http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/1d6fba0ac1d478abbdd691a958c0ff75.PDF b6ff2e90c1adda94f49bf49059be51c7 PDF Text Text SlVo??? d M t- . „ - ,?• ^ d- i "-T 5 V-J ^J f .;- SlU Provides Job Security Through New Vessels; Union's Contracted Ships Move Russian Grain ."Ti 1 �« M V. -/• Hall Asks Seattle NMC to Back Cargo Preference SIUNA President Paul Hall was in. Seattle Oct. 10 to attrad the annual Pacific Coast meeting of the National Maritime Council. In a keynote address to the all-day meeting. Hall expressed the support of the Union and its aflSliates for the Coun­ cil'^ efforts to improve the percentage position of American-owned vessels in the transport of American cargo. problems that must be overcome to titive with vessels of other nations in the The National Maritime Council is a achieve these commendable goals. He - free-enterprise market, they , are at an joint endeavor of labor unions, shippers, called for new Federal lav^ to require extreme competitive disadvantage when shipbuilders, importers, exporters and that a representative percentage of U.S. a nation's merchant marine is a p<^tical arm fully owned and (grated by gov­ other related maritime interests. It was cargo be shipped in American bottoms, ernment as is the case with Eastern bloc founded to foster and build the use of Hall told shippers and labor leaders countries," Hall stated. U.S.-ffag ships and strengthen the that Russia already controls sea access American merchant marine. to all producing nations and has shipPrestdoit HaU urged indnstiy leaders In his address. Hall highlighted-the yards working at full capacity. from the West Coast to join with lalNHr "Russia is working for mastery of and sh^bnflders in an effort to get laws the seas," he said. "Though automation Continued on Page 26 * •of American ships makes them compe­ 6 to 21^Unemployment In 90^o of Job Centers At the Unity Dinner ciimaxing the NMC conference, Tom Patterson (left) Western Regional Director for the Maritime Administration awarded SIUNA President Paul Hall a memento of appreciation for his outstanding contribution to the promotion and success of the National Maritime Council. the PRESIDENT'S REPORT: PaalHril U*S, Lobar Movement Support Hiere's an old, often quoted proverb that says "all things come to those who wait." Well, it may be true for a lot of things today, but it's way off base when it comes to the U.S. maritime industry. In today's maritime community, if we sit around idly and vmt for good things to happen, not only won't any­ thing be accomplished, but many of the victories we won in the past could very well disappear. We have won many tough fights in our history but never because we sat back patiently and passively. We have been able to achieve our victories because of three very important reasons: we have had fibe foresi^t to look at and try to understand the problems of our industry and the steps that should be taken to overcome them; we have shown the intelligence to push aside personalities and personal likes or dislikes to remain united in achieving our goals and we have displayed the giits needed to stand up and work . hard for our beliefs even when the odds seem stacked against us. In some of our most recent batdes, though, we have had an important added ingredient in our formula for success—^e active support of the entire AFL-GIO. The indispensable value of this support became most evident last year during our successful Congressional battle for the Energy Transporta­ tion Security Act, subsequendy vetoed by President Ford. During this -fight for a fair oil cargo preference law, virtually every seg­ ment of the labor movement actively worked for the interests of Seafarers, the maritime industry and the nation. On the national level, we received the vocal support of the AFL-CIO Executive Council, headed by President George Meany. And in addition, all 44 international and national unions making up the AFL-ClO's Maritime Trades Department Irat their full sup­ Unemployment figures for the month of September show that 90 percent of the nation's major job centers now have jobless rates ranging from 6 percent to more than 21 percent, the highest area count of "substantial" unemployment since the Labor Department began col­ lecting such statistics in 1955. The figures, released by the U.S. Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics, showed 57 major areas with unemployment rates of 10 percent or higher, and nine others .with jobless rates exceeding 15 percent. The list of key labor areas with "substantial" un­ employment is now at 135, as com­ pared with 51 major areas in Septem­ ber, 1974. Although the country's overall un­ employment rate was slightly down in September one-tenth of one percent to 8.3 percent, the number of workers with jobs and the number of unem­ ployed were virtually unchanged from August. Those without work and ac­ tively looking for employment held at 7.8 million, and the total number of employed also remained steady at some 85.4 million. In breaking down the statistics by labor force groups the Bureau found that the jobless rate for adult men in­ creased from 6.6 percent in August to 7.0 percent in September, while the rate for adult women declined slightly frmn 7.7 to 7.5 percait durmg the same period. The Bureau's statistics showed that the major areas hardest hit by un­ employment are in Puerto Rico, Massachusets, Rhode Island and Michigan. port. On the state and local levels, we received the support of all the MTD's Maritime Port Councils, AFL-CIO State Federations and Local Central bodies. This kind of unified labor effort on behalf of Seafarers is a formidable attack force beause it places the strength of 13 million American workers and their families behind the SnTs continuing fight to rebuild a U.S. mari­ time industry capable of competing on a global basis, with any nation of the world. However, labor's support for the SHTs programs did not abruptly end witii the fight for the oil biU. It was by no means a one shot deal. Just this month at both the AFL-CIO's Maritime Trades Departmbnt's 1975 Biennial Convenion and the AFL-CIO's Convention in San Francisco, the American Labor movement unanimously reaffirmed in numerous reso­ lutions its support for legislative and other programs designed to foster a strong U.S. maritime industry. At the Conventionis, labor first reiterated its pledge of support in the continuing fight for a fair cargo preference bill that would require that a substantia percentage of cargo imported to the U.S. be carried on Americanflag ships. A resolution was passed calling for the now exempt Virgin Islands to be included under provisions of the Jones Act. A victory here would mean more than 20 sailings per week for U.S.-flag, U.S.-manned ships between the heavily industriali^ islands and the U.S. mainland. Labor also called for the passage of legislation which would both curb expansion of Russian third-flag operations in the U.S. West Coast-Far East trad^, and enable American-flag and other national-flag lines to compete on an equal basis with cut-rate Communist flag fleets. Labor also called for the construction of an all Alaska natural gas pipe­ line from Alaska's North Slope to the ice-free port of Valdez where the gas would be liquified and then carried to the lower 48 states by U.S.-flag, U.S.manned LNG tankers. At the same time, labor Voiced its oppositum to the alternately proposed Canadian pipeline route to end in the U^S. Midwest. We, as Seafarers, owe a great debt of gratitude for the staimch support we have received and will continue to receive from our brothers in the labor movement, and this support is a very necessaiy ingredient in our formula for victory. Yet when it comes down to the nitty-gritty. Seafarers themselves must continue to produce the same ingredients—understanding and unified woric —as we have always done in the past to make the formula work. With all these things pulling together, the SIU controls a powerful and effective political force. With it, we can't be assured of a victory every time. But without it, we are sure to go nowhere. Oiange of addles cart Form 3579 shoulf be sent to Seafartre Iritemationat Union, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Avenue. BrooWyh New York 11232. Published monthly except twice a month in July. Second Class postage paid at Brooklyn, N. Y. Vol. XXXVII, No. 11, October 1975. «venuB, Drooiayn, Page 2 Seafarers log / ' / >> r f f fr �SlU Job Securify «rf>'u'i Mil '•i» Seafarers Man Many New Ships The SIU is continuing to provide strong job security for its members as SIU crews are manning more and more of the new, technologically-advanced vessels which have been constructed and are now hitting the high seas. , During these hard-pressed times, with massive unemployment and sky­ rocketing inflation, the maritime indus­ try, like many other segments of labor, has also been affected. Yet despite prob­ lems such as the severe slump in the tanker market, the SIU has been able to keep its members' job security. Despite the recession there are still new American-flag vessels being built in shipyards throughout the country. And, the SIU has succeeded in obtaining many of these new vessels for its mem­ bers. SS Massachusetts This month the SIU crewed the larg­ est merchant ship ever bnilt in the Westem Hemisphere, the VLCC Massachu­ setts (International Ocean Transport, Inc.) The 265,000 dwt vessel was constracted at Bethlehem Steel's Shipyard in Sparrow's Point, Md. This brand new, ultra-modem super­ tanker is 1,100 feet long, has a shaft horsepower of 35,000 and a speed of 1514 knots. The vessel has 19 cargo tanks and two clean ballast tanks. The Massachusetts also has sophisti­ cated methods to combat any spillage of pollutants into the oceans. Load-ontop principles are used to reduce the possibility of oil cargo reaching the seas, and cargo tanks required for ballast that is to be discharged in or near the cargo loading port are first cleaned of all oil by using high-pressure, high-velocity sea water jets from fixed tank cleaning machines. The Massachusetts will be followed on the waterways by her sister-ship the SS New York, which will be manned by an SIU crew in the near future. SS Great Land Last month SIU members crewed another brand new vessel, the 791 foot long, roll-on roll-off ship, the SS Great Land (Intemational Ocean Transport, Inc.) The Great Land, which was built at the Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. in Chester, Pa. will be transporting cargo between Seattle, Wash, and Anchorage, Alaska. The Great Land, the largest trailership ever constmcted, with capacity for Stowing Deck department stores on board the Golden Monarch (Aeron Ma­ rine) are from (I. to r.): AB Terry White; AB John Bertling; Recertified Bosun John Worley, and OS Sam Daugh. New Digest Of Benefits A revised SIU Sni^cal, Pen­ sion, Welfore and Vacation Digest of Benefits will be available at SIU balls throughout tiie country in about a month. This revised digest will contain a detafled schedule of all SIU ben­ efits, many of which have heen in­ creased under the new contract. You will be able to obtain a copy of the Digest at any SIU hall. OMED Jerry Makarewicz at the engine room console of the roll-on-roll-off vessel, the Great Land (International Ocean). 390 trailer; can transport virtually any size wheeled or tracked cargo. Any oversize cargo over 40 feet in length, such as steel pipes, boats, chemical tanks, etc.—anything that may be moved over the highway or rail lines— can be moved on board and in.the process often eliminates the need for handling, crating and containerizing. The vessel's speed and size will per­ mit it to sail regularly even during the winter months in Alaskan waters. The iship also has special features built in to provide for all-weather sailing, such as enclosures to protect cargo and equip­ ment, and de-icing equipment in several areas including vehicle ramps. SS Gtdden Monarch One other new vessel which the SIU crewed earlier this month is the 89,000 dwt tanker, SS Golden Monarch (Aeron Marine Shipping Co.) The Golden Monarch, constmcted at the National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. in San Diego is the third such tanker to be built for Aeron. The other two, the SS Golden Dolphin and SS Golden Endeavor, have been sailing with SIU crews since last year. The 894-foot long vessel is capable of carrying 25 million gallons of cmde oil (about 500,000 barrels). All three tankers are very similar to the two SIUcontracted oil-bulk-ore carriers (OBO) the SS Ultramar and SS Ultrasea, pre­ viously built at National Steel and Ship­ building and manned by SIU crews. The OBO's are less, than two feet shorter than the tankers, have the same hull and engine, and have a deadweight ton­ nage of 80,500 tons. These are just some of the new ves­ sels which the SIU has been able to man. But In order to obtain job security for all SIU members in an industry which Is constantly changing, we must con­ tinue to fight for favorable legislation in Washington, on issues such as more cargo for American-flag ships, expan­ sion of the Jurisdiction of the Jones Act and an end to rate-cutting practices by third-flag and Soviet bloc ships. All members can help in these battles by contributing to SPAD—the SIU's voluntary political fund. It is the best way of insuring a future for the SIU and the American merchant marine as well. i :a ; • I: INDEX Legislative News Washington Activities Page 9 Shipping Dispatcher's Reports Page 17 Ships' Committees Page 13 Grain ships crew up Page 5 Ships' Digests .Page 18 Seafarers man new ships .. Page 3 Union News Tallying Committee report .Pages 10-12 President's Report Page 2 Training and Upgrading SIU election of 2 Get GED diplomas Page 26 officers Special supplement Upgrading class schedule, SPAD Honor Roll .Back Page requirements & Headquarters Notes ..;.. .Page 8 application Pages 24-25 Membership meeting in Seafarers participate in Seattle i Page 4. bosuns recertification Seafarers Pension fund and 'A' seriority report Page 12 upgrading Pages 22--23 GED requirernents & application Page 25 General News High unemployment Page 2 Membership News. Skydiver Mitchell .Page 14 Hall addresses NMC ...Page 2 New SIU pensioners .....Page 19 MTD, AFL-CIO hold Final departures Page 20 conventions. Pages 6-7 October, 1975 -m Four members of the steward department on the supertanker Massachusetts (International Ocean) are pictured in the ship's ultra-modern galley. They are from (I. to r.): Chief Cook and Steward Joe Kundrat; Cook and Baker Larry Tefft; General Utility Arthur Rubenstein, and Utility Maintenance Bernard Zawacki. Page 3 m �Seattle Seafarers Discuss Timely Issues 1 ' / • N 'Nj-Sr 1^ V -' ^ i-v - \ K:,- •- 'f • • '•^ 1 Before Seattle meeting, Seafarers Joseph Alpedo, left, and Everett Klopp, center, register for shipping with Seattle Port Agent Harvey Mesford. The new roll-on—^roll-off vessel Great Land which is running from Seattle to Anchorage; the progress of the Alaska pipeline, and many other important items were among the main topics of discussion at last month's informational membership meeting in the port of Seattle. The meeting was chaired by SIU Port Agent Harvey Mesford. A member at the Seattle meeting expressed his support of Senator Warren Magnuson's 200-Mile U.S. Fish Conservation Zone bill and it was suggested that Seafarers write their own Senators and Congressmen to support it also. Discussion on the Great Land and the Alaska pipeline centered around jobs. The Great Land and a projected two more of her sisterships, to be used on the same run, will mean a pickup in shipping for Seattle Sea­ farers. When the Alaska pipeline is completed it will mean better ship­ ping for all SIU members. The port of Seattle holds its monthly informational meetings on David Kendrick, who is a full-time the Friday after the third Sunday of Seafarer and part-time artist, shows each mondi. off one of his paintings which hangs in the Seattle hall. Kendrick ships as QMED. Seafarer E. C. Ryan, who ships' in the engine department, suggests Sea­ farers write their Congressmen in support of the 200-mile Fish Con­ servation bill. All Mohammed, who ships out of Seattle in the Steward department, was one of those who attended the Seattle meeting last month. Page 4 • • • }• ' f- ^ Jeff Hanley, left, who has been accepted to the Lundeberg School's Entry Training Program is given physical examination by Dr. Lyons at the Seattle clinic. SIU member listens attentively during Seattle Informational meeting. If you need help filling out welfare claims, etc., in the port of Seattle, the person to see is SIU Secretary Jessie Hair. She is well liked by the Seattle membership for her prompt and courteous help. Seattle Seafarers listen as Port Agent Harvey Mesford reads shipping and legislative reports covering the previous month. Spafarars l.ng �ipi 6 to Break Out of Layup '<W '.'-t tdi^ 17 Sm Tankers to Carry Grain to Russia in New Pact Seventeen ships under contract to the SIU this month received charters to carry U.S. grain to Russia after strong political pressure by labor forced the Ford Administration to negotiate a new long-term, five-year shipping agreement with the USSR, which includes higher freight rates and a ceiling on the amount of grain that can be sold to the Russians. Labor's unified stand against the un­ controlled sale of grain to Russia not only has given a much-needed shot in the arm to the ailing U.S. tanker indus­ try, but will help stabilize all grainrelated consumer prices in this country. U.S. tankers will haul an estimated 890,000 tons of grain to the Soviet Union in October. Six of the SlU-contracted ships had been in layup. They are the Cities Service Miami, Montpelier Victory, Ogden Yukon, Transpanama, Ul­ tramar and the Golden Monarch. On the previously laid-up U.S. vessels alone, 279 jobs have been created which boils down to an estimated 25,110 man days of employment on one round trip voyage averaging 90 days. Other SlU-contracted ships char­ tered to carry grain are: Eagle Traveler; Overseas Vivian; Overseas Aleutian; Overseas Anchorage; Overseas Arctic; Overseas Vila; Connecticut; Ogden Shown here in lay-up at the Seatrain facility in the Brooklyn Shipyard, the Transpanama (Hudson Waterways) was one of the SlU-contracted ships broken out this month to carry grain from the Gulf of Mexico to the Soviet Union. Champion; Transeastern; Mount Ex­ plorer; Ultrasea. According to the grain shipping pro­ gram to Russia for November, 13 more American ships will be needed to carry the U.S. flag's one-third share. And from December on, the new agreement should provide at least eight sailings a month for U.S. ships. Under the terms of the new five-year agreement, the Russians have con­ tracted to buy at least six-million metric tons of grain in each of the contract years with an option to buy two million additional tons per year. If the Russians wish to buy more than the contract stipulates, U.S. Government representa­ tives would first have to study the re­ quest before any additional purchases were okayed. The U.S., however, maintains an escape clause in the agreement which allows the U.S. to break off or curtail grain sales if America's total yearly grain yield falls below 225-million tons. This has not happened in the last 15 years. The Russians have also agreed to pay U.S.-flag carriers a competitive $16-a-ton freight rate enabling Amer­ ican ships to turn a profit in the carriage of at least one-third of all grain cargoes going to the USSR. U.S. representatives in Moscow are still negotiating a further clause in the contract which would require the Rus­ sians to pfovide 200,000 barrels of crude oil and petroleum products per day to be delivered either to the U.S. or by agreement to cities in Europe or other designated areas. The hang-up here is the price the U.S. will pay for the oil. The Soviets want Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) market scale, while the U.S. is holding out for a dollar per barrel less. „I A This entire new agreement with the Russians, which benefits American workers and the U.S. maritime industry as well as safeguarding consumer in­ terests, would not have taken place without the unified actions of labor in brining heavy political pressure on the Administration. ' ^ Brought to a head by the grain-load­ ing boycott by Gulf longshoremen last month, the SIU with the backing of the entire AFL-CIO had been fighting for a favorable agreement since early July when the new grain sales were annoimced. f ip I I: Members Pass Dues Increase Resolution In a secret mail ballot the member­ ship has accepted the dues increase amendment to the SIU Constitution by an overwhelming vote of 3,016 to 288. Under this amendment, which will affect only working members, a dues in­ crease will be collected in the following manner: an additional $50 will be pay­ able for each 90 days worked on SlUcontracted vessels in 12 consecutive months and, after the first 90 days worked in the 12-month period, a per­ centage of $50 equal to the percentage of 90 days worked will be payable. However, before payment of this dues increase can commence an addi­ tional $350 for annual shipping ($87.50 for 90 days) in vacation benefits for SIU members will have to be negotiated. This additional vacation pay will be over and above the vacation increases already provided by the SIU's new three-year contract. Voting on the amendment, as speci­ fied in the SIU Constitution, was carried on by a secret mail ballot for 30 days. Voting began Aug. 25, 1975 and ended Sept. 23, 1975, with ballots issued to Notify Union When Replacement Needed Over the past months the Log has printed stories ctmceming the impor­ tance of the ship's chairman notifying the Union when a replacement is ne^ed for a crewmember leaving a ship. Once again we want to note that it is vital for all ships' chairmen, and in fact any member of the ship's committee, to help see to it that all unlicensed jobs on SIUcontracted vessels are filled at all times by SIU members. Today, more than ever, foreign com­ petitors are doing their best to make inroads in any way possible into the American merchant marine. Two com­ panies in the Philippines, Foreign Travel Services Md World Tide Ship­ ping Agency, are good examples of the attempts being made at taldng away jobs ^m American seamen. These companies have sent letters to SlU-contracted companies offering the services of Filipino crews at what they term "very reasonable and fully ap­ proved wage scales." Some examples of these wages are: $220 per month with a straight overtime rate of $1.38 per hour October, 1975 for a bostm; $150 per month with a $.95 overtime rate for messm^ and wipers, and for AB's $200 per month with a straight overtime rate of $1.25 per horn*. Foreign Travel Services has another "advantage" to hiriilg the men they pro­ vide. In its letter the company states that "strikes and work stoppages are forbidden by the Philippine Govern­ ment and are enforced by denying per­ mission for overseas assi^ments." While our contracted companies have assured us they have never considered using crews provided by these agencies, we must continue to police the replace­ ment of SIU crewmembers so that we are sure that all SIU unlicensed jobs are always protected. Any crewmember preparing to leave a vessel in the continental United States or Puerto Rico must give 24 hours no­ tice to the Master prior to the scheduled sailing of the vessel. When a vessel is expected to arrive on a weekend, notice Continued on Page 26 all eligible voters in all SIU halls. The dues resolution was first pre­ sented to members at the July member­ ship meeting in all Constitutional and Non-Constitutional ports. Then, following the Union's consti­ tutional procedure for amending the Constitution, a Constitutional Commit­ tee was elected on July 18 at a special meeting held in Headsuarters. This six-man committee studied the proposed resolution; approved it, and recommended that the amendment be put to a vote by a secret mail ballot. Seafarers at August membership meetings in SIU halls throughout the country overwhelmingly accepted the Constitutional Committee's report and recommendation, and the dues Incfease amendment was then voted on by the membership. A six-man Tallying Committee elected at the Headquarters' September meeting coimted the ballots and pre­ sented its report at October meetings in all ports. For the full text of the Tallying Com­ mittees report, see pages 10-12. / I 4 Simon Asked to Deny Waiver Bid by Collier Collier Carbon and Chemical Cor­ poration has asked for a two-year ex­ tension of the waiver it was granted last year which exempts the company from complying with the provisions of the Jones Act in shipping anhydrous ammonia on foreign-flag vessels be­ tween Alaska and the Pacific North­ west. SIU President Paul Hall has written a strongly-worded letter requesting that Treasury Secretary William Simon deny the extension because Collier has failed to comply with the terms of the original granting of the waiver. At that time, Collier was given the waiver only on the condition that it promptly seek to con­ tract a U.S.-flag vessel which would he capable of transporting the ammonia. In requesting the extension. Collier states that the extra two years time is needed to complete the vessel it is hav­ ing constructed which Collier says will be ready in the final quarter of 1977. Collier was originally given permis­ sion to ship the ammonia, used to manufacture about 35 percent of the ni­ trogen fertilizer used by wheat growers in the Northwest, when the only Amer­ ican vessel capable of transporting the substance, the Kenai, sank in a storm off the Alaska coast. In his letter to Simon, President HaU stated, "It is clear that Collier has not complied with the terms of the original waiver by promptly contracting for a U.S. vessel. The company delayed con­ tracting for a new vessel untfl it was faced with the necessity to apply for a waiver extension and ignored several options that would have enabled a U.S. vessel to he ready far sooner." "In addition, no waiver extension should be considered because of the likelihood that in the near future a U.S.flag vessel capable of carrying anhydrou ammonia will be available. A two •year waiver extension is an unreason­ able period and would remove all pres­ sure on Collier to employ this new U.S.-flag vessel as soon as it becomes available. "In this situation a two-year contin­ uation of this wai 'er would undermine a most importan. U.;S. maritime law, and could set a precedent for other companies wishing to avoid the use of U.S.-flag vessels.' i'- �MTD Biennial Convention Focus Is on Maritime;Plight of Unemployed Keying in on the many problems fac­ ing the U.S. maritime industry today arid the steps that must be taken to overcome them, the AFL-CIO Mari­ time Trades Department, comprising 44 international unions representing eight million workers, conducted its 1975 Biennial Convention this month in San Francisco, Calif. The two-day Convention, chaired by MTD President Paul Hall, unanimously called for legislation to reserve a sub­ stantial percentage of all U.S. cargo for carriage by U.S.