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In 1973, the closure attempts were squashed when Congress passed into law the 1974 Military Procurement Authorization Act, which contained an SlU-backed amendment guaranteeing appropria­ tions of $98 million for operational expenses and $18 million for modern­ ization and upgrading. 1977 F'idget Lacking It became apparent several months ago that HEW was renewing its efforts to close the PHS hospitals when the Department released terms for its fiscal year 1977 budget. The budget called for funds to cover only contract care for PHS primary beneficiaries, which in­ clude merchant seamen. Coast Guard personnel. Public Health Service of­ ficers and ej»ploye ;s of the National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administra­ tion. However, the budget request for the PHS system was $25 million short of the funds needed to keep the eight hospitals open and operating. Local HPC's Oppose Action Following up on its "streamlined" budget request, HEW sent letters out to each of the eight local Health Plan­ ning Councils requesting the Councils' approval to either close or transfer the USPHS hospital under their jurisdiction to community control. The response to HEW's request was the same in eight out of eight cases— the USPHS hospital in their area was vital to the overall community health program, and consequently, no support would be given to the proposal to close the hospitals. This dealt a heavy blow to HEW's closure plans since HEW needed the approval of these local Health Plan­ ning Councils before it could go ahead the PRESIDENT'S REPORT: Paul Hail Yf orking Together For a Better Life The history of the American maritime labor movement is a bittersweet chronicle marked by some monumental victories for better wages and con­ ditions, yet marred by some heartbreaking setbacks of broken unions and goals not realized. From the formation of the very first union for merchant seamen before the turn of the century, right up until the present day, maritime unions have been faced with a literal horde of problems and obstacles. The early unions had to contend with very powerful, unyielding shipping companies and an industry-oriented Government that played ball with the companies. As a result, some of the early unions, although they made gains and were able to publicize the plight of American seamen, eventually fell by the wayside. Moving into the late 1930's, which saw the founding of the SIU, maritime unions made a tremendous comeback. We gradually won better wages; im­ proved working and living conditions; job security, and many important fringe benefits. Along with these gains, we made huge strides in organizing previously unorg^ized companies—a step which brought the protection of solid unionism to hundreds of American seamen in need of it. By 1950, U.S. maritime unions had entrenched themselves as an integral part of the American labor movement. However, 1950 was a long time ago, and since then, the U.S. maritime industry has undergone more changes than a sunbathed chameleon. For the past 10 years, our industry has been in the midst of revolutionary technological advancements in ship size, design and operation. The huge new ships of today can carry five times and more the cargo of their predecessors at two or three times the speed, which is resulting in a shrinking U.S. mer­ chant marine and a shrinking job market for American seiimen. In addition, today's U.S. maritime industry is faced with tremendous competition from foreign-flag and third-flag fleets whose rate cutting practices have stolen millions of cargo tons from U.S.-flag, U.S.-manned ships. This unfair com­ petitive edge held by rate-cutting foreigners over U.S. ships has hurt the with its scheme. USPHS will ask Congress to appro­ priate the extra $25 million to keep the hospitals open. At this time. Congress is expected to pass the appropriations. grams for Staten Island college students and others in such fields as nursing, medical technology, X-ray technology and paramedics. Public Hearings Held Osims Undcratiljzation For years HEW has based its request to close the hospitals on the claim that the hospitals are underutilized. Congressman John Murphy (DN.Y.), whose district houses the Staten Island PHS hospital, the largest of the eight facilities, refuted HEW's "underutilization" claim. Murphy noted that in addition to primary beneficiaries, the Staten Island PHS hospital serves military personnel. Federal employees and Medicare pa­ tients as well as residents of the borrough's Willowbrook Development Center. He further noted that the facility handles about 150,000 out­ patient cases each year, and that about 10 percent of the hospital's inpatient residents are referred from other hos­ pitals because of overcrowding. Murphy also noted that the closure of the Staten Island facility would mean the elimination of many training pro­ On Apr. 1, the proposed closure of the USPHS system was the subject of public hearings, sponsored by the local Health Planning Agency, in Boston, which houses one of the eight remain­ ing PHS hospitals. Among those testify­ ing against HEW's plans were commu­ nity residents, hospital employees, pa­ tients, veterans groups and active duty servicemen. Ed Riley, SIU port agent in Boston, testified on behalf of the SIU and presented the Union's position that, instead of closing the hospitals, a 5-10 year plan should be developed for maintaining and upgrading the hospi­ tals so that these facilities would not only serve their primary beneficiaries but would become even more involved in fulfilling community health needs. At similar hearings in Galveston, 11 persons including County Judge Ray Holbrook and Dr. Edward Brandt, dean of Medicine at the University of Continued on Page 28 U.S. maritime industry's ability to compete on a global basis, which in turn has squeezed the job market for American seamen even tighter. Some American maritime unions have been hit a lot harder by the squeeze than others. As a result, some of those unions are undergoing serious prob­ lems of an internal nature. The SIU is not one of these unions. As a matter of fact, the SIU is in good shape today in all areas, despite the troubles of the U.S. maritime industry as a whole. And we are in good shape in the most important category—employment opportunities for SIU members. We did not achieve security for ourselves and our Union by luck or cir­ cumstance. Nor did we achieve it by blaming others for problems of our own making. We are where we are today because the SIU membership, over the years, has not only confronted its problejns but has continued to display the same indispensable ingredient that made the SIU a success to begin with—and that is a high degree of internal unity. However, internal unity encompasses a whole lot more than simply standing blindly together on an issue. We are all individuals with individual viewpoints and individual likes and dislikes. But when an important Issue involving the future of the organization comes up, Seafarers have tradi­ tionally been able to shed personal likes or dislikes and work together intel­ ligently toward a goal that will benefit the largest amount of Seafarers for the longest period of time. A recent example of what internal unity can do for our organization was displayed just last yearwhen66 Seafarers from ports throughout the country met at the Harry Lundeberg School to discuss demands for our contract. These men made legitimate and realistic suggestions for improvements in the contract. As a result of this fine display of cooperation we wound up with one of the best contracts in our history. It was a gratifying victory for all of us. To find another, and probably the most important example of internal unity among Seafarers, just look at the back page of this month's Log, which carries the names of those Seafarers who have already voluntarily given $100 or more to SPAD in the first four months of this year alone. Year after year. Seafarers have come through for the good of our organ­ ization by supporting SPAD. And with SPAD, the SIU has been able to push for new maritime programs, such as the Merchant Marine Act of 1970 and others which are helping our industry make a comeback, while at the same time keeping our Union a strong and viable organization representing American seamen. The SIU's history is filled with examples of internal unity and hard work among our members. It had to be this way or we would never iiave gotten off first base as a union. And it has to continue to be this way if our Union is to remain a viable force in the U.S. maritime industry. I am confident that the Seafarer of today, and for that matter the Seafarer of tomorrow, will, continue the tradition of our oldtimers by settling our differences intelligently while at the same time working together for a better industry and a better life for all of us. Chanaa of address cards on Form 3579 should be sent to Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIG, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. Published monthly."Second Class postage paid at Brooklyn, N. Y. Vol. XXXVIII, No. 5, May 1976. Seafarers Log Page 2 X �Five Percent Wage Hike Starts on June 16 Seafarers will get an average 5 per­ cent wage boost in their monthly basepay on June 16 under the terms of the three-year freightship and tanker con­ tracts negotiated and signed last year"'^ between the SIU and its contracted companies. There will also be a 5 percent in­ crease in premium, overtime, and pen­ alty pay rates this year. (See copies of the New Standard Freightship and Tanker Agreements for more details.) In the first year—June 16, 1975 to June 16, 1976—of the new contracts, Seafarers received an approximate llVi percent wage hike. With a 5 percent raise this year, starting on June 16 and with another 5 percent increase due on June 16, 1977, a total pay increase of almost 22V2 percent over the three years of the contract will be reached. Some average highlights of the new monthly base wage, premium and over­ time rate increases include: • In the deck department on con­ ventional freightships bosuns will get a base-pay rai.se to $950.86 a month, an $8.28 hourly premium rate and $5.29 hourly overtime rate. (SL-7, SL-180-1, Mariner and LASH bosuns, chief elec­ tricians and chief stewards will get slightly higher base and premium pay hikes.) ABs base pay goes up to $723.93, $6.31 in premium pay and a $4.06 overtime rate. Ordinary sea­ men will now get $565.87 base pay, $4.95 premium rate and $3.22 overtime rate. On tankers (over 25,000 dwt) bosuns will get $1,014.01 base pay, $9.33 premium rate and a $5.29 overtime rate. Chief stewards and bosuns on ships built since 1970 get more base and premium pay. ABs will get $732.43 base pay, $6.40 premium rate and $4.06 overtime rate. Ordinary seamen will