http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/40aaf394e342c7e5804322a51fc877fe.PDF 0a9bbf342ed71ef054c2e6e2022e0ff4 PDF Text Text OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO IMPROVING THE PENSION PLAN The Seafarers International Union, in forthcoming contract negotiations, will move for improvements in the pension plan. The Union, as part of the preparation for these talks, has been surveying the features of various pension plans. Our purpose has been to consider every possible approach to the problem of assuring our members that they are properly protected in their retirement years. A pension program must be a living document—capable of changing to meet the chang­ ing needs of the membership it safeguards. The Union's responsibility, therefore, is to know the members' attitudes on a variety of benefits—for a pension program is a complex thing. There are many questions that must be answered: • Do the members want a program geared solely to the monthly pension payment? • Or do they also want adequate protection against the heavy cost of long illnesses? • Do they want a pension that provides benefits only for themselves? • Or do they also want assurances that their dependents, too, will be protected? • Do they want to gamble on staying fit for duty until they reach retiremjent age? • Or do they also want a program that provides adequate retirement pensions in case of disability? To these questions, the Union must add one of its own: How do we develop a plan with the broadest possible coverage—and at the same time that is financially sound—that protects the member, gbod times or bad? ;s;i . .1 In arriving at the answers to these questions, and many others, the membership will be deeply involved. Whatever proposals are made to management will come only after thorough discussion and action by the membership. For that reason, this issue of the LOG puts at the disposal of the members factors that will aid them in their discussion and decision-making. We have set down the features of the existing SlU plan—because every member should understand precisely what he has now, the benefits he derives from the present plan, and how it operates. rS:'KW;-| The Union thinks it would also be useful to the membership, in considering possible changes, that it review the features of a plan in the same industry, dealing with problems which ore the same insofar as the individual is concerned. Therefore the brochure mokes comparisons between the SlU plan and that of the National Maritime Union. This is not to say that one is better than another—it is done only to make possible an objective study by the membership. Each member is urged to study this document carefully, and to use it as the basis for continuing discussions aboard ship and in the union halls—because it is from these discus­ sions that the ultimate contract proposal will come. KC While these discussions are being held, the Union will continue its study—calling on the best-trained experts in the pension field for advice. To assist with this part of the preparation for the forthcoming contract negotiations, this issue of the LOG carries on the back page a Pension Data Questionnaire and a place for any comments which a member wishes to make. Each member should fill this out and forward it to Union Headquarters. In addition to assisting the Union, this form will enable each member to know pre­ cisely where he stands in respect to his own pension credits. *:• •• -M �BENEFIT SIU-AGLIW DISTRICT PENSION CREDITS Pension credits are given for each day worked under covered employment. Pension credits are also given for inpatient and outpatient hospital time and for sickness and accident time, not to exceed 1,825 days of the total pension credit requirements of 5,475 days. For purposes of the disability pension credit requirements 1,460 of the 4,380 days may be inpatient and outpatient hospital time and sickness and accident time. (Applies to All Pensions) BREAK IN SERVICE RULE (Applies to All Pensions) NORMAL AND/OR SERVICE PENSION Pension credits earned before October 1, 1967, cannot be lost by a break in service prior thereto. After October 1, 1967, a seaman must have 90 days of covered employment in any one of 3 consecutive calendar years to avoid a break in service and loss of prior pension credits. $250.00 per month for deep-sea sailors. Eligibility requirements: 15 years (5,475 days) of pension credits with no time limita­ tion, is age 65 or over, has 90 days of covered employment during the calendar year preceding his date of application, and has one day of employment during the 6-month period immediately preceding such application. Eligibility extended for military service, disability and certain non-seatime. REDUCED AND EARLY RETIREMENT PENSIONS < SEE NORMAL PENSION ABOVE I' ' ' • i, I • !. DISABILITY PENSION $250.00 per month for deep-sea sailors. Eligibility requirements: Permanent disability at any age, provided the employee has pen­ sion credits for 12 years (4,380 days) of qualifying time, and has accimiulated at least lica90 days of covered employment during the calendar year preceding his date of appli tion, and at least one day of employment during the 6-month period immediately prep ceding his date of application. Amount of Disability Years of Pension Regardless of Age Pension Credit 12 or Over $250.00 Eligibility extended for military service, disability and certain non-seatime. DEATH BENEFIT $4,000.00 if the desi^ated beneficiary is a pensioner's wife, child, step-child, mother, father, brother, sister, grandchild, grandparent, step or half-brother and sister, step­ mother or stepfather. $1,000.00 payable to any other class of beneficiaries not listed above. PENSIONERS' WELFARE BENEFIT Pensioners: Payment for life without limitation of all medical costs including surgery, hospitalization, drugs, nursing homes, dental care, artificial limbs, wheel ch^, hear­ ing aids, glasses, crutches, etc. Pensioner's Dependents: Eligible for schedule of dependent's benefits under Seafarers Welfare Plan which includes hospital room and board, hospital extras, blood transfu­ sions, doctor's visits at hospitals, surgical, diagnostic, medical extras, optical, etc. These benefits shall continue during the pensioner's life and for six months thereafter. (NOTE: Tlie fongoliiK to >n analyBto and lynopito of .the Mlient and pertinent provtoioni of the trust sirree- �NMU Pension credits are given as follows: Periods commencing January 1, 1951: 200 days or more in covered employment, including certain disability time, counts as a year's credit (4 quarters). If less than 200 days are accumulated in any year, quarteryear unit credits are as follows: Days of covered Employment Quarters to in Calendar Year be Credited Less than 50 0 50 to 99 1 100 to 149 2 150 to 199 3 Periods before January 1, 1951; To receive pension credit for any employment before January 1, 1951, must have at least 200 days of covered employment, including certain disability time, in the three year period between January 1, 1951 and December 31, 1953 and have ten years of pension credits earned after January 1, 1951. If a seaman does not work in covered employment for at least 200 days in any period of three consecutive calendar years after January 1, 1953, and for at least 300 days in any period of three consecutive calendar years after January 1, 1969, it shall constitute a break in employment and his previous pension credits shall be cancelled. $250.00 per month for deep-sea sailors. Eligibility requirements: 20 years (80 quarters) of pension credit within 30 consecutive years, at any age, for those employees who must work past January 1, 1969 to earn the 20 years (80 quarters). The 30-year rule does not apply if 20 years (80 quarters) are earned before January 1, 1969. Eligibility extended for military service, disability and certain non-seatime. REDUCED PENSION $187.50 to $250.00 for seamen who are not entitled to a Normal Pension or a Service Pension. Eligibility requirements: This pension available only to those seamen who were 65 years old before January 1, 1969 and who had at least 15 years (60 quarters) of pension credits at that time in accordance with the following table of benefits: Number of Years of Amount of Qualifying Time Pension 15 $187.50 16 200.00 17 212.50 18 225.00 19 ' 237.50 20 250.00 EARLY RETIREMENT PENSION $131.25 to $235.00 as a Percentage of Normal or Reduced Pension. Eligibility requirements: This pension available only to the seamen who were 60 years old before January 1, 1969 and who had at least 15 years (60 quarters) of pension credits at that time. Amount of pension is a percentage of the Normal or Reduced Pen­ sion he would have been entitled to if he were 65 years of age at the time when his Early Retirement Pension first becomes payable. The following table of benefits indicates the amount of benefit payable: Seatime-Years Age 15 60 61 62 63 64 $131.25 142.50 153.75 165.00 176.25 16 $140.00 152.00 164.00 176.00 188.00 17 18 Benefit Amount $157.50 $148.75 171.00 161.50 184.50 174.25 198.00 187.00 211.50 199.75 20 19 $166.25 180.50 194.75 219.00 223.25 $175.00 190.00 205.00 220.00 235.00 $50.00 to $250.00 for deep-sea sailors. Eligibility requirements: Permanent disability for those under age 65 provided they have credit for a least 15 years (60 quarters) of service. Those over 65 must have actually been employed in covered employment for at least 200 days after December 31, 1960 and must have credit for at least 10 years of service (40 quarters). The years of service on which a claim is based must be earned within a number of consecutive calendar years determined by adding 10 years to the actual years of service at time of filing. Amount of Disability Pension Years of Pension Credit 10 to 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Over 65 $ 50.00 187.50 200.00 212.50 225.00 237.50 250.00 Under 65 —0— 187.50 200.00 212.50 225.00 237.50 250.00 ' Eligibilty extended for military service, disability and certain non-seatime. $3,500.00, less any Pension payments received, but not less than $1,500.00 payable to pensioner's wife, child, mother, father, brother or sister. Pensioner and Pensioner's Dependents: The total amount of benefits payable to the pen­ sioner and his dependents collectively shall not exceed a lifetime maximum of $750.00. (in addition, a pensioner is entitled to a hearing aid benefit up to a maximum $325.00 I once every four years. (NOTE: The foresoing is an analysis and synopsis of the salient and pertinent provisions of the trust agree­ ments and their rules and regulations. As to each speeifle provision, reference should he made to the text thereof.) >1 Cff/Je to the Pension Data In comparing the features of pension plans, it is important not only to consider the amount of the pension payment, or the period of time required for eligibility, but the provisions which govern how you become eligible, and how you maintain your eligibility. Both tlje SIU and NMU full pensions provide for payment of $250 monthly. However, each carries with it certain fringe benefits which differ as to the amounts payable, type of coverage and eligibility requirements. Regular Pension In both pension plans, the key is "pension credits," not necessarily years of service. Under the SIU plan, there is a simple formula—giving the seaman the broadest latitude in accumulating credits toward his pension. The NMU plan contains a more complex formula than the SIU plan with respect to past service in the industry, and a sliding scale with respect to future service. As the comparison of the various features of the two plans in the adjoining columns shows, eligibility for the SIU normal pension is attained at age 65 with 15 years of pension credits. There is no limitation on time for attaining eligibility, which means that an SIU seaman's pension credits began with the time he first began sailing. The NMU requires 20 years of pension credits within 30 consecutive years for retirement at any age. Obviously this is a very attractive feature; however, to achieve retirement at any age, the NMU plan, as of January 1, 1969, closed off pension credits earned prior to 1939 in computing future pensions. Furthermore, in order to maintain the 20-year pension, the NMU found it necessary to tighten up the break-in-service rule by adding 100 days to the previous time required to be worked in any three-year period to maintain eligibility, bringing the new level to 300 days. Prior to that it was 200 days for the same period. Under the SIU plan, a seaman must have 90 days of covered employment in any one of three consecutive calendar years to avoid a break in service. Disability Pension The SIU's disability pension provides a monthly benefit of $250 for a man disabled at any age, if he has had 12 years of service credits, one-third of which may be for in-patient and out-patient hospital time and sickness and accident time. The NMU's disability pension provides a scale of benefits from $50 to $250 a month, depending on the sailor's age and years of service, and provides credits for hospital time. No disability pensions are payable to a man with less than 15 years of pension credits, unless he is over 65 at the time of dis­ ability. And the $250-a-month maximum is available only to men with 20 years of pension credits—at which point they would be eligible, in any event, for full pension irrespective of disability. Death Benefits With respect to death benefits, the SIU's are paid to any beneficiary selected by the retiree, and remain constant throughout the years. The NMU death benefit is limited to fewer beneficiaries, is smaller to begin with, and is subject to being discounted by more than 50 percent as the years go by. Medical Benefits Medical benefits are an important element in a retirement plan because two factors come into play for the retiree: (1) As he advances in age, his medical costs go up; and (2) These higher costs are incurred at a time when his income is reduced. Under the NMU plan, a $750 ceiling is placed on all of the medical expenses ever incurred by the retiree and his dependents. This is an absolute maximum—no matter how long the pensioner lives, and no matter how many hospital bills he and his dependents, collectively, incur. The pensioner in the SIU has unlimited medical coverage for himself. His dependents, meanwhile, are eligible for the same schedule of Seafarers Welfare Plan benefits that have been available to them during his days as an active seaman—plus the fact that these benefits continue for the pensioner's depend­ ents for six months after his death. Conclusion Obviously, any pension plan review can carry only the highlights of the respective documents. These are lengthy, they have been amended several times, and they deal in great detail with each feature. Therefore, complete copies of both the SIU and NMU pension plans are being made available in all SIU ports so that members wishing to do so can examine them in detail. The foregoing comments are offered to help the members evaluate the relative merits of the various elements that make up a complete pension program. This evaluation will make it easier for the members to express their views on the direction in which the SIU should now proceed with respect to the future. (Now proceed to the back page and complete the Pension Data Questionnaire.) �Pa^e Four SEAFARERS SlU Issues Strong Protest Against Closing of Detroit USPHS Facility WASHINGTON—The SIU has filed a strong protest against the closing of in-patient facil­ ities at the Public Health Serv­ ice Hospital in Detroit, Michi­ gan, as set forth in an April 2 directive of the Department of Health, Education and V/elfare. SIU President Paul Hall New Record Set For Ship Traffic In Panama Canal Panama Canal traflBc broke all previous records set during the canal's history during fiscal year 1968, according to the Panama Canal Company-Canal Zxvne Government's annual re­ port issued recently. There were 14,807 oceango­ ing transits—^producing $93,113,877 in total tolls—during the year, compared with 13,385 oceangoing transits and $82,253,172 in tolls during 1967. In terms of cargo carried, 1968 totals were 105,529,869 long tons, an increase of 12,546,098 long tons over the previous 12month period. The record-breaking number of vessel transits was attributed to two factors, the conflict in Vietnam and the closing of the Suez Canal and the sixday Arab-Israeli war in June of 1967. The 1968 total in­ cluded 13,199 commercial tran­ sits and 1,504 U.S. government transits. warned that the proposed ac­ tion, scheduled to take place July 1, would "deprive mer­ chant seamen and others in the community of critically needed health and medical services which the federal government has historically provided." Section 322 of the Public Health Service Act provides that U.S. merchant seamen shall be entitled to medical, surgical and dental care at Public Health Service Hospitals. The federal order to close the in-patient section of the 147bed facility claims that its de­ clining caseload and limited size makes it impractical to operate during the coming fiscal year. The Union's protest was con­ tained in a letter to HEW Secre­ tary Robert H. Finch. Hall expressed the SIU's sup­ port of a proposal by three members of the Michigan Con­ gressional delegation—Senator Philip Hart (D), Senator Rob­ ert Grifiin (R) and Representa­ tive John Dingell (D)—that Congress hold hearings on the proposed closing, and urged Finch to hold any action in abeyance until after the public airing of all of the factors in­ volved are completed. The SIU pointed out that the Detroit hospital is "the only Public Health Service institu­ tion remaining in the Great Lakes area—an area in which maritime activities provide an essential economic base, and in which the federal government Missing Ship In Durban Means Week In WASHINGTON—Immigration procedures in South Africa have been changed drastically insofar as they affect Seafarers who have missed their ship, the Coast Guard warns in trans­ mitting information received last month from the U.S. State Department. Under the new rules, a week in prison can be expected. Prior to March 1, 1969, any seaman who missed his ship in South Africa was placed in relatively comfortable detention quarters where he was permitted to telephone the Consulate General and allowed to receive visits by company doctors, ship's agents, and consular officials. A bed was provided and rooms were partitioned to give considerable privacy. The de­ tention quarters, though restrictive, gave little reason for the" seaman to complain of treatment received. However, effective March 1, 1969, the detention quarters were closed by the Department of Interior, and seamen are now detained within the local prisons. This move was made because of the increased ship traffic in South African ports as a result of the closing of the Suez Canal. The number of sea­ men missing their ships had risen and >^as taxing the facili­ ties of the detention quarters. The conditions in the local prisons are completely different. Seamen now are confined in cells with prisoners awaiting trial for a wide variety of crimes; only a prison doetor attends to them; there are no beds provided, and there is no privacy. The U.S. Consulate General in Durban has commented that he does not believe seamen will appreciate being detained in Durban. This is an understatement, the Coast Guard notes in warning that it now appears seamen who miss their ves­ sels in South African ports will have to expect to be jailed for at least a week under the best of circumtsances. May, 1969 LOG has invested millions of dollars to encourage maritime growth." In his letter. Hall said it would be "false economy" to close the hospital, in view of a nationwide shortage of hospital facilities and the considerable investment that already has been made in the physical plant and equipment. At today's prices it would cost the government "many times the original invest­ ment" to duplicate the facilities, he pointed out. Hall said that closing the hos­ pital "in no way eliminates the need for the medical services which it now provides—it does nothing more than transfer the task of providing these services to other facilities in the area." "This country is short of hos­ pitals, and virtually every com­ munity is in the same fix," the SIU President told Finch. "The people of this country already have a considerable investment in the physical plant and equip­ ment in the Detroit Public Health Service Hospital." "If economic necessity must be served," he added, "then we suggest that whatever 'excess' facilities may exist be put at the disposal of the community to ease the burden there." Engineers Upgrading School Alters Entrance Procedure Beginning on May 19, 1969, the School of Marine Engineer­ ing and Navigation, sponsored jointly by the SIU and MEBA District 2, will institute a change in the engineering applicant's admittance procedure. Engineering applicants who are accepted shall report to the School in Brooklyn on a bi-monthly schedule on every other Friday. After completing a physical examination and the School ap­ plication the student will report to the SIU's training facilities at Piney Point, Maryland, on the following Monday. A training program utilizing the finest refrigeration facilities, diesel engines, pumps and visual aids has been instituted at the Piney Point School. Both original and upgrading engineers are required to spend two weeks in this training program before completing their training at the School in Brooklyn. SCHEDULE OF BI-MONTHLY REPORTING DATES Piney Point, Md. Brooklyn, N.Y« Friday, May 16 Monday, June 2* Friday, June 13 Friday, June 27 Friday, July 11 Friday, July 25 Friday, Aug. 8 Friday, Aug. 22 Friday, Sept. 5 Monday, May 19 Tuesday, June 3** Monday, June 16 Monday, June 30 Monday, July 14 Monday, July 28 Monday, Aug. 11 Monday, Aug. 25 Monday, Sept. 8 * Report to Brooklyn on Monday, June 2, since the preceding Friday is a Holiday. ** Report to Piney Point on Tuesday, June 3, because of Holiday schedule. Bills Weald Give Unsabsidized Ships Cargo Priorities and Tax Advantages WASHINGTON — Growing concern with the plight of unsubsidized American ship oper­ ators was evidenced last month by the introduction of several measures calculated to give cargo preference and tax advan­ tages to these lines. Identical bills by Representa­ tives Joseph P. Addabbo' and Jacob H. Gilbert, both New York Democrats and James J. Howard (D-N.J.)—on which a total of 39 additional co-spon­ sors are listed—would give ab­ solute preference in the carriage of all government-generated car­ goes to U.S.-flag unsubsidized ships to the maximum extent. Going even beyond this, they would provide that government shipments be scheduled, insofar as possible, with the availability of unsubsidized American-flag shipping in mind. Cargo preference powers would be vested in the Mariti^pe Administration—with the admonition that the agency, as well as all other agencies con­ cerned, "shall give effect to the interest of the United States in sustaining and encouraging the growth of a privately owned diversified and efficient unsub­ sidized merchant marine, and shall prefer shipment on such vessels to shipment on any other vessels of either United States or foreign registry." •J : In addition, priorities are clearly set forth as follows: "To the maximum extent pos­ sible, shipment of all cargoes generated by the United States government shall be aboard pri­ vately owned unsubsidized ves­ sels of U.S. registry built and operated without benefit of con­ struction and operating subsi­ dies. . . . "To the extent that privately owned unsubsidized vessels are unavailable for such carriage, government-generated cargoes shall then be allocated to pri­ vately owned subsidized vessels of American registry. . . . "To the extent that no pri­ vately owned American-flag vessels are available, shipment will then be preferred on United States government-owned ships then available and operating "Only to the extent that neither unsubsidized vessels of American registry are available, carriage shall be permitted on ships registered under the flags of the recipient nations." Not only are prioiiiles thus laid down, but the intent is also spelled out: "The intent . . . shall be to secure 100 per cen­ tum carriage of government-gen­ erated cargoes aboard privately owned American-flag vessels, to the extent that they are avail­ able for such carriage." Government agencies re­ sponsible for such shipments are instructed to make "every reasonable effort to assure that shipments of such cargoes are scheduled to coincide with the availability of privately owned American-flag vessels to maxi­ mize U.S.-flag participation in this program." In regard to rates on such vessels, they "shall be deemed fair and reasonable when, after reflecting American capital and operating costs, they provide a reasonable profit on investment on an annual or longer basis and such funds as may be nec­ essary" for their replacement. The same three congressmen and 39 co-sponsors, also sub­ mitted bills providing certain tax considerations to unsubsidized ships which are presently en­ joyed only by the subsidized lines. Earnings and interest receipts deposited would, except as to withdrawals, be treated for tax purposes in the same fashion as applied to subsidized lines if deposited within specified time periods. Consideration would thus be given in the tax structure to pro­ visions for "orderly replacement of such vessel within such pe­ riod and under such terms and conditions" as the Secretary of Commerce would prescribe. 1A �May, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Five Retirees Charge Mismanagement at Sailors'Snug Harbor BROOKLYN — Charges of serious mismanagement and im­ proper conditions at Sailors' Snug Harbor, a home for re­ tired mariners on Staten Island, N. Y., were levied at a confer­ ence called by New York State Senator William J. Ferrall at SIU Headquarters here on May 2. The meeting was attended by numerous residents of the home who were determined to get their views heard. Among the com­ plaints made was that the ceme­ tery on the grounds had been desecrated, headstones having been removed and used to make a public side walk, and that the food served the elderly residents was "slop." Also objected to was a sys­ tem of monthly payments for room and board which the trustees have been seeking to impose and which the retirees claim is unwarranted and un­ fair. The SIU, which initiated the original litigation opposing the proposed charge plan, has pledged its 100 percent support to the men at Snug Harbor. The conference also heard New York City Councilmen Robert G. Lindsey and Edward Curry of Staten Island express their concern and the interest of the city legislature in the matter. SIU Vice President Earl Shepard and Welfare Director A1 Bernstein also spoke out. Shepard stated that the SIU "would stand squarely with the men on their grievances," Fa­ ther Dominic A. Sclafani of St. John the Evangelist Rectory de­ livered the invocation. Pictures Show Desecration Senator Ferrall showed pic­ tures he had received of the gravestones which had been turned face down to form a walking path and stated this and the monthly room-and-board charges being pushed by the Board of Trustees had prompted his introduction of Senate Reso­ lution 108 in the N. Y. State legislature calling for a thor­ ough investigation of conditions at Snug Harbor, as well as the administ ation of the home. The State Attorney General's office has Hied suit against the trustees of Snug Harbor on charges of mismanagement and waste of funds. Appearing at the conference were Assistauc Attorneys General Allan S. Meyers and Gustave J. Soderberg, who told of being thwarted by the trustees in thei- previous attempts to investigate condi­ tions and find facts. A disclaimer of mismanage­ ment was made by Francis Bensell, attorney representing the Snug Harbor Board of Trustees. Under prodding by Senator I Mrall, however, he did an abo..L face and agreed to persuade the trustees to cooperate with the investigators. Will Dirawn in 1801 Sailors' Snug Harbor v/as set up in a will drawn up in 1801 by Captain Robert Randall, a retired sea captain and mer­ chant. Alexander Hamilton is credited with drawing up the will which bequeathed the in­ come of the captain's estate ff"the establishment and support of a perpetual "Snug Harbor" for enfeebled or aged sailors, free of charge. Some 250 mariners with dis­ tinguished records of service during World Wars I and II and the Korean conflict are residents at Snug Harbor. It is estimated that more than 10,000 seamen have benefited iiom Captain Randall's forethought. The trustees have claimed that the income is not sufficient to carry the operation of Snug Harbor and to maintain it ade­ quately. Attorneys for the SIU —^which led the fight to pre­ serve the home for aged sea­ men—have charged that there would be adequate funds, if waste and mismanagement were eliminated. Trouble erupted once before, in 1967, when monthly charges to the residents were first insti­ tuted. The SIU at that time won a court stay prohibiting the eviction of mariners for nonpavment of fees. That case is still pending. This solemn walkway was Snug Harbor's Cemetery. The walk has been built with the headstones from the graves of departed mari­ ners. The markers were torn from the graves by officials of the Harbor and implanted face down. Potter's Field has more dignity. New York State Senator William J. Ferrall, flanked by SIU Vice President Earl Shepard, right, and Wel­ fare Director Al Bernstein, discusses charges of mismanagement and inadequate conditions at Sailors' Snug Harbor with the large group of retired mariners attending a conference held at SIU headquarters. Independent MARAD Tops Maritime Goals Voted by Louisiana AFL-CIO NEW ORLEANS—Orga­ nized labor in Louisiana has of­ ficially endorsed a bill submitted before the 91st Congress calling for the establishment of an inde­ pendent Federal Maritime Ad­ ministration. Meeting in its 14th annual convention here March 31 to April 3, the Louisiana AFLCIO adopted a resolution lend­ ing its "full support to the pas-* sage of H.R. 213." This the bill introduced by Representa­ tive Edward A. Garmatz (DMd.), chairman of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, which would set up an independent MARAD. The state body also urged all mem­ bers of Congress from Louisiana to give their active support to this legislation. H.R. 213 and similar bills already have been sponsored by some 160 mem­ bers of the House during the current session. Introduced by the Maritime Council of Greater New Orleans and Vicinity, the resolution for an independent MARAD was one of five submitted by the Council to the 1969 Louisiana convention. All received the en­ dorsement of the state AFLCIO body. The convention call for a sep­ arate maritime agency pointed out the fact that the Merchant Marine Act of, 1936 had cre­ ated the agency as autonomous and independent and that suc­ cessive executive reorganiza­ tions in 1950 and 1961 had "whittled away" this independ­ Continued support was also ence, "burying" the agency in voted for the striking grape the Department of Commerce. "Lacking independent author­ workers and their boycott of ity," it said, "Maritime is forced California table grapes. The to eompete with other programs Louisiana AFL-CIO called for administered by Commerce, the its affiliates to "continue the American Merchant Marine is generous and aggressive aid they obligated to subsist on insuffi­ are giving to the United Farm cient funds from the Commerce Workers Committee AFL-CIO" budget, and as a result it has and urged that this be continued gone into a decline from which "until victory has been won in this crucial fight for the rights it has never recovered." Other maritime resolutions of farm workers everywhere." included one urging affiliates to press for the "Build American" concept, so that American-flag SEAFARERSI^LOG ships would be built in this country, thus supporting and Vol. XXXI, No. 7 May 1969 protecting American jobs and Official Publication of the the nation's economy. Support Seafarers International Union of North America, was similarly Voted for legisla­ Atlantic. Gulf, Lakes tion to prohibit off-shore oil and Inland Waters District. drilling rigs, which are to be AFL-CIO used in the United States terri­ Executive Board PAUL HALL. President torial waters, from being con­ GAL TANNER EARL SHEPARD tracted for or built outside the Exee. Vice-Pres. Vice-President LINDSEY WILLIAMS AL KERR United States. Vice-President Sec.-Treas. Another resolution adopted ROBERT MATTHEWS AL TANNER Vice-President Vice-President by the body was in opposition to the foreign trade subzone con­ Editor cept. The recent setting up of HARRY WITTSCHEN such a zone in New Orleans by Assistant Editors WILL KARP the Foreign Trade Zone Board CHARLES SVENSON late last year enabled a domestic Staff Photographer shipyard to build marine equip­ ANTHONY ANSALDI ment including barges and ves­ sels with imported materials on Pibllshed monthly at 810 Rhode Island Avtnse H.E.. Waihlniton. 