-flag ships; preservation of the Jones Act and extension of its provisions to cover the Virgin Islands "loophole"; legislation to curb the grow­ ing encroachment of Russian third-flag operations on the U.S. West Coast; suf­ ficient budget appropriations to restore 393 staff positions at USPHS hospitals throughout the country and construc­ tion of an all-Alaska natural gas pipe­ line as opposed to a Canadian route. Hie MTD Convoitkm also focused <m the plight of America's vast ranks of imemj^oyed, and the delegates ananimoariy vowed to fig|it for a re­ vised program of imem^oymait insnrance to meet die long term needs of oat-of-woik Americans. The Convention also passed unani­ mous resolutions calling for a $3 an hour minimum wage; tax reform; trade refoim; a national health security pro­ gram; a national energy policy, and a national fisheries policy that would in­ clude a 200-mile offshore fish conservati<m zxme for the U .S. The Convention was highlighted by addresses from Lane Kirkland, AFLCIO secretary-treasurer; Senator J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (D-La.) and MTD President Paul HaU. Tribnte.to McGavin MTD delegates held a moving trib­ ute to the late Peter M. McGavin, exec­ utive secretary-treasurer of the MTD for the past 15 years. In delivering the trihnte, MTD Pres­ ident Paul Hall stated: 'Tor the past 35 years, Peter McGavin had devoted his life to die cause of just and decent treat­ ment for worim^ mmi and women everywhere. He was known thronghont the trade union movement He was nniversally respected for his int^rity and his loyalty and his devotion to the movement to whidi he had made a lastmg contrihntion. Above ad dse, he was loved for his selfless imidiness to assist otfams in time of need. Tder McGavin was devoted to his famfly. To Dorothy McGavin, his widow, and to St^en McGavin, his son, we the (Ulcers and dd^ates to the Page 6 MID Administrator O. William Moody addresses delegates to the MTD's Bi­ ennial Convention held in San Fran­ cisco last month. National Convention (ff the Maritime Hades Departmmit, AFL-CIO, express our deqiest'sympaAy." The Convention then observed one minute of silence in respect for Mr. McGavin's passing, July 6, 1975. Tackle Maritime Problems Top priority at the Convention was given to overall programs that would foster continued^revitalization of the U.S. merchant m|^e and restore its once globally competitive position on the world's seaways. Heading the list of the proposed needed maritime programs, the Con­ vention called for a bill similar to the pocket-vetoed Energy Transportation Security Act, which would require that a substantial percentage of U.S. cargo be carried on American-manned, Amer­ ican-built vessels. Viigin Islands Loophole Turning to the vital issue of the Jones Act, which protects American domestic shipping from incursion by foreign-flag operations, the Convention noted that the Act "has provided the basis for guaranteed employment for the Amer­ ican seaman and has demonstrated that it is the mainstay of the entire U.S. mer­ chant marine." However, the Convention pointed out that "despite the comprehensive­ ness of the Act, it has its flaw; the Virgin Islands and American Samoa are exempt from the law." It was noted that because of this flaw, "U.S. ore and oil refining industries have established themselves in the Islands ... to enjoy the various tax incMitives offered by the Islands and to use foreign-flag ships, thereby circumventing the intent of the Jones Act." The Convention then called for "immediate passage of legis­ lation which would amend the Jones Act by making it apply to the Virgin Islands and American Samoa." SenatOT J. Bennett Johnston, who addressed the Convention on this and other issues affecting the U.S. maritime industry and the nation's economy, re­ cently introduced in the Senate a meas- Sen. J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (D-La) discusses legislation he has intro­ duced to close the Virgin Islands loophole in the Jones Act. ore to dose the Viigin Idands lodjj^ole. A Victim of Detente The Convention also took up the complex problems of how detente with ?he Russians has worked to the growing detriment of the U.S. merchant marine. The delegates pointed out the havoc caused among U.S.-flag operators by the "ruthless rate-cutting practices" of the Soviet-owned Far Eastern Shipping Co. (FESCO), which is operating as a third-flag carrier on the U.S. West Coast. They further noted that since Continued on Page 7 MTD and SlU President Paul Hall, who chaired the Convention, delivers a tribute to the late Peter M McQavIn Others on dais are from left: MTD Administrator O. William Moody, Sen. J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. and SlU Vice President LIndsey Williams. ' Seafarers Log �• All of the job benefits of the Alaska gas line would go to U.S. workers such as construction workers, shipbuilders and seamen. Continued from Page 6 1972 when 42 U.S. ports were opened to Russian vessels, third-flag opera­ tions, dominated by communist bloc nations, have captured more than half of dl U.S. liner trade between the West Coast and the Far East. To alleviate this unfortunate situa­ tion, the Convention unanimously agreed that safeguards against cut-throat rate cutting must be adopted to insure both the health of the American eccmomy andthe U.S. merchant marine. USPHS Resolution O. William Moody, administrator of the MTD, briefed the Convention dele­ gates on a bill introduced by Senator Warren Magnuson (D-Wash.), that would provide additional federal ap­ propriations for the Department of Health, Edlication and Welfare to re­ store 393 vital staff positions at USPHS hospitals. HEW cut these positions re­ cently in their continuing effort to phase out the USPHS system, which is so vital to the medical care of seamen. The Convention tmanimously ex­ pressed its complete support for the bill, and conunended Senator Magnuson for "his courageous and tireless efforts to preserve the Public Health Service Hos­ pitals and give them an opportunity to serve as a larger and even more effec­ tive instrument in the nation's health delivery system." Lane Kirkland, secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO, speaks to delegates attending Maritime Trades Department Convention last month in San Fran­ cisco. Paul Hall, president of the MTD and the SID, is at left. that the all-Alaska route would better Alaska Gas Pipeline benefit the nation because: A proposed project to build a nat­ • The line would be totally under ural gas pipeline alongside the Alaskan U.S. control. oil pipeline from Alaska's North Slope to Valdez was unanimously endorsed • The line would provide natural by the MTD Convention. Under this gas not only to the West Coast but also proopsal, the gas would be liquified at the Midwest, through redistribution of Valdez and then shipped via LNG car­ U.S. gas reserves in the Southwest and riers to locations in the lower 48 states increased shipments from these fields rather than have the line run through to the Midwest. And LNG vessels could Canada to the U.S. midwest. even move the Alaska gas to the East if needed. It was pointed out at the Convention Port Cooncil Reports In addition to the many resolutions concerning maritime and other issues affecting all American workers, the MTD Convention heard reports from the MTD's network of 27 Maritime Port Councils. These important organ­ izations, located in port cities on the U.S. East and West Coasts, the Gulf, the Great Lakes, the rivers and in Canada and Puerto Rico, are comprised of scores of local unions and smaller international afiiliates. The MTD Convention recognized that the Port Councils "have contrib­ uted much toward increasing the aware­ ness of citizens throughout the nation of the importance of a strong U.S. mer­ chant marine and a united labor move­ ment to the welfare of the nation." Officers Elected Before adjourning the two-day con­ vention, MTD delegates conducted elections for top MTD officials. Paul Hall was unanimously reelected MTD president, as were Jack McDonald, vice president, and O. William Moody, ad­ ministrator. The Convention delegates unanimously voted to hold off election of an executive secretary-treasurer as a successor to the late Peter M. McGavin. .• .--i 1 r Delegates Approve Resolution W^ AFL-CIO ConfabCalls for Mar iiime Reform AFL-CIO President George Meany addresses delegates to federation's Con­ vention in San Francisco, Calif, earlier this month. A resolution calling for a complete panics and other multinational opera­ overhaul of existing maritime laws was tions to dodge U.S. taxes and union adopted by delegates attending the 11th workers by using foreign-flag ships. • Repeal of all tax laws which allow Convention of the AFL-CIO in San U.S. firms to benefit from using foreignFrancisco, Calif, earlier this month. The nearly 900 delegates, rq)resent- flag vessels. • Consolidation of all maritime af­ ing all the federation's 14 million-mem­ fairs under one Federal agency. ber affiliated imions, called for several • Development of a strong, balanced steps to help revitalize the U.S. mer­ chant fleet in an effort to regain its U.S. merchant marine through construc­ former prominence in worldwide ship­ tion and operating subsidy programs which will enable the U.S. to achieve ping. competitive parity with foreign-flag The Convention adopted an "omni­ bus" merchant marine resolution which fleets. • Inclusitm of the Virgin Islands was passed at the recently-concluded AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department under the provisions of the Jones Act, Convention held late last month in which would create a new source of cargoes for the U.S. merchant fleet. Washington, D.C. The Convention also condemned Some of the major points of the "predatory and competition-destroying^ adopted resolution were: • Development of a national cargo intmsimis by Communist states* mer­ policy that will assure the U.S. fleet a chant fleets and called on Congress and "substantial share" of U.S. cargoes in the Federal Maritime Commission to act to combat the rate-cutting of "these all trade routes of the world. modem-day commerce raiders." • The end to the "effective control" The delegates to the four-day Con­ theory which allows major U.S. oil com- vention heard speeches from repre­ sentatives of the Administration, the Congress and the labor movement. AFL-CIO President George Meany, who was elected to his 11th term as federation president, delivered the key­ note address. New U.S. Leadership In his remarks, the.81-year-old labor leader blamed the policies of the Nixon and Ford Administrations for continu­ ing inflation and high unemployment and called for new national leadership. Meany told the delegates that the policies of the Administration have led to hfgh prices, high interest rates and millions of unemployed, and this has created the "worst economic crisis since the 1930's" in this country. And he added, no amount of "economic gobbledygook" from the White House can change that fact. Many Resolutions Passed A total of 133 resolutions were adopted at the Convention. Most of f IJ 1 A them reaffirmed AFL-CIO policies de­ signed to create full employment, im­ prove the standard of living of Ameri­ can workers, initiate new and badly needed programs for health care, safety, welfare, child care and social services and to protect workers from unemploy­ ment. Prior to the start of the Convention, SIU President Paul Hall was named to head a three-man committee which has been directed to investigate alleged fraud and harassment in the election battles between the United Farm Wori^ers and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters for the right to represent California farm woricers. I •I Also named to the conunittee, which was set up by the AFL-CIO Executive Council, were Joseph Keenan, secre­ tary of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, and Paul Jen­ nings, president of the International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers. tl I The foDowhig mraibem have had tiielr benefit payaMuts held op tiiey tidied to nt^^y comfirte htformation wli» tiiehr ciatnw. Unkni SOCIAL SECURITY Na 4S3-01-5916 089-14-d077 . 465-72-8223 081-90-8043 4S6-O2-1029 257-26-6950 079-03-5366 367-18-6252 437-76-5705 522-18-1454 343-16-7163 225-46-9411 PontiftiL^^ ^Mjdsoidtas»W. Pcnate,0. RngOjM. MdG^LP. Saaser,A. Wasson,D<B. $eneff,£.J. Soner,L«D. Morris, H.W. Franco, P. J. Rowland, R. L. 'V . ... I\. • Page? October, 1975 >; mm �type of acUon that led to the Meiehant Manne Act, brougt the 0.1 Cargo Terence Bill so close to passage and is now behind the Non-Natural Carriers Bill—the strong political action we can mount only with the money you donate to SPAD. Headquarters Netes BOSUNS RECERTIFICATION PROGRAM Including the 12 men who have graduated from the two-month Bosuns Recertification Program this month, a total of 296 Seafarers have successfully completed this important training and upgrading program. You know today's U.S. maritime industry is an extremely complex and changing one. And these changes are occurring not only in the technical ship­ board areas, but also on the legislative and governmental fronts m Washington which have an ever increasing effect on our jobs and job security. ^ Today's Seafarer must keep up on more than just the changing technical skill of his job aboard ship. He must also know the problems—legislative, economic and otherwise—that have an impact on the maritime industry as a whole, and what his Union is doing about these problems. The nearly 300 Seafarers who have completed this program have been given an oveniew of the U.S. maritime industry. They have seen where the industry stands today and what they, as professional Seafarers, can expect tomorrow. And as the chairmen of the ship's committee, these men have been passing on their newly gained knowledge to a wide cross-section of the SIU membership. The Bosuns' program has been a great success for both the Union and the membership. For more information on the Bosuns' program see pages 22-23 of this Seafarers Log. by SIU Vice President Frank Droiak Though the U.S. maritime industry has, in general, been experiencing the adverse effects of the current recession, we have been successful in securing a large number of new jobs for this membership. With the crewing of the 265,000 dwt tanker SS Massachusetts, the roll-on, roll-off of vessel SS Great Land, the 89,000 dwt tanker Golden Monarch as well as the projected crewing of the Massachusetts' sister supertanker SS New York in the next few months, the SIU gains important new jobs that will be filled by Union members, for the next 20 or 25 years it is predicted that these ships will operate. These new ships were all built under Title XI of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970 which provides construction subsidies for building new U.S.-flag ships. The SIU fought long and hard to win the passage of this bill because we recognized that it would provide a solid foundation for rebuilding our nation's merchant marine. The new ships built with these subsidies are giving America one of the world's most modem, eflBcient intermodal liner fleets and a rejuvinated tanker fleet to replace the undersized and overaged tankers operating under the U.S. flag. And the SIU, as one of the prime supporters of the legislation, is now en­ joying some of the fmits of this building program. But these gains are now being threatened by two recent developments— the incursion of rate-cutting Soviet bloc carriers into our liner trade and a world-wide slump in the tanker market. No matter how efficient our liner fleet becomes, it can never compete with state-owned non-national carriers that can move cargo without regard for profit. Operated by nations interested in political gains and capturing inter­ national "hard" currency, these carriers undercut conference shipping rates and drive out legitimate competition. Only legislation, such as the Non-National Carriers Bill now being con­ sidered by CMigress can protect the U.S. liner fleet and Seafarers' jobs in that fleet To provide quick relief from the slumping international market for U.S. tankers, the SIU has been actively engaged in the AFL^CIO's successful battle with the White House over U.S. grain sales to Russia. As a result, a new grain freight rate has been worked out and many of the laid-up U.S. tankers will now carry one-third of all grain sold to Russia. Al­ ready, we havfr^n advised by our operators that 17 SIU ships will be taking on crews in the next few weeks and loading grain bound for Russia. A more permanent solution to the tanker problem lies in securing scmie type <rf cargo preference for U.S. flag ships. Unlike higher wages or better beneffis, cargo preference can only be won through vigorous political action—the same 'A' SENIORITY UPGRADING PROGRAM In addition to our graduating bosuns, we have had six SIU members grad­ uating from the SIU's 'A' Seniority Upgrading Program this month. This brings to 185 the number of Seafarers who have achieved a full book with the SIU since the program started in 1973. These men have not only received the rights and privileges of a full book member, they have taken on the important responsibility of filling the SIU's manpower void left by our older retiring members and those Brothers who pass away. An eligible member who wishes to attend the program biit has not yet applied should do so immediately. For more information about the Seniority Upgrading Program see pages 22-23 of this Seafarers Log. FIREFIGHTING In today's technically changing merchant marine the upgraded skills of a Seafarer must include flreflghting. To acquire this skill, a Seafarer need only participate in the two-day flre­ flghting course held at the Lundeberg School in Piney Point for the classroom instruction and at the jointly sponsored MSC-MARAD flreflghting school in Earle, N.J. Over 2,000 Seafarers have gotten their flreflghting certificates through this program, but there is still a long way to go before each and every SIU member possesses this important skill. Upcoming dates for the flreflghting course are: Oct. 17, 23 and 31; Nov. 14 and 20, and Dec. 5,12 and 19. Log Receives HPA Award Financial Committee at Work Marietta Homayonpour, editor of the Seafarers Log, accepts an International Labor Press Association award from the Association's secretary-treasurer John Bariy at the group's recent convention in San Francisco. The first place award for 'General Excellence' is the highest award the Log can receive. In their written comments on the awards, the judges pointed to some of the Log's highlights and concluded, "in all, effective communication." Early this month the latest elected SIU Financial Committee goes over the Union's financial transactions at Headquarters. The committee consisted of OI"- rear): William Reid; Juan Cruz; Chairman Frank Rodriguez; Walter "Red" Gustavson, Thomas J. Esposito; Major E. Reid, and Nicholas Damante. Pages ^ t / / < r t i ' i, / * / ii f J,.'? >• Seafarers Log ' •! 4 I iK.X f tiV..;is ' ' < ' ' , J .1 ^ . I '4 ,' / T"; v. • / . ,. ' ..-•••I.-' • . ' r:/ t' �«iaa^W^'j?^Sr-^----• Washington Activities ByB.Rocfccr Merchant Marine Authorization The House-Senate Conference Committee reached agreement Sept. 11 on differences between H.R. 3902 and S. 1542, to authorize maritime funds for Fiscal Year 1976. As the bill was reported, it authorizes $195 million for construction dif­ ferential subsidy and $315.9 milUon for operating differ-subsidy. It sets a $7 billion ceiling on Title XI guarantees. The conference report is expected to go back to both houses for a vote in the near future, but no date has been set. Third-Flag Bfll The House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee will begin hearings Oct. 23 on H.R. 7940, a bill to provide minimum ocean rates for cargo carried on third-flag ships. S. 868, the Senate version, was favorably reported out of the Senate Com­ merce Committee. The U.S. fleet needs the protection offered by such a law in order to survive in competition against Russian ships—^which are not required to show a profit —and other foreign ships which are heavily subsidized, directly and indirectly. 200 Mile Limit Bill Similar bills have been reported out of the Senate Commerce Committee and the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee. The bills would extend U.S. fishery management jurisdiction from the present 12 mile limit to 200 miles. The House version, H.R. 200, was referred to the House International Affairs Committee because of that committee's new oversight responsibility given in" last year's House reorganization. Maritime Strikes Senator Inouye will chair hearings in Honolulu on Oct. 15 on S. 1126, a bill to prevent shipping strikes which would interrupt commerce between the U.S. West Coast and Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. War Risk Insurance On Sept. 9, the House of Representatives adopted H.R. 1073, a bill to extend war risk insurance for a three-year period under Title XII of the 1936 Merchant Marine Act. The Senate has not yet taken action on its version of the bill. SIU opposed coverage for foreign-flag ships under the Act. The Maritime Administration will initiate a new plan to carry out the war risk program. Applications will be examined on a ship-by-ship basis. It is estimated that approximately 75 percent of the so-called "effective U.S. controlled ships" will no longer be eligible for coverage. These are U.S.-owned, foreign-flag vessels, registered in Liberia and Panama. Jones Act Senator Johnston (D-La.) has introduced a bill to extend Jones Act cover­ age to the Virgin Islands for transportation of crude oil, residual fuel oil and refined petroleum products. S. 2422 was referred to the Senate Commerce Committee. Upgrades to Cook and Baker Railroad Bills The Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Subcommittee on Transportation are holding hearings on various railroad bills. A section of the Senate bill, S. 2027, deals with funding for development of more efficient vessels for inland and coastal waterways. There is a provision in H.R. 9802 which would allow railroads to lower rates without ICC approval, and this would unfairly discriminate against water carriers. Hall Supports Delta Lines* Action SIU President Paul Hall recently protested the shipping restrictions imposed on Delta Steamship Lines by the Government of Guatemala in a letter to Frederick B. Dent, Special Representative for Trade Negotiations. Delta has filed a petition, under the Trade Act of 1974, asking for relief from discrimination by Guatemala in restricting imports to Guatemala's flag ships. President Hall stated, "The Seafarers International Union, which represents unlicensed seamen employed by Delta Steamship Lines, is concerned that allowing such discriminatory trade practices will worsen the already depressed maritime industry." Herb Brand, President of the Transportation Institute, testified before the Special Trade Negotiation Board in support of Delta Lines. Brand criticized the American government's handling of similar situations in the past and urged the Federal Board to take action against such discriminatory practices. Chairman Sullivan Speaks Out on UJS.-Flag Fleet Rep. Leonor K. Sullivan warned in an article in the Congressional Record, Sept. 10, that there is a dangerous imbalance of U.S.-flag ships compared with the modem, state-owned and operated Soviet bloc fleets. Mrs. Sullivan, chairman of the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, said, "We have tried now for three years to enact a modest cargo preference quota on petroleum products so that 20-30 percent would be carried in U.S.flag bottoms. Despite our continued efforts, we have been blocked while the oil-producing nations are rapidly building their own tanker fleets Unless we wake up, there will be no energy product carriage in the U.S.-flag vessels. . . . Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Nominated On Sept. 19, President Ford nominated Karl Bakke to succeed Helen Delich Bentley as Federal Maritime Commissioner. Mrs. Bentley's term has expired, but she has continued to serve until a replacement could be named. Bakke, an attorney, has served in the government since 1960 in the Com­ merce Department, the United States Tariff Commission, and the Federal Reserve Board. The Senate must act on confirmation of Mr. Bakke for a term expiring June 30, 1980. The Federal Maritime Commission is the rate-setting agency for merchant shipping. J ' if iI 'I To Protect Your 11 Job Security in the Fight for Favorable Legislation Seafarers arc uifcd to contribute to SFAD. It is the way to have your yoke heard and to keep your union effective in the tight for legislation to protect the security of every Seafarer and his family. 