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May 1972
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�National Ji^aritime Day Set for May 22;
Emphasizes Country's Merchant Fleet Role
President Nixon has set aside May 22 as "National Maritime Day" fot the
purpose of honoring the American Merchant Marine, it was announced recently
by the White House.
In a special proclamation, the nation's chief executive stressed the importance
of the coimtry's merchant fleet to national security and the overall economy.
Following is the text of the proclamation;
"The spirit of America has long
that venturesome spirit of maritime
been recognized in the speed of her
enterprise that has contributed so sig
ships and the skill of her sailors. Long
nificantly to the strength and develop
ago, the French historian de Tocquement of our nation. Today we have a
ville told the story of meeting an
national commitment and program to
American sailor on his 1831 visit to
revitalize our merchant marine and
this country and asking him to explain
improve the competitive position of
why American ships seemed built to
our shipbuilding industry.
last but a short time. The sailor replied
with no hesitation that the finest of
"This new program will generate ,
vessels would become useless if it
the construction of many new ships,
lasted beyond a few years because the
advanced in design and highly produc
art of navigation was making such
tive. It should help to ensure that the
rapid progress.
American merchant marine is once
again one of the most modem and
"In the sailor's certainty that with
efficient in the world by the end of
tomorrow would arrive something new
this decade.
and better, de Tocqueville recognized
"It is important that all Americans
the attitude upon which 'a great people
realize the importance of our merchant
direct all their concerns'. Over the
marine to the nation's economy and
years other nations have built upon
security. To promote such public
the success of our example—and they
awareness, each year since 1933, when
have built merchant fleets able to com
the Congress designated the anni
pete successfully with our own.
versary of the first transatlantic voy
"In America, the Merchant Marine
age by a steamship, the 55 Savannah,
Act of 1970 is once again awakening
on May 22, 1819, as National Mari
time Day, successive Presidents have
issued proclamations calling for public
observance of that day.
"Now, therefore, I, Richard Nbcon,
President of the United States of
America, do hereby urge the people of
the United States to honor our Amer
ican merchant marine on May 22,
1972, by displaying the flag of the
United States at their htunes and other
suitable places, and I request that all
ships sailing under the American flag
dress ship on that day."
Delta Lines Signs $8 Million
Contract for LASH Barges
The SlU-contracted Delta Steam
ship Lines has completed development
contracts for barge carrying ocean
vessels with a Gulf Coast shipyard.
Delta, which has on order three
LASH vessels, has contracted for 100
of the barges to be carried in the
mother ships. The approximately $8
million contract has an option under
which DeUa can order an additional
100 of the craft, which are also known
as "lighters."
LASH is an acronym for LighterAboaid-Ship, the registered name for
the barge carrying ship. The concept
involves a giant size mother vessel,
which carries numerous barges with
up to 360 tons of cargo in interior
holds. The barges, or "lighters," are
loaded or stripped of cargo while the
mother vessel is in ocean transit, and
each is loaded or discharged from the
main vessel by travelling gantry cranes
capable of lifting more than 500 tons.
The original LASH vessels ordered
by the company are already under con
struction and the fiirst of the three are
scheduled for delivery somtime this
year. The barges contracted for are
due to be delivered to Delta at about
the same time.
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Domestic Shipping Session Offers Hope
One of the hopeful signs for those of us concerned
about the course of America's maritime industry is the
amount and kind of attention being paid to all kinds of
shipping by the Maritime Administration.
For example, take the recently completed laborindustry-govemment conference on domestic shipping
held in St. Louis, Mo.
More than 100 top-level people from all three phases
of the maritime community gathered and spent five work
ing days reviewing problems not just in East Coast
shipping, but also problems facing the drastically under
used Great Lakes and inland waterways.
The work of the conferees was done in four panel
sessions, concentrating on identifying problem areas and
suggesting a five-year plan for MARAD to embark on
solutions to the problems cited.
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Specific topics concerned operations and facilities, leg
islation and regulation, finance and insurance, and re
search and development.
The panels were chaired by experts drawn from domes
tic shipping companies and the SIU was fully represented
at each session.
Aside from working on the panels, those attending the
conference heard speeches by Rep. Leonor K. Sullivan
(D-Mo.) who represents the Port of St. Louis arid serves
on the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee;
and Andrew E. Gibson, assistant secretary of commerce
for maritime affairs in whose tenure in office MARAD's
role has been expanded and extended.
The new attitude in MARAD brought this conference
about and, it was particularly jsignificant because it
showed real participation of the inland waters' carriers
and the Great Lakes shipping right along with the ocean
carriers.
The proposals tbt changes in the industry range from
the vital clearing up of the confusing welter of regulations
that affect the inland water curators, to doing away with
users taxes on the inland waterways, something that this
union has supported for many years.
There are also recommendations to ease the financial
burden of building vessels to operate on the inland water
ways, to obtain increased vessel insurance limits and to
create methods of regulation of pollution.
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MARAD has promised to give these proposals full,
thoughtful consideration over the next four weeks and
will report back to the conferees in Jime.
That is a truly hopeful sign f<» those of us who care
about this industry.
We in the SIU have be^n sfying for a long time now
«that achievement of a reborn merchant marine, fully
capable of carrying our nation's trade and providing for
its security, rests on the degree of success we have in com
ing together for common goals.
MARAD's Conference on Domestic Shipping held in
St. Louis is an example of how we can attack our common
problems and how we can strive together to reach our
common goals.
It is reassuring to all of us to know that MARAD,
whose idea this conference was, is working with all seg
ments of the industry to strengthen maritime across-theboard.
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Out of the panels have come, sourid recommendations
in many fields, and the assurance of industry that they
agree that organized workers are good workers.
Change of address cards on Form 3579 should be sent to Seafarers International Union, Atlantic. Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn,
New York 11232. Published monthly. Second Class postage paid at Washington, D.C.
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�Domestic Shipping Industry Reviews
Common Problems at MARAD Conference
Delegates to an unprecedented meeting in St. Louis the Domestic Shipping
Conference sponsored by the Maritime Administration, asked MARAD for impdi tant studies in a number of key problem areas.
Among the areas specifically cited for review by the delegates were shipbuild
ing subsidies, insurance coverage, streamlining overlapping regulations and port
and harbor facilities.
R. J. Blackwell, deputy administra
tor of MARADs, received the recom
mendations at die end of the week' long session and promised that
, MARAD will study them intently prior
to another meeting with the domestic
' shipping industry in a month.
Blackwell said the importance of
. the forum was that "we have not only
brought these diverse domestic seg
ments together but have established a
•r working relationship and cross-fertil
ization process that will indeed enable
us to capitalize on the collective
. strength of the industry."
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Delegates to the forum were drawn
from the inland water carriers as well
. as the coastwise shipping industry,
maritime labor and government.
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Recommendations Made
They met in four special panels to
identify specific problems.
Among the recommendations of the
^ panels were a proposal to include not
only Great Lakes but also other
- domestic shipping companies in the
nation's new shipbuilding policy to
give greater financial assistance to a
' viable sector of the maritime industry.
Another panel asked MARAD to
. inake a detailed study of regulatory
laws governing inland shipping. The
' panel said current regulations fragi ment authority among many agencies
• of government and overlap in cases.
' This in turn, hinders rather than en; courages the growth of the industry.
The insurance panel suggested that
' MARAD ask the American Hull SynV dicate, which insures U.S. ships, to
increase standard coverage from $15
> million to $100 million because of
Senate Finishes
Hearings on Oil
Import Carriage
The Senate merchane marine sub
committee has completed hearings on
7 a bill to require that at least half of
all oil imports be carried on U.S.-flag
' tankers.
O. William Moody, Jr., administra
tor of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades
' Department, was one of the final wit• nesses to appear before the subcom
mittee.
Speaking for the department and
t for the SIU, Moody stressed the na
tional security aspects of the proposal
' and declared that the bill would "give
us the legislative foimdation from
which to develop an American-flag
, tanker fleet that would protect us in
the transportation of the petroleum
• that we simply, must have to survive.
"It would bring back to life an
American industry that would provide
. jobs for hundreds of thousands of
workers, mofits for investors, and
• strength for our nation," he said.
The bill, introduced by Senators
' William B. Spong, Jr. (D-Va.) and J.
Glenn Beall (R-Md.) also drew heavy
support from the AFL-CIO, from in• dependent tankers operators and
other maritime unions.
technological changes in vessels and
the difficulty of replacing modem
equipment.
MARAD was also asked to shape
a policy on pollution standards which
would cover the entire industry.
Aside from their work on the panels,
delegates to the forum heard speeches
by Andrew E. Gibson, assistant secre
tary of commerce for maritime affairs;
Rep. Leonor K. Sullivan (D.-Mo.)
a member of the House Merchant
Marine and Fisheries Committee; and
..Raymond T. McKay, president of
Marine Engineers Beneficial Associa
tion District 2, who represented the
labor viewpoint.
New Programs Sought
Gibson told the St. Louis delegates,
"we at the Maritime Administration
strongly believe that domestic shipping
has a vital role to play in the future
development of America's total trans
portation network.
"With the demand for transporiation services' projected to double in
this decade, the system, which already
is showing signs of overload, will be
sorely pressed to meet this demand."
He added, "it is our expectation
that as a resulffif these meetings there
will be developed well-defined pro
grams which will enable the Maritime
Administration to assist the dom^tic
shipping industry to maximize its con
tributions to the national transporta
tion system."
Mrs. Sullivan added her voice to
those calling for an end to official in
difference to inland water carriers, and
she added that legislative help might
be needed in rate-making and other
areas of concern for the domestic ship
ping companies.
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AFL-CIO Executive Council Creates
Task Force to Support Burke-Hartke
The AFL-CIO Executives Council
at its regular May meeting in Wash
ington, D.C. announced formation of
the "Task Force for Burke-Hartke,"
the familiar name of the Foreign Trade
and Investment Act of 1972.
SIU President Paul Hall is one of
12 AFL-CIO vice presidents who will
serve as special advisors to the Task
Force.
Howard Chester, executive secre
tary of the Stone, Glass and Clay Co
ordinating Committee, will serve as
executive director of the project, which
was described as, "A major educa
tional and lobbying campaign" for the
bill. The bill is named for its spon
sors Rep. James A. Burke (D.-Mass.)
and Sen. Vance Hartke (D.-Ind.).
In making the announcement, AIT^
CIO President George Meany said the
bill, "can provide both immediate
remedies and long term answers to
the inrush of imports, the outflow of
capital and technology and provide the
Congress with the kind of help it is
now seeking in solving one of the
major problems of the last third of the
Twentieth Century: How can the
United States have healthy, productive,
full-employed citizens and higher liv
ing standards in a modem world of
nations?
'Positive Program*
"The Burke-Hartke bill is a positive
program for American taxpayers, con
sumers and workers," Meany declared.
He cited statistics showing that
foreign products are glutting the
American market, thus forcing U.S.
workers out of jobs.
And, he added, "American work
ers can no longer be deceived that the
loss of their jobs helps benefit the
American consumer by the purchase
of imports. These workers do not
want a handout from the government
paid for by their taxes as a substitute
for jobs shipped abroad by giant firms
for the stockholder's advantage."
Meany concluded that the Task
Force effort is being made in answer
to "a stark threat to the American
economy.
"We mean business," he continued,
"We are determined to save our jobs.
We are not going to be stopped by
glib promises or slick slogans. We
are going to pass Burke-Hartke."
Opposes Bills
In other action at this month's meet
ing, the council declared itself "ada
mantly opposed" to bills in Congress
which would "take away the right to
strike in transportation industries and
to substitute compulsory arbitration
of contract terms for free collective
bargaining."
The council said there was a threat
to industry in the measures of Con
gress as well as the obvious threat to
workers in the transportation field.
"We repeat our warning to private
industry that once compulsory arbitra
tion is imposed on a particular indus
try it will be extended to others, that
compulsory arbitration is incompatible
with private enterprise, and that gov
ernment fixing of the terms and con
ditions of employment will lead inex
orably to price fixing and other perma
nent government controls."
The council also called for "sub
stantial increases in veteran's bene
fits," saying that many men returning
from the Vietnam War have been met
with "indifference from their govern
ment, indifference in the job market
and indifference from the educational
system."
New Members
Among the programs the council
said needed strengthening were educa
tion benefits, hospital maintenance
and construction and veterans' employ
ment programs.
Two men were elected to the coun
cil replacing former presidents of their
unions. William Sidell, president of
the Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners, replaced Maurice Hutcheson
and Martin J. Ward, president of the
Plumbers and Pipe Fitters, was elected
to replace Peter T. Schoemann.
In the foreign policy field, the
council cautioned the Administration
to move with care during the forth
coming Summit Conference in Mos
cow.
The council stressed six points on
which action should be taken: an 2^eement providing for effective limita
tion on strategic arms; expansion of
trade with the Soviet Union only if it
desists in aiding the North Vietnamese;
the "Soviet domination of Eastern and
Central Europe;" the right of Soviet
Jews to emigrate from Russia to
Israel or any other country; gaining
Soviet support for Arab-Israeli nego
tiations; and resolution of Soviet and
American differences over the status
of East Germany.
The council will meet again Aug.
28-30 at which time the AFL-CIO
General Board will meet to endorse
a candidate for President of the United
States.
SIU Financial Commiffee af Work
The first-quarter financial committee met at union headquarters in the Port
of New York in April. Clockwise around table are: John Sweeney, T. R. Good
man, Eddie Parr, Joseph Powers, Anthony Scaturro, Tom Lynch and George
Gibbons.
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�SlU Constitutional Committee Submits Its Report on
Resolution for Great Lakes Merger and Amendments
The following is the report of the Constitutional
Committee on the resolution for merger and constitu
tional amendments submitted by SIU Secretary-Treas
urer Joseph DiGiorgio. As previously reported, it deals
with a proposed merger of the SIUNA Great Lakes
District and the SIUNA Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and In
land Waters District. This report was presented to the
membership meeting at SIU Headquarters in Brooklyn,
N.Y., where the membership concurred and accepted
the report. It will be presented for action this month
at membership meetings in all Constitutioital ports.
If this Constitutional Committee's report and recom
mendation is concurred in by the membership at the
May, 1972, membership meetings, the merger agree
ments, including the proposed Constitutional amend
ments, will be voted on by referendum ballot with the
voting to take place in all Constitutional ports from
June 1, 1972, through June 30, 1972.
We, the undersigned Constitutional Committee, were
duly elected at a special meeting at Headquarters, Port
of New York, on April 14, 1972 in accordance with
Article XXV, Section 2 of our Union Constitution. We
herewith submit this report and recommendation, in
accordance with Article XXV, which reads as follows:
Amendments
This Constitution shall be amended in the following
manner:
Section 1. Any full book member may submit at any
regular meeting of any Port proposed amendments. to
this Constitution in resolution form. If a majority vote
of the membership of the Port approves it, the proposed
amendment shall be forwarded to all Ports for further
action.
Section 2. When a proposed amendment is accepted
by a majority vote of the membership, it shall be re
ferred to a Constitutional Committee in the Port where
Headquarters is located. This Committee shall be com
posed of six full book members, two from each de
partment and shall be elected in accordance with such
rules as are established by a majority vote of that Port.
The Committee will act on all proposed amendments
referred to it. The Committee may receive whatever
advice and assistance, legal or- otherwise, it deems
necessary. It shall prepare a report, on the amendment
. together with any proposed changes or substitutions or
recommendations and the reasons for such recommen
dations. The latter shall then be submitted to the mem
bership. If a majority yote of the membership approves
the amendment as' recommended, it shall then be
voted upon, in a yes or no vote by the membership of
the Union by secret I^allot in accordance with the pro
cedure directed by a majority vote of the membership
at the time it gives the approval necessary to put the
referendum to a vote. The Union Tallying Qommittee
shall consist of six (6) full book members, two from
each of the three (3) departments of the Union, elected
from Headquarters Port. The amendments shall either
be printed on the ballot, or if too lengthy, shall be re
ferred to on the ballot. .-Copies of the amendment shall
be posted on the bulletin boards of all ports and made
available at the votmg site in all ports.
Section 3. If approved by a majority of the valid
ballots cast, the amendment shall become effective-im
mediately upon notification by the aforesaid Union
Tallying Committee to the Secretary-Treasurer that the
amendment has been so approved, unless otherwise
specified in the amendment. The &cretary-Treasurer
shall immediately notify all ports of the results of the
vote on the amendment.
At the regular membership meeting held in the Port
of New York on April 3, 1972, the following resolution '
was submitted:
Whereas, this Union—the Seafarers Intema|ional
Union of North America, Atlantic, Gulf, L^es and
Inlmd Waters Efistrict—and the Seafarers International
Union of North America, Great Lakes District are each
labor organizations chartered separately by and affili
ated with the Seafarers International Union of North
America, AFL-CIO; and
Whereas, the membership of this Union essentially
represents unlicensed seamen employed aboard Ameri
can flag merchant vessels operating upon the oceans
and deep seas; and
Whereas, the Great Lakes District essentially repre
sents unlicensed seamen employed aboard American
flag merchant vessels operating upon the Great Lakes
located between the United Statfes and Canada; and
Whereas, both of such labor organizations as affili
ates of the Seafarers International Union of North
America representing American unlicensed seamen
have for sometim:; past worked with each other upon
numerous common problems for the betterment of their
respective memberships; and
Whereas, both of such labor organizations are each
imion parties to common union management trusts that
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the propositions constituting the aforesaid amendments
provide for their respective memberships, various
of
the Union's Constitution as presently constituted •
welfare, pension, vacation and other fringe benefits
shall
be available at A&G Headquarters and Ports for
and each organization has worked intimately with the
its
membership
no later than May 27, 1972; and it is
other and their respective contracted employers with
Further resolved, that the merger agreement,
respect to matters arising under and in the administra
including the proposed amendments, shall not become
tion of such trusts for the respective memberships; and
effective
unless a majority of the members of the Great
Whereas, it is believed that it would be in the best
Lakes
District
voting, vote affirmatively as to each
interests of both labor organizations and their member
proposition
to
be
set forth on thsir ballot, and unless a .
ships by reason of their respective histories and back
majority
of
the
members
of this Union voting, vote
grounds and the resultant reduction of operating ex
aflSrmatively
on
the
propositions
to be voted upon by
penses and the affording of greater continued strength
them;
and
that
if
both
groups
vote
affirmatively, the
and resources to the membership if they were merged
merger agreement and the amendments to the Consti- .
into one organization; and
tution shall become effective on the latest date that the
Whereas, the executive officers of each such organiza
Tallying Committee of both organizations certifies that
tion have agreed to merge into one organization,
each of the propositions have been voted upon affirma- ,
preserving however the long established job and shipping
tively by their respective memberships and it is
rights of the respective memberships with their two
Further resolved, that if either of the memberships
separate groups of employers, consistent with past ,
shall not vote affirmatively on all of the propositions set
practices and subject at all times to the determination
forth on their ballot, then the merger agreement, includ
of the membership and in accordance with applicable
ing the proposed amendments to the Constitution set '
law;
forth above, shall be deemed cancelled, null and void,
Now therefore, in the interests of our membership
add of no-force and effect.
and in the interests of the unlicensed American seamen
The membership voted to accept this resolution. The ,
and in the interests of a stronger trade union capable
resolution was thereafter submitted to all Constitutional
of preserving and protecting and enhancing the rights
Ports, commencing with Philadelphia on April 4th and .
of our membership, it is hereby
ending at San Francisco on April 13th, 1972. Head-:
quarters has made available to us the results of the Resolved, that the merger agreement between this
voting on the resolution in all of the Constitutional
Union and the Great Lakes District, dated March 22,
1972 be in all respects approved; and it is further
Ports.