0. C. 20018 hy the Seafar­ a duty-free basis. This gives the ers International Union. Atlantic. Golf. Lakes and Inland Waters District. AFL-CIO. 675 yard the ability to undercut com­ Foirth Asenif. Brooklyn. N.V. 11232. Tel. HYaelnth 9-6600. Second elau postaie paid petitors who use U.S. steel and at Washlnptons, D. C. other components. It was point­ POSTHASTER'S ATTENTIOM: Form 3579 cards shoald he sent to Seafarers International ed out that severe damage re­ Unlen. Atlantic, Galf, Lakes and Inland Waters District. AFL-CIO. 675 Foartfa Arenae. sulted to the American economy Brooklyn. N.Y. 11232. in the form of "millions of dol­ lars in lost taxes and wages." �Page Six SEAFARERS LOG May, .1969 Proposal to Tax Union Plans Called Destructive by Labor The old Genevieve Lykes appears anxious to resurface as she slowly noses out of Mississippi. At right is the Transtexas from which the two-year salvage operations are being conducted. Beneath the Genevieve Lykes is the Frederick Lykes, next to be lifted. Both ships were sunk by Hurricane Betsy in 1965. Hurricane Betsy Victim Emerging As Salvage Efforts Slowly Progress NEW ORLEANS—A victim of Hurricane Betsy—^the devas­ tating tropical destroyer of 1965 —the former Genevieve Lykes is being slowly raised from the Mississippi in stages here by the SlU-contracted Hudson Water­ ways Company. The first stage has been completed. Work on raising the sunken freighter has been underway for two years. Huron Waterways, a Hudson subsidiary, is using the old tanker Transtexas, as a floating pontoon from which chains and cables are hooked to the Genevieve Lykes. With the cables attached, the Trans­ texas is flooded, and lines drawn taut. Then she is pumped out, raising her and—at the same time—^the sunken vessel. In the process, the submerged ship is pushed closer to shore, keeping her at the height raised and allowing the Transtexas to slack off, whereupon the proc­ ess is repeated over and over again. Movement is very slow, chains and cable often snapping under the strain. Some 2,000 long tons are needed to accom­ plish lift. Warren Pack, Hudson's chief engineer, states that his com­ pany has spent nearly two years straightening up the sunken ves­ sel before trying to raise her. Baby Seal Hunt Provokes Outcry; Seals Coat Doom MILAN, Italy — Italian fur­ riers announced that they , were discontinuing making sealskin coats because of the public reaction here to the slaying of baby seals. The annual seal hunt in the Gulf of St. Lawrence has been getting a great deal of bad pub­ licity in Italian magazines and on the national TV network. In France also there has been a recent outcry against the "cruel­ ty" of the seal hunters. The pace of the work often de­ ing built at Avondale Shipyards and was three-quarters finished pends upon the river level. when Hurricane Betsy struck on Listed 70 Degrees September 9, 1965. She was "She listed about 70 degrees torn from her moorings and bat­ after she was sunk by stray tered by barges. barges in the river during the Also sunk by Betsy was the hurricane," Pack explained. Frederick Lykes, a sistership "Now she is listing only about which was also under construc­ 20 degrees. We could not try to tion at the time. The Frederick raise her at the 70-degree angle, Lykes lies beneath the Gene­ because she would capsize." vieve Lykes on the river bottom. He notes the theory being Hudson Waterways, which used in the work is that once the vessel rises sufficiently, workmen bought both ships from the in­ will be able to pump water out surance underwriters, will next attempt to raise the Frederick of her. With the rising of the Lykes if the present salvaging river level, it is hoped she can operation is successful. be refloated. Failure to raise Both vessels have since been her in that way will necessitate replaced by the original owners filling the ship with foam—"a very costly process." with new ships bearing the same The Genevieve Lykes was be­ names. WASHINGTON—The AFL- qualifying for exemption as an CIO has urged the Internal Rev­ organization whose employees enue Service to withdraw and "are members of a common revise proposed new regulations working unit." The phrase "common work­ that "unfairly and extremely re­ strict" union-negotiated health ing unit" should be deleted, Seidman said, and the regula­ and welfare plans. The proposals, AFL-CIO So­ tion revised to make it clear that cial Security Director Bert Seid- a fund formed by several unions man told an IRS hearing, could for a variety of workers has tax destroy some health and welfare exempt status. Seidman further called for re­ funds, eliminate benefits under others and disrupt the collective visions of regulations that ap­ pear to narrow the definitions of bargaining process. The regulations, as published an "employee" and "income," in the Federal Register, would endanger tax exemptions for alter the section of the Internal funds that cover apprentices, Revenue Code that established and restrict funds in several tax exemption for health and other ways.. welfare benefits and employees' beneficiary associations. Seidman hit at one proposal which would limit exemption to Tana Goes Fishing life, sick, accident, or other ben­ efits that are "intended to safe­ With Anglers Rod guard or improve" health or CAPE TOWN, South protect against the possibility Africa—Some lucky fisher­ of reduced earning power. man may hook a large tuna Such a limitation, Seidman near here and reap a hand­ pointed out, is "contrary to the some bonus besides— an i approach taken by Congress" in elegant rod and several hun-1 tax legislation as well as IRS of fine fishing line. dred feet regulations over many years. The tuna made off with The rule, he said, might "trig­ it very unexpectedly. Louis ger the loss" of many benefits Boshoff, 64, a retired rail­ negotiated by unions, such as way artisan, fishing from scholarships, automobile insur­ shore near here, had hooked ance, day care centers for chil­ the prize catch and was dren and jobless benefits.. carefully playing it when I Seidman also attacked pro­ the large fish made an ab­ posals that would threaten the rupt change of course, tax exempt status of benefits knocking him off his ledge paid for injuries sustained from and landing him on a reef | fire or automobile accidents and projecting above low tide. for deaths covered by insurance He not only lost his rod, other than term insurance. and reel but injured his leg j He sharply criticized another in the rough yank. suggested regulation to define an "association of employees" One Man-One Vote Principle Strengthened by High Court WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court ordered two states to realign their congressional districts to approach as closely as pos­ sible exact equality of population in accordance with one-man, one-vote principles. The 6-3 ruling affected New York and Missouri directly. But by implication it also paved the way for a new round of redistrict­ ing challenges affecting congressional boundary lines in other states and districts which elect state legislators and city councils. In effect, the court majority refused to countenance any varia­ tion from mathematical equality unless somehow a state can dem­ onstrate that a small population variance is "unavoidable." In Missouri, the largest district exceeded the mathematical ideal by slightly more than three percent—but this amounted to a popu­ lation spread of about six percent between the state's smallest and largest districts. New York's congressional district boundaries, drawn by a politi­ cally divided legislature interested in preserving the seats of as many incumbents as possible, had a wider spread. There was more than a 14 percent difference between the largest and smallest dis­ tricts. The challenge to the New York districting had been brought by David I. Wells, education director of the Ladies' Garment Workers. Wells had won an earlier suit challenging a more extreme malapportionment which had been enacted by a Republican legis­ lature. He contended that the new apportionment should be in­ validated both on population grounds and because of political gerrymandering. A lower federal court rejected his contention. The Supreme Court upheld him on the population issue, and therefore was not faced with the necessity of ruling on the gerrymander issue—^which Wells considered a key point. l^epublicans now control both houses of the New York legis- lature as well as the governorship, and one GOP official told the New York Times that the legislature would be able to carve up districts of mathematical equality which would enable the GOP to pick up additional seats. "Now it's just a question of slicing the salami," he was quoted, "and the salami happens to be in our hands." The Democratic leader of the state Assembly termed the state­ ment a "shocking and blatant announcement of intent to gerry­ mander" and called on Gov. Nelson Rockefeller to appoint a non­ partisan or bipartisan commission to recommend new boundaries. Wells served notice that he will "move right back into court" on the gerrymandering issue if the legislature carves up the districts for political advantage. The Supreme Court was sharply divided on the issue of exact mathematical equality. Justices John Marshall Harlan, Potter Stewart and Byron R. White vigorously dissented, charging that the ruling imposed impossible "slide rule" standards on the politi­ cal process. Justice Abe Fortas, while joining in holding that the Missouri and New York test cases exceeded one-man, one-vote standards, said the majority decision laid down impractical standards for the states. Justice William J. Brennan, Jr., writing for the majority, said that to allow a population variance, however small, without sound justification would be an invitation to legislators to seek the maxi­ mum allowable variation rather than strive for exact equality. As a practical matter, the time involved in court suits makes it unlikely that there will be a national wave of redistricting before the 1970 elections. After the 1970 census, all states will almost certainly be required to redistrict in accordance with new popula­ tion figures and distribution. . .4 �jggnwg Mar, 1969 Communist Ships Win Coffee Haul From the British SEAFARERS Page Seren LOG SlU and MTD Urge Congress; Be Certain Maritime Money Biil is Fair to AH Warnings that the commu­ WASHINGTON — Congress nists would use their maritime has been urged by the SIU and growth to undermine free world the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades economy were given new valid­ Department to reword a pend­ ity last month in reports from ing merchant marine authoriza­ London. tion bill to eliminate the loop­ Three importers in the coffee hole in maritime laws which trade have signed contracts with permit 14 favored shipping com­ East German and Polish steam­ panies to reap a double subsidy, ship companies for the next and also to insure that the fi­ three years to carry coffee from nancial assistance provided by the East African areas to Eu­ the legislation would be ex­ rope. tended to the unsubsidized seg­ The three coffee importers ment of the nation's fleet which are Lyons, Maxwell House and is desperately in need of such Nestle. The firms explained help for its very survival. their dropping British shipping St(^ ''Double Subsidies** companies by reason that the In a statement filed with the communist companies offered them a 15 percent lower rate House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee which held than the British ships. hearings on maritime authori­ However, the undercutting zations for fiscal 1970 last actually amounted to 25 percent according to London shipping month, the SIU urged that the sources. A 10 percent increase language of the authorizations in rates was scheduled to go into measure be amended to "make effect shortly on the British it clear that the practice of pay­ ships. With the 15 percent lower ing 'double subsidies' will no rate offered, the net effect was longer be tolerated." to undercut by 25 percent. "Any reasonable interpreta­ Communist maritime sources tion of the statutes indicates that have made it plain in recent operating and construction sub­ months that they have every in­ sidies were granted solely to tention of using their huge mer­ make at least some Americanchant fleets to undercut the es­ flag ships competitive with for­ tablished rates of the free world eign-flag ships in the carriage nations. of commercial cargo," the Un­ ion declared. Those who now contend that these subsidies were granted to insure regular movement of ships over selected trade routes—irrespective of whether or not these ships car­ ried any cargo at all—are guilty of attempting to rewrite history. "The Act spoke of utilizing the subsidy system to insure car­ riage of a 'substantial' share of our waterbome imports and ex­ ports. Obviously, the subsidies were designed to give American operators a crack at commercial cargo. These operators should no longer be allowed to pervert the law, as they have been doing, by using the subsidies as a means of underbidding unsubsidized American-flag vessels for the carriage of government-gener­ ated cargo." At the same time, the SIU urged that the section of the bill authorizing ship construction subsidy funds be broadened to make this federal assistance "available to build Americanflag ships in this country for the entire industry—not just for the 14 liner companies which, alone, have reaped the benefits of this program." The union's statement stressed the need for action on drafting a new maritime program that would be "equitable" in terms done." Describing the authorization of the entire fleet, pointing out measure as little more than a that the authorization bill deals only with "the smallest of all "status quo" bill. Moody said: "Nowhere does it reflect the the segments of our merchant marine—the one-third of the need for an accelerated program industry that is directly subsi­ of shipbuilding. Nowhere does dized." The statement said that it reflect the need for a balanced the funds proposed "do not fleet. Nowhere does it reflect meet the test of resolving the the need for going beyond the maritime difficulties in which favored 14 berthline operators to make operating and/or con­ this nation finds itself." struction differential assistance Similar testimony was given available to all operators. No­ before the Committee, by O. where does it reflect any con­ William Moody, Jr., adminis­ cern for the two-thirds of the trator of the 7.5 million-mem­ industry which is on the brink ber AFL-CIO Maritime Trades of obsolescence." Department. "And speaking of the status Moody expressed disappoint­ quo," he pointed out, "it falls ment that the authorization measure which was being con­ short even then of adequately sidered before Congress had an serving the needs of the oneopportunity to act on legislation third of the industry which that would broaden the scope of would be the beneficiaries. It calls, for example, for the con­ the merchant marine program. struction of 10 new ships for Priorities Inverted the 14 subsidized operators—in "We believe the order of other words, five-sevenths of a priorities has been inverted," ship per company! Obviously, Moody declared. "We think we if it is not serving the favored should be here today discussing one-third adequately, it cannot the ways to correct the deficien­ possibly give hope to the twocies of our 33-year-old maritime thirds of the fleet which has program—and that only then systematically been excluded should we get down to discuss­ from the benefits of this pro­ ing the dollars that need to be gram since its adoption in appropriated to get the job 1936." MTD Holds Seminar on Dangers of Runaway-Flag Fleet WASHINGTON—A long-standing Defense De­ partment theory that American-owned ships, regis­ tered under the flags of other countries, are under the "effective control" of the United States in time of crisis was sharply attacked last month by Senator Hugh Scott (R-Pa.O. "The only ships that are effectively controlled by the United States," Scott said, "are United States-flag vessels." He urged the Nixon Administration to base its decisions on maritime needs solely on "ships which fly the American flag and are manned by American citizens." Scott was the principal speaker at a day-long sem­ inar sponsored here by the AFL-C30 Maritime Trades Department. The seminar was devoted to the problem of the "runaway-flag" fleet, which is now larger, in terms of tonnage, than American-owned vessels regisiered and ciewed in this country. Sharing the platform with the Pennsylvania Sen­ ator were: • Representative John Dent (D-Pa.), who criti­ cized American companies which had moved their vessels to foreign registry where they "reap fantastic profits because they get off scot-free as far as Ameri­ can taxes are concerned and because they find it ever so much more profitable to pay substandard foreign wage rates." • SIU Safety Director Joseph Algina, who said the "runaway" ships have cost American sailors their jobs," have cost the U.S. Treasury "millions of dol­ lars in taxes" and have "encouraged a general lower­ ing of safety standards on the high seas." Really a "Give-Away** • Bertram Gottlieb, director of research for the Washington-based Transportation Institute, who charged that the "runaway" situation really should be called a "give-away" because under it "we give away our registry rights; we give away our cargo . . . we give away the earnings of these ships and the taxes that should be paid on the earnings; and ... we give away our shipbuilding." Scott said that the "effective control" theory con­ cerning the "runaways" was founded on what he said were "four rather questionable bases." These include so-called "conditions of approval incorporated in pa­ pers transferring former Ainerican-flag vessels to for­ eign registry; the fact that the laws of Panama, Li­ beria and Honduras "permit U.S. owners to commit their vessels to the United States for use in emergen­ cies;" the fact that the U.S. government extends war risk insurance only to owners signing unconditional contracts of commitment; and the fact that voluntary "letters of intent" are filed with the Maritime Admin­ istration. The Pennsylvania Republican said the "conditions of approval" are difficult to enforce once a vessel is safely transferred, and in any case most of the trans­ fers took place a quarter of a century ago and these ships have since been replaced by vessels built abroad by U.S. companies. With respect to the war risk insurance, Scott said there is "nothing which requires that they bother with such coverage," adding that only 54 of the 422 ships in the "runaway" fleet carry such insurance. On the two other points, Scott said that the laws in Panama, Liberia and Honduras "guaranteeing availability can be repealed just as easily as they were enacted," and that the voluntary agreements "are de­ pendent upon the good will of the owners of the ships concerned—^they are not binding." Scott warned that reliance on these vessels in com­ puting the nation's emergency sealift requirements would be to base "many of our maritime decisions on some false premises," adding that "the concept is neither 'effective' nor does it insure 'control.'" "Kiliii^ the Economy** Congressman Dent said that the "runaway ship" was in the same category with the "runaway shop"— both of which, he said, are "killing the American economy." He said that American business interests have taken both manufacturing operations and ship­ ping operations to foreign countries "where labor is cheap," and added that, as a result, they are "flooding the market" with "cheap foreign imports" carried to this country "at cheap rates by foreign-flag ships." Dent noted that last year the United States paid $3.6 billion to foreign-flag operators for carrying nearly 95 percent of this country's exports and im­ ports. He added: "And the 'runaway-flag operators were up near the front of the line to receive their share of the busi­ ness. Tiny Liberia—that great haven for 'runaways' carried nearly 30 percent of this country's waterbome commerce. That's almost six times as great as the American-flag share. So you can see how we're being taken—and how we're paying for the privilege." Gottlieb pointed out that the reliance on "runawayflag" shipping was having a continuing impact on the nation's balance of payments. He declared: "In the 10-year period prior to 1967 we had a $23 billion deficit. During this same period we were only carrying from five to seven percent of our imports and exports in American bottoms. "There is no question that increasing the share of our foreign commerce carried by U.S. flags could significantly improve our payments balance. In fact, if during this period the U.S. merchant marine had carried the same percentage of our trade as it did in the 1930's, we would have had a $5-billion surplus rather than a deficit in our balance of payments." Algina told the MTD seminar that "the poorest safety-at-sea records were those of the countries that serve as a haven for the 'runaway fleet.' " Last year, he said, Panama lost 1.6 percent of its gross tonnage in sea accidents and Liberia lost close to one percent, while the U.S. loss ratio was only two-tenths of one percent. "The difference is in safety standards," the SIUNA official said. "Liberia and Panama have no stand­ ards. They let the industry decide for itself what, if any, requirements will be established concerning safety in construction and safety in operation. "Since even minimum safety features cost money, you find them lacking on Liberian and Panamanian ships—and you find the ship operators apparently preferring to pay the cost of substandard safety in human lives instead of dollars." �Page Eight SEAFARERS Mar, 1969 LOG Legislators, Mar'rtlme Leaders Weigh Growing Woes of Great Lakes Fleet CHICAGO—Three members of Congress and national lead­ ers of maritime unions marked the 10th anniversary of the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway on April 25 by calling for substantial expansion of the American-owned merchant fleet carrying trade between Great Lakes cities and foreign ports, a large increase in the U.S. Great Lakes fleet engaged in trans-lakes commerce, and a strong, concerted fight against recent moves to raise St. Law­ rence Seaway tolls. These and other proposals designed to strengthen the St. Lawrence Seaway maritime in­ dustry and the economy of the Great Lakes states were ad­ vanced at an all-day AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department Great Lakes Conference. The speakers were: U.S. Senator Birch Bayh (DInd.); Congressmen Frank Annunzio and Dan Rostenkowski, both Illinois Democrats; O. Wil­ liam Moody, Jr., Administrator of the AFL-CTO Maritime Trades Department; and Peter McGavin, Executive SecretaryTreasurer of the MTD. Chair­ man of the Conference was SIUNA Vice President John Yarmola. Bayh, a member of the in­ fluential Great Lakes Confer­ ence of Senators, told the dele­ gates—representing 32 mari­ time unions with 275,000 mem­ The long and the short of it. Ronald N. Foster, right, who weighs in at bers in the Chicago area—that 70 pounds and stands 51 inches tall is the smallest trainee ever to enter the American merchant fleet on the SlU's Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship at Piney Point, Md. the Great Lakes faces two major Matching oars here with 6 foot, 5 inch-tall Bosun Joe Clowes, Foster threats. says he intends to prove that a little man can become a good Seafarer. "The deep-sea American merchant fleet faces massive competition from foreign car­ riers," he said. "These compa­ nies build their vessels with lowcost labor in foreign shipyards PINEY POINT, Md.—A the SIU's Harry Lundeberg and they crew their vessels with young man appeared at the School of Seamanship here at low-wage seamen drawn from a SIlTs Harry Lundeberg School Piney Point. He immediately ap­ variety of nations. The result is of Seamanship here recently, plied for the training, which that they can carry goods at rates and applied for entrance. This will qualify him to sail as an that are not profitable for Amer­ happens every day and there Ordinary Seaman. ican vessels." Foster said that he'd like to would be nothing unusual about A second threat, Bayh pointed it—except for one thing. This train to be a Wiper and hopes out, lies in the fact that the U.S. particular young man was just to get a berth on one of the has a program to provide assist­ 51 inches tall snd weighed 70 many SlU-manned ships sailing ance in the construction of ves­ to Vietnam so that he can see sels for the American-flag fleet pounds. Ronald N. Foster, who hails for himself what is going on to enable U.S. shipowners to from Redondo Beach, Califor­ over there. "All of my buddies buy American-built ships at the nia, has wanted to join one of have to stick their necks out world market rate, but extends the military services, particu­ over there; and I don't want to this assistance to only 14 of larly the Marine Corps, ever be any different," he declared. hundreds of American shipping since he was 16 years old. Foster said he is very happy lines. After being rejected by all at the Lundeberg School and is "This year, for example," he of the services because of his looking forward to many years continued, "the budget pre­ size, he wrote to former Vice- as a Seafarer and a member of sented to Congress calls for con­ President Hubert Humphrey in the SIU. He hopes to be able structing only 10 new ships to hopes that the Vice-President to ship to many different ports be divided among these 14 com­ might be able to intervene for throughout the world and see the panies, at a time when we should him. However, he received an many places that—up to now be building many times that answer from the office of the —he has only read about. number in the face of the seri­ Vice-President which explained "This is the answer to a life­ ous obsolescence of our fleet. that Humphrey regretfully could long dream," Foster said. "When "The U.S. also has a pro­ not change the rules, as much you are as small as I am, a lot gram," the Senator pointed out, as he admired the young men— of doors are dosed to you. I am "to help defray the operating unable to qualify—^for wanting grateful to the Seafarers Inter­ costs of American vessels so to do their share. national Union and the Harry they can carry imports and ex­ Foster had just about given Lundeberg School for giving me ports at precisely the same rate up hope when he heard about this wonderful opportunity." as foreign-flag vessels. Yet Loiy Sailing Career as Seafarer DetemiaeJ Goal of 'Mighty Mite' again, this assistance is limited the provisions of the 1936 Act. "Yet these are the ships which to only 14 companies which, should be given assistance be­ together, operate only one-third cause of their potential for of the ships in our fleet. "These defects in our mari­ carrying a major share of our time program," Bayh empha­ cargo, because we are engaged, sized, "affect all of our merchant as you well know here on the marine, but they have a partic­ Lakes, in bulk cargo traffic— ularly devastating effect on the not in liner traffic." Moody proposed an end to development of our maritime "further discrimination against strength on the Great Lakes." Annunzio strongly deplored any segment of our fleet with the decline of U.S. shipping in respect to shipbuilding. The gov­ ernment should make ship con­ Great Lakes trade. "In the period between 1955 struction subsidies available to and 1966," he said, "the U.S.- all American ships—subsidized owned Great Lakes fleet de­ and unsubsidized. Great Lakes clined by more than 500,000 and deep sea, cargo vessels and gross tons, while the Canadian- fishing vessels—so that all seg­ owned fleet on the Lakes in­ ments of this industry can build creased by exactly that amount." ships in American shipyards..." He also called for no further "American operators would like to bring about a revival of discrimination in the expendi­ their fleet with private capital ture of operating subsidies, a rather than with tax dollars," halt to double subsidies and an Annunzio continued. "But if the end to the practice of govern­ job cannot be done totally with ment agencies favoring foreignprivate capital, I would support flag ships for the carriage of legislation that would extend government cargo in preference some measure of construction to American ships. McGavin, discussing the subsidy assistance to the Amer­ 2500-mile inland waterway ican Great Lakes fleet." Rostenkowski referred to "in­ system, warned against a pro­ creasing pressures to raise the posal in Congress "to impose a tolls on the Seaway—a move user-tax on the fuel used by which, in my judgment, could towboats on our inland water­ price this waterway out of the ways." A tax on fuel would market. Water carriers are al­ raise the cost of water transpor­ ready facing stiff competition tation and cripple the inland from other modes of transpor­ barge industry, he said. A second threat McGavin tation—including the unitized train—and any tampering with stated, comes from the Inter­ the Seaway rates could lead to state Commerce Commission a disastrous slowdown in traffic which "wants to enforce a law and could place the whole fu­ passed 30 years ago that would ture of the &away in jeopardy." limit the number of different Moody, stressed to the dele­ commodities that could be car­ gates that the U.S. merchant ried in the same unit of barges." He noted that Congress is now marine program has concerned itself with only one segment of considering a bill to eliminate the merchant marine since 1936. this discrimination by making "The goal was fine," Moody it clear that each barge is a ves­ declared, "but the benefits of sel and that 40 different barges the program were limited exclu­ in a tow could, if desired, carry sively to the liner segment of 40 different commodities. the industry. The bulk cargo "The MTD is going to fight segment of the fleet—the so- for this legislation," McGavin called 'tramp' fleet, the Great pledged, "Just as we are going Lakes fleet, the fishing fleet— to fight against the user-tax on all of these were excluded from the inland waterways." Father & Son in Vietnam When the Oakland put In at Cam Ranh Bay on a recent Far East run to Vietnam, Seafarer Delmar Craig had the happy opportunity to spend some time with his son, Army Specialist E-5 James Craig. �May, 1969 SEAFARERS Page Nine LOG Total Reaches 324 Japanese %ru' Mystery Is Solved at Last—or Is It? If it's a Japanese ship, its name ends with "mam." Every Seafarer, as well as most landlubbers, are aware of this. But it seems nobody—including the Japanese—knows exactly why this is. It took a tourist to uncover the fact. When the Oshima Mam tied up at the Port of Toledo not long ago, a tourist asked a port guide what the "mam" meant. The guide fumbled, then sought a higher authority. Before long, the question had them all fumbling. The Port Authority contacted its Japanese representative in Tokyo in an attempt to solve the mystery. They got an answer from the Japanese—in fact they got three answers. Apparently, no one there is quite sure, either. According to the Port of Toledo News, the possible origins are as follows: "The first and most common explanation is that, in feudal days, Japanese people developed a custom of giving the end­ ing 'mam' to the names of things that they were particularly fond of. Boys were called Takemam, Kiyomam and so on by their parents. . . . "A second interpretation is that ships were regarded as floating castles, and thus were named as castles were. The various defense stmctures in these old castles were called honmam, ninomam and sanomam. "A third explanation is that it came from 'toimam' by which big Japanese wholesale merchants were called during the Kamamam period. At that time, the trade names of all big merchants bore the ending 'mam.'" As the old saying goes—You pays your money . . . Six More Seafarers Earn licenses At SlUEngineers Upgrading School Bunyard Adams The total number of Seafarers who have passed Coast Guard examinations and earned their engineering licenses after suc­ cessfully completing training at the School of Marine Engineer­ ing sponsored jointly by the SIU and District 2, MEBA, has reached 324. The latest group of graduates who took advantage of the com­ prehensive course of study of­ fered by the school include George Adams, James Bunyard, Bart Power, Jimmy Farris, Ben­ jamin Howard and Charles Hoff­ man. Farris George Adams, newly-licen­ sed third assistant, was born in Dallas, Texas, and now lives in San Francisco. Brother Adams began sailing in 1966 and joined the SIU the same year in San Francisco. He last shipped as FOWT-electrician aboard the Columbia. He also served three years with the U.S. Navy, re­ ceiving an honorable discharge in 1966. James Bunyard, a six-year Navy veteran, is now licensed as a third assistant. Born in Trin­ ity, Texas, he makes his home in Houston with his mother. Because of Undereount: U.S. Census Clouds True Employment Statistics Government experts know . that there are more people in the labor force—^both employed and looking for work—than the government's own statistics show. They even know with reason­ able accuracy the age, sex and race of these missing Ameri­ cans. But the statistics the gov­ ernment issues every month— used by both public and private planners—don't reflect this knowledge. An article in the March issue of the Monthly Labor Review, publication of the Labor De­ partment's Bureau of Labor Statistics, discusses some of the data—and the implications— that previously appeared only in litUe-read technical journals. The article is titled, "Effect of the Census Undereount on Labor Force Estimates." Its authors are Denis F. Johnston, a sociologist, and James R. Wetzel, an economist. Root of the problem is the difficulty of counting every per­ son in the United States every 10 years. In the very first U.S. census, George Washington recognized the problem, including suspicion of government by citizens and what Washington termed "the negligence of some of the offi­ cers taking the census." The Census Bureau's own statisticians have come up with generally accepted figures on the "undereount" in the last census, in 1960. Nearly 5.7 million people weren't counted in the 1960 census—about 3.1 percent of the total population. But while the 3.55 million whites in this group represented only 2.2 per­ cent of the white population, the 2.14 million nonwhites made up 9.5 percent of the nonwhite population (a group that is 92 percent Negro). Even more significantly, the undereount rises to 19 percent —nearly one out of five— among nonwhite men in the 2035 age bracket. How does the Census Bureau know this? The key is a bit of elementary deduction. In simplified terms, it in­ volves following a specified age group—^say 10 to 14—over sev­ eral census tallies, making al­ lowances for mortaJity rates and persons serving overseas in the armed forces. When the num­ bers and sex ratio in a census differs significantly from the projection, the undereount is obvious and can be pinpointed. The monthly employment and unemployment figures are based on samplings of an up­ dated census tdly. But the up­ dating refers only to such data as mortality, birth and death figures, and the people entering and leaving the United States. Errors Become Official Thus, the authors of the article point out, "any errors in the basic decennial population count are transmitted directly to the official employment and unemployment figures analyzed and reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics." And, the article continues, "since the population was undercounted in 1960, each month's estimates of popula­ tion, labor force, employment and unemployment are lower SIU WELFARE, VACATION PLANS March 1-March 31, 1969 Number of Benefits Hospital Benefits (Welfare) . .. Death Benefits (Welfare) Disability Benefits (Welfare) .. Maternity Benefits (Welfare) . . Dependent Benefits (Welfare) . (Average: $325.04) Optical Benefits (Welfare) . . . Out-Patient Benefits (Welfare) SUMMARY (Welfare) Vacation Benefits (Average: $402.07) Total Welfare, Vacation Benefits Paid This Period . . 