5 Finish Lifeboat Course <!r^. "'<? iii»ii I Upgrader Terry Smith (right) displays his Cook and Baker graduation cake to HLSS Baker Bill Sidenstricker in the galley of the school in Piney Point. Md. October, 1975 Kneeling (far right) is Lifeboat Course Instructor Paul Allman with another graduating class of (standing I. to r.): Clyde Cummins; Jose Lopez, and Everett Delande. In the bottom row (I. to r.) are: Udjang Nurdjaja, and Amin Rajab. Pages *>1 �Tallying Committee Dues Vote Report Following is the full report of the six-man Tallying Committee elected at Union Headquarters on Sept. 29,1975 to report on the election held from Aug. 25 to Sept. 23, 1975 on a dues increase. The report will be read at all SlU ports during October. REPORT OF UNION TALLYING sent to the Ports by Headquarters, along with a break­ down of the ballots issued and unused ballots which were returned: COMMITTEE REFERENDUM ON CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ON DUES INCREASE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA-ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT, AFL-CIO (Referendum Period August 25, 1975 through September 23,1975) We, the undersigned members of the Union Tallying Committee, were duly elected at a Special Meeting held in Headquarters-Port of New York on September 29, 1975. The election was held constitutionally under Article XXV and, accordingly, consists of six (6) members— two (2) from each of the Deck, Engine and Steward Departments. The following is our Report and recommendations. On September 29th, at 11:00 a.m., we met with Secretary-Treasurer Joe DiGiorgio. He gave to each Committee member a copy of our Union Constitution and su^ested that we read those sections dealing with the duties of a Tallying Committee. . The Committee proceeded to a room located at 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, where we worked while in session. In compliance with Article XIII, Section 4(c) of our Constitution, we elected, from among ourselves, Frank Teti, Book No. T-93, to act as Chairman. We received from Headquarters' offices of the Union, all of the files relative to the conduct of the election. These files contained signed receipts for ballots issued as follows: PORT BALLQ1S ISSUED BOSTON 1- 100 . NEW YORK 101- 1600 PHILADELPHIA 1601- 1900 BALTIMORE 1901- 2700 NORFOLK 2701- 2900 JACKSONVILLE 2901- 3100 TAMPA 3101- 3300 HOUSTON 3301- 4300 PORT ARTHUR 4301- 4400 NEW ORLEANS 4401- 5800 MOBILE 5801- 6500 WILMINGTON 6501- 6700 SAN FRANCISCO 6701- 7400 SEATTLE 7401- 7900 ST. LOUIS 7901- 7950 DETROIT 7951- 8950 SAN JUAN 8951- 9350 YOKOHAMA 9351- 9450 ALPENA 9451- 9550 BUFFALO 9551- 9750 (CHICAGO 9751- 9950 CLEVELAND 9951-10150 DULUTH 10151-10350 FRANKFORT 10351-10550 TOLEDO 10551-10750 PINEY POINT 10751-10850 HEADQUARTERS (ABSENTEE) 10851-10875 TOTAL 100 1,500 300 800 200 200 200 1,000 100 1,400 700 200 700 500 50 1,000 400 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 100 PORT 1. BOSTON 2. NEW YORK 3. PHILA­ DELPHIA 4. BALTIMORE 5. NORFOLK 6. JACKSON­ VILLE 7. TAMPA 8. HOUSTON 9. PORT ARTHUR 10. NEW ORLEANS 11. MOBILE 12. WILMING­ TON 13. SAN FRANCISCO 14. SEATTLE 15. ST. LOUIS 16. DETROIT 17. SAN JUAN 18. YOKO­ HAMA 19. ALPENA 20. BUFFALO 21. CHICAGO 22. CLEVELAND 23. DULUTH 24. FRANK­ FORT 25. TOLEDO 26. PINEY POINT HQS. (Ab­ sentee) BALLOTS RECEIVED FROM HEADQUARTERS 1- 100 101- 1600 BALLOTS TOTAL UNUSED BALAND LOTS RETURNED ISSUED 41- 100 40 635- 1600 534 1601- 1900 1901- 2700 2701- 2900 1675- 1900 2060- 2700 2821- 2900 74 159 120 2901-3100 3101- 3300 3301- 4300 3029- 3100 3147- 3300 3644- 4300 128 46 343 4301- 4400 4302- 4400 1 4401- 5800 5801- 6500 4643- 5800 6007- 6500 242 206 6501- 6700 6598- 6700 97 6701- 7400 7401- 7900 7901- 7950 7951- 8950 8951- 9350 7009- 7400 7671- 7900 7906- 7950 8104- 8950 9014- 9350 308 270 5 153 63 9351- 9450 9451- 9550 9551- 9750 9751- 9950 9375- 9450 9494- 9550 9567- 9750 9789- 9950 24 43 16 38 9951-10150 10082-10150 10151-10350 10343-10350 131 192 10351-10550 10385-10550 10551-10750 10565-10750 34 14 10751-10850 10823-10850 72 10851-10875 10852-10875 1 3,354 Based on the foregoing, we have accounted for all the ballots printed. Your Committee has examined or handled correspon­ dence as follows: "August 15, 1975 Mr. Herbert Bacher, Executive Vice President Sterling National Bank & Trust Company of New York I41() Broadway New York, New York 10018 RE: Depository for Ballots SWNA-AGLIWD Constitutional Amendment Referendum, 8/25/75 thru 9/23/75 Dear Mr. Bacher: the Constitutional Committee's Report which was ap­ proved by the membership at meetings held in all Ports in August, I have designated the Sterling National Bank & Trust Company of New York as depository for ballots in a mail referendum to be conducted from August 25, .1975 through September 23, 1975. The balloting procedure outlined in the Union's Con­ stitution will be followed. A copy of our Constitution is enclosed herewith. It will be the function of the depository to accept all envelopes delivered or mailed in, to safeguard them in the bank, and to surrender them only to the duly authorized Union Tallying Committee, in accordance with Article XXV of the Union's Constitution, which will be on or about September 29, 1975. Proof of authorization shall be a certification by the writer. The Union Tallying Com­ mittee shall be authorized to sign a receipt for these en­ velopes. The depository shall be requested to certify that all of these envelopes were properly safeguarded, were surrendered only to the Union Tallying Committee, and that no one other than the appropriate bank personnel has had access to these envelopes. Thanking you for your cooperation, we remain. Very truly yours, SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA-AGLIWD JDG.mp s/ Enc. (Constitution) Joe DiGiorgio Secretary-Treasurer" "August 15, 1975 Mr. Herbert Bacher, Executive Vice President Sterling National Bank & Trust Company of New York 1410 Broadway l^ew York, New York 10018 RE: Balloting Procedure SWNA-AGLIWD Constitutional Amendment Referendum August 25,1975 through September 23,1975 Dear Mr. Bacher: Listed below )are the Ports from which balloting envelopes (samples of which are enclosed herewith) will be mailed to your office: "Alpena, Michigan Brooklyn, New York Baltimore, Maryland Norfolk, Virginia Boston, Massachusetts Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Buffalo, New York Piney Point, Maryland Chicago, Illinois Port Arthur, Texas Cleveland, Ohio Santurce, Puerto Rico River Rouge, Michigan San Francisco, California Duluth, Minnesota Seattle, Washington Frankfort, Michigan St. Louis, Missouri Houston, Texas Tampa, Florida Jacksonville, Florida Toledo, Ohio Mobile, Alabama Wilmington, California New Orleans, Louisiana Yokohama, Japan It is requested that you telephone the Union office each In accordance with the recommendation contained in 25 In addition to the foregoing, your Committee examined correspondence indicating that an absentee ballot was issued to the following member, who was eligible to vote such absentee ballot by reason of being aboard A vessel not scheduled to be at a Port where a ballot could be secured during the voting period: NAME BOOK NO. BALLOT ISSUED RoyM. Ayers A-127 10851 We have seen a bill from the printer indicating that 15,000 ballots, numbered one through 15,000 had been printed for this referendum. . Your Committee has checked all of the unused ballots on hand at Headquarters which were not issued. The stubs on these unused ballots are numbered 10876 through 15000. Your Committee checked the numbers on the stubs of the used ballots received from the various Ports. We also checked the numbers on the stubs of the unused ballots which were returned by the various Ports and found that all stubs, both used and unused, coincided with the num­ ber of ballots printed. The following is a breakdown of the ballots that were Page 10 Recortified Bosun Frank Teti (2nd right) early this month at Headquarters heads the Tallying Committee elected Sept. 29 to count the ballots cast on the dues Increase resolution vote. Other members of the com­ mittee are (I. to r.): J. Sweeney, deck, department: A. Scaturro and J. C. Anderson, both steward depart­ ment and William Koflowltch and Roman V. Harper of the engine department. Seafarers Log �"September 29, 1975 Continued from Page 10 day to report the number of envelopes received that day. For this purpose, telephone 499-6600 and give the in­ formation to Mildred Piatt. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me. Mr. Herbert Bacher, Executive Vice President Sterling National Bank & Trust Company 1410 Broadway New York, New York 10018 Dear Mr. Bacher: Very truly yours, JDG:mp Enc. s/ Joe DiGiorgio Secretary-Treasurer" "STERLING NATIONAL BANK & TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK The undersigned members of the Union Tallying Com­ mittee, acting under and pursuant to the Report of the Constitutional Committee, acknowledge receipt of en­ velopes mailed to you and delivered this day to us rela­ tive to the referendum on 1975 Constitutional Amend­ ment. Very truly yours, UNION TALLYING COMMITTEE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA-AGLIWD August 19, 1975 Mr. Joe DiGiorgio Secretary-Treasurer Seafarers International Union of North America 675 Fourth Avenue Brooklyn, New York 11232 Re: Depository for Ballots— SIUNA-AGLIWD Constitutional Amendment Referendum—8/25/75 thru 9/23/75 • s/ s/ s/ s/ s/ s/ Frank Teti, T-93-Chairman John Sweeney, S-1147 William Kofiowitch, K-467 Roman Harper, H-189 Anthony Scaturro, S-78 Jasper Anderson, A-361" "September 29, 1975 Dear Mr. DiGiorgio: We are in receipt of your letter of August 15, 1975 designating Sterling National Bank & Trust Company of New York (herein referred to as "Bank") as depository for ballots in connection with the above-captioned refer­ endum. I understand that the voting period will be from August 25, 1975 to September 23, 1975. I am happy to inform you that the Bank agrees to act as depository to accept all envelopes delivered or rnailed in, to safeguard them in the Bank, and to surrender them only to a duly authorized tallying committee upon the following terms and-conditions: The Bank's services as a depository are wholly gratuit­ ous and for the sole benefit of the Union. The Bank shall incur no liability.in respect to any action taken or suffered by it in reliance upon any notice, direction, instruction, or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and duly authorized nor for anything except its own wil­ ful misconduct or gross negligence. In all questions aris­ ing with respect to the Bank's services or function as a depository the Bank may "rely on the advice of counsel and for anything done or omitted in good faith by the Bank based on such advice the Bank shall not be liable to any one. The Bank shall not be required to take action involving any expense unless the payment of such ex­ pense shall be made or provided for in a manner satis­ factory to it. Kindly indicate your agreement to the terms hereof by affixing your authorized signature where indicated on the enclosed copy and returning it to me at the address indi­ cated above. Very truly yours, s/ HDG/deb Mr. Herbert Bacher, Executive Vice President Sterling National Bank & Trust Company 1410 Broadway New York, New York 10018 Dear Mr. Bacher: As Secretary-Treasurer of the Seafarers International Union of North America-Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and In­ land Waters District, AFL-CIO, in charge of the Minutes thereof, I hereby certify that in accordance with the Con­ stitution of this Union, the membership has duly elected the following to constitute the Union Tallying Commit­ tee for the mail ballot referendum referred to in our let­ ter of August 15, 1975. Frank Teti, T-93 (Deck Dept.") William Kofiowitch, K-467 (Engine Dept.) Anthony Scaturro, S-78 (Steward Dept.) John Sweieney, S-1147 (Deck Dept.) Roman Harper, H-189 (Engine Dept.) Jasper Anderson, A-361 (Steward Dept.) As constitutionally provided: "The Committee but not less than a quorum thereof, shall have the sole right and duty to obtain all mailed ballots and all other mailed elec­ tion material from the depo.sitory . . ." Accordingly, a majority of four (4) or more of the aforementioned may accept delivery of, and sign a receipt for, all of the en­ velopes which have been mailed to you in the course of said referendum. It is hereby requested that you certify that all of the envelopes received by you have been properly safe­ guarded in your vault; that you have surrendered them to the said Union Tallying Committee, and that no one other than appropriate bank personnel has had access to the said envelopes. Herbert D. Bacher Very truly yours, AGREED AND ACCEPTED SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA-AGLIWD s/ J. DiGiorgio Secretary-Treasu rer" "STERLING NATIONAL BANK & TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK Date: "September 29, 1975 "August 22, 1975 Mr. Herbert Bacher, Executive Vice President Sterling National Bank & Trust Company 1410 Broadway at 39th Street New York, New York 10018 Re: Depository for Ballots SIUNA-AGLIWD Constitutional Amendment Referendum August 25, 1975 through September 23, 1975 Dear Mr. Bacher: As requested, I am returning to you herewith a copy of your letter to me dated August 19, 1975, to which I have affixed my signature.^ Very truly yours, Seafarers International Union of North America 675 Fourth Avenue Brooklyn, New York 11232 Gentlemen: This is to certify that all of the envelopes received by this institution addressed to: Mr. Herbert Bacher, Executive Vice President Sterling National Bank & Trust Company 1410 Broadway New York, New York 10018 in the name of the Seafarers International Union of North America-Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, have been properly safeguarded in our vault. We have today surrendered the above mentioned en­ velopes to the Union Tallying Committee. No one other than appropriate personnel has had access to the said en­ velopes contained in our vault. SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA-AGLIWD JDG:mp Enc. s/ J. DiGiorgio Secre tary-Treasu rer" Very truly yours, WITNESS s/ William Sharkey' s/ Daphne Tai for Herbert D. Bacher PORT DISCREPANCIES ALPENA On September 5, 1975, the Port of Alpena issued bal­ lots numbered 9466 through 9476. The roster sheet indi­ cates a voting date of September 4, 1975; the roster sheet also bears a note signed by the Port Agent that the date should have been September 5, 1975. Your Committee has noted this error, which in no way effects the results of the election. Your Committee has also noted that the yellow "BANK COPY" of the roster sheets indicating ballots issued on September 5 and September 6, 1975 were erroneously sent to Headquarters instead of to the bank depository. On September 22, 1975, the Port of Alpena issued a challenged ballot No. 9488 to William Newhouse, Book No. N-368, due to a question regarding his dues standing. In checking Union records, your Committee found that Brother Newhouse was in good standing and his ballot was counted as a valid ballot cast. On September 16, 1975, the Port of Alpena advised Headquarters that ballot No. 9484 had been voided. The individual to whom it was issued had marked the ballot at the same time the Port Agent noted that he was not a ful' book member and not eligible to vote in this referen­ dum. The void ballot was forwarded to the Bank de­ pository with the roster for that date. This discrepancy in no way effects the results of the election. PORT ARTHUR On September 16, 1975, the Port of Port Arthur issued ballot No. 4301 to George B. McCurley, Book No. M-767. Your Committee has seen a letter from the Agent in Port Arthur stating that the stub of ballot No. 4301 was- inadvertently mailed to the Secretary-Treasurer. We have also seen the original roster sheet dated September 16, 1975 to which the ballot stub was attached. This error in no way effects the results of the election. i!' 1 SAN FRANCISCO On the roster sheet dated August 25, 1975 for the Port of San Francisco, your Committee noted a notation by the Port Agent that ballot No. 6751 was voided because the member marked it in public. We also noted, how­ ever, that the member in question was then issued ballot No. 6752. In view of the importance of maintaining the secrecy of the ballot, your Committee is of the opinion that the Port Agent took the proper action. We have also seen ballots numbered 6896, 6897, 6898 and 6899 which were voided because the numbers were not clearly imprinted. In each instance, the second digit was indecipherable. These ballots were not issued and do not affect the resulft of the referendum. k -i ...V ST. LOUIS On September 8, 1975, the Port of St. Louis issued bal­ lot No. 7902 to Stuart H. Smith, Jr., Book No. S-1504. According to the roster sheet, this is the only ballot issued in the Port of St. Louis on that date. In checking the "Roster and Stubs" envelope sent to the depository for that date, your Committee found that the envelope con­ tained only the roster sheet; it did not contain the stub for ballot No. 7902. In tallying the ballots, we found that the stub had not been detached from the ballot and that both the stub and the ballot were mailed by the member to the bank depository. Your Committee, in its discretion, counted ballot No. 7902 as a valid ballot cast. In the course of tallying the ballots, the Committee Chairman recommended and the members agreed, that the-challenged ballots be set aside, unopened, until the tally was completed. Further, that such challenged ballots not be counted unless such count would influence the re­ sults of the election. The following is your Committee's tally of the ballots. Three thousand three hundred and fifty-four (3,354) ballots were issued. Of that number, three thousand three hundred and twelve (3,312) were cast and received by the bank depository. The breakdown is as follows: AMENDMENT ARTICLE V, SECTION 1. All members' dues shall consist of: (a) dues in effect on July 1, 1975, which shall be paid quarterly on a calendar year basis, no later than the first business day of each quarter, except as herein otherwise provided, and; (b) the sum of $50.00 for each ninety days worked in twelve Consecutive months for contracted employers and for days worked subsequent to such first ninety days in such twelve consecutive months, which are less than ninety, a proportionate sum of such $50.00 which shall be equal to the percentage 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 notwithstanding, and shall become effective as to members in the manner designated and determined by majority vote of the membership by secret ballot. When •j I s' Continued on Page 12 October, 1975 Page 11 M' �(b) Employee (c) Other (Specify) (d) Total Contributions ANNUAL REPORT For the fiscal year ended March 31,1975 $13,394,862.76 2. Dividends and Experience Rating Refunds from Insurance Companies SEAFARERS PENSION FUND (Name of Welfare Fund) 3. Receipts from Investments: (a) Interest (b) Dividends (c) Rents (d) Other (Specify) (e) Total Receipts from Investments 275 20th Street, Brooklyn, New York 11215 (Address of Fund) ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SEAFARERS PENSION FUND 1. Cash: (a) On interest $ 2,700,700.66 (b) Not on interest 629,828.24 (c) In office $ 3,330,528.90 2. Bonds: (a) Government obligations $ 1,135,215.75 (b) Other obligations 62,998,576.37 64,133,792.12 3. Stocks: (a) Preferred $ 1,520,877.38 (b) Common 32,480,912.44 34,001,789.82 Mortgage loans on real estate 4. 159,421.55 5. Real estate, less $ encumbrances and less $ ;... allowance for depreciation 6. Interest and.other investment income due and accrued 1,410,234.97 Other assets (List each separately): 7. Mortgage investment trust 999,732.43 8. Contributions receivable and prepaid expenses 2,171,035.69 9. Group,advance deposit contract—Phoenix Mutual 4,000,000.00 10. Total Assets '. $110,206,605.48 LlABILmES 11. Outstanding benefit claims not covered by insurance carriers .. 12. Other amounts set aside for payment of benefits 13. Premiums and annuity considerations due to insurance carriers for member benefits ~. 14. General expenses due or accrued 52,863.02 Other liabilities (List each separately): 15. Due to other Plans 41,719.66 16. 17. 18. Total Liabilities 94,582.68 19. Balance of Fund 110,112,022.80 20. Total $110,206,605.48 PART rv—SECTION ^ STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS SEAFARERS PENSION PLAN (Name of Plan) For year beginning April 1, 1974 and ending March 31, 1975 5. Other Receipts: (a) Loans (Money borrowed) $ (b) Other (Specify) Taxes withheld, mortgage repayments, accrued interest paid on bonds (c) Total Other Receipts Total Receipts 6. Item 1. Contributions: (Exclude amounts entered in Item 2) (a) Employer (Schedule 1) $13,394,862.76 71,765,514.15 354,754.90 354,754.90 $91,592,282.43 CASH DISBURSEMENTS 7. Insurance and Annuity Premiums Paid to Insurance Carriers and Payments to Service Organizations (Including Prepaid Medi­ cal Plans) $ 8. Benefits Provided Directly by the Trust or Separately Maintained Fund 6,579,542.20 9. Payments to an Organization Maintained by the Plan for the Purpose of Providing Benefits to Participants (Attach latest operating statements of the Organization showing detail of administrative expenses, supplies, fees, etc.) 10. Payments or Contract Fees Paid to Independent Organizations or Individuals Providing Plan Benefits (Clinics, hospitals, doctors, etc.) 11. Administrative Expenses: (a) Salaries (Schedule 3) $ 208,953.69 (b) Allowances, expenses, etc. (Schedule 3) .. 8,728.81 (c) Taxes 16,163.63 (d) Fees and commissions (Schedule 4) 117,779.58 (e) Rent 32,946.51 (f) Insurance premiums 26,513.02 (g) Fidelity bond premiums •. (h) Other administrative expenses (Specify).. 285,108.90 Tabulating, employee benefit, office v (i) Total Administrative Expenses 696,194.14 12. Purchase of Assets: (a) Investments: (Other than real estate) (1) Purchased from parties-in-interest ... $ (2) Purchased from others 83,530,708.20 (b) Real Estate: (1) Purchased from parties-in-interest ... (2) Purchased from others (c) Total Purchase of Assets 83,530,708.20 13. Loans (Money loaned) 14. Other Disbursements: (Specify) (a) Withholding tax paid, interest paid on bond purchased CASH RECEIPTS 6,077,150.62 4. Receipts from Sale of Assets: (a) Sales to parties-in-interest $ (b) Sales to others 71,765,514.15 (c) Total Receipts from Sale of Assets (Schedule 2) .... ASSETS (FaeNo.WF-158707) 5 5,202,165.26 874,985.36 $ (b) Group advance deposit contract (c) Total Other Disbursements 15. Total Disbursements 391,541.53 4,000,000.00 4,391,541.53 $95,197,986.07 Tallying Committee Report Continued from Page 11 so determined by the membership, members in the em­ ploy 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) and (c) shall pay in addition to that provided for in paragraph (a) immediately above, the sum of Fifty ($50.00) Dollars quarterly on a calen­ dar 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 Con­ stitutional amendment. YES NO VOID CHALLENGED (UNCOUNTED) TOTAL: 3,016 288 5 3 3,312 At all time while your Committee was in session, there Page 12 was no question that a quorum of the Committee was present, and that your Committee fulfilled its duties con­ stitutionally. s/ FRANK TETI, T-93 Frank Teti, T-93 (Deck) Chairman Your Tallying Committee hereby certifies that the above Amendment contained in the ballot was voted upon affirmatively by more than a two-thirds majority of the members of the Seafarers International Union of North America-AGLIWD who voted. We wish to ex­ press our thanks to the Secretary-Treasurer's office and sttiff for their cooperation. s/ JOHN SWEENEY, S-1147 John Sweeney, S-1147 (Deck) s/ WILLIAM KOFLOWITCH, K-467 William Koflowitch, K-467 (Engine) s/ ROMAN HARPER, H-189 Roman Harper, H-189 (Engine) s/ ANTHONY SCATURRO; S-78 Anthony Scaturro, S-78 (Steward) s/ JASPER C. ANDERSON, A-361 Jasper C. Anderson, A-361 (Steward) Fraternally submitted, UNION TALLYING COMMITTEE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA-ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT Dated: October 2, 1975 Seafarers Log �The Committee Page Charleston Committee Recertified Bosun Jan Beye (right) ship's chairman of the C4 SS Charleston (Sea-Land) which is on a coastwise run, poses for photo during payoff on Sept. 29 in the port of New York with his Ship's Committee of (I. to r.): Gleason Weaver, engine delegate: Ray O'Dowd, deck delegate and Julie Figuera, steward delegate. Stonewall Jackson Committee Portland Committee Recertified Bosun Perry Greenwood (2nd right) ship's chairman of the SS Portland (Sea-Land) on the Alaskan run gets together at a payoff in the port of Seattle late last month with Saloon Messman Gary Mitchell and the Ship's Committee of (i. to r.) AB Walter Rogers, deck delegate; Chief Steward William Benish, secretary-reporter; Chief Electrician Bert Reamey, educa­ tional director and Jacob Arshom, steward delegate. Crouching (center) is Seattle Port Agent Harvey Mesford. Sea-Land Trade Committee • i'''' . . '..r .n' :. Recertified Bosun Carl Lineberry (left) ship's chairman of the LASH SS Stone­ wall Jackson (Waterman) at a payoff in the port of Brooklyn, N.Y. at Pier 7 on Sept. 23. With him are SiU Patrolman Teddy Babkowski (center) and other members of the Ship's Committee of (i. to r.): QMED Anthony Garza, engine delegate; AB Robert Burns, deck delegate; Chief Steward Leoncio Calderon, secretary-reporter, and Cook and Baker Herbert Nixon, steward delegate. The ship is on the coastwise run to the port of New Orleans, then to the Med and the Mideast. Seattle Port Agent Harvey Mesford (seated right) signs dues receipt for Oiler John Maddin (seated left) engine delegate at a payoff in Seattle late last month aboard the containership, the Sea-Land Trade. Other members of the Ship's Committee are standing (r. to I.): Recertified Bosun Verner Pouisen, ship's chairman; AB Roger Pinkham, deck delegate, and Chief Electrician Steve Senteney, educational director. The vessel is on the Far East run. Seattle Committee Great Land Committee At a payoff in the port of New York on Sept. 26, Recertified Bosun Angelo Antoniou (center) ship's chairman of the C4 SS Seattle (Sea-Land) takes time out to pose with the Ship's Committee of (i. to r.): Chief Steward C. Scott, secretary-reporter; Abraham Carmoega, steward delegate; AB John Kelly, deck delegate and Jack Munsie, engine delegate. The vessel is on the coast­ wise run. Recertified Bosun William Cofone (2nd right) ship's chairman of the SlU's newly contracted roll-on roll-off ship SS Great Land (Inter. Ocean) with the Ship's Committee of (I. to r.): AB Bertil Hager, -deck delegate; Chief Steward Clyde Gibson, secretary-reporter; QMED Ben Freeman, engine delegate, and Utilityman Joe Miller, steward delegate. At far right is Seattle Port Agent Harvey Mesford at the payoff in Seattle late last month on Pier 37. October, 1975 •11 Page 13 'i I �Skydlver Billy Mitchell Sails The Seas and Soars on the Clouds lATSEA SS Mount Vernon Victory The tanker SS Mount Vernon Victory (Mt. Vernon Tankers) embarked from the Persian Gulf with 50,000 tons of crude destined for the Gulf of Mexico. SS Oakland President Gerald R. Ford, in response to a marine telegram which read: "We, the SIU crewmembers aboard the SS Oakland wish to thank you for your . prompt and righteous action in the speedy recovery of our brothers aboard the SS Mayaguez," wrote from the White House: "Dear Crewmen: This is the first opportunity I have had to thank you for your message concerning the SS Mayaguez. I understand the special concern which each of you hold for this serious incident. We are, of course, all grateful that the vessel and its entire crew were rescued, and we can talce pride in our military men whose valor and sacrifice made this mission a success. By their actions, America has demonstrated its resolve to protect its shipping against such hostile and illegal acts wherever they may occur. "I deeply appreciate your taking the time to let me know of your support." SS Delta Mar After colliding recently with the empty 24,424-ton Liberian tanker SS Alkes, the LASH SS Delta Mar (Delta Line) suffered "extensive damage" entailing a port side gash as the 32,306-ton containership maneuvered in a thunderstorm 90 miles south of the port of Galveston. Three Seafarers were shaken up in the crash after the ship left a New Orleans payoff. The tanker afire had a hole in her starboard side. Hurt were Wiper C. Salcedo and QMED Mortimer Mprris who spent a day in St. Mary's Hospital, Galveston for a checkup for scrapes and abrasions. The Delta Mar crew, headed for Houston and South America, stayed on the vessel for more than a month as she underwent repairs and underwater inspection by divers in a Galveston drydock. The 690-foot tanker had unloaded a cargo of crude in Texas City, Tex. She made it into Galveston under her own power while 10 of her crew had quenched the onboard blaze. The rest of the crew took to their lifeboats. The Alkes then headed for the Dutch island of Aruba in the Caribbean. When Seafarer Billy Mitchell turned 50 in 1970, he kept a promise he had made to his wife Beth years before and gave up motorcycle racing. Looking for another, less dangerous hobby to fill his new-found free time. Brother Mitchell decided to take a sky­ diving lesson at an airport near his home in Punta Gorda, Fla. Though scared when he finally found himself staring out of a small plane at the Florida countryside 2,000 feet be­ low him, Mitchell found that first jump exhilarating. And now, five years and over 200 jumps later, the 54-year-old recertified bosun is still leaping out of planes and perfecting his free-fall tech­ niques. Seafarer Mitchell admits that there is an element of danger in jumping out of planes at art average of 5,000 feet, but he stresses that it is really a safe sport "if you don't lose your head when some­ thing goes wrong." It was only his 13th jump when Brother Mitchell had his first "mal­ function"— his main parachute came out when he pulled the ripcord but it didn't open. With the "streamered" chute flapping above him and the ground coming up fast below him, Mitchell realized he would have to get free of the malfunctioning main chute SS Overseas Ulla Leaving the port of Alexandria, Egypt recently was the tanker SS Overseas Ulla ('Maritime Overseas) carrying a 38,000-ton cargo of crude destined either for delivery to a port in the Gulf or the Caribbean. SS Del Rio Both the C-3s SS Del Rio and the SS Del Sol (Delta Line) wiere honored recently in New York for outstanding safety achievements by receiving award plaques for operating 1,005 days and 811 days respectively without a lost-time accident on the run to Africa. The awards were presented jointly by the National Safety Council and the American Institute of Merchant Shipping. SS Delta Paraguay Recently the SS Delta Paraguay (Delta Line) carried 600 metric tons of grain to Kingston, Jamaica from Pensacola, Fla. On the same run in the middle of November, the SS Delta Brasil (Delta Line) will carry 2,000 metric tons of grain. SS Delta Norte The LASH containership, the SS Delta Norte (Delta Line) inaugurated a port of call run at Tampa on Aug; 1. SS Fort Hoskins The tanker SS Fort Hoskins (Inter Ocean) carried 26,000-tons of crude on Aug. 8 to the port of Jacksonville from Puerto Rico. Recertified Bosun Billy Mitchell, pho­ tographed in 1970 by his wife Beth, floats through the clouds during one of his first jumps. Veteran skydiver Mitchell, with over 200 jumps under his belt, poses in his full jumping gear. before pulling the ripcord on his re­ serve or both would tangle hopelessly. Cutting the main chute away while falling faster and faster, Mitchell pulled the ripcord on his reserve chute only a thousand feet from the ground and watched with relief as it billowed open. Blaming the chute malfunction on his own carelessness. Brother Mitchell just promised himself that he would pay more attention to his instructors and kept jumping. Sailing steadily with the SIU since 1944, Seafarer Mitchell found that he could practice his skydiving at jump zones all over the world and now often brings his jumping gear aboard when he ships out. He even brought his chutes with him when going through the recertification program last March. Now, with over 200 jumps under his belt, skydiving enthusiast Mitchell, though older than most other active sky jumpers in this country, has been care­ ful not to make any promises to his wife about giving up this new pastime. SS Overseas Joyce Carrying 49,000-tons of Persian Gulf crude on Aug. 9 to the Mexican Gulf port of Houston was the tanker SS Overseas Joyce (Maritime Overseas). SS Bradford Island The tanker SS Bradford Island (Steuart Tankers) carried 28,750 metric tons of bulk wheat from Aug. 3-10 to the Egyptian ports of Alexandria and Port Said from a North Atlantic port. SS Eagle Traveler The tanker SS Eagle Traveler (Sea Transport) carried 33,000-tons of crude from the Mediterranean to an Atlantic or Gulf of Mexico port recently. SS Mayaguez The U.S. Department of Commerce has awarded the U.S. Merchant Marine Meritorious Service Medal to the master of the famed containership, the SS Mayaguez (Sea-Land) Capt. Charles T. Miller. The ship was recovered by U.S. forces after she was captured by Cambodian troops in May. P^ge 14 i-'.J'.'lt . * ' .r > J, V h ii f, ff ' } " .