http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/871934c2afa2cab6f33375d6335414ad.PDF 2ee6645a57dc1fadf187ecc82f2cf3b6 PDF Text Text .> • ; I V-' t ,i i. i J ..r . ..X- '%l! • TH '• ^ Crew of the SS JbervHle (Waterman Steamship) unanirhously votes to accept new Freightship and Tanker contracts at shipboard meeting chaired by SlU Patrolman Teddy Babkowski (right) on July 18 in port of New York. SlU Patrolr men have been holding meetings as ships come into port to poll the member~ ship vote on new agreements. ) w Dues Resolution Passed Pog«s 12-13 •,-„•• ;• I I, ''•i I 4 r'r '•< •1 1 1 '• •< • vt H' • '-H '> i y'li, ' ' ' J 14'' " I .I ' .-v„;/:'"fr'X /'• rlti' �/ '•I'"- Lower June Job Figures Don't Tell Real Story Jobless Rate May Be Higher, BLS Says It-' 't •; :i .;:« % i\<:i -i:• - -i: Despite a decline in the overall job­ Unemployment in the construction less rate last month, the United States industry still stands at 21 percent; fac­ remains in the most serious unemploy­ tory unemployment is 12 percent; ment crisis since the 1930's, and be­ among heads of households it is 6.1 per­ cause of a possible inaccuracy in/the cent, and among black adults the rate Bureau of Labor Statistics' computa­ is 11.9 percent. tions the lower jobless figure may not Both the numbers of long-term un­ tell the real story. employed (jobless for 15 weeks or The figures released by the Bureau longer) and those too discouraged to show that the number of unemployed seek work jumped significantly. The dropped during the month of June to figure for long-term unemployed rose to 8.6 percent from 9.2 percent in May, 2.9 million, a jump of 250,000 over the which was not unexpected. However, month. And, the figure of those too the Bureau itself warned in mid-June discouraged to even seek work reached that a sharp decline was likely due to a a record high of 1.2 million during the "deficiency in the seasonal-adjustment April-June period. procedures," and noted that the "true" The average duration of unemploy­ June rate may be higher than that pub­ ment in June reached its highest level lished. in 13 years, climbing from 13.4 to 15.4 BLS Commissioner Julius Shiskin weeks. And, the total number of un­ said that the nation won't know if the employed for the 12 month period from job picture actually improved last June 1974 to June 1975 rose 3.1 mil­ month "until we see the Jtily figures" lion, an increase of 65vpercent. which will come out next month. AFL-CIO President George Meany, Meany also decried the Ford Admin­ commenting on the lower figures for istration and Congress for failure to June, declared that "this is. phony good take steps to remedy the crisis. Noting news. It would be the height of folly for that the unemployment outlook for the anyone to take satisfaction from these 70's continues - to be bleak, Meany figures for statistically they show that called the inaction by the Administra­ the unemployment crisis has not eased tion and Congress, "deplorable." at all." In explaining how their June figures The AFL-CIO chief cited statistics may not be truly representative, the in other areas—what he termed the Bureau of Labor Statistics pointed out "cold facts"—to support his charge that that changes in unemployment in June the unemployment picture is as bleak, are strongly affected by large numbers if not vs^orse, than it was two months of students atid graduates entering the ago. labor market. the PRESIDENT'S REPORT: Paul HaU One of the Best Contracts Ever '.i I -1 Reports coming into Headquarters from the outports and from the Union's contracted vessels show that the SIU membership is overwhelmingly accepting our new three-year contract—a contract that for many reasons is one of the best that we in the SIU have ever negotiated. It is one of our best contracts ever because its terms, reached after long negotiations with the companies by the SIU's contract department, work to enhance the Seafarer's part in three very important roles—-as a professional sailor, as a breadwinner and head of a household, and as a solid trade unionist. As a professional seaman, the SIU member will benefit because the new contract both firms up the work jurisdiction of the Seafarer aboard ship, and outlines in more detail the duties of individual ratings. In addition, the contract now calls for paid transportation to the Seafarer traveling from one designated port to fill a job that another designated port could not fill, thus guaranteeing that all unlicensed jobs on SlU-contracted ships will be taken by SIU members. And as importantly, the new contract empowers the SIU to conduct a detailed study of our shipping rules and shipping procedures to ensure that these rules do not fall tehind new and projected long term trends in shipping on American-flag vessels. For the SIU member as a breadwinner, the overall terms of the new contract, which include substantial across-the-board increases in base monthly wages, premium rates and overtime rates and vacation pay, bolster the Seafarer's earning power by a minimum of 20 percent in the first year alone. This increase, along with the outlined increases for the second "The seasonal adjustment method currently used assumes that the number of young jobseekers who enter the labor market between May and June is pro­ portional to the level of unemploy­ ment," BLS stated. "However, when the unemployment level becomes exceptionally high, as in 1975, the proportional relationship does not hold," the Bureau added. "The rate was probably overstated in May and understated in June, so that an average of the two months provides a better estimate," the Bureau said. 17th SlUNA Conyention Starts Sept. 2 in Washington The i 7th Biennial Convention of the Seafarers International Union of North America will convene on Sept. 2 at the Shoreham Americana Hotel in Washington, D.C. Hundreds of delegates from all 33 SIUNA-affiliated organizations in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean, representing more than 80,000 members, will be present at the proceedings, which are scheduled to last through Sept 5. The delegates to the Convention will be representing deep-sea affiliates, as well as inland boatmen, fishermen, cannery and industrial workers, and members covering a wide range of industries. The SIU-Atlantic, Gulf^, Lakes and Inland Waters District will have a full delegation at the Convention,, including delegates from its affiliated Inland Boatmen's Union and the United Industrial Workers of North America. ' c..!' Paul Hall, president of the International, and the SIU-AGLIWDjc Will preside over ffie Convention sessions, which will consider a numbb'r'of important matters of special interest to the SIU and the entire labor movement. Prominent speakers from the government, industry and labor will address the delegates. The Convention will also take up many resolutions dealing with the maritime industry, reports of affiliates and reports of officers. and third years of the agreement, will enable the Seafarer to successfully keep on top of the continuing tide of inflation and recession. And should there be any drastic inflationary change in the nation's economy beyond expected levels, the new contract includes a cost-of-living increase clause to compensate. In addition, the contract provides important increases in SIU welfare benefits to cover the continually rising costs of medical care; and a $100 a month increase in benefits for new pensioners to help the Seafarer provide for his family after retirement as well as he had while actively sailing. Sea­ farers already on pension will have their pensions reviewed in the cbniing months with the view of improving them. Most importantly, though, our new agreement enables the SIU's con­ tracted companies to remain globally coinpetitive with other U.S. operators as well as with the operators of foreign national merchant fleets. This guarantees that Seafarers will continue to enjoy good employment oppor­ tunities even in the face of the highest U.S. unemployment rate in 34 years which has idled SVi million American workers. Without sufficient jobs for all Seafarers to fill, the best contract in the world isn't worth the paper it's written on. To the Seafarer as a trade unionist, our new three-year agreement holds special significance because it is a contract by Seafarers for Seafarers. In negotiating the terms of the agreement, the SIU's contract depart­ ment followed the suggestions and guidelines set forth by the 66 Seafarers who were elected to serve as delegates to the special Seafarers Conference held last April at Piney Point. In turn, the suggestions of these 66 men, 22 from each shipboard department, were a direct reflection of the needs and desires of the vast majority of Seafarers throughout the country. The delegates from each department met separately to, discuss the problems within their own departments, as well as meeting jointly to discuss the problems facing both professional Seafarers as a class of workem, and the U;S. maritime industry as a whole. Out of diese meetings the delegates formulated suggestions-they felt would benefit die largest number of Sea­ farers in the largest number of ways. ' In the final count, the April Seafarers Conference produced two very significant results—a contract which will provide for the needs of Seafarers and their dependents for the next three years, and a special victory for the cbntinuing tradition of democracy in the trade union movement. We owe these 66 Seafarers as well as the SIU contract department a special vote of thanks for a fine job. However, the overwhelming acceptance of the contract by the SIU membership, I'm sure, is thanks enough. ChangB of address cards on Form 3579 should be sent to Seafarers International Union. Atlantic, Giilf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11232. Published monthly except twice a month In July. Second Class po^ge paid at Brooklyn, N. Y. Vol. XXXVII, No. 8, July 1975. Paee2 Seafarers Log ... i:,:" �MTD's Peter M. McGavin Passes Away at 66 WASHINGTON—AFL-CIO Mari­ time Trades Department executive secretary-treasurer Peter M. McGavin, 66, succumbed to cancer at his home in Bethesda, Md. on July 6. Brother McGavin was elected unamimously to the MTD post in No­ vember, 1960 and began his duties there on Jan. 1, 1961. Prior to this he had served as assistant to AFL-CIO Presi­ dent George Meany. Born in Grand Rapids, Mich., McGavin entered the trade union movement in 1939 and was a member of the International Assn. of Machin­ ists and Aerospace Workers. In a letter to McGavin's widow, Dorothy, Meany and AFL-CIO secre­ tary-Treasurer Lane Kirkland wrote: have meant to the labor movement over the last 35 years, or what his friendship has meant to us personally. His loss is irreparable. His contribu­ tions to the AFL, and the AFL-CIO and the Maritime Trades Department . are of permanent value, and they will not be forgotten." Paul Hall, President of the MTD and the SIU, on hearing of the death said: "The Maritime Trades Department and the entire labor movement has lost an able spokesman and trusted friend, but the accomplishments of Peter Peter M. McGavin McGavin on behalf of all of our "We are deeply saddened by Pete's affiliates will long endure and be untimely passing. There is no way to remembered. "All of us who knew Pete will re­ express what his gifts and dedication member him for his loyalty and dedi­ cation to the labor movement he served so long and so well. More than that, we will also remember him as a warm human being and valued friend whose judgment and counsel has meant so much to all of us-throughout the The SIU membership continues to overwhelmingly approve the new years." Tanker and Freightship contracts which were negotiated last month with As Meany's aide with AFL, Mc­ all SlU-contracted operators. The new three-year agreements were sub­ Gavin handled hundreds of jurisdic­ tional disputes, worked with state and mitted again for ratification at all regular July membership meetings, local central bodies and Federal labor after members voted on it at special meetings held in all ports in June. unions and assisted national and inter­ The approval both times was overwhelming. national unions. To enable the SIU to poll complete membership, patrolmen have been boarding our ships as they come into port, holding Union meetings and tallying the votes. The ratification vote on the 80 ships polled so far has also been overwhelmingly in favor. Headquarters has received communications from some of our ships In order to clarify some recent incommenting on the new agreements. The crew of the Sea-Land Economy qtdries by members, the LOG is printing the foUpwing information wrote: "Congratulations to all you officials and port delegates who par­ concerning disability time as credit ticipated in negotiating this outstanding contract." The men on the Fort towards a pension: Hoskins sent this message: "On behalf of the crew, congratulations on new All periods that an epiployee was Contract. Well done." considered Not Fit For Duty prior to . The new agreements, which went into effect at 12:01 a.m. on June July 1, 1962 are counted day for day 16, 1975, provide for across the board wage increases in each of the towards an applicant's qualifications three years of the contract. They also call for substantial increases in vaca­ for either a Normal or Disability tion, pension and welfare benefits. Pension, provided that an employee The Union's Negotiating Committee based their demands on the had accumulated employment with recommendations received from the members and evaluated by the 66 signatory companies previous to Seafarers who attended the two-week Seafarers Conference at Piney such disability. On and aftet July 1, Point in April and submitted a detailed set of proposals. . 1962, only poid periods of disability j. The entire texts of the new Tanker and Freightship contracts were for which an employee received ipuhlished in ,a special edition. of the Seafarers LOG in July. either the Sickness and Accident The special edition indicated by shading all revised sections, additions Benefit or In-Hospital Benefit under the Seafarer's Welfare Plan or Mmnand ptherS: changes contained in both agreements. Confracfs Overwhelmingly Ratified After the merger of the AFL and CIO in December 1955, Meany re­ tained McGavin as his assistant assignning him many of the most difficult problems involved in the merger of state and local central bodies and in conflicts among various national and international unions. Joined AFL in 1940 McGavin first joined the AFL organizing staff in 1940. He served in the U.S. Army in World War II from February 1942 to Jan. 1, 1946 when he returned to the AFL. In November 1949, AFL President William Green named him regional director for Pennsylvania and West Virginia where he worked under AFL director of organization Harry E. O'Reilly handling state organizations, local central bodies and serviced Fed­ eral labor unions. Four years later, he was appointed assistant national organization director by then AFL President George Meany. A requiem Mass was said for Brother McGavin in Our Lady of Lourdes R.C. Church, Bethesda. Burial was in the Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, Md. Surviving, beside his widow, is his son, Stephen. tenance and Cure Benefits &om a foximer employee can be credited towards a member's pension. An employee can receive up to one-half of his actual seatime in dis­ ability credit, but in no event can this total exceed one-third of the total number of days required to qualify for pension. For example, to be eligible for a Disability Pension an employee must have 4,380 days. Of this total an employee could not receive more than 1,460 days in dis­ ability credit—one-third of 4,380 days. Disability credit does not coimt tovyards an employee's qualification for the receipt of an Early Normal Pension. Only actual employment in the amount of 7,300 days (20 full years) qualifies a-member for this type of pension. t • € i'.H J' i INDEX Legislative News Merchant marine hearings continue ..... •..,.Page5 Washington Activities ....Page 9 Union News New SIU contract Page 3 President's Report ....... . Page 2 Membership meeting in Philadelphia Page 4 Headquarters Notes Page 7 Dues Resolution Page 12 SPAD Honor Roll Page 31-Back page SlUNA Convention ...... .Page 2 General News Shipping Dispatchers Reports ,...Page 11 Page 6 Ships' Committees .. Ships' Digests ..,.. ...Page 18 Merrimac ,...Page 8 Golden Endeavor ... .Centerfold Solzhenitsyn at AFL-CIO Training and Upgrading Upgrading class schedule/requirements and application Pages 28-29 Two Seafarers get GED diplomas Page 30 . Seafarers participate in bosuns recertification and 'A' Seniority upgrading Page 27 GED requirements and application Pages 28-29 Firefighting .Pages 22-23 Membership News New SIU pensioners Page 20 Seafarer's son becomes - veterinarian.. Pages 14-15 Page 5 , Final Departures ..Page21 ' Sea-Land leaves Pacific Conference Shipbuilding outlook bleak....,; Page 5 Special Feature Murmansk run—July, Unemployment in June ...Page21942 ...........Pages 24-26 Pension plans ..... .Page 7 I i- "• i '•m '.i i Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, center, who last year was exiled from the Soviet Union for his open criticism of the communist government there, greets SIU President Paul Hall, left, and AFL-CIO President George Meany after speak­ ing to a packed audience of labor leaders and government officials in Wash­ ington, D.C. late last month. Solzhenitsyn, the Nobel prize winning author, told the audience that widespread repression of the individual's rights still takes place in Russia and that the West's policy of detente with the USSR is a peril to worldwide freedom. Page 3 July, 1975 /'•i- ••-4- - '.jn i,;. I ,1- I, ), in �Philadelphia Port Agent John Fay (at rostrum) fills in n4o^ia\tons.^the^st^^^^ dent's Pre-Balloting Report. Philadelphia Seafarers listen attentively to the port agent's report at the port's monthly informational membership meeting held on June 3. Porf of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting report on shipping in the port of Philadelphia, the Presidents Pre-Balioting Report and a status report on the then ongoing contract n^ototwns were ^ ^ presented during the infonnationai meeting held in Philadelpliia last month. Chaired by Philadelphia Port Agent John Fay, these membership mMtmgs are held on the first Tuesday after the first Sunday of each month at the modern SIU hall on South Fourth Street,^ As in all SIU ports, the Union conducts a monthly meeting to keqp area Union members up-to-date on Union activities, developments in the maritime industry ^d the Union's legislative actintK^ Washington. After hearing these various reports. Seafarers are encouraged to ask questions, offer opinions and participate in the meeting as part of me Union's process of serving flie interests of the majority of its members. Kiaying rummy to wile away the time while waiting for tfie meeting to begin are (clockwise from left): Fireman-Watertender Jack Jacobs: SIU Pensioner Danny Harris; Chief Steward Bob Tomas; Chief Cook Will Wentling, and Pensioner "Diamond Jim" Bergeria. . Dapper Seafarer Casimir Szymanski (right) and Brother Wiiiiam Millison take it easy just before the meeting begins. Seafarer A. Benzuk spends his waiting time oy pei-. using a newspaper, the SEAFARERS LOG, we hope. Also just prior to the start of the meeting, members have their cards stamped by an SIU patrolman. Page 4 mi m Seafarers Log �So Peacetime Fleet Can Meet Wartime Emergencies House Unit Witness Urges Shipping Self-Sutfiriency WASHINGTON—^The House mer­ chant marine subcommittee continued its review of U.S. maritime promotional policies and programs with two more sessions held late in June and early this month. At its session on June 19 the com­ mittee heard testimony from three wit­ nesses: Raymond J. Waldman, deputy assistant secretary for Transportation and Telecommunications, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, De­ partment of State; Alfred Maskin, exec­ utive director, American Maritime Association, and Philip J. Loree, chair­ man, Federation of American Contrdled Shipping. In his testimony Maskin told the committee that the United States should work to achieve U.S.-flag "self-suffici­ ency in shipping" as a means of assur­ ing enough ocean carriage for defense emergencies. Maskin noted that a per­ centage goal for U.S.-flag cargo already exists in law, 100 percent of domestic trade, and "implicitly" 50 percent of the foreign government generated aid cargo. The AMA official urged policies to promote the achievement of these goals so the peacetime commercial activity and capacity of the merchant fleet may come close to providing wartime ship­ ping needs. Maskin also told the committee that the view of "effective control" of U.S.owned vessels under foreign flag is a myth, and that the ships aren't readily available to the U.S. in emergencies. Loree's testimony put him at odds with witnesses from the Defense Department, who at the opening ses­ sion on June 5, had stated that the "ef­ fective control" fleet was not reliable and "failed us in the Mideast . . . and could fail us tomorrow." Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Waldman told the subcommittee that his department does support the U.S.flag merchant fleet and tries to tend to its needs abroad and in international forums within the framework of U.S. foreign policy. But he also stated that Seafarer Cefs 1—Gallon Pin 1 Seafarer John Ryan (right) of the Puerto Rico Marine shoregang accepts an SlU Blood Bank One-Gallon pin last month from Headquarters Medical Clinic Director Dr. Joseph E. Logue for donating the precious, life-giving fluid. U-S. Shipyards Hit Hard By Poor Tanker Market The U.S. shipbuilding industry, which reached record peace-time pro­ duction levels under the SlU-backed Merchant Marine Act of 1970, is now beginning to feel serious adverse effects brought on by the depressed state of the world tanker market for both old and new crude carriers. And if the depressed tanker situation continues or worsens, American yards could foreseeably come to a complete standstill. The first sign of a U.S. shipyard de­ cline was the temporary shutdown last January of the Seatrain Shipbuilding Co. operations at the former Brooklyn Navy Yard, which halted work on two 225,000-ton supertankers and idled 2,800 SlU-aflfiliated UIW shipyard workers. Only now are these men be­ ginning to return to their jobs. On the heels of the Seatrain shut­ down, contract orders for five 89,000ton tankers to be built at Todd Shipyards in San Pedro, Calif, were cancelled. Robert J. Blackwell, assistant secre­ tary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs, stated at a trade conference recently: "1 do not foresee any additional crude oil carriers being built for fore^ trade July, 1975 until the present world surplus is worked off." Since passage of the 1970 Merchant Marine Act, the U.S. Maritime Admin­ istration, through fiscal year 1974, had approved subsidized construction for 59 new vessels, mainly energy carriers, and 18 ship conversions. This year, though, MARAD has given the go ahead on only three new ships, all 51,000-ton tankers, and two ship conversions. This munber com­ pares with 12 new vessels last year, and 20 and 21 the previous two years. The problem is simply that U.S. tanker operators have grown reluctant to submit new ship contract orders be­ cause they have no guarantee that there will be steady employment for their ships after they are built. This problem is further complicated by the fact that 80 to" 90 percent of all U.S. tanker tonnage in layup is oper­ ated by American shipping companies independent of the multinational oil cartel. And this situation is not expected to change since the oil companies have historically used their own ships as well as hundreds of third-flag vessels for their liquid cargoes the department remains opposed to cargo preference because it allegedly violates both commercial treaties and might work against U.S.