http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/8604a5e1a6b17b12d77be0ffaf91b864.PDF 4d3495e9bc6197bad12b198fd08652b7 PDF Text Text Vol. XXXi No. 14 SEAFARERS •£(>€ OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO Polls Close Dec. 22 h Union Balloting On New Constitution Story Page 3 SlU Scores Victory In Five-Year Beef; $625,000 Awarded Story Page 3 iMS-; } • �SEAFARERS LOG Page Two I',! ; • •'•••" • *• ~ • - • " ••• • THE -r ^ :.vv^\V>\ .-••sVX '; V, » • «.« I • December, 1969 \- i •,. IN THE GE STRIKE •-f] ji t' the lUE was unlawful. "Such conduct," the court said, "amounts to a dec­ laration on the part of the company that not only the union, but the process of collective bargaining, itself, may be dispensed with." (It took nine years for the case to wind its way through the legal maze, and it may yet be appealed by GE to the nation's highest court, occasioning still further delay. Meanwhile, GE continues to employ the technique in open defiance of the labor laws.) Typical of thousands of informational picket lines calling for consumer boycott of GE products in front of retail stores throughout the nation was the one shown here in which Seafarers supported GE strikers outside Macy's and Korvette stores in N. Y. 66'T^HIS IS NOT just another big strike; it is a fight for the future of effective unionism. It is a strike we will not lose." With these words, AFL-CIO President George Meany has drawn the battle lines in labor's massive struggle with the General Electric Company, mobilizing the full resources of the trade union movement on behalf of the beleaguered strikers. To achieve ultimate victory, Meany has brought into play labor's most potent weapon: The economic boycott. The federation has urged its mem­ bers, their families and their friends to put all GE products—from light bulbs to major appliances—on the "don't-buy" list until the strike is settled. On the bricks since October 27 have been 150,000 workers, members of 13 international unions. Of these, 10 unions are affiliates of the AFL-CIO —the International Union of Electrical Workers, Machinists, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Technical Engineers, Sheet Metal Workers, Allied Industrial Workers, Plumbers, Steelworkers, Flint Glass Workers and Carpenters. The other three unions are the unaffiliated United Electrical Workers, Auto Workers and Teamsters. Ranged behind them are the rest of the trade union movement—13.5 million strong—who are engaged in a one-two economic campaign to secure victory on the picket lines. One of the economic pincers is the boycott, aimed directly at the most sensitive nerve of all, GE's "pocketbook nerve." The other is a trade-union-wide'fund-raising drive, aimed at providing the eco­ nomic base which the strikers need to hold out for a fair and equitable settle­ ment at the bargaining table. Arrayed against them is the General Electric Company, world's largest and most profitable electrical manufacturer and one of the top money-makers in all of American industry. This is the company which advertises that "pro­ gress is our most important product"—^but which clings stubbornly to a 19th century hatred of trade unionism. (This is also the company that.was the king-pin in the price-rigging conspiracy which ended up in a half dozen electrical industry executives drawing prison terms earlier in this decade— leading some to suggest that GE's slogan should be changed to read "profits are our most important product.") 'T'HIS YEAR, General Electric added another dimension to its arrogant "take-it-or-leave-it" attitude—^painting itself as a front-line fighter in President Nixon's war on infiation. The unions, according to the company, were making demands which would fan the fires of inflation; GE, it insisted, was only doing its "patriotic duty" by making an obviously inadequate offer of an economic settlement. For the 150,000 striking GE employees, the issue in this strike is simple: The future of their 13 unions is at stake. If the company can crush the strike and impose its "non-negotiable" terms, then, as the court said, "not only the union, but the process of collective bargaining itself may be dispensed with." For the rest of the trade union movement, the issue is equally simple: A victory by General Electric would stiffen the spines of countless other anti­ union employers across the country. They could be expected to follow in GE's footsteps, adopting a hard-nosed attitude at contract time, refusing to negotiate, dictating unilateral terms, and thus threatening the entire institu­ tion of collective bargaining which has come to be accepted in this country over the past third of a century. It is because the stakes are so high that the picket lines are holding firm at GE plants and facilities in 40 states. And this is why the informational pickets are manning the lines in front of thousands of retail stores across the country to carry the boycott message to the general public; why workers and unions are digging down into their pockets to raise a strike relief fund that is equal to the need; and why labor is organizing voluntary and public health and welfare agencies at the community level to provide auxiliary assistance to strikers and their families. It's all summed up in what George Meany said: "This is not just another big strike; it is a fight for the future of effective unionism. It is a strike we will not lose." %9 in the General Electric strike is more than just a contract; what ATisISSUE at stake is the entire concept of free collective bargaining. General Electric does not believe in collective bargaining. It believes, instead, in a concept known as "Boulwarism," named for the man who de­ vised this strategy—Lemuel Boulware, former \^e president in charge of labor relations for the giant electrical manufacturer. "Boulwarism" is the essence of non-bargaining. It involves a strategy of meeting continuously with the union, listening to the union's demands— but not negotiating. Instead, the company keeps up a barrage of mail—^firing it over the negotiating committee's head directly into the homes of the workers. It is as if the union did not exist. Then, at what management considers tg be the "psychological moment," usually just before the contract is due to expire, GE tells its employees, what the company has decided to give. The "package" is non-negotiable—it is presented to the workers on a "take-it-or-leave-it" basis. (The day after the present strike started, the Second U.S. Court of Ap­ peals ruled that GE's practice of "Boulwarism" in 1960 negotiations with AFL-CIO President George Meany (left) and SlU Vice President Earl Shepard discuss key issues at stake in nationwide strike of 150,000 General Electric workers at a rally of the New York City Central Labor Council urging all-out support for strikers. •, �December, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Three $625,000-Settlement Won: SlUs Five-Year Battle Ends In Galveston Victory GALVESTON—The SIU United Industrial Workers have won an unprecedented $625,000 settlement here in an agree­ ment which ended a five-year dispute between the Galveston Wharves and the Union. The money is to compensate 34 employees who were laid off at the Galveston Wharves Ele­ vator "B" in 1964 for back wages and severance pay and also to make up for unpaid SIU Pension and Welfare Plan con­ tributions, payments of railroad retirement taxes, past employee contributions to the Union and certain of the Union costs. The agreement is the culmi­ nation of a beef which started when the company notified the Union in July, 1964 that it had leased the grain elevator to an­ other company and therefore would no longer bargain with the Union on matters affecting the elevator workers. A strike was called by the Union and, after six months of picketing in Galveston, Texas, the Union was hit by a court injunction obtained by the Wiiarves. An appeal to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in 1965 brought ailing against the company, and it was ordered to reinstate the employees with back pay, and to bargain with the Union. An appeal for reversal by the company resulted in a reaffirma­ tion of the original decision. The company then took the mattfer to the Supreme Court, which upheld the Circuit Court and or­ dered the Wharves to negotiate a settlement with the Union. This occurred in 1969. After several weeks of nego­ tiations, the Union and the Gal­ veston Wharves reached the agreement which provides: • Six months severance pay for each employee or his widow. o Back pay for the period February 1, 1965 to Septem­ ber 12, 1969, each employee— or his widow—^to receive the difference between actual earn­ ings and what he would nor­ mally have earned at the grain elevator. • Contributions by the com­ pany for the period involved to the SIU Pension Plan to cover the employees' retirement and to the SIU Welfare Plan to cov­ er employees and their families for welfare benefits. • Railroad retirement pay­ ments for employees who choose to retain such benefits. • Reimbursement to the Un­ ion for legal and other expenses incurred during the five-year beef. • Recognition of the Union as bargaining agent in the event this elevator is ever again op­ erated by the company or the city of Galveston. Of the 34 employees who went on strike in 1964, some had died or retired in the in­ terim. There are 26 remaining., Paul Drozak, Assistant Re­ gional Director of the SIUNAUIW and SIU port agent at Galveston, summed up the agreement this way: "This is a tremendous victory for the employees and our Un­ ion—a settlement that is un­ precedented in the entire labor movement. The employees and their families have received the greatest Christmas present of their lives." Registering to vote at SIU Headquarters is Seafarer Waller Grosvenor, Chief Steward, at right. From left are Gus Malensky, AB and Edward Polise, oiler, members of the New York balloting committee. The Union membership began voting on the amended SIU constitution in all Ports on November 22. Secrecy of the ballot was guaranteed by voting booths with drawn curtains. Seafarer Erasmo Flecha, FOWT, above, has just finished voting in N>Y. Seafarer Robert Hester, AB, having cast his vote, deposits ballot in official box at SIU Headquarters. Procedure was familiar daily sight in all ports. • '1 .1 I V SIU Port Agent Paul Drozak, flanked by Union counsel Paul Barker, right, and Newton Schwartz, left, announces SlU's unprecedented Galveston Wharves victory to a meeting of the members concerned. MTD Charges Defense Dept. Yktimizes Private U.S. Fleet WASHINGTON—The oper­ ation of government-owned ships by the Department of Defense constitutes "unfair, un­ wise and unwarranted competi­ tion" with the privately-owned merchant marine. That is the position taken by the 7.5-million-member AFLCIO Maritime Trades Depart­ ment in calling for the deactiva­ tion of all ships which had been taken out of the reserve fleet to back up merchant vessels on the Vietnam sealift. The views of the MTD, which is headed by SIUNA President Paul Hall, were con­ tained in a statement filed with the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee. The MTD expressed its sup­ port for H.R. 14257, introduced by Representative Edward A. Garmatz (D-Md.), committee chairman, which would require the use of privately-owned American-flag vessels, in pref­ erence to government-owned vessels, for the carriage of govenrment-sponsored cargo. "The Vietnamese shipping crisis is now over," the Maritime Trades Department declared. "The winding down of the war has reduced the demand for emergency shipping. In fact, the demand has been so reduced that privately-owned merchant ships are going into lay-up— and their crews are being put on the beach—because of a lack of cargo." "And yet many of the ships from the reserve fleet remain in service today, carrying govern­ ment cargo that by rights should be moving on privately-owned ships. ..." The MTD insisted there was "no justification" for keeping these ships in service, adding that there is no "comfort to be taken from the numbers game indulged in" by the Defense De­ partment, which has concen­ trated on reporting on the ships which have been deactivated, rather than on the considerable numbers still in operation. (Continued on Page 10) Balloting on AmenJed Constitution Scheduled to Conclude on Dec. 22 Voting on the proposed amended constitution for the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District has been conducted in all ports since No­ vember 22 and will be concluded at 5 p.m. on December 22. The secret ballot on which Seafarers are casting their votes contains three propositions—the proposed new constitution itself; a change in the method of pay­ ing dues, plus the termination of assessments; and a change in initiation fees. It was decided by Seafarers to place the proposed amended constitution on the ballot at spe­ cial membership meetings held in all ports on October 22-23. During these meetings, the re­ port and recommendations of the Constitution Committee, made up of six duly elected book members, was submitted to, and overwhelmingly accepted by, the membership. In addi­ tion, the complete text of the proposed new constitution was read and fully discussed at each of the meetings. (The full text of the Constitution Committee's report and texts of both the ex­ isting and proposed constitu­ tions were carried in the No­ vember 14 issue of the LOG.) In its recommendation that the new constitution be adopted, the committee pointed out that certain "housekeeping changes" must be made from time to time and noted that no major changes had been made in the Union's constitution for some 10 years while "there have been many changes in the industry and interpretations of laws" af­ fecting it. Changes in the method of paying dues, the committee pointed out, will have no effect (Continued on Page 10) �Page Fonr SEAFARERS December^ 1969 LOG Rep. Wilson Tells MTD: Rep. Kyros Calls for Consistency: Banning of 'Multiple Subsidies' Vital To WorthwhileMaritime Legislation Conflict Within Govt. Blamed For ^Deadly Erosion' of Fleet WASHINGTON —A mem­ ber of Congress warned last month that he would seek to amend the Nixon Administra­ tion's forthcoming maritime leg­ islative proposals unless they contain provisions banning the payment of "multiple subsi­ dies" to a select group of Ameri­ can shipping lines. Representative Charles H. Wilson (D-Calif.) said that it was "imperative" that new mari­ time legislation put an end to the practice whereby the 14 sub­ sidized shipping lines use fed­ eral aid "to compete with unsubsidized operators for govern­ ment cargo, instead of using them the way the law intended —^to compete with foreign-flag operators for commercial cargoJ» California congressman a meeting sponsored by the .5-million-member AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department that he would also work for in­ clusion of language that would give unsubsidized operators "first-call" on government-gen­ erated cargoes, and for a system which would give these opera­ tors long-range charters to carrygovernment cargo so that they would be assured "fair and eq­ uitable treatment." Wilson expressed general sat­ isfaction with the maritime mes­ sage sent to Congress by the White House in October. He noted that on three key issues, the Administration proposals paralleled ones which the Dem­ ocratic congressman had advo­ cated in the spring of 1969. These provisions, he said, would: • Provide new ships for the unsubsidized segment of the merchant marine as well as for the subsidized segment. • Assure that all Americanflag ships are built exclusively in U.S. shipyards. • Grant unsubsidized opera­ tors the. same right now enjoyed Representative Charles H. Wilson (D-Calif.), left, assures SI UNA Vice President Earl Shepard of his strong backing of MTD proposals to provide new ships for the unsubsidized segment of the merchant marine as well as his wholeheartd support of measures to insure that American-flag ships are built exclusively in U.S. shipyards. by subsidized operators to put contribute to economic growth. money aside in tax-deferred "More than half the cost of construction reserve funds in an American-built vessel is spent order to encourage increased outside the shipyard—we know private investment in new ves­ this, and the i'^erican people sels. and American industry must be The West Coast lawmaker made aware of this fact . . ." urged maritime labor and man­ he declared. "American-built ships need agement to join in a broad cam­ paign of public education,' so Ame ican-made steel produced that the American people would fron- American-mined ore . . , be aware of the need for an they need American-built en­ overhaul of present maritime gines control equipment, valves, policy and a commitment of pipe nd fittings of all kinds . . . added public funds to the task. they need American-made "Unless the public under­ wood\ ork, cooking and foodstands what this is about," Wil­ storage equipment, glass, paint, son declared, "we may have a beddin, !, tableware and the like job on our hands in trying to get ... aid all of these must be the tools with which to do the transpoited to the shipyards in American trains and trucks." job." Summing up, Wilson called Impact on U.S. Economy attention to the fact that a con­ Wilson emphasized the nec­ siderably enlarged American essity of explaining to the Amer­ maritime program can contrib­ ican people the basic fact that ute in large measure to bolster­ a strong shipbuilding program ing the American economy and would provide many jobs and helping enormously toward con­ version s£ this nation's balanceof-payments deficit into a sur­ plus. Seatrain Ohio Galley Crew Lauded by Ship's Officers The steward department aboard the SlU-contracted Seatrain Ohio last month received a spontaneous citation from the ship's officers for its "co-operative effort to please" during a recently completed voyage of the vessel. "It is seldom that an entire department is as conscientious and hard working as you men have been," the letter states, "In the face of such obstacles as long stays in port, not once did the officers and crew lack a first rate meal." Praised for a "job well done" were Chief Steward Warren Messenger, Chief Cook Jose Torrefiel, 2nd Cook and Baker Richard Morgan and 3rd Cook Percy Brown—as well as "the rest of the department for the courtesy extended us." Signed by N. C. Ghiz, the master; Lewis H. Rodriguez, chief officer; William C. Pollard, 2nd officer; Finer Brandt and Thomas Gunter, 3rd officers; Floyd J. Bird, electronic officer; Roger Whitsell, chief engineer; Francis Brousseau, 1st engineer; Johnny R. Flynn, 2nd asst. engineer; Ralph E. Greene and Charles B. Pearson, 3rd asst. engineers, the infor­ mal—^but no less enthusiastic—commendation concludes: "It is a pleasure to sail with men such as you, who take pride in your trade." WASHINGTON —A mem­ ber of Congress has urged the Nixon Administration to resolve "conflicting positions" within the Executive Branch which have led to the "deadly erosion of our maritime strength." Representative Peter N. Kyros (D-Me.) singled out the Department of Defense, in par­ ticular, for what he said were "conflicts of ideologies" that threatened the potential of the merchant marine program sent to Congress by the White House in October. Speaking at a meeting spon­ sored by the 7.5-million-member AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, Representative Kyros said that the Defense De­ partment has "undercut" the merchant marine in a variety of ways, among them being: • Lobbying for "a multibillion-dollar scheme to build its own fleet of cargo ships," the so-called Fast Deployment Logistics Ships. The Congress­ man called the project "ques­ tionable under any circum­ stances," and "unthinkable" at a time when the Administration is seeking to "breathe new life into our merchant shipping." • Operating ships from the reserve fleet in competition with the privately owned fleet, leading to the "enforced idling" of commercial vessels. • Drafting the nation's mili­ tary sealift program based on the "discredited" theory that, in an emergency, the government can rely on ships owned by Americans but registered and crewed abroad, thus aiding "the cause of those who contend we do not need a merchant marine buildup." Congressman Kyros also criti­ cized the Secretary of Trans­ portation "and some highly placed officials" in the Defense Department who, he said, advo­ cate building American mer­ chant and naval vessels abroad at a time when the White House "officially calls for the rejuve­ nation of American shipyards." He noted that, while the Ad­ ministration program talks of "putting more government cargo on American vessels," officials in the Department of Agricul­ ture and the Agency for Inter­ national Development have "consistently thwarted the spirit and the letter of the law by favoring foreign-flag carriers over American-flag vessels." Kyros called for development of a program "that will make it impossible for anyone in gov­ ernment, whatever his motives, to undercut the American mer­ chant marine." Port of Norfolk Posts Lone Gain fn Foreign Cargo NORFOLK—The Port of Norfolk was the only one of the East Coast's four busiest ports to record an increase in foreign commerce handled for the first eight months of this year. Showing increases across the board, Norfolk achieved a gain of 3.2 percent in export ship­ ments, 18.9 percent in imports and 5.1 percent in total foreign commerce. Tonnage through the ports of New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore fell during the period, the decline being mainly in im­ ports. The sharpest decrease was registered in the Port of New York, which dropped 7.9 per­ cent. The Port of Philadelphia was next, with a loss of 4.3 per­ cent and the Port of Baltimore decline was 2.7 percent. However, New York re­ mained the top port in total cargo, with 34,286,532 tons while Norfolk was second, with 19,619,514 tons. The race for third was neck and neck with Philadelphia registering 15,397,915 tons to Baltimore's 14,721,090. For the United States as a whole, total foreign commerce was 286,820,498 tons, a 1,626,887-ton drop from the 1968 total of 288,447,358 tons for the comparable period. Ten Additional Full Book Seafarers Ten additional men received their full books at the December membership meeting at SlU headquar­ ters. Latest batch of graduates of the Seniority Upgrading Program, some displaying their books are, in front, from left: Lang M. Kelly; William Schneider; George Yeackel; William Parrish and Donald J. Grain. Back row: Christopher Ratcliffe; John E. Coleman; Alfred Bodie; Byron Blackwell; Richard Velez. V y �December, 1969 SEAFARERS Page Five LOG Goal Reached by 365 Seafarers as: John F. Henning Apiiointed Union-Sponsored Upgrading Program To Key CdH. AFL-CIO Job Produces 6 New Licensed Engineers SACRAMENTO—^John F. Henning, former United States Ambassador to New Zealand, has been appointed director of research to the California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO. He will also hold the post of administrative assistant to SecretaryTreasurer Thomas L. Pitts of the California labor body. Henning served as United States Ambassador to New Zealand from 1967 to 1969, a period during which he won widespread popularity in that country, particularly in the ranks of labor. The Seafarers LOG, in the issue of September 27, 1968, reprinted an article entitled "U.S. Ambassador Clicks" from the New Zealand Clarion, official magazine of the New Zealand Laborer's Union, which reflected the high regard he enjoyed among New Zealanders. In it, the magazine re­ called a speech Henning made in 1965 when he was U.S. Under-Secretary of Labor in which he attacked the "right to work" laws and Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act. Prior to serving as Under-Secretary of Labor in the Ken­ nedy-Johnson Administrations from 1962 to 1967, Henning had been State Director of the Department of Industrial Relations, a post to which California's Governor Edmund G. Brown appointed him in 1959. He is also a past presi­ dent of the San Francisco Board of Permit Appeals and a past member of the San Francisco Public Welfare Commis­ sion and of the San Francisco Equal Employment Oppor­ tunities Commission. From 1949 to 1959 he held the office of research director for the California Federation of Labor which he now resumes as part of his new duties. In making the announcement of Henning's current ap­ pointment, Secretary-Treasurer Pitts of the California AFLCIO said: "The Federation is delighted to have a man of Jack Henning's stature rejoin the State AFL-CIO. "As most California trade unionists know, Mr. Henning brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the job and has always been an outspoken champion of workers' rights." Wist. Labor Saves 1-Man, 1-Vote y MADISON, Wis.