get $580.79 base pay, $5.09 premi­ um rate and $3.22 for overtime. • In the engine department on con­ ventional freightships, base pay of chief electricians goes up to $1,118.61 with a premium rate of $9.72 and overtime of $5.29. OMEDs will get $1,075.08 base pay, $9.25 premium rate and $5.29 for overtime. Oilers will get $723.93 base pay, a $6.31 premium rate and $4.06 for overtime. Wipers will get $672.46 base pay, $5.88 premium rate and $3.22 for overtime. On tankers, QMEDs will get $1,118.61 base pay, $9.72 premium rate and $5.29 for overtime. Chief pumpmen will get $1,023.28 base pay, $8.91 premium rate and $5.29 for over­ time. Oilers will get $732.43 base pay, $6.40 premium rate and $4.06 for over­ time. Wipers will get $672.49 base pay, $5.88 premium rate and $3.22 for over­ time. • In the steward department on con­ ventional freightships, chief stewards will get $950.86 base pay, $8.28 pre­ mium rate and $5.29 for overtime. Cook and baker base pay goes to $823.78, premium rate to $7.19 and overtime to $5.29. Messmen will get $561.46 base pay, $4.93 premium rate and $3.22 for overtime. On tankers, chief stewards (on ships over 25,000 dwt) get $1,018.05 base pay, $8.87 premium rate and $5.29 for overtime. Chief cooks will get $879.70 base pay, $7.67 premium rate and $5.29 for overtime. Cook and bakers will get $858.95 base pay, $7.25 pre­ mium pay and $5.29 for overtime. Messmen will get $561.45 base pay, $4.93 premium rate and $3.22 for over­ time. At Tulane University Foram tr Hall toCongress: Probe Coast Guard in Oil Rig Loss SIU President Paul Hall has called for a Congressional investigation into the Coast Guard's enforcement, or lack of enforcement, of safety and manning standards in the offshore oil drilling in­ dustry. Last month, 13 men lost their lives as an oil rig under tow capsized and sank during a storm in the Gulf of Mexico. Making this announcement as he addressed a session of the week-long 27th Annual Institute on Foreign Trans­ portation and Port Operations, spon­ sored by the Tulane University Gradu­ ate School of Business Administration in New Orleans, President Hall said "we suspect a cozy arrangement be­ tween the Coast Guard and oil com­ panies whereby rules aren't being enforced." Hall pointed out that "a number of retired Coast Guard men secure posi­ tions in the oil industry's corporate structure. These men then represent the companies in appearances before Coast Guard tribunals." As a result, said Hall, "the oil companies are taking advantage of their relationship with the Coast Guard to get concessions they don't need." To support this charge, President Hall pointed out a recent Coast Guard ruling which eliminates all unlicensed black gang jobs on Stand­ ard Oil of California's new tankers. He also noted that the SIU wants an investigation into any differences be­ SIU President aul Hall, right, Is joined by Father David Boileau of Loyola University School of Human Relations, at the dais during wrap-up luncheon of the week-long Institute of Foreign Transportation and Port Relations, spon­ sored by Tulane University School of Business Administration this month. The luncheon was held at the SIU hall in New Orleans. INDEX Legislative News 200-mile fishing bill Page 10 Washington Activities ..... Page 9 Union News Wage increases .... .Page3 President's Report Page 2 Dues assessment clarified . Page 5 Headquarters Notes ......Page 7 Detroit membership meeting Page 4 May, 1976 SPAD honor roll Back page Alcoholic rehab program .Page 14 Genera/ News PHS hospital fight won Page 2 National unehnployment ... Page 5 Foreign Transportation confab Page 3 Cffshore oil rigs Page 20 Russell Stover boycott .. .Page 12 NMEBA affiliates with MTD . Page 5 TWU strike Page 10 Emergency hospital care .. Page 8 tween exams given for identical mari­ time ratings in different states. "We think the examination records will indi­ cate there is a difference and if and when it exists it is for the benefit of the oil companies." A Unified Agency In further remarks at the annual Tulane maritime confab. President Hall called for a major effort to get maritime affairs "under a single maritime agency with Cabinet level representation." Presently, maritime issues are handled by a number of unrelated Federal agencies. Hall also urged ship operators to quit associations like the American In­ stitute of Merchant Shipping and the Pacific Maritime Assn., charging that these associations have failed to take stands on issues vital to U.S.-flag oper­ ators, like cargo preference, because "the oil companies have tremendous influence in the associations." As an alternative. Hall suggested the establishment of a single assocaition for U.S. flag operators only. Tribute to Logan Before concluding his remarks, Presisident Hall delivered a moving tribute to the late Charles H. Logan, a longContinued on Page 28 SIU Vice President Lindsey Williams chats with Mrs. Charles H. Logan, widow of the late Charlie Logan, a long-time friend of the SIU, who passed away last December. At wrap-up luncheon of the Tulane University confab, SIU presi­ dent Paul Hall paid tribute to the late Mr. Logan and announced that the SIU would name its college scholarship fund after him. Lessening porpoise mortality Maritime day Gibson letter Page 8 Page 8 Page 8 Shipping Beaver State crews up ...Page 11 Fitting out on Great Lakes .Pages 24-25 Dispatchers Reports Page 23 Ships' Committees Page 6 Ships' Digests Page 19 Training and Upgrading LNG Classes at HLS..Pages 15-18 Upgrading class schedule, requirements & application Pages 30-31 Seafarers participate in Bosuns recertification and 'A' seniority upgrading .,,Page 29 GED requirements and application Page 31 Membership News New SIU pensioners Page 22 Final Departures ... .Pages26-27 Pages Ml �wmm Chairing the April membership meeting, Detroit Port Agent Jack Bluitt (center) reads his shipping report. Roy Boudreau (left) acted as the meeting's record­ ing secretary and Jack Allen (right) as reading clerk. Waiting for the Detroit meeting to begin are, (from I. to r.). Great Lakes Sea­ farers Mohammed Abdallah El-Janny, Mike Sheriff and Mohammed Sharin. April Meeting Full as Lakes Start Fit Out ITH the Great Lakes' fleet be­ ginning preparations for a new shipping season, Seafarers in the De­ troit area turned out in full force for their April membership meeting. During the course of the Union meeting, the 100 or so Seafarers present heard the minutes from the April membership meeting held at SlU Headquarters in New York which included information about new ships, upgrading programs at the Harry Lundebei^ School, the Sabine Tanker organizing drive and the election of a Quarterly Financial Committee. Of special interest to Detroit Sea­ farers was a report given during the meeting on construction of a new Union Hall on the St. Clair River in Algonac. Detroit Port Agent Jack Bluitt, serving as the meeting chairman, also gave a report on the spring fitting out and notified the members at the meeting that the vessels of the SHJcontracted Kinsman Marine, AmeriSeafarer Fred Wolf makes a point during Good and Welfare. Steamship Co. and Erie Sand En^"tli^eetog ' I %"• 1-J: >Mr.~ Lakes Seafarer H. Hassan throws in for an AB's job on the Shipping) at a job call after the meeting: As spring fit out gets under way on the Great Lakes, Detroit Seafarers turn out in full force for their April membership meeting. Page 4 Seafarers Log �II Joblessness Tops 6% in 130 Out of 150 Key Cities Sharp Unemployment(10.3^o) Hangs On in the U.S, WASHINGTON—Notwithstanding the U.S. Labor Department's claim that the national jobless rate in April re­ mained unchanged at a recession level of 7.5 percent with 7,040,000 unem­ ployed, "substantial joblessness" hung over most of the country as the agency reported that 130 out of 150 major cities—near 90 percent of job centers— had jobless rates anywhere from 6 per­ cent to a record-breaking 20.2 percent. The Labor Dept. also pointed out that there was a 707,000 April job rise. However, on learning of these figures early this month, AFL-CIO President George Meany declared, "Despite the pickup in employment, there is no solid foundation for the President's electionyear optimism about the American • economy." Meany argued that "America still has double-digit unemployment." The true jobless rate, according to Meany, is 10.3 percent or 9.7-million without work (19.9 percent teenagers) taking into account the 3.2-million persons working parttime involuntarily — of course listed by the Government as em­ ployed—and the 1.2-million in despair who have given up looking for work. Last month Des Moines, Iowa and Tulsa, Okla. were added to the 130 cities afflicted with persistent and "sub­ stantial" unemployment. Thirty-two smaller areas also made the list. The Labor Department said there are now 1,252 areas—130 main and 1,122 smaller job centers—listed as areas of substantial or persistent joblessness. The highest jobless rates are mostly in the industrial states. Ponce, Puerto Rico has a 20.2 percent rate, Kenosha, Wise. 17.7 percent, Atlantic City, N.J. 14.8 percent. New Bedford, Mass. 13.5 percent, Jersey City, N.J. 13.2 percent and Utica-Rome, N.Y. 12.2 percent. 'Working Dues' Assessment Clarified Since going into effect on Oct. 1, 1975 by order of a membership-passed constitutional amendment, the new working dues assessments and how a Seafarer pays these assessments have caused some confusion among the membership. Though the system has been working very smoothly it has been found that there are basically two misconceptions about the working dues assessments: (1) some members are confused as to how these assessments are computed; and (2) some members are under the impression that working dues are de­ ducted from the Seafarer's regular vaca­ tion pay check, which is not true. First of all, a Seafarer's working dues. —^which are paid in excess of the regu­ lar $200 annual membership dues— are computed solely according to the number of days the Seafarer works. However, no working dues are assessed until the Seafarer accumulates at least 90 days of employment on SIU ships. A Seafarer who has accumulated at least 90 days of seatime and is eligible; for vacation benefits, pays his working dues when he files for his vacation check. According to the SIU's latest threeyear contract, which went into effect June 16, 1975, a Seafarer's vacation pay, based on one year of seatime is: • $2,200 for Group I (an increase of $800 over the old contract). • $1,800 for Group II (an increase of $600 over the old contract). • $1,400 for Group III (an increase of $400 over the old contract). Dues Increase Was Needed was accepted by the membership, it was I for exactly 90 days. When he goes to felt that some sort of dues increase was pick up his vacation benefits, he is given needed for the Union to maintain top his normal