http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/034fe65991186d5c5417a51ac6c0a5aa.PDF 57e91d5b622bc22e10361d1034f09921 PDF Text Text U SlUNA Membership Af Peak AFL-CIO CONVENES FOR VITAL ACTION ON LABOR ISSUES Stoiy on Page 3 Senate Hearings Slated For New Anti-Strike Plan Story on Page 3 MTD CONVENTION ADOPTS PROGRAM ON JOBS, CANADA Story on Page 3 See Supplement In Centerfold �rage TV*' SEAFARERS 25th fiwtmhtt 11^ IttI LOG For SlUi Is 25, Too •4 3i Old photo recalls hiring hall at 2 Stone Street, New York, which was SlU's headquarters until 1944. Oldtimer Jimmy Devito is the dispatcher at the counter. Building at 51 Beaver Street was headquarters until Union moved to Brooklyn in 1951. A special four-page supplement is being published in this of the founding of the Seafarers International Union of North SlU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters District that same It was on November 1, 1938 v that the late Harry Lunde- "towards forming a permanent pro­ berg, secretary-treasurer of tective union." the Sailors Union of the Pacific and first president of the SIUNA, issued two charters setting up sep­ arate Atlantic and Gulf Districts of the SIUNA. The merging of these two dis­ tricts in 1941 led to the presentday AGLIWD structure adopted by Seafarers in 1960. The founding of the SIUNA was on October 14, 1938, when the American Federation of Labor con­ vention in Houston issued a char­ ter to Lundeberg for the forma­ tion of a new coast-to-coast sea­ men's union. A nucleus for the new union was provided by the SUP, which dates its beginnings to" March 6, 1885, when a group of 300 seamen gathered at Folsom Street wharf in San Francisco to consider steps The supplement in the center­ fold of this issue briefly high­ lights some of the events of the past 25 years, which were marked issue of'the SEAFARERS LOG to mark the 25th anniversary America in 1938—the event which gave birth to the present year. by tough fights to organize, establisih the union hiring hall, to im­ prove the shipboard and shoreside conditions of seamen and maritime workers and to defeat Communist attempts at waterfront domination. The SIUNA today numbers some 75,000 members on all coasts of the US, Canada and in the Carib­ bean, with representation among seamen, fishermen, boatmen, ma­ rine workers and in allied fields. Greek Shipowners Have Own Code For 'Flag'—Tax-Dodging WASHINGTON—Greek shipowners have grown restless again and are preparing an­ other great Odyssey back to the Liberian flag. The Greek government pulled back tax exemption privileges for Greek shipowners last August 31 and sent the owners scurrying for the nearest Liberian reg-4istry office where favored tax take advantage of a liberalized building. The law was passed in Greek law which allowed ships 1953. treatment still exists. PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad — The SIUNA-afflliaied Seamen's & Waterfront Workers Trade Union will mark its own 25th year in operation with a "Silver Jubilee" fete on November 30 here. This is just one year following a history-making pact the 6,000member union signed with the LibOre Steamship Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alcoa. Lib-Ore oper­ ates nine ships under the Liberian flag. The contract, which provided for higher wages and a shorter work week, is the first one reached between a legitimate union and a Liberian-flag fleet. The SWWTU came under the SIUNA banner in 1961 in a move to promote the common interests of both memberships' through Joint action on the international level. A number of the Trinidad affiliate's members are employed as seamen on Panamanian-flag ships, while others are employed in American-owned shoreside oper­ ations, such as the handling of bauxite. New SlU Hall Open In Norfolk NORFOLK — Seafarers began shipping out of the new SIU hall here last week, when the all-new structure was opened to handle all Union functions in the Hampton Roads area. The new building is located at 115 Third Street, off Woodis Ave­ nue, and is regarded as a vast im­ provement over the old hall at 416 Colley Avenue. The one-story structure includes provisions for the addition of another floor later if needed. Telephone numbers for the new location are 622-1892 and 622-1893. Features of the fully air-condi­ tioned structure are an expanded hiring hall and dispatch counter, ample space for Union meetings and recreational facilities, accom­ modation for a snackbar-cafeteria and all other membership servic'es. The exterior is marked by land­ scaping and a 40-car parking lot. Opened for use just a year after ground was broken on October 29, 1962, the modernistic SlU building is right in the middle of a Nor­ folk Housing Authority project. The new construction is part of the SltJ's continuing building pro­ gram in many ports to provide complete, modem facilities ade­ quate to the needs and growth of the SlU membership. Seafarers as well as members of various SlU affiliates in the Hampton Roads area will utilize the services and facilities of the new hall. In the past few years Greek under Greek registry complete However, the return of the na­ shipowners had been leaving the freedom from taxation for a period tive has been short-lived. ThirtyLiberian flag in large numbers to of seven years from the date of four ships quit Greek registry in August and September. A representative from the Greek Ministry of Mercantile Marine re­ ported he was not particularly disturbed by these developinients. WASHINGTON—The US-Soviet wheat deal got underway last week as US shipowners He said that new vessels coming agreed to an effective ceiling of $18 a ton on shipments of wheat to Black Sea ports for ves­ along under the Greek flag are sels with a 15,600-ton capacity. The first sale, 100,000 tons at $7.6 million, has already been not expected to fall below the cur­ rent level of 7:16 million tons. contracted for delivery to ^ Extension Pitch Rejected which have been rising steadily. some concessions. The deal calls Hungary. for traders to offer a price cover­ Although the wheat transaction Greek shipowners had asked for Total sales to the Commu­ ing all costs, including shipping will be handled by private Amer­ an extension of the 100 percent tax nist bloc countries are expected to arrangements. Due to the reduction ican grain dealers, the Export-Im­ exemption period, but drew an be about 150 million bushels worth in the US cargo rate, it is now port Bank, a Government agency, adverse ruling. about $250 million. US ships are possible that the US rate will will guarantee all commercial An Athens riiipping agency re­ now said to be assured at least 50 match or better foreign rates. credit extended to private dealers. port on the period up to March 31, percent of the ship movement, for 1963, showed there were 388 delivery by May 31, 1964. Greek-owned vessels sailing under The $18 rate was achieved by the Liberian flag, which made it lowering the $22.50 a ton rate the most popular runaway resort called for under Public Law 480 for Greek as well as American for shipments of surplus food and shipowners. In all, 688 Greekfibers. The law stipulates that half owned vessels of 6.3 million tons of such surplus must be carried on were registered under foreign available US-flag ships. Nov. 15, 1963 Vol. XXV, No. 23 flags. ' Russia had been balking at the A separate report in the US condition that half the mammoth shows a substantial decrease in wheat purchases be carried in US the transfers of privately-owned bottoms because US shipping rates PAUL HALL, President US-flag vessels to foreign regis­ were higher than foreign rates. In tries during a 12-month period HEBSERT BRAND, Editor; IRWIN SPIVACX, Managing Editor; BERNARD SEAMAN, Art approving the US-Soviet grain ending last May 1. Only 16 vessels Editor; MIKE POLLACK, NATHAN SKYEE, deals on October 9, President were sold or transferred abroatj. ALEXANDER LESUE, THOMAS LAUGHLIN, Kennedy stipulated that the It was reported. In the previous StaJSf Writers. "wheat we sell to the Soviet Union 42-month period, 35 vessels were Published biweekly at the heodquartera will be carried in available Amer­ sold or transferred foreign. of tho Seafarert Intornatlonal Union, At­ ican ships, supplemented by ships The report by a maritime trade lantic, Gulf, Lakos and Inland Waferj, District, AFL-CIO, *75 Fourth Avenu^ov> of other countries." publication said that in the past Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel HYaclnth Source of many record wheat cargoes for SlU ships in the The US-Soviet agreement was Second class' postage paid at the Post seven years 189 privately-owned Offlco In Brooklyn, NY, under the Act ast two years, the Bunge Corporation's grain elevator at concluded in a private conference American merchant ships were of Aug. 24, 1912. at the State Department, where estrehan, upriver from New Orleans, figures to have a big acquired by foreign interests, total­ 120 it was reported both sides made role In grain movement out of the Gulf, . ing 1.4 million gross tons. Wheat Deal Is Underway SEAFARERS LOG & �IfiVMibw II. IMI SEAFARERS Pave' Three LOG SlUNA Membership At All-Time High AFL-CIO To Chart Major Labor Coals NEW YORK—Delegates to the 5th constitutional convention of the AFLCIO began convening here this week, for the opening of convention sessions at the Americana Hotel. President Kennedy will head the list of speakers at the con­ vention, which will develop political action and other with a major speech on civil rights. the program and policy of islation, Other major convention speech­ trade union programs are expected the trade union movement to be acted on in detaii during the es will be given by Labor Addressing Monday's opening session of the MTD conven­ tion, New York's Sen. Jacob Javits is pictured on rostrum, with MTD President Paul Hall, and Anthony Scotto, presi­ dent of the MTD's New York port council. Meany Raps Canada Scab Action MTD Convention OKs Job Program NEW YORK—Delegates representing the 29 member un­ ions of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department concluded their three-day biennial convention here on Wednesday, November 13, after acting on-t a wide range of issues affect­ declared, "is that It Is free. It is ing workers in maritime and controlled by its membership, it is not controlled by any outsiders." related industries. The convention was ad­ The Canadian trusteeship arose of a contractual dispute be­ dressed on Tuesday morning out tween the SIU of Canada and Up­ by AFL-CIO President George per Lakes Shipping Ltd., which in Meany, who condemned the Cana­ dian government trusteeship re­ 1962 arbitrarily broke its contract cently imposed on ail Canadian with the SIU and signed a "sweet­ maritime unions and maritime heart" agreement with the Cana­ dian Maritime Union established workers. by the Canadian Labor Congress. "The cardinal principle of the More than 300 Canadian Seafarers trade union movement," Meany (Continued on page 10) for the next two years. The joint lahor federation was established here at its first convention in 1955, fol­ lowing separate conventions of the AFL and CIO to ratify the merger program. A seven-man delegation will rep­ resent the SIUNA at the con­ vention, led by President Paul Hall. SIUNA Executive VicePresident Morris Welsberger, Vice-Presidents Hal C. Banks, William Jordan and Ed Turner, SIU-AGLIWD Vice-President Earl Shepard and Ralph Quinonez of the SIU of Puerto Rico will round out the delegation. Over 75,000 Members The SIUNA delegation wiii come to the convention representing a paid per capita membership of just over 75,000 members for the first time in the international union's history. The SIUNA's voting strength at the 1961 AFL-CIO con­ vention in Miami Beach was 68,500 members. Eight years ago, at the time of the AFL-CIO merger, the inter­ national's membership was 42,000. A number of important issues involving general labor policy, leg­ AFL-CIO's convention stay in New York through most of next week. AFL-CIO President George Meany has announced that the convention would devote a special order of business to a discussion of labor's efforts in the campaign to assure full equality for all citizens in all areas of American life. He said AFL-CIO Vice-President A. Philip Randolph had accepted his invitation to lead the discussion Senate Sets Hearing On Anti-Strike Pian WASHINGTON—Senate committee hearings are scheduled to begin December 4 on a proposal for compulsory arbitra­ tion in maritime labor disputes introduced by Ohio's Sen. Frank J. Lausche last month. The bill (S. 2222) would send Fisheries Committee one month an unsettled shipping dispute ago. to an arbitrator or maritime dis­ putes board for final and binding arbitration. It is even more restrictive than the Bonner bill, which was tabled by the House Merchant Marine and Canada Spurs Union Crab MONTREAL—The SIU of Canada began legal action here this week to test the Cana­ dian government's constitutional authority to set up a three-man trusteeship over the SIU and four other maritime unions. The trusteeship was established under legislation passed by Parliament last month. The law follows the recom of the Act restricting seamen's ships to appeal to Parliament. Canada has applied the Ship­ mendations of the one-man civil rights, including penalties of Canadian delegate R. W. Korcheski of Fort William Port Council (top) backs fight on Upper Lakes during action at MID convention. Above, Hal C. Banks, pres. of Canada SIU (right), meets with SIUNA VicePres. Morris Weisberger (left) and Steve Leslie, int'l rep.. Marine Division, Operating Engineers. Norris Commission set up in 1962 to conduct an Inquiry into the contractual dispute between the SIU and the Upper Lakes Ship­ ping Ltd. AFL-CIO President George Meany has called the commission a "vehicle for a vitriolic and vengeful attack upon the SIU of Canada and its leadership" and said the SIU "deserves the sup­ port of all AFL-CIO affiliates in its fight against the destruction of free trade unionism in the Cana­ dian maritime industry." Union Records Seized Meanwhile, the Canadian gov­ ernment has seized union records and property here, and in Toronto and Thorold, and Royal Canadian Mounted Police aiso seized per­ sonal records and belongings in raids upon SIU officials' homes. The government also took over the operation of the vacation pay­ ments plan for Canadian Seafar­ ers and froze iall union assets. The government further ex­ tended its union harassment by indicting and arresting Hal C. Banks, president of the SIU of Canada, and two other SIU men, on an old 1957 charge not con­ nected with the present dispute. In addition, the government is reported to be planning a criminal prosecution of SIU officials and members under the Canada Ship­ ping Act, which is modeled on the British Merchant Shipping Act adopted in 1894 during the reign of Queen Victoria. Many sections hard labor, were taken over bodily. The prosecution would be based on the protest held by Cana­ dian Seafarers last month, before the trusteeship was imposed, when some 2,000 SIU members left their Secretary W. Willard Wirtz, President Arne Geijer and Secretary - General Omer Becu, both representing the International Confederation of Free Trade Un­ ions. After the convention opens. It will go into recess on Saturday and Sunday, November 16-17, while convention committees are in ses­ sion, and reconvene Monday morn­ ing, the 13th. ping Act several times in the pres­ ent dispute, although a court deci­ sion in at least one instance ruled that the Industrial Relations Act overrode the Shipping Act in strike situations. MTD OKs Special Canada Unit NEW YORK—Concerned by the grave implications of the Canadian trusteeship legislation, delegates to the Maritime Trades Department convention authorized setting up a committee to immediately formulate a program of action in appropriate areas "for the purpose of restoring the trade union rights of Canadian maritime workers and eliminating the threat which the Canadian government's action has posed to other free trade unionists everywhere." The delegates, in adopting a special report on the Canadian trustee­ ship, noted that "the application of government control over trade un­ ions must be repugnant to every member of the free trade union move­ ment and must be opposed by all possible means." Th committee established by the convention will be known as "The Committee for the Preservation of Trade Union Rights," and will seek to achieve its purposes through appropriate actions in the United Na­ tions, the International Labor Organization and legislative agencies in the United States. The committee will also be concerned with such economic activities as may appear advisable, consider a selective boycott of Canadian goods and services, conduct a broad educational program for trade unionists and members of the general public, and explore "any other steps and actions deemed advisable in pursuit of the objectives." The committee consists of A. F. Young, director. Iron Shipbuilders International Marine Council, International Brotherhood of Boiler Mak­ ers; Robert E. P. Cooney, vice-president. Bridge & Structural Iron Work­ ers; S. Frank Raftery, special representative, Painters, Decorators & Paperhangers; Thomas Gleason, president. International Longshore­ men's Association; Russel Cr'owcll, president. Laundry & Dry Cleaning Union; Stephen J. Leslie, inteinational representative. Marine Division, Operating Engineers; Edward J. Carlough, organizing director. Sheet Metal Workers; Richard E. Livingston, secretary. Brotherhood of Car­ penters, and Jesse Calhoon, president. Marine Engineers. Under the Lausehe proposal, an arbitration decision in a maritime labor dispute would not be subject to reexamination or review by any person or agency during the term of the contract or contracts under which it was rendered. Sen. Lausche introduced his pro­ posal on October 8 as an outgrowth of the SS America dispute, after the passenger liner was idled in a beef between the National Mari­ time Union and the Marine En­ gineers Beneficial Association. US Lines has cancelled all voyages of the America for the rest of 1963. In a separate dispute, which erupted in Port Newark, New Jer­ sey, shipping operations tor .SIUcontracted Seatrain Lines and Sealand Service returned to normal after the end of NMU picketing at both companies' terminals. Late last week, an SIU protest line was established at the Newark terminal of Trans-American Steamship, an NMU company serv­ ing Puerto Rico, charging the NMU with seeking to divert cargo to NMU fleets by its action against SIU companies. LOG Cartoon Wins Top Award NEW YORK-Bernard Sea­ man, art editor of the SEA­ FARERS LOG, won the first prize award for the best origi­ nal cartoon in an AFL-CIO union newspaper at the Inter­ national Labor Press Associa­ tion convention meeting here this week. The plague, pre­ sented at an award dinner November 12, singled out a Seaman editorial cartoon lam­ pooning Government handling of the 50-50 cargo law as a "graphic presentation on a vital subject" affecting SIU members. The ILPA citation was the ninth won by Seaman for editorial cartoons in the LOG, and was the 31st ILPA award for the LOG since 1947. The prize-winner was pub­ lished in February, 1962. �if II S E iA%E%1s''' kd€^-' race F«i« Mevepber IS, Ii I; •( J (Figures On This Page Cover Deep Sea Shipping Only In the SW Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District.) Report Period: October 26-November 8, 1963 Among the ports, the best showing was by San Fran­ cisco and Seattle, both of which showed big gains in jobs shipped. Boston was busy again, but New York, New Orleans and Houston all were slow. Philadelphia, Balti­ more and Norfolk listed some increase in jobs to take up the slack. The ship activity chart (see right) shows the number of in-transit ships visiting the ports was higher than be­ fore, but the total of sign-ons was lower and equalled things out. The result, even with more ships in port over the two-week-period, was slower shipping generally. In the process, class A men handled 59 percent of all the jobs dispatched, class B filled 31 percent and class C accounted for the 10 percent remainder. These were the same proportions as in the previous two weeks. Shipping for all SIU ports slowed up again during the past two weeks, although a number of ports showed a rise in job activity. The decline this period dropped the dispatch total for the District to 1,070 jobs overall. |r I* i\ Registration also fell off in most of the ports, but not in the engine department. The black gang registration held its own, while the deck department and steward department accounted for the drop. At the end of the period,.however, the registration on the beach fell to 3,640 men. In the shipping column, most of the decline was in deck jobs, as steward department jobs shipped actually showed an increase over the previous two weeks. Black gang activity fell off only slightly. T ' Ship Aetivify rat •• Offi CM TroM. TOTAL 2 23 7 3 0 0 2 5 5 2 0 2 1 2 4 0 3 0 0 1 0 » 1 0 4 1 4 20 4 19 11 5 5 3 14 22 8 7 5 8 54 11 25 11 5 8 8 28 25 8 13 7 TOTALS ..... 