—The head of Wisconsin's One-Man, OneVote Committee has credited the State AFL-CIO with a key role in persuading the legisla­ ture to reject a resolution call­ ing for a constitutional conven-^ tion to overturn the Supreme Courts's ruling that legislative districts must be equal in popu­ lation. The state Assembly voted down the so-called Dirksen Amendment resolution by a 6236 vote. Mrs. John Toussaint, chair­ man of the statewide coalition against the Amendment and president of the Wisconsin League of Women Voters, said in a statement: "While a number of organiza­ tions and individuals joined with us in opposing the Dirksen Amendment the influence, or­ ganizational ability and legis­ lative knowledge of the state AFL-CIO was undoubtedly a key factor in the success of our campaign." At one time or another, 33 legislatures passed constitutional amendment resolutions but the validity of several has been chal­ lenged. Thirty-four states must act in order to summon a convention —a method of initiating a con­ stitutional amendment which has never been used in the na­ tion's history. The late Senator Everett M. Dirksen (R-Ill.) led the drive to force a constitutional conven­ tion after the Senate repeatedly refused to act on his proposed amendment. Six more Seafarers have been graduated from the School of Marine Engineering sponsored jointly by the SIU and MEBADistrict 2. Following successful completion of the comprehen­ sive training program offered by the school, the six men are all newly licensed engineers who have passed their coast guard examinations. The total number of Seafar­ ers who have been graduated from the Union-sponsored Estrada McLaughlin as an oiler before entering the School in September. He grad­ uated with a Temporary Third Assistant Engineer's License on November 13. A native of Derry, New Mexico, Brother Luchini now makes his home in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, with his mother, Mon­ ica Luchini. Raul Estrada, 46, is a na­ tive of Tela, Honduras, and now lives in New Orleans with his Luchini Martin wife, Barbara. He joined the school and passed their Coast SIU in the Port of Baltimore Guard licensing examinations and graduated in 1959 from the Andrew Furuseth Training now stands at 365. School. He sailed as an FOWT Charles Martin, 49, is a na­ before graduating from the tive of Pennsylvania who now School of Marine Engineering lives in Moorestown, New Jer­ sey with his son, Kenneth C. on December 3 with a Third Martin. He joined the SIU in Assistant Engineer's License. the Port of New York in 1949 Lionel A. McLaughlin, 50, and sailed as an FOWT and joined the Union in 1942 in Mi­ pumpman before entering the ami and shipped as an FOWT School in September. Brother before graduating from the Martin graduated on December School on December 3 with a 3 with a Temporary Third As­ Third Assistant Engineer's Li­ sistant Engineer's License. Dur­ cense. He is a native of Cuba ing World War II Seafarer Mar­ who now makes his home in tin served in the Army. Brooklyn with his wife, MorRoland Luchini, 34, joined aima. the Union in the Port of San Vincent Edward Welch, 50, Francisco in 1968 and sailed of Great Barrington, Massachu- At Detroit Port Council Dinner Welch Moran setts, joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1968 and sailed as an FOWT and electrician be­ fore entering the School in Sep­ tember. He graduated on No­ vember 17 with a Temporary Third Assistant Engineer's Li­ cense. A native of Great Bar­ rington, Seafarer Welch lives there now with his brother, James Welch. During World War II he served in the Navy. James Joseph Moran, 24, joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1968 and sailed as an electrician before entering the School in July. He gradu­ ated on November 7 with a Tem­ porary Third Assistant Engi­ neer's License. A native of Brooklyn, Brother Moran now lives in Kings Park, Long Island, N.Y., with his father, Francis J. Moran. From 1963 until 1967, Seafarer Moran served in the Coast Guard. Any engine department Sea­ farer who meets the following requirements is eligible to enter' the upgrading programs at the School of Marine Engineering. He must be at least 19 years old and have a minimum of 18 months of Q.M.E.D. watchstanding time in the engine de­ partment in addition to at least six months experience as a wiper or equivalent. Additional information and applications for enrollment for eligible Seafarers may be ob­ tained at any SIU hall. Govt. Can Ban Dangerous Toys Detroit and Wayne County Port Council annual dinner last month was a huge success, with some 600 in attendance. From left, above, are SlUNA Vice President John Yarmola; Ed Craft, business agent of De­ troit Firemen and Oilers: Mayor John McEwan of River Rouge and SlUNA Vice President Fred Farnen, who ifealso secretary-treasurer of Detroit and Wayne County MTD Port Courcil. Among other prominent people also in attendance were Representative Martha Griffith and Detroit Mayor-elect Roman Gibbs. WASHINGTON — Congress has responded to evidence that many toys are unsafe by com­ pleting action on a bill that per­ mits the government to ban the sale of dangerous toys. The measure now goes to President Nixon for his signature. Under previous regulations, the Food and Drug Administra­ tion was empowered to stop the sale of toys or articles for use by children only if they were proven to be flammable, toxic or otherwise organically harmful. The new law would extend the FDA's authority to poten­ tially dangerous mechanical or electrical toys—such as over­ heating play stoves, unsafe science kits and chemistry sets —and other items deemed haz­ ardous to children. �Page Six SEAFARERS Cilbert Predicts a 'Major Assault' By Oil Interests Against Jones Act # WASHINGTON — Powerful American oil interests are mounting a major assault on the Jones Act, a federal law which bars foreign-flag ships from en­ gaging in this nation's domestic waterbome cmnmerce, Repre­ sentative Jacob H. Gilbert (DN.Y.) warned here this month. He said the oil industry wants the domestic shipping law "re­ pealed, or, at a minimum, seri­ ously crippled" as part of the exploitation of the vast oil re­ serves discovered along the North Slope of Alaska. The Congressman told a meeting sponsored by the AFLCIO Maritime Trades Depart­ ment that the laws requiring the exclusive use of American-flag vessels in the domestic trade apply to the carriage of this oil from Alaska to the continental United States. But the oil interests, he pointed out, are among the lead­ ing operators of "runaway-flag" shipping—vessels owned by American firms but registered in foreign nations and crewed with foreign seafarers—and they want to use these vessels in the Alaska oil trade. "They want to be able to un­ dercut the American tanker in­ dustry which pays American taxes and fair American wage scales, and which is subject to reasonable American safety standards," Gilbert said. The Congressman, a member of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, cau­ tioned the maritime industry "not to underestimate the power of the oil interests in Washing­ ton." He cited the Senate's vote to reduce the oil depletion al­ lowance from 27 Vz percent to 23 percent, as contrasted with a 20 percent level voted by the House, as evidence of "the po\yer which could be concen­ trated in an attack on the Jones Act." Gilbert charged that the wealthy oil companies "aren't content with what they have al­ ready—^they want more." The attack on the domestic shipping market, he declared, comes at a time when the Ad­ ministration and the Congress are "on the brink" of develop­ ing a new merchant marine pro­ gram that would restore vigor to America's lagging shipping and shipbuilding industries. "It would be the height of folly," the New York Congress­ man said, "to try to develop the merchant marine on the one hand, and to undercut it on the other. What would we gain, in the long run, if the regaining of WASHINGTON —In terms of votes, it was one of the closest elections in the nation's history. But measured by money spent for television and radio time, the 1968 presidential election was a runaway victory for the . Republicans. Statistics compiled by the Federal Commimications Com­ mission show that the NixonAgnew ticket spent nearly $12.6 million for television and radio time during the presidential campaign. That is more than twice the $6.1 million spent for air time on behalf of the HumphreyMuskie slate. A further breakdown of the figures by Congressional Quar­ terly magazine shows the GOP presidential slate spent $4.2 mil­ lion for network television, com­ pared to $2.5 million for the Democratic ticket, and outspent the Democratic candi­ dates $4.8 million to $2 mil­ lion for local television time. The total radio time bought amounted to $3.6 million for Nixon-Agnew, compared with $1.7 million for HumphreyMuskie. For candidates for all oflices during the 1968 general election campaign. Republicans spent $22.5 million for air time against $15.4 million for the Democrats and $2.5 million for minor party candidates. While Republicans generally out-spend the Democrats in buy­ our position as an international shipping power were to be pur­ chased at the price of our do­ mestic shipping industry? "The answer, of course, is that we would be no better off—and we might be worse off, because we would have opened the flood­ gates to all manner of cut­ throat foreign competition that could undermine our economy." Mississippi River Continues Growth In Cargo Handling NEW ORLEANS^—A climb of 95 percent in waterbome freight on the Mississippi River below Minneapolis over a single decade was recorded by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Waterbome commerce rose 2.8 percent in 1968 over the previous year, amounting to 219,162,231 short tons. The busiest stretch of the river was that between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, which alone han­ dled 110,328,530 tons. This does not include the Port of New Orleans itself, which han­ dled 113,511,052 tons last year, leading all other ports on the river. Baton Rouge, which han­ dled 37,872,394 tons in 1968, was the second busiest port. The fastest growing part of the waterway was that between the Ohio River and Baton Rouge, according to the report. ing television and radio time, Here 74,490 tons were moved, the gap last year was by far the representing an increase of 134 greatest. In 1964, Republican percent over 1958. candidates out-spent the Demo­ A 10-year increase of 77 per­ crats only $13 million to ^1 cent in exports carried on the million; in 1960, the gap was river system was also reported. $7.6 million to $6.2 million, and These rose from 14,635,265 in the 1956 election $5.4 to tons in 1958 to 25,633,969 tons $4.1 million. last year. GOP Outspent the Democrats In '68 Presidential Campaign December, 1969 LOG Statement of Omership STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT AND CIRCULATION (Act of October tS, IBSt; Section iSSe. Title St, United States Code) 1. DATE OF FILING 2. TITLE OF PUBLICATION October 81, 1969 Seafarers Log 8. FREQUENCY OF ISSUE Monthly 4. LOCATION OF KNOWN OFFICE OF PUBLICATION 876 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11282 6. LOCATION OF THE HEADQUARTERS OR GENERAL OFFICES OF THE PUBLISHERS 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11282 6. NAMES AND ADDRESS OF PUBLISHER, EDITOR, AND MANAGING EDITOR PUBLISHER Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, 676 Fourth Avenue, Brookljm, New York 11282 EDITOR Harry Wittschen, 676 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11232 MANAGING EDITOR None 7. 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TOTAL (Sum of E & F—should equal vet press run shown in A) 60,000 60,000 I certify that the statements made by me above are correct and complete. Harry Wittschen, Editor Company Persuaders' Ruled Liable for Total Accounting NEW ORLEANS—Com­ pany lawyers and labor consul­ tants who perform "persuader" services for an employer must file annual reports listing all in­ come and expenditures for all labor relations clients, not only those who paid for "persuad­ ing," the 5th U.S. Court of Appeals mled in a 7-5 decision. The court settled a conflict in opinions by other courts on what Congress intended when it passed the Landrum-GriflSn Act in 1959. It reversed a 1966 mling by a three-judge appeals panel, and followed the lead of another appeals court—the 4th Circuit at Richmond, Va.— whose 1965 mling in another SlU Pension Review Committee Completing Study Since its election at special November 17 membership meetings in Constitutional Ports, the SlU Pension Review Committee shown hard at work above has been meeting daily at Union headquarters in Brooklyn for the purpose of reviewing and recommending ways and means *to improve the SlU Pension Plan. Guiding the committee in its deliberations are the opinions of Seafarers as expressed in the special Pension Questionnaires contained in several issues of the LOG and also mailed to all members of the Union in September. Members of the Committee are (l-r): Irwin Sherman, New Orleans: Terry McNee, Baltimore; Albert Saxon, Mobile: Phil Reyes, Houston; Jim Solder, New York; • Frank Pasaluk, Philadelphia. The men expect to have a full report on their study ready In January. case was refused review by the Supreme Court. The Landmm-Griffin amend­ ments to the labor law require company "persuaders" to file 30-day and annual reports of income and expenses with the Secretary of La^r, One lawyer —R. D. Douglas, Jr., of Greens­ boro, N.C.—refused to file a full financial statement, but lost his fight in the Supreme Court. The current case involves three labor relations lawyers who sued former Labor Secre­ tary W. Willard Wirtz. They lost in the Dallas, Tex., district court, but won a tentative vic­ tory from an appeals court panel here. The full court has now ruled against the lawyers. A "persuader," under the L-G law, is any person hired by an employer to persuade em­ ployees as to their ri^t to or­ ganize and bargain collectively, • or hired by the employer to sup­ ply information about the con­ certed activities of employees or unions. Chief Judge John R. Brown, writing for the' majority in the latest case, said "It boils down to this. As long as the attorney limits himself to [non-persuader] . . . activities he need not re­ port. No report is set in motion by reason of his doing these things. What sets the report in motion is performing persuader activities." The dissenting judges said the ruling flashes the spotlight of publicity on the "private and confidentid, if not privileged, affairs of . . . innocent persons who chanced to receive advice or information in the area of 'labor relations,' whatever that is . . . from an attorney who happened ... to engage, in •persuader activities,' whatever they are." J'l r' �December, 1969 SEAFARERS Page Seven LOG 25 More Seafarer OUtimers Join SlU Pension Ranks I Joining the growing number His last ship was the Cortez. A of SIU pensioners last month native of Massachusetts he now were 17 additional Seafarers lives in Elizabeth, New Jersey. who retired to the beach after Seafarer Logan sailed the seas many years of sailing the world's for 46 years before he retired. seaways. Frederick Edwards, 68, is a Accurso Bonti, 65, joined the native of New Orleans and now SIU in the Port of Boston and makes his home in Algiers, Lou­ sailed in the engine department isiana. He joined the SIU in the as an FWT. His last vessel was Port of New Orleans and sailed the Del Oro. A native of Mas­ as a steward. His last vessel was sachusetts, Brother Bonti lives the Penn Challenger. in New Orleans. He had been George L. Baugh, Sr., 72, of sailing since 1927. Houston, Texas is a native of Dawson Perry, 63, is a native Illinois. He joined the Union in of Alabama who continues to the Port of New York and sailed in the engine department as a chief electrician. His last ship was the Keva Ideal. He now makes his home in Houston with his wife, Marguerite. Brother Baugh served in the Navy from 1917 until 1919. John E. Smith, 65, joined the Ferry Bonti SIU in the Port of Philadelphia live in that state in the Port of and sailed as a tug captain for Mobile. He joined the Union in Interstate Oil Transport Com­ Mobile and sailed in the stew­ pany. He is a native of North ard department as a messman. Seafarer Perry's last ship was the Steel Voyager. John D. Psathas, 65, joined the SIU in the Port of Houston and sailed in the deck depart­ ment as an AB. His last vessel was the Overseas Anna. A na­ Logan Edwards tive of Greece, Brother Psathas now makes his home in Houston Carolina and now lives in Phil­ adelphia. From 1922 until 1928, with his wife, Eleni. Qyde S. Lowe, 65, is a na­ Brother Smith served in the Coast Guard. tive of Live Oak, Florida, and Walter Johnson, 63, is a na­ now makes his home in Mobile, tive of Daphane, Alabama, who Alabama, with his mother. now lives in Mobile with his wife, Amelia. He joined the Un­ ion in Mobile and sailed in the steward department as a cook. He last worked for Mobile Tow­ ing Company. From 1927 until 1933, Brother Johnson served in the Coast Guard. Seafarer Johnson had been sailing the seas for 36 years when he re­ Psathas Lowe tired. Daisy Laura Lowe. He joined Harry Jay Farnsworth, 65, the SIU in the port of Mobile joined the SIU in Port Arthur, and sailed as an engineer for Texas and sailed as an engineer Pilots Service Corporation. with Slade Inc. He is a native of Ivar J. Kalroth, 67, of Brook­ Ohio and now makes his home lyn, New York joined the Union in New Caney, Texas. in the Port of New York and served in the deck department as an AB. His last vessel was the Houston. Brother Kalroth is a native of Finland. Deloss Harman, 47, is a na­ tive of Philadelphia who now makes his home in New Orleans with his wife, Dorothy. He Baugh Smifli joined the SIU in the Port of Harvey Vernon Long, 65, of Mobile and sailed in the engine department as an FOWT. His Benzonia, Michigan, joined the last vessel was the Delta Brazil. Union in the Port of Frankfort and sailed in the engine depart­ ment as an oiler. He is a native of Michigan and had been sail­ ing for 46 years when he de­ cided to call it a career and re­ tire. His last vessel was the Viking. Brother Long now makes his home in Benzonia with his wife, Mina Mary. Herman Kalroth Francis D. Gonsoulin, 63, William Edward Logan, 65, joined the SIU in the Port of joined the Union in the Port of New Orleans in 1942 and sailed New York in 1942 and sailed in in the deck department as a the deck department as an AB. bos'n. He is a native of Lou- Jtrihnson Farmworth isiana and now lives in New Orleans with his wife, Emelda. Sven G. Regner, 65, is a na­ tive of Sweden and now lives in Freeport, Long Island. He joined the Union in the Port of New York in 1944 and sailed in the steward department as a sec­ ond cook. His last vessel was the Steel Fabricator. Witold Wieromiej, 56, joined the SIU in the Port of New York and sailed in the deck depart­ ment as an AB and a bos'n. His last vessel was the Jacksonville. A native of Poland, Brother Wieromiej now lives in Flemington, New Jersey with his wife, Antonett. He was issued a picket duty card in 1962. Teddy A. Ronda, 51, is a native of New York and now lives in the Bronx with his wife, Margaret. He joined the Union in the Port of New York and sailed as a mate with the Penn­ sylvania Railroad. Brother Ron­ da is an Army veteran of World War II. Long Gonsoulin Juan Luis Pagan, 68, is a na­ tive of Puerto Rico and now makes his home in Miami, Flor­ ida, with his wife, Ermitana. He joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1943 and sailed in the steward department. His last vessel was the Elizabethport. Brother Pagan served in the army from 1920 until 1923. In 1962 he was issued an SIU picket duty card. Charles M. Morgan, 66, joined the Union in the Port of Houston and sailed in the steward department as a cook. His last vessel was the Halcyon Panther. Brother Morgan is a native of North Carolina and is now living in Highlands, Texas, with his wife, Evelyn May. Regner Wiermniej Mat R. Abraham, 63, joined the Union in the Port of New Ronda York and served in the engine department as a wiper. He is a native of Mexico and now lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Ana Rita. His last vessel was the Detroit. In 1961 Brother Abraham was issued an SIU picket duty card. He had been sailing for 30 years when he decided to retire to the beach, John P. O'Connor, 67, joined Morgan Carlos C. Morales, 66, of Bayamon, Puerto Rico, is a real oldtimer who joined the SIU Co<^[»a' Abraham O'Connor the SIU in Chicago and worked as a cook for Hannah Towing Company. He is a native of Chi­ cago and continues to make his home there with his daughter, Jacqueline Noccio. Clarence R. Cooper, 59, served as a mate for the Curtis Bay Towing Company. He joined the SIU in Philadelphia and now lives in Aldan, Penn­ sylvania, with his wife, Erma. Qarence E. Neece, Sr., 62, is a native of Mississippi who now lives in Coden, Alabama, with his wife, Martha. He joined the Union in the Port of Mobile and worked in the deck depart­ ment. He was. last employed by Pilot Service Corporation. Neece in the Port of New York back in 1939. He sailed in the deck department as a bosun and his last vessel was the Portland. A native of Puerto Rico, Brother Morales had been sailing 44 years when he retired. Joseph J. Penner, 66, is a native of Maryland who will be spending his retirement years in Morales Penner Seattle, Washington. He is an old-timer in the Union, joining in 1939 in the Port of Phila­ delphia. Serving in the deck department as an AB, Brother Penner last sailed aboard the Vantage Horizon. Seafarer Pen­ ner had been serving a sailing career of 44 years when he re­ tired. Singapore Set to Expand Role In World Shipping SINGAPORE—Singapore, which enjoys the distinction of being an island, a city and a republic at the same time, has embarked on an expansion of its activities in world shipping. Already the fourth largest port in the world—^the largest in Southeast Asia—this cosmopolitan city of about two mil­ lion Chinese, Malays, Indians, Pakistanis, Ceylonese, Etirasians and others, is fast becoming the shipping center of the Far East. Starting about five years ago, shipyards were set up here aimed at attracting vessels which would otherwise call at Mediterranean ports for repairs. Singapore's Finance Minis­ ter Goh Keng Swee points out that few ports in the Far East have the facilities to repair large ocean-going vessels. The shipbuilding effort was spurred by two circumstances —the pullout by Great Britain of its military establishment here—a process which is to be completed by 1971—and the closing of the Suez Canal. Singapore has set itself the twin tasks of making up the loss of income caused by the first and of taking commercial advantage of the second. The three shipyards here have been earning about $34 million a year. By the mid 1970s, the largest shipyard will be capable of building vessels of up to 70,000 tons. Facilities are already available to repair vessels from the Persian Gulf and Japan. In addition, Singapore plans construction of its own naval patrol boats and ocean-going freighters and has already launched its own national shipping company—the Neptune Orient Line—^which is engaged in the Far East-to-Europe cargo service. �Page Eight SEAFARERS 'Negligence'on Soviet Fishing Boats Degiored by Russian Administrator MOSCOW—A high-ranking Russian fisheries administrator recently expressed deep concern over what he called the "care­ less, negligent and scornful at­ titude" of many officers and engineers sailing aboard Soviet fishing vessels—a state of affairs which frequently results in ac­ cidents and damage to the fleet. Crewmembers, both young and old alike, often feel that they have no need to keep up with the navigational rules of the sea, and do not try to main­ tain the traditions dear to pro­ fessional seamen, the fishery official complained, in a recent issue of the Soviet magazine Vodniyi Transport. He laid the blame for this attitude squarely upon the So­ viet school of navigation and seamanship which train officers and marine specialists for the huge Russian fishing fleet. According to the adminis­ trator, not further identified in the article, Russian maritime schools do not offer their stu­ dents courses which would in­ still in them the traditions of the sea, or teach them proper discipline at sea. Instead, he notes, students readily take to bad habits—first among them often being "smart­ ness and drinking while getting one's feet wet." After graduation from these schools, young Soviet seafarers often find also that the example set for them by their superiors and older shipmates is not al­ ways inspiring to better sea­ manship. Skippers "appearing on the bridge in a cloud of alcohol fumes" are bound to have a de­ pressing and demoralizing effect on their crews, the Russian ad­ ministrator commented. To support his criticism of some Soviet seamanship, the Soviet official reported the case of the fish processing factoryship Sovetskii Sakhalin which ran aground in Terpeniye Bay, off Cape Obshimyi, in the Sea of Okhotsk during September 1968. Visibility was excellent at the time and the vessel was equipped with the latest electronic navi­ gational instruments. An official inquiry later revealed that the vessel's first mate had twic* changed the ship's position with­ out informing the captain. None of the watch officers had both­ ered to check the vessel's posi­ tion during their watch stands and the third mate determined , the silo's co-ordinates ear" and entered them in the log without advising the captain. The inquiry board ruled that the accident resulted from "criminal negligence on the part of the navigation officers" and of "a deplorable performance of the officers' duties." In another incident last year, the Russian tanker Ursul, en route from Korsakov to Nevel'sk on the Soviet island of Sakha­ lin, ran aground. When the accident occurred, the second mate was drunk and had left the bridge without advising the captain. While the vessel was crossing this most dangerous area, the captain himself was not on the bridge. The Soviet official stoically concluded that the maritime schools in his country will have to try harder if their students are to live up to the noble tra­ ditions of the sea and seaman­ ship. DISPATCHERS REPORT Atlantic, Gulf & Inland Waters District November 1, 1969 to November 30, 1969 DECK DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston ......... Wilmington San Francisco ... Seattle Totals ...... All Groups Class A Class B 4 5 86 106 17 15 32 24 13 22 24 29 16 16 46 34 104 103 50 42 26 40 104 77 47 27 569 540 TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C 6 5 4 73 80 11 18 16 4 57 21 11 17 12 5 29 9 32 1 7 1 29 21 5 59 54 18 26 34 7 26 35 9 97 62 26 43 35 16 470 423 128 All Groups Class A Class B 6 3 189 177 26 30 113 56 34 41 27 22 20 25 95 27 139 73 139 115 38 . 3 80 16 ' 56 16 962 604 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans .... Houston .... Wilmington San Francisco ... Seattle Totals TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups TOTAL SHIPPED Class A Class B 3 4 83 88 16 23 30 27 9 20 20 40 7 10 28 43 99 98 20 44 17 38 62 95 64 26 458 556 Class A Class B Class C 4 2 2 59 83 18 16 15 1 31 39 6 11 17 3 18 36 13 18 1 20 25 0 51 72 19 19 50 9 12 28 11 61 82 24 64 29 29 367 486 136 STEW STEWARD DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups All Groups Port Class A Class B Class A Class B Class C Boston 4 6 3 5 2 New York 71 48 51 36 23 Philadelphia 6 11 10 7 2 Baltimore 28 8 41 9 11 Norfolk 15 25 7 19 10 Jacksonville 19 21 19 17 18 Tampa 6 4 13 1 16 Mobile 10 13 19 2 89 50 New Orleans .... 54 44 12 19 22 Houston 21 9 16 19 17 Wilmington 12 23 15 67 50 San Francisco ... 54 51 26 41 21 Seattle 31 20 4 290 403 Totals 317 262 142 December, 1969 LOG REGISTERED on BEACH Class A Class B 4 2 130 173 11 25 57 43 19 47 16 35 11 15 64 47 113 81 89 93 22 10 56 28 32 4 624 603 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 3 2 152 115 10 15 89 29 33 25 11 21 9 7 50 22 130 49 93 62 16 7 63 13 47 16 706 383 In Saigon Home-made music sweetens the Far East breezes at dusk as Seafar­ ers Lester Hall, Jr., B. Gregory, Steve Peabody and William McCall (I. to r.) relax towards evening on the Buckeye Victory in Saigon. Rep. Mollohan Hits POD Another Legislator Punctures Theory of ^Effective Control' WASHINGTON — Defense Department claims that Ameri­ can-owned ships, registered in foreign countries, are available to the U.S. in times of emer­ gency, were sharply challenged last month by a member of the House Armed Services Com­ mittee. Representative Robert O. Mollohan (D-W.Va.) challenged the "effective control" theory as a "myth," declarinp that "the only ships that are effectively controlled by the United States are ones that are built in Ameri­ can shipyards, that fly the American flag, and that are crewed by American citizens." The congressman told a meet­ ing sponsored by the 7.5-million-member AFL-CIO Mari­ time Trades Department that "relying on the patriotism" of the owners of these vessels is "a pretty weak reed" on which to lean. "Where does the owner dem­ onstrate his patriotism by regis­ tering his ship under a foreign flag? Certainly he's not being patriotic in terms of taxes, be­ cause he doesn't pay them to this country on the ships regis­ tered abroad. Certainly he's not being patriotic in terms of the American economy, because he isn't supporting the economy when he hires foreign, instead of American, seamen." Mollohan said that in the 1967 Middle East crisis, "the political views of the country of registry" proved to be "infinitely more persuasive than the political views of the country of owner­ ship." He referred to the fact that American-owned, Liberian-registered vessels refused to enter the Gulf of Aqaba, despite U.S. insistence on the right of free passage, because Liberia instructed owners of ships fly­ ing its flag not to become in­ volved in that issue. Mollohan urged President Nixon, in the maritime legisla­ tion scheduled to go to Capitol Hill, to come up with a bill that increases "reliance on Ameri­ can-flag ships, and that rejects the "theoretical, but impracti­ cal, claims that we can rely on ships of other nations, no mat­ ter who owns them." J Mim-SkffbHit As AuthUmon SANTA, ANA, CaUf.— A mini-skirted cutie is an unfair labor practice when the boss supplies her cos­ tume to defeat the union. This new fashion note in labor relations was sounded by the National Labor Re­ lations Board in a ruling against the Conolon Corpo­ ration here. Campaign literature dis­ tributed by the Marine and Shipbuilding Workers charged that the company paid "mini-wages." To con­ vince the workers that mini" was good for them, the boss' private secretary and the company vice pres­ ident recruited four or five of the office clerical work­ ers' not involved in the election, to distribute anti­ union literature. The girls wore mini-skirts and company-supplied high boots and they wore signs reading, "Yes on mini, no on union." The NLRB found the company-dressed leafleteers constituted an unfair labor practice. \ 11 41 "r t H L tf > ii �Puxtt Twenty One December, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Nine f-A STEEL KING —Anthony Hanna, chairman; L, 0.: w: Pierson, steward delegate;, ^ M, Del Prado, engine ^ delegate and'H. P. Lopez, ;deck delegate, constitute the ship's committee here. ^ i •• • f • s"«^c- ' '•©ALVESTON-^ThU " ,, ' ' *• ' •• ••-• •' •-^"--'••rV''••^'•V i|^^|^^n^r|^9H^^^H|HBW'l^''^^TfTchip^ecretary •'"•'..represents the SeaW., ... .