694 36 1,025 37 2,384 Amount Paid $ 16,838.54 111,082.31 232,350.00 7,400.00 77,490.26 586 4,475 9,237 2,688 2,433.10 32,752.00 480,346.21 678,697.40 11,925 $1,159,043.61 then a fully accmate census would reveal.'-' It allocates the missing peo­ ple of working age to the em­ ployment-unemployment figures for a sample month by two al­ ternative methods. One would assume that the uncounted per­ sons fall into the same pattern as others of their age, sex and race. The other would assume that most of them are in pov­ erty neighborhoods. Under either of these assump­ tions, there would be no signifi­ cant change in the overall unem­ ployment rate—as a percentage of the labor force—although there would, of course, be an increase in the number of per­ sons unemployed. The authors note that other theories would assign a consid­ erably higher proportion of the uncounted to the jobless cate­ gory—large enough to affect the national unemployment rate. Bui the authors said they could not find "convincing evidence" to justify such an assumption. They did say, however, that "a large portion of the omitted are probably employed in less desirable, low-paying occupa­ tions and industries. Thus, esti­ mates of underutilized persons based on the official figures are probably low." The statistical errors in the census and the employment figure do mean, however, that programs designed to attack such problems as unemploy­ ment, poverty and housing un­ derestimate the magnitude of the task unless the planners have taken into account the errors in numbers stemming from the cen­ sus undereount. Howard Hoffman Mrs. Ethel Ross, when he is not at sea. Brother Bunyard began sailing. following his hitch in the Navy, and joined the SIU in the Port of Houston. He last shipped as FOWT on the Kenyon Victory. Bart Power, newly-licensed second assistant, is a native of Buffalo, New York. He has been sailing since 1953 when he joined the SIU in the Port of New York. He last shipped as FOWT on the Yellowstone be­ fore enrolling in the training school. Jimmy Farris was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and now lives in Gulfport, Mississippi, with his mother, Mrs. Louise Farris. Licensed as third assist­ ant after completing the training course. Brother Farris has been sailing since 1966 when he signed up with the SIU in the Port of New York. He last shipped as FOWT on the Alcoa Voyager. Benjamin Howard, another newly-licensed third assistant, is a native Alabaman who lives in the town of Foley with his wife, Dorothy. Brother Howard joined the SIU in Mobile and has been sailing for the past seven years. His last vessel was the Fairport, where he shipped as FOWT. Charles J. Hoffman was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and now makes his home in Tampa, Florida, with his wife, Mary. Brother Hoffman, who holds a new license as third assistant, has sailed as oiler and joined the SIU in the Port of Tampa. His last ship was the Keva Ideal. Brother Hoffman is a two-year veteran of the U.S. Army. All engineer department Sea­ farers are eligible for any of the upgrading programs at the Un­ ion-sponsored School of Marine Engineering provided they are at least 19 years of age and have a minimum of 18 months of Q.M.E.D. watchstanding time in the engine department,^ in addition to at least six months experience as wiper or the equiv­ alent. Any Seafarer who qualifies and wishes to enroll in the school may obtain additional in­ formation and make application for enrollment at any SIU hall. Information can also be ob­ tained by writing to SIU Head­ quarters, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11232, or by telephoning the school at (212)499-6600. �Page Ten SEAFARERS Substantia!SocialSecurity Increases Urged toMeet Income Cap ofClderly WASHINGTON—A special Senate report emphasizes that the nation must take actions "going far beyond those taken in recent years" to resolve a worsening retirement income crisis. Most needed, the report said are substantial increases in so­ cial security benefits which "have failed to keep up with the rising income needs of the aged." The report was prepared for the Senate Committee on Aging by a task force of four promi­ nent social scientists. Task force members were Juanita M. Kreps, Duke Univer­ sity; James H. Shulz, University of New Hampshire; Agnes W. Brewster, an economics consult­ ant; and Harold L. Sheppard of the Upjohn Institute for Em­ ployment Research. ITieir study found that three out of 10 people 65 and older lived below the government's defined poverty-level income in 1966, and another one of the 10 "was on the poverty border­ line." Of older people living alone or with nonrelatives in 1967, half had incomes below $1,480, and one-fourth had incomes of $1,000 or less, the report said. Moreover, the task force ob­ served that "Americans living in retirement are suffering from an income gap that is widening in relation" to the income of younger persons. Median income of families headed by a person over 65 was 51 percent of that for younger families ip 1961, but only 46 percent in 1967. Widows and other aged wom­ en living alone were found by the task force to be "particularly disadvantaged economically," with six of every 10 having in­ come below the poverty line. One chart illustrating the task force's findings, based on analy­ sis of Social Security Adminis­ tration statistics, showed that the level of living set by the Bureau of Labor Statistics' "moderate" budget for a retired couple is "well beyond the reach of most older people, especially those who retired years ago." The average monthly social security benefit of a couple re­ tiring in 1950 met half the BLS budget cost of $149. Although both the benefit and budget have been adjusted in the years since, that same couple's benefit in 1968 met less than one-third the updated budget's cost of $370. SfU Lifeboat Class No. 223 Graduates of SlU Lifeboat Class No. 223 pose with instructor Paul McSarin and Chief Bowen, Coast Guard examiner. Standing (l-r) are William Croly, John Collins, Peter Hove, Joe Crumpler and John L. Maynard. Kneeling are Ernest Hoitt, Mathiondis Aristidis, Norman MacDonald and Zdziszaw Kukulski. Graduation took place on April 14. Standing (l-r) are Constantinos Florous, Fabian Cruz, Randolph Hum­ phrey, Cornell Sarossy and Ruben Bautista. Graduates in front row are Ramon (Puiles, Joe Villaha, Michael Rogers, Angelos Vartholomeos. May, 1969 LOG Among the aged in poverty, it stressed, are many who "did not become poor until they be­ came old." The report pointed to a num­ ber of other problems which are becoming increasingly acute for the aged—problems associated with owning homes or renting, paying taxes and meeting rising medical costs. The task force concluded that government programs, particu­ larly social security, are the only real "assurance" that "the rela­ tive economic status of the aged" can be improved. It also recommended that the government explore and support "various methods of promoting and encouraging private group pensions and personal savings as supplementary sources of private income." Senator Harrison A. Williams (D-N.J.), committee chairman, said the report "states a funda­ mental truth as no other docu­ ment has yet done." That is, he explained, that "economic problems of old age are not only unsolved for today's elderly but also unsolved for the future el­ derly." Old Shipmates Are Reunited Seafarers Anthony Russo, left, and Carlos Matt, right, who were ship­ mates 22 years, were reunited at the USPHS Hospital on Staten Island. Even after so many years, both Seafarers recognized each other almost at once. The occasion for all the smiles was the presentation of Brother Russo's first pension check by SlU Representative George McCartney. In 1963 Case Railway Clerks Win Millions For Merger's Effect on Jobs The Railway Clerks have negotiated a multi-million dol­ lar payment to compensate some 2,000 workers who lost their jobs or seniority rights when the Southern Railway took over the Central of Georgia Railroad in 1963. Workers who were adversely affected by the takeover will have their full seniority re­ stored, with retroactive pay­ ments and other cash benefits of BALTIMORE — A solution up to a year's pay. to oil slicks, the great pollutant The total package of "redress of waters and beaches and payments" is estimated at be­ large-scale scourge of fish and tween $8 million and $12 mil­ marine vegetation, appears to be lion. A special arbitration panel on hand in a compound devel­ will resolve any disputes over oped by a Baltimore chemical application of the agreement. company. C. L. Dennis, the union's Three years were required to president, termed the settlement develop the product which is rel­ a "historic step toward protect­ atively inexpensive—about $3 a ing railway employees from gallon. Biodegradable—which economic and social hardship means it breaks down into harm­ less substances—the dispersant when companies merge opera­ causes oil slicks on water to tions." He said it "rights a six-year precipitate to the bottom as a wrong" committed by the for­ fine silt-like substance. It is also non-flammable and non-corro­ mer management of the Southsive and can eliminate a quan­ em Railway. Dennis praised the tity of oil five to 10 times its railroad's new officers for their own volume under normal con­ "willingness to correct a past wrong." ditions. While the clerks were hit According to Dr. Alfred Sohn- hardest by the takeover, other ius, the scientist who developed Central of Georgia workers the unique formula, and who were also affected and the Rail­ will market the product through his own Mankana Chemical way Labor Executives' Associa­ tion has reached a basic agree­ Company, the chemical breaks ment on restoration of job the cohesion of the oil and rights. Negotiations are contin­ changes its physical properties, uing on implementing agree­ causing the slick to "settle out ments affecting members of on the bottom of the ocean and disperse." It is "completely safe" other rail unions. Went to Supreme Court and requires no protective equipment, he claims. The rail union had to go to If the new product is as ef­ the Supreme Court in order to fective as the maker claims it is, get the Interstate Commerce it will go a long way towards Commission to rule on whether neutralizing dangers such as the basic Washington Job Pro­ those posed by the Torrey Can­ tection Agreement protecting yon disaster off the coast of workers involved in rail mergers England in 1967. applied to the "acquisition of Ocean Oil Slicks Are Neutralized By New Foranila control" of the Central of Geor­ gia. Finally, in late 1967, the ICC ruled that protective features of the Washington Agreement—a nationally-negotiated compact —Were binding in the case. Then came the difficult nego­ tiations to try to remedy the in­ justices and restore lost job rights. The Railway Clerks began di­ rect negotiations with the new management of the Southern Railway last July and the union said the resulting agreement "testifies once again to the value of free collective bargaining in the American spirit between la­ bor and management." The 20-page agreement which emerged sets up a senior­ ity date and rank for all clerical employees affected by the merg­ er—and gives each person on the list the right to claim any job on the roster to which his senior­ ity entitles him. Other provisions cover reim­ bursement of those who have al­ ready taken higher paying jobs, payment of necessary moving expenses, payment for lost in­ surance benefits and reimburse­ ment for workers no longer on the payroll because of retire­ ment, resignation or other such reasons. And He Doesn't Mean 'Perhaps' LONDON, England—^A pro­ posal to increase the paychecks of Navy girls by three cents a day for "good conduct" was denounced by Rear Admiral M. Morgan Giles here recently. Addressing the House of Com­ mons, Giles declared, "That's a ridiculous sum to give a girl for saying 'Yes, Sir' all day and 'No, Sir' all night!" �MraBWrwWMnnieser^'^'?''^^-'' May, 1969 SEAFARERS Job Safety Committee Named By Labor Secretary Sbultz WASHINGTON — Labor Secretary George P. Shultz has established a National Safety Advisory Committee comp>osed equally of labor, management and public representatives to ad­ vise him on the increasing prob­ lem of on-the-job safety. In announcing the committee, headed by National Safety Council President Howard Pyle, Schultz observed that there cur­ rently is "more interest in safety legislation than there has been in the past 20 years." He listed these 1967 statistics as among the major reasons for the high level of interest: • More than 14,000 deaths and two million disabling in­ juries on the job. • Costs for occupational ac­ cidents of $7.3 billion, with $1.5 billion lost in wages. • The loss of some 245 mil­ lion man-days of production be­ cause of such accidents—"many times greater than the loss re­ sulting from strikes." Schultz also said that occupa­ tional disease "seems to be a growing problem and we must increase our efforts to control new diseases brought on by new technology." "Unfortunately," he added, "the nation hasn't been experi­ encing improvement in this area," with occupational injury rates on an "upward trend" over the past 10 years. The committee held its first meeting with Schultz on April 10 to make recommendations on new health and safety stand­ ards proposed by former Presi­ dent Johnson but still under re­ view in the Nixon Administra­ tion. The standards, which Schultz delayed putting into effect until May 17, deal with new fire reg­ ulations, noise levels, and air contaminants. They will apply to firms covered by the WdshHealey Public Contracts Act. Later this year, Shultz said, the Labor Department will probably consider a "compre­ hensive" occupational safety and health bill and committee mem­ bers will be called upon for their views. Labor members named to the 15-member tripartite committee are: George Taylor of the AFLCIO Department of Research; Alan Burch, safety director. Operating Engineers; Steelworkers Secretary - Treasurer Walter J. Burke; Brewery Workers Secretary-Treasurer Arthur P. Gildea; Vice Presi­ dent Elwood Swisher of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers. ' Page Eleven LOG Rep. Halpern Calk for Strapping Repladag 1936 Maritime Law WASHINGTON — Repre­ but was pocket-vetoed by for­ sentative Seymour Halpern (R- mer President Johnson. Halpern said that the "only N.Y.) has called for scrapping the nation's third-of-a-century- argument that could persuade old maritime law and replacing me to leave maritime in the De­ it with new legislation "geared partment of Commerce would to the realities of today's mari­ be a sweeping new program that is fair and equitable to all seg­ time problems." The Congressman warned ments of the industry, accom­ that attempts to "patch over" panied by a positive attitude on the Merchant Marine Act of maritime development for both 1936, instead of writing new the short run and the long run." legislation, would leave the na­ Four Elemeiits Stressed tion with a maritime program The Congressman stressed geared to a scheduled ocean four elements that are required liner service in an era in which to meet his test of an "equitable" "our reliance is chiefly on the maritime program: unscheduled bulk cargo trade." • The privilege now accord­ Speaking at a meeting spon­ ed to some operators to set aside sored by the AFL-CIO Mari­ money in tax-deferred construc­ time Trades Department, Hal­ tion reserve funds should be ex­ pern indicated there was a dis­ tended to all operators. Such a agreement between Congress move, he said, would "attract and the Nixon Administration over the location of the Mari­ private capital," and would time Administration. The New make possible the building of York Republican is one of more urgently-needed ships "with the than 160 House sponsors of leg­ minimum investment of public islation to create an independent funds." • The two-thirds of the mer­ Maritime Administration while the White House has indicated chant fleet which is unsubsidized it wants to keep maritime where should get "first crack" at the it is, in the Department of Com­ carriage of military, foreign aid merce. Similar legislation to set and agricultural surplus ship­ up an independent Maritime Administration passed the House and Senate by lopsided margins in the 90th Congress, & Inland ©1 ments sponsored by the govern­ ment. Unable to compete with low-cost foreign-flag vessels or subsidized American ships for commercial cargo, Halpern said, the unsubsidized segment of the fleet "either carries government cargo or it perishes." • The government should give long-term charters to un­ subsidized operators to carry government-generated cargo so that they can plan for the or­ derly replacement of their ships, paid for "entirely with private capital." • The present limiting of construction and operating sub­ sidies "to just 14 companies" engaged in the liner trade should be abandoned. Subsidies should be made available to all oper­ ators, but they would have to choose between this direct as­ sistance and the indirect aid available through the carriage of government cargo. Such a program, Halpern said, woud be "equitable and flexible," and would lead to a maritime program "that will be capable of reaching into the fu­ ture instead of being throttled by the dead hand of the past." New Pensioner Frank Miller Will Continue SlU Activities April 1, 1969 to April 30, 1969 DECK DEPARTMENT Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmingrton San Francisco ... Seattle Totals TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED Class A Class B 7 5 95 104 23 24 32 50 36 19 31 32 29 26 37 23 105 80 114 125 47 44 86 159 44 26 687 816 Class A Class B Class C 1 4 2 89 101 16 9 18 14 18 14 31 17 10 12 10 21 21 18 27 2 23 21 2 89 47 8 140 40 125 50 23 42 73 141 56 30 28 23 582 629 215 ENGINE DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups All Groups Port Class A Class B Class A Class B Class C Boston 3 5 2 5 5 New York 68 110 31 187 140 Philadelphia 13 9 9 11 5 Baltimore 26 26 10 41 34 Norfolk 20 30 19 11 12 Jacksonville 49 15 10 22 15 Tampa 8 8 4 10 25 Mobile 32 29 20 29 1 New Orleans 53 84 61 3 56 Houston 75 79 47 152 112 Wilmington 20 49 20 40 16 90 San Francisco ... 131 91 129 65 32 35 Seattle 24 32 23 Totals 471 762 432 623 240 REGISTERED on BEACH Class A Class B 6 11 188 191 23 18 109 62 38 49 26 37 30 8 29 73 92 134 116 140 2 44 54 1 9 55 660 885 EGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 2 5 137 216 13 14 60 56 30 24 33 11 56 11 47 42 132 83 109 92 17 2 0 29 6 18 630 584 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco ... Seattle Totals TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED All Class A Class B 2 2 73 48 9 19 23 25 18 19 13 18 8 8 27 25 62 47 57 127 26 29 67 149 30 26 436 531 Class A Class B Class C 0 3 0 59 47 51 3 7 • 14 20 24 5 14 11 10 9 9 28 13 21 4 14 1 24 33 1 57 86 17 71 16 17 11 43 126 62 28 22 11 196 380 416 REGISTERED on BEACH Class A dass^ 1 5 143 79 8 17 43 84 37 24 7 14 8 11 36 59 162 73 53 117 25 8 31 0 15 13 704 369 Frank J. Miller is ending a 36-year sailing career—but not his Union activities.—as he accepts his first SlU pension check from SlU Welfare Director Al Bernstein. Brother Miller had sailed as AB. Frank J. Miller is winding up a sailing career that has spanned 36 years. However, his retire­ ment doesn't mean the end of his activities in the Union. As he accepted his first SIU pension check at the New York Hall from Welfare Director Al Bernstein, Brother Miller said: "The Union has been good to me for these many years, and now I am going to do whatever I can to help other members. What I'd like to do is help out on projects which will benefit other SIU oldtimers." Miller, who was bom in Ger­ many, went to sea when he was 14, and, except for a three-year hitch with the U.S. Army dur­ ing World War II, he has been sailing every year since. Rated AB, his last voyage was on the Ponce. Brother Miller lives just a few blocks from SIU Headquarters in Brooklyn. "I like to live close by the hall so I can stop in every day and see all my old friends. The Union and my old shipmates are all the family I have," he said. Miller joined the SIU when the Union had its headquarters on Beaver Street, in lower Man­ hattan. He says he hopes that the younger men coming in will understand what the Union has done ror the Seafarer in making sailing a better way of life. "The safety measures we have today aboard ship, and the se­ curity we have for ourselves and our families when we are sick or when we retire, are all due to the Union," he said. "And I hope the young fellows just start­ ing out will never forget this." �Bi m SEAFARERS Page Twelve Nama Amount Adamt, J. J. 3.U Adams, James Jr. 14.12 Adams, L. N. 3.73 Adams, L. N. 3.73 Aikens, Nowelt T. 117.12 Akin, h. L. 40.04 Akin, H. L. 7.83 Allison, Blair 4.04 Anderege, F. T. 4.77 Anderege F. T. 4.03 Arcenaux. tH. J. 8.57 Ardoin, i. J. 8.07 Arreboia, S. 12.43 Baham, Vincent hi. 8.17 Bailey, El.-ner E. Ill 3.03 Bailey, Ronald S. 4.27 Baldwin, B. W. 18.08 Ballard. James F. 4.04 Barringer, Joseph E. Jr. 8.17 Belanger, H. F. 37.32 Bell, James E. 18.84 Benedict Anthony 8.21 Benedict, John 7.14 Bennett, C. B. 15.80 Bennett, H. Arihur 11.43 Berlier, Id. Id. 2.85 Bernard, Wayne J. 7.58 Bice, J. 2.85 Biehl, James 2.87 Birch, Sary S. 8.78 BlancheHe, A. H. 13.27 Bodden, Fulbert A. 3.02 Bohma, R. 4.73 Boles. Richard J. 4.72 Boiling, J. R. 10.24 Bonner, Thomas H. Jr. 3.02 Bonoir, Cleophas Jr. 1.84 Bonti, A. 2.51 Boteler, L. J. 7.23 Botelho, Arthur 17.87 Boyce, E. F. Jr. I.OS Boyette, Timothy 4.27 Bradford, Richard O. 27.40 Bradley. James R. 2.70 Brady, Robert L. 24.85 Briant, L. P. Jr. 8.50 Briant, Louis P. 3.73 Broussard, W. J. 37.32 Browning, J. F. 2.15 Bryant, G. J. 3.73 Bumatay, Leoncio O. 8.51 Burnett, L. 2.51 Bums. J. T. 4.27 Butler, Owen 8.52 Butler, Robert 1.83 Cancela, R. 11.87 Canty. C. S. 7.78 Canhy, Carl 5. 2.85 Capps, Ernest E. 2.15 Carter. Don A. 11.37 Carter, Don A. 33.77 Catalanotto, J. 3.07 Cayton, G. S. 13.75 Chandler, B. 11-21 Chandler, Wade D. 7.84 Cheshire, James M. 11.10 Christophe, Antoine 10.07 Cieslak, Stanley J. 44.81 clement, E. J. 12.43 Coats, Laverne 8.22 Cobb, Arnie C. 52.73 Cobb, C. W. 1.18 Cobb, C. W. 8.21 Cole, H. D. 3.02 Coleman. James E. 12.05 Collins, David 12.08 Colon. Carlos M. 8.37 Conley, Walter 3.88 Conners, Eugene E. 1-77 Cook, Philip G. 5.20 Cooper, Idarshall C. 87.83 Corlis, James T. 13.71 Coto, J. F. 8.70 Coto, J. F. 13.00 Courteaux, Henry J. 5.52 Covert, E. P. 7.35 Crain. Michael O. 2.85 Crawford, E. B. 3.85 Crawford, S. V. 4.73 Croteau, Jack D. 11.43 Cuenca, Benito R. 8.51 Curry, Horace 8.21 Daniluk, Alexander 7.58 Danne, A. L. 7.B3 Davidson, L. H. 4.2? Davidson, Leonard 2.B5 Davidson, Leonard H. B.3I Davidson, Leonard H. 8.17 Davis, Kenneth 11.23 Davis, M. B. 18.74 De Las. Santos N. 1.24 Deale, V. C. 2.51 Deale, Thomas C. 5.77 Debautte, E. C. 1.83 Dnfnra, J, J. 12.57 Name Demoss, Edmund K. Di Gratia, J. Dickerson, J. E. Dickey, Wm. P. Difuico, L. H. Dubuisson, Lloyd F. Dugas, A. J. Duncan, G. F. Dunkins, L. Dunn, Johnny B. Durapau, W. A. Jr. Durden, R. B, Durning, Ivan Durning, Ivan A. Easter, T. Eddleman, B. G. Edwards, Otis N. Eiland, L. E. Eliser, C. P. Elliott, John C. Enqie, F. P. Jr, Everett, Edward L. Jr. Farley, Hubert M. Jr. Fillingim, W, H. E. Fisher, B. E. Flanagan, Eugene F. Forrest, W. Forrest, Wm. L. Foto, G- J. F-'ahse, Owsn W. Jr. Frayle, Marcel Fraxier, Lee Roy Fredericks, R. A. Frederiksen, Verner M. Frey, C. J. Frindt, F. Fruge, Clifton Fuglsang, 6. G. Furlcw, Rollins O. Gagliano, J. Galuska, Louis T. Garcia, J. L. Garcia, Natanael Garrity, Gerald L. Garrity, Gerald L. Garta, A. Gassard, C. H. George, J. J. Ghoodhooth, Ictech Giarratano, D. L. Gibson, Ciyde J. Giercxic, G. C. Gilliken, N. D. Gilliken, Norman D. Glennon, G. G. Gonxales, Juan I. Gonxales, Juan I. Gonxales, R. P. Gonxales, Ralph Goonan, Lawrence Gordon, I. Gorgas, Irvin J. Green, J. L. Green, Jessee Grifflth, J. C. Griggers, Ira W. Grofts, R. G. Gronberq, Nils E. Grove, Elmer T. Guidry, A. R. Guillory, R. R. Halem, Frank hialem, F. Hall George M. Hall George M. Hatlock, James L. Hals, John A, Halvorsen, S. Halvorsen, S. Hamby, E. F. Hammett, F. L. Hammock, George Hancock, Robert M. Harman, De Loss C. Harman, E. Harris, William F. Harrison, Daniel G. Haslett, Paul Hassell, D. Hebert, C. W. Hebert, C. W. Hebert, Ronald Heidelberg, James H. Hernandex. Isabel Hibbs, Maiden D. Hill James Blair Hillion, Henri Hlnes, Robert C. Jr. Hoffman, George C. Hoffman, L. C. Hoffman, Lester C. Hoffman, Lester C. Holder, M. J. Hnnd. Harvey H, Amount 21.71 13.47 7.15 201.02 2.85 8.57 7.47 12.43 2.85 2.85 1.38 1.43 5.57 1.55 3.73 11.07 8J4 2.51 21.73 18.71 7.15 15.72 52.33 7.23 13.72 53.70 10.32 174.88 8.21 835 4.23 8.72 7.75 8.17 34.11 80.27 12.84 1.84 21.73 1.00 8.07 37.32 1.95 18.37 18.37 7.88 2.86 15.71 8.35 7.34 27.40 7.58 3.02 1.07 14.05 8.17 8.21 18.84 4.04 7.35 13.44 18.15 5.34 18.26 7.83 I.81 17.50 8.17 12.11 7.31 8.50 4.27 Name Hood, Tommy H. Hoolahan. M. J, Hoover, 6. E. Jr. Hope, Wayne R. Howington, M. L. Hubbs, Robert Huddleston, M. J. Hudson, W. M. Hudson, W. M. Hughes, O. L. Hunt, 6. Hunter, W. Hurst, Marion Huseby, P. 5. Ivy, J. L. Jack, U. Jack, U. Jack, U. Jackson, A. C. Jackson, August C. Jackson, Bernard Jackson, Eddie L. Jackson, Robert W. Jane, A. E. Jane, A. E. Johnson, C. P. Johnson, H. A. Johnston, Lloyd Jones, Henry E. Jordan, C E= Karns, R. L. Amount 17.82 15.87 100.00 12.38 7.83 .01 8.57 .84 7.73 .40 20.B7 18.76 50.51 12.84 33.44 21.14 .20 18.80 22.73 8.14 7.33 17.73 103.08 4.73 3.82 18.37 ^ 12.75 5.M 1.12 8.1? 14.45 ,47 2.87 40.14 722.21 .20 8.30 24.K ^.£5 4.32 11.81 Name Cousins, W.M. Craig, D. E. Crew, R. Cumingham, W. N. pabao, L. Dabao, L. J. Davis, M. C. Davis, M. J. Davis, Wilson J. De Arce, R. Delacrux, A. T. Denehy, Thomas J. Desiiva, H. Dipietro, James J. Dipietro, James J. Dobak, John Dorsett, Dwain Dowd, O. Ellis, Francis M. Falgoust, M. J. Falgoust, M. J. Felix, H. M. Fernandex, F. A. Figueroa, A. B. Firlie, L. FItton, Lewis Forest, Jackson Frender, G. E Fulmar, William W. Galloway, N. Galvin, F. Garrecht, Ronald Garrecht, Ronald J. Gleason, J. H. Goutierrex, H. J., Jr. Greene, Brandon F. Gregory, Howard Hachay, L. W. Hair, Geo. Hanson, Karl Hans Harada, S. Karada, S. Amount 2.85 27.75 15-31 47.08 2.85 7.08 3.27 13.74 15.75 2.86 15.51 10.24 8.23 12.77 8.54 285 2.85 44.82 28.71 1-43 8.06 5.07 8.03 8.44 7,87 13.75 2.85 1.83 35.44 11.00 3.68 Mar, 1969 LOG Name Lea, Albert 5. Lea Albert 5. Lebianc, J. W. Lee, William HLesueur, Roy H. Lewis, J. F. Lewis, J. F. Lewis, J. F. Lewis, William H. Libby, Melvin F. Libby, Melvin F. Liies, Royall T. Ml Littleton, Ronald JLoeber, Glen R. Lofiin, E. J. Loflin, Edward J. Lofton, Clarence J. Lofton, R. L. Lopex, J. L. Lopex, Pablo Lucas, Charles 5. MacGregor, William A. Machado, Arthur Maddox, R. C. Maire, 1^. C. Maloney, G. J. Manca, L. Manca, L. Mannette, J. 5. Martello, Joseph Martin, Joe V. Amount 5.M 8-17 8.85 7.07 29M 3.88 7.31 2.74 8.17 27.40 5.01 18.50 12.43 3.88 18.84 32.30 4.04 10.80 8.38 3-00 4.35 12.77 2.84 2.14 2.85 2.87 I8.M 8.00 1.83 22.50 21.57 DELTA LINE MONEY DUE The Delta Steamship Lines has notified the SIU that it is holding checks for unclaimed wages due crewmembers as of March 31, 1969. Seafarers whose names appear on either of the lists on this page may collect their checks by writing to Mr. L. M. English, Jr., Port Purser, Delta Steamship Lines, Inc., Galvez Street Wharf Operations Office, Section 100, New Orleans, La. 70130. 