-flag interests in some trades. The subcommittee, however insisted that Waldman present a "legal brief justifying State's opposition to cargo preference, and showing how the treaties of friendship, commerce and navigation would be violated. At the subcommittee's next session it heard testimony from Robert Vastine, deputy assistant secretary of the Treasury for trade, and James J. Rey­ nolds, president of the American Insti­ tute of Merchant Shipping (AIMS). Reynolds told the subcommittee members that it is imperative for the government to define the size and com­ position of the merchant fleet, and to determine what is needed to meet the demand of both the military and eco­ nomic aspects of national security. He also said that the same steps should be taken with regard to shipbuilding and ship repairing. In noting the contribution to the country's balance of payments by a U.S. merchant fleet, Reynolds said that em­ ployment aboard ship and ashore was at least "a prudent way to provide sub­ stantial employment" particularly with today's sagging economy. Sea-Land WithdrawsFrom 2 Far East Conferences Sea-Land Service, Inc., along with 11 other American-flag and foreign na­ tional-flag operators, last month pulled out of two Far East shipping confer­ ences which govern rates from Hong Kong and Taiwan to U.S. ports. The two conferences, orginally set up to stabilize competition and prevent rate wars among the companies, are the Transpacific Freight Conference of Hong Kong and Taiwan, which sets rates on the U.S. West Coast, and the New York Freight Bureau, which sets rates from the Far East to U.S. East Coast ports. A spokesman for Sea-Land said the company was forced to withdraw be­ cause the inflexibility of conference rate schedules made it impossible to effec­ tively compete with non-conference independents, dominated by cut-rate third-flag operators who charge any­ where from 10 to 40 percent less than conference carriers. The spokesman also pointed out that a system of cash rebates to shippers, illegal under U.S. law, but carried out unchecked by some foreign national lines also contributed to the forced move. By far, though, it is the third-flag operators, led by the Russian Far East Shipping Company (FESCO) which operates 18 containerships between the Far East and the U.S. West Coast, who are causing the fiscal confusion and threatening the business life of many West Coast shipping companies. In the four years since U.S. ports were opened to Soviet ships, Russia's FESCO, along with other third-flag carriers such as Zim Israel Navigation and Orient Overseas Lines, has cap­ tured more than half of all container trade on the conference-governed routes. Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawmi) several months ago introduced a bill in the Senate that could alleviate the worsening crisis. The measure, which is receiving the complete support of the SIU, would require that a shipping firm show proof that the rates charged are compensatory on a commercial cost basis, or more simply that the company is making a profit from its service. Any rates found to be non-compensatory would be suspended by the Federal Maritime Commission, which holds jurisdiction in this area. 'til ,vi A' l-l 1' tM lit 'i Hall Accepts Award for SIU SIU President Paul Hall (left) accepts special award plaque for the Union from former New York City Mayor Robert F. Wagner "for offering educational opportunity to youth" through the SlU's annual scholarship program. The award was given by the trustees of the Educational and Cultural Fund of the Electrical Industry of the city-based Local 3 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Hall accepted the award "in behalf of the professional sailors of the SIU and their children" at the local's 27th Annual Scholarship Awards Breakfast recently. Page 5 ..1 . ii J �The Committee Page Borinquen Committee Waiting for a payoff July 8 in the port of New York is the Ship's Committee of the 04 SS Borinquen (Puerto Rico Marine) of (I. to r.) AB W. Davis, ship's chairman; Chief Steward F. Di Carlo, secretary-reporter; Steward Delegate D. Rios, and Deck Delegate Xavier Whalen. The vessel is the former SS Trenton (Sea-Land). Golden Endeavor Committee Lyman Hall Committee Recertified Bosun Claude "Blackie" Bankston (front Jeft) ship's chairman of the C4 SS Lyman Hall (Waterman) sits with his Ship's Committee of (I. to r.); AB Ronald Davis, deck delegate; Chief Steward Joseph Moody, secretaryreporter, and Cook and Baker Charles Smith, steward delegate at a payoff on July 3 in the port of New York at Brooklyn's Pier 7. The vessel is on the run to the Mideast. Tamara Guilden Committee Recertified Bosun Jim Foti (seated) ship's chairman of the tanker SS Golden Endeavor (Westchester Marine) awaits payoff June 26 in the port of New York with his Ship's Committee of (I. to r.): Steward Delegate Clyde Gibson; Chief Steward Carl Jones, secretary-reporter, and QMED Cecil Sapp, engine dele­ gate, who's firmly holding on to his latest copy of the SEAFARERS LOG. Cities Service Norfolk Ship's Chairman, Recertified Bosun Peter Sernyk (2nd left) of the SS Tamara Guilden (Transportation Com.) is with the Ship's Committee off - to r.]:' Steward Delegate Frank Okoorian; Chief Steward Nicholas Hatgimisios, secretary-reporter; Deck Delegate Bill Eckles, and Engine Delegate Craig Conklin. The bulk carrier paid off on June 20 in the port of New York before going into layup at Todd Shipyard, Erie Basin, Brooklyn, N.Y. On her last run she was out six months carrying coal from the port of Philadelphia to Rot­ terdam and Haifa, Israel. Boston Committee J ^jjsmiirnaissg^^ v .n The Ship's Committee on board the SS Cities Service Norfolk are, from the left: Engine Delegate Thomas Dodson; Deck Delegate Arthur Finnell; Bosun Bill Darfey, ship's chairman, and Steward Delegate Jack Manuel. The tanker paid off on June 18 at Stapleton Anchorage, Staten Island in the port of New York. She's on the coastwise run from Texas City, Tex. Recertified Bosun Leyal Joseph (far right) ship's chairman of the SS Boston (Sea-Land) with the Ship's Committee of (I. to r.): Steward Delegate Stan Bell; Chief Steward James Keno, secretary-reporter; Engine Delegate P. Ayers, and Deck Delegate George Alexander. The cohtainership paid off in the port of New York on June 6 after a coastwise run 4 Page 6 Seafarers Log^ �1 Notes I i by SIU Vice President Frank Drozak I i 1 .v....... Our members continue, both at the July membership meetings in the ports and aboard our contracted shipSj, to overwhelmingly approve the new standard Freightship and Tanker agreements negotiated last month. This is gratifying because I think that these new contracts, providing for significant increases in wages, and vacation, pension, and welfare benefits, as well as a number of beneficial work rule changes, are two of the best contracts ever negotiated in the maritime industry. However, it would be a serious mistake for all of us in the SIU to now sit back and relax because we have excellent work agreements for the next three years^ It is just when we in this industry tend to relax a little that we find that someone, somewhere is trying to take from us what we have obtained. Over the next three years many important issues, affecting both the SIU and indeed the entire maritime industry, will be decided, most of them in Washing­ ton in the Halls of Congress. Actions may be taken on such vital matters as cargo preference legislation, a regulatory third-flag bill, reduction of the pres­ ent three-watch system to a two-watch system, the Jones Act and the constant efforts to waive or abolish it; and many other significant issues. In the past the SIU has always been in the forefront of fights to insure that merchant seamen are fairly dealt with by all the governmental agencies which have a say in how the maritime industry is run. I cannot stress too much how vital it is for us to continue to take strong stands on matters which ultimately concern the job security of us all. I'The most useful way to accomplish this is with our continued support of SPAD. It is through the membership's voluntary contributions to SPAD that we^make our voice heard in Washington. The strength we have, the power which enables us to talk with the lawmakers of this country, comes from SPAD. Without it, we would never be able to offset the powerful interests, such as the giant, multinational oil lobby, which are constantly trying to pass legislation that in many instances would be very detrimental to the U.S. merchant sailor. As vice president in charge of contracts and contract enforcement I am very pleased to see our members receive salary and benefit increases obtained in the new contracts. But I also fervently hope that ail SIU brothers do not forget that the best contract in the world is not worth the paper it's written on without one important thing: jobs. Only through the continued support of SPAD by the entire SIU membership can the job security of all of us be assured, now, as well as for the future. SABINE TANKERS I have been-informed that the National Labor Relations Board has over­ turned the February, 1974 election in which the SIU was narrowly defeated in an attempt to obtain SIU representation for crewmembers of the Sabine Towing and Transportation Company. Following the election, the SIU l^led charges of irregularity with the NLRB against the company. Now, the NLRB has ruled that a new election will be held. The SIU is determined to go back this time and win the new elecdon. More details on this matter will be in the next issue of the LOG. I i 'J BOSUNS RECERTIFICATION PROGRAM With the graduation this month of the 24th class of Recertified Bosuns, the SIU's Bosuns Recertification Program is now two years old. In that time the Seafarers who have participated in this two-month program have gained valu­ able knowledge about their Union and also learned quite a bit about the entire maritime industry. More and more of our contracted vessels now have Recer­ tified Bosuns leading the crews, and this in turn has made for smoother voyages with less problems aboard ship. I would like to congratulate the 12 most recent graduates of the program and wish them good luck and smooth sailing. 'A' SENIORITY UPGRADING Six more Seafarers received their full Union 'A' Books this month after com­ pleting the SIU's 'A' Seniority Program. These men join the ranks of other full book members, and they now have greater shipping opportunities, as well as added responsibilities. They form the foundation of a solid membership which, by its interest and knowledge can assure the job security of us all. I strongly urge all 'B' book members who are eligible to apply for this pro­ gram as soon as possible. FIREFIGHTING The recently expanded two-day firefighting course conducted at the Harry Lundeberg School and at the MSC's facility at Earle, N.J. is continuing to turn out Seafarers expertly trained in the techniques of firefighting. It is a course well worthwhile for all seamen, and I urge all who have not done so to contact any SIU representative and attend this valuable course. Juan keinosa Is Appointed New Puerto Rico Port Agent 5; The SIU has appointed a new port agent in Puerto Rico—Brother Juan Reinosa who has been a member of the SIU for over 30 years, and a Union patrolman for the past 11 years. Brother Reinosa will be in charge of the SIU Hall in Santurce, and he is there to help and service all SIU members who ship and register out of that Hall. All members are urged to take advan­ tage of the facilities in Santurce where they can obtain assistance and informa­ tion on any problems they may have concerning their job or their SIU Wel- Sound Pension Plan 1 i Wi • caihe to this country from Ireland more than it is taking in, and eventually as a very young man looking for steady goes broke. A recent example of this kind of situa­ work and a secure future. I took what work I could find when I first got to tion regrettably occurred last May when America and after a few years I hooked the United Mine Workers Anthracite up with a trucking outfit that paid pretty Health and Welfare Fund sent a letter good for that time. I stuck with the place of explanation to their retired hard coal as a driver for 37 years. I married, members instead of the usual $30 raised a family who grew up and got monthly allotment. The letter told the married, too. I looked forward to retire­ pensioners that the fund was temporar­ ment. In my 37th year with the com­ ily depleted because of lack of royalty pany, however, I was informed that payments during the coal strike last tough times had driven the place out April. of business. I was 64, without a job, ^ Throughout the history of our and to top it off, without a pension. I Union's Pension Flan, the SIU has al­ have a part-time job now to supplement ways made sure that the Plan would my and my wife's Social Security to never be in danger of going broke. Reg­ make ends meet." ularly the SIU conducts actuarial studies Above are the words of Charles Mc­ of the Seafarers Pension Plan to ensure Carthy, a resident of Boston, Mass. It that SIU members will never be caught is an unfortunate story but what is more short on pension payments. This is the main reason why the SIU unfortunate^ is that McCarthy is just one of countless thousands of Ameri­ has one of the strongest and most finan­ can workers who have worked all their cially secure pension plans in any U.S. lives only to be cheated out of their industry. It is also the main reason-why the SIU in the contract just negotiated rightful pension at retirement age. This very serious problem many . was able to grant a $100 a month raise times can be attributed to illegal mis­ in pension benefits to new pensioners. management of pension funds, but more The SIU is still in negotiation with the often than not it is a simple case of operators for the purpose of upgrading improper funding, a situation that oc­ the pensions of SIU members already curs when a pension plan is paying out out on retirement. fare benefits. Brother Reinosa joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1944. Prior to that he had been going to sea since the late 1930's, when he was just a young man. Throughout his sailing career with the SIU Reinosa shipped in the steward department. For many years he shipped as chief steward, sailing with Robin Lines, Isthmian Lines, Bull Lines, South Atlantic and Waterman. A very active Union member. Brother Reinosa assisted the SIU in many beefs, including the Bull Line beef of 1946, and later the Robin Line beef and the Battle of Wall Street. Worked on West Coast In 1964 Reinosa became a Union patrolman and began working on the West Coast out of the port of San Fran­ cisco. While in San Francisco he was the Regional Port Director of the San Francisco branch of the Andrew Furuseth Training School. In that role he helped many young Seafarers start their careers at sea. Reinosa was. also active in other seg­ ments of the labor movement while on the West Coast. He served as delegates to both the Central Labor Council of Alameda County and Central Labor Council of San Francisco. A native of Puerto Rico, the 54-year old Reinosa and his wife Leova will be returning to his home after a 20-year absence. He says he is looking forward to doing his best to assist all the SIU members in his port. s ;v;;^ Juan Reinosa (left), who was recently appointed SIU Puerto Rico port agent, fills out dues receipt for AB A. Maldonado aboard the Borinquen (Puerto RIcan Marine). Brother Reinosa spent a few days In New York servicing SIUcontracted vessels before assuming his new duties In the port of Santurce. Page? July, 1975 .. A' -i*) �;•! •:t §?• •-•• 1 i '. n", i Coal unloader crane chutes cargo Into the hold of the Merrimac with the aid of winches. The mecha­ nism also levels out the coal in the hold. • The SS Merrimac Pays Off: /A , • fter delivering coal to Antwerp, the crew of the SS Merrimac (Ogden Marine) a conveited T-2, was paid off in the port of Philadelphia last month as their ship took on another load of coal bound for The Netherlands. Under MSTS charter, the Merrimac is, according to the ship's articles, "hound on a tramp freighter voyage, either direct or via' one or more coastwise ports, to ports on this U.S. Atlantic, Gulf, Pacific or Great Lakes and/or in the Caribbean Sea and/or South America and/or European ports and/or African ports and/or ports in the Far East and/or Near East and/or Australia." The bulk carrier was brought out of layup last February and crewed in JacksoriyiUe ^er Ogden Marine secured a year MSTS charter to carry bulk cargo. rf Though the ship has been running regularly between the East Coast and Europe,,j<?rewmembers who have read her articles haven't ruled out the possibility that they may be called on to sail her to any port in the world. A 1:1 1; • v •• ^ i' f !?| ^'1 k »r^' .•K' • f?" ' ' # I Tied up next to a coal cjiute crane (top) is " Merrimac. Next (below) AB d. Morris hefps To - store a box of rutabagas with Chief Steward Fred . Hicks (rear) conning on to assist. Theilj next, At ; ' : 1: • Upgrading Page in the SEAFARERS LOG. Finaily (bottom) OS Tom Taylor stands his gangwaywatch. . . ^ . /V.-VX.M. / ^ At the shipboard meeting in the M^rrimac's messroom are Recertified Bosun Ward Wallace, ship's chairman (center, front), and other members of the Seafarer crew, ; ; ' Pages Seafaj^ers Log X, • j' ' t-'. �--- - v.: •\? •iiimm Washington Activities By B. Rocker Merehmit afaiinc OYCig^t The Legislative R^organizatioii Act of 1946 directed standing conunittees of Congress to exercise "continuous watchfulness" over execution by adminis­ tration agencies of Ihws v^hose subject matter falls within their jurisdiction. / Acting under thiat mandate, the House Merchant Marine Subccmunittee is holding oversight bearings on a broad range of U.S. maritime policies. In testimony given during the hearings. Herb Brand, Tran^rtation Institute president, outlined ways in which the U.S. maritime poli<^ could be imple­ mented to buikl a strong, balanced, and ccmipetitive U,S. merchant marine to serve the nation's economy and as^ our military forces in national emer­ gencies. SIU President Hall has been invited to testify. Oversi^t hearings will contiAue throug|h July 30. Seafreczc Aflantic HJL 5197 HJEL 5197, to authorize nnployment of foreign citizens on the fishing vessel Seafreeze Atlantic, was introduced by Robert Leggett (D-Calif.) in March and r^erred to the Merchant Marine and Insheries Committee. The bill provides that during the period when foreign fishermen are being employed, the owners would train Americans to take their place. O. William Moody, representing SIU, and Herb Brand, Transportation histitote, have testified in subcommittee hearings in favor of the bill. Tbere would be a number of major benefits for the maritime industry and the fishing industry from enactment of H.R. 5197. The ship could go back into service with a crew oi 20 U.S. seamen and eventually an American fishing crew. The House passed H.R. 5197 by voice vote. Maritime Aiiflioiiaitkm for Fiscal Vear 1976 A conference committee has been named to resolve differences between the House and Senate versions of the authorization Inll for maritime programs— operating differential subsidies, construction differential subsidies. Title XI, research and development, maritime academies, etc. Leonor Sullivan, chairman of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, and Warren Magnuson, chairman (ff the Senate Commerce Com­ mittee, will head thrir respective delegatirms. PensiMi Plan Rcgulatkm A policy committee has been named to implement the Employee Retirement Income Security Act The Act was passed last year to establish minimum federal standards for private penaon plans. Thirty-five million people ,sae covered by such private plans. la a new bill introduced by Rep. Richard Ottinger (D-N.Y.), he pro­ poses that fully vested pe^ns over 55 be entitled to pension benefits if employm^t is terminated by the ethployer. Rep. Ottinger feds such protection is of particular importance to older Americans who lose their jobs because of olant closings. Mid Fhg Rates S. 868, to provide minimum ocean rates for cargo carried on third-flag ships, has been favorably reported out of the Senate Commerce Committee. Identical bills will be considered in the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Com­ mittee. The bill requires that third-flag carriers justify their rates whenever they are lower than the lowest rate charged by a carrier in the liner conference; it does not prohibit them from carrying American cargo. A recent study made for the Maritime Administration (the government agency which adidnisters maritime funds) showed that the seven major foreign maritime nations—^Japan, the United Kingdom, France, Norway, Spain, West Germany and Sweden—^provide direct and indirect subsidies totaling over $2 billion a year to their shipbuilding and shipping industries. Russian ships, gov­ ernment supported, are not required to operate at a profit, and can drive'U.S. > ships out of tiie market by undercutting costs. . We do not have cargo preference protection and our State Department does not sufficiently implement use of U.S. ships for Public Law 480 shipments. (According to this Law 50 percent of government generated aid cargo is sup­ posed to go on American-flag ships.) This lack of support is costing us jobs and job security. SIU supports S.868 and the protection it offers our industry. Florida Gas Pfyeline In hearings before the Federal Power Commis»on, we are opposing permis­ sion for Florida Gas Transmission Company to convert a 24-inch gas pipeline to carrying petroleum products. The pipeline, now running from Baton Rouge, La., to Florida, will eventually extend to Texas. The pipeline conversion would cost SIU 1,000 jobs on tugs, barges and tankers which serve in the Gulf Coast area. Ifanpioyment Conference . Upgraders and bosuns from the Harry Lundeberg School participated in the National Conference on Full Employment, sponsored by the Full Employment Action Couiicil June 24. The Council is a coalition of representatives from labor, education and public interest groups. Four panel sessions were devoted to the problems of unemployment and ways of creating more jobs for more Americans. .• i.ll If i 200 IVBle Limit The Fisheries, Wildlife Conservation and Environment Subcommittee of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee will hold hearings July 15 through 29 on H.R. 200 and related bills to extend the fisheries jurisdiction of the United States. 