57 27 127 211 lottoii N«w York .... PfciiMlclpkIa .. Bohimer* .... Norfolk Jocktonvllio .. Tampa Mobile New OrleoM.. Hoaiton Wilmingtoa .. Son FrencUco. Seattle DECK DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Registered CLASS B Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 2 0 3 1 31 52 8 91 4 10 18 4 10 17 1 28 8 14 5 1 0 3 0 3 3 0 4 1 24 14 9 1 42 8 15 19 40 25 5 10 11 5 5 1 7 1 9 17( 29 10 10 9 •> a POfff Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTALS 112 172 GROUP GROUP GROUP 1 3 ALL 2 1 3 ALL 2 3 ALL 1 2 0 3 6 1 4 4 17 0 3 3 10 3 7 22 5 13 25 14 36 56 2 8 12 6 0 11 2 8 10 0 4 7 10 2 6 2 0 7 4 6 10 8 2 29 2 3 15 6 0 2 3 5 5 2 2 4 3 1 9 0 1 4 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 5 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 4 12 16 9 15 1 9 5 1 4 4 2 27 9 16 7 5 9 17 18 7 32 3 0 11 9 12 21 8 12 23 1 1 9 3 0 9 1 3 0 0 4 1 5 0 4 0 2 7 8 3 12 9 2 2 12 3 24 4 1 8 11 20 11 16 10 2 23 0 11 5 56 92 1 161 80 132 36 1 248: 13 40 1 324 13 43 56 1 112 TOTAL Shipped GROUP CLASS 3 ALL A I 2 B 0 0 17 0 0 6 0 8 15 56 7 22 0 0 1 10 1 11 4 29 0 0 4 7 0 0 1 1 9 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 5 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 15 1 9 0 32 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 23 0 11 0 2 0 2 5 0 0 3 1 4 24 8 0 7 J.1 23 4 16 23 19 1f 43 248 112 1 Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 S ALL 2 0 23 7 5 2 14 0 2 3 5 15 93 77 137 34 248 5 80 29 46 1 22 10 15 7 32 1 3 13 9 40 30 4 55 15 100 0 16 47 63 1 14 14 15 0 5 8 13 29 0 1 1 12 20 2 13 34 2 24 9 3 9 3 4 0 7 1 0 2 3 25 32 1 28 4 64 1 1 20 22 0 49 66 78 12 156 4 34 81 119 0 34 64 76 16 156 4 20 30 54 2 7 15 17 36 2 4 4 15 21 36 28 4 31 2 61 3 15 10 28 11 50 15 21 38 13 2 27 1 13 43 1 403 373 502 100 1 975 36 143 293 1 472 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A roft Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco........ Seattle TOTALS GROUP 1 2 0 1 27 34 15 1 2 19 6 3 1 4 2 2 8 4 5 23 7 13 0 3 4 7 3 12 50 147 Registered CLASS B GROUP 3 ALL 1 2 0 1 2 1 65 13 4 21 17 1 1 3 1 22 1 8 11 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 4 16 0 2 S4 2 6 11 23 0 3 14 0 3 0 2 2 13 2 3 5 20 3 3 70 28 1 234 24 Shipped CLASS A GROUP 3 ALL 1 2 3 6 - 2 6 6 40 12 30 3 7 0 13 15 5 14 6 2 3 2 1 1 3 1 3 0 0 2 2 3 5 2 4 9 22 5 18 11 25 6 17 1 3 2 2 1 6 3 14 0 6 1 8 45 1 139 43 135 Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS ;c GROUP 1 3 ALL 2 5 2 1 2 40 21 10 9 8 0 3 5 0 5 4 9 6 0 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 0 19 11 ^ 8 0 7 10 17 0 1 0 1 0 3 5 8 2 5 3 10 61 53 1 128 27 i1 205 14 3 ALL 10 2 46 4 15 2 24 3 1 5 5 1 5 1 3 9 27 4 26 3 5 1 18 1 10 1 GROUP 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 10 1 3 25 TOTAL Shipped Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B CLASS GROUP GROUP 3 ALL A C ALL I B 2 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 2 0 1 10 16 0 5 1 5 0 5 1 7 3 3 3 5 46 5 40 91 46 85 10 141 13 34 38 85 0 4 15 8 4 27 2 17 2 21 0 5 6 11 0 0 24 9 0 33 9 51 65 1 5 28 28 57 0 0 5 6 11 0 5 19 5 29 0 8 12 4 2 5 1 1 2 8 2 8 0 10 3 13 10 26 1 0 1 5 1 6 1 7 0 8 0 1 2 1 2 2 9 2 15 6 4 21 5 32 1 11 10 22 0 0 27 19 0 46 36 75 8 119 8 48 70 126 0 0 26 17 0' 43 24 46 7 77 6 40 51 97 0 2 5 1 2 8 2 14 2 18 2 8 12 22 0 7 18 8 33 11 36 5 52 5 7 7 21 9 0 11 10 10 11 _31 6 24 34 1 7 5 13 4 7 1 35 205 128 35 i1 368 150 408 53 1 6ll 41 213 247 1 501 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A n g Port Bos NY Phil Bal Nor Jac. Tam Mob NO ..... Hou Wil SF. Sea..... TOTALS Is 0 15 2 3 3 1 2 6 7 2 1 4 3 49 Registered CLASS B GROUP 3 ALL 1 2 0 0 1 1 47 5 5 22 2 6 1 1 15 0 1 11 7 1 2 1 0 3 2 0 3 6 0 1 5 6 18 1 23 2 2 12 23 7 3 11 4 1 0 2 2 1 5 12 1 0 1 1 5 23 22 76 1 170 GROUP I 2 3 ALL l-s 0 0 2 2 2 1 2 9 12 9 2 1 7 10 5 0 0 14 14 4 1 1 4 6 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 1 0 1 23 24 8 1 0 9 10 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 4 5 5 1 1 5 8 6 8 7 85 1 100 46 i 2 ' Shipped CLASS A a Shipped CLASS B i ROUP 3 ALL I 2 1 1 7 11 7 3 12 31 1 1 4 11 1 1 10 16 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 4 7 3 4 21 36 6 2 9 18 0 1 1 5' 3 0 17 9 0 3 18 9 22 18 90 1 176 Shipped CLASS C GROUP 3 ALL 1 2 6 6 0 . 0 12 2 1 9 12 0 0 12 7 0 6 1 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 21 2 0 19 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 7 0 6 1 0 10 1 9 4 84 1 94 6 Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B TOTAL Shipped GROUP CLASS 3 ALL A 1 2 C ALL B 0 1 11 18 1 0 6 1 15 31 0 14 58 1 12 15 0 0 1 1 11 24 12 1 0 16 0 0 0 7 23 0 0 4 0 0 0 12 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 3 4 0 2 2 7 10 0 1 2 0 36 0 0 0 0 57 21 0 18 0 0 0 0 28 10 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 17 28 1 7 4 3 18 0 0 3 3 31 10 2 2 25 1 29 176 94 29 j1 299 1-9 1 43 3 16 6 4 4 21 34 15 3 14 K •J GROUP 2 3 ALL 1 3 1 0 1 28 21 59 151 3 6 15 3 72 14 16 26 3 5 15 1 9 1 0 4 15 2 9 0 55 6 20 8 18 25 135 212 91 41 10 25 17 3 3 8 58 6 29 9 26 6 6 9 GROUP 3 ALL 1 2 3 3 0 0 7 38 7 24 7 1 0 6 4 4 33 41 13 3 3 7 2 3 9 14 2 0 1 1 23 0 0 23 3 4 97 104 52 7 1 44 0 8 0 8 13 1 11 1 5 15 24 4 6^ 136 103 331 1 739 32 29 281 1t 342 SUMMARY Registered CLASS A DECK El^GINE STEWARD GRAND TOTALS Registered CLASS B GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 112 172 40 324 lis' _56 92 I 161 59 147 "28 234 24 70 " 45 Tis'S 72 22 76 170 8 ' 7 85 1 100 243 341 144 7281 45 133 222 1 400 SHIPPED CLASS A GROUP 1 2 3 80 132 36 43 135 27 68 18 90191 285 153 SHIPPED CLASS C SHIPPED CLASS B GROUP ALL 1 2 3 43 56 1 248 13 1 205 14 61 53 4 84 1 "176 6 i 629 33 108 193 ALL 1 112 1 '128 1 94 ,1 334 Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B TOTAL SHIPPED CLASS GROUP B C 2 3 ALL A 1 43 248 11,2 43 23 19 1 35 205 128 35 25 7 3 94 29 29 176 2 25 2 50 "51 107 629 "334 107 6 ALL 1 403 1 368 1 299 11070 GROUP 1 2 3 373 502 100 150 408 53 305, 103 331 828' 1013 484 ALL 1 975 1 611 1 739 |2325 GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 36 143 293 | 472 41 213 247. 1 501 32 29 2811342 109 385 821" J1315 �Nof^ber 15, f96l The Big One SEAFARERS PUT*.FIT* LOG Maritima Attorn&y Wf« Gov^f ^Secrecy* Same Old Ship Issues Remain-MA WASHINGTON—Donald W. Alexander, who stepped down on October 31 as head of the Maritime Administration, has stated he is "very gratified in the progress that has been made in the agency" since he took over in September, 1961 although he admits that just about the same problems he faced when taking over two years ago still exist to this day. Robert Giles, former MA^: ^ General Counsel, took over Alexander does not consider idie tional defense or foreign policy Senate bill which would force Gov­ ernment agencies to disclose more as acting Maritime Admini­ subsidized portion of the US justification for their secrecy.' Seafarer Dimitri Bortoi flashes the largest SlU vacation check to date— for $1,508.73—after he received it in New York for a long trip on the Ames Victory. strator on November 1. US shipping is still facing the same problems, Alexander con­ ceded, as when he was first ap­ pointed to head the MA by Presi­ dent Kennedy. * The fact that more shippers do not specify US-flag ships which he termed the number-one problem and expects to continue. • The need to upgrade the USflag fleet through both a subsi­ dized replacement program, other new construction and the installa­ tion of more modern equipment on present vessels. • Improved labor - management relations and upgrading of both the domestic and tramp fleets. merchant marine a problem. The present subsidized replacement program of about 17 vessels a year is "fundamentally sound," he stated, and is a program that will give the shipyards work on a "regularly sustained basis with no peaks or valleys." Many, including Naval authori­ ties and some of Alexander's predecessors, however, feel that the 17-a-year replacement figure is too low to avoid the bloc ob­ solescence of large portions of the subsidized fleet. Meanwhile, the MA and the Fed­ eral Maritime Commission have been attacked as being "among the most secretive" agencies in Washington, "with little or no na- SIU CONTRACT DEPARTMENT By Robert A. Matthews, SIU Vice-President, Contracts & Contract Enforcement (This column will be a regular feature of the SEAFARERS LOG to deal with contract matters and job issues in the SIU and maritime that develop from time to time. Seafarers are urged to write directly to the SIU Contract Department at headquarters regarding any comments or sug­ gestions on these issues.) Testifying before a Senate sub­ committee on administrative prac­ tice and procedure, a maritime at­ torney stated that there has been "no appreciable change" in the activities of the MA and FMC since they were reconstituted as separate agencies in 1961, and that they operate "behind a wall of secrecy that is much too high." Testimony Is being taken - on a information. The reasons for the practice of a high degree of secrecy by the MA and FMC was attributed to the hope of avoiding "con­ troversy" and the opportunity secrecy grants for an agency to "withhold the basis for its decision and affords a much freer hand to decide future questions . . . with­ out having to reconcile its present with its past actions." US Agencies Again Weigh Ship Aid For SIU Fleets WASHINGTON—Applications by three SIU companies for Government assistance in their foreign trade operations are beginning to show signs of life again. The operating-differential subsidy that SlU-contracted comments fay intere.sted parties on Waterman Steamship has been the company's updated application. Isthmian applied originally in seeking since 1957 may be con­ tracted with the Maritime Admin­ 1956 and, at a point in 1960, the old istration within the next six Federal Maritime Board had ap­ months, according to an exchange proved its application. But further of correspondence between the negotiations on the company's bid company and US shipping officials. bogged down. In addition, the In addition. Isthmian's revised original traffic data for 1955-56 on On Wednesday. October 30, this Department, which also serves as the headquarters Contract Clarifica­ application for subsidy is active which the old application was tion Committee, met with the Contract Clarification Committee representing the operators. Agreement once more. A deadline of Monday, based no longer applies. Approved In 1960 November 18, has been set for was reached on the following subjects: Waterman had a similar experi­ (1) DAY FOR DAY PAY. It was" ence, when a final ruling on its agreed that day for day pay ing put into formal clariflcation subsidy bid was held up by various will be paid on all ships on language and copies will be sent court proceedings. Its application coastwise voyages, nearby to all ports for the guidance of was also approved by the old FMB foreign voyages, domestic ar­ port officials and the membership. in 1960. ticles or payrolls or on har­ Letter Of Clarification The company's current optimism bor payrolls, rather than on BREAKING WATCHES. Some regarding Government aid came a monthly basis. This is to time ago, we received a letter from out in the course of correspond­ be effective regardless of R. Wendell, delegate on the SS ence explaining why Waterman the length of articles, if any. Robin Gray, who presented the NEW YORK—The strains of "What Kind of Fool Am I" had intervened in subsidy proceed­ This means also that crew- following question: echoed through Wall Street recently, as Office Employees ings involving SIU - contracted members shall be paid day Question: "We arrived here in Local 153 launched an organizing campaign to bring the fi­ Bioomfield Steamship and several for day on all ships from the Trinidad to load cargo on the night — other lines. time foreign articles are ter­ of May 15, 1963 around 10:30 PM. nancial district's white collar Seeks Additional Aid minated and until the next We anchored to await the pilot. workers under the union ban­ ganizing in several Aelds. Many of Bioomfield, which is already sub­ the facilities of the SIU's old head­ foreign articles are signed. The ship shifted from the anchor­ ner. Workers out for a noonday quarters at 51 Beaver Street, In sidized on Trade Route 21 (US (2) SAND BLASTING WITH age when the pilot came and upon stroll crowded around a platform the Anancial district, were used to Gulf/United Kingdom and North­ PORTABLE EQUIPMENT. anchoring at the inner anchorage ern Europe), is seeking to expand set up by the OEIU at the center assist and feed the 1948 strikers. the mate broke watch. The vessel It was agreed that when its subsidized operations to TR 13 Tlie 15 years that have elapsed members of the unlicensed did not pass quarantine until the of the bustling financial district. since the 1948 strike have brought (US Gulf/Mediterranean) and TR Singer Johnny Desmond and a 12morning of May 16, 1963. This is personnel are required to piece band entertained the esti­ increasing problems to Wall Street 22 (US Gulf-Far East). Waterman's use portable sand-blasting also our loading berth." mated 20,000 listeners with music workers. Automation has made unsubsidized operation on TR 22 Answer: Watches were properly equipment, they shall be many jobs obsolete and only was temporarily suspended earlier pqid for such work at the broken. Since the place where you and song. limited provisions exist for many this year pending final action on In addre.ssing the crowd, OEIU regular overtime rate during anchored is also your loading employees' health care and retire­ its subsidy plea. berth, watches should have been President Howard Coughlln em­ straight time hours and at A formal date of February 18 ment. phasized that with the coming of the rate of time-and-one-half broken at the inner anchorage. has been scheduled on the Bioom­ Local 153 already claims a mem­ Reference: Article II, Section 34 automation in brokerage houses, the overtime rate during bership of over 2,000 employees field application. An informal hear­ overtime hours. When the (a) and (b) of the Standard Freight- the white collar employees were of the New York, American and ing was held last month. sand-blasting equipment is ship Agreement, which reads as becoming more and more expend­ Cotton Exchanges. being used, two men shall follows: "PORT TIME. For the able and in need of union protec­ operate the equipment and purpose of applying port overtime tion to assure some form of Job both men shall receive over­ provisions of this agreement 'port security. Discontent over Wall Street em­ time. Rigging up for sand­ time' or the words 'in port' shall be deflned to mean the following: ployment practices was dramatic­ blasting, securing the equip­ "COMMENCEMENT OF PORT- ally demonstrated in 1948, when ment after sand-blasting and and sweeping up sand after TIME. (a) From the time a vessel employees pulled the flrst sand-blasting shall not be is properly secured to a dock, buoy only strike in the 171-year-history considered overtime during or dolphins for the purpose of of the New York Stock Exchange. loading and/or discharging cargo, Seafarers and members of the straight time hours. ballast, passeiigers or mail; under­ Sailors Union of the Paciflc, along (3) MEN ENTERING ENGINE going repairs; taking on fuel, wa­ with representatives of as many CASINGS ON MOTOR VES­ ter or stores; fumigation, lay-up; as 50 other unions, manned picketSELS. It was agreed that any awaiting orders or berth, except lines in support of a strike by the unlicensed crewmember who when a vessel is moored or anch­ United Financial Employees in its is required to enter engine ored in or outside the Port of attempt to bring union conditions casings on motor vessels San Pedro for the purpose of tak­ to Wall Street. The strike was marked by re­ shall be entitled to overtime. ing on bunkers. "(b) From the time the vessel is peated instances of police brutal­ This was agreed to previous­ ly but was never inserted in properly moored or anchored for ity and attacks - upon both male the freightship agreement. the pui-pose of loading and/or dis­ and female pickets. Including It is, however, in the tanker charging cargo, ballast, passengers, many Seafarers and SlU men who or mail; undergoing repairs; tak­ joined in a mass demonstration on contract. The above clariAcations are be- ing on fuel, water or stores; fumi­ the second day of the walkout. An SIU Aim titled "The Battle gation. lay-up awaiting orders or of Wall Street," which was pro­ berth." Addressing noontime crowd in New York's financial district, Although we answered this let­ duced and distributed- at the time, Howard Coughlin, president of the AFL-CIO Office Em­ ter some time ago, the question is is still in popular demand by many tALL SIU MALL/ ployees International Union, kicks off new union drive to sign timely because the same problem and used by many unions to assist arises often. up Wall Street workers. in trade union education and or­ New Clarifications Reached With SIU Operators Office Workers Open New Wall St. Drive �SEA'rdmEEs ^ae rwm'os^*'* SlUNA Transport Union Adds Detroit Taxi Local SECXTXUTir Joseph Volpian, Social Security Director Hospital Cost Study Shows Rise Charter ceremony for Detroit drivers' local concluded with a three-way handshake involving (l-r) Ernest Berry, secretary-treasurer of the Gty Cab drivers' group, TSAW President Domi­ nic Abata and Fred Ford, president of the newly-affiliated City Cab unit. New Bedford Eyes US Aid On Fish Pier NEW BEDFORD, Mass.