12.43 3.55 27.40 4.72 14.04 6.41 3.66 12.43 6.05 7.27 55 83 36.84 3.88 14.05 12.77 18.45 2 85 2.87 5.14 1.15 4.72 3.86 4.04 8.78 3.21 304.44 II.37 2.87 7.88 14.21 18.54 18.15 Keith, H. O. Keith, Harold O. Kelly, Floyd Kelly, Robert L. Kendrick, Frank J. Kennedy, P. W. Kennedy, Robert V. Kerr, Glenn M. King, F. H. Jr. King, William E. Kirton, Robert W. Jr. Klauber, Perry M. Krolowitx, Terrance W. Kulakowski, Julian Kushmer, Charles D. Lacy, Timothy M. Lafleur, George Laguaite, R. F. Lambert, Arnold D. Lamer, C. H. Lammon, Kenneth A. Land, Dorsy D. Laquere, J. Laulrrson, C. L. Lavaughn, May Lawrence, G. I. Lawton, fe. W. — National Name Adams, J. N. Addington, Homer Amoren, Peter Anderson, Clarence E. Arnot, Elden R. Asunsion, A. AAyler, Eugene Badgett, William A. Banta, Henery Baroni, Tony A. Beadles, W. H. S. Beckman, Donald W. Bernard, Edison D. Berry, Glenn Bingenheimer, J. P. Boatnar, R. Boles, Jimmie L. Brabham. Wm. L. Brackbelf, R. R. Brewer, William, Jr. Brian, R. E. Brown, Clifford F. Brown, J. P. Brown, J. P. Brown,Paul W. Brunker, C. C. Brunnell, Victor Bunn, Eugene J. Byers, J. Byers, J. Carbonel. E Carroll, Earl 0. Carter, F. Caswgn^ Robert E Cauley, Clyde B. Claypbol, barrel W. Cline, J. E Colby, Edmund Cole, Edward Connenty, Wm. CooDAf C. Cotham. Ciiarles W. BBBB B Amount 5.14 18.03 10.00 3.52 1.21 18.87 .48 .44 8.21 1.78 20.11 84.17 36.70 2.80 2.17 7.83 1.82 .75 10.11 4.44 13.87 5.38 87.51 1.44 3.78 24.77 11.07 .58 75.87 8.34 10.07 23.07 8.00 22.48 13.57 2.87 7.83 13.83 5.13 4.04 .75 IIJ5 38.2i 2.08 22.73 14.00 2.02 11.26 1.46 8.53 12.43 4.04 21.74 1.34 26.00 4.27 7.74 7.27 8.35 2.51 1.07 12.43 24.75 23.35 14.82 32.30 7.83 10.24 10.72 Martin, Joe V, Martin, Kelly Maruilo, Theodore J. Masden, R. Masden, Rafael Mattair, G. W. Mayes, Terrei S. Maywald, Joe T. Mc Leilan, Clifton G. McAndrew, J. J. McAvoy, K. R. McAvoy, K. R. McCormick, S. L. McKenna, J. J. McKenna, John J. McKenna, John L. McKinney, Henry C. McLoughlln, R. F. McMaster, E. McMaster, Edward McSpadden, J. C. Meehan, W. J. Menendex, G. Jr. Millard, H. A. Miller, Sherman E. Mims, William Y. t.tcntgsinery, B. J. Shipping Name Harp, Uichard A. Hashagen, G. Hayes, F. B. Hirabi, S. N. Holland, R. A. Holland, W. J. Holsebus, Merlen Holt, P. S. Huckeba, J. J. Huckeba, J. J. Jr. Hulsebus, Merlen M. Hunt, J. llmer, W. Matpacka Israel, J. A. Itoman, Y. Jackson, G. R. Jackson, Tyrone Jahafi, Hammond N. Jardine, W. SJensen, 5. Johns, William D. Johnson, A. Johnson, William H. Johnson, Wm. Jordan, A. W. Judd, k. Kelly, Clarance Kerr, George C. King, R. G. King, R. O. King, Ralph O. Knight, Lawrence, Jr. Knight, R. C. Kopfler, W. B. Kopfier, Wallace Labua, Thomas V. Laird, C. W. Lavigne, T. Leaveil, W. L. Lee, H. A. Lee, Hubbert A. Ue, William H. Amount 4.27 2.32 2.86 .47 2.67 7.81 27.70 13.57 13.63 12.38 20.55 1.43 5.57 10.00 84.35 2.17 12.43 28-88 4.22 17.78 12.33 .47 1.08 2.40 57.37 17.83 2.27 24.00 12.43 23.12 1.00 , 24.77 7.18 .75 8.42 18.74 2.47 12.83 .01 14.84 28.88 18.74 5-00 177.15 2.75 18.84 32.30 i.87 2.15 17.05 4.72 2.87 5.72 2.85 2.74 12.43 14.37 11.25 4.84 il.45 12.43 32.30 18.50 4.84 2.00 2.51 31.74 7.88 2.31 Nama Mooney, «. Moran, G. Moreno. P. Morrison, J«m«i L. Moseiey, Gary L. Mouton, Joseph N. Moye, 6. M. , Mueller, Herbert E. Mulkey, Wayne R. Murr, M. G. Murrell. Wm. fjapier, Wayne Nette, J. P. Newsom, W. H. Newton, Charles Nicholas, Louis C. Nichols, W. W. O'Hern, J. J. Jr. Odom, Henry E. Orien, W. Oroxco, Gregarlo Ortix, Vincente Pannell, Gary W. Parker, Clyde D. V. Parker, J. W. Parker, W. Paron, Robert AParris, J. L. Parris, J. L. Parsons, Frank E. Palin, Luthsr J, Patingo, Udie A. Patingo, Eddie A. Patingo, Eddie A. PaMerson, Harris H. Pedraia, F. M. Peli, George R, Perdi, Espar Peredne, Francis Pierce, C. Pierce, Grafton J. PiMs, H. G. Polkington, J. T. Pollanen, Veikko Polley, James R. Ponson, John Pontiff, J. F. Post, Jack W. PotorskI, R. Potorski, R, Prater, J. H. Prater, James E. Prater, T. W. Praytor, James F. Prudhomme, J. H. Puras, Ernest E. Purvis, Robert W. Quasada, R. N. Raynal, R. Raynol, R. Raynor, O. M. Reed, P. Reinecke, Richard W. Revette, J. DRevili, J. C. Reyes, Aurelis Rhea, H. P. Rhew, L. W. Rhew, Lawrence Richie. Thomas Ricord, F. M. Jr. Ringler, David R. Rivill, J. C. Robb, Wesley P. Robertson, I. Robertson, L. D. Robinson, John T. Robinson, P. L. Robinson, Prather L. Roche, William T. Rosario, Efrain Rossi. Robert Rourke, R. O. Ruix, Genaro Saenx, J. Saanx, Jesse Sahuque, E P. Saik, Joachin D. Sanchex, J. N. Sanchex, Jay Sanders, U. H. Jr. Sanders, U., Jr. Saucier, H. L. Saunders, R. L. Schaefer, Wm. C. T. Scheidel, J. W. Scheidei, Julius W. Schug, Wilbur H. Schutx, Frank ScoH, Mason R. Scruggs, Thomas G. Sepulvado, Larry B. Serio, S. Seymour, A. Agemy Name Amount Lekiviti, Alfred 4.84 Leon, A. 4.18 Lewkkei, L. 20.71 Lines, T. O. .50 Lockerman, W. .52 Loncxynski, Herbert 13.70 Long, Horace C., Jr. 6.21 Longo, Perry W. 81.34 Lyons, A. 2.25 Maccoline, H. W. 40.18 MacDonaid, Samuel M. 8.44 Markin, P. J., Jr. 7.15 Mathews, T. J. 27.87 Maxwell, K. J. 1.07 McGlove, F. S. 3.01 McCay, Wm. 5.47 McClintic, William R. 10.87 McDougall, L. 13.75 McHale, Martin 5.71 McLain, J. 2.32 McLemore, John 7.30 Mendoxa, Ernest 18.53 Messerail, Bobby L. 4.04 Miller, C. E. IB8.32 Montgomery, D. R. 18.03 Moreland, Dennis 18.85 Morse, William E. 15.07 Morse, William E. 17.17 Murrell, W. 21.77 Myers, Jake 22.37 Heathery, Emmett E. 24.07 Heathery, Emmett E. 12.38 Nelson, Arthur J. 2.87 Nelson, W. A. 33.44 Nelson, Wayne O. 7.75 Neris, Johnson 5.30 New, David E 30.20 Nolan, U. E 7.31 Norton, Alexander R. 12.38 Ckuhara, Sosel 48.33 Ortix, William O. 34-33 O'Sulllvon, R. P. ' 2.17 Amount J-'S •.» 'J.J* 4.21 4.27 ••21 .87 I.tt 27.11 2.87 15.88 3.38 8.00 8.22 7.07 10.25 14 24.28 12.84 4.04 7.84 7.08 7-20 1.87 4,« 1.00 1.58 10.88 7.21 4.04 8.51 2.18 8.17 8.08 7.72 38.35 3.35 4.06 8.21 1.55 5.01 18.40 27.40 7.44 28.27 1.84 10.32 345.48 12.43 12.47 7.15 1.75 1-00 14.13 2.85 2.85 4.73 3.83 2.08 1.28 22.88 7.83 8.50 8.51 2.14 18.64 8-05 14.84 17.44 5.72 7.83 7.70 14.85 14 00 18.06 2.15 8.88 2.02 8.17 7.35 10.30 4.72 3.10 7.25 3.27 4.27 77.53 4.71 8.22 3.73 2.51 7.14 1.43 1.83 8 07 8.07 i.74 45.15 4.01 4.71 3 73 7.05 — Amount Name Oswinkle, Wm. A. 2.25 Overton, R. R. .75 Owen, John A. 8.40 Owens, R. J. .44 Owens, Robert J. 5.50 Owens, Wm. 2.40 Pakras, B. 3.01 Parker, Anthony C. .87 Paschalson, G. J. 2.88 Pastrana, F. A. 20.68 Patino, J. 3.77 Pekarak, Frederick R. 12.12 Pereira, R. M. 7.14 Phillips, Harold L. 417.00 Phillips, Harold L. 500 00 Phillips, Harold L. 500.00 Piecxykoln, Frank 1.22 Pierce, Normond 7.31 Pimentel, R. F. 40.71 Pope, William 21.52 Potarsky, R. 2.78 Pritchett, R. C. 12.43 Ramon, Alvarex 21.17 5.47 Ray, Robert F. 18.03 Reynolds, F. L. Rios, J. 17.83 3.88 Robertson, Philip 21.27 Rodriguex, Galo Roney, J. S. 13.83 Russo, G. F. .44 Saberon, B. 3.78 Sablln, J. R. 15.33 Sampson, James L. 2.27 Sanders, E. B. 23.51 Sanders, Eugene B. 23.00 Saunders, O. H. 1.84 Saxen, J. 1.15 Saxen, J. • 5.83 Sconion, Charles T. 55.87 Scovel, Joseph 5.57 Selby, J. C. .75 Sen, 9. Name Amount Shafer, James R. 7.50 Shartxer, Corrie L. 81.73 Shell, B. R. 2,15 Siiva, M. 11.43 Skottene, Hans 8.21 Slay, J. A. 8.00 Smith, C. R. 2.85 Smith, Edward G. 3.55 Smith, Eugene 12.43 Smith, O. D. 2.85 Smith, P. R. 18.84 Smith, Robert D., Jr. 8.07 Snodgrass, Lee W. 8.07 Snodgrass, L. W. 4.04 Solano, Jose R. IIJ7 Sosa, J. C. 11.43 Sosa, Julio C. 8.57 Spencer R. O. 7-58 Spires, h. 2.51 Sporich, Michael 1.34 Stafford, Stephen A., Jr. 48.48 Stalnaker, Bernard 8.05 Stalsworth, B. R. 2.51 Steadman, H. O. 18.21 Steele, M. C. 2.85 Steller, Mitchell E 3.18 Stockman W. 3.74 Stockman W. W. 3.03 Stockman, W. W. 8.50 Sveum, L. O. 8.23 Syms, J. 24,70 Syms, Jack M. 8.17 Syms, Jack M. 15.83 Talbert, N. R. 2.85 Talley, C. A. 8.50 Tarrant, William J. 28.28 Tarrant, William J. 12.05 Thomas, Clay 4.04 Thomas, J. H. 3.88 Thomas, 5. R. 4.77 Thomas, W. Pye 1.43 Thomas, Wm. 14. 9.72 Thomason, John E., Jr, 8.21 Thompson, August F. 7.33 Thompson, Emmett 27.40 Thornton, Dodson 10,81 Timm, O1.43 Tobey, V. V., Jr. 2.14 Todd, B. G. 4.27 Todd, Billy G. 2.85 Todd, Raymond J. 10.81 Tolentino, A. M. 12.34 Torres, Stanley S. 27.14 Touro, Eddie A. 8.07 Travis, A. J. 4.27 Travis, Alexander J. 5.82 Travis, W. R. 7,23 Troncoso, Carlos 5.80 Troxclair, C. J. 2.85 Tucker, fhomas E, 27.40 Tulp, J., Jr. 1.73 Tulp, J., Jr. 3.73 Turner, M. A. 10.07 Vasquex, T. 2.74 Vasquex, Telesfaro 22.83 Veneiia. F. S„ Jr. 7.07 Vlaira, k. 3.73 Vigo, Jose J. A. 8.52 ViManueva, A. 8.73 Vincent, F. J. 4.03 Vlsser, Dirk 18.07 Walker, Prentiss 14.77 Walker, Prentiss 4.27 Walker, W.D. 12.43 Walker^ William J. 141.73 Weir, kari 8.38 Weir, William J. 27.40 Wails, Glenn M. 2.02 Wells, Walton E. 2-02 Wast, Henry A., Jr. 18.14 Whatiey, Herbert E. 7.58 Wheeler, O. 3.73 Wheller, Orien 15.13 While, K. C. 5.01 White, S. 17.53 Whitad, John B. 5.01 Wickiina, Paul V. 27.40 Wiemers, William F. 8.03 Will. Harold C. 3.28 Williams, D. R. 2.87 Williams. Kenneth D. 4.72 Wilson, D. M. 4.73 Wilson, James L. 45ii5 Wilson, Orie 3.03 Witska, Ronald 5.05 Wolverton, Frank D. 4.27 Wolverton, Frank D. 2J5 Workman, H. 0. 1.78 Wright, David A. 4.72 Young, John W. 11-87 Zapata, Carlos R. 14.05 Zetch, A. 8.57 Zimmar, John 35.81 $14,882.03 .75 Name Amount Shea, W. R. 4.28 Shimada, S. 11.55 Singleton, W. C. 3.82 Sinush, Edward P. 2.87 Smith, Edward R. 4J8 Smith, R. C. 22.45 Sommers, E. 21.14 Sterling, Claude E 1.00 Stierheim, M. P. 27.37 Suchocki, L. C. 3.32 Sunagawa, S. 13.77 Swindel, W., Jr. 5.42 Sxanto, Steve 4.71 Takamtne, C. 58.50 Takamine, Chosel 7.25 Takamine, Chosel . 47.33 Tate, W. 8.34 Throp, F. R. 1.18 Toler, Richard L. 37J1 Torres, Felipe 10.52 Triguero, G. 3.00 Trinidad, A. P. .01 Underwood, Donald C. 7.88 Underwood, Clifford 11.50 Usher, Stephen E. 7.82 Vailadares, John 14.40 Varona, R. B. 2.21 Vedrine, H. R. 2.02 Viliacruxes, L. E 28.71 Vossbrinck, Jonathan .57 Vossbrinck, J. H. 75.57 Wade, L. G. 1.81 Waggoner, James C. 12.42 Weed, M. F. 18.03 Wheatley, J. E, Jr. 1.13 Williams. D. S. 4.72 Windsheimer, M. 135.32 Wolf, L. .44 Wong, H. M. Woodell, Standish Young, J. R. 12.58 4.04 1.34 15,782.54 w �May, 1969 SEAFARERS Med Students Defy AMA; Ask Prepaid Health Care CHICAGO—Tradition was defied and precedents shat­ tered when the Student American Medical Association re­ solved in convention here that present health care systems are "inadequate to meet the needs of society." The medical students, long dominated by the American Medical Association, took a number of actions that ran coun­ ter to AMA policies. The student doctors, by a vote of 48-7, endorsed prepaid group practice—a growing form of service that the hierarchy of the AMA and some state medical societies have fought. The association, which met for four days of seminars, symposiums, luncheons and business sessions, had Senator Edmund S. Muskie, Democratic candidate for Vice President last year as keynote speaker. Other speakers were former Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Wilbur J. Cohen, Senator Fred Harris (D-Okla.); Adam Yarmolinsky of Harvard Law School, and columnist Max Lemer. The resolution on prepaid group practice noted that, whereas several examples of successful group practice exist in the United States, the student doctors should "support the concept ... as a model to increase the quality and quantity of health care delivery to all people." A resolution on fee for service was amended to provide, by a 32-21 vote, that SAMA "go on record as recognizing" that the fee-for-service concept is "not the only utilizable foundation for a system that is to provide the highest quality and availability of medical care possible." Another resolution was critical of the advertising practices of the drug industry, and acknowledged the right of students to refuse free gifts of doctors' bags and stethoscopes. LOG Five Additional Seafarers Upgraded Througli SlU Deck Officers School Gigantelli Deck officer's licenses have been awarded to five more Sea­ farers who have completed the course of study offered at the upgrading school sponsored by the SIU and the Associated Maritime Officers Union. These latest graduates bring to 50 the total of men who have earned a deck officer's license after at­ tending the school and passing their Coast Guard examina­ tions. The new graduates are Casimer Gigantelli, William Prip, Frank Janusz, Narch Krzyda and Roland St. Marie. Gigantelli was bom in Port Morris, New Jersey, and now makes his home in Dover, N.J. Brother Gigantelli now holds second mate's papers. He has been going to sea since 1944 except for a two-year hitch in Legislation Proposing Vser Tax' For Tugs and Towboats is Opposed WASHINGTON — Repre­ sentative James M. Hanley (DN.Y.) recently expressed strong opposition to proposed legisla­ tion which would levy a "user tax" on tugs and towboats oper­ ating on the nation's inland wa­ terways. The tax—in the form of a two-cent-a-gallon levy on the fuel used by most tugs and towboats — was proposed by the Nixon Administration in a special message to Congress in March. The Administration said that the tax—which would rise by steps to 10 cents a gallon in 1973—would produce $7 mil­ lion in federal revenue the first year. The Administration said the proposed levy was part of its effort to fight inflation. Speaking to a meeting spon­ sored by the AFL-CIO Mari­ time Trades Department here, Hanley sharply disagreed, de­ claring that "far from fighting inflation," the user charges "ac­ tually would create new infla­ tionary pressures." The New York Congressman contended that the tax levy would raise the cost of moving petroleum and petroleum prod­ ucts, which constitute 82 per­ cent of the commerce moving on the inland waterways, and that the levy would boost up the transportation cost of coal "by two-thirds." Since most of the coal moving on the waterways is used to generate electricity, Hanley said, this would raise electric prices to consumers. Hanley said that the plan to tax movement of goods on the nation's lakes, rivers and canals —which form an interconnect­ ed, 25,000-mile transportation network — would mean a de­ parture from the country's "twocenturies-old policy of free nav­ igation of our inland water­ ways." This principle, he said, was laid down in the Northwest Ordinance in 1787, and has sur­ vived to the present time. Opposition Non-Paitisan He stressed' that his opposi­ tion was not a "partisan issue," noting that he had opposed sim­ ilar proposals sent to Congress by the Johnson Administration. "My quarrel is not over who proposed to levy taxes on the users of our inland waterways," he declared, "my quarrel is over the proposal, itself." The New York Congressman also registered opposition to a move by the Interstate Com­ merce Commission to limit the number of commodities that can be carried on a single tow of barges. A law enacted in 1939 sets a limit on these commodi­ ties in terms of the number of different goods that can be car­ ried on one vessel. The defici­ ency in the 30-year-old legisla­ tion, Hanley said, is that "in­ stead of classifying each barge as an individual vessel, the law lumped the whole fleet of barges in a single tow under the single heading of a 'vessel.'" Tlie law had no great impact at the time, he went on, because Page Thirteen Jannsi the U.S. Army during the Ko­ rean War. He joined the SIU in 1944 in the Port of New York. Prip is a native of Denmark who now lives with his wife, Shigeko, in Sasebo, Japan. Brother Prip had sailed as AB on Danish-flag vessels before coming to the United States and joining the SIU in the Port of Seattle in 1958. He is also a newly-licensed second mate. Brother Prip's last ship was the Overseas Horace. Brother Janusz was bom in Ohio and now makes his home in Mexico with his wife, Hilda. The newly-licensed third mate has been going to sea for the past 13 years. His last ship was The Cabins. Janusz, who joined the SIU in the Port of New York, has a son, Richard. Krzywda, another newlylicensed third mate, was bora in Ohio, and lives in Cleveland. He has been sailing for more than 20 years, and joined the SIU in Tampa in 1949. He last shipped as AB aboard the Beauregard. Seafarer Krzywda served with the U.S. Army for three years during World War II. St. Marie is a native of Con­ necticut who now lives there in North Grosvenordale. He has been going to sea for the past 17 years. St. Marie served three years with the U.S. Navy during in 1939 the average tow was made up of no more than six or eight barges. Since that time, technological adv^ances in terms of greater tug propulsion has made possible "a string of 40 or more barges in the same tow." As a result, Hanley said, appli­ cation of the law today would "cripple" the industry and "turn the clock back to 1939." He said that the ICC has agreed to suspend enforcement of the rule until July 1 to give Congress an opportunity to NAIROBI, Kenya—Students "clear up the language in that 1939 legislation." Hanley said who come form all parts of East he strongly supported corrective Africa to attend Kenya Poly­ legislation. technic School will soon be able to learn lithography, thanks to the African-American Labor Center. It has agreed to develop, equip and operate a new litho­ graphic training section at the CHARLOTTE, N. €.—The school's printing department at Fire Fighters moved swiftly after a cost of more than $60,000. a successful court battle and re­ Later, the section will be turned instated its Charlotte local in a over to Kenya's government, ceremony conducted by lAFF which is pledged to continue to President William H. McClen- equip and operate it. nan. The section will fill a void McClennan installed acting since there are no other litho­ officers of the local less than a week after a panel of federal graphic training facilities in judges overturned a 10-year-old East Africa. Students wanting North Carolina statute barring to learn the craft have to travel police add fire fighters from un­ to Europe or the United States. ion membership. The local be­ Two labor organizations here, gan operations after a whirlwind the Federation of Master Print­ organizing campaign that gave ers and the Printing and Kindred it a membership that includes Trades Union, will be consulted more than 80 percent of Char­ on development of the project lotte's fire fighters. to give their members the fullest St. Marie World War II. He joined the SIU in New York. The newlylicensed second mate last sailed aboard the Seatrain Delaware. The training program, oper­ ated under a reciprocal agree­ ment between the SIU and the Associated Maritime Officers Union, is the first of its type in the industry. Applicants can begin training at any time. The period of in^struction is geared to each stu­ dent's individual ability and knowledge, and his preparation for taking the examination. The training program—like the engineer's upgrading pro­ gram—was instituted in line with the SIU's objective of en­ couraging and assisting unli­ censed personnel to upgrade themselves. Seafarers can participate in the course of instruction at no cost to themselves. They will be provided with meals, lodging and subsistence payments of $110 a week while they are in training.. Deck department Seafarers who are interested in taking advantage of this training pro­ gram may apply at any SIU hall, write directly to SIU headquar­ ters at 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11232, or telephone the school at (212) 499-6600. Afro-American Labor Center Takes Lithography to Kenya Rre Fighters Regan Rights opportunity to take courses. Initial classes in lithography will be offered to students from the Nairobi area, with further expansion planned to accommo­ date students from rural areas. Night classes also are envisioned for workers now employed in printing. An agreement to provide the section was signed by Carl Schlesinger for AALC and Ken­ ya's Minister of Labor E. Mwendwa and Minister of Education J. G. Kiano, for the government. Schlesinger, of Typographical Union Local 6 in New York, is AALC's technical adviser for printing education. He will de­ velop the project here in cooper­ ation with Polytechnic's princi­ pal, A. N. Getao. Mwendwa and Kiano thanked the AALC for its financial aid to the project arid for helping Kenya's workers develop skills that will boost their standard of living and in turn strengthen the nation's economy. �Page FourteeB SEAFARERS May, 1969 LOG While Expansion Continues: SlU Sponsors Student Tour Of State Capitol in Albany , '.At .fi' r'rt-'-'-'J/V "< BROOKLYN "tklBANV Port of Jacksonville Tonnage Doubles In Ffve-Year Period JACKSONVILLE — A $35 eight miles from the open sea, million rebuilding program, now making it ideal for the container three-quarters completed here, business. The SlU-contracted is contributing to the rapid Sea-Land Service—a major con­ emergence of this port as one tainer shipper—operates at the of the leading ones of the South facility. Atlantic. The Authority's thinking is Following the takeover of the based on being a jump ahead of old municipal docks by the developments. This requires an­ Jacksonville Fort Authoiity in ticipating needs. "Our burgeon­ 1964, a complete revamping ing business demands that spe­ and modernization has brought cial arrangements be made for up-to-date equipment and a new the facilities before they are look to the entire area. As a re­ even finished," Rawls explained. sult, cargo tonnage has doubled When the new 160,000in less than five years. And this square-foot transit shed-ware­ is with containerization handling house was completed here re­ facilities just beginning to take cently, cargo began rolling into shape. the terminal for loading aboard Students at St. John the Evangelist school in Brooklyn are pictured as they prepared to depart on a tour a waiting ship even before the of the New York State Capitol sponsored by the SlU. With the group are SlU Welfare Director Al Bern­ Sees Foreign Trade Future stein, Sisters Margaret Donnell and Mary St. Alfred, and Mother Ann Stephanie of St. John's School. paint was dry. The Authority's managing di­ The Talleyrand Docks, which BROOKLYN—The SIU and were met in Albany by Sen­ the Assembly, as well as other rector, Dave Rawls, believes sponsored a tour of the New ator Ferrall and other legislative legislative offices. include a massive auto marshal­ York State Capitol in Albany representatives. The one-day "The democratic process can Jacksonville has a great future ling yard, will include a mile last month for 80 eighth-grade tour schedule included a visit to only perpetuate itself if the in the nation's foreign trade. of marginal wharf area ready students from the St. John the the chambers of the Senate and younger generation understands Convinced that the port would to handle all types of cargo by Evangelist School in Brooklyn. and becomes more involved in become the Southern terminus 1971. This tour, part of the SIU its operation," Senator Ferrall of the U.S. container movement Community Services Program, stated. "I believe that when a to Europe, the Caribbean islands 1968 Set Record is expected to be extended in youngster is actually taken to and South America, he set out During 1968—a banner year the future to other schools and where 'the action is,' his interest to design and finance a severalfor Jacksonville—over one mil­ communities. will definitely be enhanced. million-dollar container terminal lion tons of cargo passed through The program of SlU-spon"The Seafarers International on Blount Island—adjacent to sored visits to Albany is for the Union is to be commended for the existing terminal—while the the Talleyrand facilities. Over purpose of informing young peo­ undertaking this worthwhile ed­ the same period the port's stand­ ple how our laws are made, the ucational project for children in idea of containerization was still ing as the Southeast's center for union said, so that "they will our community," Ferrall added. largely a topic of conversation. imported automobiles was en­ be better prepared to act as vot­ When completed, the facility hanced by the handling of more In addition to furnishing all ers and as citizens. The SIU be­ necessary transportation, the will house stuffing and shipping than 60,000 units to be shipped lieves that children learn through SIU also provided box lunches sheds and have 11 acres of participation." for the students. Several teachers paved open storage, as well as inland. Last month's tour of the State and church representatives ac­ railway facilities. A high ca­ Overall, 1968 showed a 28 Legislature was developed with companied the youngsters on the pacity crane will be included to percent increase in import cargo, the cooperation of State Senator New York State Senator William tour. handle boxed freight. Almost a 16 percent rise in exports and William J. Ferrall, who repre­ J. Ferrall chats with the students Arrangements for the tour a gain of five percent in bulk sents Brooklyn's 22nd Senator­ on the steps of State Capitol. were made by the Seafarers with nine miles' of deepwater berths cargo. ial District, in which SIU Head­ At back are (l-r) James Rumolo, Father Dominic A. Sclafani, and 1,600 acres of marine asso­ Coffee remained the number quarters is located. Mike Kelleher and Vincent Aver- Pastor of St. John the Evange­ ciated industrial sites will also one import, reaching a high of Special buses provided by the sano. Jcimes Alaimo is behind Jo­ list Church at 250 21st Street, be added. Union left Brooklyn at 6:00 a.m. seph Datolo at Ferrall's right. Brooklyn. Blount Island is less than 132,000 tons. Courage, Love for ChilJren Shown In Seafarer Shaia's Career The recent retirement of Sea­ Army Terminal, Saigon, Viet­ ored by the army in a separate willingness to give of himself farer Fred Shaia brought to an nam, and to successfully repel citation. "above and beyond" what was end a sailing career in which enemy attacks on the port com­ Brother Shaia has shown normally expected. Brother Shaia distinguished him­ plex. Even though you were courage and humanity and the He led the crew of the Steel self in many ways and helped working under adverse and haz­ bring official commendable at­ ardous conditions you provided tention to the fine crews with the logistical requirements criti­ which he served on SlU-con- cally needed at that time. You tracted vessels. displayed an aura of compas­ A special letter of commen­ sion, humility and sincerity that dation was issued last January is unequalled, and will be re­ by the Department of the Army, membered and appreciated by Headquarters, 125th Transpor­ the military members serving in tation Command, to Shaia, who this Command during TET the was Chief Steward aboard the remainder of their lives. Steel Vendor (Isthmian Lines) "Your unselfishness, profes­ during the Tet offensive of 1968. sional competence, patriotism, The letter reads: and responsiveness to a very dif­ "By taking the initiative and ficult situation were in keeping volunteering to provide hot food with the highest traditions of the and other standard necessities commercial shipping industry of life to the military members ' and reflect great credit upon of the 125th Transportation yourself, your company, and the Command, they were able to ef­ United States of America." fectively discharge vital military The other Seafarers, Captain Spreading happiness to kids, Fred Shaia is shown at a Christmas party cargo from all commercial ves­ Jack Misner and the officers of he arranged aboard the Steel Surveyor for orphans in Korea. At right sels berthed at United States the Steel Vendor were also hon­ is an appreciative attendant from the BiduUgi orphanage at Pusan. Vendor in charitable activities over a period of years, including many on-board parties for or­ phans at Korean and Vietna­ mese ports. Early in 1968, Shaia and his fellow Seafarers entertained 35 children from a Saigon orphan­ age at a dockside Christmas party. The SIU crew donated money enough to buy toys, candy and gifts for about 60 children—sending extra goodies back to the orphanage. Some years ago, while sailing on the Steel Surveyor, Shaia arranged a Christmas party for 50 youngsters from the Bidulgi orphanage in Pusan, Korea. Another such institution, the Kwang Myung Orphanage and School for the Blind in Inchon, Korea, presented Shaia with a plaque in honor of his work which took special note of his "kindness and love of the blind children." *• * it ' �i. May, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG / . pc'' •> ' ' * ; <> - • : -V At left are first three trainee Lifeboat Classes at Piney Point. Front, frdm left: Tom Brooks, instr., Paul Cannon, Dick O'Brien, Chas. Pearce, John Boozer, Steve Schaefer, Donald Yeagley, Roger Dent. Second row: Chas. Wodack, " Doyle Frost, Thos. Weymouth, Edgar Ruark, Jr., Wm. Olison, Jim White, Art Shayewitz, Eric Fasske. Back: Chas. Tilton, Chas. Burripers, Clinton Duke, Ronald Moored p [ijv. .. i:v: • ii;>^h-.I''.-•|'^ ;. i .:--i, "I; / m'ii PINEY POINT, Md. — T^e Founded in 1953, the Harry SILTs Harry Lundeberg School . Lundeberg School of Seaman­ of Seamanship here has initiated ship has made it possible for full-scale lifeboat training for many thousands of young men all trainees. Six complete classes to start carers that combine have thus far successfully quali­ excellent pay with travel, ad­ fied for the U.S. Coast Guard venture and advancement. Lifeboat Certificate. The school offers a compre­ Before a lifeboatman's certifi­ hensive eight-week course m the cate may be granted, the appli­ basic elements of seamanship to cant must prove to the satisfac­ young men between the ages of tion of the Coast Guard—^by 16 and 21. Graduates are eligi­ oral or written examination and ble for jobs in the deck, engine by actual demonstration—that: and steward departments of he has been trained in all the ships under contract to the SIU. operations connected with the Following graduation, the train­ launching of lifeboats and life- ee is eligible—after a prescribed rafts and the use of oars and period at sea—to return to the sails; he is acquainted with the school for short, intensive up­ practical handling of boats them­ grading courses which qualify selves; and, he is capable of him for jobs with greater respon­ taking command of a boat's sibility and better pay. crew. Located near the mouth of the Under Coast Guard regula­ Potomac River in southern tions the oral or written exami­ Maryland, the SIU's Lundeberg nations are conducted only in School is a modem, completely the English language and consist of questions regarding: lifeboats equipped training facility for and liferafts, the names of their young men interested in jobs at essential parts, anj^ a description sea. Trainees live in modem, air of the required equipment; the clearing away, swinging out, and conditioned cottages and eat in lowering of lifeboats and life- an attractive, spacious dining rafts, the handing of lifeboats room; In addition to the basic under oars and sails—including training received, they have ex­ questions relative to the proper cellent recreation facilities. The handling of a boat in a heavy physical education program, un­ sea; and finally, the operation der the direction of former U.S. and functions of commonly used Olympic Boxing Coach, Robert "Pappy" Gault, has been praised types of davits. The practical examination as a model one. consists of a demonstration of Young men, interested in this the applicant's ability to carry unique career opportunity, out the orders incident to should write to the Harry launching lifeboats, and the use Lundeberg School of Seaman­ of the boat's sail, and to row. ship, Piney Point, Md. 20674. l^oberf - L ::m I "®oc/gg Q.. ' cdward Ck xr / '7/ ^lobro. /? I TL.. '""o. R kr L °''c''-eau)f c - brooks C ^ . . . :,, ^ ^carboroug/;.^ .y • .• -vv,-; ]. ' VvJ �Page Sixteen SEAFARERS May, 1969 LOG A Special Message #o Seafarers and Their Families an i i liii' 1 # COST OF DRUGS For years the SIU has been helping Seafarers and their families to meet the mounting problem of med­ ical and hospital costs through the benefits provided by the Seafarers' Welfare Plan. One area, however, continues to pose problems for everyone, including Seafarers. This area is that of prescription drugs, on which Americans spend bil­ lions of dollars each year. Much of this cost is un­ necessary. The problem is this: When a patient goes to a doctor and his condition requires medicine, he is given a prescription to be filled at his local drugstore. When the doctor writes up the prescription, he has two choices, and this is where the problem of high costs lies. The doctor can either prescribe the necessary med­ icine by its chemical name—sometimes known as its "generic" name—or he can prescribe the same med­ icine by the brand name placed on it by the drug manufacturer. The only difference between the drug by its chem­ ical name and the same drug by its brand name is in the cost to the patient. The brand name medicine can run from ten to several hundred percent higher. What happens is that the drug company makes the patient pay for all of the company's advertising, pro­ motion, and higher rates of profit. !i •; : i:' t Once the doctor prescribes medicine by its brand name, the druggist can't substitute the same medicine under its less expensive chemical name. This is be­ cause most states prohibit such substitutions by law. How can we overcome this problem? We can do so by asking the doctor to prescribe medicines for us by their chemical (or "generic") names. Or we can ask the doctor to authorize the druggist to fill the prescription with the lovrest cost suitable chemical equivalent. Thus we must educate the physician in order to help ourselves. This will mean a direct saving to you and your family. To help in this education process, the SIU's Welfare Department has prepared the fol­ lowing list of some of the more commonly used med­ icines prescribed by physicians. As you can see, there are considerable differences in the prices be­ tween the brand names and their chemical equiva­ lents. If Seafarers or their families are using any pre­ scription drugs not included in this list—and if the attending doctor does not know the name of the equivalent drug—write to the SIU Welfare Depart^ ment, at SIU Headquarters, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232, and the information will be obtained for you. "T' Chemical or Generic Name Quanti+y Brand Name Price Chemical Name Price Brand Name Achromycin 250 mg. Tetracycline Hydro­ chloride 16 $ 3.00 $ 1.50 Nocteo—71/2 gr. Achromycin V 250 mg. Tetracycline Hydro chloride 16 3.00 1.50 Butisol Sodium I/2 gr. Butabarbital Sodium 100 3.45 1.50 Chloromycetin 250 mg. Chloramphenicol 16 4.80 1.50 Chlor-Trimeton 4 mg. Chlorpheniramine Maleate 100 4.05 1.25 Cort-Dome Cream Hydrocortisone ! oz. 3.75 1.50 Crystodigin .1 mg. Digitoxin 100 1.30 .75 Peritrate 20 mg. Decadron .75 mg. Dexamethasone 100 24.20 10.40 Polycillin 250 mg. Delta Dome Prednisone 100 8.35 2.40 Dexamyl Spansules #2 Dextroamphetamine Sulphate/Amobarbital 50 7.20 1.80 Dexedrine Spansules #2 Destroa m pheta mine Sulphate 50 6.85 1.55 Digifortis Digitalis 100 2.15 .75 Dilantin i'/2 gr. Diphenylhydantoin 100 2.05 1.20 Elixophytlin Theophylline 16 oz. 4.00 2.20 Isopto-Carpine 2% Pilocarpine 15 cc 1.90 1.40 Lanoxin .25 mg. Digoxin 100 2.00 1.25 Luminal '74 gr. Phenobarbital 200 I.IO .75 Mandelamine 500 mg. Methenamine Mandelate 100 5.85 2.00 Trasentine Adiphenine Equanil—400 mg. Meprobamate 50 5.75 2.95 Vioform HydroCortisone—3% Hydrocortisone, lodochlorhydroxyquin Brand Name Cuantity Brand Name Price Chemical Name Price Chloral Hydrate 100 $ 7.00 Mebaral 1/2 gr. Mephobarbital 100 1.65 $ 3.00 1.10 Metandren 10 mg. Methyltestosterone 100 14.25 1.20 Nembutal 11/2 gr. Sodium Pentobarbital 100 3.60 1.80 Chemical or Generic Name • l/2%-l 02. Pentids 400 Penicillin S. Potassium Pentritoi 30 m. Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate Potassium Phenoxymethyl Penicillin Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate Ampicillin Pen-Vee-K 250 mg. 20 1.80 1.00 100 11.00 3.10 36 6.40 4.35 100 6.25 1.00 24 9.20 7.40 f •> ^ f • tP Premarin 1.25 mg. Conjugated Estrogens Equine 100 10.00 4.75 Purodigin .1 mg. Digitoxin 100 1.50 .75 Pyribenzamine 50 mg. 100 4.65 1.90 Raudixin 100 mg. Tripelennamine Hydro­ chloride Rauwolfia Serpentina 100 8.55 1.50 Seconal Sodium II/2 gr. Secobarbital 100 3.60 1.80 Serpasil .25 mg. Reserpine 100 7.50 .75 Teldrin 12 mg. Chlorpheniramine Maleate Tetracycline Hydro­ chloride 50 4.60 2.00 16 1.80 1.50 100 5.40 20 gm 5.25 1.95 Tetracyn 250 mg. 1.90 �M«y, 1969 SEAFARERS ^QOK^y/eMs A FIGHTING EDITOR by William T. Evjue (875 pages— $5.95) For over fifty years, through the pages of the Madison, Wiscon­ sin Capital Times, William Evjue has taken on the forces of eco­ nomic stagnation and the concentration of wealth. He has fought the evils of mass hysteria. The success of his efforts may well be measured by the long list of uncomplimentary names tagged on him. Evjue has been called everything from a "Communist" to a "watch fob editor." Attacks have ranged from a group of house­ wives decked out in Red Cross uniforms to Senator Joe McCarthy, who parlayed American mass hysteria into a successful political formula. The author follows a loose chronological order through the 800-plus pages, with frequent tangents of sudden recollection. The reader not interested in local Wisconsin politics can quickly pass to the meatier portions. One is treated to personal recollections of such men as "Fight­ ing Bob ' LaFollette, the bathtub Kohlers—^o well known in labor relations—architect Frank Lloyd Wright, Senator Gaylord Nelson, and others. During the mass hysteria of the McCarthy era, Evjue and Capital Times stood for reason and fair play. There was another time and another era of hysteria when Capital Times almost fell victim to an advertiser's boycott. Evjue withstood the pressure and has this to say about adver­ tising: "One of the most distressing problems faced by the news­ paper publisher and editor is the pressure of advertising and the threats made by advertisers to withdraw their advertising because they disagree with the editorial content or the news stories con­ cerning their products carried in a newspaper." For over a half century, William Evjue has withstood the pressures from advertisers. He has been guided by the slogan: "Let the people have the truth, and the freedom to discuss it, and all will go well." At 85, Evjue is still "A Fighting Editor." The book may be ordered directly from the author at The Capital Times, Madison, Wisconsin. * * * CLASS, RACE, AND LABOR by John C. Leggett (Oxford— 250 pages, $7.50) In this book Professor Leggett sounds a warning to the big industrial unions: To go beyond the central bargaining table where only the big issues such as wages are hammered out. Unions must do more than give lip service to such problems as rent prices, living conditions, rat control, streets and the countless other neighborhood problems. Leggett draws his conclusions from a series of interviews with workers in Detroit. The research for this book was made some eight years ago and it is interesting to note one can read signs of crisis over the horizon from the statements of workers. The author predicts the more militant forms of class con­ sciousness will be the strongest where "marginal members of the labor force have forged plant and/or neighborhood organizations" in those communities where there is a history of class struggle. An example is United Farm Workers attempting to organize unions in the fields of California and Texas. It will do well to study the structure of these unions and the services they seek to perform. : LABOR ROU'ND-UP Vice President Howard D. cal. The State Federation has an Samuel of the Clothing Workers anti-trust action pending agziinst has been appointed by Secretary rating bureau companies in of Labor George P. Shultz as a Ohio. They think their study member of the National Man­ will show that the union could power Advisory Committee. offer insurance for as much as The ten-member committee— 30 percent less than rates composed of representatives of charged by private companies. • • • labor, management, agriculture, The Clothing Workers paid education, training and the pub­ final tribute to Milton Fried, lic—was set up in 1962 under ACWA research director for 15 the Manpower Development years, at memorial services in and Training Act and advises New York. His services, in help­ the Secretary of Labor on his ing build an "enormously use­ administration of that law. ful" research department, and * <K * his other qualities were cited by The Ohio AFL-CIO is exam­ ACWA President Jacob Potofining a plan to sell collision and sky in a funeral eulogy. Fried, liability auto coverage to its 53, died of a heart ailment members. An actuarial study at the Bethesda, Md., hospital will be made to see if an insur­ of the National Institutes of ance operation would be practi­ Health. LOG Page Seventeen Lock-Out! NEAREST USPHS IN-PATIENT FACIUTIES In the name of economy, the Washington bureaucrats are again striking out at the United States Public Health Service—^this time at the in-patient services at the USPHS hospital in Detroit. The April 2 directive to close down these facilities so vital to Seafarers, as of July 1, is spawned from a long line of unconscionable directives sup­ posedly aimed at saving money—regardless of the effect on human need or social resources. The SIU and shocked members of Congress share a firm determination that this blow, so destructive to Seafarers and others in the Great Lakes area, must be averted. And for good reason. Merchant seamen have special health problems. They are—by virtue of their work—transients. Their stay in any port is limited. Ship schedules are flexible and uncertain. They may be at sea for long periods. They must meet rigid physical requirements of fitness for duty before being allowed to ship out. For all these reasons they require efficient and adequate hospital care that is immediately accessible in reasonably convenient ports. These unique needs common to seamen, recognized generations ago, were a prime reason for the establishm.ent of the USPHS in the first place. From their inception, the hospitals maintained by this service have offered quality care and have earned the enthusiastic appreciation of the men they served. None of this has changed. The need for these strategically located facil­ ities is greater than ever, particularly in view of the fact that the closing of similar facilities at Chicago and Memphis four years ago left Detroit's the only inland USPHS hospital left in existence and the sole remaining source of in-patient services in the Great Lakes area. The reasons given for the closing order—that the in-patient facilities in Detroit are not fully utilized on the one hand and the hospital is too small on the other—are difficult to comprehend. Any claim by the government that savings will result is unreal in view of the fact that seamen are guaranteed hospital services by law and that USPHS costs per day are about half of the costs in other hospitals. What makes the situation all the more serious, however, is the fact that there just isn't any other place in the Lakes area for seamen to turn. The available VA hospitals and public hospitals are unequal to the task. The only alternatives are the USPHS facilities located in distant Staten Island, N.Y., or Baltimore. There is only one answer to this latest crisis faced by the USPHS. The De­ troit facilities must be maintained. Nothing else makes sense. �Page EightM SEAFARERS May, 1969 LOG VOYASER SAILS AGAIN If was sign-on time aboar^ the Alcoa Voyager at the Army termi­ nal In Bayonne, New Jersey, as the C-2 vessel was being loaded for a run to U.S, military si/pply ports In northern Europe* Commis- Bob Stev/arb Louis Uben! Democrat Wins Laird's Seat Threap Upset Victory in Wisconsin WAUSAU, Wis. —A 30- and a scattering of industrial year-old Democratic liberal has enclaves. won an upset victory in a special He captured the seat long Wisconsin congressional elec­ held by Melvin R. Laird, who tion which his Republican op­ resigned to become Secretary of ponent had labeled a referen­ Defense. Laird had been re­ dum on the Nixon Adminis- elected by a nearly 2-to-l mar­ ^. tration. gin last November. Obey de­ David R. Obey, backed by a feated Republican Walter J. coalition of labor and family ChUsen, 62,901 to 59,292. farmers, is the first Democrat Former Vice President Hu­ ever sent to Congress from the bert H. Humphrey campaigned 15-county 7th District—an area for Obey, making his first ma­ of dairy farming, paper mills jor political appearance since the presidential campaign. Sen­ ator Edward M.,Kennedy (DCouple Gets Drift— Mass.) made film clips for tele­ vision use in Obey's campaign. lO-Year-Old Mall Chilsen used television com­ WESTPORT, Wash.—It took 10 years for a letter "mailed" mercials showing himself with by a Norweigian seaman off Nixon and strong endorsements Japan to reach the U.S. West from Laird. He told the voters that election of Obey "would be Coast. It came via a bottle found by an insult to President Nixon and George Palmer and his wife a slap in the face to Mel Laird." while beachcombing near here On the national level. Obey, at Grays Harbor. hit hard at tax loopholes includ­ I Heavily encrusted with bar- ing the low taxation of capital K, nacles, the bottle was originally gains and the oil depletion al­ a container for Japanese liquor lowance. He also sharply at­ "Distilled by Otobukiy Limited, tacked the Republican gover­ Osaka," and was cast into the nor's proposal to increase in­ sea some 300 miles off the coast come taxes only on the first of Japan by Olaf Braaten of $14,000 of earnings, with no Oslo. The enclosed note bore hike in the higher brackets and the date "August 5, 1959." The no raise in corporate taxes. Palmers have answered BraaObey's support of private ten's message. dairy farmers and opposition to large corporate farms also won him substantially more support than a Democrat normally gets. 'Labor-Famiei* Support A "labor-farmer" rally for Obey at Wisconsin Springs two days before the election brought together the area's trade union movement, the Farmers Union and the National Farmers Orga­ nization. State AFL-CIO President John W. Schmitt was chairman of the rally. Speakers included national AFLA^IO Legislative Director Andrew J. Biemiller, who is a former Wisconsin con­ gressman; A1 J. Hayes, retired president of the Machinists and a Wisconsin native, and Bronson LaFollette, who ran strong in the district as the Democratic gubernatorial candidate last No­ vember; It was 3 o'clock in the morn­ ing after Election Day before Obey's victory was confirmed. The newly-elected congress­ man could have celebrated or gone to bed. Instead he and his wife drove out to the Brokow paper mill and stood at the plant gate as the workers—^members of the Pulp-Sulphite union— came for the morning shift. The word from the new congress­ man: "Thanks for your sup­ port." there's going to be a lot of painting on this trip, according to AB Rafael Spiteri and O.S. Richard O'Brien, who are hard at work stocking the Voyagers paint locker with gallon after gallon as ship prepared for the Atlantic rtin. Challenger Wins Broad Support COPE Backs Bradley Over Yorty in Los Angeles Mayoralty Runoff LOS ANGELES — COPE delegates have overwhelmingly endorsed City Councilman Thomas Bradley's bid to be­ come the first Negro mayor in this, the nation's third largest city. COPE action assured Bradley broad-based labor support for the May 27 runoff against Sam Yorty, the incumbent. It also reflected widespread labor dissatisfaction with eight years of Yorty administration, including ineffective handling of the 18-month strike-lockout at the Hearst-owned Herald-Ex­ aminer. In an April 1 primary elec­ tion, when COPE made no en­ dorsement, Bradley pulled 42 percent of 718,678 ballots cast. Yorty got 26.5 percent, second highest in a field of seven. Sigmund Arywitz, county AFL-CIO executive secretary, called on union members to pour contributions and man­ power into the effort to elect Bradley. "Our feeling is that he is the best suited to meet the needs of this major metropolis," Arywitz said. He said the 51-year-old Bradley, first Negro elected to the City Council here, had the peacemaking potential to solve critical urban problems. All major independent labor bodies also have endorsed the Bradley candidacy. Arywitz said COPE would "take the facts" of the campaign tu union members. He told a news conference that racism, an issue raised by Yorty on pri­ mary election night, was "wholly spurious." "Los Angeles is tired of per­ sonalities and smears," Arywitz said. Yorty had accused Bradley of emphasizing race in his primary campaign to get votes. About 20 percent of the city's regis­ tered voters are Negro. A vote analysis published in the Los Angeles Times, how­ ever, indicated that predomi­ nantly white San Fernando Val­ ley, for example, a traditional Yorty stronghold, deserted him in the primary election. Bradley greeted the COPE endorsement with "delight" and said it "clearly shows that this will be a people's campaign." Theoretically, the mayoralty race is non-partisan. Both Brad­ ley and Yorty are registered Democrats, but Yorty supported Republican Richard Nixon for President in 1960 and was pretty much in Republican Ron­ ald Reagan's corner when he was elected governor in 1966. V s �-.-»x-.--> ^ •- vzamilm May, 1969 SEAFARERS .h Page Nineteen LOG Continued Support of UN Vital Goldberg Tells Union Leaders Labor must maintain a "deeprooted interest" in supporting and strengthening the United Nations as the best available instrument for securing peace, Arthur J. Goldberg, former U.S. Ambassador to the UN, de­ clared in Washington. Helping to make the agency succeed, he told representatives of unions, he is in accord with labor's involvement in interna­ tional affairs going back to Sam Gompers, who led in founding the International Labor Organi­ zation. Goldberg spoke to about 50 union leaders who attended a luncheon meeting sponsored by CentralAmerkan East-West Canal Seen S-Year Job LAS VEGAS, Nev.—Even with the use of nuclear ex­ plosives, it could still take up to five years to construct a pro­ posed new sea-level canal to link the Atlantic and Pacific oceans across Central America. Such a canal could not be produced in one blast, but would require a series of detonations planted in leapfrog design, Mar­ vin Williamson, an Atomic En­ ergy Commission engineer in the division of peaceful nuclear ex­ plosives, told a symposium here. "Since the total excavation might require 300 or more ex­ plosives with a combined yield of 200 to 300 megatons," Wil­ liamson explained, "one would not propose to excavate the en­ tire length in one blast because logistics, safety and other con­ siderations could become un­ manageable.'' More than 200 delegates, in­ cluding three from Soviet bloc countries, attended the sym­ posium which was called to ex­ plore public health aspects in the peaceful use of nuclear energy. the United Nations Association of the USA, a non-partisan, privately supported organization to further peace and justice through the UN. Goldberg, chairman of the board of the association, and James B. Carey, its director of labor participation, appealed to unions to continue and increase their backing of the association. President I. W. Abel of the AFL-CIO Industrial Union De­ partment urged labor leaders to stimulate greater interest in the UN among union members. "We haven't taken as seriously as we should the work of the UN," he declared. His 'Strongest Resource' Goldberg who also served as Secretary of Labor and Supreme Court Justice, recalled his long prior career in the labor move­ ment. That experience, particu­ larly participation in collective bargaining conferences, "be­ came the strongest resource I had in serving in the United Nations," Goldberg said. There is too much a tendency for our government to use busi­ ness leaders as international ne­ gotiators when union partici­ pants in collective bargaining have an "ideal background" in this area, he added. Goldberg noted that AFLCIO President George Meany, Abel, President Louis Stulberg of the Ladies' Garment Workers and the late President George Harrison of the Railway Clerks have "all served with distinc­ tion" on U.S. delegations to the UN. He expressed the hope that the Nixon administration and future administrations will con­ tinue the policy of including la­ bor leaders on these delegations. The UN, he continued, is not a perfect instrument. But with all of its imperfections, Gold­ berg said, there is "no better choice" as a means of trying to bring peace and justice based on international law. Unclaimed Wages Held Open wages unclaimed during the period August 1, 1968, through January 31, 1969, are being held for the Seafarers listed below by the Robin Line Division of Moore-McCormack Lines. Those whose names appear are requested to contact Mr. F. L. Haggerty, Manager, Accounting Services, at the company's offices at 2 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10004. Adams, Thomas Anagnoston, A. Brockton, R. H. Brown, Albat Browning, Stevie J. Buie, Richard Butterworth, P. M. Byran, Haze Ervin Campfield, J. HI Carr, Melvln J. CaCmi, Daniel Chameco, Sixto Dtdiy, Lmry E. Edwwds, Harold J. Espinal, Ramon L. Fennel!, Arthur T. Gerganious, James Hubert, Joseph R. Kermarec, Leon H. Lamourieux, H. D. Mays, Richard F. Morrow, Jolm A. Nemo, Rob^ W. Pardue, Robert W. Savoie, Patrick J. Smith, James H. Steiiimetz, A. L. Thompson, Vernon Wilson^ Lmmle S. The decision is unanimous. Enthusiastic women in the United Fishermen's Wives Organization anx­ ious to boost the use of seafood products, all agree to proposal to "stress that all American fish­ ery products should be used in much greater amounts in schools, institutions and the armed services. New Bedford Women Map Attack On Problems of Fishing Industry NEW BEDFORD, Mass.— The old adage, "never underes­ timate the power of a woman," nicely sums up the philosophy of the newly-formed United Fishermen's Wives Organization in this East Coast fishing port. A majority of the women in the UFWO are married to fisher­ men who belong to the SIUNAaffiliated New Bedford Fisher­ men's Union, and the ladies are determined to help their hus­ bands by boosting the declining New Bedford fishing industry. The problems facing fisher­ men in New Bedford reflect the nation-wide crisis that has hit the domestic fishing industry, a crisis caused in part by overage vessels and gear, ever-increasing imports of foreign fish, and a drop in prices paid for domestic fish. Scallop Stocks Down The important scallop fishing industry in New Bedford is also being threatened by decreased stocks in Atlantic waters and, all along the Massachusetts coast, fishermen have experienced a marked decline in the supply of other species—such as haddock. The tremendous influx of im­ ported fish has created a situa­ tion whereby domestic fish is be­ ing pushed off the shelves in lo­ cal stores and supermarkets in New Bedford. This is also be­ coming a commonplace situation across the entire nation. In an effort to combat this crisis, fishermen and boat own­ ers recently formed the Commit­ tee to Preserve the New Bed­ ford Fishing Industry. Its chair­ man is SIUNA Vice President Austin Skinner, secretary-treas­ urer of the New Bedford Fisher­ men's Union. The wives of several fisher­ men also decided to join the fight and, near the end of Janu­ ary, the structure of their own organization began to take shape. Mrs. Janet Connors, whose husband, Eugene, skippers sev­ eral draggers out of New Bed­ ford, went to the piers, got the home numbers of the fishermen and began calling their wives about starting a group that would help the fishing industry. The women met during Feb­ ruary and early March, but the group really got off the drawing boards on March 21st when by­ laws were officially adopted and officers elected, making UFWO probably the first group of its kind on the East Coast. Dues-paying members already number nearly 100. During the formative meet­ ings held in the NBFU union hall—a historic building on North Water Street—the ques­ tion of eligibility for member­ ship in the new organization was settled by clarifying that fishermen's widows and the wives of retired fishermen were also eligible to join. The constitution, read by Mrs. Ann Mackay, established the name of the group as the United Fishermen's Wives Or­ ganization—a group whose purpose shall be "to improve, promote and encourage the pur­ chase of fish, scallops and sea­ food products harvested by the New Bedford fishing fleet." 10-Point Program Later included in the organi­ zation's by-laws were sugges­ tions made by Skinner, patterned after the program of National Fishermen and Wives, Inc., a West Coast group. In line with these suggestions, UFWO has gone on record in support of "limitations on fish imports, correct labelling of for­ eign fish products; ciutailment of foreign fleets off our shores; continued work with State and Federal pollution control groups," and "strict enforce­ ment of the 12-mile fishery limit." Also, UFWO will seek to "promote public relations; edu­ cate the American housewife to use more domestic fishery prod­ ucts; stress that American fish­ ery products be used in greater amounts in schools, institutions and the armed services; continue to work to upgrade the Ameri­ can fisherman and to protect his rights," and "urge the en­ actment of legislation beneficial to all fishermen." Relaxing With TV Joe Cook watches television, while waiting for the morning shipping call in New York hall. He , sails in the steward department. �Page Twenty SEAFARERS May, 1969 LOG At Graduation Exercises for 25th Class: AlFLD's Contribution to Social Progress Praised by Nixon WASHINGTON — The American Institute for Free Labor Development has made a valuable contribution to Latin America's social progress and economic improvement. Presi­ dent Nixon said in extending "warm congratulations" to grad­ uates of AlFLD's 25th training program, "We have a special interest," Nixon said in a message read to the graduates by AFL-CIO President George Meany, "in the welfare of the people who share this hemisphere with us and are currently seeking new initiatives to make our com­ bined efforts more effective." AIFLD, through its self-help projects in such fields as co­ operatives and housing, and through its educational work in support of the development of free democratic trade unions, has "played an important role by involving rank-and-file work­ ers in its activities," the message emphasized. Meany gave certificates of graduation to 28 union leaders from 15 Latin-American coun­ tries who spent six weeks study­ ing advanced collective bargain- AIFID Graduate Named Guyana Labor Minister GEORGETOWN, Guyana— Winslow Carrington, Guyana's recently appointed Minister of Labor and Social Security, is a graduate of an American Insti­ tute for Free Labor Develop­ ment training course. Carrington, who is president of Guyana's Transport Workers Union, was the valedictorian among English speaking mem­ bers who graduated from AlFLD's first course for Latin American union leaders in Washington in 1962. Midpoint Remains 2Z7\ r r "Americans have stopped getting younger," the Cen­ sus Bureau said in report­ ing that the median age of 27.7 years was unchanged between fiscal 1967 and 1968 for the first time in 15 years. The median age, mid­ point at which the popula­ tion divides equally, half younger and half older, reached a peak of 30.3 years in 1952 after steadily rising from 16.7 in 1920. The report said that 1.5 million Americans reached age 65 during fiscal 1968, up slightly from the previ­ ous year, and 3.8 million people became 21, up1 mil­ lion from the number reacliing that age in 1967. ing and related subjects at AlFLD's Front Royal, Virginia, Institute, and taking field study trips in Cueraavaca, Mexico; St. Louis, and New York. Responding to critics who be­ lieve Latin leaders should be trained on a govemmc^it-to-government and business-to-busi­ ness basis, Meany said "we don't buy that. It might be more comfortable that way, but there is no guarantee that the ensuing economic improvement would work its way down to the lowest rungs of the economic ladder." He added: '*A Lasting Impact" "I personally feel that, no matter what else happens in the Alliance for Progress, the pro­ gram of education offered by AIFLD will have a lasting im­ pact on the future of Latin America. We are going to con­ tinue this work." No nation can build prosper­ ity on low wages and inferior working conditions, Meany de­ clared. A country's wealth should be measured not by roads or great edifices but on the basis of social and economic conditions experienced by the great mass of its people, he told the class. The exercises were held in the AFL-CIO assembly room. Besides Meany, others partici­ pating were President Joseph A. Beime of the Communications Workers, AIFLD secretarytreasurer; and General Secre­ tary Arturo Jauregui of GRIT the Inter-American Regional Organization of Workers. Orlando E. Bustos, organiz­ ing secretary for the Textile Workers' Union of Argentina, spoke for the graduates in ex­ pressing appreciation of the in­ stitute's work. Need is Worldwide Workers of the United States have "crossed national bound­ aries" in creating the institute, and "with generosity and altru­ ism have offered to those with­ out the same advantages the means of attaining effective edu­ cation and international expe­ rience," Bustos said. Work of this kind, he said, is needed in all parts of the world." Even in this hemi­ sphere, "innocent people are being struck down; overriding violence and repression still throttle those who clamor for social justice; humble people are still being punished for aspiring to live in a better world," he declared. Class members, Bustos said, have committed themselves for­ mally to "the fight to achieve the common good, and eradicate forever the phantoms which, in various forms, stalk America." Jauregui told the graduation dinner audience that while dic­ tatorships have spread in some Latin-American lands, they soon lose popular support be­ cause of their denial of freedom and democracy. The Latin labor movement has grown from a few to the point where free, democratic inter-American labor represents 28.5 million workers, "working together toward the same goal," he said. Class students were picked to take the course by fellow union­ ists in Argentina, Chile, Colom­ bia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Uru­ guay and Venezuela. In seven years the AIFLD has trained more than 700 labor m' leaders in Front Royal; selected labor economists in advanced training at Loyola and George­ town universities, and more than 100,000 unionists at resident Orlando E. Bustos, left, of the Argentina Textile Workers Union, centers and regional seminars in receives certificate at exercises climaxing 25th AIFLD program from AFL-CIO President George Meany, who is also AIFLD president. Central and South America. mm Private Watchdog Group Charges; Job Blacklisting Service Operated By [xtremist Right Xhurch League' The right-wing Church League of America has been charged with operating a "black­ listing business" that gives em­ ployers a secret check into the background of job applicants. The charge was made by the Institute for American Democ­ racy (IAD), a non-profit orga­ nization which exposes extrem­ ists on both the left and right. Its board includes leaders in la­ bor, religion, business and gov­ ernment. Details of the blacklisting service were explained by Charles R. Baker, IAD's execu­ tive secretary, in an article in the March issue of the organiza­ tion's newsletter, Homefront. This is how the setup works, based on letters and a flyer being sent to businessmen in the Chi­ cago, Philadelphia and New York areas. Baker said: For as little as $5 a head, prospective employers can get a check into what the Church League terms the "philosophy of life" of job-seekers. Ai^Iicant Defenseless The individual job applicant has no way of knowing about the check and there is no defense against wrong identification. Employers are told that for a $1,000 "donation," they can get checks on 50 names, with addi­ tional checks at $5 each. Even if they don't use the service, em­ ployers can write off the "dona­ tion" as a tax deductible contri­ bution, CLA says. Name checks are made against the Church League's ANVTIME-ANYMHIRE ^ MEANS NO MORE SHIPS files, which the organization claims "are the most reliable, comprehensive and complete, and second only to those of the FBI." According to Baker, the Church League has boasted that it has file cards of nearly three million persons, groups and pub­ lications "which serve the Com­ munist cause," and has claimed to have a working relationship with law enforcement groups. Prospective clients are sent a promotional letter warning that "our working forces include more than a few radicals, social­ ists, revolutionaries. Commu­ nists and troublemakers of all sorts." "Colleges and schools are ed­ ucating thousands more who will soon be seeking employment," the letter adds. The Church League points out that while employers can easily check the "educational and professional background" of job seekers, little is being done to learn their "philosophy of life," which is "of paramount importance." Baker identified the Church League of America as a rightwing group that provides a "li­ brary function" for a variety of other right-wing outfits. It lists Major Edgar Bundy as its exec­ utive secretary. The Church League's catalog. Baker nftted, features materials f^rom the John Birch Society and the Carl Mclntyre complex. Last winter, Bundy was a guest on Birch member Dean Manion's Radio and TV Forum. �[iiv.S- May, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Twenty-One Wayne County AFL-CIO Adopts SIU Resolution DETROIT—The following Resolution, submitted by the SIU, Great Lakes District, was adopted by the Wayne County AFL-CIO Delegate Body at its recent meeting here. Resolutions Opposing Foreign Flag Passenger Operations on the Great Lakes WHEREAS, the Seafarers' International Union, Great Lakes District, AFL-CIO, has for many years represented, in collective bargaining, the unlicensed crewmembers em­ ployed by the Chicago, Duluth and Georgian Bay Lines on its Great Lakes vessels and still maintained the bargaining rights until the close of the navigation season in 1967 when the Chicago, Duluth and Georgian Bay Lines permanently curtailed operations due to Coast Guard restrictions, and WHEREAS, many of these said crewmembers no longer are able to continue their employment on the Great Lakes due to this curtailment of operations, and WHEREAS, the Chicago, Duluth and Georgian Bay Lines have now been purchased by the Arison Shipping Company of Miami, who operate vessels of the Norwegian-Caribbean Line between Miami and the West Indies under foreign flag operations, and WHEREAS, under such foreign flag operations this com­ pany operates under said foreign flag with foreign crews at substandard wages and substandard conditions, and without any legitimate collective bargaining agreement, and WHEREAS, said company operates its ships at substan­ dard levels not acceptable to the United States Coast Guard, and WHEREAS, many American citizens will use these ships at great danger to their personal safety due to the substan­ dard safety standards, and WHEREAS, said company operates without payment of any taxes to the American Government, and WHEREAS, said company now intends to extend its oper­ ations to the Great Lakes in 1970 by placing one of its vessels, namely the SS SUNWARD, under the same con­ ditions as its Coast operations with foreign crews and foreign flag conditions, therefore, be it RESOLVED that the Detroit and Wayne County AFLCIO take positive action to protest this foreign flag operation on the Great Lakes, and publicize this underhanded "fraud" to the entire American public and its public officials. U.S.