^enty-one cents of every dollar spent in shipping bit Ainericaii*ftag v(^^ pf^ips in fhisi country, mak very suhstahtial contribiitiAn to the national ll^ance of payments and to the nation's economy. ^ Use U.S.rflag ships.) It^ good f^ iharitime indusliy^ tlw: •%hipi!^f^3 Seafarers Log �Steamboat Race Churns the Mfssfss/ppi Again ASHORE Governors Island^ N.Y. Living up to its motto "Semper Paratus"—Always Ready, the U.S. Coast Guard here celebrated its 185th birthday last month as the command's 2,500 personnel continued to carry out their mission in search and rescue patrols, harbor safety and law enforcement on the high seas. Besides issuing licenses to mariners, the Coast Guard here inspects ships and waterfront facilities, supervises loading and offloading of dangerous cargo, probes maritime accidents, checks oil pollution, combats pierside fires, main­ tains navigational aids, plots icebergs, controls smuggling and supervises fisher­ men. In 1977, the Coast Guard will complete a Vessel Traffic System in N.Y. Harbor. The system will use voice radio communication, closed circuit tele­ vision and radar to monitor vessel movement in order to reduce the chance of a collision. N.Y. Harbor The SlU-contracted steamboat Delta great Mississippi as she races the Muster, Green Line Steamers, Inc.) It was a scene right out of 19th century history: thousands' of people jammed along the banks of the Missis­ sippi River drinking beer and fanning themselves to cool off and chase away the flies, and hundreds more riding as passengers on two vessels sitting idle in the middle of the river. The occasion: a steamboat race between the 49-year old Delta Queen and a newer and smal­ ler vessel, the Natchez IX. The race was held earlier this sum­ mer most appropriately in New Orleans, the first such steamboat race in that city in over a hundred years. The last one held in New Orleans took place in 1870 between the Robert E. Lee and the Natchez VI, with the former outdis­ tancing the latter from New Orleans upriver to St. Louis. The Delta Queen, an SlU-contracted vessel, is an overnight passenger ship which plies the Mississippi and its tribu­ taries. The Natchez IX makes short exf. ^ Pertmials James Earl Cline Please contact Lloyd Cline as soon as possible at Rt. 4, Russelville, Ark. William Guems'ey Hazel Kelly's daughter, Colleen Barba, requests that you contact her as soon as possible at (601) 437-4703. Robert Geddings Margie Geddings requests that you contact her as soon as possible at 2707 Lepage St., New Orleans, La., or call her at 827-1701. John Gerald O'Hare Your sister Frances O'Hare requests that you contact her at 18 Inman St., Cambridge, Mass. 02139. Marion McClure, Jr. Dorothy McClure asks that you con­ tact her as soon as possible at 4006 Columbus Rd., Villa West Apartments 109A, Macon, Ga. 31204. October, 1975 Queen (left) heads downstream on the steamboat Natchez IX. (Photo by Bill cursion trips on the river out of New Orleans. Both vessels have the same horsepower, but the Queen weighs 1,650 tons to 1,385 for the Natchez. Pair of Antlers With a fanfare and interest worthy of anything P. T. Barnum could conjure up, prior to the race both captains, Ernest Wagner of the Queen and Clark Hawley of the Natchez, stepped before the television cameras for a weighing-in ceremony. Capt. Wagner, despite his boat's disadvantage, vowed to win the race and bring back the coveted trophy —by steamboat tradition a pair of ant­ lers. Capt. Hawley had some different thoughts about that. "I got the frame all set up for those antlers," he said. And, the pilot of the Natchez, Samuel J. Cetanni, made an oath to quit if his boat did not win by a mile! The prerace ceremony ended with an argument over which captain was the better cal­ liope player. As with many things in the South, the race was .conducted at a very leisurely pace: spectators straggled into the area for watching the race at various times as if they knew that it would be two hours late in starting (which it was). Those in attendance ranged from every college student in the area to many dressed in business suits. It was 3:30 when the race finally started, the course running downstream from Audubon Park to Jackson Square, a distance of approximately five miles (or possibly six). And the winner was, just as Capt. Hawley and his pilot Centanni had predicted, the Natchez IX. But the final outcome failed to settle anything, at least as far as some ob­ servers were concerned. After the race, many spectators gath­ ered in local watering holes to discuss the day's events. One person swore that the Natchez had gotten a 50-yard head start. Another claimed that she stopped dead in the water a mile before she reached the finish line. Of course, the speculation might have been brought on by a little too much gin consumed to help stay cool. As the debates and arguments raged on into the night, there was talk of a rematch next summer. Two unique wire drag ships, the SS Rude and the SS Heck of the U.S. Com­ merce Department's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration began an underwater search here on Sept. 1 for nine sunken hulks in the Ambrose Channel. They're considered dangerous if in less than 65 feet of water. The ships built especially to locate navigational hazards (rocks included) will continue the search off Rockaway Beach, Queens, N.Y. and Sea Girt, N.J. until mid-November. When found, the wrecks' positions will be published in the Notice to Mariners. In hunting for the sunken hulks, which range from a motor vessel and a ferryboat to fishing smacks, tugs and barges, the drag ships sail parallel to one another—sometimes as much as two miles apart. They drag a 14 inch steel wire neath the waves to 100 feet from buoys until it catches on an obstruction. When the wire becomes taut it makes the buoys form a V. From this, location and depth of the hulk is determined. If required, divers examine the find. Kingston^ Jamaica Sea-Land Service will start a new, direct, weekly run between the U.S. East Coast and here. Washington^ D.C. The National Labor Relations Board has ruled that no matter what punish­ ment a ship's master may mete out to a crewmember—and he can still have him in irons and placed on a bread and water diet, as in the old days— the offender is entitled to have a union representative present when he is disciplined. The board's judge Eeonard M. Wagman made the ruling in a case arising from incidents aboard the SS Mount Vernon Victory (Victory Carriers) in October 1973 off the port of Chittagong, Bangladesh, when Capt. Carl. H. Hope sought to log Chief Pumpman C. C. Lial. Thereupon, Seafarer Lial was not only handcuffed and put on bread and water, he was eventually fined $440. In his complaint to the NLRB, Lial argued that he was deprived of the right to have his Union representative present at the disciplinary hearing with Capt. Hope and was punished for so Insisting on the Union delegate's attendance. The board rejected the master's argument that maritime safety law over­ rode Lial's representational rights. The board cited precedents where seamen have been fired for clear cause, including "willful disobedience." "We do not find that Lial may not be disciplined for his refusal to obey the lawful order to leave the engine room pursuant to the dictates" of the law. But "we do state (hat we are aware of no specific prohibition ... which would limit Lial's right under the National Labor Relations Act to repre­ sentation at a disciplinary interview. We also find that such representation would not interfere with the safety of the ship. "Indeed, the captain did finally permit Lial Union representation at his logging, and there is no showing that the presence of a Union representative ... interfered with the captain's ability and responsibility to secure the safety of the ship." • The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned a 120-year old maritime law governing collisions at sea. It ruled that proportional sharing of damages based on contributory negligence of the parties involved was called for in­ stead of the traditional equal division of liabilities regardless of the degree of fault. Deposit in the SlU Blood Bank — It's Your Life Page 15 li 1,, f 1 t �Letters to the f.- ^ Benefit Helps Widow • I would like to express my appreciation to the SIU for thS death benefit I just recently received. It helped me very much during trying times. Thank you very much for the Union's prompt and courteous attention in tWs matter. End Tax Exemptions for Runaway-Flag Ships simply registering their vessels in a coun­ try such as Liberia, Panama or Honduras which is willing to offer them a tax shelter in return for ship registration fees. And because U.S.-flag ships are en­ gaged in little, if any, trade with these "flag of convenience" nations, we receive little benefit from these lopsided recipro­ cal tax exemptions. Some members of our government have finally realized that U.S. companies, or their foreign subsidiaries, own nearly 500 ships registered in Liberia, Panama and Honduras which profit from the U.S. trade but contribute nothing to this country. The Ways and Means Committee move would end all reciprocal tax provisions with these nations which are not taxing shippers and help put an end to this wholesale tax evasion which is estimated by Treasury Department officials to cost the U.S. $60 million annually. We offer our fuU support to those fight­ ing for the passage of this legislation. Though this bill is sure to face the strong, vocal opposition of well-heeled "flag of convenience" loibbying groups such as the Federation of American Controlled Shipping, the SIU will make sure that its voice, and the voice of all concerned with building a strong U.S. merchant marine, will be heard. It is about time that these "runaway" shippers pay the freight fpr their highly profitable U.S. operations and join with legitimate U.S. shippers in generating much needed tax dollars. With a vote by the House Ways and Means Committee to tax international shipping through the Tax Reform Bill, Congress has at last taken a positive step towards closing a loophole which allows some U.S. shipowners to escape paying U.S. taxes by operating their vessels under foreign "runaway" flags. For years American companies have used Liberian, Panamaman, Honduran and other "flags of convenience" to take advantage of U.S. shipping treaties and to avoid paying their fair share of the tax burden borne by every American citizen. Until now, reciprocal agreements have freed foreign ships from paying U.S. in­ come tax on profits derived from shipping between the U.S. and other countries. In return, U.S. ships are not subject to sim­ ilar foreign taxes. This two-way system has worked well with countries that have legitimate, na­ tionally owned fleets, such as England and Japan, because there is an equal bal­ ance of trade between the U.S. and these countries, and because these countries impose their own taxes on their shippers' profits. But some countries have taken advan­ tage of these reciprocal agreements to set up tax havens for American-owned tWrdflag fleets by not taxing any profits made in the U.S. trade. This means that American corpora­ tions can escape all taxes on their ship­ ping profits, taxes which U.S.-flag ships contribute to this nation's coffers, by // ^1/ . / ry SECURITY IN J. V Sincerely, Mrs. Jeanetfe Murdoch Jersey Ci^,NJ. . Member's Wife Tfianks Welfare Plan I just received the statement from the Seafarers Welfar^;| Plan, of the Union's payment to the hospital and surgeon for my recent illness, and I wish to thank the SIU for it. Need-j less to say it was a great help. I have always been proud to say my husband is a member s of your fine organization, and now bless the day he join^ with you. I am also enclosing a donation to the Seafarers Political Activity fund (SPAD). I think it does more good than is ^knowtt.. ; • ••, ^ Sincerely, ^ Mrs. Walter F.MndOi^ . . s 7^ .1^a,Fla.. • •Oe»ab!»f:lW5::'4 Veluma XXXVIL Ne. 11 Official PMbticatlon Of th« Saafarers Intamattonar Union of Noitb America. Atlantic. Quif, Lake* and Inland Waters District, AFL-CiO.^• Exacuttva Board Paul Hall, Pfesldem ' Cat tanner, £>racuf/ve Wce-Prts/don< ESrl Shepard, vrca-Pras/danf HJca DlQiprglo, Secrelary-TVeasoMr ' LIndaev Wiiiiams, Vyca-ZVaa/danf SF.'snk Drozak, Vice'President Paul Drozak; Wca-Pras/denf * Published monthly except twice a month in July by Seafarers international Urtion, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. Tel. .671 499-6600. Second class postage paid at Brooklyn, N.Y, Wimim 'mmm Seafarers Log Page 16 , 6.-r •;i V 7 /I ? i, *. T •• .-'.I..:', 5 i/. -.S. -l : (-.-7 6 7 ' r, �'f SEPT, 1-30, 1975 -DISPATCHERS REPORT 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 ;. — •*• Jacksonville •• San Francisco Wilmington Seattle Puerto Rico Houston Piney Point Yokohama Totals Deep Sea Great LakesAlpena Buffalo Cleveland Detroit Duluth •• Frankfort — Chicago Totals Great Lakes Totals Deep Sea & Great Lakes. ••• Totals All Depts. Deep Sea Totals All Depts. Great Lakes ;•,••• Totals All Depts. Deep Sea & Great Lakes October, 1975 10 74 3 29 16 10 25 65 30 49 16 39 6 75 0 1 448 4 4 2 2 4 2 2 8 - 1 2 3 4 1 5 0 0 44 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 61 18 11 11 9 5 38 18 4 14 51 6 99 0 3 355 5 1 4 8 8 6 0 4 8 0 2 19 3 24 3 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 178 20 69 26 16 68 140 61 103 30 56 12 152 0 6 957 6 18 3 4 9 2 8 16 5 5 5 7 1 6 0 0 95 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 4 7 15 5 4 12 56 504 0 0 1 2 2 2 1 8 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 7 2 20 12 7 9 65 420 12 5 14 9 8 4 0 52 147 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 8 3 9 20 5 4 10 59 1,016 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 6 101 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 7 68 5 37 21 11 20 47 24 45 11 30 4 56 0 1 387 2 26 3 5 4 4 3 16 4 9 3 7 1 11 0 1 99 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 ENGINE DEPARTMENT 3 0 2 53 0 14 0 9 5 0 14 2 0 0 11 5 5 0 0 10 1 0 24 6 0 19 8 0 0 12 0 5 0 35 9 0 0 5 4 0 64 13 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 271 71 6 131 17 67 33 13 ' 49 127 34 96 25 42 16 107 0 1 764 6 67 6 16 7 2 17 33 13 30 9 15 1 26 0 1 239 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 4 4 2 21 7 1 3 42 429 2 1 2 1 3 2 I 12 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 4 19 0 3 3 39 803 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 8 247 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 9 '3 40 0 12 13 10 21 32 9 36 7 17 6 47 0 2 255 1 4 0 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 3 3 1 0 3 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 STEWARD DEPARTMENT 0 0 1 0 34 8 0 5 2 3 0 14 0 2 7 0 3 6 0 6 2 0 6 25 0 3 14 0 0 12 0 3 5 0 16 34 0 0 7 0 14 47 0 0 17 0 1 2 0 81 218 3 72 10 26 19 9 38 72 21 70 10 22 11 77 0 1 461 1 16 0 4 3 1 1 4 2 4 4 3 1 1 0 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 258 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 2 1 1 12 473 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 46 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 7 73 12 26 14 9 15 56 23 29 9 175 34 57 29 9 39 136 45 75 25 39 22 91 0 2 788 12 36 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 6 2 2 1 16 0 0 81 9 3 7 17 7 7 3 53 841 1,167 68 1,235 10 2 5 18 9 2 6 52 133 91 58 149 9 3 1 19 9 1 4 48 319 6 2 0 5 2 6 0 21 239 18 1 3 1 1 1 1 26 97 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 89 ENTRY DEPARTMENT Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Tampa Mobile New Orleans REGISTERED ON BEACH All Groups Class A Class B Class C DECK DEPARTMENT 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 LakesAlpena Buffalo * Cleveland Detroit Duluth Frankfort Chicago Totals Great Lakes Totals Deep Sea & Great Lakes 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 TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C 40 8 22 9 3 15 39 16 30 6 23 13 35 0 0 261 42 17 1 377 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 7 0 0 20 4 7 2 26 6 8 1 54 315 1,351 155 1,506 19 5 10 13 4 2 1 54 431 543 75 618 3 0 0 2 3 1 2 11 31 23 13 36 10 32 11 844 134 978 247 86 333 0 1 1 SIU Atlantic, Golf, Lakes & Inland Waters 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) HY 9-6600 ALPENA, Mich. 800 N. 2 Ave. 49707 (517) EL 4-36li5 BALTIMORE, Md. 1216 E. Baltimore St. 21202 (301) EA 7-4900 BOSTON, Mass 215 Essex St. 02111 (617) 482-4716 BUFFALO, N.Y 290 FrankUn St. 14202 (716) TL 3-9259 CHICAGO, IIL. .9383 S. Ewing 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, Fia. 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 3 St. 23510 (804) 622-1892 PADUCAH, Ky 225 S. 7 St 42001 (502) 443-2493 PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. .2604 S. 4 St. 19148 (215) DE 6-3818 PINEY POINT, Md. St. Mary's County 20674 (301) 994-0100 PORT ARTHUR, Tex 534 9 Ave. 77640 (713) 983-1679 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. 1311 Mission St. 94103 (415) 864-7400 SANTURCE, P. R. 1313 Fernandez, Juncos, Stop 20 00908 (809) 724-2848 SEATTLE, Wash 2505 1 Ave. 98121 (206) MA 3-4334 sr. 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. 510 N. Broad St. 90744 (213) 549-4000 YOKOHAMA, Japan. P.O. Box 429 Yokohama Port P.O. 5-6 Nihon Ohdori Naka-Ku 231-91 201-7935 Shipping at SIU ports last month remained fair to good, as reported by SIU Vice President Frank Drozak at the October membership meeting in the port of New York. Shipping, how­ ever, is expected to pick up considei>^ ably this month as 11 laid-up SlUt ships are scheduled to break out and y«w up for the new Russian grain run. Page 17 I u �'W: 0'. • • i: Ships' Meetings Digest of SlU I SEA-LAND MCLEAN (Sea-Land Service), August 7—Chairman, Recer­ tified Bosun J. Richburg; Secretary R. Sadowski; Educational Director K. Katsalis. $30 in ship's fund. $215 in movie fund. Some disputed OT in en­ gine department. Chairman expects to have a copy of the new contract and will call a meeting after leaving port to discuss same. Next port Yokohama. ' 1: -' •*'. e;. v f-l ' Li- SUGAR ISLANDER (Pyramid Sugar Transport), August 2—Chair­ man, Recertified Bosun John Hazel; Sec­ retary Ray H. Casanova; Deck Delegate Charles Lambert. $3 in ship's fund. No disputed OT. Received Seafarers Log and new contract; same was given out and posted. A vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Observed one minute of silence in memory of our departed brothers. PANAMA (Sea-Land Service), Au­ gust 7—Chairman, Recertified Bosun Cyril Mize, Jr.; Secretary J. Mar; Edu­ cational Director E. Ford; Engine Dele­ gate S. A. Barbara. No disputed OT. Chairman suggested that the crew sup­ port SPAD and held a discussion on the dues resolution. Next port, Balboa. LONG BEACH (Sea-Land Service), August 24 — Chairman, Recertified Bosun T. A. Tolentino; Secretary J. Johnson; Educational Director P. F. Korol. $17.75 in ship's fund. Some dis­ puted OT in deck department. The fact sheet was read and discussed by the crewmembers and also a discussion on the benefits of SPAD. Everything run­ ning smoothly. OVERSEAS TRAVELER (Mari­ time Overseas), August 24—Chairman, Recertified Bosun Arne Hovde; Secre­ tary Alphonso L. Holland; Educational Director R. R. Honeycott; Steward Delegate Robert Rome; Deck Delegate Charles Majette; Engine Delegate Roy L. Cuthrell. Some disputed OT in en­ gine department. Everything running smoothly. TAMARA GUILDEN (Transport Commercial), August 10—Chairman, Recertified Bosun P. Sernyk; Secretary N. Hatgimisios; Educational Director R. Nielsen. $16.39 in ship's fund. No disputed OT. Everything running smoothly. , MOBILE (Sea-Land Service), Au­ gust 3—Chairman, Recertified Bosun W. O'Connor; Secretary J. Myers; Ed­ ucational Director Amos Jaramillo; Engine Delegate Arthur (3. Andersen. $21,70 in ship's fund, No disputed OT. All communications were posted after being discussed at the weekly meeting.. Plenty of king crab was cau^t on this trip. Observed one minute of silence in memory of our departed brothers. Next port, Seattle. ::y PCWEITLAND (Sea-Land Service), August 31 — Chairman, Recertified Bosun P. Greenwood; Secretary Benish; Educational Director B. Reamey. Some disputed OT in deck department. Received communications on raising of dues, explained and posted for mem­ bers to study. Also received and posted the fact sheet. Next port, Seattle. CAROLINA (Puerto Rico Marine Navigating), August 24—Chairman, Recertified Bosun J. Delgado; Secre­ tary J. DeLise; Educational Director J. Reye. $6.10 in ship's fund. No disputed OT. Chairman reported and explained to the membership the resolutions and amendments that were sent to each member. Also explained to the mem­ bership the proper way to fill out bene­ ficiary cards so there would be no de­ lay in receiving benefits. Next port Puerto Rico. SEA-LAND COMMERCE (SeaLand Service), August 7—Chairman L. G. G. Reck; Secretary G. Skendelas; Educational Director Herbert Martin. $223 in movie fund. No disputed OT. It was suggested that crewmembers should read the Seafarers Log and the agreements contained therein more closely which would eliminate a lot of confusion and they would be in the know on what is going on. Also they would be kept up on their Union ac­ tivities. It was suggested that crewmem­ bers should donate to SPAD. A safety meeting was to be held and all crew­ members and anyone wishing to attend would be welcome. Electrician would be glad to fix any dryer or washer. A vote of thanks to the steward depart­ ment for a job well done. Next port, Kobe. MERRIMAC (Ogden Marine), Au­ gust 3—Chairman, Recertified Bosun W. M. Wallace; Secretary F. R. Hicks; Educational Director V. D'India; Deck Delegate J. Arellanes; Steward Dele­ gate Peter Bataytas. Some disputed OT in deck and engine departments. The new Seafarers Log was received con­ taining the new contract. Delegates to discuss same with each member. A re­ quest was made for all members to co­ operate with any new members coming from Piney Point. It was noted that 'Wessel has visited Rotterdam, Holland, with a short stay there, discharging a cargo of coal. Crew enjoyed nice stay in that port. . ." Observed one minute of silence in memory of our departed brothers. Next port Norfolk, Va. INGER (Reynolds Metals), August 31—Chairman Thomas Price; Secre­ tary Duke Hall; Educational Director Richard Holmes; Steward Delegate Joseph Simpson. $47 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in engine and stew­ ard departments. Will receive some new Seafarers Logs in the Panama Canal and all crewmembers were advised to read each issue to keep informed. A special vote of thanks to the baker, Joe Simpson for all the swell pastry he put out. He is not well at the present time and we wish him a speedy recovery so he can come back. Next port, Bumside, La. HOUSTON (Sea-Land Service), Au­ gust 31—Chairman, Recertified Bosun Peter D. Sheldrake; Secretary A. Seda. $4.62 in ship's fund. No disputed OT. Chairman suggested that crewmembers donate to SPAD. A vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Observed one minute of sUehce in memory of our departed brothers. Next port Elizabeth, N.J. OflScial ship's minutes were also received from the following vessels: SEA-LAND FINANCE BALTIMORE S MT. NAVIGATOR^ LONG BEACH SAMUEL CHASE MARYMAR ^ VANTAGE DEFENDER f :;:i : ALEX STEPHENS 0100. . : DELTA MEXICO MOHAWK MAYAGUEZ AMERICAN EXPLORER 5 ECONOMY , • - V . GOLDEN DOLPHIN LOS ANGELES SEA-LAND RESOURCE SEA-LAND FINANCE OGDEN YUKON . • OVERSEAS ULLA BEAUREGARD V BORINQUEN . v ^^ SEA-LAND VENTURE WALTERRICE ^ OAKLAND SEA-LAND MARKiiP IBERVILLE SEA-LAND TRADE ... , v ^ CANTIGNY • ; -V ' ^ ' DELTA SUD GREAT LAND ELIZABETHPORT DELTA URUGUAY YELLOWSTONE SEA-LAND BOSTON GOLDEN ENDEAVOR MOUNT VERNON VICTORY COLUMBIA JOHN TYLER SEA-LAND GALLOWAY TAMPA SUMto SHOSHONE OVERSEAS ALASKA TRANk:OLORADO | HOBERTE.LEE OVERSEAS ARCTIC BETHFLOR ^ GUAYAMA SEATTLE SHENANDOAH : CARTER BRAXTON SAN JUAN POTOMAC JACKSONVILLE ARECIBO CHARLESTON PITTSBURGH SEA-LAND EXCHANGE OVERSEAS JOYCE akQUADILLA SEA-LAND PRODUCER (SeaLand Service), August 10—Chairman, Recertified Bosun William Bushong; Secretary B. Guarino; Deck Delegate Joseph Blanchard; Engine Delegate Leon Kleinman; Steward Delegate Henry Roberts. $70 in ship's fund. $40 in movie fund. No disputed OT. Chair­ man gave a talk on how everybody should take advantage of the upgrading school at Piney Point. Also suggested that all give donations to SPAD. A vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. One minute of sil­ ence was observed in memory of our departed brothers. Next port Houston. OGDEN WILLAMETTE (Ogden Marine), August 10 — Chairman, Re­ certified Bosun E. K. Bryan; Secretary Kelly; Educational Director Escote; Deck