—The Federal Government has given its support to the construction of the new South Terminal fish pier proj­ ect here by committing a total of $5.3 million for its construction. The project became eligible for Federal funds when the Urban Re­ newal Administration gave permis­ sion to tie' the fish pier project to this city's overall renewal project. This was the first time that a proj­ ect of this type—a fish terminalhas qua ified for URA aid. Cost Of $9.9 MUiion Estimated cok of t;=e entire city renewal project, in addition to the fish terminal, is $9.9 million. The New Bedford Redevelop­ ment Authority has been one of the leading forces behind the urban renewal project that now includes the fish pier. Howard W. NickerEon, on leave from his post as secretary-treasurer of the SlUaffiliated New Bedford Fishermen's Union, is serving as a member of the Authority. Start Is Months Away A start on the renewal project, beginning with the fish pier con­ struction, is several months away, according to Mayor Edward Har­ rington. Before any work begins, the Redevelopment Authority must file a survey and planning appli­ cation with the URA for approval. New Bedford is one of the oldest US fishing centers still active, and was the major American whal.'ng port during the 19th century. Pro­ motion efforts by the NBFU have been credited with helping to keep the fish industry here alive. DETROIT—^The SIUNA Transportation Services & Allied Workers is still expanding here, as 200 members of the City Cab Drivers Association voted last month to affiliate with the TSAW. The membership gain> is the second one in this city the Teamsters In runoff balloting made over Teamster opposi­ to see who would represept some tion, since the TSAW won a Na­ tional Labor Relations Board win among workers at Checker Cab garages last year. TSAW President Dominic Abalh presented the latest charter to Fred Ford, president of the newlyaffiliated City Cab local, which will be known as Local 11. The previously-unaffiliated taxi workers had voted 100 to 59 for the City Cab Drivers' unit in a Na­ tional L4(bor Relations Board elec­ tion on August 14. The victory fol­ lowed a year-long fight which pa­ ralleled SIU-TSAW activities in tlie Checker Cab fleet. Federal court action finally allowed the drivers for the City Cab Company to proceed with the NLRB-ordered balloting. About the only disruptive note in the entire organizing compaign was thrown in gratis by Teamsters Local 902, which circulated leaf­ lets shortly before the balloting to urge a "no union" vote. The Hoffa union did not appear on the ballot nor had it ever represented the City Cab drivers. The TSAW has been expanding steadily since the SIUNA estab­ lished the new transportation work­ ers organization in January, 1962, covering some 6,000 Chicago driv­ ers and garage workers who had previously quit the Teamsters. Last month, the Western States TSAW scored its first election win over Hoffa's Teamsters in bal­ loting at the A. S. Mason General Oilfield Transportation Company at Bakersfield, Calif. In a separate development, the Communications Equipment Workers of America, an indepen­ dent organization, also defeated Though it's certainly no surprise to anyone who's been hospitalised lately, the average cost for each day a patient spends in the hospital has increased from $18.35 in 1952 to $36.83 inl962, according to the Ameri­ can Hospital Association. The total expense of an "average" stay in the hospital, amounting to slightly more than a week, jumped in the same period from $148 to $279. These figures are based on reports by non-Federal, short-term general hospitals which admit patients with all types of illnesses or injuries. All'together, these short-term general and special hospitals amount to 79 percent of the health care institutions in the United States and account for 92 percent of all admissions. However, they contain only 40 percent of the total number of beds, according to the AHA, which explains the crowding and waiting lists for hospital admissions. Last year, all hospitals registered with the Association spent $10.1 billion to provide care for 26.5 million patients. The comparable 1961 expenditures were $9.3 billion and the number of patients topped 25.4 million. It's an easy matter for the AHA and other agencies to blame labor costs for hospital personnel for the rise In hospital costs for patients —and this of course is what they do. The Association's figures quoted in an American Medical Association publication are that "hospital labor costs have increased more than 333 percent since 1946," which is six years more than the period covered in the patient cost study. The AHA also says that non-labor costs have risen slightly more than 200 percent, though the same story doesn't mention the period involved. We can assume that the hospital group's figures are accurate when it says that there are 237 employees for every IM patients in a shortterm general hospital, but this is a kind of loaded figure. You have only to consider that many hospitals in the past few years have finally gone on a three-watch system, like Seafarers have aboard ship, and that a hospital is a 24-hour business just li'ice a ship is. Each 100 patients has to have a certain number of nurses, technicians, sanitary aides and supervisors available to them for each 8 hours of a 24-hour day. So while the same 100 patients are in the hospital for a given 24-hour period; there dre three changes of shifts during the same day to provide necessary care tor these patients. In other areas of the report on the health situation involving the US public, it was pointed out that nearly 100 million persons used out­ patient facilities in all AHA-reglstered hospitals last year. And while hospitals have mostly shown Increases in their various services, the number of new births in hospitals dropped from 3.9 million in 1961 to 2.8 million last year, which reflects the generally-declining national birthrate In the US. 4,500 workers at the Western Elec­ tric plant In Baltimore. The CEWA had voted down the Teamsters earlier, but the margin of viictory—only 22 votes—was not enough ' for a majority. , Last January, one bf the biggest attempts by Hoffa to raid an AFLCIO union was turned into a fullscale r<Mit when some 17,000 West­ ern Electric Installers voted 3-1 to snub the Teamsters in nation­ wide NLEB balloting. The AFLCIO Communications Workers of America won the voting by a count {Comments and suggestions are Invited by this Departnient and can of 11,388 to 4,000. he submitted to this column in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.) Labor Revolt Hits Castro WASHINGTON—rebellion among Cuba's Communist-controlled labor unions seems to have hit the Castro forces even harder than Hurricane Flora. Reports received from in­ side the island country by the "Citizens Committee for a Free Cuba" confirmed the devel­ opments. On September 11, workers Workers." they associated with during the day. As a result of the labor rebellion, .Authorities in Cuba look upon in the second largest union of Cuba, the Heavy Equipment Work­ ers of the Construction Union, composed of 125,000 members, di­ rectly challenged Communist labor leaders in an attempt to loosen their shackles on labor. Meeting in the National Labor Palace in Havana they protested Communist labor tactics so sharp­ ly that the meeting was thrown into confusion, and Communist labor leader Lazaro Pena was unable to control it. Chanting "We are hun­ gry! .We want freedom! We want work!," the union members rammed through motions demanding im­ proved work rules. Stunned by this assertion of in­ dependence on the part of a "tame" union, controlled entirely by stateappointed Communist officials at every level, CTC (Cuban Confed­ eration of Labor) Secretary Gen­ eral Lazaro Pena began a sweep­ ing purge In the Heavy Equipment Workers UHlon. It was not until September 17 that he felt strong enough to move. He told a meeting that the action of the union was "due to confusionism and erroneous and incor­ rect interpretations by elements interested in downgrading the con­ duct and goals of the Cuban prole­ tariat . . ." On September 19 Pena moved strongly against the union. He called a meeting of 200 handpicked persons "to clarify the con­ tent of the resolutions of the Na­ tional Council of Construction the Citizens Committee, which In­ cludes SIUNA President Paul Hall, says the Castro regime is now forc­ ing workers to fill out question­ naires reporting their daily move­ ments, from the time they rise in the morning until they go to bed. They are required to name people the labor rebellion as comparable to the opposition of agricultural workers, whose passive resistance and sabotage led to a 1963 sugar crop of less than one-half of the 1961 production. And this was before Flora hit the island. SiU Bosun Has A Sideline Improvised "jam session" at the Port O' Call in SIU headguarters features Seafarer Tom Lourcnts, bosun, on the guitar. Onlookers Jimmy Roy (left I and LOHIS Sieffort watch approvingly as Laurents shows his strumming style. �if r •••'--• M^reiAw Uk. ifCt SEAFAMEMS EO& Par« SercB. F OUR escapees from Castro's Cuba, fleeing the Caribbeon island in two small boats, had the good fortune to meet up with the SlU-manned Seotrain Georgia off the Florida keys recently, after four other merchant ships in the area had failed to see their signals. The sharp eyes of the Georgia's 3rd mate sighted the two small craft after they had run out of fuel and were being buffeted by 30-mile-an-hour winds. SlU steward Robert Hannibal served as translator for two hours while all hands waited for a Coast Guard boat to come out and tow the Cubans to freedom. Seafarer Andy Lavezoli, ship's delegate, provided the pictures. At rail, Seafarers Pliilip Sorkus, QM, and steward Bob Honnibot watch maneuvering. Cameraman A. Lavezoli pictures Z. Ching, AB (right), among those checking action in the water below. Aboard the Georgia, one of the rescued Cu­ bans smiles in relief (5). Ship provided food, smokes and clothes while radio con­ tact was made with Co<!ist Guard. Coast Guard boat from Key West (6) came along side Georgia within two hours of radio call. t •- Heading for Key West and freedom, Cu­ bans wave thanks for Georgia's help. �^ge••wgtA^.''j'y !?• jf-jp ^"H|fU 5' « SlU Vessel Hauls Record CARE Cargo NEW ORLEANS—An SlU-contracted ship, the Jian, left here last week bound for Algeria with the largest individual food ship­ ment ever made by CARE. The Jian (Pacific Seafarers) sailed to North Africa with a total of 10,047 metric tons of CARE wheat in her holds. The re­ lief organization had previously shipped its cargoes in "parcel" lots on liners. The shipment is the first of 262 million pounds CARE plans to dis­ tribute in a year to the victims of the Algerian civil war. The con­ tract signed last July between CARE and Algeria also calls for the distribution of butter, oil and milk powder. The charter to Pacific Seafarers calls for the ship to discharge its cargo at four Algerian ports. The first stop is due to be Oran on November 20. CARE is the post­ war organization whose full name is the "Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere." O# Perfect Score For SlU LIfeboatmen Joe Alrina, Safety Director Cleaning Agents Have Specific Jobs Class No. 94 for SlU lifeboatmen's training school in New York gathered for traditional photo after all received new Coast Guard lifeboat tickets. Pictured (front, l-r) are Earl Bennett, Ronald Christian; middle, Saleh M. Hirabi, Thomas O'Rourke, Richard Greening, John Davis; rear, Bill DeStocy, Ira Goldberg, John Fulling, and instructor Arne Bjornsson. Senate Bills Propose US Aid HEARINGS SET ON DOMESTIC SHIPS WASHINGTON—Hearings on two legislative proposals that could mean a long-awaited breakthrough in Government aid for the US domestic shipping fleet have been scheduled late this month by the Senate Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee. The hearings to be con--*proved for a two-year-period by ducted on November 25-26 Rico for a one-year-period. will explore a pair "^of bills A bill to extend the waiver pro­ the Senate Commerce Committee, li m rI?I I •;.f' offered by Sen. E. L. (Bob) Bartlett (D.-Alaska) which would pro­ vide US subsidy aid for new con­ struction either here or abroad for the domestic trades. One of the bills (S. 1773), would call for a direct subsidy on con­ struction of new vessels for domes­ tic operations. Under the terms ol this proposal, construction sub­ sidy would be provided in a range from 33I/& to 55 percent. In the case of reconstruction or conver­ sion, the subsidy could go as high as 60 percent. The second proposed bill (S. 1774), would allow construction in foreign yards, if common car­ riers in the domestic trades are denied direct subsidy or if no ac­ tion is taken by the Secretary of Commerce on such applications within six months. Both bills were introduced last June and would extend the con­ struction subsidy to vessels to be operated on the Great Lakes, and in the coastwise and the intercoastal trades. Under present law, ships in the domestic trades must be built in the US and manned by American seamen. The new proposals by Sen. Bartlett would offer an opportunity to upgrade the domestic fleet gen­ erally and also help with the prob­ lem of Pacific Coast lumber grow­ ers who are active in a bid for amendment of the Jones Act so that foreign vessels can enter the US domestic trades with no strings attached. Sen. Maurine Neuberger (D.Ore.) was the sponsor of the 1962 amendment which opened the US domestic trade to foreign-fiag ships for the first time and allowed these vessels to move lumber from the Pacific Northwest to Puerto Rcteaiber 18, 1981 vision Indefinitely with no pro­ vision for American-flag partici­ pation in the trade has been in­ troduced by Sen. Warren Magnuson (D.-Wash.), and has been ap­ In their constant battle with household germs, more and more housewives are reportedly falling victim to a peculiar type of accident. The same thing can apply on any ship If improper care Is taken. Two examples are outlined in a recent "Greater New York Safety Council Newsletter." Two housewives were starting to work on a household job in separate locations but under similar circumstances. They were using an ordinary toilet bowl cleaner. Dissatisfied with the way It was removing stains, each decided to add a household bleach to aid the cleaning action, stirring the mixture with a brush. The results were disastrous. One woman died quickly, while the other spent a long time in the hospital. In another example, this time from a Government medical news­ letter, 20 people were overcome by toxic gases released from a home­ brew concoction of a cleaner, chlorine bleach and ammonia. What occurred In each of these cases was the generation of a poisonous gas when the users decided to combine two or more cleaning agents In general use and found in most homes. Each is perfectly safe to use by itself. But the addition of the old familiar chlorine bleach to an acid or acid-producing material like toilet bowl cleanser or just plain vinegar, will quickly release a quantity of toxic chlorine gas. In the same manner, when chlorine bleach is mixed with other alkaline mattef,^ as in cleaning agents containing ammonia or lye, the chemical action produces a highly irritating gas. Inhaled into the lungs, these fumes can cause serious injury and possible death. Accidents of this type are not restricted to the kitchen and bathroom, but are happening increasingly in other areas of family activity. Such accidents have been noted, for example, during the cleaning of the home swimming pool and the treatment of the water. •It is foolish to assume that because certain household products are good and useful, a combination of them will do a better job. The commercial cleaners available on the market have already been blended with great care for the best po.ssible action. Mixing your own "witches brew" will probably prove a waste of time and effort, by producing poorer results. One product will simply dilute or neutralize the other, and may even lead to terrible disaster as in the cases cited. Stick to the safe rule—read the label carefully and follow the manu­ facturer's directions exactly. Never mix bleaching agents with toilet bowl cleansers, ammonia, lye, rust remover, vinegar, oven cleaner, or any other cleaning compound. Keep in mind that modern scouring powders often contain chlorine bleach. In general it is economically wasteful to use chlorine bleach in toilet bowls, sinks and bathtubs anyway, because in time, it will dull and roughen the fine smooth porcelain surface and ruin Its looks and utility. which Magnuson heads. It still must pass the Senate and the House before it can become law. The original Jones Act waiver law (Oomments and suggestions are invited by this Department and can expired October 23. he submitted to this column in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.) By Sidney Margolius Business Loves Those Teen-Agers Businessmen love the country's currently huge group of teen-agers. The youngsters are a big market and big spenders. They have more money in their pockets nowadays (from both parents and jobs). They get married earlier. They always have been clothing faddists but now they are more fashion-conscious than ever. Most of all, they use more toiletri^ and cosmetics everything from hair spray to eye make-up, and there is abundant use of hair dress­ ings by the boys. Television is the chief influence now—note those bouffant hair styles. Not long ago teen-age girls used very little cosmetics until they were 17 or so. Now, they more often start at 14, even smaller. A sur­ vey by "Seventeen" magazine, which reigns profitably over the huge group of avid spenders, found that while the country's 10 million teen-age girls still comprise only 10 percent of the population, they do 25 percent of the buying of all cosmetics and toiletries. But cosmetics are only part of the modern teen-age spending. Auto manufacturers nowadays beam much of their advertising at teen-agers, and again are emphasizing horsepower and speed in ads. The young­ sters not only are among the chief buyers of used cars but influence their -families' choices. Clothing manufacturers also slant more of their ads to the teen-agers. Furniture manufacturers increasingly ap­ peal to teen-age girls because of the high rate of teen-age marriages. About half the girls marry today while still in their teens. In fact, about one out of seven of today's mothers are youngsters still in their teens. Teen-agers also have become the mainstay of the record and music business. Liquor distillers and brewers avoid