It is the finding of this Committee that a majority of
Resolved, that in order to effectuate the said merger
the membership at the regular membership meetings
agreement, certain constitutional amendments are neces
held in the Constitutional Ports voted to accept the
sary and that our Constitution shall be amended in
proposed amendments as embodied in this resolution.
the following respects:
The proposed amendments reflect some changes ,
1) Section 3(e) of Article III shall be amended by
which are of particular significance, others of which
adding a new sentence as follows:
are merely housekeeping and technical changes updating .
Provisions of this subsection (e) shall be inapplic
our Constitution. They are the result of the agreement
able when such merchant vessel is operating upon
between thjs District and the Great Lakes District to the Great Lakes."
merge
into one organization, with resultant increased 2) A new Section 6 shall be added to Article VI as
strength
of our Union and more economic and efficient •
follows:
administration.
"Section 6. No member may retire his member
Basically, the merger agreement provides that the .
ship during the period of a strike or lockout."
Great Lakes District will merge into and become part
3) There .shall be added to Article X, Section 11 the
of the Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland, Waters District '
following:
and the members of the Great Lakes District will be
"Notwithstanding the provision of Section l(j) of
come bound by our Constitution. Thus, while Great, ^
this Article X, the Executivg Board, by majority
Lakes members will soon be voting to accepf. .oyr. .ConriA,
vote, may determine not to ^ any vacancy in any
stitution,
which is entirely new to them and which will:..
oflSce or job for all or any p^ of an unexpired
set
forth
their new rights and privileges as Union .
term."
members,
the
Amendments required to be made in our
4) Section 12(a) of Article X shall be amended by
Constitution to accomplish the merger are few in 1 .
changing that portion of the second sentence thereof
number.
starting with the words "The following," and ending
The Committee does not desire to recommend any
with the words "order of priority:" to read as follows:
changes, substitutions or deletions on the proposed
"The following officers and job holders, upon their
amendments, the. more important' ones being as
election to office or job sh^, 'during the term of
. follows: , '
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their office or job, be delegates to all Conventions
(1)
Article
III,
Se^on3
of
our
Constitution
provides
of the Seafarers International. Union of North
certain exceptions to the rule that arrearages in dues
America in the following order of priority:"
shall be computed from the first day of the applicable
5) Section 13(d)(1) of Article X shall be amended by
quarter. One of the exceptions is that the time shall not
inserting a comma at the end of thereof, and adding
run while one of our members has no opportunity to
the following:
pay dues, because he is employed aboard an American"Or ^segment of the Union, whichever applies."
flag merchant vessel. Obviously, this rule should have a
6) The last paragraph of Section 1 of Article XI
no application when such merchant vessel operates on
,,shall be amended by changing "1971" to "1975" and
the Great Lakes because frequent calls are made in .
replacing the comma with a period, striking the balance
ports, thus giving members who sail on those vessels
of the sentence beginning with the word "notwithstand
ample opportunity to pay their obligations to this •
ing" and ending with the word "appointment."
Union. We agree with the proposed amendment which
7) Section 1(c) of Article XII shall be amended by
clarifies
the foregoing exception.
deleting at the end thereof after the words "election
(2)
Our
Constitution sets forth in Article VI various
year," the "; and" and inserting a comma and then
rules regarding the right of a member to retire his book.
adding the following:
The amendment provides that the right of retirement '
'"Except if such seatime is wholly aboard such
shall not be available during the period of a sti^e or
merchant vessels operating solely upon the Great
lockout. We concur in this amendment. It is of the
Lakes, in which event he shall have at least sixtyutmost importance that during such times of economic •
five (65) days of such seatime instead of the fore
strife, our Union members remain bound by all the
going one hundred (100) days; and"
obligations
of Union membership in order to present '
B) Section 8 of the Article XXIV shall be amended
a
united
front
to the employers in our industry.
by chapging the date "August 1968" to "December
0)
Action
10)
of Article X of our Constitution pro- ^
1971." ^
vides
that
the
Pi^ident
shall fill by temporary appoint- ,
'It is further resolved, that as Constitutionally pro
nient
any
vacancy
in
any
office or the job of Head
vided, if this Resolution be accepted by a majority
quarters
Representative,
PortAgent or Patrolman. .
vote of the membership, a Constitutional Cohunittee
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There
may
be
instances
when.
it. w;duld be neither
shall hereafter be elected at a Special Meeting at Head
necessary
nor
beneficial
Id
fill
such
a vacancy. Accord- .
quarters on April 14, 1972, to report upon the amend
ingly,
the
proposed
amendment
has
been offered which
ments as proposed, to the May 1972 membership meet
states
that
the
Executive
Board
may,
by majority vote, <
ings; and it is
determine
not
to
fill
any
vacancy
in
an
office or job for
Further resolved, that if the membership accepts
all
or
any
part
of
an
unexpired
term.
such report of the Constitutional Committee, the propo
(4) Article X, Section 13(d)(1) provides that in no
sition constituting the merger agreement including the
event
shall a general strike take place unless approved *
proposed Constitutional amendments be voted upon by
by
a
majority
vote of the membership. If the merger
secret ballot with the vote to be held commencing
between
the
Great
Lakes District and this Union is
June 1, 1972 and ending on June 30, 1972; and it is
approved,
situations
may occxir when a strike might he
Further resolved that on the balloting to be taken
called
only
against
Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland
on the proposed amendments, as well as the merger
Waters District employers and not against Great Lakes
agreement, said amendments and merger agreement be
employers, and vice versa. In such situations, only the
voted "up" or "down" as one proposition; and it is
Pf die.mefgqd Upion .ought, to approve the,.
Further resolved, that copies of the proposed mergdr
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Rep. Joseph Addabbo (D-N.Y.) has warned
that unless legislation is enacted guaranteeing at
least 50 percent of future energy supply imports
be transported on U.S.-flag ships, "America will
stand vulnerable to the political whims of what
ever nation's flag flies over the tankers coming
to our shores."
He told an AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Depart
ment luncheon gathering that such a situation
"would be intolerable. We would have to live
with the threat that some political dispute could
turn the tap of the imported oil supply not just
down to a trickle, but completely off."
In the event this happened, he predicted the..
U.S. might well cease to be a productive nation.
"For without that oil, the great wheels of
this country's industry wUl slow down and the
comforts we enjoy, die necessities we depend on ;
in our homes will slowly disappear," he said.
"However," he added, "with the ^arantees of
minimum 50 percent legislation, we can count
on American ships picking up the oil we need
and bringing it home.
"I wonder jtist how long opposition to requir
ing at least 50 percent of oil imports be carried
on American ships would persist if people across
the country suffered through a summer of black
outs and power reductions; if subways and ele
vators stopped miming in cities, and there was
no light in the countryside."
No Cost Increase
Addabbo cited testimony given by leading
economists to the House Merchant Marine and
Fisheries Committee refuting the argument that
transporting these imports in American-flag ves-,
sels would result in higher costs to consumers.
He quoted from one report: "If up to one-half
of overseas cmde imimrts were carried by. the',
higher eost American vessels,.'which high' cost
represents only a fraction of the difference in
cost of cmde oil in the U.S. and the landed price of .overseas cmde, there would be no effect what
soever on the oil price paid by consumers."
He concluded that "as oil imports increase,
U.S. companies will be^ to build new tankers.
These tankers will be eligible to receive both
Rep. Addabbo
foreign interests may not share the same concern
for our environment arid thus not elect to incur
the expense of installing pollution controls on
their ships.
"By using U.S.-flag vessels (for the carriage of
these imports), the U.S. Coast Guard would have
primary responsibility- and absolute control over
construction, loading and off-loading, ship man
ning levels and crew proficiency standards. This
would insure that these potentially dangerous
and polluting cargoes will be" carried in the
safest^ most ecologically-conscious manner possi
ble, he said.
Conbsdictory Fositloiis
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The congressman said the Justice Department
had recently filed a brief that "defies logic, makes
mockery of common sense and does battle with
the positions taken by several other. agencies of
government in their testimony at the Congression
al hearings," held by the House Interior and In
sular Affairs Committee.
He said the position of the Justice Department
is contrary to the statements miade by Secretary of
the Interior Rogers C. B. Moftori and other gov
ernment spokesmen at the hearing.
He was particularly critical of a statement in
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the brief that said the United States had a large
amount of "improven natural gas reserves."
According to Rep. Fulton, "for anyone to
count- on these unproven Justice Department
reserves is to play Russian roulette with the
nation's potential to produce."
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He also said, "I don't know what crystal ball
they looked into to find those unproven reserves,
but I know that in law, when a case is improven
it is lost."
Fulton predicted that the American standard
of living "may be in jeopardy" because of the
expected energy crisis. He said that the solution
to that problem will involve, in part, the construc
tion of American ships—"many ships to carry .
the needed petroleum supplies to Orir shores."
In that connection he said the nation was
fortunate to have, in the Merchant Marine Act
of 1970, "the legislative means of getting all
these ships built."
Lists Bills Pending
He mentioned two measures pending in Con
gress which he said would help even further
to make construction of these ships practical:
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Richard H. Fulton (D-Tenn.) has said that
complacency in agencies of the government is
a major roadblock to solving the energy crisis
that faces the United States.
Fulton in particular criticized the U.S. Justice
Department for finding that a shortage of energy
fuels was "highly dubious."
He made his remarks in a speech delivered at
a luncheon sponsored by the 8-million-member
AFL-CIO Maritime- Trades Department in
Washington.
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tremendous impact on the economy; %curity and
ministrator O. William Moody, Jr. has urged
environment" of this country.
Congress "to get first priority to American-flag
"Incorporating American-flag transportation in
ships in the trans^iortation of necessary energy, a nation^ energy policy would bolster the econ
imports because this country's economy, security
omy through increased employment and tax
and, environment demand it."
revenues. It would reduce the negative effect
In testimony submitted to the Senate Commit
(that these imports will have) on the balance of
tee on Interior and Insular Affairs, Moody, also
payments by as much as 25 to 35 percent. It
speaking on behalf of the SIU, pointed out that
would mean increased productivity for American
the U.S. is necessarily becoming more dependent
shipyards and allied industries," he said.
on foreign sources for its supply of vital energy
Militarily, he cited the increasing dependence
iproducfs. (Moody Mso testified ^foiie the Senate
by U.S. armed forc^" on petroleum products' to
Conunerce Committee on S.'3404, which would
function and said that supplying this need' is
guarantee a ipinimum of 50 percent of all U.S.
becoming more and more the responsibility of the
oil imports to be carried on American-flag ships:)
privately-owned merchant fleet.
"Incorporating U.S.-flag transportation in our
Sweeping Impact
national energy policy would provide for. a build
"However," he said, "we have it within our
up of the privately-owned fleet. This will not
power to prevent a dual dependency; that is, be- , only insure a secure supply of our energy, but
coming dependent on foreign sources not only to
also prevent our nation's fourth arm of defense—
supply our energy, but also to transport it to our
our merchant marine—^to deteriorate to such a
shores. We cannot afford to hand over every
point that in time of crisis it will be unable to
vestige of control to foreign sources. We must
meet our needs."
maintain control of the carriage of these imports.
Ecological Factors
We cannot place our fate in the hands of
Environmentally, Moody said that Americannations who may not desire or be able to help us.
flag vessels must comply with any legislation
Priority must be given to American-flag vessels."
aimed at protecting'our environment, whereas
Moody said that such a policy would have "a
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constmction and operating subsidies under the
Merchant Marine Act of 1970. This will mean
that foreign and U.S. shipping costs will be the
same.
"So, if there is an increase in the cost of
petroleum' products to the American consumer,
it will not W the fault of American-flag ships
carrying half of our oil imports."
First a bill proposed by Rep. William Anderson
(D-Tenn.) to fund construction of 40 commercial
LNG ships; and a bill introduced by Rep. Edward
A. Garmatz (D-Md.) that would reserve 50 per
cent of the nation's oil imports to the U.S.-flag
fleet.
"So there are still some legislative loose ends
to be tied up before we can say we are man
aging to overcome the energy crisis that faces
us," the Congressman said.
Rep. Fulton
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The significance of various legisla
tion pending before Congress is now
becoming more important to the candi
dates as well as the individual voters
as presidential conventions and elec
tion time draws nearer. Below is a
status report on the five major issues
which are of utmost importance to
organized labor:
Minimum Wage. There are two bills
in the Congressional machinery. The
House bill, approved by the full com
mittee, calls for an increase in the
minimum from the current $1.60 an
hour to $2 an hour for those covered
by minimum wage legislation adopted
prior to 1966. The minimum would
go to $1.80 for those covered after
1966. Coverage would be extended to
about 5,800,000 including those in
federal, state and local employment,
conglomerates and domestic service.
A bill before the Senate is consid
erably more liberal, raising the mini
mum to $2.20 an hour over several
stages and widening coverage even
more than the House bill does. How
ever, a final bill is still to come before
the full Senate Labor Committee.
Two Nixon Administration "sleep
ers" are being strongly fought by
organized lobar. One would restrict
coverage to those already under mini
mum wage legislation and the other
would establish a "subminimum wage"
for teenagers at 80 percent of the adult
minimum. Labor has objected strongly
to lowering the minimum on the
grounds that exploiting employers
would hire teenagers instead of adults
and thus greatly injure family bread
winners.
Social Security. The House already
has passed a five percent increase in
benefits in line with the proposals of
the Nixon Administration, but much
pressiu-e is being exerted on the Senate
Finance Committee to boost this to at
least 10 percent. The Senate also
would raise the living standards level
for those on welfare higher than the
House bill would.
The AFL-CIO and the National
Council of Senior Citizens have both
called for a 25 percent increase in
Social Security benefits on the basis
that this is needed and that the Social
Security fund is large enough to meet
this rate and still be actuarily sound.
Tax Refonii. Only in recent weeks
has tax reform become a live topic in
Congress. Democratic presidential
hopefuls have discovered that a "tax
payers' revolt" appears even more
possible than predicted three years ago.
All reports from the field indicate that
mounting federal, state and local taxes
have stirred bitter resentment on the
grassroots level. This has been partic
ularly true since publication of reports
showing that some of the country's
largest corporations pay no tax at all
One of the ship casualties
of Woiid Wa
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split in half by U.S. tor
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due to such gimmicks as accelerated
amortization and investment credits
plus the usual loopholes that have
been written into the tax laws over the
years.
There are two bills in Congress that
have not yet reached committee stage,
but may start moving at any time. A
House bill would eliminate capital
gains advantages, and accelerated
amortization and tighten rules on mini
mum tax payments for a total saving
of some $7 billioiL
A Senate bill would close loopholes
amoimting to $16 billion by eliminat
ing these loopholes, plus a munber of
others including DISC which allows
U.S. exporters tax advantages. Labor
has particularly fought the DISC gim
mick invented by the Nixon Adminis
tration. Althou^ both bills are not
moving for the moment, they may be
tacked on the Revenue Sharing bill
or the Debt Ceiling bill which come
up in June.
Natimial Health Insurance. Organized
labor has made health insurance a
priority for 1972, but so far Congress
•has been dragging its feet on the laborsupported Kennedy-GriflBths bill. The
House Ways and Means Committee
held hearings on a munber of health
bUls late last year, but so far no rec
ommendations have been made and
the full committee has yet to take the
legislation up.
In the Senate, the Kennedy-Grifliths
bill which has the strong support of
organized labor, is still to be consid
ered by the Finance Committee. Hear
ings were held on the measure a year
ago, but the committee has yet to
schedule it on its own agenda. At
present the committee is working on
the Social Security bill and may take
up the health insurance measure short
ly thereafter.
The Nixon Administration's rival
health bill has been strongly criticized
as a measure that would help health
insurance companies a great deal more
than it would help the sick and the
aged.
Trade. Finally, there is the BurkeHartke Trade Bill of immense impor
tance to workers since it is designed to
bring relief to industries that have suf
fered heavy job losses because of the
flight of Ajnerican capital, know-how
and technology abroad to take advan
tage of cheap labor. This highly im
portant legislation is scheduled for
hearing before the Senate Finance
Committee late this spring.
A "sleeper" in the foreign trade area
is legislation to be considered by the
House Ways and Means Committee
which would "improve" the Adjustinent Assistance Act. This Act pre
vides training and some financial help
for workers who have lost their jobs
because of unfair competition from
foreign imports.
At present the conunittee is working
on Revenue Sharing proposals and
when these have been completed there
is a posibility that the committee will
go into the whole field of trade includ
ing the Burke-Hartke Bill. However,
this decision has yet to be made.
Organized labor is opposed to the
"adjustment assistance" approach to
the problems of lost jobs in the trade
area. It has told Congress that the "ad
justment" approach is inefiicient and
too little and does not answer the
basic problem of lost jobs due to
unfair foreign competition.
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An increasing awareness and concern over the nation's energy crisis
became evident during recent hearings held by the House Committee on
Interior and Insular Affairs.
This committee, chaired by Rep. Wayne Aspinall (D-Col.), is charged
with the responsibility for long-range planning for fuel and energy needs
for the country.
The hearings were held not to deal with specific legislation, but to provide
conunittee members with basic information designed to help them deal
effectively with the broad spectnun of problems of energy supply and
demand.
During the hearings, members of the committee expressed grave concern
over the rapidly growing demand for fuel and power, the inadequate supply,
and the inter-relationship of these factors with the national economy,
environment and foreign relations.
O. William (Bill) Moody, Jr., administrator of the AFL-CIO Maritime
Trades Department, speaking for the department and for the SIU, told the
committee that the United States is becoming more dependent than ever
in its history on foreign sources for energy supplies.
He said that while we must import oil and gas because of the short
supply in the United States, use of U.S.-flag ships will assure that potentially
dangerous and polluting cargoes will be carried in the safest manner
possible.
Highlights of Moody's remarks appear on Page 5.
Transportation Disputes
Senate bills dealing with compulsory arbitration or "final offer" settle
ment in the transportation industry are still under consideration in the
Labor Subconunittee.
In April, AFL-CIO President George Meany testified in opposition to
the bills which would apply to all phases of transport—airlines, longshore,
trucking, railroads, bus lines and maritime.
Meany said: "As a matter of basic principle, the AFL-CIO is firmly
unequivocally opposed to any such attempt to undermine free collective
bargaining or the right to strike, which is essential to collective bargaining."