^,, - official commurMCotio^ Q,ropolo: £"9'"® " °^°yeocVei. steward dele- MOBILE—Sitting around the table to discuss the welfare of the crew are, from left, F. T. DiCarlo, ship's secretary; J. Violante, deck delegate; P. Vicare, stew­ ard delegate: E. Hogge, meeting chairman, and P. Teets, engine delegate. Among the committee's usual tasks is full discussion of all SlU objectives. CHARLESTON—^The LOG photographer was able to catch only three mem­ bers of this committee. From left are Alvin Carpenter, steward delegate; Ted York, ship's secretary, and John Alberte, ship's chairman. The general alertness^of all SlU Ships' Committees determines to a large extent the smooth­ ness in handling beefs which come up at sea and insures a smooth trip for all. TRANSCHAMPLAINship's committee here functions smoothly and enjoys the confidence of the entire crew. Seated, from left: Steward Delegate Rob­ ert Matea; Deck Delegate Thomas Magras; Ship's Secretary Jack Long. Standing: Engine Delegate Sam Brattie, left, and Ship's Chairman Clarence Homchins. STEEL AGE—A clean ship is one of prime goals of this committee, as with those on all SlU-contracted ships. Left to rght around the table are: Drayson E. Warren, deck delegate: Frank R. Cottongin, Ship's Chairman; Glenn Dickens, engine delegate; Albert Sheffield, ship s delegate, and Pete Gonzalez, ship's secretary. �Page Ten SEAFARERS December, 1969 LOG Tough Polidng of t2Mile Fish Zone Coal of New Garmati Bill in House WASHINGTON — Legisla­ tion designed to beef up surveil­ lance of America's exclusive 12mile fishery zone and strengthen enforcement of regulations cov­ ering the area has been intro­ duced in the House of Repre­ sentatives by Congressman Edward A. Garmatz (D-Md.), Chairman of the House Com­ mittee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Citing the immedate need for his legislation, which was cosponsored by more than 20 other committee members, the Maryland Congressman singled out "increased and wanton vio­ lations of our 12-mile fishery zone by foreign-flag vessels" as a severe threat to this nation's valuable fishery resources. Among other things, Garmatz's bill proposes that more aircraft and ships be assigned to patrol duty in the area and that far more severe fines be levied, along with confiscation of all fish and fishing equipment possessed by foreign fishing ves­ sels found guilty of illegal fish­ ing within the 12-mile offshore zone. Under the existing law, the maximum fine for illegal fishing in the 12-mile zone is only $10,000. The. new legislation would increase the maximum fine to $50,000 and—^for the first time—^provide for a min­ imum penalty of $25,000. "We must increase both our surveillance forces and our pen­ alties," Garmatz emphasized. "Both are so weak at the present time that foreign fisher­ men feel it is a worthwhile gam­ ble to violate our 12-mile fish­ ery zone. Their chances of be­ ing caught are negligible—and even if they are caught, the pen­ alty is not stiff enough to really hurt or discourage the violator," the congressman noted. Make Illegal Fishing Risky "My committee wants to make it too dangerous and too expensive for foreigners to risk illegal fishing in our waters." In recent months, foreign fishing activity off the coasts of the U.S. has caused increased Congressional and public con­ cern and has severely affected SIUNA fishing aflSliates on both East and West Coasts. As an example of this in­ crease in activity, Garmatz noted that—in August of this year—a total of 325 foreign fishing vessels were sighted fish­ ing off the New England coast. This massive fleet included ships MTD Charges Defense Dept. Vktimizes Private U.S. Fleet (Contimied from page 3) "The issue is not whether some of the ships have been re­ turned to mothballs," the state­ ment said. "What is at issue is the fact that not all of them have been deactivated—and the ones that remain in service are being used in direct competition with our privately-owned American-flag fleet. We submit that even one governmentowned ship in competition with our privately-owned fleet is one too many." AMA'Also Scores DOD In a related development, the American Maritime Association charged that the Military Sea Transportation Service—an arm of the Defense Department— has been chartering ships built with federal construction sub­ sidy funds for extended periods of time. Such chartering is illegal, the AMA—an association repre­ senting unsubsidized ship­ owners maintained in a formal memorandum submitted to Maritime Administrator Andrew E. Gibson, who must approve these time charters. Ships built with federal subsidies are re­ quired by law to compete with foreign vessels whose lower costs of construction and operation are the justification for the U.S. government subsidy in the first place. Therefore, the association points out, they should serve the same essential commercial trade routes the competing for­ eign ships serve. Instead the AMA document charged, 43 ships—about 15 percent of the subsidized fleet —were under time charter to the MSTS for periods of two to three years as of October 1. All military cargoes are re­ quired by law to be shipped on American-flag vessels. In the case of the unsubsidized U.S.flag operators, however, the car­ riage of military and other gov­ ernment-generated cargoes is absolutely necessary if their largely over-age ships are to continue in operation, AMA said. The acknowledgement by Gibson that ships built with con­ struction subsidies, are ineligible for charter to MSTS, the asso­ ciation contended, would pro­ vide the necessary incentive for unsubsidized operators to in­ vest the large sums of money re­ quired to rebuild their aging fleets. belonging to the Soviet Union, Poland, East Germany, Ro­ mania, Bulgaria, Israel, Ice­ land, Spain and Norway. In the Pacific Northwest, the Coast Guard admitted during recent Congressional hearings that only about 10 percent—or perhaps less—of foreign vessels that fish illegally in Alaskan waters are apprehended. The majority of these viola­ tions of U.S. Pacific waters are accomplished by Russian and Japanese fishing vessels. Garmatz pointed out that Alaska alone has thousands of miles of coastline, and that far more aircraft and ships are needed to effectively patrol and protect all of this nation's coastal areas. "We know that many vessels sneak into our 12-mile zone, es­ pecially at night, to fish ille­ gally," Garmatz said, "and we must act to protect our 12-mile zone because that is oiir most valuable source of fish." Approximately 80 percent of all fish and shellfish caught by the American fishing industry is taken within this 12-mile zone. "The purpose of this legisla­ tion is to put teeth in our dec­ laration of sovereignty over these waters," the committee chairman noted. If the Garmatz bill becomes law, all fish found aboard any vessel illegally fishing within the zone would be presumed to have been caught in violation of the Act and would be automatically forfeited. Such confiscation can constitute a far greater mone­ tary loss than any fine imposed, and such action is considered by the fishing industry to be an extremely effective deterrent. * ''• HOUSTON—Paul Drozak, SIU Port Agent in Houston and an executive board mem­ ber of the Harris County AFLCIO Central Labor Council, has been named a vice presi­ dent of the Texas State AFL- ao. Drozak was elected to the post last month by the Harris ^1 for exceptional service and un­ selfish dedicated efforts on be­ half of the labor movement in Texas." Among the many distin­ guished guests and speakers at the dinner dance were U.S. Representative Bob Eckhardt (D-Tex.); Texas State Senators Barbara Jordan, Babe Schwartz and Chet Brooks; Hank Brown, president of the Texas AFLCIO; and Houston City Coun­ cilman Frank Mancuso. i 'fj CousHtutibn Voto Concludes Dec 22 J (CtHitinued from page 3) on the total amount of annual dues paid by the membership but will spread payments evenly over the entire year rather than require Seafarers to make a large payment in the first quar­ Paul Drozak ter. County Council to fill a va­ A simplification in the quali­ cancy on the state body and his fications for elected office in the appointment was officially con­ Union is also included in the firmed December 11 by the full proposed amended version of executive board of the Texas the constitution as well as a AFL-CIO meeting in Austin. revision in balloting procedures This marks the first time a which would call for the use of member of the SIU has ever mail ballots in all future elec­ held such a high position in the tions. Texas State labor body. The committee also particu­ Drozak was also honored re­ larly emphasized in its report cently by the West Gulf Ports that the job rights of Seafarers Council of the Maritime Trades would in no way be changed by Department of the AFL-CIO at any of the proposed changes in its fifth annual dinner dance at the constitution. Job rights, the Sheraton-Lincoln Hotel they made clear, are preserved within the shipping rules as part here. In the presence of the more of the contract between the SIU than 700 persons who attended and the shipowners. Full results of the voting will the gala affair, he was presented with a plaque which was in­ appear in the LOG as soon as scribed as follows: all ballots have been received "Presented to Paul Drozak and tallied. * i. Safest Sea-Land Ship • il jfl •% I The SlU-contracted New Yorker receives a plaque for winning the "Safest Ship" award during 1968 for the Sea-Land fleet. From left are James Prendergast, chief engineer; Fred Boer, chief mate; SIU Pa­ trolman Tom Gould: Bob Snow, Sea-Land safety engineer; Adam Torres, the ship's master; Seafarers Ramon Benitez, BR and Isadora Henry, messman. Award was presented November 3 in New Orleans. T �December, 1969 SEAFARERS According to Lloyd's: U.S. Fleet Grows Smaller; Liberia Leads, Japan 2nd LONDON—The U.S.-flag merchant marine was one of only two major fleets in the world to show a decline for the year, as of September 30, according to Lloyd's Register of Shipping, which published its latest report here last month. Liberia remained the nominal owner of the world's largest merchant fleet, but Japan has nosed out Britain for second place. Liberia—^long a favorite haven for runaway U.S. ship­ pers—currently has 29,215,000 registered tons, doubling her figure of five years ago. An increase in gross tonnage of seven million tons in two years was posted by Japan, which now boasts a fleet of 23,987,000 gross tons. Britain's tonnage is 23,844,000, and the world total is now 211,661,000 tons. In fourth place is Norway—19,679,000 tons—and -the United States' 19,550,000-ton fleet relegates her to fifth in world tonnage. The U.S.S.R., with 13,705,000 tons, is sixth but moving up fast. Much of the increase in tonnage listed for many countries is attributed by Lloyd's to the larger vessels now being con­ structed. World Shipbuilding Sets High Currently under construction throughout the world, Lloyd's says, are a total of 17,807,928 gross tons of merchant ship­ ping—more than 1,800 separate vessels. This is the Highest total tonnage ever recorded during a single quarter. The sta­ tistics run through the end of September. Japan led all nations in shipbuilding with better than 22 percent of the world's total under construction, The 408 ships being built there account for 5,325,728 gross tons. The United States, with only 66 ships of 765,791 gross tons, ranked a poor ninth in tonnage under construction. In the totals for vessels on order, the U.S. was even lower, ranking 12th with just 1,643,833 gross tons. Japan also registered the largest individual gain in ships on order, with 18,517,319 gross tons on the books. Most coun­ tries showed small increases in total orders. The over-all world total of 1,833 vessels of 38,119,550 gross tons of ship­ ping on order, but not yet under construction, also set a new quarterly record. Page Eleven LOG Party Operates Red China's Unioas As Transaussion Belt for Woricers LONDON—rare insight into what "trade unionism" in Communist China is was re­ cently provided \n The China Quarterly, published here. Paul Harper, author of the article entitled "The Party and Unions in Communist China," explains in some detail just why Chinese unions cannot be char­ acterized as free trade unions. In fact, the preamble of the constitution of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) states; "The trade un­ ions of China are the mass or­ ganizations of the working class led by the Party and are the transmission belt between the Party and the masses." Harper sums this up as mean­ ing: "The unions lead the work­ ers on behalf of the Party." He describes the contradic­ tions in the labor-management relationship in China as follows: "Both management and un­ ions are under the ultimate rule of the Party, so improvements in the tangible material welfare of the workers are determined in practice by the same body that controls management—^the Party. If unions really are to represent the interest of the workers they must at times op­ pose the Party. Therein comes the rub." This "rub" has led to some historic conflicts involving some union leaders, even though members of the Party. They challenged the Party because they felt that they were elected to represent the interest of the workers. Trade unions under the Com­ munist rule began to develop in the 1940's and by 1950 the 6th Trade Union Congress was held. The structure of the ACFTU was that there were no real na­ tional unions of railroad work­ ers, seamen, machinists, etc. Instead, local craft unions affil­ iated directly with the ACFTU through municipal and provin­ cial councils which were domi­ nated by Party members. In 1950, the head of the ACFTU, Li Li-san—who had returned to China four years earlier after 15 years in Moscow —tried to lead the unions away from the Party. He started at least ten national industrial un­ ions. In addition, he named a new editor of the ACFTU news­ paper who followed Li's policy of trying to represent the work­ ers, to fight for their demands. Party leaders hit this as "economism" and "revisionism". The battle continued until late 1952 when Li Li-san was ousted as head of the ACFTU, replaced by a traditional Com­ munist Party bureaucrat, Lai Jo-yu. Li's top aides, including the editor, were bounced too. "There is not the slightest hint of any trade union work in Lai's career prior to his ap­ pointment as ACFTU Secre­ tary-General," writes Harper. He said that the Chinese Communist Party "chose to in­ terpret the unions' efforts to represent the interest of the workers as a threat to Party controls; the result was a return Vietnam's Unions Gaining Greater Responsibility WASHINGTON—The Viet­ namese Confederation of Labor (CVT) — 20 years old this month — is growing, thriving and "entering a new phase of responsibility," its leader told newsmen here. "Just as 20 years is consid­ ered a mark of maturity in a man, so is it a mark of maturity in our labor movement," CVT President Tran Quoc Buu de­ clared. Buu, who came to the United States to confer with AFL-CIO President George Meany and other federation leaders, was the guest of Meany and a number of members of the Executive Council at a Washington lunch­ eon. At a later press conference, Buu described the function of the strongly anti-Communist CVT, explained its future goals and reaffirmed its close cooper­ ation with the AFL-CIO. The CVT leader was accom­ panied by Nguyen Van Thang, assistant to Buu and director of the confederation's department of international affairs. AFL-CIO Director of Inter­ national Affairs Jay Lovestone int^ duced Buu and Thang as "two' trade union fighters for peace and freedom who have often paid a heavy price for their roles." Buu spoke of his five years in jail for resistance to French rule of Vietnam, his later flight from North Vietnam to avoid a Com­ munist purge, his role in found­ ing the CVT in November 1949 and its early years of tribulation. Looking ahead, he said the CVT is "entering a new phase of responsibility involving not just workers but the future of all of our people." As an example of this "new responsibility," he reported that the confederation — "not satis­ fied with any of the existing po­ litical parties in South Vietnam" —is laying the groundwork for a new political party. Although preparation for the party is being made by a com­ mittee set up by CVT in 1967, Buu envisions it as a party that will embrace not only workers, but firm anti-Communist groups of farmers and Buddhist orga­ nizations. Buu also reported that CVT has requested the International Labor Organization to under­ take a survey to determine the extent to which "freedom of as­ sociation" exists in North Viet­ nam and report on its findings. He indicated his own certainty of what such a survey would re­ veal. He said that with the par­ tition of Vietnam in 1954, the Communist rulers confiscated all CVT offices in North Viet­ nam. In the years since, he added, all CVT leaders there have either been jailed or as­ sassinated. In answering questions about CVT's position in South Viet­ nam, Buu said that labor lead­ ers have been jailed in the past "but all have since been freed. There are no longer any CVT leaders in prison in South Viet­ nam." He drew a contrast between the labor situations in North and South Vietnam, pointing out: "In South Vietnam we have the right to strike, we can ne­ gotiate on an equal basis and we have meaningful collective bargaining contracts." As an example of CVT's in­ fluence in South Vietnam, Buu noted that the government there had proposed legislation for land reform—long one of the major issues advanced by the labor movement. In answer to another ques­ tion, Buu said he supports the U.S. policy of withdrawal of American troops from South Vietnam as long as the with­ drawal is "conditioned to the increasing capability of South Vietnam's army" to take over the fighting. Under this condition, he em­ phasized, the policy can have a beneficial effect in "awakening the masses" of South Vietnam's citizens to their role in halting communism and building a strong, free government based on social progress. to absolute dominance by the Party, subservience by the un­ ions." The next major crisis in Party-union relations took place in 1957 after Mao Tse-tung per­ mitted some criticism of the Party. Even bureaucratic Lai started to deviate a bit, saying: "That unions must submit to the leadership of the Party, a problem that has been solved in the past, is quite correct. How­ ever, not enough attention has been given to the fact that as an organization of the masses, a trade union, apart from submit­ ting to the Party in policy and thought, must u^old its own in­ dependent activities." In a free society this assertion would be completely rejected. Lai's views were considered heresy in Party circles. The Party element of the ACFTU held an enlarged meeting and declared that "the result of trade union activities wece inseparable from Party leadership." So Lai went down in defeat but he took it as a good Com­ munist soldier. When the 8th Trade Union Congress was held in December of 1957, Harper writes, "Lai Jo-yu himself led the series of speeches proclaim­ ing the submission of the unions to Party control." The Congress even revised the ACFTU constitution to provide for dual rule in the trade union apparatus with actual control in the hands of the local party committee. This didn't save Lai but in 1958 he was replaced by Liu Ning-yi, a devoted follower of Mao rather than a supporter of either the Party or the union apparatus. In the complex Chinese pic­ ture, Harper believes that Liu is at cautious odds both with the Party and the union leadership but keeps his power due to Mao's backing. The union leaders at most levels, however, are still striving for "economism". Harper says, and the fight between Mao and the Party is permitting more of this now than ever before. But all this is a far cry from free trade unionism. South Vietnam's free labor unions have become a strong force for anti-communist progress in that nation, Tran Quoc Buu, president of Vietnamese Confederation of Labor, right, told AFL-CIO Pres. Meany. �Page Twelve SEAFARERS LOG December, 1969 Up the Hard Way PANIC ON WALL STREET by Robert Sobel (Macmillaii— $8.95) In 1929, as the §tock market climbed higher and higher, one Wall Street figure kept warning his friends against the high prices of stocks. They suggested he see a psychiatrist and, not being sure of his reasoning, he did. After giving the psychia­ trist his arguments, the two of them went to their brokers and sold out before the crash, Robert Sobel has included many such bits of human interest in his history of financial disasters. The result is a lively nar­ rative of hard times on Wall Street. Sobel begins with the first panic of 1792 and follows with eleven others, ending with the Kennedy slide of 1962. Until 1929, Wall Street was largely uncontrolled. Speculators cor­ nered markets and battled it out for control of big corpora­ tions and get-rich-quick artists bought stock beyond their ability to pay. All this was to the detriment of the market and to the nation. While there is "no law of panics." Sobel notes that most "occur as 'moments of truth' after periods of self-deception." Since what happens on Wall Street affects all of us, what about the future? Sobel is cautious. He lists the causes that could lead to another panic and con­ cludes with this somber observation: Since our economy is much more complex today than in 1929, a new panic would be that much more disastrous. Sobel's book shows how easy panic can hit Wall Street and the subsequent effect upon all America. * IMiat A Union Means For five years, the SIU has been fighting to win economic justice for a small group of ite members fired from their jobs on the Galveston wharves. On Page 3 of this issue is a report of the Union's victory—a $625,000 set­ tlement for the workers involved. This is an important victory in terms of the size of the settlement and the length of time the Union has been fighting. But it's important for an­ other reason: It emphasizes just what a trade union is all about. Day after day, the Union fights for the rights of its members. Some­ times problems are solved through the grievance procedure, sometimes through arbitration, and sometimes (as in the case at Galveston) through the courts. Not all the settlements are this spectacular—but neither the size of the settlement nor the size of the beef is important. Ask any worker who's rights have been denied, and he'll tell you that any case involving him is mighty important. And he'll be right. None of these victories—large or small—can be won by individual work­ ers, because individuals don't have any clout. But when they join together— when workers mobilize their collective strength through the Union—^then a lot can be accomplished. ^ That's what happened at Galveston: The entire Union went to bat for this handful of fellow workers. As we said, that's what a trade union is all about. Season's Greetings to AH Once again, Americans are in the midst W the joyous holiday season— celebrating Christmas with traditional festivities and looking forward with hopeful anticipation to all the good things that the New Year may bring. It IS at this particular time of the year that we are reminded most acutely of the fact that a Seafarer, because of the unique nature of his chosen career, very often does not enjoy the opportunity to share the holi­ day observances surrounded by his loved ones and friends—as does the aver­ age Ampican worker who earns his living ashore. This y^r, as in scores of years during the past, a majority of Seafarers will spend the holidays on the high seas or in some remote corner of the world uiousands of miles from their families back home. But as always, the spirit of Christmas will be in their hearts and they will share the common hope with their fellow Union members that perhaps they will be home next year. In the meantime, our brothers aboard SlU-contracted ships—^whereever they are ^will be able to enjoy the good fellowship of each other with special holiday menus and improvised colorful decorations of the season to make these special days a little brighter. To all Seafarers, whether at sea or ashore—and to their families who share their periodic loneliness—^we wish to extend our warmest greetings of the season and best wishes for the coming year. * C * THE LABOR ARRITRATION PROCESS by R. W. Fleming (lUinois—$2.45) There are few union members who have not heard of arbi­ tration. Many others understand the basic principles of arbitra­ tion. For those seeking a greater understanding of the history and workings of arbitration, this paperback volume will be helpful. R. W. Fleming, a noted arbitrator himself, discusses the his­ tory, problems and future of arbitration. Arbitration is a private system of jurisprudence, given legal sanction by the courts. It is not a perfect system but it is the best, devised so far. Problems of cost, time lag and individual rights still plague labor and management with respeet to arbitration. Fleming sees a need for "a mechanism which will enable labor, manage­ ment, and professional arbitrators to examine existing practices jointly and make proposals for improvement." ROOSEVELT & WORLD WAR H by Robert A. Divine (Johns Hopkins—$5.95) Of all of Ameriea's presidents, two have generated enough interest or controversy to cause writers to turn out a wide assort­ ment of books about them. President Lincoln's claim to fame was the Civil War and his own tragic ending. Franklin D. Roosevelt's intriguing personality, and his con­ troversial policies to bring the nation out of a depression, places him alongside Lincoln as one of our two most written—about presidents. Of all the books written about Roosevelt, however, few deal with his role in foreign policy. In this book, Robert Divine analyzes Roosevelt's personal contribution—as distinct from the official United States role— to foreign policy before and during World War II. He shows that basically Roosevelt was an isolationist, but as the years rolled by and the armies of a German dictator smashed the boundaries of European nations, he was drawn into the confliet. In 1936, Roosevelt said: "I have seen war ... I have seen children starving ... I hate war." This was Roosevelt, the isolationist. As the years went by, and Hitler's objectives be­ came clear, Roosevelt was to assume other roles. j Divine discusses these roles—the interventionist, the realist, the pragmatist—and finds that Roosevelt's diplomacy served the nation well. His conduct of foreign policy is downgraded only when compared with his role in domestic affairs. On four occasions in American history. Democratic presi­ dents have been elected on platforms of domestic reform. Each time these men—Wilson, Roosevelt, Truman ^d Johnsonhave had wars bring a halt to their domestic programs and to a certain extent, tarnish their reputations as leaders. American labor owes a lot to the Roosevelt Years. The work­ ing man gained the right to organize, the foundations for much of today's social legislation were laid, and confidence in democ­ racy was restored. This book seeks to provide a better under­ standing of the other side of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. «t, « �December, 1969 •I SEAFARERS Page Thirteen LOG Ohio Senator Cites Funding Need: A Proud Family Water Resource Plan Urged Without ^User Charge' Levy •-» I^ LV ^ WASHINGTON — Warning that "the continued neglect of water resources will strain the fabric of society in directions not now discernible," Senator Stephen M. Young (D-Ohio) has come out for a long-range water resource development program and sufficient funds to carry it through. At the same time, Young condemned pro­ posals to levy "user charges" on waterbome commerce. "A massive and challenging task in developing its water resources confronts the nation," the Ohio legislator pointed out in his paper, "A Water Devel­ opment Program for America's Future" which has been pub­ lished by the National Water­ ways Conference, Inc., a trade association here. "With vision and determina­ tion we can do the job, but it is imperative that the public understand its urgency and the true values at stake," Young said. A belief that the American people are "on the threshhold of a fundamental change in atti­ tude and practice with regard to water" was voiced by the Ohio Democrat, who is chair­ man of the Subcommittee on Flood Control—^Rivers and Harbors of the Senate Public Works Committee. Young defines the needs in the areas of water supply, pollu­ tion control, flood control, navi­ gation, recreation and upstream reservoirs. He advocates a wellfunded program of "compre­ hensive husbanding of our water supply," and notes that present expenditures for water resources are insufficient to produce needed results. "For every $100 of our gross national product, the American people—through all federal SEAFARER! LOG December 1969 • Vol. XXXI, No. 14 I Official Publication of the Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes an^ Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO Sxecutive Boari PAUL HALL, President EARL SHEPARD CAL TANNER Exec. Vice-Free. Vice-President LINDSEY WILLIAMS AL KERR Vice-President Sec.