advertising directly to teen-agers, and cigarette manufacturers this year quit advertising in college newspapers. But teen-agers both drink and smoke earlier nowadays. A study of teen drinking in one Eastern and two Midwest states shows that three out of five kids aged 14 to 18 admit to drinking alcoholic beverages, with or without parental consent, "Scholastic Magazine's" Youth Letter reports. The most immediate danger is reckless driving. But the further danger is that "social dependence on alcohol at an early age can more readily lead to alcoholism," as medical men and psychologists say. Cosmetics and toiletries manufacturers have leaned heavily on tele­ vision to develop teen-agers' present high expenditures on their products. Just one manufacturer, the Alberto-Culver Company, is reported to be spending $30 million this year on television--more than such huge corporations as GE, Ford or US Steel spend. Alberto-Culver, which sells VO-5 dressing and other products of that type, actually spends on advertising 20 cents of every dollar you pay for such products; more than it costs to manufacture them. As an example of the drain on family money, in seven years Alberto-Culver sales have spiraled from less than half a million dollars a year, to $57 million a year. Nor is Alberto-Culver the biggest manufacturer of toiletries; It is simply the one with the most dramatic, TV-baaed rise. This situation may represent two perils for your own family. One is the diversion of money from such more-basic and much-wanted goals as educating the family's children. Another is that when the young­ sters get married, they know relatively little about handling money and encounter serious problems. We have reported several times that the majority of today's wage-earner bankruptcies are the younger families. The youngsters themselves often realize their lack of economic edu­ cation and would like to have more of it. A survey by the Cornell University Depaii;ment of Home Economics, in New York State, found that the 14- to 16-year-old youngsters reported that "surprisingly few" parents explained money matters to them, The majority felt their parents should let them sit in on discussions of expenses. "Parents may be overlooking a real opportunity to teach wise money management," commented Ruth Pestle of Cornell. Eugene E. Gilbert, perhaps the country's leading researcher on teen­ age attitudes, has told this department that over and over again, his surveys find there is no real communication between family and teen­ ager. The youngsters want to talk to their parents, but generally go elsewhere. one of the most-effective ways to train teen-agers In handling money Is to help them plan or budget In advance how they will spend their money. But while the home may be the major strategic influence in teaching teen-agers how to handle money, and to avoid the trap of the heavy advertising now aimed at them, what (hey learn in school is important too. A survey by the Ohio Experiment Station of 150 young married cou­ ples, found that while the husbands usually felt confident of their vocational ability, many of the wives felt they lacked training in money management and housekeeping methods. Significantly, most of the husbands had had some job training in school or college, but relatively few of the young wives had training in school in home management subjects. Most urgently, the youngsters need guidance in buying toiletries, cosmetics and shampoos without overpaying, especially in comp<aring the TV-advertised products with the private-brands sold at lower prices by many retailets, and the lower-priced national brands like Ponds, Jergens', Lady Esther and Woodbury. �N«TCBb«r 18, SEAFARERS Pace Nine LOG Report Due Nov. 2& In Rail Job Dispute WASHINGTON—Tbe first pbase of tbe railroad work rules arbitration, under tbe special legislation adopted by Con­ gress in August, was completed a few weeks ago. Tbe final report on two major job is-^ sues involving train crewi^ is day of the fireman hearings, summed up the position of his un­ due November 26. The first of many pension checks for $150 monthly is presented to retiring SiU oldtimer John J. Cook at headquarters (above) at Mrs. Cook looks on. WeU fare rep. John Dwyer made the presentation to Cook, and also to oldtimer Antonio infante (right). Both retired on disability pensions. Six More Seafarers Retire On Pensions Fish Center May To Brooklyn NEW YORK—Plans are in the works that may move the Fulton Fish Market from its traditional place in downtown Manhattan across the river to Brooklyn, ac­ cording to Markets Commissioner Albert Pacetta. There are several sites being considered for the market, among them the Brooklyn waterfront lo­ cation between the Williamsburg Bridge and Newton Creek. Move Urged By Firm Relocation of the fish market has been urged in the preliminary report of a study made by a pri­ vate engineering firm hired by the city to survey and report on new market sites. The report urges con­ struction of a new fish market, away from downtown Manhattan, at an estimated cost of $15 million. The Fulton Fish Market was first established as a retail market be­ fore the Civil War, in 1821. It's not much different now than it was then except that much of the fish comes in by truck nowadays in­ stead of by boat. Less than seven percent of the merchandise comes in by boat today, most of it han­ dled by members of the SlU-affillated Atlantic Fishermen's Union. Although the market covers only about a four-block area at Fulton and South Streets it is possibly the largest wholesale fish center in the world. Shipping Rules The shipping rules estab­ lished under the agreement between the SIU and its con­ tracted operators clearly pro­ vide, as a part of the shipping procedure, that no seaman shall register for shipping in more than one port at the same time and that shipping cards issued in one port shall not be honored in any other port. Seafarers are again re­ minded that these provisions are designed to assure a fair and equitable procedure for filling jobs on SlU-contracted vessels. Any infractions of these rules should be reported to the Contract Department at headquarters. It will mark the first time that a ruling based on complusory ar­ bitration has been handed down in peacetime. Witnesses for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire­ men & Enginemen presented their case before the seven-man panel appointed by President Kennedy on why firemen should be retained on diesel engines. The carriers, with equal time, would like to wipe out some 25,000 fireman jobs. Hearings have just ended on the crew complement issue, during which three of the train operating unions—the Brotherhood of Rail­ road Trainmen, Order of Railway Conductors & Brakemen and the Switchmen's Union of North Amer­ ica— presented their positions. When public hearings on the crew complement issue were not being held, the arbitration panel met in executive session on the ques­ tion of the firemen. A BLE spokesman, on the final ion in this way: • Locomotive engineers have a direct self-interest in the safety and efficiency of rail operations and the burden of the work. • An important principle—the right of employees to negotiate wages, jobs and working condi­ tions—is at stake. • The BLE directly represents the firemen on the lines, and loco­ motive engineers have overlap­ ping seniority with firemen—"a place to go" when jobs and traffic fluctuate. The BFLE stressed the necessity for the firemen-helpers to maintain a lookout, to pass signals from ground crews to the engineer, to inspect and maintain train power plants and a number of other du­ ties involving train safety. The dispute arose when manage­ ment sought to impose new work rules and eliminate some 32,000 jobs at one clip. The arbitration law was enacted to put off a strike deadline last August 29. Josepb B. Logue, MD, Medical Director Seat-Beits—A Life-Saving Bargain For the price of an ordinary pair of shoes I recently purchased my son's life, according to Commander Harry A. Burns, USN, as reported in the "Navy Medical News Letter." No shoes were actually involved; this is merely a comparative way-f — of indicating the cost of one seat sonal suffering and bereavement, belt installed in his newly- road casualties represent a serious purchased (now completely demol­ loss to the community. How many ished) station wagon. of these people could be saved if On a quiet summer night, his 17- they too bought a bargain? The latest additions to the pen­ signed off the Steel Traveler (Isth­ year-old son and a companion were (Comments and suggestions are sion roster brings the total num­ mian). returning home. As the car crossed Smith lists his home port as Bal­ invited by this Department and ber of men retired on pensions in timore and has sailed on SlU- railroad tracks which were un­ 1963 to 93. The list is expected contracted vessels since 1944. His guarded by warning lights or cross­ can be submitted to this column to reach v/ell over 100 before the last ship was the Southampton bars, it was struck by a train. The in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.) year is up. (Bull). He's a native of Illinois companion was hurled from the Among the oldtimers retiring on and lists a sister there, Mrs. Grace car and killed instantly. Burns' disability pensions are: Antonio E. Buckles, of Mt. Pulaski, as next son was injured but, by virtue of his seat belt, survived. of kin. One investigator reported: "This Retires To New Orleans The Del Valle (Delta) was Boyd's is my job. I've seen a lot of last ship', ending an SIU sailing demolished autos, but this is the career which dates back to 1939. most. It's amazing that anyone He's expected to make his home could have come out of it alive." MOBILE, September 11—Chairman, A veteran police officer agreed Lindsey J. Williams; Secretary, Louis in New Orleans. A native of Mo­ Neira; Reading Clerk, Robert Jordan. bile, he has a daughter in Mont­ with the foregoing and added: "The Minutes of previous meetings in aU ports only thing intact in that car is the were accepted. Port Agent reported on gomery, Ala. shipping, grain storage ship and State steering wheel." Dock tugs. Report accepted. Report of the Going into retirement after sail­ The steering wheel would have President for August was accepted. Com­ ing with the SIU since 1943, Cook munication from Secretary-Treasurer re­ been demolished too, save for the garding the need to elect the quarterly will live in New York City with Reddick Ramos seat belt which kept his son's chest financial committee was referred to new his wife Catherine. He's a native business. Auditor's reports presented away from it. Infante, 64; Raymond J. Reddick, and carried. E. J. Linch elected to God willing, his son will soon quarterly financial committee under new 60; Joe Ramos, 63; August A. go to college and into a new world business. Total present: 152. Smith, 67; Edward Boyd, 60, and i i t of opportunity. Neither his moth­ John J. Cook, 85. All of them NEW YORK, October 7—Chairman, er nor his father will ever forget Earl shipped in the deck department Shcpard; Secretary, Robert Mat­ how close he came to have having thews; Reading Clerk, William Hail. Min­ except Infante, a long-time member this chance. With all sincerity, utes of previous port meetings accepted. of the black gang, who switched E.\ecutive Board minutes of September they remind you: Do More Than 25 to the steward department last year. pre.sented and read. Port Agent re­ ported on shipping, performers, money Think About Seat Belts For Your Infante began sailing with the from various companies. Report ac­ Car. Buy Them. And When You due cepted. President's report on MTD SIU out of New York In 1941. A meeting. Canada beef, AFL-CIO and Buy Them, Wear Them. native of Puerto Rico, he makes his maritime union meetings, organizing and For the price of a pair of shoes, home In Jersey City, NJ, with his training was accepted. Report on con­ he bought his son's life. .It was tracts and constitution covering various Smith Boyd wife Josephine. His last ship was contractual matters was presented. All the biggest bargain he ever got. ship's the Jian (Pacific Seafarers). delegates urged to follow same of Pennsylvania and last shipped Every year well over 100,000 procedure of forwarding repair lists be­ Since 1939 leaving their last foreign port and on the Azalea City (Sea-Land). people are killed on the roads of fore returning to the States. Report accepted. Signing off his last ship, the An­ (Ed. note: A report in the last the world, according to the Organizing report covering several now drew Jackson (Waterman), to spend issue of the LOG that Seafarer "Chronicle" of the World Health vessels was accepted. Secretary-Tie.-.surer's report on new Norfolk buildin.c. his retirement in Jacksonville, Red­ Bozo Zelencic was retiring on a Organization. The tragedy of road quarterly financial committee. Bull l.iiie dick completed time with the SIU disability pension was printed in accidents is that they involve par­ and other financial matters was pre­ sented and accepted. Welfare services dating back to 1939. A native of error, due to a mix-up in records ticularly the young and adventur­ report presented. Quarterly financial Dunnellon, Fla., he has a brother, of pending pension applications. ous, taking their highest toll committee's report presented and ac­ cepted. Meeting excuses referred to Frank, living in Savannah. Zelencic was originally advised by among males between .15 and 30 dispatcher. Auditor's reports carried. Discussion in good and welfare on safety Ramos, a native of the Philip­ the Pension Plan in August that he years of age. aboard tankers. Total present: pines, has been sailing with the was not eligible for a pension.) Thus, as well as causing per- meetings 310. Six more veteran Seafarers have been named by the joint SlU-sbipowner panel of trustees for the retirement program to receive $150 per month for bfe in Union pension benefits. All six are retiring on disability pensions because they are SIU since 1942, and makes his home in Springfield Gardens, NY, no longer able to work. with his wife Andrela. He last SIU MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS �Pace Tea SEAFAitERS US Sues 'Work' Unit —Skirted Labor Law LOG lfi» IMt Cliff Wilson, Food and-Ship Sanitation Director MTDEnds, Convention (Continued from page 3) were then locked out of their Jobs and replacei} with crews recruited through the CMU. "As far as I am concerned," Meany said, "a strikebreaker is a strikebreaker, a scab is a scab, Wirtz charged that the "work" organizing or collective bargaining. in many interesting ways. Your SIU Chief Steward's Manual lists and it doesn't change it by putting committee is violating the LandIt was an employer's own listing several ways in which apples can be served, in pies, pastry, fresh and a union label on it." rum-Grif(in Act by refusing to file of the National Right to Work whole, in salads, as apple sauce and in many other forms of dessert. With respect to other maritime the disclosure report required from Committee on a disclosure report A little experimenting will certainly suggest many other forms where and generai labor problems, the consultants and other "middlemen which led to the investigation and apples can be utilized for shipboard meals. When taking fresh apples aboard ship, look out for signs of decay, delegates: court action against the committee. » Urged termination of the biThe Virginia-Carolina Chemical brown squashy spots or overall softness. The best quality are ones Corp., in a routine report of its of mediuno size, hrm and bright in color. For storage purposes, apples state Waterfront Commission in use of outsiders In the months are among the fruits considered moderately susceptible to freezing, the Port of New York, the closing preceding a 1960 union representa­ with an average freezing point of 28.4"' F., depending on the variety. of the longshoremen's register and the return of hiring ot longshore­ tion election at its Polk County, The best temperature for storing apples is from SS' F. to 36° F. men to the joint control of the In cooking apples, take care to preserve their food values. They Fla.,' plant, disclosed that it had International Longshoremen's As­ should be cooked quickly in a small amount of water. The juice should paid the expenses of W. T. Harri­ sociation and management. always be served, because it contains nutrients and is appetizing. son, who was then president of • Opposed attempts to weaken 4i the National Right to Work Com­ the Communications Act of 1934 The revolution in food preservation and preparation which has mittee, to address a picnic and bar­ by permitting US-flag deep-sea becue the company held "for all already completely changed the shipboard eating habits of Seafarers vessels to sail without qualified is still underway, with the latest innovation announced recently by its white employees." licensed radio telegraph operators. Harrison's speech, the Bureau of the New York Central Railroad. The Central has installed what it calls' SAN FRANCISCO — Labor' Endorsed and urged immedi­ backed Congressman John F. (Jack) Labor-Management Reports indi­ the only automatic restaurant car in the East. ate authorization of construction The "Meal-A-Mat," as it is called, involves do-it-yourself cooking Shelley last week became the first cated after an investigation, in­ on the Rampart Dam in Yukon Democrat to be elected Mayor of cluded a general attack on unions by hungry passengers with the aid of electronic ovens. After selecting River, Alaska, as essential to the his refrigerated meal from a vending machine, the passenger places San Francisco in 55 years by beat­ and the "power of labor bosses" development of Alaska and as a ing out seven other candidates for and was designed to influence the it in the electronic oven and simply presses a button. In 10 seconds project which would provide fuUdecision of employees on the sandwiches are heated and in a little over two-and-a-half minutes a year employment for between 60,the post. Shelley had the endorsement and question of organizing and collec­ complete meal can be ready to eat. 000 and 80,000 workers. There is already some talk of similar methods for feeding aboard solid support of the Sailors Union tive bargaining. So called on the Congress to Harrison, a former accounting ships of the future, so it will be interesting to see how this innovation provide increased appropriations of the Pacific and other labor groups. "With Shelley in office," clerk with the Louisville & Nash­ works out. for ship construction, conversion t t Morris Weisberger, executive vice- ville Railroad who was expelled and repair, and the immediate ini­ Another new device being developed for use ashore which may tiation of a ship construction pro­ president of the SIUNA and SUP by his union, has made a career of someday find its way into shipboard galieys is a self-cleaning oven, gram to assure a minimum of 140 fighting for compulsory open shop secretary - treasurer, said, "San Francisco labor can expect a fair laws. After leaving the