SIU President Paul Hall testified in opposition to similar measures before
the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee last fall.
Sen. Robert Packwood (R-Ore.), whose bill (S. 3232) would impose
stringent measures, has stated that if a bill is not reported out of the
committee by mid-May, he will attach a "rider" containing the same provi
sions to another piece of legislation.
In the Senate, it is possible to use this method to get a bill out of
committee even though the subject of thp rider is not related to the main
bill. The practice is known as the "non-germane rule."
Cargo Preference
Hearings are underway in the Senate Commerce Committee on the
measure to amend the Cargo Preference laws to require that at least 50
percent of all oil imports be carried on U.S.-flag ships. Similar hearings in
the House concluded last month.
At press time, Bill Moody, speaking for the Maritime Trades Department
and the SIU, reiterated strong support for the measure.
The Senate Bill, S.3404, was introduced by Senators William B. Spong,
Jr. (D-Va.) and J. Glenn Beall (R-Md.).
New Home for Chicago Clinic
The USPHS Out-Patient Cffnic in Chicago, 111. will be moving to a new
location in the city as of May 1, according to the Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare.
The new address and other pertinent information is as follows:
1439 South Michigan Avenue (Smith Building of St.
New Location:
Luke's Hospital Complex). The new location is acces^ble
by various means of public transportation or by auto
mobile. Free patient parking is provided adjacent to the
Smith Building (north side).
New phone no.: 353-5900
8- a.in.to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday^ except
Clinic Houn:
holidays.
Services include: Medical, dental, laboratory. X-ray, pharmacy, therapy,
optometry, consultation, immunizations, hospital referr^s, and medical drug addiction services on eveningis
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Trade, the creation of jobs, and im
provement in international communi
cations both in the private sector and
, in cooperation with the United Na
tions could result from the creation
of a World Peace Fleet, according to
, Gault Davis, director of the plan.
, " Speaking to a luncheon audience of
labor, management and government
officials, Davis said that such a fleet
' could help to change the world image
of the United States. The luncheon
was sponsored by the eight-millionmember AFL-CIO Maritime Trades
. Department
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He called for the building of at least
10 ships, seven designed to include
theaters, meeting rooms and exhibit
halls. The ships would be built in
American shipyards and the fleet
would would conduct two voyages per
' year to selected foreign harbors.
Davis is an international trade de
velopment consultant for the National
' Small Business Association and the
National Patent Council. Here are
highlights of his remarks:
Intemational Participation
"Participation will be international.
Companies of all nations will be in
vited to sail aboard, to participate in
meetings, and to exhibit equipment or
goods thfey produce which would be
;useful in other countries. Exhibit areas
'' will be equitably limited to prevent
^ domination and to show the interde
pendence of opportunity of mankind.
"The worldwide interest in the per
forming arts will be featured. In the
large theaters on the new ships, local
. and international talent will present
performances in ballet, drama, sym
phony, opera and sports events. These
performances will be able to be tele
vised worldwide via the improving sysV tem of space communication satellites.
"Diplomatic meetings of great mag*
nitude can be held on the Fleet in an
enviromnent of intemational coopera
tion, serving as a highly visible factor
in locally troubled areas. The United
Nations could demonstrate its piupose
to more of the world by meeting
' aboard in ports other than New York.
The Wprld Peace Fleet could be the
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the Suez Canal. Supply bases of the
Fleet will be selected for historic visu
al impact, in the Mediterranean, South' east Asia, and elsewhere in the world.
With topsails set and all 10,000 square feet of canvas
drawing, the stately Richard Henry Dana brings back
memories of a by-gone era as she sails up the Chesa
peake on a broad reach. Trainees at the Harry Lundeberg
A Proud Relic of Days Gone By
As many sailing men will testify,
the salt bank schooners out of Nova
Scotia were the real breed of wooden
ships crewed by iron men. Although
most of these great schooners are now
gone, two of the last of these proud
veterans remain a part of the living
maritime museum maintained by the
Harry Lundeberg School in Piney
Point, Md.
The Captain James Cook and the
Richard Henry Dana, of the New
foundland Grand Banks, are at home
as they sail out on the historic waters
of the Chesapeake Bay and Potomac
River.
Named for the famous navigator
and explorer, the Captain James Cook
was originally the E. Fred Zwicker.
Prior to her purchase by the Lunde
berg School in 1967, she was actively
engaged in search of haddock and cod
off the Grand Banks.
Built in the 1930's at the Smith
and Rhuland Shipyards in Lunenberg,
Nova Scotia, the Cook has been fully
restored and fitted with accommoda
tions for cmrying 20 trainees and a
professional sailing crew.
Student Volunteers
"The participation and support of
youth and academia are encouraged
by selecting disciplined student volun
teers with multiple foreign language
passengers and exhibitors, to engage in
scheduled meetings in foreign ports
with students discussing ecology, drugs,
law and other relevant subjects; and
with college professors aboard grant
ing academic credit in courses in lan
guages, political science, economics,
sociology, and the differences in cul
ture in destination countries. Adults
abroad will find these courses useful,
and a beneficial interchange will take
. j^lace in the fields of education, youth,
wd business."
May 1972
School spend their last week on a graduation cruise
aboard the Dana or the Captain James Cook, the last of
the proud salt-bankers which once fished and raced on
the waters of the Grand Banks off Newfoundland.
During their last week of training at
HLS, the future seamen take a gradu
ation cruise aboard the Cook or the
Dana. They also go up the Potomac
River for a one-day visit to the na
tion's capital.
Like the Dana shown above, with
her topsails set and all 6,000 square
feet of canvas drawn—^the Cook brings
back memories of a by-gone era of
sailing..This beautiful two-master is 128
feet long, and has a draft of 17 feet.
Like many of the later salt banks, she
had her topmasts removed when she
was fitted vrith diesel auxiliary engines.
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Rochester Unity Day
This Soviet "mother ship" is shown with several Communist country fishing
trawlers riding at anchor about 50 miles off the coast of Norfolk, Va.
April 25 was proclaimed National
Maritime Council Day in Rochester,
N.Y., in conjunction with a visit there
of Eastern Region members of the
Council, who held a seminar and din
ner for 150 representatives of export
ing and shipping companies.
Participating in the afternoon
seminar were management, govern
ment and labor spokesmen, all of
whom concentrated on the economic
advantages to sending cargo on Amer
ican-flag vessels.
The evening dinner heard three
speakers: James Barker, president of
Moore-McCormack Lines, the region
chairman; Lewis Paine, director of
the OfiSce of Marketing and Develop
ment of the Maritime Administration
and Leon Shapiro, secretary treasurer
of MEBA—1.
The proclamation, read to the gath
ering by Stephen May, mayor of
Rochester, is shown below.
Althou^ the seminar and rfinnftr
was held in Rochester, representatives
of industry in Buffalo and Syracuse
also attraded.
Three Russian fishing vessels are shown anchored off Moriches Inlet on Long
Island. The vessels are allowed to work this close to the shore because of an
agreement signed between the Americans and the Soviets concerning this
particular fishing area.
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free pillage and plunder of foreign
fishing fleets outside the 12-mile limit.
Although there are international
bodies that are supposed to control
the fishing rights, he said one such
organization, the U.S. State Depart
ment's International Conference on
North Atlantic Fisheries, "gets bogged
down in diplomacy to the point that it
carmot protect the fish of the North
Atlantic."
He continued: "In some cases it
seems that, for diplomatic reasons of
course, it would rather bow to the
Russians, the Danes, and the Nor
wegians than acknowledge the ex
istence of the New England fisherman.
One way to alter the unfair practice would be to declare' lobsters and
scallops "creatures of the shelf,"
O'Neill suggested. This would then
give the U.S. jurisdiction over the
lobsters and scallops because they be
long to the Continental Shelf which
this country maintains. Then the U.S.
Coast Guard could keep a strict con
trol on the fishing methods employed
by all vessels.
Suggests Subsidy
The wreckage of New Englanders'
lobster traps and other equipment by
foreign fishing fleets
during thenplunder of the sea has also "distressed"
Congress, Rep. O'Neill said.
As a result of these repeated at
tacks by the foreign operators, Ameri
can insurance companies are reluctant
to insure the New England fishermen,
Rep. O'Neill said. He added that
when the insurance companies did in
sure them, the policies they wrote
were often "beyond the economic
reach" of the fishermen.
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Of U.S. Fishing Industry
Rep. Thomas P. O'Neill (D-Mass.)
has called for an immediate remedy to
reverse the unfortunate conditions
under which the New England fishing
fleets are suffering.
It is the government's responsibility
to find some "answer" either in the
form of tax credit to encourage in
stallation of the necessary fishing gear
or a subsidy, he added.
Without "some kind of help," the
assistant majority leader of the House
said, "the fleet must soon die." This
would leave the United States "com
pletely at the mercy of foreign fleets
for the seafood we eat and the fish
products that are used," Rep O'Neill
said.
The Massachusetts congressman told
an audience attending a luncheon
sponsored by the eight-million mem
ber AFL-CIO Maritime Trades De
partment the important role the New
En^and fishing industry played in
American maritime industry. "It is,
of all the nation's industries, perhaps
the most traditional," he not^. '
However, Congressman O'Neill
continued, this industry "is being vic
timized by the 'hit and run' character
of its foreign competition, which out
number American boats by more than
three to one.
"Appalling" Techniques
While the fishing practices used by
the foreign operators net "remarkable"
amounts of captured fish. Rep. O'Neill
said the New Englanders describe the
way their- competitors nearly "rape"
the area as "appalling."
"American fishermen don't want
that kind of catch... morally and eco
nomically. They do not practice over
kill," he said. But, he added there is
little this country can do to alter the
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NMC sources said that the area is
a major export and domestic shipping
market , that has been difficult for the
U.S.-flag merchant marine to crack in
recent years.
Cargo shippers represented at the
program included Eastman Kodak,
Xerox, Carrier Air Conditioning Gleason Iron Works, Spalding Brake, Gen
eral Electric and Buffalo Forge.
In addition task force teams com
posed of management, labor and goveriunent spokesmen traveled to major
firms in all three cities in an attempt
to convince larger firms to use the
American flag for a greater part of
their shipping.
These teams reported excellent re
sponse to their arguments in behalf of
the U.S. fleet, and were optimistic that
progress had been made in obtaining
a better share of the area's trade for
U.S.-flag ships.
One of the members of the task,
force teams was SIU Vice President
Frank Drozak, who represented the
union during the seminar and dinner
program of NMC.
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salty aasud saeegeaaufc, labor and •ovamaaats and
tba Kaatom lagloa Attlon Cnop of tha Natloaal'Matltlaa iCoaaeU
U aponaorlag a foroa at tha nagahlp-lloehaatar lotal oa dsrll 25 '
afaara incaraatad paraona fraa aaaagaaaat, labor and giiiaiiwain eaa
aaat with eonalgoMa aad thalr agaata In tha loehaatar, taffalo
aad Syraeuaa araa,
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April 25. 1»72 to ba
RAnOHAL MUOniB OOORn. UT
la bchaatar, and urga all loebaatarlaac to Jola aa In aaltttli«
aad Mv^log tha adalrabla afforta of tha Natloaal Marltiao
Couaell^to boUd aa oautaadli« Oaltad Stataa flag flaat. prowita
Ita uaa by Aaarleaa ahlppara aad tima aaka tha Aaarlcaa Marehaat
Marlaa oaea agala flrat la tha porta of tha borld.
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and caused to be atfimd ffie Seal
. y i otthe Cfty otRochester^otthe City
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in the year of our Lord 1912,
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�SlU Man's Heroic Strength Prevents Death
A "once in a million" accident aboard the freighter
De Soto would have surely taken the life of Seafarer
Morris Montecino were it not for the cool headed,
heroic action of his shipmate, Bosun Raymond
Ferreira.
man, was standing by the mooring lines waiting to
assist.
As the 10,475 ton vessel slid closer to the buoys,
she made an unexpected lurch to one side, which
caused one of the mooring lines to slip a turn.
Within seconds, the line wrapped itself around
Montecino, knocked him to the deck, and began
dragging him rapidly towards the bow chock.
As he moved down the forward deck, Mpntecino
strug^ed frantically to free himself of the snake
like line which seemed to have a mind of its own.
Despite his efforts, Montecino was unable to un
tangle the hold the line had upon him, and foimd it.
securely tied about his ankles.
The rapid action of the moving line now began
to drag Montecino through the bow chock and the
helpless Seafarer was within seconds of certain and
painful death when he felt the arms of Bosun Ray
mond Ferreira encircle him about the waist and be
gin to pull in the opposite direction.
For an instant, the forward motion of the line
was counter balanced by the strength of the Bosun,
who was holding on to Montecino so tightly that
several of the helpless Seafarer's ribs began to crack
under the strain.
But Ferreira refused to let go of his shipmate.
The mooring line now began to slip, pulling
Montecino's shoes off as it went. However, before
the line completely gave up its hold upon Montecino,
it broke his anlde.
Both Ferreira and Montecino fell free of the line,
and it finally passed throu^ the bow chock and over
the side.
The two badly battered shipmates were now at
tended by others who came to their aid. The Bosun's .
arms, back and knees were severely bruised and
The accident occurred when the De Soto, com
pleting a voyage from the West Coast to Saigon,
was mooring to the anchor buoys at Cat Lai on the
Saigon River. Montecino, who sails as ordinary sea-
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jStorm Information Services
Expanded toWarn Seafarers
Seafarers in the Atlantic and Pacific
who listen to radio programs aboard
ship are finding that there is more
storm information being broadcast
than previously.
Started last summer, tlie storm infom&ation service, which is a joint
SlU Vacaf ion
For Summer
Again this year the SIU will
operate its sununer Vacation
Center located at the Harry
Lundeberg School at Piney Point,
Md.
Since it was first opened in
1970 to mmebers of the union
and their families, the vacation
resort has proven to be most
popular with all who have visited
the complex.
The Center is just one other
part in the overall effort of the
SIU to secure the best possible
life—both aboard ship and
ashore-^for the Seafarer and his
family.
For funner details on the
Vacation Center see Page 32.
effort of the National Weather Service
and the National Bureau of Stand
ards, had been giving hourly broad
casts of about 45 seconds each.
The new, expanded service, which
began April 1, consists of two 45second broadcasts, one minute and 15
seconds apart
The broadcasts are made around
the clock. Station WWV carries in
formation about storms in the Western
North Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.
The beginning time for each broad
cast for this area ha;i; been changed
from 16 minutes after every hour to
10 minutes after on radio frequencies
2.5, 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 megahertz.
Station WWVH lists storms in the
eastern and central partfi of the North
Pacific. Beginning time continues to
be 49 minutes after every hour on
2.5, 5, 10, 15 and 20 MHZ.
I Ocean areas involved are those for
which the U.S. has warning responsi
bility imder international agreements.
The fbUowing Seafarers should
contact SIU Headquarters, 675 „
Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, New
York 212-499-6600 immediately "
in order to claim checks being
held for thiem.
Mushin A. AU
Lany S. Moose
Louis Pelonero
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burned by the friction of the deck against his flesh.
Brother Montecino's injuries included the broken
ribs and ankle and bad bruises all over his body.
How do you repay a man who has just saved you
from certain death by putting his own life in danger?
Before the terrible pain of his injuries caused
Montecino to fall unconscious his words to his ship
mate Ferreira were:
"Thank you, Brother."
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Maritime History Theme
Urged for Bicentennial
Federal Maritime Commis sive planning of the site for
sion Chairman Helen Delich maTiminn reuse at minimum
Bentley has urged that Amer cost. This ,factor could be in
ica's maritime history should be corporated in all plans and
the theme of the nation's 200th there are few waterfronts in the
birthday celebration.
country that would not welcome
"The question most often and cooperate in the improve
ment.
asked about the Bicentennial is
"I firmly believe that the
'Where is the Bicentennial go
ing to be?' Let's make the re central concept of a shipsounding response—On The oriented Bicentennial has nu
merous advantages and would
Waterfront!" she said.
benefit many people," Chair
Because the programming of man Bentley noted.
the celebration is viewed as a
The present surplus of ob
"Festival of Freedom" then
"that certainly calls for a solescent military ships in this
waterfront, seapower-oriented country and "presumably in
Bicentennial!" she told the Na other countries as well" offers
tional Association of Account the possibility of suitable, re
furbished pavilions for the
ants in Washington, D.C.
floating celebration, projected
Mrs. Bentley further ex Mrs. Bentley.
plained her suggestion which
The natural mobility of the
would employ the SS United
States as an ideal floating dis ships is "perhaps the most con
play of the colonnade of the spicuous advantage" to the
states. Each state would be plan she said. "This would al
given space on the huge pas low the entire exposition to be
senger ship that is now slated moved either in a bloc, in
for the government's Reserve smaller groups or individually
Fleet. Other inactive fleet ships to suitable locations with ade
of the Navy and the Maritime quate port or anchorage could
Administration, as well as some be an exposition site," she con
seven aircraft carriers could tinued.
also be part of the flotillas, she
With numerous cities partic
added.
ipating by hosting pavilions at
"A basic principle in the de their waterfronts, the Bicenten
velopment of an economical nial could be "truly national,"
Bicentennial is the comprehen Mrs. Bentley said.
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Unity in a Common Causo
They all stood and cheered when labor's
representative at the recent National Mari
time Council dinner in Rochester, N.Y.,
finished his impassioned plea for better
use of American flag ships by cargo ship
ping companies in the area.
They all stood, representatives of the
cargo senders, representatives of the steam
ship companies that have joined the NMC,
representatives of concerned government
agencies, and of comse, the other maritime
labor representatives who attended.
It proved dramatically that the National
Maritime Council is making its presence
known and is working hard to accomplish
its twin goals of working for the develop
ment of a first-rate U.S. merchant marine,
and of obtaining more cargo, the lifeblood
of any fleet, for U.S. flag ships.
Unity dinners and seminar programs have
been conducted from New York to San
Francisco with stops in Boise, Idaho, New
Orleans, La., Denver, Colo, and most re
cently in Rochester. Soon the Midwestern
Re^on Council will hold its first event in
Chicago.
In addition teams made up of representa
tives of all three branches of the Council—
management, government and labor—^visit
cargo company traiffic managers and top
level executives to plead the case for use of
American-flag vessels on a face-to-face basis.
Their arguments are familiar to those of
us who care about the merchant marijie: it
bolsters the American economy in general;
it contributes mightily to the national secur
ity; it provides dependable service to all
comers of the world; and, it costs no more.
Hearing those arguments come from these
sectors of the industry, which in the past
had divisions within themselves, and hearing
of the new unity within the industry, many
shippers have been impressed and reports
are that some have been persuaded to send
greater shares of their cargo under the U.S.
flag.
Those are small victories, so far. But
significant victories nonetheless. Because, as
the old proverb puts it, "a jouriiey of 1,000
miles begins with a single step."
The National Maritime Council has taken
that first vital step, and with it has forged
a foothold for itself among the nation's sea
traders.
There is still a lot of treacherous road
ahead, but the Council has started off on the
right foot.