-Treae. ROBERT MATTHEWS AL TANNER Vice-President Vice-President Editor HARRY WITTSCHEN Assistant Editors WILL KARP CHARLES SVENSON FRANK MAROIOTTA MARIETTA CRISCI U' Staff Photographer ANTHONY ANSALDI Pahllihed monthly at 810 Rhodt Island Annas N.E., Washington, D. C. 20018 by the Seafar­ ers International Union. Atlantle, Golf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, 675 Foarth Annas, Brooklyn, N.V. 11232. Tol. HVaelnth 9-6600. Second class goitago paid at Washlngtons, D. C. POSTMASTER'S ATTFNTION: Forss 3579 cards shoald he tent to Seafarers International Union, Atlantle, Galf, Lakes and inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, 675 Foarth Annas, Brooklyn, N.V. 11232. agencies combined — are ex­ pending only 35 cents on the water resource base which makes that product possible," he declared. The senator was particularly critical of waterway tolls as well as "user charges" proposed on waterbome commerce. The ef­ fects of such charges, he indi­ cated, would be to disrupt deep­ ly-rooted "patterns of com­ merce" affecting the movement of basic industrial materials and fuels. User charges could dis­ rupt river traffic and result not only in economic harm to the vast investments which have been made in river waterfront facilities, but also pose a threat of dismption or dislocation of the nation's inland water indus­ try, Young stated. Seafarer Henry Donnelly, who saris in the steward department, is understandably proud of son, William, who is a midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. At recent family reunion during Parents' Open House are: Cheryl, Dad Henry, William, Michael, Mrs. Paula Donnelly and Patrick. Father has been a member of the SlU since 1947. The Donnellys make their home in Lacombe, Louisiana. 's Guide to Better Buying Year-End Tax Planning More Vital This Year By Sidney MargoUus "Year-end tax planning" is more important this year than ever. This is a tax-saving device often used by well-to-do taxpayers. They arrange to pay various deductible expenses before the end of the year if they want to reduce their taxes for the current year. Or if they expect their taxes may be higher next year, they post­ pone certain tax-deductible payments until the beginning of the new year. Large taxpayers and self-employed people also often advance or delay receipt of some of their income. Wage-earners usually are not able to juggle income but often can advance or postpone payment of deductible items. All this is legal. When you pay a tax-deductible expense like a medical bill or charitable contribution determines when you take the deduction, not when you incurred the expense. Such tax planning is especially important this year because Con­ gress is considering tax cuts for 1970. Thus, deductions probably will be worth more to you in 1969 than in 1970. To see year-end tax planning most effectively you need to first estimate whether you are likely to itemize your deductions or take a standard deduction. If you do not have enough deductible ex­ penses to itemize deductions this year, then it would be better to postpone until the beginning of next year the payment of whatever deductible expenses can be postponed. That way you may be able to take a standard deduction this year and have enough to itemize next year. Itemizing saves taxes if your deductions total more than 10 percent of your income or more than the minimum standard deduction ($200 plus $100 for each exemption claimed on your return). Even if you usually itemize deductions, pay special attention to your medical deduction. You can deduct only that portion of your medical bills over three percent of your income. If your medi­ cal expenses already are approaching that level, you may want to pay any outstanding bills before January 1, to include them in this year's deduction. Sometimes it even is worth borrowing to pay a medical bill before the end of the year. For example, suppose you owe a $200 medical or dental bill, and are in a 25 percent tax bracket (including federal and state tax). The tax saving could be as much as $50. In contrast, the interest paid to a credit union for an eight-month loan of $200 would amount to only about $8. (Even that interest would be deductible the year you pay it.) On the other hand, if you see that youn health-care expenses this year will not reach three percent of income, it would save taxes to postpone whatever payments you can until after January 1 to build up a medical deduction for next year. It even might be worth incurring various deductible expenses before the end of the year if you plan to itemize this year. For example, you may be planning on expensive dental work like dentures or orthodontia for a youngster, or a medical checkup. In addition to charitable contributions of both cash and goods, and medical and health insurance expenses, other deductible pay­ ments which can be advanced (or postponed if more desirable) include: Deductible work expenses such as purchase and repair of tools, equipment, safety shoes and protective equipment, distinctive uni­ forms (not ordinary work clothes) and technical books and maga­ zines. Property taxes. Interest prepaid on loans, mortgages and installment purchases (within the unfair limits arbitrarily dictated by the Internal Revenue Service). Up to 12 months prepaid interest usually can qualify for a tax deduction. Employee education expenses, including costs of tuition, books, etc., if the course is in relation to your present work, but not to learn a new trade. An auto mechanic could deduct for a course in automatic transmissions or other skills needed in his trade. A steno could deduct for a course in improving her shorthand. But the steno could not deduct for a course in auto mechanics. Nor could the mechanic deduct for a course in steno. While wealthy taxpayers are busily juggling their stock market transactions to minimize taxes, small taxpayers also may have a little advancing or postponing to do. It may be better to postpone cashing any E bonds until after the New Year to avoid paying current higher rates on the increase in value. If you do have any gains or losses on small purchases of stocks or mutual-fund shares, you may want to weigh the tax effects of taking gains or losses now as against later. Dependency Exemptions If you support a qualified relative but cannot claim him as a dependent because he has taxable income of $690 or more, you still can include medical expenses paid on his behalf. For example, your mother may have income of $800 a year from social security (nontaxable income) and $600 from a house she rents out (taxable income). Her total living expenses for the year are $2900. You contribute $1500, either in cash or in the form of room and board, medical expenses, etc. Even though you meet the rule for providing over 50 percent of the support, you still can't claim her as an exemption because of the $600 of taxable income. (You could if her gross taxable income was just $599.) But you can deduct the medical expenses paid on her behalf. Thus, you save taxes if you pay the medical bills of a dependent rather than give the equivalent in cash. It's well to prepare yourself before year's end to prove your claims for dependents such as an elderly relative or a child at college. In estimating whether you provide over 50 percent of support, you need to calculate the dependent's total living expenses and how much he himself provides. Among usual expenses that can be counted are meals; lodging; clothing; medical and health insur­ ance; education; charitable contributions; entertainment; trans­ portation, and personal care—barber, etc. When two or more persons provide over half of the support, but none over 50 percent, one can claim the exemption. Any others who contribute over 10 percent must sign a "Multiple Support Agreement" form. �7 Page Fourteen SEAFARERS Consumers Always Come Up Losers InDrugMakers Rigged 'Name Game' Drug WASHINGTON manufacturers continue to play a "name game" that reaps them exhorbitant profits at the pub­ lic's expense, declares Richard Shoemaker, assistant director of the AFL-CIO Department of Social Security. The game is one through which manufacturers market and promote their drugs under individual brand names even though many of these brands share a common generic name— the name that applies to all drugs of the same chemical com­ position. This and recent price-fixing convictions in the industry dem­ onstrate its "callous indifference to human life," Shoemaker writes in a recent issue of the American Federationist. He points out that most phy­ sicians prescribe by brand names and the consumer pays the brand name price which is "any­ where from two to ten times as much as another chemically identical drug available by the generic njime." If doctors had prescribed drugs by generic names, he em­ phasizes, the $3.2 billion that the public spent on prescription drugs in 1967 "would have been hundreds of millions of dollars less." A Task Force on Prescrip­ tion Drugs, set up by former Labor Tells FTC: Product Labeling Of Foreign Parts Consumers' Right WASHINGTON—The Fed­ eral Trade Commission has been urged by the AFL-CIO to re­ consider a number of recent de­ cisions which fail to live up to standards on labeling of foreign products and components. Consumers and the American workers "have a right to know if components or assembly of a product for sale in the United States are of foreign origin" and frequently made under lowwage, sweatshop conditions, the federation said in a letter to FTC Chairman Paul Rand Dixon. "Our view on the marking of foreign origin is that adequate labeling of foreign products is necessary," noted AFL-CIO Re­ search Director Nat Goldfinger. He charged that recent advi­ sory opinions of the FTC are in conflict with a statement issued by the commission on April 4, 1968, which declared that all relevant facts on foreign produc­ tion, including components, are of benefit to the American con­ sumer. "These recent views seem to make the percentage of foreign origin of a product an important aspect of whether a label is re­ quired," Goldfinger said. President Johnson, estimated in its 1969 report that potential savings to the consumer if ge­ neric drugs were prescribed would amount to 5 to 8 percent. But this estimate is based only on dru^ most frequently prescribed, the article notes. A combination of more rational as well as generic prescribing on all drugs would increase the sav­ ings to about 20 percent, it adds. This "exploitation of the pub­ lic" is mainly the fault of the drug makers, not the doctors, Shoemaker suggests, since the doctors generally have no choice except to prescribe by the highly promoted brand names. Although the importance of generic prescribing is usually re­ lated to reducing drug costs, "a case can also be made for ge­ neric prescribing as a method of improving the quality of care and of reducing drug-induced illness," Shoemaker states. Pharmacologists (physicians who spend all their time in the study of drugs) "admit they can't keep up with the outpouring of brand products" — now num­ bered at 20,000—so "obviously the practicing physicians can­ not." And, he continues, similari­ ties in the spelling and sound of brand names leads to confusion in hastily telephoned or scrib­ bled prescriptions. "As a result, nurses and pharmacists make many mistakes in administering drugs, sometimes with tragic re­ sults." Shoemaker also asserts that the system by which a manufac­ turer subjects doctors to heavy sales pitches and publicity build­ December, 1969 LOG ups without mentioning price "makes price-rigging a little easier." He recalls a federal court con­ viction last December of Charles Pfizer and Company, American Cynamid Company and BristolMyers Company on charges of patent fraud and criminal con­ spiracy to monopolize the anti­ biotic market in the United States. Two other firms, Up­ john Company and Squibb Beech-Nut were named as co­ conspirators. As a result, the federal gov­ ernment, states, cities and pri­ vate groups filed liability claims against the companies. The suits were settled under an agreement in which the firms pledged $100 million to satisfy claims. Shoemaker proposes imple­ mentation of the recommenda­ tions of the Task Force on Pre­ scription Drugs and an amend­ ment to the Food and Drug Act to permit the Food and Drug Administration to evaluate the relative effectiveness of drugs used to treat the same disease. The task force called for a number of actions to expand in­ formation on drugs, including one that would blunt the brand name promotions: The Social Security Administration would undertake "continuing responsi­ bility" to survey drug prices and publish information on them generically. Noting that the AFL-CIO Ex­ ecutive Council last year char­ acterized the drug industry as "socially irresponsible." Shoe­ maker concludes, "There is no new evidence to change that verdict." $50 Billion Market Seen For Shipbuilding in 70s NEW YORK, N.Y.—^A prediction of a $50-billion ship­ building market in the 197()s was made this month by Edwin M. Hood, president of the Shipbuilders Council of America. Speaking at an investment seminar here, the shipbuilders' spokesman forecast an unprecedented flow of contracts to American shipyards—as well as to marine component manu­ facturers—in Ae decade ahead. "These prospects include the full spectrum of shipyard activities," Hood noted. "With better than 50 percent of the U.S. Navy composed of ships 20 years of age and older ... with nearly 75 percent of the American merchant marine composed of ships 20 years of age and older, a shipbuilding program in both categories is inevitable. And, until new ships are on the line, or in operation, the opportunities for repairs and conversions to older ships cannot be discontinued. "In addition, the discovery of oil on the North Slope of Alaska holds the promise of an entirely new market for shipping and ships." President Nixon's new maritime program calls for the sub­ sidized construction of 30 merchant ships annually over a decade. Hood pointed out. This is triple the annual rate of recent years and would aggregate some $6 billion over the 10-year period, he added. The Alaskan oil discovery could generate contracts for as many as 40 or more tankers ranging in size up to 250,000 deadweight tons. Hood declared. This could easily mean $2.4 billion in tanker construction contracts alone. In addition to the $6 billion expended for merchant ships other than tankers over the next decade and $2.4 billion for tankers. Hood foresees $35 billion for naval ships. Beyond this he anticipates expenditures of $6 billion for ship repairs and other shipyard auxiliary activities. •J ll FTC Warns Advertisers On Lending Law Evasion 7 ' i' WASHINGTON-=Businesses which try to attract con­ sumers with promises of "easy credit" must accept the con­ sequences of such lures, says the Federal Trade Commission. They must treat all their customers equally and fairly, even those with poor credit histories. The Federal Trade Commission has issued this warning to retailers who attempt to evade Truth in Lending law require­ ments by advertising "easy credit," "liberal terms," and "easy credit terms" rather than stating the exact information re­ quired by the law. These general advertising terms are appearing so often, said the FTC, that the Commission must regulate their use. Accordingly, the Commission warned that businesses which promise "easy credit" may not check on the ability of the consumer to fulfill his credit contract. The ad must mean that consumers with poor credit histories can get credit. • The advertisers must not charge more for goods sold to people on "easy credit" than to his other customers nor may he charge more than what other stores in the area charge. The FTC agreed that retailers run special risks granting credit to "high-risk" consumers but when the advertiser promises "easy pay plans" or other terms he must realize he is aiming at just those consumers. In another ruling the Commission condemned as "repre­ hensible" lending agencies that are leading consumers to be­ lieve that the Truth in Lending law forces them to change past credit practices in a way that will injure the consumers. The FTC said creditors are imposing finance charges where none were imposed previously; discontinuing discounts for prompt payment and making other changes not required by the Truth in Lending Act. They urged consumers to report such changes to the Division of Consumer Credit. ^ ll I -.1 Retirees Need $4,171-lncome To Live at Moderate Level WASHINGTON—A retired urban couple needed annual in­ come of .at least $4,171 last spring to maintain a moderate standard of living, the Labor Department has reported re­ cently. For a lower standard at that time, the retired couple required income of at least $2,892. A third, fuller, more expansive budget was priced at $6,507. The income requirements are found in a revision of a 1967 Bureau of Labor Statistics study, "Measuring Retired Couples' Living Costs in Urban Areas," It appears in the November Monthly Labor Review, a BLS publication. According to BLS, the lower budget differs from the moder­ ate and higher budgets by Treflecting a smaller proportion of home ownership, excluding air conditioning, more reliance on public transportation, less use of services and greater use of recreation facilities. By contrast, the higher budget assumes the largest proportion of home ownership, provides some new cars, permits more household appliances and more paid services than the moderate budget. A majority of the items com­ mon to the three budgets are in greater quantity and better qual­ ity at each higher level of living. These are some characteris­ tics of the budgets for the spring of 1969: Consumption items — food, housing, transportation, cloth­ ing, personal care, medical care and other items—cost $2,777 in the lower budget; $3,940 in the moderate budget and $5,883 in the higher budget. Compared with the two high­ er budgets, the lower food al­ lowance in the lower budget calls for buying more potatoes, beans, flour and cereal, and less meat, poultry and fish. The low budget allows the retired couple to enjoy a restau­ rant meal once a month. The moderate budget permits eating out twice a month. All three budgets assume that a majority of the retired couples live in small mortgage-free homes. Costs for these couples include taxes, fuel, utilities and repair and maintenance, based on 1967 charges. Medical care costs were al­ most the same in each budget. But they accounted for 12 per­ cent of the retired couple's total consumption expenditures in the low budget compared with only 6 percent of those costs in the high budget. Cai^Aell Soigi Told To Pitk MttiUes CAMDEN, N. J.—Campbell Soup and their advertising agen­ cy, Batten, Barton, Durstine and Osborne, Inc., have been told to stop deceiving consumers in their ads. The Federal Trade Commission signed a consent order with the two firms after charging that ads showed bowls of Campbell's soup loaded with solid ingredients. The truth, says the FTC, is that the respondents placed clear glass marbles in the bowl to prevent the solid ingre­ dients from sinking to the bot­ tom. • 111 •^}lr'• 4 11 �December, 1969 SEAFARERS Page Fifteen LOG r TlRMMIKfi Afll> BcPfR/ENCE FdR SRFETMT SEA L IFEBOAT TRAINING at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship at Piney Point continues to move at full speed as some 100 additional trainees successfully completed the program during the past month and received Coast Guard endorsements as qualified lifeboatmen. Every young man coming through the school receives a thorough training through practical experience and classroom instruction in every aspect of lifeboat handling—including launching, han­ dling the oars, and commanding the boats. .,1^- CLAUDE 'SONNI' SIMMONS - 7 HARRY LUNDEBERG "'li >(;! C- -r-'lVAt. "i-.f-- PINEY POINT, MP. HLSS Trainees Jorge Rivera and Barney Spears fill out applications tor "Z" cards after successfully completing the 30 hour lifeboat training prograni^ and passing the examination. UP OARS—A group of trainees comes into the dock after a long afternoon of practice in lifeboat commands. Every train­ ee gets experience as coxwain during his 30 hours in the boats. Lire BOAT CLASS No. ^ CLASS #31—(Left to Right) SlU Instructor Paul McGaharn, Lewis Rothqeb, Jose Llanos, James Thornton, Apolinar Novas, Vincent Colaiacova, Adrian Cirilo, Steve Sarbarino, Robert Cassidy, Glenn Koenigsburg, who is training for Third Cook. E'-j. I Class #27—(Front row l-r): Christopher Brady, Joe Worley, John McCone, John Daley, Steve Lederman, Frederick A. Defaico, David Stanbul, Michael Conway. (Second row): Gregg Schroeder, Randolph Scott, Tom Breitnfield, Dennis Chabot, Gary Sheets, Baron Hairston, James McElligott. (Top row): Ralph Berlin, Dee Jacobs, Rudy Gaddis,. David Smith, Gary Sloan, Patrick Mikler, M. Artall, James Thomas. CLASS #28—(Front row l-r): David Colley, Edward Matos, Paul Terrell, Dan Marasak, Robert Hollie, Louis Fiorella, Thomas_J_ohnson, Paul Warren. (Second row): James Randolph, Jack Reed, Hugh Duncan, Glenn Jordan, James Sharpless, Glenn Duncan, Joe Curly. (Back row): Joseph Carney, Bill Thompson, Joseph Dixon, Robert Geddings Jr., Albert Kemp, Bruce Thomas, John Burns, Gerald Malone. CLAUDE SONNY SIMMONS r I?- ..; V^ t- . V 'CLASS #29—(Front TOW l-r): Talbert Dupre, Charlie Ratcliff, Vernon Arnold, Joseph McLaughlin, Mtslreel DeJean. (Second row): Michael Stroud, Donald Gaskill, Bruce Bockholt, David R. Akins, Robert Thompson, George Patton, Donald Straight, Ted Koosel. (Back row): Mitchell Johnson, Vincent Vantress, Charles Permenter, J. Bejarno. H. Simmons, Charles Booker, Gregory Cavin. Instructor is Tom Brooks. \ v \ X \ ;x- CLASS #30—(Front row l-r): Louis Brazier, Jesse Hurst, John Parrish, Robert Beardsley, Billy Hilliard, Thomas DeMarco, Daniel Wynn, James Hendrix. (Back row): Jackie Robinson, James White, William Nutter, Jack Godsey, Gary Smith, Raymond Kaminski, Robert Cooper, Ashby LaSalle. SlU Instructor is Tom Brooks. �Page Sixteen SEAFARERS December, 1969 LOG I ! Two bosuns give thanks for the bounty at Seattie doings. At left is Seafarer John BdWmah with--^an old shipmate, Seafarer John Yates. . From Seattle to Tampa, from San Fj CISCO to Mobile, Tlumksgiving DinneA festive occasion celebrated at rdl SIU P\ with real, good old-fashioned chotff plenty of it, which is served to alt J farers, their families and gu^ts who, forward tp the camufd gpi^gelfter, A ways the ocoasi^^ these photo from some of the « —•fcll , |i| It was certainly family day in a big way at Port of Norfolk's Thanksgiving goihigs 6n. Seafarer Joe Pagola sits at head of5|J Shown above is Seafarer William Wynn, with Mrs. Wynn and the little Wynns, none ily table in Tampa Airport Motel; v|i of whom seem to be taking it too badly, what with plentiful helpings 6f good food. the food and the service were the'j w ^jSeafarer Joseph Schoell, AB. celebrates with wife J aand son at famous El Matador Restaurant in .i?isSeattle^ ^ ^w^ Thanksgiving dinner was held." ^ • y ' ' ' ' 'J 4*- At SlU hall in San Franciscof Seafarer Richard Feddern and Mrs. Stephanie Fed- Seafarer Robert Batson with JMrs. Batson dern sit with Richard, Jr. as daughters Iris and Donna (facing front) take very daughter and young son pose for desserj good care of themselves. Donna finds both cameras and turkey irresistible, a fine dinner at the SlU hall in Norfb �SEAFARERS December,. 1969 LOG Page Seventeen I .. A little angigahtlc helping of Ice Cr^atii makia an •uhbeatabl&^'c^ i^t Baltimore haill. A fulure SJU stevyard, staining W training kind of early? f .the wif^:Son:en^u^)--^ jn-law of Seafarer Rayitlbncl l-avOlne orepare to capture the eats at Baltihall. Raymond sails as a bosun. Seafarer George McRay and family prepare to do their best by the scrumptious repast served up at the Airport Motel in Tampa where the SlU celebrated this year. The Phillips clan, young and old, had a good time at Norfolk. From left to right are William, William, Jr., Betty, Jessie and Timothy. I At New Orleans, SIU Peni sioner "Blackie" Bankston. iJeft, Leonard Gunzberg, Mrs. Arthur Beck, Mrs. Bankston, Arthur Beck, Claire Gunzberg, daughter,. Clifton Jackson and I,- i , at the Port of Baltim of ^ ^°"nd "9^ .s youngest ^lU hall. Littl.! •sea.v �Page Eighteen SEAFARERS LOG December, 1969 SIu UFEBO/miai P ictured on this page are Seafarers who have earned their Coast Guard endorsements as qualified lifehoatmen in New York over the past three months. Each class underwent an intensive program of classroom study as well as practical instruction in the handling of lifeboats at the SIlPs Lifeboat School at Mill Basin in Brooklyn before successfully passing the comprehensive Coast Guard examination. • 'I Class of Nov. 5, 1969. Front row, from left: S. Goff, E. Ramirez, R. Flores and J. Asselin. Back row, also from left: C. Ratcliffe, D. Rodriguez and H. Scott. - • -I -fi' «• V >4 / .ifUbJ'-y. Ik. I LI ' ' ' •,-^v 'x-*: •sis.. .-•fti. ; . tr ^ Class of Oct, 15, 1968. Front row, from left: L. Kincer, J. Smith, J. Phillips, A. Jackson. Back row, also from left: Bob (Pussycat) Lord, lifeboat class instructor: J. White, H. Warren and C. Bailey. Class of Oct. 8, 1969. Front row, from left: T. Arcliv ibald, John Strickling, M. Fleming, D. Landry, R. Spadoni. Back row, from left: Instructor Chuck James, T. Kidd, J. Worby, R. Reine, F. Crovetto. pa • 'i'. rfis itif r1 'tii V' IK'S' I Class of Nov. 19, 1969. Front row, from left: W. Kalman, T. Gailas, A. Vidal, A. Bodie and C. Fuentes. Bacfc row, also from left: Bob Lord, lifeboat instructor, E.Terrazzi, S. Bracken, V. Everly, S. Rogers. iiSlii Class of Nov. 26, 1969. Front row, from left: S. Zemel, B. Rhodes, D. Reiley, W. Parrish and L. Tarrats. Back row, from left: Instructor Bob Lord, R. Mack, Jr., R. Saucier, R. McDonald and T. Herlston. �Twjintv One December, 1969 SEAFARERS ANNUAL REPORT For the fiscal year ended April 30, 1969 UNITED INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF NORTH AMERICA PENSION FUND 275 20th Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 11215 - • < ->JK < to the SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE of the STATE OF NEW YORK The data contained herein is for the purpose of providing general infornia< tion as to the condition and affairs of the fund. The presentation is neces­ sarily abbreviated. For a more comprehensive treatment, refer to the Annual Statement, copies of which may be inspected at the oflBce of the fund, or at the New York State Insurance Department, 55 John Street, New York, New York 10038. STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE (RESERVE FOR FUTURE BENEFITS) ADDITIONS TO FUND BALANCE I{ ^ Item 1. Contributions: (Exclude amounts entered in Item 2) (a) Employer (Schedule 1)$47,479.06 (b) Employee (c) Other (Specify) (d) Total Contributions 2. Dividends and Experience Rating Refunds from Insurance Companies 3. Investment Income: (a) Interest (b) Dividends (c) Rents (d) Other (Specify).. (e) Total Income from Investments.. 4. Profit on disposal of investments 5. Increase by adjustment in asset values of investments ... 6. Other Additions: (Itemize) (a) (b) ^ (c) Total Other Additions : 7. Total Additions $47,479.06 Page Nineteen LOG b. Dividends or experience rating refunds c. Other (Specify) 3. Investments: (Other than real estate) a. Bank deposits at interest and deposits or shares in savings and loafi asso­ ciations b. Stocks: (1) Preferred (2) Common c. Bond? and dehenturss<| (1) Government obligations: (a) Federal (b) State and municipal (2) Foreign government obligations (3) Nongovernment obligations d. Common Trusts: (1) (Identify) (2) (Identify) e. Subsidiary organizations (See Instruc­ tions (Identify and indicate percentage of ownership by this Plan in the subsidiary) (1) % (2) % 4. Real estate loans and mortgages 5. Loans and Notes Receivable: (Other than real estate) a. Secured b. Unsecured 6. Real Estate: a. Operated b. Other real estate 7. Other Assets: a. Accrued income b. Prepaid expenses c. Other (Specify) 8. Total Assets $ 1,530.73 $17,789.33 $ $ 41.00 17,748.33 $17,789.33 LIABILITIES $47,479.06 9. Insurance and annuity premiums payable .. 10. Unpaid claims (Not covered by insurance) 11. Accounts payable 12. Accrued expenses 13. Other liabilities (Specify) Exchanges 14. Reserve for future benefits 15. Total Liabilities and Reserves 290.99 1,239.74 $ 1,530.73 DEDUCTIONS FROM FUND BALANCE Ev \r 8. Insurance and Annuity Premiums to Insur­ ance Carriers and to Service Orga­ nizations (Including Prepaid Medi­ cal Plans) 9. Benefits Provided Directly by the Trust or Separately Maintained Fund 10. Payments to an Organization Maintained by the Plan for the Purpose of Pro­ viding Benefits to Participants (At­ tach latest operating statement of the Organization showing detail of administrative expenses, supplies, fees, etc.) 11. Payments or Contract Fees Paid to Inde­ pendent Organizations or Individ­ uals Providing Plan Benefits (Clin­ ics, Hospitals, Doctors, etc.) 12. Administrative Expenses: (a) Salaries (Schedule 2) (b) Allowances, Expenses, etc. (Sched­ ule 2) (c) Taxes — (d) Fees and Commissions (Schedule 3) (e) Rent (f) Insurance Premiums (g) Fidelity Bond Premiums (h) Other Administrative Expenses (Specify) Schedule attached (i) Total Administrative Expenses 13. Loss on disposal of investments 14. Decrease by adjustment in asset values of investments 15. Other Deductions: (Itemize) (a) (b) (c) Total Other Deductions —.