts, Jr. Vote of thanks was ex­ tended to the former ship's chair­ man, Brother Robert Broadus, for a job well done. Disputed OT in each department. BEAUREGARD (Sea-Land), Oc­ tober 5—Chairman, R. Whitney; Secretary, A. H. Reasko; Deck Dele­ gate, B. Hager; Engine Delegate, A. R. Fry; Steward Delegate, J. Keanes. $26.00 in ship's fund. No beefs. Everything is running smooth­ ly. Vote of thaiiks was extended to. the steward department for a job well done. OVERSEAS EXPLORER (Mari­ time Overseas), August 10—Chair­ man, Gerald McCray; Secretary, Peter Morreale; Ship's Delegate, Gerald McCray. Some disputed OT in deck department. STEEL WORKER (Isthmian), September 21 — Chairman, Eugene Nicholson; Secretary, Wilkuam Hand; Ship's Delegate, William D. Morris. $130.00 in ship's fund. No beefs and no disputed OT. KENYON VICTORY (Columbia), September 14 — Chairman, R. H. Nicholson; Secretary, L. M. Morsette; Ship's Delegate, J. Kuchta; Deck Delegate, Thomas J. McGuire; Engine Delegate, Robert Brooks; Steward Delegate, Harry C. Downey. No beefs and no disputed OT. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Vote of thanks to the chief electrician for music in messroom from loudspeakers he per­ sonally bought and hooked up to his tape recorder from his own tapes. COLUMBIA EAGLE (Columbia), September 22—Chairman, Kenneth Roberts; Secretary, Thomas Ulisse; Ship's Delegate, Kenneth Roberts; Deck Delegate, Ken Kristensen; Steward delegate, Ernest S. Ncwhall. $6.45 in ship's fund. Disputed OT in engine department. Vote of thanks to the steward department for the excellent food and service. BEAUREGARD (Sea-Land), Sep­ tember 22—Chairman, R. Whitney; Secretary, A. H. Reasko; Deck Dele­ gate, B. Hayer; Steward Delegate, J. Kearns. $26.00 in ship's fund. No beefs and no disputed OT. Every­ thing is running smoothly. CITIES SERVICE NORFOLK (Cities Service), September 21— Chairman, A. Manuel; Ship's Dele­ gate, Warren Manuel; Deck Dele­ gate, N. Welch; Engine Delegate, L. V. Springer; Steward Delegate, A. Manuel. Vote of thanks to the ship's delegate for a job well done. CONNECTICUT (Connecticut Transport), September 21 — Chair­ man, J. Urzan; Secretary, L. W. Moore; Ship's Delegate, L. W. Moore; Deck Delegate, G. R. Scott; Engine Delegate, Harold Kent; Steward Delegate, Tobe Dansley. Few hours disputed OT in engine department. PEARY (Marine Traders), Sep­ tember 2(1—Chairman, Eligio Lasoya; Secretary, V. L. Swanson; Ship's Delegate, E. LaSoya; Engine Delegate, M. W. Greco. Discussion held regarding many repairs the ship is badly in need of. Would like headquarters to look into the condi­ tion of this ship. Disputed OT in engine and steward department. $5.00 in ship's fund. CHATHAM (Waterman), Septem­ ber 21—Chairman, W. S. Sharp; Sec­ retary, Alfred Hirsch; Ship's Dele­ gate, William S. Sharp; Deck Dele­ gate, Vernon Hopkins; Engine Dele­ gate, Wade McCall; Steward Dele­ gate, Joseph Millet. Discussion held regarding rusty water. Vote of thanks to the Union officials who have fought hard to have the vaca­ tion benefits raised to present levels. BEAUREGARD (Sea-Land), Sep­ tember 29—Chairman, R. Whitney; Secretary, A. H. Reasko. $26.00 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Few hours disputed OT in engine and deck department^ OVERSEAS ULLA (Maritime Overseas), September 7—Chairman, V. C. Smith; Secretary, H. P. Du­ Cloux; Ship's Delegate, V. C. Smith; Deck Delegate, S. H. Fulford; En­ gine Delegate, R. Gorja; Steward Delegate, L. Betts, Jr. $10.60 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported. TRANSCOLORADO (Hudson Wa­ terways), August 2—Chairman, J. Donovan; Secretary, O. Frezza. $13.00 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Everything is running smoothly. Vote of thanks to the steward de­ partment for a job well done. STEEL VOYAGER (Isthmian Lines), September 14 — Chairman, John Eddins; Secretary, Robert D. Brown. Everything is running smoothly with no beefs and no dis­ puted OT TRANSCOLORADO (Hudson Wa­ terways), August 10—Chairman, J. Donovan; Secretary, O. Frezza. Discussion held regarding new con­ tract. Everybody is pleased with the new rate of increase. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward depart­ ment for a job well done. STEEL SURVEYOR (Isthmian), October 5—Chairman, William D. Bushong; Secretary, L. Ceperiano; Deck Delegate, Dillon Dow; Engine Delegate, T. J. Meehan; Steward Delegate, Howard Schneider. $70.00 in ship's fund. Everything is run­ ning smoothly in all departments. Motion was made that chocolate milk be s ipplied on all SIU ships in addition to fresh milk and butter­ milk. AMERICAN VICTORY (Hudson Waterways), September 28—Chair­ man, Hans J. Jacobson; Secretary, W. H. Underwood; Ship's Delegate, John Boldiszar; Deck Delegate, Clarence Troy; Engine Delegate, Gerard Bellenoit; Steward Delegate, Claude Hollings III. $5.85 in ship's fund. Disputed OT in deck and en­ gine departments. MADAKET (Waterman), Septem­ ber 14 — Chairman, Joel V. P. Bremer; Secretary Leon J. Webb; Ship's Delegate, Edward Leasgang; Deck Delegate, Harry G. Jones; Engine Delegate, M. J. Pyke. Some disputed OT in engine department. STEEL VOYAGER (Isthmian), September 28—Chairman, John Ed­ dins; Secretary, Robert D. Brown. Some disputed OT in engine depart­ ment. Everything is running smooth­ ly. IBERVILLE (Waterman), Octo­ ber 5—Chairman, John Cisiechi; Secretary, W. L. Kilgore; Deck Dele­ gate, Bob Mosey; Engine Delegate, Van Whitney; Steward Delegate, Stavios Petrisentes. Discussion held regarding poor mail service to ship. $10.00 in ship's fund. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward depart­ ment for a job well done. STEEL ENGINEER (Isthmian), October 12—Chairman, J. Beyes, Jr.; Secretary, Angel Seda; Ship's Delegate, J. Beyes, Jr.; Deck Dele­ gate, Earl P. McCaskey; Steward Delegate, A. G. Seda. Department delegates reported that everything is running smoothly. $11.50 in ship's fund. BRADFORD ISLAND (Steuart Tankers), September 28—Chairman, Robert N. Fulk; Secretary, C. L. Shirah; Ship's Delegate, F. Hagerson; Deck Delegate, Paul Ward; Engine Delegate, R. E. Pickett; Steward Delegate, D. C. Palite. Few hours disputed OT in engine and steward departments. Vote of thanks was extended to the SIU Negotiat­ ing Committee for a job well done. IBERVILLE (Waterman), October 12—Chairman, John Cisiecki; Secre­ tary, W. L. Kilgore. $10.00 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported by department delegates. STEEL SURVEYOR (Isthmian), October 12—Chairman, William D. Bushong; Secretary, L. Ceperiano; Ship's Delegate, Dillon Dow; Enpne Delegate, Thomas J. Meehan; Steward Delegate, Howard Schneider. $70.00 in ship's fund. Everything is running"^ smoothly. GENEVA (U.S. Steel), October 19 —Chairman, Fred Bischoll^ Secre­ tary, Frank Allen; Ship's Delegate, Fred Bischoff. $18.40 in ship's fund. Small amount of disputed OT in engine department. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward depart­ ment for the excellent food and service. CANTON VICTORY (Columbia), September 21—Chairman, C. F. Just; Secretary, M. L. Leache; Ship's Dele­ gate, Chester P. Just; Deck Delegate, M. P. Kramer; Engine. Delegate, Irving Futterman; Steward Dele­ gate, Herbert Knackles. No beefs were reported by department dele­ gates. STEEL SURVEYOR (Isthmian), October 19—Chairman, W. Bushong; Secretary, L. Ceperiano; Deck Dele­ gate, Dillon Dow; Engine Delegate, Thomas J. Meehan; Steward Dele­ gate, Howard Schneider. Everything is running smoothly with no beefs. SEATRAIN OHIO (Seatrain), Au­ gust 10—Chairman, Robert L. An­ derson; Secretary, W. E. Messenger; Engine Delegate, Clinton Cleveland; Steward Delegate, Richard A. Mor­ gan. Some disputed OT in deck de­ partments, otherwise,there were no beefs reported by department dele­ gates. TRENTON (Sea-Land), October 12—Chairman, Dan Butts; Secre­ tary, Cristobal Dyesus; Ship's Dele­ gate, Dan Butts; Engine Delegate, Thomas P. Delaney; Steward Dele­ gate, Kenneth Bowman. $8.00 in ship's fund. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for a job well done. �November 14, 1969 Aside from some disputed present. One man, a wiper, was overtime aboard the Steel Voy­ taken off the vessel at Subic ager (Isthmian) Bay on orders of the Coast in the deck and Guard. Deck Delegate was G. engine depart­ R. Scott; Engine Delegate, Har­ ments, John Ed- old Keith, and Steward Dele­ dins, the meet­ gate, John Dansley. ing chairman, reports an other­ wise smooth The Columbia Eagle (Colum­ trip. Meeting Brown bia) was in idle status for about Secretary Robert three weeks beD. Brown writes that a radio­ fore crewing up gram was received concerning f ^ • in San Francisthe vacation pay raise and the CO, Thomas crew voted to accept. A recom­ \ ^ Ulisse, meeting mendation was made favoring jlSi-k ;/ secretary, reupgrading schools for cooks, electricians and supervisors. All / _ ^ first trippers are members not on watch attended Lone the meeting. Department dele­ Ship's Delegate gates are: Anthony Debelict, Kenneth L. Roberts read a deck; Michael Lesko, engine clarification of overtime division and Oliver Lewis, steward. in the engine department. Men standing watch before 0800 and after 1700 in port will share equally. A motion made by Ship's Delegate William 'S. Horace C. Long, Jr. and sec­ Sharp spoke to the crew of the onded by Ernest A. Anderson Chafliam (Wa­ proposed retirement for men terman) about with 15 years SIU seatime at the ship's break­ any age. It was also moved that down, indicating at least 1,000 pounds of bagged that the captain ice be put aboard all SIU ships will order pay on hot climate runs; the ice for missing a hot machines were said to be insuf­ I meal and any ficient to cope with the crew's cleaning done by needs. Dispute on old gunners' Hirsch the steward de­ mess which the meii want as a partment. The meeting took recreation room and the com­ place in the Indian Ocean on pany says is only a spare room. the way to Massawa, Alfred Ken Kristensen is deck delegate; Hirsch, meeting secretary re­ Ernest S. Newhall, steward dele­ ports, with 28 members present. gate, and George Spiiooty, en­ Chief Cook Duke Gardner re­ gine delegate. minded the younger Seafarers to keep their doors locked and not to trust any stranger near the Crewmembers aboard the living quarters. The crew sends their thanks to those union bro­ Producer (Marine Carriers) thers who have fought so hard were provided to have the vacation benefits with a rare treat raised to the present level. A —opportunity of complaint was received con­ visiting the se­ cerning the hard, rusty water rene, unsophis­ coming from scuttlebutts and ticated and un­ showers. "Our new underwear, spoiled Island of clothes and tummies are all St. Helena, rusty," Sharp reports. Vemon Meeting Secre­ Armada L. Hopkins is deck delegate; tary William H. Wade H. McCall, engine dele­ Rhone reports. An island at gate, and Joseph Miller, stew­ which very few ships call, "it is ard delegate. Napoleon Bonaparte's prison is­ land," Rhone writes. "We had an opportunity to visit his final home. It is still in beautiful re­ pair and well kept. This island The food situation was the is one of the few places left in subject of complaint aboard the world where a shopkeeper ' ^ the Connecticut will chase you down to give you (Connecti- change left in his store. TTie 1 cut Transport), people are beautiful—an Eng­ Meeting Sec­ lish speaking mixture of French, retary L. W. Portuguese, English, African, I Moore reports. Indian and others. A wonderful The steward was place to retire." The meeting requested to heard Ship's Delegate William check the supply E. Richardson explain why over­ Urzan order, including time was stopped in the deck fresh milk. The crew voted that, department. According to top­ if another foreign trip is made, side, he reported, OT will be there should be at least two resumed if all goes well. Money months' stores aboard. If any will be advanced on OT in item is short, the steward will India. Alfonso A. Armada notify Ship's Delegate Moore. chaired the meeting. Depart­ John Urzan chaired the meet­ ment delegates are: Biagio Di ing at which 24 members were Mento, deck; L. H. Haddox, SEAFARERS LOG engine; Joseph Naurochi, stew­ ard. A. H. Reasko, chief steward aboard the Beauregard (SeaLand), advises stewards on all SIU ships that a milk dairy is available in the Port of Cam Ranh Bay. He reports that very good, fresh milk is available and very easy to get. Reasko, who served as meeting secretary, re­ ports R. Whitney, ship's chair­ man, had spoken to the captain and the captain had agreed to change money for scrip—up to $25 per man—and to go to the PX with Seafarers who wish to make purchases. The men will be permitted to come and go as they please in Qui Nhon, with no restrictions. American money will be locked up in the safe by the captain, due to Vietnam regulations. A motion was made that SIU vacations should be the same as all other unions that sail on containerships. A^ lack of hot water and al when all port holes were cli| during cargo loading. A gram was received on the v| tion raises and a vote of th{ to the SIU Negotiating Com| tee recorded for a job done. The motion was madJ Hagmann and seconded bj Shaltens. Robert N. Fulk meeting chairman as the headed for Capetown, with| Congo as the next call. Ward was deck delegate; Pickitt, engine delegate anc C. Palite, steward delegate. A^ A dramatic transfer at sea curred from the Transerie (I son Waterwjl reports Se| tary W. B. brough. At All, stewl utility, stricken withi pendicitis transferre< Rucki the O r s where he underwent an er gency operation. Seafarer will hopefully rejoin the before the end of this trip, co-operation and fast ac| of the crew in effectua the transfer made his succ ful treatment possible. Her J. Rucki, newly elected sl| delegate, announced that All crewmembers aboard the Canton Victory (Columbia) were ordered by the captain to stay off deck and away from port holes as the ship moved up the Saigon River. Snipers have been shooting at Kramer almost all ships LONDON—Worldwide on the river. Ship's Delegate Chester F. Just told the meeting. up for the next two years Meeting Secretary M. L. Leache United Nations-chartered Ir reports that all members present. Organization (IMCO) here, A motion was made to request (Bull) Shepard who attende(| the company to return the salon from the United States. Shepard pointed out that I pantryman to all victory-type ships, as one man doing the discussions will be held on work of two works a hardship one of the most relevant fcf "We're particularly intereij on the whole department. It was tainerization to be held in also moved that the ship's interested in all phases o^ chairman check with the cap­ tain on why the crew can not maritime." The containerization confj have access to the ice machine and also to check on the Cali­ wide international scope ar fornia Holiday, when all other with the United Nations. If not held with the UnitJ ships in the Bay area were paid the 14-day conference "State OT. M; F. Kramer is deck dele­ its specialized agencies an| gate; Irving Futterman, engine Agency, together with obse delegate and Herbert T. Macand International Non-Gov| kles, steward delegate. mally present at conferences release issued by the organiz IMCO's membership niii Kong which is an associate A bonus has been requested Among the other matter for the crew of the Bradford Is­ safety of fishing vessels, mar land (Steuart In the last category, IM( Tankers) by stowing bulk grain in cargo Ship's Delegate According to a release isl L. F. Hagmann, as the ship was Inc., this procedure provide^ under attack at ships. The method has been del Da Nang. Secre­ tary Charles L. "conducted by the U. S. Far Shirah writes the National Cargo Bureau.' Ward that requests The Bureau release furtl were also made for lodging on the Coast Guard will shortj two occasions—once due to the apply" the procedure. Global Meetl Slated by �Page Twenty Nine jgam Dsed teleacanks mitwell ; by D. was pship the iiPauI w D- replacements were flown in from New York for ailing Sea­ farers George Forrest, David May, Ronald Beaton, Ralph Wilson and A. R. SIngletary, who got off for treatment. T. E. Anderson Ts deck delegate and R. D. Elliott steward delegate. The meeting was chaired by Brother V. V. Hakkarainen. T. Conway, meeting secre­ tary, reports a chow problem aboard the Transglobe (Hudson Water­ ways). Because there has been no improvement in the food com­ ing from the galley, a motion Andersen was made by Arthur A. Andersen, engine del­ egate, and seconded by Theodore H. Katros, steward delegate, that only experienced cooks be hired, and, if none are avail­ able, that cooks be ordered through the Yokohama hall. F. Van Dusen amended the mo­ tion to require that all key rat­ ings be shipped out of Yoko­ hama or the States. Seafarer Katros was elected ship's dele­ gate at the meeting which was chaired by Richard Sohl. An­ tonio M. Sison is deck delegate. The ship is on the Far East run and is expected to pay off at the Port of Naha, Okinawa. Jngs on Maritime |MCO Delegates leetings on maritime issues were set I at last month's sixth meeting of the jter-governmental Maritime Consulting [according to SIU Vice President Earl the sessions in London as a delegate at over the next two years, international many important maritime subjects— Dqr the SIU being containerization. th^ted in the special conference on conF1<1971," Shepard said, "but we're also the IMCO's work since it deals with FC M^rence scheduled for 1971 will be of a Cod may possibly be conducted jointly clu Sefed Nations, then IMCO will invite to :s Members of the United Nations and d the International Atomic Energy irvers from such Inter-Governmental .ernmental Organizations as are norCo convened by IMCO," according to a lation. nbers 69 countries, including Hong Imember. discussed at the meeting were the [ine pollution and bulk cargoes, fo approved of a new procedure for jships. sued by the National Cargo Bureau, a "safer" way of loading bulk grain her ^f^vised after five years of experiments J°^el on Bulk Cargoes—spearheaded by Fra' J'^®er stated that "it is anticipated that °, ly issue new instructions on how to Alb 'age Thirty SEAFARERS LOG November 14, 1969 Francis Joseph Smith, 71: Burial was in Montmorenc' an SIU pensioner who had last James C. Thompson, 42: Erie Lackawanna Railroad. He Irother Smith was a pensioner Township Cemetery, Montmor­ worked for the B and O Rail­ Brother Thompson died on served in the Navy during World who succumbed ency County, Michigan. road in New York in 1964. He September 5 in War II. to heart disease was a deckhand. Burial was in USPHS Hospi­ on September St. Mary's Cemetery, Staten tal, r New Or­ 14. H e h a d Island. leans, from lung sailed as an OS Jobe Mullen, 46: Brother disease. He Conrad M. Barlar, 19: Sea­ in the deck de­ farer Barlar passed away on Mullen died of a respiratory joined the Un­ partment. Sea­ ailment on June ion in Louisiana October 1 from John Austin Hals, 57: Sea­ farer Smith, who 2 in Pensacola, in 1951 and injuries r^eivec farer Hals passed away follow­ was born in Florida. Seafar­ sailed as an AB. in a car accident ing an accident His last vessel was the Robin Losedale, New York, joined the er Mullen 'was in Mobile, Ala­ aboard the Eliz­ Kirk. A native of Littleton, New hion in the Port of New York an OS in the bama. He hac abeth on Sep­ Hampshire, Seafarer Thompson 1 1960. Brother Smith and his deck department shipped in the tember 16. He was living in Jacksonville, Flor­ ife, Anna, made their home in and last sailed deck departmen was a native of ida, with his wife, Betty Jane, srsey City, New Jersey. aboard the Del as an OS and Estonia and was when he passed away. From Para in 1969. He last sailed aboarc making his home 1944 until 1951 he served in joined the Union in the Port of Hudson. Brother Barlar in New Orleans the Navy. Burial was in Ever­ Mobile in 1944. Brother Mul­ joined the Union in the Port of at the time of green Cemetery, Jacksonville. len had been sailing since 1942. Marvin Reginald Yoiug, Jr., New Orleans in 1968. A native his death. Brother Hals joined A native of Pensacola, he con­ 0: Brother Young died as the of Alabama, he was living there the Union in the Port of New tinued to make his home there. result of injuries at the time of his death. Brother York in 1944 and sailed as a Burial was in Union Hill Ceme­ received in an Barlar graduated last January steward. tery, Escambia County, Florida.. automobile acci­ 10 from the Harry Lundeberg Edward Hei^ Schmidt, 66: dent in Tuske- School of Seamanship. Survi­ — Seafarer Schmidt died as a re­ gee, Alabama on vors include his mother, Laxie Alton Everett Douglas, 68: sult of injuries July 27. He Mae. Burial was in Catholic Seafarer Douglas died from an Charles A. Doirough, 58: received in an made his home Cemetery, Bayou La Batre, Brother Dorrough died at his intestinal dis­ auto accident in in Jacksonville, Alabama. home in Colum­ order on June 28 Chicago on No­ Florida, with his bus, Georgia, on in USPHS Hos­ vember 5, 1968. andmother, Mrs. Willie Pearl July 25 following pital in New Or­ He was a native iker. Seafarer Young had a heart attack. Chester H. Green, 64: Broth­ leans. He joined of Chicago and the SIU in 1969 in the er Green died in Seattle, Wash­ He was a native the Union in the still lived there •rt of Jacksonville and sailed of Georgia and ington, on Sep­ Port of New Or­ at the time of his a messman in the steward lived there with tember 15 from leans in 1955 death. Brother Schmidt joined :partment. His last vessel was his mother, Lu­ heart disease. He and sailed in the the Union in Chicago in 1956 Transcolumbia. Brother cille. Seafarer was a native of deck department as an OS. He and worked in the engine de­ lung was a native of Florida Ohio and had last sailed with Dixie Carriers partment as a fireman. Survivors Dorrough joined the SIU in the was buried in Evergreen joined the SIU Company. A native of New include his brother, Fred, of Port of Mobile in 1945 and ;metery, Jacksonville. in the Port of Orleans, he was living there Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. sailed in the steward department Baltimore in with his daughter, Janice Fort- Cremation was at Oak Wood as a cook. His last vessel was 1947. He shipped ner, when he passed away. the Transhuron. Burial was in Crematory, Chicago. in the deck department as a Riverdale Cemetery, Columbus. ^ Earl Jackson SilUn, 64: Sea- bosun and last sailed aboard the r Sillin passed away on Sep­ Overseas Evelyn. He was living Henry Martin Motley, 60: tember 23 in in Baltimore at the time of his Brother Motley died on Septem­ Tampa General death. Seafarer Green is sur­ ber 20 in USPHS William D. Gee, 57: Brother Hospital, Tam­ vived by a brother, Walter. Hospital, Gal­ Gee,' an SIU pensioner, died on pa, Florida from veston, Texas, October 9 at lung trouble. He from heart dis­ Doctor's Hos­ was a native of GENEVA —George L-P ease. He was a pital, Jefferson Rufino Lara, 54: Brother Arkansas who Weaver, former Assistant Secre­ native of North County, Texas, was living in Lara died from a heart disease Carolina and was frpm uremia. He tary of Labor -for International on September 24 Hudson, Florida living in Orange, joined the SIU Affairs, has begun a new assign­ in Brooklyn. He the time of his death. Broth• Texas, with his in Port Arthur ment as special assistant to Di­ was a native of Sillin was an SIU pensioner wife, Edith, when he died. Seaand sailed in the rector General David A. Morse Fort Mills, Phil­ 10 had last sailed aboard the arer Motley joined the Union steward depart­ of the International Labor Orga­ ippine Islands, J Monte in 1965. He joined in Port Arthur, Texas in 1964. ment as a cook. He last worked nization. and made his ; Union in Jacksonville, Te served in the steward depart­ for Sabine Towing Company in home in Brook­ The ILO said Weaver will be )rida in 1941 and sailed in ment as a cook and last worked 1967. Seafarer Gee was a na­ lyn with his wife, engine department as an based in Washington, D.C. Amparo. Sea­ or Slade, Inc. He was an Army tive of New Orleans and was where he will handle its relations )WT. Burial was in Sunset - f| veteran of World War II. Bur­ living in Port Arthur with his 5mory Garden, Hillsborough farer Lara joined the Union in ial was in Forest Lawn Cemewith U.S. government agencies. wife, Vema Mae, when he unty, Rorida. Survivors in- the Port of New York in 1958. ;ery. Orange. passed away. Burial was in He also will function as Morse's de his son, Lawrence of He sailed in the steward depart­ Memory Gardens, Nederland, roving representative. ment as a utility man and messfner, Florida. Texas. Weaver was appointed an As­ man. His last vessel was the Robert Matthew Godwin, 62: sistant Secretary of Labor by Maiden Victory. Brother Lara served in the armed forces from Seafarer Godwin passed away President Kennedy in 1961 and <1> from heart dis­ 1934 until 1947. Burial was in served in that post during the Alice Azile Cook, 49: Sister ease on Septem­ Long Island National Cemetery, Johnson Administration. He re­ ok died on September 11 Farmingdale, Long Island. ber 14 at his Paul McPartland, 62: Broth­ in Paul Oliver home in Norfolk, er McPartland passed away in mained in the Labor Depart­ Memorial Hos­ . USPHS Hospi­ ment under the Nixon Admin­ Virginia. He pital, Frankfort, tal in Staten Is­ istration long enough to head joined the SIU Michigan, from John Raymond Lotz, 63: Sea­ land, New York, the U.S. government delegation in the Port of heart disease. farer Lotz passed away on Sep­ on June 26. A to the ILO conference in June. Norfolk in 1963 She worked in tember 14 at St. native of Jersey and sailed in the Weaver was executive secre­ the steward de­ City, New Jer­ tary of the AFL-CIO Civil Vincent's Medi­ deck department as an AB. A partment as a sey, he had been , Rights Committee following the cal Center, Rich­ native of North Carolina, he was cabin maid and mond, New York iving in Norfolk with his daugh­ making his home merger and later an assistant to last employer was the Ann from a heart ter, Francis G. Dameran, when in Parsippany, )or Railroad. Sister Cook disease. He was le died. Brother Godwin's last Vew Jersey, with his wife, Eliz­ the president of the Electrical, ed the SIU in the Port of a native New vessel was the Alcoa Explorer. abeth. Seaman McPartland, Radio and Machine Workers. nkfort in 1968. She is a naYorker who was rom 1929 until 1931 he served who was retired on an SIU pen­ He was worker adviser to 1957 of Michigan and continued living in Staten in the Coast Guard. Burial was sion, joined the Union in the and 1958 ILO conferences, and ive there with her husband, Island with his wife, Catherine, in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Nor­ Port of New York and last in 1968 was elected chairman ert, until she passed away. when he died. Brother Lotz was folk. worked as a deckhand for the of the ILO's governing body. Weaver Named To New ILO Job �Public Employees' Right to Strike Upheld hy Court 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.) — >iy — Stltzel-Welier DistUlerici "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" "Cabin StlU," W. L. WeUer Bourbon whiskeys (Distillery Workers) •^ Kingsport Press "World Book," "ChUdcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) Genesco Shoe Mfg. Co. Work Shoes . . . Sentry, Cedar Chest, Statler Men's Shoes . . . Jarman, Johnson & Murphy, Crestworth, (Boot and Shoe Workers' Union) Riebman Bros, and Seweli Suits, Wing Shirts (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) White Furniture Co. (United Furniture Workers of America) Gypsum Wallboard, American Gypsum Co. (United Cement Lime and Gypsum Workers International) R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Camels, Winston, Tempo, Brandon, Cavalier and Salem cigarettes (Tobacco Workers International Union) ^ Comet Rice Mills Co. products (International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drinks and Distillery Workers) ^1> Pioneer Flour Mill (United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers Local 110, San Antonio, Texas ^ Boren Clay Products Co. (United Brick and Clay Workers) <|> All California Table Grapes (United Farm Workers) \|> "HIS" hrand men's clothes Kaynee Boyswear, Judy Bond blouses, Hanes Knitwear, Randa Ties, Boss Gloves, Richi Magic Chef Pan Pacific Division (Stove, Furnace and Allied Appliance Workers International Union) Atlantic Products Sports Goods (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) Fisher Price Toys (Doll and Toy Workers) ^ Jamestown Sterling Corp. (United Furniture Workers) Economy Furniture Co. Smithtown Maple Western Provincial Biit-Rite (Upholsterers) SAN DIEGO—A California state judge ruled that public employees have a constitutional right to strike in the absence of any law specifically prohibiting it. The decision, if uphefd by higher courts, breaks new legal ground in affirming the basic riglits of city, state and county workers. Superior Court Judge Hugo Fisher dissolved a temporary restraining order that prohibited a strike called by a State, Coun­ ty and Municipal Employees lo­ cal representing nearly 1,000 San Diego city workers. The city had asked for a per­ manent injunction, contending that all strikes by public em­ ployees were illegal. Row, Row Your Boat No Cure for Smoking GREAT YARMOUTH, England—Two young men here will be depending on plain old fashioned will power to give up smoking from now on. Planning to kick the smoking habit, David Lindo, 20, and 19-year-old Peter Madgett set out to row across the North Sea, con­ fidently leaving their ciga­ rettes ashore. A week later, they would reach the Neth­ erlands as healthy, happy non-smokers. Or so they thought. After eight hours, how­ ever, they had changed their minds. "David was terribly sea­ sick. We regret starting," Peter confided. Distress flares drew the attention of a passing ves­ sel and a tow back to shore in the nick of time. David had to be taken to a hospital to recuperate. Schedule of Idembership Meetings SIU-AGLIWD Meetings New Orlezns Dec. 16—2:30 p.m. Mobile Dec. 17—2:30 p .m. Wilmington Dec. 22—2:00 p.m. San Fran. . . Dec. 24—2:00 pm. Seattle Dec. 26—2:00 p.m. New York . Dec. 8—2:30 p,m. Philadelphia Dec. 9—2:30 p,,m. Baltimore .. Dec. 10—2:30 p •m. Dec. 12—2:30 p .m. Detroit Houston ... Dec. 15—2:30 p,.m. SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers United Industrial Workers New Orleans Dec. 16—7:00 p.m. Mobile .... Dec. 17—7:00 p.m. New York . Dec. 8—7:00 p.m. Philadelphia Dec. 9—7:00 p.m. Baltimore . . Dec. 10—7:00 p.m. ^Houston . . Dec. IS—7:00 p.m. Great Lakes SIU Meetings Detroit . . .. Dec. 1—2:00 p.m. Alpena .. .. Dec. 1—7:00 p.m. Buffalo .. . . Dec. 1—7:00 p.m. Chicago . .. Dec. 1—7:30 p.m. Duluth .. .. Dec. 1—7:00 p.m. Frankfort .. Dec. 1—7:00 p.m. Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Section Chicago ... Dec. 16—7:30 p.m. tSault Ste. Marie Dec. 18—7:30 p.m. Buffalo .... Dec. 17—7:30 p.m. Duluth .... Dec. 19—7:30 p.m. Cleveland .. Dec. 19—7:30 p.m. Toledo Dec. 19—7:30 p.m. .Detroit .... Dec. 15—7:30 p.m. Milwaukee . Dec. 15—7:30 p.m. SIU Inland Boatmen's Union New Orleans Dec. 16—5:00 p.m. Mobile .... Dec. 17—5:00 p.m. Philadelphia Dec. 9—5:00 p.m. Baltimore (licensed and un­ licensed . Dec. 10—5:00 p.m. Norfolk ... Dec. 11—5:00p.m. Houston .. . Dec. 15—5:00 p.m. RaUway Marine Region Philadelphia Dec. 16—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Baltimore Dec. 17—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. ^Norfolk Dec. 18—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Jersey City Dec. 15—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. t Meetingf held at Galveston wharves, t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. • Meeting held at Labor Temple, New­ port News. PRESIDENT Paul Hall EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cal Tannar VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shtpard Lindiay Wllliamt Al Tanner Robert Mafthawt SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Ksrr HEADQUARTERS *75 4th Ave., (212) HY ALPENA, MICH .800 N. Second Ave. (517) EL 4-3616 BALTIMORE, Md. ... 1216 E. Baltimoro St. (301) EA 7-4700 BOSTON, Mass 663 Atlantic Avenue (617) 482-4716 .. 735 Washington St. SIU (716 TL 3-9259 IBU (716 TL 3-9259 9313 Ewing Ave. CHICAGO, III. SIU (312) SA 1-0733 IBU (312) ES 5-9570 CLEVELAND, Ohio 1420 W. 25th St. (216) MA 1-5450 DETROIT, Mich 10225 W. Jefferson Ave. (313) VI 3-4741 BUFFALO, N.Y DULUTH, Minn FRANKFORT, Mich. HOUSTON, Tex JACKSONVILLE, Fla 2014 W. 3rd St. (218) RA 2-4110 P.O. Box 207 415 Main St. (616) EL 7-2441 5B04 Canal St. (713) WA 8-3207 2608 Paarl St. (904) EL 3-0987 JERSEY CITY, N.J. . . 99 Montgomary St. (201) HE 5-9424 MOBILE, Ala 1 South Lawranca SI. (205) HE 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS, La. ... 630 Jackson Ava. (504) 529-7546 NORFOLK, Va 115 3rd St. (703) 622-1892 PHILADELPHIA, Pa. 2604 S. 4th St. (215) DE 6-3818 PORT ARTHUR, Tax 1340 Savanth St. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., 1531 Mission St. (415) 626-6793 SANTURCE, P.R. .. 1313 Farnandai Juncos Stop 20 724-2848 SEAHLE, Wash 2505 First Avanua (206) MA 3-4334 ST. LOUIS, Mo 4577 Gravois Blvd. TAMPA, Fla TOLEDO, Ohio (314) 752-6500 312 Harrison St. (813) 229-2788 935 Summit St. (419) 248-3691 WILMINGTON, Calif., 450 Seaside Ave. Terminal Island, Calif. (213) 832-7285 YOKOHAMA, Japan..Iseya BIdg., Room 801 1-2 Kaigan-Dori-Nakaku 2014971 Ext. 281 Minnesota Labor Wants HHH Back In Senate Seat MIIVNEAPOLIS — It's! no secret that the Minne-I seta State AFL-CIO wants former Vice President Hu-! bert Humphrey to run for i the Senate seat which is be­ ing vacated by Senator Eu- i gene McCarthy. The State AFL-CIO is, distributing buttons calling! for "Humphrey in '70.' Last month the State j AFL-CIO convention unan-1 imously voted to urge Hum­ phrey to run for the Senate. McCarthy has announced on several occasions that he will not seek re-election. The question will come to a head next February when precinct caucuses are held throughout the state. FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU AtUntic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguarding 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 Brookljm. TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atiantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall equally consist of union and management representatives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and 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: Earl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place, Suite 1980, 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 contracte are available in all SIU halls. Tbeae contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing tor OT on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU imtrolman 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 IX)G haa traditionally refrain^ from publishing any article serving the poliUcal purposes of «iy individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This esUblished policy has bwn reaffirmed by membership action at the September, 1800, meetings in all imnsUtutional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy U vested in an ^itorial board which consisU of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive B<»rd may delegate, frm among its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt b given for same. Under no circumstances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every 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 obli­ gation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. 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 members 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. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has realfirmed the lung-stsnding Union pylicy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Conse­ quently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which be is entitled, he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic rights of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve the best interests of themselves, their families and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarets Political Activity Donation was established. Donations to SPAD are entirdy 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 feds that any of the above rights have been violated, or that he has been denied his constitntional right of access to Uniim records or informatton, he shoold immediately notify SIU President PanI Hail at headquarters by certified mail, return receipt requested. �Vol. XXXI No. 13 SEAFARERSWLOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION . ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO / "> Ship's Committee holds a meeting as the Steel Designer makes ready for another Vietnam run. Left to right are Yasser Szymanski, secretary; Verner Poulsen, chairman; Donald King, steward department delegate; Fro Using Thng, deck delegate, and Robert Goldy, engine, larrie Proffitt, second electrician, takes time out to catch up on the news as he waits for departure on another run to Saigon. Brother Proffitt, a long-time member of the SlU, began sailing in 1927 when he was 16 years old. •vV • ^ ^ ^ -w ^HE Steel Designer teas •A home in Erie Basing at the Port of New York briefly last month after a military setdift run to Saigon, with a stop on the West Coast. The Sfl/-coittracted C-4 immediately began taking on a cargo of military supplies for another voyage to Vietnam. , pWare Newby, rtqht, crew pantry, will have la chance to learn a lot from VVilliam EckJeri pantryman. Newby is I7"years old and Kfeiking his first trip. Brother Ecker is 80. The crew is always ready for good chow, even in port, so Third Cook Donald King, left, and Chief CoOk William Brown, "fiake great pains to prepare another hearty meal, ^ Leonard S. Bugajewski, AS, has been sail^ ing with the SlU for more than 27 years and is still going strong. He reported a smooth voyage with very few problems.s;;H;,;;;il?:i^ " ' � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1960-1969 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXII-XXXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. 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Title A name given to the resource November 1969 Description An account of the resource Headlines: INCREASED CARGO FOR US BOTTOMS SEEN VITAL TO LASTING FLEET REVIVAL VOTING ON AMENDED CONSTITUTION TO BEGIN NOV 22 IN ALL PORTS NIXON UNVEILS MARITIME PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE CONSTRUCTION, GIVE IS FLAG SHIPS MORE CARGO SEAFARERS DISCUSS AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTION TEXT OF PRESENT SIU CONSTITUTION CTT CITES TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS – INCLUDING CONGLOMERATES, AUTOMATION NOBEL PEACE PRIZE AWARDED TO ILO FOR 50 YEAR ROLE IN SOCIAL JUSTICE STEEL DESIGNER – VIETNAM BOUND Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/14/1969 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXXI, No. 13 1969 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/31cd554302572138f12aeae0b5d4b4bd.PDF c1c59fc9703e70214ffaedac15e89f42 PDF Text Text Vol. XXXI No, 12 SEAFARERS^#LOC : i OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC. GULF. LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO Ff- m . s IP^ ^ •> S '•'*4 • . =5, •• / iV i '' -» /ju\-'/ »"*»/. - I f!«'>;4 I V».v.. •-»'»» v«y . ^ T^rs;-- '.--r-r. »- rn" " I V.l '1%^' .., -4 | .2», V . <,V /«.\rj^*V-^X v>^-, as^iiiT • IBI, i; vi'v- i .>41 >• 5-i!' I i-^'' \'i I ;®ppM �Page Two SEAFARERS LOG October, 1969 Total Reaches 354 Five More Seafarers Earn Licenses At SlU Engineers Upgrading School Five more Seafarers from the engine department have been graduated from the School of Marine Engineering sponsored jointly by the SIU and MEBA District 2. All have earned their engineer's licenses following suc­ cessful completion of the com­ prehensive training program Dick Russo Kennedy offered by the school. There are now 354 Seafar­ ers who have completed the the seniority up-grading pro­ Anthony Joseph Russo, 44, School's course and have gone gram. A native of Puerto Rico, served in the engine department on to pass their Coast Guard make his home there with his Seafarer Bonafont continues to licensing examinations. wife, Evelyn. He joined the Un­ as an oiler before entering the James Richard Logan, 35, is ion in the Port of New York School of Engineering in June. a native New Yorker who now in 1961 and sailed in the engine He is a native of Jamestown, department as an FOWT prior New York, and now makes his to his enrollment in the School home in Chicago. Brother Russo of Engineering in June. Bona­ joined the Union in the Port font graduated with a Tempo­ of San Francisco in 1960. From rary Third Assistant Engineer's 1950 until 1957, he served in the Army. Seafarer Russo grad­ License on September 18. Aubrey Kennedy, Jr., 43, is uated from the School of Engi­ a native of Alabama who now neering on October 2 with a lives in Jay, Florida, with his Second Assistant Engineer's Li­ Bonafont Logan mother, Mattie. He joined the cense. All engine department Sea­ lives on Long Island with his SIU in the Port of Mobile in farers are eligible for any of the 1958 and sailed in the engine wife, Carol. He joined the SIU upgrading programs at the Un­ department as an FOWT before in the Port of New York in 1952 ion-sponsored School of Marine enrolling in the School of En­ and sailed in the engine depart­ Engineering, provided they are gineering in June. He graduated ment as an oiler before entering at least 19 years of age and have on September 23 with a Third the Engineering School in June. a minimum of 18 months of Assistant Engineer's License. On September 9 he received his Q.M.E.D. watchstanding time in Second Assistant Engineer's Li­ From 1944 until 1946, he served the engine department in addi­ in the Navy. cense. Carmelo Bonafont, 31, grad­ John Russell Dick, 42, en­ tion to at least six months ex­ uated from the Harry Lundeberg tered the School of Engineering perience as wiper or the equiva­ School of Seamanship in 1961 in June and graduated on Sep­ lent and in 1965 was graduated from tember 11 with a Temporary Any Seafarer who qualifies and wishes to enroll in the Third Assistant Engineer's Li­ school may obtain additional cense. He joined the SIU in the information and make applica­ Port of New York in 1969 and tion for enrollment at any SIU sailed in the engine department hall. Information can also be as an FOWT. A native of New obtained by writing to SIU York, he now lives in Brook­ headquarters, 675 Fourth Ave­ lyn with his wife, Mary. Sea­ nue, Brooklyn, New York farer Dick served in the Army 11232, or by telephoning the WASHINGTON—Helen De- from 1951 until 1953. school at (212) 499-6600. lich Bentley, long-time maritime editor of the Baltimore Sun, was unanimously confirmed by the Senate this month as a member of the Federal Maritime Com­ mission. As reported in the September tee has been meeting daily since With this action completed, issue of the Seafarers LOG, its election on the second deck her appointment to the chair­ Secretary-Treasurer A1 Kerr, in of the Headquarters building in manship of the commission by behalf of the Executive Board, Brooklyn. On numerous occa­ President Nixon was assured. presented to the September sions, officials and members of Mrs. Bentley, who fills the membership meetings of the the Union have met with the vacancy created by the recent constitutional ports a resolution committee to offer suggestions retirement of Admiral John to amend the SIU's Constitu­ as to what changes they thought Harllee, will serve the balance tion. The resolution as sub­ should be made in our Consti­ of his term, which runs through mitted, upon its concurrence, tution. June 30, 1970. The chairman­ called for a Constitutional Com­ Secretary-Treasurer Kerr, in ship had been filled on an in­ mittee consisting of six (6) book his October report to the mem­ terim basis by Commissioner members—two from each de­ bership, requested that those James F. Fanseen. partment—^to be elected in the members having suggestions as As FMC chairman, Mrs. Port of New York, Headquar­ to changes in the Constitution— Bentley will be one of the high­ ters, at a special meeting to be particularly those dealing with est ranking women appointed to held at 2:00 P.M. on September election procedure- or the fi­ a government post by the Nixon 22, 1969. The resolution was nances of the Union—present Administration. carried in the September meet­ them to the committee in the The official reappointment of ings of the constitutional ports. conference room on the second James V. Day to another five- Thereafter, at the special meet­ deck of the Headquarters build­ year term on the FMC was also ing held at Headquarters on ing. announced by the White House. September 22, the following six Secretary-Treasurer Kerr His previous term had expired (6) book members were elected: further recommended to the June 30 but he has continued to Deck Department: Daniel Dean, membership that the Constitu­ . serve on the commission, briefly b-70; Charles Boyle, B-958.En- tional Committee's report be gine Department: John Pasko, presented to the membership at as its acting chairman. Day, IK'ho is a Maine Repub­ P-666; John Dolan, D-124. special meetings to be held in lican, was one of the first ap­ Steward Department: Fazel All, the constitutional ports on Octo­ pointees to the FMC when it A-475; John Graddick, G-313. ber 22. (For the benefit of the was set up in 1962. The Constitutional Conunit- membership, you are requested Senate Confirms Helen D. Bentley As FMCMember Resolutions of MTD Back W]'de«R,^nge of Reforms ATLANTIC CITY—Delegates to the eighth Constitutional Con­ vention of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, represent­ ing 42 AFL-CIO unions with a combined membership of 7.5 million workers, adopted a wide-range of resolutions aimed at the resurgence of the foundering U.S. maritime industry and urging progressive legislation to benefit the entire nation as a whole. The convention, chaired by MTD and SIUNA President Paul Hall, unanimously approved an omnibus resolution calling for long-overdue action to revitalize all elements of the nation's mari­ time program-Mleep-sea, Great Lakes and inland waterways shipping, shipbuilding, fishing, and oceanography. The MIT) warned against any piecemeal approach to the various problems of the merchant marine, declaring that it is essential to "move for­ ward on a'broad front in developing a total maritime industry." Re-establishment of the Maritime Administration as an independ­ ent federal agency was strongly urged. In order to combat the runaway-flag shipping problem the MTD called on the federal government to renounce the policy of "effec­ tive control," and revoke the de facto subsidy granted oppor­ tunistic shipowners and their foreign-flag ships. The delegates strongly supported the imposition of taxes, either on the American companies which put their ships under foreign-flags, or on the cargoes these vessels carry, to take the profit out of runaway-flag operations. Congress was called on to rescue the Great Lakes fleet from extinction by providing adequate funds for construction, conver­ sion, reconditioning and/or modernization of that fleet and to grant operating subsidies similar to those accorded shipping lines in overseas trade routes. In recognition of the fact that the Russian merchant fleet is steadily increasing as the United States fleet decreases, the dele­ gates called for an active program of shipbuilding and ship develop­ ment to combat the Soviet menace on the high seas which threatens our commerce and national defense. The convention condemned tax-dodging attempts to build American ships with foreign steel and foreign components, there­ by costing U.S. workmen countless thousands of man hours of legitimate work. Vigorous support was registered for the SIUNA Affiliated Staff Officers' Association of America's continuingly vital program to train Purser Pharmacist Mates to provide shipboard medical care for merchant seamen. Appropriate Senate and House committees were called ufwn to hold public hearings into the closing of Public Health Service hospitals with a view toward enactment of legislation preventing arbitrary and capricious decisions by the Executive Branch of government to deny to American seamen their elemental right to high quality medical care. To combat the problems of the United States fishing and fishcanning industries, the MTD reaffirmed its determination to arouse the support of the public so that the long-overdue revitaliza(Continued on Page Ei^) ' »*• -J -.1 . 11 '•I SIU Constitutional Committee Preparing Report to check the bulletin board in exact dates of the membership the constitutional port you are referendum will be a part of the in for the exact time of the Octo­ Constitutional Committee's re­ ber 22 special meeting in that port that is acted on at the spe­ cial October 22 meetings re­ port.) If at the special meetings to ferred to above. The membership of the Un­ be held on October 22, the membership concurs in the Con­ ion is again encouraged to sub­ stitutional Committee's report mit to the Constitutional Com­ and recomtpendations, it will mittee any suggestions you may thereafter \ i submitted to a have as to changes in our Con­ membership referendum. The stitution. it '1 . i. -• - • • • I;. r An SIU Constitutional Committee, consisting of two book members from each department, was elected at a special meeting in the Port of New York Sept. 22. Elected were (L-R): Deck: D. Dean, C. Boyle; Engine: J. Dolan, J. Pasko; Steward: F. ~Ali, J. Graddick. 1i �October, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Three Theme Keyed to Nation's Needs AFl'CIO Convention Sets Course For Challenges of '70s ATLANTIC CITY—The AFL-CIO headed into the 1970s prepared to meet the challenges of a new decade with a program key«<! to the needs of the country and a strong and expanding trade union move­ ment. The federation's eighth con­ vention took a look at the 1960s and reviewed the great and tragic events. But its concern was with the Seventies and was perhaps best voiced by AFLCIO President George Meany when he restated his keynote theme after his re-election to his eighth term: "We have come a long way but we still have a long way to go." In his speech to the opening session of the convention, Meany charged that the Admin­ istration's economic and legisla­ tive policies are threatening to bring on serious unemployment and are critically reducing im­ portant economic and social programs. Meany reviewed the events of the past two years, the develaiew66-in Washington in the past nine months and declared: "We intend to stay in busi­ ness, we do not propose to ac­ cept the proposition that the working people of this country no longer merit full and fair consideration in the resolution of all issues affecting them, and that includes all the pressing issues of the day—tax reform, interest rate, inflation, urban problems, education, civil rights, the whole works." He. told the approximately 900 delegates in the Traymore Hotel convention hall that "no organization in America" other than the AFL-CIO "encom­ passes such a broad range of commitments and no other or­ ganization pursues these com­ mitments with a greater respon­ sibility and consideration for the welfare of the nation as a whole." The AFL-CIO is heading into the Seventies wlff?' ii hew secre­ tary-treasurer, Lane Kirkland, unanimously elected for his first full term, and an expanded Ex­ ecutive Council of 35 members. The convention added six new vice presidencies in a constitu­ tional change and three mem­ bers of the council stepped down, bringing a total of nine new vice presidents to the feder­ ation's top governing body be­ tween conventibns. To assure the integrity of the federation and its aflKliates from dual, rival, raiding organiza­ tions the delegates voted by a 50 to 1 margin on a rollcall vote to expel the Chemical Workers, declaring that the union's affilia­ tion with the Alliance for Labor Action did violence to AFL- CIO objectives and principles. Elections Pose Early Test One of the first challenges of the Seventies—^the 1970 congfes'sional elections—received major attention from the nearly 900 delegates who heard Meany pledge no retreat in the struggle for social gains and voted a series of resolutions carefully s[>elling out differences with the Administration on an issue-byissue basis. They voted support of the President on his efforts to end the Viet Nam war through ne­ gotiations for an honorable peace and heard Defense Sec­ retary Melvin Laird spell out that policy. They heard also from Labor Secretary George P. Schultz on the Administra­ tion's economic policies and from Federal Mediation Direc­ tor J. Curtis Counts on trends in labor-management disputes. In the critical area of ending discrimination across the board, the delegates cheered Bayard Rustin as he assailed Adminis­ tration ^cNH^to slow down in­ tegration in some areas while espousing policies to divide black and white workers and di­ verting them from the necessity of securing jobs, housing, edu­ cation for every American. The delegates and hundreds of guests came to their feet cheering for Israeli Prime Min­ ister Golda Meir who spelled out Israel's case for survival in simple, trade union terms and recalled the close, historic ties of the AFL-CIO and Histadrut, the Israeli Federation of Labor. The 1970 elections were put into perspective also by former Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey who spelled out a point-by-point indictment of the (Contiimed on Page Six) Af Eighth Convention MTD Optimistic on Administration's Maritime Pledge ATLANTIC CITY — Orga­ nized labor has set its sights on enactment of a sweeping over­ haul of the nation's maritime laws. This theme emerged from the 8th Constitutional Convention of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, held here on the eve of White House announce­ ment of a merchant marine pro­ gram geared to the challenge of the 70's. The 45-member Executive Board of the Department, head­ ed by SIU and MTD President Paul Hall, voiced optimism in its report to the 225 assembled delegates that long-overdue re­ forms in the nation's maritime laws would soon be enacted. This optimism, the MTD Board said, was based on a "specific and" definite" promise by the Nixon Administration. It noted, however, that the Administra­ tion program still has not been announced and pledged that the MTD would work "to make certain" that any program which finally becomes law will be "based on fair play for all seg­ ments of this industry—not just a favored few." Convention delegates—^repre­ senting 7.5 million American workers in 42 national and in­ ternational unions concerned with shipping, shipbuilding and allied industries—^took resolved action on all existing maritime problems, from the need for a positive program at home to the growing threat of Soviet seapower and the continued eco­ nomic drain on the U.S. econ­ omy caused runaway-flag shipping. The convention also dealt with a wide range of domestic issues, including the need fm* overhaul of the nation's tax structure to provide economic justice to low- and middleincome wage earners, the grow­ ing propaganda barrage aimed at organized labor by right-wing forces, the need for economic actions to make civil rights meaningful in the United States, and the urgency for action in such areas as housing, educa­ tion, poverty and hunger in America. Typical of the more immedi­ ate domestic issues facing the trade union movement in Amer­ ica today is the nomination of Judge Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr., to the U.S. Supreme Court. (Although narrowly approved by the Senate Judiciary Com­ mittee since the MTD conven­ tion adjourned, Haynsworth still faces increasin^y strong opposition on the Senate floor which may yet prevent his con­ firmation to the high coiut.) Speaking to the MTD dele­ gates on the opening day of the convention, AFL-CIO President George Meany said Haynsworth was "completely out of line in his philosophy" on labor and civil rights issues, and added that the South Carolina jurist "has not displayed the ethical standards that the American people have the right to expect from a person sitting on the Su­ preme Court." Meany's attack on the nom­ inee came on the heels of con­ vention action in which dele­ gates unanimously approved a resolution asking that Hayns­ worth either step aside volun­ tarily or that President Nixon withdraw his name from ctmsideration, to "safeguard our ju­ dicial system." Copies of the resolution were dispatched to all Senators who were asked to reject the nom­ ination if neither Haynsworth nor Nixon acts voluntarily on this issue. In his speech, Meany cited MTD and SIU President Paul Hall introduces Representative Edward A. Sarmatz (D-Md.), right, who was prominent speaker at Convention. Garmatz told delegates that "Congress would not wait much longer" for Administration's maritime program. Exec. Secretary-Treasurer Peter M. McGavin of MTD is in center. statements made last year by Senators Paul J. Fannin (RAriz.), Jack Miller (R-Ia.), Rob­ ert GrifSn (R-Mich.) and Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) all of whom had opposed the nomination of Justice Abe Fortas as chief jus­ tice. All four had said, in es­ sence, that the appearance of impropriety in a court appointee was as damaging as impropriety, itself. Said Meany: "I think we can rest our case against Judge Haynsworth on the remarks of these very dis­ tinguished members of the U.S. Senate. I don't know whether they still hold those positions. They may have changed their mind in a year or so, but they did at least have this position... in the case of Justice Fortas. We will, of course, be watching with great interest their actions." Concerning problems more directly affecting the merchant marine, the Nixon Administra­ tion came under strong fire from Senator Harrison A. Williams (D-N.J.) for its failure to cmne forward with the maritime pro­ gram promised a year ago. "The country waits and waits for action to back up the prom­ ise," Williams said, warning that, if necessary, legislative ac­ tion would take the place of "executive apathy." The Senator called for action that would balance the nation's maritime program more equitably'between the one-third of the industry that is subsidized and tne two-thirds that is unsubsidized, and the boosting of the tonnage carried on U.S.-flag vessels. At present, American ships carry only five percent of the nation's import-export cargo. Representative Edward A. Garmatz (D-Md.), chairman of the House Merchant Marine Committee, also expressed con­ cern about the Administration's failure to make public maritime recommendations promised dur­ ing the 1968 campaign. "We still are getting word from Administration leaders that such a program is coming, but the target date keeps get­ ting pushed back, and back, and back," he said. "I hope the Ad­ ministration does produce a pro­ gram. If it does, and if it is a good program, it will have my committee's support." Garmatz served notice on the Administration that "Congress will not wait much longer" for a program from the White House, and would produce its own legislation if that becomes necessary. "This is no empty promise," the Congressman de­ clared. "The objectives are clear: More American cargoes in more American ships. The will of Congress to act is clear ... the honeymoon for the Ad­ ministration is over." Senator Qrarles E. Goodell (R-N.Y.) told the convention delegates that the reconstitution of the Maritime Administration as an independent federal agency was essential to the "re(Coatimwd on Page Six) �Pag« Four SEAFARERS Oetober, 1969 LOG AFL-CIO Legal Study Shows: Justiie Dept. Used Double Standard in Whitewash Letter on Haynsworth WASHINGTON — A Su­ preme Court decision last year set a conflict of interest standard that bears directly on the dis­ pute over the judicial ethics of Judge Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr. An AFL-CIO legal analysis cited the decision in response to a Justice Department letter ab­ solving Haynsworth of impro­ priety in an important labor case involving the Deering Milliken textile chain. The Justice Department said there was no reason for Hayns­ worth to disqualify himself be­ cause a company he served as an officer and director did a $100,000-a-year business with Deering Milliken textile plants. The Justice Department letter did not comment on the fact that Haynsworth did not dis­ close his business connection when the case was before his court. Two Supreme Court decisions were quoted by the AFL-CIO in its refutation of the Justice Department position. One stressed that even if there is no actual bias on the part of a judge, "justice must satisfy the appearance of jus­ tice." In the other decision, cited as a close parallel to the Hayns­ worth case, the Supreme Court overturned an arbitration award because the arbitrator had oc­ casional business dealings with one of the parties to the case. These amounted to only $12,000 in engineering consultant fees over a period of four or five years—a considerably smaller amount than the dollar involve­ ment of Haynsworth's Carolina Vend-A-Matic Corp. with Deer­ ing Milliken plants. But the Supreme Court—^to ' which Haynsworth has been nomiijj^gjj;—set aside the award because the arbitrator had not followed "the simple require­ ment that arbitrators disclose to the parties any dealings that might create an impression of possible bias." By ignoring this pertinent de­ cision, the AFL-CIO charged the Justice Department letter is exposed not as "an even-handed statement of the law" but as a defense of Haynsworth "pro­ ceeding from the assumption that it is sufficient for a judge's actions to meet the rou^ and ready standard of the market­ place" even if it falls short of the higher standards of judicial ethics. And as for the purported ignorance of Deering Milliken officials of Haynsworth's con­ nections with the vending ma­ chine firm and of the judge's claimed uninvolvenient in the deaths of the business, the AFLCIO commented: "In light of the facts that the general manager of Carolina Vend-A-Matic was a former official of Judson Mill, a Deer­ ing Milliken operation which utilized the services of Judge Haynsworth's law firm; that Judge Haynsworth's wife was the secretary of the company; and that the judge was listed as its first vice president and a director, these statements strain belief." Elliot Bredhoff, general coun­ sel for the AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department, also cited the 1968 Supreme Court deci­ sion as directly applicable to the Haynsworth case. In testimony prepared for the Senate Judiciary Committee, he noted that Haynsworth's law firm at the time he was still the senior partner, had represented a major Deering Milliken mill. "Solely on the basis of this," Bredhoff suggested, "Judge Haynsworth should have dis­ qualified himself." By contrast, Bredhoff noted that his own former senior law partner, Arthur J. Goldberg, dis­ qualified himself from the very same case when it reached the Supreme Court. The reason that Goldberg— then a Supreme Court Justice —did not take part in the case, Bredhoff said, is that "many years before, his former law firm had handled unrelated liti­ gation for the Textile Workers Union," one of the parties to the case. SlU WELFARE, PENSION & VACATION PLANS Cash Banefits Paid Report Period: August 1—August 31, 1969 Number off Benoflls SEAFARERS' WELFARE PLAN Schoiarship Hospitai Benefits Death Benefits Medicare Benefits Maternity Benefits Medicai Examination Program Dependent Benefits (Average $474.43) Optical Benefits Meai Book Benefits Gut-Potients Benefits SUMMARY OF WELFARE BENEFITS PAID SEAFARERS' PENSION PLANBENEFITS PAID SEAFARBtS' VACATION PLANBENffiTS PAID (Average $415.04) TOTAL WELFARE, PENSION & VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD — 2,513 26 484 22 Amount Paid $ — 59,364.81 72,523.00 1,934.00 4,400.00 496 14,953.95 2,069 813 91 4,769 98,159.48 10,616.76 911.00 37,544.00 11,283 300,407.00 1,405 324,600.00 1,636 678,999.06 14,324 $1,304,006.06 «"• Carey Sees Threat to U.S. Serarity In Crowing Soviet Merrhant Fleet WASHINGTON—The So­ viet Union is not only outpro­ ducing the United States in mer­ chant ships by more than 2,200 percent; the Russians are also invading and capturing interna­ tional trade to a degree that en­ dangers American commerce and national security. This wdming was issued re­ cently by Representative Hugh L. Carey (D-N.Y.) to a meeting of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, which rep­ resents 42 unions with 7.5 mil­ lion members in shipping, ship­ building and related trades. The Russian threat, the New York Congressman declared, means that the Soviet Union is Cause for Celebration Before handing six SlU veterans their first pension checks at the October membership meeting at headquarters, SlU Vice President Earl (Bull) Shepard (right) had a special announcement to make. Uldarico Merjudio, whose shoulder Shepard is clasping, will become a proud father in May, at the age of 72. Brother Merjudio, who sailed as a steward, met his wife two years ago at a party given by his cousin. Seafarer Merjudio joined the SlU in the Port of New York in 1943. Pensioners are (from left): Joe Parcolla, Anargyros Dokeris, Conrado Navarra, Frank Moran, Merjudio and Hezekiah Donovan. "seeking to dominate the oceans of the world and will be satis­ fied by nothing less than driv­ ing the U.S. and other coun­ tries from the high seas." As the Soviet fleet continues to grow, he said, it will become an in­ creasing menace not only to the U.S. maritime industry but to the American economy itself. Carey offered the following contrasting figures on the Rus­ sian and American merchant fleets: "• Of the major maritime na­ tions of the world, the U.S. was the only country to show a de­ cline in its merchant marine in 1968, while the Soviet fleet was rapidly enlarging. .• The Russian fleet now stands at 12 million tons and the Soviet's program to have 20 mil­ lion tons at sea next year is running ahead of schedule. The U.S. privately-owned fleet, by comparison, is 15 million tons and declining. • Last year 21 merchant ships were built in the U.S. but during that year 17 ships were transferred to foreign flags, leaving a net gain of four. The Soviet Union produced a total of 89 merchant vessels. Only two ships were transferred away from the hanuner-and-sickle flag, both to North Korea. Thus for 1968 the U.S. had a net gain of four merchant ships, the Russians gained 87. • Early in 1969 the Soviet Union had 465 merchant ves­ sels under construction or on order; the U.S. total was 63. Carey called for "a crash pro­ gram to meet today's needs— needs which are assuming emer­ gency proportions in the light of the Soviet drive for world sea supremacy. We need a longrange, comprehensive program, something that spells our com­ mitment to building a new fleet and keeping it strong." i In this way, the Congress­ man said, "we will be able to wkhstand today's Soviet threat on the seas, and we will be bet­ ter equipped to meet whatever other CQmpetition may surface in the future." Bethlehem Steel Plans Giant Basin At Sparrows Point SPARROWS POINT, Md.