National which could conceivably lead to more sanitary galleys while easing new merchant and naval vessels Right to Work Committee in 1961, the workload of the steward department. each year. shake." The revolutionary oven is reportedly now under development and • Asked for Government leader­ Weisberger was an active mem­ he become associated with an as­ ber of the "Labor Committee For sortment of similar groups in­ testing by one of the largest appliance manufacturers. It iises intense ship to effectuate a bold, far-reach­ Shelley" established several months cluding the Council for Industrial heat of 880 to 900 degrees developed by the oven itself to burn off ing program to avert critical un­ before the election to assist Shelley Freedom in Indiana, the National grease, food particles and all foreign elements from the interior employment problems. • Called on President Kennedy in his mayoralty campaign. In sup­ Labor-Management Foundation in surfaces. All that would be left after the cleaning process on a really porting Shelley's candidacy, Weis­ Chicago and, most recently, a new dirty oven would be a small amount of fine ash to be brushed off the and the State Department to insure carrying out of the nation's tariff berger declared that Shelley came group called the Kentucky Free­ bottom of the oven. Special insulation keeps the surface temperature of the oven down laws as a means of halting the from the ranks of labor and has dom to Work Council. The National Right to Work to that of normal ovens at all times, even while the high-temperature dumping of foreign, low-priced always shown a deep concern for Committee, meanwhile, announced cleaning process is going on. A smoke eliminator or arrester com­ merchandise, which has been the problems of working men and that it will fight the attempt to parable to an electronic air-purifier is built into the rear of the oven threatening the employment of women. to clear the fumes given off during the burning process. American workers. la another port city election, force it to file Landrum-Griffin re­ • Urged continuation on all pos­ (Comments and suggestions are invited by this Department and can labor-backed Mayor James Tate, ports and accused the Administra­ sible levels of the Department's be submitted to this column in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.) a Democrat, was reelected in Phila­ tion of "harassment." fight to achieve the elimination of delphia. the runaway-flag problem. Rep. Shelley, 58, is presently • Condemned the flagrant vio­ serving in the House where he is lations of the 50-50 Act and de­ a member of the powerful Approp­ manded Government action to as­ riations Committee. A long-time sure compliance with the law. Californian, he was president of BOSTON—The fourth super-tanker to join the SlU-contracted Victory Carriers fleet, • Demanded that American ves­ the California State Federation of the Mount Washington, completed her first trip this week, a coastwise voyage to Lake sels be employed in the shipment Labor from 1947-50, and had Charles and Beaumont to load 45,000 tons of oil and return to Atlantic ports. of grain cargoes to Communist served as president and then sec­ nations. The 46,000 deadweight-ton^. retary of the San Francisco Labor The delegates urged support for Council from 1937-50. He first vessel, built at the East Bos­ the Montpelier Victory, took on an tinue to receive "favored treat­ SIU crew here. printing trades union members ment" from the US Government. went to Congress in 1949 after ton yards of Bethlehem Steel, Building Program The furor developed while Mrs. and machinists who are on strike being named in a special election was crewed up by Seafarers at the Capable of carrying nearly 16 Kennedy was making the yacht against the "Kingsport (Tenn.) and had been reelected every two end of October. This is approxi­ million gallons of mixed petroleum trip last month, and a Congres­ Press" and recommended a com­ years since then. mately a year since a sistership. products, the big tanker is 736 feet sional inquiry brought out infor­ plete boycott against the distillers in length. She draws 40 feet of mation that details about US ship­ of Old Fitzgerald, Cabin Still, Old water and has a beam of 102 feet. ping arrangements with Onassis Elk and W. L. Weller for their The tanker's 21,500-shaft-horse- were withheld until the trip was union-busting activities. Among the speakers at the con­ power turbines drive her at YlVs completed. knots with a capacity cargo. Besides the Montpelier Victory, vention were W. Willard Wirtz, US All four of the almost-identical the Victory Carriers fleet gained Secretary of Labor; Frank Zorilla, vessels are part of the construction the Mount Vernon Victory in Janu­ Secretary of Labor for the Com­ program Victory Carriers was com­ ary, 1961, and the Monticello Vic­ monwealth of Puerto Rico; Omer Becu, general secretary of the In­ mitted to as an outgrowth of a tory just two years ago. series of ship tran.sfers in the hey­ Each is operated by a separate ternational Confederation of Free day of the Government-approved subsidiary of Victory Carriers, Trade Unions; Senator Jacob Javship transfer program. Fourteen such as the Mount Washington its of New York; Haruo Wada, ships were transferred out at the Tanker Company for the newest generai secretary of the Japanese Trades Union Congress; Edwin time. addition to the fleet. The Mount Hood, president of the Shipbuild­ Congress Questions Washington made her first trip The Government's dealings with under charter to the Military Sea er's Council of America; Herbert Schmertz, general counsel to the the Victory Carrier interests, owned Transportation Service. Federal Mediation & Conciliation by Greek shipowner Aristotle S. Service; Congressmen Hugh Car­ Onassis, came under fire in Con­ ey, Leonard Farbstein and James gress last month. "Lavish hospi­ Delaney, and Leo Brown, New tality" handed out to Mrs. Jacque­ York City Commissioner of Ma­ line Kennedy and US Undersec­ rine and Aviation. Seafarers overseas who want retary of Commerce Franklin D. The delegates reelected Paul Roosevelt Jr. on a cruise aboard to get in touch with headquar­ Hall as president of the Depart­ Onassis" luxury yacht Christina, ters in a hurry can do so by ment, Jack McDonald as vicewas scored by Rep. Oliver Bolton cabling the Union at its cable president and Peter McGavin as address, SEAFARERS NEW executive secretary - treasurer. (R-Ohio). On the beach at Baltimore, Seafarer Jacob R. Gnagy uses his Bolton questioned whether it was YORK. Use of this address as­ SIUNA Executive Vice-President time between hourly }ob calls to grab a quick haircut in the proper for Mrs. Kennedy and sures speedy transmission on all Morris Weisberger and ILA Vicetonsorial parlor at the SIU hall. Barber John Battaglia is Roosevelt to accept this type messages and faster service for President Anthony Scotto were the man with the shears. Gnagy ships in the steward de­ the men Involved. of hospitality, contending that named to the MTD Executive partment as a 3rd cook. Onassis' interests have and con­ Board. WASHINGTON—The US Labor Department has asked a Apples in Season; New Food Gadgets Federal court to compel the "National Right-to-Work Com­ This is a good time of the year for SIU stewards to consider mittee" to register as a management consultant and to dis­ appie dishes, in their many forms, for eniivening shipboard meals. close details of services it has> Apples are fresh and plentiful at this time of the year and with the used by employers to influence crop Just in, prices seem to be very reasonable. provided to employers. Labor Secretary W. Willard workers in matters dealing with Apples are among the most versatile of fruits and can be served SF Elects Rep. Shelley As Mayor SIU Mans Newest 'Super' He's Taking A Trimnfing Union Has Cable Address �AitEns mfre .FV* JBlevcB 'Have One .. cape MSPORT NEW TRY FOR THE HIT PARADE. The Republican party has moved full-scale into the age of hi-fi and stereophonic sound with issuance of a phonograph record entitled "Mr. Lincoln's Party Today: A Declaration of Republican Belief." Featured on the record are statements by former President Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, Gov. Nelson Rockefeller and Sen. Barry Goldwater. The record snipes at the old GOP bugaboo of "big government," with President Eisenhower stating "... massive substitution of government action for private action . . . leaves the nation poorer in those moral values that distinguish us from collcctivist societies." Acting as master of ceremonies on the record is television and screen actor Ronald Reagan, who has been identified in recent years with a . variety of right-wing causes and who gave his name and efforts to the American Medical Association's campaign against health insurance for the elderly. The 12-inch disc sells at $5.95. ij' 4" URGES CHANGE IN RULES. "One man can do this (block legislation in Congress). I think Congress should have the opportunity to make up its. own mind on the President's recommendations. Also, I think that •any member of Congress has the right to have his proposed legislation seriously considered by committees and voted on by the Senate and the House. "Plenty of time should be taken but I don't think a single member of a committee, the chairman, has tne right to prevent the House or the Senate, the whole Congress, from action."—Sen. Clifford Case <R-NJ), remarking on need to reform rules of Congress. . 4> 4 INCREASE IN RIGHTIST GROUPS. The number of right-wing, groups functioning locally and nationally has leaped 50 percent in the past year, according to a directory which itself is produced by rightwingers. It is the "First National Directory of Rightist .Groups, Pub­ lications ahd Some Individuals in the United States." The listing .is compiled by the Alert Americans Association.'Orders for it are filled by the Noontide Press, PC Box 713, Sausolito, Calif. A former associate, of hate-monger Gerald L. K. Smith is involved with both outfits. . A year ago, the directory contained 2066 listings. A recent supplement added 1154 new listings, for a total of 3220 found in every nook and cranny of the nation. The largest number of listings goes to the National Committee for Economic Freedom, with 72 branches. This is the crowd behind repeal of the Federal income tax. 4 4 • •'4' 4 4; HOW TO QUIET THE AMA. Apparently, the American Medical As­ sociation wanted a new conimittee. formed by the US Selective Service System, to be called the "National Advisory Committee on the Selection of Physicians, Dentists and Allied Specialists." So a $38,000 item was included in the Selective Service budget requests to set up such a committee. .. Appearing before a House subcommittee to justify the $38,000 re­ quest, Selective Service chief, Lt. Gen. Lewis B. Hershcy, was asked: "What are you paying $38,000 a year for?" He answered: "1 think what you are paying it for is to placate them (the AMA) and keep them quiet." He also said: "... I do not think any group is better organized." This drew a ditto from subcommittee Chairman Albert Thomas (D-Texas), who said: "The tightest group is the AMA ..." IWfrWfTifr* The Canadian government's decision to impose a three-year forced trusteeship over all Cahadian maritime unions and workers is how a matter of record. The full power of the government has been invoked, with no effort spared, to crack down on the SIU of Canada and four other unions. All of their affairs are now in the hands of government-appointed trustees, since the SIU in Canada was the only union of those involved which actively opposed the trustee­ ship legislation. The fervor with which the other unions and the Canadian Labor Congress promoted the trusteeship and encouraged the govern­ ment's hand is perhaps the best guide to all David H. Fabricius, a member for a plant guard who sometimes their other actions in the name of trade of the Brotherhood of Locomotive kissed the plant nurse when he Firemen & Enginemen, was honored strolled through the dispensary on unionism. in Boston with the BLF&E's safety award for his action in stopping a train after its engineer became disabled. The engineer had slumped over the controls with his foot on the "deadman" control that kept the train running. With 180 passengers aboard, the train was running out of control when Fa­ bricius brought it to a stop. his regular rounds. The Aerojet General Corp. in Sacramento had fired the guard on the ground of neglect of duty and conduct un­ becoming a protection officer, then merely suspended the nurse for two weeks. Local 812 of the Machinists agreed that the kissing incident was a breach of company rules, but took the case to arbitra­ tion when the firm refused leni­ 4 4 4 A temporary restraining order ency. The guard gained reinstate­ was gained by the International ment and restoration of part of his Association of Fire Fighters against lost wages. moves to dismiss 59 Philadelphia 4 4 4 firemen who took part in informa­ An employer's refusal of union tional picketing that called atten­ tion to their campaign for a wage requests for a wage boost while increase. The dismissal notices hiring extra workers at higher pay were sent by the Fire Commissioner as potential strikebreakers has after the Philadelphia local spread been ruled an unfair labor prac­ its informational picketing from tice by the National Labor Rela­ City Hall doorways to crowded lo­ tions Board. The conduct of the cations facing the re-election cam­ Sunbeam Plastics Corp., of Evanspaign headquarters of incumbent ville, Ind., in its negotiations with Mayor James H. J. Tate. The pick­ the Operative Potters showed that eting was called a form of political its purpose was to reach "no agree­ activity ruled out by the city's ment at all," said the NLRB. The firm also was ordered to reinstate civil service regulations. 12 union supporters with back pay. 4 4 '4 An arbitrator has ruled that dis­ An election was won by the union charge is too severe a punishment at Sunbeam in 1962. As AFL-CIO President George Meany stressed in a strong statement supporting the SIU in the Canadian shipping dispute, all efforts to work out a voluntary trustee­ ship with the CLC and the US and Canadian governments fell through, when the CLC objected to some of the provisions in the voluntary plan. Thus, government-controlled unionism is now in effect for Canadian seamen and mari­ time workers, with Canadian labor support. The reason for the adamance with which the CLC and some of its constituent unions -ought the trusteeship stems from the growth of the SIU in Canada since 1949, and from the militant manner it pursued the struggle to- improve the livelihood and con­ ditions of Canadian seamen. The crackdown on Canadian maritime unions stems directly from a 1962 dispute between the SIU and the Upper Lakes Ship­ ping Ltd., an American-owned Canadian shipping operation—^which was but one of many such battles—and still continues. All of the elements of union-busting are present in the Upper Lakes dispute. In April, 1962, the company locked out 300 crewmembers, broke a collective bargaining relation­ ship of ten years' standing, signed a contract with a new "union," and then manned its ships with scabs. The dangerous precedents inherent in this sequence of events are quite evident. In addi­ tion, with the imposition of government con­ trol over maritime labor, the first step has been taken toward a potential crackdown on all unions that smacks of totalitarianism a1 the very least. ' And what of the contractual dispute with an anti-union management—so callously brushed aside? It remains unresolved, n*" nearer to solution than when it began. 4 4 4 Another Soviet Cain The newest addition reported on the li; of Soviet "advances" is a nice, long 34-da: month. Teachers, pharmacists and doctors in th< Perm District of Bulgaria have been orderet to work two days every week in the field.'' according to a publication issued in Paris by the International Center of Free Trade Unionists in Exile. But the Bulgarian groups are in a quan­ dary. If they are to follow the law and worl 26 days a month in their professions, then an additional 8 days in the fields, the length of the month should be reconsidered with ar eye toward establishing a 34-day month. The Soviet trade union newspaper "Troud admitted there was some ground to the Bui garlan protests.. �Pate Twelve SEAFAREHS nartmhjiir U, U ts LOC m •/-i' The deaths of the following Seafarers have heen reported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan (any apparent delay in payment of claims is normally due to late filing, lack of heneficiary card or necessary litigation for the disposition of estates): -f All hospitalized Seafarers would appreciate mail and visits whenever possible. The following is the' latest available list of SIU men in the hospital: — Georte H. McFall, 44: Brother CecU A. UUey, 61: Brother Utley Martin Hagerty, 58: Brother McFall died on June 28, 1963 in died of heart disease on Decem­ Hagerty died of a heart condl the New Orleans, ber 7, 1962 in St. tion on October La., USPHS Hos­ James Hospital, 20, 1961 while pital frona heart Newark, NJ. 1 n Wilmington disease. He had Shipping in the Calif. He began been shipping engine depart­ shipping with since 1949 in the ment, he had SIU in 1945 and steward depart sailed with SIU sailed with the ment. He is sur­ since 1955. There deck department. vived by his son were no sur­ His ex-wife George H. Mcvivors listed. Marie Hagerty V Fall, III, of New Burial was at survives. Burial Orleans. Burial was at Masonic The Evergreens Cemetery, was at Green Hills Memorial Park Cemetery, New Orleans. Newark. in Wilmington. USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LOUISIANA Walter Johnson Edward Ache* Foster Juneau Robert Adams James Lala Richard Barnes Tinerman Lee John Burchinal Cornelius Martin WUbert Burke Frazier McQuagg* Jlmmle Carlos Ray Miller James DeMarco Charles Lee Monks Julius Ekman Clinton Newconib Ramose Elliott Clincy J. Ordoyne Anton Evensen Charles Parmar James Finley George Perez George Flint .Ralph Pieket Joseph Fortuna Jorge Planes Eugene Gallaspy Edward Poe Sanford Gregory William Robert* Mark Hairelson Carlos Spina Seifert Hamilton Adolph Swenson Arthur Harris Claude Lomers Herbert Hart Ruffin Thomas Jesse Harvey Julius Thompson James Hawkins SJ" 4" t" All of the following SIU families have received mater­ Albert Hildebrand James Walker Robert White William Hunt Frank E. Shimelfenig, 71: A nity benefiits from the Seafarers Welfare Plan, plus a $25 Vincenzo William Woolsey lacono David Wright , Ramon Irizarry brain disease took the life of bond from the Union in the baby's name: Brother Shimel­ USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK Karen Ingratta, born June 13, Kimberiy and Kathy Coyer, fenig in New Or­ Bjorn Lerwick 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. John born June 19, 1963, to Seafarer John Aba leans, La. o n Corneel Amelihck Paul Liotta M. Ingratta, Chicago, Illinois. and Mrs. George A. Coyer, July 11, 1962. Claudio Anavitate Dennis Lloyd Francisco Antonettl Millard Locklear Oswego, NY. 4" 4« 4" Sailing in the Pedro Arellano Anthony MaieUo Liana Jocobson, born July 12, deck department, t 4i 4^ John Attaway Carlos Matt James Bergeria William Morris 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. Walter he had first Susan Ann Kolenovsky, born Williard Blumen George O'Rourk* W. Jocobson, Houston, Texas. signed on with October 2, 1963, to Seafarer and F. Bruggner Eugene Plahn James Rist SIU in 1938. Sur­ Mrs. Edward H. Kolenovsky, Edmond Burch "4 t i Mohamed Said Thomas Clark viving is a grand­ Galveston, Texas. Marcia Ann Rice, born SepteinAbbas Samet Dan Covaney daughter, Mrs. Joseph Scully Alfred Deagro ber 13, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. 