vacation check of approxi­ facilities and services for the member­ mately $550 (minus taxes) which is ship throughout the country. As out­ based on the $2,200 yearly rate for lined in a subsequently passed constitu­ Group I as outlined in the contract. This Seafarer also receives a check tional amendment, the dues increase would take the form of a working dues amounting to approximately $25 which reflects the approximate differential assessment. To enable the membership to cover after the working dues and all taxes the working dues assessments without have been deducted. So under the program of assessing having to reach into their own pockets, the Union was able to obtain agree­ ment from the operators for an addi­ tional increase in vacation benefits amounting to $350 per man, per year When throwing in for work dur­ regardless of whether he sails in Group ing a job call at any SIU Hiring I, II or III. Hall, members must produce the The actual working dues assessments following: amount to $50 per 90 days of employ­ ment. So if a Seafarer accumulates one • membership certificate year of employment, based on 90 days per quarter, his dues assessments for • registration card that year amount to $200. • clinic card But since the Union was able to get the additional $350 in vacation pay • semnan's papers through the renegotiation, the member who works a full year is actually receiv­ In addition, when assigning a ing $150 (minus Federal, state and other job the dispatcher will comply taxes) over and above his normal vaca­ with die following Section 5, Sub-^ tion benefits as outlined in the contract. So now when a Seafarer picks up his vacation benefits, he is actually given two checks. One check, the larger of the two, covers the total amount of nor­ mal vacation benefits due the member as outlined in the contract. The second check, the smaller of the two, reflects the differential between the agreed upon additional vacation pay and your working dues assessments which will have already been deducted. For the second year in a row, the For example, a Seafarer sails Group However, shortly after the contract Seafarers Log has won the First Award in General Excellence in the Interna­ tional Labor Press Associations' Jour­ nalistic Awards Contest. This ILPA award is the highest the Seafarers Log can win in its category, which is international union publica­ tions of newspaper format with less than 100,000 circulation. The Seafarers Log also won an The National Marine Engineers Award of Merit in the ILPA's 1976 Beneficial Association has joined the Journalistic Contest for a Unique Per­ formance in the Best Feature Story SIUNA and 42 other AFL-CIO category. maritime related unions by affiliating Entered in the ILPA's contest for the itself with the AFL-CIO Maritime first time, the Harry Lundeberg School's Trades Department. The Skipfack was cited in three cate­ The largest licensed marine of­ gories—an Award of Merit for General ficers union to be affiliated with the Excellence in a Regional Publication, MTD, members of the NMEBA are an Award of Merit for Best Feature now among the nearly eight million Story, and an Award of Honor for Best workers represented by the depart­ Use of Graphics. ment. The MTD is headed by SIUNA The editor-in-chief of the Seafarers President Paul Hall. Log is Marietta Homayonpour and Jesse Calhoon, president of the managing editor is James Gannon. As­ sistant editors are Ray Bourdiiis and NMEBA, will serve as that union's Jim Mele. Frank Cianciotti is chief representative on the MTD's Execu­ photographer and Dennis Lundy is as­ Jesse Calhoon tive Board. sociate photographer. George J. Vana working dues, the Seafarer not only doesn't lose anything, he actually gains a few dollars. Many Seafarers have chosen to donate this extra money to the SIU's voluntary programs including the Log Fund and SPAD. If you have any questions at all about the assessment of working dues, con­ tact the local Union hall or write the SIU Vacation Plan at Headquarters, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. Hoti€e lo Members On Shippmg Proiedere ^' section 7 of the SIU Shaping Rules: '^Within each class of seniority rating in every Department, prior­ ity for entry rating ^obs shall be given to all seamen who possess LIfeboatman endorsement by thei; United States Coast Guard. The| Seafiirers Appeals Board maj^waive the preceding sentence when, in the sole judgment of ther Board, undue hardship will result! or extenuating circumstwc^ rant such waiver." LOG Wins ILPA 1st Prize 2nd Year in Row; Takes a Feature Plaque Marine Engineers Union Affiliates With MTD May, 1976 Marietta Homayonpour is production/art director, Frank Evers, cartoonist and Marie Kosciusko, admin­ istrative assistant. In 1975 the Seafarers Log staff also included Bill Luddy, who served as chief photographer and Anthony Napoli, an assistant editor. The awards, which cover 1975 publi­ cations, will be presented at the ILPA's St. Louis Conference on June 5 and 6. I LABOR PRESS AFL-CIO CLC Page 5 �The Committee Page Heches Committee Overseas Vivian Comrhittee Back in the S!U fold after two years under the MSG, Is the MV Neches (Mount Shipping), formerly the Falcon Duchess. Ship's Chairman, Recertified Bosun Eugene Flowers (seated right) talks to the rest of the Ship's Committee of, (seated center) Chief Steward John C. Reed, secretary-reporter and (standing i to r.):AB S. Lesko, deck delegate; Chief Pumpman John Rose, educational director; Utility Joe R. Roberts, steward delegate, and QMED I. Solomons, engine delegate. SlU Patrolman Steve Papuchls (seated left) holds the report he Is making on the crewlng-up of the tanker in the port of Norfolk on Apr. 28. The Ship's Committee of the tanker ST Overseas Vivian (Maritime Overseas) posed for this photo following a run from the Far East late last month at a payoff at the Howard Oil Co. Dock in Bayonne, N.J. At the payoff on Apr. 26 are, (seated I. to r.): Bosun Pete Gorza, ship's chairman; Second Pumpman Tony Novak, engine delegate; Deck Maintenance Dick Mason, deck delegate; Chief Pumpman Clarence Crowder, educational director, and Chief Steward Orestes Vola, secretary reporter. The last member of the committee Is (stand­ ing right) Cook and Baker'Charles C. Williams, steward delegate. Also (standing I. to r.) are Crew Messman Don Dokulil and OS G. Ortiz. Sam Houston Committee Borinquen Committee I Recertified Bosun Irwin Moen (front center) ship's chairman of the LASH SS Sam Housion (Waterman) relaxes with a cup of java at a payoff late last month at Brooklyn's Pier 7 In the port of New York. With him Ship's Committee of (I. to r.): Steward Delegate Joseph Simpson; Engflie Delegate E. E. Douglas, and Deck Delegate Gordon L. Davis after the vessel returned from the voyage to the Mideast. Zapata Patriot Committee Here's part of a happy Ship's Committee of the new tanker ST Zapata Patriot (Zapata) of Recertified Bosun Ralph Murry (right). si..,, s chairman and (I. to r.): Steward Delegate Bob Hirsch; Chief Steward Tony Arrellano, secre­ tary-reporter, and Engine Delegate Gene Morris. The ship, carrying refined petroleum, paid off In the port of Baltimore on Apr. 26. Page 6 With most of her Ship's Committee sporting moustaches. Recertified Bosun Callxto Gonzalez (2nd right) ship's chairman of the contalnership SS Borin­ quen (Puerto RIcan Marine) waits for a payoff In the port of New York early last month after a run to the port of San Juan. Without the face adornment Is Educational Director Billy Waddell (left), and (I, to r.): Deck Delegate Erik Hemlla; Steward Delegate Jose Fernandez; Gonzalez, and Engine Delegate Leonard Dllllng. Anchorage Committee Recertified Bosun Esteban Morales (right), ship's chairman of the container ship SS Anchorage (Sea-Land) with part of the Ship's Committee of (I. to r.): Chief Steward C. L. White, secretary-reporter; Third Cook Fernando Salgado, steward delegate, and Deck Maintenance J. D. Poston, deck delegate. The ship paid off In the port of New York on Apr. 21. She's on the coastwise run. Seafarers Log �Headquarters Notes by SIU Executive Vice President Frank Drozak After an absence of nearly two years, SIU crews are again going aboard the former Falcon tankers Duchess, Princess, Lady and Countess, now renamed the USNS Columbia, Neches, Hudson and Susquehanna. Although one of our contracted operators, Mount Shipping, was the success­ ful bidder for the one-year Military Sealift Command contract to operate the four automated tankers, the MSG has reserved the right to inspect the vessels every six months and to review their operations. If after the first year the MSG is satisfied that the ships are being properly maintained and running smoothly it has the option to extend the contract for another 30 months. If, however, the MSG is not satisfied, the contract can be terminated at almost anytime. All of the 60 operators who originally entered bids are still eager to take over the operations of these vessels. This means that if we are to protect our jobs on the four tankers the SIU crews aboard them must cooperate with one another and work together to insure smooth sailing. I ask the men aboard these ships to remember that they are not just protect­ ing their own job—that AB's job aboard the Neches or QMED's job aboard the Columbia belongs to every man in this Union. And not only are these jobs generating each man's wages, but they are also contributing to the maintenance of the SIU's Welfare and Pension Plan. They are helping to make each SIU member's pension and welfare benefits secure. I am sure that the Seafarers aboard these tankers, realizing the importance of their work, will act responsibly and with the unity Seafarers always show when there is a difficult job to be done. The SIU crew aboard the first of the four MSG tankers to be manned, the USNS Neches, has already set an example of seafaring excellence by preparing their ship for loading in eight hours less time than her previous crews had been able to do. I congratulate these men and urge other SIU members who take jobs on the Neches, Columbia, Hudson or Susquehanna to also show the MSG that there is not a bette'r or more efficient sailor in the world than a Seafarer. In other areas, SIU members are also contributing to the welfare and job Is# Tripper^ an HL55 Crad First tripper Don Dokulil, crew messman on the ST Overseas Vivian (Maritime Overseas) at work late last month in the port of New York following his gradua­ tion from the HLSS in Piney Point, Md. early in March. The vessel is on the run to the Far East. May, 1976 security of the entire membership by upgrading and sharpening their profes­ sional skills. This month, 12 more bosuns have graduated from the Bosuns Recertification Program, bringing to 379 the number of Seafarers who have gone through this course. This Bosuns Program has been one of the most