— A $15-million "super basin for supertankers" will soon be built for the Bethlehem Steel Corpo­ ration's shipyard here. Planned for completion by the end of 1970, the new facility will be capable of handling tankers larger"" than 200,000 deadweight tons. The basin will be more than 1,000 feet long and have a width greater than that of any vessel ever built to date. It will be one of the larg­ est of its kind in the world. According to Edmund F. Martin, chairman of Bethlehem Steel, the company envisions tankers of up to 500,000 dead­ weight tons in the future. The huge graving dock will enable the company "to participate in the market we foresee for the next 10 years." The new graving basin will not be equipped with ways. In­ stead, it will be flooded—drydock style—^whenever construc­ tion of a vessel is completed. Five major launching ways, ca­ pable of handling vessels up to 830 feet in length, are currently in use at Sparrows Point. The Sparrows Point yard is also undergoing other expansion —including two multimilliondollar building in-ograms. A 90 by 750-foot-long panel shop is being buUt to handle new meth­ ods of ship constniction. •J �October, 1969 SEAFARERS Page Five LOG 5/C0K4, MTD Demand End to PHS Hospital Shutdowns WASHINGTON — The SIUNA and the AFL-aO Maritime Trades Department, stepping up the tempo of their continuing battle to sa^guard the health of the nation s mer­ chant seamen, have called on Congress to put an end to the government's systematic shut­ down of the network of Public Health hospitals. ' The fight was carried to the powerful Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee by O, William Moody, Jr., admin­ istrator of the 7.5-million-member MTD, and Fred J. Famen, secretary-treasurer of the SIUNA's Great Ei^'-es District. At issue was the recent clos­ ing of the PHS hospitals in De­ troit, Mich., and Savannah, Ga. —the two latest hospitals to be closed down in a continuing undercutting of the mariners' hospital system, which has been reduced from 23 installations in 1949 to only eight hospitals today. "The Department of Health, Education and Welfare and its Public Health Service," Moody told the Senate committee at public hearings, "have been con­ sciously sabotaging the mandate of the Congress to provide med­ ical and surgical care to our merchant seamen, commercial fishermen and active-duty Coast Guardsmen." Yarborough adds Support The SIUNA charge won a quick response from Senator Ralph Yarborough (D-Tex.), committee chairman, who in­ structed the committee staff to prepare telegrams to HEW and the Bureau of the Budget, de­ manding the "immediate reopen­ ing" of the Detroit and Savan­ nah facilities. Giving the SIUNA-MTD testimony his enthusiastic en­ dorsement, Yarborough went on to urge Moody to follow up the appearance with a letter to Pres­ ident Nixon. He suggested that the letter to the White House include the call, in the labor testimony, for "a clear and un­ mistakable long-range commit­ ment by the Administration to the concept and the practice of making Public Health Service hospitals the models for all fu­ ture hospital facilities." The Union's testimony fo­ cused on the urgent need for adequate health facilities to care for seafarers, pointing out that for nearly two centuries the gov­ ernment has recognized its re­ sponsibility to provide such fa­ cilities. "Merchant seamen," he em­ phasized, "must work, for the most part without the availabili­ ty of medical care and treatment while on the job at sea. Their work is transient. They cannot telephone their family doctor who, because of close and long relationship, can make a tele­ phone diagnosis and prescribe medication for many run-of-themill ills. There is no corner drugstore to fill the prescription . . . Except in the most extreme emergencies, illness and inju­ ries await the arrival in port of the patient." Upon arrival at the hospital. Moody told the Senators, the seafarer needs immediate care. If he must wait days or weeks to be admitted for non-emer­ gency, but essential, treatment at an already overcrowded pub­ lic or private community facil­ ity, he is lost to the industry during that period. "Unlike other workers," Moody said, "he cannot stay on the job while awaiting admittance. He cannot ship out without a 'fitfor-duty' slip obtained from an authorized Public Health Serv­ ice physician." Other Detroit area hospitals, to which seafarers are now taken, are reported to have an occupancy of 80 per cent. "But any Detroiter can tell you," the MTD official testified, "that this average means that many times there is over ICQ percent occu­ pancy—and the seafarer can­ not pick and choose his time. He cannot instruct the captain of his vessel to arrive in port only when occupancy is below average. After protracted per­ iods at sea, these men need immediate, available and^ acces­ sible medical and hospital care." Moody contended "it has been budget pressure, rather than effective medical care pres­ sure, that is responsible for the closing of two out of every three PHS hospitals that were in use 20 years ago." Yarborough agreed with Moody that the closings were unjustified ,and commented: "There seems to be a deliberate pattern of attempts to deny mer­ chant seamen their rights under the law to Public Health Serv­ ice care. They closed the De­ troit hospital before Congress could hold hearings, even before Congress could find out about the closing." The Senator added: "Any proposal to send merchant seamen to Veterans Hospitals is a major mistake; the Veterans Hospitals are overcrowded." Moody foreeast that the Seat­ tle Public Health Service Hos­ pital would be the next to be arbitrarily closed. The pattern, said Moody, will follow that established with Detroit and Savannah. "The steps can be predicted," he testified. "First, a budgetary freeze; second, loss of technical and medical personnel; third, patients turned away because of lack of facilities; fourth, a de­ cline in the quality of care; and finally, the Public Health Serv­ ice determines that because these events took place, it will be 'no longer possible to offer at the Seattle Hospital the full scope and quality of services to which the Public Health Serv­ ice beneficiaries are entitled.'" PHS Hospitals Excellent Praising the quality of medi­ cal care and treatment in PHS hospitals as "excellent," the SIUNA-MTD spokesmen de­ plored "the utter incongruity of liquidating established federal medical hospitals universally respected for their high quality, comprehensive medical care and treatment, research and clinical facilities at a time when our country has such a tremendous need for expanded medical care, increased hospital and clinical facilities." Several Senators commented that this point of Moody's was supported by repeated an­ nouncements that the Adminis­ tration plans to propose a leg­ islative program designed to greatly enlarge the American merchant marine. "It is almost imcomprehensible," Moody continued, "that at a time when the health and hospital needs of this country are so apparent—that an arm of the federal government would be taking out of service these essential facilities. We are not insisting that Seafarers have ex­ clusive use of PHS facilities. In fact, while maintaining the pri­ ority given to our members by Congress, we are recommend­ ing that PHS hospitals be given a new and enlarged role in the world of medicine and medical care. These hospitals should be the pioneers in new and vision­ ary techniques. They should be the innovators, the breakers of tradition." Again Senator Yarborough agreed. "This question," he said, "has broadened out beyond the merchant seamen to a concern of the whole nation and the na­ tional cause of better health care. This should be a time of expanding and improving public health facilities, not curtailing them. This Administration seems to be afraid the Ameri­ can people might enjoy better health." Measure Goes to White House 1970 Maritime Authorization Bill Passes House With Senate ttaages WASHINGTON—House passage of a slightly revised Sen­ ate version of the maritime au­ thorization bill for 1970 last month sent the measure to the White House for Presidential action. Termed a "stop-gap measure" by Representative Edward A. Garmatz (D-Md.), chairman of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, the bill, H.R. 4152, authorizes a $384.6 New Full Book Members—October 1969 SIU Vice President Ear! Shepard swears in the October class of Advanced Seamen at the regu­ lar monthly meeting in New York. Proudly displaying their newly-issued full books are (l-r front) W. Statzer, T. Reim, J. Schlein, T. Peterson, C. Clemens and M. Carroll. In back: H. Bar­ low, L Hall, L. Christmas, J. Jackson, T. Kelley and H. Levine. million program for the Mari­ time Administration for the coming fiscal year. Submission of a comprehensive revitalization program for the merchant marine by President Nixon was still expected at any time. Included in the passed bill is authorization of $145 million for ship construction subsidies —an increase of some $129.1 million over the $15.9 million alloted for this purpose in the Nixon budget. This, when added to $101 million in carryover funds unspent from last year's maritime appropriations, is esti­ mated to be sufficient to help build up to 22 new cargo ships. During the House hearings in May, Chairman Garmatz called the $145 million figure "the bare minimum" needed if the nation is to undertake a return to its former status ar a leading world maritime power. In the current discussion on the floor of the House, Garmatz pointed out that, not only are Nixon's revitalization proposals yet to be seen, but even were they presented to the Congress at this time and passed promptly, it would take two to three years before the first dollar could be spent. "We must begin an adequate building program this year to bridge the gap until the longrange program is produced," Garmatz declared. The authorization measure earmarks the sum of $212 mil­ lion for operating differential subsidies. Among the revisions made by the Senate in the orig­ inal House bill were a decrease in authorization for research and development funds from $15 million to $12 million, ac­ companied by an increase of $2.27 million in the amount al­ lotted for state maritime schools. Garmatz explained that the state schools funding would permit the establishment and operation of a merchant marine school on the Great Lakes. Appropriations are the next step. A measure incorporating the authorized funds in the form of actual appropriations will have to be passed by both houses of Congress before the 1970 program can be imple­ mented by the Maritime Admin­ istration. Nevertheless, several recent developments have raised hopes in maritime circles that the de­ cline of the merchant marine may finally be reversed. Among these was the recent voting of a $940 million increase in Navy shipbuilding funds—raising the total to $3.5 billion—by the House Armed Services Commit­ tee. This was seen as one of several indications that the Nixon Administration is pre­ pared to relax its tight budget policy, at least in selected areas. �Page Six SEAFARERS LOG October, 1969 MTD Convention Optimistic on Administration Action on Maritime (Continued from page 3) construction and recovery" of the merchant marine. He noted that the bill was "overwhelm­ ingly approved last year by both Houses of Congress, but was killed by a pocket veto." Senator Joseph M. Montoya (D-N.M.) and Representative James M. Howard (D-N.J.) both hit out sharply at the loopholes through which Americap corpo­ rations are escaping ta.xation by registering and crewing their ships abroad. Archibald E. King, chairman of the SlU-contracted Isthmian Lines, Inc., sharply criticized the attitude of the government toward the one-third of the in­ dustry which receives operating and construction subsidies, and the two-thirds of the industry which operates exclusively on private capital. "Whether intentional or not," King said, "various government agencies encourage subsidized lilies to direct their competition against American-flag non-sub­ sidized lines. They obtain some­ what lower rates made possible by subsidy support and they pro­ claim a saving in transportation costs for their department. What they have really done is en­ gaged in a scandalous waste of U.S. government money . .. and they have flouted Congress while doing it" Directing his remarks specifi- commodities carried by a string caliy to the unconscionable cur­ of barges" and pose the danger tailment of services by U.S. Pub­ of "a retardation in this indus­ lic Health Service hospitals, Sen­ try. . . ." The convention also strongly ator Ralph W. Yarborougji (DTex.) reminded the delegates protested the denial to the 2.7 that the federal government has, million American citizens in since 1798, "had a statutory ob­ Puerto Rico of the right to vote ligation to the American seaman in presidential elections. Unani­ to make available to him a pro­ mous convention action came gram of medical care and treat­ after delegates heard pleas for ment made necessary by the pe­ fair play and justice from three culiar nature of his employ­ representatives of the Puerto SI UNA Vice President Steve Edney, who heads United Cannery and Rican government — Governor Industrial Workers of the Pacific, discusses dying fish industry .with ment." Senator John O. Pastore (D- Luis A. Ferre, Resident Com­ Neil Gilbride, left, of the Associated Press and Damon Stetson of R.I.), noting that the "two na­ missioner Jorge L. Cordova the New York Times. Program, sponsored by the AFL-CIO, is broad­ tions we defeated in World War Diaz, and San Juan Mayor Car­ cast on Tuesdays, at 7:35 p.m. on the Mutual Broadcasting System; 11" — Japan and Germany — los Romero Barcelo. The res­ have since outdistanced the olution said that the voting right Edney Calls for Federal Aid: United States in shipbuilding should be extended "in recogni­ capability and production, said tion of the contribution made to this nation must "start thinking" our nation by our fellow citi­ about its own overall maritime zens from Puerto Rico." Other distinguished guests position. Although we must who addressed the MTD's threestart "doing things for our­ selves," the Rhode Island law­ day convention included: Sena­ maker declared, "federal assist­ tor Frank E. Moss (D-Utah), He called for better conserva­ ATLANTIC CITY—SIUNA ance" remains a necessity where Senator Gale W. McGee (D- Vice-President Steve Edney has tion agreements among nations. Wyo.), AFL-CIO Secretaryshipbuilding is concerned. Treasurer Lane Kirkland, Gov­ charged that "indifference and He said that foreign fishing Delegates' recognition of— neglect" by both government fleets, not as closely restricted and concern about— the threat ernor Richard J. Hughes of New and private interests have trig­ on gear and methods as U.S. to the barge industry that would Jersey, Mayor James Tate of gered the rapid decline of the fishermen, "sweep the bottom be posed by the Administra­ Philadelphia, Navy League of clean," catching many immature U.S. fishing industry. tion's projected user tax was the United States President Stressing that U.S. fish con­ and unwanted fish. He said that shared by Senator Albert Gore James M. Hannan, Federal sumption rose 23 percent last such unrestricted fishing can (D-Tenn.). He declared that Maritime Commissioner George year, but more than 76 percent "lead to the further decline" of such a tax—as proposed by the Hearn, Director J. Curtis Counts of the products consumed were this most important natural re­ Interstate Commerce Commis­ of the Federal Mediation and imported, Edney, President of source. sion—would amount to "artifi­ Conciliation Service, and Dr. the SIUNA Cannery and Indus­ The union official said that cial restraints on the number of Robert A. Kilmarx of the Cen­ trial Workers in Los Angeles, few young people are interested ter for Strategic and Internacalled for federal assistance for in entering the fishing industry tion^ Studies at Georgetown the sagging fishing industry. today. "When you have hard University. "What would the avera^ times in any industry," he noted, Membership growth in the MTD over the past two years American think if we had to "people think twice before they was 25 percent, according to import 70 percent of our agri­ invest their lives in it." the Department's officers' report cultural products?" he asked. But, he added, federal assist­ "We would say this is a sad state ance to fishing, as is done for The breakthroughs and the presented to the convention. In summing up the compre­ of affairs . . . Yet, this is true difficulties in the latter areas agriculture, could "revitalize the in the fishing industry." were documented in a dramatic hensive report presented to as­ Edney said that Russian, Jap­ industry so that people can appearance before the conven- sembled delegates. President anese and Polish fishermen, "ap­ make a living," and "many peo­ vention of Mary Moultrie, presi­ Hall said that the period since parently having fished out their ple will come back into it." dent of the Charleston, S.C., the 1967 biennial convention of own banks, are now moving in Government subsidy would also hospital workers' local of the the MTD "has been one of great on ours," while U.S. fishing and productivity." activity help attract badly needed private Retail, Wholesale and Dept. boats are "rotting at the dock" capital into fishing, he added. "It has;" Hall said, "set the Store Union, who was jailed for and many fishermen have been Questioning Edney on Labor defying an injunction limiting stage for the continued growth without work for months. and development of this Con­ News Conference, recorded at picketing. She recounted the Edney appeared on the net­ battle to establish the union and stitutional Department of the Atlantic City during the AFLnational labor federation . . . work radio interview Labor how a united labor movement CIO convention, were Damon which will make it possible for News Conference, broadcast threw its full strength behind Tuesdays, at 7:35 p.m., EDT, Stetson of the New York Times the hospital workers to secure the MTD to face the exciting and challenging times which lie on the Mutual Broadcasting and Neil Gilbride of the Associ­ victory. ated Press. ahead." System. The convention took note also of the creation of two new AFL-CIO organizations since the last sessions in 1967—the GENOA, Italy—SIU Vice provide seamen and their fam­ while in foreign ports, as well Human Resources Development Institute to coordinate the activ­ President Earl (Bull) Shepard ilies with the security necessary as steps to improve "moral pro­ ities of unions in manpower was a representative here last in this era of modem transporta­ tection" for young seafarers in port. training programs and pioneer month of the American mer­ tion. new approaches, and the AFL- chant marine and of AFL-CIO Specific areas earmarked by For the overall better protec­ CIO Labor Studies Center President George Meany at an the conferees for further study tion of seamen in a day and age where special institutes in staff international maritime confer­ included: minimum wages, sea­ of technological change which training and other educational ence. men's welfare, technological de­ calls for review of skills, safety activities will get under way in velopment aboard ship, voca­ regulations, training and welfare The conference, sponsored by December. the International Labor Orga­ tional training, accident preven= programs, etc., the conference There was also the immedi­ nization (ILO), brou^t together tion and crew accommodations suggested that a new convention acy of blocking the nomination union and management officials both at sea and in port. to establish manpower plans for of Judge Clement F. Hayns- front 32 seafaring nations for The conference recommended the merchant shipping industry worth, Jr., to the U.S. Supreme the purpose of suggesting ways that the b^ic international mini- be created. Court, the need to secure mean­ and means to improve the mjuni wage for seamen be raised All projected proposals and ingful tax reform in the Senate, working conditions for seamen from $70 a month to $91 recommendations of the confer­ the Farm Workers' grape boy­ throughout the world. monthly and that greater guar­ cott campaign and efforts to One of the chief concerns of antees for job security be sought. ence will be presented to the an­ prevent the Administration from the conference was the develop­ Other recommendations nual convention of the ILO for ducking out on prosecution of ment of uniform standards that called for improved recreational consideration when it convenes auto manufacturers in an air would both attract new people facilities and other cultural op­ in Geneva, Switzerland in Octo­ pollution conspiracy case. into the maritime industry and portunities for merchant seamen ber of 1970. fi' Decline of Fishing Industry Laid to Indifference, Neglect AFL-CIO Delegates Get Set To Combat Challenging 70s (Continued from page 3) Administration as he called for a renewed drive for liberal, pro­ gressive programs. And indicative of the phys­ ical challenge of the new dec­ ade was the greeting given Col. • Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., the first union man to walk on the moon, who thanked the nation's work­ ers for their skills and tax dol­ lars and brought the miracle of space exploration a bit closer to understanding. The AFL-CIO program for the 1970s was spelled out in more than 100 resolutions adopted by the delegates out of a mass of 274 presented to the Resolutions and other commit­ tees. They covered every aspect of American life with a heavy emphasis on programs and poli­ cies, on the crisis in the cities, the danger of recession and growing unemployment, bring­ ing the poor and minority groups into the mainstream of American life, the need to im­ prove the quality of life and the environment in which it is lived. There was a growing con­ cern also with international trade policies, the trend toward economic concentration and mergers and the continuing, never-ending work of the trade union movement—organizing the unorganized and stepping up and expandihg collective bar­ gaining. Shepard Attends ILO Maritime Conference ti �October, 1969 SEAFARERS Page Seven LOG Jennie Rizzute, Lady SlU Pensioner, Visit to Headquarters w t'VJ BROOKLYN—The pleasant working in a U.S. Army officers' faced, bespectacled woman mess. stood in the center of a group Soon thereafter, Jennie joined of Seafarers fielding their ques­ the SIU in the port of New tions with the aplomb of a Orleans and began the period Willie Mays. she refers to "as the happiest The scene was-at SIU head­ days of my life." Jennie loved quarters here immediately after meeting new and interesting the September membership people and visiting such coun­ meeting and the object of all tries as Puerto Rico, Brazil and this attention was Jennie Riz­ Argentina. She still corresponds zuto, a former stewardess who with many of the friends she has been on an SIU pension for has made over the years in Latin America. the last two years. The last 14 years of her sea "They're all my boys," said the 77-year-y6ung former Sea­ time were spent on the SIUfarer. "They were always nice contracted Del Mar. Upon her to me and called me 'mom,'" retirement, the captain of the Jennie recalled, as her eyes Del Mar presented Jennie with twinkled with the memories of a gold charm as a token of the Delta Line's appreciation of her her many years at sea. long and valuable "service. Jen­ Jennie, who makes her home nie is very proud of the gift and in New 'Orleans, began her career at sea in 1940 when she accepted a job as stewardess with the Delta Line. Her pre­ vious experience as a waitress and hostess was put to good use as she sailed on the Del Brazil for a year-and-a-half. Millidns of dollars of shorefront damages are faced by The start of World War II New York Port Agent, Joe De George is flanked by SIU pensioner Jennie Rizzuto, whose sailing career spanned 28 years, and John Erick- forced Jennie onto the beach states bordering the Great Lakes son, AB, who received full membership book at September meeting. where she spent the war years as a result of high water levels. The problem has become in­ creasingly acute because of suc­ cessive cycles of high and low levels in recent years. A federal study of the situa­ tion has become bogged down by insufficient budget appropria­ tions. Another study by the U.S.-Canadian International WASHINGTON—An Ad­ activity, loaded with strategic ently available to meet future Joint Commission, begun in ministration budget request for supplies and waiting to be used emergency availability condi­ 1964, is also behind schedule funds to build the first three in an emergency. Proponents of tions in defense situations, because of a lack of funds. The of a projected fleet of 30 Fast the FDLs have never stopped friends of the merchant marine U.S. section, scheduled to be Deployment Logistics ships was pushing for their implementa­ point-out that an equivalent ex­ completed in October, 1973, turned down flatly last month tion, hoping to build 30 to 40 penditure of funds could well will require $902,000 to finish. by the House Armed Services of the ships on an "experimen­ be used to beef up the nation's Work on the problem has also Committee. In so doing, the tal" basis. merchant marine, which has the been done by the U.S. Army committee repeated its action of The House report on the bill flexibility of utilization in both Engineers, which issued a re­ last year when it was consider­ authorizing appropriations for military logistics and commer­ port with no recommendations ing the 1969 budget. the military program for fiscal after spending from 1952 to Similar action was taken in year 1970, in the section con­ cial service. 1964 in the field. In addition, the vital flow of the Senate Armed Services cerning the FDL program, Senator Robert E. Stockdale materiel in the current Vietnam of Ohio, board chairman of the Committee, which again deleted states: the program, as it had the year "The President's budget re­ conflict has been 96 to 98 per­ Great Lakes Commission, a before, on the recommendation quest includes $186.7 million cent seaborne—and this with a group comprised of the eight of Senator Richard B. Russell for the first three fast deploy- | merchant marine which is at a states with Lakes borders, has (D-Ga.), chairman of the com­ ment logistics ships of a total low ebb both in numbers of charged undue delay in a mes­ mittee. purchase of some 30. The Sen­ ships and in the advanced age sage to congressmen and sen­ ators from the region and also This marks the third succes­ ate removed this sum from of 80 percent of the fleet. sive year that the controversial the shipbuilding and conversion FDL program—which has been portions of the bill. The com­ strongly opposed by the SIU and mittee concurs in this action, other representatives of mari­ just as it refused to approve time labor and industry—has these funds last year. The com­ Unclaimed wages for former crewmembers of The Cabins been thrown out by the Con­ mittee has not been convinced are being held for the following Seafarers by Texas City gress. that these ships will not be used Refining as of September 11, 1969: in competition with our private The fiscal 1970 budget re­ Anding, Benny Lewis, P. B. quest for FDLs was in the merchant marine. It is essential Baker, Curtis Mackey, Donald amount of $186.7 million. It is that the merchant marine be re­ Brown, Woodrow Marsh, Ben B. estimated that the vessels would juvenated and not further eroded CoiTj', Wm. R. Pritchctt, W. cost some $60 million each; the by Department of Defense ac­ Deal, Wilson Sayles, Bruce D. full program of 30 ships would tions." Fisher, Frank Silva, Alfonso run in the neighborhood of $2 The report was filed by Com­ Furedi, C. Smart, Roy K. billion. mittee Chairman L. Mendel Glover, Alfred Snook, Glenn G. Jackson, Robert Somers, John Originally the brain child of Rivers (D-S.C.). Jordan, Inimie former Defense Secretary Rob­ Opposition to the FDLs in the ert S. McNamara, the FDL idea Senate, led by Senator Russell, Claims should be submitted to L, W. Westfall, Chief was sold to the Military Sea made the additional point that Marine Accountant, Texas City Refining, Inc., Marine Transportation Service and the the program placed the United Division, P.O. Box 1271, Texas City, Texas 77590. U.S. Navy as a floating military States in too interventionist a Seafarets are urged to act promptly as these claims may supply depot arrangement. The posture. be subject to the Texas Escheat laws. Each claim miist giant, mobile warehouses were include the "Z" number, Social Security number and the While proponents of the idea designed to be anchored in con­ claim that an insufficient num­ actual signature of the claimant. venient areas of global military ber of merchant ships are pres­ still wears it on her bracelet. in the cafeteria at the hall enjoying a cup of coffee, Jennie's quick and agile mind was able to reczill ex-shipmates she has not seen in as long as 22 years. "I may not remember all the names but I never forget a face," Jennie said as she greeted yet another visitor to the table. Jennie, who was bom in Manhattan on Febru^ 15, 1892, is here visiting relatives and plans to stay through the end of October. When she gets back to New Orleans, she will spend her leisure time tending to her flower garden and writing her friends in Latin America about her vacation trip to New York City. Mounting Shorefront Damage Faced by Great Lakes States Congress Strikes FDL Ship Funds From Budnet for Third Year in Row Uttclaimed Wages Being HeU to the United States Depart­ ment of State. Stockdale points out that the Great Lakes have gone through successive high and low water levels since 1952. In Lake Erie —as of July of this year—the level has reached a new high water mark, a quarter of an inch above the previous record reached in 1952. Duluth-Superior Import-Export Cargo Declines DULUTH — A decrease in export-import cargo at the Duluth-Superior Docks for the month of August lowered the cumulative total for the first eight months of the year to a level below 1968 figures for the comparable period, the Port Au­ thority here reported. On a 12-month basis, ending August 31, the two ports han­ dled 1.6 million tons of importexport freight, 300,000 tons be­ low the comparable interval a year previous. In the month of August, 348,589 tons of such cargoes were handled; in Au­ gust, 1968, the total figure was 470,766 tons. Contributing to the decline were a drop in exports of grain from 1,418,924 to 1,360,564 tons, a fall in general cargo from 71,750 to 53,100 tons, and a drop in bulk liquids from 18,533 to 16,231 tons. Imports of general cargo were down to 33,473 tons in the first eight months of 1969 from 37,190 tons in the comparable 1968 period. A rise was recorded in scrap iron exports, however, which were up to 58,540 tons from 34,275 a year ago. Also up were grain by-products, 83,251 tons of which were shipped compared with 58,292 tons. �Page Eight SEAFARERS LOG AFL'CIO Ixpels Chemiial Workeis By 50-1Margin for ALA Affiliation ATLANTIC CITY — By an overwhelming 50-to-l margin on a rollcall vote the eighth con­ vention expelled the Chemical Workers from the AFL-CIO, declaring that the union's affilia­ tion with the Alliance for Labor Action, does "violence to the objectives and principles of the federation." The vote on expulsion came on a report from the Commit­ tee on Resolutions. It recom­ mended approval of the supple­ mental report of the AFL-CIO Executive Council calling for revocation of the certificate of affiliation. The vote was 12,482,388 to expel, 244,815 against expul­ sion and 235,024 not voting. The votes against expulsion came from the Chemical Work­ ers, Technical Engineers, Typo­ graphical Union, two of the four Glass Workers' delegates and a minority of the Teachers Union delegation. Two central labor body delegates also voted against expulsion. The resolutions committee's report to the convention said that ICWU President Thomas E. Boyle appeared before the committee and confirmed that his organization had affiliated with the ALA—set up by the Teamsters and the Auto Work­ ers. The former was expelled by the AFL-CIO in 1957 (m charges of domination by cor­ rupt elements and the latter dis­ affiliated earlier this year. Boyle claimed, the committee noted, that "giving aid and com­ fort to the ALA and, in turn receiving aid and comfort from the ALA does not constitute sufficient ground to sever the relationship of the Chemical Workers with the AFL-CIO." The committee stressed "we do not agree," declaring that the ALA is a "dual organization rival to the AFL-CIO and that with complete knowledge of the true nature of the. ALA, the Chemical Workers freely and m Wide Range of Reforms Backed by MTD Delegates! (Continued from Page Two) tion of the U.S. fishing fieet, and the re-employment of displaced fishermen and cannery workers can be accomplished. The conven­ tion called upon the federal government to take whatever actions are necessa^—including economic sanctions against Latin Ameri­ can countries attacking U.S. fishing vessels on the high seas— to assure that these acts of piracy be brought to a halt. In other convention action, the delegates approved resolutions: • Calling for action on improving the quality of housing, health care, education and employment for America's non-white popula­ tion as the surest way to achieve equal opportunity for all citizens. • Condemning proposals to force compulsory arbitration on labor and management—particularly in the transportation field— and warning that such "tampering" would undercut the free collec­ tive bargaining process. • Emphatically opposing the nomination of Judge Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr. to fill the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court. A resolution of particular importance to all citizens adopted by the convention dealt with the safeguarding of the basic right to privacy. The MTD warned that a mounting wave of "prying and spying" against the American people, and particularly against American workers, constitutes a "clear and unmistakable danger to our democratic society." It was wholeheartedly resolved that a special committee be appointed to conduct a sweeping study into the full extent of the invasion of the privacy and freedom of the .^erican people, and that this committee present periodic interim reports to the MTD Executive Board prior to a final report which will be presented to the Ninth Constitutional Convention of the MTD in 1971. Additional areas of vital concern to all trade unionists were considered as convention delegates adopted resolutions: • Reaffirming support of the "politics of participation" that has been successfully carried out by the AFL-CIO Cbmmittee>on Po­ litical Education, and by the political education arms of the MTD's respective affiliates. • Calling on Congress to repeal Section 14(b) of the TaftHartley Act which allows states to enact compulsory open-shOp laws. • Pledging continued support of the construction trades unions in their fight for on-site picketing rights. • Directing that all international unions affiliated with the MTD notify their local unions that, wherever MTD Port Councils are establi ed, die local unions should affiliate and become active in Port activities. • Condemning the practice of American companies contracting and purchasing foreign-made, off-shore drilling rigs. • Pledging anew its Unstinting support of the Farm Workers Organizing Committee in its boycott activities against California table grape growers. voluntarily embraced it and aligned itself with it." • SIU President Paul Hall who is also president of the AFLCIO Maritime Trades Depart­ ment, told the delegates that the "basic issue is quite simple: Do you do you not support the. trade union movement as rep­ resented by the AFL-CIO?" The fact that the Chemical Workers are among the smaller unions has nothing to do with the issue of expulsion. Hall said. He noted that the AFL-CIO had not hesitated to expel a much larger union, the Teamsters, on the basis of principle. The Executive Council's re­ port to the convention traced the development of the ALA as "a dual organization, rival to the AFL-CIO." It cited statements of objectives clearly indicating "the aggressive and disruptive designs of the ALA" towards AFL-CIO unions. And it re­ peated the warning issued by the council nearly a year before the Chemical Workers chose to join the ALA that affiliation consti­ tutes grounds for expulsion from the AFL-CIO. Steelworkers President I. W. Abel, chairman of the conven­ tion resolutions committee, moved the adoption of the com­ mittee resolution to expel the Chemical Workers—an action requiring a two-thirds vote. AFL-CIO President George Meany told the convention that the expulsion action is not to "punish" the Chemical Workers but to resolve "an organizational impossibility." The AFL-CIO constitution requires affiliates to respect the organizing jurisdiction of other affiliates. The ALA "right now" is raiding AFL-CIO unions, Meany noted. October, 1969 Sailing Days Over Pedro C. Esteban, left, a new SIU pensioner, receives his first pension check from SIU representative Paul McGaharn, at New York hall. Esteban, who sailed in the steward department as a cook, has been with the Union for 22 years. His last ship was the Steel Worker (Isthmian). Brother Esteban is a native of the Philippine Islands. Organization Key to Survival, Metal Trades Unions Warned ATLANTIC OTY—A vig­ orous campaign to organize every worker in the jurisdiction of the AFL-CIO Metal Trades Department and its 22 affiliated unions was voted by delegates to the department's 54th con­ vention. "Organization is absolutely necessary, not only to our growth but also to our survival," President Maywood Boggs said in his first convention report as presiding officer. He took office three months ago as successor to B. A. Gritta, who resigned and was named president-emer­ itus. During a two-day period the convention welcomed into mem­ bership the Elevator Construc­ tors, a new department affiliate; voted full cooperation in a Na­ val shipyard campaign by the Cooperative Committee on Or­ ganizing Federal Employees and the AFL-CIO Department of Organization; mandated a sim­ ilar drive in private industry and called for unifonn rules of pro­ cedure and responsibility for all affiliated Metal Trades councils. ATLANTIC CITY—Con­ Boggs reported a major prob­ sumer boycotts launched by the lem in a "vicious raiding cam­ Meat Cutters against two mid­ paign by an unaffiliated organi­ west companies were endorsed zation at the Norfolk, Va., Na­ by the AFL-CIO in convention val Shipyard, where the depart­ resolutions. ment represents 7,600 workers. Union members are on strike The department will, he said, at three plants of Poultry Pack­ continue to press for a federal ers, Inc., and the convention shipbuilding program in the urged union families not to buy Navy and Merchant Marine. the company's Blue Star label SIU President Paul Hall, who products. The company sells is also president of the AFLabout 70 percent of its products CIO Maritime Trades Depart­ to the armed services. Another resolution backed ment, urged the assembled the boycott against Iowa Beef metal trades delegates to "keep Packers, Inc., which has been pressing" for an independent struck since Augpst 24. The maritime agency and a massive company has been known as a program to build more ships in foe of organized labor and uses U.S. yards—ships flying the non-union firms for its construc­ American flag, manned by U.S. crews and carrying more Amer­ tion work. AFL-CIO President George ican cargoes. AFL'GIO President George Meany wired the company of Meany told the convention that the convention's action and urged them to come to the bar­ "if inflation continues, the drive gaining table and negotiate a for higher wages is going to continue because we expect to cx)ntract. Meat Cutters Win AFL-CIO Backing In Two Boycotts move forward and not stand still." Boggs announced that the Metal Trades Department and the new AFL-CIO Labor Stud­ ies Center are planning a semi­ nar on collective bargaining for unions which represent federal employees. The convention adopted re­ ports: • Approving continued co­ operation with the AFL-CIO on radiation standards adopted by the Labor Department to pro­ tect uranium miners. • Expressing strong opposi­ tion to any interference by gov­ ernment agencies in the admin­ istration of joint apprenticeship training programs, and any ef­ forts to "discriminate because of race, creed or nationality." 1 Scott and Griffin Are New Leaders Of Senate GOP WASHINGTON — Senator Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania and Senator Robert P. Griffin of Michigan are the new leaders of the Republicans in the Senate. Scott WM chosen as minority leader to succeed the late Sen­ ator Everett McKinley Dirksen, Scott defeated Senator Howard H. Baker, Jr., of Tennessee, 2419, at a party caucus. Scott's election marked the first time that the Senate GOP, traditionally dominated by the conservative wing, has elected a moderate as their leader. Baker, Dirksen's son-in-law, became the candidate of the conservatives when Senator Ro­ man L. Hruska of Nebraska withdrew from the leadership contest in favor of the Tennessean. Following Scott's election, the caucus chose Griffin to replace Scott as assistant leader or whip. Baker again was the loser. This time the final vote against him was 23-20. A •f �October, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Nine 23 Seafarers Added to Growing List of SlU Pensioners The swelling ranks of SIU pensioners has been increased by 23 additional Seafarers who last month ended their long ca­ reers as professional men of the sea, Conrado Navarra is ending a 40-year career at sea. A native of the Philippine Islands, Brother Navarra makes his Navarra Union in the Port of New York in 1944 and sailed as an AB in the deck department. His last vessel was the Eagle Traveler, Brother Wyman is a native of Massachusetts, Nils S. Larsson, 63, is a na­ tive of Sweden who now makes his home in San Francisco, He joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1944 and sailed in the deck department as a bosun. His last vessel was the San Juan, Brother Larsson has been sailing since 1928, George Harold Helmond, 63, joined the Union in the Port of Houston, A native of Galves­ ton, Texas, Brother Helmond continues to make his home there with his wife, Agnes, He sailed in the engine department and last worked for G and H Towing Company, Samuel Emil Ratz of Rahway, • home in New York City, His last vessel was the Steel Age, Seafarer Navarra sailed in the steward department as a chief cook. He joined the Union in the Port of New York, Crisanto Garfin is also a na­ tive of the Philippine Islands and now makes his home in New Orleans, He sailed as a cook and his last vessel was the Del Rio, His sailing career began 44 years ago. Seafarer Garfin joined the SIU in the Port of Larsson Helmond New Orleans, Anargyros Dokeris joined the SIU in the Port of New York, New Jersey, joined the SlU in He is a native of Greece who the Port of New York, He is a now makes his home in the native of Jersey City, New Jer­ Bronx, New York, with his sey, and now lives in Rahway wife, Triantafilio, Brother Dok­ with his wife, Geraldine, He eris is a veteran of 48 years at worked as a bridge motorman sea. His last vessel was the for the Pennsylvania Railroad, From 1942 until 1945 he served Marymar, in the Army, John T, Daly, 58, is a native of New York who now lives in Jersey City, New Jersey with his wife, Evelyn, He joined the Union in the Port of New York and worked as a bridgeman for the Erie Lackawanna Railroad, Mariano Arroyo joined the SIU in 1940 in the Port ^ of Dokeiis Moore New York and last sailed in the Charles Pate Moore of Pearl River, Louisiana, joined the SIU in the Port of Baltimore, He is a native of German Town, Tennessee, and now lives in Pearl River with his wife, Idahlia. He sailed as a bosun in the deck department and last shipped aboard the Del Mundo, Brother Moore served in the Ratz Daly Navy from 1938 until 1945, Jesse Andrew Shonts, 63, is a native of Aurora, Illinois who deck department as a bosun. His last vessel was the Balti­ now lives in New London, Con­ more, A native of Puerto Rico, necticut with his wife, Max he still makes his home there with his wife, Tomasa, William Herman Thompson, 67, is a native of Saxton, Penn­ sylvania who now lives in New Orleans. He joined the Union in the Port of New York in 1944 and sailed in the steward de­ partment, His last vessel was the Chatham, Shonts Wyman Edward Granderson is clos­ Ellen, Seafarer Shonts was a ing out a sailing career that has bosun in the deck department spanned more than 25 years. and last sailed aboard the Jack­ Bom in Louisiana, he still sonville, For 13 years—^from makes his home there. Brother 1925 until 1938—^he served in Granderson, v/ho shipped as a the Coast Guard, Brother messman, joined the SIU in the Shonts has been sailing for 44 Port of New Orleans in 1945, years, , His last vessel was the Robert Trent, Lester Wyman, 71, lives in oined the George Edward Palm joined fif Arroyo Thompson the SIU in the Port of Frank­ fort, Michigan, in 1953, He sailed in the deck department as an AB, His last vessel was the Ann Arbor. Born in Michi­ gan, Brother Palm now lives in Wisconsin with his wife, Ruth, Oswald Seppet of Baltimore, Maryland, sailed as an AB in the deck department. He is 62 years old and was born in Estonia, now a republic of Rus­ sia, Brother Seppet joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1942 and last sailed on the Seamar, He had been sailing the seas for 44 years. Hillard Lee Trahan, 60, is an oldtime member of the Un­ ion who joined the SIU in the Port of Galveston in 1938. He was bom in Texas and still makes his home in the Port of Galveston, An oiler in the en­ gine department. Seafarer Trahan last sailed aboard the Walter Rice. He served in the Manesis Moran Parcolla judio joined the SIU in the Port sailed aboard the American Vic­ of New York in 1944. He has tory. been sailing since 1942, Sea­ Dominick Di Giovanni, 65, farer Merjudio served in the is a native of Texas who now Navy from 1919 until 1924, lives in Westwego, Louisiana, Oliver T, Cullen of Philadel- with his wife, Katie. He joined the SIU in the Port of New Orleans and sailed as chief cook in the steward department. Brother Di Giovanni last worked for Amicus Carriers, Jan Piorkowski is a native of Poland who sailed as a mess­ man, wiper and ordinary sea­ man, Brother Piorkowski, who has completed 45 years of sail­ Merjudio Cullen ing, joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1946, He last phia is 62 years old and a native of Delaware. He was an oiler in the engine > department and last, worked for P. F. Martin, Inc. Seafarer Cullen joined the Union in the Port of Philadel­ phia. Joe Parcolla, 64, joined the SIU in the Port of New York soon after the end of World DiGiovanni Piorkowski War II, He is a native of Manila, Philippine ' Islands, and now sailed aboard the Brooklyn, Sea­ makes his home in Brooklyn, farer Piorkowski and his wife, A messman in the steward de­ Helen, make their home in partment, Brother Parcolla last Farmingdale, New Jersey, Rep. St, Germain Warns: Granderson Palm Army from 1928 until 1936, Antonios E, Manesis of San Francisco, joined the SIU in the Port of New York, He is a native of Greece and sailed, as FWT in the engine department. Brother Manesis last worked for Sea-Land Service in 1968. Frank Moran, 64, was bom in Maryland and now lives in Edgewater, New Jersey. He joined the Union in the Port of New York and sailed as an AB in the deck department. In 1961 he was issued a picket duty card for active participa­ tion in the New York harbor Seppet Trahan beef. Brother Moran's last ves­ sel was the Seatrain New York, He had been sailing since 1927, Uldarico R, Merjudio has sailed as chief steward and cook and last shipped out aboard the Overseas Anna in 1968, He was born in the Philippine Islands and now makes his home in New York City, Brother Mer- Fleet Faces Covt. Takeover Unless Congress Acts Now WASHINGTON — A mem­ ber of Congress has wamed that the U.S. merchant marine faces a "government takeover," unless Congress acts to encour­ age new private, investment in cargo and passenger vessels. Speaking at a luncheon spon­ sored by the AFL-CIO Mari­ time Trades Department, Rep­ resentative Fernand J. St. Ger­ main (D-R.I.) favored passage of pending legislation which would allow all ship operators to put earnings aside in tax-de­ ferred construction reserve funds. This privilege is now enjoyed by the 14 subsidized Americanflag shipping companies. It is not available, however, to the two-thirds of the industry which is unsubsidized. St. Germain noted that both the subsidized and unsubsidized segments of the merchant marine favor ex­ tension of this tax deferment to all ships in the U.S. fleet. "Unless we are prepared to nationalize the merchant marine (and) to have the government take over the building and oper­ ating of our cargo and passenger ships," the Rhode Island Con­ gressman declared, "then we must devise a program that will stimulate the investment of pri­ vate capital in building new ships to replace the over-age, obsolete ships now in our com­ mercial fleet." St. Germain recommended action on the tax-deferred con­ struction reserve legislation, cosponsored by more than 80 members of the House and Sen­ ate in the 91st Congress, with­ out waiting for Administration maritime proposals and without "wrapping our maritime pro­ gram up in a single omnibus bill," The weakness of the omnibus approach, St, Germain said, is that "we've done nothing at all to help alleviate the problems of our merchant marine." The Congressman said he "vigorously" opposed nationali­ zation of the fleet, adding that solutions could be found that would "continue to stress a civilian - built, civilian - owned and civilian-manned merchant marine. The tax-deferred construction reserve legislation meets this test, he said, because it empha­ sizes private investment, thus easing "some of the pressures on the tax-paying public for more federal investment," �Page Ten SEAFARERS OcioHer, 1969 LOG . n Trapped! PAY NOW, DIE LATER by James Gollin (Penguin—$1.25) When Gollin, a former insurance agent, first wrote this book a couple of years ago he caused no little amount of commotion in the life insur?.fifiitf2dKStry, Viewing life insurance and the industry supplying it as "in­ tegral parts of the American Dream," Gollin sees the industry as "perhaps the best entrenched, most privileged and most pow­ erful" of our private enterprises. Gollin presents a history of the life insurance industry as well as a description of its organizational structure. He offers advice to the prospective buyer which includes a warning to keep the agent away from the kitchen table. Once he gets you there he is well on the road to breaking your resistance down. The author fimds the industry filled with "bureaucratic misfunctionings, malodorous marketing practices and unresponsive­ ness to the public welfare." He believes much of the trouble lies in the basic belief of Americans in business leadership. We are "almost too willing to entrust great power to top management—whether in profitmaking corporations like General Motors or in our huge life insurance companies." Through their power and their public service image, life in­ surance companies are able to write their own ticket regarding legislative control, Gollin declares. More than 120 million Americans own life insurance. The total assets of the industry is over $150 billion. Gollin believes individual citizens do not express enough concern over how those billions are handled or invested. There is too great a tend­ ency to pass the buck to the companies, who in turn pass it right bade to us, he maintains. This book—now in paperback—offers valuable advice for anyone who owns life insurance or is thinking of buying some. • The wording of the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States is explicit. It reads, in part: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be vio­ lated " This is as it should be. Every American should feel secure in his indi­ vidual privacy—or, as Justice Louis Brandeis once termed it, his "right to be left alone"—as not only a matter of law but as his basic natural right. However, in the United States of 1969, it is no longer possible for our citizens to enjoy this fundamental guarantee which is the cornerstone of all the other freedoms embodied in the Bill of Rights of which it is a part. The privacy of Americans today, particularly working-class Americans, is being steadily whittled away by insidious electronic gadgetry and so-called psychological techniques which are deliberately designed to pry into our in­ nermost lives. Hidden microphones, peepholes, camera, bugs and wiretaps—used not only by law enforcement authorities and government agencies but by private corporations and unauthorized individuals as well—are at work recording our thoughts and movements no matter where we turn. ^ready wmmonplace in factory and office, this unconstitutional affront to human dignity has also found its way into the'home and even invaded the bedrooms and bathrooms of a helpless and largely unsuspecting America. Clandestine surveillance has become a booming industry against which there is at present no real defense. Secret dossiers on millions of citizens everytime they make a purchase, apply for a job—often unsuccessfully because of "credit agency" files on them—or fill out an application for anything from a loan to a club membership. Children in school are pumped about intimate family matters through probing questionnaires disguised as "guidance" tools. Although the growing encroachment on, freedom of privacy has been the subject of spasmodic Congressional investigation and occasional articles in the printed media, nobody has yet dug into this spreading epidemic of un­ checked snooping deeply enough to get anything done about it. Recognizing that if the American people lose their privacy they are in dan­ ger of losing their freedom as well, the recent convention of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department unanimously approved the creation of a spe-^ cial committee within the department to conduct a sweeping study of the invasion of privacy and explore possible means of effectively fighting this clear and unmistakable threat to our democratic society. Positive action such as that taken by the delegates was long overdue. We wish them Godspeed in their efforts. • * * THE LABOUR MARKET ($1.95) This Penguin paperback is a rather technical study of a tech­ nical subject—^labor econornics. Part of the Penguin Modem Economic Series, the book is a collection of sixteen articles covering such subjects as labor supply and demand, unions, collective bargaining, unemployment and inflation. While writ­ ten for the British economy, the book has some good points for the colonies. Almost 400 pages long, the book is edited by B. J. McCormick and E. Owen Smith. iki * i » COMMITMENT TO WELFARE by Richard M. Titmuss (Pantheon—$6.95) Richard M. Titmuss is recognized as an authority of the wel­ fare state. An expert on British welfare, his scholarly essays carry timely and informative messages for us as well. This is not the kind of book to hold the attention of the casual reader, but for those interested in all the aspects of welfare, it is worthwhile reading. At one point, Titmuss writes: "In the ultimate analysis society may have to choose between 'the sense of community' on the one hand, with which is equated small-scale and often ineffectively preventive poor-quality serv­ ices, and larger social groupings offering better quality services and more freedom of choice for consumers, but with the recog­ nized dangers of larger bureaucracies and professional power units." Here we have the crux of the matter. As with other phases of our society, we are faced in welfare with the choice between local ^jontrol and commitment—^the county home and churchsponsored soup kitchen—and the more adequate, but less per­ sonal, state and national welfare programs. The definition of "welfare" extends far beyond the charitable implications which too many attach to it. The welfare «f an individual is his well being. Taken in this light, one could even classify the oil depletion allowance as a form of welfare benefit for the already wealthy oilman. ; It is the collective welfare of the citizenry that determines the welfare of the community, state or nation. In most; cases the needs are far greater than what society is willing to commit; to­ ward meeting them. This leads the author to label hll welfare programs a fofm of rationing. • Titmuss calls social security "one of the great social inven­ tions of the twentieth century." By encouraging individual participation, social security programs remove the stigma of shame attached to charity. * r] * EQUAL APPRENTICESHIP OPPORTUNITIES ($1.25) The labor movement is making wide distribution of this pub­ lication. Published by the Institute of Labor and Industrial Re­ lations, P.O. Box 1567 Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106, the book­ let deals with apprenticeship programs and the Negro. An anal­ ysis of one successful program and suggestions for attracting more Negroes are made. •i �/Growing • Number of Consumer Luws October, 1969 SEAFARERS UNO Huve Burely Srrukhed the Surfure mUUWAIT "Easy terms" sign doesn't indicate for whom they are "easy". Nor does it figure what the total tab will be when the high interest rates and compulsory insurance are added on. And if you miss a payment, you may lose your purchase and have to pay for it besides. The highest interest rates greatest recent improvements since the Civil War and other have been made. "But credit problems still confront the U.S. practices are still so wasteful consumer despite a "decade of and deceptive," he says, "that accelerated activity" in his be­ it also is the area of most urgent half, Sidney Margoiius writes in need for further reform." the September issue of the Truth-in-lending, requiring American Federationist. disclosure of true annual inter­ Margoiius, author of several est rates, is the major achieve­ books and a widely-read weekly ment, Margoiius says, but un­ newspaper column on consumer fortunately it does not reduce affairs, cites consumer credit, interest rates. And at present food prices, auto insurance and high interest rates are biting into utility rates as prime targets for such vital U.S. programs as improvement. loans for college students, Mar­ Consumer credit, Margoiius goiius notes. says, is the area in which the Sp>ecific abuses which Margo­ iius says should be removed in­ clude the "holder-in-due-course" doctrine which enables finance companies to escape responsi­ bility for lack of performance by the seller, the seller's right to repossess and also get a de­ contribution base (earnings on ficiency judgment; subsequent which social security taxes are garnishment to collect the defi­ paid) from $7,800 to $15,000 ciency judgment and high-priced in three steps between 1970 and life and health insurance re­ 1974. There is a provision for quired for the duration of the automatic adjustments begin­ loan. ning in 1976. These accompanying insur­ An important feature of the ance policies are providing 35 bill would bring the government percent of the total profit for the in on helping to finance social nation's 37 top finance compa­ security. The present employeremployee paid program would nies and banks, Margoiius points become tripartite with the fed­ out. Food prices have soared 5.5 eral contribution increasing un­ til it paid for one-third of the percent in the past year, the au­ thor says. Most of the cost has total cost in 1980. Gilbert stressed that actuaries been added by processing and have studied his bill and found distribution which are now get­ it to be "financially sound." He ting 60 cents of each consumer pointed out that increased costs dollar while the farmer is get­ would be more than offset by a ting 38 to 40 cents. strengthened economy and sav­ One result of the "hard-sell" ings on relief programs for the on food products is the irrational elderly. method of packaging, in which AFL-CIO Social Security Di­ Margoiius cites such sizes as rector Bert Seidman described 5.25 ounces and the "classic" Gilbert's bill as being "com­ 71 different sizes of potato pletely in line with the recom­ chips. mendations on social security Truth-in-packaging did cut adopted by the AFL-CIO con­ tho^e potato chip sizes from 71 vention in 1967." to 48, but White House con­ The measure's "strong im­ sumer adviser Virginia Knauer provements" in social security noted recently that there are still benefits aind Medicare, he said, "would have the effect of all no regulations to control slack but wiping out poverty among fill, cents-off labeling, size stand­ elderly citizens and assure them ards and labeling of ingredients. of decent health care." "The bill contains goals the AFL-CIO has long sought and Jimith Appointed to Fill we intend to work with the el­ derly and other groups in se­ DIrksenSenute Vurunry curing its passage," Seidman de­ WASHINGTON — The Re­ clared. publican speaker of the Illinois President Nelson H. Crtiik- House, Ralph T. Smith, has shank of the National Council been appointed to the U.S. Sen­ of Senior Citizens termed the ate seat vacated by the recent bill's provisions "bold, imagina­ death of Everett M. Dirksen. tive and even daring—^worthy Governor Richard Ogilvie (R) of an America that is accus­ named Smith after State Attor­ tomed to thinking big." ney General WilliiuMi J. Scott Pointing out that the legisla­ said he didn't want the job. The tion is along the lines of a pro­ appointment runs only through gram advocated by the council 1970. In the 1970 general elec­ convention earlier this year, he tion, Illinois voters will choose said, "I know that I can pledge a senator to serve out the four you the full support of our or­ years that will then ronain of ganization." Dirksen's term. Gilbert Bill Revamps Social Security; Would WipeOutPoverty Among Aged r 111" I'*'* |i * K ri WASHINGTON — Legisla­ tion designed to virtually wipe out poverty among the nation's elderly by raising total social security benefits at least 50 per­ cent by 1974 has been intro­ duced in Congress. The measure, initially spon­ sored by Representative Jacob H. Gilbert (D-N.Y.) of the House Ways and Means Com­ mittee, drew inunediate support from the AFL-CIO and the Na­ tional Council of Senior Citi­ zens. In explaining his bill at a press conference and on the House floor, Gilbert termed it "the most comprehensive social security bill ever submitted to Congress." He pointed particularly to its increase in minimum benefits that "will place nearly all bene­ ficiaries above the poverty level," general increases in ben­ efits and "sufistantial" improve­ ments in Medicare. Meanwhile President Nixon announced that he will send a request for a 10 percent increase in social security benefits to Congress next week. That is 3 percent more than he had pre­ viously proposed. Nixon made the announce­ ment in signing a bill extending a federal support program for local projects that employ older Americans. He did not elabo­ rate on his announcement ex­ cept to say he would ask that benefit increases be effective AprU 1, 1970. The need for "substantially" raising the general level of so­ cial security benefits, Gilbert said, "becomes very clear to everyone who looks at the low level of present benefits and considers the fact that most ben­ eficiaries have very little other income." "T^e bill recognizes for the first time," he added, "that the elderly have a ri^t to live their deplining years in dignity and in reasonable comfort." Under the bill the minimum social security benefit would be Page Eleven Sidney Margoiius Writes: E-Z TERMS I' LOG increased by 87 percent, going from its present level of $55 a month to $80 in January 1970, to $90 in January 1972, and to $103 in January 1974. Other benefits would be raised by 10 percent, 12 per­ cent and 14 percent over the same three steps. Benefits for dependents and survivors would be increased proportionately. For the first time there would be cost-of-living protection un­ der social security, with benefits automatically adjusted annually for each 1 percent increase in the cost of living beginning in 1975. The medical insurance part of Medicare, now paid for part­ ly by the retiree, would be fi­ nanced through contributions paid during the beneficiary's working years, in the same way hospital insurance is now fi­ nanced. The present insurance cover­ age under Medicare would be expanded to include the cost of prescription drugs, and the en­ tire program would be extended to include persons under 65 who are receiving disability ben­ efits under social security. These provisions would take effect in January 1972. Gilbert cited these other pro­ visions: • The maximum lump-sum death payment would be raised from $255 to $500, effective in January 1970. • The amount of earnings a person can have in a year and still get a full social security benefit would be increased from the present $1,680 to $1,800, effective in January 1970. • Improvements in widows' benefits; higher benefits for those who retire under the Social Se­ curity Act before age 65; per­ mitting a retiree's benefits to be based upon his highest 10 years' earnings out of any 15 consecu­ tive years after 1950; reduction of the disability benefit waiting period from six months to three. The bill would increase the The author calls for a solution through "unit pricing," which requires the seller to spell out the price per pound, ounce, pint or other standard measure. In this area, Margoiius says the most progress has been made in New York City where "a sur­ prisingly knowledgeable Con­ sumer Commissioner, former Miss America Bess Myerson Grant, is moving toward a pio­ neering requirement of unit pricing of some packaged goods." Auto insurance has received intense attention, the article points out, with concentration on arbitrary cancellations of policies and premium increases which often sail through state regulatory agencies without be­ ing questioned. In several states, labor and credit unions are ex­ ploiting group buying as a way to reduce auto insurance costs. Senator Lee Metcalf (DMont.) is trying to get Congress to establish a utility consumers' counsel, Margoiius says. At present, utility companies "are represented by phalanxes of ex­ perts, completely out-manning state commission staffs" on rate increases. Margoiius sees some hopeful signs in consumer affairs, in­ cluding the appointment of Mrs. Knauer and her stand on fat content in frankfurters and other issues. Some innovative state legis­ lation is also encouraging, Mar­ goiius says. These include the licensing of home improvement salesmen in Michigan, the 12 percent retail credit ceiling in Washington and court injunc­ tions barring deceptive practices on auto repair and furnace in­ stallations in Rhode Island. SEAFAItEBS^^i:.00 October 1969 • Vol XXXI. No. 12 Offlclsl Publication of the Seafarera International Union of North America. Atlantic, Gulf. Lakes arid Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO Sxeeutive Board PAUI. HALL. President EARL SHEPARD GAL TANNER VicerPrssident Exoe. Viee-Pree. LINDSBT WILLIAMS AL KERR Vice-President Ste.