4i 4^ 4> Albert Sentel Well Denny Dorothy O'Hara Faraci, of Omaha, Charles J. Rice, Point Clear, Ala. Jonene Ann Ritter, born August Charles Fertal James Sherlock Nebr. Burial was at the Green­ James Shiber 20, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jose Garcia 4" 41 t Manuel Silva James Gillian wood Cemetery, New Orleans. Larry Bailey, born September John F. Ritter, Toledo, Ohio. Thomas Stratford Juan Gonzalez Harold Steen Edwin Harrlman 15, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. 4> 4 4> 4» 4" 4* Lester Sturtevant Richard Haskin Jesse E. Bailey, Mobile, Ala. Susan Lynn Bryan, born Sep­ Ralph Hayes Ernest Tatro James W. Payne, 58: Brother Wilbur Taylor tember 11, 1963, to Seafarer and Ward Hoskin Constantine Venarols Walter Karlak Payne died of natural causes In Paul DePinto, born August 6, Mrs. Jacob A. Bryan, Baltimore, William Archibald Volkerts King the USPHS Hos­ 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. Md. USPHS HOSPITAL pital in Balti­ Pasquale DePinto, Brooklyn, NY. GALVESTON, TEXAS 4" 4i 4^ more, Md., on Morgan Childers David Kendrick ^ 4> £ Leesa Parr, born August 24, Joseph George Little Clement March 11, 1963. James Mathews Michael Miehike, born July 21, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ray­ Vernon Corlis He had been sail­ 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. Leonard mond F. Parr, Chicago, 111. Andrew Monte Leslie Dean Knute Olson George Djian ing in the stew­ Miehike, Manistee, Mich. Mario Pacheco Monroe Gaddy 4^ 4" 4^ ard department Frank Schultz Rune Gustafsson David Lee Freeman, born Au­ Hugh 44' 4" Willis Thompson Grove for three years. Benjamin Huggins Mark Walton Conrad gust 24, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. Louiiliani Dofredo, born August There were no Jack Wright John Jellette survivors listed. 27, 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ralph E. Freeman, Millersburg, USPHS HOSPITAL Mich. He was buried Domingo Dofredo, Seattle, Wash. BALTIMORE, MARYLAND t t 4i Arthur Anderson Melvin Hamilton 4i 4" 4' in Baltimore. James Beck John Hannay Coiieen and Christine Conway, Dickie Randolph Hamm, born Gorham Bowdre Larry Jones born September 8, 1963, to Sea­ September 10, 1963, to Seafarer William Davis William Mellon James Myers farer and Mrs. Thomas J. Conway, and Mrs. Jiles W. Hamm, Newport Carroll Fickett Troy Thomas, 55: A heart ail­ Toledo, Ohio. Benjamin Gary Roy Newbury News, Va. Lawrence Halbrook Esteban Oquendo ment claimed the life of Brother t' Thomas on May 16, 1963, in Waycross, Ga. A member of SIU since 1945, he had shipped in the deck depart­ ment. He is sur­ vived by his sister, Mrs. Betty Mae Gammage, of Waycross. Burial was at the Waresboro Cemetery, Ware, Ga. Reds Have Own 'Sea Monster' MOSCOW—Not to be out­ done by news reports from New York regarding a pos­ sible sea serpent, the Russians have announced their own monster of the sea—with a taste for hunting dogs. Ac­ cording to Radio Moscow a few weeks ago, their "dragonlike creature" liyes in Siber­ ia's Lake Labynkyr and is often seen by the local inhab­ itants. It was reported that the monster, on one occasion, swallowed a hunter's dog. The broadcaster mentioned mon­ ster sightings off Brazil, and in Loch Ness, Scotland, but failed to say anything about a 40-foot-long invertebrate spot­ ted by an oceanographic re­ search crew off Sandy Hook, NY. The US monster, scien­ tists reported, looked like a huge jelly fish, long and tube­ like rather than flat and round. Retired Seafarer Enjoys LOG To the Editor: It is indeed a great pleasure to let you know I am receiving the LOG. Although I am a retired mem­ ber, I appreciate reading the LOG and thereby keeping up with SIU news. Keep up the good work and keep the news coming. 4 States until July, 1943, and then was hospitalized again at Ellis Island. I was declared not fit for sea duty until around De­ cember of that year. So I worked on tugs in the harbor, kept my dues up to date, etc., and waited. In November of 1943, I was summoned by the War Shipping Administration and told I must return to sea. H. H. Williams 4 4 Oidtlmer Urges Pension Changes To the Editor: I've read many letters pro and con on the subject, and believe there should be require­ ments on seatime to be met by members wishing to retire. But a man may have 20 years of membership in the Union, and not have done much sailing in that time. I think a gradu­ ated scale on seatime should be adopted regarding the pension, maybe from ten years' time up to the maximum. Consideration should also be given to men who served throughout World War II. For example, I was torpedoed on tiie Alcoa Pathfinder, and my actual discharge covered from August, 1942, to November, 1942, a matter of three months. However, I was hospitalized and wasn't repatriated to the All letters to the Editor for publication in the SEAFARERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. which I did, and I've shipped ever since. Until I'm 62 I'm not thinking of applying for a pension, but I think consideration should be given to the above circumstances involving many brothers like myself, and also to participation in strikes. For taking part in strikes such as the '46 beef and others, credit should be figured the same as seatime. There aren't too many men around who served through World War II, and those who are should receive considera­ tion on their retirement time. WaUan Perry, Jr. Florentino Telgerio Byron Ricketts Esteban VlUapoI WUllam Sawyer Jose Vlscarra William Spools George Warren USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA David Blumlo MUIedga Lee Charles Bush Juan Reyes William Chadburn Henry Schorr Robert Galas Peter Thompson Edward Anderson Thomas TroUinge^ Fidel Lagrimas USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VIRGINIA Walter Deiotle Tilmadge Johnson Lucien Drew Beverly O'Neal Joseph Feak William Mason John Fitchette McDonald Slad* William Grimes Hildred White William Jefferson USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GEORGIA Marion B. Sails Gerald Perdomo Joseph Trawick Richard Johnson D. Rose Paul Carter _ USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASHINGTON Henry Davis, Jr. John Kennedy Henry Dello'fano Peter Luketic Patrick Donovan Victor Morris Charles Dyer Richard Shaffner Clay Ignacio USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT. MICHIGAN Charles Brooks Robert Grimmett George Bryant George Kohler Francis Burns James LaGosh Charles CampbeU Barney Majjesie Fred Cihak EJner Nielsen Clifford Cooper Anthony Pace Bill Cowan Otto Pollaczek John Fletcher Harris Stickel Steve Fortine Jack Wiley Dezso Gazsi Anthony Wywoda Robert Gentry USPHS HOSPITAL BRIGHTON. MASS. Joseph Thomas USPHS HOSPITAL CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Kane Brush USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS Gerlad Algernon Billy Lynn Colon Boutwell George McKnew Benjamin Delbler Max Olson Adrian Duracher Robert Sheppard Abe Gordon Willie Young Thomas Lehay SAILORS' SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK Daniel Gorman Thomas Isaksen Alberto Gutierrez William Kenny VA HOSPITAL JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI Harry Luzader USPHS HOSPIIAL MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE James McGee PINE CREST HAVEN COVINGTON, LOUISIANA Frank Martin US SOLDIERS' HOME WASHINGTON, DC William Thomson Incidentally, the twice-a- ever, for a cantankerous, rummonth LOG is a vast Improve­ soaked old seafaring man like ment and is very welcome read­ myself, I really think that most ing matter when it comes out funerals are for sissies. The every two weeks. Keep it up. thing for an old seafaring man is the taxidermist, not the un­ John Jellette dertaker. 4 4 4 Some time ago I caught a big sailfish off the Florida coast measuring seven feet and three inches. I had it mounted and it To the Editor: is now on my wall. It will look I would like to express my lifelike for 50 years or more. appreciation and gratitude for Undertakers try to make a the new wheelchair the SIU corpse look "lifelike," but most Welfare Plan provided me. It is of them are not in it with the really a pleasure to use it every taxidermist. day. There is no law against hav­ Another thing I like about it ing yourself stuffed by a taxi­ is the fact that it is so much dermist, although the funeral easier to load in the car when I directors have gotten a law have the opportunity to get out. passed in some states which I have been in a wheelchair prohibits "transporting a corpse" since I had polio in December without a license. You can't of 1952. Thank you again for stuff Aunt Minnie in your sta­ the wheelchair. tion wagon to haul her to the graveyard. You are required by Mrs. Herbert D. Braunstein law to hire a hearse. 4 4 4 It cost only $325 in Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) to mount a record 525-pound blue marlin, and the excellent job done by a To the Editor: local taxidermist can still be I have noted the discussion seen at the Bahia Mar Marina about funeral costs in "Your here. He could do just as good Dollar's Worth" (LOG, Oct. 4). I a job on a human, although it remember reading an excellent takes about two months to cure novel, "The Loved One," by the hide properly. Evelyn Waugh, several years The only thing for an old sea­ ago, which made fun of extrava­ faring man to do is to have him­ gant American funeral customs. self stuffed and put in a bottle, Actually, many funeral direc­ like one of those ship models tors are okay and provide much you see in bottles. consolation for survivors. How­ Morris Horton New Wheelchair Draws Thanks Funeral Rites Aren't For Him �¥W Nir»eiri»iw V Quits Sea For Job In Peace Corps Trading his seabag for a poncho, former Seafarer Fred T. Miller has taken on a new job in the Andes Mountains of Peru as*^' member of the Peace Corps. He and his wife Margaret are living at Junin, Peru, at an alti­ tude of 13,555 feet, and Miller says that makes them "the highest Peace Corps volunteers in Peru. His new life is a little bit like his seagoing past, Milier writes, because it is just as barren in his current locale as on the sea. Junin is too high for any vegeta­ tion, which leaves the na­ tives to derive their income from grazing Miner llamas and sheep, and from making some textiles. A mining town, Cerro de Pasco, is located about 50 miles from Mil­ ler's home base in Junin. Just to keep from getting bored, Miller said, Junin is very active politically. The area has a high priority on Peruvian President Fernando Belaunde's community development program. Miller formerly shipped out of Seattle with the SIU in the deck department. He joined the Sea­ farers in 1941 and carried a rating of hosun when he retired his book. With his wife. Miller went to the University of Arizona for a three-month-course in preparation for their Peace Corps assignment. They were then sent to their new post in Junin, and now have about 20 months left to serve in the tiny Andes town. Miller said he is interested in hearing from any of his old ship­ mates who would care to write, and is getting the LOG so as to be able to keep up with Union doings. His address is Apartado 17, Junin, Peru. LOG-A-RHYTHM: The Grinding Monster By Henri Percikow . Clean, ready for the grind I dash Through early golden rays. Into thundering. Dim, foul tunnels. A "Cinemascope" lens, no less, is being tried out on the passenger ship Del Norte to add some extra dimension to the movie showings arranged for the crew during the Delta liner's voyages to South America. This ship also boasts a "movie director" in the person of Seafarer Claude Bankston,-t— ^ ing the washer . . . But the Steel Jr., who handles the crew's Worker (Isthmian) isn't so well off movie arrangements. But Bankston is stili looking for a way out of one dilemma—a Houston movie supplier provided a threereel thriller with one reel missing and nobody knows how the film turned out. 4- 4- Some special efforts by steward Frank Sortillo on the Globe Prog­ ress (Ocean Cargo), who took the trouble to arrange and show movies to the crew on the last trip, drew a vote of thanks from his shipmates. The rest of the steward department also earned a thankyou for good feeding on there, ac­ cording to Jiggs Jeffers, ship's delegate. 4i 4. t On the Pilot Rock (Columbia), the last meeting was really sprin- Sortillo Fossett on the washer situation. The crew's machine went out of order, reports ship's delegate Byron C. Barnes, but the first assistant engineer said nix to a suggestion that the unlicensed men be allowed to make use of the officers' machine for a while. They're supposed to get a new machine in Bombay. 4" i Ship's delegates on a number of kled with thank-you notices. The crew extended thanks to the gal­ vessels have been given commen­ ley, and also to Capt. Morris for dations lately for a job well done his fair dealings with all hands re­ garding draws, slopchest purchases and other items. The skipper re­ turned the favor, according to the delegate, reporting that he was Seafarer Julio Evans shows very well satisfied with the crew. off latest body-building B. C. Clement was meeting chair­ trophy won by his son Angel. man and Frank Kustnra was secre­ Another son, Raphael, also tary at the glad-hand session. ships with the SIU. % \ An item in the mail from Henry Bornes Jones E; Fossett on the Cantigny (Cities Service) called attention to an ar­ in representing crewmembers. ticle in a Brownsville (Texas) news­ Some of those singled out for paper rapping US marine unions praise at shipboard meetings in­ and "fantastically-high wages" of clude C. Lee of the Morning Light; seamen. The only thing "fantastic" Malcolm Cross, Elizabetfaport (SeaSeafarer Julio Evans can look back on the days when he about this news report is that the Land); Ed Collins, Cottonwood could bounce his son Angel on his knees, but them days are writer saw fit to match US sea Creek (Bulk Transport); Emil S. wages with those of other coun­ Gomez, Orion Comet (Colonial); gone forever—except in memory. tries, where living costs and other Raul de Los Santos, Seatrain To prove it, Evans can point standards are proportionately Louisiana (Seatrain); A1 Prejean, to the latest trophy won by since 1941, when he joined at lower too. Anton Bruun (Alpine), and F. M. his son, representing the Philadelphia. His latest trip was Jones on the Alcoa Master (Alcoa) 4 t 4 second spot award in the light­ aboard the Steel Apprentice The Josefina (Liberty Navigation) . . . On the Del Rio (Delta), thanks weight class of a recent "Mr. Uni­ (Isthmian), where he sailed as has a new switch installed on the went out to the 2nd electrician for verse" contest held in Brooklyn. bosun. The father of six children, crew's washing machine, so now doing an extra good job in his But winning trophies in body­ he and his wife Inez live in there's no excuse for anyone who specialty, reports A. Urti, meeting building contests is nothing new Brooklyn. leaves the motor running after us- chairman. for his son, Evans says. Angei al­ ready has about ten trophies at IBERVILLE (Watarman), Aug. 18— painted as requested on last trip. reported. Chief steward taken off home, one of which he received Chairman, C. E. Wallick; Secretary, One wiper quit ship in Sicily. Crew ship in Singapore due to illness. Mo­ only a few months ago for winning H. Carmichael. $1.78 in ship's fund. asked to keep coolies out of ship's tion made that ship's delegate com­ Some disputed OT to be taken up quarters and to take care of washing municate with headquarters in refer­ the "Mr. East Coast" contest. with patrolman by deck department. machine. On a slow run to India, ence to addresses for this ship's ports To win the second spot in his Motion made to have company take two washing machines burned up due of call, and for forwarding of mail weight class during the Mr. Uni­ ship to shipyard to have plumbing to carelessness. by the company office to members. repairs aft, if ship's crew can't re­ 411 hands requested to cooperate in verse contest in September, Angel pair the plumbing system. Portable GLOBE CARRIER (Maritime Over­ keeping shore laborers from using Evans had to compete with many jury toilet should be rigged on the seas), Sept. 21—Chairman, E. Ponis; drinking fountain. Vote of thanks to poop deck, to be used by stevedores Secretary, William F. Barth. Ship's the steward department for excellent body-building fans from all over in foreign port. Discussion on vari­ delegate reported that everything is cooking and service thus far. the world. The competition was ous types of night lunch to be put running smoothly. Motion that nego­ held at the Brooklyn Academy of out. tiating committee press for a stand­ AFOUNORIA (Waterman), Oct. 13— ard increase in wages for all ratings. Chairman, S. W. Nolan; Secretary, Music on September 14. ROBIN HOOD (Robin), Aug. 25— Gangway too heavy to be raised or H. G. Ridgeway. Ship's delegate re­ Angel, who is 19 and weighs Chairman, C. Stanley; Secretary, R. lowered safely by one man. It was ported everything running smoothly. Sadowski. Ship's delegate reported suggested that an air or steam winch Motion made to have new water about 130 pounds, works as a that an AB was hospitalized in Oki­ be installed to handle job. Ship's cooler put on crew deck as the one machinist. He has been interested nawa. One messman signed on in delegate to contact patrolman about on board has not worked all trip. in body-building for seven or eight Okinawa. See patrolman about sail­ Steward requested all men getting off ing board and draws. Men requested ship to leave rooms clean and to turn years now, and hopes eventually to be sober at payoff and to take in all soiled linen. Vote of thanks to teach physical education. their beefs to their respective dele­ to steward department for job well gates instead of going to the patrol­ done. A justly proud father, Julio man. $34.19 in ship's fund. Several Evans has shipped with the SIU hours disputed OT in deck and en­ Seafarer's Son Takes Wr. Universe' Award gine departments. One man in stew­ ard department missed ship in San Francisco on sailing day. One man missed ship in Yokohama and re­ joined in Sasebo. Discussion on food preparation. Food plan representa­ tive should enlighten chief cook cn some new systems. Patrolman to he contacted about having jobs filled with trainees or more experienced men instead