Delegate Carlos Spina; Engine Delegate W. Beatty; Steward Delegate R. E. Leonard. No disputed OT. All crewmembers should read the new agreement which appears in the Sea­ farers Log. Chairman gave the steward department a vote of thanks for a job well done. BALTIMORE (Sea-Land Service), August 3 — Chairman Recertified Bosun James B. Dixon. $29.90 in ship's fund. No disputed OT. Chairman spoke on the importance of annual physical examinations for the member­ ship and their families. Also suggested continuing contributions to SPAD. Ed­ ucation^ Director spoke on the im­ portance of knowing where and how to operate different pieces of firefighting equipment aboard ship. A vote of thanks to all crewmembers for keeping the mess and pantry clean. ST. LOUIS (Sea-Land Service), Au­ gust 3—Chairman, Recertified Bosun J. Ciseiecki; Secretary P. Franco; Edu­ cational" Director Smith. The new SIU agreement was given to all crewmem­ bers at payoff and also was posted in recreation and crew messroom. A vote of th^ks to the steward department for a job well done. AZALEA CITY (Sea-Land Service), August 31 — Chairman, Recertified Bosun C. R. Dammeyer; Secretary B. L. Scarborough; Educational Director A. Dimitropoulos. No disputed OT. All business received from the SIU Union Headquarters was read at meeting and posted on bulletin board. Vincente Roman was sent to the hospital for a check-up and the bosun took cigarettes and magazines to him and reports that he is feeling fine. Everything running smoothly. TEX (Alton Steamship), August 24 —Chairman, Recertified Bosun Lee J. Harvey; Secretary Jimmie Bartlett; Ed­ ucational Director Edgar Murphy; Deck Delegate Howard Hare; Steward Delegate Cecil Martin. $11 in ship's fund. $69 in fund to buy a new TV antenna. No disputed OT. A special vote of thanks was extended to Brother Ed Jaks for fixing the air conditioner for the crew and all the other repairs that needed fixing. Observed one min­ ute of silence in memory of our de­ parted brothers. Next port Taft, La. Seafarers Log Page 18 .i. . SEA-LAND CONSUMER (SeaLand Service), August 24—Chairman, Recertified Bosun F. A. Pehler; Secre­ tary S. McDonald; Educational Direc­ tor A. Lane; Deck Delegate J, McPhee; Engine Delegate A. Lopez; Steward Delegate F. Kennedy. No disputed OT. Brother Ringo was remembered on his 65th birthday and a birthday cake was served at coffee time. Next port New­ port News. .. • �BSSER -SeWBlaWi New SlU Pensioners Frank O. Catchot, Sr., 66, joined the SIU in the port of Mobile in 1955 sailing as a chief electrician and deck maintenance man. Brother Catchot sailed for 30 years. He was born in Mississippi and is now a resi­ dent of Mobile. Peter Moreni, 55, joined the SIU in 1946 in the port of New York sailing as a bosun. Brother Moreni sailed 27 years. He was born in Phil­ adelphia and is a resident there. James W. De Mouy, 62 joined the SIU in 1938 in the port of Mobile sailing as a chief electrician. Brother De Mouy sailed for 41 years and also holds a second assistant engineer's license. Bom in Mobile, he is a resi­ dent there. James £. Bodden, 63, joined the SIU in the port of New Orleans in 1955 sailing as an AB. Brother Bodden had sailed for 26 years. He was bom in Cayman Brae, the British West Indies and is a resident of Arabi, La. William L. Cerka, 57, joined the SIU in the port of Elberta, Mich, in 1953 sailing as a fireman-watertender. Brother Cerka had sailed for 24 years and is a U.S. Army veteran M World War II. A native of Detroit, he is a resident of Thompsonville, Mteh. Eugene C. HoflEmann, 59, joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1955 sailing as an oiler. Brother Hoffmann had sailed for32years.He was born in New Orleans and is a resident of Meraux, La. ^ Placido Aldevera, 62, joined the i SIU in 1938 in the port of Galveston sailing as a chief cook. Brother Aldevera had sailed for 41 years. Born in the Philippines, he is a resident of ^Philadelphia. ® Iheodore L. Simonds, 52, joined the SIU in 1943 in the port of New York and sailed as an AB. Brother Simonds was bom in New York City and is now a resident of Baton Rouge, La. Edward J. Wright, 74, joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1957 sailing in the steward department. Brother Wright had sailed for 24 years. Born in Sommerville, Mass., he is now a resident of Tampa. Luis A. VUa, 64, joined the SIU in 1939 in the port of New York and sailed as a chief steward. Brother Vila had sailed for 44 years. He was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico and is now a resident of Pta De Tierra, Puerto Rico. October, 1975 Rafael Caraballo, 66, joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1955 sailing as a chief cook. Brother Carabellb tfad sailed for 30 years and was on the picket lines in the mari­ time strikes of 1945, 1948, the Greater N.Y. Harbor strike in 1961 and the 1971 strike. He also was elected that year to the SIU Quar­ terly Financial Committee. Seafarer Carabello is a veteran of the U.S. Army Infantry in World War il. Born in Puerto Rico, he is a resident of Bayshore, L.I., N.Y. Henri B. Starckx, 55, joined the SIU in 1943 in the port of Baltimore sailing as a bosun. Brother Starckx sailed for 32 years and did picket duty during the N.Y. Harbor strike in 1961. He was born in France and became a U.S. naturalized citizen. Seafarer Starckx is a resident of Vero Beach, Fla. Fred Vykruta, 69, joined the SIU in the port of New York sailing as an AB. Brother Vykruta sailed for 53 years and is a U.S. Navy veteran of the pre-war period and World War II. A native of Czechoslovakia, he is now a resident of Baltimore. Jl George Schmidt, 59, joined the SIU in 1947 in the port of New York sailing as a bosun. Brother Schmidt sailed for '30 years and is a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. He was bom in Massachusetts and is a resident of West Warwick, R.I. Jesse D. Wiggins, 63, joined the SIU in 1944 in the port of New Or­ leans sailing as an AB. Brother Wig­ gins sailed 33 years. He was bom in Alabama and is now a resident of New Orleans. Armando VIdal, 63, joined the SIU in 1943 in the port of New York sailing in the steward department. Brother Vidal sailed for 33 years and received a Personal Safety Award in 1960 for sailing on an accident-free ship, the SS Alcoa Polaris. He also walked the picket Jine in the N.Y. Harbor strike in 1961, the Rotobroil strike in 1963 and the maritime strike in 1971. Bom in Puerto Rico, he is a resident of New York City. Peter ''Pete the Greek** Drevas, 67, joined the SIU in 1947 in the port of New York sailing as an oiler. Brother Drevas sailed for 31 years and walked the picket line in the N.Y. Harbor strike in 1961. A Bos­ ton native, he is now a resident of Houston. Seafarers Welfare, Pension, and Vacation Plans Cash Benefits Paid Aug. 28-Sept 24,1975 Number SEAFARERS WELFARE PLAN MONTH TO DATE 44,504.70 $ 354.00 450.00 625.95 463.00 43,312.00 815.42 4,996.92 710.00 332,783.70 4,538.00 4,593.00 11,723.77 1,905.92 468,113.00 3,227.04 45,119.97 13,035.40 •— 53,926.53 1,364.15 13,860.25 2.936.65 130 3,330 533 967 127 15 1,183 3,363.78 728,408.15 20,200.72 133,297.99 36,916.90 1,478.00 30,499.08 5 101 68 5 32 2 1 — 2,024 107 1,462 991 110 581 3 21 6 15,812 18,000.00 22,898.03 2,226.07 1,248.00 1,285.15 25.00 365.75 — 14,432.00 328,000.00 218,703.00 39,269.56 17,599.91 14,908.87 97.00 4,764.91 2,006.00 111,087.50 10 87 3,851.50 33,181.40 8,904 2,371 745 12,020 92,092 18,771 7,660 118,523 16 354 150 12 6 4 177 7 DEPENDENTS OF ELIGIBLES Hospital & Hospital Extras ...;.......,.. Doctors' Visits In Hospital .............. Surgical hiaternity Blood Transfusions ......^ ' Optical ...................' r 245 42 • 91 8 ' ' J,:': TOTALS Total Seafarers Welfare Plan .. . ^ .. v. Total Seafarers Pension Plan ......... > >. Total Seafarers Vacation Plan ........ Total Seafarers Welfare, Pension & Vacation YEAR TOOAIE YEAR TO DATE Special Equipment v., ^Jptical ............................ Supplemental Medicare Premiums ..... , SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM - Amount. MONTH TO DATE EUGIBLES Death In Hospital Daily @ $1.00 In Hospital Daily @ $3.00 Hospital & Hospital Extras Surgical PENSIONERS & DEPENDENTS Death Hospital & Hospital Extras .....'. i... . . Doctors' Visits & Other Medical Expenses . . Surgical .............. ............'. ** Optical Blood Transfusions ................'... > Special Equipment ^. ' I3ental ..-............. .>.i •' Supplemental Medicare Premiuim • • > 4v 113 4,538 1,531 129 27 58,514 23 1,607 275 $ 236,014.85 2,605,457.79 578,995.00 4,619,357.30 424,353.68 4,226,166.11 $1,239,363.53 $11,450,981.20 i^sel9 �B JfrnalHetiartuteiei fc, Theodore Phelps, 76, succumbed to pneu­ monia in the New Orleans USPHS Hospital on Apr. 28. Brother Phelps joined the Union in 1938 in the port of New Orleans sailing as a chief elec­ trician. He had sailed for 24 years and received a Personal Safety Award in 1960 for sailing aboard an accident-free ship, the M/V Del Sol. A native of Florida, he was a resident of New Or­ leans. Interment was in Linden Ceme­ tery, Sumier County, Fla. Surviving are his mother, Adeline of Webster, Fla. and two sisters, Mrs. Lucille-Stephenson of Miami and Mrs." Janice Stanfield of Webster. Daniel B. Shepard, 72, died of a heart attack on the way to Stevens Memorial Hospital in Ed­ monds, Wash, on Mar. 29. Brother Shepard joined the SIU in the port of Detroit in 1959 sailing as an oiler. He had sailed for 50 years. Bom in Illinois, he was a resident of Lynwood, Wash, at the time of his death. Entombment was in Floral Hills Mausoleum, Lyn­ wood. Surviving is his widow, Lois. SIU pensioner Rudolph C. Kienast, 81, died on June 1. Brother Kienast joined the Union in 1938 in the port of Philadelphia sailing as a chief steward. ^ He had sailed for 46 years. He was born in Switzerland and was a resident of Pasadena, Md. when he passed away. J.. ' I '•• 1 SIU pensioner Andrew Mir, 64, passed away in the Dominican Republic on May 21. Brother Mir joined the Union in 1944 in the port of New York sailing as a bosun. He had sailed for 36 years and was on the picket line in the N.Y. Harbor strike in 1961. Bora in Puerto Rico, he was a resident of Arecibo, P.R. when he died. Surviv­ ing are his widow, Jane of Diegel, Miss.; a son, Andrew, and a niece, Rafuela Sidong of Metuchen, N.J. Alfred S. De Agro, Jr., 44, expired in the New Orleans USPHS Hospital on Apr. 14. Brother De Agro joined the SIU in the port of Baltimore in 1960 sailing in the engine department. He was a Piney Point upgrader last year and was a 1959 graduate of the Andrew Furuseth Training School in Brooklyn, N.Y. Born in Washington, D.C., he was a resident of River Ridge, La. at the time of his death. Surviving are his widow, Bertha; three sons, Alfred S., Ill, William and John Maloney, and a daughter, Patricia Maloney. SIl) pensioner WUton M. McNeil, 53, died on July 23. Brother McNeil joined the SIU in 1948 in the port of Mobile sailing as a bosun. He was a vet­ eran of the U.S. Arniy in World War II and attended a Conference at Piney Point in 1970. Born in Stockton, Ala., he was a resi­ dent of Bay Minette, Ala. Surviving are his widow. Vera; a son, Wilton, Jr., and a daughter, Erlene of Houston. Richard L. Welch, 60, died of a liver ail­ ment at home in Brooklyn, N.Y. on May 27. Brother Welch joined the SIU in 1947 in the port of New York sailing as a QMED. He had sailed for 41 years and was a pre-war veteran of the U.S. Navy. Bora in Wells River, Vt., he was a resident of Brooklyn. Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn. Surviving is a sis­ ter, Mrs. Ruth E. Merchant of Wells River. Herman R. Whisnant, 50, died in the Baltimore USPHS Hospital on June 28. Brother Whisnant joined the SIU in 1948 in the port of Norfolk sailing as a bosun. He had sailed for 29 years and was a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard in World War II. A native of Morgantown, N.C., he was a resident, of Lincolnton, N.C. Interment was in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Lincolnton. Surviving is a sister. Mrs. Nannie Goodson.of Lincolnton. William L. Hensley, 55, died on May 4. Brother Hensley joined the SIU in the port of Wilmington, Calif, in 1968 sailing as an AB. He was a wounded veteran of the U.S. Navy in World War ll receiving a shrapnel leg wound on the USS Colorado in July 1944 off Tinian Is. in the Marianas, the South Pacific. Seafarer Hensley was bom in Martinsville, Va. and was a resident of Williamstown, N.J. at the time of his death. Surviving are a son, Douglas of Thermal, Calif, and a broth­ er, Thomas, of Williamstown. SIU pensioner Lacey L. Phillips, 68, died of heart trouble in Houma, La. on June 17. Brother Phillips joined the Union in 1942 in the port of New Orleans sailing as a chief steward. He had sailed for 49 years. A native of Russ County, Tex., he was a resident of Houma. Burial was in St. Francis Cemetery, Houma. Surviving are his widow, Mary, and a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Billiot of Houma. Fred R, Wood­ ward, 66, passed away on July 20. Brother Woodward joined the SIU in the port of Boston in 1965 sailing as an AB. He had sailed for 39 years and was a U.S. Coast Guard veteran. Bora in Massachusetts, he was a resident of Salisbury, Mass. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Adelaide Hill of Haverhill, Mass., and a brother, Arthur of Newburyport, Mass. Roland P. Dean, 67, passed away in the USPHS Hospital in Seattle on Aug. 6. Brother Dean joined the SIU in the port of Seattle in 1959 sailing as an AB. He sailed 26 years and was a pre-World War II U.S. Navy veteran. A native of Maryland, he was a resident of San Francisco at the time of his death. Surviving is a son, James. Feyrl W. Ammons, 49, died of arteroscleriosis in Balti­ more on Sept. 2. Brother Ammons joined the SIU in 1944 in the port of i Boston sailing as a quartermaster. He sailed 31 years. Bom in North Carolina, he was a resident of Baltimore. Burial was in Winkler's Grove Cemetery, Burke Coimty, N.C. Surviving is his mother, Bessie of Hickory, N.C. Calvin J. Sivels, 51, died of acute head injuries in University Hospital, Baltimore from a fall down­ stairs at home on July 9. Brother Sivels join­ ed the SIU in the port of Philadelphia in 1959 sailing as a chief cook. He sailed 26 years. Seafarer Sivels was bora in Virginia and was a resident of Balti­ more. Burial was in Kings Memorial Cemetery, Baltimore. Surviving are his widow, Eloise; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Boston Sivels; a brother, Edward, and a sister, Elaine, all of Baltimore. Warren C. Danford, Sr., 46, accidently drowned while swimming in the Hillsborough River in Tampa, Fla. on July 12. Brother Danford was dead on ar­ rival at Tampa Gen­ eral Hospital. He joined the SIU in the port of Houston in 1964 sailing as a chief electrician. A native of Hills­ borough, Tex., he-was a resident of Tampa when he passed away. Crema­ tion took place in the West Coast Cre­ matory, Pinellas County, Fla. Surviving, are his widow, Joan; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Danford; a son, David, and a niece, Constance Stringfellow, all of Tampa. SIU pensioner William Tank III, 57, died of tuberuclosis in the USPHS Hospi­ tal in New Orleans on July 7, Brother Tank joined the SIU in the port of New Orleans in 1953 sail­ ing as a fireman-watertender. He sailed 27 years and was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. Bora in New Orleans, he was a resident there when he passed away. Interment was in St. Bernard Memorial Gardens, Chalmette, La. Sur­ viving are his son, William IV; his par­ ents, Mr. and Mrs. William Tank, and a sister, Thelma, all of New Orleans. Thomas F. Delaney, 47, died in Seat­ tle on Aug. 13. Brother Delaney joined the SIU in 1946 in the port of New York sailing as a fireman-watertender. He sailed almost 26 years. Seafarer Delaney was a postWorld War II veteran of the U.S. Army. Bora in Albany, N.Y., he was a resident of Seattle when he passed away. Sur­ viving is his widow, Barbara Jean of San Francisco. SIU pensioner I Ralph M. Guito, iSr., t 72, died of cancer in St. Joseph's Hospital, I Tampa, Fla. on Jime 1.1. Brother Guito I joined the SIU in 1938 in the port of Tampa sailing as a chief steward. He worked on shore as a hotel chef and received a Union Per­ sonal Safety Award in 1960 for sailing aboard the accident-free ship, the SS Alcoa Ranger (Alcoa Aluminum). Bora in Key West, Fla., he was a resi­ dent of Tampa at the time of his death. Interment was in Garden of Memories, Tampa. Surviving are his widow, Mary, and a son, Ralph of Tampa. Page 20 SIU pensioner Robert McCuIloch, 62, succumbed to a brain disease in Com­ munity General Hos­ pital, Dade City, Fla. on July 3. Brother McCulloch joined the SIU in 1943 in the port of New York sailing as a chief steward. He sailed 24 years. Bora in Scotland, he was a resident of Zephyrhills, Fla. Burial was in Floral Memo­ rial Gardens, Dade City. Surviving are his widow, Hannah; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph McCulloch of Laurel, Md., and a brother, George of Lanham, Md. PhUip C. McBride, 65, passed away from heart disease at home on July 10. Brother McBride joined the SIU in 1947 in the port of New York sailing as an AB. He sailed 30 years and was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. A native of Chicago, he was a resi­ dent of San Francisco. Cremation took place in Fairmount Memorial Park, Fairfield, Calif. Surviving is a sister, Mrs. F. Dorothy A. Dowding of Claren­ don Hills, 111. Seafarers Log H - -i i ^ » 1 ^ . . -f ^ f * r 1 < H 1 \ i 1 i y \ \ ' !'i r �STEER A CLEAR COURSE! If yum are coaTfeted of poweeriea of my illegal drag—heroia, baiUtalates, qpeed, LSD, or erea anrifaaaa—the U^. Coast Gaard wfll reroke year seaaua papers, wtthoot appeal, FOREVER. nm awaas that yoa lose for the rest of yoar life the right to anke a Hrfag 1^ Ohe sea. Howerer, it doesa*! qahe ead ttere erea if yoa recchre a Yoa Biay lose yoor right to vote, your right to hold pnhlic office or to owa a gaa. Yoa also any lose the onportaahy of ever becoaiiag a doctor, dcatist, certiied pablk accoaataat, eagoieer, lawyer, architect, realtor, pharancist, school teacher, or stockbroker. Yoa any jeopardize yoar right to hold a job where yoa aiast be licensed or bonded and yon nny never be able to work for the city, the connty, or the Federal government. Ifs a pretty toa^ rap, bat ffnfs ezacdy how it is and yoa cant do aaydiiag ahoat it The coavicted dn^ nser leaves a black auufc oa his repotatioa for the rest of his life. However, drags can not only destroy yoar r^t to a good UveUhood, it am destroy yoorlife. Drag abase presents a serioas threat to both yoar physical and mental heaMh, and the personal safety of those aronnd yon. This is especially trae aboard ship where clear minds and quick reflexes are essential at aO times for the safe operatioa of the vessel. Doat let dn^ destroy yoor nataral ri^t to a good, happy, prodactive Bfe. Stay drag feee andsteer a clear coane. 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. 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 rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the sh^wners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members i>f the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth 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 headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATION — 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 seamen and 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 member­ ship in the Union or of employment. If a contribution is made by reason of the above 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. American trade union concepts and Seafarer seamen. MEMBBiSHPMEETIIGS' SCHEDULE 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. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The Log has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by inembership 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 saine. 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 such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. Politics Is Porkchops Donate to SPAD Port New York . .. . Philadelphia .. .. Baltimore .... .. .. Norfolk Jacksonville .... .. Detroit ,, Houston New Orleans .. .. .. Mobile San Francisco ... Wilmington .... . 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Nov. .13 ... • • • Nov. 10 ... , —r ... ... • • ... < ... 5:00 p.m. . .. . • 5:00 p.m. . .. 5:00 p.m. ... 5:00 p.m. . .. — V Page 21 October. 1975 - J :i If at any time a Seafarer feels that any of the above rights have been violated, or that he has been denied his constitutional right of access to Union mords or information, he should immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall at headquarters by certified mail, return receipt requested. Frank Drozak, Cfaaitman, Seafarers Appeals Board 275 . 20th Sthtct, Brooklyn, N. Y. 11215 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 patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. fit 'Y' *JL- �Aubrey Waters Seafarer Aubrey "Pete" Waters. 47. has been a member of the SIU since 1950. and has been shipping out as bosun for over ten years. A native of Birmingham. Ala., he now makes his home in Vancouver. Wash, with his wife Donna. Brother Waters ships from the port of Seattle. Jack Curlew Seafarer Jack Curlew. 48, has been a member of the SIU for 30 years, and he has been sailing as bosun since 1964. A native of Newburgh. N.Y. he now ships from the port of Yokohama where he makes his home with his wife Chiyoko. James Davis Seafarer James Davis. 51, has been a member of the SIU for 30 years, and has been ship­ ping as a bosun since 1952. A na­ tive of Alabama, he now ships from the port of Seattle where he makes his home. •4 Jack Nelson Seafarer Jack Nelson, 49, has been shipping with the SIU since 1942, and has been sail­ ing as a bosun for 20 years. A native of Savannah, Ga., he now makes his home in Thounderbolt, Ga. Brother Nelson ships from the port of Jacksonville. 27fh Recertified Class The 27th Class of Seafarers gradu­ ated from the Bosuns Recertification Program this month, and 296 of our members have now had the Opportunity to learn more about the Union and the entire maritime industry. The Bosuns Recertification Program is now two years old, and in that time the Seafarers who have spent the one month at the Harry Lundeberg School and one month at Union Headquarters have gained invaluable knowledge about the SIU, the problems it faces and the way it de^ 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 more qualified to lead their crevrs, are able to hold better shipboard meetings, and should be more able to answer questions by any crewmember. It is more important now than ever before that the SIU membership be an informed membership. In order for that to happen, the members themselves must take an interest in all that affects them and their Union, from events on the waterfront to actions in the 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 two years of putting Seafarers through this program, with more and more Recertified Bosuns leading our crews, that goal is being accomplished. But more work must be done. For only when that goal is completely realize^ when the entire SIU membership is more fully informed, will the job secur­ ity of all be assured for the future. Vertis Smith Seafarer Vertis Smith, 63, has been a member of the SIU since 1941, and he began ship­ ping out as a bosun in 1955. A native of Heflin, Ala., he now ships from the port of Tampa where he makes his home with his wife Irma. Pablo Barrial Seafarer Pablo Barrial, 53, has been a member of the SIU since 1943, and has been ship­ ping out as bosun since 1946. A na­ tive of Cuba, he now ships from the port of New Orleans where he makes his home with his wife Rose. John Bergeria Seafarer John Bergeria, 47, has been an SIU mem­ ber since 1945, and started shipping out as bosun in 1958. A native of Phila­ delphia, he ships from that port and continues to make his home there with his wife Gertrud. Fred Walker Seafarer Fred Walker. 49. has been a member of the SIU since 1947, and started shipping out as a bosun in 1950. A native of Baltimore, he ships from that port and continues to make his home there with his wife Florence. Six Receive W Books David Dukehart Seafarer David Dukehart first ship­ ped with the SIU in 1972 when he grad­ uated from the Harry Lundeberg School. Brother Dukehart also got his QMED endorse­ ment at the School before attending the 'A' Seniority Up­ grading Program. A native and resident of Baltimore, Brother Dukehart ships from the port Of Houston. L«Shaw Seafarer Lex Shaw first began sailing with the SIU in 1966 when he graduated from the New Orleans An­ drew Furuseth School. He attended the Harry Lunde­ berg School in 1973 and earned his FOWT endorse­ ment Shipping out of the port of New Orleans, Brother Shaw is a native and resident of Waverly, Miss. Page 22 : W the graduation of six in the September class of the 'A' Seniority Upgrading Program, 185 Seafarers have earned full 'A' book seniority through this course. Seafarere attending this program si»nd two Wi^dts at the Harry Lunde^g School jn Piney Point studying the history and traditions of their Union and learning atmut technologi­ cal advances found aboard many of the new ships contracted to the The 'A' Seniority Up^ders then go to. Union Headquartm wl^re spend two weeks observing all of the day-to-day operations of their Union, including the administration of the Welfare and pension plans, the servic­ ing of ships by N.Y. patrolmen, the extensive filing and record keeping, and tjte operations of the Seafarers Log. So when these brothers graduate from the 'A' Seniority Program they have tools and knowledge which will enable theni to take on all the re­ sponsibilities and pbligations of valule of die Sf^ EI^o La Soya Seafarer Eligio I La Soya, 55, has been sailing with \ the SIU since 1941. and began shipping as a bosun in 1951. I A native of Cleve­ land. Tex,. Brother i La Soya now makes his home in Texas Tex. with his wife Alice. He ships the port of Houston. Luke Wymbs Seafarer Luke Wymbs. 56, has been shipping with the SIU since 1943, and he began sail­ ing as a bosun in 1965. Brother Wymbs ships from the port of New York and makes his home there. Andrew Lasnansky I Seafarer Andrew Lasnansky, 52, has been shipping with the SIU since 1959, land he began sail­ ing as a bosun in [ 1967. A native of Ohio, Brother LasI nansky now makes his home in Valdosta, Ga. He ships froth'the port of San Francisco. Durell McCorvey Seafarer Durell McCorvey, 47, has been shipping with the SIU since 1945, and he began sail­ ing as a bosun 18 years ago. A native of Georgia, Brother . . McCorvey now ^ makes his home in Tampa, Fla. with his wife Betty Jo. He ships from the port of Jacksonville. SamLesko Seafarer Sam \Lesko has been \ shipping out with the SIU since 1967 when he graduated from the Hew York ' Andrew Furuseth Training School. Sailing as an AB, Brother Lesko ships from the port of New York. A native of New York, he now makes his home in New Brunswick, N.J. Jackson Cavanangh Jose Vazquez Michael Coyle Seafarer Jose Vazquez has been scaling with the SIU I ance his graduation from the Harry Lundeberg School in 1970. Brother I Vazquez returned to the HLS for his QMED endorse­ ment before attending the 'A' Seniority Program. A native of the Bronx, N.Y., Brother Vazquez now lives in Puerto Rico and ships from the port of New York. Seafarer Michael \Coyle graduated \from the trainee \program at the \Harry Lundeberg \ School and began ' shipping with the SIU in 1971. BroCoyle returned S to the Lundeberg School to earri his QMED endorsement before attending the 'A' Seniority Pro­ gram. A native and resident of Phila­ delphia, Brother Coyle ships out of that port. •mm. Seafarer Jackson Cavanaugh has been shipping out with the SIU since 1969. Sailing in the deck department. Brother Cavanaugh earned his AB and Quartermaster's tickets at the Harry Lundeberg School before attending the 'A' Seniority Upgrading Program. A native of Los Angeles, Brother Cava­ naugh ships out of San Francisco and now makes his home there with his wife Josephina. Seafarers Log V • !i \ s ^ ^ " �, ^^i»«PoiWicsw^ t,;l£v;. Bosuns Honor Roll at 296 F(?