-Troat. RORERT MATTHEWS AL TANNER Vice-President Viee-President Editor HARRY WITTSCHEN Assistant Editors WILL KARP CHARLES SVENSON FRANK BlARuiGTTA AL COHEN MARIETTA CRISCI Staff Photograpkor ANTHONY ANBALOI nUbM BNtlihr at no Ibsds Islaad AIMM •.E.. 0. C. 20018 kfttsSMljr. wt litoriMtlMal Uslsa. AUaatlt. OM, Ukts sad laiaad Walm DMrlst. AFL-M. m Fswtk Amis, irsaUifa. i.V. U292. TM. HVailatli ».«600L Ssaaad slaM pMiaia laM at Watklailsas. D. C. PMTMSTErO ATTE8TI08: sards sksald Is scat ta Isafarart latmatkaal Ualsa, Atlaatls. Oalf. Lakst ^ laM Watrn DMrlst. AFL-CIO. €75 FsMtb Assaas. OrsstUa. I.T. 11298. �Page Twelve SEAFARERS LOG October, 1969 Congress Askedto Haltexploitation, Labor Dept Figures Show AntHabor Abase of Green-Carders Union Workers Far Ahead What is a union contract worth to the average worker? parel plants, he told the subcom­ In 1966, according to the Labor Department it was worth mittee,-they make up as much $1.14 an hour or about $2,371 a year. as 50 percent of the total force. That was the difference in the average hourly compensation For the most part, Sanchez of non-office workers in establishments with union contracts said, green-card holders are not and those without union contracts. union members, so when a The dollar difference is almost certainly greater now, but strike situation arises or a strike the 1966 data was the latest available when the Bureau of occurs "they take the em­ Labor Statistics published its report "Employee Compen­ ployer's side and continue to sation in the Private Nonfarm Economy." work" for fear of losing their jobs. Part of the difference was in the basic straight-time wage rates. The Mexican alien knows he The average union worker made $2.62 an hour at the time might be fired by his employer of the survey, as compared to $1.88 an hour in non-union for "union activities" and "he 40,000 Commnters employment. might not be able to find other Sanchez estimated that more work in the U.S. or even in But the union worker also got substantially more vacation than 40,000 green-card holders Mexico, where unemployment time, holidays, pension benefits, health insurance and other . work for U.S. firms along the is widespread," Sanchez pointed fringe benefits. border during the day, then re­ out. That brought his total hourly compensation—^the amount turn to homes in nearby Mexi­ The ACWA official noted the employer pays out on his behalf—^to $3.37 an hour. For can communities at night. that most green-card workers in the worker without a union contract, the comparable figure In many El Paso men's ap- the U.S. are hired at the "mere was only $2.23 an hour. $1.60 an hour minimum wage" Since the union worker puts in fewer hours on the job be­ but this makes him relatively cause of his longer vacations and added holidays the differ­ ence is even gre.ater when measured in terms of total com­ well-off if he lives in Mexico. pensation per hour actually worked. The Labor Department Living costs in Mexico are figures for that category boost the union differential to $1.29 much lower than in the U.S. an hour more than the non-union worker. and Mexicans with green cards are actually earning fotu- or five times as much as a worker Labor backed the project LAREDO, Tex. — Project in Mexico. HOPE, which has brought med­ when it was first getting started How about organizing the ical care and training to de­ and over the years AFL-CIO green-card workers? veloping nations around the affiliates and members have world for 10 years, has initiated helped provide funds. "I have tried to explain to its first domestic health educa­ In recalling the hospital ship's them the various benefits of un­ tion program. accomplishments, Walsh said: ion representation," Sanche/ FirrSBURGH—The federal Standard Corp., New York; the The program announced by said. "They do not argue or government has won a price-fix­ Kohler Co., Kohler, Wis.; two "We now feel that HOPE Dr. William B. Walsh, HOPE'S should turn some of its talent disagree with my reasoning. ing conviction here that could American Standard executives— founder and president, will use and experience inward and But always it is the same story. bring civil suits seeking billions Joseph P. Decker and Daniel J. teaching techniques learned work among our own minority They need a little more time to of dollars in damages against the Quinn and Norman R. Held, a abroad to better enable the groups to give them the hope thinic it over." nation's largest manufacturers Kohler executive. community to deliver health and confidence to survive and They were found guilty of fix­ of plumbing fixtures. "We have been told by a services. progress in our society. We ing the prices on such fixtures as "This case," a Justice Depart­ number of sources," he con­ Laredo was chosen with the know this can be done by edu­ ment attorney commented, bathtubs, toilets and sinks during aim of improving health care for cation, particularly in the health tinued, "that this reluctance to "makes all the other price-fixing a four-year period between Sep­ Mexican-Americans and other support fields. We have trained join the union is due to intimi­ cases seem pale by comparison." tember 1962 and the date of the members of minority groups. If hundreds considered untrain- dation by their employers who Convicted by a U.S. District government's indictments, Oc­ the program proves successful, able and have successfully have warned them that if they Court jury after five hours of de­ tober 6, 1966. HOPE expects to duplicate it bridged the cultural gap with join the union they will lose liberation were Borg-Wamer U.S. District Judge Louis Ro­ elsewhere. our approach." their jobs." Corp., Chicago; American senberg ordered an investigation before sentencing the defend­ Local people will be trained ants. He could hand out maxiin nursing, laboratory tech­ Seafarers All mun fines of $50,000 to each niques, community health and defendant and maximum prison other fields. In addition, HOPE sentences of one year to each will offer high school equivalen­ individual. cy training and establish a Mex­ The defendants, who an­ ican-American cultural studies nounced they would appeal the program. conviction, were the last of 15 Cooperating with the pro­ corporations and eight execu­ gram are the University of Tex­ tives indicted. as; Laredo hospitals, medical When the 12' other corpora­ groups and schools; the Laredo tions and five of. their executives Vocational Rehabilitation OflSce entered no contest pleas last and the Texas state government. year. Judge Rosenberg levied The program is planned for fines totaling $370,000 and im­ a three-to-five-year period at an posed jail sentences on four of estimated cost of $1^ million. the executives. Local and state agencies will The government said that the assume administration of the price-fixing involved about $1 program at the end of the billion in sales—or about 98 period. percent of the enameled cast iron plumbing fixtures and 80 Project HOPE is the prin­ percent of the vitreous plumbing cipal activity of The People-tofixtures sold in the United States People Health Foundation, Inc., during the four-year period. of Washington, D.C., which has sponsored the hospital ship In describing the scope of the S.S. HOPE since 1959. case, a government official esti­ mate that more than 300 pri­ Supported by contributions, vate triple-damage anti-trust the ship has conducted medical suits have been filed against the teaching and treatment pro­ Noboru Furuta, right, president, Muroran District, All Japan Seamen's Union, addresses AFL-CIO Mari­ plumbing manufacturers as a grams In eight nations i)n four time Trades Department. Listening are, from left, Peter McSavin, MID executive secretary, O. William continents. It has trained more Moody, MTD administrator (standing], and Akira Iwata, director. Planning Department, All Japan Sea­ result of the government's case. The suits ^ve been filed by than 5,100 physicians, sur­ men's Union. Top leaders of the 180,000-member All Japan Seamen's Union were honored guests at a re­ almost every state, many cities geons, dentists, nurses and tech­ cent MTD meeting in a move toward exploring ways and means of building closer ties of international and numerous private builders. friendship and fraternalism between the Japanese and American maritime unions and their membership. nologists. WASHINGTON — A Mexi­ can-American ofiBcial of the Clothing Workers has given Congress a vivid look at the way U.S. employers exploit alien green-card workers from Mexico. The witness before a Senate Labor subcommittee was An­ tonio M. Sanchez, a Mexicanbom, 17-year resident of the United States who is an ACWA business representative in El Paso, Tex. Sanchez and ACWA Vice President Howard D. Samuel supported bills before the sub­ committee to prohibit employers from using workers under greencard permits to undercut wages and working conditions or act as strikebreakers. Holders of green cards tech­ nically are supposed to be resi­ dent aliens in the U.S., but widespread evidence indicates many of them are "commuters," working in the U.S. and living in Mexico. The measures to crack down on employer abuses of the "green-carders" were previously endorsed by the AFL-CIO in testimony from Organizing Di­ rector William L. Kircher. -fj Project HOPE Begins Work On Domestic Health Program Plumbing Companies Convicted Of Widespread Price-Fixing -ri < \ )! I �SEAFARERS October, 1969 Page Thirteen LOG #ET YOOR 5HIPS COMMjnii HE SIU Ship's Committee serves as the allimportant pipeline of communication between TSlU-contracted vessels at sea and the Union's vital activities ashore, The committees, made up of a ship's chairman, secretary and one delegate each from the deck, engine and steward departments, holds weekly shipboard meet­ ings to keep crewmembers fully up to date on all matters concerning die membership. Erazo. left, Secretary Anqel RoT^" Delegate Nick Damln+ ^ cx T^? P«e on dect afte, discnsd?,"'^ &. r 1 y-' 1- 111 V der/a;%='>/rrf' "• report a PENNMAR-^this committee keeps the crew up to date on what the SlU is doing. From left are L Garabedlan, ship's secretary, L Contlcello, deck delegate, I. V. Rooms, oteward delegate and Clarence Brockett, ship's chairman after condvipting a successful ship's meeting. FANWO-OD—Beefs aboard this Waterman vessel are In good hands with an alert ship's committee. From left are Engine Delegate R. L. Karns, Deck Delegate H. S. Lee, Ship's Chairman E. J. Brannan, and Steward Delegate T. E. Markham after one of their meetings at which reports from all the departments were heard. BALTIMORE—Weekly meetings are conducted by this ship's committee: Francisco Cornier, deck delegate, Ernesto Rublo, engine delegate, Billy Burke, ship's chairman, Joseph Powers, ship's secretary and Pete Vlahos, steward delegate. They reported smooth trip. �Page Fourteen i SEAFARERS October, 1969 LOG Census Bureau Estimates for 1968 Many Whites hscape from Poverty Expanded Federal Controls Over Unsafe Toys Urged But 33% of Negroes Are Stiff Poor WASHINGTON—The AFL-CIO has called for legislation to expand the Food and Drug Administration's authority to remove hazardous toys from the marketplace. The FDA now has the power to ban toys, and other articles intended for children, that are found to be toxic, corrosive, irritating, sensitizing, flammable, pressurized or radiational. An interim report of the National Commission on Product Safety, submitted in February, called for legislation that would extend the agency's power and permit it to remove toys that contain electrical, mechanical or thermal hazards. The commission cited testimony by consumer experts calling attention to "grave inadequacies in the protection of children against death and injury from hazardous toys." It described toy stoves that heated up to 800 degrees Fah­ renheit, electronic science kits with "dangerously live termi­ nals," unsafe chemistry sets and a blow gun in which the dart might be inhaled by a child. In a letter to a House Commerce subcommittee consider­ ing the commission's proposals, AFL-CIO Legislative Direc­ tor Andrew J. Biemiller said: "the sooner Congress moves as the commission has recommended the better." The law, he emphasized, "must be expanded ... to protect unwary and irmocent children against additional hazards which unfortunately are present in toys and other items on the market." Biemiller's letter also included AFL-CIO endorsement for another bill before the subcommittee that would extend the life of the commission until June 30, 1970. It was created by Congress in 1967 and without extension will expire in No­ vember. •"'^•^^MVASmNGTON—The Cen­ 1968, compared with $3,412 in • Sizable gains have been sus Bureau estimated that 25.4 1967 and $2,974 in 1959. made in recent years in the pro­ million people were living in Of the total 25.4 million poor portion of persons—male and poverty in 1968—a decline of people, 17.4 million were white female, white and Negro—hav­ 2.3 million from the year be­ and 8 million were from Negro ing at least a high school educa­ fore. tion. In 1966, for example, the and other minority groups. percentage of Negro males 25 The total represented 13 per­ While the percentage of poor to 29 years old who had com­ cent of the nation with incomes people has been declining over­ pleted high school was 49 per­ below the government-defined all, it has increased for persons poverty level at the end of the over 65 in the past decade. The cent. The figure is now 60 per­ year. But among Negroes, 33 report revealed that the poverty cent. • One-fifth of the population percent were in the ranks of rolls for the aged rose from 15 percent in 1959 to 18 percent in —about 36 million persons— the poor. 1968. moved during the 12-month pe­ The report showed marked Children accounted for about riod ended March 30. About gains in the economic status of 20 percent of all poor persons two of the three movers re­ poorer families in the past dec­ in both 1959 and 1968. About mained in the same county. ade. For the nation as a whole, 41 percent of all poor children • The average size of house­ 22 percent were classed as poor were members of races other holds in the country continued in 1959, including 56 percent than white in 1968, the Census to decline. Since 1964 the aver­ Bureau noted. of the Negro population. age size per family dropped , The bureau also pointed out from 3.33 persons to 3.19 per­ In the past year, about 1.6 that as a result of changes in the sons in 1969. million white persons and 800,method of establishing the pov­ 000 Negroes and persons of • Ratios of own children other races moved above the erty level, the number of poor under five years old between persons in 1967 was some 1.6 1960-69 per 1,000 women de­ poverty level, the bureau re­ million higher than originally clined about one-fourth for ported. figured. The number of families whites and about one-third for The report, based on a sam­ included in the category was Negroes, the bureau reported. ple survey taken in March, boosted by about 360,000. came—^by coincidence—on the Originally, the poverty index fifth anniversary of President was based on the Agriculture Johnson's signing of the Eco­ Department's definition of a nomic Opportunity Act that "nutritionally adequate" -food launched the "war on poverty." plan. The Census Bureau now bases the poverty threshold on It showed that nearly 11 mil­ the Consumer Price Index as a lion persons have climbed above whole, rather than on these items T]|e top executives of Ameri­ dend units" which were valued the poverty level since 1964,' alone. ca's''biggest corporations may at $68,000. That's $13,000 including 3 million Negroes. The Census report further deplore what they call "infla­ more than the previous year. But most experts agree that disclosed that the median fam­ tionary" wage demands by un­ The top man in International the reason for the gains is more ily income rose 8.3 percent last Telephone and Telegraph picked ions. , a result of the boom in the econ­ year to an all-time high of up a $50,000 pay hike and an But a survey by Business omy, rather than the govern­ $8,600. But after adjustment additional $25,000 in bonus for Week magazine found that most ment's anti-poverty programs. for the rise in prices, the gain of them were able to keep a big a total compensation of $559,Coupled with the economic in purchasing power for the step ahead of the rise in living 820. But the chairman of Amerexpansion, said Director Nat average family was only 3.9 costs last year through fatter Goldfinger of the AFL-CIO percent over 1967. pay checks, bigger bonuses and Department of Research, are Median earnings of white a growing assortment of other the greater number of jobs, re­ families in 1968 amoimted to forms of compensation. duction of unemployment and $8,937 and $5,360 for Negro The nation's biggest corpora­ higher wages. All these were families, or about 60 percent tion, General Motors, did well factors in lifting the millions of of that for whites. The bureau by its board chairman. His pay persons out of poverty, he em­ noted, however, that Negroes OAKLAND, Calif. —Con­ went up nearly $42,000 to phasized. cerned psychiatrists, psycholo­ have been gaining in income $225,000. In appreciation of gists and psychiatric social work­ Taking increases in the cost steadily for the past several his services, his annual bonus ers employed by Alameda of living into account, the gov­ years toward parity with white was raised $33,750 to $42,750. County have joined the Service ernment now sets the poverty workers. And on top of that, there level income for a non-farm The Census Bureau also re­ were various stock credits that Employees in hopes that higher salaries will help them maintain family of four at $3,553 in ported: brought his total compensation their professional standards. to $795,000. Two other GM The 40 professionals are with officials also topped the $700,the psychiatric clinic at Ala­ 000 mark. meda County's Highland Hospi­ Textile workers may be to­ tal. Psychiatrists hold M.D. de­ wards the bottom of industrial grees; psychologists have Ph.D. pay scales. But the chairman of degrees and social workers have Burlington Industries earned a masters' degrees. Leaders of state legislatures favor direct, popular election pay hike of $65,000 to bring of the President of the United States, according to a poll Their salaries in Alameda his base salary up to $225,000 taken by Nation's Business magazine. County average 7.5 percent be­ —plus an extra $12,467 in a The Chamber of Commerce publication surveyed delegates low other California metropoli­ profit-sharing plan. Four other to the National Conference of State Legislative Leaders and found that: Burlington executives were over tan areas for like professional the $100,000 mark in salary categories, SEIU Social Work­ • By a 6-1 margin, they favored changes in the present ers Local 535 reported. alone. Electoral College method of electing the President. Because of sub-standard sal­ • Two-thirds of those favoring a change support direct Uiere was no wage freeze at election of the President—far more than the number support­ the E. I. du Pont headquarters. aries, the count}' has been un­ ing any other plan. / J> Not only did its president get a able to fill many psychiatric • Of those favoring a direct vote, 75 percent were of the $62,000 pay raise to $193,300 posts, the union noted, and the (pinion that the houses of the legislature in which they serve and a $32,000 increase in his situation is expected to worsen would ratify a constitutional amendment to that effect. bonus to $117,000, but he also this summer when mental health received something called "divi­ care services will be expanded. Salury Hikes, Bonuses, Stoik Deuls Keep Top Exoiutives Aiive und Well Psychiatrists Join Service Workers In Salary Quest State Leaders in Support Of Direct Presidential Vote ican Telephone and Telegraph had to settle for a $50,000 sal­ ary increase, to $295,833. And Republic Steel's Chairman prac­ tically was in a rut with only a $7,500 salary increase to $322,500. Things were better in the dime store business, though, with the F. W. Woolworth chair­ man earning a $31,000 raise to $333,000. And in the soap field. Proctor and Gamble's president stayed ahead of rising living costs with a $100,000 pay raise to $425,000. The company also set aside $60,000 for him in something called a profit-sharing trust. That's more than $12,000 above what they put in the pre­ vious year. Business Week reports that companies are coming up with new varieties of stock option plans, including something called "phantom stock." This is intended to save an executive from paying for stock out of his own pocket to take advantage of a stock option. The company just "makes believe" he bought the stock and five of 10 years later pays him his "profits" in cash. At a General Motors stock­ holders' meeting, some killjoys proposed limiting bonuses to ex­ ecutives to 100 percent of base pay. GM's bonus and salary committee indignantly retorted that setting such a limit on com­ pensation would discoura^ ex­ ecutives from making a maxi­ mum effort �Oetober, 1969 SEAFARERS HLSS Lifeboat Class No. 25 studied hard during this evening review session the day before they took the test. Their hard work paid off as every man in the class passed with flying colors—most with 90% plus. LOG Trainee James Adkins, from Bakersfield, Calif., goes over his answer sheet with HLSS Instructor Tom Brooks as Chief Jack Slaughter, CoastGuard examiner, checks the.scores. More than half passed with scores of 100. ^^TRIUNEES WIN URBOH TICKEIS MORE TRAINEE CLASSES have earned their endorsements as qualified lifer FIVE boatmen after successfully completing a thorough program of classroom and prac­ Page Fifteen CLASS #24—(Front row, l-r): Roger Fleming, Alvin Martin, Jimmy Truitt, Edward Patfon, John Jordan, Manuel Johnson. (Second rpw): Charles Bailey, Richard Scott, James Higgins, James Shields. Michael Jez. (Third row): Willis Laimbert, John Weil, "Phillip Davis, Theodore Reim, Gary Saccucci. (Fourth row): Stanley Reed, Terry Shortridge, Pheo Smith, George Wilson, Robert Sickles. (Fifth row): Jay Bell, Caleb Leonard, B. Murphy, Tom Lovejoy, Wm. Hardage, C. A. Smith. tical instruction at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship at Piney Point. This latest group brings to welhoVer 1,000 thfe total number of trainees who have passed the Coast Guard examination and demonstrated their proficiency in lifeboats. ITie HLSS lifeboat course includes 14 hours of classroom instruction and 30 hours of practical experience in the boats. , UBsa CLASS #23—(Front row l-r): Jarry Barnes, Richard Knox, James Pearston. Richard Rucki, Guy Register, Horace Scott, Joe Szekely, Robert Davis. (Second row): Tony Bryant, Jeffrey Morgensen, Craig Day, Dennest Hamm, N. Parsons, Stan Cherry, Sid­ ney Vaiton. (Third row): Spencer Miller, Warwick Lambe, Charles Metzler, Phillip Barry, Bryan Dunlap, Vincent Riley. (Fourth row): Jose Vivas, Julio Evans, Johnny Trehern, Timothy Pearson. Most graduates had scores of more than 90 percent. CLASS #22—Donald Allison, Wallace Beckett, Julius Bounds, George Booker, Rob­ ert Boykin, Peter Cirillo, Larry Cole, Paul Crum, Leroy Fitchett, Gerald Garnto. Andrew Gore, Bruce Gray, James Gray, Patrick Grooms, Craig Huntley, Cecil Leasure, Theodore Lee, Michael Levan, Ercell Manuel, Wayne Moore, Gregory A. Nagel, Robert Patrick, William Pitt, Anthony Purdin, Glenn Roberts, Ray Roberts, James Sejda, Reginald Smith, Russell Standley, James O. Stanley Jr., and Garrett Wilson. CLASS #26—(Front row, l-r): Instructor Tom Brooks,- Dennis Edwards, Keith Dealer, Donald Layne, Samuel Bates. (Second row); Herbert Spencer, Michael Day, Kent McKenna, William Washington, Joray Dale. (Third row): Alan Hall, John Connelly, Marshall Cumberlidg^i Charles Blakley, Ronald Roper. (Top row): Mike Griffin, Joseph Sciacchitano, Donald Hall, Joseph Harris, Joseph Carter. Class #26 graduated 100%. CLASS #25—(Front row, l-r): Lloyd Vallery, Steven Foster, Rodney Couto, Ware Newby, Richard Sawart, Wendell Gettridge, Patrick Poinsotte. (Second row): Paul H. Juzang, Roger Williams, George Peteusky, Felipe Martinez, Daniel Herrick, Raymond Backer. (Third row): James McGovern, Robert Kisacky, Phillip Melfi, Kevin Flanagan, James Adkins, John Viarengo. (Fourth row): Kenneth E. Lloyd, Doyle W. Ellette, Ronald L. Forth, Daniel Monillas, Harold G. Cumbee. More than 1,000 young men have received lifeboat endorsements at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship. f) �Pace Sixteen October, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG T he 225 delegates who attended the re­ cent convention of the AfL-CIO Maritime Trades Department heard many speakers voice optimism that iong overdue reforms in the nation's maritime policies would soon be established. The delegates represented 7.5 million American workers in 42 national and international unions. On this page are photo highlights of the MTD Convention, ^ This was the scene at opening of the Eighth Constitutional Convention of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, The 225 delegates pledged to carry on the fight for a maritime program based on fair play to all segments of the maritime industry. The convention also dealt with a wide range of domestic isSues. Alvin Heaps, secretary-treasurer of RWDSU, chats with SlU Presi­ dent Paul Hall, MTD Becutive Secretary-Treasurer Peter McGavin, and SlUNA Vice President John Yarmola at convention recess. Robert Powell, Vice President Laborers International Union SlU President Paul Hall welcomes the convention lead-off speaker, AFL-CIO President George Meany, Meany strongly denounced the nomination of Judge Clement Haynsworth to the U.S. Supreme Court charging that he was "completely out of line with labor's philosophy on labor and civil rights," In the photo at left. President Hall greets Gov, Luis A, Ferre, of Puerto Rico, as Keith Terpe, president of the SlU of Puerto Rico, looks on. Gov, Ferre won support in his efforts to secure the right to vote in presidential elec­ tions for the 2,7 rhillion American citizens in Puerto Rico, Gov, Richard Hughes New Jersey SlUNA Secretary-Treasurer Al Kerr greets Senator Har­ rison Williams (D-N,J,), Senator Williams was among the^many congressional leaders who spoke to delegates. Senators Gale W, McGee (D-Wyo,), left, and Frank E, Moss (D-Utah), center, chat with Dave Turner, secretary-treasiirer of Sheet Metal Workers, during a convention break. MTD Administrator O, William Moody, left, holds a discussion with Senator Joseph Montoya (D-N,M,). Senator Montoya was a speaker at the convention. Morris Weisberger, SlUNA vice president, gets together with Page Groton, of the Boilermakers Union, for a chat as another session of the MTD Convention prepares to open. Sen, Charles E, Goodell (R-N,Y,) Sen, Albert Gore (D-Tenn.) Archibald King, Chairman Isthmian Lines Rep, Edward A, Garmatz (D-Md.) Sen. Ralph Yarborough (D-Texas) Mayor James Tate Philadelphia, Pa. Sen, John O. Pastore (D.R.I,) Rep. James J. Howard (D-N.J.) Sharing table during convention session were Don Rotan of Marine Cooks (left), SlU Sec.-Treas, Al Kerr and Ed Turner, of the MCS. Seated at Kerr's �October, 1969 SEATARERS LOG Pag© President George Meany keyed the opening of the Eighth Convention of the AFL-CIO to meet the chal­ lenges of the 1970s. Meany reviewed the events of the 1960s and told the delegates: "We have come a long way, but we still have a long way to go." T he Eighth Convention of the AFLCIO, recently concluded In Atlan­ tic City, put the American labor movement in high gear to meet the challenges of the 1970s with a pro­ gram designed to meet the needs of the nation and encourage an expanding trade union movement. Pictured on this page are some of the scenes of the convention. Former Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey spelled out a pointby-poiht indictment of the present Administration, and urged a new drive for liberal, progressive programs for the nation. SlU President Paul Hall greets Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. Aldrin narrated a film of the historic moon landing for the delegates, and told them the skills and tax dollars of American workers made a large contribution to the success of the program. h r AFL-CIO President Meany and Vice President A. Philip Randolph get together for a discussion during a brief convention break. SlU President Paul Hall addresses Convention delegates, AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Lane Kirkland is at right. Mrs. Golda Meir Prime Minister of Israel Getting together for an informal chat with San Francisco tvtayor Joseph Alioto, right, are SlUNA Vice Presidents Ed Turner and John Yarmola, and SlUNA Secretary-Treasurer Al Kerr, There was time for levity, too, as Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey shares a joke with Secretary-Treasurer Robert Diefenbach, left, and President Ed S. Miller, center, of HRE&BIU. Melvin Laird U.S. Secretary of Defense Bayard Rustin, Director A. Philip Randolph Institute Newly-elected AFL-CIO Council members pose with top officers. From left: Vice Presidents Thomas W. Gleason, Peter Fosco, John F. Griner, Charles Luna, Jerry Wurf, Sec.-Treas. Lane Kirkland, Pres. George Meany, and Vice Presidents Frederick O'Neal, Louis Stulberq, Peter Bommarito, Floyd Smith. George P. Shultz U.S. Secretary of Labor �Page Eighteen SEAFARERS LOG October, 1969 ENGINE DEPARTMENT ^"11™™.,,,^ ' ®fv- 3* last year alone, an _ engine department • 1 fiSj if!' the training that enables e g ' BSiillf Ti/ " i5' .3 sonnel to man ^ program, like t^ose . „.. ^, T:heengiin«upgrato^ V > ,uneensiii«"i'&—° and^ steward: stewarQ.l ^ ... j— -maat^ned to^provt^^^^^a„,e^ to^provr^^ ., , Nmaint^ned ^^ , ^ : i:iLSs }r.Wng ' aepartmeptr . profi- S^EIBB^EH; pT.;°s «»~;,:E,ssss: • •':• • SrSia riaiOT -tmer^yei^^^ Coast Guard Examiner D ^ completed tra.n.ng for. an eie •- Crovetto, and R. Wiiiiamb 1„ brth ett»^ !SSrin.tmt»r. SiSliS'Sit 5- «"»tions. .^.M.E.D. Glass September In the back row (l-r) are Fred Tlerney. ;:^| ' Cox. Chester and William Ohler. ::; /e .. :J ard Donovan. Tin^thy ® Lawrence r • : v;«v:row: Coast Guard Warren Lander. ^ ;> r j son. Michael Dawson, . .| Harold Downs, and E. Polk and T. Vincent. front are Artie Banes. H. Salazar, t. . _ , • . • .'• • ••••-• b:M.E.D:g«s i s :. Ne«. '•' gel . !' i.i'v-' • , ..••,• • . -.,'•' Ml ^MlXS* Instriictbr Ed ,Ellison, SS.jKsSSSH?SB. ;rP..o.hy Speld-r. Beckley. . Sant Arthur, Ennis Charles. Charles. Steven oi thpmas Duke, and ^ary , ,, <:? Corde,. ,^"9- P . , , ^^ , • ^ . - ..: ,. •,. . , ... ",r �SEAFARERS October, 1969 Air/iae Pilots Score Sofsty Hazards, Propose Own Solutions to Industry ATLANTA—The aviation As chairman of ALPA's air industry "is very late" in facing traffic control committee, he up to mounting safety problems stated that controller and cock­ and it cannot expect continued pit workloads are "intolerable." progress imtil it solves them, The control system, Muirheid President Charles H. Ruby of said, is converting pilots into the Air Line Pilots warned here parrots, "which are birds that recently. talk a lot but don't fly well." Captain Earl R. Waggoner, ALPA insists that these prob­ chairman of the union's objects lems be solved and it will con­ tinue to propose solutions at detection committee, said a re­ safety meetings and before con­ duction of airplane hijacking gressional hearings, Ruby told calls for defensive equipment the union's annual Air Safety on aircraft and a means of re­ turning hijackers for criminal Forum. prosecution. The four-day forum, which He expressed an opinion that Ruby keynoted, dealt with such , frequency of violence on planes critical problems as air traffic is directly related to the public­ control, congestion, certification ity it gets and urged news media of airports and airport man­ to "realize the disservice they agers, collision avoidance and do" by playing up hijacking. cabin safety. The forum was attended by more than 400 pilots and repre­ sentatives of aircraft manufac­ turers, airlines and government. The union's Steward and Stew­ ardess Division also held its an­ nual forum here at the same time. Until the industry develops WASHINGTON—AFL-CIO collision prevention techniques. Secretary-Treasurer Lane Kirk­ Ruby pointed out, the collision land has been named by De­ h^ard must be minimized by fense Secretary Melvin R. Laird enlarging old airports and build­ to a 16-member panel that will ing new ones. make a year-long study of the The airport danger, he noted, Pentagon's management, re­ is demonstrated by the fact that search, procurement and deci­ jet aircraft are regularly being sion-making machinery. squeezed into 4,500 and 5,000The panel, headed by Gilbert foot runways when ALPA's W. Fitzhugh, chairman of the analysis, based on pilot experi­ board of Metropolitan Life In­ ence, dictates 6,500 feet as a surance Company, will then safe minimum. make recommendations for re­ The forum received a num­ forms. Educators, attorneys and ber of reports from ALPA's business executives make up the various committees which func­ bulk of the panel. tion throughout the year in as­ Its formation comes at a time sembling material on safety and when the Defense Department seeking ways to improve it. has been imder criticism from Traffic Control Needs Congress for underestimating Captain Clyde Muirheid, Jr., costs of major programs. In announcing the panel's reported that congested voice makeup. Laird said he was con­ frequencies, inefficient use of airspace and an intermix of fident that its work "will enable planes with widely varying per­ the department to perform its formance capabilities are parts nation^ security mission better, ^ of the air traffic control problem and save the taxpayer money by ' "in most urgent need of correc­ eliminating wasteful practices of the past." tion." Kirkland Assigned To Study Panel On Defense Costs ./! r Tl • , , ANYTIME-ANYIVHifti ^ MEAliS NOMORESHfPS Captain Vic Hewes, chair­ man of the rescue and fire com­ mittee, announced that the National Fire Protecticm Asso­ ciation has for the first time set requirements for fire and rescue equipment at airports that meet ALPA standards. Equ^ment Nfl He said a committee survey revealed that 22 airports han­ dling twin-engine jet service and nine handling three-engine jets had no fire and rescue equip­ ment as of March 1969. Ruby, on the recommenda­ tion of the union's board, has notified the managers of the 31 airports, that ALPA members will make every effort to discon­ tinue operations at these air­ ports by May 1970 unless firecrash equipment is installed by them. The Stewards . and Steward­ esses Division forum heard Rob­ ert J. Serling, an aviation author and air safety consultant, urge airlines to strengthen the safety messages delivered by cabin attendants to passengers. Pleading for safety conscious­ ness, he said, "If you tolerate carelessness, indifference, lack of responsibility, you have no right to criticize any one else in aviation for compromising safety.'' •' r- Page Ninet LOG 12,000 Carolinians March In Demand for Union Jobs RALEIGH, N.C. — About 12,000 union members marched 25 abreast down Raleigh's main street here in an unprecedented demonstration of trade union solidarity in support of unionwon wages, standards and work­ ing conditions. Building tradesmen marched shoulder to shoulder with shop and office workers from Me­ morial Auditorium to the capitol and back again. Unionists of white, black and Indian origin —about 20 percent were Ne­ groes—took part in the march and in meetings with state offi­ cials and private employers. The North Carolina AFLCIO and the state Building and Construction Trades Council sponsored the march to protest the importation of non-union labor to construct more than $681 million in new facilities for the Carolina Power and Light Company, the state's big­ gest public utility. From all over the state, work­ ers converged on Fayetteville St. for the demonstration. Many of them bore signs demanding, "Jobs—We Want Jobs — We Want Union Jobs." Men and women, some carry­ ing children and pushing baby carriages, lined-up for nearly a mile behind the march leaders. Pausing before the power com­ pany's headquarters, the demon­ strators pushed on to fill the four-block parklike setting of the capitol. Thousands of spectators lined the streets and waved from win­ dows. Some returned the V-forvictory sign, many applauded the signs and posters carried by the marchers. One union committee met with power company spokes­ men, another presented a reso­ lution to an aide of Governor Robert W. Scott (D) calling on Scott to use the state's influence to prevent destruction of ^ionwon standards. Carolina P and L recently awarded construction contracts in Asheville, Wilmington, Roxboro, Lumberton and Bruns­ wick county to Brown and Root Construction Co., Texas build­ ers accused of discrimination against unions. A company spokesman told newsmen it will employ workers "without re­ gard to whether they are mem­ bers of any union." ^ Baek Pay Awm-d For K4 Cmphyee Totals $35,000 BUFFALO—^A member of the Service Employees who was fired after he had a heated argu­ ment with his immediate boss at a Veterans Administration Hospital was ordered reinstated with full backpay and benefits estimated at $35,000. Thfr victory for Frank A. Palumbo of 'SEIU Local 227 in Buffalo culminated a four-year fight by the union. The final decision was handed down by the U.S. Civil Service Commis­ sion Board of Appeals and Re­ view. Pdumbo had been discharged in January 1965 after he was charged with making "certain disrespectful remarks" to his supervisor. The appeals board foimd that Palumbo was in a work situation "inappropriate to his condition" and that the relationship be­ tween him and his supervisor was "unacceptably poor." It further noted that "these things constituted substantial provoca­ tion." The backpay awarded to Pal­ umbo amounted to nearly $29,000 and accumulated sick leave and annual leave brougjit the total to more than $35,000, Lo­ cal 227 President James E. Lindsay reported. 12,000 members of North Carolina unions joined to march in historic demonstration for union conditions and to protest the award by Carolina Power and Light Company of a multi-million dollar construc­ tion contract to a non-union employer, the Brown and Root Company. �Page Twenty Union-Busting by J. P. Stevens Hit In Seventh Adveise Ruling by NLHB WASHINGTON—J. P. Stev­ ens and Co. has, for the seventh time, been found guilty of vio­ lating the legal rights of employ­ ees to join or form a union of their own choosing. The latest finding against the big textile firm—a. major gov­ ernment contractor—^was by Robert E. Mullin, trial examin­ er for the National Labor Rela­ tions Board. Mullin found after five days of hearings that offi­ cials "at every level" of Stevens' Gulistan plant at Statesboro, Ga., joined in a campaign of threats and firings to defeat the Textile Workers Union of America. He recommended that Stev­ ens be ordered to bargain with the union on the basis of cards signed by a majority of employ­ ees, and also because manage­ ment illegally smashed the on­ ions majority and caused it to lose an election. The examiner ruled, subject to NLRB review, that Stevens must reinstate three fired union supporters with full backpay to the date of their discharge; em­ ploy a woman whose job appli­ cation it rejected because her brother and brother-in-law were union members, and pay her for all lost time. The company also would be directed to: • Mail a copy of the NLRB order to every plant employee. • Post copies in conspicuous places for 60 consecutive days. • Read the order to all em­ ployees during working time, by departments and shifts, or let a board agent do so. OclDber, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Feeders on the Robin Gray • Give the union and its rep­ majority but rather by a desire resentatives reasonable access to "to gain time within which to bulletin boards for a one-year destroy the union's majority." The NLRB's right to issue a period. bargaining order in such circum­ TWUA President William Pollock said that Stevens has un­ stances has been upheld by the successfully fou^t every ex­ Supreme Court in four other aminer's decision in the seven cases. In April, the NLRB asked litigated cases, every NLRB or­ that Stevens be cited for con­ der and every decision that has tempt oi court for refusing to reached the courts. It has been compelled in addition to pay comply with two previous or­ nearly $1 million to date to ders of a federal appeals court Members of the efficient steward department aboard the SlU-conworkers it has fired in violation to stop interfering with employ­ tracted Robin Gray relax on deck as the vessel nears the Panama Ca­ ee rights at other plants. A deci­ nal. From left are Carlton Grimes, steward; Albert Kennedy, messman; of the law. sion has not been announced. Angelo Reyes, chief cook, and Barney Johnson, who sailed as baker. The latest findings against Stevens stem from charges of anti-union actions during a TWUA organizing campaign at Statesboro 17 months ago. The imion applied for recog­ nition on the basis of signed cards in February 1968 and was turned down. It applied again WASHINGTON—The U.S. tended to build grassroots busi­ sions that have required com­ in March, after more employ­ Chamber of Commerce has ness support" for the national panies to negotitate with unions ees had been signed, and again asked businessmen to use their organization's program, the before introducing "cost-reduc­ its request for recognition was "influence" with the Nixon Ad­ Chamber's labor relations man­ ing methods" and before clos­ refused. Stevens insisted on an ministration to "reform" the Na­ ager said. ing "a factory that was losing election, whose result was later tional Labor Relations Board The "NLRB Reform" pam­ money" and asserts that "free­ set aside by the NLRB re­ so as "to protect the right of phlet boasts that the Chamber's dom is limited" when the NLRB gional director because the management to manage . . . "massive promotional cam­ tells a company it can't warn company refused to provide an without undue interference from paign" has "inspired" numerous its employees during an election employee name-and-address list, union bosses." campaign that "excessive union articles in the press. as it was legally required to do. The Chamber's top priority And for those who don't want demands" can force a company Said the examiner in his rul­ legislative goal for what it calls to bother reading the three pages to close down or lay off people. ing: "... from the outset of the "labor law reform" is to strip of solid type in the pamphlet, "And on top of all this," a organizational campaign until the NLRB of all jurisdiction the Cham^r has a cartoon cartoon page emphasizes, "there after the election, every level of over unfair labor practices. It booklet, entitled "What Is Push­ is the burden of more and inore the [company's] supervisory also wants to rewrite the basic ing Up Prices and Holding Back strikes and slowdowns" causing hierarchy was involved in num­ federal labor law to eliminate Progress?" "inconvenience and hardship" erous . . . acts of interference, all language "encouraging" col­ It complains of NLRB deci- to businessmen. lective bargaining. And it is all "because the restraint and coercion." Unfortunately—from the NLRB has been going too far." The company's insistence on The belief that collective bar­ a board election, the examiner Chamber's viewpoint—the pres­ ent Congress shows no signs of gaining contributes to industrial ruled, was motivated "not by a enacting union-busting legisla­ peace, the Chamber suggests, is good faith doubt" of the union's tion. So the Chamber is starting one of those "naively Utopian" to beat the drums for the elec­ .concepts of the early 1930s. The tion of "reform-minded" con­ experience, it concludes, has gressmen and senators in the been "quite the contrary." 1970 elections. Nevertheless, the Chamber NEW YORK — Back pay But the business federation won by the Textile Workers adds, "collective bargaining is a isn't putting all its union-busting Union of America for em­ useful institution" even though eggs in a single legislative bas­ ployees of J. P. Stevens and Congress shouldn't "encourage" ket. Company, who were discrimi­ it. HAMILTON, Bemrada—^An insurance company here is It suggests in a new "NLRB Some of the Chamber's other nated against by that firm for soliciting building contractors throughout the United States announced goals for changing Reform" pamphlet that "the union activity in violation of the to sign up for a strike insurance program endorsed by the least disruptive and most grad­ federal labor law include: law, is now nearing the $1 mil­ Associated General Contractors of America. ual approach" would be for the lion mark. President William • A ban on union recogni­ The program was approved by the AGC at its March President to appoint people to tion by card check. Pollock announced. convention and designed to inden^y contractors for losses the labor board who would • Outlawing of information­ Pollock said a second round from work stoppages due to any type of labor dispute. bring about the changes that the al picketing. of claims against Stevens has Five-year individual policies are being offered by Arch of Commerce favors. Chamber been settled, with 18 workers • Allowing employers to sue Insurance Company Ltd. of Hamilton, Bermuda. Policy "The businessman has great sharing a gross payment of a union for damages. Applications accepted by October 31, 1969 will become ef­ influence" with Congress, the $187,798.71 in lost wages. fective Jan. 1, 1970 if there are enough applications to • Removing all restriction on pamphlet notes. It then adds Combined with an earlier settle­ what an employer can teh his constitute a "sufficient spread of risk." However, no claims pointedly, "He sometimes may ment involving 71 workers, the workers before a union repre­ will be payable before July 1, 1970. even have the confidence of key total paid out by J. P. Steveps sentation election. Contractors can select policies that will give them insur­ figures in the Administration, in line with National Labor ance indemnities of from $300 to $120,000 a day, with • Prohibiting unions from which today may afford the most Relations Board directives now premiums ranging from $900 for the minimum coverage to fining members who work dur­ immediate reform of the stands at $854,784.27. $360,000 for the maximum, plus a minimum premium re­ ing a strike. NLRB." tained by Arch Insurance Company. The $1 million mark is cer­ • Limiting penalties that can To further its twin goals of tain to be passed when the J. N. Matich of Colton, Calif., who headed an 18-month be imposed by the NLRB. putting pressure on the Nixon NLRB's order in a third Stevens study by an AGC committee, is chairman of the Policyholders' • Compelling unions to take Administration to pack the case, involving 17 more work­ Advisory Committee. He said that the insurance plan should a secret ballot strike vote when NLRB and trying to arouse ers, is complied with. Pollock expedite settlement of labor disputes and bring about "less requested by management. public opinion for anti-labor leg­ said. exorbitant increases in construction labor costs." • Returning "management islation, the Chamber has step­ The policy defines a labor dispute as including any union Two of the workers benefiting ped up its propaganda efforts. from the most recent payments rights" to employers. organizing, union recognition drives, various forms of boy­ cotts and picketing, strikes during the term of an agreement • Changing rules for deter­ As it did last year, it will take by Stevens collected checks in or during negotiation of a contract and lockouts of a multi­ a Raveling roadshow of anti- excess of $20,000 before taxes'. mining units to take into ac­ employer group. labor speakers to put on "labor Juanita Faulkenberry of Great count management as well as In promoting its policies in the United States the insurance law reform workshops" in cities Falls, S. C., received $20,444 union desires. company stresses the advantage of a non-U.S. company as throughout the natiop. while the award to John R. These and other changes, the "beyond the reach of American labor unions or political The workshops, co-sponsored Fulbrig^t of the Dunean Plant Chaniber said, are needed "to pressures." by state and local chambers of in Greenville, S. C., was $20,- restore balance to labor-man­ commerce, "are primarily in­ 369.70, Pollock said. agement relations." Strike Insurance Plugged Building Contractors Chamber of Commerce Mounts Drive To Make NLRB Management's Tool Nearly $1 Million Won in Back Pay At J. P. Stevens -f �October, 1969 SEAFARERS Farm Wages Still On Lowest Level Says Labor Dept WASHINGTON — Farm 4- workers still are among the na­ tion's lowest paid wage eamI' I ers, the Labor Department noted. The national average farm wage for 1968 was $1,43 an hour, without room or board, up 10 cents from 1967, the depart­ f ment reported. It compared this with the production workers' average of $3.01 an hour in manufacturing, an increase of 18 cents over the 1967 wage. Production workers hired in off-the-farm plants to process farm products were better paid, but still were not up to the aver­ age pay for manufacturing, the report showed. Workers in froz­ en fruits and vegetables aver­ aged $2.23 an hour, up 13 cents in a year's time. Workers in the canned, cured and frozen fruits industry averaged $2.36, an in­ crease of 15 cents an hour. Both hourly and piece rates increased for most of the 172 farm labor categories reported I c. on by state employment security agencies. Passage of Fair Labor Stand­ ards Act amendments in 1966 extended minimum wage cover­ age to a limited number of farm workers. The first $1 minimum moved to $1.15 in 1968 and to $1.30 by February 1, 1969. The act covers about 400,000 farm workers—about a third of the armual average number of hired farmhands. A 1968 Labor Department study showed that the federal minimum wage for farm work had a significant impact on wage rates. Despite this trend, more than half the areas still have some workers employed below the minimum, the department said. I 1^ i- LOG Page Twrenljr One Would Throw Enforcement into Courts Mew Job-Bias Plan Called Bights Sarrender WASHINGTON —An Ad­ ministration proposal to send job discrimination cases into the federal courts has been termed "another civil rights surrender by members of the Senate Labor Committee. The Nixon proposal would authorize the Equal Employ­ ment Opportunity Commission to go to court to enforce anti­ discrimination laws when con­ ciliation fails. It would not, however, give the EEOC the power to issue cease-and-desist orders on its own, as would a labor-backed bill sponsored by Senators Har­ rison Williams (D-N.J.). and Jacob Javits (R-N.Y.). Various EEOC officials have sought the power to issue ceaseand-desist orders since the com­ mission was created under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. However, William H. Brown III, the present EEOC chair­ man, testified in favor of the Administration bill, everi though he had termed cease-and-desist orders "absolutely essential" during his confirmation testi­ mony after he was appointed last April. Brown testified on the Williams-Javits bill just three days after the Administration pro­ posal was presented to the Sen­ ate by Senator Winston L. Prouty (R-Vt.). Javits recalled Brown's testi­ mony of last April on the im­ portance of the EEOC's having cease-and-desist orders and Sen­ ator Walter F. Mondale (DMinn.) referred to a speech Brown had made the previous week in which he reaffirmed the necessity. "It appears to me you've had some kind of death- Getting Trimmed |tr SlU Pensioner T. E. Muller takes time out for a trim and a chat with barber Jimmy Gaeteni during one of his regular visits to SlU Head­ quarters. Brother Muller sailed for many years as chief steward be­ fore his retirement to the beach. He last shipped aboard the Kent. bed conversion," Mondale told Brown. Senator Thomas F. Eagleton (D-Mo.) cited Administration actions in regard to southern textile mills, voting rights and school desegregation and told Brown the Administration pro­ posal on the EEOC "is just an­ other surrender, purely and sim­ ply. It's another backdown by the Administration in the civil rights field and you're an un­ witting handmaiden," Eagleton said. "You must have a trou­ bled conscience." "I assure you, Senator, I sleep well at night," Brown countered in admitting his previous stand. Brown said he considered the Administration plan "a more effective and quicker approach." Brown first announced his preference for the Administra­ tion plan after meeting with two Justice Department aides. That meeting came a few days after Brown issued the call for cea^eand-desist orders in the speech quoted by Mondale. Later in his testimony, Brown said he had been for the court method all along and said he had fought for it through the highest ranks of the Adminis­ tration. One of the Justice Depart­ ment officials with whom Brown had met. Deputy Attorney Gen­ eral Richard D. Kleindienst, testified that 15 years of prac­ ticing before the National Labor Relations Board convinced him that cases would move faster through the federal courts. "A lawyer can assure his client of three to four years delay in an NLRB case," Klein­ dienst said. "In the federal dis­ trict courts, however, a decision can be obtained in nine months to a year and more importance is attached to it than to a ceaseand-desist order from an admin­ istrative agency." Two of Brown's fellow mem­ bers of the EEOC disagreed sharply with this position. "Any legislation that grants less than cease-and-desist au­ thority to our commission would be the perpetration of a cruel hoax on women and minorities in this country," said Clifford L. Alexander, Jr. Alexander is a former chairman of the EEOC who resigned last spring after Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen (R-Ill.) accused him of "harassing" business. Another EEOC member, Vmcente T. Ximenes, called the Williams-Javits bill "the most comprehensive and meaningful job discrimination legislation ever proposed." Hearings on the WilliamsJavits bill will continue after the congressional recess, with the AFL-CIO scheduled to testify then. Besides authoriang the cease- and-desist orders, the WilliamsJavits bill would also give the EEOC authority to investigate discrimination charges brought by employees of state and local governments. It would also transfer federal discrimination cases from the Civil Service Commission to the EEOC. Discrimination against public employees in both the local and federal governments was brought up by two studies re­ leased during the hearings on the Williams-Javits bill. President Nixon issued an executive order urging all fed­ eral departments and agencies to tak? the initiative in "con­ tinuing affirmative programs" to prohibit discrimination. Nixon also proposed recruitment and special training to help the dis­ advantaged. Nixon's executive order was accompanied by a Civil Service Commission report which said that while members of minority groups are broadly employed by the federal government, most of them hold menial jobs. The report, signed by Robert Hampton, chairman of the Civil Service Commission, said a re­ cent study showed that almost 20 percent of 500,000 federal employees were minority group members. Non-white employ­ ment in the federal government is almost 50 percent higher than in the nation's work force over­ all, the report said. In a similar study, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights re­ ported that serious job discrimi­ nation exists among employees of local and state governments. The report concluded that such employees should be brought under the protection of the EEOC. The survey, which covered 243,000 employees, said minor­ ity-group members are denied access to responsible govern­ ment jobs and in many localities "are totally excluded from em­ ployment except in the most menial capacity." The report said discrimina­ tion was highest in police and fire departments of the 600 local and state governments surveyed. "Some 27 percent of all central city jobs surveyed were in these two (police and fire) depart­ ments," the report said, "but only 7 percent of all Negro em­ ployees were either policemen or firemen, and very few of these held officer rank." Jerry Wurf, president of the State, County and Municipal Employees, said his union joined the Civil Rights Com­ mission in calling on Congress to extend federal anti-discrimi­ nation laws to employees of state and local governments. "We sincerely hope that the commission's concern will result in a concerted campaign to bring to these 8 million forgot­ ten working Americans the same protection against job dis­ crimination that is available to workers in private industry," Wurf said. AFL-CIO Charges: Runaway Shops Supported By Use of Federal Grants WASHINGTON—The AFLCIO has charged that federal funds are being used to encour­ age "runaway companies" along the Mexican border and the "erosion of U. S. jobs and wages." Legislative Director Andrew J. Biemiller strongly protested a $60,000 grant from the Depart­ ment of Housing and Urban De­ velopment to help establish a bi-national planning commission for El Paso, Tex., and Juarez, Mexico. He asked Representative Wil­ liam A. Barrett (D-Pa.) chair­ man of the housing subcommit­ tee of the House Banking Com­ mittee, to investigate the award which "is the second such grant" made by HUD along the Mexi­ can border. ExplMting Mexicans The planning conunissions are ostensibly set up to deal with common problems of wa­ ter, sewer, housing and other facilities. But, Biemiller stres­ sed, "the end result is that the U.S. government is helping to subsidize a growing abandon­ ment of U. S. plants and work­ ers and, in turn, to exploit Mex­ ican workers for the sole bene­ fit of U. S. corporate profits." Biemiller noted that in Juarez, RCA is building a $7 million plant "which will employ 3,000 Mexican workers who will as­ semble electronic components for sale in the American mar­ ket." He charged that "the sole purpose of the plant being in Juarez is to take advantage of its sanctuary from American standards." Other major firms are doing likewise. "Despite the growing threat posed by this mass loss of jobs," Biemiller said, "HUD sees fit to financially assist areas whose problems are aggravated be­ cause workers are recruited throughout Mexico and brou^t to these border communities to work in plants at jobs that were recently held by Americans." Biemiller asked the subcom­ mittee to urge HUD to halt any further border community grants and suggested that the Housing Act be amended "to make clear the intent of Congress was not to encourage the loss of U.S. jobs or to undercut American stand­ ards in wnges and working con­ ditions." �•I ^ SEAFARERS Page Twenty Two LOG Jobs and Training for 4,000Blatks Set by Chiiago Building Trades Plan CHICAGO—The Chicago Building and Construction Trades Council is moving ahead vwth a four-point program to provide job and training oppor­ tunities for 4,000 more black workers in the city's construction industry. The council announced it would open an office in Chica­ go's largely Negro South Side to proceed with the recruiting program despite rejection of the plan by the Coalition for United Community Action, made up of a number of black organizations in the city. The plan was spelled out by construction unions and man­ agement in a series of negotia­ tions with the coalition follow­ ing demonstrations that closed projects here involving nearly $100 million. The proposal, issued jointly by the Building and Construc­ tion Trades Council and the Building Construction Employ­ ers Association, offered to; • "Endeavor to obtain em­ ployment at once" for 1,000 qualified black journeymen and asked the coalition to help re­ cruit them. • Find probationary employ­ ment for another 1,000 blacks with at least two years experi­ ence in a particular craft and assign them after 30 days to the equivalent of the apprenticeship rate applicable to their experi­ ence. • Recruit 1,000 blacks with no previous training or experi­ ence for a one-month prepara­ tory training period along the lines of the Outreach program to help them enter the existing apprenticeship programs of all crafts. • Launch an on-the-job training program for 1,000 more Negroes who choose not to en­ ter pre-apprenticeship training or who fail to pass the tests in­ volved. In full-page advertisements in Chicago newspapers, the em­ ployers and unions outlined their program and recited continuing efforts to attract black workers into the construction industry. Checks Being Held Income tax refund checks are being held for the SIU members listed below by Jack Lynch, Room 201, SUP Building, 450 Harrison Street, San Francisco, Cali­ fornia, 94105. Waiter Andiony Angutiis M. Browning (Two Chedts) Wilitem T. Cooper (Two Checks) Pder E. Ddan (Two ClMcks) Davis W. Dwyer Chflrics R. HnmiiMd, Ir. Pao C. Lee (Two Checks) Colin A. McPhem Joseph Pftette (Two Checks) This is achieved through the Apprenticeship Informatitm Center set up by the federal government aad in cooperation with the Urban League under the Apprenticeship Outreach program, which has placed 459 apprentices over a 3(Kmonth pe­ riod. "We have organized bus trips for hi^ school students to job sites," the union-industry state­ ment said. "Want ads for skilled tradesmen are run daily. We have worked through social agencies in the black commu­ nity and through the Ulinois State Employment Service. We have done our best to alleviate the labor shortage in every way we know. Yet all these efforts have resulted in pitifully few black applicants—^far fewer than the number we have been ready to accept into our ranks." The Coalition for United Community Action, whose orig­ inal demands were for employ­ ment of blacks eventually in 30 percent of all construction jobs, rejected the union-industry pro­ posals as "unrealistic" and "totally unacceptable." A spokesman for the coali­ tion, the Rev. C. T. Vivian, in­ dicated a central issue in the dispute was the control of hiring and training. "We would not be in control of our own program, and we must reject it," Vivian was quoted by the Associated Press. The union and industry nego­ tiators advised the coalition that they would welcome its partici­ pation in dealing with recruit­ ing, counseling and motivational problems but would not accede to demands that would put re­ sponsibility for hiring, training and construction "in inexperi­ enced hands." Thomas Murray, president of the Building Trades Council, and Arthur O'Neil, president of WASHINGTON — Appren­ ticeship programs in 1968 en­ rolled a record 103,000 en­ trants, almost 6,000 more than a year earlier, Labor Secretary George P. Shultz reported. Yet, the number of skUled workers being graduated by the programs is still not meeting the needs of the nation's growing economy, Shultz said. He noted that the appren­ ticeship training system certified 33,700 completions last year— a 9 percent decline "at a time when skilled workers were in great demand." The record number of re^ trants in apprenticeship pro­ grams will have no immediate effect on the need for skilled workers, he added, since most apprentices work four-year terms to gain necessary skills. "Thus, the bulk of comple­ Newest Gallon Club Member the employers' association, both expressed disappointment that the coalition leaders had "sum­ marily dismissed" the proposals. O'Neil called the plan a "break­ through" that could add 25,000 skilled black craftsmen to the construction program in the city over the next five years. In developments elsewhere: • The Black Construction Coalition in Pittsburgh withheld further job-site demonstrations as negotiations continued with construction employers and un­ ions over a job and training 'Mt didn't hurt a bit," says AB Alfred M. Peiton at SIU clinic, as program. The Pittsburgh plan Nurse Mary Larsen displays pint of blood which made Seafarer Peiton differs in detail from the Chi­ the 10th member of SIU Gallon Club. Peiton, who sails in the deck cago proposals, but contains department, says more Seafarers should visit the SIU clinic and donate similar provisions for recruiting blood to protect themselves, their families and other Seafarets and admitting black journey­ who might require the precious fluid in a medical emergency. men, for pre-apprenticeship pro­ grams and for on-the-job train­ ing. ' • In Philadelphia, Business Manager James L. Loughlin of the local Building and Construc­ "Organized labor had no WASHINGTON — Twenty tion Trades Council took sharp Latin American trade unionists skilled, trained people to under­ exception to frequently-quoted •graduates of the American stand, the broad economic prob­ estimates showing a dispropor­ Institute for Free Labor Devel­ lems of their own countries." tionately low rate of minority opment's third training program "You are the third group to employment in the various for labor economists — were go through this long, extensive trades. Loughlin appeared be­ urged by AFL-CIO leaders to AIFLD course . . . hopefully to fore a Labor Department panel be the "voice of the people" answer the argument of Cara­ on the Philadelphia pilot plan when they return to their own cas," said Beime, who is secre­ tary-treasurer of the AIFLD. announced by the department nations. The course for the group was "You are the trained, skilled which would in effect set quotas conducted by the AIFLD in for employment of minorities cooperation with Georgetown people with the overall view of economics and the politics of under government construction University. this hemisphere: contract. He put total member­ In addressing the graduates. "Maybe there will be just one ship of unions in the council Communications Workers Presi­ of you who will go back and say at about 36,000 and said a re­ dent Joseph A. Beime accused T want to get into the power view of the individual crafts re­ certain Latin American labor vealed that more than 11,000— ministers of "hypocrisy" in stmcture <rf my nation,' who will recognize that people are over 30 percent—are blacks. promises to seek labor participa­ more important than profits— Without considering the Labor­ tion in making policy affecting human rights much more im­ ers' Union, which has a sub­ the people. When the question was raised portant than property rights." stantial proportion of Negro at the last conference of the Role of Unions members, the remaining craft labor ministers in Caracas as to AFL-CIO Research Director jurisdiction in the city includes •how effectively these promises Nat Goldfinger told the audi­ about 12 percent black workers, were being carried out, Beime ence that "trade unions serve to he said. said the "official" answer finally humanize the economic system came: —^to represent the needs and aspirations of workers on the job and also before the agencies Advertisers Shut Off of government and the legisla­ Scab LA Newspaper ture." To do this properly he said, tions this year represent mostly Sea­ "unions must be armed with the LOS ANGELES those who began four years needed facts and figures . . . gram and Calvert distillers ago," Shultz said, "and we with the needed concepts and announced plans to shut off only had 68,500 new starts in analysis to advance the interest the Hearst Herald-Examiner 1965." —^to the cheers of 2,000 strik­ of the workers and the popula­ -He expressed optimism oyer tion in general." ing and locked-out newspaper current figures that indicate a unionists. Qass representative Aviz do cancellation rate of 38 percent, A. Valcnte of Brazil urged the The two distillers said they "a heartening note when you will discontinue advertising in AIFLD to organize and finance consider that it is usually almut the Hearst paper when scat­ similar training courses in Latin 50 percent most of the time." American countries, saying, tered ads still pending under The 238,000 apprentices reg­ "Our unions need hundreds of contracts have run, reported istered with the Labor Depart­ technicians in all fields and at William J. Farson, executive ment and state apprenticeship vice president of the News­ all levels of knowledge, especial­ agencies as of January 1 also ly in economics. But we can­ paper Guild. was the highest since records on not wait for long. We need them the programs were kept, begin­ Farson said negotiations ning in 1941. continue with five other ad­ in short order." CJraduates of the program vertisers to pull put of the Minorities accounted for 7 Herald-Examiner, which has cmne from Argentina, Brazil, percent of the total nun^r of been publishing with the aid Chile, Costa Rica, Dcaninican registered aj^rentices and slight­ of professional strikebreakers Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador* ly more than half of these were Htmduras, Mexico, Nicarogiun^ for 18 months. Negroes, the Labor Department Panama, Peru and said. Apprentice Program Increases But Need Outruns Graduates / October, 1969 AiFLD Graduates' Role Set: Become 'Yoke of the People' [l �October, 1969 Umpire Calls Break Legal In Beef On World Series J J •\ SEAFARERS i PALliMDES PARK, Calif.