'l|; J., 4' • f : F' To Protect Your , I ' m Job Security in the Fight for Favorable Legislation » Seafarers are urged to conirMNite to SPAD. It is tl» way to have your voice heard and to keep your anion effective fai the fight for legislation to orotecf the security of every Seafarer and his family. "1^1' Tanker Overseas Traveler Pays Off in Newport News . Recertified Bosun Arne Hovde (left), ship's chairman of the SS Overseas Traveler (Maritime Overseas), stands by while (seated) Chief Steward Jasper C. Anderson, secretary-reporter of the tanker explains a point in the SIU Shipping Rules and the Union contract to the remainder of the Ship's Committee looking on of (I. to r.): Steward Delegate Robert Rowe; Engine Delegate Robert Sawyer, and Deck Delegate Charles Majette. Note the Seafarers LOG which they had just read on the table. In the photo on the right, during the payoff oh June 2 at the C&C Piers In Newport News, Va,, a member in the back row raises hand at the shipboard meeting to ask a question. After payoff, the vessel headed for Rotterdam. Pages July. 1975 f . I -X' • iv "''V- '••J', 7 I t �19. Total Deductions During Year (Item 16) 20. Total Net Increase (Decrease) 21. Fund Balance (Reserve for Future Benefits) at End of Year (Item 14, Statement of Assets ' and Liabilities) ANNUAL REPORT For the fiscal year ended December 31,1974 —-'y;' ' - SEAFARERS HIRING HALL TOUST FUND (Name of Welfare Fun^ V 275 20th Street, Brooklyn, New York 11215 (Address of Fond) 900,181.86 486,301.33 $ 1,189,508.85 Note: Pages 7 to 14 inclusive should not be completed by funds that have filed Form D-2 with the U.S. Department of Labor. Such funds are required to file a copy of the completed D-2 form with this statement. to file STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES Eodtrf ASSETS^ Reporting Year SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE of the Item $ - 21,628.28 • 1. Cash 2. Receivables: NOTES: (1) All data in the Annual Report is to be copied from the Annual Statement. (a) Contributions: Where a copy of U.S. Department of Labor Form D-2 has been filed in lieu (1) Employer •• (2) Other (Specify) Due from other Plans 4,722.10 of pages 7 to 14 of the New York Annual Statement, Part IV—Section A of (b) Dividends or Experience Rating Refunds Form D-2 may be substituted for Page 3 herein. (c) Other (Specify) (2) The Annual Report is required to be filed, in duplicate, not later than five months after end of fiscal year. Address replies to New York State Insurance 3. Investments: (Other than Real Estate) (a) Bank Deposits at Interest and Deposits or Shares in Savings Department, Two World Trade Center, New York, New York 10048. and Loan Associations 1,167,470.17 (3) The data contained herein is for the purpose of providing geiferal information (b) Stocks: as to the condition and affairs of the fund. The presentation is necessarily (1) Preferred abbreviated. If you are interested in a more comprehensive treatment refer to (2) Common Page 4 under the heading "Additional Information is Available." '.10? Wel'l (c) Bonds and Debentures: STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE (1) Government Obligations (RESERVE FOR FUTURE BENEFITS) (a) Federal '. (bi) State and Municipal Item ADDITIONS TO FUND BALANCE (2) Foreign Government Obligations 1. Contributions: , " (3) Non-Government Obligations sr(Exclude amounts entered in Item 2) (d) Common Trusts: (a> Employer (Schedule 1) $1,308,577.46 (1) (Identify) (b) Employee - (2) (Identify) (c) Other (Specify) Interest on delinquent ac­ (e) Subsidiary Organizations (Identify and Indicate Percentage i riwjS. tsniR counts 187.02 ~ of Ownership by this plan in the subsidiary) sinpdpMcY (d) Total Contributions $ 1,308,764.48 (1) % 2. Dividends and Experience Rating Refunds * (2) % , ->7 from Insurance Companies 4. Real Estate Loans and Mortgages .... .. 3. Investment Income: , . : '• 'K.lPtt,-., • 5. Loans and Notes Receivable: (Other than Real Estate) (a) Interest 77,718.71 (a) Secured (b) Dividends i (b) Unsecured (c) Rents M> ^ 6. Real Estate: (d) Other (Specify) (a) Operated (e) Total Income from Investments . 77,718.71 (b) Other Real Estate 4. Profit on disposal of investments 7. Other Assets: 5. Increase by adjustment in asset values of in­ (a) Accrued Income . vestments ' (b) Prepaid Expenses 6. Other Additions: (Itemize) (c) Other (Specify) Fixed assets—$15,962.47 less 100% reserve -0- (a) ^ :... 8. Total Assets $ 1,193,820.55 (b) LIABILITIES (c) Total Other Additions -r . ________ 7. Total Additions $ 1,386,483.19 9. Insurance and Auunity Premiums Payable STATE OF NEW YORK DEDUCTIONS FROM FUND BALANCE 8. Insurance and Annuity Premiums to Insurance Carriers and to Service Organizations (Includ­ ing Prepaid Medical Plans) 9. Benefits Provided Directly by the Trust or Separately Maintained Fund 10. Payments to an Organization Maintained by the Plan for the Purpose of Providing Bene­ fits to Participants (Attach latest operating statement of the Organization showing detail of administrative expenses, supplies, fees, etc.) 11. Payments or Contract Fees Paid to Independ­ ent Organizations or Individuals Providing Plan Benefits (Clinics, Hospitals, Doctors, etCi) 12. Administrative Expenses: (a) Salaries (Schedule 2) (b) Allowances, Expenses, etc. (Schedule 2) .. (c) Taxes (d) Fees and Commissions (Schedule 3) ..... (e) Rent (f) Insurance Premiums (g) Fidelity Bond Premiums (h) Other Administrative Expenses (Specify) Tabulating service & other administra­ tive expenses (i) Total Administrative Expenses ......... 13. Loss on disposal of investments Is. i 14. Decrease by adjustment in asset values, of ihvestments .......................... 15. Other Deductions: (Itemize) (a) Collection - $ • " •*':•*' . •' H ,3lr-'-V' '.'r Unpaid Claims (Not Covered by Insurance) Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses Other Liabilities (Specify) Due to other Plans .... Reserve for future benefits (Fund balance) Total Liabilities and Reserves ••••.•• 11503.26 -." - • ..... ? 2,808.44 ..... 1,189,508.85 $ 1,193,820.55 - iThe assets listed in this statement must be valued on the basis regularly used in valuing investments held in the fund and reported to the U.S. Treasury Department, or shall be valued at their aggregate cost or present value, whichever is lower, if such a statement is not so required to be filed with the U.S. Treasury Department. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ... REPORT ON EXAMINATION: This fund is subject to periodic examination by the New York State Insurance Department. All employee-members of the fund, all con­ tributing employers and the participating unions may inspect the Reports on Examina­ tion at the New York State Insurance Department, upon presentation of proper credentials. If you wish to see the Report, please contact the New York State Insurance Departme.nt, Two World Trade Center, New York 10048. 737,286.89 . 11,925.93 :r , ^ 20,143.13 ' 499.07 ^ . • u V 78,913.74 ' ^111,481.87 • . ~ ^ 293.96 $ "^V293.96 900,181.86 $ 703,207.52 OTHER INFORMATION: Also available for inspection—to the public generally— are the annual statements and registration documents filed by the Fund. These may bp inspected during working hours at the above address, or at the office of the Fund. STATE OF. SS. COUNTY OF. u •- V""'' . 'Br'piy'. . and. Trustees of the Fund and ' ••• • affirm, under the penalties of perjury that the contents of this Annual Report are true and hereby subscribe thereto. , ., Employer trustee: RECONCILEMENT OF FUND BALANCE 17. Fund Balance (Reserve for Future Benefits at Beginning of Year) 18. Total Additions During Year (Item 7) • PagilO 51,119.14 .- (c) Total Other Deductions 16. Total Deductions S ' 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. - , V ; • 1,386,483.19 ; Seafar^i^Lofil �DISPATCHERS REPORT JUNE 1-30,1975 TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Class A Class B Class C Port Boston New York ..... Philadelphia .. Baltimore .... Norfolk Tampa Mobile New Orleans ... Jacksonville . ... San Francisco .. Wilmington Seattle Puerto Rico Houston Piney Point .... Yokohama Totals Deep Sea Great Lakes-— Alpena Buffalo Cleveland Detroit Duluth Frankfort Chicago Totals Great Lakes Totals Deep Sea & Great Lakes 4 107 6 26 18 5 19 60 31 46 .26 31 4 78 0 6 467 3 10 4 2 6 2 1 10 2 4 2 8 0 9 0 0 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DECK DEPARTMENT 3 3 0 68 18 4 1 1 0. 22 10 0 12 3 1 3 0 0 9 2 0 58 38 0 33 7 0 19 6 0 1 2 0 30 10 0 4 2 0 84 40 0 0 3 0 3 0 4 350 149 5 6 4 7 17 10 5 6 55 522 4 2 3 2 3 0 1 15 78 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 3 15 4 4 32 5 13 4 76 426 Port Seattle Puerto Rico Houston Piney Point Yokohama Totals Deep Sea 11 7 54 0 4 375 3 34 1 5 6 2 3 15 5 13 2 5 1 16 0 3 114 Alpena Buffalo Cleveland Detroit Duluth . i-rankforl \ Chicago .' Totals Great Lakes Totals Deep Sea & Great Lakes 1 5 2 21 5 4 1 39 414 7 0 1 1 1 6 1 17 131 4 37 5 7 10 1 20 33 9 26 7 11 3 46 0 1 220 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 4 2 1 1 0 3 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 3 1 2 11 231 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 87 10 21 18 2 16 49 22 48 ' ; 3 25 8 3 10 2 7 15 2 11 6 9 1 8 0 2 112 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 5 12 5 11 15 11 1 9 64 1,039 2 3 5 2 5 0 1 18 130 0" 0 1 2 2 0 0 5 IP 0 65 3 19 4 1 10 44 27 18 8 18 8 69 0 2 296 1 25 3 3 5 2 4 29 8 7 2 17 2 27 4 4 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 150 20 49 25 4 36 118 36 96 28 36 15 105 0 2 726 4 55 6 13 6 3 11 20 13 42 • 8 15 2 18 0 3 219 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 6 2 1 18 2 3 3 35 331 12 0 0 1 1 4 0 18 150 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 3 8 14 12 4 5 52 1,091 6 0 3 4 4 3 2 22 152 0 2 0 1 2 1 1 7 13 STEWARD DEPARTMENT 0 1 0 25 27 6 0 0 0 116 0 5 7 5 0 1 0 0 6 3 0 42 36 0 15 5 0 18 9 0 2 1 0 19 2 0 3 1 0 35 21 0 0 0 17 2 3 0 191 136 6 5 78 17 20 16 4 49 71 21 64 12 34 10 77 0 2 480 2 8 1 5 3 0 0 4 5 8 5 3 2 3 0 1 50 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk ; Tampa Mobile New Orleans Jacksonville San Francisco Wilmington 6 ' Frankfort . ..."" ' Chicago Totals Great Lakes Totals Deep Sea & Great Lakes 6 0 1 11 1 5 0 24 215 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 7 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 ENTRY DEPARTMENT : . -. *. Seattle ............................ Puerto Rico Houston Piney Point Yokohama Totals Deep, Sea Great Lakes Alpena Buffalo Cleveland ~.... Detroit. Duluth Frankfort Chicago Totals Great Lakes Totals Deep Sea & Great Lakes Totals All Depts. Deep Sea Totals All DepL,. Great Lakes Totals All Depts. Deep Sea & Great Lakes July, 1975 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 7 12 16 208 27 57 25 14 60 134 59 110 49 59 16 126 0 15 975 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Tampa Mobile New Orleans Jacksonville San Francisco Wilmington Seattle Puerto Rico Houston Piney Point Yokohama Totals Deep Sea Great Lakes Detroit Duluth 15 2 7 10 6 5 0 45 194 REGISTERED ON BEACH All Groups Class A Class.B Class C ENGINE DEPARTMENT Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Tampa Mobile New Orleans Jacksonville San Francisco Alpena Buffalo Cleveland TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C " 3 27 9 15 10 0 14 37 12 31 4 11 6 30 0 0 209 5 4 6 17 9 12 5 58 267 1,271 163 1,434 4 85 18 22 13 4 13 53 21 54 11 19 11 56 21 1 406 17 6 6 9 6 7 1 92 458 603 85 688 'K.. 1 0 2r 3 5 2 3 16 496 . siu Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters v Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Worker PRESIDENT Paul Hall SECRETARY-TREASURER Joe DiGiorgio EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cal Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shepard Lindsey Williams Frank Drozak Paul Drozak HEADQUARTERS 675 4 Ave., Bklyn. 11232 (212) BY 9-6600 ALPENA, Mich 800 N. 2 Ave. 49707 (517) EL 4-3616 BALTIMORE, Md. 1216 E. Baltimore St. 21202 (301) EA 7-4900 BOSTON, Mass. 215 Essex SL 02111 (617) 482-4716 BUFFALO, N.Y.... .290 Franklin St 14202 (716) TL 3-9259 CHICAGO, IlL. .9383 S. Ewlng Ave. 60617 (312) SA 1-0733 CLEVELAND, Ohio 1290 Old River Rd. 44113 (216) MA 1-5450 DETROIT, Mich. 10225 W. Jefferson Ave. 48218 (313) VI 3-4741 DULUTH, Minn 2014 W. 3 St. 55806 (218) RA 2-4110 FRANKFORT, Mich P.O. Box D 415 Main St. 49635 (616) EL 7-2441 HOUSTON, Tex. 5804 Canal St 77011 (713) WA 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. 3315 Liberty St. 32206 (904) 353-0987 JERSEY CITY, NJ. 99 Montgomery St. 07302 (201) HE 5-9424 MOBILE, Ala. IS. Lawrence St. 36602 (205) HE 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS, La. 630 Jackson Ave. 70130 (504) 529-7546 NORFOLK, Va 115 3St. 23510 (804) 622-1892 PADUCAH, Ky. 225 S. 7 St 42001 (502) 443-2493 PHHADELPHIA, Pa.. .2604 S. 4 St 19148 (215) DE 6-3818 PINEY POINT, Md. St. Mary's County 20674 (301) 994-0100 PORT ARTHUR, Tex P'- r 'ji '1' f ? I •1' m 1 i'. ];• 534 9 Ave. 77640 (713) 983-1679 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. 1321 Mission St 94103 (415) 626-6793 SANTURCE, P. R. 1313 Fernandez, Juncos, Stop 20 00908 (809) 724-2848 SEATTLE, Wash....... .2505 1 Ave. 98121 (206) MA 3-4334 ST. LOUIS, Mo.. .4581 Gravois Ave. 63116 (314) 752-6500 TAMPA, Fla..2610 W.Kennedy Blvd.33609 (813) 870-1601 TOLEDO, Ohio 935 Summit St 43604 (419) 248-3691 WILMINGTON, Calif. •• I fe. IfSi'i m 510 N.Broad St.90744 (213)549-4000 YOKOHAMA, Japan Yokohama Port P.O. P.O. Box 429 5-6 Nihon Ohdori Naka-Kn 231-91 201-7935 Shipping at the deep-sea ports dur­ ing the month of June remained rela­ tively stable. Despite record unem­ ployment in the nation, employment opportunities for Seafhrers continue to be good. This is cleariy shown in that each month upwards of 35 perv eent of all jobs shipped are feiiken other than W seniority men. SUppie^ for the near future is expected to re-J mOitt fittoWe. ^ 111 >; v "• I' PagelL it. T- �i' Dues Resolution Presented to Members The following Resolution on a dues increase for working members only, was presented by the SIU Secretary-Treasury on behalf of the ^mon's Exyutive Board and all of its officers at July meetings in all Constitutional and Non-Constitutional ports. It was overwhelmingly passed by the membership. (The vote in each port appears below the Resolution.) ' , „ i • j / » Appearing on the next page is the full report of the Constitutional Committee elected on July 18 at Headquarters to act on the Resolution and make any changes. corrections, substitutions and/or recommendations. In their report, the Committee recommended that the Resolution and their own report appear in the Seafarers LOG prior to the secret, mail ballot referendum on the Resolution. This Constitutional Committee's Report and Recommendation will be voted on at the regular membership meetings in August. RESOLVED, in the event that such a proportionate sum of such $50.00 proposed amendments and actions to be WHEREAS, the Union successfully Constitutional Committee's Report and which shall be equal to the percentage taken upon such amendments must first negotiated an increase in wages and over­ recommendations are thereafter accepted which such worked days bears to ninety be authorized by the membership; and time for the first year in the new contract by the membership for voting as Consti­ days. Dues payable under this subsec­ WHEREAS, after such approval is which was overwhelmingly approved by tutionally required, such referendum vote tion (b), shall be payable on the day granted, a Constitutional Committee must the membership; and shall be held as provided for in the Con­ that the member receives payment for be elected which will have the authority to WHEREAS, the contract also provides stitutional Committee's report and recom­ his earned compensatory credit on ac-. act on the amendments and make changes, for continued increases in earnings for the mendations. count of having worked such days, any­ corrections, substitutions and/or recom­ membership in each year of the contract; Fraternally submitted; thing to the contrary herein notwith­ mendations; and and standing, and shall become effective as WHEREAS, any recommendations of WHEREAS, as a result of these nego­ Paul Hall, President, H-1 to members in the manner designated the Committee may include other pro­ tiations, the membership will also receive and determined by majority vote of the posed Constitutional changes; and substantial increases in vacation benefits Cal Tanner, Executive Vice President, T-1 membership by secret ballot. When so WHEREAS, the report of the action of which will raise the vacation payments to Frank Drozak, Vice President, D-22 determined by its membership, mem­ $1,400, $1,800, $2,200 and $2,400 for the the Committee must be submitted to the Lindsey Williams, Vice President, W-1 . bers in the employ of the Union, its sub­ membership for acceptance, modification respective groups and ratings; and Joe DiGiorgio, Secretary-Treasurer, D-2 sidiaries and its affiliates, or in any WHEREAS, these higher vacation pay­ or rejection; and Earl Shepard, Vice President, S-2 employment at the Union's direction as WHEREAS, if the Committee recom­ ments represent an average of 50% rise Paul Drozak, Vice President, D-180 provided for in Article XII, Section mends the approval of the amendment, in benefits; and Leon Hall, Headquarters Representative, 1(a) & (c) shall pay in addition to that and if the membership accepts the report WHEREAS, new vacation benefits over H-125 provided for in paragraph (a) immedi­ and above those already obtained are of the Committee, a referendum vote of William Hall, Headquarters ately above, the sum of Fifty ($50.00) the membership must then be conducted being negotiated; and Representative, H-272 Dollars quarterly on a calendar year on such Constitutional amendment. WHEREAS, serious threats to employ­ Edward X. Mooney, Headquarters, basis, no later than the first business ment and job security have been made re­ NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RE­ Representative, M-7 day of each quarter, while so employed. cently on both national and foreign fronts; SOLVED: That Article V, Section 1 of John Fay, Philadelphia Agent, F-363 (c) changes of the above dues shall and the Seafarers International Union of Ben Wilson, Baltimore Agent, W-217 only be by Constitutional amendment. WHEREAS, the Union has a responsi­ North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and E. Aubusson, Detroit Agent, A-8 RESOLVED, that the voting upon this bility to its members to continue its fight Inland Waters District Constitution, be C. J. Stephens, New Orleans Agent, S-4 proposed amendment be by secret ballot to preserve and protect the job security of amended to read as hereafter set forth; Louis Neira, Mobile Agent, N-1 and that the procedure or details of such its membership; and provided that subparagraph (b) of the Steve Troy, San Francisco Agent, T-485 • mail balloting be contained in the recom­ WHEREAS, in order to continue the amendment hereafter set forth, shall be­ A. Campbell, NY Patrolman, C-17 mendations of a Constitutional Committee fight for jobs and job security, it will be come applicable only to those members T. Babkowski, NY Patrolman, B-1 be elected in the event this proposed to necessary to have the financial resources who, subsequent to September 15, 1975 J. Bluitt, NY Patrolman, B-15 Resolution is accepted by the membership available to take whatever actions are nec­ shall be entitled, over and above that pro­ L. lovino, NY Patrolman, I-l 1 as Constitutionally required, and that such essary; and vided for through collective bargaining P. Marinelli, NY Patrolman, M-462 Constitutional Committee make such WHEREAS, the cost for staff salaries, agreements in effect September 15, 1975, G. McCartney, NY Patrolman, M-948 other recommendations on mail balloting communications, postage, rents, utilities for days worked thereafter, an additional F. Mongelli, NY Patrolman, M-1111 procedure along with recommendations and other expenses that must be paid in vacation benefit payment for twelve con­ K. Terpe, NY Patrolman, T-3 on changes, corrections, and/or substitu­ order to effectively represent the member­ secutive months worked with contracted A. Bernstein, Philadelphia Patrolman, B-3 tions on the proposed amendment as the ship have risen; and employers, or for ninety day multiples so A. Kastina, Baltimore Patrolman, K-5 Committee* may feel needed or appro­ WHEREAS, these higher costs result­ worked in such twelve consecutive month R. Pomerlane, Baltimore Patrolman, priate. ing from current inflation create great period, the sum of $50.00, and propor­ P-437 RESOLVED, as Constitutionally pro­ pressures on the Union to curtail its mul­ tionate amount for days worked in excess H. Fischer, Mobile Patrolman, F-1 vided, this Resolution be voted upon by tiple services to the membership; and thereof. Such amendments shall become R. Jordan, Mobile Patrolman, J-1 the membership at the Constitutional WHEREAS, in these times it would not effective October 1, 1975, and with re­ William Morris, Mobile Patrolman, M-4 Ports of New York, Philadelphia, Balti­ only be unwise but self-defeating to per­ spect to members 'whose vacation benefit mit the slightest reduction of existing . payments may thereafter be increased as more, Detroit, Houston, New Orleans, T. Gould, New Orleans Patrolman, G-267 operations and services to the member­ above, it shall become effective the first L. Guarino, New Orleans Patrolman, Mobile and San Francisco, and in addi­ ship; and G-520 tion at all non-Constitutional Ports, and if day of the month immediately after the WHEREAS, the only constructive • concurred in, a Constitutional Committee H. Troxclair, New Orleans Patrolman, T-4 month in which such increased vacation measure would be to obtain additional of six book members to be elected at the S. Zeagler, New Orleans Patrolman, Z-60 benefit provision is authorized. dues from working members; and Port of New York-Headquarters at a Spe­ R. Lightfoot, Houston Patrolman, L-562' ' WHEREAS, these additional dues cial Meeting to be held at 2:00 p.m. on F. Taylor, Houston Patrolman, T-180 AMENDMENT would be payable only by those who may July 18, 1975; and finally R. Wilburn, Houston Patrolman, W-6 receive monetary benefits over and above Article V, Section 1. All members' dues those that they are presently receiving or shall consist of: Following are the votes in each port on regular July membership meetings, and to which they will be entitled to" receive (a) dues in effect on July 1, 1975, / the dues increase Resolution. In the Con- at the non-Constitutional ports, voting as a result of the new contract that is in which shall be paid quarterly on a cal­ /stitutional ports, voting took place at the took place on July 17. effect; and endar year basis, no later than the first WHEREAS, such additional dues business day of each quarter, except as would also be payable by any member .herein otherwise provided, and; MEMBERS VOTED NO VOTES who is employed by this Union, its sub­ (b) the sum of $50.00 for each PORT PRESENT » AGAINST FOR sidiaries and affiliates or who is employed ninety days worked in twelve consecu­ at the Union's direction; and • tive months for contracted employers PINEY POINT : 81 81 « WHEREAS, this action will require a and for days worked subsequent to such JACKSONVILLE 72 72 Constitutional amendment; and first ninety days in such twelve consecu­ NORFOLK / 51 0 51 WHEREAS, under our Constitution all tive months, "which are less than ninety. '•M BALTIMORE . Seafarers at Headquarters vote to elect a Constitutional Committee at a special meeting held In New York on July 18. The Committee was elected to act on a dues Increase resolution which was passed at all regular July membership meetings and at special meetings held on July 17. Page 12 BOSTON PHILADELPHIA DETROIT . . . . WILMINGTON ... FRANKFORT HOUSTON ; OULUTH NEW YORK TAMPA -CHICAGO NEW ORLEANS ; MOBILE CLEVELAND ALPENA .. YOKOHAMA SEATTLE SAN FRANCISCO PUERTO RICO ......... BUFFALO TOTALS 95 32 77 96 _ 48 NoQuornm 178 22 350 39 26 278 143 18 10 16 47 184 30 10 1,903 95 32 75 96 48 .178 22 350 39 '26 278 143 18 10 16 45 184 30 10 0 0 9 A 0 .0 * 0 9 0' 0 Q-m 0 'J ''' 0 •mMM u-;." Seafarers Log �.T— -i'.:'--'T** • *s'fu^ ',, ' > -' -• V ' 'v ' t. ' ' ' , • •, V<-?