//o»v/n^^e and home ports of the 296 Seafarers who have successfully completed the SIU Bosuns Recertification Program. These men t ^^buted toward smoother ^^oyagel unlicensed crews, and they have held informative meetings, settled beefs, answered questions and con^e(^r///zca//on Program is one of the most important and successful upgrading programs the SIU has ever undertaken. It is '« program, and the education of the unlicensed crew, that the job security of the entire membership will be fs7u"red Abulay, Edmund Philadelphia Aguiar, Jose, New York Allen, Enos, San Francisco Allen, J. W., Seattle Altstatt, John, Houston Amat, Kasmoln, New York Anderson, Alfred, Norfolk Anderson, Edgar, New York Annis, George, New Orleans Antonlou, Angelo, New York Aponte, Felix, New York Armada, Alfonso, Baltlmoro Atkinson, David, Seattle Backrak, Daniel, Wilmington Baker, Elmer, Houston Baker, William, Houston Bankston, Claude, New Orleans Barnhill, Elmer, Houston Barrlal, Pablo, New Orleans Baudoln, James, Houston Beavers, Norman, New Orleans Bechllvanis, Nicholas, New York Beck, Arthur, San Francisco Beeching, Marlon, Houston Berger, David, Norfolk Beregria, John, Philadelphia Bergeria, Steve, Philadelphia Beye, Jan, New York Bojko, Stanley, San Francisco Boney, Andrew, Norfolk Bourgot, Albert, Mobile Bowman, Jack, Seattle Boyle, Charles, New Orleans Braunstein, Herbert, Wilmington Brendle, Mack, Houston Broadus, Robert, Mobile Brooks, Tom, New York Browning, Ballard, Baltimore Bryan, Ernest, Houston Bryant, Vernon, Tampa Burch, George, New Orleans Burke, George, New York Burton, Ronald, New York Busalacki, Joseph, Jacksonville Bushong, William, Seattle Butterton, Walter, Norfolk Butts, Bobby, Mobile Butts, Hurmon, Houston Cain, Hubert, Mobile Caldeira, Anthony, Houston Calogeros, Oemetrlos, Seattle Gahagan, Kenneth, Houston Carbone, Victor, San Juan Garner, James, New Drieans Carey, John, New York Garza, Peter, Houston Casanueva, Michael, New Orleans Gavin, Joseph, Houston Castro, Gulllermo, San Juan Giangiordano, Donato, Philadelphia Chestnut, Donald, Mobile Gianniotis, John, New York Chlasson, Richard, New Orleans GiTlaln, Robert, Jacksonville Chrlstenberry, Richard, San Francisco Gllllkin, Leo, San Francisco Chrlstensen, Christian, San Francisco Gomez, Jose, New York Christiansen, Egon, San Francisco Gonzalez. Callxto, San Juan Cisieckl, John, San Francisco Gonzalez, Jose, New York Clegg, William, New York Gorbea, Robert, New York Cofone, William, Wilmington Gorman, James, New York Colson, James, Seattle Gosse, Fred, San Francisco Cooper, Fred, Mobile Green, John, Baltimore Craddock, Edwin, New Orleans Greenwood, Perry, Seattle Crawford, William, Jacksonville Grima, Vincent, New York Cross, Malcolm, Wilmington Guadamud, Luis, New Drieans Curlew, Jack, Yokohama Gustavson, Walter, New York Curry, Leon, Jacksonville Hager, Bertll, New York Dakin, Eugene, Boston Hale, William, New Drieans D'AmIco, Charles, Houston Hanback, Burt, New York Hanstvedt, Alfred, New York Dammeyer, Dan, New York Harvey, Lee J., New Drieans Darvllle, Richard, Houston Davles, John, New York Hawkins, Tom, Seattle Davis, James, Seattle Hazel, John, New Drieans Delgado, Julio, New York Hellman, Karl, Seattle Dickinson, David, Mobile Hicks, Donald, New York . Dixon, James, Mobile Hllburn, Thomas, Mobile Donovan, Joseph, Boston Hill, Charles, Houston Doty, Albert, New Drieans HIrsh, Burton, Baltimore Drake, Woodrow, Seattle Hodges, Raymond, Mobile Hodges, Raymond W., Baltimore Drewes, Peter, New York Hogge, Elbert, Baltimore Duet, Maurice, Houston Homka, Stephen, New York Dunn, Beverly, Mobile Hovde, Arne, Philadelphia Eckert, Arne, Seattle Eddins, John, Baltimore lpsen, Drla, New York James, Calvaln, New York Edelmon, Bill, Houston Jandora, Stanley, New York Engelund, Clayton, New York Jansson, Sven, New York Falrcloth, Charles, Mobile Farhi, Israel, Houston Japper, John, New York Johnson, Fred, Mobile Fell, William, New York Johnson, Ravaughn, Houston Ferrera, Raymond, New Drieans Joseph, Leyal, Philadelphia FInklea, George, Jacksonville Flowers, Eugene, New York Joyner, William, Houston Justus, Joe, Jacksonville Foster, James, Mobile Karatzas, Tom, Baltimore FotI, Sebastian, Wilmington Karlsson, Bo, New York Frey, Charles, Jacksonville Kelsey, Tom, San Francisco Funk, William, New York Kerageorglou, Antolne, New Drieans Kerngood, Morton, Baltimore Kingsley. Jack, San Francisco Kleimola, William, New York Knoles, Raymond, S;^n Francisco Koen, John, Mobile Konls, Perry, New York Koza, Leo, Baltimore Krawczynskl, Stanley, Jacksonville La France, Dave, New York Lambert, Reldus, New Drieans Landron, Manuel, San Juan Lasnansky, Andrew, San Francisco La Soya, Ellgio, Houston Lasso, Robert, San Juan Lataple, Jean, New Drieans Lavolne, Raymond, Baltimore Lawton, Woodrow, Baltlmoro Leake, Herbert, Baltimore LeClaIr, Walter W., New York Lee, Hans, Seattle Levin, Jacob, Baltimore LIbby, George, New Drieans LIneberry, Carl, Mobile Logan, John, Mobile Mackert, Robert, Baltimore Maldonado, Basllo, Baltimore Manning, Denis, Seattle Martlneau, Tom, Seattle Mattloli, Gaetano, New York McCaskey, Earl, New Drieans McCollom, John, Boston McCorvey, Durell, Jacksonville McGlnnIs, Arthur, New Drieans McKlnney, Melville, Philadelphia Hears, Ferlton, New York Meehan, William, Norfolk Meffert, Roy, Jacksonville Merrill, Charles, Mobile Michael, Joseph, Baltimore Miller, Clyde, Seattle Mitchell, William, Jacksonville Mize, Cyril, San Francisco Mladonich, Ernest, New Drieans Moen, Irwin, Baltimore Monardo, Sylvester, New Drieans Morales, Esteban, New York Morris, Edward Jr., Mobile Morris, William, Baltimore Morris, William, Jacksonville Moss, John, New Drieans Moyd, Ervin, Mobile Mullls, James, Mobile Murry, Ralph, San Francisco Myrex, Luther, Mobile Nash, Walter. New York Nelson, Jack, Jacksonville Nicholson, Eugene, Baltimore Nielsen, Vagn, New York Northcutt, James, San Francisco Nuckols, Billy, New York D'Brlen, William, New York D'Connor, William, Seattle DIesen, Carl, San Francisco DIson, Fred, San Francisco DIson, Maurice, Boston Dromaner, Albert, San Francisco Dwen, Burton, Houston Palino, Anthony, New York Palmer, Nick, San Francisco Paradise, Leo, New York Parker, James, Houston Parker, William, New Drieans Pedersen, Dtto, New Drieans Pehler, Frederick, Mobile Pence, Floyd, Houston Perry, Wallace, Jr., San Francisco Pierce, John, Philadelphia Pollanen, VIekko, New Drieans Poulsen, Verner, Seattle Pressly, Donald, New York Price, Blllle, Norfolk Pryor, Clarence, Mobile PuchalskI, Kaslmir, San Francisco Pugllsl, Joseph, New York Puillam, James, San Francisco Radich, Anthony, New Drieans Rains, Horace, Houston Rallo, Salvador, New Orleans Reeves, William, Mobile RIchburg, Joseph, Mobile Rihn, Ewing, New Drieans Riley, William, San Francisco Ringuette, Albert, San Francisco Rivera, Alfonso, San Juan Rodrigues, Lancelot, San Juan Rodriguez, Frank, New York Rodriguez, Dvidio, New York Ruley, Edward, Baltimore Sanchez, Manuel, New York Sanford, Tommie, Houston Schwarz, Robert, Mobile Self, Thomas, Baltimore Sellx, Floyd, San Francisco Sernyk, Peter, New York Sheets, James, Baltimore Sheldrake, Peter, Houston Shorten, James, San Francisco Sipsey, Robert, San Francisco Smith, Lester, Norfolk Smith, Vertis, Tampa Sokol, Stanley, San Francisco Sorel, Johannes, Jacksonville Spuron, John, San Francisco Stockmarr, Sven, New York Suchocki, Leonard, San Francisco Swearingen, Barney, Jacksonville SwiderskI, John, New York Teti, Frank, New York Theiss, Roy, Mobile Thompson, J. R., Houston TIcer, Dan, San Francisco Tillman, William, San Francisco Tirelli, Enrico, New York Todd, Raymond, New Drieans Tolentino, Ted, San Francisco Troche, Gregory, Mobile Turner, Paul, New Orleans UccI, Peter, San Francisco Velazquez, William, New York Walker, Fred, Baltimore Wallace, Edward, New York Wallace, Ward, Jacksonville Wallace, William, Mobile Walters, Herwood, New York Wardlaw, Richard, Houston Ware, Dick, Houston Waters, Aubrey, Seattle Weaver, Harold, Houston Welch, Macon, Houston Whitmer, Alan, New York Wingfield, P. G., Jacksonville Woods, Malcolm, San Francisco Workman, Homer, New Drieans Worley, John, San Francisco Wymbs, Luke, New York Zaragoza, Roberto, New York Zeloy, Joseph, New Drieans m 'A Seniority Honor Holt Now Numbers 165 Seafarers who have completed the 'A'Seniority Upgrading Program have had the opportunity to learn about their Union and itsactivities, rruiking thent-good, informed Union Members. These men are encouraged to take the delegate's job aboard ship and put this new knowledge to work. Following are the names and departments of the 185 Seafarers who have completed the'A'Seniority Upgrading Program. Adans, Francis, Deck Alien, iawrence, Engine Allison, Murphy, Engine Ahmad, Bin, Deck Ames, Ailan, Deck Andrepont, P. J., Engine Arnold, Mott, Deck Barnett, Jay, Engine Bartol, Thomas, Deck Baxter, Alan, Engine Bean, P. L, Deck Beauverd, Arthur, Engine Bellinger, William, Steward Berulls, William, Deck Blletz, John, Engine Blacklok, Richard, Engine Blasquez, Gregory, Engine Boisii, James, Deck Bolen, Timothy, Deck Boles, John, Engine Brackblll, Russell, Deck Bruschlni, Mario, Steward Burke, Lee Roy, Engine Burke, Timothy, Deck Bumette, Barney, Steward Butch, Richard, Engine Camniuso, Frank, Deck Carhart, David, Deck Carruthers, Francis, Engine Castle, Stephen, Deck Cayanaugh, Jackson, Deck Clark, Garrett, Deck Colangelo, Joseph, Deck Conklln, Kevin, Engine Correli, Paul, Engine Cosentiho, Dominic, Deck^^? C^le,iyHehael, Engine October, 1975 Cunningbam, Robert, Deck Daniel, Wadsworth, Engine Davis, William, Deck Day, John, Engine Derke, Michael, Engine Deskins, William, Steward Dising, Maximo, Engine Dobloug, James, Engine Dukehart, David, Engine Ei^eli, Pat, Engine Egeland, Ralph, Deck Escudero, Tomas, Engine Esposito, Gennaro, Engine Ewing, Larry, Steward Farmer, William, Deck Farrapt, John, Deck Fila, Marion, Deck Frsk, Stan, Deck Frost, Stephen, Deck Galka, Thomas, Engine Gallagher, Patrick, Deck Galliano, Marco, Deck Garay, Stephen, Deck Garcia, Robert, Deck Gilliam, Robert, Steward Gotay, Raui, Steward Gower, David, Engine Graham, Patrick, Deck Grimes, M.R., Deck Hapr, Ken, Deck Hale, Earnest, Deck Hailer, John, Engine Hart, Ray, Deck Hawker, Patrick, Deck Haynes, Blake, Enjdno Heick, Carroll, Deck » ' feller, Douglas^ Steward ; • »K, : - Humason, Jon, Deck Hummerick, James, Jr., Steward Hutchinson, Richard, Jr., Engine ivey, D. E., Engine Johnson, M., Deck Jones, Leggette, Deck Jordan, Carson, Deck Kanavos, Panagirtis, Engine Kegney, Thomas, Engine Keith, Robert, Deck Keliey, John, Deck Kelly, John, Deck Kemey, Paul, En^ne Kirksey, Charles, Engine Kittleson, L. Q., Deck Knight, Donald, Engine Konetes, Johnnie, Deck Kunc, Lawrence, Deck Kundrat, Joseph, Steward Umphere, Thomas, Engine Laner, Ronnie, Engine Lang, Gary, Deck Laughlin, Douglas, Engine LeClair, Lester, Steward Lehmann, Arthur, Deck «' Lentsch, Robert, Deck Lesko, Samuel, Deck long, Alton. Engine Lundeman, Louis, Deck Makarewicz, Richard, Engine Mallory, Arthur, Deck Manning, Henry, Steward Marcus, M. A., Deck McAndrew, Martin, Engine McCabe, John, Engine McCabe.T. J., Engine McMnllin, Clarence,, McParland, James, Engine Mllici, Robert, Deck MInix, R. G., Jr., Engine Miranda. John, Engine Moneymaker, Ernest, Engine Moore, C. M., Deck Moore, George, Deck Moore, William, Deck Mortier, William, Deck Mouton, Terry, Engine Noble, Mickey, Deck Nuotio, Ken, Deck Painter, Philip, Engine Paloumbis, Nikolaos, Engine PapageorgioUrpimitrios, Engine Parker, Jason, Deck Patrick, L., Engine Poietti, Pierangelo, Deck Prasinos, George, Deck Reamey, Bert, Engine Restaino, John, Engine Ripley. William, Deck Rivers, Sam, Engine Roback, James, Deck Rodripe^ Charles, Engine Rodriguer^ Robert, Engine Rogers, Geoiie, Engine Rub, Steve, Engine Sabb, Caldwell, Jr., Engine Salley, Robert, Jr., Engine Sanders, Dany, Eiigine Sanger, Alfred, Deck Shaw, Lex, Deck Shaw, Ronald, Engine Silfast, Gecrp, Deck Simonetti, Joseph, Steward Simpson, j^atpon.l^ Sisk, Keith, Deck Smith, D. B., Steward Smith, Robert, Deck Snyder, John, Engine Spell, Gary, Engine Spell, Joseph, Deck Spencer, Craig, Engine Spencer, H. DBEngine Stanfieid, Pete, Deck Stauter, David, Engine Stevens, Duane, Deck Strauss, Grepry, Engine SvQboda, Kvetoslav, Engine Szeihert, Stephen, Steward Tanner, Leroy, Engine Tell, George, Engine Thomas, Robert, Engine Thomas, Timothy, Deck Tralnor, Robert, Deck Trott, Llewellyn, Engine Utterback, Larry, Deck Vain, Thomas, Deck Vaiton, Sidney, Engine Variyi, Thomas, Stevpid Vazpez, Jose, Engine Venus, Steve, Steward Vukmir, George, Deck Walker, Marvin, Engine Wambach, Albert, Deck Waupman, Jerry, Engine Wmffflan, Lee, Deck WUbelm, Maik, Engine Wilson, Richard, Steward Wolfe. John, Deck Woodhwse, Ashton, Engint Wriglii Charlie, Engine Zukler, Han$,^ine Page 23 il A' �r'5-S' LUNDEBERG SCHOOL i:-- EDUCATION • TRAINING • UPGRADING Course Descriptions and Starting Dates 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: October 2, 16, 30; November 13, 28; December 11, 26; January 8, 22; February 5, 19; March 4, 18; April 1. Deck Department ABLE SEAMAN 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. 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 Deck Engine Mechanic. Starting Dates: October 16; November 13; December 11; January 8; February 5; March 4; April 1. 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; h^ghine 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 QUARTERMASTER QUARTERMASTER—Recertified Bosun Tom Kelsey (2nd right) and Quarter­ master instructor Chuck Dwyer (left) lead latest course graduates aboard the SS Charles S. Zimmerman at the HLSS in PIney Point, Md. of (I. to r.): James Haynle; Don McKlnney; James Moran; Joseph VIolante; Kjeld Nielsen, and George Lowe. ... ^ . „ . , . ihary Equipment; Starting and Securing Main Engines. Course Requirements: (If you have a Wiper endorsement only)—Must be able to pass the prescribed physical, including eyesight without glasses of no more than 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: November 3, January 12, February 23, April 5. The course of instruction leading to certification as Quartermaster 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: October 2, November 13, January 8, February 19, April 1. LIFEBOATMAN DIESELS 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 LIFEBOAT—Instructor Paul Allman (right) of the HLSS Lifeboat Course in Pinev Point with his last class of grads of (I. to r.): Dan Nelson; Gary Mitchell; Efrai Velazquez; John Sherpinski, and Wilfredo Ramirez. 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 yoii will only be com­ peting with other seamen with similar educational backgrounds. The awards are granted in April, but you should begin your application process now. 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 trade or skill which 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: These are the scholarships offered: 1. Four-year college degree scholar- 1. Must be under 35 yearj of age. Page 24 t The course of instruction leading to endorsement as FOWT (Fireman, Watertender and/or Oiler) consists of^lassroom 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; Putting Boilers on the Line; Changing Burners; Operation of Aux- QMED-Any Rating Starting Dates: October 16. November 28, January 26, March 8. >• . • FOWT This may be waived for Seafarers who have completed one or more years in an accredited college or university. 2. Have not less than two years of actual employment on vessels of companies signatory to Seafarers Welfare Plan (three years for $10,000 scholarship). 3. Have one day of employment on a vessel in the sixth-month period immediately proceeding date of application. 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 4. Have 90 days of employment on a vessel in the previous calendar year. Pick up a scholarship application now. They are available in the ports or you may write to the following address aqd 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 • ' i. .A • * « ^ ^ S "l i » 1 . i ' i S. y.'%. V-.j • s fc -n^ i "i ^ V 1 ^ .- I k i \ > a ^ I » • V' • . li i. t. •« i • \ I •. �S^IXS^ cutting. On completion of the course, an HLS Certificate of Graduation will be awarded. Course Requirements: Engine depart­ ment personnel must hold endorsement as OMED—Any Rating; deck and steward department personnel must hold any rating. Starting Dates: November 28; Decem­ ber II, February 5, March 18. 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: January 5. 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 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF REFRIGERATED CONTAINERS The course of instruction leading to cer­ tification as Refrigerated Container Me­ chanic consists of both classroom and on-the-job training that includes the fol­ lowing: instruction covering all units on refrigeration, electrical and engine tune-up on gasoline and diesel units, operation, maintenance and trouble shooting on all refrigeration units, instruction of funda­ mentals of operation and servicing and diagnostic procedures used with electrical circuitry. Course Requirements: Applicants must hold Coast Guard endorsements as Elec­ trician and Refrigerating Engineer or QMED-Any Rating. Length of Course: The normal length of the course is four (4) weeks. Starting Date: November 17. HARRY LUNDEBERG SCHOOL OF SEAMANSHIP UPGRADING APPLICATION Name. Forty-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 oppo.-tunity 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. (First) (Middle) Mo./Day/Year Address (Street) , Telephone #. (City) (Zip Code) (State) (Area Code) District Seniority Book Number Date Book Was Issued Fort Presently Registered In_ .Port Issued. Endorsement(s) Now Held _ Social Security #. Piney Point Graduate: • Yes No • (if so, fill in below) Endorsement(s) Received. to. Entry Program: From (Dates Attended) Upgrading Program: , Endorsement(s) Received to. From, (Dates Attended) Do you hold a letter of completion for Lifeboat: • Yes • No; Fire Fighting: • Yes • No Dates Available for Training I Am Interested In: DECK AB-12 Months AB Unlimited Quartermaster Lifeboatman STEWARD ENGINE • Electrician • Asst. Cook • QMED • Dk. Eng. • Chief & Baker • FWT • Jr. Eng. • Chief Cook • Oiler • Pumpman • Steward • Dk. Mech. • Machinist • Reefer • Welder • Boilermaker • Advanced Pumpman Procedures • LNG/LPG • Advanced Electrical Procedures • Diesel • Refrigeration Container Mechanic RECORD OF SEATIME — (Show only amount needed to.upgrade in rating checked above or attach letter of service, whichever is applicable.) SHIP SIGNATURE RATING HELD DATE OF SHIPMENT DATE OF DISCHARGE DATE RETURN COMPLETED APPLICATION TO: LUNDEBERG UPGRADING CENTER, PINEY POINT, MD. 20674 j Name _ Book No. j Address (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 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 bold "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: October 2, November 13, December 26, February 5, March 18. ASSISTANT COOK 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 ser\'e 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: October 30, December 11, January 22, March 4. COOK AND BAKER The course of instruction includes classroom and on-the-job training in bak- October, 1975 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 full. 3. All outstanding monetary obliga­ tions, such as dues and loans paid in full. I meet the requirements listed above and I am interested in furthering my edu­ cation. I would like more information on the Lundeberg High School Program. Date of Birth (Last) • • • • High School Program Is Available to All Seafarers (Zip) 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: October 2, 16. 30; November 13. 28; . December 11, 26; January 8, 22; February 5, 19; March 4, 18; April 1. •n % 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 Assistant Cook, and six months as Cook and Baker; or si? 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. • f r % •./4 Starting Dates: October 16, November 28, January 8. February 19, April 1. Note: Courses and starting dates are subject to change at any time. Any change will be noted in the LOG. Page 25 • "V , ?: �Through HLSS Program Seafarers Earn High School Diplomas -- 'jw ' f.i&SSf';*'K (•'Wiir-\ ••••• L,-,i Getting their HLSS General Educational Development (GED) Program high school diplomas last month were (2nd left) Recertified Bosun Tom Keisey and (2nd right) 'A' Seniority QMED Upgrader Michael Coyle. With them are school officials (I. to r.) Margaret Nalen, Academic Department director; Hazel Brown, president and Bob Kaimus, Vocational Education Department director. Sea­ farer Coyle graduated from Piney Point in 1971 earning his fireman-watertender endorsement two years later. General Educational Development (GED) Program graduate George Taylor (right) gets his State of Maryland high school diploma from HLSS Director of Academic Education Margaret Nalen at Piney Point, Md. recently. Brother George Taylor Brother George Taylor, who has been a Seafarer since 1969, recently completed the GED program at the Limdeberg School and earned his high school diploma. Seafarer Taylor left school in the tenth grade. "When I read about the GED program at HLSS in the Seafar­ ers Log, I saw it as a real opportunity for me," he said. Brother Taylor says that his travels as a Seafarer and his work in the Stew­ ard Department made him realize that he needed his high school diploma. "You've got to have a knowledge of books if you want to advance" he said. Brother Taylor added that he would recommend the Lundeberg School's GED program to all Seafarers. "If high school had been like this, I would never have dropped out," he said. He added that, "Everything about the Lundeberg School helps you learn and want to learn more. The classrooms, the living facilities, and the system of study are all excellent. And the teachers are very helpful. They work with you as an in­ dividual, and they'll give you all the help you need." In addition to earning his high school diploma at HLSS, Se^arer Taylor also took advantage of the opportunity for vocational advancement at the school. He recently completed the upgrading program for Cook and Baker offered by the Vocational Education Department. Hall Asks NMC to Back Cargo forPreference the Arctic sealift nor the tugs to pull Continued from Page 2 enacted which wiO give the American merchant marine a fairer slice of the naton's shipping business. He urged them to develop a more potent presence in Washington, D.C. A critical problem, tied to the pre­ vailing economic picture, according to Hall, is the high cost of borrowing money which has put a real damper on new ship constructicm. "Maritime leaders have been talking among themselves, instead of taking their message to the American public," Hall asserted. "Because of this," he said, "Government leaders do not under­ stand the problems or importance of the maritime industry." He pointed, how­ ever to an important shift, noting that the Democratic Party had ignored the industry in the 1972 election, but that Democratic candidates are "coming to us" this year and talking about the mari­ time industry. Also a featured speaker at the mari­ time conference was Tow Crowley, pres­ ident of Crowley Maritime Corp., who emphasized the important impact of the Maritime Act of 1970. "Without that act," Crowley declared, "Crowley Mari­ time could never have built the barges Page 26 them." He credited Paul Hall as the one person most responsible for the pas­ sage of this legislation. Ibe key provi­ sion, according to Crowley, was the ex­ tension of loan guarantees to the towing industry for the construction of equip­ ment. "The wisdom of this move has been dramatically proved," Crowley said. He estimates tbat the nation will realize a $7.2-billion return in petro­ leum resources because of this foreri^t. Joining a distinguished panel of ex­ perts in talks on various facets of the conference theme, "Elemraits erf Inter­ national Trade", IBU of the Pacific President Merle Adlum led the discus­ sion in the Workshop on Transporta­ tion. He also served as chairman of the Unity Dinner which followed the con­ ference. Adlum was honored at the dinner as the Pacific Coast labor leader contrib­ uting most for the year to the objec­ tives of the National Maritime Council. In this activity, maritime labor is in full partnership with industry and the Federal Maritime Administration in seeking to build a strong American-flag merchant marine. Brother Michael Coyle Seafarer Michael Coyle recently earned his high school diploma through the GED Program at the Limdeberg School. Brother Coyle graduated from HLSS as a trainee in September, 1971. He first returned to the school in 1973 and earned his FOWT endorsement. In 1975, he earned his QMED endorse­ ment through the upgrading program at HLSS as well as his high school diploma, and he is currently enrolled as an 'A' Seniority upgrader. Seafarer Coyle is a resident of Phila­ delphia, Pa. He dropped out of high school in the twelfth grade, but says "I've always wanted my high school diploma and so 1 decided to take ad­ vantage of the GED program here at Piney Point." Brother Coyle feels that the teachers at HLSS make the Lundeberg School very different from an ordinary high school. "There's a much better relation­ ship between the teacher and the stu­ dent here," he said. "All your classes are very individualized and the teachers are always willing to help you." Seafarer Coyle called the academic and vocational opportunities at HLSS, "a good deal." He said, "This school is a real advantage for all Seafarers, and I'd recommend the GED program to any brother who wanted a high school diploma." Brother Coyle plans to continue to advance his career as a Seafarer through the programs at the Lundeberg School. He says he will enroll in the adr: vanced courses for QMED's that will be offered later this year through the HLSS Vocational Education Depart­ ment. Lifeboat Diplomas Go to 8 HLSS Lifeboat Course Instructor Paul Allman (far right) poses with his latest graduating class as some show off their diplomas. From (I. to r.) are; Roberto Maldonado; Oswaido Gonzales; Jose Quiones; EusebiloGonsales; Paul Stubblefield; Gerald Payhe; Heriberto Ponce, and Byron Ginter. Notify Union Continued from Page 5 In no event should a crewmember must be gjiven no later than 1 p.m. on leave a vessel until his rq}lacement ar­ rives. Friday. The Union will continue to fight any The ship's chairman or ship's com­ attempts by foreign competitors to take mittee member should notify Headquar­ ters that a replacement will be needed. away a job held by an SlU seaman. But If a crewmember has given sufficient only with the full cooperation of the notice and Headquarters has been ad­ ship's chairman and committee can the vised, then the Union will have ample fight to keep all SlU jobs secure be successful. time to find a replacement Seafarers Log �House Bill Bars Fishermen From Jones Act Injury Benefit In another attack on the Jones Act, a bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives which would deny U.S. fishermen the protection of the personal injury provisions of the Act. Under the Jones Act a U.S. fisherman has the right to sue an employer in court for negligence which results in injury or death and, if he is successful, he may receive a judgement which covers all past, present and future dam­ ages. In place of the injury and death com­ pensation system provided by the Jones Act, a system which also covers seamen, this legislation would substitute a limited schedule of benefits which, once fixed by a Benefits Review Board, could not The Baud of Trustees of Oie Sea­ farers Wettare and Peuion Phm has accepted a revision in the optical benefit. Effective Jan. 1, 1976 Seafarus meeting the basic eii|^iiity require­ ments end tMr depndents need no loafer pMbrouize a contracted opti­ cian in mder to recdh^e the optical benefitjf up to $30 every two yiprs Mi be reversed or revised by any- other official or court of the United States. The schedule of benefits would be computed under a complicated system which takes into consideration the ex­ tent of the injury, the age of the injured, industry average wages and othn fac­ tors but does not consider pain or other subjective, personal factors. This legislation also endangers safe working conditions aboard U.S. fishing ve^els because it not only fails to im­ pose new safety or health standards, but it also only provides for voluntary com­ pliance of fninimum safety Standards by owners and restricts government inflec­ In a statement released by die AFL-^ CIO Ad Hoc Committee on hfaritfaiM Industry Problems, it was pointed oat that die Jones Act coven^e *is more suited to die reaiides of the faidnstry and to the fishermen's needs, and the Ad Hoc Committee strongly oi^Nises any change." tion of vessds to those requested vessel owners. At present the bill, designated HR. 9716, is pending before the House Merdhant Marine and Fisheries Committee, and has not yet been scheduled f(v hearings. Two Top Chief Stevrards Retire fmr u eye examhiation and a pair olgiasBes. Under the revised provimn, d%lhie Seafarers may go to miy optician and must submit the paid bfll, ahmg with Ae SIU daim form to the Plan office. The Man will then directily reimburse each man iqp to $30 for ^ Mi. Deposit in the SIU Blood Bank ^ It's Your Life Making their retirement speeches to the assembled membership at the monthly meeting at Headquarters on Oct. 6 were Chief Stewards Joseph N. Powers (left) and Sydney P. "Aussie" Shrimpton. Brother Powers joined the SIU in 1942 in the port of New York "rising from messboy to chief steward" and sailing in that rating for 24 years. Brother Shrimpton joined the Union also in 1942 in the port of Boston and had sailed 53 years at the time of his retirement, 34 of them as a chief steward. 