—Sargent Industries violated the ground rules of a contract when it threw out a practice of giving workers an extra half-hour lunch break with pay to watch the World Series, labor-management umpire Melvin Lennard said. The company had provided television sets and had given the additional lunch period to employees for the past 15 or 20 years. The practice was maintained even in 1966 and 1967 after the company changed hands. When the practice was dropped in 1968, Machinists Local 1571 filed a grievance. It contended that watching the b^eball championship playoff on company time "was a pre-exist­ ing condition and that the employees are entitled to watch the . . . World Series pursuant to such condition." Arbitrator Lennard agreed but said the company did not have to provide the TV sets any more. Rising Car Insurance Prices Target of Texas AFL-CIO AUSTIN, Tex The Texas AFL-CIO has opened a drive against the rising cost of auto in­ surance in the state by attacking the accounting methods used by the insurance companies and so far accepted by the State In­ surance Board. The auto insurance industry in Texas has asked for an 11 percent increase in rates while the Texas AFL-CIO has called for a 10 percent reduction based on factual accounting. The "so-called 'statutory' method of accounting used by the insurance companies gives a false appearance of their finan­ cial situation," State AFL-CIO President H. S. Hank Brown charged at a board hearing. If the board will look through "this acounting smoke screen," he added, it will find that the in­ dustry is in excellent financial health, that its bid for a rate in­ crease is not justified and that car insurance costs can, in fact, be lowered. Brown described the statutory accounting method as one in which a company reports as "in­ come" only that portion of the premium actually earned by the passage of time while ignoring income that has actually been received. At the same time, he said, the method permits a firm to re­ port as "losses and expenses" the entire anticipated amount (from a premium) "even though any loss will not occur, if at all, until some time in the future." "This method is completely contrary to the normally accept­ able accounting methods used by business," Brown declared. He urged the board to ex­ amine the "real financial situ­ ation" of the industry and par­ ticularly to include investment income in calculating insurance company profits and losses be­ fore setting rates. In 1967, Bro.wn noted, the auto insurance industry reported a $273 million national loss as far as premiums and claims were concerned "but actually realized a $1.7 billion investment profit." "It is ridiculous to claim a loss, and a rate increase, when the industry profited by almost $2 billion," he pointed out. Brown cited the example of a Texas company. Gulf Insur­ ance Company, which reported a loss of more than $4.8 million in 1968 but then paid out over $4.5 million in dividends the same year. "The company has increased its dividend by 500 percent since 1963 while showing a loss," he stated. If the board grants a rate in­ crease in view of the industry's genuine profit picture. Brown said, "it will not be fulfilling its duty to the people." "Instead," he concluded, "it will be continuing to give thevinsurance industry the preferen­ tial and discriminatory positionthat it has enjoyed in Texas for years." Page Twenty Three LOG Solution to Teen-Age Unemployment Not lower Wages, Analysis Shows High teenage unemployment can't be blamed on the federal wage'flt't»i" iaw, regardless of what some opponents of a high­ er minimum wage say. An AFL-CIO analysis of the Fair Labor Standards Act pin­ points the cause as a combina­ tion of factors, including a sharp rise in the number of 16- to 19year-olds in the labor force and a decline in the number of parttime jobs traditionally filled by teenagers. The analysis, by Francis X. Burkhardt of the AFL-CIO leg­ islative staff, appears in the July issue of the American Federationist. "Many employers would be more happy to hire teenagers at a lower wage than adult work­ ers," Burkhardt noted. This is because low-wage employers are the ones who are affected most by the minimum wage. However, millions of adult workers would lose their jobs under a two-step minimum wage that allowed a lower rate for teenagers. The advocates of a lower minimum wage for teenagers contend that the younger worker is less productive than the adult. But this would bring four clear social disadvantages, Burkhardt points out. They are: • Displacement of working family heads. • Discrimination against young workers. • A loss of dignity in the work performed by teenagers. • Higher profits for employ­ ers who hire teenagers in lieu of adults to give them an unfair advantage over other employers. The roots of the teenage un­ employment problem of the 1960s can be found in the sharp rise of the birthrate after the end of World War II, the author ob­ serves. And although the total employment of teenagers has in­ creased in the '60s, it has not been enough to match this in­ flux. Between 1948 and 1958 the number of teenagers in the labor force actually declined—reflect­ ing the low birthrate of the de­ pression years of the 1930s. "But in the 10 years—195868—the number of 16- to 19year-olds in the labor force sky­ rocketed 50 percent, from 4.3 million to 6.6 million," Burk­ hardt writes. Another factor is that many part-time jobs, once held by teenagers, have disappeared. Farm mechanization abolished many teenage farm jobs. The decline of small neighborhood stores also dried up many job opfKjrtunities for the younger workers. "In addition, there has been the increasing participation in the labor force of married wom­ en—35 years of age and over— which results in some degree of job competition with teenagers," Burkhardt says. Non-white teenagers have suffered even more from unem­ ployment, which in recent months has been running almost three times higher than the rate for the white younger workers. The two major factors affect­ ing the higher joblessness among young Negroes are racial dis­ crimination in education and hiring and the high rate of migration of Negroes from the rural South to the cities, Burk­ hardt reports. Burkhardt recommends a fed­ eral program of public service employment—^for both adults and teenagers—^for. long-term unemployed and seriously un­ deremployed to meet the needs of services in parks, recreation centers, hospitals; schools and other public and private non­ profit facilities. Expanded efforts in the Neighborhood Youth Corps and the Job (Torps are recommended earning Their Way Two boys from Kentucky who earned one week in camp by spending three Saturday afternoons cleaning up city parks and playgrounds receive their reward from, left to right, Boy Scout leaders Durwood Bishop and Bob Combs, and Ray Hayden, president of the Owensboro Council of Labor. Owensboro AFL-CIO members selected 23 boys from GEO lists. They expect to expand program to 100 next year. as a means of cutting the unem­ ployment problem. base of increasing teenage employment of the 1960s and the start of federal aid for education, manpower training and youth employment programs should be continued and improved," he urges. "Such continued progress and the expected leveling off of the rise of teenagers in the labor force in the coming years could begin to solve the teenage unem­ ployment problem. But what should not be done is to estab­ lish a special, lower minimum wage for teenagers," Burkhardt warns. New Pact Allows HospitalWorkers Chance to Learn BOSTON—At least 335 lowpaid workers in three hospitals here will be trained and up­ graded under agreements signed by the State, County and Mu­ nicipal Employees and city and hospital officials. The pacts are part of SCME's over all training program to bring new job opportunities and higher pay to 1,000 workers in Boston, Cleveland and Milwau­ kee hospitals with a grant of $1.2 million from the Depart­ ments of Labor and Health Edu­ cation and Welfare. Mrs. Betty Miller, assistant to SCME President Jerry Wurf and national director for the program, described the project as significant for two reasons: "This is probably the first time that public institutions in the country have agreed to pay their lower level employees while they train. It also opens dead-end hospital jobs to ca­ reer employment." The hospitals involved here are Boston City, Mattapan and Long Island. They will provide classroom space and all equip­ ment needed for training. Hos­ pital personnel will serve as in­ structors. Trainees here, picked by joint union-hospital committees, will spend half of their 40-hour work-weeks in training. Midway through his course, a trainee will receive 50 percent of the difference between his present wage and the higher-paid job for which he is being trained. He will get the full higher rate once training is finished. MONEY DUE Wages due former crewmembers of the Galacia Navigator, which was sold | I at auction in Japan, are now | available. Seafarers may obtain checks for the money due I them by writing to Bill Mitchell at headquarters in Brooklyn. . �Page Twenty Four SEAFARERS October, 1969 LOG Pay-off in Jacksonville Violations Termed 'Unconscionable' Crackdown on Wage-Hour Cheaters Called for by AFL-CIO Pres. Meany WASHINGTON—AFL-CIO President George Meany has called for more wage-hour investigators to ferret out cheat­ ing employers and told the Labor Department that its pri­ orities were mixed up if it de­ pended on an education and information program to enforce the Fair Labor Standards Act. At the same time, Meany an­ nounced a step-up in the AFLCIO's own campaign to protect workers, "organized or unorga­ nized," from employers who vi­ olate the wage-hour and equal pay laws. Meany wrote Labor Secretary George P. Shultz that the $89 million in imderpayments to more than 477,000 workers last year couldn't be ascribed to em­ ployer "ignorance" of the wagehour law. "These violations are uncon­ scionable," Meany stressed. "America has had a Fair Labor Standards Act for 31 years and no responsible employer can be ignorant of the law's intent and his duty under it." Meany said he "emphatically" disagrees with a statement by Wage-Hour Administrator Rob­ ert D. Moran that finding viola­ tions is not his division's goal. Moran said he is "more con­ cerned with improving the level of compliance through informing employers and employees of their rights and obligations." Information programs are commendable, Meany said. But he insisted that "finding viola­ tions must be the goal of the di­ vision if the intent of the law is to be observed and the mini­ mum wage, overtime pay and equal pay for equal work provi­ sions are to have any real mean­ ing." Meany noted that the grow­ ing number of wage-hour viola­ tions makes even more urgent the AFL-CIO's recommenda­ tion earlier this year that the number of investigators be in­ creased by one-third. "The facts make it abundant­ ly clear that the most effective way to get full compliance is through full enforcement by an adequate investigating and en­ forcement staff," he told Shultz. In a letter to AFL-CIO state and local central bodies, Meany urged that labor's own enforce­ ment program initiated in 1967 be continued and expanded. "Fair labor standards are be­ ing flouted, ignored or under­ mined by employers," Meany told the central bodies. "In fact, only about half the violators are caught each year. The Wage and Hour Division of the Depart­ ment of Labor does not have enough investigators to achieve full compliance." Because of this, Meany urged, each AFL-CIO central body should: • Set up or reinvigorate a wage-hour enforcement commit­ tee to receive and help process complaints. • Publicize the work of the committee and stress its avail­ ability to all workers, including the unorganized. • Help workers bring their Chamber Adopts New Tack To Fight Job Safety Law WASHINGTON—The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has come up with a new line in its fight against federal job safety legislation. The Chamber, in its Wash­ ington Report on Labor, now contends that if federal safety laws are passed "unions may try in the name of on-the-job s^ety to force the closing of a plant being operated during a strike." Its apparent position is that plants should be permitted to operate during strikes with strikebreakers whether they are safe or not. The recent nationwide strike of the Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers against the oil indus­ try, the Chamber said, illustrates its point. The business group com­ plained that the OCAW issued public statements saying that operation of struck facilities by management personnel was ex­ tremely hazardous to those in the plants as well as nearby res­ idents. State and local officials were urged to move to curtail the plant operations. "Adoption of proposed fed­ eral occupational safety legisla­ tion would be an open invita­ tion for unions to use this same tactic as a stranglehold on an employer at the bargaining table," it claimed. The Chamber is also upset that since federal job safety rules were recently set for govern­ ment supply contractors some unions have announced that they are planning to use their own equipment to measure noise, dust and chemical levels in plants. Unionists, on the other hand, note that the Chamber has pointed with pride at the U.S. industrial safety record which shows 14,000 on-the-job deaths last year and some two million injuries. complaints to wage-hour investi­ gators and press for prompt ac­ tion by the government. • Keep a record of the dis­ position and outcome of all cases. "The AFL-CIO has an obli­ gation it will fulfill—^to assure the effective enforcement of the minimum wage laws," Meany concluded. Moran's report shows that the number of establishments checked by inspectors dropped from 75,022 in fiscal 1968 to 72,520 in 1969. Department inspectors rarely visit more than a small percentage of business places in any one year and must rely largely on complaints. The $89 million in underpay­ ments breaks down as follows: $27.5 million in minimum wages, $55 million in overtime, nearly $2 million due employees of federal suppliers under the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contracts Act, and $4.6 million under the equal pay law for work performed by women at lower rates than comparable work by men. The figures for the previous fiscal year were $20.4 million, $55 million, $2.6 million and $2.4 million, respectively, for a total of $80 million. The report showed nearly half the underpaid workers— 207,234—did not get the mini­ mum wages they should have been paid. The fiscal 1968 total was 169,000 workers. Overtime pay violations af­ fected 208,000 workers in 1969 as against 296,000 the year be­ fore. There were 14,000 Service Contract Act violations com­ pared with 12,000 in 1968 and 16,100 in equal pay violations versus 7,000 in 1968. Moran praised more than 1,000 compliance officers for working "tirelessly and under all types of conditions" to ferret out law violations. However, he noted, "finding violations is not our goal. We are more con­ cerned with improving the level of compliance" through infor­ mational programs. At the conclusion of a successful voyage, Seafarers aboard the Loma Victory (Delta Lines) took time when the ship paid off in Savannah to have their picture taken. From (l-r) are A. Ruiz and R. Whaley of the Steward Department: A. Aronica, Jacksonville Pa­ trolman; Butch Walker, Chief Cook; and L. Richardson and R. Welch. Rail Accidents Hit New High; Need for Tougher Laws Seen A rail union safety expert Chesser warned that under called for broader, tighter fed­ present conditions, the shipment eral safety laws to roll back the of phosgene gas that is currently mounting toll of train accidents stirring hot public debate, "is that last year reached an all-time absolutely unsafe." high. "We think that if this gas "Ninety-five percent of all rail must be shipped, it is much accidents are caused by factors safer to ship it on the railroads not subject to federal control," than it is by air, or by truck on said A1 H. Chesser, national the highway, if the right pre­ legislative director for the cautions are taken," he added. United Transportation Union. Chesser, chairman of the committee on safety of the Rail­ way Labor Executives' Associa­ In 21 Years tion, is a member of the Task Force on Railroad Safety named by Transportation Secretary John A. Volpe. Derailments, Chesser said, figured in most of the more than 8,000 reported train accidents last year that killed and injured nearly 27,000 employees and passengers. WASHINGTON — The gov­ Questioned by reporters on ernment invoked the Taft-Hart­ Labor News Conference, Ches­ ser blamed the sagging railroad ley Act's national emergency safety record on "too much de­ disputes procedures 29 times ferred maintenance of track and between 1947 and 1968, the roadbed ... far too little inspec­ Bureau of Labor Statistics re­ tion of equipment" and the use ported. of "a great deal of old" and im­ These are the procedures properly maintained equipment which permit the enjoining of that "just will not stand 70 mile- industry-wide strikes for an 80per-hour speeds." day "cooling off" period. Five of the disputes were re­ solved without a work stoppage Editor, and 13 were settled during the SEAFARERS LOG, "cooling off" period. In three 675 Eourth Ave., other cases, an agreement was Brooklyn, N. Y. 11232 reached without a strike after I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my the 80-day period had expired. name on your mailing list, (frtnt intormMmn) In seven cases, sbi involving longshoremen on the Atlantic or Gulf Coasts, workers struck aft­ NAME er the 80-day injunction had , expired before winning an ac­ STREET ADDRESS ceptable settlement. STATE. ZIP. The Taft-Hartley Act re­ CITY quires that the employer's "last TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you are ae oM Kjbscribar and have a change offer" be submitted to the work­ of eddreaa, pleaae give your fonnar addreca below; ers for a. vote if no settlement is reached during the-80-day period. In every one of the 12 ballots that were held and tal­ lied, the employer offer was cnv Taft-Hartley Act's Injuctlon Used On 29 Occasions . ! �SEAFARERS Ocloljer, 1969 J / . 1 A radiogram was sent to Union headquarters upon mo• tion of the full crew of the Bradford Island (Stuart Tankers) asking that a Union represent­ ative meet the I ship at Danang, Hagmann Charles L. Shlrab, meeting secretary reports. The crew says the vessel is becoming unseaworthy. The matter was also discussed with the American consul in Singapore, who re­ ceived statements from various crewmembers testifying to the ship's condition, and that dip­ lomatic member was to wire the Coast Guard in Saigon to have the ship inspected in Da­ nang. The meeting was chaired by Robert N. Fulk. L. P. Hag­ mann, Jr. is ship's delegate, Paul Ward, deck delegate, Rob­ ert E. Pickett, engine delegate and Hany D. Silverstein stew­ ard delegate. per 60 numbers, with a grand prize of $200 and two $50 con­ solation prizes. Ship's fund at about $16 and contributions were requested to beef it up. <t> Aboard the Andrew Jackson (Waterman) the crewmembers discussed pre­ cautions to be taken in port, writes Meeting Secretary John W. Mims. Ship's Delegate Juan W. Fernandez warned Seafar­ Self ers to keep all screen doors closed in port and use only the door to the gang­ way. No natives will be allowed inside of the midship house or quarters aft. Nor are they to work for members of the stew­ ard department—not even to take garbage aft for the galley or pantryman. A water line will be run to the deck for native use. The meeting chairman was Thomas L. Sdf. Juan Fernan­ dez is deck delegate; Lucius A. Arano, engine delegate, and Richard Ramsperger, steward Three crewmembers of the delegate. Steel Vendor (Isthmian), which is on the long <|> run to India, H. Mobley chaired the meet­ were hospital­ ized in Calcutta, ing aboard the James (Ogden Marine) and Clinton H. made a motion Ward, ship's which was sec­ delegate an­ onded by the en­ nounced at the crew to go tire Holt meeting. They on record for a are J. J. Lookabetter Retire­ bill, AB; D. Fletcher, AB and ment Plan and R. Lang, wiper. The crew voted also more main­ unanimously not to accept plas­ Garner tenance and care tic pitchers for sanitary reasons; pay when sick. This has been they want aluminum or stain­ $8.50 per day for as long as less steel which is easier to any can remember. Also, Meet­ clean. The fresh fruit will be ing Secretary C. Garner writes put out so long as it lasts. Meet­ ing Secretary P. S. Holt reports. Brother Mobely said a Seafarer A. Hansvedt was meeting chair­ should be able to go tp any hos­ man; R. M. Grantham is deck pital for needed care without delegate and Joe Brown steward having to wait until all Coast delegate. Some disputed OT Guard and Navy men are taken was reported in the engine de­ care of. David Ramirez moved for a pension of $350 per month partment. after 20 years in the Union with 15 years seatime. "As of now," he noted, "You see a Seafarer retire one month and he is a A stop was made at Midway Final Departure the next." A in order to provide medical at­ discussion was held on crew­ tention for three members talking about Union [crewmembers, meetings topside. Everyone John H. McEl- thinks such discussions should 1 roy, meeting sec­ be kept within the crew. R. N. retary, reports Kelly is ship's delegate; David B. Ramirez, deck delegate; John J from the Ralelg^i S.Higgins, engine delegate, and UCrest). Accord- Otis Pasc^, steward delegate. 1 ing to Ship's Delegate Dan Ticer M. Ticer, Sr., At the meeting aboard the there was one case of pleurisy, National Defender (Beaufort one minor burn case, and an OS, Agency) a sug­ E. Junold, was left behind with gestion was an eye injury. Junold may re­ made that all join the shjp in Vietnam. The Seafarers fill out chief engineer asks the Seafarers the Pension to use water sparingly, as there Questionnaire is no cool water and letting it and send in their run will not help. Otherwise, ideas. Meeting Secretary Jose rationing of water may become Pierce M. Nava writes. necessary, he said. The Anchor Fool will be organized at live Ernest W. Pierce, ship's dele- Page Twenty Five LOG seatime was reached. Also for an increase of in-out patient hospital benefits from $8 per day to $12 per day. Repair lists were issued to all department delegates so that necessary re­ pairs would be taken care of at the beginning of the voyage. A very co-operative steward de­ partment, with no beefs, was noted. One day room allowance was granted all hands due to lack of hot water for over 20 4/ hours. Department delegates The SIU Vacation Plan was aboard are: Howard R. Harvey, discussed aboard the Halcyon deck; Peter Drivas, engine, and Tiger (Halycon) Jadr Brian, steward. at a meeting chaired by <1> Ship's Delegate An appeal for crewmembers Anthony B. on all SIU ships to contribute Barnes, Meeting to the Hurricane Secretary Mi­ Camille victims chael Toth rewas sent out by ports. Toth Barnes Seafarers aboard Stressed the ne­ the Iberville cessity of filling out the Pension (W aterman). questionnaire. He also explained Meeting Secrethe 20-year "bust-out." No one Itary W. L. KMwas in favor of the 20-year gore says the "bust-out" and all agreed that Cisiecki Iberville Sea­ the present SIU plan remain farers agreed to make up such basically as is.^Sentiment was a fund at a meeting at which expressed for lowering the 65John Cisiecki presided. Floyd year age requirement to 58 years, provided the required Hungate, ship's treasurer, re­ gate, was meeting chairman. A motion was made by C. S. Quinnt, seconded by Raymond Potorski for reiigepient after 20 years seatime. Nick Vidoijak is deck delegate, Hulan Ware, Jr., engine delegate and Ray Potorski, steward delegate. Del­ egate Pierce reported the cap­ tain will not pay an extra day for crossing the date line to those who signed on in Japan. SANTORE ( Venore), August 30— Chairman, J. J. Connors; Secretary, T. A. Jaekson; Ship's Delegate, J. J. Connors; Deck Delegate, A. Ali; En­ gine Delegate, W. Walker; Steward Delegate, S. Cabildo. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Vote of,thanks to the steward de­ partment for a job well done. Vote of thanks to the Union for the best raise of all times." CALMAR (Calmar), August 30— Chairman, Jack Geller; Secretary, J, A: Johnson; Deck Delegate, Charles C. Longerbeam; Engine Delegate, Thomas E. Fiazier; Stew'ard Delegate, H. C. Benne. Brother, ;J. Johnson, steward, extended a vote of thanks to the deck and''engine departments for keeping pantry and -messhall clean. Motion was made 'that headquarters keep the mem­ bers informed on progress of the welfare and pension plans. BRADFORD ISLAND (Steuart Tankers), August 26—Chairman, v; Robert Faulk; Secretary, Charles L. iiShirah; Ship's Delegate, L. Hag:mann; Deck Delegate, Paul Ward; Engine Delegate, B. E. Pickett; Steward Delegate, Daniel C. Pette. ^No beefs and no disputed OT. . DE SOTO (Waterman). August 524—Chairman, J. Tanner; Secrejtary, J. Castronover. $6.66 in ship's |fund. No beefs were reported by 'department delegates. TRANSCOLUMBIA (Hudson Waterways), August 10—Chairman, Arthur Beck; Secretairy, R. Kali ah; Ship's Delegate, Arthur Beck; Deck Delegate, James Fultz; Engine Del­ egate, William H. Reynolds; Stew-" ard Delegate, Larry Trosclair. Dis­ puted. OT and other beefs to he taken up with boarding patrolman. COLUMBIA BARON (Columbia), August 3—Chairman, Joe Ortiguerra; Secretary, Alton B. Booth; Ship's Delegate, Rafael V. Saldana; Deck Delegate. M. C. Foster; Engine Delegater Joe Kordick; Steward Del­ egate, O. R. Breanx. No beefs were reported by department delegates. STEEL APPRENTICE (Isthmian), August 24—Chairman, Anthony Torsado; Secretary, Paul P. Lopez; Ship's Delegate, Anthony Torsado; Deck Delegate, T. Klinne; Engine Delegate, M. Eimar; Steward Del­ egate, M. Caampued. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward depart­ ment for a job well done. $80.00 in ship's fund. TAMARA GUILDEN, (Transport Commercial), August 3—Chairman, K. Gahagan; Secretary. Raymond Palacios; Ship's Delegate, G. Milia; Engine Delegate, F, A. Torres; Stew­ ard Delegate, Antonio Linaco. $6.70 in ship's fond. No beefs were re­ ported by department delegates. Vote of thanks to the steward de­ partment for a job well done. OVERSEAS CARRIER (Maritime Overseas), August 24—Chsdrman, G. 2Brady; Secretary, T. D. Ballard; ; Ship's Delegate, Gal- S. Thompson; ;; Steward Delegate, Robert Black; *$10.00 in ship's fund. Repair list . to be turned in to Captain. IBERVILLE (Waterman), August :24—Chairman, John Cisiecki; Secfretary, W. L. Kilgore; Deck Deleuetrantes. iiiverycmng is going fine iwith no beefs. $10.00 in ship's fund. COTTONWOOD CREEK (Ogden Bulk Transport), A-ugust 10—Chair­ man, M. D. Bisendle; Secretary, F. :Quintayo; Ship's Delegate, Frank P. Scouricea's; Engine Delegate, G. B. Enzey; Steward Delegate, W. Matsiickes. Discussion held regard­ ing pension plan. No beefs were reported by deportment delegates. CONNECTICUT (Connecticut ^Transport), August 9—Chairman, J. i Urzan; Secretary, L. W. Moore; J Ship's Delegate, L. W. Moore; ^ck [Delegate, G. R. Scott; Steward Del:?egatej'T. Dansley, Jr. No beefs were , J ,— lenartment delegates.!^- TBANSSUPBRIOR (Hudson Waterways), August 10—Chainnan, William Field; Secretary. Aloiizo Battis; Ship's Delegate, John W. Mullis; Deck Delegate, Tony Rebago; Engine Delegate, D. K. MacKenzie; Stewards' Delegate, R. Alston. Some disputed OT in deck and steward department. RICE VICTORY (Victory Car­ riers), July 20—Chairman, John Alstatt; Secretary, Wayne G. Larson; Ship's Delegate. Ben O. Buck; Deck Delegate, R. L. Copenhaver; Engine Delegate, John P. Lyons; Stewards' Delegate, Paul L. Hunt. Some dis­ puted OT in deck and engine delartments. ported $10 in the ship's fund. No beefs were reported from delegates. Robert G. May, deck department. Van Whitney, engine department, and Stavros Petrantes, stewards. <I> A warning to stewards buy­ ing stores in Aruba to beware of Ship Chandler Joy was sounded by Robert Black, steward delegate aboard the Overseas Carrier (Maritime Over­ seas). Brother Black says Joy Brady will make his de­ livery 30 minutes before sail­ ing time with what Black calls "junk" — including mislabeled meat boxes. Meeting Secretary Thomas Ballard reports 25 members at the meeting at which George Brady was chair­ man. Complaint was made that the rooms, mess hall and galley haven't been painted in over two years and are in bad shape. Carl Thompson, ship's delegate, cautioned the crew to be care­ ful with American money in India. DAGAMA (Crest), September 6— Chairman, Floyd E. Selix; Secretary, Sherman Wright; Ship's Delegate, Jimmie A. Beem; Deck Delegate, Eldon Wenslow; Engine Delegate, Clay Webb. No beefs were reported by department delegates. STEEL VENDOR (Isthmian), Anist 16—Chairman, A. Hanstvedt; .jcretary, P. S. Holt; Ship's Delerate, C. H. Ward; Deck Delegate, JL. M. Grantham; Steward Delegate, Joe , Brower. $6.00 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in engine depart­ ment, otherwise everything is run­ ning smoothly. 1^ I" BRADFORD ISLAND (Steuart), September 1—Chairman. R. N. Faulk; • Secretary, C. L. Shirab; Ship's Delegate, F. Hagmann; Deck Delegate, Paul Ward; Engine Dele­ gate, R. E. Pickett; Steward Dele­ gate, Harry D. Silverstein. No beefs were reported by department dele­ gates. CHOCTAW (Waterman), August 31^—Chairman, Jack Yates; Secre­ tary, Alvin L. Doud; Ship's Delegate, Frank Timmons; Deck Delegate, James Fisher; Engine Delegate, Louis Schewing; Stewards' Delegate, John Indorf, No beefs were reported by department delegates. Vote of^ thanks to- the steward departmsnt| for a job well done. Also, vote of| thanks to AB (Moon) Mullins for| the use of his TV., K BUCKEYE ATLMJTIS (Buckeyes Steamship), August 31—-Chairman,| John Bashan; Secretary, Jamesi Temple; Ship's Delegate, Charles^; Terry; Deck Delegate. Lester W.| Hall, Jr.; Engine Delegate, G. L.| Taylor; Steward Delegate, Barryr Lee Deemer. OT beef in engrine and| steward department. Vote of thanks^ was extended to the steward depart-| ment for a job well done. * NATIONAL DEFENDER (Beatf-p fort), August 31—Chairman. Ernesto Pierce; Secretary, Jose Nava; Ship's^ Delegate, Ernest W. Pierce; Engine| Delegate, H. Ware, Jr.; _ Stew^ Delegate, Roy Potorski. $21.00 _i!ii ship's fund. No beefs and no dis-s puted OT. , TRANSERIE (Hudson Water­ ways), August m—Chairman. J. Ringo; Secretary, W. B. Yarbrough;Ship's Delegate, V. Hakka^ines; Deck Delegate, George Forrest; Steward Delegate, R. W. Elliott. IBERVILLE (Waterman), August 31—Chairman John Cisiecki; ^Sec­ retary. W. L. Kilgore. $10.00 in ship's fund. $141.00 collected for; hurricane fund to be turned in tos the Port of New Orleans. Motion| was made to cut down on meetmgs| aboard ship. Once-a-week meeting felt not necessary, i , -JI �Page Twenty Six SEAFARERS LOG October, 1969 A Baker Gets His Dough Louis V. Santiago Please contact your wife, Guadalupe, as soon as possible. The address is 31, St. B-33-2, SienfT Bayamon, P.R. 00619 <I> Benigno Guzman Your wife, Elvia, asks that you contact her as soon as pos­ sible at 387 South 5th Street, Brooklyn, New York 11211. <l> Irvin Ranew Please contact Bill Von Salzen at the Life Insurance Com­ pany of Virginia, 4219 South Claiborne Avenue, New Or­ leans, Louisiana, at your earli­ est convenience. ^ Herbert M. Parsons Your wife requests that you contact her as soon as possible at 4638 Laurel Street, New Or­ leans, Louisiana 70115. possible at 20 Iris Lane, Balti­ more, Maryland 21220. <1>—- \1> William Zangler Please contact your attorney, Mr. Davis, as soon as possible. John M. Yates Please get in touch with your wife, Margarita, at Box 616, Aurora, Illinois, in regard to a very urgent matter. Antonio Escoto Please contact Treasury De­ partment, Bureau of Customs, Baltimore, Maryland. Your coins have been released by the Joe Meyercheck Department and can be picked Andy H. Reasko asks that up in Baltimore or will be mailed you contact him in care of the to you if you notify them of S.S. Beauregard, Sealand, your proper address. A.P.O. 96312, San Francisco, —— California. WlUie White Billy W. Keller Please contact H.' Monroe Please contact your mother at Houtz, attorney at law, at 35 N. 2002 Cranford Drive, Garland, Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, Texas 75040. Pennsylvania 18701, as soon as possible. ^ ^ Dexter Worrell Dorothy Worrell of 200 Michigan Avenue, Mobile, Ala­ bama, would like you to get in touch with her as soon as pos­ sible about an important matter. Her phone number is 432-7864. ^ Frank G. Strickland Your daughter, Helena R. Graves, requests that you con­ tact her as soon as possible at Rt. 3, Box 165, Ml. Pleasant, Texas 75455. —— Joseph E. Bailey Please contact your wife, Irene, as soon as possible, in care of: General Delivery, Lebanon, Virginia 24266. Earl McGee Bernard Rolnick asks that you contact him as soon as pos­ sible at Rolnick Ezratty and Huttner, 299 Broadway, New York, New York 10007. .1^ — Maynard L. Farsbetter Please contact your daughter. Amber Farsbetter, as soon as possible at 1428 Orizaba Ave­ nue, Long Beach, California 90804. —— Frederick Mitchell Your sister, Mrs. Golda Baker, asks that you get in touch with her as soon as possi­ ble at 1109 Pacific, Salinas, California 93901. <|> Bernard Silkowitz Please contact your mother at 400 Marshall Drive, Hoboken, New Jersey, as soon as possible. ^ John Anthony Duiuie Please contact your wife at 1921 E. 32 Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55407, as soon as possible. The telephone number is 722-3866. Charles E. Raulings Please contact your brother, Howard C. Raulings, at the Apostleship of the Sea at 399 Fremont St., San Francisco, Calif. Telephone GA 1-7845 or write. Urgent. William (Bill) H. Perdue Please contact your brother, Lamar, at 427 Pine Street, Marysville, California 95901, as soon as possible, Overdale Street, Orlando, Flor­ ida 32809. «.jyaber E. Tuckhom Robert B. Rowen asks that you get in touch with him as soon as possible at Box 337, Springville, Iowa 52336. Donald Thomas Watson Please contact your father, Marvin, as soon as possible,. The address is: 2419 Meadow Lane, La Marque, Texas 77568. Ricardo E. Vasquez Your wife, Maria, asks that you contact her. as soon as poissible at 221 E. 111th Street, New York, New York 10029. Waber J. Zale^ Mrs. Gertrude Zaleski asks that you get in touch with her as soon as possible at 740 North 10th Street, #4, Las Vegas, Nevada 89101. Robert Ducote Your father, Neal, requests that you contact him as soon as possible at 225 Gordon Ave­ nue, Harahan, Louisiana 70123. John Chiorra, left, seems happy to be initiated into the ranks of the pensioners as he receives his first check from Al Bernstein SIU Welfare Director at the New York Union Hall. A baker. Chiorra last shipped on the Commander. He makes his home in Allentown, Pa. DISPATCHERS REPORT September 1, 1969 to September 30, 1969 DECK DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED Port Boston New York . .4.... Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile ,, New Orleans Houston ..... Wilmington San Francisco ... Seattle Totals All Groups Class A Class B 8 4 122 110 17 24 66 43 30 26 41 43 8 13 50 36 116 93 62 77 30 49 116 122 40 40 706 680 All Groups Class A Class B Class C 7 4 8 72 61 9 - 15 17 0 40 6 34 16 16 4 24 32 13 2 0 4 22 2 21 69 0 44 50 57 7 33 61 7 90 82 15 6 41 31 77 472 473 . Ray MorrdI, Jr. Y^our mother asks that you *ret in touch with her as soon as James (Jimmy) Simmons Your brother. Chick, asks that you contact him as soon as possible at Route 3, Box 181, Clinton, North Carolina 28328. — .1, Deimis Maupin Please contact your sister, Mrs. Betty Meier, as soon as possible. The address is: 1606 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 3 7 171 217 30 23 75 157 35 30 24 32 24 15 24 74 110 142 128 112 41 2 22 84 43 25 657 993 ENGINE DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Port Class A Class B Boston 7 5 New York 148 113 Philadelphia 27 12 Baltimore 60 58 Norfolk 10 26 Jacksonville 19 48 Tampa 9 5 Mobile 30 50 New Orleans .... 99 91 Houston ....... 62 86 Wilmington 47 35 San Francisco ..'. 96 , 103 Seattle 29 26 721 580 TOTAL SHIPPED All GroupIS Class A Class B Class C 2 4 5 13 87 60 3 21 1 31 2 40 4 21 15 11 25 11 0 6 7 4 35 18 7 56 50 13 69 52 29 13 30 35 88 57 23 21 lei 123 494 368 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 2 6 148 136 22 11 84 61 57 12 26 13 8 8 43 65 89 81 74 82 11 18 12 68 13 29 589 579 STEWARD DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED Donald E. Leight Important mail is being held for you at SIU Headquarters in Brooklyn. Please get in con­ tact with Amie Braitman at Headquarters as soon as pos­ sible., Atlantic, Gulf & inland Waters District Port Boston New York. ..... Philadelphia Baltimore ....... Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans .... Houston .... Wilmington San Francisco ... Seattle Totals Class A Class B 3 5 95 62 14 8 27 58 11 18 20 33 0 7 36 15 53 95 53 52 19 15 79 64 34 11 383 504 TOTAL SHIPPED Class A Class B Class C 3 5 5 23 47 48 3 6 11 18 27 21 12 22 15 19 14 12 0 1 7 12 1 22 41 55 1 35 16 35 9 10 15 66 71 37 10 9 21 304 299 327 REGISTERED on BEACH Class A Class B 3 3 61 157 8 10 31 84 26 33 21 15 9 12 24 53 120 52 36 80 6 21 72 26 14 52 317 712 \ �October, 1969 Question of 'Maru' Comes up Zero If . . . . , To the Editor: Over the years, I have taken note of people grap­ pling for the meaning of the Japanese word "Maru." I hope the following will help to clarify it for readers of the Seafarers LOG. In the Publication, "Procff^dings," the Merchant Marine Council, U.S.C.G., dat^d July 1956, "Maru" is defmed thusly: "It's a term which accompanies the name of all Japanese vessels and carries the hope or assump­ tion of perfection c(i' completeness. Its original mean­ ing was a circle or sphere," My Japanese dictionary defines it, "circle, ring, zero, fuUy." Anyone familiar with the Japanese language will agree that they don't waste words and as much is implied as is actually said. Thus, "Mam" means the hope that the ves­ sel has a long, safe and successful life. Anyone's variation on the - same theme in words would be correct. The Japanese . language is like that and this is why, when asked or V pressed for an exact defini­ tion, a Japanese will look off ^" into the wild blue yonder. My Japanese wife, Fumiko, assures me of the correctness of all this, but again, there she is looking off into ,' the wild blue, etc., etc. Maxwell Wadlington (W-407) , St. Petersburg, Fla. ^ * Widow Thanks SlU For Death Benefit To the Editor: I wish to thank the SIU for " the check I received so ' promptly following the death i of my husband on May 28. I would also appreciate continuing to receive the " LOG, please. Mary Pritchord Baldwin Paric, Calif. . ^j> ' Seafarer Appreciates Tribute to Mother ' To the Editor: I want to take this oppor­ tunity to thank the Union for the wreath that they sent to my mother's funeral. I had wanted to thank the Union by attending the meet­ ing on September 8, but I had to make the plane at . 4:10 P.M. that afternoon. However, I did get a chance to talk lo Brothers Earl Shepard and E. B. McAuley and explained that I had to be on my way. So, I want to take this op­ portunity to thank the SIU . on behalf of my brothers and all the members of my ' family. I retired from the sea one ~ year ago this month, and I have been receiving my Pen­ SEAFARERS sion Checks every month promptly. Also, I want to say this to all members—those checks really come in handy. I wish you and all members of your staff the best of luck, and I say "Keep up the good work." Thank you again. Fraternally Yours, Shaia, (S-604) ^ Reports on 'Camille' By Ham Operators Boon to SIU Crew Sheldon Isadore, bom August 19, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. ilfred Isadore, Jr., New Or­ leans, La. — Antoinette Bunn, bom De­ cember 17, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Eugene J. Bunn, New Orleans, La. ^ To the Editor: Julie Melton, bom July 26, Here is something we on 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Wil­ board the Delta Brazil think liam F. Melton, Mobile, Ala. is a note of interest to the LOG, and we hope that you Yvette Lewis, bom July 19, publish it in the LOG. 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ham radio operators John W. Lewis, Eight Mile, Ala. around the world, but espe­ cially those in the United —J,— Rachel Hmgis, bom August States and aboard this ship 21, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. deserve a great deal of credit. Charles J. Hargis, Lake Charles, Some of our people really La. don't realize the great work that these fellows actually do. ^ During this last hurricane Erica Hughes, bom July 6, season, as you well know, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. "Hurricane Camille" devas­ John W. Hughes, Baltimore, tated the Gulf Coast of the Md. U.S. Well it so happened that many of our brother Sea­ Elliott Huirtley, born August farers come from that part of 8, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. the country—around Mobile, Everett D. Huntley, Bronx, N.Y. New Orleans, and the real sore spots—Gulfport and Patrick Rogers, bom August Pass Oiristian, Miss. 18, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Well we have two ham op­ James S. Rogers, Baltimore, erators on board. One, in the Md. person of Mr. Joe Pinot the regular ship's radio operator, Joseph Soresi, born Septem­ and bur own Union Sanders, ber 8, 1969, to Seafarer and chief electrician. These boys Mrs. Thomas J. Soresi, Staten deserve a vote of thanks as Island, N.Y. well as the many operators . —— listed on the bottom of this Venus Douglas, born Septem­ letter who really did this ber 3, 1969, to Seafarer and ship's crew and officers and Mrs. David Douglas, San Fran­ many others, as I can under­ cisco, Calif. stand, a very great favor, with all kinds of information about the storm, their families and Melissa Cavazos, bom Au­ generally what was happen­ gust 26, 1969, to ^afarer and ing at home. Mrs. George A. Cavazos, Hous­ ton, Texas. I would also like to add my own personal thanks although I live in New Orleans, and John Taylor, born July 17, didn't suffer any damages, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. I would like to say, "Thank Robert G. Taylor, Mathews, God there are ham opera­ Virginia. tors," and may they always —— have the right to obtain li­ Debra Fuller, born August censes to 4)ractice their hob­ 15, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. by, because at this particular Roy S. Fuller, Sr., Baytown, time, it was a very worth­ Texas. while hobby which performed ^ a humanitarian service. Wesley Kenum, bom July We give special thanks to 28, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. our friend "Jay" with call Bobby E. Kenum, Mill Valley, letters K.5.K.L.N, at New Calif. Orleans, where most of the information came from. Also, Michdle Alvarez, bom Au­ in order of their place of ori­ gust 24, 1969, to Seafarer and gin and their call letters, we Mrs. Pedro F. Alvarez, Seattle, give many thanks to: Washington. Baton Rouge, La., "Pope" K.5.Z.O.Z. Renee Bambeart, bom July California (for relay work) 23, 1969 to Seafarer and Mrs. "Cicel" W.6.E.R.C. Elmer C. Bamheart, Jr., RanMobile, Ala., "Jim" W.4. dallstown, Md. F.B.Z. Bay Minette, Ala., "Dan" Shelia Renea McHale, bom K.4.K.D.Z. April 25, 1969, to Seafarer and and of course our own Mrs. WUliam F. McHale, Jack­ Joe Pinot W.5.P.Z. sonville, Fla. Union Sanders K.4.T.E.Z. With the best of everything ^ to the staff of the Seafarers Mark Alan Rivers, bom LOG, I remain fraternally, March 8, 1969, to Seafarer and Midiael J. Dunn Mrs. Edmund R. Rivers, Brook­ Sl^'s Chainnan lyn, N.Y. <I> Page Twenty Seven LOG Nasser Hamad, bom April 14, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Mahmoud I. Hamad, Washing­ ton, N.C. Je Taun Hemy, bom May 20, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. John Henry, Jr., New Orleans, La. ^ Tammi Kim Thonq>s<Mi, bom August 29, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Emmett A. Thompson, Portland, Oregon. Jeffrey Pena, bom June 10, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Al­ fredo Pena, New Orleans, La. —— Following Manhattan Breakthrough: Year-Round Opening of Lakes And Other Waterways Urged WASHINGTON — Programs nificant stride in overcoming the to keep all of the nation's water­ elements to build a worldwide ways open to navigation on a transportation network." "In particular," he said, "this year-round basis have been achievement is welcome news called for by Senator William for those who live in the Mid­ Proxmire (D-Wisc.). The De­ west. Up until now, this region partments of Interior and Trans­ has been sealed off from mari­ portation and the Army Corps time traffic for the winter season of Engineers were requested to due to the freezing over of the institute the work involved. Great Lakes and the St. Law­ "If 800 miles of frozen sea rence Seaway. Each year, on or on the Northwest Passage can be about December 15, all traffic transited," the senator noted in on these waterways has halted a letter to Secretary of Trans­ not to resume until April 1 of portation John A Volpe, "it the following year. Needless to should be child's play to open say, this has imposed a terrific up the Great Lakes and the St. economic burden upon people Lawrence Seaway on a year- living in this part of the coun­ round basis." try." Proxmire was referring to the Proxmire saw the Manhattan recently-concluded successful breakthrough as an opportunity voyage of the Manhattan, which to "usher in a new era of com­ cleared the ice-locked Arctic merce for the Great Lakes." route to the north slope of His message to Volpe stressed Alaska. A member of the Sen­ the role of the Department of ate Appropriations Committee, Transportation in applying the the Wisconsin legislator said he new knowledge gained and in would bend his efforts to make instituting programs to imple­ the necessary funds available ment this knowledge. He also for the program he envisaged. asked to be notified of any added appropriations "required In his letter to Volpe, Prox­ mire emphasized the importance to get such a program under­ of the Manhattan's achievement way" prior to the Transporta­ in "forging through ice that had tion Department's appropria­ previously been regarded as im­ tions bill reaching the Senate penetrable" and called it a "sig­ floor. 50 Years of Happy Sailing <I> <1> Seafarer Tony Sosa and his wife Bertha, recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in Tampa, Florida. Brother Sosa joined the SIU in Tampa and soiled 25 years as Chief Steward before retiring. �AMERICAN VICTORY (Hudson Waterways), July 13—Chairman, Hans J. Jacobsen; Secretary, W. H. Underwood. $9.70 in ship's fund. Dis­ cussion held on draws. No beefs reported by department delegates. AMERICAN VICTORY (Hudson Waterways), July 20<^Chairman, Hans Jj^acobsen; Secretary, W. H. Under^BR; Ship's Delegate, John Boldiszar; Deck Delegate, Gerard E. Bellenoit; Engine Delegate, Clarence B. Troy; Stewards' Delegate, Claude Hollings. $49.70 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. Vote of thanks to steward department for job well done. STEEL FLYER (Isthmian), Au­ gust 10—Chairman, Manual Loudron; Secretary, H. L. Bennett; Ship's Delegate, William Wallace; Stew­ ards' Delegate, M. P. Nolacco. No beefs. AMERICAN VICTORY (Hudson Waterways), August 20—Chairman, Hans F. Jacobsen; Secretary, W. H. Underwood; Ship's Delegate, John Boldiszar; Deck Delegate, Gerard E. Bellenoit; Engine Delegate, Clarence B. Troy; Stewards' Delegate, Claude Hollings. Discussion held regarding pension plan. $9.70 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported by depart­ ment delegates. Vote of thanks to steward department for job well done. PEARY (Marine Traders), August 17—Chairman, Eligio Lasoya; Sec­ retary, Virgil Swanson; Ship's Dele­ gate, Eligio Lasoya. Discussion held regarding poor ventilation in crew's quarters. OVERSEAS DINNY (Maritime Overseas), August 24—Chairman, James M. Foster; Secretary, Louis J. Gayton; Ship's Delegate, James M. Foster; Deck Delegate, C. F. Bartler; Engine Delegate, Charles Martinsen; stewards' delegate, John H. Dietsch. No beefs or disputed OT. BEATRICE VICTORY (Victory Carriers), July 20—Chairman, C. Webb; Secretary, W. Lovett; Deck Delegate, Mario Garcia Lopez; En­ gine Delegate, Anthony J. Pramo; Stewards' Delegate, N. Williams. No beefs were reported. Everything is running smoothly. Vote of thanks extended to steward department for job well done. October, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Twentr Ei^t RICE VICTORY (Victory Car­ riers), July 20—Chairman, John Alstatt; Secretary, Wayne Larson; Ship's Delegate, B. D. Bush; Engine Delegate, John P. Lyons; Stewards' Delegate, Paul L. Hunt. One man missing in engine department. Beef to be taken up with boarding patrol­ man. INGER (Reynolds Metals), August 10—Chairman, Santos Garcia; Sec­ retary, P. Shauger; ^Ship's Delegate, Santos Garcia; Deck Delegate, Tom­ my R. Sanford; Engine Delegate, Santos Garcia; Stewards' Delegate, G. Martinez.. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Some re­ pairs have been taken care of. RICE VICTORY (Victory Car­ riers), July 13—Chairman, John Al­ statt; Secretary, John Givens: Ship's Delegate, Ben D. Buuh; Engio^KWlBgate, John P. Lyons; Stewards' Dele­ gate, Paul L. Hunt. No beefs and no disputed OT. PECOS (Ogden Marine), August 10—Chairman, J. Boland; Secretary, R. Ceiling; Engine Delegate, Donald E. Smith. $27.00 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in deck department. No major beefs were reported. ROBIN SHERWOOD (Moore-McCormack), August 16—Chairman, R. Theiss; Secretary, E. Sims; Ship s Delegate, R. Theiss; Deck Delepte, R. Theiss; Engine Delegate, J. T. Gaskins; Stewards' Delegate Ernest Sims. Discussion held regarding safety program. Discussion was held regarding cleaning fresh water tanks. Some disputed OT in each department. OVERSEAS PROGRESS (Mari­ time Overseas), August 10—Chair­ man, B. McGowan; Secretary, J. Sumpter; Ship's Delegate, B. Mc­ Gowan; Engine Delegate, J. G^lagher; Stewards' Delegate, Jack B. Maulden. $14.50 in ship's fund. Vote of thanks extended to the entire steward department for excellent preparation and serving of meals. The steward thanked the crew for their co-operation in keeping the pantry and messhall clean between meals. Entire crew is extremely pleased with the increase in pay and fringe benefits. GENEVA (U.S. Steel), August 3— Chairman, Fred Bischoff; SecreUry, Frank Allen; Ship's Delegate, Fred Bischoff; Deck Delegate, Bruce E. Ruggie; Engine Delegate, Paul E. Huggins. $18.40 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. BUCKEYE PACIFIC (Buckeye), August 17—Chairman, Leon M. Kyser; Secretary, Wilmer E. Harper; Ship's Delegate, Bill Cullen. No beefs and no disputed OT. COLUMBIA (Ogden Marine), Au­ gust 10—Chairman, B. J. Woturski; Secretary, M. S. Sospina; Ships Delegate, Thomas L. Farrell; Deck Delegate, Richard Heffley; Engine Delegate, Joseph E. Brooke. No beefs reported by department delegates. Vote of thanks extended to the en­ tire steward department for a job well done. Discussion held regard­ ing pension plan. SAN FRANCISCO (Sea-Land), July 27—Chairman, Arne Larsen; Secretary, Henry A. Galicki; Ship s Delegate, Michael LaCross; Deck Delegate, Charles Johnson; Stew­ ards' Delegate, Joseph A. Long. $30.00 in Movie Fund. No beefs and no disputed OT. Brother Mike F. Curry was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. RICHWOOD (Richwood), July 27 —Chairman, Edward Adams; Sec­ retary, William Karpiak. Vote of thanks extended to the steward de­ partment for a job well done. Vote of thanks also extended to patrolmen Frank Boyne and Ed Morris for a job well done. No beefs reported by department delegates. STEEL FLYER (Isthmian), Au­ gust 24—Chairman, Manuel Laudran; Secretary, Harris L. Bennett. $10.00 in ship's fund. Vote of thanks extended to the steward department for a job well done. WINGLESS VICTORY (Consoli­ dated Marine), August 24—Chair­ man, C. Mize; Secretary, John Cal­ houn. Everything is running smooth^ly with no beefs and no disputed OT. OVERSEAS EVA (Maritime Over­ seas), July 27—Chairman, I^y.Boi­ ling; Secretary, Bertrand Wright; Ship's Delegate, Ray Boiling;. Deck Delegate, L. C. Wilson; Stewards Delegate, Bertrand A. Wright. Few hours disputed OT in deck depart­ ment. Motion was made that all • ships goin^ into hot climate should be air conditioned. WINGLESS VICTORY (Consoli­ dated Marine), August 17—Chair­ man, C. Mize; Secretary, John Cal­ houn. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. TRANSPACIFIC (Hudson Water­ ways), August 10—Chairman, W. Kuchta; Secretary, J. Hunt. Brother L. B. Kelly elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs or disputed OT. PRODUCER (Marine Carriers), August 24—Chairman, Alfonso A. Armada; Secretary, William H. Rhone; Ship's Delegate, William E. Richardson. No beefs reported by department delegates. STEEL ADVOCATE (Isthmian), August 9—Chairman, Ray Hodges; . Secretary, Floyd Mi^hell, Jr. No beefs and no disputed OT reported ;by department delegates. WARRIOR (Sea-Land), July 27— Chairman, L. Ramirez; Secretary, W. Lescovich; Ships Delefi^ate, Walter Lescovich; Deck Delegate, O. Ortiz; Engine Delegate, Luis A. Ramirez. No beefs were reported by depart­ ment delegates. AMERIGO (Crest), July 13— Chairman, B. Anderson; Secretary, C. Hall. Department delegates re­ ported that everything is running smoothly. Brother B. Anderson was elected to serve as ship's delegate. ALCOA VOYAGER (Alcoa), July 20—Chairman V. W. CMary; Sec­ retary, M. P. Cox; Ship's Delegate, Edward L. B'lanton. $122.75 in ship's fund. No beefs and no disputed OT reported by department delegates. MIDLAKE (American Bulk), Aug­ ust 10—Chairman, Charles Allen; Secretary, Frank Kustura; Ship's Delegate, Charles Hueburt; Deck Delegate, Charles H, Allen, Jr.; Engine Delegate, Thomas C. Hopkins; Stewards Delegate, Robert F. Grant. Some disputed OT in deck depart­ ment, otherwise no beefs. LYNN VICTORY (Victory Car­ riers), July 20—Chairman, W. Mat­ thews; Secretary, Howard Flynn; Ship's Delegate, W. Matthews; En­ gine Delegate, Oliver N. Meyers; Steward Delegate, G. A. Brown. Dis­ puted OT in deck and engine de­ partments. ••'J - BEATRICE VICTORY (Victory Carriers), August 3—Chairman, C. Webb; Secretary, W. Lovett; Deck Delegate, Mario Garcia Lopez; En­ gine Delegate, Anthony Pramo; Stewards' Delegate, N. Williams. No beefs. Everything running smoothly in all departments. RICE VICTORY (Victory Car­ riers), July 27—Chairman, John Al­ statt; Secretary, Wayne Larson; Ship's Delegate, B. D. Bush; Engine Delegate, John P. Lyons; Stewards' Delegate, Paul L. Hunt. No major beefs were reported by department delegates. OVERSEAS EXPLORER (Mari­ time Overseas), August 10—Chair­ man, Gerald McCray; Secretary, Peter Morreae; Ship's Delegate, Gerald McCray. Some disputed OT in deck department to be taken up with patrolman. CITIES SERVICE NORFOLK (Cities Service), August 26—Chair­ man, Allen Manuel; Secretary, War­ ren Manuel; Ship's Delerate, War­ ren Manuel; Deck Delegate, M. Welch; Engine Delegate, L. V. Springer; Stewards' Delegate, Allen Manuel. Few hours disputed OT in deck and engine departments. MAIDEN CREEK (Sea-Land), July 27—Chairman, George E. Annis; Secretary, Joseph E. Hannon; Ship's Delegate, George E. Annis; Engine Delegate, D. Saxon; Stewards' Dele­ gate, F. R. Stickel. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward depart­ ment for a job well done. No beefs were reported by department dele­ gates. CITY OF ALMA (Waterman), July 13—Chairman, Lonnie Cole; Secretary, Frank L. Schackelford; Ship's Delegate, D. A. Norris; En­ gine Delegate, F. L. David. No beefs and no disputed OT. RICE VICTORY (Victory Car­ riers), July 6—Chairman, John W. Alstatt; Secretary, John W. Givens; Ship's Delegate, B. 0. Bush; Engine Delegate, John P. Lyons; Stewards' Delegate, Paul L. Hunt. No beefs and no disputed OT. BESSEMER VICTORY (South Atlantic & Caribbean), July 20— Chairman, Carlton Moore; Secre­ tary, A. W. Hutcherson; Ship's Delegate, Charles G. Ashcom; Deck Delegate, E. Luzler; Engine Dele­ gate, Robert Davis; Stewards' Dele­ gate, Frank Kumiega. Everything running smoothly with no beefs. STEEL FLYER (Isthmian), Au­ gust 17—Chairman, Manuel Laudran; Secretary, Harris L. Bennett. $10.00 in ship's fund. No beefs and no disputed OT. MAIDEN CREEK (Sea-Land), Au­ gust 10—Chairman, George E. An­ nis; Secretary, Joseph E. Hannon. Few hours disputed OT in deck de­ partment, otherwise everything run­ ning smoothly. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for job well done. PUERTO RICO (Hudson Water­ ways), July 20—Chairman, Harry Baum; Secretarj^ D. Archia; Deck Delegate, Ralph J. Denayer. $4.25 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department delegates. HALCYON TIGER (Halcyon), Au­ gust 3—Chairman, A Barnes; Sec­ retary, Michael Toth; Ship's Dele- ' gate, Anthony B. Barnes; Deck ^ <1 Delegate, Howard R. Harvey; EnU gine Delegate, Jack H. Brian. Discussion held regarding Vacation and Welfare Plans. ROBIN TRENT (Moore-McCor- mack), July 20-Chairman, F. J. Mears; Secretary, C. J. Nail; Ship s Delegate, P. Rubish; Deck Delegate, ' F. E. Parsons; Engine Delegate, Claude D. Berry; Stewards' Dele­ gate, A. R. Bailey. $34.70 in shipj"fund. Some disputed OT in steward department otherwise everything is O.K. Discussion held regarding re- » tirement plan. Vote of thanks to the steward and his galley gang for a job well done. NOONDAY (Waterman), August 31—Chairman, T. Martineau^; Secre­ tary, J. Morton; Ship's Delegate, Tom A. Martineau; Deck De egate, Fred Serrahn; Engine Delegate, Henry B. Pedersen; Stewards' Dele­ gate, Rafael A. Rios. Motion was made that the Union have a dental clinic. Some disputed OT in department. $2.00 in ship's fund. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for a gob well done. ' ^ - ANDREW JACKSON (Water-4 man), August 31—Chairman, Thorn- as L. Self; Secretary, John W. , Mims; Ship's Delegate, Juan V. ^ Fernandez; Deck Dele^te, Juan V. Fernandez; Engine Delegate, L. Aranco; Stewards' Delegate, Rich- ard Ramsperger. $22.00 ®' fund. No beefs were reported by ^ department delegates. SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatrain), August 3—Chairman, J. Ken­ nedy; Secretary, D. M. Woods; Ship's Delegate, J. C. Northcut; Deck Delegate, R. A. Cory; Engine Delegate, E. Boyce; Stewards' Del­ egate, G. H. Burns. Vote of thanks to steward department. POTOMAC (Ogden), August 24— Chairman, Arnie Horde; Secretary, William J. McNeely; Ship's Dele­ gate, H. A. Smith; Deck Delegate, H. A. Smith; Engine Delegate, R. McKnight; Stewards' Delegate, Henry McCullough. Crew would like the patrolman to check the old fans in foc'sls. WALTER RICE (Reynolds Met­ als), September 1—Chairm^ W. W. Lawton; Secretary, L. J. Bwle; Ship's Delegate, Paolo Pnngi; Dock Delegate, John Talbot; Engine Dele- ' gate. Jay C. Cohen; Stewards' Dele­ gate, Charles Lampman. Everything is O.K. with no beefs and no dis- ^ puted OT. ALBION VICTORY (Bulk Trans­ port), July 13—Chairman, L. A. Bchm; Secretary, G. H. Coker; Ship's Delegate, G. H. Coker; Deck Delegate, G. H. Coker; Engine Dele­ gate, M. Beasley, Jr.; Stewards' Delegate, Harry D. Hommond. No beefs or disputed OT reported. ELIZABETHPORT (Sea-Land), August 10—Chairman, Thom E. Kelsey; Secretary, Herb Knowles; Ship's Delegate, Tom E. Kelsey; Deck Delegate, C. B. Testes; Engine Delegate, A. M. Lindsey; Stewards' Delegate K. Miller. Discussion held on division of OT for the oilers and firemen under the new contract. No beefs reported by the department delegates. DEL ALBA (Mississippi), August 10—Chairman, William Aycock; Secretary, Peter Gebbia, Jr.; Ships Delegate, Thomas L. Harrell; Stew­ ards' Delegate, John A. Schultz. $8.50 in ship's fund. No beefs re­ ported by department delegates. Everything is running smoothly. WINGLESS VICTORY (Consoli­ dated Marine), August 10—Chair­ man, C. Mize; Secretary, J. Calhoun. Some disputed OT in deck d^artment One man missed ship in Hono­ lulu. TRANSPACIFIC (Hudson Water­ ways), July 13—Chairman, William G. Cofone; Secretary, John C. Hunt. Ship's delegate reported everything running smoothly. Motion niade to have air-conditioners instalmd in messhall and that a larger AC gen­ erator be installed to allow for pri­ vate air-conditioners and refrigera­ tors while this ship is on the tropic run. Vote of thanks to steward de­ partment for job well done. VANTAGE HORIZON (Venore), July 27—Chairman, Richard Schaeffer; Secretary, Louis W. Pepper; Ship's Delegate, W. Smirmoff. Some disputed OT in deck and engine de­ partments. STEEL CHEMIST (Isthmian), April 29—Chairman, J. Levine; Secretary, C. G. McLellan. No beefs were reported by department dele­ gates. OAKDALE (Oakdale Shipping), August 3—Chairman, N. H. Eldridge; Secretary, Robert H. Pitcher; Ship's Delegate, Chester C. Sey­ mour; Deck Delegate, Chester J. Seymour; Engine Delegate, Edward P. Arard; Stewards Delegate, Vin­ cent Pezzelolo. Discussion held re­ garding pension plan. No beefs and no disputed OT. STEEL CHEMIST (Isthmian), July 27—Chairman, None; Secre­ tary, S. Segree. $9.00 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in deck depart­ ment. Brother K. Price was elected to serve as ship's delegate. SS STEEL CHEMIST (Isthmian), August 3—Chairman, None; Secre­ tary, S. Segree; Deck, Delegate, James Christie; Engine Delegate, Ishmaul Ramos; Stewards Delegate, Stanley Faunthrop. $9.00 in ships fund. Everything is in order with no beefs and no disputed OT. ERICKSON (Crest), August 3-Chairman, Bill Butts; Secretary Al­ bert H. Richards; Ship's Delegate, Bill Butts; Deck Delegate, Paul Chattley; Engine Delegate, Louis Greaux; Stewards Delegate, Donald Thompson. Crew extend a vote of thanks to all SIU . represe^atiyes for the raise in pay and OT. Written motions and resolutions sent to headquarters. No beefs were re­ ported by department delegates. JAMES (Ogden Marine), August . 31—Chairman, H. OMey; Secretary, C. Garner; Ship's Delegate, R. N. Kelly; Deck Delegate, David B. Ramby; Engine Delegate, John S. > Higgins; Stewards' Delegate, O. Paschal. Discussion held regarding retirement plan and new contract. No beefs were repp^ed by depart- • ment delegates. $37.36 in ship s fund. ALCOA TRADER (Alcoa), August 10 — Chairman, Donald Chestnut, Secretary, Delegate J. D. Cantrell, Jr.; Deck Delegate, O. W. Elliott; Engine Del­ egate, Carlos Vega; Steward, A. Ronlin. No beefs were reported by department delegates. . * , ^ RALEIGH (Crest), August 31— Chairman, Dan hL Ticer, Sr., Secre­ tary, John H. McElroy; Ship's Dele­ gate Dan M. Ticer, Sr.; Engine Delegate, Donald J. Henson; Stew­ ards-Delegate, E. E. Davidson. $16.00 in ship's fund. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. JAMES (Ogden),'August 24 — Chairman, H. Mobley; Secretly, C. Garner; Ship's Delegate, R.. N. Kelly; Deck Delegate, David B. Ramby; Engine Delegate, John S. Higgins; Stewards' Delegate, Otis Paschal. $28.80 in ship's fund. Vote of thanks was extended to the stew­ ard department for a job well done. Discussion held regarding retire­ ment plan. NOONDAY (Waterman), Septem- , her 7 —Chairman, T. Martineau; Secretary J. Morton; Ship s Delegate, T. Martineau; Deck Delegate, ' Fred Serrahn; Engine Delegate, . Henry B. Pedersen; Stewards' Dele­ gate, Rafael A. Rios; $37.00 in ship'sifund. Some disputed OT in engine department. No beefs. �lOetober, 1969 SEAFARERS Waiiam Flllin^in, 41: Sea­ farer Fillingim died on August 7 as the result of an auto acci­ dent on Friendsw o od Link Road, Texas. He was a native of Alabama and made his home there in Chicka­ saw. An AB in the deck de­ partment, his last vessel had '' been the Albion Victorv. He joined the Union in the Port of •> Mobile in 1941. Brother Fil­ lingim is survived by his father, " Emanuel. Burial was in Wolf Ridge Cemetery, Whistler, Ala. bama. u r Joseph John Vuitech, 62: Seafarer Vujtech passed away as a result of ar­ teriosclerosis on July 20 in Har­ bor Emergency Hospital, San Francisco. He was a native of Michigan and was living in San Francisco when he died. Broth­ er Vujtech joined the SIU in the Port of Baltimore in 1946. He was a chief cook and last sailed aboard the Raphael Semmes. Seafarer Vujtech, who began his sailing career in 1923, is sur­ vived by a daughter, Sonya Lee Van Deventer. Robert Hill Trail III, 19: Brother Trail died in action on February 25 during a battle 'in Quang Tri Province, Viet­ nam. He had temporarily left the SIU to join the Mari ne Corps in 1968. A native of Baltimore, Mary­ land, Seafarer Trail joined the Union in the Port of New York in 1967. He sailed as a wiper in the engine department and last shipped aboard the Alcoa Market. Brother Trail is survived by his mother and father. . \1> Homer Lee Addingtmi, 63: Brother Addington died of a heart attack on August 13 at the Sunny Point Army Terminal, North Carolina. He was a native of Nickelsville, Virginia, and was making his home in Gate City, Virginia at the time of his death. He sailed in the deck department and last shipped aboard the Grethe in January of this year. Sea­ farer Addington joined the Union in 1957 in the Port of Baltimore. He is survived by his father, Sam. Demetrio Gomaza Zemido, 72: Brother Zerrudo, an SIU pensioner, died of heart diseasf on August 10 in the USPHS Hos­ pital at New Or­ leans. Born in the Philippine Islands, Brother Zerrudo had made his home in New Orleans. He had been sailing nearly 31 vears when he retired in 1961. Brother Zerrudo sailed as stew­ ard and his last vessel was the Del Alba. He joined the Union in the Port of New Orleans. Burial was in Garden of Mem­ ories Cemetery, Jefferson, Louisiana. Seafarer Zerrudo is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Rosita Penton. ,1, Robert Sallier, 57: Seafarer Sallier died on August 3 in Park Place Hos­ pital, Port Ar­ thur, Texas. A chief engineer for Slade, Inc., Brother Sallier made" his home in Orange, Tex­ as, with his wife. Dorothy. He joined the SIU in Port Arthur in 1964. Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery, Orange. Besides his wife. Sea­ farer Sallier is survived by two sons. Robert and Jerry. Broth­ er Sallier waS a native of Louisiana. Page Twenty Nine LOG gia and joined the Union in the Port of New York in 1955. Burial was at Garden of MemCemetery, New Orleans. ^ Paul Chase Norton, 63: Brother Norton was - an SIU pensioner who passed away on September 10. Seafarer Norton had sailed as an AB in the deck department for many years. He last sailed aboard the Duke Victory. A native of Maine, he was making his home in Boston at the time of his death. Brother Norton joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1938. Cremation took place at Forest Hills Cre­ matory, Boston. Lloyd James Thomas, 58: Brother Thomas, an SIU pen­ sioner, died in Charity Hospi­ tal, New Orleans, on August 17 from a lung di­ sease. A real oldtimer in the SIU, he joined the Union in 1938 in the Port of Norfolk. A native of West Virginia, Sea­ farer Thomas had sailed as an AB in the deck department. His last vessel was the Trans India. Brother Thomas was living in New Orleans at the time of his death. He is survived by a sis­ ter, Gladys Caldwell. Burial was in Tampa, Florida. Brother Thomas first went to sea in 1929. <I> James Walker, 58: Seafarer Walker died in USPHS Hospi­ tal, Staten Island, on August 31. Leroy Samuel Jackson, 55: He joined the Seafarer Jackson died on Sep­ SIU in the Port tember 13 in of New York in New Orleans. 1947 and worked Death was in the steward caused by department. His drowning. A last vessel was member of the the Jacksonville. A native of SIU since 1939, South Carolina, Brother Walker Brother Jackson was living in Bronx, New York, sailed as a chief with his wife, Beatrice, when he steward. His last vessel was died. In 1961 he served the mid­ the Calmar. He was a native of South Carolina and still made night to 8 a.m. watch in the his home there with his wife, greater New York harbor strike. Gwendolyne, at the time of his In 1962 he was issued a picket death. Brother Jackson joined duty card. Burial was in Woodthe SIU in the Port of Savannah. lawn Cemetery, Bronx. Walter Beck Orr, 60: Broth­ Edward Anthony Lukowski, er Orr died suddenly on August 67: Brother Lukowski was an Samuel Chamberlain Law­ 25, 1968 in San SIU pensioner Francisco. He rence, 51: Brother Lawrence who died on died in San had been a cook September 20 in Francisco on in the steward USPHS Hospi­ February 2 of department and tal, Staten Is­ pneumonia. Sea­ last sailed land. A native farer Lawrence aboard the of Brooklyn, he sailed as a wiper Mount Vernon was living there in the engine de­ in 1968. Sea­ with his wife, partment. His farer Orr, a native of Arkansas, Anna, when he died. Brother last vessel was was making his home in Wil­ Lukowski had joined the Union son, Oklahoma at the time of the Eliza Port. He was bom in in the Port of New York and his death. He joined the SIU in Pensacola, Florida, and made the Port of Baltimore in 1952. his home in Oakland, Califor­ sailed as a bosun in the deck A man with a B.A. degree. nia. Brother Lawrence joined department. His last vessel was Brother Orr was once an ele­ the Union in the Port of New the Seatrain Louisiana. In mentary school teacher. He is York in 1961. Burial was at 1961 he participated in the suiwived by his father, Olin, Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Tampa, greater New York harbor strike. From 1919 until 1921 he served Florida. and a cousin, Christine. in the Navy. Burial was in St. John's Cemetery, New York. Hughes Patterson Townes, 56: Seafarer Townes succumbed r to heart disease on August 22 at the USPHS Hos­ pital in New Or­ leans. He was an SIU pensioner who made his home with his wife, Rosella, in New Orleans. Brother Townes sailed as an AB in the deck de­ partment and the last vessel he sailed on was the Walter Rice in 1968. He was born in Geor­ Thomas Lewis Thompson, 57: Brother Thompson died Au­ Jack Theo Waldtop, 17: gust 11 in the Brother Waldrop died of pneu­ USPHS Hospi­ monia in USPHS tal in San Fran­ Hospital, New cisco. A mem­ Orleans, on July ber of the SIU 31. Young Wal­ since 1951, he drop had grad­ joined the Union uated from the in the Port of Harry LundeNew York. Sea­ berg School of farer Thompson sailed as a 2nd Seamanship in cook. Bom in New York City, 1968 and was sailing as a wiper Brother Thompson was living in in the engine department. His San Francisco at the time of his last vessel was the Alcoa Cbmdeath. Burial was in Ocean mander. A native of BrookView Cemetery, Staten Island. haven, Mississippi, Seafarer Waldrop was still making his home there when he passed away. Survivors include his mother, Dorothy. Burial was in Antioch Cemetery, Brookhaven. Hamilton Dailey, 47: Brother Dailey died on November 23, 1968, at Gradu­ ate Hospital in Philadelphia from acute bron­ chial asthma. He was born in Vir­ ginia and joined the SIU in the Port of Norfolk in 1941. He sailed as a messman in the steward department and last worked aboard the Pro­ ducer. At the time of his death. Seafarer Dailey was living in Philadelphia with his mother, Minnie Young. He served in the Army from 1943 until 1946. Jacobus Nuvelstyn, 70: Sea­ farer Nuvelstyn died from a hemorrhage at Jersey City Med­ ical Center on August 27. He was a native of Holland and was making his home in Jersey City, New Jersey, widi his wife, Susan, when he passed away. Brother Nuvelstyn joined the Union in the Port of New York in 1963 and worked as a deckhand for the Erie Lackawanna Railroad. Thomas Stephen Johnson, 50: Brother Johnson died sud­ denly on Au­ gust 30 aboard the Burbank f ^ Victory on which he was sailing as a steward. Death was caused by a heart attack. Bom in New Jersey, he had been living in Philadelphia. Seafarer John­ son was single and joined the Union in the Port of Tampa, Florida in 1949. Burial serv­ ices were held in Philadelphia. Prue G. Vaughn, 51: Brother Vaughn died of heart disease on September 12 in Norfolk Gen­ eral Hospital, Norfolk, Virgin­ ia. Seafarer Vaughn was born in Belton, South Carolina, and made his home with his wife, Delia, in Chesapeake, Virginia. He shipped as a third cook in the steward department and last sailed aboard the Ames Victory. Brother Vaughn joined the Un­ ion in the Port of Norfolk in 1955. Burial was at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Norfolk. �Page Thirty SEAFARERS FINANCIAL REPORTS. Hie constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Guff, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes sjiecific provision for safeauardina the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditina committee elected by the membership. Ail Union records are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund aareements. All these aareements specify that the trustees in charae of these funds shall equally consist of union and manaaeraent representatives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust fun^ 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 shippina riahts and seniority are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shippina riabts. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shippina or seniority riahts as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The pnmer address for this is: Earl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place, Suite 1980, New Yorit 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 Seafaros Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are avaUable in aU SIU balb. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboara 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 traditionaUy refrain^ from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the Unions officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deoned harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has heea reaffirmed by membenhip action at the Septembers 1960s meetings in all constitu­ tional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy is vested in an ^torial board which consists of the Executive B^d of the Union. The Executive Board may delegates from among its rankSs (me individual to carry out this responsibility. IDdNOT 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.) Stftzel-WeUer DistfUcriM "Old FitzKerald," "Old Efk" ."Cabin StUl," W. L. WcUcr Bourbon whldtcys . (Distillery Workers) — KIngsport Press "World Book,** "Chfldcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) B: d> Boren Clay Products Co. (United Brick and Clay Workers) Ik Gypsum Wallboard, American Gypsum Co. (United Cement Lime and Gypsum Workers International) R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Camels, Winston, Tempo, Brandon, Cavalier and Salem cigarettes (Tobacco Workers International Union) (International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drinks and Distillerv Workers) A1> Pioneer Flour MID (United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers Local 110, San Antonio, Texas d> An California Table Grapes (United Farm Workers) "mS" bthnd men's clothes _ Kaynec Boyswear, Jndy Bond Uonws, Bancs Knitwear, Randa He*, BOM Giovei^ Rklunaa Magic Chef Pan Pacific Division (Stove, Furnace and Allied Appliance Workers International Union) 4> 4, ABantic Prodncts Sports Goods (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) Fisher Price Toys (Doll and Toy Workers) Jamestown Stofing Cocpu (United Furniture Woiters) PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU nnlesa an official Union receipt is given for ume. Under no circumetancea chould any mraiber pay any money for any reaaon unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publbhea every 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 familiarise themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obli­ gation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. 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 members at these Union meet­ ings, they are encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file functicms, in­ cluding service on rank-and-file conunittees. Because these oldtimen cannot take shipboard anpl<vment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union p<dicy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These riirfats are clearly set forth in the SlU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Conse­ quently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic ori^n. If any member feds that be is denied the equal rights to which be is entitled, he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic riadits of Seafarers is the rteht to pursue legislative and political objectives which wiU serve the best interests of themselves, their famaies and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was establisbed. Donations to SPAD are entirdy voluntary and constitute the funds throuidt which legislative smd political activities are conducted tor the benefit of the membership and the Union. If at any time a Seafarer feab that any of the above rights have boon vMstod. or that ho has been denied bM constttntioaal right of accoso to Union records or infomution, ho ahonid imniediataly notify SIU President Panl BaU at bcadgnarters by eertified nwU. retam recdpt rcgi —^ Econmny Famitnre Co. AniOdownMa^ Weston Provindai Bflt-Rite (Upholsterers) : Waterways), AuKust 10—Chairman^ Jaclc Kennedy; Secretary, D. M,; Woods; Ship's Delegate, James Ci* Northcut; De.clc Delegate, It. Corey; Engine Delegate, E. Boyce; • jjStewards' Delegate, G. H. Burns. No beefs reported by department dtele-^ gates. Everything running smoothly, BEATRICE VICTORY (Victory Carriers), August 10—Chairman, Cw ' Webb; Secretary, W. Lovett; Ship's> Delegrate, Mario Garcis gine Delegate, Anthony J. rramo; Stewards* Delegate, N. Williams." Everything running smoothly in alii * departments. Vote of thanks to*! steward department for Job well' done. ~ i " . KENYON VICTORY (Columbia), . August 3—Chairman, J. Kuchta;| Secretary, Leo M. Morsette; Ship's Uelesate, John Kuchta; Deck Dele-f> ate, Thomas J. McGinn; Engine delegate,']^bert Brooks; Stewards' pslegate, Harry C. Downing. No beefs were reported by department» delegates. S STEEL ENGINEER (Isthralan), June 23^—Chairman, Jan Bayes, Jr.; ' . Secrfitary, Angel Seda; Ship's Dele- , gate, Jan Bayes, Jr.; Engine Delegate, Maunce Rosenthal $7.00 Im , ship's fund. No beefs. Some disputed OT in deck and engine d«partm< to be taken up vrith patrolman. COLUMBIA (U. S. Steel), Aug 17—Chairman, B. J. Waturski; r«tary|_^M. S. Sospina; Ship's Dele gate, Thomas Darrell; Deck Dele gate, Richard Heffly; Engine Dele gate, Joseph E. JBrooke; Stewards! Delegate, T. Sayer. No beefs. Eve thing running smoothly in all d partments. ' SIU-AGUWD Meetings RIchman Bros, and Sewell Suits, New Orleans Nov. 11—2:30 p.in. Wing SUrts Mobile Nov. 12—2:30 p.in. (Amalgamated Clothing Workers Wilmington Nov. 17—^2:00 p.in. of America) San Fran. .. Nov. 19—2:00 p.m. Seattle Nov. 21—^2:00 p.m. <|> New York Nov. 3—^2:30 p.ni. Philadelphia Nov. 4—2:30 p.in. White Furniture Co. Baltimore .. Nov. 5—2:30 p.m. (United Furniture Workers of Detroit .... Nov. 14—^2:30 p.m. America) Houston ... Nov. 10—2:30 p.m. ^ —- October, 1969. "I Comet Rice Miiis Co. products Genesco Shoe Mfg. Co. Work Shoes . . . Sentry, Cedar Chest, Statler Men's Shoes . . . Jarman, Johnson & Murphy, Crestworth, (Boot and Shoe Workers' Union) LOG United Industrie Workers New Orleans Nov. 11—7:00 p.m. Mobiie .... Nov. 12—7:00 p.m. New York Nov. 3—^7:00 p.m. Philadelphia Nov. 4—^7:00 p.m. Baltimore .. Nov. 5—^7:00 p.m. tHousttm .. Nov. 10—^7:00 p.m. Great Lakes SIU Meetings Detrcdt .. Nov. 3—2:00 p.m. Alpena .. Nov. 3—7:00 p.m. Buffalo .. Nov. 3—7:00 p.m. Chicago . Nov. 3—7:30 p.m. Duluth .. Nov. 3—7:00 p.m. Frankfort Nov. 3—7:00 p.m. Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Section Chicago ... Nov. 11—^7:30 p.m. tSauH Ste. Marie Nov.. 13—^7:30 p.m. Buffalo Nov. 12—^7:30 p.m. Duluth Nov. 14—^7:30 p.m. Cleveland , Nov. 14—^7:30 p.m. Toledo ... Nov. 14—^7:30 p.m. Detridt • • - Nov. 10—^7:30 p.m. MOwaukee Nov. 10—^7:30 p.m. SIU Inland Boatmen's Union New Orleans Nov. 11—5:00 p.m. Mobfie .... Nov. 12—5:00 p.m. Philaddphia Nov. 4—5:00 p.m. Bdtfanore (Bcensed and un­ licensed) . Nov. 5—5:00 p.m. Norfolk ... Nov. ti—5:00 p.m. Honstmi ... Nov. 10—5:00 p.m. Railway Marine Region PhOadelpiiia Nov. 11—^10 am. & 8 p.m. BaUimoK Nov. 12-7-^10 a.m. ft 8 p.fn. •Noifblfc Nov. 13—10 aju. ft 8 p.m. Jeney CHy Nov. 10—10 a.m. ft 8 pjn. t Hooting held at Labor Temple, Snnit Ste. Mario, Mich. * Meotiag held nt Labor Temple. Nowport Mews. IMootiag hdd at Gahreefam whmrrm. STEEL SCIENTIST (Isthmian)! J* luly 13—Chairman, J. Nelson, Jr.tl^ Secretary, O. Vola; Ship's Delegate! ^ Sugene Hayden; Deck Delegate^ * Thomas I. Walker; Engine Delegate^ forge E. Griffith; Stewards' Delei' "" rate, F. S. Omega. $20.00 in ship's!. fund. No beefs or disputed OT. SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers PRfiSIDENT Psul Hall EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cal Tenner Esrl Shopard Al Tannsr VICE PRESIDENTS Llndioy Wlll|smi Robart MaHhawi SECRHARY-TREASURER Al Kerr HEADQUARTERS 47S 4tli Ave., ikim. (212) HY t-4M0 800 N. Second Ave. (517) EL 4-3414 •ALTIMORE, Md 1214 E. Raltlmoro St. (301) E«, 7-4f00 BOSTON. Mail MI Atlantic Avenue (417) 482-4714 BUFFALO, N.Y 7IS.WaihtMton St. SIU (714) TL 3-T2ST IBU (714) TL 3-f25t CHICAOO, III T3BI Ewlne Ave. SIU (312) SA 1-0733 IBU (312) ES 5-TS70 CLEYELAND, Ohio 1410 W. 2Stli St. (214) MA I-S4S0 DETROIT, Mich IBIH W. Jefterion Ave. (313) VI 3-4741. DULUTH, Minn .... 2014 W. 3rd St. (2IB) RA 2-4110 FRANKFORT, Mich. P.O. Box 107 4IS Main St. (414) EL 7-2441 HOUSTON, Tex M04 Canal St. (713) WA 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE, Ha. 2408 Pearl St. (t04) EL 3-0117 JERSEY CITY, N-l. ... It Monteomory St. (201) HEB-t424 MOBILE, Ala I South Uwronco St. (205) HE 2-1754 410 Jackion Avo. NEW ORLEANS, U. (504) S21-7544 NORFOLK, Va MB Ird St. (703) 422-l8t2 .. 1404 S. 41b St. PHILADELPHIA, Pa (lis) DE 4-3SIB r;?BTEEL DIRECTOR (Isthmian)! liAugnst 3—Chairman, George L,fjHayes; Secretary, Johnny P. Bali< Hnv: Ship's Sbiti'H Delegate, Delesrate. George ueorire L. A day; Hayes; Deck Delegate, James F. Shi-: rah; Engine Delegate, David !. Gow-^ er; Stewards' Delegate, Philip Swing. $51.66 in ship's fund. Trip: has Just begun and everything istu i| running smoothly. i I A STEEL SCIENTIST (Isthmian)^ ' July 20-r-Ch8irman, J. Nelson, Jr.; • „ i Secretary, O. Vola; Ship's Delegate, i Eugene Hayden; Deck Delegate, ; Thomas J. Walker; Engine Delegate, i Jorge Griffith; Stewards' Delegate, ! F. Omega. $20.00 in ship's fund. No ! beefs or disputed OT. ALPENA, MICH PORT ARTHUR, Tex IMS Sovonlb St. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., 1531 Mluton St. (415) 424-47t3 SANTURCE, P.R ISIl Fomandox Jonco* Step 10 724-2848 WSA'S® -""SSTMSi STEEL DIRECTOR (Isthmian), „ August 10—Chairman, George L. Hayes; Secretary, .Tohnnv p. BaVi^day; Shm's Delegate, George LV 'Hayes; Deck Delegate, James F. sShirah; Engine Delegate, David •Gower; Stewards' Delegate, Philip Swing. Discussion held on new con­ tract. Vote of thanks to our efficient Union raprescntatives, $51=66 m ship'ia fond. Everything running;; smoothly with no bpefs. STBIBL; SCIKNTIBT (Isthmian, „July 27—Ghairman> J. Nelson, Jr.! ISecfotary, 0. Vola; Ship's Delegab Sugehe Hayden; Deck Delega IThomas Walker; Engine Delega Idrge Griffith; Stewards' Delegate " Omega, $20.00 in ship's fund uerything is running smoothly. e«reta$y?^L'P. sXday afo, odprgB L. Hayes. ,Ste, J^ss Shiraht : David Gower; sfesw' jfatu;';VhiIlp.. Bvring..-.Mdmade that Bfeiphdard a month shdul4r ha Jn.khip'S'afondAl; r4.irtsiiSi WILMINOTON, CalHj, 4W .$«««• Aye. Terminal liland, Calif. (213) B32-73K YOKOHAMA, Japan. .Itwa Bld^. Room 801 1-2 Kalaan-Dorl-Nakafcu 1»l<4t7l fat. 281 •Delegate, yh^»:;.repprted 3 �SEAFARERS October, 1969 if.- > Page Thirty One LOG "'•'i t'r " • • W'f-" iM ARRY SCHULTZ, 70, went on s Pension in June after a long sniliAg H career. Ehiring his Jast two years at Ma he bad heard about the Hany Lundebe g School of Seamanship at Piney Point, ar d he had met some of the trainees and u])graders who came aboard ship. Last month he decided to come down to tlie Point and see the school for himself. .After a two-day tour, during which time J he had an opportunity to inspect all of • the training facilities, and the farm arei, he said; "I am greatly impressed. It's a wonderful thing. I only wish that we hzd this kind of training program when I was a young fellow, and I hope that the your g men down here realize what a wonderf ul opportunity they have. All of us have eveiy right to be proud of what the SIU building here to secure the future of the new young men coming into- our Union, our active members who are still sailing, and the oldtimers like me." ' yr,. '••Ai ^ -iTi Pensioner Harry Scliul+2 and HLSS Lifeboat • instructor Tom Brooks watch an able crew of trainees as they come into the dock - ' after a long and hard afternoon of practice.' ; -. . : • y:.y. < iy m'. ' 'Hv. ,;fT1 s - t;, SchwIta-'pOifits'to the chart to show.what a M firlman's wage's were when he was tailing in Ri:-the engine room m 1945—$14? a month! To­ ll^/: day a fireman's wages are $470,33. Looking on are (1-r) Richard Scott, James Shields, Charles ^Bailey. The. trainees were very in listening- to his- experiences. Plih Hall shows Pensioner ScHdifz mw^fplb^^ I'iiiormitory ; home which will be available for pertsiom^ / Pfrs;" Schultz exprsMed a - great deal of interest in )\e plans fpr a thbd^n and complete pensioner villagie.; Schultz samples a freshly picked watermelon presented t6 him by SIU RepreMntative, Frank M Schultz spent an afterrwon look-ysg ing around the school's farm which supplies^; much of the school's fruits and vegetables. :y �r'Vol. XXXI No, 12 SEAFARERS^jfeLOC Octobor 1969 < I OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO> { [ II CnrSERVKEMRFOlK smugMr I hrtofPineyPoiirt r -- - T HE 35,000-TON cities Service Norfolk stopped at Steuart Petroleum at the Port of Piney Point to discharge a part of her cargo of gasoline. The SlU'contracted supertanker had just completed a 65-day voyage that began at Norfolk and included ports in Venenzuela, Arruba, Pan­ ama, Guam, and Houston, Texas. SIU Represent­ ative Bill Hall, HLSS Instructor Tom Brooks, and a LCXJ photographer spent an afternoon visit­ ing the ship and talking with members of the crew. Two crewmembers, Larry Scott and Willis Single­ ton, both recent graduates of the HLSS school at Piney Point, stopped by to talk with some of the trainees, and tell them of their experiences. I ^ ISIU Representative Bill Hall holds an informal meet• ing with some of the crewmembers. Standing left to IFather and son sailed together on deck on the Nor- Iright are Macon Welch, deck delegate: Warren Man-. |foik. Mike Anding, sailing as O.S., and his father,.Iuel, ship's delegate: Mario Cepeda, AS: and Hoyt IB. J. Anding, take time out to look over the latest |Hackney, engine delegate. The crew was pleased with Iissue of the LOS. This was the first trip for Mike. |the surprise visit, and happy to receive the new LOS. The steward department was on hand for the LOS pho­ tographer. Left to right are Seorge Mates, chief stew-1 ard: Allen Manuel, steward delegate: Rodolfo Pinoin, | pantry: Berley Willis, third cook: and Jimmie Higham, i chief cook. The crew had high praise for the steward department of the Cities Service Norfolk. I I Two crewmembers of the Norfolk, both HLSS gradI uates, took time to pay ^ visit to the School at 1 Piney Point and talk to a class of trainees. Larty ICrewmember Mario Cepeda takes a supply of welfare 5 Scott, making his second trip as wiper, attended the I forms for the crew brought to the ship by SIUI school in February. Willis Singleton, seated, was ! Representative Bill Hall. Looking on is Tom Bropks,^| making his first trip as messman. He graduated in ^ . two chief pumpmen on the Norfolk took time out • lifeboat instructor at the Harry Lundeberg School • July. Looking on are HLSS instructors Bill Hall, and Ion deck to pose for this photo. Billy J. Brewer, |of Seamanship at Piney Point. The crew reported. 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Title A name given to the resource October 1969 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU CONSTITUTIONAL COMMITTEE PREPARING REPORT AFL-CIO CONVENTION SETS COURSE FOR CHALLENGES OF ‘70S MTD OPTOMISTIC ON ADMINISTRATION’S MARITIME PLEDGE JUSTICE DEPT USED DOUBLE STANDARD IN WHITEWASH LETTER ON HAYNSWORTH CAREY SEES THREAT TO US SECURITY IN GROWING SOVIET MERCHANT FLEET JUSTICE DEPT USED DOUBLE STANDARD IN WHITEWASH LETTER ON HAYNSWORTH CAREY SEES THREAT TO US SECURITY IN GROWING SOVIET MERCHANT FLEET SIUNA, MTD DEMAND END TO PHS HOSPITAL SHUTDOWNS 1970 MARITIME AUTHORIZATION BILL PASSES HOUSE WITH SENATE CHANGES JENNIE RIZZUTO, LADY SIU PENSIONER, PAYS HAPPY VISIT TO HEADQUARTERS CONGRESS STRIKES FDL SHIP FUNDS FROM BUDGET FOR THIRD YEAR IN A ROW AFL-CIO EXPELS CHEMICAL WORKERS BY 50-1 MARGIN FOR ALA AFFILIATION GROWING NUMBER OF CONSUMER LAWS HAVE BARELY SCRATCHED THE SURFACE GILBERT BILL REVAMOS SOCIAL SECURITY; WOULD WIPE OUT POVERTY AMONG AGED CONGRESS ASKED TO HALT EXPLOITATION, ANTI LABOR ABUSE OF GREEN CARDRES SALARY HIKES, BONUSES, STOCK DEALS KEEP TOP EXECUTIVES ALIVE AND WELL 125 MORE TRAINEES WIN LIFEBOAT TICKETS AIRLINE PILOTS SCORE SAFETY HAZARDS, PROPOSE OWN SOLUTIONS TO INDUSTRY UNION BUSTING BY JP STEVENS HIT IN SEVENTH ADVERSE RULING BY NLRB CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MOUNTS DRIVE TO MAKE NLRB MANAGEMENT’S TOOL NEW JOB BIAS PLAN CALLED RIGHTS SURRENDER SOLUTION TO TEENAGE UNEMPLOYMENT NOT LOWER WAGES CRACKDOWN ON WAGE-HOUR CHEATERS CALLED FOR BY AFL-CIO PRES. 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ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO V;:. 6REAT lAKES TUG AND DREDGE PENSIOH FUND Annual Report Rled WRh NoY. State insurancd DepartnMnt 21 iERs mmvuM Annual Repert Fileil WR| II.Y. State insurance Dnpar^nt p!'-- - • :7-. • 'A-.?.! �Page Two SEAFARERS September, 1969 LOG Six More Seafarers Get Licenses; Engineer Upgraders Now Total 349 The School of Marine Engi­ neering, sponsored jointly by the SIU and MEBA District 2, has graduated six more Seafarers from the engine department. All have earned engineer's licenses following successful completion of the comprehensive training program offered by the school. These new graduates bring to 349 the total number of Seafar­ ers who have completed the School's course and have gone on to pass their Coast Guard licensing examinations. Edmund Richard Rivers, 22, was born in Brooklyn and makes his home there now with his Rivers Laboda wife and child. He joined the Union in the Port of New York in 1965 at which time he was a graduate of the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship. Rivers sailed as FOWT before entering the school of engineer­ ing last March. In August he received his Temporary Third Assistant Engineer's License. Thaddeus Laboda, 56, joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1953. Born in Philadelphia, Brother Laboda logged a good deal of seatime as an oiler be­ fore being accepted to the en­ gineering school in October, 1968. With his seatime experi­ ence and successful completion of comprehensive training and instruction at the school, he passed the Coast Guard licens­ ing exam last month and is now sailing as a Third Assistant En­ gineer. David Bryon Dawson, 27, joined the SIU in the Port of San Francisco and shipped out as FOWT before he entered the school of engineering in April. He received a Third Assistant Engineer's License on July 31. Born in Taft, California, Broth­ er Dawson now lives in Cam­ bria, California. A new temporary third as­ Water Pollution Bill Reported To Senate Alms at OH Spills WASHINGTON — Legisla­ tion aimed at protecting the na­ tion's water resources as well as its beaches from oil and other pollutants has been re­ ported favorably by the Senate Committee on Public Works after hearings which extended over a period of six months. That part of the proposed legislation—^the Water Quality Improvement Act of 1969— which drew the greatest con­ troversy was its "absolute liabil­ ity" clause. This states that polluters of U.S. waters will be liable to the government up to $14 million or $125 per gross registered ton in the case of vessels. This would not apply in cases involving Acts of God or war, damages caused by third parties or U.S. government neg­ ligence. However, the burden of proof is on the party respon­ sible for the immediate effects. Shipowners had taken excep­ tion to the "absolute liability" concept during the hearings, pointing out besides that the $450 per gross registered ton figure originally proposed was "simply not insurable" in the world insurance market. The version agreed upon in the Sen­ ate committee reduced the $450 to $125. Oil Spills Damaging "Frequent oil spills from ves­ sels and from on-and off-shore facilities have ruined beaches and lowered the quality of our rivers and shore waters and have jeopardized animal and vege­ table life," the committee report states. "The spills from the Torrey Canyon and the Ocean Eagle have been spectacular examples of this danger, but the damage from repeated but unpublicized lesser incidents and intentional dumping is steadily increasing. This can no longer be tolerated. "Too often, the government has been unable to respond quickly enough to control the situation, or has not been in­ formed of the incident. Fre­ quently, the offenders have made no attempt to cleanup the spill and have gone unpunished. This bill attempts to correct these deficiencies." The Act deals with oil pollu­ tion, whether caused by dis­ charge from vessels or onshore or offshore facilities, sewage dis­ charge from vessels, and the dis­ charge of hazardous substances into bodies of water. Liabilities are assessed and penalties imposed on owners or operators of vessels for the costs of removal of oil spills by the government in cases where the owner or operator refuses to clean up the discharge or does not do so promptly and ade­ quately. The legislation, S. 7, which takes over from a similar bill on which action had not been concluded during the past Con­ gress, is now due for action on the full Senate floor. Its author is Senator Edmund S. Muskie (D-Me.), who presided over the hearings. Amendment Proposed To SIU Constitution sistant engineer. Warren Bullard, was sailing as a wiper be­ fore entering the school of Engineering in February, 1969. Brother Bullard, 29, joined the Union in the Port of Philadel­ phia in 1962. He is a native of Lakeland, Florida and now lives A resolution to amend the SIU Constitution was submitted by Secretary-Treasurer A1 Kerr, in behalf of the Executive Board, to the September membership meeting at SIU Headquarters in New York. The text of the resolution is as follows: WHEREAS, under our Constitution in voting for the election of officers and amending our Constitution, the Constitution pro­ vides that they be conducted in a manner which requires Polls Committees at certain times and places with a member having to be present and personally voting at that time; and WHEREAS, this procedure has at times created an unnecessary burden in carrying out a vote and may under the present conditions unnecessarily expose the results of such voting to unwarranted attack, which would require the spending of the Union's monies to oppose such attack and at the same time, would prevent the outcome of the membership's vote from being put into effect; and WHEREAS, it is recommended to change the method of such voting to some type of system of mail balloting, at the same time, holding on to for the membership and Union, their participation Dawson Bullard in such procedures; and WHEREAS, under our Constitution, proposed constitutional in Philadelphia with his wife, amendments and action to be taken upon such amendments, must Lenora. first be authorized by the membership, after which a Constitutional Stephen Joseph May, 34, is Committee is elected with the duty and authority to act on the a native of Mount Vernon, amendments and make changes, corrections, substitutions, and/or New York. He now makes his , • XT 1 XT T I make recommendations. The recommendations made, may inome m ewar , ew elude other proposed constitutional changes and after which the Brother May joined the SIU in | Committees' action is submitted to the membership for acceptance, the Port of New York in 1967. modification or rejection. If accepted by the membership, a refer­ He sailed as FOWT prior to endum vote is then conducted on same. enrolling in the engineering THEREFORE, it is school last March. He received RESOLVED, that our Constitution be amended to provide that his Third Assistant Engineer's in conducting votes for officers and for constitutional amendments License in August. Seafarer and with regard to constitutional amendments, unless otherwise May served a hitch in the Navy required by a majority vote of the membership, the voting shall be by mail ballot, and further from 1954 to 1958. RESOLVED, that the procedure or details of such mail ballot­ Robert Holley, 30, sailed as ing be contained in the recommendations of a Constitutional Com­ FOWT before being accepted mittee to be elected in the event this proposed resolution is ac­ by the School of Engineering in cepted by the membership as constitutionally required. That such May, 1969. He graduated with Constitutional Committee make such other recommendation on his Third Engineer's License in mail balloting procedure, along with recommendations for any August. A native of Rocky proposed constitutional amendments as the Committee may feel Mount, North Carolina, Brother needed or appropriate, such as, included but not limited to, mem­ Holley now lives in Norfolk, bership requirements, including financial requirements, length of Virginia. He joined the SIU in service; election procedures, constitutional definitions and any the Port of Norfolk in 1967. other constitutional subject. RESOLVED, as constitutionally provided, the resolution be Seafarer Holley served in the voted upon by the membership at the constitutional ports of New Army from 1956 until 1959. York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Detroit, Houston, New Orleans All engine department Sea­ and Mobile, and, if concurred in, the Constitutional Committee of farers are eligible for any of six (6) book members be elected at the Port of New York, Head­ the upgrading programs at the quarters, at a special meeting to be held thereat, at 2:00 P.M. on Union-sponsored School of Ma­ September 22, 1969, and finally, RESOLVED, in the event that such Constitutional Committee's rine Engineering, providing they are at least 19 years of age and | report and recommendations are thereafter accepted by the mem­ bership for voting as constitutionally required, such referendum vote be over a thirty (30) day period by secret ballot. That the voting shall commence no earlier than thirty (30) days, but no later than ninety (90) days after the membership approves the report and recommendations for a membership referendum vote. Fraternally submitted by A1 Kerr, Secretary-Treasurer In behalf of Executive-Board Holley have a minimum of 18 months of O.M.E.D. watchstanding time in the engine department in addition to at least six months experience as wiper or the equiv­ alent. Any Seafarer who qualifies and wishes to enroll in the school may obtain additional information and make applica­ tion for enrollment at any SIU hall. Information can also be obtained by writing to SIU headquarters, 675 Fourth Ave­ nue, Brooklyn, New York 11232, or by telephoning the school at (212) 499-6600. Home on the Range '1 f :) (, •if •h \ * II y A few words of advice and a warm sendoff accompany SIU Welfare Director Al Bernstein's delivery of first pension check to Seafarer John Szczepanski, shown at left. Szczepanski last sailed on the Albany as third cook, and will now practice his skill at his home in Jersey City, New Jersey. Photograph was taken at New York SIU hall. �September, 1969 SEAFARERS Prompt Replies Requested To Pension Questionnaires (The following letter, along with a pension supplement and questionnaire, has been mailed to all members of the Union. It is of the utmost importance that these question­ naires be filled out and returned to the Union as soon as possible. The committee elected by the membership to review and recommend ways and means to improve the Pension Plan will depend on your ideas and suggestions.) September 15, 1969 Dear Fellow Seafarer: Your Union has run a pension supplement containing a questionnaire in the last several issues of the Seafarers LOG with the request that all members fill it out and send it in. In our recently concluded negotiations it was announced to our Membership, after obtaining new wage scales, that only two items remained open—the Pension Plan and the Vacation Plan. We have just concluded negotiations for our Vacation Plan, and the payments are now: Entry Ratings, $1,000; Middle Ratings, $1,200; Key Ratings, $1,400. This now leaves us with the immediate task of improving our Pension Plan. Accordingly, you are strongly urged to fill out the enclosed questionnaire and send it in at once in the self-addressed, postage-paid envelope provided. This is important due to the fact that at the October meeting of the constitutional branches of the SIU, our Mem­ bership will vote whether or not to establish a Pension Re­ view Committee. If carried in the October meetings, then on November 17, 1969, we shall elect such a committee in these Constitutional Ports at a special meeting for the purpose of reviewing and recommending ways and means to improve our Pension Plan. We should make available to that Committee all information possible as to the attitude and opinion of our Membership. Therefore, if you have not previously doif^so, please fill out the enclosed questionnaire and mail it back to us imme­ diately. Your co-operation will be greatly appreciated. Fraternally, Paul Hall, President Rep. Rosenthal Tells MTD: S/U Wins Major Vataiion Intreases For Rated Meu iu All Departments This latest major improve­ Continued bargaining negoti­ ations on the new SIU freight- ment in the SIU Vacation Plan ship and tanker agreements has marks the 12th time the benefits resulted in a major improvement have been increased through ne­ in vacation benefits. Under the gotiations since the program was terms of a newly-negotiated va­ first established in 1951. The cation clause, unlicensed Sea­ original SIU Vacation Plan—a farers in all middle and key landmark in the maritime indus­ ratings will receive increases in try—provided annual vacations annual vacation pay ranging of $115 for all unlicensed sea­ from $200 to $400. Annual men. By 1956, vacation benefits vacation for entry ratings will were up to $260, and continued remain at $1,000. up still further in 1960 to $400 Following is the breakdown a year. of the new vacation schedule, Then, in 1962, the Union which is retroactive to June 16, again secured increased vaca­ 1969: tion benefits—^this time doubling Deck Department: boatswain the rate to $800—and also did and carpenter—$1,400 per year; away with the requirement that A.B. maintenance, quartermas­ a Seafarer had to work aboard ter, able seaman—$1,200 per one vessel for a full year or more to be elegible for vacation pay. year. Engine Department: chief In 1966, the vacation benefit in­ electrician, second electrician, creased again to $1,000. unlicensed junior engineer (day), Since it was first established, unlicensed junior engineer thousands of Seafarers have re­ (watch), pi umber/machinist, ceived a total of more than $67 deck engineer, engine utility, million in benefits under the chief pumpman (tankers), sec­ ond pumpman/engine mainte­ nance (tankers)—$1,400 per year. Evaporator maintenance, oiler, oiler-diesel, watertender, fireman/watertender, fireman— WASHINGTON—An order $1,200 per year. ensuring the maximum use of Steward Department: chief steward, steward/cook, chief commercial U.S.-flag ships in cook, cook and baker—$1,400; transporting government car­ second cook, third cook—$1,- goes to or from the United States has been issued by Robert L. 200. Kunzig, General Services Ad­ ministrator. GSA procurement regulations will now spell out the required use of American-flag vessels whenever possible to move gov­ ernment-owned equipment, ma­ terials or commodities. When U.S.-flag commercial vessels are not available, the contractor years. Today, with one-twentieth must obtain GSA approval to of our cargoes traveling in use foreign-flag vessels. "The order not only requires American ships, we are sixth in world shipping and about tenth the use of U.S.-flag ships when­ ever possible, but prohibits the in shipbuilding. " The congressman, a member use of foreign-flag vessels that of the Government Operations have been engaged in trade with Committee, expressed his be­ Cuba or North Vietnam," Kun­ lief that the problems with the zig pointed out. This includes foreign-flag maritime industry come not from the Commerce Depart­ vessels which have been listed ment, but from "inefficient gov­ in the Federal Register by the Maritime Administration as ernment." In regards to shipbuilding, he having called at a Cuban port said, requests made by MARAD on or after January 1, 1963, or for funds have been "slashed to at a North Vifetnamese port on ribbons by the various layers or after January 25, 1966—un­ less GSA approval is first ob­ of bureaucracy." tained. "We must re-establish an in­ Beyond providing emphasis dependent Maritime Admini­ and stricter enforcement to pro­ stration—we must give it what­ cedures outlined in the Cargo ever legislative tools it needs— Preference Act of 1936, the and we must give it the money amendment also serves to draw that is required to get the job the attention of other govern­ done. ment agencies to cargo prefer­ "In that way, we can again ence regulations, Kunzig noted. get on with the job of doing The SIU—as well as Ameri­ what we set out to do in 1936— can-flag shipowners—has main­ to promote a strong merchant tained that, despite the Cargo marine that vyill serve our com­ Preference Act, which requires mercial shipping needs—and that American-flag ships receive that can act successfully as an a minimum of 50 percent of auxiliary to our armed forces." government-originating cargoes. Independent MARAD Only Remedy Fer U.S. Fleet's 'Diastrous' Plight WASHINGTON—One of the 170 congressmen who have sponsored legislation to restore the Maritime Administration to independent status. Representa­ tive Benjamin S. Rosenthal (DN.Y.) explained here why he believed this approach was nec­ essary in order to remedy what he termed "today's disastrous maritime situation." "You can't argue with facts," the New York congressman told a meeting sponsored by the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades De­ partment. "And the facts are that when our merchant marine program was being run as an in­ dependent entity, the merchant marine prospered—since its jurisdiction was transferred to the Department of Commerce, our merchant marine has de­ cayed. "I think it's time to return to the winning combination—a strong program, and an inde­ pendent agency to carry it out." Rosenthal said that, with the creation of the Maritime Com­ mission in 1936 as an inde­ pendent agency of government, the United States moved up to first rank in world shipping and also became the biggest ship­ building power in the world. "In 1936," he pointed out, "American ships were carrying 26.5 percent of our waterborne imports and exports. By 1950, the percentage rose to 42.5. To­ day, it is about five percent." The U.S. fleet now numbers about 800 vessels, he said, com­ pared to 2,000 at the end of World War II. Of these, 80 percent are more than 20 years old—over-aged and inefficient ships. "What went wrong? "By an innocent-appearing re­ organization, the nation's mer­ chant marine ceased to have the representation in government which it needed to prosper, or perhaps, even to survive." Rosenthal referred to the transfer of maritime activities to the Department of Com­ merce. "Within four years after the maritime community lost its in­ dependent voice, the percentage of American cargo shipped aboard American vessels was cut in half. Then it was cut in half again in another eight Page Hiree LOG SIU Vacation Plan. In the latest reported month alone, vacation benefits amounted to $785,449.89. This latest improvement in the SIU Standard Agreement was achieved under a provision of the new contract calling for "continued negotiations with re­ spect to improved pension, wel­ fare and vacation." In the "Comments and Recommenda­ tions" included in the agreement which was presented to the membership for ratification, the SIU negotiating committee stated: "Your committee feels that these contracts as presented to the membership represent not only a substantial gain on wages, overtime, etc., but also estab­ lishes a basis for finalizing in the near future new contract terms and benefits in the other areas such as welfare, pensions and vacations." 50% Cargo Preference Rules Tightened by New Amendment the government has been using foreign ships because their rates are lower. Congressman Otis Pike (DN.Y.), speaking, to an AFLCIO Maritime Trades Depart­ ment meeting last month, ac­ cused government agencies of using the 50 percent regulations as "maximums" instead of "minimums." The amendment just issued is seen as a response to these charges. Idea of fixed Chairman of ICC Backed by Labor WASHINGTON—The AFLCIO has expressed its support of President Nixon's proposal of a permanent chairman for the Interstate Commerce Commis­ sion instead of the present sys­ tem of rotating one-year terms among members of the commis­ sion. In a letter to Representative John A. Blatnik (D-Minn.), chairman of the House Govern­ ment Operations Committee, AFL-CIO Legislative Director Andrew J. Biemiller pledged the federation's support. The proposal, part of Reor­ ganization Plan No. 1 of 1969, would also give the ICC chair­ man authority over such admin­ istrative functions as appoint­ ment and supervision of person­ nel. However, personnel em­ ployed in the immediate offices of other members of the com­ mission would not be affected. At present, Virginia Mae Brown is ICC chairman. �Page Four SEAFARERS LOG September, 1969 Fulbright's 'Pay-off Slur on AIFLD Hit by Meany as 'Gratuitous insult' WASHINGTON—AFL-CIO President George Meany went before the Senate Foreign Re­ lations Committee last month and answered "a gratuitous in­ sult" to labor from the com­ mittee's chairman Senator J. William Fulbright (D-Ark.) The insult, Meany made clear, was a Fulbright suggestion that the government has provided grants to the American Insti­ tute for Free Labor Develop­ ment as "the price we pay" for labor's support of Vietnam pol­ icy. The quote from Fulbright ap­ peared in a United Press Inter­ national account of a committee hearing, July 14. At the time, Fulbright also belittled AIFLD's program to strengthen free un­ ions in Latin America. Meany said Fulbright's charge was untrue—"completely ridic­ ulous." He -expressed labor's "pride" in its participation in AIFLD and he traced its ac­ complishments. He listed m.ore than 70 businesses that have joined with the AFL-CIO in lielping support it. ously intended to be quite com­ was a "close relationship" be­ plimentary of AIFLD." tween labor and the previous Thousands of workers in Administration by which AIFLD Latin America have benefited was given money "to do as you from AIFLD's educational pro­ please with." grams, Meany pointed out. Un­ "To do as we please?," ion leaders and technicians Meany retorted. "That's not so. trained by the Institute in the We are checked every step of U.S. have been able to take the way [on expenditures]." their acquired skills back home Fulbright read parts of news­ with them and, in turn teach paper articles critical of AIFLD, others. which he said he was "putting The second phase of AIFLD's into the record." When he came work—its sponsorship of social to one that charged the program projects in Latin America—has was promoting "revolutions," helped unions there "play a Meany said, "That's the Commie more vital and positive role in line." the economic and social devel­ Same Arguments opment of their countries," He explained that he did not Meany said. mean that the author or the He noted that AIFLD is "the newspaper was influenced by the largest U.S. sponsor of workers' Communists but that the argu­ low cost housing in Latin Amer­ ments they used to discredit ica" with housing programs in AIFLD were the same argu­ 12 different countries. ments used by the Communists. He described a workers' At one point, Fulbright at­ housing bank established by tacked AIFLD because some AIFLD in Lima, Peru; wide- labor leaders who took its ranging "campesino" programs courses later became involved in Latin America which provide in politics in their countries. educational and vocational Meany answered, "We have no training, and legal assistance; way of controlling people. But help to unions in starting credit we are not involved in Latin Senators Disagree American politics." unions and cooperatives. During the hearing, which This exchange caused McGee Meany submitted with his ran for more than three hours, statement a resolution adopted to ask if perhaps the committee none of the committee members by the AFL-CIO Executive shouldn't get a "list" of Ful­ associated himself with Ful­ Council in May 1954 which bright scholars to determine "if bright's remarks. Two senators spelled out labor's policy in they became activists" upon re­ in fact, took sharp issue with Indo-China (of which Vietnam turning home. . them: was then a part). It called for In his testimony, Meany free elections and United Na­ brought out another point. He Senator Gale W. McGee (Dcalled Fulbright after the July Wyo.) after listening to ex­ tions action in the area. "We had a policy then as 14 hearing to see if he could changes between Meany and Fulbright, said, "There's noth­ now on Vietnam," Meany de­ talk to the senator alone about ing here to suggest any payoff. clared. "Who paid us off then?" his remarks. "No one else on It lessens the dignity of this he asked, adding, "You are the committee suggested a pay­ really stretching your imagina­ off," Meany said. body to make such charges." Continuing, Meany .^pointed Senator Clifford P. Case (R- tion." out that it was Fulbright who "It is a gratuitous insult to N.J.) said AIFLD's education courses for Latin American un­ the American labor movement insisted that it was a "commit­ ionists are similar to the Ful­ to accuse us of receiving a pay­ tee matter." He added that he bright Scholarship program in off for supporting the foreign came before the committee "be­ which students from other na­ policy of any administration," cause you wanted me here." "I'm not here pleading for the tions study in the United States Meany declared. program. I'm here to set you Fulbright said he would with help from the U.S. gov­ straight that this is not a politi­ "withdraw" the payoff charge, ernment. Fulbright seemed less cal payoff," Meany declared. but he then added that there than pleased by the comparison. Meany's statement to the committee also attacked a Ful­ bright assertion that U.S. audi-, tors could find "no specific conclusion" as to the relative success of AIFLD. It was based on a May 1968 letter written Union members and their families give labor's leadership by Comptroller General Elmer a strong vote of confidence, a professional polling firm re­ B. Staats. ported recently. Meany noted that Fulbright A survey taken by Sindlinger and Company found that "union members overwhelmin^y believe the leaders of labor had quoted only the first sen­ organizations are concerned with the interests of the rank and tence of a paragraph that went file." on to praise AIFLD as "a real­ The nationwide sampling of union members found 73.9 istic and imaginative approach" percent agreeing and only 3.9 percent disagreeing that imion to Western Hemisphere prob­ leaders are concerned with the interests of union members. lems, helping workers in Latin The remaining 22.2 percent either declined to answer or America to "become more ac­ qualified their replies. tive in the economic and social The attitude was almost as favorable among adults living progress" of their countries. in households where there is a union member, even though "It is most incomprehensi­ they were not members themselves. In those households, 64.1 percent said union leaders rep­ ble," Meany said, that Fulbright resent the interests of the average member. would lift a sentence out of con­ text from a paragraph ^'obvi­ Poll of Members Confirms Confidence In Union Heads AFL-CIO Pres. George Meany termed a "gratuitous insult" to labor, a remark by Senator J. William Fulbright (D-Ark.) that government funds American Insititute for Free Labor Development receives may be pay-off for labor's support of Vietnam policy. Meany is flanked at Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing by CWA President Jo­ seph A. Bierne, left, chairman of the AFL-CIO International Affairs* Committee and Legislative Director Andrew J. Biemiller, at right. 'i\ Record [nroUment Attained By Apprenticeship Outreach WASHINGTON—Craft un­ ions and community action agencies helped enroll a record 1,537 minority youths in the Apprenticeship Outreach pro­ gram during the first six months of 1969, the Labor Department reported. The number of minority youths placed as apprentices in programs registered with the La­ bor Department rose from 2,325 to 3,862 from January 1 through June 30. This is an average of 255 a month during the sixmonth period, the department noted. Labor Secretary George P. Shultz termed the achievement "one example of what can be done in attacking the manpower problem" through cooperation. He praised the craft unions and the community agencies for their "afiirmative action." The Apprenticeship Outreach program is sponsored by the AFL-CIO local building and construction trade councils in 14 cities, the Urban League in 21 cities, the Workers' Defense League in 10 cities and seven other groups in six cities. Of the total 3,862 minority apprentices, the Urban League placed 1,400, the Workers' De­ fense League 1,273, the craft union councils 870 and the others 319. The young apprentices are learning one of 18 skilled trades in the building and construction field, including carpentry, iron work, machinery operation and others. Apprenticeship Outreach uses the "tutor and cram" method to assist the youths—mainly Negro, Puerto Rican, MexicanAmerican and Indian—in pre­ paring for a specific apprentice­ ship examination. Secretary Shultz also reported that the activities of the 35 Apprenticeship Information Centers across the nation 12-month span, 8,902 apprenreached peak operations in the year ended June 30. During the tice applicants were referred , and indentured as apprentices in ^ programs registered with the Labor Department. ' Center for Labor Studies Programs To Start Soon NEW YORK — TTie AFLCIO's Labor Studies Center will become "oflScially operative" in Washington on Labor Day when Professor Fred Hoehler takes over his full-time duties as di­ rector. Walter Davis, AFL-CIO ed­ ucation director, reported to the federation's council meeting here that the center's first pro­ gram will begin in December. Initial activities will concentrate on seventeen one-week special institutes on a variety of sub­ ject areas. Such institutes will be one to four weeks in length. The student body will include national officers, union staff, and other persons with key re­ sponsibilities in the labor move­ ment. The center also will provide core institutes where staff devel­ opment programs will be three weeks in length and will be held five times from January through June 1970. Among the courses for these institutes will be "the American System of Unionism," "Eco­ nomics," "American Society and Civilization." There will also be courses in civil rights, labor law, state government and collective bargaining. The center's budget, pro­ gram, curriculum, personnel and location in Washington were approved by the board of trustees. f- f �September, 1969 SEAFARERS Page Five LOG 'Total Nqtional Commitment* Theme of Labor Day Messages Fight for Need Against Greed Drawn-by Meany, Others AFL-CIO President George Meany lashed out at "profiteer­ ing and greed" in a Labor Day message calling for a "total na­ tional commitment" to jobs, housing, education—and broth­ erhood. He said the nation's festering urban problems have been studied and diagramed, but then "relegated to low priority status by the nation's policy makers and leaders." Meanwhile, Meany warned, swollen corporate profits and ex­ orbitant interest rates have sent living costs up and purchasing power down to the point where "the American worker is already entering a recession." The AFL-CIO president and other leaders of the trade union movement used labor's holiday as an occasion to emphasize their confidence in America's ability to overcome its problems —if approached with the same determination that led to the moon landing. "This nation did commit it­ self to putting men on the moon and it did the job," Meany de­ clared. "It can commit itself to enriching and ennobling the lives of its people here on earth, and it must," he said. "Behind the commitment," Meany stressed, "there must be 1 j I ' : i j ! i AFL-CIO Secretary-Treas­ a willingness to back it up with deeds, money and resources." ury Lane Kirkland stressed in Meany spoke bluntly of the his Labor Day message the consequences of disordered pri­ trade union movement's long­ orities: standing commitment to "par­ With basic housing at a vir­ ticipatory democracy"—^long tual standstill because of high before the phrase was adopted interest rates and speculative as a political slogan. land costs, "high-rise luxury To the labor movement, this apartments and towering new means "working within the dem­ office buildings cast long shad­ ocratic framework to strengthen ows over old, dilapidated and it and make it function effec­ squalid housing in the ghettos tively to meet the needs of all citizens." below." Labor is "not uncritical" of Lack of money bars thou­ the nation's institutions, Kirk­ sands of young people from a land noted. But it considers the college education—or even American democratic structure quality elementary and high "fundamentally sound and cap­ school education. able of increasing responsive­ "Congress has been ready with words," but "reticent with ness to the demands of a nation undergoing wrenching change." money." The involvement of America's "And too many American corporations run away from unions in the "total life" of the American wage scales to .build community is "broad and ex­ plants and manufacture prod­ panding," Kirkland declared. He cited labor's support of ucts in other countries, taking advantage of poverty-stricken United Fund drives, its contri­ workers who will labor for as butions of money and manpower to aid disaster victims, its par­ little as 30 cents an hour." There is no conflict in Amer- ticipation in civil rights and ica's major goals, Meany de- anti-poverty activities. And "no single group devotes dared. The nation's resources more time or effort to engage "can provide for the nation's citizens in the democratic proc­ defense, conduct a reasonable ess than the trade union move­ space program and secure the ment," Kirkland stressed. general welfare for all the peopie." It helps register voters and AFL-CIO Council Condemns Attempt To Assassinate WV Strike Leaders NEW YORK —The AFL- just as all such acts have failed CIO Executive Council strong­ in the past." ly condemned an assassination Council members urged "re­ attempt on two leaders of strik­ sponsible authorities to use ing West Virginia State Roads every available means" to bring Commission employees and re­ the parties involved to justice. affirmed its full support of the Narrow Miss strikers and their struggle for Tuminello was reaching for union recognition. the door on the passenger's side, A bullet, fired August 5 by and Roehl was approaching the an unidentified assailant, tore car on the other side when the through the windshield of an auto parked outside Laborers shot was fired—apparently from Hall in Charleston, W. Va., by bushes alongside the highway. staff representatives William E. It missed Tuminello by about Roehl of the AFL-CIO Depart­ four inches. The two men told Charleston ment of Organization and James detectives they have no clue to Tuminello of the Laborers. the identity of the assailant. Later the union reported other The shooting was the first incidents in what it called an note of violence since 3,500 apparent pattern of organized highway workers walked out harassment. March 3 for recognition of their The council said "we are union, the Laborers. They were shocked and greatly concerned then dismissed by Republican at the apparent attempt to take Governor Arch A. Moore, who the lives of two AFL-CIO lead­ has since balked at all attempts ers' who are coordinating the to settle the dispute except on strike of 1,700 road employees. his own terms—complete sur­ The shot can "only be inter­ render, the union has charged. Roehl was recently named by preted as an attempt to substi­ the AFL-CIO to coordinate tute force and fear for reason strike activities with Tuminello. and logic" to settle the issues in dispute. The statement added: The shooting followed a step-up "If it was the intention of the in picketing activities and inten­ would-be assassins to discour­ sified demands for a settlement. A federal coun hearing is age support this atrocious \ act will fail to achieve that end, | slated later tnis month or a suit charging Moore with violating the constitutional right of state roads employees to join a union. The suit was filed by the Laborers District Council and employees from each of the road commission's 10 districts when the Moore Administration re­ fused a mediation plan offered by the union. The suit charges the firing of of highway workers was a "drastic, illegal action" in re­ prisal for their union activity. It accuses the state adminis­ tration also of "trying to break the strike by hiring strikebeakers" to replace the workers for political purposes. The strike remains effective and the strikers' morale is high, the union said. As many as 500 strikers have reported for picket duty m a number of the 45 counties involved. After the shooting, other re­ ports poured into union headquaners. A caller had threat­ ened the life of President Charles Lazelle of LIU's union of nonprofessional employees at West Virginia University. Brakes were disconnected on the park­ ed auto owned by Alex and Peggy Boyd, strike leaders. The Rev. Gene Fountaine, a striker, received several threats over the telephone. brings them to the polls. It seeks to educate its members on the issues and the records of public officials "on the theory that pub­ lic servants ought to be judged on what they do, not what they promise." To the labor movement "par­ ticipatory democracy" is "not just a slogan or a fad, but a way of living and working in a free country where all are equal." President Nixon's Labor Day message expressed confidence that, "with the cooperation of all Americans, we can prevent another wage-price spiral and restore stability to our econ­ omy." He affirmed that "the process of collective bargaining must be strong and effective and exer­ cised with self-restraint on all sides. But the process cannot work unless the participants are free t» reach their own deci­ sions. This administration will always respect that freedom," the President pledged. I. W. Abel, president of the AFL-CIO Industrial Union De­ partment stressed in his Labor Day message that labor's pro­ gram must be fought for on an issue-by-issue basis, winning support through "fact and rea­ son." For better or worse, Abel said, "there is no dominating political leadership in view. The labor movement cannot look to a president or a senator to personify the cause of prog­ ress." It may be harder to bring about change through thought rather than emotion, Abel noted, but "many of this coun­ try's toughest problems were solved that way." To C. J. Haggerty, president of the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Depart­ ment, this Labor Day is a time to emphasize both the goal of "a just and decent society" and the importance of taking the right path to achieve it. Unions, he said, "have preached freedom under law, rather than freedom from law." And while "dissent is dra­ matic and quite often neces­ sary," Haggerty cautioned that "there is no justice under an­ archy." Secretary of Labor George P. Shultz cited the progress "since the first Labor Day in 1894 when workers labored 60 hours a week and were paid 20 cents an hour." But he stressed that "prog­ ress is still needed" in safety standards, unemployment in­ surance, farm worker bargaining rights and job training and equal opportunities. "The nation," Shultz said, "owes it to her workers to honor them all year by making work­ ing life as satisfying and as se­ cure as possible." Wallace Drops Pose; Embraces Right-Wing TULSA, Okla. —Former Alabama Governor George C. Wallace has dropped his coyness about being associ­ ated with extreme right-wing organizations. Wallace spoke at the an­ nual convention of the Chris­ tian Crusade here and told the delegates "it's a pleasure to be associated" with their leader, Billy James Hargis. The Crusade is one of the largest and wealthiest of all far-right groups. During last year's presi­ dential campaign, Wallace's closest approach to far-right functions was some hand­ shaking on their fringes. Un­ til now, he had never public­ ly embraced their programs. Pointing to bullet hole made by would-be assassin who failed is LIU Representative James Tuminello, left. W. E. Roehl of AFL-CIO orga­ nizing staff is on other side. Their car was parked outside Laborers Hall in Charleston during strike of W. Va. Road Commission employees. �SEAFARERS Page Six Seafarers OK Contract By Overwhelmmg Margin LOG September, 1969 Congressman Lists Four Provisions New Maritime Program Should Have WASHINGTON —A mem­ • Give-government assistance I that it can design and carry out ber of Congress forecast recent­ for modernization of American a fleet revitalization program. ly that President Nixon's forth­ shipyards "in the same way in Daniels added that il the Ad­ coming maritime program would which we poured over a billion be more than "a mere extension U. S. dollars into the rebuilding ministration program does not of the present status quo" and of shipyards in Asia and Europe include these features, then Con­ gress should amend the plan be­ that it would "move in the di­ after World War II." rection of fair and equitable • Create an independent fore Its passage to assure full treatment for all segments" of Maritime Administration "freed development *of an Americanthe merchant marine. from association with the past built, American-owned and Against For Representative Dominick V. errors and past practices," so American-manned fleet Daniels (D-N.J.) said he based his prediction on "hints and sig­ nals from the Atlministration," whose spokesmen have indicated that a new program could be ex­ pected on Capitol Hill within the next 60 days. He told a meeting sponsored Helen Delich Bentley, man- slated to succeed Admiral John by the AFL-CIO Maritime time editor of the Baltimore Harllee, whose retirement be­ Trades Department that the Ad­ Sun, has been nominated by came effective September 1. ministration would "gain noth­ President Nixon as chairman of Commissioner James F. Fanseen ing if it merely added more the Federal Maritime Commis­ is serving as acting FMC chair­ money to the merchant marine man until she takes over. sion. pot, without giving the entire Mrs. Bentley, who has worked If confirmed by the Senate Last year the U. S. buflt 21 merchant marine the opportu­ for the Sun since 1945, received ships that remained under U. S. nity to partake from that pot." for the $40,000-a-year post, her Bachelor of Journalism de­ Daniels told his audience of Mrs. Bentley, 45, will be one of registry while, during the same gree from the University of period, the Soviet Union built labor, management and govern­ the two highest ranking women Missouri in 1944. and kept as part of its merchant ment officials that the Adminis­ in government—the other being Widely recognized as a dis­ fleet a total of 89 vessels. The tration program must begin to Interstate Commerce Commis­ tinguished journalist, her record USSR thus outbuilt the U. S. correct the "inequities in our sion Chairman Virginia Mae has been called by President in merchant ships by more than present maritime law," pointing Brown. The Sun journalist is Nixon one of "professional ex­ out that the basic provisions of four to one. cellence unsurpassed by any subsidizing the construction and maritime expert in the country." operation of vessels "have been \Uttte Jhiags ia Lite Among many honors be­ limited unfairly to only 14 stowed on Mrs. Bentley during American companies," with the Not Always so &eat\ her long career was an award for result that "all the rest of the LIVERPOOL The service to the na­ meritorious industry has been discriminated 77th annual convention of tion's maritime industry from against." the Maritime Port Council of Britain's National Union of | He urged that the new pro­ the Port of Greater New York Seamen, held here recently, gram should: of the Maritime Trades Depart­ concentrated heavily on the WASHINGTON — The late • Give preference to unsubment, AFL-CIO. goal of time-and-a-half for Senator Everett McKinley Dirk­ sidized companies in the car­ overtime for all seafarers. sen and labor often differed on riage of military, foreign aid and Upon learning of the nomina­ Delegate Joe Rourke de- I major issues "but we always agricultural cargoes shipped by tion, Senator Warren G. Magnulighted the delegates and knew him as an opponent of the government. son (D-Wash.), chairman of the newsmen when he told the great legislative skill," AFLSenate Commerce Committee, • Stimulate new ship con­ convention that one of the CIO President George Meany struction "with private dollars, hailed it as "an indication that reasons he supported the declared here. the Administration is concerned not taxpayers' dollars" by allow­ time-and-a-half proposal about the role of merchant ship­ ing unsubsidized lines the same Meany extended the AFLwas that his wife had com­ ping. .. . Mjs. Bentley is a wellprivilege enjoyed by subsidized CIO's "sincere sympathies" to plained: "You eat like a educated and articulate mari­ the family of Dirksen after the companies of setting up tax-de­ man, drink like a man, time expert. . . . The submission Republican leader died from a ferred construction-reserve ac­ make love like a man—but by the President to the Congress cardiac arrest September 7, five counts, and by giving the un­ you bring home a boy's of a strong maritime revitaliza­ days after a malignant tumor subsidized operators long-term wages." tion program should be the next charters to carry government was removed from his lung. step." cargo. Meany said labor would re­ member Dirksen best "as a col­ Jim Gibbs Knows Them Well league in the desperate and successful efforts to pass the landmark civil rights bill" of 1964. "It was his personal sup­ port," Meany recalled, "that made this legislation possible, with his tactical ability on this occasion used on behalf of a great liberal cause.' Dirksen, 73, who served in Congress for 25 years and was the GOP Senate leader for the ,past 10 years, was eulogized by President Nixon as a leader who "put his nation before himself, and his party." After the body lay in state in the Capitol for two days and For the benefit of those not quite able to identify the vessels pictured with "Sails m the Pacific Sun ' funeral services were held in in the August issue of the LOS, we reprint the photos here. At left is the Amazon, a 1.167-ton barkenWashington, Dirksen was flown tine built in 1902. The schooner Mary E. Foster (right) began her lifelong career as a lumber carrier in 1898. to Pekin, 111., his birthplace, Both pictures are from the-collection of Jim Gibbs,'.whose book, "West Coast Windjammers, was a for burial. I major source of our feature. Gibbs' latest volume, "Pacific Square-Riggers," will be published next month. Seafarers at membership meetings both on shipboard and in the membership halls have voted overwhelmingly in favor of the new contract submitted to the membership by the Union Negotiating Committee in June for its approval or disapproval. The Final Seore On the Ships In the Halls Totals 5,844 1,349 7,193 18 1 19 Helen Bentley Named to Head Federal Maritime Commission Shipbuilding Industry Awaits U. S. Construction Challenge WASHINGTON — Accord­ ing to the chief spokesman for the nation's shipbuilders, if the Federal Government gives the green light to a strong and com= prehensive ship construction program, the shijibuilding in­ dustry will be ready to respond to the challenge immediately. President Edwin M. Hood, of the Shipbuilders Cbuncil of America, told a recent meeting of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department that, "Once the Federal Government - says unequivocally that it intends to restore the United States as a first-rate sea power, in the full­ est sense — and translates that goal into a sensible, coordinated stable shipbuilding program— U. S. shipyards will be able to respond effectively and build the ships this nation so urgently needs." Addressing an audience of maritime labor leaders, whose organizations represent 7.5 mil­ lion unionists in the maritime and allied industries. Hood said that a revival of the nation's de­ crepit and disintegrating mer­ chant fleet requires "a clear, simple declaration of national purpose." Hood's challenge came as he introduced a new documentary film, "Shipbuilding For the Sev­ enties," produced by the Ship­ builders Council. The film dram­ atizes the decline of the Ameri­ can merchant marine to the point where today foreign-flag vessels "monopolize" U. S. im­ port and export trade and only 5 percent of the nation's for­ eign commerce moves in Amer­ ican shipis. Hood pointed out that many nations have made it a legal requirement that at least half their trade must move in their own vessels. The U. S. has fallen from first to fifth place in the size of its merchant marine and is in dan­ ger of being ousted from that ranking by the Soviet Union during 1969, Hood stated. In shipbuilding the U. S. has skid­ ded from first to 1 ith place. Late Sen. Dirksen Cited by Meany On Rights Act Aid 1 I j| 'i 1 �September, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Seven Viet Cong Attack a Failure Quick Action by Seafarers Averts Possible Disaster on Buckeye Victory Fire fighters James Thomas, left and Tom Danzy, ABs aboard the Buckeye Victory, inspect hole in the number 2 hatch. Vessel came under Viet Cong rocket attack while delivering ammunition. I" Once again the quick and heroic action taken by Seafarers in an emergency situation has been credited with saving not only their own lives and the lives of their shipmates, but the vessel on which they sailed as well when the SlU-contracted Buckeye Victory come under Viet Cong attack recently. The Buckeye Victory had sailed from Sunny Point, North Carolina, with a full cargo of live ammunition bound for South Vietnam. The voyage over was unevent­ ful as the vessel made stops at the Panama Canal and at Subic Bay in the Philippines. After a few days layover in Subic Bay, the ship proceeded on to Vaung Tau, South Vietnam, where it spent the night. On the following day she pro­ ceeded on up the Saigon River bound for her final destination. Cat Lai. About an hour and a half out, the Buckeye Victory had arrived at checkpoint 2 when it was attacked by Viet ji Atlanflc/^Guif & infanc||il^ters August 1 to August 31, 1969 • Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston ..... Wilmington San Francisco ... Seattle Totals 4 • • 0 r w DECK DEPARTMENT TOTAL SHIPPED TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Class A Class B 7 7 101 128 18 26 78 49 22 ,30 29 41 7 25 41 45 189 90 71 72 50 64 ' 103 112 55 34 771 723 All Groups Class A Class B Class C 3 6 7 78 21 62 3 19 25 10 49 22 19 77 23 15 36 33 9 0 9 21 5 13 46 6 61 12 31 40 23 50 60 49 87 68 16 28 40 240 458 484 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 6 6 127 84 16 19 74 136 38 30 16 28 35 14 29 83 75 155 121 167 12 38 18 69 31 60 .598 889 ENGINE DEPARTMENT TOTAL SHIPPED TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups All Groups Port Class A Class B Class C Class A Class B 1 6 8 Boston 8 6 32 95 New York 05 93 125 29 2 Philadelphia ..... 