- m:r EPORT STITUTIONAL t'r'^ '' We, the undersigned Constitutional Committee, were elected at a special meeting at Headquarters—Port of New York—on July 18, 1975, in accordance with Article XXV, Section 2, of our Union Constitution. We have had referred to us and studied the Constitutional amendment resolution submitted jointly by all our Officers, Headquarters Repre­ sentatives, Agents and Patrolmen. The amendment resolution prior to its submis­ sion to us, was adopted by a majority vote of the membership at Headquarters and all Ports. The Resolution's entire provi­ sions including its whereas clauses is at­ tached to this, our Report and Recom­ mendation, so that all members will have available to them its full text for their re­ view and study at the same time that they read this, our Report and Recommenda­ tions. As the Resolution sets forth, we in the maritime industry are faced with serious threats to our job opportunities and secur­ ity. Events on foreign fronts in petroleum and other energy sources, make clear the cutback in our importation of energy material. Similarly, with heavy increased cost for foreign fuel, there is a sharp drop in our Nation's use of imported energy. All of this results in less U.S. bottoms with equivalent drop in job opportunities. Nor does contemplated expansion of our do­ mestic fleet pick up the full slack, par­ ticularly when modern technique and automatic equipment results in less job opportunities and at the same time, other transportation means stand by to replace water transportation. Faced with this reality, we must under­ take actions and methods to reduce this impact and at the same time, find alterna­ tives for employment in maritime. Fur­ thermore, it is most important that steps be taken to fight the substandard mari­ time operators so as to make their stand­ ards comparable to ours with resulting increased job opportunities. This program is a necessity and those of us working in maritime for many years, recognize the extreme importance of what has to be done. The efforts required to be successful will be great. At the same time, the cost will be most substantial. This is all the more so in today's inflationary climate. The combined efforts of manpower, facil­ ity's use, legislative, clerical, legal, etc., will obviously be heavy with a comparable high cost. At the same time that this effort gets under way, we are faced with constantly increased costs across the board in staff, salaries, postage, rent, taxes, utilities, pro­ fessional services, supplies, materials and other expenses. And while this condition continues to spiral, the paramount interest and concern of providing maximum serv­ ices to the membership must constantly be observed. Our examination of Union records, experience, conferences and dis­ cussions with our elected and appointed representatives, makes clear to us the im­ portance of going forward and simultane­ ously maintaining our existing standards for membership protection and security. increased dues comes into play only after two conditions are met. First, it applies only to those members who sometime after September 15, 1975 as a result of shipping thereafter, are entitled to receive vacation benefits as a result of collective bargaining agreements, which are higher than those already in effect on September '15, 1975 and second, the increased vaca­ tion benefit must be at least the sum of $350.— for 12 consecutive months ship­ ping or $87.50 for 90 days shipping and higher amounts proportionately if above 90 days. We further note that by our recent negotiated contract for the membership, excluding Great Lakes who negotiated their contract last year, vacation benefits were raised to group levels for annual shipping to $1,400.—, $1,800.—, $2,200.— and $2,400.—, respectively. Under the proposed Resolution, before the dues change will become effective, another $350.— fof annual shipping or $87.50 for 90 days shipping would have to be added on to the sailing member's benefit. Only part of that increased benefit would be paid as increased dues, leaving the remainder for the use of the member. In effect, the increased dues would be payable only by working members for time worked of 90 days and in excess and then only provided there is an increased vacation benefit of at least $87.50 for such 90 days over and above vacation benefits in effect on September 15, 1975. As we see it, in this way the source of increased Union revenue to fill the needs discussed above comes from new and higher vaca­ tion benefits available and paid to working members, without taxing the nonworking, ill or disabled members or touching any part of existing negotiated vacation beenfits. The Resolution further carries out one of its underlying themes that such in­ creased Union dues should come from working members, by providing that the maximum increase in dues shall be applic­ able as well to Union member officers, other members in the Union's employ, its subsidiaries or affiliates or in employment at the Union's direction. For the foregoing reasons, we report and recommend the following Resolution for membership vote: "RESOLVED: That Article V, Secr tion 1 of the Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District Constitution, be amended to read as hereafter set forth; provided that sub­ paragraph (b) of the amendment here­ after set forth, shall become applicable only to those members who, subsequent to September 15, 1975 shall be entitled, over and above that provided for through collective bargaining agree­ ments in effect September 15, 1975, for days worked thereafter, an additional sum of $350 vacation benefit payment for twelve consecutive months worked with contracted employers, or for ninety day multiples so worked in such twelve consecutive month period, the sum of $87.50, and proportionate amount for days worked in excess thereof. Such amendment shall become effective October 1, 1975, and with respect to members whose vacation benefit payments may thereafter be in­ creased as above, it shall become effec­ tive the first day of the month imme­ diately after the month in which such increased vacation benefit provision is authorized. Normally in our opinion, the raising of money to support Union needs such as the above, is through across the board in­ crease in dues or assessments applicable to all members in equal amount. However, the proposed resolution which seeks to -raise the necessary moneys recognizes that such increased Union money should come only from working members and then only for their period of employment and equally important, come out of AMENDMENT moneys received solely from increased Article V, Section 1. All members' dues benefits to be secured as-a result of nego­ shall consist of: tiated efforts, over and above those now (a) dues in effect on July 1, 1975, in existence. In effect, the moneys needed which shall be paid quarterly on a cal­ to be raised in the form of dues will be endar year basis, no later than the first from future benefit increases received as business day of each quarter, except as a result of negotiations and shipping. herein otherwise provided, and; (b) the sum of $50.00 for each We note that the Constitutional Amend­ ment part of the Resolution providing for - ninety days worked in twelve consecu­ July, 1975 r^-iv tive months for contracted employers and for days worked subsequent to such first ninety days in such twelve consec­ utive months, which are less than ninety, a fjroportionate sum of such $50.00 which shall be equal to the per­ centage which such worked days bears to ninety days. Dues payable under this subsection (b), shall be payable on the day that the member receives payment for his earned compensatory credit on account of having worked such days, anything to the contrary herein not­ withstanding, and shall become effec­ tive as to members in the manner desig­ nated and determined by majority vote of the membership by secret ballot. When so determined by the member­ ship, members in the employ of the Union, its subsidiaries and its affiliates, or in any employment at the Union's direction as provided for in Article XII, Section 1 (a) & (c) shall pay in addi­ tion to that provided for in paragraph (a) immediately above, the sum of Fifty ($50.00) Dollars quarterly on a calendar year basis, no later than the first business day of each quarter, while so employed. (c) changes of the above dues shall only be by Constitutional amendment." We further recommend that the Reso­ lution as quoted above, be voted upon Yes or No, by the membership. The proposed Resolution also directs this Constitutional Committee to recom­ mend the details for a secret ballot vote of the membership upon the Resolution. If this Consliulional Committee's Report and Recommendation is concurred in by the membership at the next regular mem­ bership meetings in August, 1975, it is recommended that: (a) No later than August 16, 1975, a copy of the Constitutional Commit­ tee's Report and Recommendation with attachment, be mailed to all members and ships. (b) The ballot on the above Resolu­ tion be held by mail referendum vote over a 30 day period by secret ballot and that voting shall commence at all ports on August 25, 1975 and end on September 23, 1975, between the hours of9:00A.M. and 12:00 Noon Monday through Saturday, excepting therefrom legal holidays; and that on September 29, 1975 at 10:00 A.M. at Headquart­ ers, a special meeting of the member­ ship be held for the purpose of electing a Tallying Committee consisting of six full book members who upon their election shall take possession of the bal­ lots, tally the same, make its report and notify the Secretary-Treasurer as to the results of the referendum as soon as possible thereafter. No ballot received after September 29, 1975 shall be counted. (c) The balloting procedure for the mail referendum shall be as provided in our Constitution's Article XIII, Sec. 3(c), (d) and (e), except that with re­ spect to absentee voting under Sec. 3(e) the qualifying employment period for a member at sea shall be the period of this mail referendum vote, August 25, 1975 to September 23, 1975, and for members confined in a USPHS Hos­ pital, the period shall be from August . 25, 1975 to and Including September 3, 1975. All such absentee ballot re­ quests, in the manner provided by such Subsection (e), shall be postmarked no later than September 3, 1975, and if eligible for such ballot, transmitted by the Secretary-Treasurer in the manner provided by such Subsection (e), no later than September 8, 1975. The Sec­ retary-Treasurer shall designate a bank depository for the ballots. At the time of writing this Report, we inquired and were advised, that the next Seafarers Log issue is about to be published. We recommend if, it is rea­ sonably possible, that a copy of our Committees' Report, together with a copy of the proposed Resolution and membership action taken to date, be printed in such next Log issue, so that the membership will be kept abreast as to all facts to this time. This advice to the membership is in addition to the fuijher notice which may be given to them by mailings to their homes and ships, as we have previously set forth in this Report and Recommendation. Your Constitiutional Committee wishes to thank the Union, Officers, representa­ tives, members and counsel for their co­ operation and assistance during our delib­ erations and to assure all members that we believe the adoption of the proposed Resolution proposition will serve the Union and the membership well. We recommend that the above Reso­ lution proposition be approved by the membership and submitted to a mail ref­ erendum in the manner recommended by your Committee. Fraternally submitted: July 22,1975 Ronald B. Shaw, Book No. S-1993 Nicholas D'Amante, Book No. D-696 William G. Cofone, Book No. C-808 Jack V. Dixon, Book No. D-863 Warren H. Cassidy, Book No. C-724 Lonnie S. Dukes, Book No. D-786 t. I t : Hi Hi'' 1 i 4 ir !! 4^' tm 5-ki- f '4t The Constitutional Committee meets to act on a dues increase resolution passed this month in all ports. They are, from (I. to r.): William Cofone; Nicholas D'Amante; Ronald Shaw (chairman); Jack Dixon; Lonnie Dukes, and Warren Cassidy. �•i • Seafarer F. M. Rose, who ships out of this port, recently won Best-Of-Show for the third time at the Spring Coin and Stamp Show of the Fort Lauderville Coin Club. His prize-winning exhibit was entitled "When Coins Got Around." A five-case display, the exhibit showed trade dollars of many countries, which were unmarked, counterstamped and chopmarked. (A chopmark was a mark stamped on a coin by merchants and bankers in China as a guarantee that the coin was not a counterfeit. The custom, whose origin is unknown, lasted as long as silver circulated in China). Brother Rose started collecting coins as a result of a revolution in South Korea. On a voyage to South Korea before the overthrow of the countrv's President Syngman Rhee, Rose accumulated many of the 100 Won coins, which bear a portrait of Rhee. On a return voyage a couple of years later, he found that the coin was outlawed, so he gave away about 30 of them. Then he found out that the coins were worth about a dollar apiece, and so, he bought a catalog on world coins to "Find out what else I was doing wrong." "I'm glad I got started, but if I had known >vhat I was getting into, how involved I'd get, I'd have been scared to death," he said. "Of course, I love coin collecting, but it has its complications. My collection is big enough now so that I have to keep it all in bank vaults, and that takes a lot of fun out of it. And that one book has gotten to be 22 shelf feet of books on coins and allied subjects." Asked about future coin collecting plans. Seafarer Rose said that he hopes that he can make the national convention of the American Numismatic Assn. at Los Angeles next month. He said, "I've exhibited at two previous A.N.A. conventions, but I ran out of money each time. This time, I think I have a chance of wimiing at least third place in the Modem Foreign coins category, that is, coins since 1500." Los Angeles For the first time in seven years, the 11th edition in a century of the book, "Coast Pilot 7", and "mariner's Bible" for the Pacific Coast and Hawaii is now available from the U.S. Commerce Department's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Survey, 6501 I^fayette Ave., Riverdale, Md. The 395-page volume surveys the coast, bays, harbors and rivers of the three West Coast states and the eight Hawaiian Islands. Wharves, depths, storage and cargo-handling equipment are outlined for the ports of Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Long Beach, San Diego, Portland, Tacoma and Honolulu. Included are the Channel Islands of Southern California, Sacramento, Columbia and San Joaquin Rivers, Straits of Juan de Fuca and Georgia and Puget Sound. There are eight "Coast Pilots" published covering data which can't be shown graphically on marine charts, such as navigation regulations, landmarks, channel and anchorage quirks, hazards, weather, ice, freshets, routes and pilotage. Algedras, Spain (6- Sea-Land Service last month inaugurated a new cdntainership run to this Mediterranean port. The deepwater port will be the first and last port-of-call on the weekly run. Plans call for the building of a container crane, large maintenance garage and other support facilities. SlU Seafarer Sydney (Aussie) Shrimpton (left) poses with his son Philip upon his graduation from Ohio State's School of Veterinary Medicine. Philip was awarded an SlU College Scholarship in 1967. Seafarer's Son Thanks In 1967, Philip Shrimpton, son of SIU member Sydney (Aussie) Shrimp­ ton, was awarded an SIU four-year, $6,000 college scholarship. Today, after eight years of hard work, Philip is about to start a career as a veterin­ arian, in all probability the first veter­ inarian to come out of the SIU Scholar­ ship Program. Philip was present at this month's membership at Headquarters with his dad, and after being introduced, gave a personal thanks to the SIU for putting him through college. "This is the first chande that I have had to publicly thank the SIU mem­ bership and Paul Hall for the An­ drew Furuseth Scholarship," he said. "Thanks to you I was able to complete my undergraduate work and continue my studies in veterinary medicine. This scholarship has made the difference in my being able to cqmDlete my educa­ tion. Thank you." Degree In Zoology Philip used his scholarship to attend the University of Kentucky. He gradu­ ated in 1971 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Zoology. He then went on to Ohio State University's College of Vet­ erinary Medicine, only one of four stu­ dents chosen that year out of 70 appli­ cants from the state of Kentucky. After four more years of study he! was grad­ uated last month. While completing his undergraduate work at the University of Kentucky, Philip held down a job at the Univer­ sity's Animal Pathology Research Cen­ ter. He worked there for the last three years of his undergraduate study, and the money he earned enabled him to pay his first year of tuition at Ohio State. "If it wasn't for the SIU scholarship," Philip says, "I would not have been able to put the money I earned aside for my veterinary studies. I would have had to work just to pay off my tuition for my undergraduate work. "As it ttimed out the $2,800 I saved from my job paid for my first year at veterinary school. It got me off to'^a good start. For the next three years! took out various loans and today I'm still $16,000 in debt. So you can see why I'm very grateful to the SIU mem- Washington, D.C. Fatalities in commercial marine accidents rose 16 percent last year from 1973 with 379 deaths in 1974 and 320 the year before, according to the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board here. Geneva, Switzerland The United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea here last month came up with a draft charter to govern the world's use of.the oceans and their resources at their second negotiating session. Real negotiations for an agree­ ment will commence in March. Two thousand delegates frdm 140 nations attended. The draft charter calls for a 12-mile territorial sea and an "economic zone" extending out 200 miles. In the zone, the coastal state would have sovereignity over the fishing, oil and mineral resources. Other proposals concern unimpeded navigation rights through straits which are now international waters under the existing three-mile limit, but would become territorial waters under a 12-mile limit. Also developing nations want to vest all rights for exploitation of the' seabed beyond national jurisdiction in an international authority. Valdez, Alaska The U.S. Coast Guard will establish divided sealanes in Prince William Sound here near the Trans-Alaskan Pipeline port of Valdez on Aug. 1. The lanes are expected to increase vessel safety and stop pollution here. Full implementation of the operation will start in 1977. The new traffic scheme will consist of inbound and outbound lanes 1,500 yards wide buffered by a 2,000 yard separation zone. At the end of the lanes there will be precautionary area? 4,000 yards in radius which will warn ships that they may encounter other vessels approaching from other directions. They will be west of Cape Hinchinbrook and on the sound west of Bligh Reef. Page 14 About to embark on a career as a veterinarian, Philip gives a personal thanks to the SIU membership for help in starting him on his way. He was present at the July membership meeting at Headquarters. Seafarers Log • 'A" �mewewwais®-. AT SEA m'l- r i.mmL . -IrLr-• L. SS Delia Uruguo)^ It has been tw,. years since the SS Delta Uruguay (Delta Line) pioneered the first trial shipment of 48 tons of refrigerated frozen, cooked beef at 20 degrees y Farenheit in 36 40-foot fiberglass covered containers from Buenos Aires to New Orleans. Now, the ship can also carry chemicals, frozen seafood, cheese and fruits. SS Notre Dame Victory Following a May 30 payoff in the port of Philadelphia, the 37,784-ton tanker SS Notre Dame Victory (Ecological) was disabled and drifting in the middle of the Caribbean Sea late last month after an engine room fire. Repairs were made and she headed for the island of Curacao in The Netherlands Antilles. She is on the run to Africa. This picture was originaily pubiished in a 1958 issue of the LOG. It shows 9-year-old Phiiip (a young "chess wiz") playing against David Pontes, an SID Seafarer at the Headquarters Hail. SlU For Help in Career berahip for that sch(dardiip. 1 don't see how I conld have made it without H." Philip, who is 26-years-old, grew up in Lexington, Ky. around animals, spe­ cifically horses. When he was asked why he chose veterin^ medicine he replied, /"Fve ialways had an afiinity for work­ ing with animals; it's something I enjoy doing very much. And, aside from that I'd probably only last about two weeks in industry, or any 9-5 routine. It's too structured for me—too regimented." Although he studied Zoology at Kentucky, Philip says that's not the normal procedure for a prospective veterinarian. Most students who wish to become vets usually study Agricul­ ture or Animal Sciences in college, he noted. "But over the past few years," he ex­ plains, "veterinary medicine has been expanding more and more. And as it expands the schools have been taking students from wider backgrounds like psychologists and lawyers. I think it's very g(pbd, t6Q,"_ . ^ B|ulip had no to follow in the foptst^s of his father, who Has been in the SIU for over 30 years and is hoping to retire soon. Brother Shrimpton sails as a chief steward. However, Philip is no stranger to Seafarers or Union halls. As a youngster he frequently visited the New York hall and very often played chess with some of the members. At the age of nine he was a "chess wiz" and a picture of him defeating a Seafarer ap­ peared in a 1958 issue of the LOG. Following the July membership meeting earlier this month Philip's dad gave him a small graduation party in one of the rooms at the hall. Brother Shrimpton, obviously very proud of his successful son, told an anecdote about why he thought his Philip became a veterinarian. Suffice it to say that the reason was a little different from the one Philip gaye. As for his immediate plar.the young veterinarian says he's in the proc­ ess of kiying to bet up a practice, which will take him a few months. Then he'll have launched a successful career as a veterinari^—something that, as Philip is the first to acknowledge the SIU helped him obtain. mm held up because - - , foflowiim memhem have faOed to complete ttta^Tom Craafordat (212) 499-6600. ;lhf 'inuuie' UNION SO0ALSE€UI^ I Mbore, Weels,J. C«>pitO,A. ' Vance, C. M^bnad<^ Maratb, R. Bucci, P. i^exandcr, W, I,' ^ > Meekins^ Gosom, G6iirad,H. Hernandez, E. Morency,S. ; Bohon,0. 