-Freiich Labor Combme To Help African Unions Grow PARIS—American labor is proud to be allied with free French labor in helping the de­ veloping nations of Africa, an AFL-CIO representative told the tenth congress of Force Ouvriere (FO) here. Irving Brown, executive di­ rector of the African-American Labor Center, added, "It is common concern like this that unites Us as forces for freedom throughout the world." Brown spoke as the repre­ sentative of AFL-CIO President George Meany to delegates rep­ resenting LI million FO mem= hers. A democratic labor fed­ eration, FO was founded in 1948 with U.S. labor's help af­ ter Communist elements seized control of the General Confed­ eration of Workers (CGT). In the earliest years. Brown recalled, the federation pitched in with American unions and labor movements of other na­ tions to aid the reconstruction of Western Europe. Now, he pointed out, FO is contributing greatly in labor's efforts "to build the trade union movement in new nations, par­ ticularly in French - speaking Africa." "We have never wavered in our support of FO since its founding," Brown said. "For the history of your movement is the history of France, Western Eu­ rope and the entire free world ever since World War II." He said the cooperation of labor movements in industrial nations also is vital if free na­ tions are to resist communism and all forms of totalitarian ag­ gression. In this connection, he warned that efforts by the Communistcontrolled World Federation of Trade Unions to make inroads in industrialized and developing nations is "part of the Soviet government's offensive to stran­ gle the existing and emerging trade unions of the world." "Their objective," Brown said, "is not to improve but to exploit the low economic and social standards of workers in order to advance the power drive of the totalitarian powers." Brown expressed "fervent hope" that negotiations in Paris will lead to a peace in which the free trade union forces of South Vietnam "will not only survive but become the standard bearer of freedom for all Vietnam." The burning Formosan freighter Union Faith lights up the New Orleans skyline following a collision with oil-laden barges in the Mississippi River. Twenty-six men perished in the blazing waters. SlU-contracted tugs were credited with helping to avert a major disaster along the entire waterfront near Canal Street. Seafarer Gives On-Spof Account: Formosan Vessel, Oil Barges Collide Under New Orleans Bridge; 25 Dead On April 6, the Formosan freighter Union Faith and three fuel-laden barges collided in the Mississippi River under the Greater New Orleans Bridge, five blocks from famed Canal Street. In the explosion and fire that followed, 24 of the seamen on the freighter and a Missis­ sippi river pilot were lost. A major disaster along the en­ tire waterfront was narrowly averted by the prompt action of the city's fire department, SIUcontracted tugs of the Crescent Towing Co. and the Whiteman Towing Co., and the Seafarers aboard the Alcoa Master. AB Jacob Levin was a crewmember aboard the Alcoa Mas­ ter and, shortly after the colli­ sion, took part in getting the vessel safely away from the danger area. Here is Seafarer Levin's first-person account of what happened: It was a very quiet Sunday, and I was sitting in the French Market having a cup of coffee before returning to my ship to stand the midnight to 8 a.m. gangway watch. Suddenly there was a large explosion, and I guessed that a collision had taken place in the river. My first thought was to get back to the ship. When I got down there the whole river seemed to be a mass of flames. A Chinese freighter, the Union Faith, and a tow of three barges loaded with fuel oil had collided right under the Greater New Orleans Bridge. Mr. Nolan, the chie;f mate, -broke out everyone who was on board, including the cooks, a couple of firemen, an oiler and the chief electrician. Even a couple of Greek seamen who were nearby came aboard and volunteered their services. At first we thought we might have to abandon ship but the chief engineer had kept vacuum on the engine. A river pilot promptly came on board and we were able to quickly cast off all lines and get under way. We got away from the dock not a minute too soon, because one half of a burning barge drifted down to where we were tied up just after we had pulled away. Had we not gotten under way when we did, the Alcoa Master and the Bienville Street wharf would have burned. Our vessel was the only one in port to get away from the dock under her own power. The pilot swore it was a beautiful undocking, and said that he had never seen a bunch of men per­ form their duties so efficienfly. We passed the burning Union Faith. She was listing heavily and was a mass of flames from stem to stern. The pilot, cap­ tain and 24 of the Formosan ship's crew perished. And two of the 26 crewmembers who were rescued are still in the hospital. It was a very lucky thing that only one of the barges exploded in the collisioii. It is felt by some in the port that if all three barges had exploded, the entire port of New Orleans might have been a total loss. John Galbrmth Please contact Wynn Walker, attorney-at-law, 1780 Broad­ way, New York, New York 10019, as soon as possible. Baltimore, Maryland, as early as possible. <1> Wayman Lizotte Please write to your daugh­ ter, Patricia Ann Lizotte, in care of Rebecca Aquino, Little Tommy's Barber Shop, Agana, Guam. ^ Charlie Bums Please get in touch with W. A. Johnston, Box 93, Brundidge, Alabama 36010, as soon as possible. Nkk Mufin Please get in touch with George D. Edwards, Profession­ al Building, 6903 Dunmanway, Leroy William Bird You are requested to contact Krout & Schneider, Inc., 150 Mezzanine, 350 Sansome Street, San Francisco, California 94104, at your earliest con­ venience. 4/ Michael Bordelon Please contact your mother at her new address, 330 De Soto Avenue, Pineville, Louisiana 71360, as soon as possible. —— Ralph D. Shuman Your father is anxious to hear from you. Please contact him as soon as possible at 1564 Trona Way, San Jose, Cali­ fornia. L �SEAFARERS Page Twenty-Two TwO'Gallon Blood Donor Seafarer Arthur Sankovidt, center, has donated 19 pints of blood to the SlU Blood Bank. Congratulating him on achieving two-gallon mark in SlU's "Gallon Club" is Dr. Joseph Logue, SlU medical direc­ tor, and Nurse Sheryl Edel, RN. Brother Sankovidt, who sails as messman, says he likes to give blood "because it's a good way to help other Seafarers." Sankovidt's last ship was the Gateway City. • A' Want to know what is pushing prices up and holding back progress? The National Associa­ tion of Manufacturers would have Americans believe that it knows. It's a conspiracy between organized labor and the National Labor Rela­ tions Board, that's what. And the NAM thinks it knows what to do about this dreadful state of affairs. Change the labor laws—again. From the SIU hall in Norfolk comes word that the NAM is currently sending out a new broadside of anti-union propaganda to compa­ nies in that area. Included in the package is a handsomely designed booklet—loaded with the usual misstatements of fact and specious rea­ soning—and glumly predicting disaster unless labor laws are reformed "to restore the balance in labor-management relations." The companies are being urged to distribute the booklets to all of their employees so that "the man in the street" can know how organized labor and the NLRB are ganging up on him. The NAM has never been accused of champion­ ing the man in the street, so their new-found concern for him is not likely to be viewed with­ out suspicion. The thrust of NAM's argument is that the NLRB "has left a bewildering trail of decisions which frustrate the original intent of the law." Translated, this means that the NLRB has been too conscientious in protecting the rights and security of workers. Remember that both major amendments to the original Wagner Act—the Taft-Hartley Act and the Landrum-Griffin Act —were heartily endorsed by the NAM. The clear intent of those two amendments was to cripple the effectiveness of organized labor so, naturally, any frustration of that intent was bound to make the NAM mad. "The NLRB has been going too far," they complain in their booklet, and then they tick off some of their pet peeves. For instance, the NLRB told one company it couldn't try to in­ timidate its employees during an organizing drive by suggesting that a number of companies had to close down because they couldn't afford to provide union wages or working conditions. Why shouldn't a company have the right to scare its employees? Then, with their usual half-truth technique, they charge that the NLRB is keeping prices up because they won't let a company introduce May, 1969 LOG Kansas' RighMo-Workers'Stymied In Move to Assess Harsh Penalties TOPEKA, Kansas—A bill which threatened unions with harsh penalties under Kansas' 10-year-old "right-to-work" law has been killed by the veto of Governor Robert B. Docking (D). After Docking refused to sign the measure, vigorously opposed by labor, a move to override his veto failed in the state House of Representatives and the legisla­ ture adjourned shortly there­ after. The union shop ban was adopted as a constitutional amendment in 1958 but the state has never before acted on enabling legislation. Last year. Laborers Local 605 won a union shop contract at the Sunflower Ordnance Plant of Hercules, Inc. near De Soto, and Kansans for Right to Work focused on the pact in pressing for enabling legislation. They ignored the fact that the plant's management and the cost-reducing methods without first negotiating with their workers' union. What they aren't telling "the man in the street" is that the costreducing method they are talking about consists of throwing some of their workers out into the street and replacing them with machines. The NLRB ruled that the union has a right to protect the security of those workers and their families—but the NAM says "this is going too far." Then they go on to cite another horror story about how the NLRB made a firm bargain with the union because it shut down a factory that they said was losing money. "The resulting penalties make other companies reluctant to close in similar situations," groans the NAM. What they are really talking about here is the attempt of some companies to avoid pay­ ing decent wages by closing down an orga­ nized plant, and moving it to a "right-to-work" state or some other low-wage area. The "pen­ alties" they complain of include offering the workers jobs at the new plant at their present wages, and the cost of moving their families to the new factory site. "This is going too far," says the NAM. So, despite the fancy new packaging of this latest NAM attack on organized labor, inside are the same old tired arguments. They piously assert that all they want is to restore the bal­ ance in labor-management relations, but their actions clearly indicate a nostalgia for the good old days when management could do as it damned well pleased without regard for the hardship it caused to its workers and their families. One footnote to illustrate the double-talk that is typical of the NAM as well as other antilabor organizations. The NLRB recently ruled that the notorious I. P. Stevens Company had to provide the Textile Workers Union with the names and addresses of its employees so that the union could inform the workers of the issues involved in the organizing drive at Stev­ en's plants. "This is going too far," says the NAM. But then you read the letter the NAM is sending to company owners along with their brand-new pamphlets. It says: "Why not dis­ tribute a copy of this booklet to each of your employees by direct, mail to their homes. . . ." Who do they think they're kidding? local agreed to the contract on the basis that the plant was on federal property and was thus under federal, not state, juris­ diction. Another factor in the "rightto-work" push was that the 1968 election gave conservative Republicans strong control of the legislature even though Docking was re-elected. ibility, but also in defined legal purpose." He noted the discrepancy be­ tween the proponents' conten­ tion that the bill would apply to Sunflower—a federal installa­ tion—and the attorney general's opinion that it would not. Since the entire case for the legislation was based on the Sun­ flower situation and there has never been another contention Penahies Outlined of violation of the constitutional The bill introduced in the leg­ amendment. Docking said, the islature would have spelled out bill was "unnecessary." the union shop ban and imposed Further, he cited the penal­ fines of $500 or six-month jail ties, uniform for employers and sentences against violators. unions, as being "discrimina­ The "right-to-work" forces tory" since they would fall most claimed that the measure would heavily upon unions and work­ force "an open shop agreement" ers. "For these reasons," he de­ at the Sunflower plant even though an opinion from state clared, "I find this bill—if it Attorney General Kent Frizzell were to become law—would be (R) said it would not apply to lacking in legal purpose, highly discriminatory, and disruptive of Sunflower. good labor-management rela­ The measure was swept through the House, 76 to 40, tions." To sign it, he added, would and the Senate, 27 to 10, with be to place "an albatross around the votes cast mainly along party the neck of management and lines—Republicans for and labor and industrial develop­ Democrats against. ment in Kansas for many Newspapers throughout the years." state drummed out a steady flow "The bill is negative, not con­ of editorials in support of the structive, and therefore, not in bill. Some suggested that Dock­ the public interest," he con­ ing wouldn't dare veto the cluded. measure. When the vote on overriding In a forthright message, how­ Docking was taken in the House ever, the governor pointed out the next day, the final tally was that "this is a proposal lacking 78-46—five votes short of the not only in philosophical cred­ margin needed to override. RTW Law Alienates Youth, Says N. Dakota's Governor BISMARCK, N.D.- -North Dakota is one of the few nonSouthern states which has a so-called "right to work" law and the governor of the state takes a dim view of it. In a message to the 41st Legislative Assembly, Governor William L. Guy, a Democrat, has called for repeal of "that law which now denies the majority of working people in the industry to contract with their employers for certain contract bargaining provisions." "Our State Right to Work law," he added, "has protected no one but is driving our youth from this state to states where they can have such protection." "We need to be concerned about wage levels and working conditions," the Governor said, "because our own youth are judging us in comparison to what is available to them outside our state." "North Dakota labor law has not adequately recognized the desirability of working people gathering together to take action to improve their lot. The industrial states have recog­ nized the rights of their working citizens." Guy declared that one of the "myths" that still prevails in some quarters in our state is that industry will seek to locate where substandard wages are paid and where working people are discouraged from organizing. "Nothing could be further from the truth. We have tried that philosophy for nearly 80 years of North Dakota's exist­ ence yet we still find ourselves the least industrialized state in the union. If low wages and weak labor laws protecting the rights of workers could attract industry, then we should be one of the most industrial of all states." It was on the basis of this that the governor recommended that "we start to rectify this oversight by repealing" the socalled "right to work" law\ He also urged the assembly to take action on the "unrealis­ tic" minimum wage laws. I �m May, 1969 SEAFARERS Trad Lorrane Neathery, bom September 6, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs, Emmett E. Neathery, Portsmouth, Va. Lisa Mathews, born Febru­ ary 23, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Qiarles R. Mathews, Nor­ folk, Virginia. <|> Donald King, bom Febmary 11, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Donald M. King, Seattle, Wash­ ington. La Dan Bonefont, bom Sep­ tember 16, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Gabriel Bonefont, Jr., New York, N.Y. —— Mallsa Pitts, bom January 29, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Houston G. Pitts, New Orleans, La. Lori Ann Fell, born March 19, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. William K. Feil, Jersey City, N.J. Joey Rodgers, bom Decem­ ber 13, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Riley C. Rodgers, Hombeck. La. Sandra Grove, born January 13, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Leonard C. Grove, Shamokin, Pa. Clarence Ussin, bom Decem­ ber 29, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Charles Ussin, Sr., Grosse Tete, La. Scot Wade Latour, bom Au­ gust 27, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Charles B. Latour, New Orleans, La. Kevin Cole, bom February 19, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ricky L. Cole, Gallipolis Ferry, W. Va. Richard Karl Stevens, born January 3, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Garry Lee Stevens, Erie, Pennsylvania. ^ \1> <1> Pension Roster Continues to Grow As 12 Additional Seafarers Retire The lengthening SIU pension roster has added the names of 12 more Seafarers who have retired after wrapping up long sailing careers. Roy Johnston is closing out a sailing career that spans 43 years. Brother Johnston was born 61 years ago in Canada, and now makes his home in Bal­ timore. He joined the SIU in Boston in 1938. His last ship was the Yorkmar, on which he sailed as FWT. Arnie Cobb is retiring to his native Andalusia, Alabama, with his wife, Maudie, after complet­ ing his long career at sea. Broth­ er Cobb joined the SIU in the Port of Galveston. Shipping as FOWT, his last vessel was the Del Norte. Stacy Lynn Goodwin, bom October 9, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. John Cole Goodwin, Baltimore, Md. i[ I 'I Martin their home in Galveston, Texas. He joined the SIU in Galveston in 1947. Brother Martin's last ship was the Steel Fabricator. Jack Chattin, who was bom in Alabama in 1904, has been going to sea for 44 years as a member of the engine depart­ ment. He plans to spend his re­ tirement in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. Brother Chattin joined the Union in the Port of New York in 1949. Rated FOWT 2, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Miguel A. Nieves. Brooklyn, N.Y. Andrew DeFatta, born March 25, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Paul A. DeFatta. Jascm Scott Newman, bom Febmary 26, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Waymer E. Newman, Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Scott Wayne McKeehan, born November 21, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Wayne McKeehan, Madisonville, Tennessee. Lawrence Dugas, born Janu­ ary 27, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Lawrence J. Dugas, Houma, Louisiana. Rohrat Miller, bom Decem­ ber 7, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Robert Louis Miller, Tampa, Florida. no BIS- G BAY (Moore-McCormack), April 6—Chairman, Ralph pug; Secretary, David Velandra, Gacn man asked to coniribuie 11.60 to build up ship's fund. Dis-^ juasion held regarding repairs which iiave not been taken care of; Chief Engineer to be contacted regarding same. NORTHWESTERN VICTORY (Victory Carriers), March 23—^ Chairman, A; H. Reasko; Sserctsry; rk.^ AX. Awcboxkv* xev wcir ported by department delegates. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for a job well 'done.. Chattin Johnston Cobb Frank Gavin, who held both AB and FOWT ratings, is re­ tiring after 31 years at sea. The long-time Seafarer joined the SIU in the Port of New York. He was born in Califomia in 1911. Brother Galvin's last ves­ sel was the Potomac. Joseph Martin, 66, has spent more than 26 years at sea as a member of the steward depart­ ment. Born in Louisiana, Broth­ er Martin will spend his retire­ ment with his wife, Louella, at CORTEZ (Cortez Steamsbip Co.),A^ril 13—Chairman, John Lyons;! u^rc reported by department deie-yj ates. Some disputed OT in steward/ epartment. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well /•done., f DEL SUD (Delta), March 30— PETER REI8S (Reias), April 10— Chairman, Ed Uelaney; Secretary; :./Chairffian,, Secre-/;; liana Spiegel. Brother Spiegel was tary, GeorgeGeorge;:,Sbislds,;: Bbdkih; Elected; Jackie! elected to serve as ship's delegate. Mashriih, deck George^ No beefs were reported by departr Shields, engine delegate; delegate; Albert;/ •menr delegates;: Bain, steward delegate. Men would /like to be paidj on / ship at the end; of each pay period. ®COLinMBrA TIGER {Columbia), March 13—-Chairman, T. J. Heg» rarty; Secretary, Rafael Hernandezi DEL MAR (Delta), April 16— Srother M. W, Murphy was elected Chairman, James L. Tucker; SeotO'c to serve as ship's delegate. It wns taryi G. Chafin. Brother Ramon R./ suggested that the patrolman check ROque was elected to serve as ship'sft the stores as ship is short a few delegate. Vote of thanks to Brother/; terns; No beefs and ho disputed Juan A. G. Cruz, former ship^ dele-y OT. gate, for a job well done. $31.51 in movie fund and ^0.00 in ship's fund.! PECOS {Oriental Exporters), Vote of thanks to Brother James L;# arch 30—Chairman; John Thompts Tuck, movie director, for a job well ton; Secretary,:,: G.:.'':-®.:, 'Turheiv' done. Jrpther D. H. Ifcart was elected td GRETIIE (Motorship of DelapcrVe as ship's delegate. No beefs ware), April 6—Chairman, Bell ttd no disputed OT was reported Ailen; Secretary, D. Pase. No beefs : ERNA ^ ELIZABETH:// (Albatross), January 26—Chairman, Bill Brewer; y!; department delegate. $27.00 in were reported by department deler Secretary, Denis Brobeur. Discussion hip's fund. gates. Discussion held regarding held regarding leave iny pension plan. Vote of thanks to the Panama. No beefs shore were reported by I CONNECTICUT {Ogden), April 18 steward department for a job well department delegates. I^Ghairman, John W Altstatt; Sec- ,„done./ totary, T. D. Ballard. Some disputed pT in deck department, otherwise STEEi; WORKER (States Ma-^ STEEL SEAPABER (Isthmian), there were no beefs reported by rine), April 15—Chairman; John T; March 16—Chairman, Lee Prasier; uepartment delegates. Discussion Cri-^ds; Secretary, R B. Barnes. Secretary, Ira Broan. Brother Leei field regarding draws on OT. Over $100.00 in .shiph fund. No beefs Prasier was elected to serve as new, Were reported by department dele"- ship's delegate. Trip has been a good t HUDSON (Ogden Marine), April gates. Discussion held regarding re- one. Good cooperation from all crew-1 j||[8%Chairman, lohh Kuohta; Secre- tireraent'plan,./^ • members. Ship has been kept clean / jiiary,.:David'E. /Edwards. -No beefs and the food has been very good. ifwere/'Teported by , department :delsr y: .SEATRAlN OHIO (Hudson Water- /Pine gangy«lJ:theTayC8t'0Und. , // /.:i ways), April 13—-Chaiman, T; YabJonsky; Secretary, W. Messenger, No TRANSPORTER yr:"{Peni|.; beefs were reported by ^department •y'^"/,RPNYdN;/VICTORY^''(GolumbiB);| Msicli Chairman, R." delegates. : Various iesoluUons, ino- •Februuiy, 26—-Chairman, George :W;| s, MtoS, Sr.; Secretary; R. Casanova; tions and suggestions were sub­ Bowden; Secretary, George Chillum.| Brother W. G. Bigby was elected to mitted to headquarters regarding/ Brother Glenn Reynolds was elected 1 yifEyiiu.as,ship'sidelegatc, .:No heefs.; eotttract. Vote;;bf thanks to the stewd,:: to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs ^•plbpartmeht' tot 'doing 'an/ekcON' were reported by department dele­ gates, •' ' ' '"'•""Tob. COLUMBIA BARON {Columbia); March 30—Chairman, A. Booth; Ssor retary, C. Breau^. Brother H. Harris was elected to serve as ship's deiergate. No beefs were reported hy department delegates. DIGEST of SIU MEETINGS J il •^1 4/ Giwieta Vain, bom Febmary 13, 1969, to Se^arer and Mrs. Joseph E. Vain, Baltimore, Md. i Miguel Nieves, bom October Page TVenly-Three LOG Clooney and Pumpman, his last vessel was the Steel Advocate. Harold Clooney has been sailing for the Sabine Towing and Transportation Company for the last 16 years as tug cap­ tain. A native of Lake Charles, Louisiana, he still lives there with his Wife, Lillian. Brother Clooney joined the SIU at Port Arthur, Texas. Miller Chiorra Frank Miller was born in Germany in 1908, and now lives in Brooklyn, New York. Brother Miller, who sailed as AB, has been going to sea for 35 years and joined the Union in the Port of New York. He served for nearly three years with the U.S. Army during World War 11. Brother Miller's last ship was the Ponce. John Chiorra, who shipped as a member of the steward depart­ ment, is ending a 25-year sail­ ing career. He also served with the U.S. Army during World Norton Soto I War 11. Brother Chiorra was born in West Virginia, and now makes his home in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1944. He last shipped as cook aboard the Commander. Paul Norton, one of the real old-timers in the SIU, is retiring to the beach after 34 years at sea. Brother Norton joined the Union in 1938 in the Port of New York. Born in Maine 63 years ago, he now lives in Bos­ ton. Brother Norton, who also served a hitch with the Coast Guard in the 1920s, sailed as AB. His last vessel was the Miami. Juan Soto was bom in Puerto Rico, and now makes his home in Brooklyn. Brother Soto, who has been sailing for 26 years, joined the SIU in the Port of New York and was active in supporting many SIU beefs on the picket line. He last sailed as bosun on the Ocean Ulla. John Liston is a native of Brooklyn, New York, and still resides there with his mother, Bridget. Brother Liston joined Liston Staikopoulos the Union in the Port of New York. He has more than 25 years at sea, and he last shipped as AB aboard the Ocean Tide. Athanasios Staikopoulos, 61, is ending a 33-year sailing ca­ reer. A native of Greece, he has been living in Hoboken, New Jersey, but now plans to join his wife, Maptha, in Bremerhaven, Germany. Brother Staikopou­ los, who sailed as oiler, joined the Union in New York in 1945. His last ship was the Charleston. flshiag Reik Fmds New Berth NEW YORK —A relic of by Captain Mel McCIaine, of America's great fishing past has Rockport, Mass., who, along found a new berth. The Caviare, with others, revolutionized the the oldest surviving Gloucester- New England fishing fleet by man, a type of fishing vessel designing a fast, yacht-like which sailed the North At­ schooner with a clipper bow. lantic from the 1890's to the This new design, called the 1940's, is now on exhibit at the South Street Seaport Museum Gloucesterman, completely re­ in New York City's Fulton Fish placed the slower, clumsier "Georgie," which had carried Market. The ship was built in 1892 many fishermen to their deaths. 1 �Page Twenty-Ffmr Ralph Masters was elected ship's delegate at a meeting of crew members aboard the Pan­ ama (Sea Land), it was reported by Felk Vito, meeting chair­ man. The crew also adopted a resolution to VHo send a letter to the company concerning the number of inoculations re­ quired. According to Bill StaA, meeting secretary, the crews of ships operated by Sea-Land are required to take shots before each trip, while crews of other vessels get them every six months. The Panama was due to tie up for pay-off in Oakland after a voyage to Cam Rahn Bay and Yokohama. The crew gave a unwimous vote of thanks to the entire steward de­ partment for a fine menu and good service throughout the en­ tire trip. •<1> t. 'J' Benjanffn Freeman, ship's delegate aboard the La SaDe (Waterman), re­ ports an eventful trip on a recent run to Vietnam. He said that the ship sustained a great deal of damage during a storm in the Mosher North Pacific. The storm also caused a serious injury to the La Salle's bosun, who was put ashore at Adak, Alaska, to be hospitalized. Shortly after arriving at Da Nang, the ship underwent a rocket attack as the North Viet­ namese opened their spring of­ fensive against the" port city. Fortunately the La Salle was not hit and none of her crew were injured. R. Mosher, meet­ ing chairman, reported that there were some beefs, includ­ ing refusal of the chief engineer to let the black gang paint their quarters. The crew gave a vote of thanks to the entire steward department for outstanding menus during the entire trip. Ralph Fit;q>atrkk, ship's del­ egate aboard the Falride (Panoceanic Tank­ ers), was elected ship's treasurer at a meeting held aboard the ves­ sel. Brother Fitzpatritk really wears three hats Fitzpafridk steward depart­ ment delegate. FVed Olson, meeting chairman, reported that no serious beefs have come up, but that there are munefous overtime disputes to be brought up when the ship comes in for payoff. W. T. Lax^ord, meeting SEAFARERS secretary, reports that there was discussion on the retirement plan after a motion was made by Jolm W.Wood Jr. ^ New department delegates were elected during a meeting aboard the PeteReiss (Reiss Steamship Com­ pany). lliey are Jackie Mashrah, deck delegate; George Shields, engine depart­ ment, and Albert Madnah Bain, steward department. Ge<»ge Bodkin, meeting secretary, reports that a resolution was adopted calling for payoffs on the ship at the end of each day period. He also said that future meeting times would be set up in the afternoon so that it would be more con­ venient for the crew to attend. May. 1969 LOG John Gardner was unani­ mously elected ship's delegate on the Overseas Ulla (Maritime Overseas). He replaces A. D. Nash who was given a vote of thanks by his shipmates "for a job well done." Di Sei Meeting Chair­ man Domenic Di Sei reported that three crew members, Fred­ erick J. Brown, Charles C. Oemens and Francis R. Con­ nors, were paid off in Aruba for medical reasons. Brother Di Sei also reported that there were some minor beefs concerning the variety of meats available aboard the ship, among other things. A letter has been sent to Headquarters on these mat­ ters. process them through the proper channels. Brother Arnold took over from Deck Delegate Peter Di Capua, who had been acting ship's delegate. Chairman La­ roda explained to the new crewmembers that the ship's treasury was to be used for TV repairs, telegrams for sick brothers and other emergencies. The steward department delegate, James A. Wright, said that the two fo'csles which had been flooded were re­ ported to the captain. There were no other beefs or disputed overtime in any departments. .1. Lee Frasier was elected ship's delegate on the Sted Seafarer (Isthmanian) by acclamation, and immediately asked for the full cooperation of the crew in pursuit of his duties. He dis­ cussed the things he expected to do as the delegate representing the good and welfare of the crew. Brother Frasier's elec­ tion came following the resigna­ tion of James Armstrong, who had served as delegate for a long time. Meeting Secretary Ira Brown reported that the Steel Seafarer had sailed from Pacific porthwest ports with a load of grain and other cargo for Viet- Meeting C!hairman Edward A. Laroda reported that George Arnold was Ramon Roqne was elected to elected ship's del­ serve as ship's delegate during egate at a meet­ the current voy­ ing held aboard age of the Dd the Seafarer Mar (Delta (Marine Car­ Lines). Brother riers). Brother Roque is a mem­ Arnold asked for ber of the stew­ the cooperation ard department. Laroda of department He replaces Juan delegates in checking with him Cruz as ship's Cmz first on all beefs so that he can delegate. Brother Cruz, who reported that every­ thing was running smoothly : pVEitSiAS TRAVELER (MarigSr^Ctialimatt, Ed Miaa-- l tinie Overseas). February 25—Chair-, with no beefs and no disputed Januai^ Kianr SeciNBtai^, ^ Mlcliael Fiiiley, man, Charles Lord; Secretary, Wilovertime, received unanimous fl2,0NS in ship's fund* Brotfaer War- > Bam 'F.: Barlh. Ship's delegate LaPrelle elected to sewe reported that everything^ is running vote of thanks for a job well iren as shfp's delag8te» ybte or thanks smoothly. Vote of thanks was ex­ done during the past voyage. was extended to the steward depart^ tended to the steward department for a job well done. A special vote of appreciation nieht for a joh well done. » BAFHAEt SEMMES (Sea-I4nd)i was given to the Del Mar's MOBILIAN April . . , (Waterman), , - . -r ..... 