4 SCHEDULE OF INCREASED BENEFITS MADE POSSIBLE FROM INCREASED CONTRIBUTIONS BENEFITS Death Accidental Dismemberment CURRENT BENEFITS $4,000.00 None. I ' ' • •" ' . A,.--'• • ,-1. .••-•-w:' - • . • • .'ym-i:- '-y ^ : , Surgical Per schedule up to a maximum of $450.00 per confinement. In Hospital Doctors Visits $4.00 per day up to date of surgery—^Maximum 31 days. Maternity Optical $300.00 maximum for each child. $25.00 for eligibles/dependents who live in a city where Aere is no contracted optician. Once every 2 years. $30.00 daily—Private room. Hospital Room & Board Intensive Care Hospital Extras $75.00 per day. $300.00 for 1st 31 days; Aereafter up to anoAer $300.00—^Maximum $600.00. Pension . $250.00 per monA. Vacati<Mi $1,000 for Group III, $1,200 for Group H, $1,400 for Group I key ratings. INCREASED BENEFITS $5,000.00 payable only to designated beneficary of eligibles who are included in the following category, spouse, child, stepchild, mother, father, grandparent, brother, sister, half-brother, half-sister, grandchild, stepbrother, stepsister, stepmother, step­ father. If any eligible employee suffers an accidental loss not arising out of or in the course of employment will receive as follows: $5,000.00 1. Loss of 2 hands $5,000.00 2. Loss of 2 feet $5,000.00 3. Loss of 2 eyes . ... . . $5,000.00 4. Loss of 1 hand and 1 foot . . $5,000.00 5. Loss of 1 hand and 1 eye ... $5,000.00 6. Loss of 1 foot and 1 eye . . . $2,500.00 7. Loss of 1 hand . . $2,500.00 8. Loss of 1 foot . . $2,500.00 9. Loss of sight 1 eye Total amount payable on account of more than one of the losses listed and sus­ tained by the injured employee in any one accident—^Maximum: $5,000.00. Plan will pay cost of surgery per Surgical Schedule up to a maximum of $600.00. $15.00 for Ae first day. $ 10.00 for Ae second day. $ 6.00 per day Aereafter for 58 days—^Maximum 60 days. When surgery is per­ formed, benefits are payable only up to date of surgery. $500.00 Maximum for each child. May be payable to hospital, doctor or member. $30.00 for eligibles/dependents who live in a city where there is no contracted optician. Once every 2 years. Private room-^plan pays Ae hospital's average semi-private rate. Full cost of Intensive Care. Actual charges for miscellaneous hospital expenses wiA exception of Radiation Aerapy, physicians services, private nurses or luxuries or conveniences not directly associated wiA hospital care. Maximum 60 days Tor each confinement. $350.00' per monA for employees who reAe and submit applications on or after June 16,1975. $1,400 for Group IH, $1,800 for Group H, $2,200 for Group I key ratiiigs. NOTE: A complete digest of Surgical, Wellare, Pension and Vacation benefitswiil be available at aD Union halls in about a mouA. October, 1975 Page 27 L h �••SEAF A"-'"- - V •- ^ •.;S V/futTZrv^ •rm .. LOG October, 1975 - CMflcUl pubUcatleit •! tb« SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL ONION • Atlaatle, Onlf, Lakes and Inland Waters District' AFL-CIO 271 to or The following Seafarers and other concierned mdivtduals, 271 in all, have demonstrated an active interest in participating in political and legislative mtiviiies which are vliaiiohothour job security and our social and economic welfare, by voluntarily donating $100 or more to the Seafarers Political Activities ^ Donation (SPAD) fund since the beginning of 1975. (The kiw prohibits the use of any union money, such as dues, initiation fees, etc., for political activities. The most effective way the trade umonist can take part in politics is through voluntary political contributions.) Eleven who have realized haw important it i^J^i ^lte SW^s voice be heard in the Halls of Congress have contributed $200, three have contributed $300, and one $600. For the rest of the year, the LOG will be running the SPAD honor rolls became ike Union feels that in the upcoming years our political role must be moinfained if the liyelihoods arc to tn hfi nrnter-fe/t • ' • ' '^"1 1 1 • 1 •' '' 1 • 1 ' " 11.111— • • of Seafarers are be protected. AliisyBDS) R. A. Cosajpf<»i, W* Adisoa^ W. C<Hiklia,K. Spnvin, BL I ^R.N. Sela«r^-Ri.,3;^' SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATION r $' Afl«,J. Ammam, W. 3 iUniasco, B. 3 AnderMMiyD. AndeisonbE, Anderson, J. E. Annis,G. AronicajA. Amdte, L. "^Arthofer^P. Adbaa5on,E. ^ AwrSjA. |kTery,R.H. iBabkowskijT. ^ Biuley, J. I Batlila^N.N. ~ Baum, A J,-. ^ BcBinger/W. Beiger,p. '$2Qoo^ Coi]etta,P» Conistnt, W.E, Cross AL Cnrtis,T.K. Davis L .31 Davis, T. DeGnraaan,i^ Dnnetrjw^L Dfwi^P* Ddcote,C. Dwyer, j. Edwards K. Caffey,J. , Gla3E^:R.:Wi; GlideweU,T. ^anipbe]l,D. GoIder,L Address. S^er,L Sjamsmyzal,^ Siiiifli,H.C. $Qrel,L Spi»cer,G. Spi^,iL Spuron, 1. Stanings,F.' . State City S.S. No.. .Zip Code SPAD is a separate setrecated 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 seamen and the advancement of trade union concepts. In connection with such objects, SPAD supports and contributes to politicial 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 membership in the Union (SlUNA AGLIWD) or of employ­ ment. If a contribution is made by reason of the above improper conduct, notify the Seafarers Union or SPAD at the above address, certified mail within thirty days of the contribution for investigation and appropriate action and refund, if inveluntary. Support SPAD to protect and further your economic. IA copy of our report filed with the appropriate supervisory officer is (or will be) available for purchase from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.) Signature of Solicitor 1975 Port *20' Stephens, Vf. W; Snnicli^ R. H. IlbineivC. ^E. €«a!d,T. Grissom, F. ::'Giiariifo,:Lk, Gnertin, L. MDSer^Ll l4linipliri«, A. L. l^ngnnni, C. Lee,J.F. Orils Jr.,jLw Ban, Sr., W. Hardii^^ ' lEMttph, 'E* Justus,!. Kanoa, M. :Eajstnia^:A.Vv^ KeUer,P. Keingodd;,M. Kelly,G, isaufelH. VJ. JCompfon, W, S%iaFpo,M.^ Dotterer,!. Droxak, F, , ' jB|<mn,G. BnMdts,S.T. Bi»wn^G. Bi^ant, B. ,P. Setzec^S. Contributor's Name DidraiiM»ko, J, DiGM»gio,L;| DmdsW.J. . Dol^on,p. Donnelian, A. Garcu^ ' Gardj.C.L.'" '' Gaskjin,H. Gepme, C* GiII,]P.Dv ^ajrfoda^;'^ BROOKLYN, N. Y. 11232 Date. Blnitt,!. Besns^ BdHiser, L. 'iMFlsclww, H. ' Bradreau, R. F1orons,C.D. Fmtekl. 1^7 C. itoyne,F. Fnriito^H.S. Iovino,L. Brand, H. J^ksQii,C.lL Brnnnaii, G. 679 FOURTH AVENUE ,Eing|S» Koen,X 'Ml BMiiili Matensl(|r, G. • vM' "/i C. field, L.R. vF.: MBtclidI, iL ^ Rettenbacher,Vf, • ITei^dos, O^e^ A. hfitcheU, W. L. Riddle,D. Olhoia, W. X Teipe,K. Molina,F. ChieilljD.R. tlierman, E. ^ MoHaird, C. Rivc^jR. Tirelii,E. Moneelli,F. P|ipnci^S.X Troy,S. Mdo<Sfy,0,W. ^u^inuG.C. Rotert80n,T. Troxclafr,B, 1 Mdoney»E.3^ ]^r»Dns,L.R. Rondo, C* P. l^riE.' Morris, E. Payne,©. Vaug|ian,R. :;-'; ;Itoyal,F. , Morri^W. - ,PiKEes,X:, Yaes,L. RnhJjM. Morrison, X A. ' 'l^raita,.R.. , ":7;>I6nsso,Mt • Walsh, X MdrteiKS(Hi,0. J* Peri^X Sacco, J. Warren, E.D. Muw8fi^,M. A. PefhjC. Weeks,X," 7; Sacco,M.7 Bfeyeisi J. Porter, X WesterholnijG. J. •Saeed,'F.v'3'":. Naplei>p,jX Pow, X , &riazar,|fc,:,.7.^.:,3 White, C. Nash,W. Rattray, W. ^':"^-Sideh,,F.7i|it White, W. Nelra,L. 7:^ • R«k,L.G. WleIil,T. . * Ji: _ "' • ' •' Martian, T. A. Martinez, O. A. McCartney, G. Myi^rl^d,D.R; ;McKayy.D. |fcMiiUin,C. Mee^i^r, E, .M^d^ird,II»! ;Ms«se2's:€, Michael, I. MilSer^CE, $600 Honor Roll Wfiliani^ti. P^^n, B, . Pomerlane, R. $300 Honor Roll Bubaks, H. Hall, P. Pulver, E. $200 Honor Roll Batchelor, A. Brooks, S. T. Gatewood, L. Curtis, T. Loper, C. Jones, L. Makin,W. Paradise, L. Parrish, J. M. Richardson, N.' Seabron, S. Wilson, J. W^qhistjG^ Wolf, P. Yahia,S. �'V; a. ,•( i ^ -fr<^,T5^'-4^.«5v »»»»¥-??•!>- Tjr iwneiit piaraiit^ if^liliE^i^iElii limilNATICIIfAi» UNIOR •' - v., • . :^i-. jv^tf.0,,-i Si.!- • X '• i; ,, 'V• . CnU, Lakes and Inland Waters Dlstrlet* AFL-C14 SEAFARERS LOG Election Supplemenf v--^,^|^i^; r October, 1975- "'1^ rvSfiw-.wrv.s- r- W : 1975 Election Supplement SlU .•'iiHii'x *Pv.j'...' - •,V "-"to-.- -> ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES & INLAND WATERS DISTRICT Election This supplement on the 1975 SIU elections is published for your information and con­ venience. It contains: • Voting Procedures • Article XIII of the SIU Constitution • Sample Ballot NOTE: The full Report of the Credentials Committee on Candidates for General Election appeared in the September 1975 Seafarers Log. I Here Are the Voting Procedures Secret ballots, for the election of officers and job holders for for the term 1976-1979, will be available to members of the Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District of the Seafarers International Union of North America in 24 U.S. ports, in Puerto Rico and in Yokohama, Japan from Nov. 1 through Dec. 31. The ballot will contain the names of all qualified candidates as was determined by the Union's Creden­ tials Committee and membership in accordance with the Union's Constitution. The election will be conducted by a mail ballot as provided by the Union's amended Constitution. Secret ballots, together with self-addressed, stamped enve­ lopes for mailing, will be available to full-book mem­ bers in good standing at union halls in Alpena, Mich.; Baltimore, Md.; Boston, Mass.; Brooklyn, N.Y.; Buf­ falo, N.Y.; Chicago, 111.; Cleveland, Ohio; Duluth, Minn.; Frankfort, Mich.; Houston, Tex.; Jackson­ ville, Fla.; Mobile, Ala.; New Orleans, La.; Norfolk, Va.; Philadelphia, Pa.; Piney Point, Md.; Port Arthur, Tex.; River Rouge, Mich.; San Francisco, Calif.; Seattle, Wash.; St. Louis, Mo.; Tampa, Fla.; Toledo, Ohio; Wilmington, Calif, as well as Santurce, Puerto Rico and Yokohama, Japan. A full list of cities and street addresses where bal­ lots will be available accompanies this kory. Election procedures are spelled out in detail in Article XIII of the SIU Constitution which is printed in this special supplement of the Log. Seafarers may pick up their ballots and mailing envelopes from 9 a.m. until noon, Mondays through Saturdays, except on legal holidays, at any of the designated port-city locations from Nov. 1 through Dec. 31. Mailing envelopes containing ballots must be post­ marked no later than Midnight, Dec. 31, 1975 and must be received by Jan. 5,1976. Only full-book members in good standing are eligi­ ble to vbte. Each member must present his book to the port agent or the agent's designated representative when the member secures his ballot, his ballot enve­ lope and a postage-paid, pre-addressed envelope in which to return the ballot envelope- containing the ballot. When the member receives his ballot, his book will be stamped with the word "voted" and the date. The top part of the ballot above the perforated line will be retained by the port agent. (continued on next page) II 1 Whore To Pick Up Ballots Seated .. from 9 a.m. until noon, Monday through Saturday, excluding holidays, Nov. 1 through Dec. 31 at the « | --•foUowing port locatipiB-;\ • • •/V BALTIMORE, MD.^1216 East Baltimore Street BOSTON, MASS.--215 Essex Street BROOKLYN, N.Y.—675 Fourth Avenue BUFFALO, N.Y,—290 Franklin Street CHICAGO, ILL.—-9383 Ewing Avenue, South CLEVELAND, OHIO—1290 Old River Road DULUTH, MINN.—2014 West Third Street FRANKFORT, MICH,—417 Main Street HOUSTON, TEXAS—5804 Canal Street JACKSONVILLE, FLA.—3315 Liberty Street MOBILE, ALA.—1 South Lawrence Street NEW ORLEANS, LA.—630 Jackson Avenue NORFOLK, VA.—115 Third Street PHILADELPHIA, PA.—2604 South Fourth St. PINEY POINT, MD.—St. Mary's County PORT ARTHUR, TEX.—534 Ninth Avenue RIVER ROUGE, MICH 10225 West Jefferson Avenue SAN FRANCISCO, CAUF.--13y Mission St. ... •„ . SANTURCE, PUERTO RICO—1313 Fernandex Juncos, Stop 20 SEATTLE, WASH.-—2505 First Avenue ST. LOUIS, MO.—4577 Gravois Boulevard TAMPA, FLA.—2610 West Kennedy Blvd. TOLEDO, OHIO—935 Summit Street WILMINGTON, CALIF.—510 North Broad Avenue ^ YOKOHAMA, JAPAN—Room 801, Nohkyo Kyosai Bldg. 1-2 Kaigan-Dori, Naka-ku r' �•4m. t:, (continued from preceding p^e) two members did not meet the eligibility rules laid out In cases where a member does not produce his in the Union Constitution, as shown by the Creden­ book, or where there is a question about his being in tials Committee Report and membership action on it. good standing or otherwise eligible to vote, the mem­ Under the Union's Constitution and the law, there ber will receive a mailing envelope of a different color was no choice but to find such brothers not qualified. marked with the word "challenge," and his book shall (The full Credentials Committee Report appeared in be stamped "Voted Challenge" and the date. the Septembm: 1975 Seafarers Log.) Absentee ballots will be available to members who The qualified candidates and the offices to which believe they will be at sea or in a Public Health Ser­ they are seeking election are: vice Hospital during the voting period, and unable to ^uis C. Babin, Jr., Paul Hall, Walter LeQair, Glenn secure a ballot. Requests for absentee ballots must be WdUs, president; Frank Drozak, executive vice presimade by registered or certified mail postmarked no later than midnight, Nov. IS and must be delivered no later than Nov. 25, 1975. The requests must be mailed to the Secretary-Treasurer's office at SIU Headquarters in Brooklyn. Seafarers requesting ab­ OM yitt df tte oi^ SKJ CW sentee ballots are cautioned to include with the re­ vHWkb dtedk wl0i rain for dtadiMis quest the address vffiere they want the ballot to be ^coacons flie dectkoB dt coadidotftB odw oca mailed. ni^pused for offiee. Hie secfiMi Once he receives his ballot and envelopes, the member's vote becomes completely secret since, after candidates who are iii!«^|»osied for he marks his ballot in secret, he inserts it into the office or job abaH be considered eiecfed to envelope marked "Ballot," se^s it and places it into fttad office or ^ob, and ttat Ite liaffjdi^ Comr the mailing envelope already addressed to the De­ "^fmittee dhafl not have to count the votes tot positary Bank, seals the mailing envelope and mails it. a^y such candhtote. While he must sign his name on the first line of the The entire secthm, contained in Articie : upper lefthand comer of the mailing envelope, and jm. Section ^ of the SIU Coiistitntionr print his name and book number on the second line, reads as foBows: the secrecy of the ballot—^which is encased in an un­ ^ **4 canffidaie nnfqn><><s^ marked b^ot envelope—^is complete. job Shan be deemed elected to snch office No ballot will be opened for counting until all i or job notwithstanding that his name may envelopes containing valid ballots have first been opened, the ballot envelope removed intact, and all appear on the ballot Hie Union Tallying ballot envelopes mixed together. In no way will there Cmninittee sliaA not be required to ftrily be any connection between the mailing envelope— cfMUj^kdely ffie results of the vothig for snch containing the Seafarer's name—and the ballot en­ nmqiposed candidate but shall certify hi dimr velope or the ballot itself. report, that snch um^iKffied candidate has Ballots will be counted by a rank-and-file Union been i^ted to such office or job. The ElecTallying Committee consisting of two members timi Rqport Meeting shall accqyt ffie above elected from each of the eight Constitutional Ports. certiffiatkm of ffie Uidosi TdBy^g They will be elected in December. In addition to the 49 candidates found qualified. •: ?'•. dent; Joseph DiGiorgio, secretary-treasurer; Cal Tan­ ner, vice president in charge of contracts and contract enforcement; Earl Shepard, vice president in charge of the Atlantic Ctoast; Lindsey J. Williams, vice presi­ dent in charge of the Gulf Coast; Paul Drozak, vice president in charge of the Lakes and Inland Waters. Fred Famen, Leon Hall, Jr., William H. Hall, Edward X. Mooney, headquarters representatives; George McCartney, New York agent; Ted Babkowski. Jack Caffey, Angus Campbell, Perry D. Ellis, Luige lovino, Frank Mongelli, Michael Sacco, Keith Terpe, Herman M. Troxclair, New York joint patrol­ men. John F. Fay, Philadelphia agent; Albert (Al) Bernstein, William (Red) Morris, Philadelphia joint patrolmen; Benjamin Wilson, Baltimore agent; Tony Kastina, Robert Pomerlane, Baltimore jmnt patrol­ men; Louis Neira, Mobile agent; David L. Dickenson, Harold J. Fischer, Robert L. Jordan, Mobile joint patrolmen. C. J. "Buck" Stephens, New Orleans agent; Thomas E. Gould, Louis Guarino, Stanley Zeagler, New Orleans joint patrolmen; Robert F. (Mickey) Wilbum, Houston agent; Frank "Scottie" Aubusson, Peter E. Dolan, Roan Lightfoot, Franklin Taylor, Houston joint patrolmen; Steve Troy, San Francisco agent; Arthur C. Lehmann (this candidate has been determined to be qualified to run for the job of port agent for San Francisco, but upon hearing the report of the Credentials Committee he stated that his desig­ nation should have been that of joint patrolman. Since he met the required qualifications to run for both jobs, the membership acted to modify the Credential Committee's report to reflect that he is qualified to be a candidate for joint patrolman), Pasquale (Pat) Marinelli, Joseph Sacco, San Francisco joint patrol­ men; Jack Bluitt, Detroit agent; Roy Boudreau, De­ troit joint patrolman. Present SIU Constitutional Ports are New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Mobile, New Orleans, Hous­ ton, Detroit and San Francisco. SIU Constitution Rules on Elections no earlier than July IS and no later than August 15 ci the election year. The Secretary-Treasurer is charged with safekeeping of these letters and shall turn them over to the Credentials Committee upon the latter's request. Section 2. Credentials Committee. (a) A Credentials Committee shall be elected at the regular meeting in August of the election year, at the port where Headquarters is located. It shall consist of six (6) full book members in attendance at the meeting, with two (2) members to be elected from each of the Deck, Engine and Stewards Departments. No officer. Headquarters Repre­ sentative. Port Agent or Patrolman, or candidate for office or the job'of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, shall be eligible for election to this Committee, except as provided for in Article X, Section 4. In the event any committee member is unable to serve, the Committee shall suspend until the President or Executive Vice-Presi­ dent, or the Secretary-Treasurer, in that order, calls a special meeting at the port where Headquarters is located in order to elect a replacement. The Committee's results shall be by majority vote, with any tie vote being resolved by a majority vote of the membership at a special meeting called for that purpose at that Port. (b) After its election, the Committee shall immediately go into session. It shall determine whether the persop has .submitted his application correctly and possesses the neces­ sary qualifications. The Committee shall prepare a report listing each applicant and his book number under the office or job he is seeking. Each applicant shall be marked "qualified" or "disqualified" according to the findings of the Committee. Where an applicant has been marked "dis­ qualified," the reason therefor must be stated in the report. Where a tie vote has been resolved by a special meeting of the membership, that fact shall also be noted, with sufficient detail. The report shall be signed by all of the Committee members, and be completed and submitted to the Ports in time for the. next regular meeting after their election. At this meeting, it shall be read and incorporated in the minutes, and then posted on the bulletin toard in each port. On the last day of nominations, one member of the Committee shall stand by in Headquarters to accept de­ livery of credentiaK All credentials must be in head­ quarters by midnight of closing day. (c) When an applicant has been disqualified by the committee, he shall be notified immediately by telegram at the addresses listed by him pursuant to Section 1 of this Article. He shall also be sent a letter containing their rea­ sons for such disqualification by air mail, special delivery, registered or certified, to the mailing address designated pursuant to. Section 1(b) of this Article. A disqualified applicant shall have the right to take an appeal to the membership from the decision of the Committee. He shall forward copies of such appeal to each port, where the appeal shall be presented and voted upon at a regular meeting no later than the second meeting after the Com­ mittee's election. It is the responsibility of t^e applicant to insure timely delivery of his appeal. In any event, without prejudice to his written appeal, the applicant may appear Article XIII Elections tor Officers, Headquarters Representotives, Part Agents and Patrolmen Section 1. Nominations. Except as provided in Section 2 (b) of this Article, any full book member may submit his name for nomination for any office, or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, by delivering or causing to be deliv­ ered in person, to the office of the Secretary-Treasurer at headquarters, or sending, a letter addressed to the Creden­ tials Committee, in care of the Secretary-Treasurer, at the address of headquarters. This letter shall be dated and shall contain the following: (a) The name of the candidate. (b) His home address and mailing address. (c) His book number. (d) The title of the office or other job for which he is a candidate, including the name of the Port in the event the position sought is that of Agent or Patrol­ man. (e) Proof of citizenship. (f) Proof of seatime and/or employment as required for candidates. (g) In the event the member is on a ship he shall notify the Credentials Committee what ship he is on. This shall be done also if he ships subsequent to forward­ ing his credentials. (h) Annexing a certificate in the following form, signed and dated by the proposed nominee: "I hereby certify that I am not now, nor, for the five (5) years last past, have I been either a member of the Com­ munist Party or convicted of. or served any part of a prison term resulting from conviction of robbery, bribery, extor­ tion, embezzlement, grand larceny, burglary, arson, viola­ tion of narcotics laws, murder, rape, assault with intent to kill, assault which inflicts grievous bodily injury, or violalation of Title II or III of the Landrum-Griffin Act, or conspiracy to commit any such crimes." Dated Signature of mem'^er Book No ; Printed forms of the certificate shall be made available to nominees. Where a nominee cannot truthfully execute siich a certificate, but is, in fact, legally eligible for an office or job by reason of the restoration of civil rights originally revoked by such conviction or a favorable deter­ mination by the Board of Parole of the United States De­ partment of Justice, he shall, in lieu of the foregoing certificate, furnish a complete signed statement of the facts of his case together with true copies of the documents supporting his statement. Any full book member may .nominate any other full book member in which event such full book member so nominated shall comply with the provisions of this Article as they are set forth herein, relating to the submission of credentials. By reason of the above self nomination provi­ sion the responsibility if any, for notifying a nominee of his nomination to office, shall be that of the nominator. All documents required herein must reach headquarters Ii H f I-- 41 P Page 2 / ' •: '' Section 3. Balloting Procedures. (a) Balloting in the manner hereafter provided, shall commence on November, 1st of the election year and shall continue through December 31st, exclusive of Sundays and • (for each individual Port) holidays legally recognized in the City of which the port affected is located. If November 1st or December 31st falls on a holiday legally recognized in a Port in the City in which that port, is located, the balloting period in such port shall commence or terminate, as the case, may be, on the next succeeding business day. Subject to the foregoing, for the purpose of full book members securing their ballots, the ports shall be open from 9:00 A.M. to 12 Noon, Monday through Saturdays, ex­ cluding holidays. (b) Balloting shall be by mail. The Secretary-Treasurer shaH insure the proper and timely preparation of ballots, without partiality as to candidates or ports. The ballots may contain general information and instructive comments not inconsistent with the provisions of this Constitution. All qumified candidates shall be listed thereon alphabetically withm each category with book number and job seniority classification status. The listing of the ports shall firsj set forth Headquarters and then shall follow a geographical pattern, commoicing with the most northerly port of the Atlantic Coast, following ine Atlantic Coast down to the most southerly port on that coast, then westerly along the Gulf of Mexico and so on, until the list of ports is exhausted. Any port outside 1^11 United States shall then be added. There shall be no write-in voting and no provisions for the same shall appear on the ballot. Each bal ot shall be so prepared as to have the number thereon placed at the top thereof and shall be sp perforated as to enable that portion con­ taining the said number to be easily removed to insure secrecy of the ballot. On this removable portion shall also be p aced .a short statement indicating the nature of the ballot and the voting date thereof. (c) The ballots so prepared at the direction of the Secretary-Treasurer shall be the only official ballots. No others may be used. Each ballot shall be numbered as indi­ cated in the preceding paragraphs and shall be numbered consecutively, commencing with number 1. A sufficient Special Supplement { '..k i-i in person before the Committee within two days after the day on which the telegram is sent, to correct his application or argue for his qualification. The committee's report shall be prepared early enough to allow the applicant to appear before it within Uie time set forth in this Constitution and still reach the ports in time for the first regular meeting after its election. (d) A majority vote of the membership shall, in the case of such appeals, be sufficient to over-rule any disquali­ fication by the Credentials Committee, in which event the one so previously classified shall then be deemed qualified. (e) The Credentials Committee, in passing upon the qualifications of candidates, shall have the right to con­ clusively presume that anyone nominated and qualified in previous elections for candidacy for any office, or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, has met all the requirements of Section 1(a) of Article XII. ' .