17 10 28 3 32 Baltimore 45 61 50 16 15 Norfolk 7 39 . 18 39 18 9 Jacksonville 16 48 10 2 8 Tampa 12 7 4 9 34 Mobile 35 61 13 66 66 New Orleans .... 96 115 17 56 38 Houston ........ 79 64 19 29 24 Wilmingrton 14 40 79 117 61 San Francisco ... 84 124 11 30 30 Seattle 28 37 217 558 387 558 740 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 6 0 79 28 12 8 64 48 48 23 9 8 10 4 52 62 91 72 126 107 6 16 54 18 QO 16 485 512 STEWARD DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups All Groups Port Class A Class B Class A Class B Class C Boston 3 3 0 1 1 New York 80 65 35 64 37 Philadelphia 8 12 9 31 0 Baltimore 49 24 16 11 35 Norfolk 46 14 24 21 12" 26 26 Jacksonville 21 21 12 9 7 1 Tampa 12 3 Mobile 20 11 4 24 11 30 62 3 New Orleans .... 157 42 27 42 18 48 Houston .... 21 24 19 15 13 11 Wilmington 92 97 71 43 45 San Francisco ... 35 16 32 6 11 Seattle 319 175 297 Totals 653 445 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 3 3 23 68 8 8 30 65 36 34 9 9 10 16 23 54 60 124 87 65 9 18 70 36 53 16 326 611 Cong rocket and machine gun fire. During this first brush with the enemy the vessel managed to maneuver out of harm's way, re­ ceived no hits, and continued on its course. Less then an hour later, how­ ever, as the Buckeye Victory approached checkpoint 4, she came under another barrage of machine gun and rocket fire. This time the enemy's aim was better. Between 30 and 40 ma­ chine gun bullets ripped into the superstructure of the vessel and two rocket shells found their target. One hit on the port side near the bow. The other went through the number 2 hatch starting a fire in the hold where 105 howitzer shells and other munitions were stored. Chief Mate Nick Papazoglou called for volunteers to help him remove the hatch cover and get a fire hose working to prevent the flames from spreading and caus­ ing an explosion that could sink the vessel. ABs James Thomas and Tom Danzy were immediately joined by Bos'n Lewis Arena and the three Seafarers, with complete disregard for their own safety, succe'ssfully extinguished the fire before it could spread. The fact that the entire crew escaped injury can be attributed to the typical SIU speed and Seatrain Expands ContainerService To Paerto Rico SAN JUAN—Seatrain Lines, Inc., an SlU-contracted com­ pany, plans to add two newlyconverted containerships to its trade between the Ports of New York and San Juan, Puerto Rico. Addition of the new ves­ sels is scheduled for November or December and will increase the number of Seatrain vessels operating in the trade to five. The new containerships will have larger, cargo capacity than those presently serving the route and their addition will result in doubling Seatrain's carrying ca­ pacity. Howard M. Pack, president of Seatrain Lines, revealed the company's expansion plans fol­ lowing a conference with Puerto Rican Governor Luis A. Ferre here. The company will also double the size of its terminal at Isla Grande in San Juan and a new container handling crane will be added to the facility's equipment. Work on the terminal will be undertaken following approval of the United States Navy, which owns the land and leases the property to the government of Puerto Rico. efficiency displayed by these three Seafarers. Bos'n Arena, who joined the SIU in 1941, is no stranger to dangerous situations. On August 13, 1942, while sailing as an OS aboard the Del Mongo, Arena was among the Seafarers in­ volved when the ship was tor­ pedoed on a run between Haiti and Cuba. Arena also saw military action in seven major battles during World War II. He served as an artillery observer with the 41st field artillery in Europe. In a telephone interview with the LOG, Arena gave great enthusiastic credit to the skill of the Saigon River pilot who was at the helm of the Buckeye Vic­ tory during periods of attack. "He never stopped for a mo­ ment," Arena said. "He also kept advising the crew as to which was the safest part of the vessel to be in at any particular moment." Following the attack the Buckeye Victory sailed into Nah Be, where the damage to the vessel was checked out by the U.S. Army. After the damage was assessed, permission was granted for the ship to complete her run and the vital cargo of supplies were delivered to Cat Lai. Many of the crewmembers aboard the Buckeye were re­ ported looking forward to a quiet vacation for the rest of the summer after arriving back in the States. They deserve it. SEAFARER&^LOG September 1969 • Vol. XXXI, No. I I Official Publication of the Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic. Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO Executive Board PAUL HALL, President EARL SHEPARD CAL TANNER Vice-President Exec. Vice-Pret. LINDSEY WILLIAMS AL KERR Vice-President Sec.-Treas. ROBERT MATTHEWS AL TANNER Vice-President Vice-President Editor HARRY WITTSCHEN Assistant Editors WILL KABP CHARLES SVENSON FRANK MARGIOTTA AL COHEN MARIETTA CRISCI Staff Photographer ANTHONY ANSALDI ""hl'shsH Kionthiy at 810 Rhode Island Annas N.E.. Washington. D. C. 20018 by the Seafar­ ers International Union. Atlantic. Guif. Lakei and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, 675 Foarth Ayenae, Brsoklyn. N.Y. 11232. Tel. HYaelnth 9-6600. Second tiau pastaga paid at Washlnptoni, D. C. POSTMASTER'S ATTENTION: Fora 9579 cards shoald be cent ts Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Galf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, 675 Foarth Annas, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. 'iiM �Page Eigkt SEAFARERS LOG September, 1969 Pike Charges Cargo Rule Distortion SlUNA Wins Bus Service Discriminates Against Tramp Ships To Frisco USPHS Hospital WASHINGTON —A mem­ ber of Congress today accused government officials of having "distorted" the nation's shipping laws so that they "discriminate in favor of foreign-flag shipping, to the detriment of Americanflag shipping." At the same time, Rep. Otis G. Pike (D-N.Y.) said that fed­ eral agencies have misused these same laws "to discriminate in favor of the subsidized segment of the American merchant ma­ rine, to the detriment of the unsubsidized segment." The Congressman said the laws which have been abused are the ones which are su|>posed to guarantee Americanflag ships a stated share of for­ eign aid and agricultural surplus commodities shipped by the fed­ eral government. Speaking at a meeting spon­ sored by the 7.5-million-member AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, Pike said the laws clearly state "that Americanflag shipping should receive a minimum of 50 percent of these cargoes—but the agencies have translated that to make it read a maximum of 50 percent." The legislation also requires, the Congressman said, that the 50 percent minimum "be com­ puted separately for each seg­ ment of the maritime industry— for the liners, the tankers and the tramps. Yet the agencies have been able to get a legal opinion that it's not necessary to compute the cargoes that way at all. carried nearly 64 percent of Agriculture Department exports of surplus farm commodities, and that in fiscal 1967, the last year for which figures were available, foreign vessels carried 52 percent of the shipments fi­ nanced by the Agency for Inter­ national Development. Computing the figures sepa­ rately for each segment of the industry, the Congressman said, showed that liners received sub­ stantially above their 50 percent level, while tramp ships received far below the "minimum speci­ fied in the law. He noted that the liner seg­ Floor Toms into Ceiling ment of the industry already is "Shades of 1984—when a "heavily subsidized" in the form 'floor' becomes a 'ceiling,' and when 'separately' becomes 'to­ of federal aid in the building and operating of its vessels. The gether.' " The New York Democrat purpose of the subsidies, he cited figures showing that in said, is to put these operators fiscal 1968, foreign-flag ships "on a parity with lower-cost foreign operators" so that they can "compete in the world mar­ ket for commercial ships." But, Pike went on, "the sub­ sidized liner companies are grabbing off the government cargo, instead of concentrating out plausible explanation at a on commercial cargo, and the time critical to the union's cam­ unsubsidized ships are more paign" shortly before the elec­ and more being left high and tion. Then it laid off 17 em­ dry." ployees, blaming a reduced The Congressman urged ac­ volume of business, the NLRB tion on legislation introduced by found. more than 80 House and Senate Stevens, a major government members which would establish cloth contractor, previously had been cited seven times for vio­ priorities for the carriage of this lating the rights of its employees cargo, with unsubsidized oper­ to organize. It has lost six ators getting first crack, and appeals, one in the Supreme with foreign vessels used only Court. as "a last resort." Another Try by J. P. Stevens Keeps NLRB and Union Busy WASHINGTON — Another unlawful effort by J. P. Stevens and Company, Inc., to prevent its employees from organizing has been checked by the Na­ tional Labor Relations Board. The board took a new look at a 1967 election because of company unfair practices and ordered a count of 17 chal­ lenged ballots at the firm's Black Hawk warehouse in Greenville, S.C. If the TextUe Workers Union of America wins a majority it will be certified as bargaining agent. If not, a new election will be ordered, the board decided. The union had challenged the ballots of three Stevens em­ ployees who were not on the payroll before the eligibility date, and the NLRB regional director overruled the chal­ lenges. The director did, however, sustain the union's charge that Stevens had failed to furnish an employee address list, as the board requires. Also at issue was a board agent's challenge to the ballots of 14 former em­ ployees who the union charged were laid off because of their union sympathies. The board sustained a trial examiner's ruling that 17 ware­ house employees were laid off just before the election to weak­ en the union's support. Tlie warehouse was the main source of union strength, the examiner found. The union got 22 votes of the 46 counted ballots, and filed objections to the election. The board found that Stevens previously had shipped all its cotton through the warehouse but changed its practice "with­ SAN FRANCISCO—As a result of an extended fight for such service by the SIU and its affiliates, busses are finally going to the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital here for the first time. The Public Utilities Commission of the City and County of San Francisco agreed on August 12 to extend the route of the No. 10 Bus line to the hospital entrance at 15th Avenue and Lake Street. The SIU and its affiliates had long been aware that it was a great hardship for older members and the many other out-patients who use the hospital to walk nearly a mile uphill from the end of the old bus route. The extended service— expected to be used by some 1,500 persons daily—is essen­ tial because there is really no other way to get to the hospital. The area has become so congested that it is practically im­ possible to park a car within walking distance of the hospital. There has been, over the years, considerable opposition to the extension of the bus route from the residents of 14th Avenue. However, following a plea from the SIUNA which pointed out the unnecessary hardship imposed on many of our members by the old route, the Commission agreed to try the extended route on a 60 day trial basis. The extension adds .87 miles to the route which now runs up 14th Avenue and down 15th, stopping at the main hospital entrance. Upholsterers' 9-Month Fight Aided by Strike Relief Fund WASHINGTON—The AFLCIO has set up a strike relief fund for Upholsterers who have been on strike for nine months against the Economy Furniture Company in Austin, Texas, and urged all affiliates to contribute generously. The federation contributed $10,000 to start the national fund-raising effort to aid the strikers and their families. AFL-CIO President George Meany said in a letter to all affil­ iates that Economy workers are fighting for the most basic union cause—recognition. Kenya Unionists Visit Port of Toledo Kenya labor leaders visit SIU hall in Toledo. Having toured dock facilities in Toledo, New York, Washing­ ton and Buffalo they went on to visit Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati and Philadelphia. From left are Cleo Sylph, President, Local I3I7-A, ILA; Nassaro Nwanmchindu Bakari, Dockworkers'Union of Kenya; Donald Bensman, SIU Toledo port agent, and Juma Boy, Kenya Dockworkers' Union general secretary and asst. secretary-general of Kenya's Trade Unions. The African-American Labor Center sponsored the tour. The Upholsterers won repre­ sentation rights in a National Labor Relations Board election in May, 1968. Thirteen months later the NLRB found the com­ pany guilty of unfair labor prac­ tices for refusing to bargain, and •Economy appealed the ruling. "It is probable there will be a long delay before there is a deci­ sion," Meany wrote unions and labor central bodies. The Upholsterers reported fear tactics, police coercion and the use of strikebreakers in the company's drive to smash the union and break the spirit of the workers. The union also charged that open discrimination has been demonstrated. The workers, most of them Americans of Mexican descent, have been assailed with slurs on their raeial origin and their reli­ gious belief, the union said. Contributions may be sent to the Economy Furniture Strike Fund at AFL-CIO headquarters. Economy makes wooden and upholstered furniture for Mont­ gomery Ward and Co., White Discount Stores and other out­ lets. It uses the labels Smithtowne Maple, Western Provin­ cial and Built-Rite. All company products are on the "Don't Buy" list of the AFL-CIO Union La­ bel and Service Trades Depart­ ment. The NLRB in its June ruling ordered Economy to end its de­ fiance of the law, bargain with the Upholsterers and offer all strikers immediate and full re­ instatement, dismissing if neces­ sary any persons hired after the strike started November 27, 1968. Company tactics forced the employees into an unfair prac­ tice strike, the board ruled in upholding a trial examiner's findings. �September, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Nine Mystery Vessel Brought to Surface Navy Studying Encounters After 100 Years In Lake Michigan Between Porpoises, Sharks To Protect Aquanauts: The possibility of training porpoises to act as "buddies" to human aquanauts and pro­ tecting them from sharks is be­ ing investigated by the Naval Undersea Warfare Center at Coronado, California. However, despite growing evi­ dence of the porpoise's relative­ ly high level of intelligence and "Tuffy," an Atlantic bottlenose porpoise, cheeks eut at 7 feet, 6 inches and weighs 280 pounds. his demonstrated ability to be trained, it cannot be assumed that a porpoise will provide re­ liable protection for itself or for a human diver when a large shark comes around, according to Forrest G. Wood Jr., head of the Marine Bioscience Facility at Point Magu, California. "This is not to say that a por­ poise could not be trained to ex­ hibit greater aggressiveness and provide some degree of protec­ tion to a diver when potentially dangerous sharks are present," Wood said. "But, if porpoises are to be used by man to assist him in underwater exploration and possibly protect him from threatening sharks, we need to know a great deal more than we do about the relationship be­ tween these two animals." Porpoises—especially the At­ lantic bottlenoses—^have been found to be so amenable to training that they can be used to work untethered in the open sea with great reliability. In the Navy's Sealab program, they were used to carry small pack­ ages from the surface to aqua­ nauts working at a depth of more than 200 feet, and to car­ ry a guideline to a "lost" diver. But, what happens when a porpoise and a shark come face to face? The available evidence, according to Wood, indicates that the sharks will sometimes attack the porpoise, sometimes the porpoise will assault the shark—and at other times they will ignore each other. "The conditions or circum­ stances governing the response of either animal in an encounter is not known," Wood said, "nor is the outcome of a conflict pre­ dictable on the basis of present knowledge." Probe of 1967 Disaster Finds: MARINETTE, Wise.—A two-masted schooner buried for more than a century under 19 fathoms of Green Bay water off Chambers Island was brought to the surface here recently after being towed 16 miles from her grave on the bottom of Lake Michigan. "Most beautiful thing I've ever seen," exclaimed Mrs. Ellie Hoffman, wife of diving crew chief Frank Hoffman, a scuba diver of Egg Harbor,^Wisconsin. Hoffman and Harold Derusha, president of the Marinette Marine Corporation, were the first to step aboard the resur­ rected vessel. They performed a victory dance on top of the cabin and deck house as some 3,500 excited spectators ap­ plauded. The marine corpora­ tion provided most of the financ­ ing and equipment for the proj­ ect, which has taken two years to complete. The vessel is still to be defi­ nitely identified. Hoffman has some line on her age, however, giving rise to speculation that she may be the Alvin Clark, a lumber ship which sank in the Green Bay area in 1864. "Her construction indicates she was built in the 1830s," he This two-masted mystery schooner floats again after more than a claims. "She is of square-bow century at the bottom of Lake Michigan. Still unidentified, she is construction. That was like a believed to be the Alvin Clark, a lumber ship which sank in 1864. whaler, very unusual for Great prepare her for raising, all that Lakes ships." Despite the scores of artifacts is presently known for sure is Hoffman's divers have brought that the ship is a lake freighter to the surface during the two and that she went down in deep years they had been working to water—110 feet—with little ap­ parent damage. Hoffman believes she must have been overpowered by one A recorder has been devel­ of the violent storms which fre­ quently sweep across the bay oped which will measure roll or pitch angles of ships with greater from Lake Michigan. Last winter, a team spent a accuracy than ever before and great deal of research time at put on tape angles as large as the University of Wisconsin, the 100 degrees double amplitude. The device will function Wisconsin historical archives through a rate gyroscope which and the Dawson Great Lakes produces an a-c output signal this voyage," as evidenced by Museum at Detroit, comparing with an amplitude proportional problems encountered in a boil­ notes with the ship's artifacts to the ship's roll rate and phas­ er, the main condenser, and the and other clues. lubrication pressure system dur­ "Some of the things we ing indicative of roll direction. Electronic off-the-shelf mod­ ing her first days at sea. brought up—for instance, her ules will process this signal to Causal factors listed by the sextant—were the kind used in actuate a galvanometer move­ board included "failure of the the late 1850s and early 1860s," ment proportional to the magni­ Master to recognize the critical Hoffman explained. "But we tude and polarity of the ship's condition of his vessel, and re­ didn't find anything that came roll motion. The galvanometer quest assistance earlier." The into use after the Civil War. So then transmits this movement to first distress call "intended to we figured she must have sunk a moving tape which is pressurealert vessels in his vicinity as sometime during that war or sensitive. to his vessel's condition" was around that time." Designed for use under rigor­ The mystery ship was towed ous sea conditions, it is shockmade at 0618. But his SOS, giving a position some 15 miles from her resting place, still sub­ mounted within a high-impact in error, was sent at 0958, the merged, to the Marine corpora­ case of fiberglass and aluminum tion yards, about a mile off the and requires no compensation board noted. Of seven vessels Marinette harbor. Cranes then for linear acceleration nor spe­ 53 to 165 miles away, the far­ lifted the 100-foot sailing vessel cial mounting arrangements. thest ship was first to reach to the surface. The case has storage space for the scene—after dark and more The ship's wheel, the railing power cords, plug adaptors and than 12 hours after the sinking. and a winch with an anchor spare tapes. The board also noted that a chain still wrapped around it, The new roll recorder, devel­ lifeboat drill had not included were clearly visible before the oped by John J. McMullen As­ the required engine start and pumping began. sociates, Inc., and Flume Stabil­ lowering of the boat to the rail. The vessel appears to be solid ization Systems, Inc., is de­ During the drill there had been and the hull intact. An inspec­ scribed as the end-result of ex­ no instructions given on han­ tion of the hold was planned to tensive experience in the design dling the vessel's 25-person in­ determine whether there are any and installation of stabilization systems for ocean-going vessels. leaks. flatable life raft. Sinking of Panoceanic Faith Caused By Failure to Secure Loose Hatch u. WASHINGTON—The Na­ tional Transportation Safety Board's investigation into the tragic 1967 sinking of the SIUcontracted Panoceanic Faith, and the loss of 36 of its 41 crewmembers, has revealed that the probable cause of the sink­ ing was ". . . failure of the Mas­ ter to have the tarpaulins se­ cured on the No. 1 hatch when they were observed to be loose" two days before the sinking. "Neglecting to effect prompt re­ pairs ultimately resulted in this hold being open to boarding seas and complete flooding," the report said. The vessel sank some 500 miles south of the Aleutian Is­ lands on October 9, 1967, after nine days of heavy seas and progressive flooding. Only five Seafarers survived. Rescued from the stormy wa­ ters following the disaster were: Seafarers Gordon L. Campbell, oiler, of Oakland, Calif., and a bridegroom of a month at the time; OS Lewis E. Gary of Houston; Oiler John O. L. Kirk , of Modesto, Calif.; OS Oscar C. Wiley of Oakland, Calif., and AB Edwin D. Johnson of Ma­ rine City, Mich. The National Safety Board found it "possible that the Mas­ ter's concern about the fuel sup­ ply, and slow speed made good, may have influenced his actions" in not heaving to for repairs. "He obviously underestimated the seriousness of these condi­ tions," the board's report said. The Panoceanic Faith, loaded with fertilizer, had sailed from Oakland, California, for Yoko­ hama on September 29 with 4,162 barrels of oil as its fuel supply. The Marine Board of Investigation heard testimony that the minimum required fuel for such a voyage was between 4,500 and 5,000 barrels. It also revealed that at departure, the vessel "was overloaded" and "was not in all respects fit for Newly Perfetted Recorder Tapes Ships Roll, Pitch �tiSS Page Ten SEAFARERS LOG High Court Finds Garnishment Illegal Unless Employee Gets Court Hearing WASHINGTON—The Su­ preme Court has ruled unconstitutionar state laws permitting creditors to garnishee a work­ er's wages without first giving him a court hearing. In a 7-to-l decision, the high court struck down the Wiscon­ sin wage garnishment law. About 40 states have some sort of prejudgment garnishment statutes and 17 of these states plus the District of Columbia have laws similar to Wiscon­ sin's. The ruling found that the gar­ nishment law violates the "due process" clause of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. Justice William O. Douglas noted in writing the court's ma­ jority opinion that under Wis­ consin law, all that it takes to require an employer to hold back about half of a worker's earnings is the issuance of a summons at the request of a creditor's lawyer. The worker might get money later if the creditor's claim did not stand up in court. Douglas observed, but in the meantime, he could be deprived of his earn­ ings "without any opportunity to be heard and to tender any defense he may have, whether it be fraud or otherwise." Douglas went on to criticize the ancient rights of creditors that "would pass muster under a feudal 'regime' but that today have the capacity to drive a wage-earning family to the wall." The case in question involved Mrs. Christine Sniadach, a $65a-week assembly line worker at Miller Harris Instrument Co. in Milwaukee. Family Finance Corporation of Bay View, Wis., claimed she owed $420 on a promissory note. It obtained a garnishment order in Wisconsin courts and served it on her and her em­ ployer. The employer then withheld $31.59 from her weekly wages, half of her net earnings. She appealed but lost her case in Wisconsin County Court. Mil­ waukee Circuit Court and the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Her case was brought before the Supreme Court by lawyers of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. They initiated a broad constitutional attack on the garnishment pro­ cedure, declaring that it per­ mitted finance companies to put pressure on poor people to pay dubious debts by freezing up to half of a worker's pay without first proving that a valid debt really existed. The AFL-CIO also has long been campaigning for the abo­ lition of wage garnishment and other harsh collection methods. At its 1967 convention, the fed­ eration noted in a resolution that hundreds of thousands of workers lose their jobs because of garnishment which also causes many cases of personal bank­ ruptcy. Observing that only three states have anti-garnishment laws, the convention urged en­ actment of a federal law to pro­ tect workers' wages from "this vicious and too-long sanctioned evil." Among the states with gar­ nishment statutes similar to Wis­ consin's are Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Idaho, Min­ nesota, Montana, New Hamp­ shire, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, Washington and Wyoming. In striking down the Wiscon­ sin law, the court held in the majority opinion by Douglas that "where the taking of one's property is so obvious, it needs no extended afgunient to con­ clude that absent notice and a prior hearing . . . this prejudg­ ment garnishment procedure violates the fundamental prin­ ciples of due process." Suit Against Farm Workers Set Aside By Circuit Court FRESNO, Calif.—U.S. Dis­ trict Court Judge M. D. Crocker dismissed a $75 million damage suit by growers against the United Farm Workers Organiz­ ing Committee, but gave the growers 30 days to produce ac­ ceptable evidence to substan­ tiate their charges. A group of 81 growers sued the union for triple damages under the antitrust laws. Claim­ ing the union's nationwide Cali­ fornia table grape boycott is illegal, the group alleged a "conspiracy in organizing un­ willing farm workers, coercion to boycott the sale of grapes, and conspiracy with retail out­ lets to prevent the sale of grapes." Tlie judge said the growers had not presented sufficient evi­ dence to justify a hearing but granted their lawyers' request for additional time to amend their petition. UFWOC has had to file law­ suits of its own to counter ac­ tions by other grower groups. Counsel Jerome Cohen noted at union headquarters in Delano, Calif. In one such suit, the un­ ion sued growers in Kern Coun­ ty for forming a "company un­ ion" of grape pickers. There the courts ordered the union to amend its petition to state a more persuasive cause ctf action. The decision reinforces the recently enacted federal truthin-lending law which makes it illegal for an employer to dis­ miss a worker because his wages are attached. Some employers have avoided the bookkeeping involved in making periodic garnishment deductions by hav­ ing it known that any worker who had his wages attached and who did not discharge the debt would lose his job. Justice Hugo L. Black dis­ sented from the majority opin­ ion, asserting that the decision is "a plain, judicial usurpation of state legislative power to de­ cide what the state's laws shall be." September, 1969 Seafarers of India President Visits SlU Dr. Shanti Patel (right), president of the National Seafarers Union of India, points to Bombay as SlU Representative John Yarmola looks on. Patel paid a call at SlU headquarters during a visit to New York. Labor Hits HaynsworthAppointment As Justice of U.S. Supreme Court WASmNGTON—The AFLCIO has asked the Senate to re­ ject President Nixon's nomina­ tion of Judge Qement F. Hayns­ worth, Jr., to the Supreme Court, on the basis of a judicial record marred by "decisions hostile to workers and Negroes." Federation President George Meany expressed labor's "grave concern" over the nomination of the conservative South Caro­ lina judge, whose decisions in a number of key trade union and civil rights cases have been re­ versed by the Supreme Court. Before the appointment was made, Meany had informed President Nixon of labor's ob­ jections to Haynsworth. The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, the major coalition of Negro, labor, religious and civic groups, also vigorously chal­ lenged Haynsworth's qualifica­ tions. Meany urged the Senate to consider Haynsworth's "total record, including the caliber of the judge's decisions, and his lack of understanding of the as­ pirations of workers and minor­ ities." He added, "We believe that it is a record which does not merit reward and which does not qualify Judge Haynsworth for the nation's highest court." The President's nomination of Haynsworth was announced by White House Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler more than a week after the late Senate Re­ publican Leader Everett McKinley Dirksen had revealed the choice. It was promptly applauded by Senator James O. Eastland, the Mississippi Democrat who heads the Senate Judiciary Committee and by Senator Strom Thurmond(R-S.C.), the former Dixiecrat presidential candidate who has ^come a key political ad­ viser to President Nixon. Haynsworth, 56, was a wealthy corporation attorney who served as a director of major companies when he was named to the Court of Appeals by President Eisenhower 12 years ago. Although a titular Democrat, he had supported Eisenhower in his presidential campaigns. Just last June, the Supreme Court unanimously overruled Haynsworth and other judges of the 4th Circuit Court of Ap­ peals in a series of decisions in­ volving the right of the National Labor Relations Board to order an employer to bargain with a union on the basis of a cardcheck after the company had used unfair labor practices to destroy the union majority. If decisions written by or con­ curred in by Haynsworth had been permitted to stand, the NLRB would have been unable to deny an employer the fruits of his illegal union-busting pol­ icies. One 1967 decision written by Haynsworth contended flatly that the NLRB does not havd the right under ^y conditions to order an employer to bargain with a union on the basis of signed authorization cards, even though it flnds that it would be impossible to hold a fair elec­ tion. Perhaps the best known labor case in which Haynsworth was overruled by the Supreme Court —again in a unanimous opin­ ion—stemmed from the closing of the Darlington, S. C., textile mill after its workers had voted for union representation. Haynsworth cast the deciding vote in a 3-2 decision by the 4th Circuit Court which rejected the NLRB's effort to compel the parent Deering Milliken textile chain to provide jobs and com­ pensation for the hundreds of fired workers. The court said in effect that an employer has an absolute right to close any plant for any reason. In reversing the decision the Supreme Court made one im­ portant qualification. It said an employer could not close a sin­ gle plant" in a chain so as to "chill" unionism in the other plants. In a follow-up case involving an NLRB order to Deering Milliken to provide jobs and back up pay of up to 12 years for the 500 fired workers, Haynsworth joined in upholding the labor board. But his separate concur­ ring opinion argued strongly for reducing the corporation's back pay obligations to the fired workers. Haynsworth in an earlier case held that the Rubber Workers could no longer picket the O'Sullivan Rubber Company after they had lost representa­ tion rights when strikebreakers hired to replace the workers were allowed to vote but the strikers were not. Until a series of Supreme Court decisions clearly pointed the path, Haynsworth took the position that southern school districts weren't obligated to in­ tegrate schools as long as they did not impose compulsory seg­ regation. In one prominent case, over­ ruled by the Supreme Court, Haynsworth had upheld a socalled "freedom of choice" plan, a device used by some southern school districts to avoid more than token integration. In re­ versing him, the Supreme Court said such plans are unconstitu­ tional unless they succeed in eliminating dual school systems. The vacancy on the Supreme Court was left by the resigna­ tion of Justice Abe Fortas last May. President Nbton earlier named Warren E. Burger to suc­ ceed Earl Warren as Chief Jus­ tice and thus has his second op­ portunity to alter the complex­ ion of the nation's highest court. �^:^SrS»5terwi' September, 1969 SEAFARERS ' Vmge Eleven LOii Expanding SlU Pension Roster Adds 22 More Seafarers TU'eTity-two more Seafarers ended their long careers at sea last month and joined the ever­ growing ranks of the pensioners. Steele McDonald Jay Steele, who makes his home in New Orleans, Louisi­ ana, joined the Union in the Port of Tampa, Florida. A na­ tive of Florida, he is 61 years old. Brother Steele has sailed as a chief cook, baker, wiper and ordinary seaman in the steward department. He last sailed in 1969 aboard the Kyska. Jesse McDonald, a native of Jackson, Alabama, now makes his home in Orange, Texas with his wife Willie Kate. Brother McDonald is 65 years old and Stickney Santos joined the SIU in Port Arthur, Texas. Having sailed for over 33 years. Seafarer McDonald had been working for Slade, Inc. as a chief engineer in the engine department. James Stickney, who joined the Union in the Port of New York, now lives with his wife, Margaret Elizabeth, in Mont­ gomery, New York. An engi­ neer in the engine department. Seafarer Stickney last sailed aboard the Trenton in 1968. r Flannery Lowman He is 61 years old and a native of Otego, New York. From 1926 to 1930 he served in the Navy, Raul Delos Santos, who has been sailing for 30 years, last shipped aboard the Petro Chem as an FWT in the engine depart­ ment. A native of Texas, he now lives in Galveston with his wife, Trine. He joined the Union in 1944 in the Port of New Orleans. John Flannery of Union City, New Jersey last sailed with Seatrain Lines in 1968 as an AB in the deck department. He is 65 years old and a native of New Jersey. Brother Flannery joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1943. In 1961 he was issued a Union picket duty card. Seafarer Flannery has been sailing for 31 years. Kane MaUnowski Henry Lowman makes his home in Pulaski, Vir^nia with his wife, Lillian Effie. A native of Pulaski, Brother Lowman is 67 years old. He last sailed aboard the Halaula in 1969 as an electrician in the engine de­ partment. Seafarer Lowman joined the Union in the Port of Norfolk. Leon Kane, a bosun and car­ penter in the deck department, joined the SIU in the Port of Baltimore. A native of New York, he now lives in Manhat­ tan with his brother, David Bernard. His last vessel was the Alcoa Master in 1968. Walter Malinowski of Balti­ more, Maryland worked as a bargeman for the B and O Rail­ road. A native of Baltimore, Brother Malinowski is 65 years old. He joined the Union in the Port of Baltimore. Lester Lapham joined the SIU in the Port of Boston. Bom * Lapham • w • « Herldnheins in New London, Connecticut, he is 65 years old. He was a wiper in the steward department and will now be spending his retirement in Long Beach, Cali­ fornia. Brother Lapham served in the army from 1922 to 1923. He began his sailing career in 1937. Henry Herkinheins, a native of Baltimore, Maryland, joined the Union in the Port of New York in 1943. He had been Mina Werner sailing since 1937 and last worked in the deck department aboard the Raleigh as an AB. Brother Herkinheins now lives in Long Beach, California, with his wife, Lucille Helena. John R. Mina joined the SIU in the Port of New York. He is 64 years old and was born in Manila, Philippine Islands. Brother Mina now makes his home in New Orleans with his son, John. Sailing since 1925, he last worked as a chief cook aooard the Del Norte in 1969. John W. Werner, Jr., 67, was bom in Philadelphia where he still lives with his wife, Anna Mae. A deckhand. Brother Werner last worked for the Taylor Towing Company in 1969. He joined the Union in the Port of. Philadelphia. In 1918, Seafarer Werner served a hitch in the Army. Alfonso Lopez, a native of Puerto Rico, now makes his home in the Bronx with his wife. Lopez Atizado Antonia. He is 60 years old and joined the SIU in the Port of New York. Seafarer Lopez shipped as AB in the deck de­ partment and last sailed aboard Seatrain New York. Roy Atizado was a member of the steward department and lives in Seattle, Washington, with his wife, Rizalina. He was born in the Philippine Islands and joined the Union in the Port of New York. Sixty-six years old. Seafarer Atizado shipped as an assistant cook and last sailed aboard the Anchorage in 1968. Bartolome Del Valle was born in Puerto Rico and con­ tinues to make his home there with his wife, Luisa. He joined the SIU in 1944 in Puerto Rico and sailed as an oiler in the engine department. His last ves­ sel was the Seatrain New York in 1968. Alex Francisco joined the his home in Brooklyn with his wife, Isarel. He joined the SIU in New York and sailed as an AB in the deck department. Boswell Izquierdo Seafarer Izquierdo's last vessel was the Summit in 1968. Broth­ er Izquierdo had been sailing since 1935. Clarence Alfonso Collins was a steward who last sailed on the Newark in 1968. Sailing since 1926, Brother Collins is one of the real SIU oldtimers who joined the Union in 1938 in Mobile. He is a native of New Orleans and now lives in Man­ hattan with his wife, Aurelia Myrtle. Guy Nealis of Baltimore, Maryland worked as an OS in the deck department. His last vessel was the Portmar. A na­ tive of Maryland, Brother Nealis joined the Union in the Port of Baltimore. He is 66 years old. James Derrickson joined the Union in the Port of Philadel- phia. He was an oiler who last sailed for P. F. Martin, Inc. in 1969. A native of Delaware, Brother Derrickson is 66 years Collins Nealis old and now makes his home in Philadelphia with his father, Lemuel. Elijah C. Piatt of New Or­ leans worked as an AB in the deck department. He last sailed Derrickson Piatt on the Alcoa Voyager in 1968. Sailing since 1940, Brother Piatt joined the SIU in the Port of New Orleans. A native of Georgia, Seafarer Piatt now lives in New Orleans with his wife, Carol Mary. MSTS Officer Shoots Holes In ^Effective Control' Theory WASHINGTON—A top offi­ cer of the Navy has shed strong doubts on the dependability of the "effective control" concept. This is the idea that ships reg­ istered under foreign flags and manned by non-American sea­ men are available for use in time of national emergency be­ cause they are obligated under contracts with the Maritime Administration. "At best, this is a matter where reasonable doubt may be said to exist," Captain M. Godek, Comptroller of the Mili­ tary Sea Transportation Service declared in a statement to the House Committee on Appropri­ ations. The committee is con­ Del Valle Francisco sidering the proposed Depart­ SIU in 1944 in the Port of New ment of Defense budget for fis­ York. A native of the Philip­ cal year 1970. pine Islands, he now lives in Experiences during World Metairie, Louisiana with his War II, Captain Godek noted, wife, Gladys. Seafarer Fran­ were quite good, as they were cisco was a cook, baker and during the Korean conflict. In butcher and last sailed aboard both these national crises, he the Selma Victory in 1968. He said, there were no incidents of has been going to sea since seamen refusing to sail ships to 1941. the combat zone. This was so Raymond Francis Boswell of because non^Americans sym­ Gretna, Louisiana was born in pathized with the cause for Vermont 65 years ago. He which the United States was joined the Union in the Port of fighting. New York and last sailed on the "The Vietnam operation has Transpanama in 1968. Brother been carried on in a different Boswell was a bos'n in the deck climate," Godek pointed out, department and had been sail­ "and several well-publicized in­ ing since 1932. He now lives stances have taken place where in Gretna with his wife, Nora. non-American seamen have re­ Cesar Izquierdo, 69, is a na­ fused to sail their ships to the tive of Ecuador who now makes combat zone." Godek revealed that at least one Swedish tanker owner had requested that his ship not be sent to Vietnam because of the sentiment in Sweden against U.S. involvement there. The vessel was used in the Pacific, but outside the war zone. Sees Future Problems "Based on experience during the Vietnam operation," Godek summed up, "it may be con­ cluded that in similar circum­ stances in the future there will be some difficulty in finding foreign crews to sail ships under effective U.S. control into the war zone. . . . Support of the combat forces will have to be maintained by ships of Ameri­ can registry manned by U.S. nationals." The statement put the num­ ber 'of privately owned ships registered under the flags of Panama, Liberia and Honduras as 400 on March 31, 1969. These are considered as being "under effective U.S. control." Such ships have been called "runaway vessels" by SIU and the tramp fleet owners in that they have been registered under so-called "flags of necessity" to avoid payment of taxes to the U.S. government, the higher wages paid to U.S. seamen and U.S. safety regulations. The SIU, as well as numerous con­ gressmen, have often disputed the "effective control" theory. �Page Twelve SEAFARERS 3Q0K^6emujs LOG September, 1969 Blind Man's Bluff? lisv THE TODD DOSSIER by Collier Young (Delacorte—$4.95) This is one of the first novels dealing with what probably will be a long line of stories about heart transplants. What at­ tracts the reader to this one is the method of presentation. The intriguing story is told by excerpts from the transcript of a hearing into the events surrounding a heart transplant. In the end the bad guys are caught but the reader remains in an uneasy state. Will fiction one day turn into fact? Will a new class society come into being—the takers and the taken? As one character in the book—Walter Geiger, M.D.—testi­ fies: "... I had thought a great deal, ever since we first dreamed of transplanting the human heart, about the rapacious ones, the takers. There are always people who take what they want, no matter the cost to others. They take in order to extend their own territory, their own power. Now we had given them the opportunity to take in order to extend life itself." Disquieting words, even if they are fiction. POLAND: EAGLE IN THE EAST by William Woods (HiU & Wang—$6.50) Polish blood, like that of the Irish, runs deep in the Ameri­ can worker. For this and other reasons, this book makes inter­ esting reading. The author traces the economic and social his­ tory of Poland back to before World War I. He shows how Poland, caught between the influences of two great western nations, turned east and to communism. From the ashes of cities, destroyed by Hitler's armies, the Poles have built new cities. They have erased evidence of extermination camps and plowed the fields where giant ovens were used to cremate thousands. But memories remain and there lingers bitterness against the Germans. And twenty-five years after the ovens cooled, one can still find flecks of human bone in the soil. Woods compares writing about Poland to walking on eggs. Nothing is entirely true or untrue. He has performed a good job in turning out an interesting book without breaking too many shells. * * • BEYOND RACISM by Whitney M. Young, Jr. (McGraw-Hill —$6.95) "Black is beautiful when it is a slum kid studying to enter college, when it is a man learning new skills for a new job, or a slum mother battling to give her kids a chance for a better life." Thus writes Whitney M. Young, Jr., National Director of the Urban League. "But," he continues, "white is beautiful, too, when it helps change society to make our system work for black people also. White is ugly when it oppresses blacks—and so is black ugly when black people exploit other blacks. No race has a monop­ oly on vice or virtue, and the worth of an individual is not related to the color of his skin." In a nutshell. Young has given us the ideal, the problem and the solution to many of our racial ills. The black man must provide the initiative to force open the doors to a closed so­ ciety—^not with the fire bomb—but with willingness and de­ termination. By the same token, the white man must provide the key because it is he who controls the society. And the opportunity for doing this lies, to a great extent, in the labor movement. No stranger to lalx)r. Young offers both praise and criticism of the movement. Crediting labor with correcting many of the social ills of an earlier day and with lending valuable support to the earlyday civil rights movement; Young writes that many a black man has found the key to a better life via the union job. At the same time others have found the door closed because of their color. Young writes: • "The fact that labor led the way in bringing about the social reforms of the past probably accounts for the great dissilliisionment with many unions today. "... Labor today, to many, presents an image of a protective association, filled with middle-class people who have advanced rather quickly and are preoccupied with maintaining the status quo and are increasingly hostile to efforts of minority groups to join them in their newfound prosperity." Young believes that the individual can do much to change this. His individual actions in his union, his church and his community, can help change the course of our collective actions. Racial harmony may seem a long way off in view of many of today's headlines; but we must start someplace. Perhaps the place to start is the thoughtful reading of books such as this one. President Nixon's nomination of South Carolina's U.S. Appeals Court Judge Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr., to the United States Supreme Court can only be viewed as potentially disastrous to the labor movement, the civil rights movement, and to the future welfare of the nation as a whole. Should the Senate be unwise enough to confirm the appointment of this 3roponent of arch conservatism to the highest tribunal in the land, there can )e little doubt that the forces of reaction in the nation will gain a powerful ally in their unending battle to impede social progress and thwart the trade union movement's efforts to bring about economic and educational equality for all Americans. Aside from the fact that Haynsworth's career on the bench has consist­ ently been marked by anti-labor and anti-civil rights decisions, he has also been charged by the AFL-CIO and civil rights leaders with serious conflicts of interest. Outstanding among these charges is the fact that Haynsworth held a one-seventh interest in a vending machine company which did an annual business of $100,000 with the Deering Milliken textile chain at the time he cast the deciding vote in a 1963 Appeals Court decision which upheld Deer­ ing Milliken's right to close down its Darlington, S.C., mill to punish work­ ers for voting for union representation. Haynsworth did resign as a director of the vending firm before the Darlington decision was handed down, but not before the case was argued. Even then his resignation could hardly be called voluntary. By his own ad­ mission, he acted only in compliance with a resolution of the Judicial Con­ ference of the United States which barred federal judges from serving as officers or directors of profit-making corporations. And the record shows that Haynsworth is no stranger to profit-making organizations. He has substantial stock holdings in no fewer than 46 com­ panies—among them the notoriously anti-labor textile giant, J. P. Stevens. Although most of Haynsworth's more damaging blows against labor and minority groups—including the Deering Milliken decision—^have been nullified by the Supreme Court, his record is not a pretty one. In addition to his prejudice against labor, he also ruled in favor of Prince Edward County, Va., when it attempted to junk its public school system rather than integrate, and has backed discrimination against Negroes in federally as­ sisted hospitals. Small wonder that AFL-CIO President George Meany has branded Haynsworth "not fit" to sit on the Supreme Court and Civil rights leader Roy Wilkins has said his confirmation by the Senate would "shake the con­ fidence of millions of Americans in . . . the belief that the judicial process will produce justice." We couldn't agree more. �September, 1969 [I- SEAFARERS MEET YOUR fiHIP'fi COMMITTEE LOG Page niineen F ULL PARXiaPAXION by all Seafarers in the affairs of their Union is the primary aim of the Ship's Committee—the vital contact between SlU-contracted vessels at sea and SIU activities in the ports. These five-man committees—consisting of a ship's chairman, secretary, and a delegate from each of the three departments—conduct weekly shipboard meetings to dis­ cuss issues and beefs which are important to the welfare of the membership. SEATTLE—(Seated l-r) Erasmo Arroya, deck delegate: Sadak Wola, engine; E. Morales, ship chairman: and Edward Kaznowski, secretary. *. ^Standing is Eugenic Gatmaitan, steward delegate. The Seattle's com-v mittee reports that weekly shipboard meetings have been successful. : COLUMBIA—Keeping their shipmates up to date on SIU programs are (l-r) Joe Werselowich, steward department delegate: Nick Natgimisios, ship secretary: Steve Homka, chairman; Johannes Roos, engine delegate: Joseph Catherman, deck. The committee reports a smooth trip. ROBIN GRAY—Representing the SIU aboard their ship are (l-r) Lloyd Zimmerman, steward delegate; Bill Osborne, chairman: Ralph Seckinger, deck delegate: Carlton Grimes, secretary: and Earl Clark, engine. The pension plan was discussed at ship meetings. SUMMIT—(Clockwise) William Hamlin, steward delegate: Walter Gustavson, ship chairman: James Allen, retiring ship's delegate: William Seltzer, secretary: Rafael Matos, engine delegate: Calvin DeSilva, deck. Committee reports all beefs settled by delegates. LONGVIEW VICTORY—Frank Radzvida. the retiring ship's delegate, left, reported a good voyage as he posed with the ship's committee (l-r) Sid Berger, secreta'y: Walter Marsh, chairman: Mike Meguissgluu, steward delegate: and J. W. Canard, deck. �Page Fourteen SEAFARERS LOG September, 1969 Federal Job Safety-Health Board Steelworkers Get Bask Plan Jtnd Standards'Urged by President Offering Earnings Protection WASfflNGTON — President Nixon has called on Congress to create a five-member board to set occupational health and safe­ ty standards for industries and businesses so as to reduce "need­ less illness, needless injury and needless death." President Johnson called for federal standards last year in a proposed Occupational Safety and Health Act but the legisla­ tion died after employer groups mounted a nationwide drive against it. Senator Ralph Yarborough (D-Tex.) and other lawmakers have introduced similar legisla­ tion in this Congress. Under Nixon's plan, the board's five members would be appointed by the President, with Senate consent, to five-year terms, staggered so that one member would change each year. At least three board mem­ bers would be exp>erts on health and safety. Under the bill being prepared by the Labor Department, the board would begin enforcing the standards on July 1, 1972. The board would be directed to adopt "national consensus standards" already established by industry, labor and other or­ ganizations. It would initiate standards in areas where none exists. If the Secretary of Labor or the Secretary of Health, Educa­ tion and Welfare object to any such "national consensus stand­ ards" they may bring that ob­ jection before the board for a full public hearing. The Secretary of Labor would have the initial role in enforcing standards that the board estab­ lishes. He would bring com­ plaints of violations before the board. If the board determined a violation exists it could issue orders the Secretary could seek to enforce in court. In some sit­ uations, the Secretary would be allowed to go directly to the \Reinibliran Highway Leads Bark to LBI SACRAMENTO, Calif. —stretch of new highway in the Los Angeles area was named the Richard M. Nixon Freeway in a resoluI tion passed by the California j State Assembly—^but far­ mer President Lyndon B. Johnson had the last laugh. During ceremonies nam­ ing the freeway, near Nixon's home town of Whittier, Republican Assembly­ man John V, Briggs point^ out that the Democrats had not been forgotten. "It takes you directly to the Lyndon B. Johnson off-ramp," he noted. courts. Violation of the standards would be subject to a fine of up to $10,000, and the board would be authorized to ban employer violators from government for the next three years. The legislation would encour­ age the states to adopt their own health and safety regulations if they were as strict as the federal standards. The federal stand­ ards would continue to apply in states not producing board , ap­ proved plans. The standards set by the board would apply to all em­ ployers except for federal, state and local governments and ag­ riculture employers who do not use more than 500 man-days of hired labor a year. A National Advisory Com­ mittee on Occupational Safety and Health would be set up to advise the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Health, Ed­ ucation and Welfare in adminis­ tering the law. Nixon, in his message, ob­ served that "few people realize the extent of needless illness, needless injury and needless death which results from unsafe or unhealthy working condi­ tions. "Every year in this country some 14,000 deaths can be at­ tributed to work-related injuries or illnesses. . . . "It is interesting to note that in the last five years, the num­ ber of man-days lost because of work-related injuries has been 10 times the number lost be­ cause of strikes." The President emphasized that the "most important conse­ quence" of losses due to sick­ ness or accidents on the job is the "human tragedy" that oc­ curs through the suffering of the worker who is struck down and his family. "In addition," he said, "the economy loses millions of dol­ lars in unrealized production and millions more must he used to pay workmen's compensation benefits and medical expenses." Federal Safety Law Signed; Covers Construction Workers WASHINGTON — The first and Dominick V. Daniels (Dfederal job safety law covering N.J.). nearly four million building They stated that 2,800 con­ trades workers was signed by struction workers were killed President Nixon last month. on the job in 1968—reflecting "This legislation is the first "the hi^est death rate for in­ major labor bill to be approved dustry in the United States." by the 91st Congress, and the Implementation costs, Hagfirst of your Administration," gerty declared, will be "mini­ President C. J. Haggerty of the AFL-CIO Building and Con­ mal when compared to the lives struction Trades Department that will be saved and the need­ noted in a message to the Pres­ less disabling injuries which will ident. be prevented." The law provides that no con­ tractor or subcontractor on fed­ eral or federally-assisted proj­ ects may require any laborer or mechanic to work under condi­ tions that are "unsanitary, haz­ ardous, or dangerous to his health or safety." Standards are to be set by the Secretary of La­ bor after public hearings. Previously, federal construc­ tion workers were covered only by the Davis-Bacon Act, requir­ ing payment of the prevailing wage. Other groups of govern­ ment contractors—suppliers and service contractors—are re­ quired by law to provide safe and healthful working condi­ tions. Haggerty pointed out that this is the first federal safety law aimed at protecting construction workers and suggested that it would "set a pattern for future federal safety legislation." PITTSBURGH — The Steelworkers have reached agree­ ment with 11 basic steel compa­ nies on an "earnings protection" plan for 400,000 workers in the industry who may be hit by pay losses due to automation, tech­ nological changes, or other eco­ nomic factors. The plan, agreed to in prin­ ciple in last year's contract settlement between the union and the employers, became ef­ fective for benefit payments Au­ gust 1, USWA President I. W. Abel said. It is financed by a fund into which the companies have been contributing 2 cents for each man hour worked in the mills by union members since last January 1. Abel said the financing plan will provide quarterly income benefits equal to the difference between the average hourly earnings of an employee in any quarter-year and 85 percent of his average hourly earnings in the previous four quarters of the year. A worker whose income has been reduced will continue to receive quarterly payments as long as his average quarterly earnings are less than 85 per­ cent of his average earnings in the preceding four calendar quarters, the plan specifies. Other features include a pro­ vision that payments will be included in computing base pe­ riod earnings, thus enhancing the benefits. General wage in­ creases will be "neutralized" under the plan to make benefits payable in' addition to any gen­ eral wage boost. The benefits also will be counted in calculating vacation and pension income. Benefit payments will be made auto­ matically, without the need for filing an application. Abel said the union has ne­ gotiated several other income maintenance programs for mem­ bers but the basic steel plan introduces "some totally new concepts." "This new program repre­ sents a genuine breakthrough toward the achievement of our long-desired goal of safeguard­ ing the earnings of union mem­ bers who may suffer economi­ cally because of constantly changing operating conditions in the industry," he said. The new plan provides the "most massive coverage" ever devised by unions and manage­ ment to soften the impact of pay cuts on employees hurt by job changes, according to Abel. The parties to the plan tried to ac= count for "all possible contin­ gencies" to protect earnings and meet the needs of steelworkers, he said. Negotiating committees were headed by Paul J. Passer, Jr., for the union and Vice Presi­ dent C. T. Spivey of the United States Steel Corp. for the com­ panies. USWA District Direc­ tor William Moran and Joseph Senturia, union consultant, also participated. The companies besides U.S. Steel are Bethle­ hem, Republic, Youngstown Sheet and Tube, Armco, Jones and Laughlin, Colorado Fuel and Iron, National (Great Lakes) Steel, Inland Steel, Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel and Allegheny Ludlum. Sponsors of the legislation in­ cluded Senators Harrison Williams (D-N.J.); Jacob Javits (RN.Y.); Ralph W. Yarborough (D-Tex.) as well as Representafives Carl D. Perkins (D-Ky.) federal law covering job safety fqr nearly four million building trades workers is signed by President Nixon. Among those at the ceremony were, from left, President Edward J. Leonard of the Plasterers and Cement Masons and President C. J. Haggerty of the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department. Labor Secretary George P. Shultz is second from right. Haggerty proclaimed it the first labor bill of importance to be passed by the 91st Congress as well as the Nixon Adrninistration. �September, 1969 SEAFARERS Page Fifteen LOG il jfIS • T fe''-. : I'&" - HE UPGRADING PROGRAMS at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship were established to fulfill two important needs: to satisfy the Union's contractual obligation to provide qualified crewmembers to man the ships; and to provide the necessary training to give Seafarers the opportunity to move up to higher-paying ratings. The program has been successful on both counts—The Union has maintained its proud record of never having an SlU-contracted ship unable to sail because of a lack of rated personnel, and many hun­ dreds of Seafarers have advanced to better jobs on deck and in the engine room. The upgrading programs for both AB and Q.M.E.D. candidates is thorough. They are designed to produce not merely endorsements, but a real proficiency in the ratings. The AB training program (a picture story of both AB and Q.M.E.D. training will appear in the next issue of the LOG) includes both class­ room and practical instruction under qualified Seafarer instructors. All AB upgraders have at least six months seatime and hold a yalid lifeboat ticket before they begin their training, which includes knottying, splicing, wheel commands, rigging, safety at sea, and all other aspects of seamanship. Pictured above on the-stern of the Claude "Sonny" Simmons is the AB upgrading class which graduated August 18. Standing (l-r) are Fred Legg, Paul Giordano, Dennis Rowland, James Hotsko, and Rob­ ert Meredith. In the front row are Andrew Stortroen, Johnnie McClinton and Joseph DeJessa. The AB upgrading graduating class of September 4 are seen above with Instructor Chuck James. In the top row (l-r) are James, J. Dermody, T. Burke, E, Tsatomiros, L. Green, and A. Derosier. Front row (l-r) are W. Casey, J. Warren, B. Schultz, A. Marcum, and J. Glover (lifeboat endorsement only). George Jordanides, Mark Hansen and Askold Smits take their oral examina.tion for able seaman with Chief Jennings Elbon, from the US Coast Guard headquarters in Baltimore. The exam took place aboard the HLSS training ship Claude "Sonny" Simmons, which is berthed at Piney Point. Rafael Lugo James Barce Ruben Maranje Howard Levine William Plasky Ferdinand DeLeon �Page Sixteen SEAFARERS LOG September, 1969 Advance Seamanship Pn^ram Offers Full Book Seniorit/^ A TOTAL OF 63 Seafarers have achieved seniority up­ grading to full book membership in the SIU since the upgrading program was resumed in January, 1969. The Advanced Seamanship program provides all qualified B" book members an opportunity to upgrade their seniority and their professional skills through a training program set up at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship at Piney Point, Maryland. The courses of study during the month-long schedule include advanced training for rated personnel in the deck, engine and steward deparlments under the guidance of highly qualified and experienced Seafarer instructors. Advanced Seamen also receive a thorough education in all aspects of their Union. Included in the course is a detailed examination of the SIU constitution; the contract; a history of the SIU and the American labor movement; the SIU pension, welfare and vacation programs; and the function of Union meetings. To qualify for the Advanced Seamanship program, appli­ cants must be graduates of the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship; have a valid lifeboat ticket; hold a Coast Guardendorsed rating, and have a minimum of 12 months seatime aboard any SlU-contracted vessels. •liiii §is| •••ti S,! CLASS OF FEBRUARY '69—Daniel Butts, Jr., John Coates. Pedro Gonzalez. Klaus Ahmels, Jonathan White, Salvatore Brunnetti, Jimmie Garner, Bjorn Gislason, Charles Howell, Nick'Kratsas, Thomas Leavey, Maurice Lipitz, William Lowry, Harmut Schultz, Edward Sekella, William Showers, Herbert' Thrower, and Robert Vinson. 