'A ' ' Neal,W. , , Kbbielnik, ieini,T.- . J Polsen A. Allen, J. Knoles,K. July,i975. 080-38-7654 260-30-3676 215-I8-2M 715-10-1434 406r82-8876 1^-05-2984 090-44-9019 561-10^5797 J^?0-322i ?-34-J349I. • IBIU ^56-05-4011 ' N V • 062-24-7025 ... 1:. 081-44-7640! < 226-01-8992 V v ;V>-225-22-6037 . . ;211-46-6773 : r - SS Sugar Islander The bulk carrier SS Sugar Islander (Pyramid) whose home port is Crockett, Calif., left there on May 24 to carry 25-000-tons of phosphate rock from the port of Tampa to the port of Ulsan, South Korea. SS Delta Norte This Delta Line LASH ship of New Orleans will carry gratis high school student Neal S. Perlmutter of St. Louis on a voyage from a Gulf port to a port in northern Brazil and back. Young Perlmutter won a "prize in the 1975 National Harold Harding Memorial Maritime Essay Contest for high schoolers sponsored by the Propeller Club. An SlU-cbntracted vessel of the Puerto Rico Maritime Transportation Corp. will sail with essay winner Norma Angelica Troche of Ponce, P.R. from the port of San Juan to the pbrt of New York and return. A barge of the SlU-affiliated IBU's American Commercial Barge Line Co. of Jeffersonville, Ind. will have on board another essay winner, Scott B. Epling of Gallipolis, Ohio. Finally, Sea-Land Service Corp. of Port Elizabeth, N.J. awarded a $100 U.S. Savings Bond to essay winner Kristal C. East of Philadelphia. . While making the awards, the club's president, Capt. Ray C. North declared "The many companies that have made these prize voyages available are to be commend^ for their public-spirited generosity...." . All told, 19 high school pupils won ocean trips on American-flag ships. Two others won a savings bond and an honorable mention in the contest dedicated to the memory of the late Harold J. Harding, club secretary-treasurer from 1931 to 1952. The 40-year contest focuses on broadening the education of the coming generation in maritime matters and to acquaint them with the need for a strong U.S. merchant marine to insure national security and economic prosperity. USCG Boston "Men have pushed her around... they've used red paint to make her conspicious. They have belted her with unrestrained weight. She's been raped... ravaged. And when she wasn't there, they put her sister in her stead. They've made her stay outside in the blistery cold... she's withstood many Nor'easters. She's never complained, and she has been around for 81 years. She was the U.S.C.G. Boston Lightship" The cutter was officially decommissioned recently by Rear Adm. James P. Stewart retiring to a calmer life as her pennant was lowered and her crew lhanked for a job well done. She was replaced by a "revolutionary new, sophisticated concept in warning devices," a nicknamed "mechanical monster" called the Large Navigational Buoy (Lire). It warns seafarers of coast hazards up to 60 miles at sea in all weather. The buoy operation is monitored from shore and only needs refueling or logistics every 18 months. The Portland Lightship was replaced by a buoy in March. Once, 56 light­ ships dotted the U.S. coastline; t^ay there are two left: the sXowt Nantucket Lightship off Cape Cod and Columbia River Lightship off the rugged Oregon coast. SS Lyman Hall On the return voyage home May 5 after unloading grain in the port of Chittagong, Bangladesh, Seafarer Melvin O. Moore of the SS LymaruHall (Waterman) was buried at sea. The master, officers and crew extended their deepest sympathies to the widow in a cablegram which read: "In accordance with your request, Melvin O. Moore was buried at sea at sunset May 10, 1975. We extend our deepest sympathies." SS Cities Service Miami On June 18 the tanker SS Cities Service Miami voyaged from the Gulf of Mexico to the port of Port Everglades, Fla. with 34,000 tons of crude oil. -v uiw SS Carter Braxton The total tarpaulin muster collected by Seafarer crewmembers for ill Deck Maintenanceman Jesse R. Boiling of the C4 SS Carter Braxton (Waterman) came to $205, notes Recertified Bosun Sylvester Monardo of Slidell, La. Brother Boiling was sent a check fpr the amount after he was repatriated home from the port of Bremerhaveh, West Germany. Page 15 n.: �..... 'r - =*i. •"• .'•• =•, • • mm _. / ifeamwuiJi. m,-'' -h'--,V^'.': • • Chief Steward Carl Jones dishes out a noontime meal for one of the Endeavor's crewmembers. «• ^I I • F ' Seafarer William Robles, sailing as cook and baker, serves lunch to Ed Wlllsch, able-seaman; In tlfe ship's cafeteria style galley. • - ^ "t *•'. • f'i Il If '.i- !v-: .•1- j4lif M'i'... W -? '.« n't "i !.• « • ' .4 .•• „V'.- m • 'r V . .A - m iir-i-:- !•' •l : - I: . .. :J-r -t: . Il 5'. '• • _• ':K ' -.-i' Seafarer Frank Colon, sailing as messman, works . .™ In the galley. Brother Colon Is a recent graduate of New York Port Agent Leon Hall, seated third from left, reads terms of the new the Harry Lundeberg School. contract to the SlU crew of the Go/den Endeavor. . ' ^ Seafarer Terry Morton receives two SPAD receipts trom Katroi man Ted BabkowskI for his voluntary donation to the SlU's poll- After a discussion on how the new contract will add to the earning power of ticalfund. Seafarers, the Golden Endeavor's crew unanimously accepts by a hand vote, Recertified Bosun Jim Gorman, communicates with bridge via walkie-talkie as the ship unloads her cargo. - ^ Brother Gorman was taking _ over for Recertifled Bosun Jim Foti who was getting off the ship after a six-and-a-half month voyage. '1':' ^ •MI; ^ ••w of fite Merchant Marine Act of 1970. AU three vessels were contracted xt the J^ational iSteei and Shi^nil^^ yard in San Diego. Calif. The Dolphin il •, [iife'F ' r-m-, " V). 1974 and the Monarch in riiis year. The environmentally advanced vessels. all cimstracted widi double bottom ImMb to le^— ' •" — lion gallons (500,000 barrels) of crude oil. scries tJ.S. West Coast, craves at a sfwed of 16.5 iMcds and ,ara powered by 24,500 horses. They are also egn^^ with automatic yard on Dec. 12, 1975. She sailed sonthWet tit'OHgh the nsoal seaworthiness triiils| left on her Pacific, the Indian Ocean and into the Persian Gulf where she tooh on a full load of ertide m Shiidi Aic^^ ^sailed acoimd^fe Dope and • north to Wales, also calling on #rts in Italy and Trieste. On the'final leg of her trip, she sailed back put ttoough the straits of Gibraltar to Nigeria, across the Atlantic to St. Croix and finally ,, The Endeavor's ship*s committee, shipF Rtore toah half tl^ ctoF 8®* New York jsdter the six month plus trip some time with their families. At the Union meeting conducted aiMtord the Endeavor by SIU New York Port Agent Leon Hidl and Patrolman Ted the terms of the new contract and then; nnanhnons^ accepted it by a hand vote. '[ After unloading her cargo aboard barges at tier anchorage Pff Stoten Mand| inear:;; New VmipBano.; Brid^, the Endeavor sailed soufil to a: Jacksonville shipyard where she will nn- ^ dergo a lonthte checkup and mhM>r h^palr!^ It was not ininnsdmtely known if the ship - Page 16 • ..fl •/ •• \ -i. •'! • • <>. • Page 17 / - -> �wm ' '^\'- ' ¥; Ships' illleetings Digest of SlU V. SAN JUAN (Puerto Rican Marine Operating), May 19—Chairman, Re­ certified Bosun Robert Gorbea; Sec­ retary F. Vega; Deck Delegate James W, Galloway. No disputed OT. All hands to be on board for a fire boat drill by the U.S. Coast Guard. The crew of the San Juan thanks God for the-safety of the crew of the Mayaguez. A vote of thanks to the steward de­ partment for a job well done. LOS ANGELES (Sea-Land Serv­ ices), May 4—Chairman, Recertified Bosun C. James; Secretary R. Don­ nelly; Educational Director C. Wagner. $103.50 in ship's fund. No disputed OT. A film was shown by C. Wagner on safety and how;'to work the life rafts that are on board; Repair lists aire to be made up and a vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. BALTBVfORE (Sea-Land Services), hfay 18—Chairman, Recertified Bosun J. Dixon; Secretary W. Nihem; Educa­ tional Director G. McAlpine. No dis­ puted OT. Flowers were sent to Mrs. Waino Kleimola the last bosun's mother on the death of her husband. Also, a money order for $60. A discussion was held on the new contracts. A vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Next port Elizabeth. SEA-LAND CONSUMER (SeaLand Services), May 4—Chairman, Re­ certified Bosun F. A. Pehler; Secretary C. J. Mitchell; Educationed Director Herbert P. Calloe; Deck Delegate Ralph Dougherty; Engine Delegate Robert Kelley; Steward Delegate Robert Ken­ nedy. Some disputed OT in steward department. One crewmember had a fall and was taken to a hospital in Bos­ ton for surgery and is doing fine. Ob­ served one minute of silence in memory of our departed brothers. INGER (Reynolds Metals), May 4^airm^. Recertified Bosun Woodrow Drj^e;'Secretary Duke Hall; Educa­ tional Director Bert Reamey; Steward Delegate Joseph Simpson. Suggestion \yas made to donate to SPAD to keep up our fight for jobs. Bosun Woodrow I^ake hurt his foot in Longview, Wash, land was sent to doctor again in Hono­ lulu and his foot is broken. He left the ship on May 6, and will be flown back to San Francisco and Seattle. $45 in ship's fund. Some djsputed OT in deck department. The Seafarers LOG came aboard In Longview, Wash, and passed around to all crewmembers. A vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. MERRIMAC (Ogden Marine), May 25—Chairman, Recertified Bosun W. M. Wallace; Secretary F. R. Hicks; Educational Director R. Sbaymick; Deck Delegate J. Yates; Steward Dele­ gate P. Batayias. Some disputed OT in engine department. Educational Di­ rector held a discussion to advise all new brothers of matters concerning Union functions and shipboard matters. Also noted that the new Piney Point members appear to be doing quite well and stressed to them and all crewmem­ bers the importance of studying for new ratings. The Seafarers LOG was read by all hands and all important high^ lights of the LOG were posted. Ob­ served one minute of silence in memory of our departed brothers. Next port Philadelphia. I • ; ;. 1^ '••. • i'' '" I': :ii • t. • I f . '''^' If.: * i? •g; '\• l :.4 i •s' !« -»•,' i y, r '\f- :i'X m C.S. LONG LINES (Isco Inc.), May 4—Chairman, H. Libby; Secretary Brown; Educational Director Williams. $70.95 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in deck department. Chairman discussed the importance of voluntar­ ily donating to SPAD. Everything run­ ning smoothly. -i SEA-LAND:TRADE '..-"--C,". -^OTOMAC-V''^^' SEA-LAND RESOURCE ^ OAKLAND ;,.v. BROOKLYN ' "• .7' ^MONTICELLOyiCTi«lY MOUNT EXPLORER •' , SHENANDOAH - • - '• LYMAN HALL (Waterman Steam­ ship), May 12—Chairman James Biehl; Secretary J. D. Wilson; Deck Delegate Thomas J. Lynch. $20 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in engine depart­ ment. Brother Moore passed away and his burial took place at sea according to his wishes and those of his wife. The burial took place at 1750 hours on May 10, 1975. All crewmembers attended and were sorry for the loss of Brother Moore. A vote of thanks was given to the whole crew for the help they all gave when Brother Moore was sick. A vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Next port Savannah. AMERICAN EXPLORER (Hudson Waterways), May 4—Chairman, Re­ certified Bosun K. Gahagan; Secretary R. Fagan; Educational Director S. Browning; Deck Delegate J. C. Arnold; Engine Delegate C. Merritt; Steward Delegate J. Rogers. $11 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in engine depart­ ment. The baker's mother passed away and he had to leave the ship in Panama and all crewmembers took up a col­ lection for him to take to buy peeded things. Everything running sipopthly. OVERSEAS ULLA (Maritime Over­ seas), May 11—Chairman, Recertified Bosun F. Johnson; Secretary R. Devine; Deck Delegate L. Stevens; Engine Dele­ gate W. Mc Neil; Steward Delegate H. Hollings. Some disputed OT in deck department. Flowers were sent to Brother Gallo on the passing of his wife. Next port in Jordan. SEA-LAND ECONOMY (Sea-Land Services), May 24—Chairman, Re­ certified Bosun A. E. Bourgot; Secre­ tary L. Nicholas; Educational Director H. L. Stegall; Deck Delegate J. P. Pettus; Engine Delegate I. Galeas; Steward Delegate P. L. Hunt. No dis­ puted OT. Two important factors werp .. brought to the attention of the meeting from the April issue of the Seafarers i, LC|G, survivor pension benefits and !, also the reading and understanding of the emergency hospital care away from USPHS. Under safety regulations it was suggested that a ladder be installed or furnished to reach release and secure grips on lifeboat. Observed one minute of silence in memory of our departed brothers. Next port Rotterdam. SEA-LAND MARKET (Sea-Land Services), May 26—Chairman, Recer-: tified Bosun Walter Nash; Secretary Ange Panagopoulos. No disputed OT. Brother Thomas Kegney who attended conference in Piney Point explained to membership about the new contract, benefits, pension etc. Everything run­ ning smoothly. SEA-LAND PRODUCER (SeaLand Services), May 4—Chairman, Recertified Bosun William Bushong; Secretary B, Guarino; Educational Di­ rector J. A. Quintella; Deck Delegate William E. Showers III; Engine Dele­ gate John Deinn; Steward Delegate Henry W. Roberts. $70 in ship's fund. No disputed OT. Chairman gave a talk on the importance of voluntary SPAD donations—where the money goeswhat it is used for. All communications were read and posted. Observed one minute of silence in memory of our de­ parted brothers. Next port Port Ever­ glades. Seafarers Log • • -> SEA-LAND COMMERCE (SeaLand Services), May 18—Chairman, L. G. G. Reck; Secretary Gus Kendela; Engine Delegate John Wright. $36 in ship's fund. No disputed OT. A safety meeting was held and the chairman sug­ gested that more members should at­ tend. It was suggested that crewmembers continue to donate to SPAD. A letter was received from the Merchant Marine library and the crew agreed to donate for up-to-date books. A vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Next port Seattle. MOUNT WASHINGTON (Victory Carriers), May 18—Chairman, Recer­ tified Bosim L. Paradise; Secretary A. Brodie; Steward Delegate James Tem­ ple. Chairman held a discussion on up­ grading at Piney Point, on the new contract coming up in Jime and sug­ gested to members to give generously to SPAD. $45 in ship's fimd. No disputed OT. Next port Subic Bay. NOnb DAME VICTORY (Eco­ logical Shipping), May 4—Chairman, Recertified Bosun John Pierce; Secre­ tary Jim Colder; Deck Delegate Rich­ ard HeflBey; Engine Delegate Edward Murray; Steward Delegate James Rob­ inson. No disputed OT. The importance of the meeting on the new contract which just ended in Piney Point was discussed. Everything running smoothly. • SAN JUAN (Sea-Land Services), May 4—Chairman, Recertified Bosun William Mitchell; Secretary Angelo Maldonado; Educational Director Al­ fred Krogly; Deck Delegate John Barone; Engine Delegate Juan Guaris. $30.25 in ship's fund. No disputed OT. Crewmembers were briefed on activi­ ties at Piney Point and about the new contract and pension plan. The movie fund and the way it works to buy extra movies was also discussed. Everything running smoothlv. DELTA MEXICO (Delta Steam­ ship), May 4—Chairman, Recertified Bosun Michael Casanueva; Secretary C. Corrent; Deck Delegate Castillo Zapata; Engine Delegate Frank O. Catchot; Steward Delegate Walter Dunn. $5 in ship's fund. No disputed OT. Secretary suggested to chairman that crewmembers be advised about SPAD. Everything running smoothly. A vote of thanks to the steward depart­ ment for a job well done. Next port Dakar, Africa. Official ship's minutes were also received from the following vessels:' TAMARA GUILDEN TEX 7 ELIZABETHPORt PANAMA -T.^kNDMcLEAN:: : 7: TRENTON TON COUNCIL GRiOVE JATEWAYCITY LONG BEACH I ITLAND THOMAS JEEFERSON lELTABRASlL CAROLINA k-LAND GALLOWAY BETHFLOR > -LAI^DEXCHANGE SUGAR ISLAI<0>ER * ^EWYORKER JOHN B. WATERMAN IRECIBO FORTHOSKINS iSEAk-LAND NEWARK ST. LOUIS iROBERTE.lEE SEA-LAND FINANCE 'SEATTLE ANCHORAGE OGDEN WILLAMETTE MOUNT VFTKNON VICTORY IBERVILLE MIAMI Page 18 ^7 '(r GUAYAMA (Puerto Rico .Marine Operating), May 25—Chairman, Re­ certified Bosim Alfonso Rivera; &cretary J. Prats; Deck Delegate C. Maynard; Engine Delegate Allen Ellis. No disputed OT. Chairman suggested that a donation be made to SPAD. A vote of thanks to the steward department. Everything running smoothly. AQUADILLA (Puerto Rico Marine Operating), May 4—Chairman, Recertified Bosun Victor Carbone; Secretary O. Vola. $3.60 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in deck department. Bosun to hold a safety meeting with Captain and Mates. A vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Next port Baltimore. ARTHUR MIDDLETON (Water­ man Steamship), May 11—Chairman, Recertified Bosun E. Wallace; Secretary J. W. Sanders; Educational Director Delaney. No disputed OT. Held a dis­ cussion on the importance of volun­ tarily donating to SPAD. Observed one minute of silence in memory of our de­ parted brothers. Next port Assab, Ethi­ opia. HOUSTON (Sea-Land Services), May 11—Chairman, Recertified Bosun Jose Aguiar; Secretary W. Datzko; Ed­ ucational Director D. Papageorgiou. No disputed OT. All members should attend ship's meetings and not have to be called. Educational Director re­ quested that this be kept a safe ship at ill times and to report anything that is not safe. Lights on the gangway have been fixed. A vote of thanks to the stew­ ard department for a job well done. DELTA MAR (Delta Steamsbip), May 18—Chairman, Recertified Bosun R. Lambert; Secretary D. Collins; Educational Director E. Synan; Engine Delegate M. T. Morris; Steward Dele­ gate Peter V. Hammel. $22.34 in ship's fund. No disputed OT. The Seafarers LOG was received in Santos and was distributed by the Chairman. It was suggested tint all members read it as it contained good reading material. Next port New Orleans. A"'-': �• HISTORIC pRESERVA-n^N f M a ^ <* Ss''-"""™&r,'ss-r-'~ Watch aysten^ »^*V£,~®®iM®in»ained' iave^riouslrSIr tioos on both deen operations. The legi^atTon a'T''"®® lately was withdrawn ^ "•'"®'' ^onU" """Id have leduJd "P™®quired three-watch systim ,'"'®™''^ '•®system on all vessels f two-watch of less than 1, , ' Ml. a^di:tuts"el«™'''^®'» Ms placed the safety of »n Mve llie Vessel itself in * auttre crew and M ®a,u4Sf JfP^'-dy®Muce would reduce the efficin "^"''' "I'Mm uess of those 4en wh' '^ ®«®ctivewatch. "a manning that ^M:.;rd'etth^^:r"'«amove the 39-vear.nw "^^^^Sress to change watch system, ^ threelegislation had been nr^ i'®' similar other separate occll Proposed on three SlU had bee?S2-Each ^la the position, and eact S^e T failed to get the neenJ^ ^neasures Once again 7If °t-t. position to this daL ophill in the Congref f The If^gely by the major Us tf^ panics who obvioullvt tiangers invoJved f ?h/, the enacted. If their J. ^J^StsIation is ever «ey by cmt!nrdol'^^^^^ should stop and compf ™^"tiiag, they 3uences shouJd a verf?^ w ^®tisevorlced watchstandfir f I ^t^^l over- °-thato.s:?^;t't'ur'''^^^"'^''' "own, in IXfir^sentlo Ma'iion i-aTgrol^' He wrote'^'^'"^'Mnt 11975 reasons which iX Sincerely, ®tonReiifroe HobX^NA "' '«'•"<>'»» r the . ^ongratuJations to th.a «„ acrm^n.;„ ,AV5provision^, actmentin 1935 jn rf f P^^^^sion's en- responsibihties and ^he crews are subjecfto fwhich than ever before which H greater •thtee-watch syst^nr rentaSe'ct'^"'^ another ship: We wcr^i "•S#™ • ^ hat was in Egvnt oe thtc for the saffa>« ^Pcration the Pr^c\4 latest news. aafe recovety ofrhe ship aiteew"'"''" M - ; also took nXfoX^rke^^^ • . 7:v :• • • ^^•Kton,l^x. that the "Le inlT ® Pomted out "«ah push tee ^f'ha ves^k Whch are not only well trS^^ physically and mentally 5 ' A three-watch system a^dif f" rently provider inc.. . ^^w curbers will be properly rZ ^ ^^®wmemperform at peak pffi f^'WiiJ watch." efficiency when on wSteSi^Ms^ are they piayina with 1 crews' Jives but thi! themselves open to as welJ. financial ^°t only °f the ••sEsSSrp"-t".s£s,f nifaic * 5 crmmation fo kepn fh ctnber. Pitals in existence hac 5 P these Public HeaJfh u -'«• With the hospitals, astelaSy^t'Sl^S "»" ,- :Phiey Pnn,t, M,,. ;, -j-v, ; Josses lilcelihood of preventing a costlv^W^^ when a two-watrh ^ 'P'" stituted. OnJy when a m« rested and aJert can he u' P^^periy vigilance neces^^ ^otistan' cargo spijj. Preventing a large pass this ve^^tescrou f'.^Mmpt to been effectively stopped ^o'^Mn has history tells us, this SS"""''™''' u® temporary. But the SHI r ""'l* b® 'hat thesponsoJs Of tS^^^ position and consider the i ^ their of their proposal Th opaequences ooatly indeeT ^ very ^ ^ voi„„n*xftw. K,. ."n- ^ ^CxscHtiye Board iS Ss'l'- Page 19 ^ ^ �mm I New SlU Pensioners Eric R. W. Dahl, 67, joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1958 sailing as a fireman-watertender. Brother Dahl had sailed since 1925 and was involved in the beefs of the American Coal Shipping Co. in 1957 and one in 1958. Bom in Sweden, he is now a resident of Houston. Leslie Johnston, 82, joined, the Union in the port of Seattle in 1957 sailing as an AB„ Bcother Johnston started sailing in 1917. He was bom in Idaho and is now a. resident of Manhattan Beach, Calif. . Richard J. Delaney, 71, joined the SIU in 1946 in the port of New York sailing in the'steward depart­ ment. He had sailed for 29 years and is a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Brother Delaney was bom in New York City and is a resident of Honolulu, Hawaii. Danny P. Tacub, 63, joined the SIU in 1944 in the port of New York sailing in the steward department. Brother Tacub had sailed for 35 years. He was bom in the Philippines and is a rraident of New York City. Sylvester J. Brzozowski, 62, joined the Union in the port of Detroit in 1960 sailing as an AB and wheelsman. Brother Brzozowski had sailed for 36 years. A native of Buf­ falo, he is a resident of Depew, N.Y. Jack B. Cheramie, Sr., 52, joined the SIU in 1947 in the port of New York and sailed as a bosun. He had sailed for 29 years. Bom in Louisi­ ana, he is presently a resident of Marrero, La. Georgios SpOiotis, 64, joined the Union in the port of San Francisco in 1959 sailing as a fireman-watertender. Brother Spiliotis had sailed for 26 years. Bom in Athens, Greece, he is a resident of Springfield, Mass. Graciano L. Fraustio, 59, joined the SIU in the port of Galveston in 1951 sailing as a chief cook. Brother Fraustio was bom in Curco, Tex. and is a resident of Houston. Charies D.Sfennett, 53, joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1959 and sailed as a bosun. Brother Stennett had sailed for 25 years, was an applicant for the Bosuns Recertification Program and is a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He is a native of North Bend, Wash, and is a resident of New Orleans. W Grady W. Faircloth, 55, joined the SIU in 1944 in the port of New York and had sailed as a chief stew­ ard. Brother Faircloth had sailed for 32 years and had been a ship's dele­ gate. Bom in Moore County, N.C., he is a resident of Cape May Court­ house, N.J. Arthur. Botelho, 52, joined the SIU in 1943 in the port of Boston sailing as an OS. Brother Botelho also attended an SIU Crews Confer­ ence in 1970 at the HLSS in Piney Point, Md. Bom in Fall River, Mass., he is a resident of Boston. FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed audit by Certified Public Accountants every three months, which are to be submitted to the membership by the Secretary-Treasurer. A quarterly finance committee of rank and file members, 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 recom­ mendations and separate findings. TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall equally consist of Union and management representatives and their alternates. All expenditures and disburse­ ments of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. ' ' SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rijghts as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is; Frank Dmzak, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 275 • 20th Stnet, Brooklyn, 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 conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patiolman or other Union official, in your opinion, 'ails to protect your contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL roLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The Log has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by memtership action at the September, I960, meetings in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for Log policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make «iich nayment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. Politics Is Porkchops Donate to SPAD Page 20 Edward Kihn, 63, joined the SIU in the port of Alpena, Mich, in 1950 and sailed as a bosun. Brother Kihri had sailed for 33 years. He was born in Al­ pena County, Mich, and is now a resi­ u i vm dent of Herron, Mich. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. Copies of the SIU constitution 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 fo in the " SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Consequently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, sex and national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify ify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DON ATION — SPAD. SPAD is a separate segregated fund. Its proceeds are used to further its objects and purposes including but not limited to furthering the political, social and economic interests of Seafarer seamen, the preservation and furthering of the American Merchant Marine with improved employment opportunities for seamcrt ^ the advancement of trade union concepts. In connection with such objects, SPAD supports and contributes to political candidates for elective office. All contributions are voluntary. No contribution may be solicited or received because of force/job discrimination, financial reprisal, or threat of such conduct, or as a condition of member0ip in the Union or of employment. If a contribution is made by reason of the abovb' improper conduct, notify the Seafarers Union or SPAD by certified mail within 30 days of the contribution for investigation and appropriate action and refund, if involuntary. Support SPAD to protect and further your economic, political and social interests, An\erican trade union concepts and Seafarer seamen. If at any time a Seafarer feels that any of the above rights have heco violated, or that he has heen denied his constitutional right of access to Union records or information, he shoaM immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall at headquarters by certified mail, return recript requested. Port New York Philadelphia .... Baltimore .... .. Norfolk Jacksonville .... Detroit Houston New Orleans .... Mobile ........ San Francisco ... Wilmington .... Seattle Columbus Chicago .... Port Arthur .... Buffalo St. Louis ..... Cleveland ...... Jersey City Dale Aug. 4 Aug. 5 Aug. 6 Aug. 7 Aug. 7 Aug. 8 Aug. 11 Aug. 11 Aug. 12 Aug. 13 Aug. 14 Aug. 18 Aug. 22 Aug. 16 Aug. 12 Aug. 12 Aug. 13 Aug. 14 Aug. 14 Aug, 11 Deep Sea IBU UIW 2:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 5:0Cfp.m. 7:00p»m. 2:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m. ...... 7:00 p.m. 9:30 a.m. 5:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m. '••••• •• . .....' 5:00 p.m — 2:30 p.m. ..... 5:00 p.m 7:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m. ..... 5:00 p.m. .....,• — 2:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m....... — 2:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. • • • • • " ' •••••• . ** 2:30 p.m. •• •• • " •••••• 1 aQO P*lTla .a.... 5:00 p.m — ..... 5:00 p.m. ...... — . ..... 5:00 p.m. ...... .... . 5:00p.m. ...... — ..... 5:00 p.m. . •.... ..... 5:00 p.m. ...... Seafarers log �Arturo Vfllamar, 54, died of a heart attack while on the SS Eagle Traveler (United Maritime) as the vessel was an­ chored in the port of Alexandria, Egypt on May 19. Brother Villamar joined the SIU in 1961 in the port of New York sailing as a fireman-watertendcr. He had sailed for 30 years. Bom in Guatemala, he was a resident of Houston when he passed away. Surviv­ ing are his widow, Josephine and two sons, Arthur and Avel. Matthew Wilkes, 26, died aboard the SS Guayama (Puerto Rico Marine) on Apr. 22. Brother Wilkes joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1969 sailing as an AB. He was a gradu­ ate df the HLSS in 1969 and attended a Piney Point Conference in 1972. A native of Jacksonville, he was a resident there when he passed away. Surviving are his widow, Laura and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene and Mattie Wilkes of Jacksonville. Donald J. Wiliiam. son, 48, expired in a San Francisco hos­ pital on Apr. 20. Brother Williamson joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1964 sailing as an AB. He was in the U.S. Naval Reserve since World War II. Seafarer Williamson was born in the Bronx, N.Y. and was a resident of San Francisco when he died. Surviving are his mother, Mary of Carmel, N.Y. and four dau^ters, Kathleen, Claire, Donna and Patricia. James A. "Jimmie" Winget, 50, died of arteriosclero­ sis on Apr. 19. Broth­ er Winget joined the SIU in 1944 in the port of Galveston sailing as an AB. He had sailed for 20 years and was a post-war veteran of the U.S. Army. Interment was in Chapelwood Cemetery, Texarkana, Ark. Sur­ viving are his widow, Julia Ann; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse and Mattie Winget of Texarkana; a son, Russell; six daughters, Mrs. Linda Carol Winger, Kerry Lee, Sherlyl, Debra Lee Lynn Hope arid Leslie Helen and a sister. Opal of Texarkana. SIU pensioner Oliver Thompson, 76, passed away on May 18. Brother Thompson joined the SIU in 1938 in the port of New York sailing as a chief cook. Seafarer Thompson had sailed for 44 years. He was on the picket line in the Greater N.Y. Harbor strike in 1961. A native of Georgia, he was a resident of Elmhurst, Queens, N.Y. when he died. Sur­ viving are his widow, Katie; a son, Robert; a daughter, Estel and a stepson. SIU pensioner Amado S. Telan, 69, died of heart disease in Ibajay, the Philip­ pines on Feb. 14. Brother Telan joined the SIU in the port of Baltimore in 1955 sailing as a chief steward. He had sailed for 35 years and became a U.S. naturalized citizen in 1947. Seafarer Telan was a native of Ibajay and a resident there when he died. Burial was in Roman Catholic" Cemetery, Ibajay. Surviving are his mother, Severa and a sister, Rosario, both of Ibajay and another sister, Monsueta of Quezon City, P.I. SIU pensioner Timothy R. Holt, 56, died in the New Or­ leans USPHS Hospi­ tal on Feb. 18, 1974. Brother Holt joined the SIU in 1943 in the port of New York sailing as an AB. He had sailed for 30 years. Bom in New York City, he was a resident of Jack­ sonville at the time of his death. Sur­ viving is a half-sister, Mrs. John Cummings of Miami. SIU pensioner Edward W. McNamar, 68, passed away on May 14. Brother McNamar joined the SIU in 1939 in the port of Philadelphia sailing as a bosun. He had sailed for 43 years. A Baltimore native, he was a resident there when he died. Surviving are a son, Edward of Baltimore and two sisters, Mrs. Minnie M. Cook of Wakleney, Kans. and Mrs. Helen Bemardini of Baltimore. SIU pensioner John Pastrano, 69, died of heart disease at home on May 1. Brother Pastrano joined the SIU in 1958 in the port of New York sailing as a chief cook. He at­ tended a Piney Point Conference in 1970. Bom in the Philippine Islands, he was a San Francisco resident. Inter­ ment was in Olivet Memorial Park, Colma, Calif. Surviving are his widow. Chow Kah of Singapore; a son, Kew Kai and a daughter, Suzanne Mei Lin, both of San Francisco. ^^1^. SIU pensioner John R. Tanrin, 86, succumbed to heart disease at home on Apr. 25. Brother Taurin joined the SIU in 1938 in the port of Baltimore sailing as a bosun. He had sailed for 65 years. Seafarer Taurin was a native of Russia and was a resident of Baltimore at the time of his death. Interment was in Woodlawn Cemetery, Baltimore. Surviving is his widow, Malvina. SIU pensioner Roy A. Poston,^ 71, drowned on May 10 in Marion, Va. Brother Poston join­ ed the SIU in 1946 in the port of Baltimore sailing as a third cook. He had sailed for 24 years. Seafarer Poston was bora in Elingsborough, N.C. and was a resi­ dent of Marion. Burial was in Mt. View Cemetery, Meadowview, Va. Surviving are his widow, Amanda; a son, Emest and two daughters, Phyliss and Nancy. Frank E. Parsons, 54, succumbed to cancer in the New Orleans USPHS Hospital on Apr. 19. Brother Parsons joined the SIU in 1944 in the port of Boston sailing as a bosun. He had sailed for 29 years. A native of Brockton, Mass., he was a resident of Mobile when he died. Burial was in Catholic Cemetery, Mobile. Sur­ viving are his widow, Sharon; six sons, Frank, John, Paul, Wayne, David and Michael of Mobile and two daughters, Mary and Patricia,. Theodore T. Oneal, Jr., 45, passed I away on Aug. 19, 1974. Brother Oneal joined the Union in the port of Norfolk in 1968 sailing as a wiper for Southern 'Carriers from 1965 to 1974 and for the Allied Towing Co. from 1969 to 1971. He was a post-war veteran of the U.S. Army. Born in Scranton, N.C., he was a resident of Elizabeth City, N.C. when he died. Surviving are his widow. Norma and three daughters, Phyliss, Victoria and Betti Joellen. William L. Strike, Jr., 43, died on Jan. 19. Brother Strike joined the SIU in the port of San Francisco in. 1961 sailing in the steward department. He had been sailing since 1948 and was on the picket line in the San Francisco strike of 1961. Seafarer Strike also served in the post-war USAF's Strategic Air Command as a radio operator staff sergeant at March Air Force Base, Calif.; Tynadall Air Force Base, Fla. and Larson Air Force Base, Wash. He was bom in Bell, Calif, and was a resi­ dent of San Francisco. Surviving are his widow, a son, William of Long Beach, Calif.; his mother, Mrs. Wonder Bonowic of San Francisco and his father, William L. Strike, Sr. of Long Beach. SIU pensioner George T. Chandler, 55, died of natural causes in Mobile on Apr. 17. Brother Chandler joined the SIU in 1938 in the port of Mobile sail­ ing as a bosun. A na­ tive of Mobile, he was a resident there when he passed away. Surviving are his widow. Ada and a brother. Seventy-one cents of every dollar spent In shipping on American-flag vessels remahis m this cpuntryi marking a very ^s cpntribntion to the national balance of payments and to the nation's economy. Use U.S.-flag sliips. It's good for the American nmritiine indnstty, tlw Ameri-! can shipper, and AiMfica. >1 i.'] %•' • i Clarence Knudsen Frieda Lundeberg Betancourt re­ quests that you contact her as soon as possible at 215—D Burke Dr., Glen Falls, N.Y. 12801, or call her at (518) 793-4723. Jose Mirto John Sanchez, Jr. requests that you contact him as soon as possible at 419 55th St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11220. t . .i : Fred Raymond Hattaway Mrs. Herman Hattaway requests.that you contact her as soon as possible at 3013 Pickell Dr., Mobile, Ala. 36605. Joseph KnsmierskI Your daughter Sandra Ehlers re­ quests that you contact her at 735 Milton Ct., Reno, Nev. 89503. Robert Rogue Emitt Thompson Charies MacDonald Bill Doran asks that you contact him at his Brooklyn address. Charles W. Thorpe Patricia Thorpe requests that you contact her as soon as possible at 8745 1st N.W., Seattle, Wash. 98117, or call her at 784-5955. Edward Lee Arthur, Jr. Please contact Cathleen Kelly who is now living in New York. She asks that you contact her immediately by calling John at the Thomas Flower Shop for address and number. Joaquim Santos Please contact your wife imme­ diately. Page 21 July, 1975 r- Personals David Johnson Johnella Johnson requests that you contact her as soon as possible at P.O. Box 215, Ellsworth A.F.B., South Dakota 57706. A^ARlTit^^ I II'll 4 if) J. I "'ihl i �• 11 i i i i i 11 11 1 t^i t 3 .' ' '^0'• '•.•-t •' • m •'")••'•-M" «•" • s a a « w- a ' a 1 Q 8 I i s i I a 111 sail! tilt •• •• •• . •••s^ • - - -»• ; •. * At Piney Point and Earie^ N. & Seafarers attempt to extinguish a simulated gasoline bilge fire using a "fog stream" of water at the Military Sealift Command's Firefighting School in Earie, N.J. If you are convicted of possession of any illegal drug—heroin, barbitnrates, speed, LSD, or even mariinana—the U.S. Coast Gnard will revoke your seaman papers, without appM, FOREVER. That means diat yon lose for the rest of your life the rl^ht to make a living by the sea.. ' However, it doesnt quite end diere even if yon receive a suspended sentence. You may lose your right to vote, your right to hold public office or to own a gun. You also may lose the opportunity of ever becoming a doctor, dentist, certified public accountant,, engineer, lawyer, architect, realtor, pharmacist, school teacher, or stockbroker. You may jeopardize your right to hold a job where you must be licensed or iHHided and yoii may never be able to work for the chy, the county, or the Federal government. 4 f, JA^ •' ; tf" --'' ^ Seafarers 'ach month more and more SIU li members are receiving a firefighting endorsement from the Mari­ time Administration after partic^ating in a course conducted at the M S G facility in Eaiie, NJ. The course has recently been expanded to include one day of classroom instruction at the '^Hmiy Lundeberg School in Piney Point, Md. to be followed by the one day of actual firefighting at tiie New Jersey school. This firefighting course is open to all Snj members who wish to take it. This endorsement is becoming increas­ ingly important, and it will not be long before the Coast Guard wOI require all seamen to have it before they may ship on U.S.-flag vessels. With the construc­ tion of the new, technologicany-advanced vessels, particularly LNG/ LPG, a knowledge of the proper way to fight a shipboard fire could very well mean the difference between life and death. Ihe one day of classroom instruction in Piney Point emphasizes basic firefighting procedures, mefiiods of ex­ tinguishing fires and various types of extinguishers and how to utilize them. Seahirers learn about various fire haz- It's a pretty tou^ rap, but thafs exacdy how if is and you can't do any­ thing about it. The convicted drug user leaves a black mark on his reputation for the rest of his life. However, drugs can not only destroy your right to a good livelihood, it can dtestroy your life. Drug abuse presents a serkms threat to both your physical and mental! health, and the personal safety of those around you. This is especially true^ aboard sh^ where clear minds and quick reflexes are essential at all times for the safe (qieratkm of the vessel. Don't let drugs destroy your natural right to a good, happy, productive life.' Stay drag free and steer a clear course. tmsmaimm Page 22 Seafarers Log •v: �dim •S X. t. Learn How to Combat and Extinguish Fires ards and types of fires (chemical fires, electrical fires, etc.). The cla^room instruction also fai" dudes operation of extinguishing equ^ment such as water, foam and dry chemicals, along with special equipment such as oxygen breathing apparatus and gas masks. The men are also shown slides on firefighting tech­ niques. On the day spent at the MSG facility in New Jersey, the men put to use the knowledge they have obtained in the classroom at Piney Point. They use different extinguishing apparatus to try and put out various types of fires. Situations which they may en­ counter aboard sbip are re-created, in­ cluding simulated cabin and bilge fires. Last month the bosuns attending the Headquarters section of the Bosuns Recertification Program and two of the Seafarers attending the Seniority Upgrading Program, completed the second part of their firefighting course at the M SC school. The pictures on ffiese pages show some of their day­ long practical experience in die tech­ niques of firefighting. What they learned about safety and fighting a fire may eae day save their lives. It is MSG instructor (far right) explains to bosuns and upgraders the procedure for somediing all Seafarers diould know. extinguishing afire with CO* (carbon dioxide). .1 I :T i Seafarers walk through cabin full of smoke with gas masks on to get the proper feel of the equipment. ii V] 4i ' »- ' 1 ' • t '1 i'v- •!'« 'i.." -t' , iL . 4 'I "' I 4^ 4- "1^ Recertified BoSun Luther Myrex extinguishes a gasoline fire with CO* while instructor looks on. Seafarers use "fog stream" of water to extinguish simulated gasoline cabin fire as instructor (second from left) assists on bull horn. IfSi i# i July, 1975 - i\ Page 23 ^ fej If 0' •T' ' �( — PQ-17 Convoy to Murmansk on July 4 rhij': ,41 • ;• ,> Nazi torpedo planes attack the PQ-17 convoy in the Barents Sea on the Arctic route to Murmansk. Heavy ack ack fire broke up the bomb run forcing many of the planes to jettison their tin fish and climb to safety. Two Heinkels were shot down. I: Thirty-three years ago on June 28, 1942, 33 Allied merchant ships left Reykjavik, Iceland and headed for the Denmark Strait, Archangel and Mur­ mansk loaded with strategic materials desperately needed on the Russian front. Officially designated PQ-17, the illfated convoy was soon to become known as the "Fourth of July" Mur­ mansk run when German air and sub­ marine attacks would sink all but 11 of the lightly armed merchant ships, killing hundreds of the convoy's seamen and sending 130,000 tons of planes, tanks, guns, ammo, flTT and gasoline to the bottom. Seafarers and sailors in the SIU- affiliated SUP manned 13 of the 20 unmolested. But in 1942 Hitler, fearing American merchant ships in PQ-17, a Second Front attack on his flank in including the SS Bellingham, Ironclad, Norway, sent the battleship Tirpitz, the Fan Kraft, Pan Atlantic, Alcoa Ranger, pocketbattieship Adm. Scheer and the Benjamin Harrison, Honomu and Olo- heavy cruiser Hipper to Trodenhelm in pana, as well as the Liberty ships SS Norway to protect his flank and to Samuel Chase and Christopher New­ harass the AJlied convoys. port. Heavily Protected These supply runs around the North So when PQ-17 left Iceland it was Cape of Norway to Murmansk were among the most important of World heavily protected by a task force that War II as the Allied convoys began included the British battlieship Duke of York, the U.S. battleship Washington, delivering supplies that were needed to help strengthen Russian resistance several cruisers, a flotilla of destroyers, several armed trawlers, two British to the advancing Nazi armies. From the latter part of 1941 to submarines and three rescue vessels. March of 1942 convoys along this For two days the convoy enjoyed Arctic run were, for the most part,_ uneventful sailing until, on July 1 as For a related story on an Inteview with a SlU pensioner, ah actual survivor of the first ship sunk in the ill-fated PQ-17 convoy, turn to Page 26. _ 1 • ••, i Seen at the top is a surface view of a merchant ship in the convoy at the moment of impact with an enemy aerial torpedo as seen from an accompanying vessel. Below is a second view of the hit merchantman as she disappeared beneath the waves while a rescue ship hurries toward the area. ' I -..• 1 ^.y /• • Page 24 • J •V .< 'A V' PQ-17 steamed past Jan Mayen Island, a single Nazi reconnaissance plane was spotted shadovidng the convoy. Though the reconnaissance plane returned the next day and there were sporadic sightings of Nazi Heinkel sea­ planes, the next two days passed with­ out the expected air. and submarine attack. Then at 0230 on July 4, as the convoy sailed between Spitzbergen and Bear Island, 10 Junker 88s and Heinkel torpedo bombers attacked. As the escorts manned their AA guns and began launching depth charges to Wai<d ofl[ a menacing U-boat wolfpack, one Heinkel managed to penetrate the wall of flak and send a torpedo into the SlU-manned Liberty ship SS Christo­ pher Newport. The explosion ripped a hole in the side of the ship, drowning the black gang watch, and as theChristopher Newport's 9,000 tons of war supplies sank, the surviving crewmembers abandoned ship. That evening as the convoy was still licking its wounds, 24 Heinkek at­ tacked, roaring in only 20 or 30 feet above the waves. Again, despite heavy fire from the escorts and merchant ships, five planes managed to send torpedoes into the British freighter SS Navarino, Yht American Liberty ship SS William Hooper and the Russian tanker Azerbaijan, sinking the British and American ships. Seafarer Gordon Small, sailing on the SlU-manned SS Ironclad during the attack, said "the bombers plowed right up through the convoj lanes against terrific fire, loosing their torpedoes and firing at the ships with their machine guns." "A plane passed so close to the Iron­ clad," Seafarer Small recounted, "we could see the faces of the pilot and the gunner." "Bullets from the old Browning .50 caliber machine guns on the Ironclad" he added,. "seemed to bounce off the bombers like hail on a tin roof." **Scafter Fanwise** Soon after this attack the convoy commodore signaled "Convoy is to scatter fanwise. Proceed independently to destination at utmost speed." The captmns of the merchant ships were astonished by this order. Still 800 miles from Archangel and under con­ stant surveillance by the Germans, slow merchant ships armed only with .30 or .50 caliber machineguns were to be abandoned by their escort. The ships, with their precious cargoes, would be easy pickings for German bombers and subs. Long after the decimated remnants of PQ-17 reached Russia, the surviving Seafarers Log �—J i . 