Some Words to Remember
The Boston Marine Guide recently pub
lished an editorial which bears repeating.
Here are portions:
"No one has to be an expert on foreign
affairs to realize that the present trend in
U.S. foreign policy is moving steadily to
ward a philosophy of letting each nation
stand on its own feet. This means working
toward competitive equality in international
trade and commerce—something that has
been lacking so far as the U.S. is concerned.
"A highly important area in this respect
has had to do with the merhcant marine.
After years of effort . . . this country has
undertaken a program of shipbuilding that
in 10 years should give the U.S. one of the
finest merchant fleet in the world—a fleet
of high-technology ships, that, if given a fair
opportimity, can compete with all comers
in foreign trade.
"However, the question has arisen on
whether cargoes will be available for these
ships.
"Many nations have enacted laws that
require a given percentage of their com
mercial trade to move in their own flag
ships. Others have decrees, taxes, customs,
duties, etc. that achieve the same effect. The
net result of this overt and covert discrimina
tion against American cargo vessels is that
today American ships carry by volume only
two percent of total U.S. commercial ex
ports.
"An expanded U.S.-fiag merchant fleet,
along with cargoes for its ships; is one of
the first requisites of recognizing the inter
national realities of the 1970's."
The thou^t of expensive doctor's bills halted our ao
tions at first, until we requested information about the
hospifal. My husband was immediately admitted and
he received me proper care. Had he gone to another
- hr^pital, he probably woidd have had to wait for a bed and
then I would have had to go to work to support our family
during his convalescence. (We have three small children
were
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f motional recovery as wfj
?]feny o£ 'the pat^r&'hf UM
the sea and they aJl shs -
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f within dur"meam. At any other'1^
I^Jbeeji forced to pay a hri^r
r This fact made his homecommg moto pel^ant. Haddi riO
hotle PHS hospital, my husband might not have
to the extensive and vitar treatment and ho-spital
ft^ .care because of the sacrifice our family would have had to
p;,make. But, the federally-flnaneed PHS hospital was theri''*
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c^e tor hku.
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I would be
^diaaster to thotisands of people
are allowed
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Volum* XXXiy. Mo. 5
May, 1972
•BArAB—BilLOO
Official Publication of the Seafarers International Union of
North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District,
AFL-CIO
Executive Board
Paul Hall, President
Gal Tanner, Executive Vice-President
Earl Shepard, Vice-President
Joe DIGiorglo, Secretary-Treasurer
LIndsey Wliiiams, Vice-President
Ai Tanner, Vice-President
Robert Matthews, Vice-President
Published monthly at '810 Rhode Island Avenue N.E., Wash
ington, D.C. 20018 by Seafarers international Union, Atlantic,
Gulf, Lakes and inland Waters District, AFL-CIO 675 Fourth
Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. Tel. 499-6600. Second class
postage paid at Washington, D.C.
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In Alcoholism Battle
Sen. Harold E. Hughes (D-Iowa)
• has called for increased union participation in company alcoholism-pre
vention programs.
Imported Oil Carriage
MEBA Asks
At Least 50%
On U.S. Ships
The Marine Engineers Beneficial
Assn. (MEBA) called for immediate
. legislation requiring that at least 50
percent of U.S. oil imports be carried
• to this country's ports in ships under
U.S. flag. MEBA, the 97-year-old
organization which represents licensed
. marine engineers, issued the state
ment to rebuild and strengthen the
> American merchant marine at its 91st
convention in Bal Harbour, Fla.
"It is unthinkable that this country
• can permit further deterioration of its
once great merchant marine," said
• organization ofiicials. The statement
continued: "Our country has the eco
nomic resources, the technology, and
, the skills and manpower to rebuild a
, merchant marine which will bring fair
, returns to its managers and investors."
The union voiced "deep concern"
J,- for the "steady decline" of the U.S.
merchant fleet and said that all govern
ment-financed cargoes should^ be car-^
• . lied in American-flag ships, provided
- ^ thatfreight rates are equal to those
- ^ charged by foreign ships.
In connection with foreign imports
' policy, the delegates endorsed the
B irke-Hartke Foreign Trade and In
vestment Act of 1972 which adds
V measures to regulate imports and place
"much needed" controls on multina' tional corporations.
The convention strongly voted its
opposition to compulsory arbitration
' proposals which would effect various
branches of the transportation indus
try and destroy collective bargaining.
"Many of the programs thus far
have been operated by management
with imion support but only limited,
if any union participation," Hughes
told the annual AFL-CIO National
Conference on Community Services
here.
"As I see it, the optimum blue
print for success is one that provides
for full participation and joint control
by labor and management."
An admitted recovered alcoholic,
Hughes asked labor and management
for a joint effort to:
• eliminate existing alcoholism: related exclusions and limitations that
unfairly restrict employee health and
income benefits;
• provide comprehensive insurancebenefit protection for all aspects of
physical or mental illness, including
those relating to alcoholism;
• remove unfair exclusions of alco
holics from hospitals and other com
munity-health facilities;
• improve community alcoholismcontrol programs.
Earlier, Dr. Morris E. Chafetz, di
rector of the National Institute on
Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, told
i the 500 conference delegates that "re
cent findings show that management
' is generally unaware of, or at least
unconvinced, that five percent or mOre
of their employees may be in trouble
with alcohol."
Chafetz said that management must
fully realize its responsibility to labor
the job as well as on "before vfe
will have effective programs capable
of reducing alcohol abuse in industry."
The four-day conference was high
lighted by a review of price and rent
controls led by Sen. William Proxmire
(D-Wisc.), Leaders of local AFL-CIO
price-monitoring watch-dog units
across the country attended the ses
sions, later engaging in workshop dis
cussions.
Also on the agenda was the Philip
Murray-William Green Award dinner
in honor of A. Philip Randolph, Presi
dent-Emeritus of the Brotherhood of
Sleeping Car Porters.
No-Fault Car Insurance
Lowers Consumers' Costs
The insurance plan went into
effect in that state Jan. 1, 1971.
It provides out of court settle
ments for liability claims up to
$2,000 without regard to blame
in the accident. It requires a
motorist's own insurer to pay a
claim of less than $2,000 and
prohibits suits for "pain and
suffering" unless medical ex
penses exceed $500. The "nofault" concept was extended to
property damage in the 1971
legislature but the rate struc
ture is not yet established.
Meanwhile, in Washington,
D.C., hearings have been com
pleted on the legislation in both
the House and Senate. Action
is expected to be taken in the
second session of the 92nd
Congress.
Organized labor's campaign
for national legislation provid
ing for "no-fault" auto insur
ance has received a major
boost in Massachusetts.
State officials have ordered
a 27.6 percent reduction in the
premium costs now and another
27.6 percent cut in one year.
The industry was ordered to
make cuts in_ premium costs
for compulsory bodily injury
auto insurance because of what
Massachusetts officials term
excess profits earned during
1971.
Savings' under the law have
proven greater than anticipated
and Coy. Francis W. Sargent
said, "We're going to try to get
those excess charges back for
motorists in the form of premi
um credits."
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BARBER EQUIPMENT—
Wahl Clipper Corp., pro
ducers of home barber sets.
(Int'l. Assoc. of Machinists
and Aerospace Workers)
CIGARETTES—R. J. Reyn
olds Tobacco Co.—Camels,
Winston, Salem, Tempo,
Brandon, Doral, and Cava
lier. (Tobacco Workers Un
ion)
CLOTHING—-Reidbord Bros.,
Co., Siegal (H. I. S. brand)
suits and sports jackets, Kaynee boyswear, Riclunond
Brothers men's clothing, Sewell suits. Wing shirts, Met
ro Pants Co., and Diplomat
Pajamas by Fortex Mfg. Co.
(Amalgamated Clothing,
Judy Bond Blouses—(Inter
national Ladies Garment
Workers Union)
CONTACT LENSES AND
OPTICAL FRAME S—DalTex Optical Co. Dal-Tex
owns a firm known as
Terminal-Hudson. They op
erate stores or dispense to
consumers through Missouri
State Optical Co.; Goldblatt
Optical Services; King Op
tical; Douglas Optical, and
Mesa Optical; Lee Optical
Co.; and Capitol Opticd Co.
COSMETICS—Shulton, Inc.
(Old Spice, Nina Ricci,
Desert Flower, Friendship
Garden, Escapade, Vive le
Bain, Man-Power, Burley,
Corn Silk and Jacqueline
Cochran). (Glass Bottle
Blowers Association)
DINNERWARE—M e t a 1 o x
Manufacturing Co. (Int'l.
Brotherhood of Pottery and
Allied Workers)
FILTERS, HUMIDIFIERS—
Research Products Corp.
(Int'l. Assoc. of Machinists
and Aerospace Workers)
FURNITURE—^James Sterling
Corp., White Furniture Co.,
Brown Furniture Co., (Unit
ed Furniture Workers)
MEAT PRODUCTS—Poultry
Packers, Inc. (Blue Star
label products). (Amalga
mated Meat Cutters and
Butcher Workmen)
Holly Farms Poultry Indus
tries, Inc.; Blue Star Label
products (Amalgamated
Meat Cutters and Butcher
Workmen)
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PRINTING—^Kingsport Press
"World Book," "Childcraft."
(Printing Pressmen, Typog
raphers, Bookbinders, Ma
chinist, Stereotypers, and
Electrotypers)
NEWSPAPERS—Los Angeles
Herald-Examiner. (10 unions
involved covering 2,000
workers)'
Britannica Junior Encyclo
pedia (Int'l. Allied Printing
Trades Assn.)
RANGES—Magic C h e f. Pan
Pacific Division. (Stove, Fur
nace and Allied Appliance
Workers)
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SHOES—Genesco Shoe Mfg.
Co—work shoes; Sentry,
Cedar Chest and Statler,
men's shoes; Jarman, John
son & Murphy, Crestworth
(Boot and Shoe Workers)
SPECIAL—All West Virginia
camping and vacation spots,
(Laborers)
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TOYS—^Fisher-Price toys (Doll
& Toy Workers Union)
temal Revenue Service, which en
forces the Pay Board decisions, to for
bid LTV's proposed increase in the
scabs' wages.
"If the government stalls in acting
against LTV, then it is saying in ef
fect that certain wage increases are
excessive and inflationary if negoti
ated across the bargaining table but
are permissible if put into effect by a
company to fight a strike," said Ken
Worley, director of UAW's Region 5
which includes the Texas area.
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LIQUORS—Stitzel-Weller Dis
tilleries products—Old Fitz
gerald, Cabin Still, Old Elk,
W. L. Weller. (Distillery
Workers)
UAW Challenging Pay Raise
Granted Texas Firnt Scabs
The United Automobile Workers is
challenging a 17 percent pay raise to
87 scabs of the LTV Electrosystems
of Greenvile, Tex., in an effort by that
company to break a strike of UAW
Local 967.
"For its own self-serving ends, LTV
instituted a huge wage increase in
fighting its own workers and their
legitimate and legal strike," said UAW
President Leonard Woodcock.
The UAW has called on the In-
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Carrier Dove Again Bound for India
The most recent voyage of the SlU-contracted freightship Carrier Dove (Waterman)
was a four-month trip that took her to pmts
~^n the Persian Gulf, Red Sea and India.
Built in 1944 in the pmf
San Frandsco,
the 8,027-ton ship is 491 feet long.
She dropped anchor in the port of Baymme,
New Jersey to take on a new cargo bound fmr
India, and she won't be back in the port of
New Yoik again until August
In the photo at rig^t, J. Warfidd, chief
cook Oefl) and Mi Mayor, night cook and
baker go about chores in the galley aboard
the Carrier Dove. Ship to<d( on plenty of fresh
stores for outboard voyage.
And in the photo below, SIU Representa^
tive Teddy Babkowski (seated, center) sits in
on a decisitm between Carrier Dove crewmembers. Topics of conversation included the SIU
contract and SIU's political activity in Wash
ington.
Messman A. J^laneslv gnd al^le seaman J, B. Cienton are looking forward
to
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T^e Carrier Dove's third cook, V. Ferguson, not only helpi turn out fine meals
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�Charleston crewmembers, wearing life jackets,
await order to begin lifeboat drill by releasing
brake mechanism on gravity davit which will lower
boat to boarding level.
A cool head in an emergency, especially an un
expected-. emergency at sea, can save not only one
man's'life, but the lives of an entire crew,
Today's Seafarem, more than eVer before, are
better prepared to handle emergencies at sea. This
preparednMS is in large part due to the SIU's Life
boat Training Program, conducted by the union's
Harry Limdeberg School at Piney Point, Md.
This vitally important program as enabled
countless Seafarers, veterans and first trippers alike,
to secure their lifeboat endorsements following
passage of a Coast Guard conducted examination.
In addition, in order to maintain Seafarers' life
boat skills at razor-sharp perfection, every SIUmanned lifeboat drill a minimum of once every
seven days.
Crewmembers aboard the containership.CAar/eston (Sea-Land), conducted one such driU in Port
Newark Channel last month.
Their lifeboard was lowered and in mid channel
within three minutes.
The coxswain's order Is "Stand by to give way,
give way tojgether," and the Charleston's lifeboat
moves out into open water to complete the emer
gency drill.
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Lifeboat is in proper boarding position as last man prepares to join shipmates
before coxswain (standing, extreme right) gives order to lower away.
Lifeboat angles away from alongside of the Charleston after oars were placed
in upright position by crewmembers.
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�Domestic Shipping Conference Suggests Industry Reforms
(Continued from Page 3)
She decried the current state of the
merchant marine in both its overseas
and domestic branches.
She pointed to the Great Lakes
fleet as a particularly sore point, but
one that is getting government as
sistance now.
Labor's Share
She said she believed that to lift
the domestic industry out of its
doldrums, it ought to have the same
consideration,, in construction aid as is
presently given the deep sea portion
of the industry.
McKay, representing the AFL-CIO
Maritime Trades Department, with
which the SIU is aflSliated, told those
attending that "labor expects its fair
share" of the new wealth in domestic
shipping and its cooperation with in
dustry portends.
He indicated that labor would ex
pect industrial help in organizing the
large segment of the inland shipping
industry that it currently not imionized.
McKay, if we are to protect our
selves against those who would build
barriers against our futures, we will
have to do it as a team."
He said that time had come, "to
end old prejudices and hates of the
past in the interest of moving our in
dustry forward."
Labor is helping to put an end to
those practices, McKay said, by work
ing in close asociation with manage
ment and government in the National
Maritime Council and elsewhere.
He deemed that kind of cooperation
a success, saying, "we see a new op
timism in our labor-management-govemment campaign to bring vital cargo
to the American flag fleet."
That same kind of effort can help
build a better domestic flet as well, he
asserted.
An industry leader, George M.
Steinbrenner of American Shipbuild
ing Co., agreed that unity would be
needed.
He pointed to the Merchant Marine
Act of 1970 as an example of "what
can be accomplished for an industry
through labor's willingness to work
for its betterment."
Delegates will reassemble June 8
to hear the Maritime Administration
report on the panel recommendations.
Constitutional Committee Makes Recommendations
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strike. The proposed amendment so provides, and we
approve the same.
5) One of the qualifications for nomination to office
in our District is that the candidate has at least one
hundred (100) days of seatime between January 1st and
the time of nomination in the election year. Such
qualification, although easy to meet for one of our
members sailing deep sea, is quite difficult for a Great
Lakes member, since the Great Lakes are iced in from
January through early April. Accordingly, the pro
posed amendment requires that a candidate who sails
solely on the Great Lakes need have only sixty-five (65)
days of seatime.
As previously stated, there are other amendments
proposed whcih are more technical in nature. The
amendment to Article X, Section 12(a) inserts pre
viously omitted references to "jobs" and "job holders"
who are delegates to the Seafarers Intemationl Union
of North America Convention; the amendment to
Article XI updates the next election year from 1971 to
1975; the amendment to Article XXIV changes the
date of the last time our Constitution was amended
from August 1968 to December 1971.
These amendments constitute part of the merger
agreement, the whole of which, with the propositions
constituting the amendments of our present Constitu
tion, shall be available for our membership at Head
quarters and Ports no later than May 27, 1972. We
earnestly suggest that all of our members read the full
text thereof to become familiar with all of its terms
and provisions. We believe that our membership, based
upon all the facts, will approve the merger agreement
and the Constitutional amendments, and we recom
mend such approval.
Your committee recommends that in connection with
the ballot to be used by the membership in the vote on
your Committee's recommendations, in accordance with
the merger agreement, there be one proposition to be
voted YES or NO, reading as follows:
Shall the merger agreement between Atlantic,
Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District and
Great Lakes District, including the proposed
constitutional amendments, be approved?
YES
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If this Constitutional Committee's report and rec
ommendation is concurred in by the membership at the
May 1972 membership meetings, it is recommended, as
provided in the merger agreement, that the ballot on
the above proposition be held by referendum vote in
accordance with Article XII, Sections 3, 4 and 7 of
our Constitution, subject however to the following: The
election shall be held commencing at all ports on June
1, 1972 and ending at midnight on June 30, 1972.
The Committee further recommends that the Royal
National Bank 1212 Avenue of the Americas, New
York, New York shall be the depository of all ballots.
In accordance with Article XXV of our Constitution,
the Unio3 Tallying Committee shall consist of six (6)
full book memters, two (2) from each of the three (3)
departments of the Union, elected from Headquarters
Port at the regular meeting to be held there on July 3,
1972 and shall begin their duties on July 5, 1972.
Requests for absentee ballots must be postmarked no
later than 12:(X) Midnight on June 15, 1972 and must
be delivered to the Secretary-Treasurer at Hearquarters
no later than June 22, 1972. Absentee ballots shall be
mailed by the Secretary-Treasurer no later than June
23, 1972. All ballots to be counted must be received
by the depository no later than July 5, 1972 and must
be postmarked no later than Midnight, June 30, 1972.
The Committee finally recommends, in accordance
with the merger agreement, that this report and rec
ommendations be read at Headquarters and all branches
at the regular May 1972 Meetings for the purpose of ,
acting on this report and recommendation in accordance
with Article XXV of our Constitution.
Dated: April 14, 1972
John S. Sweeney (S-1147)
Edward A. Parr (P-1)
J. Prochownik (P-162)
Walter A. Karlak (K^47)
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Otis Paschal (P-752)
Warren Cassidy (C-724)
Activity—^legislative and administra
tive—at the national level can, and
does, affect every Seafarer every day
of his working life. For ours is a fed
erally regulated occupation, and prog
ress must come through the legislation
passed by Congress, and a favorable
action by the executive branch of gov
ernment
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It takes constant attention to assure
continuing progress for Seafarers and
for their industry. Like attention to
the bills currently being considered by
Congress. For instance:
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• The bill to require that 50 per
cent of U.S. oil imports be carried on
American-flag vessels.
• The bill that would fund con
struction of 40 liquefied natural gas
ships.
• The bill that would close the
Virgin Islands loophole in the Jones
Act.
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must be pressed onjbehalf of Seafarers,
such as the battle to keep the U.S.