1 V" • '..'.i i.. -. CLASS OF APRIL '69—William Slayton, William Jefferson, Leonard Pelettiere, Joseph Johnson, James Goggins, Mi­ chael Chiglo, Jessie Greer, Rudolph Odom, J. Thomas, G. Smith, E. Gibbs, Billy Taylor. > 'I ......... �September, 1969 SEAFARERS CLASS OF JULY '69—^Taking the oath of allegiance as full book members of the SlU are (l-r) John Doran, Erick Sbrensen, Robert Hester, Arthur Wills. CLASS OF JUNE '69—Eddie J. Williams, Jay San chez, Anthony Orzo, Ernest Haitt, and Leonard Hild ing. The new full book members were installed dur­ ing the regular June meeting at the New York hall CLASS OF AUGUST '69—(Back l-r) Harry Alex­ ander, George Williams, Alan Kagey, Dick For­ rest, Warren Sketoe. (Front) Fred Columbus, Tom Reno, James Williams, Sandy Seabrook, Henry Batch. ^ . 'VC, ' LOG Page Seventeen CLASS OF SEPTEMBER '69—Newly-installed full book members of the SlU, Fred Grudzinski, John Erickson, and Robert Leight, listen as SlU Presi­ dent Paul Hall tells them of the importance of taking an active .part in the affairs of their Union. Installation took place at the New York hall. �Page EiglileeB Lifeboat training at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship at Piney Point includes instruction in basic knot-tying. Instructor Tom Brooks takes his class aboard the yawl Manitou to demonstrate the proper way to bend the five basic knots and hitches on a ship. 570Endorsed For LUeboat AtHLSS SEAFARERS LOG September, 1969 CLASS jj^l?—(Front row, l-r): Wayne Flanker, James McEnerey, Donald Willie, Joe Townsend, Ray Ward, Philip Brady, Joseph Darden, Gary Bennett. (Top row); Bruce Williams, Leonard Jones, Jorge Rivera, Wallace Hoyt, Earl Wilson, John Wright, Reginald Johnson, John McClenton, Ernest Taylor, Henry Odon, Barney Spears, Melvin Lipscomb, Alfred Cordes, J. Murray. In background is Claude "Sonny" Simmons. M ORE THAN 570 trainees and upgrading Seafarers have been awarded lifeboat endorsements during the past five months after completing an intensive period of classroom and practical instruction at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship at Piney Point, Maryland. In the last five graduating classes—covering the period of August 6 to September 3—a total of 145 trainees and upgraders have qualified for their Coast Guard endorsement. Examinations— both written and demonstration—are given by the Coast Guard every week, with an average of more than 25 candidates taking the tests each week. Preparation for the examinations are thorough. Under the expert supervision of experienced SIU instructors, every -candidate will spend at least 30 hours of supervised training in a lifeboat, both at the oars and as acting coxswain. In addition, each candidate will be required to participate in a minimum of 14 hours of classroom experience before he will be permitted to take his examination. Qass lectures include detailed descriptions of lifeboats, liferafts, and launching gear, as well as the description, location and use of all equipment required on lifeboats and liferafts. Lectures and demonstrations are also provided to familiarize the student with the types and use of various fire fighting equipment. To provide additional help to students who are having difficulty with the material, the instructors schedule special two-hour review sessions in the evening. The HLSS lifeboat training program has proven to be highly successful. To date, every trainee and upgrader who has completed the course has passed the Coast Guard examination and received his endorsement. The program is also contributing to the success of the Union's goal of continuing to provide qualified personnel to man all SlU-contracted vessels throughout the world. CLASS #18—(Front row): Steven Tobias, Kenneth Nessel, Ronald Archibald, Francis Ginorio, Tim Venable, Jerrol Lafleur, Aron Fore, Melvin Smith, Lawrence Paxton. (Second row): Luther Bailey, Thomas Kilbride, David Vaughn, Steven Venus, David Williams, Roger Anselmi, Ronald Beck, Paul Domes, Samuel Knight, Jr., Richard Ciuzio. (Third row): Paul McGaharn, instructor, Stephen Hamilton, John Boytos, Salvatore Cavalcante, George Murray, Daniel Lucas, Curtis Dentin, Thomas Carlise, Louie C. Arnett and Robbie White. CLASS #19—(Front row, l-r): John Cranmer, Bobby D. Sturgill, Jose Torres, Joseph Cutrer, Albert Timmons, Thomas Brewer, Carl Sandifer. D. Relendes, Bob Lackey, Robert Carver. (Back row): Instructor Paul McGaharn, Richard Speicher, Nathaniel Tune, Rodney Caron, Terry Meadows, John Kelley, James S. Shaver, Irving Sepulvado, Christopher Horneman, Thomas McGuire, Frederick Hawkins, Ralph Bess, John R. McNeill, Charles Burthardt, Peter Skulski, Bill Ware, John S. Boone. The class graduated August 20. CLASS #20—(Front row, l-r): T. Boothe, L. Utterback, J. MIcucci, B. Weitzel, T. Young, T, Packer, G. Morran, L. Fluker, J. Steilberg, M. OToole. (Second row): B. Greer, L. Johns, L. Ewing, J. Steinberg, A. Jordan, M. Smutek, E. Townsend, D. Sisk, P. Doval, G. Redfleld. (Top): Paul McGaharn, G. Smith, P. Butler, D. Morris, G. Showers, J. Meld-, inger, R. Young, R. McGowan, R. Brennan, C. Brinkley, H. Dillingham, E. Schwimmer. CLASS #21—(Front, l-r): W. Spiers, W. Arbogast, J. Collier, K. Hardman, W. Adams, J. Cerva, W. Palmer, P. Stewart. (Second row): P. Joseph, A. Burroughs, E. Rokicki, R. Hano, D. Mornin, E. Stacey, W. Rece, M. Boyd. (Third row): G. Deavers, B. Buffalo, H, Meehan, G. Curry, J. Buck, G. Gentner. (Fourth row); S. French, L. Kreisler, P. Keohane, C. Whatley, W. Cox, J. Bourg, M. Baily, J. Williams. (Fifth row): M. Goessel, C. Cun­ ningham, J. Klugh, P. Falls, T. Heruska, R. Alexander, D. Snipes, and E. Kuntze. �September, 1969 SEAFARERS Relaxing Time on the Choctaw I. Talcing it easy during a recent voyage of the Choctaw is this group of engine department Seafarers. Relaxing in the fo'csle while they wait for evening chow are. left to right, John Appleby, oiler; Chris Jaquez and Lewis Hertzog, wipers, and Jackie Salo, FWT. SlU Deck Officers School Upgrades 4 More Seafarers The names of four more deck department Seafarers have been added to the growing roster of men who have earned deck officer's licenses after complet­ ing the course of study offered at the upgrading school jointly sponsored by the SIU and the Associated Maritime Officers Union. These latest graduates raise to 54 the total number of men who have received their deck officer's license after attending the school and passing their Coast Guard examinations. The new deck officers are Ami Bjornsson, Edward Hecox, Joseph Renault, and Frank Throp. Ami Bjomsson, 42, was bora in Reykjavik, Iceland and joined Bjomsson Throp the SIU in the Port of New York in 1947. Brother Bjornsson is well known by many Seafarers because of his long service as an instructor at the SIU's Harry Lundeberg School of Seaman­ ship from 1962-67. He has had a hand in helping to launch many a young Seafarer on a career in the merchant marine while at the school. Bjornsson now holds second mate's papers. Frank Throp, 44, was bom in Canada but now lives in Tampa, Florida, with his wife Margaret. Brother Throp joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1949 and sailed as a bosun before being accepted to the mate's training school in Sep­ tember, 1968. After completing the comprehensive course of in­ struction offered at the school, he successfully passed the Coast Guard mate's examination in May and is now sailing as a second mate. Joseph Renault, 49, has been sailing with the SIU since 1952. A native of Montreal, Canada, he now makes his home in Willingboro. New Jersey, with his wife, Claire. Brother' Renault entered the SIU-AMO-sponsored mate's training school in November, 1968. Re had sailed as a bosun before embarking on the course of instmction. After passing the Coast Guard mate's examination in July, he is now sailing as a second mate. Renault Hecox Edward Recox, 49, was bom in Cleveland, Ohio, and has been sailing with the SIU since 1956. Re lives in Seattle, Wash­ ington, and sailed as an AB be­ fore being accepted to the mate's upgrading program in Decem­ ber, 1968. Brother Recox passed the Coast Guard's li­ censing examination last month and is now sailing as a second mate. The training program, oper­ ated under a reciprocal agree­ ment between the SIU and the Associated Maritime Officers Union, is the first of its type in the industry. Applicants can begin training at any time. The period of in­ struction is geared to each stu­ dent's individual ability and knowledge, and his preparation for taking the examination. The training program—like the engineer's upgrading pro­ gram—was instituted in line with the SIU's objective of en­ couraging and assisting unli­ censed personnel to upgrade themselves. Seafarers can participate in the course of instruction at no cost to themselves. They will fie provided with meals, lodging and subsistence payments of $110 a week while they are in training. Deck department Seafarers who are interested in taking ad­ vantage of this training program may apply at any SIU hall, write directly to SIU headquar­ ters at 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, New York IT 232, or telephone the school at (212) 768-0561. LOG Page IVineteen Prime Need for Pharmadst Mates Seen In SIUNA-SOA Barked Study NEW YORK—By providing prompt and adequate shipboard medical treatment for ailing or injured seafarers through the in­ creased use of qualified purser pharmacist mates, much of the needless medical hardship pres­ ently endured by seamen could be eliminated and millions of dollars in medical costs could be saved annually, according to a report prepared by a maritime research firm. The study, commissioned by the SIUNA-affiliated Staff Offi­ cers Association and conducted by the Diebold Group Inc., over an eight-month period, states that at least one-fifth of the $80 million in medical claims filed yearly by American seamen could be entirely eliminated by the medical care purser-pharma­ cist mates can provide. At present, only a small num­ ber of the approximately 950 American-flag vessels engaged in foreign trade have qualified purser-pharmacist mates aboard. According to the report, the vast majority of American-flag vessels provide only a "modi­ cum" of shipboard medical care for seamen through the services of deck officers whose medical training is limited toc first aid courses. Modest estimates reveal, the report continues, that shipown­ ers can effect direct savings of $16 million per year by supply­ ing on-board medical care through qualified purser-phar­ macists mates. The report—conducted in co­ operation with the U.S. Public Health Service—also asserts that the govemment could save as much as $1 million annually at the USPRS hospitals which care for sick and injured seamen if shipboard medical care services are made more widely available in the merchant fleet. Additional savings through a reduced need for subsidy pay­ ments on medical claims and other indirect payments could alsa be realized, the study indi­ cates. Presently, the only source of shipboard medical care for the entire merchant fleet is provided by some 150 pharmacist mates. The appraisal of the state of medical care in the fleet resulted from an evaluation and cost analysis of the Staff Officers' As­ sociation Pharmacist Mate Training Program which is con­ ducted at the U.S. Public Health Service hospital, Stapleton, Staten Island, N. Y. The SOA, the union repre­ senting ships' pursers, provides candidates for the pharmacist mate school. Purser candidates Foreign Flag Ships Described As 'Beating Our Brains Out' WASHINGTON — Foreign shipping lines are "beating our brains out" not only for com­ mercial cargo but foi govern­ ment-sponsored shipments that, by law, are supposed to be "re­ served primarily for Americanflag ships," Representative Charles S. Joelson (D-N.J.) de­ clared here recently. The New Jersey lawmaker said that although Cargo Prefer­ ence laws provide "that a min­ imum of 50 percent of our for­ eign aid shipments and our agricultural surplus shipments must travel on American ves­ sels," the U. S.-flag fleet actu­ ally is carrying "substantially less" than that amount. Joelson told a meeting spon­ sored by the AFL-CIO Mari­ time Trades Department that government agencies are inter­ preting the cargo laws to make the 50 percent minimum a "ceil­ ing," and thus are "undoing the Congressional mandate" ex­ pressed in the original legisla­ tion. As a result, "American vessels are being forced into layup because they don't have cargo to carry." The Congressman said he had joined with 80 other members of the House and 5)enate in sponsoring legislation that would rewrite the existing laws so that "they achieve what the name implies — preference for American-built, Americanowned and American-manned ships—and not preference for ships flying the flags of other nations." The pending legislation, Joel­ son said, would put foreign-flag ships "at the bottom of the list." Re added: "Under any sensible interpre­ tation of Cargo Preference laws, that's where they belong. They should carry government car­ goes only when all other alter­ natives have been exhausted. "Today, the maintenance of our position as a major trading nation rests on the revitalization of our American-flag fleet—our balance of payments is affected, for good or evil, on whether our goods move in American ships or the ships of other nations— and our national defense still is linked irretrievably to our mer­ chant marine, which serves as our fourth arm of defense." "The American merchant marine has loyally served this country all these years — from 1789 to now," Joelson declared, and added that now "it is time the country served the merchant marine." for the school are selected by a panel of doctors and receive nine months of intensive medi­ cal training from Public Health Service doctors and nurses. The purser-pharmacist mate training program was establish­ ed largely through the efforts of SIUNA Vice President Burt E. Lanpher, secretary-treasurer of the SOA. It is financed by the SOA's Welfare Plan, the U.S. Public Health Service and the Department of Labor. The third class of SOA Phar­ macist Mate Training School graduates—consisting of 27 men and one woman—has already been graduated. The school, opened in 1967, provides each pharmacist mate candidate with over 1,(X)0 hours of both aca­ demic instmction and clinical experience. An independent study of worldwide maritime medical care conducted earlier this year by the SOA disclosed that the American merchant marine is seriously lagging behind all of the fleets of Westem European countries, Russia and Japan, in providing competent shipboard medical care. Among the several areas in which the study found that direct savings through the use of phar­ macist mates could occur were: Reduced Shipboard medical ex­ penses, reduced time lost due to hospitalization, decreased medi­ cal insurance costs and savings in claims for personal injuries. These areas, among others, would amount to an estimated total saving of $16,000 per ship per year. Uruguay'Vigia' Always on Top Of Ships at Sea MONTEVIDE O-^ A lonely man in a tower from dawn to dusk—that's Orlando Simonetti, the offi­ cial watchman of Uruguay's capital. From high up in his small office atop the 19th floor of the historic Palacio Sal­ vo, Simonetti faithfully scans the mouth of the River Plate, spread out below on all sides. When a ship ap­ pears, the "vigia," as he is called, informs authorities of its impending arrival. Every few minutes one of his two telephones rings. People are forever calling to find out whether a ship on which a friend or relative may be traveling has yet appeared on the distant hor­ izon. �SEAFARERS Page Twenty September, 1969 LOG To Avoid Disastrous Recession: Rollback of Soaring Interest Rates Pressed WASHINGTON—More than 200 leaders from widely varying areas of American life have ap­ pealed for swift government ac­ tion to reverse the high interest spiral "if disaster is to be avoid­ ed." They unanimously joined in a statement asking the Adminis­ tration and Congress to take steps "before the grim toll of economic ressession is again ex­ acted from the American peo­ ple." The statement came out of an "Emergency Meeting on the High Interest Crisis" in Wash­ ington attended by representa­ tives of labor, farmers, consum­ ers, retired persons, coopera­ tives, housing and civil rights groups, and local governments. Several members of Congress pledged their fullest effort in line with the meeting's proposals. which were delivered to the White House through President Nixon's counselor. Dr. Arthur F. Bums. During a half-day meeting, speakers representing the partic­ ipating organizations testified to the "bitter hardships" being heaped upon citizens by the highest interest rates in 100 Speaking for labor was AFLCIO Vice President Joseph D. Keenan, chairman of the federa­ tion's Housing Committee. He also is secretary of the Interna­ tional Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. The statement adopted by the meeting urged Nixon to voice his opposition to high interest policies and "use his great influ­ ence and power to bring a roll­ back in interest rates." Nixon also was called on to withdraw tax and loan accounts. on which no interest is paid to the govenunent, from banks that "refuse to cooperate and con­ tinue to raise interest rates." Further, the Administration was asked to investigate through the Justice Department the re­ cent action of big banks in rais­ ing the prime interest rate they charge their biggest and best customers to an "astounding" 8.5 percent. "The virtual unanimity of banks in adopting the higher rates strongly suggests the pos­ sibility of a conspiracy," the statement said. Congress, for its part, was called upon to pass legislation that will curb interest rates, and years. direct the Federal Reserve Board to sharply reduce the "ex­ orbitant" cost of credit. "Hight interest rates >are not Congress Warned of Housing Crisis Unless Money, Land Costs Go Down WASHINGTON ~ In the strongest possible language, the AFL-CIO has warned Congress that the nation is facing a des­ perate housing crisis because soaring money and land costs have priced most Americans out of the housing market. "As a nation we are not only falling short of the goals set forth in the 1968 Housing Act, but we are actually losing ground," AFI^CIO Legislative Director Andrew J. Biemiller testified. Biemiller called for new pro­ grams of direct government financing of essential housing. And he urged that rehabilitation of run-down housing be under­ taken through large-scale opera­ tions involving thousands of units instead of costly small projects. He told a House Banking subcommittee that the labor movement wants "as much qual­ ity housing as possible, built at 'the lowest possible price, to serve the most people." The subcommittee is currently re­ viewing the functioning of the 1968 housing law which set a target of a steadily increasing volume of home and apartment construction and rehabilitation. Instead of rising, the rate of home construction is plunging, Biemiller said. In the past year, "the cost of money has moved from being a serious problem to that of a national disaster." For many Americans, the 36 percent jump in interest rates just since last December "represents the slamming of the bank door in their face, the end of their last hope for funds for adequate shelter." The AFL-CIO warned of the danger of rising interest rates in its testimony last year, Biemiller noted, and "painfully" labor's warnings have been proved valid. He urged that "if housing is to be the victim of our monetary policies, it must be given special consideration and shelter." Instead of competing for housing money at the bank, home financing should have "ac­ cess to the nation's credit," Bie­ miller said. He suggested a $3 billion di­ rect loan program to. help gov­ ernment and non-profit groups finance low and moderate in­ come housing. New Fund Source Some $5 billion in National Service Life Insurance Funds could be made available for veterans'* mortgages at a belowmarket six percent rate that would still provide a higher re­ turn to the fund than it now realizes. In addition, Biemiller urged, the Federal Reserve Board could be directed to purchase up to $5 billion in governmentguaranteed mortgages, thus freeing substantial additional funds for housing loans. He suggested new programs for land acquisition to curb the "strong upward price pressures" and greater emphasis on public transportation to open up lowcost land for government-as­ sisted housing. Public l\pusing still "does the best overall job of answering the needs of low income fam­ ilies" and should be expanded, Biemiller said. Above all, he stressed, hous­ ing needs can be' met only by volume production. He assured the subcommittee that "the AFL-CIO and the building trades unions have readily ac­ cepted and adapted" to ma­ terials changes and methods "aimed at faster, more econom­ ical building." Biemiller asked: "When do we really get started on meet­ ing the unpostponable housing needs of America?" ordained by nature," the state­ ment said. "They are man-made —made by bankers seeking greater profits and government unwillingness to take positive action in favor of the borrower and the public generally." "The tools to reverse the up­ ward trend of interest rates ex­ ist; we call for their use," it concluded. Keenan said the "grave con­ cern" of trade unionists about high interest rates is not diffi­ cult to understand. "Simply put," he stated, "excessive in­ terest rates are cutting our buy­ ing power and putting us out of work." He pointed out that interest rates are in the price of every­ thing the worker buys—^from food to the TV set, from the automobile to the price of hous­ ing or rent for an apartment. "So a rise in interest rates is a rise in prices." he said. "The bankers cut the buying power of our money." To show how serious this pay cut can be, Keenan cited a June 17 article in the Wall Street Journal which assembled gov­ ernment figures on the decline m a paycheck's buying power over recent months. The article noted that debate is growing over whether the economy "can survive today's record smashing interest rates without sinking into a reces­ sion." But, it added, many Americans already are in a re­ cession. Bankers must be told "in loud and clear terms: Enough," Keenan concluded. "The Ameri­ can people want no more of this bankers' game of Russian rou­ lette with the fate of our jobs and our paychecks." Other speakers included: • President Tony T. Dechant of the National Farmers Union, who said the farmer has watched Catching Up On The News WASHINGTON—High interest rates and rising medical bills are hurting the government's budget too. President Nixon dis­ closed. He ordered federal agen­ cies to slash spending by $3.5 billion this fiscal year to compensate for unpredicted expenses. Two of the biggest single items of "uncontrollable" added expense were the higher interest rates that the government has to pay on the national debt and the rise in Medicare costs. The Treasury recently had to pay an interest rate of close to 7.5 percent—^the highest in its history—^to borrow money on a sixmonth bill. "the storm of higher and higher interest rates grow until it now threatens the economic life of family agriculture." He added, "There seems to be no limit to the greed of bankers." • Erma Angevine, executive director, Consumer Federation of America, who said that debt is an ever-increasing burden to consumers "with interest pay­ ments on mortgages and install­ ment loans now exceeding 22 percent of the average consum­ er's after-tax income." • Clarence Mitchell of the National Association for the Ad­ vancement of Colored People, who charged that banking poli­ cies are creating "catastrophe in the area of housing"—nullifying government programs to help the poor obtain decent shelter. • John J. Gunther, executive director of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, who said high inter­ est rates are causing cities to put off the building of sewers, health centers, schools and hos­ pitals "because they can't afford to finance them." Appearing to voice support for the emergency meeting's pro­ gram were Senators Fred R. Harris (D-Okla.), William Proxmire (D-Wis.) and Alan Crans­ ton (D-Calif.), and Chairman Wright Patman (D-Tex.) of the House Banking and Currency Committee. TaH fellows Toft In labor law Refmn Rep. Daniel Ronan, 55 Dies of Heart Attack CHICAGO — Representative Daniel J. Ronan (D-Ill.) died here of an apparent heart at­ tack at the age of 55, He was serving his third term in Con­ gress from a district including Chicago's West Side and an ad­ joining section of COok County. Ronan, who had a liberal voting record during his service in Congress, was a former mem­ ber of Local 7 of the Firemen and Oilers. Hixon Cats Budget By $3.5 Billion Relaxing at the New Orleans hall with the morning newspaper is Lauren Santa Ana of the steward department. A native of the Phil­ ippine Islands, Santa Ana joined Union in New Orleans in 1947. WASHINGTOPJ—The ghost of the late Senator Robert A. Taft (R-Ohio)—co-author of the Taft-Hartley Act—stalks Capitol Hill once again. Representative Robert A. Taft, Jr. (R-Ohio) is chairman of the House Republican Con­ ference Research Committee which has set up a special task force looking into labor law re­ form. He named as the task force chairman Representative Sherman P. Lloyd (R-Utah) who has two "right" and 21 "wrong" votes on the COPE voting record. �September, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG ANNUAL REPORT STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES ASSETS For the fiscal year ended March 31, 1969 GREAT LAKES TUG AND DREDGE PENSION PLAN 275 20th Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 11215 u to the SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE of the STATE OF NEW YORK The data contained herein is for the purpose of providing general information as to the condition and affairs of the fund. The presentation is necessarily abbreviated. For a more comprehensive treatment, refer to the Annual Statement, copies of which may be inspected at the office of the fund, or at the New York State Insurance De­ partment, 55 John Street, New York, New York 10038. STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE (RESERVE FOR FUTURE BENEFITS) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. ADDITIONS TO FUND BALANCE Contributions: (Exclude amounts entered in Item 2) (a) Employer (Schedule 1) $ 136,082.89 (b) Employee 93,345.35 (c) Other (Specify) $ 229,428.24 (d) Total Contributions Dividends and Experience Sating Refunds from Insurance Companies Investment Income: (a) Interest 36,360.80 (b) Dividends 22,940.77 (c) Rents (d) Other (Specify) 59,301.57 (e) Total Income from Investments 15,092.65 Profit on disposal of investments Increase by adjustment in asset values of investments Other Additions: (Itemize) (a) (b) (c) Total Other Additions $ 303,822.46 7. Total Additions 8. Insurance and Annuity Premiums to Insurance Carriers and to Service Organizations (Including Prepaid Medical Plans) 9. Benefits Provided Directly by the Trust or Separately Maintained Fund 10. Payments to an Organization Maintained by the Plan for the Purpose of Providing Benefits to Participants (Attach latest operating statement of the Organization showing detail of administrative expenses, supplies, fees, etc.) 11. Payments or Contract Fees Paid to Independent Organizations or Individuals Providing Plan Benefits (Clinics, Hospitals, Doctors, etc.) .. 12. Administrative Expenses: (a) Salaries (Schedule 2) (b) Allowances, Expenses, etc (Schedule 2) (c) Taxes (d) Fees and Commissions (Schedule 3) .. (e) Rent (f) Insurance Premiums (g) Fidelity Bond Premiums (h) Other Administrative Expenses (Specify) Schedule attached (i) Total Administrative Expenses 13. Loss on disposal of investments 14. Decrease by adjustment in asset values of investments 15. Other Deductions: (Itemize) (a) (b) (c) Total Other Deductions Item 1. Cash 2. Receivables: (a) Contributions: (See Item 18) (1) Employer (2) Other (Specify) (b) Dividends or experience rating refunds (c) Other (Specify) Accrued interest paid on bonds purchased 3. Investments: (Other than real estate) (a) Bank deposits at interest and deposits or shares in savings and loan associa­ tions. (b) Stocks: (1) Preferr« (2) Common (c) Bonds and debv-ntures: (1) Government obligations: (a) Federal (b) State and municipal (2) Foreign government obligations .. (3) Nongovernment obligations (d) Common Trusts: (1) (Identify) (2) (Identify) (e) Subsidiary organizations (See Instructions) (Identify and indicate percentage of owner­ ship by this Plan in the subsidiary) (1) % (2) % .' 4. Real estate loans and mortgages '5. .Loans and Notes Receivable: (Other than real estate) (a) Secured (b) Unsecured Q. Real Estate: (a) Operated (b) Other real estate 7. Other Assets: (a) Accrued income ................. (b) Prepaid expenses (c) Other (Specify) 8. Total Assets LIABILITIES Insurance and annuity premiums payable Unpaid claims (Not covered by insurance) Accounts payable Accrued expenses Other liabilities (Specify) Reserve for future benefits 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Total Liabilities and Reserves DEDUCTIONS FROM FUND BALANCE •1 - End of End of Prior Reporting Year Year 19,633.60 $ 26,754.53 967.72 112.67 52,290.71 494,616.20 83,517.18 562,136.42 67,222.64 95,115.54 592,646.12 674,989.29 $1,227,376.99 $1,442,625.63 1,227,376.99 1,442,625.63 $1,227,376.99 $1,442,625.63 GREAT LAKES TUG AND DREDGE PENSION FUND ATTACHMENT TO THE ANNUAL REPORT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK $ $ Year ended March 31, 1969 38,076.49 Deductions from Fund Balance Item 12(h)—Other Administrative Expenses Stationery, supplies and printing Postage, express and freight Telephone and telegraph Equipment rental Employee benefits Miscellaneous Repairs and maintenance Tabulating service Microfilming Dues and subscriptions Miscellaneous Trustees' meetings expense Fees and permits 13,395.12 1,160.64 655.23 8,952.79 1,154.02 134.81 30.00 $ 2,908.44 37.82 342.52 903.99 776.64 860.88 198.96 13,457.01 242.86 80.85 185.55 15.33 $20,010.85 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Great Lakes Tutr & Dredge Pension Fund New York STATE OF COUNTY OF 20,010.85 45,493.46 5,003.87 Kings T$ 88,573.82 Employee RECONCILEMENT OF FUND BALANCE $1,227,376.99 303,822.46 88,573.82 215,248.64 $1,442,625.63 L gB f "• J ; • and , Triistees of the F^nd and j V '' V ' aflirm, under the penalities of perjury that the contents of this Annual Report are true and hereby subscribe thereto. Employer tx^^eex 16. Total Deductions 17. Fund Balance (Reserve for Future Benefits at Beginning of Year) 18. Total Additions During Year (Item 7) 19. Total Deductions During Year (Item 16) 20. Total Net Increase (Decrease) 21. Fund Balance (Reserve for Future Benefits) at end of Year (Item 14, Statement of Assets and Liabilities) Page Twenty One �<"••1 SEAFARERS Page Twenly Two ANNUAL REPORT For the fiscal year ended November 30, 1968 SEAFARERS WELFARE FUND 275 20th Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 11215 to the SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE of the STATE OF NEW YORK The data contained herein is for the purpose of providing general information as to the condition and affairs of the fund. The presentation is necessarily abbrevi­ ated. For a more comprehensive treatment, refer to the Annual Statement, copies of which may be inspected at the office of the fund, or at the New York State Insurance Department, 55 John Street, New York, New York 10038. STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE (RESERVE FOR FUTURE BENEFITS) ADDITIONS TO FUND BALANCE Item 1. Contributions: (Exclude amounts entered in Item 2) (a) Employer (Schedule 1) $4,132,602.15 (b) Employee (c) Otber (Specify) (d) Total Contributions 2. Dividends and Experience Rating Refunds from Insurance Companies 3. Investment Income: (a) Interest ? 168,643.63 (b) Dividends 69,652.31 (c) Rents 1,715.12 (d) Other (Specify) (e) Total Income from Investments ' 4. Profit on disposal of investments . 5. Increase by adjustment in asset values of investments ^ 6. Other Additions: (Itemize) (a) See attachment • 96,401.03 (b) Clinic services rendered to participating groups 241,053.33 (c) Total Other Additions 7. Total Additions $4,132,602.15 240,011.06 168,139.53 337,454.36 4,878,207.10 DEDUCTIONS FROM FUND BALANCE 8. Insurance and Annuity Premiums to Insurance Car­ riers and to Service Organizations (Including Pre­ paid Medical Plans) 9. Benefits Provided Directly by the Trust or Sepa­ rately Maintained Fund 10. Payments to an Organization Maintained by the Plan for the Purpose of Providing Benefits to Par­ ticipants (Attach latest operating statement of the Organization showing detail of administrative expenses, supplies, fees, etc.) 11. Pasonents or Contract Fees Paid to Independent Organizations or Individuals Providing Plan Bene­ fits (Clinics, Hospitals, Doctors, etc.) 12. Administrative Expenses: (a) Salaries (Schedule 2) $ 358",446.46 (b) Allowances, Expenses, etc. (Schedule 2) . 21,611.43 (c) Taxes 18,179.25 (d) Fees and Commissions (Schedule 3) .... 78,805.12 (e) Rent 29,797.10 (f) Insurance Premiums 3,292.82 (g) Fidelity Bond Premiums 1,632.33 (h) Other Administrative Expenses (Specify) See attachment 249,898.25 (i) Total Administrative Expenses 13. Loss on disposal of investments 14. Decrease by adjustment in asset values of investments 15. Other Deductions: (Itemize) (a) Acquisition of fixed assets 39,922.13 (b) (c) Total Other Deductions 16. Total Deductions 17. Fund Balance (Reserve for Future Benefits at Be­ ginning of Year) 18. Total Additions During Year (Item 7) $4,878,207.10 19. Total Deductions During Year (Item 16) 5,104,965.55 20. Total Net Increase (Decrease) 21. Fund Balance (Reserve for Future Benefits) at end of Year (Item 14, Statement of Assets and Liabil­ ities) •. (1) Employer (2) Other (Specify) b. Dividends or experience rating refunds c. Other (Specify) See attachment 49,817.99 30,833.70 3. Investments: (Other than real estate) a. Bank deposits at interest and deposits or shares in savings and loan associations .. 796,072.71 1,448,090.17 b. Stocks: (1) Preferred 4,605.71 5,808.71 (2) Common 1,156,121.05 949,123.30 c. Bonds and debentures; (1) Government obligations: (a) Federal (b) State and municipal (2) Foreign government obligations .... (3) Nongovernment obligations 2,115,200.00 1,931,731.25 d. Common Trusts: (1) (Identity) (2) (Identify) e. Subsidiary organizations (See Instructions) 102,700.00 102,700.00 (Identify and indicate percentage of own­ ership by this Plan in the subsidiary) (1) See attachment % 100% (2) % 4. Real estate loans and mortgages 5. Loans and Notes Receivable: (Other than real estate) a. Secured 1,500,000.00 1,300,000.00 b. Unsecured 6. Real Estate: a. Operated b. Other real estate 7. Other Assets: a. Accrued income b. Prepaid expenses c. Other (Specify) See attachment 123,032.89 334,980.33 8. Total Assets $7,107,051.91 $6,806,586.01 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. - LIABILITIES Insurance and annuity premiums payable Unpaid claims (Not covered by insurance Accounts payable (See attachment) Accrued expenses Other liabilities (Specify) See attachment Reserve for future benefits Total Liabilities and Reserves $ 320,414.67 246,001.51 8,453.57 9,159.28 6,778,183.67 6,551.425.22 $7,107,051.91 $6,806,586.01 ^ The assets listed in this statement must be valued on the basis regularly used in valuing investments held in the fund and reported to the U.S. Treasury Department, or shall be valued at their aggregate cost or present value, whicheiVer is lower, if such a statement is not so required to be filed with the U.S. Treasury Department. $3,151,658.28 STATE OP COUNTY OP NEW YORK ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SEAFARERS WELFARE FUND NEW YORK Tnuteet of th* Fond ud . 834,446.24 »fai«..«Bd« the peaalltira of prnjury that tkacoatanlaof this Anoual Report on tne enf hereby aabacrlbcthereto. 317,276.14 J( EaploTK rwlfuitM: f" i < SEAFARERS WELFARE FUND 761,662.76 39,922.13 $5,104,965.55 RECONCILEMENT OF FUND BALANCE ii September, 1969 LOG $6,778,183.67 226,758.45 $6,551,425.22 Part IV Part ly data for trust or other separately maintained fund are to be completed for a plan involving a trust or other separately maintained fund. It also is to be com­ pleted for a plan which: (1) Has incurred expenses other than: (a) Payments for unfunded benefits or (b) Insurance or annuity premiums or subscription charges paid to an insurance carrier or service or other organization; or (2) Has assets other than: (a) Insurance or annuity contracts or (b) Contributions in the process of payment or collection. Part IV—Section A Statement of Assets and Liabilities Seafarers Welfare Plan As of November 30, 1968 File No. WP-59298 ASSETS' « End of End of Prior Reporting Item Year Year I- Cash $1,259,501.56 $ 703,318.55 2. Receivables: a. Contributions: (See Item 18) Attachment to 1968 New York State Insurance Department Annual Statement Year Ended November 30, 1968 Page 6—^Item 6—Other Additions Equipment rentals $ 29,273.44 Proceeds from sale of fixed assets , 3,563.78 Return of donated capital from wholly-owned corp 63,000.00 Miscellaneous income 563.81 $ 96,401.03 Item 12h—Other Administrative Expenses Tabulating service Stationery Postage Equipment rental Electricity Linen service Miscellaneous Telephone and telegraph Repairs and maintenance Cleaning Dues and subscriptions Employees benefits Port shipping activity report service Microfilming Licenses and permits Miscellaneous collection expense Trustees' meetings expense—miscellaneous Information booklets ". Temporary office help Maintenance of real estate Donation—Bluff Hospital Expansion Fund Drive, Tokyo, Japan 1 ' $ 79,784.90 43,713.54 1,418.91 22,179.49 568.40 198.43 25,368.80 12,233.72 6,660.74 819.26 :. 2,283.54 19,888.57 18,200.00 5,851.46 112.78 368.00 93.51 367.83 1,969.49 2,816.88 5,000.00 $249,898.25 Item 17 and 21—^Fund Balance Beginning of Year Reserve for welfare benefits for pensioners and their dependents Fund balance Reserve for future benefits End of Year $ 3,076,571.00 $3,821,306.00 3,701,612.67 2,730,119.22 $6,778,183.67 $6,551,426.22 (Continued on page 2S) v-ti �September, 1969 SEAFARERS Diggers Unearth Mystery Vessel At Building Site FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. —A heavy plate on a capstan is the only solid clue to the identity of an old ship recently unearthed by bulldozers in this Florida re­ sort city, but maritime historians are hopeful they can solve the mystery of the vessel's origin and why it was beached. Diggers, beginning the con­ struction of an apartment house on a site about 1,000 feet inland from the Atlantic Ocean, turned up the rotting remains, includ­ ing planks held together by handhewn pegs, and the cap­ stan. The plate has the year 1899 inscribed on it and also the words "American Ship Windlass Co.," and "Providence, R.I." Researchers said there was no indication whether the numerals were a clue to the age of the vessel or only to some of the equipment aboard it. A check­ up established that there is no firm bearing the name "Ameri­ can Ship Windlass Co." still in existence in Providence, the cap­ ital of Rhode Island. However, historians from Mystic Seaport, a maritime mu­ seum in Mystic, Conn., have pointed out that the crest on the capstan is a duplicate of the crest of the State of Rhode Is­ land, which bears the slogan, "Hope." Meanwhile, longtime resi­ dents who were surprised by the old ship's discovery said they could not recall any stories of missing ships that might pro­ vide some solution to the beach­ ing of the mystery vessel. AM A Tells Government: Subsidized Lines Have Confessed Their Failure WASHINGTON — Subsi­ dized steamship lines have been charged with making "a confes­ sion of failure"—^by admitting Tfiat they cannot succeed against the foreign-flag competition they were created to meet— de­ spite government subsidies to balance their construction and operating costs with those of their foreign competitors. Even the granting of anti­ trust immunity, permitting them to carry cargoes at conference rates which are at virtually the same level as those of unsubsidized American-flag ships, has not produced the desired effects, the American Maritime Associ­ ation pointed out. The charge and the analysis were filed with Maritime Ad­ ministrator Andrew E. Gibson by the AMA, which represents operators of 240 unsubsidized American-flag ships. They were developed from an attempt by the 14 subsidized lines to an­ swer a previous AMA charge that they are reaping a "double subsidy" from the government —thus enabling them to com­ pete unfairly with unsubsidized operators and resulting in huge and unwarranted costs to the U.S. government. Subsidy Ruling Requested AMA had asked Secretary of Commerce Maurice H. Stans to rule on the payment of direct subsidies to the subsidized lines for carrying government car­ goes, pointing out that this prac­ tice violated the Merchant Ma­ rine Act of 1936. The Secre­ tary has referred the matter to the Maritime Administrator. The "double subsidy" issue was previously raised by the AMA in testifying before the House Merchant Marine Com­ mittee on a new maritime pro­ cost of operation for unsub­ "The subsidized lines' ad­ gram last year. At that time it sidized ships as 60 to 62 per­ mission that they cannot com­ asserted that the subsidized lines cent higher than that for the pete successfully in the world receive not only direct subsi­ subsidized. market without continuing to dies from the government to Further, AMA declared, rely on large movements of equalize their costs with those figures quoted by the subsidized government cargo," the AMA of their foreign competitors but lines to show that unsubsidized statement concluded, "raises are also given preferential rates carriers earn higher profits were serious questions concerning —above the foreign-flag rates— not only faulty but "again draws the efficacy of the subsidy sys­ for carrying government car­ goes which are protected from attention to the whole ques­ tem and has grave implications tion of the efficacy of the sub­ for the continuance of tradition­ foreign competition. sidy laws." al policy." In the current reply, the AMA refuted three points in the subsidized lines' presenta­ tion to Secretary Stans. These were that the unsubsidized car­ riers receive more government aid than the subsidized lines, that the unsubsidized ships en­ joy lower costs because their operational patterns are less re­ Seafarer Hugh Gallagher, G-149, is now retired on an SIU stricted, and that they are indi­ disability and confined to a wheelchair with multiple sclerosis rectly subsidized, reaping higher —after going to sea since 1943. profits than the subsidized car­ An army veteran of the Korean conflict from 1951 to 1952, riers. Brother Gallagher needs letters from former shipmates to A study of the carriage of help him establish his claim to a veteran's pension on the government cargoes prepared grounds that his condition is service connected. He requests by MARAD in 1965 for the that all Seafarers who sailed with him in the deck department Congressional Joint Economic on the following ships during the periods specified contact Committee, AMA said, indi­ him. His address is 2610-40th Ave. W., Bradenton, Florida cated that the subsidized lines 33505. were paid more than half a bil­ The ships and the dates are: lion dollars in direct subsidies 2/24/53- 3/24/53 Simmons Victory and government shipping rev­ ii 4/28/53-- 6/23/53 Trinity enues. This was 43 percent "9/27/53 7/30/53-Alcoa Pegasus more than that received by all 1/11/54 11/ 4/53 Magnolia Mariner segments of the unsubsidized 2/ 7/54- 7/ 6/54 Morning Light fleet. 9/30/54- 10/22/54 Alcoa Pioneer 300% More Aid 10/26/54—11/ 5/54 Del Reo The study further noted that 11/29/54- 12/11/54 Del Aires when refinements made by the 4/15/55 1/13/55 Del Viento subsidized lines in their com­ 6/17/55 4/30/55-Seatrain Louisiana putations are accounted for, the 6/28/55-- 7/ 6/55 Steel Maker result brings the return in gov­ 7/21/55--11/ 6/55 Seanan ernment aid to 300 percent 12/22/55-- 3/13/56 Afoundria above that given to the unsub­ 6/28/56- 11/25/56 Orion Planet sidized companies. 4/13/58 12/27/57-Hastings AMA also cited statistics 11/ 8/58 7/21/58 John B. Waterman from MARAD's annual report 3/31/59 1/12/59 Jean LaFitte for 1968—also cited by the sub­ sidized lines—which show the SEAFARERS WELFARE PLAN Attachment to Annual Report Form D-2 November 30, 1968 Part IV—Section A—Item 2 Other Receivables » Prior Reporting Year Year Great Lakes Seamen's Appeals Board $ 1,205.98 $ 701.12 Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region Appeals Board .. 602.99 350.58 Seafarers Puerto Rico Division Welfare Fund 41,360.00 29,782.00 Seafarers Pension Fund . 6,513.60 —o— Seafarers Vacation Fund, Great Lakes District 135.42 —o— $ 49,817.99 $ 30,833.70 Part IV—Section A—^Item 11 Accounts Payable Due to Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship $ 1,455.05 $ —o— Due to Seafarers Vacation Fund 133.18 46,513.47 Due to Seafarers Pension Fund 293,065.50 199,488.04 Due to Welfare New York Building Corp 25,760.94 —o— $320,414.67 $246,001.51 Part IV—Section A—^Item 13 Other Liabilities Unapplied contributions Payroll deductions withheld New York City sales tax payable Seafarer Sends Out SOS To His Former Shipmates Welfare New Orleans Building Corp. Welfare Mobile Building Corp. (Continued from page 22) I. Page Twenty Three LOG $ 2,300.00 $ 449.96 6,153.57 8,697.42 —o— 11.90 $ 8,453.57 $ 9,159.28 Part IV—Section A—Item 3e—Subsidiary Organizations Capital Donated (Less Prior Reporting Name Stock Capital Reserve*) Year Year Welfare New York Building Corp. $ 2,000.00 $ 758,293.70 $ 753,293.70 $ 7,000.00 $ 7,000.00 Welfare Philadelphia Building Corp. 2,000.00 339,191.44 323,191.44 18,000.00 18,000.00 Welfare Baltimore Building Corp. 2,000.00 1,221,063.40 1,178,963.40 44,100.00 44,l0O.OO •It is the policy of the Plan to reflect its fund balance on a ;7,sh basis, therefore a resei-ve is set up representing fixed asets acquired by the Fund and donated to its corporations. The difference between donated capipil and respective reserve represents cash contributed for opeiating purposes. 2,000.00 1,035,730.16 1,017,930.16 19,800.00 19,800.00 2,000.00 200,409.41 188,609.41 13,800.00 13,800.00 $10,000.00 $3,554,688.11 $3,461,988.11 $102,700.00 $102,700.00 Individual filings of Part IV, Sections A, B and C for the foregoing subsidiary corporations will be made under separate cover. Part IV—Section A—Item 7c—Other Assets Advances to corporations— Welfare Mobile Building Corp $ 8,973.16 $ 26,973.16 Welfare Philadelphia Building Corp 17,784.09 30,284.09 Welfare Baltimore Building Corp 50,000.53 75,148.53 Welfare New Orleans Building Corp 45,216.11 79,664.07 Welfare New York Building Corp —0— 20,000.00 Travel' advances 800.00 —0— Security deposits 259.00 309.00 Fixed Assets (see attachment for reconciliation) Furniture and fixtures—Plan office 287,723.24 309,590.55 Furniture and fixtures—Detroit 10,733.48 10,733.48 Training facilities—Bayou Le Batre, Ala. ** 31,185.47 31,185.47 Medical and Safety Program facilities— Brooklyn, N. Y 95,927.20 97,273.47 Puerto Rico 67,493.02 68,050.39 Chicago, Illinois 316,.5.38.-32 321,450.47 New Orleans, Louisiana 46,926.34 46,715.09 Baltimore, Maryland 47,075.78 47,210.82 Furniture and fixtures—Blood Bank Program .. 558.78 780.36 Equipment—butports 3,190.40 5,597.40 Cemetery plots 833.30 833.30 Less reserve for fixed assets (908,185.33) (939,420.80) Advances to Seafarers Welfare Plan Clinic— Chicago, * 111 —0— 100,500.00 Insurance claim receivable —0— 1,304.76 Due from participating groups re Medical Clinic Services —0— 796.72 Total other assets $123,032.89 $334,980.33 ••Title to this property is in the name of the Welfare Mobile Building Corp., a wholly owned corpo­ ration ( ) Indicatw negative figure �SEAFARERS Page Twenty Four September, 1969 LOG Labor Expert Writes; SlU WELFARE, PENSION & VACATION PLANS Cash Benefits Paid Report Period: July 1—July 31/ 1969 Number of Benefits SSAEARERS' WELFARE PLAN Scholarship Hospital Benefits Death Benefits Medicare Benefits Maternity Benefits Medicare Examination Program Dependent Benefits (Average $484.35) Optical Benefits Meal Book Benefits Out-Patients Benefits SUMMARY OF WELFARE BENEFITS PAID SEAFARERS' PENSION PLANBENEFITS PAID SEAFARERS' VACATION PLANBENEFITS PAID (Average $430.38) TOTAL WELFARE/ PENSION & VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD — 2/365 18 18 25 Amount Paid $ 58/299.56 43/722.74 465.00 5/000.00 364 1/830 10/915.00 88/746.49 529 839 4,647 7/946.02 8/390.00 36/266.00 10/635 259/750.81 1/395 319/947.00 1/825 785,449.89 13/855 $1/365/147.70 Workmen's Compensation Outdated; Strong Fedora! Standards Required WASHINGTON — Strong federal standards are needed to shore up the nation's antiquated workmen's compensation sys­ tem, an AFL-CIO staff expert emphasized recently in an in­ surance trade publication. A piyriad of state laws have "glaring deficiencies," some of which go all the way back to when the system was set up more than 50 years ago, writes James R. O'Brien, an assistant director of the AFLrCIO De­ partment of Social Security. O'Brien expresses labor's view in one of three articles on workmen's compensation and its outlook for the future in the weekly magazine. Business In­ surance. The other writers are M. Roscoe Lowery, president of the Use of Political Muscle by Retirees Can Help Secure Better Benefits LOS ANGELES —Political activity by retired persons is es­ sential to winning major im­ provements in social security benefits, AFL-CIO Social Secu­ rity Director Bertram Seidman emphasized. If the elderly will work to get out the vote and elect friends to Congress "they will have a strong ally in the labor move­ ment," Seidman told a confer­ ence of retired union members here. The conference on the prob­ lems and potential of retirees * was sponsored by the Los An­ geles AFL-CIO's senior citizen committee. More than 150 par» ticipants heard major addresses and engaged in workshops aimed at organizing retirees. Winston Churchill once said "you can measure the civiliza­ tion of a people by the way they treat their older folks," Seidman recalled. "By this standard," he added, "our nation flunks the test." "This judgment may seem a little harsh," he continued, "but not overly so if we see the statis­ tics not as impersonal digits but remember they represent human beings—in this case, victims of low income, poor health care, bad housing, inadequate recrea­ tion and inferior food and cloth­ ing." ; For millions of the elderly, the situation is one of "misery and loneliness—living out their lives in quiet desperation in a nation where youth is wor­ shipped," Seidman said. The biggest problem for the elderly is income and the largest income program for the elderly is social security, he noted. "Un­ fortunately," he said, "the im­ portance of its benefit is in stark contrast to its adequacy." He outlined the chief points of the AFL-CIO's recommended changes in Social Security in­ cluding an increase of payments by 50 percent in the next few years, and a minimum benefit of $100 a month for a single per­ son and $150 for a couple. The federation's program, he added, which would include ex­ pansion of Medicare for pre­ scription drugs and eye-glasses, "would virtually wipe out pov­ erty among social security ben­ eficiaries." While labor is doing its best to get the program through Con­ gress, Seidman said, "these ef­ forts will never be fully success­ ful unless we are backed up by a growing and politically active senior citizens movement." He expressed hope that there would be further expansion of political activity by the aged and cited the National Council of Senior Citizens as an example of the "expanding influence" of those over 65. Nelson H. Cruikshank, NCSC oresident, described his organi­ zation's drive for improved so­ cial security benefits and the role it played in helping achieve Medicare. Also on the list of the coun­ cil's achievements, he said, are programs established for insur­ ance, prescription drugs, legal aid and a number of government services for the aged. Cruikshank stressed that the council has supported programs that go beyond the elderly to benefit persons of all ages, such as minimum wage legislation, job training and consumer pro­ tection. "We are not a separatist group but a part of the main- stream of life sharing the same goals with many segments of so­ ciety," he declared. Other speakers included Dr. James Birren, director of the Center of Gerontology, Univer­ sity of Southern California; and Representative James C. Corman (D-Calif.). James Carbray, chairman of the Los Angeles federation's senior citizens committee, was chairman of the conference. International Association of In­ dustrial Accident Boards and Commissions, and Paul S. Wise, president, American Mutual In­ surance Alliance. Workmen's compensation was society's first major legislative response to the human and so­ cial needs of industrial and technological change, O'Brien points out. However, he adds: "After 50 years the results are disappointing. Technologi­ cal and industrial progress has proceeded at breakneck speed but state workmen's compensa­ tion laws have not kept pace." He cites examples of defi­ ciencies in such terms as these: • Depending upon your source, estimates of workers covered by laws "range from a low of 60 percent to a high of 80 percent." • A number of laws that al­ low employers to accept or re­ ject them and provide wide exemptions "are indefensible anachronisms in the system." • Strict limitations on med­ ical benefits contained in 18 state laws "are inexcusable" and limits on occupational dis­ ease coverage "in a like num­ ber of state laws is tragic." • Death benefits in too many states "utterly fail to provide adequate protection for a sur­ viving widow and children." • Disability benefits "are even worse" under the system with a majority of states pro­ viding payments so low that the family of the injured worker "is forced to live below the poverty level." Herald-Examiner Strike-Lockout Continues HffiRlDjXRMlMR ON STRIKE 600 DAYS "nmamm r" Cl' . In other areas, O'Brien points to a lack of permanent total dis­ ability benefits under many laws and harsh limitations on the duration of benefits that violate "the original intention of our workmen's compensation sys­ tem." He sets forth the AFL-CIO's program of minimum standards for state laws to include: Coverage of all workers and all occupational injuries and diseases, full medical benefits, rehabilitation benefits, benefits for the totally disabled for the period of disability, death ben­ efits for a widow until death or remarriage, choice of physician by a worker, double benefits for illegally employed minors who are injured on the job and max­ imum temporary total disability of not less than two-thirds of the injured worker's average weekly wage. The article describes some improvements made in the Fed­ eral Employees' Compensation Act by Congress in 1966 and pending bills to establish na­ tional standards and protect workers in certain industries, such as coal and uranium min­ ing. "All of these proposals," O'Brien declares, "stem from the conviction of responsible people that state legislatures cannot be relied upon to mod­ ernize the workmen's compen­ sation system." ' A greater federal voice in the system is needed, and it is "be­ ing demanded by injured work­ ers and their families," he con­ cludes. Lowery and Wise, while op­ posing federal standards ac- . knowledged deficiences in state workmen's compensation laws. Lowery said that the states must meet their responsibilities at "a more rapid pace." States that lag, he said, "must be made aware that the alternative to their inaction is strong federal legislation." Wise conceded that inade­ quacies in state laws require "quickly accelerated progress" toward improvement or there will be "burgeoning federal in­ tervention." ADOUA Anti-Uriott Employer i/tw: HiV'V''- Updated strike calendar at Los Angeles Newspaper Guild strike head­ quarters shows how long the strike and lockout continues at the Hearst Herald-Examiner. Daily chore is performed by Guild members. Fmed $250 Daily CINCINNATI—Bet you thought it would never happen. An employer here is being fined $250 a day for every day he refused to recognize the union of his employees. A higher court, however, has ordered a stay of the execution of the fine pending appeal. The employer is the Metro­ politan Housing Authority. The union is District 51, State, County and Municipal employ­ ees, representing maintenance men at 12 apartment complexes. �September, 1969 Five Seafarers were recently hospitalized from the crew of the Monticello Victory (Monticello Tankers), Meeting Secre­ tary Arthur Rudnickl writes. Ac­ cording to Ship's Delegate J. Gor„ - . ,. man, they are Rudmcki ^ j Schidtze at Bombay; E. Mastriannl and D. Payne at Yokosuka and J. Richards at Sasebo. The ship's treasury holds $20 Amer­ ican plus three Singapore dol­ lars. Brother Enos Ott was elected new ship's delegate upon Gorman's resignation. The meet­ ing was attended by 26 mem­ bers and chaired by Brother A. R. Haskins. AI> Raymond W. Hodges, ship's delegate aboard the Fairland (Sealand), re­ ports that the ship ran into a "little gale" whose winds reached some 120 miles per hour about two days before Hodges reaching Japan. Both vessel and crew weathered the storm fairly well, except for Chief Cook Robert R. Mortenp sen, whose left hand was badly cut during the ordeal. Brother Mortensen had to be hospital­ ized when the Fairland reached Japan, and unfortunately had to remain behind when the ves­ sel began her return trip home to Oakland, California. Some light damage sustained by the vessel during the storm was repaired while the vessel was docked in Japan. SEAFARERS Frank Smith, meeting chair­ man aboard the Seatrain Gemrgia (Hudson Waterways), re­ ports that some of the "oldtimers" aboard took time out during the ship's meet­ ing to acquaint several new members with some points of Smith shipboard proce­ dure and explain the various SIU welfare benefits. Brother Duane Mylar was elected to serve as ship's treasurer and im­ mediately began working on set­ ting up a ship's fund. The crew went on record with a vote of thanks to the steward depart­ ment for doing a really fine job on this voyage. Also noted was the full co-operation of the cap­ tain, mate and chief engineer in helping to keep things running smoothly on this trip. <I> John J. Doyle, meeting secretary, made a motion at a meeting aboard the Oakland (S e a-L and) which was sec­ onded by M. E". Sanchez, that the vacation plan be amended to give special con­ White sideration to service aboard containerships. The Seafarers suggested that containership companies pay a bonus of seven days per month, to be given at the completion of each voyage. There are no beefs and the ship's movie fund has $121. The men also felt that all hands should attend meetings and that the crew should con­ tinue to elect ship's delegates. T. J. White, ship's delegate, chaired the meeting at which 20 members were present. The crew of the Seafarer Meeting chairman Joe Col­ (Marine Shipping) was restricted at Res Shirkein, lins reports everything running Egypt, Meeting smoothly aboard Secretary Cliff the Del Mar o Mallory reports, (Delta Line te s.