— 16. Total Deductions — —o— —o— 6,164.48 1,005.53 286.74 8,389.92 773.10 134.42 38.00 For the year ended April 30, 1969 Deductions from Fund Balance Item 12h—Other Administrative Expenses Stationery, supplies and printing Postage, express and freight — Telephone and telegraph Equipment rental Employee benefits ^ Miscellaneous Repairs and maintenance .— Dues and subscriptions Tabulating service Microfilm Outside temporary office help Miscellaneous Trustees meeting expenses Field audit expenses ASSETS Item 1. Cash 2. Receivables: ' a. Contributions: (See Item 18) (1) Employer (2) Other (Specify) ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNITED INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF NORTH AMERICA PENSION FUND 11,591.78 28,383.97 —o— state of County of New York Kings — and -o-o— Trustees of the Fund and —o— $30,970.47 , — subscribe thereto. ^ F/j /fa 47,479.06 30,970.47 16,508.59 $17,748.33 End of End of Prior Year Reporting Year $17,789.33 - - affirm, under the penalties of perjury that the contents of this Annual Report are true and hereby Employer yertrustee:. trusts: $ 1,239.74 —o— —o— A1 Kerr Frederik B. Paulsen —o— $ 1,530.73 $ 2,621.70 22.94 147.80 443.66 292.89 451.81 104.03 54.48 7,244.82 97.06 4.86 50.36 55.37 $11,591.78 . STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES , I" $ 2,586.50 RECONCILEMENT OF FUND BALANCE 17. Fund Balance (Reserve for Future Benefits at Beginning of Year) 18. Total Additions During Year (Item 7) 19. Total Deductions During Year (Item 16) 20. Total Net Increase (Decrease) 21. Fund Balance (Reserve for Future Bene­ fits) at End of Year (Item 14, Statement of Assets and Liabilities)— •'J • —0— UNITED INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF NORTH AMERICA PENSION FUND ATTACHMENT TO THE ANNUAL STATEMENT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK others (Indicate titles): �SEAFARERS For the fiscal year ended April 30, 1969 UNITED INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF NORTH AMERICA WELFARE FUND 275 20th Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 11215 to the SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE of the STATE OF NEW YORK (a) Federal "^e data contained herein is for the purpose of providing general informa­ tion as to the condition and affairs of the fund. The presentation is neces­ sarily abbreviated. For a more comprehensive treatment, refer to the Annual Statement, copies of which may be inspected at the office of the fund, or at the New York State Insurance Department, 55 John Street, New York, New York 10038. STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE (RESERVE FOR FUTURE BENEFITS) $791,406.70 21,328.43 6.25 $812,741.38 DEDUCTIONS FROM FUND BALANCE 8. Insurance and Annuity Premiums to Insur­ ance Carriers and to Service Orga­ nizations (Including Prepaid Medi­ cal Plans) 9. Benefits Provided Directly by the Trust or Separately Maintained Fund 10. Payments to an Organization Maintained by the Plan for the Purpose of Pro­ viding Benefits to Participants (At­ tach latest operating statement of the Organization showing detail of administrative expenses, supplies, fees, etc.) 11. Payments or Contract Fees Paid to Inde­ pendent Organizations or Individ­ uals Providing Plan Benefits (Clin­ ics, Hospitals, Doctors, etc.) 12. Administrative Expenses: (a) Salaries (Schedule 2) (b) Allowances, Expenses, etc. (Sched­ ule 2) (c) Taxes '. (d) Fees and Commissions (Schedule 3).... (e) Rent ... (f) Insurance Premiums (g) Fidelity Bond Premiums (h) Other Administrative Expenses (Specify) See Attachment..... (i) Total Administrative Expenses . 13. Loss on disposal of investments 14. Decrease by adjustment in asset values of investments 15. Other Deductions: (Itemize) (a) (b) (c) Total Other Deductions 16. Total Deductions $503,316.85 36,609.08 $ 72,708.37 3,496.21 3,577.50 11,558.53 6,331.24 129.66 214.00 62,533.19 160,548.70 107.51 $700,582.14 250.00 430,750.00 500,000.00 50,433.47 56,055.02 Id • ;r- , $536,087.84 $648,247.08 $536,087.84 $536,087.84 $648,247.08 $648,247.08 LIABILITIES 9. Insurance and annuity premiums payable 10. Unpaid claims (Not covered by insurance) 11. Accounts payable 12. Accrued expenses 13. Other liabilities (Specify) 14. Reserve for future benefits 15. Total Liabilities and Reserves UNITED INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF NORTH AMERICA WELFARE FUND ATTACHMENT TO THE ANNUAL STATEMENT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK FOR THE YEAR ENDED APRIL 30, 1969 Deductions from Fund Balance Item 12h—Other Administrative Expenses $ 129.58 Postage, express and freight 1,405.50 Telephone and telegraph ... 4.220.09 Equipment rental 4,073.16 Miscellaneous 1.119.10 Repairs and maintenance 395.07 Dues and subscriptions — 9,845.47 Stationery, printing and supplies 3,774.87 Employee benefits :— 34,435.70 Tabulating service 1,215.37 Microfilm 53.01 Outside temporary office help 50.36 Miscellaneous Trustees meeting expense 228.31 Field audit expense 1,587.60 New Jersey and New York Disability Insurance expense $62,533.19 UNITED INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF NORTH AMERICA WELFARE FUND ATTACHMENT TO U.S. DEPT. OF LABOR FORM D<2 YEAR ENDED APRIL 30, 1969 End of Reporting End of Year Prior Year Part IV—Section A—Item 2c $290.99 Due from other Fund 250.00 288.72 Travel advance Accrued interest receivable on bonds pur­ 24.81 chased :— $250.00 $604.52 New York state of County of ;} Kings Frederik B. Paulsen $536,087.14 $812,741.38 700,582.14 112,159.24 $648,247.08 STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND ASSETS Item 1. Cash . J 2. Receivables: a. Contributions: (See Item 18) (1) Employer (2) Other (Specify) (b) State and municipal (2) Foreign government obligations (3) Nongovernment obligations d. Common Trusts: (1) (Identify) (2) (Identify) e. Subsidiary organizations (See Instruc­ tions (Identify and indicate percentage of ownership by this Plan in the sub­ sidiary) (1) % (2) % 4. Real estate loans and mortgages 5. Loans and Notes Receivable: (Other than real estate) a. Secured b. Unsecured .... 6. Real Estate: a. Operated — b. Other real estate 7. Other Assets: a. Accrued income b. Prepaid expenses c. Other (Specify) 8. Total Assets 604.52 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNITED INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF NORTH AMERICA PENSION FUND RECONCILEMENT OF FUND BALANCE 17. Fund Balance (Reserve for Future Bene­ fits at Beginning of Year 18. Total Additions During Year (Item 7) 19. Total Deductions During Year (Item 16) 20. Total Net Increase (Decrease) 21. Fund Balance (Reserve for Future Bene­ fits) at End of Year (Item 14, State­ ment of Assets and Liabilities) December, 1969 b. Dividends or experience rating refunds c. Other (Specify) .: 3. Investments: (Other than real estate) a. Bank deposits at interest and deposits or shares in savings and loan asso­ ciations b. Stocks: (1) Preferred (2) Common c. Bonds and debentures: (1) Government obligations: ANNUAL REPORT ADDITIONS TO FUND BALANCE Item 1. Contributions: (Exclude amounts entered in Item 2) (a) Employer (Schedule 1) $791,406.70 (b) Employee —0— (c) Other (Specify) (d) Total Contributions 2. Dividends and Experience Rating Refunds from Insurance Companies 3. Investment Income: (a) Interest 21,328.43 (b) Dividends : (c) Rents (d) Other (Specify) (e) Total Income from Investments 4. Profit on disposal of investments 5. Increase by adjustment in asset values of investments 6. Other Additions: (Itemize) (a) (b) ^ (c) Total Other Additions 7. Total Additions LOG End of End of Prior Year Reporting Year $ 54,299.85 $ 91,942.06 and A1 Kerr Trustees of the Fund and , affirm, under the penalties of perjury that the contents of this Annual Report are true and hereby subscribe thereto. / c {i �December, 1969 • s- •\ fL r- SEAFARERS Grape Boycott Catches On With Friend and Foe Alike Director Cesar Chavez of the United Farm Workers Or­ ganizing Committee offered several examples of the extent to which farm workers' organizing efforts and labor's boycott of California grapes has caught on. For one thing, he told the recent AFL-CIO convention, "Right-to-Workers" in California have placed the boycott at the top of their "fear" list, replacing sex education. Then there was the case of a little girl in a Washington D.C., store who tugged at her mother's hand as they passed the grape di^^.y and asked "if she could have some boy­ cotts." Chavez said farm workers emphasize to the growers that "we are going to fight to get a union for as long as it takes." AFL-CIO President George Meany assured Chavez that the federation will back the effort until it succeeds. "We are quite familiar with long strikes and long struggles," Meany declared, "and we don't give up just because it takes a little time." New Taft-Hartley Law Amendment Lifts Ban On Joint Fund Programs WASHINGTON — It's now legal for employers to con­ tribute to union-management day care centers and college scholarship programs for work­ ers' children. President Nixon has signed into law a labor-backed amend­ ment to the Taft-Hartley Act that won near-unanimous ap­ proval from both the House and Senate. The legislation had been sought particularly by the Qothing Workers and the Ladies' Garment Workers, which had found themselves stymied in negotiations by a rigid interpret- High Profits/ Executive Pay Cited; Chamber M Commerce 'Hypocriticar For BemoPning Wages, Meany Says I :•< - iV i- -V WASHINGTON—AFL-CIO President George Meany has accused the Chamber of Com­ merce of "blatant hypocrisy" in blaming wages for inflation and urging employers to "risk" strikes to save the nation. The hypocrisy of a Chamber statement, Meany said, was ex­ posed by an article appearing in the Wall Street Journal "on the very day" the statement was issued. Noting that the Chamber made no mention of holding down profits and business ex­ ecutives' pay to fight inflation, Meany said "the reason is ob­ vious" in that past Journal stor­ ies have shown profits are caus­ ing inflation and the latest arti­ cle focuses on executives' sal­ aries. The Chamber statement charged that labor costs are the "chief ingredient" in inflation and warned against "union power" being used to get fur­ ther wage boosts, for workers. Wage increases become a "tax on all consumers" because they result in higher prices, the Chamber said. However, it also expressed concern about con­ sumer resistance that is making it difficult to "pass on" wage costs. The Chamber concluded that "the business community may have to risk substantial work stoppages in order to save the currency." The Wall Street Journal re­ ported on a survey of 530 com­ panies that found "the average chief executive's compensation jumped 9.8 percent in 1968," the largest yearly gain in 15 years. The survey considered com-^ pensation to include salaries, bonuses and stock paid or cred­ ited to executives, but excluded pension and stock option ben­ efit plans. liie total pay of one in every six executives was up more than 25 percent, according to the survey, and almost half of this group was up more than 40 percent. The largest gain, 18.8 per­ cent, was made by top brass in the motor vehicles and equip­ ment industries. Three industry groups—^paper and allied prod­ ucts, petroleum and rubber and plastic products—showed in­ creases for executives averag­ ing 15 percent or more. Corporate officials who "have grumbled" in past years that their pay raises weren't keeping pace with inflation "have ^en making up lost ground in giant strides," the newspaper said. The reason for the huge pay raises for executives, it decided, was that "1968 was a year of fat profit" and bonus plans tied to profits "paid out handsome­ ly." In his statement, Meany said, "It is those 'fat profits'—not wage increases—that have caused inflation." He cited Labor Secretary George P. Shultz's recent report that the median wage increase in, new collective bargaining contracts negotiated this year is "a little under 2 percent for Page Twenty One LOG 1969," after accounting for price rises. "Moreover," Meany contin­ ued, "the buying power of the average non-supervisory work­ er's weekly take-home pay, in recent months, has not been much greater than a year ago— or in 1965." The gain in compensation of an individual big business ex­ ecutive in 1968 "is more than the average worker earned in the entire year," Meany pointed out. He also stressed that workers "are hit hardest by the govern­ ment's severely restrictive eco­ nomic policies, including the highest interest rates in 100 years, that are increasing unem­ ployment and boosting prices still further." Under these conditions, Meany said, workers and their unions are bargaining for wage gains to offset price increases and "achieve a fair share of the gains of economic progress. That is their only recourse." As for the Chamber, he con­ cluded, before issuing "any more free advice on how to halt in­ flation, it ought to examine its own closet for skeletons." Gauging His Work Seafarer Danny DeCosfa, FWT, does his job well as he carefully attends to the bank of instruments in the engine room of the Ponce, ation of a Taft-Hartley provi­ sion limiting the uses of em­ ployer contributions to jointlyadministered welfare funds. The law change had the AFLCIO's active support during a two-year effort to win congres­ sional approval. A Housepassed bill died in the Senate with the close of the 90th Con­ gress and the legislative effort had to start anew this year. The new legislation does not require an employer to bar­ gain on child care or scholarship contributions, and it would not be an unfair labor practice for him to refuse to do so. But if these benefits are nego­ tiated, company funds may be used to finance the progranfs. One immediate effect is to free funds intended for a schol­ arship program for children of 130,000 members of the Cloth­ ing Workers. The ACWA last year negotiated an agreement with the Qothing Manufac­ turers Association for the pay­ ment of one-half of 1 percent of payroll into a trust fund. As an example of the type of programs the law change would encourage, the Qothing Work­ ers told the Senate Labor Com­ mittee earlier this year that the union is operating a day care center in Baltimore—^but to avoid violating the letter of the Taft-Hartley Act, it has had to set it up as a health care center. And in Chicago, they noted, the union has an "experimental" program which provides $600a-year tuition at colleges or technical schools for children of longtime members. The Ladies' Garment Work­ ers told the Senate committee that lack of day cf^eC^nters in the women's appaiel industry, where about 80 percent of the workers are women, has re­ sulted in a high employment turnover rate. The union said many women are forced to quit their jobs and stay home to take care of young children because there are no adequate child care facilities. The AFL-CIO told Confess that the "severely restrictive" language of the Taft-Hartley Act is preventing the private sector of the economy from car­ rying out programs to benefit the country "without cost to the taxpayer." Business Profit Grab Nailed As Inflationary Trend Culprit The rise in living costs can be slowed by changes in the price and profit policies of American business, the AFL-CIO told President Nixon. Replying to a letter from the President on the question of in­ flation, AFL-CIO President George Meany voiced labor's concern with rising prices and noted that they are "washing out all or most of the buying power of workers' collective bargaining gains in the past several years." The major cause of the rising price level, he told tte President "are to be found in business pric­ ing and profits." Changes in these policies are needed, he stressed, to slow down the rise of living costs. The AFL-CIO president pointed out that Labor Secretary George Shultz told the AFLCIO convention recently that the median wage increase, after accounting for the rise in con­ sumer prices, has been only a little under 2 percent in the first year of the agreements negoti­ ated in the past year. The buying power of the aver­ age non-supervisory workers' weekly take-home pay after fed­ eral tax deduction in 1969, Meany said, "has been hardly any greater than last year or in 1965, four years ago." Demands for wage increases are "obviously based," Meany continued on prior increases in the cost-of-living. Unions seek in bargaining to offset the rise in living costs and "to gain some advance in the standard of liv­ ing." If such objectives are not reached a continuing rise in liv­ ing costs puts real earnings fur­ ther behind. President Nixon had written the nation's business and labor leaders on the threat of inflation, calling specifically on labor lead­ ers to "base their wage demands on the new prospect of a return toward price stability." He keyed this to his radio talk to the nation in which he said government programs to cool off the economy and slow price in­ creases are taking hold and now need the help of business and labor. Alfred R. Rota Dies; Was Upholsterers VP CHICAGO—Alfred R. Rota, 73, a vice president of the Up­ holsterers since 1937, died in hospital here last month. He had been in poor health for some time. Bom in Italy, Rota came to this country when he was 10, living first in Kansas and later moving to Chicago. In addition to serving- as a vice president, he had been recording secretary and business representative of Upholsterers Local 18 for many years. His post as vice president will be filled by the union's peneral board for the interim period preceding the next con­ vention in 1970. �SEAFARERS LOG Fraudulent Correspondence Schools Rob Drop'Outs, Low Wage Earners Lured by promises of highpaying jobs, thousands of peo­ ple — including many young­ sters—are victimized each year by mail order courses offered by "institutes" with fancy names which fraudulently claim to provide job-counseling and placement. All too often, the jobs aren't there—nor the counseling, either. Many of the schools last just long enough to rob appli­ cants—^frequently high school drop-outs or graduates unable to go to college—of high fees which they can ill afford. Then the gyp artists disappear from the scene. ' Post Office inspectors esti­ mate that some $10 million has been taken from hopeful home studiers in 15 recent mail fraud cases alone. The correspondence school operators prey on a growing need. Many fields, particularly some of the newer ones, offer job opportunities to those with the requisite skills. No wonder so many unskilled men and women, with low-paying jobs or none at all, are captivated by Consumer Aetion Wins Buttle for Leuner Wieners WASHINGTON — The con­ sumer appears to have won his demand for less fatty hot dogs and other sausage products. The Department of Agriculture de­ cided in favor of a 30-percent limit in the fat content of hot dogs in response to overwhelm­ ing public reaction in favor of the leaner wieners. The original USDA proposal, issued last May, proposed a 33percent limitation. Meat proces­ sors had reportedly been manu­ facturing hot dogs that were more than 50 percent fat. More than 600 individuals and organizations responded to the proposal, the majority in fa­ vor of setting a limit on the amount of fat, said the USDA. Consumers cited low-fat diets and low-nutritional content of fatty dogs as their major rea­ sons. During public hearings, Mrs. Virginia Knauer, the President's Consumer Advisor, spoke in fa­ vor of the less-fatty hot dog and said that President Nixon sup­ ported her position. He too, she said, was on a restricted diet. "This is a real victory for the consumer," Mrs. Knauer said. She praised the President's sup­ port and added, "I am person­ ally delighted." Erma Angevine, executive di­ rector of the Consumer Federa­ tion of America said: "Hope­ fully this will mark the beginning of a greater concern for the con- • sumer on the part of the Agri­ culture Department as it sets other standards for meat." advertising blurbs like: "Leam general material. Job counsel­ at Home", "Jobs Guaranteed", ing was non-existent, as were "Free Placement Service", the promised jobs themselves. "Double Your Earnings". But the unsuspecting students In San Francisco, for ex­ were bilked out of more than ample, the Jet Institute adver­ two million dollars before the tised openings in jet construc­ school's owners were appre­ tion and maintenance to their hended. graduates. The openings didn't And so it goes. A Practical exist and the course was worth­ Nursing School in Dallas, Tex­ less but the "institute" made as, siphoned some $300,000 a away with an estimated $1.5 year from the pockets of lowmillion from mail order stu­ income, unskilled women. High dents. school students were taken for Operating out of West Palm $153,000 by a La Crosse, Wis­ Beach, Florida, one school of­ consin, outfit—the National fered airline careers to appli­ Preparatory Service—which cants from all over the country. held out the hope of Civil Serv­ They paid up to $660 each for ice careers. a course which was a rehash of Aptitude testing and career Local trade associations are counseling are ripe fields for a good source in recommend­ unscrupulous operators. After ing reputable correspondence "testing", the enrollees are schools in their field. made to feel they must "quali­ fy" to take a particular course. They pay out for phony exams and interviews. Ctae such Wis­ consin operator, in business under the name of North American Training Course, Albuquerque—The New| made away with $153,000 be­ Mexico Constitutional Con- j fore being stopped. vention voted 49-18 to re-l The Rogers brothers of Fort ject a "right-to-work" pro- i Worth, Texas, sentenced in vision in a proposed new! 1965, had operated a whole state constitution. Voters | series of correspondence schools will go to the polls in De-| —including Universal Motel cember to accept or reject! Training—before being indicted the final draft of the con-j and convicted. But not before stitution. taking an estimated $35,000 The margin of defeat was j from 141 prospective motel the largest ever recorded on I managers. Among the courses the inti-union measure in! they offered were some in busi­ tfts state. Foes of union i ness administration, law en­ shop agreements have tried! forcement, jet design. They even repeatedly to get the meas- i claimed endorsements from ure through the legislature, i such public figures as the late New Mexico AFL-CIOi General Dwight Eisenhower. Sec.-Treas. Neal Gonzalez i To avoid being taken, all reported. He said 17 of the i prospective home-study appli­ 18 convention delegates! cants should first check" with from the Albuquerque area j their local postal inspection di­ voted against the compul- j vision, which keeps a file of sory openshop proposal. complaints. The Better Busi­ ness Bureau does the same. \New Mexico Spurnx Right-to-Workers Above Board Seafarer James Parrish, at right, a wiper, plays cards with his cousin, William Rittenhouse in New York hall while watching the board and waiting to ship out. Parrish, a recent graduate of the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship at Piney Point, last sailed on the Buckeye Victory. Cousin Bill just stopped by to visit. December, 1969 love. Honor umi Obey' Vows Cots Union Wife into Trouble Dramatic proof that marriage vows are still taken seriously —at least in some quarters—was furnished in a case recently decided by the National Labor Relations Board. Mrs. Dolores Easton of South Plainfield, N.J. said her husband, ordered her not to cross a picket line. Mindful that she had vowed to "love, honor and obey" her husband, she followed his order and was fired. The picketing took place last October by production and maintenance workers at Nuodex Division of Tenneco Chemi­ cals, Inc. at Piscataway, N.J. Her husband, William, is a repairman for New Jersey Bell Telephone. Mrs. Easton was an office employee at Nuodex. NLRB Trial Examiner Sydney S. Asher, Jr. treated it as a special case. "I am not convinced," he ruled, "that the (company's) unfair labor practices were motivated by opposition to the union, or to unionism in general. Rather, I view them as the result of the (company's) pique against Mrs. Easton be­ cause it believed correctly or mistakenly that she placed obedience to her husband's wishes above loyalty to her em­ ployer." Asher ordered her reinstatement, effective to the date of the end of the six-week strike, with back pay to that point. Unions Out-Perform Business In Minority Job Placement WASHINGTON—Organized labor, notably the building trades unions, is doing a better job in opening its ranks to mi­ nority groups than business is doing in its own program of jobs and training according to a sur­ vey published by the Associated Press recently. The news agency, in separate dispatches on the job role of la­ bor and business respectively, found that the JOBS program of businessmen to hire and train the hard-core unemployed is lag­ ging, while "job openings for Negroes in occupations con­ trolled by labor unions are widening." While the Associated Press said that black militants are not satisfied with the union showing, figures compiled from Labor Department records "indicate the much-criticized AFL-CIO building trades are among those making the swiftest progress to­ ward integration on the job." "The figures are absolutely accurate and actually under­ played the job that has been done by the buildng trades union," said Donald Slaiman, Director of the AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department. "The build­ ing trades figures are better than in other industries such as metal manufacturing and public utili­ ties." "Not only has there been a significant advance in minority placement in the construction in­ dustries," Slaiman said "but con­ tinuing progress is being made through the unions' Outreach Program. The number of mi­ nority apprenticeship placements through July surpassed 4,200. Almost 2,000 of these have been placed since the first of the year." While businessmen insist that their own jobs targets have been met, the Associated Press sur­ vey said that the JOBS program "has produced only about onefourth of the jobs hoped for." A Labor Department analysis found that "the failure of many corporations to meet the hiring training targets of their Federal reimbursement" has become a serious problem. In addition there has been a serious turn­ over rate of about 45 percent among JOBS trainees in the 18month-old drive of business leaders to find jobs for ghetto dwellers. Labor Department reports show that the construction unions have a membership of 7.2 percent minority grouping of which about four percent are Negroes. Total minority mem­ bership is 9,500. Federal figures show that this is a better ratio than apprenticeship openings in the metal, manufacturing, pub­ lic utilities, and mining indus­ tries as well as trade and serv­ ice. The statistics do not include the Laborers Union which has a minority membership of nearly 50 percent—about 25 percent are Negroes., The figures include only those programs which are registered under State or Federal auspices. They do not include many job training programs which are par­ ticularly or entirely carried on by unions on their own. Man's Best Friend Puts Bite on British Mailman LONDON, England—U.S. mailmen carry repellent sprays issued by the U.S. Post Office to ward off angry dogs. But British Post Office workers were denied similar protection be­ cause the postal service feared too many lawsuits by angry dog owners. Now the 97,000 member Un­ ion of Post Office Workers here says it will go into court to win permission to carry the sprays. "It's either the spray or padded pants," say the postmen, 3,193 of whom were Wtten last year. •y'l J \ \ �December, 1969 SEAFARERS Page Twenty Three LOG • •'"y- .y-y f/ Raise in Medkare Payments Forced By Soaring Bills tor M.D. Services !' ' Doctor Who Quit Drug Firm Found Job Too Compromising '»i • WASHINGTON — Working as the medical director of a ma­ jor drug firm forced Dr. A. Dale Console to compromise with his principles so much, he told a Senate investigating committee, "I reached a point where I could no longer live with myself." Console submitted a 25-page document as written testimony to the Senate Monopoly Sub­ committee headed by Senator Gaylord Nelson. The Committee later released the text of ques­ tions from the testimony. He had served as medical di­ rector of the E. R. Squibb Co. for 6V2 years. Console said, but resigned his post on July 1, 1957, and is now in private practice. He told the subcommittee that the drug company doctor "must learn the many ways to deceive the FDA (Food and Drug Ad­ ministration) and, failing in this, how to seduce, manipulate or threaten the physician assigned to the New Drug Application (license for marketing) into ap­ proving it even if it is incom­ plete." The doctor also wrote that "anything that helps to sell a drug is valid . . . while anything that decreases sales must be suppresssed, distorted and re­ jected. . . ." "He will find himself squeezed between businessmen who will sell anything to justify it on the basis that doctors ask for it and doctors who demand products they have been taught to want through the advertising and pro­ motion schemes contrived by businessmen." Console reported that many physicians are heavy prescribers, writing over 100 prescriptions a week. "I find it difficult to be­ lieve," he wrote, "that anyone can write that number of pre­ scriptions and still take time to discriminate." The document also detailed the inadequate and inaccurate means used to test drugs and notes that the average patient has about a 50-percent chance of getting "the right drug, in the right amount, at the right time." "The Overseas Division (of Squibb) held not only the no­ tion that the safety and efficacy of a drug varied with the pa­ tient's nationality," added the Doctor, "but also that the adver­ tising and promotion of drugs depended on the nationality of the physician." Drug advertisements for countries soutji of the U.S. border were rriade simpler be­ cause the drug companies thought these physicians were "less sophisticated." " The detailman—a salesman who promotes the drug among physicians—came in for a major share of the criticism. Dr. Console recalled that the companies ran contests offering prizes ranging from cutting boards to sets of monogrammed glasses to detailmen who reach or exceed a preset quota of sales. WASHINGTON — The Ad­ ministration revealed that it plans to raise the $4 monthly charge levied for coverage of doctors' services under Medi­ care by more than 25 percent because of soaring doctors' bills. Social Security Administrator Robert M. Ball told the House Ways and Means Committee that a final decision on the amount of the increase still has to be made but that the boost will put the charge "somewhat over $5." Ball told the committee, hold­ ing hearings on pending social security legislation, that the higher charge. will be effective July 1. Under the law, the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare must decide on the raise by January 1. This would be the second boost in the fee paid by the aged under the medical insur­ ance part of Medicare, which is also partly financed by the government. When the program was first set up in 1966 the fee was $3. It was raised to $4 in 1968. Ball also announced that the Administration is still reviewing a task force study recommend­ ing that drug costs be included under Medicare. "If we move in," he said, "it will be gradual­ ly." Ball's announcements came under questioning from Repre­ sentative Jacob H. Gilbert (DN.y.), who has charged that the Administration's proposed 10-percent increase in social security benefits is "grossly in­ adequate." Gilbert has introduced a bill, backed by the AFL-CIO, the National Council of Senior Citi­ zens and a number of other or­ ganizations, which would pro­ vide for two 20-percent acrossthe-board increases in benefits between 1970 and 1972. The measure also would fi­ nance the medical insurance program through contributions paid during the beneficiary's working years and expand Medi­ care to cover prescription drugs. In another development, the Department of Health, Educa­ tion and Welfare published two new proposed regulations for Medicare in the Federal Regis­ ter, Oct. 17. One would prohibit hospitals and extended care facilities from requiring a deposit from Medicare beneficiaries as a con­ dition for adniission. The other would bar a doctor with finan­ cial interest in a hospital from sitting on its review committee which determines when Medi­ care patients are to be dis­ charged. The first regulation, particu­ larly of benefit to the aged poor, spells out in detail a policy an­ nounced by HEW in May, 1967, but not previously defined. The regulation states that health facilities may not deny admission or evict a Medicare beneficiary because he is un­ able to pay a deductible amount (the first $44 of the hospital bill, for example) or certain perday amounts required after ex­ tended stays—60 days in the case of a hospital, 20 days in an extended care facility. . Advance payments for serv­ ices not covered by Medicare may be required, but only if such services are requested by the patient or his family. Full $1 Billion Voted by Senate For Clean Water WASHINGTON — The Sen­ ate has broken through the Ad­ ministration's budget barriers and voted nearly five times the amount the President had re­ quested to combat water pollu­ tion. It insisted on the full $1 bil­ lion Congress had authorized to be spent this year when it passed the Clean Water Act in 1966. That law authorized steadilyincreased federal grants to help states and communities build sewage treatment plants. But the Administration budget asked that only $214 million be spent this year. The House raised the figure to $600 million, and the Senate boosted it an additional $400 million. It defeated—by an overwhel­ ming 82-5 margin—a motion to cut the appropriation back to the amount of the budget re­ quest. Then it approved the $1 billion figure as part of a $5 bil­ lion public works appropria­ tions package by an 86-2 vote. Stress Dedication to Patients' Needs: Young Medics Kick Over Did AMA Line WASmr'GTON—The new breed of medical student is a far cry from the old-line fogies who dominate the American Medical Association and seem to devote their basic concerns to protection of the "doctor business." The medical students, have a dedicated group that founded the Student Health Organization (SHO) in 1965. Active on more than a dozen medical campuses, SHO has some 1,500 members among the 50,000 medical stu­ dents in the country. SHO has initiated summer and, in some cases, year-round health care projects in the innercity directed at giving special help to minority groups. They are a dedicated lot. What has probably shocked the old-line AMA, though, has not been these types of activist groups— although they are pretty new on the national scene—but what has happened to one of its own creations, the Student American Medical Association (SAMA). The SAMA was founded in 1952 largely as a pawn of the AMA. Today the SAMA is no longer a docile junior AMA but, with its 23,000 dues-paying members on 89 college cam­ puses, has become an activist organization, itself. SAMA is demanding new ap­ proaches to health care of the poor, is setting up pilot projects to help the disadvantaged in Appalachia and Kansas City and is demanding modernization of medical education in all the schools. SAMA's 1968-1969 presi­ dent, C. Clement Lucas, Jr., became Dr. Lucas last June. He jolted the AMA House of Delegates meeting in San Fran­ cisco that same month when he declared: "Health care is a basic right. And unless the medical profes­ sion can accept the challenge of positive action a:nd relevant progressive reform, other orga­ nizations will supplant it and its primacy in the medical care sys­ tem." The SAMA's journal. The New Physician, urges medical students to "work toward the curing of our society's massive ills" when they graduate. And touching on a point con­ sidered wholly sacred by the AMA, The New Physician pointed out that "the concept of fee for service is not the only utilizable foundation to provide the highest quality and availabil­ ity of medical care." Lucas and his publication speak for almost one-half of to­ day's medicd students. Many of these students may change once they graduate and start practice and fall back into the old, tired AMA mold but, judg­ ing by recent graduates, it is not too likely. One indication of the serious­ ness with which the medical stu­ dents treat the health care prob­ lem was a summer conference here in Washington set up by the Institute for the Study of Health and Society through SAMA. Students from some 30 col­ lege campuses gathered in Washington and spent almost two months studying the basic social and political realities and economics of health care, some­ thing of which they get precious little in medical schools. Part of the time was spent working with government agen­ cies. The students also met face to face with spokesmen for vari­ ous interest groups: unions, the poor, the affluent, minority groups, etc. The students were constantly probing, questioning practices which the AMA accepts. They leave little doubt that for most of them their primary concern is playing a role in making high quality health care available to all the people. Not all agree on the proper approach but most have long since concluded that the present system is not the answer. �Page Twenty Four SEAFARERS LOG Decemlier, 1969 LaborRolls up 75% Victory Record In 2 Years Before Supreme Court ATLANTIC CITY — Labor won 75 percent of its cases be­ fore the Supreme Court during the last two years for a "highly successful" legal record, the AFL-CIO Executive Council said. The council report dealt with 22 labor cases which reached the Supreme Court since the last convention—a period covering the final two court terms under Chief Justic Earl Warren. In 16 of these cases, labor's arguments prevailed. Many of the cases dealt with constitutional issues and the council report discussed five of them, including three that it termed "major." • In Food Employees Local 590 V. Logan Valley Plaza, Pennsylvania courts ruled that peaceful picketing on shopping center sidewalks could be barred as an illegal trespass cn private property, and the union ap­ pealed. The Supreme Court re­ versed the decision in a 6-3 vote. Justice Marshall wrote an opinion concluding that state laws on the places at which pick­ eting may be carried on are sub­ ject to the same constitutional freedom of speech standards historically applied to handbilling cases. Five other justices agreed, in a decision which the council said was "plainly of the greatest practical importance" for unions faced with the usual "formidable difficulties" in carrying on organizing cam­ paigns. In United Mine Workers v. Illinois Bar Association, the or­ ganized bar complained that the UMW engaged in the unauthor­ ized practice of law by hiring a licensed attorney, on a salaried basis, to represent any member who wanted his advice in work­ men's compensation claims! The Illinois courts rejected the un­ ion's claim that the plan was protected by the 1st Amend­ ment. The Supreme Court re­ versed, with Justice Harlan dis­ senting. The council said: "The court made it absolutely plain that unions have the right to set up and finance group legal service plans ... as to any workrelated matter, as long as the •—: ^^ : : -J plan is administered in such a way as to insure that the indi­ vidual member retains control of the case" involving him. A landmark ruling was put on the lawbooks when Maryland and 27 other states brought a suit, called Maryland v. Wirtz, alleging that it was beyond the power of Congress to regulate the minimum wages and maxi­ mum hours of employees in state-operated hospitals and schools. The states' argument was "completely rejected" by a seven-man majority of the court, the council noted. The opinion, written by Jus­ tice Harlan, upheld the power of Congress to regulate public enterprises affecting commerce. The report said "There can be little doubt that this case rep­ resents a major interpretation of the commerce clause which will have reverberations far into the future if Congress moves to meet the serious labor relations problems which are surfacing on the state and local levels of gov­ ernment." The council cited two cases of "lesser magnitude": In Nash v. Florida Industrial Commission, the commission had refused to pay unemploy­ ment insurance to a union mem­ ber because she had authorized her union to file unfair labor practice charges against her em­ ployer on her behalf. This re­ fusal was upheld by the Florida courts but unanimously reversed by the Supreme Court. The court, for the fourth time in 55 years, rejected the claim of a railroad—this time the Chi­ cago, Rock Island and Pacific— that Arkansas's state "full crew" laws violate the Constitution or the 14th Amendment. The court ruled that the evidence strongly supported the claim of the Lo­ comotive Firemen and Enginemen, now part of the United Transportation Union, that the laws play an important safety function. National Labor Relations Board cases did not "occupy center stage" during the last two Warren terms, the council re­ ported, but nevertheless did fig' • : Editor, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 11232 • '• / I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list, (prinf information) NAAAE . .. . .. . STREET AODRESS CITY' ...... •...... . ... ... .a. .a. ... ... • • •. v.... . .'y,!...... .STATE. . .... .. a. »-. ......... . .• ZIP. . .....-.. TO AVOID DUPUCAT10N:'if yow «• an old. iubicribar and have a change of addrees, pleaae give yemr femier address below; ure in decisions of importance. In NLRB V. Gissel Packing Co., a- unanimous court ruled that an employer's duty to bar­ gain with a union can be estab­ lished without a representation election. It said that authorization cards obtained by the union from a majority of employees, without misrepresentation or co­ ercion, are reliable enough gen­ erally to prove a valid alternate route to majority status. It found that an order to bargain is jus­ tified when an employer "rejects a card majority while . . . com­ mitting unfair labor practices that tend to undermine the un­ ion's majority and make a fair election an unlikely possibility." AFL-CIO President George Meany confers with Secretary-General Galo Plaza of the Organization of American States, left, and Secretary of Labor George P. Shultz, center, at Inter-American Conference of Labor Ministers where Meany appealed for support of free unions. Free Unions Called Main Foandatlon Of Struggle to Oppose Dictatorships WASHINGTON — AFLCIO President George Meany called on Western Hemisphere governments to give their fullest support to "those of us who make the case for freedom and justice" for workers and their kmilies. He also strongly re-emphasized U.S. labor's opposition to dictatorships "from either the right or the left" in an address to the Third Inter-American Conference of Labor Ministers in Washington. The week-long conference, sponsored by the Organization of American States, was at­ tended by ministers of labor from 23 countries in the hemis­ phere. Most delegations also in­ cluded union leaders. Two previous labor ministers' conferences were held, in 1963 in Colombia and 1966 in Ven­ ezuela. The purpose of the con­ ferences is to develop effective participation by labor and labor ministries in social and eco­ nomic development. Reports on the status of proj­ ects agreed to at previous con­ ferences and working papers prepared by OAS formed the basis for the work of the confer­ ence's plenary sessions and working committees. In a message to the confer­ ence, President Nixon empha­ sized that "the development of all our resources is imperative if we are to attain our goals for a better life. But first among these is the human resource." Secretary of Labor George P. Shultz headed the American delegation. Major conference speakers in addition to Meany and Shultz, included OAS Sec­ retary-General Galo Plaza and David A. Morse, director-gen­ eral of the International Labor Organization. Meany told the conference that the AFL-CtO "has devoted considerable effort to raise the standard of life in other parts of the world," especially in Latin America. Much of the effort, he pointed out has been made in co-operation with business and government through the Amer­ ican Institute for Free Labor Development established in 1962 "to provide educational and development assistance ob­ viously needed and directly sought by free trade unions in Latin America and the Carib­ bean." "The AFL-CIO, through AIFLD," Meany said, "has of­ fered trade union courses to thousands of your trade union­ ists both in Latin America and in the United States." In addition, he said, "we have assisted in the construction of worker housing, worker credit institutions, worker co-opera­ tives, clinics and even schools for children in many of your countries." Meany also cited U.S. labor's work with national trade union centers and the Inter-American Regional Organization of Work­ ers (GRIT) as part of a "proud record of association" with free trade unions in the hemisphere. The AFL-CIO engages in in­ ternational programs for two reasons, Meany said: To help free workers achieve economic and social advancement and prevent "dictatorships of the left or right, communist or fascist." Labor knows, he went on, that dictatorship anywhere is "accompanied by destruction of free unions" and "represents a threat to freedom everywhere in the world." Meany leveled sharp crit­ icisms at union movements that turn to military governments on their promises of quick improve­ ments in working conditions. Such situations, he said, only add to workers' discontent and suffering and "help to perpetu­ ate conditions of misery, pov­ erty and social unrest." Shultz challenged the labor ministers to play a vital role in the "effort for economic growth and development" and shoulder major responsibility "in seek­ ing social justice." He said: "We should lead in develop­ ing the best means for incorpo­ rating manpower policy in the overall strategy of economic de­ velopment. "We should work to provide a fuller understanding of the anatomy and meaning of unemployment and poverty, espe­ cially to those most directly af­ fected." The urgency of resolving in­ creasing unemployment in West­ ern Hemisphere nations was emphasized by Plaza. "At least 25 percent of the Latin American labor force was unemployed in 1960," the OAS leader stated, "and the figure today is believed to be even higher. The vast majority of Latin Americans live close to the margin of subsistence, with little opportunity to improve their lot." Plaza deplored the "extremely low rate" of participation of Latin American women in the labor force, pointing out that those who do work often are compelled to choose between domestic and other low-produc­ tivity positions or no job at all. Morse told the conference that policies to bring about the "most significant and most rapid possible increase in employ­ ment" should be the comerstone of future development of the Americas. He implored the ministers to develop plans for a distribution of income that will allow more of their rapidly growing popu­ lations to participate and bene­ fit from economic growth "with­ in the next few years, not in some distant future." Morse also unveiled a plaque at the Pan American Union in Washington commemorating the 50th anniversary of the first ses­ sion of the ILO. The cere­ monies were attended by the ministers and members of their delegations. ^ • �SEAFARERS December, 1969 A motion was made aboard the Bethflwr (Bethlehem) that wherever a com­ pany has an es­ tablished state­ side shore gang, that gang should be required to shift or haul ves­ sels between 5 P.M. and 8 P.M. on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. Also dis­ cussed were port watch duties after 5 P.M. and before 8 A.M. The meeting, at which Joseph Michael was chairman, agreed that the practice of turning men to for securing before sailing time should be stopped unless a call back is posted for the deck depanment. Secretary Vernon Douglas reported. A motion was made that representatives on the Union Negotiating Committee include at least one man for each department who has been to sea recently. A request was also made that each department aboard ship post the minutes of all safety meetings so that the Seafarers will be kept fully in­ formed. Jeny W. Elan was deck delegate; Hector L. Duarte, en­ gine delegate and Lrnrenzo Rinaldl, Stewart delegate. if SIU contract enforcement com­ mittee to make a strong effort to have single foc'sles, one for each man, on all new and con­ verted ships. A vote of con­ fidence was given the steward department for a job well done. Butts reported no beefs and all repairs taken care of. Brother Homer L. Miller, FWT, was put ashore at Midway Island very sick; he will receive needed care at the U.S. base hospital there. John A. Owen is deck delegate, Thomas F. Delaney, engine delegate, and Kenneth Bowman is steward delegate. Ship's Chairman Jake Levine aboard the Transpacific (Hud­ son Waterways) insists the vessel is the best feeder in the SIU. Le­ vine gives the major share of the credit to Chief Steward John C. , Hunt. Hunt "Without excep­ tion," Levine wrote to the LOG, "Hunt is the best feeding stew­ ard that I have ever come across. The entire crew of the Transpacific are full of praise <1>-^ and have nothing but compli­ Upon receipt of a radiogram ments for the chief steward." from headquarters conceriing Both Hunt and the entire stew­ the raises in va­ ard department received a cation benefits, "whole-hearted vote of thanks the crew aboard from the entire crew" for the the Trenton well-prepared food, the menus (Sea-Land) voted "fit for a king" and the clean to accept, writes Secretary Cristo­ service. The praise was echoed bal DeJesus. by SIU boarding patrolman W. Ship's Delegate Paul Gonsorchik, who heard Dan Butts was first hand of the crew's enthusi­ chairman. A motion was made asm about Hunt and his depart­ by Joe Atchison and seconded ment when he met the ship in by Join Dunfee to request the Baltimore. Page Twenty Five LOG After sailing from Baltimore carrying MSTS cargo for Viet­ nam, the Seatrain Georgia' (Seatrain) devel­ oped rudder trouble. Ship's Secretary James W. Thomas re­ ports and had to return to dryVan Epps dock in Mary­ land for repairs. The ship sailed eight 'days later with the crew eager to go. Ship's delegate Frank J. Smith was the meeting chairman and a discussion took place concerning the holding of meetings every Sunday whUe the ship is at sea. Some mem­ bers felt this was unnecessaty, as there is rarely enough to dis­ cuss. M. H. Jones is deck dele­ gate and Clyde L. Van Epps en­ gine delegate. No beefs were reported. Treasurer Jones re­ ported $36 in the ship's fund. vl> Serious chow problems are reported aboard the Del Alba. Ship's Delegate Frank Rodri­ guez, Jr. says the captain counter­ mands the stew­ ard's orders to buy fresh vege­ tables and other Rodriguez stores as needed. As a result, the ship almost went on rations due to a shortage of eggs, coffee and other items. L. D. Croom, Jr., the meeting secretary, writes that a special meeting will be requested with the boarding pa­ trolman when the ship gets back to the States. A telegram was received describing the new SIU vacation plan rates and a vote of thanks for a job well done was sent to headquarters upon motion of Rodriguez, seconded by Croom. William Escbuk, Jr. was meeting chairman. J. B. Cowan is deck delegate; J. H. Heifer, engine delegate and C. M. Dials, steward delegate. <1> The Seafarers aboard the Ogden Willamette (Ogden Marine) are all very proud of thennew ship and its many conveni­ ences, writes Secretary Cleve­ land R. Wolfe. Each man has his own room, M^ generally with both bath and shower. Ship's Delegate Walter D. Makin re­ ported no beefs. It was decided at the meeting, chaired by Ed­ win C. Craddfl^, that a safety committee should be set up. Among the items requiring at­ tention is the installation of a railing on the lower deck, which is very dangerous when wet. W. T. Gardner is deck delegate; B. C. Bums, engine delegate and Makin, steward delegate. The steward department was given a unanimous vote of thanks for the fine chow. \I> By an, unusual coincidence, 13 crewmembers aboard the Overseas Carrier (Maritime Over­ seas) all celebrated their birthdays during the month of No­ vember, writes Ship's Secretary A. Sigler. WURudd liam S. Rudd, ship's delegate, reported to the assembled Seafarers that the steward vacancies were filled at Freeport, and, as a result, this vessel's crew feels it can boast the best steward department in the SIU. A vote of thanks sent to the galley. The meeting, chaired by Walter B. Chipman, heard that there were no beefs. The captain is very co-operative in every way, Rudd said, and w^nts all beefs squared away promptly. Department dele­ gates are: Deck, Miguel Luis Medina; Engine, William E. McCay; Steward, Sa^e Duplecbin. A motion was made by Rudd and seconded by Raymond Al­ len, to allow any crewmember to pay off after six months on the Persian Gulf run, with needed replacements to be flown out to the ship. SlUNA-UIW Adds Newly-Contracted Firm SIU WELFARE, PENSION & VACATION PLANS Cash Benefits Paid Report Period: October 1 - October 31, 1969 I? SEAFARERS' WELFARE PLAN Scholarship Hospital Benefits Death Benefits Medicare Benefits Maternity Benefits Medical Examination Program Dependent Benefits (Average $474.35) Optical Benefits Meal Book Benefits Gut-Potients Benefits SUMMARY OF WELFARE BENEFITS PAID SEAFARERS' PENSION PLANBENEFITS PAID SEAFARERS' VACATION PLANBENEFITS PAID (Average $491.67) TOTAL WELFARE, PENSION & VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD Number of Amount Benefits Paid 10 2,080 31 207 24 $ 4,181.50 50,269.05 91,000.00 828.00 4,600.00 506 1,832 15,235.90 86,916.05 676 278 4,281 9,319.73 2,776.85 33,992.00 9,925 299,119.08 1,433 332,784.00 1,557 765,523.52 12,915 $1,397,426.60 Men of the newly contracted Hussmann Container Division in San Francisco proudly display the first product they manufactured under a novel container-making process. These 16 men are members of the SlUNA-afRliated United Industrial Workers of North Arrterica and are shown here at the Bethlehem Shipyard in San Francisco where they gathered for this photograph near and on top the container. �Page Twenty Six SEAFARERS I 'nrijii" Widow Finds SlU A Welcome Friend To the Editor: I want to express my heart­ felt thanks to the Seafarers International Union for all their help to me. My husband, Guy F. Plahn, had been missing since last February, after paying off the Raphael Semmes in January. He was finally located through finger prints and help of the authorities to be deceased in San Francisco, Calif. I had no insurance, nor any money whatsoever to bury him, but thanks to the SIU, they buried him for me, and saw to all the necessary ar­ rangements. I would have had no one at all to help me had it not been for this wonderful Un­ ion. I want to especially thank the New Orleans SIU hall and Miss Spencer for handling all details for me. I don't know what I would have done without these fine people. I am proud my husband was a member of such a won­ derful Union as the SIU. I take this means of thank­ ing each and every one of you through the Seafarers Log. God bless you all. Please see that I get the Log sent to me. I enjoy it so much. Thanks. Sincerely, (Mrs.) Anna Plahn New Orleans, La. —^ Seafarer Praised By Chief Officer across his back to the gang­ way and onto the tugboat. It was a beautiful job. Mr. Phillips is also a very good Electrician and was very helpful in getting this vessel underway after we broke down two days out of Hono­ lulu and floated around for 18 hours without any plant or power. We were dead in the water. It is men like Mr. Phillips, who are hard to find these days, that makes life just a little easier and pleasant un­ der various trying conditions on these old rusty ships. The ship's delegate, Wil­ liam Cullen and myself, and of course everyone else I've talked to about It, all thought it a very good idea to have this incident sent to the LOG. Sincerely yours, H. Bilde Chief Officer Seafarer Thankful For Union's Help To the Editor: I recently returned to Sea after 18 years on the Beach. I sailed as night cook and baker on the S.S. Halcyon Panther on a trip to India. I was flown back to Tam­ pa, Florida, following an in­ jury. I checked in at the Tampa .Hall and the agent there told me of the benefits I was entitled to, such as maintenance and cure, wages, and vacation pay as I had been injured on the Island of Monitius in the Indian ocean. They helped me to fill out forms and made phone calls to get me paid off. Although To the Editon I I know.you will be proud to learn of the great assistance one of your Union members, Leslie E. Phillips, Chief Elec­ trician, was to me under very trying conditions. One of the crew members in the engine department. Wiper Melvin N. Duerson, fell and injured his back aboard the Buckeye Pacific and was being transferred from the ship to a tugboat outside the port of Honolulu, Hawaii, for removal to a hospital. The .water was rough and the tugboat pitched quite a bit, thereby making it difficult to carry the man on. a stretcher. Phillips of­ fered his assistance, by carry­ ing the man by himself to the tugboat. He explained to me he had learned this particular feat in the Navy. I was a bit ap­ prehensive at first concerning the safety of both men in doing this, as there was quite a gap and step between the deck of the pitching tugboat and the gangway. With an injured man weighing approx­ imately 200 pounds on his back, it certainly wasn't going to be easy, but Phillips as­ sured me he could easily do it. I accepted his help, so he slowly and gently raised the injured man and carried him I am a C card it made no difference to the SIU at Tampa. I was treated the same as the old timers. I am looking forward to earning a B book and then going on to be a full book member. I wish to take this oppor­ tunity to thank the Tampa Hall for looking after my in­ terests and the entire SIU for their wonderful care and in­ terest in my welfare. It should be of interest to all new­ comers in the SIU that re­ gardless of yoiir seniority in the SIU, you are being well cared for. The progress the SIU has made in the past 18 years is unbelievable. It makes me feel proud and honored to be­ long to the SIU. Sincerely yours, John M. Hester Nixon Fleet Plan Pleases Pensioner To the Editor: I was glad to hear that President Nixon will re­ December, 1969 LOG build the U.S. merchant fleet at last. Up to now, the only times we have built up our mer­ chant fleet was a hurry-up affair in time of war. The next war we may not have time. Bridgette McCaD, bom Sep­ I wish every Senator and tember 25, 1969, to Seafarer Congressman would read and and Mrs. James R. McCall, West study Admiral Mahan's "Ef­ New York, N.J. fects of Sea Power in World History." It was merchant Kim Ahom, bora July 26, fleets under Vasco da Gama 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. that found the sea route to the James P. Ahem, Hyde Park, riches of India. Columbus Mass. discovered the New World and the English and Dutch — became famous and powerful LaToyna Broadus, bora Au­ by sea trade. I hope we have gust 25, 1969, to Seafarer and enough men in Washington Mrs. Raymond F. Broadus, Pasto speak for us. cagoula. Miss. I notice that most accidents ^ at sea are on ships under Robert Trainer, Jr., bora Oc­ monkey (foreign) flags, tober 17, 1969, to Seafarer and where human lives are not of Mrs. Robert Trainor, Deptford, much value. N.J. Thanks for sending me the LOG. It was great to see and hear from old shipmates and Laura Walker, bora October keep up with the Seafarers 3, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. news. Clayton Walker, Brooklyn, N.Y. I believe we who are on ^ SIU pension should have Jose Colls, born October 3, some sort of unity and keep 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jose in touch in case of a strike or R. Colls, Laris, Puerto Rico. other Union emergency, so we ,1. can help out. Samantba Feagin, bora Sep­ I hope when the U.S. tember 21, 1969, to Seafarer builds new ships that the Sea­ and Mrs. Sam O. Feagin, Jr., farers will have plenty of Seattle, Washington. trained men ready. It will be a great help in getting new <1> ships for our Union. Michael Cannon, bora Au­ gust 16, 1969, to l^afarer and Soon I will visit the Hall Mrs. Peter J. Cannon, Duluth, here in New Orleans to meet Minnesota. friends and help out at Un­ ion meetings. Meanwhile I —,!