1942: 22 Out of 33 Allied Ships Sunk merchant seamen learned the reason for their abandonment. According to historian John Bunker, in his book Liberty Ships, "The British Admiralty believed that the German battleship Tirpitz and battlecruiser Scheer had left their Norwegian bases to intercept PQ17. Scattering the convoy was the best, but tragic, alternative to having the Germans pounce on all the ships in one compact group, a target which their big guns would have eliminated in short' order ... and freeing the German fleet for raiding operations in the North Atlantic," The first ship to go under as the convoy fanned out was the SS Carlton. Torpedoed in her deep tanks, some of the Carlton's survivors were picked up by a Nazi seaplane. The other survivors managed to get to the coast of Norway where they were taken prisoner. Ironically, months later they also sur­ vived the torpedoing of their German POW ship transport. ' Down in 10 Minutes The SUP-manned SS Honomu was the next ship to go under. Torpedoed ' by German planes, she went down in _10_minutes taking 19 of her crew. Soon after, the SIU's SS Pan Kraft was attacked by three jy-88s. The crew wasi.unable to fight the bombers off with the ship's small guns and the JU88 pik^ managed to set her on fire, sending her to the bottom of the Barents Sea. As the scattered remnants of PQ-17 limped on, the German attacks con­ tinued. In quick succession the British freighters SS Empire Byron, Earlston, and the convoy flag ship River Afton were sunk by enemy submarines and dive bombers. As the days slowly passed and the remaining ships neared the coast of Nova Zembla, an island off the coast of Russia, the U.S. freighter SS Peter Kerr was sunk by seven Heinkel torpedo bombers, while the U.S. freighter SS WasMngton, the British SS Bolton Castle and^e Dutch SS Paulas Potter. were dive-bombed and destroyed. intercepted by the SUP-contracted SS Olopana but refused to board the ship, shouting to the crew "You'll only get sunk, too!" A few hours later the SS Olopana was sunk and her survivors jmned the SS Washington crew on Nova 2:embla where they were picked up by other ships from the convoy. Many of the lightly-armed merchant­ men exacted heavy tolls from the raid­ ing German bombers before going under. With only four .50 caliber machineguns the SlU-contracted SS Pan Atlantic lost 19 of its crewmemGusts of Snow bers and seven Navy gunners in a fierce battle with JU-88s before bombs cut Rowing to Nova Zembla amid gusts the ship in two. of snow and large chunks of drifting ice, When the Liberty ship SS Daniel the survivors of the SS Washington were" A sailor of an Allied warship protecting the PQ-17 convoy eriroute to Northern Russia keeps a sharp watch on the skies for German aircraft as the big convoy moves through the Barents Sea. Ships of the convoy are In the background. •1 \t i ••• f: : p fi" •d? A" li Morgan was attacked by Junker bomb­ ers, her crew downed two of the raiders with the ship's three-inch gun before ruptured hull plates forced them to abandon ship. The crew was soon picked up by the Russian tanker Donbass and manning the guns on that ship, they managed to shoot down anotihier bomber before they reached the White Sea. By July 7 Convoy PQ-17 had lost 20 ships and the surviving merchant­ men where scattered all along the route to Russia. Last Leg of Voyage Off the coast of Nova Zembla part of the unfortunate fleet, including the SlU-contracted Samuel Chase and Benjamin Harrison, was joined by a number of corvettes and armed trawl­ ers for the last leg of their voyage to Cape Kanin. Just short of their destination this regrouped portion of the convoy was attacked by JU-88s. Two ships, the SS El Capitan and the SS Hoosier, were sunk, but the SlU-manned SS Samuel Chase fought off the attackers. In a raging fight with the Nazi raiders, bombs snapped all of the freighter's steam lines and the ship lay dead in the water. An escort corvette quickly took the Samuel Chase in tow while her crew continued to man the ship's guns and downed two of the bombers. Another portion of the convoy which consisted of the SlU-manned SS Iron­ clad, the Troubador, the Silver Sword and the armed trawler Ayershire, was headed for Archangel when the vessels ran into a thick ice pack. Seeing safety in what might be considered a hazard in peacetime, the ships painted their .hulls white and covered their topsides with sheets and white blankets. The camouflage worked and the four ships got to Archangel without another Nazi bomber attack. One of the luckiest ships in the con­ voy was the SlU-manned SS Bellingham. This ship, as she neared Russia, was hit by a German torpedo which misfired and, though it Imocked the watch off their feet, the ship was left imdamaged. The reprieved Bellingham continued on its way and was one of the 'ew ships which delivered her cargo. When the final count was taken PQ-17 had lost 22 of its freighters, in-^ eluding the SIU's SS Christopher New-' port, Alcoa Ranger, Pan Kraft and Pan Atlantic, and the SUP's Honomu and Olopana. \ Only 11 ships survived the German air and submarine attacks. Among the 11 were the SIU's SS Ironclad, Samuel Chase, Benjamin Harrison and the Bellingham. This convoy had delivered 87 planes and "lost" 210, delivered 164 tanks and lost 430, delivered 896 vehicles and lost 3,350, and had lost two-thirds of all other cargo. Melancholy Episode In the years after the war, many naval experts questioned the decision to scatter PQ-17 and leave the unpro­ tected merchantmen as easy victims for planes and submarines, and Winston Churchill called the convoy "one of the most melancholy episodes in the whole of the war." Considered expendable under the pressures of wartime priorities, the dead Seafarers and the lost ships they sailed in PQ-17 cannot be brought back by regrets over errors in judgement. But the seamen who gave up their lives on the "Fourth of July" Murmansk run, as well as the 1,200 Seafarers who lost their lives during World War II, will always serve as grim reminders to their country of the dedication of America's professional sailor and the active role he has always played in our nation's defense. Page 25 July, 1975 \ 1 - J.-..;-' A I l:.f k ^ Jl I i- i? ••>;} • 'f.U if •1 l5 . ? f �mm >- Survivor of 1st Ship Sunk in Convoy Tells of Rescue !!| .•-'•. •:VS ^4 'I I •;< r, • •^i J I- T. .} 15 •" 'i • • • I'f I' •, "I was scared to death!" That's how Fred A. Delapenha, 81, of New York Citj, described the "stress . and anxiety" he underwent being rescued when his Liberty ship, the Christopher Newport (Calmar) was, the first ship in the Fourth of July (1942) convoy to Murmansk to be torpedoed and sunk by a Nazi plane and two Gerihan U-boats in the Barents Sea. "We were torpedoed by a plane. A Heinkel 111. Everybody saw U and got very excited. The torpedo hit the engine r6om pn the. starboard side and blew a big hole-in her side," the veteran of 54 years at sea said in an interview at the LOG. "We had approximately 15 minutes to get off. She didn't sink right away. Later she had to be blown up by a British warship," he added. Looking backward to that most fate­ ful day of his life, (he still tall, erect and well-spoken Seafarer who was 81 last September, recalls: "There was a warning bell. An attack was imminent. We had seen Nazi- ob­ servation planes July 1. I was at my post on the top stack where the clouds were hanging low. Below the machine gunners were iscared, too. They couldn't hit a pea or score off a fly. "\A^en the ship got it I was knocked down bleeding from the stomach. My life-jacket was blown off by the concus­ sion. Then AB Homer L. Tipton of Cincinnati's Rhineland put another lifejacket on me and led me to Lifeboat No. 1. He saved my life." The naturalized British West Indiesbom steward said that the light-complexioned Tipton later was arrested by the Russians who thought he was a German^ Delapenha continued: "We got into the lifeboat on the port side. On the starboard side the lifeboats were smashed. The guncrew was on rafts. Second Assistant Engineer Andrew J. Piatt of Baltimore, the fireman and oiler on watch were all lost. "All around tis were calm seas, ice flops and a small iceberg. It was very cold. Luckily there were no attacks on the lifeboats. While back at the Chistqpher Newport were a U.S. ack ack sUp and gun-bearing trawlers. Two English destroyers' crews boarded the dying ship to take off flour, sugar and hams. Then the ship broke in two with her bow and stem up and sank. "An hour and a half later at eight minutes to 3 p.m. (he Egyptian 5,000ton Zom/eA: flying the British flag with 1,700 survivors aboard picked us up. She was attacked every hour by five or six planes at a time trying to sink her. They had dive bombers and high level bombers and subs were around. But we had good gunners who knocked down a few of them." In the other lifeboats before they were picked up were 80-year-old, Eng­ lish-bom Bosun Matthew Little, Capt. C. E. Nash, a "good man" says Dela­ penha of the skipper who was to drovm off Chile years later. Chief Cook Albert' Platts of Savannah, Cook George W. Curry of Baltimore and Messboy Fred Dutton of Morristown, Pa. They all started out together on the 87-day voy­ age from Baltimore to Scotland landing in Iceland on June 28. "- - - Fred A. Delapenha "When we got to Nova Zembla the Russians chased us off the island. They didn't want Nazi planes around," grim­ aced the chief steward who retired from the SIU in 1961. "We arrived at Archangel on the White Sea on July 11. The Germans had bombed the city in the Midnight Sun days. They stopped when it got darker. There was no food there, only dyied fish, oatmeal and cabbage soup. One time on the street I saw an old lady who was starving. I gave her a piece of bread and meat and she gave me some rare coins of Catherine the Great. I had them in a box but they disappeared on a British destroyer on the way home." Delapenha told now U.S. presiden­ tial aspirant Wendell L. Willkie in those "dangerous war times" had promised to get them out of Russia and back home safely. So in November 1942 the survivors on shore drew lots for places on the convoy going to Iceland. Delapenha lost. He said he finally got on an out­ going ship but she had to tum back because of steering trouble. At last he got on the battlewagon USS Washing­ ton which took all of the remaining survivors out. On the way to Iceland in a convoy of 40 ships, 36 sailed as one went aground. The steward was aboard one 'of the three ships which arrived in Reykjavik safely. "We spent four months there i:ntil one day we got on a convoy guarded by En^ish battle'ships, two destroyers and ack ack ships to Scotland's Scapa Flow. From there we took a train to a Glasgow rest camp. Then we took the Queen Elizabeth back to the U.S. "I took a rest when I got home. Then I went back to sea in 1943 on the coal run to Rio. But I didn't go on anymore runs to Murmansk! Just on the grain run to Liverpool. "I was in Halifax when V-E Day was announced in '45." Delapenha continued sailing on the SS Yorkmar (Calmar) in 1947. From The steward said he started to sail in 1918 with the World War I Army Transport Service and later on private ships to Europe. He joined the SIU on April 9,1942 on the Christopher New­ port. Ironically, as one of the last living survivors of the Fourth of July Convoy to Murmansk took his leave of the LOG, he grimly confided that his younger brother had been killed Aug­ ust, 1942 when his ship was torpedoed off the U.S. East Coast. Another survivor of the July 4 con­ voy, SIU pensioner Paid Stovall, 89, sailed on the SS Ironclad (Calmar). •He's a resident of the U.S. Soldiers Home in Washington, D.C. His son, Walter Stovall, 71, sails for Seatrain Lines in the deck department. To Seafarers who were on the Mur­ mansk run, the legend will never die, nor will those who made the supreme sacrifice be forgotten. '• .'M- Seafarers Welfare, Pension, and Vacation Plans Cash Benefits Paid May 22 -Inne 25, 1975 Number Amount SEAFARERS WELFARE PLAN l^OISTH TO DATE YEAR TO DATE ELIGIBLES Death In Hospital DaUy (3 $1.00 In Hospital Daily @ $3.00 ;.. Hospital & Hospital Extras Surgical ....................... .... Sickness & Accident @ $8.00 Special Equipment Optical.... Supplemental Medicare Premiums 6 337 253 6 1 6,372 — 161 14 71 3,773 1,035 82 14 40,639 14 1,108 199 12,835.45 337.00 759.00 209.00 20.00 50,976.00 2,178 359 639 86 12 790 52,337.20 2,031.77 11,148.00 3,000.00 83 983 690 83 431 i 16 5 9,826 36,000.00 10,007.46 3.791.80 907.00 1,509.80 13,997.20 249,000.00 149,558.33 26,046.74 12,883.25 10,218.91 72.00 3,589.15 1,706.00 69,200.40 1 73 1,250.00 27,679.50 10,009 2,338 951 13,298 63,190 11,694 5,525 80,409 210,541.75 564,443.60 504,587:38 $1,279,572.73 1,736,266.25 2,893,384.15 3,055,530.75 $7,685,181.15 DEPENDENTS OF ELIGIBUBS Hospital & Hospital Extras Doctors' Visits In Hospital Surgical Maternity Blood Transfusions Optical PENSIONERS & DEPENDENTS Death Hospital & Hospital Extras Doctors'Visits & Other Medical Expenses .. Surgical Optical Blood Transfusions Special Equipment Dental Supplemental Medicare Premiums SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM TOTALS Total Seafarers Welfare Plan Total Seafarers Pension Plan Total Seafarers Vacation Plan Total Seafarers Welfare, Pension AVacation 275 ~ 49 85 11 " 122 12 137 110 10 67 — 3 — 1,977, ' MONTH TO DATE YEAR TO DATE 201,945.30 3,773.00 3,105.00 7,696.61 945.92 325,112.00 jV. ivj 1,759.41 29,822:5y'^^««««®®* 9,898.20 4,882.24 1,216.90 457,974.81 14.217.73 84,812.48 24,180.25 883.00 20.185.74 3,239.82 86.11 "U Blood Bonlcg If- • •' ' ^ -f. • 1949 to 1956 and from 1959 to 1960 he sailed with the Isthmian Line until his last berth with them. He walked the picket line in the Greater N.Y. Harbor 1961 strike and retired to stay home with his wife, Ella when she suffered a stroke. "Six years ago," he said, "a Detroit newsman called me up to do a story on the Murmansk mn. He mention^ a PQ-17 book." J ,'"7^ ' • • ' -1" ;:i: y & • '.*'1 Page 26 • ''>T- Si Seafarers Log �•. •I''' — Israel Faiiii Seafarer "Izzie" Farhi, 50, has been a member of the SIU since 1958, and started ship\ ping out as bosun nine years ago. A native of Bulgaria, he^ow makes his home in New Caney, Tex. Brother Farhi ships from the port of Houston. Steve Bei]geria Seafarer Steve Bergeria, 53, has been a member of the SIU since 1941, and started shipping as bosun in 1945. A native of Philadelphia, he 5 V. ships from that port "'.y- : ' '-'H and continues to make his home there. Mm: John Green Bosuns Program Two 24th Recertified Class The 24th dass of Seaforers graduated from the Bosuns' Recertification Program diis month, and 260 of our members have now had (he opportunity to learn more abont die Union mid the entire maritime industry. The Bosuns Recerdficatiiw Program is now two years old, and in that time the Seafarers who have spent the one month at the Harry Lnndeherg School and one month at Union Headquarters have gained invaluable knowledge about Ae SIU, the problems it faces and the way it deals with them. The Bosun is the top unlicensed man on our SlU-contracted ships; he Is the leader of the crew. The Seafarers who have participated in the Recertification Program are mmre qualified to lead their crews, are able to hold better shipboard meetings, and riiould he more able to answer questions by any crewmember. It is more impmrtant now than ever before that the SIU membership he an informed membership. In order for that to happ»^ the members themselves must ^e*an interest in all diat affects them and their Union, from events on the waterfront to actions in die Halls of Congress. This objective was one of the main reasons for establishing this pro­ gram: to keep the SIU membership bet­ ter informed, to take the message right to the ships, rather than only hearing it at the Union Halls. After (wo years of putting Seafarers through this program, with more and more Recertffied Bosuns leading our crews, that goal is being accomplished. But more work must he done. For only when that goal is completely realized, when die entire SIU membership more fully Informed, wiU the job secur­ ity of all be assured for the future. Seafarer John Green, 47, has been sailing with the SIU since 1946, and got his first bosun's job in 1955. A native of Virginia, Brother Green now ships from the port of Baltimore where he makes his home with his wife Lila. Felix Aponte Seafarer Felix Aponte, 61, has been a member of the SIU since 1947. He started shipping out as a bosun in 1959. A native of Puerto Rico, Broth­ er Aponte now makes his home in Brooklyn, N.Y. and ships from that port. Frank Rodriguez Joseph Busalacki Angelo Antoniou William Cofone Seafarer Frank Rodriguez, 42, has been scaling with the SW since 1963, and began shipping as bosun in 1970. A native of Brooklyn, N.Y. he now makes his home in Queens, N.Y. with his wife Delia. Brother Rodriguez ships from the port of New York. Seafarer Joe Bus­ alacki, 49, has been sailing with the SIU since 1945, and started shipping out as bosun in 1958. A native of St. Louis, he now makes his home in Shallot, N.C. with his wife Myrtle. Brother Busalacki ships from the port of Jacksonville. Seafarer Angelo Antoniou, 64, has been a member of the SIU for 28 years, and started shipping out as bosun 16 years ago. A native of Greece, he now makes his home in Boston with his wife Soula. Brother Antoniou ships from the port of New York. Seafarer Bill Co­ fone, 51, has been sailing with the SIU since 1954, and be­ gan shipping out as bosun in 1958. A native of New York, he, now', makes, his home in the state of .Washington with his wife Laura. Brother Cofone ships from the port of Wilmington. William Hale William Parker Jack Bowman Seafarer William Hale, 41, has been a member of the SIU since 1950 and started shipping out as bosun 10 years ago. A native of Louisiana, Brother Hale now makes his • home in Slidell, La. with his wife Naomi. He ships from the port of New Orleans. Seafarer Bill Parker, 51, started shipping with the SIU in 1944, and took his first bo­ sun's job in 1957. A native of Illinois, Brother Parker now makes his home in Lacombe, La. with his wife Mary. He ships from the port of New Orleans. Seafarer Jack Bowman, 56, has been a member of the SIU since 1947, and started shipping out as bosun 10 years ago. A native of New London, 'Conn., he now makes his home in Newport, R.l. Brother Bowman ships from the port of Seattle. Nick Palmer Douglas Laughlin Seafarer Douglas Laughlin, an Air Force veteran, be­ gan sailing with the SIU in 1968. Sea­ farer Laughlin ob­ tained his QMED endorsement at the Lundeberg School before the 'A^ Seni­ ority Program. A native of Mississippi, Brother Laughlin now lives in Sacra­ mento with his wife Jane and their daughter. He ships out of the port of San Francisco. Robert MiUci Seafarer Robert Milici graduated from the port of San Francisco's Andrew Furuseth Training School in 1968 after a twoyear tour of duty 1^; with the Aitey in " Viet Nam. iSailing as AB, Brother Milici ships out of the port of New York. He was born in Jersey City, N.J. and now lives in Cannan, Conn. July, 1975 •r- Seafarer Nick Palmer, 46, has been sailing with the SIU for 30 years, and started shipping out as a bosun 15 years ago. A native of New Bedford, Mass., he now makes his home in El Cerrito, Calif, with his wife . Hiroko. Brother Palmer ships from'the port of San Francisco. i :J I' » .•"'. - r • ..i I' ? i • .- ' Six Graduate With 'A' Book John Ruiz The SIU's *A* Seniority Upgrading Program has six more graduates this month, bringing the total number of Seafarers who have completed this pro­ gram to 167. They are Robert Milici, Arthur Mallory, Stan Frak, Douglas Laughlin, John Ruiz and Craig Spencer. These men spent two weeks at the Harry Lundeberg School in Piney Point where they attended Union classes, reviewed the administrative procedures of the Lundeberg School and spoke to trainees during their engine, deck or . steward training session. The six seniority upgraders then spent two weeks at Union Headquarters in New York. While in New York they Seafarer John visited all of the various departments Ruiz, 20, has been that administer the Union's Bmds, keep sailing in the engine employment records, publish the LOG department sinceand keep track of SlU-contracted ships. graduating from the They also accompanied Union patrol­ Harry Lundeberg men servicing SIU ships. School in 19.71. By going through this in-depth study Seafarer Ruiz reof their Union's activities, both at the Jturned to Piney SIU's training facUities in Piney Point •Point to earn his and at the administrative offices in New FOWT endorsement before attending York, these Seafarers leave the 'A' the 'A' Seniority Upgrading Program. "Seniority Program with a better under­ A native of Houston, Brother Ruiz con­ standing of their Union, its purpose, tinues to live in that city and ships out its membership, its role in the modem of that port. maritime industry and its problems. Arthur Mallory Seafarer Arthur Mallory has been sailing with the SIU for seven years. Be­ fore attending the 'A' Seniority Up­ grading Program, Seafarer Mallory received his AB tic­ ket at Piney Point. Shipping from tne port of Jacksonville, Brother Mallory lives in that Florida port with his wife Ethel and their three children. Stan Frak Seafarer Stan Frak has been sail­ ing with the SIU since his graduation from the Harry Lundeberg School in 1972. Seafarer Frak also received his AB's endorse­ ment at Piney Point. An Army veteran who served in Viet Nam, Brother Frak was raised in Philadelphia. He lives in Mexico City and ships from the port of Houston. Craig Spencer Seafarer Craig Spencer, 19, gradu­ ated from the Harry Lundeberg School in 1973 and re­ turned there to earn his FOWT endorse­ ment before attend­ ing the *A' Seniority Program. A native and resident of Norfolk, Brother Spencer ships out of that port. Page 27 •m •.vi I,. f r:: : :rM I:-;:- ,,, :! l/f �LUNDEBERG SCHOOL EDUCATION • TRAINING • UPGRADING Course Descriptions and Starting Dates Deck Department ABLE SEAMAN -i li The course of instruction leading to endorsement as Able Seaman consists of , classroom and practical training to in­ clude: Basic Seamanship; Rules of the Road; Wheel Commands; Use of the Magnetic and Gyro Compass; Cargo Handling; Knots and Splices; Blocks and Booms; Firefighting and Emergency Pro­ cedures; Basic First Aid. Course Requirements: Able Seaman (12 Months—^Any Waters)—You must be 19 years of age; have 12 months seatime as Ordinary Seaman, or be a grad­ uate of HLS at Piney Point and have eight months seatime as Ordinary Sea­ man; be able to pass the prescribed phys­ ical, including eyesight without glasses of no more than 20/100—^20/100 cor­ rected to 20/40—^20/20 and have nor­ mal color vision. Able Seaman (Unlimited — Any Wa­ ters)— You must be 19 years of age; have 36 months seatime as Ordinary Seaman or Able Seaman (12 Months); be able to pass the prescribed physical, including eyesight requirements listed above. Starting Dates: September 4, October 16, Novembe; 28. QUARTERMASTER Procedures; Emergency Launching Op­ erations. Included in the course is practi­ cal experience in launching, letting go, rowing and maneuvering a lifeboat in seas, recovery of man overboard, fire­ fighting and emergency procedures. Course Requirements: Must have 90 days seatime in any department. Starting Dates: August 7, 21; September 4, 18; October 2, 16, 30; November 13, 28; December 11. Engine Department tomated Ships; Firefighting and Emer­ gency Procedures. Course Requirements: Must have rat­ ing (or passed examinations for) FOWT, Electrician, Pumpman, Refrigeration En­ gineer, Deck Engineer, Junior Engineer, Machinist, Boilermaker, and Deck En­ gine Mechanic. Must show evidence of at least six months seatime in any one or a combination of the following ratings: FOWT, Electrician, Refrigeration, Pump­ man, Deck Engineer, Machinist, Boiler­ maker, or £>eck Engine Mechanic. Starting Dates: August 7, 21; September 18; October 16; November 13; December 11. The course of instruction leading to certification as QMED — Any Rating. (Qualified Member of the Engine De­ partment) consists of classroom work and practical training to include: Parts of a Boiler and Their Function; Com­ bustible Control Systems; Steam and Water Systems; Fuel Oil Systems; Lubri­ cating Oil Systems; Hydraulic Oil Sys­ tems; Boiler Construction and Repair; Hand Tools and Their Use; Use of Met­ als; Machine .Tool Operation; Com­ pressed Air Systems; Fundamentals of Electricity; Principles of Refrigeration; Safe Handling of Combustible Materials; Piping and Valves, Pumps, Evaporators; Auxiliary Diesel Engines; Starting and Securing Main and Auxiliary Diesel En­ gines; Starting and Securing Main and Auxiliary Units; .Engineering Casualty Control; All Codes of Operation of Au­ ADVANCED ELECTRICAL PROCEDURES—Eight Seafarers achieved cer^ tificates after completing an intensive course in Advanced Electrical Pro­ cedures at the Harry Lundeberg School. Graduates posed for a class photo with Charlie Nalen, center, head of the HLS Engine Upgrading Department. Standing from left are Nestor Cueva; Elwyn'Ford; James Dryden; Nalen; Petfer Shuffels; Jack Munsie; John Ashly, and Jay Campbell. Kneeling is Bob Prentice. iliary Equipment; Starting and Securing Main Engines. Course Requirements: (If you have a Wiper endorsement only)—Must be able to pass the prescribed physical, inclading eyesight without glasses of no more fhan 20/100—20/100 corrected to 20/50— 20/30 and have normal color vision. Must have six months seatime as Wiper, or be a graduate of HLS at Piney Point and have three months seatime as Wiper. (If you have an engine rating such as Electrician)—^No requirements. Starting Dates: August 18; September 15. LIFEBOATMAN DIESELS QUARTERMASTER—Graduates of the advanced deck department course for Quartermaster received graduation certificates last month. Seated from left are Richard Piaskowski; Rudel Ramage; Charles Ross; Ted Williams; Randolf Ferebe, and Robert Mahone. Standing from left are Seafarer Arnold Busillo and HLS Instructor Chuck Dwyer. ^ SIU Scholarship Program One college and two post secondary trade/vocational school scholarships are awarded to Seafarers each year. These scholarships have been specially de­ signed to meet the educational needs of Seafarers. Application requirements are geared for the man who has been out of school several years, so you will only be com­ peting with other seamen with simi'ar educational backgrounds. The awards are granted in April, but you should begin your application process now. These are the scholarships offered: 1. Four-year college degree scholar- Page28 The course of instruction leading to endorsement as FOWT (Fucman, Watertender and/or Oiler) consists of class­ room work and practical training to in­ clude: Parts of a Boiler and Their Func­ tion; Steam and Water Cycle; Fuel Oil and Lube Systems; Fire Fighting and Emergency Procedures. Also included is practical training aboard one of the ships at the school to include: Lighting a Dead Plant; P-utting Boilers on the Line; Changing Burners; Operation of Aux- QMED-Any Rating The course of instruction leading to certification as Quaitermaster consists of Basic Navigation instruction to include Radar; Loran; Fathometer; RDF; and also includes a review of Basic Seaman­ ship; use of the Magnetic and Gyro Compass; Rules of the Road; Knots and Splices; Firefighting and Emergency Pro­ cedures. Course Requirements: Must hold en­ dorsement as Able Seaman (Unlimited — Any Waters). Starting Dates: August 7, October 2, November 13. The course of instruction leading to certification as Lifeboatman consists of classroom study and practical training to include: Nomenclature of Lifeboat; Lifeboat Equipment; Lifeboat Com­ mands; Types of Davits and'Operating FOWT ship. This award is in the amount of $10,000. 