Public Health Service Hospitals open
and the fight to improve the U.S. bal
ance of trade situation.
And the plain fact of the matter is
that no one will do our fighting for
us. We either carry the freight our
selves, or the fight is lost
These are a few of the measures in
Congress that bear directly on job op
portunities for Seafarers, and thus
bear on all facets of their lives.
And the Seafarers way of protecting
their interests and winning the battles
is through voluntary contributions to
the Seafarers Political Activity Dona
tion.
' And' there art other matters that
SPAD works on the fundamental
principle of labor's political action,
first enunciated by Samuel Gompers,
first president of the American Fed
eration of Labtn^
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"Labor must reward its friends and
defeat its enemies/'
There is no substitute for the sup
port of friends who have been tried
and tested many times over on critical
legislation. SPAD is bur way of giving
them that support.
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legislative progress which will, in turn,
insure the continuation of the profes-.
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The SlU-contracted Erna Elizabeth has
- successfully completed the initial phase of a
. first-ever experiment designed to evaluate the
U.S. merchant fleet's capability to provide
' underway replenishment for U.S. Navy ships
' in operational conditions.
The experiment, generated during discus
sions between Assistant Secretary of Com
merce for Maritime Affairs Andrew E. Gib• son and Chief of Naval Operations Adm.
. Elmo R. Zumwalt and called Charger Log I,
involved the refueling of U.S. and Allied
' warships in simulated combat exercises
termed Operation Springboard, which were
conducted in the Caribbean.
During the operation the Erna Elizabeth
was responsible for supplying logistical sup
port for the combat ships, as well as partici
pating in the "mock warfare" games.
The Erna Elizabeth tests involved an
evaluation of rigging procedures, fuel oil
transfer rates, intership communications,
speed and course stability, and safety meas
ures.
In addition to U.S. Navy vessels, ships
and aircraft from the Netherlands, Germany,
Britain, Brazil, Venezuela, the Dominican
Republic and Colombia participated in the
exercise.
Favorable Reactions
The first reactions upon completion of the
initial phase of the program were encourag
ing for supporters of the merchant fleet. Gib
son drafted a letter (See Page 18) to the
Master of the Erna Elizabeth praising the
officers and crew for their exceptional percformance.
Additional praise for the "professional
seamanship" exhibited by the crew of thd
vessel came from U.S. Navy and Allied ship
commanders who worked with the Erna
Elizabeth during the exercise.
The Erna Elizabeth was chartered by the
Navy Department according to Adm. John
D. Chase, commander of the Navy's Military
Sealift Command. The ship is owned and
operated by Albatross Tanker Corp., a sub
sidiary of Seatrain Lines, Inc.
' At the conclusion of the exercises in the
Caribbean area, the Erna Elizabeth sailed
to the Mediterranean where she will con
tinue to operate with the U.S. Sixth Fleet
before being releasd for normal duties with
SIU crew members aboard the Erna Elizabeth
secure coupling between, two hoses as the ship
makes ready to pump oil to a U.S. Navy carrier, .,, the MSC>,
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The SIU and other leading proponents of
America's merchant marine have long sought
increased merchant fleet participation in sup
plying military needs. This experiment was
designed to test the feasibility of such parti
cipation.
The results of this experiment and the
favorable reactions could mean a significant
gain for the U.S. merchant fleet and those
who man her ships. If the Navy begins to
rely more heavily on merchant ships to pro
vide logistical support in the absence of its
own support ships, it will mean more U.S.flag vessels in operation and, in turn, more
Seafarers sailing.
Crew members and officers aboard the Erna
Elizabeth check hose/pipe coupling before pro
ceeding to replenish the Franklin D. Roosevelt
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vessel for refueling operations, crew, members break out
the hoses which will be used to pump oil from the SlUcontracted ship to a waiting, 'thirsty' Navy ship.
This close-up shot of refueling operatic
ship Erna Elizabeth won the praise ofj
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he Erna Elizabeth during the Navy's Atlantic operations. In ad-
dition to the U.S. Navy, the Erna Elizabeth also worked in conjunction with ships from the British,
Dutch and German navies.
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of utilizing the U.S. merchant fleet to provide logistical support for the
Navy and civilian personnel during this first-ever experiment Navy in operational conditions.
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�And Earning a Deserved 'Well Done
The first part of the Ema Elizabeth's mission is over. The role she played in
replenishing U.S. and Allied naval ships during operations in the Atlantic was
an experimental and important one.
Words of praise were lavished upon the ship, its officem and crew. The com
manders of U.S. Navy vessels and Allied vessels that had the opportunity to work
with the Ema Elizabeth all said that she fulfilled her function well, exhibiting the
jst traditions of professional seamanship
The ship is now in the Mediterranean providing logistical support for ships of
the U.S. Navy's Sixth Fleet. Upon completion of these tasks she will resume normal
operations under charter to the Military Sealift Conunand.
The performance of her crew during the initial phase of these operations has
drawn letters of praise from among others. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for
Maritime Affairs Andrew E. Gibson and the ship's Master, Capt. Harold G. Van
Leuven. Gibson's original letter is reprinted below. Capt. VM Leuven's letter,
addressed to SIU Headquarteis," was^rdhSS*!a content anJione to the one re
printed here.
March 24, 1972
Captain Harold G. Ym Leuven
Master
SS Ema Elizabeth
Dear Captain Van Leuven,
I have watched with keen interest as the SS Ema Bhzabeth
has demonstrated the superior resources and skills of the Ameri
can merchant marine during the imderway refueling of Naval
ships in the course of Project Charger Log 1.
This project was designed to test the hypothesis that a mer
chant tanker with no prior training or experience could effec
tively refuel Naval ships at sea. The voyage of the SS Ema
Elizabeth has clearly proven the validity of that hypothesis and
has also shown the skills of our merchant crews to. be of the cali
ber needed to do the job in a highly professional manner. The
praise heard from the Commanding Officers of many of the
American and Alhed naval vessels which you refueled expresses
the great value given your efforts by the Naval forces.
>^en he sent his maritime program to the Congress in 1969,
President Nixon stated that it was a program of "opportunity
and challenge.'* The voyage of the SS Ema Elizabeth was both
an "opportunity and challenge;" she took the "opportunity" and
met the "challenge."
My congratulations and thanks to you, your officers and your
crewmembers on the completion of this most significant test.
Sincerely,
A. E. GIBSON
Assistant Secretary
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been a great success. We have accompUshed almost every type of
refueling and have been able to give what has been asked of us.
The crew has been exceptional and has worked hard at prov
ing this project feasible and at making it a success. You can be
proud of your men as I am. From all reports, the ships we have
operated with have been sending nothing but good reports of out
standing performance by the Ema Elizabeth. I want to thank
you and to thank the crew of the Ema Elizabeth for doing a welldone job.
If the results of this operation are what is needed to promote
the prospect of more merchant ships being used to supply the
Navy, then the men here have more than proven what can be
done with so Httle to work with and in a very short time.
The first half of our project is over with and we are on our
way to the Mediterranean and the second half. I see no reason
why this part will not be as successful and add more prestige to
the merchant marine and the SIU crew members.
Once again let me express my thanks to my crew for working
with me and doing such a good job.
Sincerely yoms,
Harold G. Van Leuven
Master
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�State Education Official Visits HLS
The educational programs of the Harry Lundeberg School won the praise of a top official of the
Maryland State Department of Education who in
spected the school's facilities recently.
Warren Smeltzer, Assistant Director of Voca
tional and Trchnical^ucation for the State Depart
ment of Education, made a special trip from Balti
more "to see this school that I had heard so much
about."
Accompanying him on the tour were Dr. Robert
E. King, Superintendent of Schools for St. Mary's
County, and Will Dorman, Supervisor of Vocational
Education for the county.
During their visit, they met and talked with Hazel
Brown, HLS director of education, who personally
conducted the visitors on their tour. They also met
with the school's academic teachers, vocational in
structors and other staff members, and they had an
opportunity to talk with a number of the young men
in training.
While he was visiting the school, Smeltzer watched
as Coast Guard examiners from Baltimore were
administering lifeboat examinations to a class of
20 trainees, and he expressed admiration for the
manner in which the trainees launched and handled
the lifeboats.
Smeltzer also witnessed the various "leaming-bydoing" techniques used in the Lundeberg School's
vocational program, and had the programs explained
to him by vocational instructors Bernard Kasmierski,
a veteran able seaman and Bosun; Victor Ard and
Garrett Qark, deck instructors; and Hans Spiegel, a
chief cook and steward with more than 21 years
experience at sea.
Smeltzer said he was particularly impressed with
the practical aspects of the Lunde^rg School's vo
cational program, and with the competence of the
SIU instructors.
In the photo below, from left ib right; .Ace^Aslick,*
HLS vocational instructor, explains to Smeltzer,
Dr. King and Mr. Dorman the school's unique aca
demic-vocational program. Looking on at the rig^it
is Miss Hazel Brown, HLS academic director.
In the photo at the right. Dr. King and Doorman
inspect the handiwork of HLS trainee Charles
Meeks during their tour of the facilities.
A $25 Savings Bond
New Arrivals Share in Seafarers' Benefits Plan
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Donald Franks, born Mar. 22, 1971,
to Seafarer and Mrs. Larry J. Franks,
Savannah, Tenn.
Kevin McGowan, bom Nov. 3, 1971,
to Seafarer and Mrs. Blanton L.
McGowan, McCool, Miss.
James Hagner, born Sept. 25, 1971,
to eSafarer and Mrs. James F. Hagner,
Staten Island, N.Y.
Soledad Armada, bom Mar. 12, 1972,
to Seafarer and Mrs. Alfonso A. Armada,
Baltimore, Md.
Eric Robinson, born Mar. 4, 1972, to
Seafarer and Mrs. Richard O. Robinson,
Chesapeake, Va.
Felix Carrion, bom Mar. 27, 1972,
to Seafarer and Mrs. Samuel Carrion,
Rio Piedras, P.R.
Michael Johnson, bom Oct. 10, 1971,
to Seafarer and Mrs. Mickal Johnson,
New Orleans, La.
Melisha Delaune, born Jan. 3, 1972,
to Seafarer and Mrs. Larry A. Delaime,
Avondale, La.
Anna Hllhura, born Dec. 15, 1971,
to Seafarer and Mrs. Daniel A. Hilburn,
Gulf Shores, Ala.
Catrina Holland, born Sept. 2, 1971,
to Seafarer and Mrs. William M. Hol
land, Maco, Tex.
Jessie Jordan, bom Mar. 8, 1972, to
Seafarer and Mrs. John E. Jordan,
Seafarer and Mrs. E. Cuenca and their two-month old daughter Marina re
cently paid a visit to SIU headquarters in New York. Child received a $25
U.S. Savings Bond from the SIU.
1972
Plateau, Ala.
Michelle Vincent, bom Jan. 1, 1972,
to Seafarer and Mrs. Whitney Vincent,
Jr., New Orleans, La.
Joseph Ferras, bom Feb. 11, 1972, to
Seafarer and Mrs. Daniel Ferras, New
Orleans, La.
Lydia Ortiz, born Feb. 12, 1972, to
Seafarer and Mrs. Raul G. Ortiz,
Galveston, Tex.
Anthony Miles, bom Mar. 11, 1972,
to Seafarer and Mrs. Charles J. Miles,
Bronx, N.Y.
MSnerva Torres, bom Jan. 30, 1972,
to Seafarer and Mrs. Jose J. Torres,
Hitchcock, Tex.
Joan Fontaine, bom Mar. 30, 1972,
to Seafarer and Mrs. Arthur J. Fon
taine, Providence, R.I.
William Hudson, bom Feb. 19, 1972,
to Seafarer and Mrs. William M. Hud
son, Mobile, Ala.
Stacy Hood, bom Feb. 9, 1972, to
Seafarer and Mrs. Charles H. Hood,
Jr., Memphis, Tenn.
Meredith Senn, bom Feb. 17, 1972,
to Seafarer and Mrs. Donald Senn, Jr.,
Elberta, Mich.
Christopher Gihhs, bom Feb. 14,
1972, to Seafarer and Mrs. Leslie W.
Gibbs, Galveston, Tex.
Seafarer and Mrs. Ralph Stahl are shown with their son Ralph Stahl III after
child received a $25 U.S. Savings Bond from the SIU in the Port of Toledo.
Tiny tot catches forty winks.
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SlU Ships Committees
A Seafarer's work is unique in that
work. Everyone agrees that it has had
established within the SIU—^the prinknows that he can speak up freely and
he is separated for long periods of
a unique and outstanding success.
ciple of democracy,
without hesitation and bring up any
time from what happens on shore For
The operation of the ship's commitWhen the meeting is called each
matter important to his union, his
any Union organization to function
tee is in line with the firm principle ^ Sunday aboard ship every Seafarer
ship and his job.
•""Ufifeiively it iS''importaiii that thet^"**^
His right to speak out is one of the
be constant communications between
rights which the ship's committee pro
Union headquarters and the members
tects for every member of the un
at sea and ashore.
licensed crew.
There are many methods of comThere are six members of the
mimications when the membership is
ship's committee-r-chairman, secre
ashore, but the bulk of our members
tary-reporter, education director and
must be away at sea to earn their
three delegates, one from each of the
living.
three departments aboard ship.
Since very important things hap
The chairman calls and directs the
pen on shore, it is vital that there be
meeting. The secretary-treasurer is re
ships' committees to act as a bridge
sponsible for all of the committee's
from vessel to shore.
correspondence with union head
No matter how long the voyage or
quarters amd must keep the minutes
how far away the vessel may sail, the
of the meeting and report actions tak
ship's committee provides the solid
en tp headquarters.
bridge of communication that keeps
education director is in charge
working Seafarers constantly aware of
of ^ mamtaining and distrilmting v all
vital issues.
' .pubiicationsi films and mecbanical
To strengthen this bridge of com
equipment to Seafarers wishing to
munication from ship to shore is the
. shidy upgrading, safety, headth and
goal of the ship's committee. That is
sanitation.
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The department delegates, elected
the committee does his job with the
by members of the deck, engine and
knowledge that he is helping not only
steward departments, represent their
TRANSINDIANA (Hudson Waterways)—^The Transindiana has just returned
his Union and his fellow Seafarer but
men on the committee and contribute
from Puerto Rico. From left around recreatlbn room table are; J. Fandll,
also himself.
heavily
to its decisions.
steward delegate; R. Prater, engine delegate; A. Hanstvedt, ship's chairihan;
The ship's committee has been in
AU these men are part of that
S. Zielewski, educational director; E. Heimila,^ deck defe^te, and K. Hatgir
operation long enough to gauge its
misios, secretary-reporter. ^
bridge between ship and shore.
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PHILADELPHIA (Sea-Land)—From left are members of ship's committee: H.
Filder, secretary-reporter; E. Kanim, deck delegate; B. Speegles, engine delegate, E. Walker, educational director, and T. Trainor, ship's chairman.
STEEL ADMIRAL (Isthmian)—Members of ship's committee from left are:
K. Amat, ship's chairman; N. Zervos, deck delegate; E. Avecilla, !secretaryreporter, and D. Bronstein, steward delegate.
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Rivera, steward delegate; B. Tyarbrough, deck delegate; F. Mitchell, educa
tional director; B. Brewer, engine delegate; M. Masanueva, ship's chairman,
and W. Oliver, secretary-reporter.
NEWARK (Sea-Land)—^Assigned to the Puerto Rican run, the Newark made
a stop in Port Elizabeth, NJ. From left, seated are: 0. Dammeyer, ship's
chairman; R. Hinojosa, engine delegate; B. Feleciano, deck delegate. Stand
ing are, V. Silva (right), steward delegate and J. Utz, secretary-reporter.
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Dove are, from left: D. Ransome, ship's-chairman; S. Wright, secretary-re-
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delegate; J. Dodd, steward delegate, and 0. Guerrero, educational director.
Ships Meetings
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OVERSEAS ULLA (Maritime), Mar. 5Chairman G. Harding; Secretary J. Doyle.
$29 in ship's fund. Some disputed OX in
each department
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COLUBMIA (United States Steel), Feb.
13—Chairman C. lannoli; Secretary M. S.
Sospina; Deck Delegate J. S. Rogers; En
gine Delegate W. B. Addison; Steward
Delegate C. W. Hall. Everything is running
smoothly with no beefs. Vote of thanks
was extended to the steward department
for a job well done.
DETROIT (Sea-Land), Mar. 12—ChaiUman Felix Aponte; Secretary V. Perez;
Deck Delegates J. JcLaughlin; Engine
Delegate James T. Cochran; Steward Dele
gate G. H. Hiers. Some disputed OT in
deck department. Vote of thanks to the
steward department for a job well done.
SPITFIRE (American Bulk Carriers),
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Jan. 30—Chairman Walter Buttertcm; Sec
retary Marvin Deloatch; Deck Delegate
Gerald Edwards; Engine Delegate Lester
Carver; Steward Delegate William E.
Grimes. Everything is running smoothly.
Vote of thanks to the steward department
for a job well done.
ACHILLES (Newport Tankers), Feb. 29
Chairman W. Mitchell; Secretary W. Goff.
Disputed OT in Deck and Engine Depart
ments. Safety meeting held on February
22, 1972.
SEATRAIN FLORIDA (Hudson Water
ways), Feb. 13—Chairman B. R. Scott;
Secretary P. S. Holt; Deck Delegate N.
Williams; Engine Delegate George E.
Zukos; Steward Delegate J. E. Ward. Cap
tain is very pleased with the conduct of
the crew in all foreign ports. $9 in ship's
I Uift'.'l
fund. Some disputed OT in deck depart
ment.
SAN FRANCISCO (Sea-Land), Feb.
19—Chairman M. Woods; Secretary H.
Galicki. $80 in movie fund. Few hours dis
puted OT in engine department.
CONNECTICUT (Ogden Marine). Jan.
31—Chairman Carl Linebery; Secretap^
Ed Kaznowsky. Few hours disputed OT in
deck department to be settled at payoff.
Discussion held regarding no launch serv
ice in New Haven, Connecticut.
ANCHORAGE (Sea-Land), Mar. 5—
Chairman B. Gillain; Secretary R. Spencer;
Deck Delegate H. A. Bjerring; Engine Dele
gate Sol Vecchione; Steward Delegate
Armando Frissora. $30 in ship's fund.
Some disputed OT in each department.
Vote of thanks to the steward department
for a job well done.
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16—Chairman Danny Merrill; Secretary
George W. Luke; Deck Delegate Joe Cave;
Engine Delegate Joe Scaramutz; Steward
Delegate William Gonzalez. $15 in ship's
fund. Few hours disputed OT in deck and
engine departments.
SPITFIRE (American Bulk Carriers), Jan.
26—Chairman Walter Butterton; Secretary
Marvin Deloatch; Deck Delegate G. L.
Edwards; Engine Delegate Lester J. Carver.
No beefs were reported. Vote of thanks to
the steward department for a job weU done.