>— give my best regards to the Patricia Lewis, bora Septem­ staff of the LOG. ber 30, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jesse S. Lewis, Norwalk, Fraternally yours, Calif. Lawrence McCullough New Orleans Mei-Ling Salcedo, born Oc­ tober 7, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jose A. Salcedo, Carolina, Welfare Plan Puerto Rico. A "Lifesaver" «- To the Editor: I wish to thank everybody, including all union members, for taking care of my recent hospital bill in Traverse City, Michigan—it saved my life. Yours truly, Clarence A. Vinson Elberta, Mich. Enka Harris, bora August 8, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Wal­ ter Harris, Wilmington, Dela­ ware. Sebrina Toliver, bora Octo­ ber 14, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. William Toliver, Jr., New Orleans, La. Tammy Hovatta-, bora Sep­ tember 18, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Gerald W. Hovatter, Leakesville, Miss. <|> Andrew Kruse, born May 24, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Edwin L. Kruse, Alpena, Mich­ igan. ^ Brian Piedto, bora October 6, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ronald R. Piesko, Chicago, Illinois. Alex R^as, bora October 23, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Alfred Ragas, New Orleans, La. ^ Frances Field, bora Septem­ ber 25, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. William H. Field, Texas City, Texas. Dawn Jockinn, bora October 6, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Daniel F. Jockum, Secaucus, N.J. ^ I Jeffery Manuel, bora Octo­ ber 3, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Leroy J. Manuel, Kinder, La. ^— Derrick Smitb, born October 2, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Hanable Smith, Jr., Mobile, Ala. ^ Merle Duckworth, bora July 26, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Merle S. Duckworth, Jackson­ ville, Fla. ^ Alberto Osman, bora No­ vember 2,1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Malip B. Osman, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. Melito Maldmiado, Jr., bora October 17, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Melito Maldonado, Houston, Texas. ^ James Broxson, bora August 1, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Lowell T. Broxson, Vidor, Texas. —— An^ Louise ^(^^is, bora No­ vember 3, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Adrian D. Willis III, Virginia Beach, Va. ^ SHIP CHAIRMEN SHIP SECRETARIES PEPARTMENT liEIEeATES Seafarers on SIU ships around the world would like to have your crew share their experiences with thein. You can do this by sending in any newsworthy, in­ teresting or humorous experience of members of the crew which can be published in the Seafarers LC>G. Pictures are also wanted. Have your shipboard phptographer snap some photos of the crew at Wof^ reifying ddi^e an the 100. the phot^ dre sharp clear, and that tweryone is identified by naine and rating.) Shea Seale, bom August 16, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Kenneth R. Seale, Mobile, Ala. — Karen Rmh, born October 19, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Calvin J. Rush, New Orleans, La. Stefan Strawinski, born March 15, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Adolf Strawinski, Farmingdalc, N. J. ^ Derrick Hills, bora May 24, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jimmie Hills, New Orleans, La. ^ 4 �December, 1969 SEAFARERS International Agreement Necessary To Curb Mexican Border Plants A multi-natiGn agreement has been urged by an official of the Qothing Workers to curb the " export of jobs and import of products that adversely affect • both U.S. workers and indus, tries. Soft goods, ceramics, plate » glass and steel are among the industries hard hit by U.S.owned plants along the Mexi­ can border and "in other lowwage countries, particularly in the Far East," said Howard D. Samuel, vice president of the ACWA. Samuel appeared on Labor News Conference, an , AFL-CIO-produced public af­ fairs interview broadcast Tues­ day at 7:35 p.m., EST, on the ' Mutual Broadcasting System. He said that some 200 such plants have been built just south of the Mexican border in the last few years, where wages range as low as 30 cents an hour for the 20,000 workers they em­ ploy. He said that in addition to substandard wages, tax breaks granted by the Mexican govern­ ment and U.S. "tariff benefits" encourage manufacturers to set up foreign assembly plants. "Now 'assembly' is a fairly broad word," Samuel stressed, pointing out that it includes "putting together all the com­ ponents of a television set or a radio ... or most of the opera­ tions in making a shirt, or suit, or a ladies garment." But, he noted, Mexican con-sumers get no "benefit out of the manufacturing operations that are being set up there," for "even when things are made within its borders (by U.S. com­ panies), they have to be shipped out." f . Samuel said that U.S. textile and apparel imports are "grow­ ing 70 percent a year" in gen­ eral, and as much as 400 per­ cent to 500 percent on some I'l < items, but that American con­ sumers gain no advantage in either quality or price. He pointed out that "garments com­ ing from European countries, where the wage levels are con­ siderably lower than wage levels in the United States, are sold for the same or hi^er prices than American made garments of the same quality." "The beneficiary is not the consumer, it is the retailer," he declared, and the retailer "is doing very well, indeed." Imports have taken a heavy toll in jobs. Samuel said that "in the last four to five years we have lost probably 200,000 jobs" in the textiles and apparel industries—"largely due to the import factor." Runaway companies add to the plight of the worker by clos­ ing a plant in the United States and opening it across the border or overseas, Samuel said. "I consider this a very crude form of export of jobs," he stressed. The apparel and textile in­ dustries in the country employ about 2.5 million people—many are. wqmen and many are mem­ bers of minority groups. Samuel r. li said that any decline of employ­ ment in the industries will affect people who don't have access to other industries and who exist on the fringe of poverty. He said the nation has spent a great deal of money on poverty programs and manpower train­ ing "to make sure that these people—women and members of Page Twenty Seven LOG minority groups—become a part of the labor market." But he warned that "if we continue to allow major imports in these areas it is going to have just the o'pposite effect." Samuel was questioned by Lloyd Schwartz of Fairchild Publications and Neil Gilbride of the Associated Press. XhcMiias Howell Please contact Barbara Eooth as soon as possible at 568 Pros­ pect, Seattle, Washington 98109. Rudy P. DeBoissiere Please contact the Welfare Plan office at Union Headquar­ ters, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brook­ lyn, New. York at your earliest convenience. <1> Defender of Viet Freedom Yokes Prayer for Peace Vergil A. de los Santos Marine Corps Sergeant Vergil A. de los Santos, 18-year-old son of Carlos de los Santos, business agent of the SIUNA-affiliated Alaska Fish Cannery and Crab Workers' Union of the Pacific, left Camp Pendleton, California, last month—enroute to Viet­ nam with his Unit. Prior to his departure for the war zone. Sergeant de los Santos sent to the Seafarers LOG a poem he had written for his Unit which movingly illustrates the sense of duty to coun­ try, combined with prayers for peace, which he shares with his fellow marines in Unit 4420. 'We are all proud to be a Marine,' Vergil—^whose brother. Carlito, spent 19 months of his own marine service in Viet­ nam—told the LOG. He added, however, that "maybe, just maybe, by publishing this part of us" for the people back home and for readers around the world, there might be other prayers "added, with ours, for peace." The poem is printed below. A Marine's Prayer I'm fighting for something, others will too. I'm praying for something—how about you? Is it too hard to beg for peace When we can have it without a lease? . You sit at home and take life at ease. But do you think of us? That's all we need! You have the time for parties, and time for fun. But think of the Marine, because he has none. A lot of us will die in this lasting war... Others will sit back and some will ignore This feeling in all of our hearts— The end of fighting and peace in our thoughts. His loved ones back home are praying always ... Their son is fighting in Vietnam, but nothing to say Because of his training. Above all is important— Their son is coming home; first class postage is sent. But should something happen to someone far away. Did their prayer count? And then how to pray For a loved one who died for something This country gave to him, and to all the same. I'll pass by and show my colors, Someone will brush it, and so will others. To think how freedom was a price to pay . . . Is it worth it, to let our flag lay? They prove themselves men by burning a card! Some will think twice; some will be hard. To pass by this country's tradition of fame; They only give us thoughts of ending pain. Jerome Chajdcewitz Mr. M. Whitfield asks that you contact him at the Depart­ ment of Social Services, 847 Concourse Village East, Bronx, New York 10451. Henry Karpowicz Please contact your cousin, Mrs. Rose Burns, at 4820 North 15th Street, Philadelphia, Penn­ sylvania 19141. Harold Edward Arlinghaus Your wife. Carmen, asks that you contact her as soon as pos­ sible at 169 22 Street, Brooldyn, New York. —>i/— Hans Skottene Please contact SIU headquar­ ters in Brooklyn, N.Y. in refer­ ence to your membership book and seamen's papers. David E. Hanke Please contact your parents as soon as possible at 556 South Craft Highway, Mobile, Ala­ bama 36617 or call them col­ lect at area code 205, telephone number 452-9683. They are very anxious to hear from you. ^ George L. Bruno, Jr. Robert M. Holley It is important that you con­ Your wife, Marilyn, would tact Mr. J. M. Fenton, Insur­ like you to contact her as soon ance Manager, at Penn Ship­ as possible at 1010 West 49th, ping Company, Inc., 405 Park Norfolk, Virginia 23508. She is Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022 ' home from the hospital and feel­ as soon as possible. He is hold­ ing fine. ing a check for you in connec­ tion with your salvage claim. Jack Gervais The telephone number is (212) Please contact your mother 751-4800. as soon as possible at the fol­ lowing address: c/o C. C. An­ Thomas E. Tucker drews, Route 1, Box 252, Alexander Gluck Boomer, North Carolina. Anthony Amoriello <1> Please contact the Welfare Counter at SIU Headquarters Robert Newbold Newton in Brooklyn as soon as possible. Marvin G. Byerly asks that A check is being held there you contact him as soon as pos­ for you. sible at 828 Americana Build­ ing, Houston, Texas 77002. —— Michael Toth Robert E. Carroll, Jr., asks Charles WUey that you contact him as soon as W. Dean (Deano) Couey possible. The address is 500 St. would like you to contact him Charles Street, New Orleans, as soon as possible concerning Louisiana. your belongings. His address is 4/ — 309 Scott Street, Apartment 3, San Francisco, California John O. Glenn Please contact your mother, 94117. Mrs. Carolina O. Glenn, at Hotel Inter-Continental, House­ Jesus Fernandez Roman keeping Department, Makati Please contact your daughter, Rizal, Philippines, as soon as Margarita Fernandez Garcia, as possible. soon as possible at Calle Esqui\I> lin 1954, Santurce, Puerto Rico. John V. Dolan Thomas J. Tourges asks that Jimmy Davis you contact him as soon as pos­ Norma asks that you contact sible at Pembroke Station, Dan- her as soon as you can at P.O. bury, Connecticut 06810. Box 36021, Houston, Texas 77036. She tried repeatedly to reach you on Thanksgiving and Ralph M. Bartlett, Jr. Please contact your parents the day after and is sorry she as soon as possible at 2705 wasn't able to contact you. Seymour Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44113. Clyde T.Clark <1> Matthew W. Nevin Your mother, Mrs. Margaret L. Hurst, asks that you contact her S)^ soon as possible at Argyle Head, R.R. 1, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. — There are many ways to pray. Some do it with nothing to say . . . As long as your heart speaks for you, I'll pray for peace and, above all for you, too. matter. The address is 2800 Bailey Avenue, Bronx, New York 10463. — Frank Snm^en Tom Snowden Please contact your brother, Bruce N. Snowden, as soon as possible regarding an important Please get in touch with your landlord, William A. Lang, im­ mediately on a very urgent mat­ ter. His address is 3326 Spauldine Avenue, Baltimore, Mary­ land 21215. James Sidny McRae Your son, Harry Steven Mc­ Rae, asks that you contact him as soon as possible at P.O. Box 3089, Heltys Station, Lufkin, Texas 75901. �SEAFARERS Page Twenty Eight DEL VALLE (Delta), October 6—. Chairman, Frank Wranik; Secre­ tary, W. C. Sink; Ship's Delegate, Frank Corven; Engine Delegate, Earyl E. Masters; Ship's Delegate, Adolph L. LaMorthe, Jr. No dis­ puted OT and no beefs. COLUMBIA EAGLE (Columbia), October 5—Chairman, Kenneth Rob­ erts; Secretary, Thomas Ulisse; Ship's Delegate, Kenneth Roberts; Deck Delegate, Kenneth Kristensen. Disputed OT in deck department. Wire sent to patrolman in Yoko­ hama asking him to meet ship for discussion. TRANSONTARIO (Hudson Wa­ terways), October 12 — Chairman, C. L. Gonzales; Secretary, F. J. Vanlooy; Ship's Delegate, C.- L. Gon­ zales; Engine Delegate, Emile J. Olive; Steward Delegate, A. Romero. No beefs were reported. TRANSGLOBE (Hudson Water­ ways), October 5 — Chairman, R. Sohl; Secretary, T. Conway; Ship's Delegate, F. H. Katros; Deck Dele­ gate, A. Sison; Steward Delegate, Arthur G. Andersen. No beefs were reported. STEEL DESIGNER (Isthmian), October 16—Chairman, Verner Poulson; Secretary, Vasser Szymanski; Ship's Delegate, Donald M. King. No beefs and no disputed OT. COLUMBIA ROSE (Columbia), October 19^—Chairman, Lee J. Har­ vey: Secretary, Clyde H. LanierDeck Delegate, Charles Frev: Eneine Delegate, Elkin Kent; Steward De'agate, James E. Naaran. General discussion held regarding the good and welfare of the ship. Everything is running smoothly as a whole with no serious beefs. Some disputed OT in engine department. HATTIESBURG VICTORY (Al­ coa), September 14—Chairman, S. P. Morris; Secretary, E. C. Caudill. Ship's Delegate reported that every­ thing is running smoothly. HATTIESBURG VICTORY (Al­ coa), September 28--Chairman, S. P. Morris; Secretary, E. C. Caudill; Deck Delegate, Albert J. Costello; Engine Delegate, Walter Fitzgerald. No beefs. Everything is running smoothly. HATTIESBURG VICTORY (Al­ coa), October 19—Chairman, S. P. Morris: Secretary, E. C. Caudill; Ship's Delegate, S. P. Morris; Stew­ ard Delegate, Raymond Walters. Everything is running smoothly with no beefs. OVERSEAS CARRIER (Maritime Overseas), November 9—Chairman, Walter B. Chipman; Secretary, A. Siegler; Ship's Delegate, William S. Rudd; Deck Delegate, M. L. Me­ dina; Steward Delegate, S. Duplechin. Vote of thanks was extended to the entire steward department for a job well done. Best steward department in SIU. No beefs. Ev­ erything is running smoothly. Good Captain and good crew. DEL NORTE (Delta), November 9—Chairman, Jack Procell; Secre­ tary, R. E. Stought, Jr.; Ship's Dele­ gate, John R. Johnson: Deck Dele­ gate, G. Malazzo; Engine Delegate, Joseph G. Arch: .Steward Delegate, John T. Kelly. Jr. $153.47 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in engine department to be taken up with pa­ trolman. Very smooth voyage. Vote of thanks to the steward depart­ ment for a job well done. PONCE (Sea-Land), November 2— Chairman. H. W. Soillane: Secre­ tary. J. Kackur: Ship's Delegate, H. W. Spillane: Deck Delegate, H. W. Spillane; Engine Delegate. Ed­ ward L Haynes. Discussion held re­ garding oyerpriced items in the slon chest. Vote of thanks was extended to Brother Spillane for settling a few beefs. LOG December, 1969 BEAUREGARD (Sea-Land), Octo­ ber 30—Chairman, R Whitney; Sec­ retary, P Gonzalez; Deck Delegate, C. Dickens; Engine Delegate, Nick G. Lambros; Steward Delegate, Jo­ seph Kearnes. Discussion held re­ garding poor mail service to the ship. Some disputed OT in deck department. DELTA PARAGUAY (Delta), No­ vember 2 — Chairman, Albert E. Bourgot; Secretary, Charles J. Mitchell; Deck Delegate, John W. McNeelage; Engine Delegate, Frank W. Chavers; Steward Delegate, Rob­ ert V. Kennedy. No beefs were re­ ported by department delegates. STEEL VENDOR (States MarineIsthmian), November 8—Chairman, Alfred Hanstvedt: Secretary, Mi­ chael J. Dunn. No beefs and no disputed OT. Everything running smoothly so far. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward depart­ ment for a job well done. October 18—Chairman, Oscar Ste­ vens; Secretary, Roscoe L. Alford: Ship's Delegate, M. D., Green; Deck Delegate, A. Wetherington; Engine Delegate, H. T. Nash; Steward Del­ egate, L. T. Smith. No beefs and no disputed OT. Everying is in order. STEEL TRAVELER (Isthmian), ' November 16—Chairman, O. Her- ' nandez; Secretary, Iluminado R. Llenos; Ship's Delegate, Mike J. Berry. $13.05 in ship's fund. Few hours disputed OT in deck and en­ gine departments to be taken up with boarding patrolman. JAMES (Ogden Marine), Novem­ ber 11—Chairman, F. Finch: Secre­ tary, John R. Roberts: Deck Dele­ gate, A. Ezell: Engine Delegate, John S. Higgins. $30.25 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported by department delegates. ROBIN TRENT (Moore-McCormack), September 6—Chairman, F. J. Mears; Secretary, C. J. Nail; Ship's Delegate, P. Rubish; Engine Delegate, Claude D. Berry; Steward Delegate, O. R. Bailey. $34.70 in ship's fund. ,No beefs. Everything is running smoothly. Discussion held regarding retirement plan. Vote of thanks was extended to the stew­ ard department for a job well done. ANTINOUS (Waterman), October , 26—Chairman, Melvin Moore; Sec­ retary, J. McPhaul; Ship's Delegate, Melvin Moore; Deck Delegate, Shep- « pard Maris; Engine Delegate A. G. Milne; Steward Delegate, G. T. Auguino. Discussion held regarding vacation plan. $12.25 in ship's fund. » No disputed OT and no beefs. BETHFLOR (Bethlehem Steel), November 11—Chairman, Joseph Mi­ chael; Secretary, Vernon Douglas; Deck Delegate, Jerry H. Blan; En­ gine Delegate, Hector L. Duarte; Steward Delegate, Lorenzo Ranaldi. Disputed OT in deck department. • The crew would like to have a new TV set put aboard. AMERICAN PRIDE (American Sealanes), October 26—Chairman, J. Sampson: Secretary, W. L. Everett; Ship's Delegate. C. A. Roberts; Deck Delegate, W. A. Barlesta: Engine Delegate, W. E. Wilkinson: Steward Delegate, Ernest C. Brown. Few hours disputed OT in deck depart­ ment. VANTAGE HORIZON (Vancor), ROBIN TRENT (Moore-McCormack) October 3—Chairman, Wil­ liam Hale; Secretary, Grant March. No beefs were reported by depart­ ment delegates. FANWOOD (Waterman), October 19—Chairman, Anthony J. Kuberski: Secretary, Joseph N. Rioux; Deck Delegate, Wiley Maetkey; Engine Delegate, William Tauk; Steward Delegate, Thomas E. Markham. No beefs and no disputed OT reported by department delegates. SEATRAIN FLORIDA (Hudson TRENTON (Sea-Land), November Waterways), October 26—Chairman, 1—Chairman, Dan Butts: Secretary, E. B. Hardcastel; Secretary, M. E. C Dyesues; Ship's Delegate, Dan ' Greenwald; Ship's Delegate, E. B. Butts; Deck Delegate. John A. Hardcastel; Deck Delegate, J. Wil­ Owen; Engine Delegate, "rhomas F. son, Jr.; Engine Delegate, R. L. Bell; Delaney; Steward Delegate. Kenneth Steward Delegate, Gregorio Cortez. Bowman. $8.00 in Ship's fund. No No beefs and no disputed OT. Vote beefs were reported by department of thanks to the steward department delegates. for a job well done. JOPLIN VICTORY (Marine Car­ riers), September 14 — Chairman John N. Crews; Secretary, Carlos Diaz. Ship's delegate reported that eyerything is running smoothly with no beefs. JOPLIN VICTORY (Marine Car­ riers). October 12—Chairman. John N. Crews; Secretary, Carlos Diaz. No beefs were reported by department delegates. JOPLIN VICTORY (Marine Car­ riers), October 19—Chairman, .John N. Crews: Secretary, Carlos Diaz. Discussion held regarding welfare and retirement plan. No beefs were reported by department delegates. MONTICELLO VICTORY (Victory Carriers), October 25—Chairman A. Rudnicki: Secretary. E. Eyerett; Ship's Delegate. Enos E. Ott; Deck Delegate, L. Reinchuck; En­ gine Delegate. W. B. Blankenshin: Steward Delegate, Emilio Bnrreto. $19.00 in shin's fund. No beefs and no disputed OT. SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatrainl, October 26—Chairman, Frank J. Smith: Secretary. James W. Thomas: Ship's Delegate. Frank J. Smith; Deck Delegate. M. Jones: Engine Delegate. Clyde L. Van Eons. Members all in fayor of not adopt­ ing the procedure of holding meet­ ing every Sunday while shin is at sea, as there is seldom anything to discuss. PRODUCER (Marine Carriers), -• November 9—Chairman, Alfonso A. Armada; Secretary, William H. • Rhone; Ship's Delegate, William E. Richardson;, Deck Delegate, Wallace G. Renz, Jrf; Engine Delegate, Lyle H. Haddol; Steward Delegate, Jo­ seph Naurocki. Some disputed OT , in deck and engine' departments. Among many subjects, ventilation in crew's quarters was discussed. Vote of thanks to the steward de- ^ partment for a job well done. Beefs in steward department to be taken ' up with boarding patrolman. BUCKEYE PACIFIC (Buckeye), November 18—Chairman, Leon M. Kyser; Secretary, W. Harper; En­ gine Delegate, George E. Connell, Jr.; Steward Delegate, Americus C. Bell. Brother Leon M. Kyser was elected to serve as new ship's dele­ gate. Disputed OT to be taken up with boarding patrolman. SEATRAIN MAINE (Hudson Wa­ terways). October 19—Chairman, George King; Secretary, Sam W. McDonald; Ship's Delegate, George King, Deck Delegate, Robert Myers: Engine Delegate. Jaroslav Sommers: Steward Delegate, William Lennox. $29.00 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Vote of thanks was extended to tha steward department for a job well done. ELIZABETHPORT (Sea-Landl. October 12—Chairman and Shin's Delegate, Tom E. Kelsey: Secretary. Herb Knowles; Deck Delegate. R. Guerin: Engine Delegate, R. Snanraft; Steward Delegate, J. Silva. Discussion held regarding drinking water and water used for washing. Matter to be taken up with Union officials. COLUMBIA MARINER (Colum- ' bia), November 9—Chairman, Joseph , Savoca; Secretary, Woodrow W. Perkins; Deck Delegate, H. Willing- ham; Engine Delegate, S. V. Marano; Steward Delegate, Paul Capo. No beefs and no disputed OT, Vote of thanks was extended to Brothers Woody Perkins and Red McDonald for getting permission to set up old ice-making machine for cooling off * soft drinks. IBERVILLE (Waterman), Novem­ ber 16—Chairman, Benny Brinson; Secretary, Larry Kilgore; Ship's Delegate, Benny Brinson. Brother Ray Casonova was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. Disputed OT in deck department. HALCYON TIGER (Halcyon), Oc­ tober 21—Chairman, John Brady: Secretary, Michael Tot.h; Shin's Delegate, John Brady; Deck Dele­ gate, John Brady, Engine Delegate, William D. Cooper; Steward Dele­ gate, Bert M. Winfield. Very cooperntiye crew on board. Vote of thanks to the entire steward depart­ ment for the fine food, pastries, etc. TR\NSERTE (Hudson Water­ ways), October 12—Chairman, V. V. Hakkarainen; Secretary, W. B. Yarbrough: Ship's Delegate. H. RuclfiDeck Delegate. T. E. Anderson- En­ gine Delegate, I. W. Flavio- Steward Delegate, R. W. Elliott. $40.00 in ship's fund. No beefs and no dis­ puted OT. HATTIESBURG VICTORY (Al­ coa), November 23—Chairman. S. P. • Morris: Secretary, E C. Candell; Deck Delegate, Albert J. Costello; Engine Delegate, Walter E. Fitz- . gerald; Steward Delegate, Raymond T. Walters. COLUMBIA TIGER (Columbia), November 15 — Chairman, Mickel Casanuieva; Secretary, George M. "Williams; Ship's Delegate, Nicholas W. Funken; Deck Delegate, Nicho-, las W. Funken; Engine Delegate, Leo Crawford; Steward Delegate, John D. Scott. No beefs were re­ ported by department delegates. DEL ALBA, (Delta), November 5 —Chairman, W. Eschuck, Jr.: Sec­ retary, L. D. Croom, Jr.; Ship's Del­ egate, Frank Rodriguez, Jr.; Deck Delegate, J. B. Cowan; Engine Del­ egate, J. H. Heifer; Steward Dele­ gate, C. M. Dials. $15.00 in ship's fund. A few items to be taken up with boarding patrolman. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. DEL ALBA (Delta), September 16 —Chairman, William Eschuk, Jr.; Secretary, Louis D. Croom, Jr.; Ship's Delegate, Frank Rodriguez, Jr.; Deck Delegate, Lee E. Gillian; Engine Delegate, J. H. Heifer; Stew­ ard Delegate, C. M. Dials. Crewmembelrs request that a Union food plan man come aboard ship at the first U.S. port. Motion made to ask ' Union to get together with Com­ pany regarding transportation back and forth to ships at Sunny Point. $10.00 in ship's fund. No disputed OT. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. PONCE (Sea-Land), October 7— Chairman, H. W. Spillane; Secre­ tary. J. Kackur; Ship's Delegate, H. W. Spillane; Engine Delegate, Edward flaynie. Steward Delegate. W. Wallace. No beefs were reported by department delegates. HATTIESBURG VICTORY (Vic­ tory), November 2—Chairman, W. P. Morris; Secretary, E. C. Caudell; Deck Delegate, A. J. Costello; En­ gine Delegate, Walter E. Fitzgerald: Steward Delegate, Raymond Wal­ ters. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for a iob well done. Everything is running smoothly. RAPHAEL SEMMES (Sea-Land), November 1—Chairman. J. Lewis; Secretary, Harvey M. Lee; Ship's Delegate, Jesse Lewis; Deck Dele­ gate, R. O'Dowd; Engine Delegate, Earl H. Fain; Steward Delegate, A. S. Sze. Discussion held regarding retirement plan. Disputed OT in deck department. DAGAMA (Crest Overseas), Octo­ ber 19—Chairman, G. Selix; Secre­ tary, J. E. Higgins; Ship's Delegate, John Sullivan; Deck Delegate, John Sullivan; Engine Delegate, R. Wil­ son; Steward Delegate, R. Potorski. Some disputed OT in deck depart­ ment. OVERSEAS NATALIE (Maritime Overseas), October 15—Chairman, John A. Dunne; Secretary, Juan Mojica: Ship's Delegate, P. L. Waters. $27.00 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported by department delegates. OGDEN WILLAMETTE (Ogden Marine), November 2 — Chairman, Edwin C. Craddock: Secretary, Cleveland R. Wolfe: Ship's Delegate, Walter D. Makin; Deck Delegate, W. T. Gardner; Engine Delegate, B. D. Burns; Steward Delegate, Walter D. Makin. The crewmembers of this ship are very proud of their new ship and all the conveniences. No. beefs and no disputed OT. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job >vell done. COLUMBIA (U.S. Steel), Novem­ ber 2—Chairman. B. J. Waturski: Secretary, M. S. Sospina: Deck Del­ egate Richard Heffiey; Engine Del­ egate Walter Cressman. No beefs everything is running smoothly. Very good crew aboard ship. CLAIBORNE (Sea-Land), Novem­ ber 2—Chairman, James Dixon; Sec­ retary. James Pursell; Ship's Dele­ gate. Walter Dunn; Deck Delegate, William Koche; Engine Delegate, Allan G. Tigha; Steward Delegate, Leo J. Gomes. Small amount of dis­ puted OT in deck department. ROBIN GRAY (Moore-McCormack), November 9—Chairman, C. Jorden: Secretary, H. Donnelly: Ship's Delegate, "T. Fosberg: Deck Delegate, Ed Delaney; Engine Del­ egate, Roy Nugent: Steward Dele­ gate, Herman L. Evans. No beefs were reported by department dele­ gates. KYSKA (Waterman), October. 8— Chairman, J. M. Elwell; Secretary, G. C. Turner; Ship's Delegate, J. M. Elwell. No beefs were reported by department delegates. FAIRLAND (Sea-Land), October 12—Chairman, R. Hodges; Secre­ tary, K. Lynch: Deck Delegate, Wil­ liam Doran; Engine Delegate, Rob­ ert H. Caldwell. No beefs were re­ ported by department delegates. FAIRLAND (Sea-Land), November 11—Chairman, R. Hodges; Secre­ tary, K. Lynch; Deck Delegate, Wil­ liam Doran; Engine Delegate, Rob­ ert H. Caldwell. Repair list made up. No beefs. Some disputed OT in engine department. SEATRAIN OHIO (Seatrain), No­ vember 2—Chairman, R. L. Ander­ son; Secretary, W. E. Messenger; Ship's Delegate, Robert L Ander­ son; Deck Delegate, M. Armenteros; Engine Delegate, Bobby Spencer; Steward Delegate, Richard A. Mor­ gan. Five men paid off during voy­ age. Three men were replaced. A number of beefs to be taken up with boarding patrolman. PENN CHALLENGER (Penn Shipping), October 2—Chairman, A. N. Boney; Secretary, S. J. Davis; Ship's Delegate, Anthony J. Oro; Deck Delegate, Walter L. Stewart; Engine Delegate, Roy L. Cuthrell; Steward Delegate, Clarence Willey. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department, especially to Brother Samuel J. Davis, chief stew­ ard, who put out some of the best menus ever. No disputed OT and no beefs. Everything running smoothly and everybody is happy. STEEL FLYER (Isthmian), Sep­ tember 7—Chairman, Manuel Landran; Secretary, Harris L. Bennett; Ship's Delegate. Herbert Leake. $10.00 in ship's fund. No beefs re­ ported by department delegates. SAN FRANCISCO (Sea-Land), November 16 — Chairman, M. B. Woods; Secretary, H. A. Galicki; Ship's Delegate, Malcolm R. Woods; Deck Delegate, Michael Gurry; Steward Delegate, Morris Berlowitz. Discussion held regarding increase in vacation plan for Sea-Land ships. $30.00 in movie fund. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. OVERSEAS TRAVELER (Mari­ time Overseas), November 16— Chairman, John Gallagher; Secre­ tary, Jorge Morrero; Deck Delegate, Steve Mosakowski; Engine Delegate, Ray Shaynick; Steward Delegate. Pedro Arteaga. Some disputed OT in deck and engine departments. COLUMBIA TRADER (Columbia). November 17 — Chairman, W. G. Kelly; Secretary, John Hauser; Ship's Delegate, James P. Balderston; Deck Delegate, William A. DeLappe; Engine Delegate, J. A. Sulli­ van; Steward Delegate, A. L. Yarborough. Vote of thanks was ex­ tended to the ship's delegate, stew­ ard, cooks and baker for a job well done. No mail received from head­ quarters during entire three-month trip. No disputed OT. STEEL FLYER (Isthmian) Au­ gust 31—Chairman, Manuel Landran; Secretary, Harris L. Bennett; Ship's Delegdte, Herbert Leake. $10.00 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported by department delegates. PERRY (Marine Traders),Novem­ ber 26—Chairman, Marion E. Seech­ ing; Secretary, Virgil L. Swanson; Deck Delegi.te, E. Duxbury; Engine Delegate, H. H. Farr; Steward Dele­ gate, E. A. Kirchan. $5.00 ii\ ship's fund. No beefs were reported by department delegates. �December, 1969 u • " ^ ' ' . Jose Rivera, 65; Seafarer RU Victor, when he died. Burial was vera died on March 27, 1968, in St. Raymond Cemetery, in Arec ibo, Bronx, New York. Brother Soto Puerto Rico had been sailing the seas since from arterioscle­ 1917. rosis. He was a —\3>— native of BarceTheodore F. Burgess, 60: loneta, Puerto Brother Burgess died in Su­ Rico and was livperior, Wiscon­ ^ ' ing in Arecibo at sin, on October ' \ the time of his 22 from heart death. Brother Rivera was an disease. He was SIU pensioner who retired in a native of 1967. He joined the Union in Rhode Island the port of New York in 1943 and was making and sailed in the steward de­ his home in Su­ partment as a cook. His last perior with his vessel was the Detroit. Seafarer wife, Ernestein, when he died. Rivera received a personal safe­ ty award for his part in making Seafarer Burgess joined the SIU the Elizabeth an accident free in Duluth in 1960 and sailed in ship during the first half of 1960. the engine department as a fire­ Brother Rivera had been sail­ man. Burial was in Calvary ing since 1927. Survivors in­ Cemetery, Superior. clude his son, Victor Jose <1> Rivera. Samuel Spenco* Lyie, 58: Brother Lyle died on Septem­ ber 17 aboard John Frank Yodice, 22: the National De­ Brother Yodice died on October 9 while working fender from nat­ ural causes. He on board the was a member of Mobile between the engine de­ the ports of Rot­ partment and terdam, The joined the SIU Netherlands, and Bremen, Ger­ in the Port of many. Seafarer New Orleans in 1947. Seafarer Yodice joined Lyle was a native of Alabama the SIU in the Port of New and was making his home in York in 1965 and sailed in the Crosby, Texas, when he died. deck department as an AB. In Among his survivors are a 1965 he graduated from the brother, Ross Franklin Lyle. Harry Lundeberg School of Sea^ manship. A native of New York. Brother Yodice was living Onni Nikolai Peltomaa, 52: in Brooklyn with his father, Mi­ Seafarer Peltomaa died on chael, when he passed away. September 5 fol­ lowing an acci­ .1. dent suffered while sailing Marion Sharpe, 64: Seafarer aboard the Steel Sharpe died on October 18 in Admiral. He was Dover Town­ a native of Fin­ ship, New Jersey. land and was He was a native making his of South Caro­ home in Flushing, New York, lina and was making his home with his wife, Edith, at the time in Toms River, of his death. Brother Peltomaa New Jersey with joined the Union in the Port of his wife, Gladys, New York in 1944 and sailed at the time of his death. Broth­ in the engine department as an er Sharpe joined the SIU in the oiler. His career at sea began in Port of New York in 1940 and 1936. retired on SIU Pension in 1965. He had served in the deck de­ George Alvin Logan, 36: partment as an AB and his last Brother Logan died on October vessel was the Steel Apprentice. 21 following a Brother Sharpe began his sailing heart attack on career in 1932. board the Transhuron. Seafarer Logan graduated Juan Soto, 68: Seafarer Soto from the SIU's passed away on October 12 in Andrew FuruMount Sinai seth Training Hospital, New School in 1960 York. He worked and four years later success­ in the deck de­ fully completed the Union's up­ partment as a grading program. He served in bos'n and had the deck department as bos'n. last sailed A native of Alabama, Seafarer aboard, the Logan joined the Union in Mo­ ^ i Ponce. A mem­ bile in 1960. He was making ber of the Union since 1952 his home in Qayton, Alabama, when he joined in the Port of when he passed away. Among New York, Brother Soto was a Brother Logan's survivors are native of Puerto Rico and was his wife, Kathryn and a brother, living in Manhattan with his son. John W. Logan. SEAFARERS Page Twenty Nine LOG Guy F, Plahn, 59: Brother Plahn passed away on Septem­ ber 2, 1969 in San Francisco General Hospital from meningitis. He joined the SIU in the Port of New York in , . 1947 and sailed ^ in the engine de­ partment as an electrician. His last vessel was the Raphael Semmes. A native of Iowa, Seafarer Plahn had been making his home in New Orleans with his wife, Anna, up until the time of his death. ^ Florencio H. Medina, 71: Brother Medina died of bron' chopneumonia on August 28 at Professional Building Hos­ pital, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Seafarer Medina was a native of Puerto Rico and was living there when he died. He joined the SIU in the Port of New York and retired from the sea on SIU pension in 1956. He had sailed in the steward department as a chief cook and his last vessel was the Alcoa Planter. Brother Medina was sailing for 31 years when he re­ tired. Among his survivors are a daughter, Esther Maria Me­ dina, Burial was in Villa Palmeras Cemetery, Santurce, Puerto Rico. -— Wa'ter Emerson Murray, 73: Seafarer Murray was an SIU pensioner who died on October 20 in Presbyte­ rian Hospital, Philadelphia from heart dis­ ease. He joined the Union in the Port of Phila­ delphia and sailed as the captain of a tugboat for Taylor and Anderson Towing and Lighter­ age Company. Brother Murray retired from the sea in 1962 and was living in Philadelphia with his sister, Mrs. William M. Henry. Seafarer Murray was a native of Philadelphia. Burial services were in Fernwood Cem­ etery, Fernwood, Pennsylvania. Beriin Bernard Saunders, 74: Brother Saunders died on Octo­ ber 10 in USPHS Hospital, Staten Island. He was a native of Flor^ f ida and was making his home there with his wife, Jennie, when he passed away. Seafarer Saunders was a pensioner and old-time member of the SIU. He joined the Union in 1939 in Florida and sailed in the steward department. His last vessel was the Del Monte. Brother Saunders, an Army vet­ eran of World War II, had been sailing for 27 years when he re­ tired. Burial was in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Miami, Florida. You Hong Kim, 60: Seafarer Kim died from heart disease on October 19 in Yokohama, Ja­ pan. Brother Kim was a native of Hawaii and was making his home in San Francisco with his wife, Unsook, when he passed away. He joined the Union in San Francisco in 1952 and sailed in the engine department as chief electrician. His last vessel was the Steel Worker. Eizdmie Fisher,' 56: Seafarer Fisher passed away on Novem­ ber 13 at USPHS Hospital, New Orleans from a massive hemor­ rhage. He joined the SIU in the Port of New Orleans in 1945 and sailed in the steward department as a messman. Seafarer Fisher was a na­ tive of Louisiana and was mak­ ing his home in New Orleans with his wife, Catherine, when he died. His last vessel was the Citadel Victory. Burial was in New Orleans. Robert Oliver Bradford, 19: Seafarer Bradford died aboard the Hattiesburg Victory on July 25 as the result of an accident. He joined the Union in the Port of New Orleans in 1968 and graduated from the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship on August 28 of that year. Brother Brad­ ford sailed in the engine depart­ ment as a wiper. A native of New Orleans, young Bradford was making his home in Metairie, Louisiana, with his mother, Alice, when he passed away. ^1, Timothy Pat Sullivan, 49: Brother Sullivan died on Octo­ ber 4 from res­ piratory failure at USPHS Hos­ pital, Baltimore. Seafarer Sulli­ van joined the SIU in Balti­ more in 1943 and sailed in the deck department as an AB. His last vessel was the Portmar. A native of North Carolina, Brother Sullivan was making his home in Baltimore when he died. Survivors include his brother, Roger W. Sullivan. Burial was in Gardens of Faith Cemetery, Baltimore. Superdome for New Orleans Backed by MTD Port Council NEW ORLEANS—A new 80,000-capacity domed sta­ dium, to be called the Louisiana Superdome and incorporating many unique features has been projected for completion here by 1973. The structure has received the enthusiastic endorsement of the Maritime Council of Greater New Orleans and Vicinity of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department. A resolution supporting the project was imanimously approved at a meet­ ing at the SIU hall here last month, and signed by SIUNA Vice President Lindsey J; Williams, President of the local MTD Council; and C. J. (Buck) Stephens, Council SecretaryTreasurer and SIU Port Agent. "The Louisiana Superdome is many things," the resolution declared. "It is a midweek downtown parking complex, it is a Madison Square Garden arena, it is a great convention and trade show center, it is a giant screen television theatre, it is the first of the king-sized auditoriums, and it is the world's finest football-baseball stadium." Among the features to be incorporated are parking facilities for 5,000 cars, a 20,000-seat arena with up-close seating on all four sides, and a synthetic grass baseball-football playing field which rolls back to expose an all-piupose floor suitable for giant conventions, trade shows and a variety of mass audience entertainment. Advanced theatrical lighting will be used. Eight giant color television screens, each 50 feet by 37.5 feet, will be readily viewable from every seat. Besides per­ mitting "instant replay" during stadium events, they will also be available for closed-circuit showings of Broadway plays. Las Vegas shows, prize fights and college football. The Superdome is to be located in New Orleans central business district and Vieux Carre. The Maritime Council urged the stadium commission to take all necessary steps to speed actual construction as "absolutely essential to the future economic growth of the New Orleans area." �Page Thirty SEAFARERS LOG Letter Carriers Ask FTC to Curb Bogus Competitor SIU-AGLIWD Meetings New Orleans Mobile .... WilmingtiNi San Fran. .. Seattle .... New York . Pbilade^a Baltiniore .. Detroit .... Houston ... Jan^ Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jmi. Jan. Jan. Jan. 13—2:30 p.ni. 14—^2:30 p.ni. 19—2:00 p.ni. 21—^2:00 p.m. 24—2:00 p.ni. 5—2:30 p.m. 6—2:30 p.m. 7—^2:30 p.m. 9—2:30 p.m. 12—^2:30 p.m. iffllBCTORYof lUNlONHALLS SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers United Industrifri Woricers New Orleans Mobtie New York . Pbtiadelpliia Baltimore .. tHoustmi .. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. 13—^7:00^p.m. 14—^7:00 p.m. 5—^7:00 p.m. 6—7:00 p.m. 7—^7:00 p.m. 12—^7:00 p.ni. PRESIDENT Paul Hall EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cal Tannar VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shapard Llndiay Williams Al Tanner Robart Matthaws SECRiTARV-TREASURER Great Lakes SIU Meetings Detrttit .. Alpena .. Buffalo .. Chicago . Dulnth .. Frankfort Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. 5—2:00 p.m. 5—7:00 p.m. 5—7:00 p.ni. 5—7:30 p.m. 5—^7:00 p.m. 5—7:00 p.m. Great Lidces Tug and Dredge Section Chicago ... tSault St Marie Buffalo .... Duluth Clevdiand .. Toledo Detroit .... Milwaukee . Jan. 13—7:30 p.m. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. 15—7:30 p.m. 14—^7:30 p.m. 16—^7:30 p.m. 16—7:30 p.ni. 16—^7:30 p.m. 12—7:30 p.m. 12—^7:30 p.m. SIU Biland Boatmen's Unkm New Orlemis Jan. 13—5:00 p.m. Mobile .... Jan. 14—5:00 p.m. Philadelidua Jmi. 6—5:00 p.m. Bdtimore (licensed and unliceiNed '. Jan. 7—5:00 p.m. Norfolk ... Jan. 8—5:00 p.m. Houston ... Jan. 12—^5:00 p.m. R^way Marine Region Phaadeiphia Jan. 13—10 BaMknore Jan.' 14—10 ^Norfolk Jan. 15—10 Jersey City Jan. 12—10 ""lifrTir'.llft RALTIMORE, Md lilt E. laltlmera St. (301) EA 7-4«0 BOSTON. Mass U3 Atlantic Avanua (il7) 4S2-47I& BUFFALO. N.y 7K Washington St. SIU (714) TL 3-92S? IBU (714) TL 3-f25f CHICAeO, III wa Ewing Ava. SIU (312) SA 1-0733 IBU (312) ES S-t570 1420 W. 2Sth St. (214) MA I-54S0 CLEVELAND. Ohio DETROIT, Mich 10125 W. Jaffarson Ava. DULUTH. Minn 2014 W. 3rd St. (218) RA 2-4110 (313) VI 3-4741 FRANKFORT. MIeh P.O. Box 207 4IS Main St. (414) EL 7-2441 HOUSTON, Tax 5004 Canal St. (713) WA 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE. Fla. ...T.... 2400 Paarl St. (704) EL 3-0987 JERSEY CITY. N.J 99 Montgomary St. (201) HE 5-9424 MOBILE, Ala I South Lawranca St. (205) HE 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS. La NORFOLK, Va .9r 430 Jackson Ava. (504) 529-7544 'i 115 3rd St. (703) 422-1892 PHILADELPHIA. Pa 2404 S. 4th St. (215) DE 4-3818 PORT ARTHUR. Tax 1340 Savanth St. SAN FRANCISCO. Calif., 1531 Mission St. (415) 424-4793 SANTURCE, P.R. .. . III3 Farnandai Juneos Stop 20 724-2848 am. & 8 p.m. SEAHLE, Wash 2505 First Avanua (204) MA 3-4334 am. & 8 p.m. ST. LOUIS, Mo 4577 Gravols Blvd. am. & 8 p.m. TAMPA. Fla (314) 752-4500 TOLEDO, Ohio a.m. & 8 p.m. t Meeting held at Galveston wharves, t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. • Meeting held at Labor Temple, New­ port News. 312 Harrison St. (813) 229-2788 935 Summit St. (419) 248-3491 WILMINGTON, Callf^ 450 Saaslda Ava. Tarmlnal Island, Calif. (213) 832-7285 YOKOHAMA, Japan..Iseya BIdg.. Room 801 1-2 Kalgan-Dori-Nakaku 2014971 Ext. 281 WASHINGTON—The "un­ fair and deceptive" practices of a company that represents itself as a "postal system" have been brought to the attention of the government by President James H. Rademacher of the Letter Carriers. He called upon the Federal Trade Commission to stop the Independent Postal System of America, Oklahoma (3ty, from violating the iederal law giving the government the exclusive right to operate a postal system and handle mail. Rademacher charged the firm, which operttes in cities through­ out the United States, is illegally using terms such as "postal" and "mail" in its advertising. He also asked FTC to halt another "deceptive" practice of the company — that of putting their employees "in ui^orms similar to those of government mailmen to deliver their circu­ lars." AFL-CIO Unions Win Majority of Elections Unions won bargaining rights for 202,000 workers in elections during fiscal 1969, the National Labor Relations Board reported. The victory margin for unions was 55.5 percent of the 7,699 elections conducted from July 1968 through June 1969, the NLRB said. From January through June 1969, another report broke the 3,815 elections down as to union victories— 50.5 percent for AFL-CIO affiliates, 50.2 percent for the Teamsters and 55.9 percent for other unaffiliated unions. During the 6-month pe­ riod, these valid votes were cast in board elections; 49,937 in elections won by AFL-CIO unions; 38,(X)0 for imaffiliated unions and 22,0(X) for no union. Decemlier, 1969 AVi:-- UNF TO LABOji 1 Seafarers and their families are urged to support a consumer boy­ cott by trade unionists against various companies whose products are produced under non-union conditions, or which are "unfair to labor." (This listing carries the name of the AFL-CIO unions in­ volved, and will be amended from time to time.) v|> Genend EJectric Company and Hotpcint Products (CcM>rdinated Bargaining (Committee for 150,000 GE Workers) Atlantic Products Sports Goods (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) vl> Jamestown Sterling Corp. ^United Furniture Workers) —d,— White Furniture Co. (United Furniture Workers of America) Gypsum Walihoard, American Gypsum Co. (United Cement Lime and Gypsum Workers International) —— —^ Stitzel-Wellcr DistiUerics "Old Fitzgerald," "Old EDc" "Cabin StiU," W. L. Weller Bourbon whldceys (Distillery Workers) R1> Klngsport Press "World Book," "Cblldcrafl" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) Genesco Shoe Mfg. Co. Work Shoes . . . Sentry, Cedar Chest, Statler Men's Shoes . . . Jarman, Johnson & Murphy, Crestwortb, (Boot and Shoe Workers' Union) Boren Clay Products Co. (United Brick and Clay Workers) —^ "HIS" brand men's clothes Kaynee Boyswear, Judy Bond blouses, Hanes Knitwear, Randa Ties, Boss Gloves Richman Bros, and Sewell Suits, Wing Shirts (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Camels, Winston, Tempo, Brandon, Cavalier and Salem cigarettes (Tobacco Workers International Union) -RJ> Comet Rice Mills Co. products (International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drinks and Distillery Workers) v|> Pioneer Flour Mill (United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers Local 110, San Antonio, Texas) ^ All California Table Grapes (United Farm Workers) PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unlesa an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstances should any member pay any money for any reason unlesa he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every sU months in the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitution. In addition, copies are available in all Union halls. All nxembers should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obli­ gation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension bene­ fits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, inciuding attend­ ance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU members at these Union meet­ ings, they are encouraged to take an active roie in all rank-and-file functions, in­ cluding service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union pol­ icy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Conse­ quently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If s'ly member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic righto of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve the best interests of tbemseives, their families and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was established. Donations to SPAD are entirely voluntary and constitute the funds through which legislative and political activities are conducted for the benefit of the membership and the Union. If at any time a Seafarer feds that say of ths above righto have boon vMatsd, or that ho has broa doalod his constltatloBal right of access to Union records or in­ formation, ho shodd immsdiatoly nottfy SIU Prosldsnt Pnal HaU at hcadqnartors by eortilod nmil, rotnm receipt roqnsstsd. ^ Magic Chef Pan Pacific Division (Stove, Furnace and Allied Appliance Workers International Union) Fisher Price Toys (Doll and Toy Workers) v|> Economy Furniture Co. Smithtown Maple Western Provincial Bilt-Rite (Upholsterers) Upset in Wissonsin Beats Right Winger FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguardinB the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. All Union records are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. Ali these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall equally consist of union and management representatives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust fun^ are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. Ali trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in ail Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: Ekirl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place, Suite 1930, New York 4, N. Y. Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracto are avaUable in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union oflScial, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights prop­ erly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established jmlicy has been reaffirmed by membersbip action at the September, 1960, meetings iu all constitu­ tional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate,' from among its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. " JEFFERSON, Wis. — A liberal Democrat upset a I prominent right-wing ReI publican in a special elecItion for a Wisconsin state i Senate seat that had been considered safely Republiican. Democrat Dale McKenna [defeated David Keene, na­ tional president of the coni servative Young Americans 1 for Freedom. Keene ran on i a "cut-the-budget" platform, i attacking funds for welfare I programs and urban aid. The Madison, Wis., Capii tal Times termed the Demoi cratic victory in a normally I conservative district "a mai jor political upset." �December, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Thirty One SlrLttfes Bo^ RAINING AT the Harry Lundeberg School Seaman­ ship to prepare a young man for his first trip to sea includes more than classroom indoctrination. In ad­ dition to providing the training to qualify every entry rating for his lifeboat endorsement, the program also introduces the trainee to shipboard life by actually put­ ting him aboard a steam-driven vessel. Before they leave the school for their first trip, every trainee goes aboard the HLSS training ship Dauntless to live and work. During his stay aboard, the trainee gets practical on-the-job experience in the kind of work he will be doing as a crewmember of the deck, engine and steward department on SlU-contracted freightships and tankers. The trainees bunk in the crew's foc'sle, stand gangway watches, and perform all of the cleaning and mainte­ nance work they will later be required to do when they ship out. While on board, they are supervised by experi­ enced SIU Seafarers, and by the mates and engineers. The HLSS program is providing the young man who is preparing to go to sea with the best training program and facilities available anywhere- in the United States. T Lifeboat Instructor Paul McSaharn v/atches as the Dauntless' trainee crew secures the No. 2 boat. Lifeboat drills are held regularly on the ship. HLSS Instructor Paul McGaharn discusses day's work assignments in the engine room of the Dauntless with trainee bosun Herbert Spencer. Standing watch in the engine room this trainee polishes the bright work. Trainees work'with the engineer to maintain the engine room in top shape. Trainees work in all three departments on the Dauntless. Here, steward trainees serve lunch to the ship's deck and engine crewmen. In addition to learning their duties as wipers, trainees also get experience learning the duties of fireman, oiler and watertender to better equip them for their first trip. Deck trainees sand down seams on the newlyflberglassed decks. All deck and engine work is supervised by experienced rated Seafarers. Trainee installs a burner in the ship's fire room. Trainees become thoroughly familiar with wiper's duties during their assignment aboard the Dauntless. �Vol. XXXI No. 14 SEAFARERS^LOG December 1969 Pr.'/ fSiiii| N. ji< • y •:9 4. . n i5r'c£'::yx' ^•,,;- r': I P. J. *1 . ' ufc' V 'U."> 4\ 1 j;"".' ,. ,^1 5^1 fvV^ •^5 1 IjfeJ- -I ofT"e LOG which ' -'|P' • ' ^ ^ rk'",'-"' " ^ ' ' • - ' IfS PENN CHAMPION is a good feeder, says crew, and here's fhe reason. (L-R): Z. A. Markris, steward; M. W, Yohan, messman; George Chang, baker; G. Russell, mess; W. R. Smith, chief cook and delegate. Russell Henry, bosun and ship's chairman, chats with SlU Representative Paul McGaharn during lunch break. Henry reported a smooth trip with a few minor beefs. Chief Pumpman Donald Gore works on deck with crew as the tanker prepares to discharge fuel oil cargo a'i Steuart Petroleum Terminal at Piney Point, Marylandl f � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1960-1969 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXII-XXXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. 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Title A name given to the resource December 1969 Description An account of the resource Headlines: THE STAKES ARE HIGH IN THE GE STRIKE SIU’S FIVE YEAR BATTLE ENDS IN GALVESTON VICTORY BANNING OF MULTIPLE SUBSIDIES VITAL TO WORTHWHILE MARITIME LEGISLATION GILBERT PREDICTS A MAJOR ASSAULT BY OIL INTERESTS AGAINST JONES ACT NEGLIGENCE ON SOVIET FISHING BOATS DEPLORED BY RUSSIAN ADMINISTRATOR TOUGH POLICING OF 12 MILE FISH ZONE GOAL OF NEW GARMATZ BILL IN HOUSE PARTY OPERATES RED CHINA’S UNIONS AS TRANSMISSION BELT FOR WORKERS CONSUMERS ALWAYS COME UP LOSERS IN DRUG MAKERS’ RIGGED NAME GAME TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE FOR SAFETY AT SEA NEW TAFT-HARTLEY LAW AMENDMENT LIFTS BAN ON JOINT FUND PROGRAMS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HYPORCRITICAL FOR BEMOANING WAGES FRAUDEULENT CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS ROB DROP-OUTS, LOW WAGE EARNERS RAISE IN MEDICARE PAYMENTS FORCED BY SOARING BILLS FOR MD SERVICES LABOR ROLLS UP 75% VICTORY RECORD IN 2 YEARS BEFORE SUPREME COURT FREE UNIONS CALLED MAIN FOUNDATION OF STRUGGLE TO OPPOSE DICTATORSHIPS INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT NECESSARY TO CURB MEXICAN BORDER PLANTS SY DAUNTLESS PROVIDES ON THE JOB TRAINING Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/1969 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXXI, No. 14 1969 Periodicals Seafarers Log