successful educational courses the SIU has ever conducted. The bosuns who have graduated are passing along what they have learned during their two months in Piney Point and New York, helping to create a better informed membership and keeping beefs which arise out of misunderstandings to a minimum aboard their ships. Our "A" Seniority Upgrading Program has also been moving along well as six more Seafarers received their full Union membership this month. This brings the total number of SIU members to get their "A" books through this program to 227. After two weeks in Piney Point and two weeks in Headquarters, the men who have passed through this course are ready to help fill the gap left by Seafarers who are getting their well-deserved pension or who have passed away. I urge all eligible "B" book men to apply for this program as soon as possible. A new upgrading program, the Steward Department Recertification Program, is now in the planning stages and as soon as the details are worked out with the Harry Lundeberg School, the membership will be notified. In order to properly implement the program, the Bosuns Recertification Program will be temporarily suspended after the graduation of the class begin­ ning the program this month. This Union is also involved in helping its members prepare for the future by upgrading specific professional skills. The two-day Firefighfing Course jointly offered at the Lundeberg School and at the MSG-MARAD Firefighting School in Earle, N.J. enables any SIU mem­ ber to get a firefighting certificate, a certificate which the Coast Guard will some day require all seamen to have. If you would like to attend the program and get your firefighting certificate, see your port agent. LNG tankers will soon be entering the American-flag merchant fleet and seamen taking jobs aboard these vessels will be required to have special train­ ing and Coast Guard certificates. Seafarers can prepare for these ships through the Lundeberg School's excel­ lent LNG/LPG Upgrading Program. For more information about this program see the special LNG supplement in this issue of the Seafarers Log. I urge interested members in all departments to contact the Lundeberg School and to arrange to attend the next LNG class which is scheduled to begin on Sept. 20. (See Lundeberg School application on Page 31) Engineer Praises QMEDs A testimonial comes with this watch as QMED Tony Garza and Third Asst. Engineer Forrest C. King check the control panel aboard the LASH Stonewall Jackson. Brother King, an ex- Seafarer who upgraded, took an opportunity during a recent payoff in Brooklyn to tell a Log reporter that "I'm very pleased with the quality and efficiency of the QMED's coming out of your school, and I speak for all the engineers on the Jackson." Page 7 �•*X' ' •X*' • U.S. Tuna Fishermen Greatly Reduce Porpoise Mortality American tuna fishermen have suc­ ceeded in drastically reducing incidents of porpoise mortality in their tuna catches as a result of major improve­ ments and modifications of equipment and techniques. According to the National Marine and Fisheries Service, which has been monitoring progress in the tuna indus­ try, the porpoise mortality rate has plunged more than 30 percent in the first four months of this year alone. And the NMFS said it expects even further improvements in the last two thirds of 1976. The tuna industry's most important breakthrough in combating inadvertent porpoise mortalities came with the de­ velopment of the medina panel net. The revolutionary medina panel features a much finer meshing than in the old nets. This fine meshing prevents the porpoise from getting his snout entangled in the mesh, which was the major cause of porpoise deaths in the old wider meshed nets. Today's improved tuna nets also in­ clude a bold contender system, which gently forces the porpoise, which always swims near the surface, over the cart line via a long finely meshed apron shute. As a further precaution against por­ poise mortality, two speed boats, manned with fishermen carrying por­ poise grabbers, carefully follow the nets as they are dragged toward the fishing vessel during back down. The porpoise grabbed, a long pole shaped like a shep- Below is a reprint of the Maritime Day Proclamation issued by^rasi^§e0BeraidR0ord last month. THE WHITE HOUSE NATIONAL MARITIME DAY, 1976 BY THE PRESIDEl^ OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION ' . Maritime enterprise is one of the keystones upon which America's ecbriomic strength has developed. The spirit and vitality of this great Nation has been linked with the sea for more ban 200 years. As we celebrate this Bicenv tennial year, all Americans shpidd be aware of our proud maritime heritage. A^r winning independence^ die Founding Fathers considered shipping and trade so-crucial to the survival of the new Nation that five of the initial acts passed by the first Congre^ were desired to foster American trade maritime development. Over the years, in war and peace, the American merchant marine ha^ served the Nation. Today, in its position of world leadership, the United Stat continues to rely on its maritime industries. Shipping, shipbuilding, and vast flow of trade through our ports contribute to the Nation's economic devel<^>ment and security. To promote public awareness of our marine heritage, the Congress, in 1933 (48 Stat. 73, 36 U.S.C, 145) designated the anniversary of the first transAtlantic voyage by a steamship, the SS SAVANNAH, on May 22, 1819, as National Maritime Day, and requested the President to issue a prociamation annually in observance of that day. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GERALD R. FORD^ President Of the Uhil^ States of America, do hereby urge the people of the United States to honor our American merchant marine on May 22, 1976, by displaying the flag of ,the United States at their homes and other suitable places, and I request t|i|t i all ships sailing under the American flag dress ship on that day. I:, IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fourteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-six, and of the hadepeodence of the United States of America the two hundredth, ' LOG Reader SPAD Giver or-: 'A'}./ ' - . LOG reader Ismael Wala, general utility aboard the containership SS Charles­ ton (Sea-Land) gets a $20 SPAD receipt from SlU Patrolman Teddy Babkowski in the middle of last month. The ship, on the coastwise run, paid off in the port of New York at Port Elizabeth, N.J. on Apr. 29. Pages herd's crook, is used to gently pull the surface swimming porpoise over the corks and to freedom. As the nets are drawn nearer the fish­ ing vessel, it is common for five or six men to jump in the water and help any remaining porpoises over the top of the net. This is often a dangerous process since the nets pull in a number of sharks along with the tuna catch. Jim Bozzo, secretary-treasurer of the SIUNA-affiliated Fishermen's Union of Atlantic, Pacific and Caribbean, said that "the men are working very hard to prevent as many porpoise mortalities as humanly possible." Bozzo pointed oqt that "the safety of porpoise schools is vital to the tuna in­ dustry because porpoise run with the tuna, and when the boats sight surface swimming porpoises they know tuna are below. So if there is no porpoise popula­ tion, there is no tuna fishing industry, either." He also noted that "the tuna industry has invested a lot of money into im­ provements and modifications to reduce porpoise mortalities. And the industry is now experimenting with other means of cutting the death rate." Bozzo concluded "our goal In the tuna Industry Is a zero porpoise mortal­ ity rate, and we have already done much to help achieve this goal.** Gibson Writes About Merchant Marine—Navy Cooperation The following letter appeared in the April 1976 edition of Sea Power maga­ zine, the official publication of the Navy League of the United States. Written by Andrew Gibson who was Assistant Sec­ retary of Commerce for Maritime Af­ fairs from 1970 to 1972, the letter deals with pertinent issues brought up in an interview held with SIU President Paul Hall and published in the February 1976 edition of Sea Power. small numbers to be indicative of the stature of either the military officers as a group or those in the merchant ma­ rine. To single out any given individual or incident and use that as a basis for future naval policy is not only ridiculous but harmful to the best interests of the nation. Your magazine could serve a great purpose in bringing this issue out in the open. Either the U.S. merchant marine can be counted on to serve as the "Fourth Arm of Defense" as it was characterized by President Eisenhower, or it can't. The country and the industry are entitled to know. In your recent excellent interview with Paul Hall you raised two questions which I continue to find most disturb­ ing. Both questions were presented in the form of factual statements, to which Very truly yours, you asked Mr. Hall's comment. The first was that, "many senior Navy of­ ficers though — those who served in Andrew E. Gibson World War II, particularly—recall that v^'" • V during the war a number of merchant Ax V mm marine captains just didn't want to co­ operate with the Navy." The other was the assertion that, "the Department of Defense sometimes says they can't count on United States flag ships being avail­ able at all times—they are referring to Inquiries have been made vea possibility of a strike." ccnd^ by a bl Seafarers Both statements are closely related conceiving hffispifai car^ si a iiottand they indicate a state of mind pe­ UJSPHS facility. If a Seaferer is culiar to many senior naval officers which I believe precludes any real co­ too ill or badiy.|ii|ured to travel to operation with the merchant marine. a Public Heirith Servlee facilli^ he In part it appears to stem from a deepor sonumne acting m his be^i^ seated distrust of any civilian-run es­ Wust anthoriaHSU^ tablishment. To address myself to the the emeigency cise front the Bisecond statement first, I have been as­ rector/Medical Officer in Charge sociated with the U.S. maritime industry of the nearest USjPHS hOKSFital, for more years than I care to remember I^U^tlent clinic or coOiiot^d and was directly involved in various pil^itiui. Ihls request nti^ be capacities in World War II, the Korean niade by telephone or War and the Vietnam War. I cannot When the Medical Officer in recall one single instance of a strike ever directly or indirectly affecting any Clharge is satisfled that the seaman vessel carrying Department of Defense eli|g^ble condttlon Is a cargoes. While I can recall some welleineig^cyv he wU publicized accounts of sabotage by iri^ for- thO'r^ care'hhd'; ship's crews on naval vessels during the ;^thc USPHS will assume responsi­ Vietnam War, I am aware of nothing bility for aU bills. similar happening on board a merchant Unless this request for authorship. In all fairness if the Navy has some ^Izatioii is made within 48 hours of basis for questioning the reliability of tseeking treatment, the USPHS union crews they should say so. I think may refuse to pay for any of the that it's time to "put up or shut up." medical services rendered. As to the cooperation of merchant jSeafarers should also note that ships' captains during World War II, I can only speak as oiie of those captains. SiU Welfare Plan does riot I never heard of an instance, although ir; in^uyicd they may well have occurred, when the by members eligible for USPHES military establishment received less . M the than full cooperation. I encountered merchant marine officers during the war who I considered less than compe­ tent, but I certainly had the same ex­ perience with those in the military. I have never regarded these relatively Seafarers Log �Third'Flag Bill Washington Activities By B. Rocker Also in the Merchant Marine Committee, this-bHT'<!iKBKc.s minimum rates for foreign-flag carriers and protects U.S.