2. Two-year community or junior col­ lege or post secondary trade/voca­ tional schools scholarships. These awards are in the amount of $5000. The trade/vocational awards offer var­ ious options if you wish to continue shipping. In such a program you may develop a tnuie or skill v/hich would im­ prove your performance aboard ship as well as help you obtain a better paying job when you are ashore. Eligibility requirements are as follows: 1. Must be under 35 years of age. The four-week course covers: types, designs, construction and characteristics of various diesel engines; nomenclature and principal design features of all parts of diesel engines; formulas and hydraulic This may be waived for Seafarers who have completed one or more years in an accredited college or university. 4. Have 90 days of employment on a vessel in the previous calendar year. 2. Have not less than two years of actual jemployment on vessels of companies signatory to Seafarers Welfare Plan. 3. Have one day of employment on a vessel in the sixth-month period immediately proceeding date of application. Pick up a scholarship application now. They are available in the ports or you may write to the following addrc^ and request a copy of the Seafarers Applica­ tion: Seafarers Welfare Plan College Scholarships 275 20th Street Brooklyn, New York 11215 Scholarships For Dependents Four scholarships are awarded to de­ pendents of Seafarers. These four-year scholarships are for $10,000 each at any accredited college or university. If you have three years sea time, encourage your children to apply. They should request the Dependents Application from the above address. Seafarers Log �principles; introduction to fuel, air, lubri­ cation and exhaust systems; use of vari­ ous gauges, meters and instruments used on diesel engines; care, operations main­ tenance and recording of diesel engine performance; signals used between bridge and engine room; fundamentals of elec­ tricity and refrigeration; basic fire fight­ ing, first aid and safety. Course Requirements: No require­ ments for those who are not interested in receiving the Coast Guard license. Starting Date: October 20. tions; Loading and Discharging; Pumps and Valves Operation and Maintenance; Ballasting; Tank Cleaning and Gas Free­ ing; Safety and Fire Fighting. Course Requirements: Must already hold Coast Guard endorsement as QMED —Any Rating, or Pumpman. Starting Date: July 28. WELDING The course of instruction in basic welding consists of classroom and onthe-job training including practical train­ ing in electric arc welding and cutting; and oxy-acetylene brazing, welding and cutting. On completion of the course, an HLS Certificate of Graduation will be awarded. Course Requirements: Must hold en­ dorsement as QMED—Any Rating. Starting Dates: August 7; September 4; October 2, 30. ADVANCED PUMPMAN PROCEDURES The course of instruction leading to HLS certification as Pumpman will con­ sist of both classroom study and prac­ tical work to include; Tanker Regula- i .'J <•<. X , ' High School Program Is Available to All Seafarers Thirty-two Seafarers and one Inland Boatman have already successfully com­ pleted studies at the SIU-IBU Academic Study Center in Piney Point, Md., and have achieved high school diplomas. The Lundeberg High School Program in Piney Point offers all Seafarers—re­ gardless of age — the opportunity to achieve a full high school diploma. The study period ranges from four to eight weeks. Classes are small, permitting the teachers to concentrate on the individual student's progress. " Any Seafarer who is interested in taking advantage of this opportunity to continue his education can apply in two ways: Go to an SIU office in any port and you will be given a GED Pre-Test. This test will cover five general areas: English Grammar and Literature; So­ cial Studies, Science and Mathematics. The test will be sent to the Lundeberg School for grading and evaluation. Or write directly to the Harry Lun­ deberg School. A test booklet and an answer sheet will be mailed to your home or to your ship. Complete the tests and mail both the test booklet and the answer sheet to the Lundeberg School. (See application on this page.) During your stay at the school, you will receive room and board, study ma­ terials and laundry. Seafarers will pro­ vide their own transportation to and from the school. Following are the requirements for eligibility for the Lundeberg High School Program: 1. One year's seatime. 2. Initiation fees paid in fuU. 3. Ail ontstanding monetary obliga­ tions, snch as dnes and loans paid in fuD. i ^ I meet the requirements listed above and I am interested in furthering my edu. I cation. I would like more information on the Lundeberg High School Program. I Name Book No. I I Address I (Street) (City or Town) I I Last grade completed Last year attended I I Complete this form and mail to: Margaret Nalen I Director of Academic Education I Harry Lundeberg School I Piney Point, Maryland 20674 I /••V, LIFEBOAT—Six more SIU and IBU members completed Lifeboat Training and received certificates at the Harry Lundeberg School. Standing from left are Seafarers Randolph Archer; James Myers; Juan Patino, and Inland Boat­ man Michael Culpepper. Kneeling from left are HLS Lifeboat Instructor Paul Allman and Seafarers William Goff and Antonio Arellano. "I I HARRY LUNDEBERG SCHOOL OF SEAMANSHIP ' I UPGRADING APPLICATION I I I Name I AddrKs Age (Last) (First) (Middle) (Street) Telephone (City) (State) (Zip) (Area Code) Seniority Book Number Port and Date Issued' Ratings Now Held Social Security # HLS Graduate: Yes • No • Lifeboat Endorsement: Yes Q No •| Dates Available For Training I Am Interested In! • • • • DECK AB 12 Months AB Unlimited Quartermaster Lifeboatman STEWARD . ENGINE • QMED • Electrician • Assistant Cook • Cook & Baker • FWT • Dk. Eng. • Chief Cook • Oiler • Jr. Eng. • Steward • Dk. Mech. • Pumpman • Reefer • Machinist • Boilermaker • Welder • LNG-LPG • Advanced Pumpman Procedures • Diesel • Advanced Electrical Procedures RECORD OF SEATIME — (Show only amount needed to upgrade in rating checked above or attach letter of service, whichever is applicable.) SHIP RATING HELD DATE OF SHIPMENT DATE OF DISCHARGE I I PORT DATE SIGNATURE j July, 1975 RETURN COMPLETE APPLICATION TO: LUNDEBERG UPGRADING CENTER, PENEY POINT, MD. 20674 Steward Department CHIEF STEWARD The course of instruction includes classroom and on-the-job training. The Chief Steward will select food and stores for a long voyage to include nutritionally balanced daily menus. He will partici­ pate in all phases of steward department operations at the school, including com­ missary, bake shop and galley. Course Requirements: Three years seatime in ratings above Third Cook and hold "A" Seniority in the SIU; or six months seatime as Third Cook or Assis­ tant Cook; six months as Cook and Baker, six months seatime as Chief Cook and holder of a Certificate of Satisfac­ tory Completion from the HLS Assis­ tant Cook, Second Cook and Baker, and Chief Cook Training Programs; or 12 months seatime as Third Cook or As-, sistant Cook, 12 months seatime as Cook and Baker, and six months seatime as Chief Cook, and holder of a Certificate of Satisfactory Completion of the HLS Chief Cook Training Program. Starting Dates: August 7, 21; September 4, 18; October 2, 16, 30; November 13, 28; Decerhber 11. The course of instruction for the rat­ ing Assistant Cook includes classroom and on-the-job training in preparing and cooking fresh, canned and frozen vege­ tables; how to serve vegetables hot, cold or as salad; menu selection of vegetables to attain the best methods for prepara­ tion, portion control, dietary values and serving procedures. Course Requirements: Twelve months seatime in any Steward Department En­ try Rating. Entry Ratings who have been accepted into the Harry Lundeberg School and show a desire to advance in the Steward Department must have a minimum of three months seatime. Starting Dates: August 7, 21; September 4, 18; October 2, 16, 30; November 13, 28; December 11. COOK AND BAKER The course of instruction includes classroom and on-the-job training in bak- I I I (Zip) ; 'y\ •i, i--' 1 '• I •• ing bread, pies, cakes and cookies; prep­ aration of desserts such as custards, pud­ dings, canned fruit and gelatin desserts. The Cook and Baker will be able to de­ scribe preparation of all breakfast foods, and be familiar with menu selection of breakfast foods, and bread and desserts for appropriate meals. Course Requirements: Twelve months seatime as Third Cook; or 24 months seatime in Steward Department; six months of which must be as Third Cook or Assistant Cook; or six months as Third Cook or Assistant Cook and a holder of a Certificate of Satisfactory Completion from the HLS Assistant Cook Training Course. Starting Dates: August 7, 21; September 4, 18; October 2, 16, 30; November 13, 28; December 11. 1^ I ^• 1 - T-'.. CHIEF COOK The course of instruction includes classroom and on-the-job training in preparation of soups, sauces and gravies. The student will be able to describe prep­ aration of thickened or clear soups, and explain preparation and use of special sauces and gravies. The Chief Cook will be able to state the primary purpose of cooking meat and define cooking terms used in meat cookery, and describe prin­ ciples and methods of preparing and cooking beef, pork, veal, lamb, poultry and seafood. Course Requirements: Twelve months seatime as Cook and Baker; or three years seatime in the Steward Depart­ ment, six months of which must be as Third Cook or Assist;<nt Cook, and six months as Cook and Baker; or six months seatime as Third Cook or Assist­ ant Cook and six months seatime as Cook and Baker, and holder of a Cer­ tificate of Satisfactory Completion of the HLS Assistant Cook, and Cook and Bak­ er Training Program; or 12 months sea­ time as Third Cook or Assistant Cook and six months seatime as Cook and Baker, and holder of a Certificate of Satisfactory Completion of the HLS Cook and Baker Training Program. Starting Dates: August 7, 21; September 4, 18; October 2, 6, 30; November 13, 28; December 11. 'I . Note: Courses and starting dates are subject to change at any time. Any change will he noted in the LOG. Page 29 .11 rf �Two More Seafarers Earn CED Diplomas i •'ii: ') Two more Seafarers, Phillip Eipp and' John Sherpinski, recently earned their high school diplomas through the Lundeberg School's General Educa­ tional Development (GED) Program. Brother Eipp is from California. He graduated from the Lundeberg School in 1972, and he has beeen shipping as AB for the past three years. When asked why he decided to re­ turn to HLSS for his high school di­ ploma, Seafarer Eipp replied, "I knew I would need it either now or in the future." He added that he plans to at­ tend college someday, and said "My home state has a GED program avail­ able, but I came back to Piney Point because I think the program here is the best around." In comparing the academic program at the Lundeberg School to his experi­ ences in high school, Brther Eipp said, "In high school, the teachers don't deal with the students as people. They just give assignments, and you feel like a jerk if you even ask a question. Here they've got a great bunch of teachers. They enjoy what they're doing and they really care about each student." Seafarer John Sherpinski is 33-years old and lives in Baltimore, Md. He and Brother Eipp were classmates at HLSS and completed the GED program at the same time. Brother Sherpinski has been a Sea­ farer since 1965. During that time, he has been around the world seven times, and he says that the education obtained through traveling is a big help in the GED program. Seafarer Sherpinski added, "What I learned in the GED program here would have taken at least two years to learn in a regular high school. I dropped out of school in the sixth grade. When I came here I could barely multiply or divide fractions. Now Em doing al­ gebra." According to Brother Sherpinski, "The main thing that encouraged me to study at the school is the way the people here treat you. If you have a problem, you'll get help. All you have to do is try—^just a little—and they will do any- HLSS academic teacher Jean Magrini (center) goes over a classroom assign­ ment with GED grads John Sherpinski (left) and Phillip Eipp. thing for you." He added: "The teachers had confidence in me and so I had confidence in myself. I wanted to succeed for their sake as well as my own." ^The high school equivalency program at the Lundeberg School is open to all Seafarers who do not have a high school diploma. aJ Notify Hdqrts. On Replacements In order to insure tbat all SIUcontracted ships are at all times manned by SIU ciews, the ship's chairmen are requested to notify Headquarters when a crewmember gets off a vessel in a foreign port. If Headquarters is given am­ ple time to find a replacement, then tbat job will be secure for our members. There are some organizations, particularly in the Far East, which have been making strong attempts to put foreign seamen on the ves­ sels of American operators. So that we may combat this, the ship's chairmen and the ship's commit­ tee must take the responsibility of policing the replacement of crewmembers. In that way we can in­ sure that all unlicensed jobs on our contracted ships are taken by SIU brothers. • Upgrqder Gets QMED Diploma Piney Point Instructor Charlie Nalen (left) presents HLSS upgrader Charles Ashcom with his diploma for completing the QMED Course recently. ; ' Lffeboat tjraiQing for Seafarers Is I v of vital importance in the interest erf safety at sea; and a well-trained life^ boat crew can make the difference between life and death in an emergency. In addition, though, the pos­ session of a Lifeboat Ticket make the difference for two Sea­ farers, with the same seniority, who are competing for an entry rating job. According to the SIU's shipping rules (Section 5, subsection 7): "Within each class of seniority rat' ing in every department^ priority for entry rating jobs shall be given to all seamen who possess Lifcboatman endorsement by the United States Coast Guard." So if you have not already done so, get your Lifeboat endorsement asf soon as possible for your own safety and the safety of your shipmates, well as ^our own job security. 9fh Smithsonian Festival Focuses on Seafarers In photo at left, Seafarer E. "Scotty'' Aubusson, SIU representative (center) explains a bit of sea lore included in the Union exhibit at the 9th Smithsonian In­ stitution's Festival of American Folklife to (left) U.S. Secretary of Labor John T. Dunlop and AFL-CIO President George Meany. In the background are members of the Fourth Estate and TV and radio mediamen. At right, SIU, soon-to-be Recertified Bosun William "Bill" Joyner demonstrates to the fair sex, "young uns" and men how to rig a bosun's chair, and tie a bowline hitch knot. The Washington, D.C. summer festival held on the-Mall in a 50-acre stretch be­ tween the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument concentrated this year on the know-how of the nation's transportation workers in eight unions— oil I'M ^ II x i — x* _ _i n i. ^ •.^ Including the SIU's deep sea and inland boatmen contingents. Co-sponsor of the event is the U.S. National Park Service. Page 30 Seafarers Log CU'l ^ 3 1. / , �7'. l..«..JW.i4Vi.^.^j v.: .(1-V-; i (SI*AD) F'lji ' ? •'!. SPAD WOHK? deSiS"""' * .> , • . _ political candidate;W pWe!Tnd^to«ti T**"" political candidates whose philosomay attain lawl ^7®""' "" ^"^"tont with Seafarers we political and trade union''h™"-" ooonomic, social, . T^r - ' . . Z, , i' - ' siiii'C s-ssisgSsSsi ?SSSE5S£ p. GAKGO PREFERENCE—Tf u j into ^Ht would gnaraleIt I U.S. cargo would be carried on American-flaff sbins T a * n- - - -"TpSTif 't-l eamen. SVSTEM-Attachs have heen made on the three-watcb system for voyages under 1800 r ^ - 7-tTr 77 •' - j-. f. 371 f MU {•'It i -il I • f'!-•;. f'' "'j'.i- •r 7i'] :• )• 7,1 s, V f 3b| t 7' f , 'S Sf ®' I ) i k-^M'- , Jufy,1975 tSt-^ », i7|i' • ': -v^ ; '. ^.. Page 31 • -.i-i. * ill m - - �lii - OT w om.u. ^ a.. .Kr,«.AT.«HAL UK.ON. M r--; frj. \ .1^ ,*.«•- iri: <>: J ' -i I'i •* ( si; W Hay© Donated $100 or More to SPAD The ioUowino Sii>ninrd>we 177 ^tt L /M/id jwce the beginning of 1975. (The law prohibits the 'Jenf ZT Seafarers Political Activities Donation (SPAD) frade unionist Lonist can take oZ ZLl vnluZZH Zv?'^^i T/ie most effective way the trade part in politics is through * .f T • '»' Political activities. The SIU's voice be heard in the Halls of Congress have contributed t?nn h Two who have realized ho\v important it is to let the running the SPAD honor rolls became the ^ fhl unrnZi one $500. For the rest of the year, the LOG will be to be protected. rning years our political role must be maintained if the livelihoods of Seafarers are v.i: 1 i' . . '', : I SPAD Honor Poll Aliniiiis,R^AJ Cartione, V* I" 1?..! i'' AiivR-N. . ;H•' McCartney, G. Compton,W. * Andf^^ D. .41 >^9«l(^es9n, £. 'n Andeison, J. E. AnNdc% A. Ayeiy,R.H. &ibkowsk^T. Batchelor, A. Batliiii,N.N. MortOi^, O. J. ^ith^RC. Robertson,!. ^emcei,G Coii^,K. *M£ay,D. R^ CoittHdlt^^W^ McMiiliin,C. Corle(ta,P. M«iQfd,H. Coolant, W.E. Najifcr.D.E. ]R(Nido,C. P. Spnion, J. Paladino, F. RiiU,M. Stephens,O M^ser, C. P^ochls, S. J. i^CO, J. Surrick,R.II. Curtis, T. Micliad,jr. Paridn, G. C. Sacco, M. tloiieir^C. Bavb,J. Miller, Co E. Parsons, L. R. Salazar, H. taylor^F. De Guzman, P. Miller,!. Payne, O. Siegler, J. Telegados, G. Selzer, R. l>ipe,K. iSelzer, S. Troy,S. Didomenko, J. |>E*S. Doigen, D. s<.' Mitclien,R. Pazos, X. MitciieU,W.L. Pemlta,R. Molina, F. Perez,!. Berger, D. Drozalc,F. Moiiard, C. Petfa,C. Beigern, S, Drozak,P. Mongelli, F. Porter, J. Bemsteln, A. Ducote, C. Moody, O. W. BiantoiijM. Dwyer,!. Tfoxclaif,H. $500 Honor RollI -mmm Pomerlane, R. "• 'WSi& • *300 Honor Rolf Mooney,£.X. Reinosa, J. '£dwarfb,R. Morris, E. Rettenbachei, W. Boiief<nit,J.D. En)enMMi,N. Morris, W. miuaxm,f4. Bonser, L. Ellis, P. D. Morrison, J. A. Riddle, D. Boudrean^R Faineii,R Boyle, C. Fay, J.; Boyne, F. FisdiefiH. Biand,ll. P!Orons,C.D. Bramian,G. ?unilmw% Ho S. Blultt,!. Riley, E^ »MWmd,D,]^;^ Di Giorgio, J. Bellinger, W. Sluppo, IMt Stepwrdi, £. Car%,P. a-;' A\ Hi '1 j pnirid[s,B. *300 Honw Rolfsl^f^. mS-'^ ^ Gatewood,L. '•'SX' - T--1,444^4^^4 LaRa^R '$20^ snFMERs pounca HCTIVITY DONATION <£2Uy S75 FOURTH AVENUE •ROORIYN, M. Y 11M2 lilbedalil, H. Hall,P. ^ZU DaU. Contributor's; Name Brtmn,G. Lindsey,ii.S. S.T. C. L. Bnmne,G. Gentile, C. §^Oas, P. '" Lomas, A. , " .Bo \ • .'••v.! Bolts, Wo |fi#? is- Gill,F.D. Glaze, R.W. msfieidoLeRo Addreas - .City _Zlp Code , . 5?**° I* • *«P««te segr Including, but not limited to the preservation and furthering of ttie feerican Xrc^nt for seamen and the advancement of %ade union eonceotl supports and contributes to politicial dindMates for ss"siv.£..r'4'% V sil purposes i^th "Im.seamen, in rnnnT^^ employment opportunities S"'.'? objects, SPAD f !; Martian, T. A. Martin,Ji. I'jh- . State S.S. No. • fofficer is (or will be) available for purchase |lnting Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.) $9SO5 •/: ' 1975 Signature of Solicitor Port Have You Made Yaur SPAD Donation This Year? • t t •* I I .» , I ' •'• ..V, X'v'''X^ • ' • i' '' ' V.:' J-,'. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1970-1979 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXXII-XLI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource July 1975 Description An account of the resource Headlines: JOBLESS RATE MAY BE HIGHER, BLS SAYS MTD'S PETER M. MCGAVIN PASSES AWAY AT 66 PORT OF PHILADELPHIA MONTHLY MEETING HOUSE UNIT WITNESS URGES SHIPPING SELF-SUFFICIENCY SEA-LAND WITHDRAWS FROM 2 FAR EAST CONFERENCES U.S. SHIPYARDS HIT HARD BY POOR TANKER MARKET JUAN REINOSA IS APPOINTED NEW PUERTO RICO PORT AGENT THE SS MERRIMAC PAYS OFF DUES RESOLUTION PRESENTED TO MEMBERS SEAFARER'S SON THANKS SIU FOR HELP IN CAREER SIU MANNED GOLDEN ENDEAVOR, 1 OF 3 SISTERSHIPS, SAILS 'ROUND THE WOLRD ON MAIDEN VOYAGE THREE-WATCH SYSTEM MUST BE MAINTAINED AT PINEY POINT AND EARLE, N.J., SEAFARERS LEARN HOW TO COMBAT AND EXTINGUISH FIRES PQ-17 CONVOY TO MURMANSK ON JULY 4, 1942: 22 OUT OF 33 ALLIED SHIPS SUNK SURVIVOR OF 1ST SHIP SUNK IN CONVOY TELLS OF RESCUE TWO MORE SEAFARERS EARN GED DIPLOMAS Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 7/1/1975 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXXVII, No. 7 1975 Periodicals Seafarers Log