6 . March 15-r-Chairttian, Edward: movie director, James Tucker, Morales; Secretajty, Michael Cant- —Chaiiuiaii, L. p. Bryaiitj Secretary, well. Ship's delegate reported that L. B. Barime^.E!yprything .is:• running' for arranging to' have 15 films es-erything is O.E* with th no heefai smoothly. Very good trip. Captain aboard and for setting up two :Motion;; was; sahhtltttd :regatdihg:;ri^ pleased with crew. No beefs and no disputed OT. . , screenings each night so that tirement plan. the deck and engine crews, all ALBION VICTORY (Bulk Tran«March i{»---Ghalrjnah, M. MOr-i; of whom are working overtiiue, port), ris; Secretary, G. Troxclair. Some will be able to see the movies. idispated OT in dngxne, departmeafc; ; Crew dohated -of Brother The crew of the Robin Hood (Moore McCormack) gave a unanimous vote of thanks to the entire steward department for excellent chow throughout the entire trip, and a special vote of appreciation Edstrom went to Chief Cook Lauri Edstrom for his ex­ tra effort in filling in for the baker who was hospitalized in Guam on the out^und run. Ship's Delegate Robert Broadus reported a very smooth trip with no logs, and very little disputed overtime. Meeting Secretary Aussie Shrimpton reported that the crew presented a box of cigars to the ship's radio opera­ tor for putting out a daily news sheet. The crew also chipped in $174 for two G.I. passengers 'ffor their work and cooperation with the crew" on the trip to Vietnam. to the faihilyl Who' pasSsdS SEAFARE-R- (Marine^Carri»w#| March :15~0hairrnaii,-. Edward A.' Laroda; Secreta^, Fete L. TriantM fillos. Brother George Arnold was elected to serre as new ship'B deleV gate. No disputed OT and no beefs DIGEST of SIU MEETINGS were reported by department delegates. Brother " • • George Gf Arnold *• • '• was" elected to servo a.s new ship's dele­ gate. • TRANSNORTHEKN (Hudson Waterways), April 6 — Chairman, Jack E. Long; Secretary, Bernard i OAKLAND • fSea--Land), March - 8^ Donnelly. ?86.25 in ship's fund. Pew Chairman, M, K. Sanchez; Secretary; 'hours disputed OT ia deck depart­ dy Dbylc. Brother S.; B, Czcealowakl; ment. No beefs on last leg of trip :ship's qeie-,: around the world, :with ah exceipeate. No beefs have been reported. tionally good crow. Patrolman to Most of the repairs whie taken care cheek to see that sufficient fans are of, the remaining repairs will be on board ship before next trip. Vote finished as soon aS possible. of thanks to the steward department I: for a job well dona. OVERSEAS EVELYN (Maritime Overseas), February 10i-Chalrmah, ^ 'MALCYfJM^TIEER, (Halcyon), Lawrence Dueitt: Secretary, Nor­ April S—Chairmanj Vincent Tarallo; man Mclntyre. , No' ''beefs -/were re- Secretary, Donald Pruett. No beefs nbrted , by department delegates. no disputed OT. Brother Pruett :Yote of thanks was extended to the and was elected to serve as ship's dele­ Steward department for a job; well gate. Vote of thanks was extended done. to the; d' ck gang for keeping the messj^mpi end pantry clean after DEL MLNDO (Delta), March 23— each watch. Chairman,, Samuel Case, Jr.: SecrC''.: tary. Woody Ferklns. Some disputed AM'ERl GOf r e s t- G ve rs b a s), OT in deck department to be taken Robert Sull "• 30—Chairman, • " IP up with patroImanrKepair list was March turned in and some repairs have van; Secretary, R, R, Pooyey. Sew been taken care of, the othcra: will eral hours disputed OT jn engine be done ashore. Vote of thanks was departmehL;;;:Mote • ;.o#' ;:th»nks was /^tended fn t-hr. stssvcrd Ber-artfrMt; for « L'/D well dene. V.-.t= ixf • th-nVw TVW.XX' -Myyatgfr ywv' "V-# "to Brothcr» Mik« Bfttry and VelkkdO" FollRoen for work done on amendments for new nam ports. "The trip so far has proven to be a good one with full cooperation by all hands to make it an enjoyable one," he said. "The ship has been cleaned up a lot, the food has been good •and we have a good gang all the way around.' ^1, "We are now on the last leg of a trip around the world," reported Ship's Delegate How­ ard H. Allen from the Transnorthern (Hud­ son Waterways). "We have a very good crew, and we have been to ADen some very inter­ esting ports—Bremerhaven, Antwerp, Saigon, Manila and Balboa. Many crewmembers will be leaving the ship when we reach Sunny Point, North Caro­ lina, scattering to the four winds perhaps never to assemble on the same ship again." Aside from a few cases of disputed overtime reported by Deck Delegate William Rogers, the voyage has been a smooth one with no beefs, said Meeting Chairman Jack Long. Meeting Secretary Bernard Donnelly re­ ported Logs and mail were re­ ceived regularly during the trip. WRITE XOJIM.E COLUMBIA BANKER (Columbia), January 11—Chairmanj^D. W. Prounfelter; Secretary, J. P. Davis. No beefs were reported by department delegatss. Repairs neeessary to the galley are to be taken up with the Captain and completed aa soon as possible. ' BELGIUM VICTORY (Victory Carriers), Aprs! 6—Chairman, G. C. Gartland; Secretary, C. N. Johnson. Ail repairs submitted at end of last voyage; have not been completed. Disputed OT in engine department to be taken up with boarding patrol­ man. SLTT in ship's fund. JEFFERSON CITY VICTORY (Vic­ tory Carriers), May 7—Chairmaa, T. Lynch; Secretary. Hector Torres. Brathji' Lyiidi waa.eiected to.serve as ship's delegate. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Motion was made to have regularly scheduled busea^ pick up fcfewmeiiibefa at Suiuiy Folut and transport them from ship to town. OVERSEAS JASON (Maritime Overseas), March 30—Chairman, Charles P. Moore; Secretary, George Clarke, $11J26 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in engine department. ALBANY (Ogden), March 20— Chairman, Drew Gay; Secretary, Larry S Moose. Brother J. Busalack was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. Discussion held regarding food preparation, stores, and steward de­ partment in general. , CHOCTAW ( Waterman), March 30 —Chairman, Enos E. Allen; Secre­ tary, James T. Myers. Beef regard­ ing steward department to be taken irdin patrolmah. up with boardmg OVERSEAS ULLA (Maritime Overseas), March 28—Chairman,: D. D. Dei; Secretary, H. P. DuCloux. Br-other John Gardner was elected to , serve as ship's delegate. Vote of thanks was extended to' Brother A. D, Nash, resigning ship's delegate, for a Job well done. Discussion held regarding variety of meat aboard ship. Numerous hours of disputed OT in deck and ehgine departmentsi �Kf- May, 1969 I •«! SEAFARERS Happy Send'Off IPSii lifills jlf' SIU representative, Pete Drewes, presents first pension check to Sea­ farer Jose Da Costa (right) at SIU headquarters in New York, as he wishes him a long and healthy life retirement ashore. Brother Da Costa held a steward's rating and last sailed aboard the Yorkmar (Calmar). Oil Workers Call for Action Against 'Runaway -Flag' Ships .WMI Page Twenty-Five LOG Textile Giant Loses Again Appeals Court Orders /• P. Stevens To Give NIRB Workers'Addresses RICHMOND, Va J. P. Ste­ vens and Co. lost its fifth legal battle when the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered it to give the National Labor Rela­ tions Board a name-and-address list of employees eligible to vote in an NLRB election at Shelby, N. C. . Failure to supply the names would "impede union campaign efforts while leaving the com­ pany free to communicate its point of view to all its em­ ployees," the appeals judge agreed in an opinion written by Judge Simon E. Sobeloff. The court rejected a claim by Stevens management, and 219 of the 600 Shelby plant em­ ployees, that giving the Textile Workers Union of America an employee list would violate their right of privacy. Stevens, a major supplier of textile goods under government contract, has fought every union and NLRB effort to protect the rights of its employees to join TWUA. Found guilty of nu­ merous violations in many of its plants, Stevens has lost three ap­ peals to appellate courts and two in the U.S. Supreme Court. A year ago TWUA filed an election at the firm's Qeveland Cloth Mill in Shelby. The com­ pany refused to comply with an NLRB director's order to fur­ nish a name-and-address list. It also spurned a subsequent board subpoena. The appeals judges upheld a lower court decision enforcing the NLRB order. As they had in a similar case involving the Hanes Corporation, they ruled that the board's request was an appropriate exercise of its au­ thority over representation elec­ tions. "AflEording the union an op­ portunity to communicate" with employees. Judge Sobeloff wrote, does not encroach on the employees' right to remain neu­ tral. "They are not required to read literature which the union may mail them, or to speak to union representatives" at home, he observed. The court added: "An em­ ployee exercises his . . , rights most effectively by voting. . . ." TWUA President William Pollock said that even as the latest decision was being writ­ ten, a "new set of illegal dis­ charges has been taking place in a Stevens hosiery plant" at Hickory, N. C. The govern­ ment, he said, can "demonstrate that Stevens is not bigger than the law" by citing its officers for contempt of court and withhold­ ing all federal contracts "until it complies with the law." AFL-CIO Issues Call for Repeal Of Provisions for Wiretapping BAL HARBOUR, Fla.- -Repeal of the wiretapping and bugging provisions of the 1968 anti-crime law has been "strong­ ly urged" by the AFL-CIO to preserve individual rights and privacy. Pending such repeal, the federation's Executive Council called on the Administration to "reconsider its decision to resort to wiretapping measures that hold such awesome potential of reducing the nation to a police state morality." In addition to repeal, the council statement called for adding a title to the Crime Con­ trol and Safe Streets Act pro­ viding stiff penalties for the use of vdretapping and eavesdrop­ ping, except in those instances involving national security cases, "and even then this one exemp­ tion must be closely guarded." The council noted the de­ clared intentions of the Admin­ istration to make extensive use of wiretapping and electronic devices as an aid in the fight against crime, citing the state- DENVER- -A resolution wrecked off the coast of England calling for a review of "run­ and did millions of dollars away flag" shipping—so preva­ worth of damages to public lent in the oil industry—^was beaches and private properties, adopted at a recent Executive it was near impossible to prove Board meeting here of the Oil, responsibility. The ship was Chemical and Atomic Workers owned by an American compa­ ny, leased to a Bermudan com­ Union AFL-CIO. The board also pledged its co­ pany, manned by an Italian operation with the AFL-CIO crew and sailed under the flag Maritime Trades Department in of Liberia." the campaign to correct the sit­ Stating that larger and larger supertankers are being put into uation. Pointed out in the resolution service under runaway flags, is that the American merchant that some of them have a ca­ fleet is so "shrunken in size that pacity of nearly half a million only seven percent of our im­ barrels and that they pose grave port-export cargo is carried by dangers of fire and pollution, the American flag ships." board called upon the U.S. gov­ This problem would be seri­ ernment and oil companies to ous enough if the other 93 per­ review the situation. cent merely was being moved by the ships of competitive mari­ A Dim View of Nude Look time nations, the OCAW board stated. U.S. Cmporations Responsible "But, in fact, much of the foreign flag shipping is carried on by American corporations operating under the flags of nonmaritime foreign nations which do nothing except issue the li­ censes for the ships." This is particularly prevalent in oil shipping by tanker, the board continued, and most of the tankers owned and operated by U.S. oil companies sail under runaway flags of such tiny na­ tions as Liberia and Panama. The resolution stated: "Under runaway flags, the ships escape American taxes, American safety regulations, American labor conditions, American legal responsibility and even the obligation to sup­ port American armed forces overseas. "There is no way to enforce responsibility on the owners of Nude look in hosiery popularized by their employer, Hanes Corp., is spoofed by girl pickets in Toronto, these runaway flag ships. When Ont., to demonstrate the bare facts about Hanes' "no-raise-in-five-years" policy. The girls, who are the tanker Torrey Canyon members of the AFL-CIO Textile Workers Union of America, went out on strike for their first contract. ments of Attorney General John Mitchell and Deputy Attorney General Richard Kleindienst to congressional committees as to how they would apply the 1968 law. That legislation permits wide­ spread wiretapping and bugging in the investigation of a broad variety of crimes after obtaining a warrant or court order and permits taps or bugs to be used for 48 hours without a warrant or court order in instances where a prosecutor "reasonably" determines that an "emergency" situation exists. Clark Refused Tapping Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark refused to use the authority to wiretap contained in the legislation on the basis that it transgressed traditional American freedoms,, the coimcil noted. "The AFL-CIO abhors the crimes committed and the vio­ lence that runs rampant in our land," the council said. "But it does not believe that the 'new road' that holds such frighten­ ing potential for wholesale en­ croachment on the privacy of the individual can combat crime and still protect our cherished her­ itage of freedom." Federal aid to state and local communities in developing more qualified law enforcement offi­ cers and the practical utilization of new technology in the detec­ tion and prevention of crime would seem the more sane and rational approach, the council said, along with a massive attack on the root causes of crime— poverty, ignorance and disease. The council pointed out that "the assumption that in practice the use of wiretapping and eavesdropping affects only crim­ inals is fallacious and totally unwarranted. In our free society, the ends of law enforcement do not justify any and all means. Even if crime could to a degree be prevented, we should not choose the use of those ends that assuredly portend flagrant violation of the 'right to priv­ acy.' " �Page TweDtTiSix SEAFARERS LOG Bhr. 1969 Govt. Release of Pay Plan Hit as Evading Union Role WASHINGTON—^AFL-CIO unions representing more than one million federal workers joined in a sharp protest against "premature" announcement by the government of pro­ posed salary adjustments to take effect July 1. The proposal would give the biggest percentage raises to persons in the top government grades and no increase at all to those in the lowest pay grade. The AFL-CIO Government Employees Council, repre­ senting 35 unions with members working for the federal gov­ ernment, said the effect of the announcement has been to undercut a requirement in the salary comparability law that unions be consulted in the preparation of pay recommenda­ tions. The new pay scales, supposedly based on comparability with similar jobs in private industry, were drawn up by the Civil Service Commission and the Budget Bureau for submis­ sion to the President. Technically, the pay tables released to the press by the two agencies are still tentative. The unions were given copies of the proposed salaries at the same time as the newspapers and will have an opportunity to argue for improvements. But the Government Employees Council charged in a state­ ment that the publication "seriously hampers" the chances that the agencies will agree to significant changes. And the GEC says there are a lot of improvements needed.' Earlier, a joint statement by the American Federation of Government Employees, Letter Carriers and Postal Clerks had termed the publication of the tentative pay propoals "a gesture of bad faith." The three unions charged that the action "reflects the longout-dated management concept that unions are mere windowdressing." Under a 1967 law, this year's round of pay increases doesn't require congressional action. They can ^ put into effect automatically by the President. A year after the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 15,000 SOME members from all over the coun­ try, led by President Jerry Wurf, pay tribute to him by joining in a memorial march in Memphis, Tenn. Memphis is where Dr. King helped win a long strike for recognition of SOME sanitationmen in 1968. Thousands Join Good Friday March In Memphis Memorial to Dr. King versary date of his assassination particular—^to make Dr. King's here where he had come to help dream a reality. the union's striking sanitation "In Memphis it is no different workers. today than it was a year ago," "We're in Memphis not to re­ he said. "We want you to know member the death of Dr. King; we are marching today because we are here in Memphis to re­ we are dissatisfied with rat-in­ member the life of Dr. King," fested housing and children go­ SCME President Jerry Wurf told ing to bed hungry." a gathering of more than 200 The Southern Christian Lead­ march leaders on the eve of the ership Conference was repre­ event. sented by Dr. King's successor, Nearly 15,000 participated in the Reverend Ralph Abernathy, the peaceful demonstration, pro­ who told tlt,e throng that "white viding a sea of faces on the mall and black people can perish sep­ population is functionally illiter­ and the streets surrounding arately as fools or live together in sanity." ate; average grade level is 8.6 Memphis City Hall. Responding to an invitation years of schooling. from Wurf to participate, SMCE Housing, sanitation and members and leaders came from transportation are generally in­ Michigan, Ohio, New York, adequate for the migrant and his Washington, Illinois, the District family. In addition, migrants are still excluded from most con­ of Columbia, Maryland, Minne­ ventional labor legislation sota, Georgia, Mississippi, Lou­ isiana, Florida, Alabama, the passed in recent years." Carolinas and other states. They In summing up, Williams NEW YORK —These days came by bus, by car, by plane. said: "As long as migrant mo­ you can never tell where charges But most of the marchers of discrimination will rear their bility persist—and as long as migrant workers and their fam­ came by foot—^thousands of head, according to union rail­ ilies go untouched by federal SCME Local 1733 members roadmen here. anti-poverty and rehabilitation from all sections of Memphis. They made their comment programs—special effort will 'Dignified Partnership' after George Bossert, of Mashave to be made to keep the Reflecting on the struggle for sapequa, complained that the migrant alive and well as he recognition and dignity by Long Island Railroad discrimi­ travels to harvest our crops." SCME's sanitation workers, nated against him and all otlier The report includes a special section written by Dr. Robert Wurf observed that "we were not men by instituting Ladies Day. Coles, Harvard University psy­ alone. We in our strike brought The railroad offers female pas­ chiatrist and commentator on about a partnership between the sengers reduced fares on Ladies sociology who has spent many black community and the white Days provided they take trains years studying the social and community, the black worker that arrive in Manhattan after cultural lives of migrant farm and the white worker. We un­ 10:00 A.M. But, protested, Bossert, a derstood that our strength was workers. the strength of standing up in N. Y. State Labor Department Coles noted that migrants nonviolent fashion for a sense interviewer — probably with form a "subculture" in Ameri­ of dignity. If there were to be tongue, in cheek—"I am being can life in which they live deviolence, we knew it had to denied passage at the same price mjeaned and impoverished lives come from the other side." as a female only because of my —cut off from other groups of sex." SCME was joined in spon­ American citizens largely be­ On Ladies Day, he con­ cause they lack a place of resi- soring the march by the Com­ munity on the Move for Equal­ tended, he is "denied equal r^ence. "We go everywhere and we ity. Its leader. Dr. H. Ralph treatment, conditions and privi­ don't belong nowhere," he Jackson, also pointed to the fail­ leges in a place of public ac­ ure of society—and Memphis in commodation." quoted one migrant as saying. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Thou­ sands of members of the State, County and Municipal Employ.ees from all sections of the coun­ try marched in memory of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., on Good Friday, the anni- Senate Report Pleads for Extension Of NLRA to Migratory Workers WASHINGTON—WhenSen- agricultural workers and em­ ator Harrison A. Williams, Jr., ployers. (D-N.J.) uses the term "crime in • Extension for five years of the field" he is not using it as the Migrant Health Act and Ex­ a parallel to the expression pansion of programs and serv­ "crime in the streets." ices to reach the total impover­ He is using it rather to paint ished rural society. • Revamping or extending a ^aphic picture of the tragic living conditions, the unfair la­ Federal food-assistance pro­ bor policies and protections, the grams to combat hunger and substandard wages that year malnutrition; the migrants' no­ after year are inflicted on Amer­ madic life makes most existing Food Stamp and food assist­ ican migrant farm workers. ance programs unreachable. In an unusually moving re­ • Stepping up housing code port on the migratory farm la­ enforcement to apply to all hous­ bor problem made by the Senate ing in migrant camps. Subcommittee on Migratory La­ bor, Williams pleads for federal Details Haunting Poverty action to raise the economic and The report details "the per­ social level of the nation's one sistent poverty which haunts million migrant rural poor— the migrant camps and fields" wandering farm workers and throughout the nation: their families who have no fixed "The migrant in 1967 worked homes and who are cut off from an average of only 85 days for the mainstream of American an average annual wage of life. $922. If he also worked at a The report concludes that in non-farm job, his annual aver­ the long run "there probably age earnings came to about will be no escape for the mi­ $2,100—far below the poverty grants until their migrancy is level. ended" and they attain steady "Medical care for migrants work—^but meanwhile it calls came to $12 per person from for at least four steps to make federally-assisted programs as the lot of such workers less compared with $200 individual tragic than it is now. average for the total population. Specifically the report recom­ "Education for the migrant mends: family was clearly sub-standard • Extension of the National compared to a national norm. Labor Relations Act to-include Some 17 percent of the migrant Discriminatitm Tracked Datum By Coamnter �May, 1969 Wages Beisg Hdd Certified checks, rep-| resenting wages due for | service on the Oceanic i Tide, are being held at New! York Headquarters for thej following Seafarers: Philip Livingston Paul Lopez Richard Monterusso Dan Ticer The checks may be] claimed at Headquarters or mailed to Port Agents upon request. SEAFARERS LOG Page Twenly-Seven. Grape Workers Seek to Expose Pesticide Peril DELANO, Calif.—The thing that tempted Snow White to take a bite of the poison apple was that it looked so good—per­ fectly shaped, unblemished and shiny red. An effort by the AFL-CIO United Farm Workers Organiz­ ing Committee to uncover records of the use of pesticides in California's fruit fields may lead consumers to wonder how much danger lurks beneath the perfect surface of the fruit we buy. The Farm Workers have be­ the problem and union General "The people in our crew come involved in a legal contro­ Counsel Jerome Cohen asked smelled unusual odors in the versy in the last few months the Kern County Agricultural field and then many of us got trying to protect the health of Commissioner to show his rec­ sick. farm workers injured by the ords on pesticide use in the "We threw up and we were sprays. county. sick and had dizziness. At the UFWOC leader Cesar Chavez same place with us were Jesus 'Trade Secrets' Claimed says that once the union set up Cantu and Ernesto Rodriguez Commissioner C. Seldon its health clinic at Delano, doc­ who were also farm workers tors there began to treat farm Morely refused, saying the rec­ with me and they were sent to workers affected by sprays and ords were not public because of the hospital for a couple of pesticides used in the fields they certain "trade secrets" they con­ weeks because of the pesticides tained. The case is now pending in the field." work. The doctors decided to set before Superior Court Judge 'Sick Every Summer' up a specieil clinic dealing with George A. Brown and a number "The first time I was injured of pesticide companies have re­ quested a permanent injunction by pesticides was about three to prevent the release of the years ago in the summer and every summer when I am in­ information. Growers say the union en­ volved in the harvest I get sick tered the fray to publicize their due to the pesticides," Francisco national boycott against Cali­ Mendoza testified. "I get pains in the stomach; fornia table grapes. But a series of articles on pesticides in the I throw up and I get headaches. Los Angeles County AFL-CIO Sometimes I get chills and have publication, The Citizen, points itching sensations over my en­ tire body." out another set of facts. Another farmworker noted: The articles report that the UFWOC has been willing to set "I got the spray on me because aside all other labor relations it was still in the air when I had problems in order to resolve the to move back into the vines and also from touching the vines. pesticide poisoning issue. The union was willing to Last year my eyes became red meet with the growers and and swollen and were running crop dusters without fanfare— from the spray and my whole "Knowing full well their motives face was swollen." would be twisted." They also The pesticides are not only Farm workers—like other workers—need union rights and collective bargaining, Dolores Huerta, Vice attempted to work out health the concern of the people who President of United Farm Workers Organizing Committee AFL-CIO tells Senate Labor subcommittee and safety guidelines with local work in the fields or those who chaired by Senator Harrison A. Williams, Jr. (D-N. J.), at left, who has sponsored a bill granting such rights. health officials and growers. eat the fruit they pick. The use Despite this—and the grow­ of pesticides is feared to be £ifing number of reported deaths fecting the entire balance of and injuries in the state laid to nature. pesticides—the growers persist Representative John Dingell in denying the problem. (D-Mich.) has introduced an One Los Angeles Citizen ar­ article by conservationist David ticle points out that the pesticide H. Jenkins into the Congres­ WASHINGTON — Farm have workers been abl? to killed—by highly toxic pesti­ Parathion has been responsible sional Record, which discusses cides. And when the UFWOC for six sizable outbreaks of the pesticide pollution of Lake workers asked Congress for leg­ achieve dignity and decency. tried to examine county records poisoning among farm workers. Michigan. islation to protect their right to Passed By in '30s of pesticide application in the Experts term this poison "ex­ build unions strong enough to The Lake is a great recre­ Farm workers were passed by Delano, Calif., area, a state tremely hazardous" and say it ational center and a principal match the enormous power of during the "social revolution of court injunction blocked the dis­ can be almost as fatal when ab­ source of drinking water—1.5 the big agricultural corporations the New Deal" in the 1930s, closure, sorbed through the skin as when billion gallons a day. Yet it has and achieve social justice and Mrs. Huerta said, because they received orally. decent living standards for field In addition to a team of had several tons of DDT were excluded from the orig­ During the hearings to obtain dumped into its waters, from the workers. UFWOC officials from Califor­ inal National Labor Relations Dolores Huerta, vice presi­ nia, a panel of unorganized farm release of the information sev­ fruit-growing area along its Act—the Wagner Act. eral workers submitted affidavits shore line, which has found its dent of the AFL-CIO United She urged that they now be workers from other areas of the in evidence. Farm Workers Organizing Com­ way into Lake Michigan's sal­ nation joined in urging federal mittee spoke for the ailing given the same protection which collective bargaining legislation mon as well. Hilario Garcio declared: enabled industrial unions to UFWOC Director Cesar Chavez for agriculture. take root and grow strong dur­ at Senate Labor subcommittee The congressional testimony ing that period. hearings. was part of an all-day program A bill merely giving farm She told the subcommittee sponsored by the National Cam­ workers bargaining rights in that the UFWOC has had to pin paign for Agricultural Democ­ name only, she suggested, would its hopes on the worldwide Cal­ not solve the farm workers' racy, an alliance of labor, ifornia grape boycott and its problems. Growers, she said, church, farm and consumer or­ support by union members and could "litigate us to death" and ganizations including the AFLconsumers because the big grape CIO. growers had an inexhaustible "bargain around the calendar The program included a re­ . . . unless we are allowed to supply of low-wage strikebreak­ apply sufficient economic power ception for Senator Harrison A. One of the nation's kookiest right-wing organizations is er labor streaming across the to make it worth their while to Williams, Jr., who chaired the counting on a comic book to achieve its key goal—a consti­ Mexican border. sign." Senate hearings, the 20 senators tutional amendment that would prevent the federal govern­ Mrs. Huerta said the power The goal is not just recogni­ who co-sponsored his bill to ex­ ment from levying any income, gift or estate tax. of California's "agribusiness" tion but "signed contracts . . . tend labor law coverage to farm The Liberty Amendnient Committee, based in Los An­ was so great that repeated vio­ good wages ... a strong union." workers, and 56 congressmen geles, has put out a first printing of 250,000 copies of its lations of what health, sanita­ For this, Mrs. Huerta said, cov­ who joined with Representative cartoon strip Tax Report and hopes its supporters wiU brder tion and safety laws are on the erage under the National Labor James O'Hara (D-Mich.) in in­ 10 milliou i-»ore to be passed out "wherever people gatlier." books are winked at or pun­ Relations Act should be coupled troducing similar legislation in Its simplistic theme is that the government should sell, all ished by token fines—infinitesi­ with amendments geared to the the House. federal lands and property, use the money to reduce the mal compared to the huge sub­ special problems of farm worker AFL-CIO Organizing Direc­ national debt, and then stop taxing people's incomes. With­ sidies some of the agricultural organization. tor William L. Kircher, Senator out taxes to pay, workers wouldn't have to strike for more corporations get from the fed­ Ralph W. Yarborough (D-Tex.) Health Endangered money and there would once more be "respect and affection eral government. for government in our country." Only in the few places where Without a union, the crowded and Senator Walter F. Mondale The treasurer of the organization is one of the nation's the UFWOC has been able to Senate hearing room was told, (D-Minn.) spoke at a conclud­ wealthiest right-wing extremists, Walter Knott. get signed contracts, Mrs. farm workers and their children ing dinner honoring Williams, Huerta told the subcommittee. are being sickened—sometimes held at a Washington church. Farm Workers toSenate Committee: Give Us Laws to Guard Oar Rights' m t '.i �!L';t^f:efU£aaMnI Page Twenty Eight Roy F. Garcia, 23: Brother Garcia died suddenly November 24, 1968, while on shore leave in Da Nang, Viet­ nam. At the time of his death he was serving as wiper aboard the Hastings. Broth­ er Garcia was bom in Fresno, California, and maintained his home in Sacramento. He at­ tended the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship in New York, and planned to continue his studies there after complet­ ing the Far East run. He is sur­ vived by his wife, Mary, and a daughter, Anna. Services were held at Sacramento with burial in St, Mary's Cemetery. Edward Searcey, 59: Brother Searcey died of a heart attack March 10 at the USPHS Hospital in Savannah, Georgia. He last shipped aboard the Fanwood as deck engineer. Brother Searcey had been going to sea for 32 years and joined the SIU