-flag ships from being cut out of the market. Water Pollution The Senate Subcommittee on Water Resources is scheduled to hold hearings on water pollution liability. The bill would reduce the liability on spillages from $5 million to $50,000 for the first accident, with a schedule of payment for further occurrences. Coast Guard Merchant Marine Oversight The Merchant Marine Subcommittee is continuing to hold hearings on Title XI guarantees to promote financing or refinancing of U.S.-flag ships built in U.S. shipyards with materials produced in the United States. The hearings have covered the entire maritime program and have taken almost a year. Since the Title XI program began in 1938, 1,235 vessels and 2,831 lighters have been financed under its provisions. There have been only 10 defaults. It is likely that Title XI has made it possible to build many ships which could not have been built if private funding had to be found. Ocean Mining Hearings are scheduled in the House Interior and Senate Commerce Com­ mittees this month to consider promotion and regulation of mining in the deepsea bed. At the present time, the United States is the only country with the necessary technology, and equipment is extremely costly. However, West German com­ panies are running a close second and France and Japan are next—neither of the last two is in a U.S. consortium. For the protection of our nation's interest in the future, we must begin now to formulate policy. 200 Mile Limit The President has signed into law a bill requiring foreign fishermen to get permits to fish within 200 miles of our shores. The bill is an attempt to protect our firshermen from raids by foreign ships, particularly those which come into U.S. coastal waters to catch and process large quantities of fish in their float­ ing factories. SIU has been watchful and alert to laws which cover our industry, and our representatives have monitored new maritime bills in Congress for many years. We read the bills and review progress of the bills as they move throu^ the legislative process. We help educate congressmen and their staff members to the effects specific pieces of legislation have on Seafarers. Now it has come to our attention that some of the gains we have made through the Merchant Marine Act of 1970 and other legislation are being eroded by action or inaction of the Coast Guard. For that reason, we have started to gather information and are meeting with Coast Guard representatives to discuss manning scales, enforcement of regu­ lations and other problem areas. We are particularly concerned about any changes in working conditions for our members which would affect safety standards, especially in the area of reduced manning. International Transport Federation SIU hosted delegates of the International Transport Federation this month at the Harry Lundeberg School, Piney Point, Md. ITF, the free-world labor federation, includes within its membership dele­ gates from Great Britain, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, India and the United States. SIU has advisory membership within ITF, with official recognition from the State Department. We keep up with all developments as they apply to the U.S. maritime in­ dustry and contribute our views or rally support for proposals which will im­ prove Seafarers' working conditions, as well as the working standards for all Americans. During the meeting at Piney Point, the group prepared a draft of a manning scale to be presented to the seafaring section of ITF. They also discussed standards of training and watch-standing. It's Family Day at the C/Znic To Protect Your Job Security in the Fight for Favorable Legislation Seafarers are urged to contribute to SFAD. It is the way to have your voice heard and to keep your union effective in the fight for legislation to protect the security of every Seafarer and his family. Larger Vessels Needed For New Great Lakes Era It was weekly Family Day at the Headquarters Medical Clinic early last month as pediatrician Dr. A. Koutras (center) listens with his stethoscope to the little ticker of Michael Adam (right) as his mother. Mrs. John (Julie) Adams lends her moral support. Daddy ships as deck maintenance. May, 1976 In a projected new era of Great Lakes shipping, new, larger vessels must be built to carry the millions of additional tons of iron ore and low sulphur West­ ern coal which will be required, says a shipping specialist. To take care of the increased move­ ment on the Lakes, new ships will have to be longer, wider and be able to carry enormous quantities of cargo. In 1974, the combined Great Lakes iron ore and coal fleets worked to full capacity. Now the American Iron and Steel Institute reports that by 1980 the U.S. steel industry will need another 25-million tons of steelmaking ability. This would mean that an additional 31million tons of iron ore a year plus coal would be needed by then. Both these factors would result in a considerable amount of new cargo for the Lakes. • Since 1970, the size of the average Great Lakes ship has gone up more than 2,000-tons to 17,868-tons. By 1995, the expert sees the U.S. dry bulk fleet on the Lakes having 10 selfimloaders of 861-feet to 1,000-feet long; 12 self-unloaders from 768-feet to 869feet long and 25 self-unloaders of 700 to 767-feet long. Today, the Great Lakes fleet has only two self-unloaders in the jumbo class, one self-unloader in the second category and 14 self-imloaders in the last class. For the year 2020, 315-million tons of cargo are expected to be shipped on the Lakes. For this, 29 jumbo ships, 40 self-unloaders in the medium class and 60 in the last category are projected. The vessels will be 1,300-feet by 140feet and capable of carrying a cargo of 125,000-gross tons. Page 9 �Bill Extends U.S. Fishing Rights to 200 Miles Offshore President Ford signed a bill into law last month which extends U.S:A/ffslBSfc control over fishing rights to 200 miles until an international agreement is adopted by the United Nation's Law of the Sea Conference. American fishing organizations, in­ cluding the SlU-affiliated New Bedford Fishermen's Union, called for the 200 mile limit because Soviet and other for­ eign fishing fleets are decimating fishing grounds off the U.S. coast with "floating factories" which take large catches and ignore good fishery conservation prac­ tices. After March 1,1977 the law requires permits for all fishing vessels operating within the 200 mile limit except for I LP A Urges Enactment of Postal Service Subsidy Bill The International Labor Press As­ sociation (ILPA) fearing that the con­ stitutional right of free speech and free expression of ideas will soon be priced out of the reach of many Americans, is urging the U.S. Senate to approve a bill which would provide a Federal subsidy for the U.S. Postal Service and to in­ clude an amendment in the bill which would set a percentage ceiling on postal rates for non-profit second class mail. Almost all union publications, in­ cluding the Seafarers Log, are distrib­ uted at the non-profit second class postage rate. Calling these non-profit second ciass* publications "an endangered species," ILPA Sec.-Treas. Allen Y. Zack warned, "if continued increases in postal rates force more publications to fold, freedom of expression will become a luxury for only those who can af­ ford it." Introduced by Sen. Gale McGee (DWyo.), the postal bill supported by the ILPA and AFL-CIO provides for a public service subsidy of approximately $3 billion ovei' the next three years for the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). It would also create a commission to sys­ tematically study the current problems of the USPS. The amendment proposed by the ILPA would require that the non-profit postage rate not exceed 50 percent of the commercial second class rate. The ILPA feels this amendment is vital to the continuation of a free labor press because non-profit users of second class mail have been hit with the largest increases in postal rates. Further increases in these rates, the ILPA says, would force many union papers to cease publication and greatly hinder the free expression of ideas guaranteed by the First Amendment. and aircraft patrols to cover the new re­ stricted fishing zone. Observation satel­ lites and electronic identity devices called transponders aboard ^1 foreign fishing vessels with permits will aug­ ment the Coast Guard patrols as the U.S. begins this program to conserve and manage this vital natural resource. A Dozen QMEDs Graduate Wearing fedora on a blustery day, QMED Instructor Jack Parcel (center rear) is with 12 of his graduating class of QMEDs of, (I. to r. front): Ruben Rodri­ guez; Oscar Bird; Orlando Guerrero; Kenneth Linah, and Joseph Diosco. In the middle (I. to r.) are: John Gammon; Felix Durand; Robert Benson; Gary Westerholm, and Eric Sager. Bringing up the rear are (I. to r.): William Kenney; Parcell, and Fletcher Hanks. Textile Workers Study Consumer Boycott Against J. P. Stevens A dnve to organize employees of J.P. Stevens & Co., the second largest textile manufacturer in the U.S. and the "worst" anti-union employer here. IS I Because of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (often referred to as the Pension Reform Act) it3is extremely 1^ that the latest correct address of each member be On fik. If the Seafar Plans have your latest address, you will be able to receive all the neces­ sary and vital rnaterial which is fequb^ to be sent to you under the It is also very important that the Plans be aware of your marital statud Therefore, you are strongly urged td0 in the form below and send it to: Claims Department, Seafarers Welfare and Pension Plmts^ if5 20tf St.,Broolclyn, N.Y. 11215. ^afarers WeUore and PensitniFlaas • 8IU fleets