of brand-new men. Sucked into steel jaws I stand welded By walls of flesh. Wincing at every screech Of the monster. TADDEI VICTORY (Consolidated Mariners), Sept. 22 — Chairman, Michelet; Secretary. LIpkin. Ship's delegate reported that draws in Ko­ rea and Formosa will be made in local currencies. Repair of galley stove was discussed with captain and chief engineer. Electricians were or­ dered to move below after having been told at payoff that move would not be necessary. Motion made to communicate with headquarters about this. Discussion regarding re­ pairs, particularly on galley stove, and water cooler in crew mess. It was generally agreed to get up new repair list and press for action. Dis­ cussion about unauthorized people using mess rooms and crew showers in foreign ports. Suggestion made that ell men cooperate in keeping these people out. Here I meet my brothers And hear Tongues of all nations. Snatching a broken tale Of woe and laughter. Steel against steel— My head is pierced With daggers of sound Until the human wave Carries me onto city street. Sign Name On LOG Letters For obvious reasons the LOG cannot print any letters or other communications sent in by Seafarers unless the author signs liis name. Unsigned anonymous letters will only wind up in the waste-basket. If circumstances justify, the LOG will withhold a signature on request P«r« Angel Evans displays muscle style that won him 2nd prize in competition for light­ weight class honors. TRANSERIE (Hudson Waterways), Aug. 31—Chairman, P. Hellebrand; Secretary, R. W. Simpklns. M. Curry was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. Discussion on new water coolers and hot water heater being installed aboard ship. Ice-making ma­ chine not working. Crew requested to keep screen doors closed in messhall. Vote of thanks to steward de­ partment for job well done. Sapt. 22—Chairman, none; Secre­ tary, William E. Scott. Rooms to be roaches. Vote of thanks to the stew­ ard department. TADDEI VILLAGE (Consolidated), Sept. 29—Chairman, Joe Miller; Sec­ retary, William Swartout. Motion that ship's delegate cheek medical supplies before leaving States. Discu.ssinn on conlacting San Francisco Public Health Service regaixling rodents aboard ship. Discussion on making up draw list to be presented to captain two days before arrival in Frisco so that deductions can be taken, and money can be ready for arrival. ORION COMET (Orion), Sept. 29— Cttairman, P. Luteman; Secretary, A. KulMckl. Chief cook missed the ship in Sasebo. Japan. Crew told that draws will be in travelers checks. Motion made that each man donate $1 to ship's fund. Crew reque.sted to bring empty glasses back before meals ZEPHYRHILLS~(Fanamerlcan Over­ seas), May 5—Cttalrman, James B. Morton; Secretary, Andy c. Noah. Ship's delegate would like to resign. James B. Morton volunteered and was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. Vote of thanks to the steward department. Steward department as­ sured crew of full cooperation. DUVAL (Suwannee), Oct. 13 —> Chairman, Jim Morgan; Secretary, R. SIrols. Quiet trip so far; no beefs ZEPHYRHILLS (Panamerlcan Over­ seas), Aug. 25—Chairman, Norman Wroton, Jr.; Secretary, Andy C. Noah. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. Ship's delegate re­ signed and Dwight Skelton was elected to serve in his place. Vote of thanks to the steward department for doing excellent job. ELEMIR (Marine Carriers), August 25—Chairman, K. Collins; Secretary, M. F. Kramer. No beefs reported by department delegates. William Murrell was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Screen doors for lower pasva.eew.ivs ne»()ed. D'scu^cicn en all departments helping with l.nnk clean­ ing. No locks were furnished for foc'sle doors. Too man.v "Dennis the Menace" books in the library. CITIES SERVICE NORFOLK (Cities Service), Sept. 26—Chairman, Paul Gazic; Secretary, H. E. Schultz. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. $0.23 in ship's fund. Vote of thanks to the steward department. STEEL VOYAGER (Isthmian), Oct. 14—Chairman, Joseph D. Blanchard; Secretary, John C. Tillman. No beefs reported by department delegates. $10 in ship's fund. Wil­ liam D. Morris was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Fumigation for roaches in messhall and pantry nced« ed. Request to keep door below locked in all ports. NORTHWESTERN VICTORY (Vietcry Carriers), Sept. 2—Chairrian, H. Knowles; Secretary, L. Smith. $12.03 in ship's fund. No beefs reported bM department delegates. It was sug­ gested that instant coffee be pat atHHird. Vote of thanks to the ship's delegate. �rag» Fourth Notify Union On LOQ Mail 1 As Seafarers know, copies of each issue of the SEAFABERS LOG are mailed every two weeks to all SIU ships as well as to numerous clubs, bars and other nverseas spots where Seafarers congregate ashore. The procedure for mailing the LOG involves calling all SIU steamship companies for the itineraries of their ships. On the basis of the information supplied by the ship oper­ ator, four copies of the LOG, the headquarters report and min­ utes forms are then airmailed to the agent in the next port. Similarly, the seamen's clubs get various quantities of LOGs at every mailing. The LOG is sent to any club when a Seafarer requests it by notifying the LOG office that Seafarers con­ gregate there. As always the Union would like to hear promptly from SIU ships whenever the LOG and ship's mail is not delivered so that the Union can maintain a day-to-day check on the accuracy of its mailing lists. When 'Jamaica James' Really Met His Match For his periodic contributions to the LOG, Captain Peterson draws on many events and characters from the distant past when he was a young sailor first making his way at sea. In the following article he recalls some colorful shipmates of long, long ago. When I was sailing aboard the Eden, a trampship run down at the heels, we had a fireman who would take his shore leave dressed like a swell in white gloves, swinging a shiny cane S EAFAnEkS LdC MIDLAND (CIMrwaUr), Sapt. M— Chairman, J. Alpade; Saeratary, J. J. Cabral. J. Alpedo wai elected to aerve aa ship's delegate. Motion to see patrolman about having enough American money put on board be­ fore ship aaUs to cover draws. Con­ tact patrolman about having ice machine installed and to have the coffee urn replaced as promised two trips back. Discussion on having screen doors instaUed on all en­ trances to after house. Vote of thanks given to steward department for job weU done. MONTICELLO VICTORY (Victory Carriers), Sept. 2?—Chairman, J. Leskun; Secretary, S. Fulford. Relief captain commended crew as being one of the best. Everything running smoothly. $1.05 in ship's fund. Crew asked to donate for TV repairs. KYSKA (Waterman), Sept. 29 — Chairman, C. Gaiiino; Secretary, C. L. Shirah. Ship's delegate reported that one man missed ship in New York, one was hospitalized in Rotterdam, and one man died aboard ship in LeHavre. Deceased brother's gear will be shipped to family. Letter sent to headquarters regarding hos­ pitalized brother. No beefs reported by department delegates. THETIS (Rye Marine), Sept. 11— Chairman, Robert Hutchins; Secre­ tary, Wilfred Moore. Delayed sailing will be taken up with boarding pa­ trolman. Discussion on getting TV for ship while on coastwise run. Vote of thanks given to all delegates for a Job well done. Thanks given to the steward department for good service and a Job well done. ST. CHRISTOPHER (Oiga Konow), Sept. 29—Chairman, M. C. Kieiber; Secretary, F. Pasaiuk. No beefs re­ ported by department delegates. Ship's delegate commended the stew­ ard department on the good food. mVeiidwr U. 19IS MT. VIRNOM VICTORY (Victory C>rrlers), Sept. 21—Chairman, Red Barron; Secretary, larl Savoy. Cap­ tain sent radiogram to company of­ fice regarding information on paying men off in Honolulu. Some disputed OT In engine and steward depart­ ments. Chief mate working on deck, which is OT for deck department. Check on income tax returns if trip extends beyond January 1, 1964. Siopchest needs restocking in Hono­ lulu. MADAKET (Waterman), Sept. Chairman, Leon M. Kyser; Secretary, Albert O. Espeneda. No beefs re­ ported by department delegates. Two men in ship's hospital. Ship's dele- gate will see the old man regarding painting of rooms and repair list. $12.50 in ship's fund. Motion to get fresh milk in Europe instead of whole canned milk. Motion that in­ jured crewmembers should receive prompt first-aid and attention the same as the officers. Motion to have catwalk when any deck cargo is car­ ried. Men requested to put trash and butts in the garbage can. Stew­ ard department requested to take garbage can back aft. Vote of thanks given to chief cook and second cook Sc baker for a Job well done, as well as to ail members in the department. Bewley was elected to aerro as ahlp's delegato.' Discussion on retirement plan. It was decided that aU dele­ gates should gat together to draw up a letter making suggestions In rela­ tion to same. Vote of thanks to the steward department. ROBIN TRENT (Robin), Sept. 22— Chairman, C. Buthono; Secretary, O. Trosclalr. No beefs reported by de­ partment delegates. Brother Beasley was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. Discussion on keeping long­ shoremen and peddlers out of the house. |EA SALLE (Wat-fman), Sept. 2»— Cll^irman, Ira • ;dges; Secretary, Jimmie BartieH. $8.50 in ship's fund. No beefs reported. Everything run­ ning smoothly. Ira Bridges was elected to serve as new ship's dele­ gate. STEEL ADMIRAL (Isthmian), Sept. 14—Chairman, Huddieston; Secretary, Kaznowsky. Ship's delegate informed the men of the captain's proposed money draws in foreign ports. $8.80 in ship's fund.. No beefs reported. Members have agreed to cooperate in keeping the longshoremen and unap­ proved visitors from the interior part of the ship while in foreign ports. Suggestion for the disposal of gar­ bage In port while loading deck cargo is pending further screening by safety committee. LUCILE BLOOMFIELD (Bioomfleld), Sept. 15—Chairmen, Orviiie Arndti Secretary, R. W. Birmingham. $17.82 in ship's fund. Some disputed port time in steward department. Ronald Karns was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Various matters were dis­ cussed. TAMARA O U I L D E N (Transport with his head held high. Weil-liked aboard ship, he was known as Commercial), Sept. 21 — Chairman, ELIZABETHPORT (Sea-Land), Sept. Jack Long; Secretary, Jake Long­ "Jamaica James." 15—Chairman, George Ruf; Secretary, fellow. $28.50 in ship's fund. No Wiilard Bickford. Ship's delegate Tall, athletic and fair looking, he was always going ashore looking beefs reported. Motion to have com­ reported that two men were hospi­ bination pantryman to work both for a blonde. JEFFERSON CITY VICTORY (Vic­ talized on West Coast. Letter was pantries on this ship. C. Terry was tory Carriers), Sept. 22—Chairman, One night, in Pillau, East Prussia, as we sat in the narrow foc'sle sent to New York Port Agent about elected to serve as ship's delegate. B. B. Bianchard; Secretary, Alfred J. new locks for crew foc'sies. $14 in New ice machine needed. ready to turn in, the door burst open wide and in ran Jamaica James, Savess. Ship's delegate reported that ship's fund. Motion made that com­ hatiess, with blood on his face from a cut on the head. The low lamp­ two men missed ship. One OS hired pany furnish four pillow cases, four CPUNCIL GROVE (Cities Service), in Southampton has no seamen's bath and four face towels per week Sept. 28—Chairman, G. Wile; Secre­ light glared curiously and cast a sharp shadow. papers. Crew's washing machine is for men working OT and for day tary, G. Deigado. G. Wile was elected Someone turned up the light and James, standing before us, was in bad shape. Drains are stopped up. workers. Motion made to have lad­ to serve as ship's delegate. Crew Vote of thanks to the steward depart­ ders made for upper bunks, for safe­ requested to make up repair list. a sorry sight to see. ment for Its exceptional efforts and ty reasons. Fifty percent of fans in Ship is going to shipyard after Bos­ "Oh man, oh man!" he said, casting about with sad eyes, putting his good service. crew quarters worn out. New fans ton trip. and porthole gaskets to be ordered. hand to the cut on his head as if trying to clear his thinking. "You know FLORIDIAN (South Atlantic), Oct. Vote of tlianks to steward depart­ COLUMBIA (Oriental Export), Sept. the tavern, boys?" he said with his strong Jamaican accent. "I just had 1—Chairman, T. Aronica; Secretary, ment for good cooking and good 2—Chairman, R. W. Elliott; Secretary, P. Dunphy. No beefs reported by food. Charles O'Nell. Old washing machine a fight with some officers." He paused, placed his hand to his heart department delegates. New ship's was not replaced. H. Harris was and almost whispered: "Over that blonde barmaid. Those damn men delegate elected. Beef on steward MANKATO VICTORY (Victory Car­ elected to aerve as new ship's dele­ department hiring man off dock to riers), Sept. 29—Chairman, Dunlop; drew swords on me but I just drew my own sword and said 'come on'!" gate. Each department to take turns work. No more hiring of this kind Secretary, Hernandez. No beefs re­ on cleaning laundry and recreation With that he pulled from the pocket of his muddy white waistcoat a is to be done. ported by department delegates. Tom rooms. fine, pearl-handled penknife with a shiny, pointed blade, and snapped it open. His fighting pose showed how serious the "sword-play" had been. Another time, in Cardiff, a fellow fireman who had been a good friend of Jamaica James left the Eden, and he missed the big friendly Norwegian. The captain went ashore to ship a new fireman of his own choosing while James woke up early that morning and tried to be cheerful. Anticipating the ship's arrival in Hawaiian waters last month, the SIU galley crew on Then, suddenly, in came a newcomer who tossed his heavy seabag the Steel Executive (Isthmian) played up the event in grand style with a gala "Aloha buf­ into the empty bunk as though it were a child's toy. Startled, James asked: "Who are you?" fet" for the officers and crew.t "Norfolk Joe," growled the new fireman. James sized up his new Steward Bill Stark ar­ shipmate carefully and didn't like what he saw. ranged a special dinner menu When we saw Norfolk Joe later he really looked tough. He was a with luau-style fixings and an stocky man with shoulders almost a yard wide, muscular arms down to anonymous ship's artist contrib­ his knees and fists as hard as horses' hoofs. He went about his work uted a menu cover depicting the calmly, seldom spoke, and seemed to be a mild-mannered man. But James had disliked him on sight, and at every sea watch on that Islands and the ports the vessel trip to Lisbon, there was James, berating Joe to his face, calling him would visit for several weeks be­ fore returning to the States. The names, threatening to beat him up with a million blows. After every Executive is expected back on the watch, James would come to us and swear. "Watch me fellows, I'll give East Coast in the next few days. that Joe so many blows he'll be laid out cold before you." Fete Complimented Then came a day at Lisbon when, with the day's work over, we rested against the bulwark, enjoying the gentle breeze coming from across the Cecil R. Wood, ship's delegate, river. James was with us, in a merry mood, telling us of the blonde he reported the event to the LOG was expecting to meet again in Cardiff. Suddenly, his face changed. with the notation that the buffet Joe was coming toward us slowly, going forward, carrying a bucket- "was highly complimented by all full of water. There was a sense of apprehension in the air. No one hands." He also contributed sev­ spoke or stirred. Joe walked right up to us, laid down the bucket, eral color photographs of the singled out James, and gave him a long look straight in the eyes. buffet scene, highlighting the After a short while, James could stand it no longer. "What are you special culinary efforts offered by waitin' for, what do you want?" he cried out with some trepidation. the galley gang. Joe answered slowly, calmly and mildly. "I am waitin' for all the Besides Stark, as steward, others blows you're going to give me," he said. singled out for extra mention were Scene at the luau-style buffet aboard the Steel Executive James recovered quickly and came back in a masterful tone. "This M. Reyes, chief cook, and A. Car­ pictures several Seafarers enjoying the special fixings. is no place to give you them blows. Wait till we get to Cardiff!" penter, cook & baker. That night something must have happened, because next morning The menu featured turkey, ham, offerings, plus a variety of salads, counts, the festive board was a at turn-to there was no Jamaica James. His bunk was empty and his prime ribs, baked salmon glaze jello molds, tomato blossoms and well-received treat to mark the gear gone. Only the white gloves were left. and Louisiana shrimp as entree swan eclairs. According to all ac­ Hawaiian trip. " si Executive Galley Says 'Aloha' ai.4l W- 4 �IfrlNt StAFAUERS Money Doe Ez-SS Pacific Thunder Checks from the above vessel are being held by Schwartz & Lapin, attorneys, 310 West Build­ ing, Houston, Texas, for the follow­ ing men: Joseph P. Gavin, Steve Juhasz, Leonard Bartlett, Raphael Vanasse, Chester Fields, Bruce A. Center, LOG Pace jPiftecB Ludolph Gailis, Edward D. Leger, Fmy. 3022 Mariuet .St,. PJiilBdelv Edwin E. Echols, Franklin Chester, phia 1, Pa., on a personal matter. Paul de los Santos, Harold. G. XXX Hart. Raymond Atwell ^ X XGet in touch with steward on the John M. Kelly, Jr. Steel Vendor about your souvenirs. You are asked to get in touch XXX with J. P. Gallagher, Retail Bank­ Selden F. Manard ing Department, The First Penn­ Contact your wife or, if you are sylvania Banking & Trust Com- in New York, contact headquarters and ask for Paul Hall. X •* ^ i F FINAHCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlentic, Gulf, Lidces and InIsnd Waters Dlatrlct makes specific provision for safeguar^ng 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 mem­ bership. All Union records are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. Should any member, for any reason, be refused his constitutional right to in­ spect these records, notify SIU President Paul Hall by certified mail, return receipt requested. TRUST PUNBS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, l,akes and Inland Waters Ustrict 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 constat equally of union and management represent-atlves 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. If, at any time, you are denied information about any SIU trust fund; notify SIU President Paul Hall at SIU headquarters by certified mail, return receipt requested. SHIPPIMB RIGHTS. Your shlppinK rights and seniority are protected exclusIvely by the contracts "between the Uhlon and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights.. Copies of these contracts are posted and available In all union ha^s. If you feel there has been any violation of your ship­ ping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, first notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. Ohe proper address for this is; Max Harrison, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place, Suite 1930, Hew York U, MY Also notify SIU President Paul BaU at Ubion headquarters by certified mail, return receipt requested. Full copies of contracts as referred to ore available to you at aU tines, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. • COOTRACTS. 