SEATRAIN DELAWARE (Hudson
Waterways), Jan. 9—Chairman Walter
Nash; Secretary C. DeJesus. No beefs and
no disputed OT. Vote of thanks to the
steward department for a job well done.
MONTFELIER VICTORY (Victory Car
riers), January 30—Chairman Carl C. Olesen; Secretary R. DeBoissiere; Deck Dele
gate William J. Thompson; Engine Delegate
Edward Terrazzi; Steward Delegate Thom
as E. Harris. Disputed OT in deck and
engine departments. Vote of thanks was
extended tb all departments for a job well
done.
CHICAGO (Sea-Land), Jan. 31—Chair
man Dan Butts; Secretary J. M. Davis.
$112 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported.
WESTERN CLIPPER (Western Agency),
Jan. 9—Chairman H. Libby; Secretary J.
T. Myers. $42 in ship's fund. Some dis
puted OT in deck and steward departmmts.
New repair list to be made up.
YELLOWSTONE (Ogden Marine), Feb.
27—Chairman Danny Merrill; Se<^tary
George William Luke; Deck Delegate Drew
H. Dowd; Engine Delegate Claude D.
Berry; Steward Delegate J. A. Naylar.
$15.15 in ship's fund. Everything is run
ning smoothly with no beefs and no dis
puted OT.
SL 181 (Sea-Land), Feb. 27—Chairman
John Davies; Secretary G. Walter, Deck
Delegate Fred Jensen; Engine Delegate
M.F. Lopez; Steward Delegate Stonewall
Jackson. $15 in ship's fund. No beefs.
Everything is miming smoothly.
ERNA ELIZABETH (Albatross Tank
ers), Feb. 27—Chairman L. R. Smith; Sec
retary P. L. Shauger; Deck Delegate A.
W. Mann; Engine Delegate W. L. Smith;
Steward Delegate Walter Cutter. Some dis
puted OT in engine department. Vote of
thanks was extended to the steward depart
ment for a job well done.
OGDEN WABASH (Ogden Marine),
Feb. 10—Chairman Walter W. LeClair,
Secretary F. Mitchell; I^k Delegate
Charles W. Marshall; Steward Delegate
H. G. Cracknell. $32 in ship's fund. Few
hours dbputed OT in deck department.
TRANSINDIANA (Hudson Waterways),
Mar. 19—Chairman A. Rivera; Secretary
W. Datzko. No beefs were reported. Vote
of thanks was extended to the steward de
partment for a job well done.
THETIS (Rye Marine), Mar. 12—Chair
man J. Northcutt; Secretary S. J. Davis.
$20 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported.
Everything is nmning smoothly. Vote of
thanks to the steward department for a job
well dcme.
^ PITTSBURGH (Sea-Land), Feb. 6—
Chairman A1 Oromaner, Secretary S. Mc
Donald; Deck Delegate W. Kmszewski;
Engine Delegate J. Sanchez; Steward Dele
gate H. Pressley. $58 in ship's fund. Some
disputed OT in deck department.
COMMANDER (Marine), Mar. 1—
Chairman A. Hovde; Secretary A. Morales.
No beefs were reported. Vote of thanks
was extended to the steward department
for a job well done.
TRANSIDAHO (Hudson Waterways),
Feb. 26—Chairman Frank Caspar; Secre
tary Aussie Shrimpton. $139 in ship's fund.
No beefs were reported. Good Crew on
board. The steward department extended
a vote of thanks to the 4-8 watch for good
cooperation in cleaning messhall and pantry.
Vote of thanks was also extended to the
steward department for a job well done.
STEEL APPRENTICE (Isthmian), Oct.
17—Chairman Karl A. Hellman; Secretary
Paul-P. Lopez; Deck Delegate Charles E.
Baggett; Engine Delegate Robert C. Arnold;
Steward Delegate Joseph Simpson. $10 in
ship's fund. No beefs were reported. Vote
of thanks to the steward department for
a job well done.
BEAUREGARD (Sea-Land), Feb. 20—
Chairman James Tanner, Secretary E. Har-
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ris; Deck Delegate B. Hager, Engine Dele
gate Richard F. Feddem; Steward Delegate
John Silva. $45 in ship's fund. No beefs
were reported. Vote of thanks to the steward
department for a job well done.
PENN CHAMPION (Pam), Oct 31—
Chairman James Mann; Secretary Francis.
Burley; Deck Delegate Willy Fontcna^
Engine Delegate W. Guillory; Steward
Delegate Cleo Jones. Some disputed OT in
each department Vote of thanks to the
steward department for a job well done.
AZALEA CITY (Sea-Land), Jan. 30—
Chairman E. J. Jordan; Secreta^ S. Segree.
Everything is nmning smoothly- with no
beefs. Few hours disputed OT in deck
department Vote of thanks to the steward
department for a job well done.
WACOSTA (Sea-Land), Feb. 4—Chair
man D. C. Gray; Secretary K. Hayes. Some
disputed OT in each department Vote of
thanks was extended to the Captain for
taking care of the repairs. Vote of thanks
to the steward department for a job well
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PITTSBURGH (Sea-Land), Feb. 6—
Chairman A1 Oramaner, Secretary S. Mc
Donald; Deck Delegate W. Kmszewski;
Engine Delegate J. Sanchez; Steward Dele
gate H. Pressl^. $58 in ship's fund. Some
disputed OT in deck department
OVERSEAS VIVIAN (Maritime Overseas), Feb. 8—Chairman M. Casanueva;
Secretary W. E. Oliver. $15 in ship's fund.
Small amount of disputed OT in deck
department, otherwise everything else is
okay.
TRANSCOLUMBIA (Hudscm Water
ways), Feb. 13—Chairman H. Braunstein;
Secretary F. Hall. $12 in ship's fund. Some
disputed OT in deck department and some
minor beefs in engine department Vote of
thanks to the steward department for a
job well done.
JEFFERSON CITY VICTORY (Victory
Carriers), Jan. 30—Chairman Leo Gillikin;
Sroretary Paul Franco; Deck Delegate
Richard C. Mason; Engine Delegate James
B. O'Keefe. Some disputed OT in deck
department. Vote of thanks to all depart
ments for a job well done.
OVERSEAS ALASKA (Maritime Over
seas), Mar. 6—Chairman E. W. Nicholson;
Secretary John H. RatUff. No beefs were
reported. Vote of thanks was extended to
the sttward department for a job well done.
PORTLAND (Sea-Land), Mar. 12—
Chairman N. Bechlivanis; Secretary Ange
M. Panagopoulos. Everything is mnning
smoothly, ^me disputed OT in deck de
partment to be taken up with boarding
patrolman.
STEEL EXECUTIVE asthmian), Feb.
21—Chairman None; Secretary John C.
Reed; Deck Delegate C. Blake. Some dis-
One Order Comin Up
Messrrian J. Mattos would ask "What's Cooking," but he already knows. He's
busy taking orders of food from galley to waiting crewmembers aboard the
Stonewall Jackson. Vessel was outbound for Saigon and ports in the Far East.
puted OT in deck department, otherwise
everything is running smoothly.
TRENTON (Sea-Land), Mar. 5—Chair
man J. A. Shortell; Secretary Gus Siendelas;
Deck Delegate E. Steward. $37 in ship's
fund. Everything is running smoothly with
no beefs.
TRENTON (Sea-Land), Mar. 5—Chair
man J. A. Shortell; Secretary Gus Siendelas;
Deck. Delegate E. Steward. $37 in ship's
fund. Everything is miming smoothly with
no beefs.
DELTA BRASIL (Delta), Feb. 27—
Chairman James F. Cuimingham; Secre
tary Thomas Liles Jr.; Deck Delegate Ali
Angelo; Engine Delegate John Brolenok;
Steward Delegate Joseph C. Busch. Some
disputed OT in steward department
JACKSONVILLE (Sea-Land), Mar. 6—
Chairman V. T. Nielsen; Secretary I.
Buckley; Deck Delegate D. DeJesus; Stew
art Delegate Frank LaRosa. $11 in ship's
fund. Some disputed OT in deck and en
gine departments.
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Seafarers' Ingenuity Gets Vessel Underway
Just as the SlU-contracted Western Clipper made ready to
leave Yokosuka Harbor, Japan recently, her windlass winch
took an unexplained "holiday" that threatened to delay
sailing because the anchor couldn't be raised. The good
seamanship and ingenuity of Alex Pulies (left) and Robert
Gustafson (right) saved the day when they rigged another
winch with lines so that the anchor could be heaved and
the ship put on its way. Captain Demie Papas (center)
master of the vessel, extended a "job well done" to Pulles
and Gustafson for their quick solution to the problem.
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the serene and picturesque waters of the Mediter
ranean Sea are a familiar sight. But, their knowledge
of the famous sea is only a surface evaluation, for
hidden beneath the blue dwells dangerous pollutants
and unimaginable filth.
According to scientists who have made numerous
ecological and biological studies of the area, the
cradle of western civilization is dyin|. It is a grave
situation for the 16 surrounding nations which are
now engaged in a race against time to keep the
Mediterranean alive.
"The health of milli(ms will be in danger . . .
the quality of life will be diminished," unless a com
mon policy or conservation and heritage is devel
oped by these nations, said British scientist Lord
Ritchie-Calder. He expects "things will get worse"
before they get better because oS increases in in
dustrial activities and the lack of "ade%iuate services
to deal with the wastes."
The future of the Med focuses upon whether pro
grams can be established to fi^t pollution and if
governments will accept them, he added. Thus, the
Pacem in Maribus studies were organized by the
Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions.
Beaches Closed
Already, many sandy beaches that encircle the
waterways have been closed to the public for health
reasons. Animals, fish, trees and marine plant life
have been the victim of poisonous pollutants that
cause a continued dwindling of their species.
French underseas explorer Jacques Costeau, vdio
has txTen diving in this area for 25 years, said "You
can hardly see a fish three inches long." He esti
mates the vitality of the Med has declined between
30 and 50 percent in the last two decades.
Swiss marine scientist Jacques Piccard predicts
that within 25 years, life in the Sea will be dead un
less society acts immediately.
The abnormal or excessive growth of single plants
or animals, such as algae, are encouraged by other
pollutants. Algae gives off an obnoxious smell and
kills other forms of life as it deoxygenates water
thus producing a "sea desert." Still other forms of
DDT and pesticides concentrate on similar species
without harming themselves and are often passed
up the food chain in increasing dosages to other
species, including humans.
Beneath the quiet waters of the Med are also
explosive storages of some three million tons of
. Max..
allied shipping that were sunk during World War II.
Live ammunition, chemical weapons and bunkers
full of oil from these ships rest on the bottom of
the sea.
The major rivers that feed into the Med continue
to defile the coastal waters with the sewage of the
hinterlands population. One Italian science writer
claims the saturation point has been reached and,
in fact exceeded, as some 70 percent of the state's
coasts are now polluted.
The in-flowing Atlantic waters along with Spain's
Ebor, France's Rhone, Italy's Po and Egypt's Nile
rivers are the main sources of replenishing the Medi
terranean Sea. Cool continental air masses that flow
across the Provencal Basin, the upper Adriatic Sea
and the Aegean Sea act as lungs for the sea by pro
viding the needed oxygen to sustain sea life in the
water—^but they are competing with pollutants.
The current malady of the Med is not new. Manmade pollution dates back to the copper workings
of Cyprus, the iron mines of Asia Minor and the
tin diggings of the Phoenicians. Today, the "roman
tic" canals of Venice overflow with waste and
garbage.
As the surroimding Mediterranean nations be
come more aware of the unfortunate ccHiditions of
their sea, and as plans are implemented via informa
tional, comprehensive conferences, then a further
degeneration of this famous sea will not be allowed
to exist.
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Litde children have grown up yell
ing such superstitions as "Step on a
crack, you'll break your mother's
back!" and carried these myths over
into adulthood when they get chills
as a black cat crosses their path, which
only goes to prove that superstitions
are a part of our daily life. You don't
have to be the seventh son of a Sea
farer to know the mysteries surround
ing the sea and the perils of the deep.
Many superstitions are so old that
their origins have been lost but Sea
farers treasure them just out of habit.
Some legends have washed ashore and
been accepted by landlubbers while
others remain the private collection of
the men of the sea.
From the early days mariners be
lieved the world was flat with wild sea
monsters waiting at the water's edge to
devour all ships which dare venture
near. Man's imagination has added
to the history of superstitions. While
the ancient sailors were perched on
top the crow's nest, the clouds and
vast stretches of open sea would take
control of the lookout's mind, helping
him conjur up phantoms and spirits.
Wherever the superstitions were in
vented . . . they continued to make
interesting reading.
The Flying Dntchnuui
Probably the most popular legend
known to the Seafarer is the story of
the Flying Dutchman, whose skipper,
Capt. Barnard Fokke, cursed the Al
mighty thereby causing his ship to sail
forever. The legend tells that the cap
tain was desperately trying to round
the Cape of Good Hope with a cargo
of aromatic spices from India, but
torrential rains and adverse winds pre
vented the passage. Shaking his fists at
the heavens, the cantankerous captain
pledged he would round the Cape if it
took tUl "Judgment Day."
Another account says the Flying
Dutchman's cargo was bullion, and
blames a murder committed aboard
that closed all ports to the ship.
And, still another version says the
aimless wanderings of the Flying
Dutchman were the fault of the master,
Herr von Falkenberg. He was con
demned to saU around the North Sea
in a ship without a helm or steerman
playing dice with the devil for his
soul.
Many an old -timer claim that "with
my own eyes, mind you, I swear by
the bones of Cap'n. Kidd, I've seen
the Flying Dutchman,.cltdit as day!"
They describe the ghostly wooden ship
with all its sails aloft.
Whether the crew of the Flying
Dutchman is still sailing or has gone
to Davy Jones' locker brings up an
other familiar legend. Mythology has
it that Davy presides over all that is
evil and dwells beneath the sea. His
domain is the final resting place of
every ship that has sunk beneath the
waves. He is also reasponsible for
every soul that sails the sea.
During the 17th Century, Carib
bean natives warned sailors of a spirit
known as "Davy" who would rise from
the sea at night to carry away anyone
foolish enough to walk the beaches.
The surname "Jones" is believed to
refer to Jonah, the indigestible Biblical
character who spent three days in the
stomach of a whale.
Of course, a seaman's standard ex
planation for the sinking of certain
ships was, "After all, her name does
begin with an 'S'.^' Much like the land
lubber's warnings of Friday the 13th,
so too does the letter "S" connote bad
luck. In fact, in the 18th Century, mari
time insurers hesitated to insure even
cargoes put aboard vessels whose
names began with the letter "S"
Names and Coins
A book published in 1855 claims
that one-ei^th of all ships whose
names started with an "S", i.e.;
Suwanee, Saranac, Sacramento and
San Jacinto, had been lost at sea.
Ship owners should also ponder
well the naming of a ship with the
letter "O" the book warns.
However, to assure good fortime
on a ship vrith the letters "S" or "O", a
coin should be nailed to the bottom of
the mast. This tradition comes from
the Roman custom of placing coins
in the mouths of the dead to pay
Charon for transportation across the
River Styx. With the coins nailed on
the ship, in case of a mishap, all
hands were prepaid.
As recently as 1934 when the USS
New Orleans was commissioned there
were 10 pennies placed beneath the
foremast were 10 pennies at the heel
of the main mast. All coins were
"heads up," of course.
With coins in place, the next impor
tant superstition appeared—the chris
tening. Ships which failed to remember
the champagne—^failed. In 1878, a
ship was launched without the cham
pagne bottle broken over her bow.
The vessel was to sail from Norfolk
to New York but was never seen
again.
A Grand Banks fisherman gave his
vessel, the Paid For, a dry launching.
It ran agroimd twice, stove her garboards and broke off the rudder within
a year. With this "luck," the owner
hauled her out of the water for repairs
and gave her another name and an
appropriate christening.
The famed frigate Constitution was
christened twice with a bottle of water
in 1797. But, in each case the ship
refused to slide into the waiting waters.
Finally, on the third time, according to
Rear Admiral George H. Preble's his
tory of the Boston Navy Yard, the
Constitution was launched "with a
bottle of choice old Madeira from the
cellar of the Honorable Thomas
Russell, a leading Boston merchant."
Friday Fears
As many a seaman has heard no
one in his right mind sails out on a
Friday, and some British mariners still
appear to respect this legend. In the
early 1930s, two large sailing vessels
were scheduled to leave from South
ampton on a Friday, but even the
passengers refused to sail. Whether or
not the Friday was the 13th of the
month is not known.
The Spanish also had a custom
which left its mark on maps, the
"Horse Latitudes." During their early
sailing ventures, the Spanish sailors
took animals with them in case an
unexplored area was found. It was
the custom of every Spanish adventur
er to take his horse aboard with him.
However, the slow moving galleons
often had problems of an adequate
supply of fresh water. When the water
was nearly exhausted, the horses on
board the ship became crazed with
thirst and many broke loose in revolt,
plunging into the sea. Legend has it
that the horses' owners also often
were dying of thirst and disease would
ride the backs of the horses into
the water. And, to this day, the lati
tudes near the West Indies where the
Spanish riders and their horses alleg
edly disappeared are known as the
"Horse Latitudes."
The wind has always played an
important part of the sailors life and
has left a few superstitions such as
don't whistle on a windy day or a
fierce storm will develop.
There are times that whistling is
permitted—^when ships drift willy-nilly
in a calm sea. This tradition of
"whistling up a wind" was handed
down by the Norsemen to the Spanish
and British seamen.
To demonstrate the ship's need for
wind, all hands would whistle in the
hopes that the Norse god, Thor, would
join their tune and thus with his
mighty breath fill the sails and^ move
the sWp. While many a stem sailingcaptain would not allow his crew to
talk, much less whistle, no objections
were made when the breeze was slight
and the sails were motionless.
Another story tells that at the turn
of the century, a superstitious skipper
tossed a 50 cent piece into the water
to conjur up a wind. Before the coin
sank, alio mph hurricane sprang up
and dashed his ship on the rocks. To
this the drenched skipper muttered,
"By God, if I'd known His wind was
so cheap, I wouldn't have ordered so
much!"
Multiple Myths
However Seafarers refer to these
superstitions, myths, folklore, legend,
tradition or coincidence, there is an
abundance of them. A few short super
stitions without stories are:
• If a sailor meets a minister going
in the same direction as he is, bad
luck follows.
• Anything furry onboard is un
lucky, while feathers are lucky—par
rots were a favorite of many pirates.
• Don't knock a swab or bucket
overboard.
• Never hand a shipmate anything
through the open steps of a ladder.
• Never let a piece of rope hang
loose over a beam or plank or wood—
it is a reminder of a hangman's noose.
• If the hatch cover is left bottom
side up, it is a guaranteed sign of bad
luck.
• Never go onboard a ship carry
ing a black suitcase or an umbrella.
If either items is spotted in someone's
hand, pitch it over the side immedi
ately—^but first be sure to let go of the
handle, otherwise double trouble!