follov^ing highly migratory species such as tuna. American fishermen will be given preferred treatment in obtaining the permits which will be limited in order to protect U.S. spawning and fishing grounds. The Coast Guard will expand its ship shifting into high gear witii a possible nationwide consumer boycott, now un­ der study, of the company's products by the AFL-CIO and the Textile Work­ ers Union of America (TWUA). Triggering the mammoth drive is the company's disregard of a clear National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) elec­ tion victory won by the TWUA in August 1974 and its refusal to bargain collectively with the union for a con­ tract for 3;600 Stevens workers at a seven-textile mill complex in Roanoke Rapids, N.C. TWUA says Stevens has stalled 20 negotiating sessions in Roanoke City for almost two years by not agreeing to sign a contract. The union has filed unfair labor practices with the NLRB to break the deadlock. The company has been found guilty by the NLRB of unfair labor practices 13 times since 1963. Eleven of these decisions were upheld by the higher courts. Workers lUegaUy Fired Stevens had to pay $1.3-million in backpay and reinstate 289 workers illegally fired for union activities. The company had to pay TWUA $50,000 in 1973 for illegally tapping union organizers telephones during a drive at the Stevens mill of 500 employees in Wallace, S.C. The TWUA has filed other charges with the NLRB on the company's closing its Statesboro, Ga. mill instead of bargaining with the union as the labor board and the courts ordered. Stevens has 46,000 other employes at 89 other plants in the U.S. And there are 700,000 unorganized textile work­ ers in the South. Stevens had record-breaking profits of $93.4 million in 1974 on sales of $1.25 billion. SIC/ Official on T.V. piBU 'Name LastN^e Fmt First Name Number and Street J, Middle Initial ' City State •••S ZlipCode ! 1 Mu / Day / Year Year of Employmeni MS 9 j.^anie rlnt , Last Name , First Name " ^ Middle Initial Permanent Print Number and Street Year Page 10 City State Zip Code SIU Atlantic Coast Vice President Earl "Bull" Shepard (2nd left) appearing on TV Channel 13 "What's Next Baltimore" Show on May 1 listens to the show's moderator (right) Richard Shrer ask "What do you feel is Baltimore's future as a major port in the foreign market?" Other members of the panel were (I. to r.): Ray Halpin of the Maryland Port Administration; U.S. Lines' George Maier, and Atlantic Container Lines' Robert Hays. Seafarers Log �New Tanker Beaver State Crews Up, Sails continues to man new ships giving jobs to our membership with the crewing up on Apr. 13 of the new San Clemente B class tanker, the 91,849 J. ^t m Heaver Slate (Westchester Marine) as the refined petroleum carrier (25-minion gallons) sailed for Singapore (ETA Mav 5) from the port of San Diego. The 894-foot vessel—a sistership of the SlU-contracted ST Worth (WM)—was built in the National Steel and Shiphiiilding Co. Shipyard in San f delivered to the company in February. She does 17 knots, draws 49 feet and her beam is more than 105 — IFori/i, the Beaver State Joins three other tankers launched by the company during the past two years and manned by SlU crews, the ST Golden Monarch, Golden Dolphin and Golden Endeavor. On the left, PIney Point upgrader and Day/QMED Mark Wllhelm, educational director, looks over the ST Beaver State's cargo pump controls. Top, a close shot of the tanker's bulbous, smilin' prow. Below, looking aft from the foscle head. Note the ship's bell in the foreground and the San Diego Bay Bridge (rear). Right, Recertified Bosun Ben Miggnano, ship's chairman, secures the tension wire rope in the windlass on the fantail. 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 membership 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 F.xecutive Board may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. 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, llie 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 shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return receipt requested, "rhe proper address for this is: Frank Drozak, Cbalnnan, Seafarers Appeals Board 275 - 20tb Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. II215 Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all limes, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available iii 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. May, 1976 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 fur same. Under no circumstances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. 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 thenrselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SiU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the 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 ^afarer 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*bf 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. If at any time a Seafarer feels that any of the above rights have been violated, or that he been denied his constitutional right of access to Unktii records or information, he should immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall at headquarters by certified mail, return receipt requested. Page 11 �AT SEA Rusself Stover Boycotted Where to Buy Your Union-Made Candy 55 Boston Capt. A. Svensson and Chief Officer E. Powell of the containership SS Boston (Sea-Land) while at sea on Apr. 4 on a coastwise run wrote the following letter to the ship's chairman, Recertified Bosun Leyal E. Joseph on the heroic action of a Seafarer crewmember in saving the life of a shipmate: "In recognition of Samuel A. Sotomayor's intrepid actions on Apr. 2 in rescuing a fellow crewmember, please cause the following log entry to be read at your \next meeting and to be included in the minutes thereof as a permanent record. "Log entry, SS Boston, Apr. 2, 7 p.m. Houston, Tex. "3rd Cook Victor Silva fell into the water at vessel's berth. City Dock No. 16, this port. "The seaman was returning to the vessel from shore when he apparently caught his foot in a hole or recess on the dock, at the gangway approach, and fell (into the water) between the inner and outer stringpiece of the dock. "The incident was observed from the poop deck by several of the vessel's crewmembers. "Upon noticing the plight of Silva, Messman Samuel A. Sotomayor, with complete disregard for his own safety and wellbeing, dove into the water from the vessel's fantail and supported Silva until a ladder and rescue lines were brought by ship's crew and others. "Both men were helped from the water. An ambulance was summoned and Silva left the vessel at 7:50 p.m., this date, for medical attention. "Other details of this incident as per separate reports and witness' statements. "For the record, it is herewith entered that, in the opinion of all present, Samuel A. Sotomayor, through his unhesitating and unselfish acions, saved the life of Victor Silva." The ship docked in the port of New York on Apr. 8. ST Ogden Yukon ". , . Seafarer crew was a great help in fighting the blaze (which charred her stem) on the ship," telephoned a crewmember of the ST Ogden Yukon (Ogden Marine) to Headquarters late last month when the grain ship was threatened at night by an intense dockside fire fueled by gasoline and propane which com­ pletely destroyed a wholesale lumber complex warehouse alongside in the port of Rensselaer, near Albany, N.Y. The vessel had just passed through the port of New York after delivering grain to Russia and had sailed up the Hudson River to a payoff in the port of Albany berthing at the Rensselaer Dock on Apr. 19 to load on com for the U.S.S.R., when the two-hour blaze empted in the Shephard and Morse Lumber Co. Ware­ house off Riverside Avenue. The fire began about 8:30 p.m. in the warehouse's old dock igniting the company's main office building and nearby gasoline and propane gas fuel tanks shooting heavy smoke, searing heat and flames soaring hundreds of feet into the atmosphere to menace firefighters and the stern of the Ogden Yukon. Led by the ship's chairman. Recertified Bosun Donato Giangiordano, the deck gang snuffed out the flames on the smoking stern as the vessel was swiftly man­ euvered out to midstream before serious damage or injury resulted. 55 Great Land A story in the "Seattle Audubon Notes" by Dorothy Siewers of the city's Wild Bird Clinic mentions two unnamed Seafarers of the Ro-Ro SS Great Land (Inter Ocean) who came to the aid of one of our feathered friends recently on a mn from Alaska. The story read: "The most colorful patient we've had in a long time is 'Muffin the Puffin,' who came tumbling out of a stiff gale and onto the deck of the SS Great Land in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Fortunately, the ship was inbound to Seattle, and—also fortunately—two seamen volunteed to take charge of the bird, who was dis­ abled by a wing injury. The young men notified the clinic (in the Joshua Green Building at 33rd South) of the emergency, and 'Muffin' was soon under our care. He is an agreeable convalescent and is now thriving on a diet of smelt and clams. Since he's the first puffin we've ever had, we do tend to fuss over him a little." its employes to become members of the Bakery and Confectionery Work­ ers' International Union of America. "As a last resort effort to bring the Russell Stover management's labor re­ lations into the 20th Century, the Bak­ ery and Confectionery Workers have called a nationwide boycott against Russell Stover Candies. "The AFL-CIO Executive Council endorses this product boycott and urges all union members and concerned con­ sumers to refuse to buy Russell Stover Candies until the company rejects its patently anti-labor policfes." The BCWIUA urges consumers to buy their candy at these union-made companies: Following up a continuing U.S. con­ sumers boycott campaign and na­ tionwide picketing of Russell Stover Candies stores, the Bakery and Confec­ tionery Workers International Union of America (BCWIUA) has, in a state­ ment, renewed its appeal to the buying public not to purchase the non-union products and issued a list of firms man­ ufacturing union-made candy. The actions came after Russell Sto­ ver refused to bargain collectively with» the union. The union's statement declared: "Russell Stover Candies, Inc. has followed a consistent pattern of anti­ union activity in resisting the right of Cable Car Candy Co. Barricini Candies, Inc. 22-19 41st Ave. Long Island City, N.Y. 11101 700 West Pacific Coast Highway Long Beach, Calif. 90806 Boyer Brothers, Inc. Box 1232 Altoona, Pa. 16601 Cardinet Candy Co., Inc. (West Coast only) P.O. Box 5277 Concord, Calif. 94520 PaulF. Belch Co. West Front Street Bloomington, 111. Hooper's Confections, Inc. 4632 Telegraph Ave. Oakland, Calif. 94609 Price Candy Co. 718 Arch St. Philadelphia, Pa. 19106 Standard Specialty Co. 1028 44th Ave. Oakland, Calif. 