in 1942 in the Port of Baltimore. A native of South Carolina, he had been living in Savannah with his wife. Alma, at the time of his death. Funeral services were held at Bonaventure Cem­ etery in Savannah. SEAFARERS Clarence A. Williams, 40: Brother Williams passed away on February 28. Born in Jeffer­ son, Pennsyl­ vania, he was living in Kissimmee, Florida, at the time of his death. Brother Williams had \ ^ sailed as FOWT; his last vessel was the Del Sol. Funeral services were held at the Grissom Funeral Home, in Kissimmee. Brother Williams is survived by his wife, Jeanette, and two children, Janet and David. Samuel C. Lawrence, 51: Brother Lawrence died Febru­ ary 2 at the USPHS Hospital in San Francisco. Bom in Pensacola, Florida, he had made his home in Tampa. Brother Law­ rence served with the U.S. Army throughout World War II, re­ ceiving an honorable discharge in 1945. His last vessel was the Eliza Port, on which he sailed as wiper. He is survived by a brother, John. Burial took place at Myrtle Hill Cemetery in Tampa. —— Paul Liotta, 54: A heart at­ tack claimed the life of Brother ^^ on Janu­ ary 31 in San Francisco. Born in New York, he had maintained his home in Brooklyn. Broth­ er Liotta joined the SIU in New York and had shipped as AB. His last vessel was the San Francisco. Burial services were held at Ocean View Cemetery on Staten Is­ land. Brother Liotta is survived by his wife, Mrs. Amelia Liotta, and his son, Joseph. John T. Smith, 71: Heart dis­ ease claimed the life of veteran ^ Seafarer Smith Thomas Sullivan, 38: Brother at his home in Sullivan passed away February Erie, Pennsyl­ 3 at his resi­ vania, February dence in San 12. Brother Francisco. He Smith, who had was bora in Bos­ been sailing as ton, Massachu­ AB for more setts, and was than 30 years buried there at before an illness Mount Benedict forced his retirement in 1965, Cemetery. Broth­ joined the Union in Buffalo in er Sullivan's last 1938. Burial services were held voyage was aboard the Los An­ at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in geles, on which he sailed as Fairview Township, Pennsyl­ wiper. He had signed on the vania. Brother Smith is sur­ Iberville just prior to his death. vived by his wife, Florence. Sullivan joined the SIU in the ^ Port of New York. Brother Sul­ livan is survived by his mother, Frank S. Farmer, 58: A heart Mrs. Frieda Sullivan, and a attack claimed the life of Brothbrother and sister. • er Farmer at Southmore Hos­ Thomas J. Gray, 41: Brother pital in Houston, Gray died at his home in New l Texas on Febru­ York City on ary 17. Bora in March 8, follow­ Highlands, Tex­ ing a brief ill­ as, he had been ness. He joined living in Hous­ the SIU in the ton for a number i Port of New of years. Broth­ ^ York in 1951, er Farmer had been chief engi­ and had sailed neer with the G«&H Towing in the steward Company since 1956. Before department as that, he worked for the I.T.T. messman. Seafarer Gray's last Towing Company for 11 years. vessel was the Barre Victory. Seafarer Farmer joined the SIU Burial services were held at Cal­ in Houston. He is survived by vary Cemetery in Queens, New his wife, Josephine, and a York. Brother Gray is survived daughter, Bevelye. Burial was by his mother, Mrs. Eleanor at Garden of Gethsemene in Gray, and a brother, Frederick. Houston. May, 1969 LOG Ralph Subat, 65: Brother Subat passed away at the USPHS Hospital in New Orleans on March 6. He had been on SIU pension since 1964. Brother Subat, who was bom in Missis­ sippi, had made his home in New Orleans. He had' sailed for nearly 30 years as a member of the steward department. His last ship was the New Jersey. Burial services were held at Lake Lawn Park Cemetery in New Orleans. He is survived by his widow, Irene. Martin J. Kelly, 64: Brother Kelly passed away Ft --uary 10 at the USPHS Hospital New Orleans er a brief ill", ess. Bom in T? bode Island, he had been livinp it the Catholic Mari­ time Club in New Orleap" at the time of his death. During his sailing career. Brother Kelly had sailed as both wiper and AB. His last ship was the Del Mar. He had also served two years with the U.S. Army dur­ ing World War II. Seafarer Kelly is survived by a sister, Margaret Thierfolder. Burial was at Hills Grove Cemetery in Providence, Rhode Island. Evert Rosenqvist, 57: Broth­ er Rosenqvist died February 14 at his home in San Francisco. Born in Halsingborg, Sweden, he had lived in San Francisco for the past 10 years. A veteran of more than 25 years at sea, he sailed as AB and joined the SIU in the Port of New York. Burial serv­ ices were held at Olivet Memo­ rial Park Cemetery in San Fran­ cisco. Brother Rosenqvist is survived by a brother, Sven, who lives in Sweden. C. L. Tarver, 51: Brother Amo Peura, 53: Brother Tarver was stricken with a fatal Peura died March 1 at the heart attack USPHS Hospital aboard the tug in Staten Island, Dixie Vanguard New York, after on February 9 in a brief illness. the Mississippi Born in PeaRiver. He had body, Massa­ been employed chusetts, he had as tankerman for been living on ^ Dixie Carriers Staten Island for since l.J", when the past 20 years. he joined the SIU in the Port Rated AB, he had been sailing of New Orleans. Brother Tarver for 22 years, and joined the was a life-long resident of Lou­ SIU in the Port of New York. isiana. He had served with the Seafarer Peura last shipped on U.S. Army from 1941 through the Beaver Victory. He is sur­ 1945. He is survived by his vived by two brothers, Donald wife, Helen, and a daughter, and Warren! Burial was at Cedar Linda. Burial services were con­ Grove Cemetery in Peabody. ducted at Unity Community Cemetery. Jack Scurlock, 47: Brother Scurlock was lost overboard —— from the Penn William A. Jordan, 72: Ranger on Jan­ Brother Jordan passed away uary 25. Bom in from a stroke Tennessee, he 4 February 9 at had been mak­ the Plantation ing his home in f General Hospital the town of Mad­ in Fort Lauder­ ison with his dale, Florida. He /m^ father, Clyde, at had been ill for IHL W': the time of his a number of years, and re­ death. Brother Scurlock had tired on disabil­ been going to sea for 14 years ity pension in 1962. Brother as a member of the engine de­ Jordan, who joined the SIU in partment, and joined the SIU New Orleans in 1946, had been in Baltimore in 1957. He was going to sea for more than 20 sailing as oiler on the Penn years. He last shipped as AB Ranger when he was lost. Be­ aboard the Santore in 1962. sides his father, he is survived There are no survivors. Burial by a son, Ralph. services were held at Lauder­ dale Memorial Park Cemetery. Larry Jones, 69: Brother Jones passed away February 6 at Maryland Alfred Wright, 60: A sudden General Hos­ heart attack took the life of pital in Balti­ Brother Wright more. A native on February 18 of Denmark, he in Mobile Gen­ made his home eral Hospital. A in Baltimore for native of Louisi­ a number of ana, he had been years. Seafarer living in Mobile Jones, who held for the last 28 an AB's rating, had been sailing years. He had for more than 50 years. One of sailed as AB for the SIU oldtimers, he joined the the Mobile Towing Company, Union in the Port of Baltimore and joined the SIU in Mobile in 1938 and retired on an SIU in 1956. Wright had been sail­ pension in 1964. Brother Jones ing for nearly 40 years. He is last shipped aboard the Alcoa survived by his wife, Frances. Trader. Burial services were Burial services were held at Pine held at Oak Lawn Cemetery in Crest Cemetery in Mobile. Baltimore. He is survived by a brother, Poul Bjarni, who lives in Denmark. John W. Rankin, 36: Brother Rankin died January 1 at the Thomas Trollinger, 46: Ochsner Foun­ dation Hospital Brother Trollinger died of pneumonia at in Jefferson the USPHS Hos­ County, Louisi­ pital in San ana, of injuries Fransico on No­ sustained while vember 6, 1967. working aboard Bora in Seattle, a barge. Born in Washington, he Franklin, North had been living Carolina, he had for a number of been living there with his wife, years in San Lytha, at the time of his death. Brother Rankin sailed as OS, Francisco. Brother Trollinger and joined the SIU in Detroit. sailed as messman, and joined He had been employed by the the SIU in San Francisco. His Roen Towing Company. Burial last vessel was the Hastings. He services were held at Woodlawn is survived by his aunt, Mrs. Cemetery in Franklin. Hattie Adair. i O <I> �May, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Twenty Nine SlU Family .ifails Union Welfare Plan Wife Thanks Union For Death Benefit To the Editor: My wife and I are well pleased with the Union Weltore Plan. We have gotten good service and always have been well treated at the hos­ pitals as well as at the SIU hall here in Houston. Both of us wish we had checked into this when I first went on boats years ago. Hope to be with the SIU for many years to come. R. G. Bordelon Houston, Texas To the Editon My husband, Frank J, Walter passed away on Jan­ uary 8. I would like to ex­ press my appreciation to the SIU Welfare Fund for the check 1 received so promptly after my husband's death. Thank you so much for the kindness afforded me and my family by my husband's Un­ ion brothers. , Sincerely, Mrs. Frank J. Walter Baltimore, Maryland ^ Safarer Anthony Notturno points to a welded patch just above the waterllne of the Lafayette which was put on. after ship was hit by VC artillery fire in ^the Saigon River. Fortunately, none of the crew was hurt. Photo was taken by Chief Electrician Rudy Djong. Seafarers All Safe •f- Enemy Salvo Hits Lafayette in Estuary of Saigon River On her second voyage under the Waterman Steamship Com­ pany banner, the SlU-contracted Lafayette underwent her bap­ tism of fire with no injuries to the Seafarers aboard. Steaming into Saigon from Vung Tau early on the morning of March x8, the Lafayette— formerly the American Mail Lines' California — was sud­ denly the target of a heavy salvo of artillery fire just as the ship entered the mouth of the Saigon River. Several shells ripped into the Lafayette amidships—about 15 feet below the main deck, and just above the waterline. For­ tunately, most of the damage was confined to the fuel oil settlers. Despite the fact that the at­ tack came suddenly and with­ out warning, and many of the crewmembers were working on the open decks at the time, no one was hurt. The attack ended as suddenly as it began, and the vessel con- W-2 Forms Held For Five Seafarers Income Tax W-2 forms | are being held by the Mid- I i land Grace Trust Company I for the following crewmem-1 I hers of the Galteia De-1 I fender: Gerald GaUagan Charlie Jones Eustaquil Santos Homero Gnerra Ellzar Martell The W-2 forms can bei i obtained by writing to i : Joseph P. Flamming, Burke i & Parsons, Counselors at | I Law, 52 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005. tinued on up the river. Then, again without warning, the ves­ sel came under another artillery barrage. The enemy shells raised geysers of water just off the Lafayette's bow, but this time there was no damage at all except to the crew's alreadyfrayed nerves. Shell Holes Patched Following this second en­ counter, the ship continued on to its berth in Saigon without further incident. The cargo was discharged while patches were being welded to cover the shell holes in the vessel's side. Anthony Notturno, an able seaman, was aboard the Lafa­ yette during the attacks. He summed up the feelings of the crew: "I used to read about things like this in the newspa­ pers, and I would think that they only happen to other ships. I don't feel that way anymore." Soviets Teaching fishing Methods To 18 Countries MOSCOW—The Soviet Un­ ion is at present helping 18 foreign countries to develop their marine resources and train fish­ ermen, according to the official news agency of the U.S.S.R., Tass. Among the countries receiv­ ing Russian aid are Burma, Iran, Uganda, Guinea, Somalia, Ken­ ya, the Cameroons, Cuba, and the United Arab Republic. Students from these countries and others are studying fishery subjects in Russian universities and technical institutes. As part of their training, foreign student fishermen sometimes work alongside veteran Russian fish­ ermen aboard Soviet fishing ves­ sels like those operating off the coasts of the United States. Seafarer's Parents Express Gratitude To the Editor: We wish to sincerely thank everyone aboard the S.S. Yukon at the time of our beloved son's death for their generous help. We also want to thank all aboard the S.S. Steel Advocate for helping James' father to return home at this tragic time. We want all to know it is deeply ap­ preciated. Our thanks also to Jerry and Shirley at the Terminal Island SIU Hall for their very kind help. Mr. & Mrs. George Ospring Westminster, California. — Thanks Offered For Lucky 2 years To the Editor: I want to take the oppor­ tunity to thank the SIU Social Security and Welfare office for what has been the luckiest two years of my life. Number 1: I just got mar­ ried and am going to live in Opa-Locka, Forida, with my wife, Regina. We have a nice little place near the water. Number 2: I have been on pension since last August, and I want to tell you it feels great to take it easy and not have to get up and answer any bells. Number 3; Not too long ago, I was in the Marine Hos­ pital for a serious ailment. They gave me only a 50-50 chance to live, but I pulled through and feel better now than I have for the past 50 years. Although I am in the RMR, I found out that what­ ever district you are in when you need help, you always get it. All in all, I have a lot to be thankful for. I particularly want to thank the SIU and the Social Secu­ rity and Welfare people for the great help they have been to me over the years. I think one of the luckiest things we fellows in the RMR ever did was to affiliate with the SIU, because we have had a lot of good luck since. I have worked for Penn Railroad for 25 years so I know this to be true. Aneus W. Olson Opa-Locka, Florida Welfare Plan Pays Wife's Medical Bills To the Editor: I must state my many thanks to our Welfare Plan for the many times during which my wife, Freda, has been in the hospital and our SIU Welfare Plan has come to my rescue when the bills came. It sure is something to have such a plan that can be relied on when one is in need. Then again, when I had to have a hearing aid, the big­ gest part of the bill was paid. So, again I say thanks, and hope that all our SIU mem­ bers know how much the Wel­ fare Plan can do for all in the time of need. Glen H. Whitehead Toledo, Ohio .1. SIU Pension Check Called A Godsend To the Editor: I received my first disabili­ ty pension check, and I don't know how to express my thanks to our fine Union, its officers and trustees. The check was a Godsend. We have come a long way since I first joined the SIU in 1944. I consider myself a very fortunate man to have been a part of such a fine and progressive Union. Once again, thanks to the SIU from the bottom of my heart. John C. Chiorra Allentown, Pa. Wife Thanks SIU for Check To the Editor: I wish to send my sincere thanks to the SIU Welfare Plan for the check I received covering hospital expenses after my recent operation. I want to thank my hus­ band's wonderful Union and to say that I am very proud that he is a member of the SIU. Mrs. John Dnist l^lkes-Bonre, Pa. Seafarer's Sister Sends A Prayer To the Editon This is a difficult letter for me to write. My brother, Charlie Goldstein, was on an SIU pension and he recently passed away. He always had a great deal of respect for the Union, and many times spoke about the SIU's accomplish­ ments in making a better life for the seaman. He would be the one to know, because he came a long way. He was only 18 years old when he began to sail, and his feeling for the sea was deep in him. He was away from the sea for only a short time, and when the Second World War began he was back again and he stayed with it, for it truly was his way of life. It was not just like working for work's sake. He had a compassion for the men he worked with, and truly want­ ed to be a friend. I know that at various times when he was sick and money was needed he had no troubles, for all of his bills were taken care of by the Union. He had dignity. I personally came down to the Union Hall and spoke with some of the representa­ tives there. Their kindness and understanding, and their telling me how much they thought of my brother gave me great comfort. I did want to meet my brother's friends and to talk with them about him. As I said, shipping was truly his whole life, and in my heart I feel that he has just taken another trip. A very special thanks to all my brother's friends in the Un­ ion, and a little prayer that God may bless each of them every day. Sincerely, Helen Coe Seafarer Writes From Vietnam To the Editon I am a member of the SIU, just as my father is, and I am now stationed in Vietnam serving with the U.S. Army. I always enjoyed receiving the LOG while I was in the States and I will appreci­ ate having it sent to me at my new address. I am stationed at Camp Evans, and things are all right so far. We just arrived here, and there are a lot of things to be done around camp. There has not been any action yet and everyone hopes it will stay that way. I am trying very hard to see if I can get stationed down near the waterfront. One reason is that I will have a better chance to see my father when he ships over here. It will also give me a chance to see some friends who sail out this way. I would also like to say hello to all my old shipmates. Pedro A. Castro .'5 I .i\ �Page Thirty 'I' Labor ViewedAs 'Strong, Vibrant' Force for Uplift BOISE, Idaho—Labor's com­ mitment "to help in the uplift of all workers remains strong and vibrant" even though unions have achieved many of their earlier goals for their members, AFL-CIO Education Director Walter G. Davis declared here. In an address to a Pacific Northwest Labor History Con­ ference sponsored by Gonzaga University, Davis refuted those who contend that labor is no longer a dynamic force. Enemies Active For one thing, he noted, la­ bor's enemies are as busy as ever trying to weaken unions and their programs, "so if labor was as weak as some say, most of the economic and social gains of the past would be wiped out." He noted that organized labor has been the "dominant voice" in securing higher minimum wages, strengthened civil rights laws, more aid to education, and other measures that benefit everyone, not just union mem­ bers. Labor has "moved into a larger dimension" of helping all Americans and its militancy and influence in improving society "will continue to grow," Davis concluded. Land Sale Fraud Curbed by HUD's New Regulations Cs t? WASHINGTON — Regula­ tions to curb some of the worst abuses in mail order sale of home lots took effect April 28. Developers of subdivisions of 50 or more lots, offered for sale in interstate commerce, now are required to furnish "property reports" to the prospective buy­ ers. The reports must include such data as distance to nearby communities over paved or unpaved roads, present and pro­ posed utility services and charges, number of homes cur­ rently occupied, soil and other foundation problems in con­ struction. The AFI.-CIO had strongly urged federal legislation to guard against land sale fraud in congressional testimony. The legislation was enacted last year as part of the Housing and Urban Development Act. HUD Secretary George Romney's announcement of the final regulations indicated some weakening in a tentative draft issued January 25. It enables developers with disclosure state­ ments on file under state laws in Florida, California, Hawaii and New York to use those statements without having them checked by HUD for complete­ ness and accuracy. SEAFARERS May, 1969 LOG UN]PAIR "TO, LABC>R •• aisJ Seafarers and their families are urged to support a consumer boy­ cott by trade unionists against various companies whose products are produced under non-union conditions, or which are "unfair to labor." (This listing carries the name of the AFL-CIO unions in­ volved, and will be amended from time to time.) Stitzel'Weller Dislillerics "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" "Cabin Still," W. L. Weller Bourbon whiskeys (Distillery Workers) Kfngsport Press "World Book," "Childcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) Cenesco Shoe Mfg. Co. Work Shoes . . . Sentry, Cedar Chest, Statler Men's Shoes . . . Jarman, Johnson & Murphy, Crestworth, (Boot and Shoe Workers' Union) Boren Clay Products Co. United Brick and Clay Workers) <1> "HIS" brand men's clothes Kaynee Boyswear, Judy Bond blouses, Hanes Knitwear, Randa Ties, Boss Gloves, Richman vl> Atlantic Products Sports Goods (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) Jamestown Sterling Corp. (United Furniture Workers) —— Richman Bros, and Sewell Suits, Wing Shirts (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) Baltimore Luggage Co. I^dy Baltimore, Amelia Earhart Starlite luggage Starflite luggage (International Leather Goods, Plastics and Novelty Workers Union) —— White Furniture Co. (United Furniture Workers of America) Gypsum Wallboard, American Gypsum Co. (United Cement Lime and Gypsum Workers International) i R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Camels, Winston, Tempo, Brandon, Cavalier and Salem cigarettes (Tobacco Workers International Union) -if Comet Rice Mills Co. products (International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drinks and Distillery Workers) i Pioneer Flour Mill (United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers Local 110, San Antonio, Texas — <!> — All Califonua Table Grapes (United Farm Workers) i Magic Chef Pan Pacific Division (Stove, Furnace and Allied Appliance Workers International Union) Tennessee Packers Reelfoot Packing Frosty Mom Valleydale Packers (Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America) ^ Fisher Price Toys (Doll and Toy Workers) Economy Furniture Co. Smitbtown Maple Western Provincial BUt-Rite (Upholsterers) FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution reguires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. All Union records are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are adnainistered in accordance with the provislona of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall equally consist of union and management representatives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust fun^ are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return receipt request^. The proper address for this is: Ekirl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals' Board 17 Battery Place, Suite 1980, New York 4, N. Y. Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which yon work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and in the proper nuinner. If, at any time, any STO imtrolman or other Union ofllcial, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights prop­ erly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG has tradithmaUy KMn^ from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the publlsmng articles aeemeu Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from, publishing deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. ThisI established policy has been 0, meetings In all constltureafllrmed by membership action at the September, 1960, tional jwrts. The responsibility for LOG policy is vested (n an ^ editorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, fTom among its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. .4-. \ SIU-AGLIWD Meetings New Orleans June 10—2s30 p.m. Mobile .... June 11—2:30 p.m. Wilmington. June 16—2:00 p.m. San Francisco June 18—2:00 p.m. Seattle June 20—2:00 p.m. New York . June 2^—2:30 p.m. Philadelphia June 3—2:30 p.m. Baltimore .. June 4—2:30 p.m. Detroit .... June IS—2:30 p.m. Houston ... June 9—2:30 p.m. United Industrial Workers New Orleans June 10—7:00 p.m. Mobile .... June 11—7:00 p.m. New York . June 2—7:00 p.m. Philadelphia June 3—7:00 p.m. Baltimore .. June 4—7:00 p.m. ^Houston .. June 9—7:00 p.m. Great Lakes SIU Meetings June 2—2:00 p.m. Detroit . . June 2—7:00 p.m. Alpena .. June 2—7:00 p.m. Buffalo .. June 2—^7:30 p.m. Chicago . June 2—^7:00 p.m. Duluth .. June 2—7:00 p.m. Frankfort Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Section Chicago ... June 10—^7:30 p.m. tSault June 12—7:30 p.m. St Marie . Buffalo .... June 11—^7:30 p.m. Duluth .... June 13—^7:30 p.m. Cleveland .. June 13—^7:30 p.m. Toledo .... June 13—7:30 p.m. Detroit .... June 9—7:30 p.m. Milwaukee . June 9—^7:30 p.m. SIU Inland Boatmen's Union New Orleans June 10—5:00 p.m. Mobile June 11—5:00 p.ni. Philadelphia June 3—5:00 p.m. Baltimore (licensed and un­ licensed) June 4—5:00 p.m. Norfolk ... June 5—5:00 p.m. Houston ... June 9—5:00 p.m. SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers PRESIDENT Paul Hall EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cal Tannar Earl Shapard Al Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Llndiay Wllliamt Robert Matthewi SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Kerr HEADQUARTERS *75 4fh Ave., Bklyn. (212) HY ?-*400 ALPENA. Mich 127 RIvar St. (517) EL 4-361* BALTIMORE, Md 121* E. Baltimore St. (301) EA 7-4900 BOSTON. Mast **3 Atlantic Avenue (il7) 482-4716 BUFFALO, N.Y. 735 Waihlngton St. SIU (716) TL 3-9259 IBU (716) TL 3-9259 CHICAGO, III 93B3 Ewing Ave. SIU (312) SA 1-0733 IBU (312) ES 5-9570 CLEVELAND, Ohio 1420 W. 25th St. (216) MA 1-5450 DETROIT, Mich 10225 W. Jaffanon Ave. (313) VI 3-4741 DULUTH, Minn FRANKFORT, Mich HOUSTON, Tex JACKSONVILLE, Fla JERSEY CITY, N.J MOBILE, Ala NEW ORLEANS, La NORFOLK, Va 2014 W. 3rd St. (218) RA 2-4110 P.O. Box 2B7 415 Main St. (616) EL 7-2441 5804 Canal St. (713) WA 8-3207 2*0t Pearl-St. (904) EL 3-0987 99 Montgomery St. (201) HE 5-9424 I South Lawrence St. (205) HE 2-1754 *30 Jackion Ave. (504) 529-7546 115 3rd St. (703) 622-1892 PHILADELPHIA, Pa Railway Marine Region Philadriphia June 10—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Baltimore June 11—10 a.m. & 8 p.ni. •Norfolk June 12—10 a,m. & 8 p.m. Jersey City June 9—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. • Meeting held at Labor Temple, New­ port News. } Meeting held at Galveston wharves. 2*04 S. 4th St. (215) DE 6-3818 PORT ARTHUR, Tex 134* Seventh St. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., 350 Freemont St. (415) DO 2-4401 SANTURCE, P.R 1313 Fernandez Juncoi Stop 20 724-2848 SEATTLE, Wath ST. LOUIS, Mo TAMPA, Fla 2505 Firjt Avenue (206) MA 3-4334 SOS Del Mar (314) CE 1-1434 312 Harriion St. (813) 229-2788 WILMINGTON, Calif^ 450 Seajide Ave. Terminal Island, Calif. (213) 832-7285 YOKOHAMA, Japan. . Iieva BIdg., Room BOI 1-2 Kaigan^ori-Nakaku 2014971 Ext. 281 PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to nuke a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every six months in the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitution. In addition, copies are available in all Union balls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any mmber or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obli­ gation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify hradquarters. - RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing diubility-pension bene­ fits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, including attend­ ance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU members at these Union meet­ ings, th^ are encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file functions, in­ cluding service on raA-and-flle committees. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union pol­ icy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Conse­ quently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic rights of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve the best interests of thonselves, .^'r families and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was established. Donations to SPAD are entirely voluntary and eonstitnte the funds through which legislative and jtolitical activities are conducted for the benefit of the membership and the Union. If at any tlms a Seafarer fseb that any of the above rights have been vMatad. or that ha has been denied his consUtntlenal right of acesss to Union records or 1^ formation, ho shenld fanmsdlately nstb^ SIU Prmident Panl HaU at headquarters by eertifisd suUL return receipt requested. �R^i:-cK3^.<lPrt5V»K«WW?.-«raj'*Wftvrj-rf«7^'atr»^>tS:wnrTWJW.Sl«WV^ ^\ , ., \ ^ AB Thomas Moose was the ship's delegate during the voyage, and everyone agreed he did a very fine job representing the Rafael Semmes crew. Henry Lovelace sails as AB and has been going to sea for over 20 years. He has often served as department or ship's delegate during career. Harold Loll, left, who sailed as OS and Bob Scarborough, baker, take it easy and talk over their plans as they await their turn at pay-off. Deck Delegate James scans the LOG as Ship's Thomas Moose loob on. Grinnell is a 19-year SIU ••V Grinnell Delegate Seafarer member. iiiilL Seafaesr Robert L. Harnell is- dressed and ready to hit the beach as soon as he'gets paid off. Harnell, member of engine department, shipped as FWT. ii'N'i AW. ^d^Viec aoe ^ �II' "'f 'I iiiliM SEAFARERfrttlXM} OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO I?: t PENSION DATA - QUESTIONNAIRE In order to effect improvements in the current pension program, it is necessary that Seafarers submit the answers to the below listed questions, and fill in all seatime information in the place provided. Do not mail this questionnaire in until you have filled in all data. (Please print all answers.) Send to SlU Pension Study Committee, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 11232. i I I I. Name 2. Residence address Street Apartment No. State City Zip Code 3. Social Security No. (Area Code) 4. Book No. 6. Date of Birth Telephone No. 5. Z No. 7. Age last birthday 8. Height Weight Mo. Day Year 9. Date of Joining SlUNA-AGLIWD 10. Type of book now held: "C" "B" When issued "A" Year Month 11. Age when you first sailed deep-sea 12. Married Single Widowed Divorced Relationship Living in your home? Separated 13. Number of Dependents Name i ; ( - Date of Birth Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes SSi ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) No No No No No No No Receiving Social Security? ( ) Yes ( ( ) Yes ( ( ) Yes ( ( ) Yes ( ( ) Yes ( ( ) Yes ( ( ) Yes ( No ) No ) No ) No ) ) . No No ) No ) ( ( ( ( ( ( * ( V. ;• If yes, indicate as follows: 14. Are you presently on pension? Type: Other _ Normal Disability Other Social Security From whom: Seafarers Pension Plan Name of Entity 15. Are you eligible for supplemental Medicare? 16. Fill in numbers of days of seatime for each of the years listed below: Number of Days For Pension Plan Office Use Only Number of Days 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 I960 1950 For Pension Plan Office Use Only 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 Number of Days Number of Days Number of Days 1940 1939 1938 1937 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 1931 1930 1929 1928 1927 1926 1925 I hereby authorize the Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Dis­ trict, its officers, employees or representatives, to obtain, on my behalf, any and all information as to my seatime from the United States Coast Guard. ^rt.-' :>•: Date Sign your name here t Social Security Number Comments; I 1. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource May 1969 Description An account of the resource Headlines: IMPROVING THE PENSION PLAN SIU ISSUES STRONG PROTEST AGAINST CLOSING TO DETROIT USPHS FACILITY BILLS WOULD GIVE UNSUBSIDIZED SHIPS CARGO PRIORITIES AND TAX ADVANTAGES RETIREES CHARGE MISMANAGEMENT AT SAILORS’ SNUG HARBOR INDEPENDENT MARAD TOPS MARITIME GOALS VOTED BY LOUISIANA AFL-CIO HURRICANE BETSY VICTIM EMERGING AS SALVAGE EFFORTS SLOWLY PROGRESS LEGISLATORS, MARITIME LEADERS WEIGH GROWING WOES OF GREAT LAKES FLEET SUBSTANTIAL SOCIAL SECURITY INCREASES URGED TO MEET INCOME GAP OF ELDERLY REP HALPHREN CALLS FOR SCRAPPING, REPLACING 1936 MARITIME LAW LEGISLATION PROPOSING USER TAX FOR TUGS AND TOWBOATS IS OPPOSED LIBERAL DEMOCRAT WINS LAIRD’S SEAT THROUGH UPSET VICTORY IN WISCONSIN AIFLD’S CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIAL PROGRESS PRAISED BY NIXON JOB BLACKLISTING SERVICE OPERATED BY EXTREMIST RIGHT CHURCH LEAGUE FORMOSAN VESSEL, OIL BARGES COLLIDE UNDER NEW ORLEANS BRIDGE; 25 DEAD KANSAS RIGHT-TO-WORKERS STYMIED IN MOVE TO ASSESS HARSH PENALTIES APPEALS COURT ORDERS JP STEVENS TO GIVE NLRB WORKERS’ ADDRESSES THOUSANDS JOIN GOOD FRIDAY MARCH IN MEMPHIS MEMORIAL TO DR. KING SENATE REPORT PLEADS FOR EXTENSION OF NLRB TO MIGRATORY WORKERS GRAPE WORKERS SEEK TO EXPOSE PESTICIDE PERIL RAPHAEL SEMMES TOUCHES HOME BASE 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 05/1969 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXXI, No. 7 1969 Periodicals Seafarers Log