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 or on the-proper sheets and In the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union official. In your opinion, falls to protect your contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. In addition, notify SIU President Paul Hall by certified mall, return receipt requested. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of shy Individual In the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deem­ ed harmful to the Union or Its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September, 1960 meetings In all constitutional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy Is vested In an edi.torlal board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Exec­ utive Board may delegate, 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. Uhder no cir­ cumstance should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. If in the event anyone attempts to require any such payment, bm made without supplying a receipt, or "If a member is required to make a payment and la given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been re­ quired to make such payment, this should Immediately be called to the attention of SIU President Paul Hall by certified mall, return receipt requested. COWSTITOTIOMAL RIGHTS AMP CBLIOATIOMS. The SIU publishes every six months in .the SEAFARERS LOO a verbatim copy of Its constitution. In addition, copies are available In all Union halls. All members should obtain coplss 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 qbllg'atlon'by any methods such as dealing, with charges, trials, etc.* as well as all other details, then the member so affected should Ismedlately notify SIU President Paul Hall by certified mall, return receipt requested. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension bene-, fits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, In­ cluding attendance at meabe.rshlp meetings. And like all other SIU membera at these Uhlon meetings, they are encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file functions. Including service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtlaers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union policy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. I X X who Juw -the facts, and alio to con­ tact your sister. The attorney is Frank J. DiLoreto, 81 West Main St., New Britain, Conn., telephone BAldwin S-644S. Your sister's ad­ dress is 51 Clinton St, New Britain, telephone BAldwin 3-3862. XXX Hugh D. McWilliams Your son, Billy R. McWilliams, is anxious to hear from you. Write him at 1529 Natalie Ave., East St. Louis, Mo. Kenneth Miller XXX The above-named or - anyone Bernard Carlson knowing hi.s whereabouts is asked The above-named, who was to get in touch with Charles Marson, PO Box 1111, Seattle 11, bosun on the Niagara, is advised that his tape recorder and radio Wash. are still on the ship in care of the XXX chief mate. Wilton H. Stokes XXX The above-named or anyone Uno Pulson knowing his present address is John Cunningham asked to contact his wife, Mrs. W. Get in touch with Bob Lasso H. Stokes, 216 Central Beach, from the SS Fairland as soon as Biloxi, Miss. possible. Write him at J. Y. 2, XXX Caparra Terrace, San Juan, Puerto Rudolph R. Cefarattl Rico. Your sister Rita says the trailer XXX. situation is very serious, involved Income Tax Returns and mixed up. It is urgent and im­ Checks for the following are portant for you to contact lawyer being held by Jack Lynch, Room 201, SUP Building, 450 Harrison St., San Francisco 5, Calif.: H. D. Adams, Joseph A. Alves, Roy C. Bru, Fortunato Drilon, Steve Krkovich, John Misakian, Waldo M. Oliver, Arthur D. PayIIP"' ton, Jorgen G. Pedersen, William Saltarez, Henry R. Smith. SIU Atlantic, Guff Lakes & Inland Waters District PRESIDENT Paul HaU EXEt:UTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT Cal Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Ear) Shepard Lindsey William!! A1 Tanner Robert Matthews SECRETAKV-TKEASUREH Al Kerr HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTA flVES BiU llaU Ed Hooney Fred Stewrart RALl lMORE I2.t6 £. Baltimore St Hex Dickey. Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON . . 27B SUte St John Fay, Agent Richmond 2-0140 DElROiT 10229 W Jt-derson Ave VInewood 3-4741 HEADQUARTERS 679 4th Ave.. Bklyn HYatinth 9-6600 HOUSTON 9804 Canal St Paul Drozak, Agent WAlnut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St.. SE., Jax William Morris. Agem ELgin 3-0987 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St Ben Gonzales, Agent FRanklin 7-3564 MOBILE i South Lawrence St Lnui.« Neira Agent HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS ... 630 Jackson Ave Buck Stephens. Agent Tel 529-7546 NEW YORK 679 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 NORFOLK 115 3rd St. Gordon Spencer, Acting Agent 622-1892 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S. 4th St Frank Drozak. Agent DEwey 6-381P SAN FRANCISCO .. 450 Harrison St Frank Boyne. Agent DOugias 2-4401 E B McAuley. West Coast Rep. SANTURCE. PR 1313 Fernandez Juncos Stop 20 Keith Terpe. Hq. Rep. Phone 724-2848 SEATTLE 2509 1st Ave red Babkowskl, Agent MAin 3-4334 TAMPA 312 Harrison St Jeff Gillette. Agent 229-2788 WILMINGTON Calil 509 N Marine Ave George McCartney, Agent TErminal 4-2528 Action in the marketplace offers a method for trade unionists to assist each other in their cam­ paign for decent wages and better conditions. Seafarers and their families are urged to support a consumer boycott 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 AFI.,-CIO unions in­ volved, and will he amended from time to time.) Eastern Air. Lines (Flight Engineers) XXX H. I. Siege! "HIS" brand men's clothes (Amalgamated Clothing Workers) XXX "Judy Bond" Blouses (Int'I Ladies Garment Workers) XXX ' Sears, Roebuck Company Retail stores & products (Retail Clerks) Schedule Of SIU Meetings SIU membership meetings are held regularly once a month on days indicated by the SIU Constitution, at 2:30 PM in the listed SIU ports below. All Seafarers are expected to attend. Those who wish to be excused should request pcrmi.ssion by telegram (he sure to include registration number). The next SIU meetings will be: December 6 Detroit ..... December 2 New York .. December 9 Houston December 3 Philadelphia New Orleans December 10 December 4 Baltimore .. December 11 Mobile .... West Coast SIU Meetings I " ..... j....: EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal,rights in enployaent and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution 'euid in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Consequently, no Seafarer may 'be dlscrlBlnated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which im is entitled, he should notify SIU President Paul Hall at headquarters by certified mail, beturn receipt requested. , SIU headquarters has issued the following schedule through January, 1964 for the monthly informational meetings to he held in West Coast ports for the benefit of Seafarers shipping from Wil­ mington, San Francisco and Seattle, or who are due to return from the Far East. All Seafarers are expected to attend these meetings, in accord with an Executive Board resolution adopted in December, 1961. Meetings in Wilmington are on Monday, San Francisco on Wednesday and Seattle on Friday, starting at 2 PM local time. The schedule is as follows: Wilmingfon San Francisco Seattle November 18 November 20 November 22 December 16 December 18 December 20 January 20 January 22 January 24 At..,? �'r''o.r Vol. XXV No. 23 SEAFARERS LOG Novoitibor II 1963 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO Ri V. K •i' n Expanding its training program, the SiU has established a Seafarers Edu­ cation Forum with doily classes at Union headquarters. The program functions five days a week and features discussion on union educa­ tion, contracts and items of topical interest. Plans call for the Forum to be extended to all major SIU ports. Attentive group at Forum session listens to discus­ sion. Each day's class is on another subject. \% James Michael gets a copy of Forum discussion material distributed in classroom. Seafarer Johe Rekslfe adds comment oh speaker's remarks. At left, Tony LIporl and Angdl Santa check class schedule. SEAFARERS EDUCATION > T Trade union lecturer Joo Glass talks on meeting rules. �J- SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA • AFL-CIO ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • SlUNA 1 �pace Tw# T IME CANNOT be measured in terms of days and months and years alone. It con be measured also in terms of progress. f •' In 1938, when the SlUNA and AGLIWD were both chartered, American seamen had already experienced 23 years of the political emancipation and liberation from servitude secured for them by the SUP's Andrew Furuseth through passage of the 1915 Seamen's Act. But despite the changes wrought by the Act, all oi the inequities and in­ justices inherent in the seaman's colling were not eliminated. 'li' '• The American seaman was still far down upon the economic ladder. His job, if he wanted to work at all, usually had to be bought in the back of a ginmill or flophouse. Aboard ship, he stood three four-hour watches a day, around the clock, seven days a week. His pay was freauently $30$40 a week and there was no overtime. His diet was poor, his quarters cramped and unsanitary.. And if he wanted even such essentials as soap and matches, he had to provide them himself. A SHORE, THE seaman's life was hardly better. Invariably, he had no money, no promise of regular employment, no family ties, no status in the community. He hod to contend not only with the shipowner, but with a Government which was frequently the shipowner's a ly, and with the Communists who were ever ready to exp[oit the seaman's degra­ dation with their promises of a Utopian society. Today, a brief quarter of a century later, the American seaman, as a member of the AGLIWD or one of the other SlUNA unions, has estab­ lished a union free of both the blandishments of the Communists and the unwarranted Government interference of the post—a union in which each member determines the conduct of his own affairs. Today, a quarter of a century later, the SlU member has established a union in which he no longer has to buy his job, work under subsistence conditions aboard ship or be a second-class citizen ashore. Today, when a Seafarer goes aboard a vessel, he knows he will work under a contract which clearly spells out his duties, his wages, his over­ time, his working and living conditions—a contract which will be rigidly enforced by the Union's shipboard delegates and officials. Today, a Seafarer knows that for each day he works aboard ship, the shipowner must contribute to funds that provide him with vacations, pensions and welfare benefits for himself and his family—hospital and surgical benefits, including maternity benefits; free medical examina­ tions; free optical care; college scho arships for himself or his children. Today, a Seafarer also is secure in the knowledge that he is a memr ber of a Union which is constantly working for him in virtually every area which affects his livelihood and well-being—in the legislative and politi­ cal arena, in the area of health and safety, in education and job training. Biggest open shop fleet. Isthmian was top postwar organizing ta, First pact followed 96 percent pro-SIU vote, 9-day strike in 1947. T HE PAST 25 years, then, represent a period of a consistent progress for members of the AGLIWD and other SlUNA unions. They have been years of significant economic advances, during which SlU members have elevated themselves to a position as first-class citizens of their com­ munities and nation and also have become an integral part of the main­ stream of the American labor movement. Even so, each day presents new challenges. Today, the problem faced by SlU members are not the some as those faced by their brothers of 25 years ago. There are new problems emanating from the legislative area which threaten the hard-earned freedoms of seamen. There are problems arising out of technological advances in the industry, and out of the competition of the runaways and foreign flags. But whatever the problems, the some basic militancy, unity and steadfastness of purpose that enabled SlU members to meet the chal­ lenges of an earlier day, can be counted on for the future. On the line with SUP pickets, Harry Lundeberg led early fight on runaways. '^Battle of Wa SlU-SUP aid SlU-manned Robin Moor was first US merchant ship sunk by U-boat in i94l. More than 1,200 Seafarers lost their lives in wartime sinkings. ( �. »»• •-« t •• I, "j. •.••ir«T;ri-i"*':,S: • ••' i^lC' • ^ «, » if v\V /• . • ^ 4: "t- '• - • •' LOC-MTK AmiTERSAltY SVPPLEMENT ••• rw* HUM * ^ V •' i New Orleans' Jody Cave, II, was one of first "SlU babies." rst union medical inter for seamen sened In 1957. It V I Korean war aid highlighted success In winning 50-50 cargo share for US ships. Campaign for freedom of the seas hit UAR in I960. �• ^~ •• -i,!- - • • • iiuHAMittmi AioiiMi Phh CoMery .•••,'./ .. • - ' • 7,. - •. ,v^,' l.r-7-."«• " - .;. >^ •• Aloska FiilmiiieR> UNIOR Alaska Marine DIstrlef Union off Phfeormen. Cannery Workers A ARM Trades N O ACCOUNT of the first 25 years of the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America could be complete with­ out reference to the two men who devoted their lives to laying the foundation on which SlU members con continue to build a better life for themselves and their families. Less than half a century ago, an American seaman sacrificed his rights as an American citizen the minute he went aboard a ship. The authority of the master was supreme. Tied to his ship as a virtual bondsman by antiquated maritime laws, the seaman could not even legally raise his voice to protest mistreatment. Atlantic Fishermen's Unloi : ^ Bering Sea Fishermen's Union ; Jf Bristol Boy Resident Cannery Workers Local 46 Cannery Workers Union (Los Angeles) Cannery Workers and Union (Son Diego) Fishermen's Chinook Cannery Workers No. 12 M ORE THAN any other man, it was Andrew Furuseth, a Norwegian imigrant, who emancipated seamen from the con­ ditions of virtual slavery under which they had lived and worked, and thus justly earned his place in history as the "Abraham Lincoln ot the Seas." Furuseth, who guided the destiny of American seamen for more than half a century, was born in Romedol, Norway, in 1854, and died in 1938, the same year in which both the SlUNA and SlU-AGLIWD were founded. His greatest triumph, after long years of tireless effort, came in 1915 when, with the help of the late Sen. Robert LaFollette, Sr., he obtained passage of the Seamen's Act—the "Seamen's Bill of Rights"—which brought an end to the conditions of virtual serf­ dom under which American seamen had formerly existed. But Furuseth's efforts had their roots much earlier. His activity in behalf of the American seaman, in fact, started the moment he came to the United States in 1880. In 1887 Furuseth was elected secretary of the Pacific Coast Seamen's Union. In 1891, through amalgamation of the Coast Sea­ men's Union and Steamship Sailors of the Pacific, he brought about the formation of the Sailors Union of the Pacific, at whose helm he remained until 1935. Thus Furuseth can well be said to be not only the father of the SlUNA, but the father of the entire American maritime labor movement. Clerical and Allied Workers Fish Cannery Workers Union (Monterey County, Calif.) Fish Plant Workers Union (Newport, Ore.) Great Lakes Tug & Dredge Region inland Boatmen's Union inland Boatmen's Union of the Pacific international Workers Union of Petroleum Marine Cooks and Stewards Union Marine Firemen's Union Marine Staff Officers (Pacific District) Militwy Sea Transport Union Natiomd Union of Food, Hotei & Beverage Employees New Bedford Fishermen's Union T HE MAN who succeeded Furuseth as the SUP's chief officer, and who later became the first president of the SlUNA, was Harry Lundeberg,Avho was born in 1901 and died in 1957. Lundeberg came on the scene at a time when the seamen's union move­ ment had been dormant for more than a decade, after Jseing crushed in 1921 by the Government-supported strikebreaking ef­ forts of the shipowners. It was Lundeberg who, as head of the SUP, led the West Coast sailors through the bitter strikes of 1934 and 1936 which reestablished militant trade unionism for seamen. It was Lundeberg also who, in 1938, obtained a charter from the American Federation of Labor establishing the Seafarers In­ ternational Union of North America, and who, two weeks later, issued the charter estoblishing the union presently known as the SlU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District. In these intervening years, members of the SlUNA unions have utilized the solid foundation laid by Furuseth and Lundeberg to build union structures which have not only provided significant economic gains for themselves and their families, both on and off the job, but hove also raised them to the level of first-class citizens of their communities and the nation. Railway Marine Region Sailors Union of the Pacific Seafarers International Union-Atlantic, Gulf. Lakes & Inland Waters District Seafarers International Union of Canada Secrfarers International Union (Great Lakes District) Seafarers International Union of Puerto Rico Seafarers International Union (Virgin Islands Division) Seamen and Waterfront Workers Trade Union of Trinidad Seine and Line Fishermen's Union (San Pedro) Seine and Line (Monterey) Fishermen's Union Shoolwoter Boy Oyster Workers' Union Local 14 Staff Officers Association Sugar Workers Union Local 1 (Crock­ ett. Calif.) Transportation Workers Services and Allied United Cannery Workers of Kodiok island United industrial Workers m •'I) I h^^M^ '• t -• Western States Transportation Services ~ & Allied Workers � 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 November 15, 1963 Description An account of the resource Headlines: AFL-CIO CONVENES FOR VITAL ACTION ON LABOR ISSUES SENATE HEARINGS SLATED FOR NEW ANTI-STRIKE PLAN MTD CONVENTION ADOPTS PROGRAM ON JOBS, CANADA 25TH BIRTHDAY FOR SIU, SIUNA SENATE SETS HEARING ON ANTI-STRIKE PLAN US AGENCIES AGAIN WEIGH SHIP AID FOR SIU FLEETS OFFICE WORKERS OPEN NEW WALL ST. DRIVE SIUNA TRANSPORT UNION ADDS SETROIT TAXI LOCAL REPORT DUE NOV. 26 IN RAIL JOB DISPUTE US SUES ‘WORK’ UNIT – SKIRTED LABOR LAW SEAFARERS EDUCATION FORUM 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 11/15/1963 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. XXV, No. 23 1963 Periodicals Seafarers Log