94601 Brown and Haley (Northwest only) 1940E. 11th St. Tacoma, Wash. 98401 Hershey Foods Corp. 19 E. Chocolate Aye. Hershey, Pa. 17033 Societe Candy Co. (Northwest only) 800 Western Ave. Seattle, Wash. 98104 Candy Cupboard Brand Candy New England Confectionery Co. 254 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, Mass. 02139 Barton's Candy Corp. 80 DeKalb Ave. Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201 Ghirardelli Chocolate Co. 1111 139th Ave. San Leandro, Calif. 94578 Whitman's Chocolates Division of Pet, Inc. P.O. Box 6070 Philadelphia, Pa. 11914 James P. Linette, Inc. Front and Washington Sts. Reading, Pa. 19601 Rogers Candy Co. (West Coast only) 315 West Mercer St. Seattle, Wash. 98119 529 Main St. Boston, Mass. 02129 Vemells' Fine Candies (Northwest only) 1825 Westlake North Seattle, Wash. 98109 Planters/Curtiss Confectionery Division of Standard Brands, Inc. 3638 North Broadway Chicago, 111. 60613 Bunte Candies, Inc. 129 E. California Oklahoma City, Okla. 73104 See's Candy Shops, Inc. 3423 South LaCienega Blvd. Los Angeles, Calif. 90016 Schrafft Candy Co. ! ccirtft weweiy doUiriqp^ vessels; in this country, making a very snbstanthil cimfrilNiflion to tihe national ktdaiRce of payments and to the nation's economy. ST Eagle Traveler Departing one or two Gulf ports on May 12 was the ST Eagle Traveler (Sea Transport) carrying 31,000-tons of bulk wheat to the port of Alexandria, Egypt or Port Said, Egypt. 55 George Walton From the Gulf on May 13, the C4 SS George Walton (Waterman) hauled 1,500-tons of bulk brown rice to the port of Pusan, Korea. . ^ J ST Mount Navigator ' .'.fi ."-rv-.* ;Ji. .. .--.i . Transporting 31,000-tons of heavy grains to a Russian Black Sea port on May 1 was the ST Mount Navigator (Cove Tankers). -it 57 Overseas Aleutian On May 1 the 57 Overseas Aleutian (Maritime Overseas) traveled to aU.S.S.R. Black Sea port with 33,000-tons of heavy grains. Page 12 '"SI UseU.S.. can shipper, and America. i , ' -w ....... yihe Amerfefl' Seafarers Log �Don'f Buy Lever Brothers Produefs, ICWU Asks as Apr. 10 Strike Continues The Lever Brothers Co. Council of the International Chemical Workers Union has issued an appeal to the American consumer not to buy any of the company's following products until the firm's 2,600-employees end their Apr. 10 strike against the soap-pro­ ducing giant. Heading the Don't Buy List are household-word products which are made in four plants in Edgewater, N.J., Baltimore, St. Louis and Los Angeles. The products are liquid deter­ gents and fabric softeners: Wisk, Swan, All, Lux, Dove and Final Touch. Pow­ dered detergents are: Breeze, All, Drive, Rinso, dishwasher All and Silver Dust. Bar soaps are: Lux, Lifebuoy, Dove, Phase III and Caress. Tooth­ pastes are: Aim, Close-Up and Peposodent. Edible products are: Imperial and Imperial Soft Blend, Good Luck, Prom­ ise and Autumn margarines; Spry Shortening and Mrs. Butterworth's Syrup. Early this month, the union said, there were no meetings scheduled with Lever Brothers representatives and the company appears to be preparing for limited production, using office and supervisory personnel. Job Security Paramount So the ICWU believes this may be a long strike. The main issue, job secur- ity, is critical for the entire labor move­ ment, the ICWU notes. The union is effectively picketing the company's plants and is extending picketing to public warehouses which have con­ tracted with T^ever Brothers to do the striking worker's jobs. The Lever Brothers workers voted to reject the company's final offer by a vast majority. They say the company has announced plans which would re­ sult in the loss of many jobs in the four plants and is unwilling to guarantee any type of job security or to work toward a settlement which would give the workers the right to transfer to the other plants or to ease the pain of worker dislocation from the company after years of employment. Instead, the chemical workers claim, the company wants a three-year con­ tract so they can make the many changes they want unimpeded by eco­ nomic pressure. The ICWU has never had a three-year agreement with Lever Brothers in 30 years of collective bar­ gaining with them and they assert this does not seem to be the opportune time for them to do so. Lever Brothers is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Unilever, a gigantic multi­ national corporation with over 500 sub­ sidiaries administered from London, England and Rotterdam, The Nether­ lands. For Seafarers and Kin Under 65 You Can Get Medicare Insurance for a Permanent Kidney Failure Condition Seafarers and their dependents under 65 with permanent kidney failure are eligible for Medicare health insurance which provides continuous, life-saving dialysis treatments or a kidney trans­ plant, according to the U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare, Social Security Administration. The new provisions of the health law coverage resulted from changes incorporiited in the 1972 amendments. To­ day, about 23,000 persons in the U.S. with permanent kidney failure are re­ ceiving dialysis treatments paid for by Medicare. / You are eligible for this coverage if: • You have worked long enough to be insured under Social Security or the Railroad Retirement System. • You are already getting monthly Social Security or railroad retirement benefits. • You are the husband, wife or de­ pendent child of someone insured or getting benefits under Social Security or 5ie Railroad Retirement System. You can apply for Medicare at any Social Security office or if you can't visit the office, a representative can visit you to take your application. If you are eligible, you doni pay a monthly premium for Medicare hospital insurance. For the voluntary Medicare medical insurance, you now pay a basic monthly rate of $6.70 and on July 1, $7.20 a month. The medical insurance pays for the outpatient maintenance dialysis, doc­ tors' and surgeons' fees, self-dialysis training and home dialysis equipment and supplies. The hospital insurance pays for kidney transplant surgery and related inpatient hospital services. For Medicare payment of this treat­ ment, hospitals must meet special health, safety and professional stand­ ards. Your doctor or the hospital can tell you if they are approved. When you start dialysis, your Medi­ care payments begin the first day of the third month after starting. When you enter a hospital for transplant your Medicare coverage starts. This total coverage ends 12 months after the month you either no longer require dialysis or you receive a trans­ plant. Your coverage would continue if dialysis had to be started again or an­ other transplant was needed during the 12-month period following transplant surgery. The medical insurance cover­ age stops if you don't pay premiums or cancel. A Government pamphlet, "Medicare for People Under 65 With Permanent Kidney Failure" can be picked up at any Social Security office. If you have permanent kidney faUnre and find yon are not covered under Medicare or cannot meet the Medicare medical insurance payment, contact SIU Welfare Director A! Bernstein to find out about other coverage, including the SIU Welfare Plan. Broffier Bern­ stein Can be reached at Union Head­ quarters, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. SECURITY IN May, 1976 Y ASHORE Staten Is. (N.Y.) USPHS Hospital A makeshift, several-thousand-mile communications network using ship-toshore radio-telephones, ham radio operator sets and the ordinary telephone, used by a Florida ham radio buff, helped to save the life of a heart attack victim stricken aboard the SS Tamara Guilden (Transport Commercial) last month. The victim, the bulk carrier's radio operator, Horten E. Whaley, 50, of Warington, Fla., was stricken as the freighter was 250 miles southeast of the port of Philadelphia early on the afternoon of Apr. 14 following a run to the Med. As none of the Seafarer crew knew how to operate the ship's radio-telephone on the normal emergency frequencies, Capt. James F, Caylor, master of the vessel, was able to raise an unknown ham operator in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. who in turn notified the U.S. Coast Guard Base at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, N.Y. via telephone of the crisis. Simultaneously, a New Jersey ham was monitoring the radio transmissions between the Florida ham and the ship. "They were in contact with the ship through their radios," reported the Coast Guard, "and we were able to pass messages to the ship via radio-telephone." A special, long-range Coast Guard medical evacuation helicopter was dis­ patched from Brooklyn at 2:30 p.m. and lifted Whaley from the Tamara Guilden at sea. Set down at Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island, N.Y., he was speeded by ambulance to the USPHS Hospital here in Clifton where he received medical treatment at 6 p.m. On May 3, the hospital said the stricken seaman had been released to go home. Morebead City, N.C. "They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; "These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep. "For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. "They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. "They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end. "Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. "He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. "Then are they glad because they be quiet: so he bringeth them unto their desired haven." Psalms 107:23-30 Spreading the above good word of the Bible here is a 1966 SIU scholarship winner who also won an art prize in the 1960-1 Union's Safety Program poster contest. Shipboard chaplain, the Rev. Bernard A. "Bernie" Maret, 38, joined the SIU in 1958 in Florida sailing five years in both the deck and steward departments, serving in between two years in the U.S. Army before retiring his book in the ports of Mobile in 1961 and in New York in 1963. The Bellmore, L.I., N.Y.