< t t > -f f. •( • , ' • • J t:./: ^ i t I ,L.j .*• t t : I •. i "•. I • ; �;-r amount shall be printed and distributed to each Port A record of the ballots, both by serial numbers and amount, sent thereto, shall tx maintained by the Secretary-Treasurer, who shall also send each Port Agent a verification list indi­ cating the amount and serial numbers of the ballots sent The ^cretary-Treasurer shall also send to each Port Agent a sufficient amount of blank opaque envelopes containing the word, Ballot" on the face of the envelope, as well lu a sufficient amount of opaque mailing envelopes, first class postage prepaid and printed on the face thereon as the addressee shall be the name and address of the depository for the receipt of such ballots as designated by the Presi­ dent in the manner provided by Article X, Section 1, of this Constitution. In the upper left-hand corner of such mailing envelope, there shall be printed thereon, as a top line, provision for the voter's signature and on another line immediately thereunder, provision for the printing of the voter's name and book number. In addition, the SecretaryTreasurer shall also send a sufficient amount of mailing envelopes identical with the mailing envelopes mentioned above, except that they shall be of different color, and shall contain on the face of such envelope in bold letters, the word, "Challenge." The Secretary-Treasurer shall further furnish a sufficient amount of "Roster Sheets" which shall have printed thereon, at the top thereof, the year of the election, and immediately thereunder, five (5) vertical col­ umns designated, date, ballot number, signature full book member's name, book number, and comments, and such roster sheets shall contain horizontal lines immediately under the captions of each of the above five columns. The Secre­ tary-Treasurer shall also send a sufficient amount of envel­ opes with the printed name and address of the depository on the face thereof, and in the upper left-hand comer, the name of the port and address, and on the face of such envelope, should be printed the words, "Roster Sheets and Ballot Stubs". Each Port Agent shall maintain separate records of the ballots sent him and shall inspect and count the ballots when received, to insure that the amount sent, as well as the numbers thereon, conform to the amount and numbers listed by the Secretary-Treasurer as having been sent to that Port. The Port Agent shall immediately execute and return to the Secretary-Treasurer a receipt, acknowledging the correctness of the amount and the numbers of the ballots sent, or shall notify the Secretary-Treasurer of any discrepancy. Discrepancies shall be corrected as soon as possible prior to the voting period. In any event, receipts shall be forwarded for all the aforementioned election material actually received. The Secretary-Treasurer shall prepare a file in which shall be kept memoranda and correspondence dealing with the election. This file shall at all times be available to any member asking for inspection of the same at the office of the Secretary-Treasurer and shall be turned over to the Union Tallying Committee. (d) Balloting shall be secret. Only full book members in good standing may vote. Each full book member may secure his ballot at Port offices, from" the Port Agent or his duly designated representative at such port. Each Port Agent shall designate an area at the Port office over which should be posted the legend "Voting Ballots Secured Here." When a full book member appears to vote he shall present his book to the Port Agent or his aforementioned duly designated representative. The I^ort Agent or his duly designated representative shall insert on the roster sheet under the appropriate column the date, the number of the ballot given to such member and his full book number, and the member shall then sign his name on such roster sheet under the appropriate column. Such member shall have his book stamped with the word, "Voted" and the date, and shall be given a ballot, and simultaneously the perforation on the top of the ballot shall be removed. At the same time the member shall be given the envelope marked "Ballot" together with the pre-paid postage mailing envelope addressed to the depository. The member shall take such ballot and envelopes and in secret thereafter, mark his ballot, fold the same, insert it in the blank envelope marked "Ballot", seal the same, then insert such "Ballot" envelope into the mailing envelope, seal such mailing envelope, sign his name on the upper left-hand corner on the first line of such mailing envelope and on the second line in the upper left-hand corner print his name and book number, after which he shall mail or cause the same to be mailed. In the event a full book member appei^rs to vote and is not in good standing, or does not have his membership book with him or it appears for other valid reasons he is not eligible to vote, the same procedure as provided above shall apply to him, except that on the roster sheet under the column "Comments", notation should be made that the member voted a challenged ballot and the reason for his challenge. Such member's membership book shall, be stamped "voted challenge", and the date, and such member instead of the above-mentioned mailing envelope, shall be given the mailing envelope of a different color marked on the face thereof with the word, "Chal­ lenge". At the end of each day, the Port Agent or his duly designated representative shall enclose in the envelope addressed to the depository and marked "Roster Sheets and Ballot Stubs", the roster sheet or sheets executed by the members that day, together with the numbered perforated slips removed from the ballots which had been given to the members, and then mail the same to such depository. To insure that an adequate supply of all balloting material is maintained in all ports at all times, the Port Agent or his duly designated representative, simultaneously with mailing of the roster sheets and ballot stubs to the depository at the end of each day, shall also make a copy of the roster sheet for that day and mail the same tu the Secietai^Treasurer at Headquarters. The Port Agent shall be responsible for the proper safeguarding of^ all election material and shall not release any of it until duly called for and shall insure that no one tampers with the material placed in his custody. (e) Full book members may request and vote an absen­ tee ballot under the following circumstances; while such member is employed on a Union contracted vessel and which vessel's schedule does not provide for it to be at a port in which a ballot can be secured during the time and period provided for in Section 4(a) of this Article or is in a USPHS Hospital anytime during the first ten (10) days of the month of November of the Election Year. The mem­ ber shall make a request for an absentee ballot by_ registered or certified mail or the equivalent mailing device at the location from which such request is made, if such be the case. Such request shall contain 3 designation as to the address to which such member wishes his absentee ballot returned. The request shall be postmarked no later than 12:00 P.M. on the 15th day of November of the election Special Supplement w'f.' year, shall be directed to the Secretary-Treasurer at Head­ quarters and must be delivered no later than the 25th of such November. The ^retary-Treasurer shall determine whether such member is eligible to vote such absentee ballot. The Secretary-Treasurer, if he determines that such member is so eligible, he shall by the 30th of such Novem­ ber, send by registered mail, return receipt requested, to the address so designated by such member, a "Ballot", after removing the perforated numbered stub, together with the hereinbefore mentioned "Ballot" envelope, and mailing envelope addressed to the depository, except that printed on the tacp of such mailing envelope, shall be the words "Absentee Ballot" and appropriate voting instructions shall accompany such mailing to the membe"-. If the SecretaryTreasurer determines that such member is ineligible to receive such abstentee ballot, he shall nevertheless send such member the aforementioned ballot with accompanying materia* except that the mailing envelope addressed to the depository shall have printed on the face thereof the words "Challenged Absentee Ballot" The SecretaryTreasurer shall keep records of all of the foregoing, includ­ ing the reasons for determining such member's ineligibility, which records shall be open for inspection by full book members and upon the convening of the Union Tallying Committee, presented to them. The Secretary-Treasurer shall send to all Ports, the names and book numbers of the members to whom absentee ballots were sent. (f) All ballots to be counted, must be received by the depository no later than the January 5th immediately sub­ sequent to the election year and must be postmarked no later than 12" midnight December 31st of the election year. Section 4. (a) At the close of the last day of the period for securing ballots, the Port Agent in each port, in addi­ tion to his duties set forth above, shall deliver or mail to Headquarters by registered or certified mail, attention Union Tallying Committee, all unused ballots and shall specifically set forth, by serial number and amount, the unused ballots so forwarded. (b) The Union Tallying Committee shall consist of 16 full book members. Two shall be elected from each of the eight ports of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Mobile, New Orleans, Houston, Detroit and San Francisco. The election shall be held at the regular meeting in December of the election year, or if the Executive Board otherwise deter­ mines prior thereto, at a special meeting held in the afore­ said ports, on the first business day of the last week of said month. No officer. Headquarters Representative, Port Agent, Patrolman, or candidate for office, or the job of Headquar­ ters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, shall be eligible for election to this Committee, except as provided for in Article X, Section 4. In addition to its duties herein set forth, the Union Tallying Committee shall be charged with the tallying of all the ballots and the preparation of a closing report setting forth, in complete detail, the results of the election, including a complete accounting of all ballots and stubs, and reconciliation of the same with the rosters, and receipts of the Port Agents, all with detailed reference to serial numbers and amounts and with each total broken down into port totals. The Tallying Committee shall have access to all election records and files for their inspection, examination and verification. The report shall clearly detail all discrepancies discovered and shall contain recommendations for the treatment of these discrepancies All members of the Committee shall sign the report, with­ out prejudice, however, to the right of any member thereof to submit a dissenting report as to the accuracy of the count and the validity of the ballots, with pertinent details. In connection with the tally of ballots there shall be no counting of ballots until all mailing envelopes containing valid ballots have first been opened, the ballot envelopes removed intact and then all of such ballot envelopes mixed together, after which such ballot envelopes shall be opened and counted in such multiples as the Committee may deem expedient and manageable. The Committee shall resolve all issues on challenged ballots and then tally those found valid, utilizing the same procedure as provided in the. preceding sentence either jointly or separately. (c) The members of the Union Tallying Committee shall, after their election, proceed to the port in which Headquarters is located, to arrive at that port no later than January 5th of the year immediately after the election year. Each member of the Committee not elected from the port in which Headquarters is located shall be reimbursed for transportation, meals, and lodging expenses occasioned by their traveling to and returning from that Port. Committee members elected from the port in which Headquarters is located, shall be similarly reimbursed, except for transpor­ tation. All members of the Committee shall also be paid at the prevailing standby rate of pay from the day subse­ quent to their election to the day they return, in normal course, to the port from which they were elected. The Union Tallying Committee shall elect a chairman from among themselves and, subject to-the express terms of this Constitution, adopt its own procedures. All decisions of such Committee and the contents of their report shall be valid if made by a majority vote, provided there be a quorum in attendance, which quorum is hereby fixed at nine (9). The Committee, but not less than a quorum thereof, shall have the sole right and duty to obtain all mailed ballots and the other mailed election material fromthe depository and to insure their safe custody during the course of the Committee's proceedings. The proceedings of the Committee except for their organizational meeting and their actual preparation of the closing report and dissents therefrom, if any, shall be open to any member, provided he observes decorum. Any candidate may act as an observer and/or designate another member to act as his observer at the counting of the ballots. In no event shall issuance of the above referred to closing report of the Committee be delayed beyond January 31st immediately subsequent to the close of the election year. In the discharge of its duties, the Committee may call upon and utilize the services of clerical employees of the Union. The Committee shall be discharged upon the completion of the issuance and dis­ patch of its report as required in this Article. In the event a recheck and recount is ordered pursuant to this Article, the Committee shall be reconstituted, except that if any member thereof is not available, a substitute therefore shall be elected from the appropriate port at a special meeting held for that purpose as soon as possible. (d) The report of the Committee shall be made up in sufficient copies to comply with-the following requirements: two copies shall be mailed by the Committee to each Port Agent and the Secretary-Treasurer no later than January 31st immediately subsequent to the close of the election year. As soon as these copies are received, each Port Agent shall post one copy of the report on the bulletin board, in a conspicuous manner, and notify the Secreta^-Treasurer, in writing, as to the date of such posting. This copy shall be kept posted until after the Election Report Meeting, which shall be the March regular membership meeting immediately following the close of the election year. At the Election Report Meeting, the other copy of the report shall be read verbatim. (e) Any full book member claiming a violation of the election and balloting procedure or the conduct of the same, shall within 72 hours of the occurrence of the claimed violation, notify the Secretary-Treasurer at Head­ quarters, in writing, by certified majl, of the same, setting forth his nam?, book number and the. details so that ap^ propriate corrective action if warranted may be taken. The Secretary-Treasurer shall expeditiously investigate the facts concerning the claimed violation, take such action as may be necessary, if any, and make a report and recommenda­ tion, if necessary, a copy of which shall be sent to the member and the original shall be filed for the Union Tally­ ing Comimttee for their appropriate action,' report and leoommendation, if any. The foregoing shall not be applicable to matters involving the Credentials Committee's action or report, the provisions of Article XIII, Sections 1 and 2 being the pertinent provisions applicable to such matters. All protests as to any and all aspects of the election and balloting procedures or the conduct of the same, not passed upon by the Union Tallying Committee in its report, excluding therefrom matters involving the Credentials Committee's action or report as provided in the last sentence of the immediately preening paragraph, but including the procedure and report of the Union Tdlying Committee, shall be filed in writing by certified mail with the SecretaryTreasurer at Headquarters, to be received no later than the February 25th immediately subsequent to the close of the election year. It shall be the responsibility of the member to insure that his written protest is received by the Secretary-Treasurer no later than such February 25th. The Secretary-Treasurer shall forward copies of such written protest to all ports in sufficient time to be read at the Election Report Meeting. The written protest shall contain the full book member's name, book number, and all details constituting the protest. (f) At the Election Report Meeting the report and recommendation of the Union Tallying Committee, includ­ ing but not limited to discrepancies, protests passed upon by them, as well as protests filed with the SecretaryTreasurer as provided for in Section (e) immediately liately above, shall be acted upon by the meeting. A majority vote of the membership shall decide what action, if any, in accordance with the Constitution shall be taken thereon, which action, however, shall not include the ordering of a special vote, unless reported discrepancies or protested procedure or conduct found to have occurred and to be violative of the Constitution, affected the results of the vote for any office or job, in which event, the special vote sh^ be restricted to such office, offices and/or job or jobs, as the case may be. A majority of the membership at the Election Report Meetings may order a recheck and recount when a dissent to the closing report has been issued by three (3) or more members of the Union Tallying Com­ mittee. Except for the contingencies provided for in this Section 4(f), the closing report shall be accepted as final. There shall be no further protest or appeal from the action of the majority of the membership at the Election Report Meetings. (g) Any special vote ordered pursuant to Section 4(f) shall be commenced within ninety (90) days after the first day of the month immediately subsequent to the Election Report Meetings mentioned atove. The depository shall be the same as designated for the election from which the special vote is ordered. And the procedures shall be the same as provided for in this Section 4, except where specific dates are provided for, the days shall be the dates applicable, which provide for the identical time and days originally provided for in this Section 4. The Election Re­ port Meeting for the aforesaid special vote shall be that meeting immediately subsequent to the report of the Union Tallying Committee separated by one calendar month. Section 5. Elected Officers and Job Holders: (a) A candidate unopposed for any office or job shall be deemed elected to such office or job notwithstanding that his name may appear on the ballot./The Union Tallying Committee shall not be required to/tally completely the results of the voting for such unoppo^ candidate but shall certify in their report, that such unopposed candidate has been elected to such office or job. The Election Report Meeting shall accept the above certification of the Union Tallying Committee without change. S^tion 6. Installation into Office and the Job of Head­ quarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman: (a) The person elected shall be that person having the largest number of votes cast for the particular office or job involved. Where more than one person is to be elected for a particular office or job, the proper number of candidates receiving the successively highest number of votes shall be declared elected. These determinations shall be made only from the results deemed final and accepted as provided in this Article. It shall be the duty of the President to notify each individual elected. (b) The duly elected officers and other job holders shall take over their respective offices and jobs, and assume the duties thereof, at midnight of the night of the Election Report Meeting, or the next regular meeting, depending upon which meeting the results as to each of the foregoing are deemed final and accepted, as provided in this Article. The term of their predecessors shall continue up to, and expire at, that time, notwithstanding anything to the con­ trary contained in Article XI, Section 1. "This shall hot apply where the successful candidate cannot assume his office because he is at sea. In such event, a majority vote of the membership may grant additional time for the assumption of the office or job. In (he event of the failure of the newly-elected Presi­ dent to assume office the provisions of Article .X, Section 11 shall apply until the expiration of the term. All other cases of failure to assume office shall be dealt with as decided by a majority vote of the membership. Section 7. The Secretary-Treasurer is specifically charged with the preservation and retention of all election records, including the ballots, as required by law, and is directed and authorized to issue such other and further directives as to the election procedures as are required by law, which directives shall be part of the election procedures of this Union. V: I i". J I'l ' r! r'ageS A �• /. • .• ,» ,• . - ".f . OFFICIAL BALLOT For Election of 1976-1979 Officers No. 0000 SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICAAtlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District tt VOTING PERIOD NOVEMBER 1st, 1975 THROUGH DECEMBER 31st, 1975 INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS — In order to vote for a candidate, mark a cross (X) In voting square to the left of name. If you vote for more candidates for office than specified herein, your vote for such office will be invalid. <^^288 MARK YOUR BALLOT WITH PEN AND INK OR INDELIBLE PENCIL. i \ PRESIDENT NEW YORK AGENT NEW ORLEANS AGENT Vote for One Vote for One Vote for One George McCartney, M-948 1 • Louis C Bobin, Jr., B-826 2 • 35 • C. J. "Buck" Stephens, S-4 Paul Hall, H-1 3 • Walter LeClair, L-636 4 • Glenn Wells, W-792 NEW YORK JOINT PATROLMAN Vote for Eight Ted Babkowski, B-1 17 • Jack Coffey, C-1010 Vote for Three 36 • Thomas E. Gould, G-267 18 • Angus Campbell, C-217 37 • Louis Guarino, G-520 19 • 38 • Stanley Zeagler, Z-60 EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Vote for One 5 • 16 • NEW ORLEANS JOINT PATROLMAN Perry D. Ellis, E-295 Frank Drozak, D-22 6• SECRETARY-TREASURER HOUSTON AGENT Vote for One Vote for One Joseph DiOiorgio, D-2 39 • Robert F. (Mickey) Wilburn, W-6 VICE PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF CONTRACTS AND HOUSTON JOINT PATROLMAN 25 • 'mh F. Fay, F-363 Vote for Three CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT' Vote for One 7 • Col Tanner, T-1 40 • Frank "Scottie" Aubusson, A-8 PHILADELPHIA JOINT PATROLMAN 41 • Peter E. Dolan, D-829 Vote for Two 42 • Roan Lightfoot, L-562 —T' 4a, • Franklin Taylor, T-180 VICE PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF 26 • Albert (Al) Bernstein, B-3 27 • William (Red) Morris THE ATLANTIC COAST Vote for One 8• SAN FRANCISCO AGENT Vote for One BALTIMORE AGENT Earl Shepard, S-2 Vote for-One 44 • . Steve Troy, T-485 28 • ' Benjamin Wilson, W-217 VICE PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF THE GULF COAST ISCO JOINT PATROLMAN Vote for One BALTIMORE JOINT PATROLMAN 'ote for Two Vote for Two 9 • LIndsey J. Williams, W-1 29 • Tony Kastina, K-5 30 • Robert Pomerlane, P-437 rthur C. Lehmonn, L-750 n 47 • Pasquale (Pot) Marinelli, M-462 Joseph Socco, S-1287 VICE PRBIDENT IN CHAIIGE OF THE LAKES AND INLAND WATERS MOBILE AGENT Vote for One Vote for One . DETROIT AGENT 10 a Paul Drozak, D-180 Vote for One 31 a Louis Neira, N-1 48 a Jack Bluitt, B-15 49 • Rd^Boudi^au, B-1473 % HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES MOBILE JOINT PATROLMAN Vote for Four 11 Q Vote for Two Fred Farnen, F-65d 12 • Leon Hall, Jr., H-125 32 • David L. Dickinson, D-227 73 • William W. Hall, H-272 33 • 14 • Edward X. Mooney, M-7 34 • Robert L. Jordan, J-l Harold J. Fischer, F-1 'f. t:-. iilii • » i I .1 I \ ^ ^ i A >. ,4, ^ ^ • ^ t V -i" f ; • t- ^ V H \ IS V V.,'; , T-'l V\ I \\.r. • m ' >"] � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource October 1975 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU PROVIDES JOB SECURITY THROUGH NEW VESSELS; UNION’S CONTRACT SHIPS MOVE RUSSIAN GRAIN HALL ASKS SEATTLE NMC TO BACK CARGO PREFERENCE 6 TO 21% UNEMPLOYMENT IN 90% OF JOB CENTERS U.S. LABOR MOVEMENT SUPPORT SEAFARERS MAN MANY NEW SHIPS SEATTLE SEAFARERS DISCUSS TIMELY ISSUES 17 SIU TANKERS TO CARRY GRAIN TO RUSSIA IN NEW PACT MEMBERS PASS DUES INCREASE RESOLUTION NOTIFY UNION WHEN REPLACEMENT NEEDED SIMON ASKED TO DENY WAIVER BID BY COLLIER FOCUS IS ON MARITIME; PLIGHT OF UNEMPLOYED AFL-CIO CONFAB CALLS FOR MARITIME REFORM SKYDIVER BILLY MITCHELL SAILS THE SEAS AND SOARS ON THE CLOUDS STEAMBOAT RACE CHURNS THE MISSISSIPPI AGAIN END TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR RUNAWAY-FLAG SHIPS HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE TO ALL SEAFARERS SEAFARERS EARN HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS HOUSE BILL BARS FISHERMEN FROM JONES ACT INJURY BENEFIT 1975 ELECTION SUPPLEMENT SIU ELECTION SIU CONSTITUTION RULES ON ELECTIONS 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 10/1/1975 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. 10 1975 Periodicals Seafarers Log