Not all seafaring legends are harm
ful, but those that add mystery and
stir the imagination are more fun to
read about, simply superstitiously
speaking, of course!
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Questions Answered
About Social Security
Q. I was reviewing my insurance
coverage recently. In considering dis
Social Securify
ability protection under Social Security,
I know there is a six-month waiting
Booklets Available
period. Can you tell me how long it
would take after a disabled worker
In Spanish
files an application to get his first
The Social Security Adminis
For A Season
monthly cash payment?
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now has 23 pamphlets
A. It normally takes from 75 to
Again,
available
in Spanish to explain
80 days to get all the medical reports
: in the darkness,
the rights and responsibilities
together and for a decision to be made
grow cold with waiting.
under
Social Security. Spanish is
on an application for Social Security
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line the horizon.
seven
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And see her at last.
programs—^retirement,
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Welfare,
Social Security Ad
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ministration,
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Q. My mother Is 67 and gets
mon^y Social Security retirement
72nd birthday. But will my employer
checks. She is, healthy and wants to
also stop deducting Social Security
work. Why won't she get aU of her
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benefits if she earns over a certain
checks
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Down t» the troubled crystal sea.
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Up to midway festival spring.
intended to partially replace the in
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to a nursing home for the skilled
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nursing care I need, and Medicare
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receives monthly payments only if he
would still help pay my bills. How
has fuUy retired or has limited earn
much of my bills will Medicare pay?
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(usually she will not get all of her
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Medicare benefits while you are in a
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Hail conquerors—
except $8.50 a day.
tirement
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silent men.
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years or longer, you will continue to
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work stoppages is currently at the low
office when it becomes final.
Of the cry for life.
est level in more than three years.
Q. When I became 65 recently, I
J. Curtis Counts, director of the
Garlands lie at your feetr--^
signed up for Medicare. Can I use this
Federal
Mediation and Conciliation
Tribute from the Moloch
coverage for all doctors and hospitals?
Service,
reported
that as of the end
For the rivers of blood
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of February, Federal mediators were
Iff '/<,
For the mountains of gold.
physician of your choice. Most hos
involved in 161 strike situations in
pitals participate in Medicare, but not
volving 30,463 idled workers. The
Hail conquerors of time
all.
Any Social Security office can tell
Heartless idols—
lowest previous such figure was the
you whether a hospital participates in
120 disputes involving 27,079 work
The marching people
Medicare.
ers
as of December 27, 1968. The
Will topple your caster
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Agency's highest recent work stop
am still working. I know that I can
Henri Fereikoi^f;
page total involved 407 disputes with
collect my full Social Security benefits
499,723 workers during the week of
and still keep on working after.; my
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FHA Housing Program
Scandal Affects Poor
By Sidney Maig<diiis
Consumer Expert
Another FHA program which was
supposed to help moderate-income
families obtain livable houses has
erupted into a scandal involving large
mortgage companies, real estate
speculators and brokers, banks, lawyers
and even FHA employees. The gov
ernment itself stands to lose millions
of dollars, while many families who
were victimized by the program al
ready have lost or soon may lose their
homes.
The latest corruption involves the
government's housing subsidy pro
gram. Under Section 235 of the 1968
Housing Act, families with incomes
not more than 135 percent of the
limits necessary to qualify for public
housing in their localities, can get
mortgage subsidies. Depending on
family size and income, the subsidy
can reduce the mortgage rate to as
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Form Agency
To Promofe
Waterway Use
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The states of Arkansas and
Oklahoma have formed a bistate agency to promote use of
the Arkansas-Verdigris river
waterway in domestic and in
ternational shipping.
Officials of the agency re
ported
that
the
waterway
handled five
million tons of
cargo in inbound and outbound
ships last : year. They hope to
double that figure in the next five
years.
The riverway system includes
the ports of Catoosa, Muskogee,
Carl Albert in Oklahoma, and
Van Buren, Fort Smith, Dardanelle. Little Rock and Pine Bluff
in Arkansas.
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little as 1 percent, with the govern
ment paying the balance of the regular
FHA rate. The required down pay
ment can be as little as $200 and the
mortgage can run as long as 40 years
to cut monthly payments further.
Other government programs pro
vide help for families with a little
higher income but still below average
for their areas; for example, the mort
gage subsidies available under the
Housing Opportunity Allowance Pro
gram of 1970.
Dubious Practices
However, in a number of large cities
speculators seized on the subsidy pro
grams to buy substandard houses and
resell them to low-income families at
inflated prices. With the aid of the
mortgage companies, and the alleged
connivance of some FHA appraisers,
the houses were approved for the sub
sidized mortgages.
The first results of this exploitation
were exposed last year by Rep. Wright
Patman (D., Tex.). In some reported
cases speculators would buy substand
ard houses for $3,000 to $4,000 or so
(in one case as little as $1,500), paint
tile houses and make' a few repairs,
and then sell them for as much as
$10,000 to $12,000 and more.
In Detroit, government authorities
reported last year that FHA already
has had to repossess several thousand
such homes financed with subsidized
mortgages. Some families were unable
to meet the payments on the inflated
mortgages. Some abandoned the
dwellings because they were basically
in bad condition despite superficial re
pairs made by the speculators. The
chief inspector of the Detroit fine de
partment last winter charged^ that
some of the homes were burned down
by investment companies to collect
the fire insurance.
More recently in New York City,
10 corporations and some 40 indi
viduals, including a number of FHA
employees, have been indicted by a
Federd grand jury for arranging in-
Seafarers Welfare, Pension and Vacation Plans
CASH BENEFITS PAD)
For Month of April 1972
FOR PERIOD DECEMBER 1, 1971 thm APRIL 30, 1972
NUMREB
OF
BENEFITS
SEAFABEB8 WELFABE PEAN
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AMOITNT
PAID
Scholarship
Hospital Benefits
Death Benefits
Medicare Benefits
Maternity Benefits
Medical Examination Program
Dependents Benefits (Average $436.16)
Optical Benefits
Meal Book Benefits
Out-Patients Benefits
Summary of Welfare Benefits Paid
24
8
1,556
32
97
641
2,760
390
245
4,283
10,036
4,800.00
1,714.86
39,974.54
88,440.26
546.50
19,160.00
120,380.85
5,525.82
2,453.60
32,678.00
315,674.43
Seafarers Pension Plan—^Benefits Paid
1,919
468,821.70
888
471,027.23
Seafarers Vacation Plan—Benefits Paid
(Average $530.43)
Total Welfare, Pension & Vacation Benefits
Paid This Period
flated appraisals of subsidized houses.
Almost 2,000 dwellings already are
involved, with additional suspect tr^sactions imder investigation. Among
the indicted firms are Eastern Service
Corp., a big mortgage broker, and the
well-known Dun & Bradstreet creditrating company.
Worst Part
Perhaps the cruelest irony is that
the government has said it expects the
victim home buyers to continue the
payment swithout any reduction on
their inflated mortgages.
In New York City alone, the gov
ernment's Housing and Urban Devel
opment department is now the reluc
tant owner of 2-672 FHA-insured
homes it has had to take over because
of mortgage default or abandonment.
To add to the government's problems,
squatters have moved into some of
the abandoned houses and refuse to
move out.
The problem of government repos
session of houses bought by moderateincome families under Section 235 and
other programs, is by no means con
fined to Detroit and New York, but
has occurred in Philadelphia, Chicago,
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12,843
$1,255,523.36
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St. Louis, Washington State and many
other areas. The existence of hundreds
of thousands abandoned homes is es
pecially ironic in a time of critical
housing shortage. While not all of the
abandoned homes in the large cities
today stem from corruption of the
subsidy programs, government offi
cials themselves estimate that there
are, for example, 100,000 abandoned
dwelling units in New York City; some
20,000 in Philadelphia; 10,000 in St.
Louis, and 5,000 in Chicago.
The Section 235 and other govern
ment mortgage subsidy programs are
continuing although on a more limited,
careful basis. Ironically, the National
Assn. of Real Estate Boards is pres
suring FHA to speed up approvals
and to reduce safeguards requiring that
technical experts must certify that the
roof won't leak in a few years, that
the water heater won't break down or
the furnace fail. Apparently not con
cerned about the harm already done
to many low-income home buyers, and
the millions the government has lost,
the realtors now complain that FHA
is making "excessive demands for re
pairs."
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FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU
Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes spe
cific provision for safeguarding the membership's money and
Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed audit by
Certified Public Accountants every three months, which are
to be submitted to the membership by the SecreUry-Treasurer. A quarterly finance committee of rank and file mem
bers, elected by the membership, makes examination each
quarter of the finances of the Union and reports fully their
findings and recommendations. Members of this committee
may make dissenting reports, specific recommendations and
separate findings.
TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic,
Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District arc administered in
accordance with the provisions of varipus trust fund' agree;
inents. All .these agreements specify that the'trustees in
charge of these funds shall equally consist of Union and.
management representatives and their alternates. All expen
ditures and disbursements of trust funds are made <mly upon
approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund finan
cial records ate available at the headquarters of the various
trust funds.
SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority
are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union ;
and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies
of these contracts are posted and available in all Union halls.
If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or
seniori^ rights hs' 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;
Eari Shepard, Chainnan, Seafarera Appeals Board '
275-20th Street; Biooklyn, N.Y. 11215
Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you
at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the
Seafarers Appeals Board.
CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available
in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages and con
ditions 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 official,
in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights prop
erly, contact the nearest SIU port agent.
EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The Log has
traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving
the political purposes of any individual in the Union, officer
or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles
de«med harmful to the Union or its collective membership.
This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership
action at the September, 1960, meetings in all constitutional
ports. The responsibility for Log policy is vested in an edi
torial 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.
PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to
anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official
Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstances
should any member pay any money for any reason imless
he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to
require any such payment be made without supplying a re
ceipt, 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 sildi payment, this should immediately
be reported to headquarters.
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CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS.
The SIU publishes every six months in the Seafarers Log a
verbatim copy of its constitution. In addition, copies are
available in all Union halls. All members should obtain
copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves
with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer
is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or
obligation 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.
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 employ
ers. Consequently, no Seafarer may be discriminated agmnst
because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin.
If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to
which he is entitled, he should notify headquarters.
SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTTVITY DONATIONS.
One of the basic rights of Seafarers is the right to pursue
legislative and political objectives which will serve the best
interests of themselves, their families and their Union. To
achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Do
nation was established. Donations to SPAD are entirely
voluntary and constitute the funds through which legislative
and political activities are conducted for the membership
and ffie Union.
If at any time a Seaforer feels fihat any of the above rights
have been violated, or that he has been denied his constitntional ritffit of acc^ to Union records or infonnatioo, be
should immediately notify SIU Prcrident Paul Hall at beadquarters by certified mail, return recent requested.
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Emfl G. Gaare, 71, is a native of
Parley, Minn, and now makes his
home in Gretna, La, He joined the
union in 1951 and sailed in the stew
ard department. Brother Gaare re
tired after sailing 26 years.
William Alvaro, 55, is a native of
Hawaii and now resides in Centereach, N.Y. He joined the union in
1944 in the Port of New York and
sailed in the steward department.
John L. Uknes, 53, is a pative of
Norway and now lives in the Bronx,
N.Y. He joined the union in 1942 in
the Port of New York and sailed in
tlie deck department. Brother Liknes
was issued picket duty cards in 1961
and 1962. He has been sailing for 38
years.
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WlUiam E. Peterson, 65, joined
the union in the Port of Baltimore in
1957 and sailed in the deck depart
ment. A native of Baltimore, Md.,
Seafarer Peterson continues to make
his home there.
Joseph Gagllano, 55, joined the urn
J ion in 1956 in the Port of New
Orleans and sailed in the deQk de
partment. A native of New Orleans," Brother Gagliano continues to make
his home there. His retirement ended
a sailing career of 26 years.
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union in 1944 in the Port of Boston
and sailed in the steward department.A native of Massachusetts, Brother
Wilaszak now resides in San Fran
cisco, Calif."
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Auocka, N.C. and now resides in
Norfolk, Va. He joined the union in
the Port of Norfolk and sailed in the
deck department
Veferan SIU Members Receive Pension Checks
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Matthews, Va. and continues to make
his home there. He joined the union
in the Port of Norfolk and sailed in
the deck department.
Roland Herbert, 55, is'one df the
early members of the union having
joined in 1939 in the Port of New
Orleans. He sailed in the steward de
partment. A native of Jeanerette, La.,
Brother Herbert now makes his home
in New Orleans.
Brother Joseph DiGrazia (left) receives his first
monthly SIU pension check from San Francisco
Port Agent Steve Troy. Di Grazia sailed in t>ie
deck department.
New SIU pensioners Arcadio Macapagal (left) and
John Baliday (right), received their first pension
checks from Steve Troy, port agent in San Francisco, during a membership meeting.
Three veteran Seafarers received their'- first
monthly SIU pension checks in the Port of New
York in April. From left: Foo Hsing Tung, deck;
John Liknos, deck, and Sixto Rodriquez, engine.
Pensioners also received best wishes for smooth •sailing ahead from shipmates at port's monthly
membership meeting.
Hngo Loorents, 65, is a native of
Estonia and now makes his home in
Miami, Fla. He joined the union in
1942 in the Port of Tampa and sailed
in the engine, department. Brother
Loorents i was issued a picket duty
card in 1962 during the Motve
McCormack-Robin Line Beef. He
served as department delegate while
sailing. Loorents' retirement ends a
sailing career of 40 years.
Adolf T. Anderson, 65, joined the
union in 1944 in the Port of New
York and sailed in the deck departlAent. A native of Ohio, Brother
Anderson now lives in Santa Rosa,
Calif.
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PlitellIRS REPORT
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Afkmlle, Outf P fnloMl Wo^
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April 1^0. 1972
0!^ wikimsm
:My;i3
TOTAL
i^ton.......
•New York,.........
Philadelphia....,,...
Baltimore..,.
Norfolk
Jacksonville..,......;..,,...........
Tampa..
Mobile......,,....,..
New Orleans,.;.;
Houston..,.,.,;....^
Wilmington........
San Francisco;.;
Seattle
Tbtals.,;......;....;.,
It,
.<5» •
An Gro^pi
;AllGrpii|Mi
Chm A daull^
€3«BB
6 fe'6
5
. 11
• 56
35
109
57
8
5
• 14
9
18
40
• 11
7
8
8
14
16
yyyy.:i7
9
14
6
- 2
10
14 ^
> 22
8
2
17
38
12
91
41
48
41
' 85
57
. ,
15
8
8.
14 :
56
42
97 ; 56
33
37
-•37
341
209
572
320
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
3
RLjOaSTERED ON BEAl
AH Gronpc
^;€ias9A OMWB
19
8
121
223
28
40
62
111
17
29
28
'43
14
86
37
200
130
155
118
40
56
173
172
25
47
1175. 816
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ENOiNE DEPARTMENT
-V-
TOIAL REGISTERED
AUGioop^
Class A Oass B
,7 '5
. fiOSt-OD» *»• St •««••••
.5;.q
.;:;73- M-58New York..
"8
8
Philadelphia,.
23
10
Baltimore...,'.;..i^;..;.,;,
17 .
9
Norfolk
;...
' 7
'25
Jacksonville.;..,
. ,I13*.-4K'1I
Tampa.,
17.
17
Mobile,,
-55« ' 49
New Orleans;
71
53
Houston.
n.O
13-;
Wilmington
ISCO,,...,::-;-:.70
..99..San Francisco,..,
40
Seattle,.,.
27
392
397
• Total S...V.j,.,i
.
Port
• •'44«»«i'4'«^4*,
«
SHfPPED
AnGroitps
Clan A Clan B Class C
0
3
2
3
40
69
0
7
i''6'
0
12
9
1
vft
t)
'vv.- •!!'''14 .••T40;
0
4
;:,;:6:0
16
0
• 41
37
35
1
v-3.
0
10
0
49
57
0
19
30
5
239
270
REGISTERED ON BEACBI
AllGroii{i|i;
Clan A Clan B
6
9
143
157
26
19
45
74
26
29
37
21
9
10
43
64
160
163
140
107
49
19
182
116
27
21
877
825
STEWARD DB»ARTMENT
TOTAL REGISTERED
AUGroa^
ChnsA ClanB
'"'2-4
Boston*••«>4*4***444««'44«4*4***4'«***«***- •
.44,;. ^
New York^..
Philadelphia.
i Baltimore
.
,-r
17
9
Norfolk
14
9
Jacksonville.
16
6
Tampa,...a,,
•rA
7
Mobile.,.........;......
38
77
New Orleans;.,.••taa
57
Houston
38
10
6
Wilmington....;
".
.......
68
San Francisco.
55
11
Seattle...
31
s'" '
•-J'#'-.',,
44 441• 4V•
.a»4 » *i
r
4 »4* 4 •a
444 %4Via
444 •.«a4r*'4*«44»«»* 44*4
REGISTERED pN BEACHHI
AUGroops
AOGroi^
A C3an B , Cl
;CT^. A ;CainB-:
0
2
2 .. 3 • •• 0
95
137
35
34
7
13
21
38
.76
9
.4...M
ym 9
0 . , ..
22 . 14
. 23
17 ,
0
11 . 5
.,
16 , 4
2
0
ym- 3
68
32
0
175
110
110
23
7
24
' 26 .:• 26
.7
0
11
95
41 ••• ;32T??;'-B;''••-•• ••x:;-; •. 97
35
14
2
16
154
16
' " 806 .539
200
TOTAL SHIPPED
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MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS'
SCHEDULE
SIU-AGLIWD Meetings
New Orleans
June 13—2:30 p.m.
Mobile..........
June 14—^2:30 p.m.
Wilmington
....June 19—2:30 p.m.
San Francisco
June 15—2:30 p.m.
Seattle
.....June 23—2:30 p.m.
New York
;....June 5—2:30 p.m.
Philadelphia
June 6-^2:30 p.m.
Baltimore
. ..Jime 7—2:30 p.m.
Detroit
June 16—2:30 p.m.
^Houston
;
June 12—^2:30 p.m.
United Industrial Worirers
New Orleans
June 13—^7:00 p.m.
Mobile...
June 14—7:00 p.m.
New York
June 5—^7:00 p.m.
.Philadelphia
June 6—7:00 p.m.
Baltimore.
June 7—7:00 p.m.
Houston....;
June 12—^7:00 p.m.
Great Lakes SIU Meetings
Detroit
June 5—2:00 p.m.
Buffalo.........
June 5—^7:00 p.m.
Alpena..
.. June 5—^7:00 p.m.
Chicago
June 5—7:00 p.m.
Duluth
.....June 5—7:00 p.m.
Frankfort...
June 5—^7:30 p.m.
Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Section
tSault Ste. Marie
June 15—7:30 p.ip,
Chicago
...June 13—7:30 p.ni.
rll 1972 .
Buffalo
June 14—^7:30
Duluth
June 16—^7:30
Cleveland
...June 16—7:30
Toledo
June 16—7:30
Detroit.,
June 12—7:30
Milwaukee
..June 12—^7:30
.. SIU biland Boatmen's Union
New Orleans
June 13—5:00
Mobile
June 14—5:00
Philadelphia...