-is that he Inc.). Brother w M . jg sending a let­ Juan A. G. Cruz ter signed by the had to leave the customs officer. ship in Salvador, Also reported Brazil, and fly Hawcroft was that launch home to be with Collins his wife who was service in Bombay was held taken ill. A radiogram sent to down to one a day and that mail the crew by Brother Cruz was service from the agent was bad. received several days later Some overtime is pending. There thanking them for making it were 23 members present at the possible for him to make the meeting, which was chaired by flight home. All hands are happy Steward Delegate Elmer R. to learn that Mrs. Cruz is now Hawcroft. The crew is still in improving. A vote of thanks need of a new washing machine was extended to Brother Julius which was to be installed in Scbeidel, ship's delegate aboard Seattle prior to departure. Nor the Del Mar, for a job well done was the ship fumigated in Seat­ tle. in representing the crew. Page Twenty Five LOG William Rakestraw, second electrician. was elected ship's secretary-report­ er aboard the Steel Apprentice (Isthmian), Meeting Secre­ tary Paul Lopez _ writes. Rake'^hraw promises Lopez maybe pictures in the near future. Ship's Dele­ gate Anthony Torsado chaired the meeting at which 26 mem­ bers were present. After a dis­ cussion on the pension plan, the majority felt that a reduced pen­ sion should be available after 15 years or 60 quarters seatime and a full pension after 20 years or 80 quarters. T. Klinse is deck delegate; M. Eimar, engine dele­ gate and M. Caampued, stew­ ards' delegate. A vote of thanks for a job well done was given the steward department. Com­ plaint was made about the nonreceipt of LOGs and communi­ cations. A breakdown in the air con­ ditioning which lasted for 18 days was report­ ed from the Transcolumbia (Hudson Water­ ways) by R. Kalisli, meeting sec­ retary. Arthur Beck, ship's del­ egate, announced Beck the matter would be brought to the attention of the boarding patrolman. Beck chaired the meeting at which the 24 members present dis­ cussed the new wages. All hands were happy with the new scale, and are anxious to hear about new vacation and pension bene­ fits. James Fultz is deck dele­ gate; William H. Reynolds, en­ gine delegate, and Larry Trosclair, stewards' delegate. A mo­ tion was made by Reynolds to take up with the boarding patrolman the matter of the first assistant not returning the OT sheets to the engine department, leaving the men with no record of disputed OT. It was suggested that the stewards should not send the laundry ashore in Viet­ nam as it comes back just as dirty as when it leaves the ship. ^ Some crew members are working hard to put some of the old time salty traditions back into the trade— such as the gold ring in the ear— Meeting Secre­ tary William H. Rhone reports from the Pro­ Rhone ducer (Marine Carriers). "Jerry R. Evans has some left ear pierce jobs to his credit and more of his wonders have been promised after Bom- bay," Rhone writes. The ship is due to call at Durban next. All 24 members present at the meet­ ing, chaired by Brother Alfonso Armada, agreed that the quality of both the chow and the cooks was A-OK. Two menus for each table were asked for and granted. No beefs were reported. Ship's Delegate William E. Richardson announced that one crewmember, J. Thomas, left the ship in Freeport, the Ba­ hamas, because of personal rea­ sons. Seafarer Rhone says this is his first trip under the new wage scale and he sends con­ gratulations to the negotiating committee for a good job well done. "Now, let's do something about inflation, so I can keep some of it," he says. <I> The SIU Ship's Committee aboard the Overseas Explorer (Maritime Over­ seas) has com­ municated in a note to the mas­ ter its apprecia­ tion for his ac­ tions in diverting the ship to BerMorreale i"uda. Ship's e Delegate Gerald L. McCray announced. McCray was the meeting chairman, ac­ cording to Pete Morreale, who served as secretary, and he re­ ported, in response to a previ­ ous motion by Charles Ryan, Jr., that the chief mate is aware of all items on the repair list and has scheduled work on them by priority. The deck delegate reported some disputed OT to be taken up with the patrolman. One man was sick at Bermuda and put off there for medical attention, the engine delegate stated. The letter from head­ quarters to all "B" Book mem­ bers regarding seniority upgrad­ ing was read and posted. A mo­ tion was made that all of the Seafarers fill in and mail the pension questionnaire. The ship has called at Haifa and is due to pay off on the Gulf Coast. .1. The crew aboard the Taniara Guilden (Transport Commer­ cial) has donated $135 to the wid­ ow of departed Brother William K. Kenvin, ac­ cording to Meet­ ing Secretary J. G. Juvenal. Ship's Treasurer Rogg Eddie Rogg said there was $6.70 in the ship's fund and $626 in the movie fund. Serafin Milla, who was elected new ship's delegate, will check the uncompleted repairs as well as what's being done about the rusty and salty drink­ ing water. Henry O. Nuttig is deck delegate; F. A. Torres, en­ gine delegate, and Antonio H- noco, steward delegate. Kenneth Gahagan chaired the meeting. Captain Carl Ingman died at sea, John C. Hunt, meeting sec. • retary aboard ^ ^ the Transpacffic 1 (Hudson Water^ JLI i ways) writes. A motion was made at the meeting, at which 25 mem­ bers were pres­ Chillnski ent, that condo­ lences be sent to his family from the crew. William G. Cofone was meeting chairman. Ship's Delegate Theodore Chilinski re­ ported that two men were flown back to the States from Da Nang, South Vietnam. A beef about the mess hall air condi­ tioner was settled with the cap­ tain. A motion was made and carried that a bigger AC genera­ tor be installed to accommodate private air conditioners and re­ frigerators while this ship is on the tropic run. The master ruled that the crew could have their own, since some officers already enjoy this privilege. A motion was made that the whole ship be air conditioned; also that the watchstander in the engine room filling in for a missing man should get the missing man's wages plus overtime. The wage and overtime increase was re­ ceived in Da Nang. Everybody is extremely satisfied and a vote of thanks was sent to the Union negotiators. With 28 members at a meet­ ing aboard the Columbia Baron (Columbia SS) chaired by Jose Ortiguerra, a motion was made by Brother Walter Harris to elect a new ship's delegate and the Seafarers Ortiguerra then voted Brother Rafael V. Saldana to the post. Meeting Secretary Alton R. Booth moved, and Harris seconded, to extend a vote of appreciation to the Un­ ion officers for the new raises. It was also decided to exclude longshoremen from the crew mess room, which will be kept locked. M. C. Foster is deck delegate; Joe Kordicb, engine delegate and C. R. Breaux, stewards' delegate. No beefs were reported. WRITE XOJLW.E �Page Twenty Six SEAFARERS LOG Seafarer Praises Upgrading School Member Finds 'Personals' Helpful SIU Negotiators Praised for Efforts To the Editon I would like to thank the SIU for the opportunity of at­ tending the upgrading school at Piney Point, Maryland. I went there to get my AB Ticket and was very im­ pressed with the school. It has to be the best in the mari­ time industry. I would like to thank AB Instructor Bob Garn for all the help he gave me. The day after I graduated from the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship, I shipped out on the SS Berkeley Victory as an AB. I would again like to thank the SIU and a hell of a good teacher. Sincerely, George Jordanides San Francisco, Calif. To the Editon I want to thank the Sea­ farers LOG for running a personals column. It enabled me to contact my attorney in New Orleans promptly ^ter he placed a personal notice under my name in the Log. The personals column is a valuable service to the mem­ bership. Sincerely, Jerry L. Wolfe Oakland, California To the Editor: The advent of new wage gains in the three depart­ ments— namely, deck, en­ gine, and steward — in the new contract which became effective on June 16, 1969, is indeed good tidings for the SIU membership. In addi­ tion to the new wages, in­ creases in OT rates were gained by each department. Surely the membership is aware that all these things meant hard work and a lot of time and effort on the part of our negotiating committee and the officers of the Union. On top of all this, the membership did not have to strike to gain all the substan­ tial benefits in wages, OT, etc. In fact our negotiating committee does not stop after they have done their ^st to produce results good for the entire membership, but are still working to bring more beneficial results in the area of welfare, pensions and va­ cations. It therefore behooves the membership not to forget to say "Thank you very kindly," to our Union—and to the Negotiating Committee in particular—for an achieve­ ment well done. Let us hope they can bring us another good package in connection with matters still under ne­ gotiation. Sincerely, P. C. Esfel>an>—El—— 178 (ReHred) 4^ Promotes Maritime With Help of LOG To the Editw: I have had the privilege of receiving the LOG for some time. I retired from the sea in 1967 and I'm now working as a stationary engineer in New Jersey. I am a mem­ ber of various organizations —^Veterans of Foreign Wars, National Association of Pow­ er Engineers, Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers Union, and the International Union of Operating Engineers. I mention this because at every opportunity at the meetings of these organiza­ tions I try to promote our sadly depleted American-flag merchant marine. My being able to read the LOG is a great assistance in this activity. I hope I shall continue to receive it for a long time to come. Thank you, Allan M. Perry Jr. 4^ Seafarer Thanks Del Mar Shipmates To the Editon I would like to thank all of my shipmates and Union brothers on the SS Del Mar for their help rendered to me when I needed it so badly in Bahia, Brazil. It made it possible for me to be home with my wife when she was ill. There are no words that can express my gratitude for their help. Their thoughtfulness will dways be remem­ bered and appreciated. Once again, I thanlc every­ one for their help. Sincerely, Joan A. G. Cruz New Orieans, La» Th6 Editor Old Times Recalled^ With No Regrets To tlM Editor: Recently I retired on my SIU Pension and I could not rest until I could write of the contrast in the life of a mer­ chant seaman now with the time before there were un­ ions. Back in the '20s and the '30s you never knew whether you would get a job in a day or in a year. There were no union halls and when a ship came in you stood on a frozen dock while the mate picked his friends. If he thought you were a pro-union man you simply did not get hired. The food was terrible. After wrangling some of the slop from the galley you car­ ried it aft in tin cans. The biggest bully got the best food. You ate it where you could, and if the roll of the ship made you drop it you were out of luck unless you could fight for some more slop and get it. It was not unusual to work around the clock and who­ ever heard of being paid overtime? On those old steam tubs you could be put to work shoveling coal for six hours on and six hours off. In the winter time in the North Atlantic you spent more for warm clothes than you got in wages. The SIU changed all that. Today we have modem Union halls where a Seafarer can relax while waiting his turn to ship out. A fellow can read or trade stories with old shipmates. Not like the old dingy wooden stairways where the crimps charged you to get a job. Five years ago when I was almost totally deaf, the SIU paid for a blessed operation which restored my hearing. Now, in my old age I can live with dignity on an SIU pension. For all this I am grateml. Fraternally yours, Lawrence McCullough, M->338 <I> SIU Welfare Plan Boon to Member To the Editon I wish to thank the SIU Welfare Department for all the recent financial assistance they gave me. I don't know what I could have done with­ out the help of the SIU Wel­ fare Plan. It was extremely helpful when my wife passed away on August 1st in the John Sealy Hospital in Gal­ veston, Texas. Again, I want to say thank you for all of your help. Yours truly, Phillip F. Payne Woodville, Texas 4^ Another Boost For Welfare Plan To the Editon A note of gratitude and thanks to all for the wonder­ ful way that the SIU Wel­ fare Plan took care of my wife's doctor and hospital bills last August, 1968. It was truly a blessing not to have to worry about the extra expense. Sincerdy, Raymond E. Waterfield Norfolk, Va. September, 1969 Another Old-Timer Retires Christos Haulis, left, receives his first SIU pension check after closing out a long sailing career. Presenting the check is SIU Director of Welfare Al Bernstein. Brother Haulis last sailed as AB on the Sabine carrying a grain cargo on the long run to India. House Hikes Education Funds But Maims Anti-Bias Effort WASHINGTON — After three days of debate, the House nailed down a more than $1 bil­ lion boost in the Nixon Admin­ istration's education budget. But it also delivered a blow to school desegregation efforts. The Nixon budget called for $5 billion less for education programs this fiscal year than the school aid law authorized. The House Appropriations Committee increased Nixon's education requests by $123 mil­ lion. The House, in approving a $17.5 billion budget for the de­ partments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare, pro­ vided $894.5 million more than the committee recommended. The final vote, 393-16, upheld an earlier vote which put in the extra money. That key vote was 242-106. U sustained by the Senate, the school funds of $4.2 billion will be the largest provided in a sin­ gle year. Most of the additional money will go to aiding schools in federally impacted areas, schools in poverty areas, voca­ tional education and student loans. On the negative side, the House put into the bill an amendment sponsored by Rep­ resentative Jamie L. Whitten (DMiss.) which would prevent cut­ off of federal aid to school dis­ tricts that* refuse to comply with desegregation orders. House liberals fought a battle to knock out the amendment, which passed the House last year but was stopped in the Senate. They lost in a 157-153 teller vote. The Nixon Administration took no position on the amend­ ment even thou^ it was urged to oppose the restriction by a number of representatives, in­ cluding Representative Silvio O. Conte (R-Mass.). There still has been no comment ort the amend­ ment by the Administration. The House also approved an amendment calling upon col­ leges and universities to cut off funds to students who take part in campus disorders. Etewever, the clu-b would be left up to the educational institutions, with no federal enforcement included. The House also passed, by a voice vote, a bill to increase vet­ erans' educational training al­ lowances by an average of 27 percent. ITie measure, which aU so would boost the subsistence allowance for disabled veterans in educational training, would affect nearly 750,000 persons. Money Due Robin Line has advised New York headquarters that they are holding unclaimed wages for the following Sea­ farers; WiUiam R. MiDer, $36.40; E. W. Bartd, Jr., $27.99; Jeny W. DeOiiiger, $38; Alva R. Bafley, $104; Robert C. Antoni, $14,76; Wilbcm G. Haggu^ $23; Julian E. Smfth, . $96; Andrew Gireen, $509.71; Jo» J. Sosa, $101; Aicttls A. Smith, $1.35; R. C. Jones, $1; J<din P. White, $15.65. Seafarers listed should con­ tact the company as soon as possible at the following address: . . J-;:Mr. F. L;Haggerty, Man­ ager, Accouciting Services, Inc., 2 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10004. �SEAFARERS September, 1969 SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Hudson Waterwaysi, July 27 Chairman, Charles Reed; Secretary, James Car­ ter; Engine Delegate, W. Thompson; Stewards Delegate. W. McRae. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Ship needs to be fumi­ gated very badly HATTIESBURC VICTORY (Al­ coa), July 28 -Chairman, L. Englund; Secretary, E. Caudill; Ship's Delegate; Alan R. Smith; Deck Dele-gate, W. R. McClinton; Engine Delegate, P. Brooks; Stewards Dele­ gate, H. C. Mcf^urdy. Discussion held regarding poor mail service. Disputed OT in engine and steward departments. SS MISSOURI (Oriental), July 6— Chairman, William G. Rudd; Sec­ retary, S.'Sokolie; Ships's Delegate, William G. Rudd; Deck Delegate, Ernest Kolenorsky; Engine Dele­ gate, S. Sokolie; Stewards Delegate, Charles A. Donnough. Ship's delegate to contact patrolman about various beefs. Some disputed OT in engine department. Motion made that when a ship is on Persian run, the crew be allowed to pay off after 6 months, at company's expense, and his replace­ ment flown from the States. - . O^ BUCKEYE ATLANTIC (Buckeye), July 26—Chairman, John Bashan; Secrelafy, James Temple; Ship's Delegate, Charles Terry; Deck Dele­ gate, Lester W. Hall, Jr.; Engine Delegate, G. L. Saylor. Some dis­ puted OT in deck department to be squared away at payoff. MIDLAKE (American Bulk Car­ riers), July 20—Chairman, Albert R.. Wills; Secretary, Timothy Gallag­ her; Ship's Delegate, Albert R. Wills; Deck Delegate, W. Thomas; Engine Delegate, F. A. Lee; Stew­ ards Delegate, Victor T. Bonura. Matter of repairs to be taken up with patrolman. Vote of thanks to the 4-8 deck watch for cleaning mess hall in the mornings, and making good coffee. Vote of thanks to the entire steward department for a job well done. Some disputed OT in engine department. COLUMBIA TIGER (Columbia), July 13—Chairman, Edward A. Laroda; Secretary, Richard Smith; Ship's Delegate, Edward LaRoda; Deck Delegate, Bernard Lando; En­ gine Delegate, Joseph H. Lemento; Stewards "Delegate, Richard G. Smith. No beefs were reported by department delegates. COLUMBIA EAGLE (Columbia), June 22—Chairman, J. Lewis; Sec­ retary, E. Brown; Ship's Delegate, Jesse S. Lewis; Deck Delegate, Wil­ liam Guernsey; Engine Delegate, James Marsh; Stewards Delegate, Emanuel Gamil. Brother V. McCloskey was elected to serve as safety delegate and was given a vote of thanks for a job well done on previous voyages. Captain agrees to recognize all points of SIU con­ tract with crew. No beefs were re­ ported by department delegates. I'OTOMAC (Ogden), July 19 Chairman, A Horde; Secretary, W. J. McNeely; Deck Delegate, H. A Smith; Engine Delegate, H. A. Smith; Stewards Delegate, R. McKnight. Vote of thanks was ex­ tended to the steward department for a job well done. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Page Twenty Seven LOG V A; MADAKET (Waterman), May 6 Chairman, Y Somani; Secretary, Leon J. Webb; Ship's Delegate, W. M. Stanley. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Michael Quillen, ix>rn July 14, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Virgil Quillen, Philadelphia, Pa. Eric Francis Gordon, born August 11, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Richard A. Gordon, Kew Gardens, Long Island. JOHN B. WATERMAN (Water­ man), July 26-Chairman, Joseph D. Blanchard; Secretary, F. R. Sul­ livan; Ship's Delegate, Donald E. Poole; Deck Delegate, John Robin­ son; Stewards Delegate, T. G. Beatraus. Motion made that vacation pay be paid according to a man's base pay. No beefs and no disputed OT. Leisa Gordon, Born July 8, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Donald J. Gordon, Cleveland, Ohio. Dennis Wong, born Novem­ ber 27, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs Eight Moon Wong, Provi­ dence, Rhode Island MADAKET (Waterman), August 3 —Chairman, Leon J. Webb; Secre­ tary, Edward Brinn; Ship's Delegate, W. M. Stanley; Deck Delegate, M. E. Leader; Stewards Delegate, William H. Little. Some disputed OT in deck and engine departments to be taken up with boarding patrolman. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. COLUMBIA EAGLE (Columbia), July 6—Chairman, J. Lewis; Sec­ retary, E. Brown; Ship's Delegate, Jesse Lewis; Deck Delegate, Wil­ liam Guernsey; Stewards Delegate, Emanuel Lane. $20.00 in ship's fund. No beefs and no disputed OT. STEEL TRAVELER (Isthmian), June 29—Chairman, Stanley Jan Dora; Secretary, John Coyle; Ship's Delegate, Stanley Jan Dora; Deck Delegate, Romolo DeVirgileo; En­ gine Delegate, Daniel Butts, Jr.; Stewards Delegate, Russell G, King, $7.50 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported by department delegates. All members aboard ship ratify and urge the ratification of the new con­ tract. A unanimous vote of thanks to the negotiating committee, for a job well (lone. STEEL FABRICATOR (Isthmian), July 13—Chairman, Harry Kaufman; Secretary, W. H. Simmons; Ships Delegate, George R. Wilkey; Deck Delegate, Edward J. Boadin; Engine Delegate, Albert G. Loo; Stewards Delegate, Donald Reiss. Ship _ is badly in need of repairs. No major beefs and everything is running pretty good. Ship's delegate thanked the crew for their cooperation in making this a fine voyage, vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for a job well done. DEL ALBA (Mississippi), July 20 —Chairman, William A. Aycock; Secretary, Peter Gebbia, Jr.; Ship's Delegate William A. Aycock; Deck Delegate, Thomas L. Harrell; En­ gine Delegate, Norman Lightell; Stewards Delegate, John A. Schultz. Vote of thanks was extended to the negotiations committee for the new contract. $20.00 in ship's fund. SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Hudson Waterways), July 13^—Chairman, Frank Smith; Secretary, James Thomas; Deck Delegate, Ronald W. Jones; Engine Delegate, A. L. Boone; Stewards Delegate, John W. Murphy. Vote of thanks was ex­ tended to the steward department for a job well done. Ship's delegate reported that the Captain, Mate and Chief Engineer are giving their full cooperation to the crew. <1> Mark Fisher, bom April 18, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Wiljiam S. Fisher, Corrigan, Texas; •—vl> SHIP CHAIRMEN SHIP SECRETARIES DEPARTMENT DELEGATES Seafarers on SIU ships around the world would like to have your crew share their experiences with them. You can do this by sending in any newsworthy, in­ teresting or humorous experience of members of the crew which con be published in the Seafarers LOG. Pictures are also wanted. Have your shipboard pho­ tographer snap some photos of the crew at work or relaxing ashore and send them to the LOG. (Be sure the photos are sharp and clear, and that everyone is identified by name and rating.) Shirley Lewis, born July 16, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. James D. Lewis, Port Arthur, Texas. <1> Billy Boyd, born May 7, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Billy L, Boyd,_ Barnhart, Mis­ souri. Eileen and Marlene Albaugh, born July 11, 1969, to Sea­ farer and Mrs. Kenneth R. Al­ baugh, Ashland, New Jersey. ^ <1> Gail Follmar, born July 18, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Don­ ald A. Follmar, Houston, Texas. Jose Castell, born July 10 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jose M. Castell, Playa Ponce, Puer­ to Rico. Tammy Broadus, bom March 13, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Edward L. Broadus, Mobile, Alabama. ^ Wiihert Freeman, bom July 4, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Wilbert Freeman, New Orleans, La. — Robert Wiggins, bom June 12, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs, Cecil B. Wiggins, Theodore, Ala. -<I> Joseph Huszar, bom June 21, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Joseph B. Huszar, Pasadena, Texas. Elizabeth Camarena, bora March 12, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Camilo C. Camarena, Houston, Texas. —— Tara Bird, bom June 12, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Robert B. Bird, Chicago, Illi­ nois. ^ Carmen White, born May 1, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. James A. White, Jr., Salisbury, Md. <I> Terrie Lynn Dash, bom Feb­ ruary 2, I969f to Seafarer and Mrs. Freddie W. Dash, Talishuk. La. <l> NOTICE TD ALL 4/ James Brooks, born June 12, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Don­ ald S. Brooks, Jr., New Orleans, Louisiana. Virgil Meekins, born May 27, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. James M. Meekins, Chesa­ peake, Va. ^ Jennifer Marie St. John, born May 16, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. John St. John, Brooklyn, N.Y. ^l> Peter Middleton, bom Au­ gust 9, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Kenneth V. Middleton, Tampa, Florida. <1> Peggy Byrd, born August 25, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. John T. Byrd, Winnfield, Louis­ iana. John Peter Wade Please contact William H. Young of Confidential Person­ nel Service at 1335 Emory Street, San Jose, California. — Ted M. Bojanowski Miss Bapatan Hack asks that you get in touch with her as soon as possible at 3312 Sumter Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21215. Albert H. Rkhardl; Albert F. Knauff Please get in touch with Co­ lumbia Steamship Company as soon as possible in regard to your personal injury claims. Write to Mr. W. H. McDaniel, Claim Agent; Columbia Steam­ ship Co., Inc., 2300 S.W. First Ave., Portland, Oregon 97201. If more convenient, telephone collect: (503) 222-1681. — Richard Donald Tapman Your wife, Margaret, asks that you contact her as soon as possible at 2000 Ramblewood Road, Apartment B, Baltimore, Maryland 21214. Jim Dryden Newton B. Schwartz, attor­ ney, asks that you get in touch with him as soon as you possibly can. The address is 500 Branard at Garrott, Houston, Texas 77006. <1> Robert C. Alexander Walker Please get in touch with your wife, Beatrice, as soon as pos­ sible. The address is 2032 N. 32nd Street, Philadelphia, Penn­ sylvania 19121. Ernest M. Jackman Please contact your mother, Mrs. Ella May Jackman, 416 Third Street, Portsmouth, Vir­ ginia 23704 as soon as possible. Perry Konis Please contact Leon B. Lipkin, Woolworth Building, 233 Broadway, New York, New York as soon as possible. ^ Robert James Morgan Please contact your mother, Mrs. Beatrice Sutard, 10841 61st Avenue North, Seminole, Florida 33540 as soon as pos­ sible. • Frank Prendergast Please contact Bill Parker, 1531 Kimball Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11234 in regards to a sum of money due you. ^ Ben Martin Please send your mailing ad­ dress to Leo Kuladowski, P.O. Box 91, Trimble, Ohio 45782. — John A. Maples, Jr. Please contact Velma Jack­ son, 2411-45th Street, Galves­ ton, Texas 77550 immediately in regards to important papers that require your signature. <I> Dennis A. Kendrick Mrs. Thomas A. Lawrimore asks that you contact her as soon as possible at 1130 Shef­ field Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77015. Checks Being Held j Income tax refund checks i are being held for the Seai farers listed below by Jack 1 Lynch in Room 201, 450 I Harrison Street, San Frani Cisco, California 94105: Morris Berlowitz (Two Checks) ' Jesus Granados Charles R. Hummel Jr. iPao C. Lee (Two Checks) Robert MacMillan Bobbie E. McMichael �SEAFARERS LOG Page Twenty Eight MOBILE (Sea-Land), July 13— Chairman, E. Hogge; Secretary, F. T. DiCarlo; Deck Delegate, K. D. Kenny; Engine Delegate, S. Harri­ son; Stewards' Delegate, Peter Vicare. Discussion held on retirement plan. Crew feels that 20-year bustout is the best. Vacation Plan also discussed. Vacation should be so many days pay a month according to rating held on ship. The days per T.ionth to be worked^^;iJt,by the Union. No beefs reported "by de­ partment delegates. SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Hudson Waterways), July 20—Chairman, Jack Kennedy; Secretary, D. M. Woods. No beefs and no disputed OT. TRENTON (Sea-Land), July 21— Chairman, Dan Butts; Secretary, John Owen; Ship's Delegate, Thomas F. Delaney; Deck Delegate, Juan Reinosa; Engine Delegate, Jack C. Taylor; Steward Delegate, George Elliott. Motion made that the crew members on this vessel suggest that the Union form a panel of officials to check on any new (or conversions) ship plans that SlU-contracted companies come up with in reference to crew quarters. It is our belief that in this modern ' day and age. Seafarers are entitled to individual rooms on future ves­ sels. The company will benefit in many ways by having single foc'sles for all hands. No beefs and no dis­ puted OT. CHOCTAW (Waterman), July 13 —Chairman, Jack Yates; Secretary, A. L. Doud, Ship's Delegate, Frank Timmons; Deck Delegate, James Fisher; Engine Delegate, Louis Scheuing; Stewards' Delegate, John Indorf. No beefs reported by de­ partment delegates. ALCOA EXPLORER (Alcoa), July 13—Chairman, John C. Mc­ Donald; Secretary, John R. Roberts; Ship's Delegate, D. Coleman; Deck Delegate, Beit Keenan; Engine Delegate, Samuel L. Gibson; Stew­ ards' Delegate, Raymond J. Shonor, Jr. Motion made to have ship's dele­ gate write to Headquarters asking for clarification on the different rates of OT and pay. Some disputed OT in each department. DELTA BRASIL (Delta), July 6 —Chairman, Mike Dunn; Secretary, Willie Braggs; Ship's Delegate, Mike Dunn; Deck Delegate, Albert W. Saxon; Engine Delegate, Paul Thomas, Jr.; Stewards' Delegate, Leonardo Manca. Motion was made to accept contract as stated with the exception of the meeting offi­ cers. They should be elected accord­ ingly. Patrolman to check food sup­ ply and working gear. Vote of thanks to the steward department, especially crew messmen. Vote of thanks to the captain. Few hours disputed OT in deck department to be taken up at payoff. MONTICELLO VICTORY (Monticello Tankers), July 13—Chairman, A. R. Haskins; Secretary, A. Rudnicki; Ship's Delegate, J. (Jorman; Deck Delegate, V. Grima; Engine Delegate, Henri Bak; Stewards' Delegate, Emilio Barrito. Brother Enos Ott was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. ¥.20.00 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported by de­ partment delegates. STEEL ADMIRAL (Isthmian), June 29—Chairman, None; Secre­ tary, R. A. Van Cise. No beefs were reported by department delegates. $40.50 in ship's fund and $83.55 in movie fund. TRANSERIE (Hudson Water­ ways), July 20—Chairman, R. W. Elliott; Secretary, W. B. Yarbrough; Ship's Delegate, V. Hakkarain; Deck Delegate, George Forrest; Stewards' Delegate, R. W. Elliott. $40.00 in ship's fund. Motion was made that the crew refuse to sign on for one year articles unless they have the proper stores on board. Beef in engine department regarding chief mate doing pumpman's work. There have been no safety meetings on this ship. DEL MUNDO (Delta), July 20— Chairman, James H. Bales; Secre­ tary, Vincent J. Fitzgerald; Ship's Delegate, Willie G. Barron; Deck, Delegate, Benny Brinson; Engine Delegate, Augnstin Diaz; Stewards' Delegate, Freddie Baptista. Motion was made that normal retirement plan be worked out for members with 15 years sea time, regardless of age. Few hours disputed OT in engine department. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward de­ partment for a job well done. STEEL APPRENTICE (Isth­ mian), July 6—Chairman, William W. Stevens; Secretary, Paul P. Lo­ pez; Ship's Delegate, James Barnes: Deck Delegate, T. S. Kline; Engine Delegate, Marcelo Eimar; Stewards' Delegate, M. Caampued. Disputed OT in deck and engine departments to be squared away by boarding patrolman. CONNECTICUT (Connecticut Transport), June 28—Chairman, F. Foster; Secretary, E. Sylvester; Ship's Delegate, Louis W. Moore; Stewards' Delegate, Tobe Dansley. One oiler missed ship at Mobile. No beefs were reported by department delegates. AZALEA CITY (Sea-Land), June 22—Chairman, L. J. Pate; Secretary, V. E. Monte; Ship's Delegate, Roy Privette. No beefs and no disputed OT. NEWARK (Sea-Land), June 29— Chairman, Eddie Bonefonte; Secre­ tary, R. Hernandez; Ship's Delegate, Eddie Bonefonte; Deck Delegate, C. W. Maynard; Engine Delegate, G. Morales. Everything is running smoothly with no beefs and no dis­ puted OT. POTOMAC (Ogden Marine), June 14—Chairman, Charles Bedell; Sec­ retary, Henry C. McCullough; Ship's Delegate, Charles Bedell; Deck Delegate, H. A. Smith; Engine Dele­ gate, A. Shaw; Stewards' Delegate, C. Bedell. Discussion held regard­ ing wages and pension plan. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. AMERICAN PRIDE (American Sealanes), May 18—Chairman, Wil­ liam J. Meehan; Secretary, John L. Hodges; Ship's Delegate, C. E. Cor­ nelius; Deck Delegate, Vincent Sherwood; Engine Delegate, H. B. Jake; Stewards' Delegate, P. G. Vaughan. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for a job well done. ANDREW JACKSON (Water­ man), June 29—Chairman, Frank Arana; Secretary, John Mims; Ship's Delegate, Warren M. LaPrelle; Deck Delegate, Chester C. Wheeler, Jr.; Engine Delegate, Frank A. Arana; Stewards' Dele­ gate, Abe Handleman. All is well in all departments. Motion was made to have negotiating committee put more emphasis on the early retirement plan, more so than va­ cation and welfare. Also, to have pension fund completely separate from welfare fund. ARIZPA (Sea-Land Service), June 22—Chairman, A. Rivera; Secretary, A. Aragones; Ship's Delegate, Alfonse Rima; Deck Delegate, Luis Rivera; Engine Delegate, L. A. Vila; Stewards' Delegate, Juan Guaris. Motion made to have a relief gang in Puerto Rico. Motion made that telephones be installed on board ship in all ports. Discussion held regarding retirement plan. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for a job well done. ARIZPA (Sea-Land Service), July 6—Chairman, Alfonso Riva; Secret tary, Abraham Aragones; Ship's Delegate, Alfonso Rima; Deck Dele­ gate, Luis Rivera; Engine Depart­ ment, Juan Guaris; Stewards' Dele­ gate, L. A. Vila. Discussion held regarding pension plan. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for a job well done. No beefs. ELIZABETHPORT (Sea-Land), June 22—Chairman, James Ellwell; Secretary, Richard Nelson. $19 in ship's fund. No beefs, no disputed OT. Most repairs taken care of; deck department needs new wringer. September, 1969 NEWARK (Sea-Land), July 13— Chairman, Eddie Bonefont; Secre tary, Ralph Hernandez. Crew wash ing machine out of order. Discus sion concerning lack of transporta' tion in Puerto Rico. No beefs. STEEL TRAVELER (Isthmian), June 29—Chairman, Stanley Jan Dora; Secretary, John Coyle. $7.50 in ship's fund. No beefs and no dis­ puted OT. Motion made and sec­ onded for ratification of the new freightship contract with a unani­ mous vote of thanks to the negoti­ ating committee for a job well done. Bos'n requested that needed repairs be reported to him at once. Vote of thanks to the steward department for fine work. Discussion held on pension plan. ALBANY (Ogden Marine), June 8 —Chairman, D. C. Gay; Secretary, P. C. White. $53.73 in ship's fund. No beefs from the three depart­ ments. Leo J. McGravie elected new ship's delegate. Vote of thanks to cooks for good meals. JEFF DAVIS (Waterman), June 29 — Chairman, Louis W. Cartwright; Secretary, M. L. Leache. Everything running good, all s-ick men returned to duty. Motion made that meetings be held only first and last Sunday of each trip unless spe­ cial need arises. DEL CAMPO (Delta), July 6— Chairman, R. Lambert; Secretary, James Darouse. Several men logged this trip; patrolman to be consulted concerning this. No beefs; no dis­ puted OT. Motion made that ship's delegate see chief engineer about cleaning fresh water tanks. Vote of thanks to chief cook and third cook for a tremendous job this trip. TRANSCOLORADO (Hudson Wa­ terways), July 1—Chairman, T. O'Connor; Secretary, 0. Frezza; Ship's Delegate. Robert H. Bullock; Deck Delegate, John Hamot; En­ gine Delegate, William Guenther; Stewards' Delegate, Martin Thurrino. $13.00 in ship's fund. Few hours disputed OT in deck and en­ gine departments. Unanimous vote of confidence to the committee on the new contract, for a job well done. YELLOWSTONE (Ogden Marine), July 6—Chairman, Jack A. Olsen; Secretary, Manuel A. Rendueles; Ship's Delegate, Manuel A. Ren­ dueles; Engine Delegate, James A. Shaay; Stewards' Delegate, Fernan00 Urios. No beefs and no disputed OT. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for a job well done. STEEL VENDOR (Isthmian), July 18—Chairman, A. Hanstvedt; Secretary, P. S. Holt; Ship's Dele­ gate, Clinton H. Ward; Deck Dele­ gate, Russell M. Granthaw, Stew­ ards' Delegate, Joe Brown. Ship's committee agreed to send radio­ gram to headquarters regarding the captain putting out draws in rupees, in Pakistan and India. Dis­ puted OT in deck and engine de­ partment. Crew received wire noti­ fying them of raise. Vote of thanks was extended to the officials for a job well done. PRINCETON VICTORY (Colum­ bia) July 13—Chairman, James Tanner; Secretary, John H. Ratliff; Ship's Delegate, F. C. Gon­ zalez; Deck Delegate, Walter Hantuck; Engine Delegate, F. C. Gon­ zalez; Stewards' Delegate, James Johnson. No beefs. Everything run­ ning smoothly. OVERSEAS DINNY (Maritime Overseas), July 13 — Chairman, James M. Foster; Secretary, Louis J. Cayton; Ship's Delegate, James M. Foster, Deck Delegate, Martin V. Fay; Engine Delegate, Charles Martinssen; Stewards' Delegate, Louis J. Cayton. No beefs and no disputed OT. Ship MeetiitQs OVERSEAS AUDREY—(Maritime Overseas), June 5—Chairman, Lee J. Harvey; Secretary, Stanley F. Schuyler; Ship's Delegate, Lee J. Harvey; Deck Delegate, John Ziereis; Engine Delegate, Thomas C. Hopkins; Stewards' Delegate, Peter V. Hammel. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Few mat­ ters to be discussed with boarding patrolman. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. GENVEA (U.S. Steel), July 6— Chairman, Fred BischOfF; Secretary, Frank Allen; Ship's Delegate, G. F. Bischoff. $3.00 in ship's fund. One man missed ship in Morrisville. No beefs were reported by department delegates. COSMOS MARINER (Cosmos Steamship), May 18 — Chairman, John M. Guff; Secretary, Edward Heniken; Ship's Delegate, J. H. .Shearer; Deck Delegate, John M. Guff; Engine Delegate, Richard Rogers; Stewards' Delegate, Edward Heniken. $60.00 in movie fund. Vote of thanks was extended to the stew­ ard department for a job well done. No beefs reported by department delegates. TRANSHURON (Hudson Water­ ways), June 23—Chairman, G. A. Logan; Secret/ary, J. R. Prestwood; Ship's Delegate, Albert H. Schwartz; Deck Delegate, Daniel A. Stewart; Engine Delegate, James H. Babson; Stewards Delegate, G. R. Gonzales. New agreement and welfare to be discussed in full at next meeting. No beefs and no disputed OT. TRANSHURON (Hudson Water­ ways), July 3—Chairman, G. A. Logan; Secretary, J. Prestwood; Ship's Delegate, A. H. Schwartz; Deck Delegate, Daniel A. Stewart; Engine Delegate, James H. Barron; Stewards' Delegate, G. R. Gonzales. Motion made to accept monthly wage and OT increase as is. To shoot for 15 year seatime, plus 20 years good Union time, regardless of age. WESTERN HUNTER (Colonial Tankers), June 6—Chairman, R. K. Beeden; Secretary, D. G. Haun; Deck Delegate, Joseph J. McAndrews; Engine Delegate, Jesse King; Steward Delegate, John Glover. Some disputed OT in deck and nteward departments. No beefs were reported by department delegates. ELIZABETHPORT (Sea-Land), June 30—Chairman, James Ellwell; Secretary, Richard Nelson. $19 in ship's fund. No beefs or disputed OT. Motion made to repair faulty reduction valve. SPITFIRE (General Cargo), June 29—Chairman John Moore; Secre­ tary, Phil Reyes. All in good order, no beefs. Steward reported he or­ dered a new water fountain and the engineers agreed to install it where needed. He also thanked the crew for a fine show of good broth­ erhood and co-operation during the voyage. Vote of thanks to steward department for excellent perform­ ance. Old-timers in galley gang enjoying excellent health. EAGLE TRAVELER (Sea Trans­ port), July 14—Chairman, J. Bourg­ eois; Secretary, F. Otto. Crew voted to accept negotiating committee's report and recommendations — 30 for, none against. A . TOPA TOPA (Waterman), July 14—Chairman, M. Kerngood; Secre­ tary, C. Wright. Crew voted to ac­ cept and concur in negotiating com­ mittee's report and recommenda­ tions—31 for, none against. CHILORE (Venore), July 14— Chairman, F. De Beaumont; Secre­ tary, C. De La Couy. Pension plan and training program discussed. Motion madj by I. B. Browne and seconded by F. De Beaumont to ac­ cept and concuc in the new freighter and tanker agreement. Crew voted 26 for and none against. Ship is now laid up. IBERVILLE (Waterman), June 29 —Chairman John Cisiecki; Secre­ tary W. L. Kilgore. No beefs, every­ thing going OK. Floyd Hungate elected new ship delegate. Discus­ sion on new wage and OT agree­ ment. Everyone seems to be proud of the increase. OVERSEAS ULLA (Maritime Overseas), July 6—Chairman, Ste­ phen Fulford; Secretary, Harold P. Du Cloux. One man paid off in Honolulu because of illness. A few beefs to be taken up with patrol­ man. Chief Mate set up procedure for switching watches. Ship's dele­ gate requested crew's full co-opera­ tion in good housekeeping. Slop chest low. OVERSEAS CARRIER (Maritime Overseas), June 29—Chairman, Wil­ liam Baker; Secretary, Peter Batayias. Disputed OT in deck and en­ gine departments. One man missed ship in Durban. One man sent home on medical from Madras, India. One man signed off in Trini­ dad. Air conditioner and ice ma­ chine in need of repair. TV re­ quested for recreation room. YAKA (Waterman), July 6— Chairman, Walt Sibley; Secretary, Chris De Jesus. No beefs reported to chairman. Captain thanked the crew for their co-operation in con­ serving water and improved sani­ tary conditions. Ship's chairman asked better policing of refuse by men. P. G. Fox elected ship's dele­ gate. Discussion held concerning new rules on ship's meetings. LOS ANGELES (Sea-Land), July 6—Chairman, J. Chermesino; Secre­ tary, R. Barker. Captain passed the word on to the Seafarers that it has been a pleasant trip and a very good crew. Ship's delegate asked that heefs be taken to him and that all should be present for the pay­ off. $6 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in engine department, otherwise everything running smoothly. Dis­ cussions held regarding pension plan and on duties of electricians on containerships. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done and to the ship's dele­ gate for his efficient representation •of the crew. YELLOWSTONE (Ogden Marine), July 14 — Chairman, Manuel A. Rendueles; Secretary, Manuel A. Rendueles. SPAD Supplement and Special contract edition received and posted so they can be read by all members. After discussion, 100 percent of crew members recorded in favor of new provisions. No beefs from delegates. Discussion held on pension plan. Motion made to see captain about change in meal hours. AMES VICTORY (Victory Car­ riers), June 15—Chairman, Bayard Heimer; Secretary, S. J. Davis. James Campfleld elected ship's dele­ gate. Everything running smoothly no beefs, no disputed OT. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done during the past voyage. ALCOA MARKETER (Alcoa), July 1—Chairman, H. Groble; Sec­ retary, R. Sanchez. No beefs. Every­ thing is running smoothly. DEL SOL (Delta), July 19—Chair­ man, Robert Spinnochio; Secretary, Hubert L. Lanier; ship's Delegate. Sam Pappas; Deck Delegate. A. E. Lewis; Engine Delegate, Robert Spinnochio; Stewards' Delegate, G. Salamon. Motion was made to have negotiating committee ratify the new agreement. KYSKA (Waterman), July 13— Chairman, Francis J. Lebda; Secre­ tary, James Coggins; Ship's Dele­ gate, Francis J. Lebda; Engine Dele­ gate, H. W. Maccoline; Stewards' Delegate, William A. Fasseter. DEL MAR (Delta), July 12— Chairman, Joseph Collins; Secre­ tary, Dorrell G. Chafin; Ship's Dele­ gate, Julius W. Scheidel; Deck Delegate, Bobby B. Spears; Stew­ ards' Delegate, R. R. Roque. $30.00 in ship's fund. $481.51 in movie fund. No beefs. Everything is run­ ning smoothly. SAN FRANCISCO (Sea-Land), July 13—Chairman, Henry W. Mil­ ler; Secretary, Joseph A. Long; Ship's Delegate, Henry W. Miller; Deck Delegate, Paul J. Ossafer; Engine Delegate, Franklin V. Fyock; Stewards' Delegate, Joseph A. Long. Vote of thanks to the ship's dele­ gate for a job well done. He in turn thanked the crew for their co-operation. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. $30.00 in • ship's fund. No beefs and no disputed OT. SEAMAR (Calmar), July 6— Chairman, A. Pulles; Secretary, N. Kondylas; Ship's Delegate, Robert Cook; Deck Delegate, J. Tuturler; Engine Delegate, Billy Henderson; Stewards' Delegate, Robert A. Cook, Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for a job well done. No beefs. Everything is run­ ning smoothly. STEEL KING (Isthmian), June 26—Chairman, R. Pinkham; Sec­ retary, W. T. Langford; Ship's Delegate, R. Pinkham; Deck Dele­ gate, Paul Arthofer; Engine Delartment, John- Sanest; Stewards' 3elegate, R. E. Taylor. Patrolman to be contacted about having com­ pany put new ice machine aboard ship. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. AMERIGO (Crest), June 22— Chairman, Clyde Miller; Secretary, H. C. Bell; Ship's Delegate, Joseph Scaramutz; Deck Delegate, M. V. Fay. No beefs and no disputed OT reported by department delegates. �September, 1969 Luciano Toribio, 73: Seafarer Toribio passed away on June 6 in New Orleans from heart dis­ ease. He was an SIU pensioner who made his home in New Orleans. Bom in the Philippine Is­ lands, Brother Toribio began his sailing career in 1917. He joined the Union in the Port of Boston in 1941 and had worked &s an AB, DM and bos'n. Burial was in St. Vincent de Paul Cemetery, New Orleans. Lawrence Seesholtz, 67: Brother Seesholtz died in Gal­ veston, Texas, on June 26 from a heart ailment. He was an SIU pensioner who had shipped in the deck depart­ ment for the Bay Towing Com­ pany during his sailing days. Bom in Beach Haven, Pennsyl­ vania, Seafarer Seesholtz made his home in Galveston with his wife, Lillian. He was buried in Galveston Mernorial Park, Hitchcock, Texas. —,1,— SEAFARERS Harry Kenvyn, 62: Brother Kenvyn died of heart trouble on May 21 in Pas­ adena Bayshore Hospital, Pasa­ dena, Texas. An J gjy pensioner. Seafarer Kenvyn had worked as V an engineer for / G and H Tow­ ing Company in Texas. At the time of his death he was making his home in Channelview, Texas with his wife, Gertrude Ellen. He joined the Union in the Port of Galveston. Brother Kenvyn was a native of South Wales, England. Burial was in Bluewater Cemetery, Livingston, Texas. •^ • Santiago Pascual, 81: Brother Pascual was a pensioner who passed away on July 29 in Epis­ copal Hospital, Philadelphia. He had been sailing for 39 years be­ fore his retire­ ment in 1960. Seafarer Pascual had worked as a chief cook and his last vessel was the Sherwood. At the time of his death, he was living in Philadelphia, the port where he had joined the Union. Seafarer Pascual was bom in the Philippine Islands. Burial was in Magnolia Cemetery, Philadelphia. William Kerwin, 57: Seafarer Kerwin died of a stomach dis­ ease on July 20 in Italian Hos­ Clement De Hospedales, 49: pital, Haifa, Is- Brother Dc Hospedales died in ^ rael. A native St. Vincent's ^ of Cincinnati, Hospital, Man­ .f Ohio, Brother hattan on July Kerwin was 19. He had been making his home living in Lakein Houston, Tex­ wood, New Jer­ as at the time of his death. He sey with his wife, was an AB in the deck depart­ X . Margaret. A nament and last sailed on the f J') tive of Trinidad, Penn Sailor. His sailing career Seafarer De Hospedales joined lasted over 36 years. He is sur­ the Union in the Port of New vived by his wife, Lillian Agnes. York. He had been a steward and his last vessel was the Pennmar. Burial was in Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn. Howard Giisson, 60: Brother <I> Glisson, a pensioner, died on July 11 at the Memorial Medi­ cal Center in Savannah, Geor­ gia from a cir­ culatory ailment. He had been an oiler in the en­ gine department and last sailed aboard the Transhatteras in 1968. A na­ tive of Georgia, he lived in Savannah with his wife, Gussie Evelyn. Seafarer Glisson re­ ceived a safety award for help­ ing to make the Seatrain Louisi­ ana an accident-free ship from 1960 to 1961. He had been sailing for 32 years before his retirement in 1969. Brother Glisson joined the SIU in the Port of New York. Burial was in Lower Black Creek Ceme­ tery, Lanier, Georgia. Andres Menendez, 72: Broth­ er Menendez was an SIU pen­ sioner. He died ^ " \ in Centro Asturiano Hospital, Tampa,. Florida on June 9 from heart trouble. He had been an FOWT in the engine depart­ ment and last sailed aboard the Niagra in 1962. In 1960 while sailing on the Antinous, Sea­ farer Menendez received the safety award. A native of Ma­ drid, Spain, Brother Menendez was making his home in Tampa at the time of his death. He had joined the SIU in the Port of Tampa. Before retiring in 1963, Seafarer Menendez had been sailing 42 years. Burial was in Vlyrtle Hill Cemetery, Tampa. Page Twentjr Nine LOG Henry St. Germain, 63: Sea­ William Normand, 62: Sea­ farer Normand died October farer St. Germain died of acute .coronary throm­ 4, 1968 at the bosis on Febru­ USPHS Hospital ary 24 in Southin Staten Island. port, North Car­ A member of the olina. A native SIU since 1957, of Wisconsin, Brother Nor­ Brother St. Germand sailed as a main had been wiper in the en­ making his home gine department. His last vessel was the Gateway in Tampa, Florida. He was an City. He was a native of Port OS in the steward department Richmond, New York and was and last sailed aboard the Over­ living in Astoria, Long Island seas Explorer in 1968. He at the time of his death. In 1961, joined the Union in the Port of Seafarer Normand was issued New York in 1955. a picket duty card for service in the New York harbor strike. William Simpson, 45: Sea­ He is survived by his sister, Mrs. farer Simpson died July 26 in Margaret Burns. Burial was in USPHS Hospital Ocean View Cemetery, Staten in New Orleans. Island. He had been an AB in the deck Curtis McCullum, 25: Broth­ department and er McCullum passed away sud­ last sailed denly on August aboard the Del 10 in the USPHS Valle. Brother Hospital in Bal­ Simpson joined timore, Mary­ the SIU in the Port of Mobile land. A messman in 1946. A native of Tennessee, in the steward he was still a resident of that department, Sea­ state with his mother, Iva, when farer McCullum he died. He served in the Army had joined the from 1950 to 1952. Burial was SIU in 1963 in the Port of Bal­ in Maplewood Cemetery, Pulas­ timore. He was a native of Mary­ ki, Tennessee. land and was living in Baltimore with his mother, Margaret, at the time of his death. Burial was Victor Bejarano, 70: Brother in Baltimore. Bejarano died in Greenpoint Hospital, BrookJohn Gates, 65: Seafarer lyn, on August Gates passed away on March • 9. An SIU pen24 aboard -the ^ sioner. Seafarer ship Geneva ' ^ Bejarano had where he was j been sailing for working in the ^46 years before engine depart­ 1^ % his retirement in ment. He died " " 1 9 66. An of a heart attack. FOWT in the engine depart­ Born in Chester, ment, he last sailed aboard the Pennsylvania, he Sapphire Etta. In 1960 he re­ had been living in Westerly, ceived a personal safety award Rhode Island. Seafarer Gates for his part in keeping the Eliza­ joined the Union in the Port of beth an accident free ship. He New Orleans in 1945. He had also served on the SIU picket been sailing for 40 years at the line in 1961. A native of Argen­ time of his death. tina, Brother Bejarano was liv­ ing in Brooklyn when he died. Albert Jensen, 67: Brother He joined the Union in 1938 Jensen was a pensioner who in Puerto Rico. Burial was in died of a heart Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn. attack on July 31 — — at his home in Joseph Booker, 63: Brother Brooklyn. He had been an Booker succumbed to heart dis­ ease on July 5 FOWT in the en­ in Charity Hos­ gine department pital, New Or­ and had last leans. A pensailed aboard the sioner who Steel Scientist in 1967. A native joined the Un­ of Norway, Brother Jensen joined the Union in the Port ion in the Port of New York in 1944. He had of Baltimore in been sailing the seas for over 1939, Seafarer 32 years when he retired on his Booker had worked as a deck SIU pension. Seafarer Jensen engineer and an FOWT. He was was active on the picket line in a native of Georgia and was liv­ 1961 when he served the mid­ ing in New Orleans at the time night to 8 a.m. shift during the of his death. His last vessel was Greater New York harbor strike. the Keva Ideal which he sailed He is survived by his wife, aboard in 1966. Burial was in Charlotte. Burial was in Green­ Evergreen Cemetery, Fitzgerald, wood Cemetery, Brooklyn. Georgia. —4/— Clarence Cornelius, 44: Sea­ farer Cornelius died suddenly _ on July 28 when ^||||||||L the car in which |r he was a passenI Aj ger collided with a truck in Ches­ apeake, Virginia. V An AB in the deck department. Brother Cornelius had joined the SIU in the Port of Norfolk in 1947. He was born in Virginia and had been making his home there when he died. Seafarer CornelL us is survived by his wife, Shirley. Burial was in Highland Memory Gardens, Dublin, Vir­ ginia. Cornelius was an Air Corps veteran of World War II. <|> Douglas Cox, 35: Brother Cox died of natural causes in Bellevue Hospi­ tal, Manhattan, on August 6. A graduate of the Andrew Furuseth Training School, Brother Cox sailed as an FOWT in the en­ gine department. He was up­ graded to class A seniority rat­ ing in 1964. A native of Cam­ bridge, Massachusetts, Seafarer Cox lived in Manhattan. He joined the Union in the Port of New York in 1962, and his last vessel was the Boston. In 1965 Brother Cox helped man the picket lines in New York. He is survived by his wife, Joan. Burial was in Brewer Cemetery, Brewer, Maine. 4/ Richard Lusk, 47: Seafarer Lusk passed away following a heart attack on June 29 in Chi­ cago. A native of Illinois, he was living in Chicago when he died. Brother Lusk was an FOWT in the engine de­ partment and last worked for American Steamship Company. He joined the SIU in the Port of Detroit in 1968. From 1939 until 1959 he served in the Navy. Brother Lusk is survived by his mother. Burial was in Woodland Cemetery, Quincy, Illinois. 4^ Charles Sabo, 58: Brother Sabo passed away in Bayonne, New Jersey, on July 6 from heart trouble. He had been an AB in the deck de­ partment. A na­ tive of Lorain, Ohio, Seafarer Sabo had been making his home in Manhattan at the time of his death. His last vessel was the Beatrice Vic­ tory. Brother Sabo is survived by five brothers and a sister. �Page Hiirty SEAFARERS LOG September, 1969 CHARLESTON (Sea-Land), July! 22—Chairman, John 0. Albert; Sec-| retary, Guy Walter; Ship's Deles gate, John C, Albert; Deck Deleate, A. Kotsis; Engine Delegate, . O'Brien; Stewards' Delegate, Jack Goldman. Discussion held rejprarding pension plan. Everything IS running smoothly with no beefs. f , 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.) Stitzel-Weller DistiUerlcs "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" "Cabin StIU," W. L. Weller Bourbon vrhi^ejs (Distillery Workers) —\3>— Kingsptn-t Press "World Book," "Chlldcrafl" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) <I> Genesco Shoe Mfg. Co. Work Shoes . . . Sentry, Cedar Clyest, Statler Men's Shoes . . . Jarman, Johnson & Murphy, Crestworth, (Boot and Shoe Workers' Union) Boren Clay Products Co. (United Brick and Clay Workers) <I> "HIS" brand men's clothes Kaynee Boyswear, Judy Bond blouses, Hanes Knitwear, Randa Ties, Boss Gloves, Richman <1> Atlantic Products Sports Goods (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) Jamestown Sterling Corp. (United Furniture Workers) Richman Bros, and Sewell Suits, Wing Shirts (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) <|> White Furniture Co. (United Furniture Workers of America) Gypsum Wallhoard, American Gypsum Co. (United Cement Lime and Gypsum Workers International) R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Camels, Winston, Tempo, Brandon, Cavalier and Salem cigarettes (Tobacco Workers International Union) Comet Rice Mills Co. products (International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drinks and Distillery Workers) Pioneer Flour Mill (United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers Local 110, San Antonio, Texas \I> All California Table Grapes (United Farm Workers) Magic Chef Pan Pacific Division (Stove, Furnace and Allied Appliance Workers International Union) ^ Fisher Price Toys (Doll and Toy Workers) Economy Furniture Co. Smithtown Maple Western Provincial Bilt-Rite (Upholsterers) FINANCIAL REPORTS. The conatitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes specifle provision for 8«.feguarding 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, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge 'of these funds shall equally consist of union and management representatives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust fun^ are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected excliuively 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: Earl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place, Suite 1930, New York 4, N. Y. Full et^ies 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 aboard 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 latrolman 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 the Union, officer or membw. It has also refrained from publishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the SeptemW, 1960, meetings in all constitu­ tional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among iU ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. SIU-AGLIWD Meetings New Orleans Oct. 14—2:30 p.m. Mobile .... Oct. 15—2:30 p.m. Wilmington Oct. 20—2:00 p.m. San Fran. .. Oct. 22—2:00 p.m. Seattle .... Oct. 24—2:00 p.m. New York . Oct. 6—2:30 p.m. Philadelphia Oct. 7—2:30 p.m. Baltimore .. Oct. 8—2:30 p.m. Detroit .... Oct. 10—2:30 p.m. Houston ... Oct. 13—2:30 p.m. United Industrial Workers New Orleans Oct. 14—7:00 p.m. Mobile .... Oct. 15—7:00 p.m. New York . Oct. 6—7:00 p.m. Philadelphia Oct. 7—7:00 p.m. Baltimore . . Oct. 8—7:00 p.m. ^Houston .. Oct. 13—7:00 p.m. Great Lakes SIU Meetings. Detroit .. Oct. 13—2:00 p.m. Alpena .. Oct. 13-^7:00 p.m. Buffalo .. Oct. 13—7:00 p.m. Chicago . Oct 13—7:30 p.m. Duluth .. Oct. 13—7:00 p.m. Frankfort Oct. 13—7:00 p.m. Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Section Chicago ... Oct 14—7:30 p.m. tSault Ste. Marie Oct 16—7:30 p.m. Buffalo .... Oct. 15—7:30 p.m. Duluth Oct 17—^7:30 p.m. Cleveland .. Oct. 17—^7:30 p.m. Toledo Oct 17—^7:30 p.m. Detroit .... Oct 13—7:30 p.m. Milwaukee . Oct. 13—7:30 p.m. SIU Inland Boatmen's Union New Orleans Oct 14—5:00 p.m. Mobile .... Oct. IS—5:00 p.m. Philadelphia Oct 7—5:00 p.m. Baltimore (licensed and un­ licensed) . Oct 8—5:00 p.m. Norfolk ... Oct 9—5:00 p.m. Houston ... Oct 13—5:00 p.m. Railway Marine Region Philadelphia Oct. 14—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Baltimore Oct 15—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. •Norfolk Oct. 16—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Jersey City Oct. 13—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. * Meeting held at Labor Temple, Newpci-t News. t Meeting held at Galveston wharves. SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers PRESIDENT Paul Hall EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cal Tannar VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shtpard LIndisy Wllllami Al Tanner Robtrl Matthawi SECRET/<RY-TREASURER Al Kerr HEAOpUAI fU' *75 4Hi Ave., Iklyn. (212) HY 9-MOO ALPENA, MICH. . ...800 N. Second Ave. (517) EL 4-3*1* BALTIMORE, Md 121* E. Baltlmora St. (301) EA 7-4900 BOSTON. Mast **3 Atlantic Avenue (*I7) 482-471* BUFFALO, N.Y 735 Waihlngton St. SIU (71*1 TL 3-9259 IBU (71*) TL 3-9259 CHICAGO, III 9311 Ewing Ave. SIU (312) SA 1-0733 IBU (312) ES 5-9570 CLEVELAND. Ohio 1420 W. 25th St. (21*) MA 1-5450 DETROIT, Mich 10225 W. Jaftaraen Ave. (313) VI 3-4741 DULUTH, Minn 2014 W. 3rd St. (218) RA 2-4110 FRANKFORT, Mich P.O. Box 207 415 Main St. (*l*) EL 7-2441 HOUSTON, Tax Canal St. (713) WA 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE, Fla 2*M Paarl St. (904) EL 3-0987 JERSEY CITY, N.J 99 Montgomary St. (201) HE 5-9424 MOBILE, Ala I South Lawranea St. (205) HE 2-1754 NEW.ORLEANS, La *30 Jackton Ave. (504) 529-754* NORFOLK, Va 115 3rd St. (703) *22-1892 PHILADELPHIA, Pa 2*04 S. 4th St. (215) DE *-3818 PORT ARTHUR, Tax 1340 Seventh St. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., 350 Fraamont St. (415) DO 2-4401 SANTURCE, P.R 1313 Farnandax Juncoi Stop 20 724-2848 SEATTLE. Wath 2505 Firxt Avenue (20*) MA 3-4334 ST. LOUIS, Mo 4577 Gravels Blvd. (314) 752-&500 TAMPA. Fla. 312 Harriion St. (813) 229-2788 TOLEDO. Ohio 935 Summit St. (419) 248-3*91 WILMINGTON, Callf^ 450 Seaside Ave. Terminal Island, Calif. (213) 832-7285 YOKOHAMA, Japan .Iieya BIdg., Room 001 1-2 Kaigan-Dori-l4akaku 2014971 Ext. 201 PAYMENT OP MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headqturters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every 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 obli­ gation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquartera. RTSTIRED 8EAFARER8. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-prasion bene­ fits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, including attend­ ance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU members 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. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaiUrmed the long-standing Union pol­ icy of allowing them to retain their good sUindiriB through tlie waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Conse­ quently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, 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 basic rights of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve the best interests of themselves, tneir families and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was established. 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 fccb that any of the above rights have been vi:dated, or that he has been denied his constitntional right of access to Union records or In­ formation, he should immediately notify SIU President PanI Hall at headquarters by certified mall, return receipt regusstad. CHATHAM (Waterman), July 28 —Chairman, W Moore; Secretary, Alfred D. Allain, Jr.; Ship's Dele­ gate, John Aversa; Deck Delegate, Charles Borns; Engine Delegate, Howard Menz;- Stewards Delegate, D, Jones. Disputed OT in each de­ partment. glO.OO in ship's fund. ; ALCOA TRADER (Alcoa), Jul:? 26—Chairman, Donald Cheistnut; Secretary, John S. Burke{s, Ship's Delegate, John D, Cantreil, Jr.; Dse-k Delegate, Omar W. Elliott; Engine Delegate, Carlos E. Vega; Stewards Delegate, A, A. Rankin. Some disputed OT in engine department to be taken up with boarding ,;patrolman. Motion was made that ^20 years in the Union and 16 years [^eatime on discharge, regardless of f^ge limits, a member should he Jtjualified and eligible for retirement, hands in favor of this motion, A ' SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Hudsoi) IWaterwaya), July 20—Chairman, Filknk Smith; Secretary, James / Thomas; Ship's Delegate, Prank Smith; Deck Delegate, Ronald W. Jones; Engine Delegate, A. Ls Boone; Stewards Delegate, John W; Murphy, Everything running smoothly with no beefs and no disputed OT. J I I i : : SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatrain), July 27—Chairman, Prank Smith; Secretary, James W. Thomas; Ship's Delegate, Frank Smith; Deck Dele­ gate, Ronald W. Jones; Engine Dele­ gate, A. L. Boone; Stewards Dele­ gate, John W. Murphy. $16.00 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported by department delegates. ' WESTERN COMET (Western Agency), July 29—Chairman, W. E.|j Morris; Secretary, C; Loper, Jr.;| Ship's Delegate, Juan Reyes; Decki Delegate Etigehe B. Beverley; En-i gine Delegate, Alfredo B. Calam;| Stewards Delegate, Nathaniel Aya.| $24.65 in ship's fund. No beefs andf ; ho disputed OT, •"> WESTERN COMET,(Westernl Agency), June 22^—Chairman, C. J Loper, Jr.; Secretary, G. James, f Ship sailed short twelve men. $18.56 'iin ship's fund. Vote of thanks ex­ it tended to the steward department sfor a job well done. Crew comJ mended for doing a yery, good job in spite of being Shorthanded, - y w » 'I OVERSEAS EXPLORER (Mdriii time Overseas), July 13—Chairman, | 3. C. Mullis. Disputed OT in deck! department, ship ran short of 1 stores.,, OGDEN WILLAMETTE (Ogden), S July 25-^Chairman, A. Michelet; Secretary, M. Bugawan; Ship's Dele­ gate, Charles G. Ries,;Jr.; Deck Del­ egate, Y. Tallherg; Engine Delegate, Ralph Newcomb; Stewards Delegate, Stonewall Jackson. Ship's delegate reported that everything is running smoothly. Some disputed OT in deck department. , STEEL FABRICATOR (Isthmian); April 20—Chairman, Harry K. Kauf­ man; Secretary, W. H. Simmons; Ship's Delegate. Charles F, Mann; Deck Delegate, Tom North; Engine Delegate, Albert Lee. Everything is fuiming smoothly. No beefs and np disputed OT. « ' FAIRLAND (Sea-Land)) July SO— J Chairman, R. W. Hodges; Secretary, J. H. Nayior; Ship's Delegate, Ray- | mond W. Hodges; Deck Delegate, ; Stanley Kuzyski, No beefs were re- j ported by department delegates.; Vote of thanks was extended to the § steward department for a job well i dene. • . • • • :r 1 DEL MAR (Delta), August 8—| Chairman, Joe Collins; Secretary,. J Darrell G. Chafin; Ship's Delegate, • Julius W. Scheidel; Deck Delegate, ; B. Spears; Stewards Delegate, Ra- ; mon Roque. Vote, of thanks was ; extended to the ship's delegate for a^ job well done. Everything is run- s ning smoothly with no beefs ahd | no disputed OT, �SEAFARERS LOG September, 1969 Page Thirty One SEATRAIN DELAWARE A S THE Seatrain Delaware put in at Edgewater, N.J., to imload cargo from the Puerto Rico run and to take on new cargo for the return trip, Seafarers held a ship's meeting to discuss the Union's contract and the pension program with SIU officials who visited the vessel. beenwit^fhTsiu'c-^'''^^^^ Headquarters Representative 77'" coward Castro, I r- Chief Cook Carlos Diaz f'afs aboard I 1 SEAFARERS too Manuel Medina OS mMM perfc- Ut ,,o«mc IHE Pt.510"/^".. , I • A Seafarer since I947Z^T7~~L1^ cus (Dutch) Vel/inoA ' ^^-theSIU-MEB;6;s;tV2lToot 'K-. •• - I - wiim: . �Vol. XXXI No. 11 SEAFAREItSikI.OG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT « A^CIO I T'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN. The five annual SIU Scholarships for 1970 will be awarded next May for the seventeenth straight year and all eligible Seafarers or children of Seafarers are urged to get their applications in early. In order to qualify for these scholarship grants, a Seafarer must have at least three years accumu­ lated seatime on SlU-contracted vessels. Children of Seafarers who meet the necessary seatime require­ ments are also entitled to apply. Each year a distinguished panel of leading univer­ sity educators and administrators selects five SIU Scholarship winners on the basis of their high school records together with scores attained on tests given throughout the country by the College Entrance Examination Board. This year, the first of these CEEB tests will be given on November 1. Later tests will be given De­ cember 6, 1969 and_ January 10, 1970, with a final opportunity scheduled for March 7, 1970. It is al­ ways best; however, to arrange for the test as early as you can, so do it as promptly as possible. Arrangements for taking the CEEB test can be made by eligible Seafarers or their children by writ­ ing to: College Entrance Examination Board, Box 592, Princeton, New Jersey, or at Box 1025, Berke­ ley, California. In addition to arranging for the CEEB test, ap­ plicants are also requested to obtain the necessary SIU College Scholarship application form as early as possible. These forms, which must be returned no later than April 1, 1970, are available at any SIU hall or may be obtained by writing directly to: SIU Scholarships, Administrator, 275 20th Street, Brooklyn, New York 11215. Widely recognized as one of the most liberal, nostrings-attached programs of its kind in the nation, the SIU Scholarship Plan has helped 83 young men and women toward fulfilling their career goals. Twenty-five of these were Seafarers and 58 were the children of Seafarers. All scholarship recipients may pursue any chosen course of study at any accredited college or university. 41 ••i i •t| --ilj � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1960-1969 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXII-XXXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 1969 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU WINS MAJOR VACATION INCREASES FOR RATED MEN IN ALL DEPARTMENTS INDEPENDENT MARAD ONLY REMEDY FOR US FLEET’S DISATROUS PLIGHT FULBRIGHT’S PAY OFF SLUR ON AIFLD HIT BY MEANY AS GRATUITOUS INSULT FIGHT FOR NEED AGAINST GREED DRAWN BY MEANY, OTHERS AFL-CIO COUNCIL CONDEMNS ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE WV STRIKE LEADERS CONGRESSMAN LISTS FOUR PROVISIONS NEW MARITIME PROGRAM SHOULD HAVE QUICK ACTION BY SEAFARERS AVERTS POSIBLE DISASTER ON BUCKEYE VICTORY PIKE CHARGES CARGO RULE DISTORTION DISCRIMINATED AGAINST TRAMP SHIPS MYSTERY VESSEL BROUGHT TO SURFACE AFTER 100 YEARS IN LAKE MICHIGAN SINKING OD PANOCEANIC FAITH CAUSED BY FAILURE TO SECURE LOOSE HATCH HIGH COURT FINDS GARNISHMENT ILLEGAL UNLESS EMPLOYEE GETS COURT HEARING LABOR HITS HAYNSWORTH APPOINTMENT AS JUSTICE OF US SUPREME COURT FEDERAL JOB SAFETY HEALTH BOARD AND STANDARDS URGED BY PRESIDENT HLSS PROVIDES UPGRADING TO HIGHER PAYING RATINGS ADVANCE SEMENSHIP PROGRAM OFFERS FULL BOOK SENIORITY 570 ENDORSED FOR LIFEBOAT AT HLSS PRIME NEED FOR PHARMACIST MATES SEEN IN SIUNA-SOA BACKED STUDY CONGRESS WARNED OF HOUSING CRISIS UNLESS MONEY, LAND COSTS GO DOWN ROLLBACK OF SOARING INTEREST RATES PRESSED WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION OUTDATED USE OF POLITICAL MUSCLE BY RETIREES CAN HELP SECURE BETTER BENEFITS FAST TURNAROUND FOR SEATRAIN DELAWARE Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 09/1969 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXXI, No. 11  1969 Periodicals Seafarers Log