June 6—5:00
Baltimore (licensed and
unlicensed}....
June 7—5:00
Norfolk
June 8—^5:00
Houston
June 12—5:00
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
..Railway Mwine Region
June 13—10 a.m. &
8 p.m.
Baltimore
June 14—10 a.m. &
8 p.m.
•Norfolk,
June 15—10 a.m. &
8 p.m.
Jersey City.........;..,.
June 12—10 a.m. &
8 p.m.
tMeeting held at Galveston wharves.
tMeetlng held in Labor Temple, Sault Ste. Marie,
Mich.
. .•Meeting held in Labor. Temple, Newport News.
Philadelphia
Directory
of Union
Halls
SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes
& Inland Waters
Inland Boatmen's Union
United Industrial
Workers
PRESIDENT
Paul Hall
SECRETARY-TREASURER
Joe DlGlorgio
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
Cal Tanner
VICE PRESIDENTS
Earl Shepard
Lindsey Williams
A1 Tanner
Robert Matthews
HEADQUARTERS
675 4th Ave., Blyn. 11232
(212) HY 9-6600
ALPENA, Mich
800 N. Second Ave. 49707
(517) EL 4-3616
BALTIMORE, Md
1216 E. Baltimore St 21202
(301) EA 7-4900
BOSTON, Mass
215 Essex St 02111
(617) 482-4716
BUFFALO, N.Y
290 Franklin St 14202
SIU (716) TL 3-9259
IBU (716) TL 3-9259
CHICAGO, III
9383 Ewing Ave. 60617
SIU (312) SA 1-0733
IBU (312) ES 5-9570
CLEVELAND, Ohio
1420 W. 25th St 44113
(216) MA 1-5450
DETROIT, Mich. .10225 W. Jefferson Ave. 48218
(313) VI 3-4741
DULUTH, Minn
2014 W. 3d St 55806
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FRANKFORT, Mich
P.O. Box 287,
415 Main St 49635
(616) EL 7-2441
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5804 Canal St 77011
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2608 Pear! St 32233
(904) EL 3-0987
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PHILADELPHIA, Pa.
2604 S. 4th St 19148
(215) DE 6-3818
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(713) 983-1679
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(415) 626-6793
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1313 Fernandez Juncos,
Stop 20 00908
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2505 First Ave. 98121
(206) MA 3-4334
ST. LOUIS, Mo
4577 Gravois Ave. 63116
(314) 752-6500
TAMPA, Fla. ...;
312 Harrison St 33602
(813) 229-2788
TOLEDO, Ohio
935 Summit St 43604
(419) 248-3691
WILMINGTON, Calif
450 Seaside Ave.
Termiiial Island, Calif. 90744
(213) 832-7285
YOKOHAMA, Japan
Iseya Bldg., Room 810
1-2 Ka^an-Dori-Nakaku
2014971 Ext 281
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Final Departures
John Dovak, 60, was an SIU pen
sioner who passed away Jan. 31 of
heart trouble in USPHS Hospital in
New Orleans, La. Dovak joined the
union in 1955 in the Port of New
York and sailed in the engine depart
ment. Brother Dovak had been sail
ing 23 years when he retired in 1968.
A native of Wilkesbarre, Pa., he was
a resident of . New Orleans when he
died. Among his survivors is his sister,
Mary Dovak of Philadelphia, Pa. Sea
farer Dovak's body was removed to
Philadelphia.
Edward Ricliardson, 21, passed
away Mar. 11 in Burlington County
Memorial Hospital, Mt. Holly Town
ship, N.J. as the result of injuries re
ceived in an accident. A native of
Passaic, N.J., Brother Richardson
was a resident of Willingboro Town
ship, N.J. when he died. He joined
the union in 1971 and graduated that
same year from the Harry Lundeberg &hool of Seamanship. Brother
Richardson sailed in the engine de
partment Among his survivors is his
mother, Mrs. Sandra Richardson of
Willingboro. Burial wasi in Odd Fel
lows Cemetery in Burlington.
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Gemge Martin, 49, passed away
Mar. 18 in the University of Mary
land Hospital, Baltimore, Md. A
native of Cleveland, O., Seafarer
Martin was a resident of Baltimore
when he died. He was an Army vet
eran of World War II. Martin joined
the union in 1956 in the Port of Balti
more and sailed in the engine depart
ment. Among his survivors is his wife,
Kay. Burial was in Lake View
Memorial Park, Carrrfl County, Md.
Joseph W. Coe, 68, was an SIU
pensioner who passed away Jan. 20
after an illness of a month in Touro
Infirmary, New Orleans, La. Brother
Coe joined the union in 1946 in the
Port of Norfolk and sailed in the deck
department. When he retired in 1970,
Seafarer Coe had been sailing 37
years. He was given a personal safety
award for his part in making the
Steel Surveyor an accident-free ship
for the first half of 1961. A native of
Honduras, Brother Coe was a resi
dent of New Orleans when he died.
Among his survivors is his mother,
Leonella Coe of New Orleans. Burial
was in Garden of Memories Cemetery
in Jefferson Parish, La.
Jack Chattin, 67, was an SIU pen
sioner who passed away Jan. 12 of
heart disease in New Orleans, La. A
native of Alabama, Chattin was a
resident of New Orleans when he died.
He joined the union in 1949 in the
Port of New York and sailed in the
engine department. Chattin was is
sued a picket duty card in 1961. Sea
farer Chattin had been sailing 44
years when he retired in 1969.
Among his survivors is his sister.
Flora M. Schorr of Jacksonville
Beach, Fla. Cremation was in
Metairie Crematory in New Orleans.
Morris M. Sciu^iro, 84, was an
SIU pensioner who passed away Feb.
24 of pneumcmia in Central Islip State
Hospital, Central Islip, N.Y. A native
of Lithuania, Brother Schapiro was a
resident of Manhattan, N.Y. when
he died. One of the first members of
the union, Schapiro had joined in
1938 in the Port of New Orleans. He
sailed in the steward department. In
1961 Schapiro was issued a picket
duty card. He began his retirement in
1956. Among his survivors is his
sister, Mrs. Sylvia Katell of Bronx,
N.Y. Burial was in the United
Hebrew Cemetery, Staten Island, N.Y.
William E. Lane, 62, was an SIU
pensioner who passed away February
27 of heart disease in Summers Coun
ty Hospital, Hinton, W. Va. Brother
Lane joined the union in 1947 in the
Port of New York and sailed in the
engine department. A native of
Raleigh, W. Va., Brother Lane was a
resident of Hinton when he died. He
served in the Army from 1926 to
1932. Among his survivors is his wife,
Elva. Burial was in Crickmer Ceme
tery in Rainelle, W. Va.
Donald A. Trafethen, 58, passed
away Feb. 3 of possible heart disease
aboard the Ogden Yukon in Pearl
Harbor, Hawaii. One of the first
members of the union. Brother Trefethen joined in 1939 in the Port of
Boston. He saUed in the deck depart
ment. Trafethen was issued two pick
et duty cards in 1961. A native of
Exeter, N.H., Trafethen was a resi
dent of Epping, N.H. when he died.
Among his survivors is his wife, Ann.
Trefethen's body was removed to
Exeter, N.H.
Ben G. Ladd, 65, pas.sed away
Jan. 18, 1972 after an illness of two
months in USPHS Hospital in Gal
veston, Tex. Brother Ladd joined the
union in 1951 in the Port of Mobile
and sailed in the steward department.
Ladd had been sailing 33 years when
he died. He served in the Army for
a number of years. A native of Ken
tucky, Seafarer Ladd was a resident
of Houston, Tex. when he died.
Among his survivors is his grandson,
Peter Katsaras, Jr. of Houston. Cre
mation was in Brookside Cemetery in
Houston.
Jnllns Quinn, Jr., 33, passed away
Feb, 15 in New Orleans, La. A native
of New Orleans, Quinn was a resi
dent there when he died. He joined
the union in 1963 in the Port of
New Orleans and graduated that
same same year from the Andrew
Furuseth Training School. Quinn
sailed in the steward department.
Among his survivors is his wife,
Yvonne. Burial was in Providence
Park, Metairie, La.
WiOlam J. Heams, Sr., 61, passed
away Feb. 14 in Mt. Sinai Hospital,
Cleveland, O. Brother Heams was
serving the SIU as Cleveland Tug
Agent when he died. He had been in
that post for more than 10 years.
Reams began sailing on the Great
Lakes in 1947 as a tug fireman. A
native of Ohio, Brother Heams was
a resident of Cleveland when he died.
Among his survivors is his wife, Win
ifred. Burial was in Holy Cross Ceme
tery in Cleveland
James R. Parcel!, 74, was an SIU
pensioner who passed away Mar. 6 of
illness in Veterans Administration
Center, Bay Pines, Fla. A native of
New York, Purcell was a resident of
St. Petersburg, Fla. when he died.
Brother Purcell was an Army veteran
of World War I. He joined the union
in 1943 in the Port of Boston and
sailed in the engine department.
Purcell had been sailing 43 years
when he retired in 1963. Among his
survivors is his wife, Johanna. Purcell's body was removed to Long
Island National Cemetery in Pine
Lawn, N.Y.
John E. Stone, 71, was an SIU
pensioner who passed away Mar. 4 of
heart disease in Riverside Hospital,
Newport News, Va. Stone joined the
union in the Port of Norfolk and
sailed in the Railway Marine Region
as a barge captain. A native of
Mathews County, Va., Seafarer Stone
was a resident of Blakes, Va. when
he died. Stone had been sailing 44
years when he retired in 1964. Among
his survivors is his wife, Joyce. Burial
was in Mathews Chapel Cemetery in
Cobbs Creek, Va.
Jamcfl H. Childress, 40, passed
away Feb. 28 of heart disease in New'
Orleans, La. He joined the union in
the Port of Baltimore in 1956 and
sailed in the engine department. A
native of Maryland, Brother Childress
was a resident of New Orleans when
he died. Among his survivors is his
wife, Ruth. Biu-ial was in Virginia.
Frank B. Vorfltamp, 79, was an
SIU pensioner who passed away Feb.
3 in St. Rita's Hospital, Lima, O. A
native of Ohio, Vortkamp was a resi
dent of Fort Shawnee, O. when he
died. One of the first members of the
union. Seafarer Vortkamp joined in
1939 in the Port of New York. He
sailed in the steward department. He
was issued a picket duty card in 1961.
Among his siuwivors is his sister, Mrs.
Spyker of Lima. Burial was in Gethsemani Cemetery in Allen County, O.
Walter J. Robinson, 30, passed
away Nov. 26, 1971 in Oakland,
Calif. A native of New Orleans, La.,
Brother Robinson was a resident of
San Francisco when he died. He
joined the union in 1965 in the Port
of New Olreans and graduated that
same year from the Andrew Furuseth
Training School. Robinson served in
the Army from 1968 to 1969. Among
his survivors is his daughter, Angela
Robinson of New Orleans. Burial was
in New Orleans.
Joseph A. Konkel, 68, passed away
Aug. 30, 1971 of heart trouble in St.
Luke's Hospital, Milwaukee, Wis. A
native of Wisconsin, Brother Konkel
was a resident of Greenfield, Wis.
when he died. He joined the union
in 1961 in the Port of Milwaukee and
sailed in the deck department on thb)
Great Lakes. Among his survivors is
his wife, Angeline. Biuial was in Mt
Olivet Cemetery, Milwaukee.
Bowman P. McNnlty, 49, passed
away Mar. 6 in Mobile, Ala. Brother
McNulty joined the union in 1943 in
the Port of Mobile and sailed in the
engine department. Brother McNulty
was a resident of Mobile when he
died. He was a Navy veteran of
World War U. Among Bowman's
survivors is his wife, Helen. Burial
was in Pine Crest Cemetery in Mo
bile.
Amlel A. MItchke, 75, was an SIU
pensioner who passed away Feb. 20
of heart disease in New Orleans, La.
A native of Michigan, Mitchke was
a resident of New Orleans, La. when
he died. He joined the imion in 1944
in the Port of New York and sailed
in the deck department. Brother
Mitchke had been sailing 46 years
when he retired in 1963. He was an
Army veterans of World War L
Burial was in St. Bernard Memorial
Gardens in Chalmette, La.
Daniel F. Bartlett, 19, passed away May 8,
1970 in Central Luzon General Hospital, San
Fernando, the Philippine Islands as a result of
injuries received in an accident. Brother Bartlett
lived in Olongapo, Philippine Islands. Among his
survivors is his wife, Cleo. Burial was in Olongapo
City, Philippine Islands.
Majorie ^ Moore Mohnn passed away Feb. 9,
1972 in Cowlesville, N.Y. Mrs. Mohun served as
the director of the Oyster Bay Rehabilitation
Center during World War II. Through the years*
she was active in many philantropic and charity
functions which benefitted many members of the
SIU. She was the wife of Capt. Philip Meredith
Mohun, a former skipper of the Sea Train Florida,
who retired two years ago. Sympathies may be sent
c/o Capt. Mohun, Cowlesville, N.Y. 14037.
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When it comes to problems that affect the American people
and their society, it's quite obvious that this nation's No. i con
cern is with the question of narcotics.
That word "narcotics" covers the entire range of drugs. It in
cludes everything from marijuana to heroin. It includes b^irbiturates and amphetamines—the so-called "uppers" and "downers"
nd everything in between.
The government has mounted a full-scale campaign against
narcotics. In this fight, it has enlisted the press, radio and televi
sion, the medical profession, the churches, the schools—every
body.
The attack is based on three key points:
• The use of narcotics is illegal.
• The use of narcotics is dangerous to the health—even the
life—of the, user.
• The use of neu-cotics involves a serious "moral issue."
These are legitimate points. But for the Seafarer, the question
of narcotics comes down to an even more basic issue:
Any Seafarer using narcotics—ashore or asea—loses his sea
man's.papers forever! A man who gets "busted" once on a nar
cotics charge gets busted economically, too—because he loses
his right to go to sea—not just for awhile, but for the rest of his
life!
That's a tough rap—losing your passport to life—but that's the
way it is. A single "stick" of marijuana ... just a couple of grains
of the hard stuff... and a man is through in the maritime industry!
It's almost as tough on the shipmates of the man who uses—or
even possesses—narcotics.
Any Seafarer caught with narcotics in his possession makes his
ship—and his shipmates—"hot." It subjects the men and their
vessel to constant surveillance by narcotics agents in this country
and abroad.
And, of course, any Seafarer who is an addict—^who uses any
drug that affects his mind and his ability to function normally—
endangers the lives of his shipmates. The possibility of an emer
gency is always present iaboard ship—and only alert minds can
react to an emergency.
Talk to Seafarers about the "grim reaper" and they'll tell you
about accidents or storms at sea ... or about the hazards of com
bat service.
They should put narcotics at the top olF the list—because it can
claim more lives, or it can threaten more livelihoods, than any
other peril.
Narcotics. The"grim reaper." It's sure something to think about.
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For SlU Members and Their Families:
The Seafarers Ihtenialioiial Union has long worked to
attain Improved benefits—bo& on and off the lob—for
Its members and their families. This is part of the onion's
contmning effort to help achieve a Abetter life" for Its
members.
fa keeping with that tradition, the SIU again this year
wiU provide anothiar vital service for Seafanss and their
famlh^; The SIU Vacation Cmiter located at the Harry
Lundeberg School In Pmey Point, McC
^^Ite Inception In 1970, this vacation resort, sltnated (m the shores of the Oiesapeake Bay, has proven
; nmt popi^ with members of the union. Each year mpre
r wid more Seafarers, their wives and chddreh are duchyp
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land's "T.and of Pleasant Living."
Seafar^ are often away ffom their faM» far long
^ods of tune because of the v^ mdnfa of^
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oi every day life, to "get to know one another a^lo."
Here, tfa Seafarer and his family can enjoy anythme
and everything they could possibly find at the top^
meroal resorts—and for considerably less price.
The rooms are spacious and afacondfaoned. Ifar lecrema )ust about anything dse you can think of. The food
IS outstandh^ and priced
benefit of the Sllj members and
their famdi^. it is yours. Take advantage pf it
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Lmiter, it wo^ be wise to subndt a j^rvation^uiii^r^
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Volumes XXXII-XLI of the Seafarers Log
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May 1972
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Headlines:
NATIONAL MARITIME DAY SET FOR MAY 22; EMPHASIZES COUNTRY'S MERCHANT FLEET ROLE
DOMESTIC SHIPPING SESSION OFFERS HOPE
DOMESTIC SHIPPING INDUSTRY REVIEWS COMMON PROBLEMS AT MARAD CONFERENCE
AFL CIO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL CREATES TASK FORCE TO SUPPORT BURKE-HARTKE
SIU CONSTITUTIONAL COMMITTEE SUBMITS ITS REPORT ON RESOLUTION FOR GREAT LAKES MERGER AND AMENDMENTS
MARITIME INDUSTRY AND THE ENERGY CRISIS
REP. ADDABBO CITES NEED TO USE U.S. FLAG SHIPS
AND MARITIME TRADES DEPT. DOES THE SAME
WHILE REP. FULTON CHIDES AGENCIES FOR COMPLACENCY
SOCIAL REFORMS RANK AT TOP OF LABOR'S LEGISLATIVE GOALS
WORLD PEACE FLEET CONCEPT OUTLINED
A PROUD RELIC OF DAYS GONE BY
MARITIME COUNCIL HAS ROCHESTER UNITY DAY
REP O'NEILL URGES SUPPORT OF U.S. FISHING INDUSTRY
STORM INFORMATION SERVICES EXPANDED TO WARN SEAFARERS
MARITIME HISTORY THEME URGED FOR BICENTENNIAL
UNITY IN A COMMON CAUSE
SOME WORDS TO REMEMBER
LABOR'S HELP SOUGHT IN ALCOHOLISM BATTLE
MEBA ASKS AT LEAST 50% ON U.S. SHIPS
NO-FAULT CAR INSURANCE LOWERS CONSUMERS' COSTS
UAW CHALLENGING PAY RAISE GRANTED TEXAS FIRM 'SCABS'
CARRIER DOVE AGAIN BOUND FOR INDIA
LIFEBOATS AWAY!
ERNA ELIZABETH ON UNIQUE MISSION...
PROVIDING AT-SEA LOGISTICAL SUPPORT FOR U.S. NAVY OPERATIONS
AND EARNING A DESERVED 'WELL DONE'
STATE EDUCATION OFFICIAL VISITS HLS
NEW ARRIVALS SHARE IN SEAFARERS' BENEFITS PLAN
THE 'SPARKLING' MEDITERRANEAN IS 'FILTHY'
SIMPLY SUPERSTITIOUS?
QUESTIONS ANSWERED ABOUT SOCIAL SECURITY
FHA HOUSING SCANDAL AFFECTS POOR
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Vol. XXXIV, No. 5
1972
Periodicals
Seafarers Log