-bom minister wrote to the Log to tell us that he and his wife. Norma now serve the spiritual needs of the American merchant seaman and their families. "I have a burden on my heart for seamen. I know personally how they think and how they live," wrote Rev. Maret. "I feel there is today a great need on American ships concerning the spiritual aspect of the life of the seaman ... As I minister on the ships, I know the very heartbeat of these men, not as one looking from the outside, but as one who has been down the same road. In closing. Rev. Maret said, "The ministry covers a wide scope: Bible studies, preaching services, personally counseling the men concerning emotional, domestic, and spiritual problems and ministering to the needs of their families when possible. "I believe the answer to all the problems one has is through a right relationship with God. When this is established there is a change in one's values, outlook on life and attitudes toward those he works with." Gives $1100 to SPAD Recertified Bosun Richard A. "Chris" Christenberry shows the 50 $20 SPAD receipts, totaling $1,000, which he bought last month in the port of San Francisco. He had also contributed $100 to SPAD earlier this year. Brother Christenberr> declared "I know that we must remjin in the political arena and elect people who are friendly to the maritime industry. Purchasing $1,000 of SPAD is a type of 'insurance policy' to protect my job." Page 13 �SlU Alcoholic Rehab Center Seafarer Writes About His Experiences in Program X •|ly y ;-;l1 this program has meant to him. Brother Sullivan said he hopes that by publishing these articles, other Seafarers who have the same problem he had, will seek help and come to the Alcoholic Rehab Center. (The Log wishes to thank Brother Sullivan for submitting these well written articles for publication.) This Is the Place to Do Something About Solving Your Problem I' •:S ' 1 van had that desire and is now on the road to a new life. Carried on this page are two pieces written by Brother Sullivan. One, en­ titled "The Road Back," poetically describes the inner turmoil of a man trying to make the decision to take the step to seek help. The other piece vividly describes what goes on at the SlU Rehabilitation Center and what 'niiere is no shame attached to ^^mg through the SlU's Alcoholic cohoUsm.... The shame is not doing ^^^abilitation Program in Piney something about it." Point. These are the words of John A. The road to recovery from alcohol­ Sullivan, a long-time SlU member ism is not an easy one. It takes time, from Seattle. John was—like so many work, a lot of help from others, and millions of Americans are—an alco­ most importantly, desire—the desire holic. Unlike so many millions of to break from a lifestyle dominated Americans, though, John decided to by alcohol and return to the main­ do something about it. He is now stream of society. Brother John Sulli­ By John A. Sullivan and if you have been drinking as heavy as I was, you're going to have the shakes. Your nerves are going to seem to jump out of your skin. We have all had these symptoms if we have ever gotten sober at times. The first two or three days are the worst you will ever experience, believe me. But we all come out of it in time. It's rough I know. The movies you will see here on al­ coholism are very interesting and enr lightening. You will honestly be sur­ prised at what you will see. By this I mean the movies show what alcoholism is and what it can and will do to you. You also listen to tapes on alcohol­ ism. Some are terrific, some others not so good. But mostly you will find it very informative. At the rap session later on in the day, you are asked to relate what you hear and see to yourself, and invariably if you are honest with your­ self you will find yourself somewhere along the line. To those who don't know what the S IU alcoholic rehab program is all about I'd like to tell you. I'm going through it now, and I'm glad I am. For those of you who have an alcoholic problem and want to do something about it, then my friend this is the place to do it. First, there are no iron bars, there are no locked doors. There are no chains to hold you here once you come. You can leave anytime you want, if you want to. But if you put in a week or two, then you will put in the whole five weeks. You know there is no shame attached to alcoholism. Some people think there is, but I think the shame is not doing something about it. That's why the SIU has undertaken this program of alcohol rehabilitation. I'm here because some­ body, a friend, knew I had a problem with alcohol and thought I was worth saving. Each one of us is a potential alco­ holic, whether we start with beer, wine A.A. Meetings or an occasional cocktail. The danger is there and the danger is real. You will be asked to attend A.A. When you first come to the Center, meetings while you are here. You might The Rood Rotii "Xv'v It's like coming out of a dark tunnel and now it's liglit. ^ -f Idiere's a path that leads up a small hill. .?. ' • I can see a fence at the top of the hill, -1: ^ , It's pretty high, and something is telling me to go up and climb this fence, I'm afraid of what's up there. What will I find on the other side? I shake off my fear and climb the hill. Now I'm at the bottom of ^e fence. It's high. I look up. I see the sun. It's warm as it caresses my face, I start climbing up and up. The sun gets warmer, the day gets brighter. Now Tm at the top, I straddle the fence. ) I can look in both directions. What a view! I look down at the path I've just come up—rocky, gravel, bumpy—the grass on either side has died, Utter has been thrown all about. I see people a little way off, I hear tnem laugh. even like them, I know I do. The stories you hear at these meetings are true. We have nil lived through it. You might think that when you ask a question that it is stupid or silly or embarassing, but don't think that way, it isn't. The ques­ tion you ask just might save your life, just might help you stay on the sober side of life. The rap sessions are what I like the best. Each man gets to express his own thoughts, his own ideas, his own way of thinking. And we all listen until he is done. Then we all kick it around. We give our opinions on what you haVe said, and maybe somebody in the group comes up with the answer you have been looking for all along. It's really great. Like Boarding House Before I came here I was told I had to work on the farm, pick peas etc. Well don't believe it, it isn't so. This isn't a hospital or an institution, nor is it a jail. To me it's like a boarding house for men only. Oh yes, we all help to keep it clean the same way you do your focsle on board ship or the way you do at home. Hell, I can't cook, but I cook breakfast for everyone and they are getting fat. You end up having a very personal relationship with everyone here. It's what I like to call brotherhood. Your major concern here is to clear your mind and body of the poison you have been drinking, and alcohol is a poison and it kills. We have all known someone in our travels, a friend, a family member, or whatever who has died from alcohol­ ism. Thank God alcrdioiism today isn't a dirty word. It's recognized for what it is, a disease. It has to he treated just like any other iUness. You wouldn't let a broken leg go untreated would you? It's the same with alcoholism. It must and has to be treated by people who know how. Many of the counselors here are exalcoholics. They have lived through the same experience we have. They are not here to censure you, they are not here to cram any religion down your throat. They are only here to help you, and 1 mean you, to get over your alcoholic problem. And it works, it's been proven. They remind me of a doctor. They take the whole man, take him apart and put him back together again in what they hope will be a healthier frame of mind and body. I believe, there is only one major requirement you need before coming here—that is a desire to stop drinking. If you have this desire you will be able to reach the goals you set for yourself in life. And that's what this is all aboiit, my life, your life. Alcoholism Is a major problem. One ont of every 10 Americans who drink has a serious drinking problem. Alcoholism is a disease. It can be treated. in . Get off the fence, fef come down! I sit trying to make up my mind, then I look the other way. There's a path. It's long and straight apd it looks like a bridle path for horses,. but I don't see any. ' On each side the grass is soft and green. The smell of clover is in the air, the flowers are in full bloom. There's a house and people in the distance. They're waving at me tod. ^ Which way to go? That's what I must d^ide. I look back and die people are having fun. It looks like a great time. I look the other way.—it's peaceful and quiet. The people I see are waving for me to come that way. What to do? What to do? I decide. I climb down off the fence. Somebody is there to meet me. ' We shake hands, the grass, the clover and flowers smell so good, " He asked rad why tfielence and why didn't I come in the door. It { swings both ways, he said. I I can push the dipdr open anytime,I said. He takes myjarm and we slowly walk up the path. , The people are still waving at roe. ^ By John A. SI j I I SIU Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center I am interested in attending a six-week program at the SIU Alco- j holic Rehabilitation Center. I understand that this will be kept strictly I confidential, and that no records or Information about me will be kept j anywhere except at The Center. I I I Name Book No I I Address (Street or RFD) j I I I (City) (State) (Zip) j I Telephone No Mail to: THE CENTER Star Route Boxl53-A Valley Lee, Md. 20692 or call. 24 hours-a-day, (301) 994-0010 I j } \ Seafarers Log Page 14 ... �'I ^ OHldal pvbUeatiM t th« SBAFARBIIS 3NTBIINAT10NAL UNION• Atlaatte, Oolf, LakM mmA lalaaB Waters District* AFL-CIO HLS Looks to Secure Future With LNG Training For upgraders at the Harry Lundeberg School, training to man LNG tankers involves both classroom instruction and field trips. In photo to the left, Thomas Gaston (I.) and Ron Laner review LNG loading pro'cedures as they prepare for their final exam. Pictured right a firefighting class learns how to handle a fog nozzle at the MSC-MARAD Firefighting School in Earle, N.J. All Seafarers going through the LNG program are required to attend the firefighting school. Natural gas is an important energy source for the United States and is quickly becoming even more import­ ant because of its clean burning properties which contribute little pol­ lution to our air. Unfortunately, America's supply of this fuel is limited. Other countries, such as Algeria and Indonesia, have huge natural reserves of gas which they would like to export. .Until re­ cently, however, there has been no practical method of getting this much needed fuel to the U.S. Liquid natural gas, or LNG, is simply natural gas which has been turned into a liquid by cooling it to 260 degrees F. In this liquid state it occupies only 1/600 of the space needed to hold the same amount of product in its gaseous state, making it a practical way to transport vast amounts of natural gas. As the technology for transporting large quantities of natural gas by LNG carrier nears perfection, gas sup­ pliers and consumers, terminal op­ erators, shippers and the Coast Guard are all turning their attention towards the training and qualifica­ tions which crews aboard these highly sosphisticated vessels will need to insure their safe operation. Their concern is well founded as it is estimated that by 1980—in just four years—-the U.S. will need 30 to 35 LNG ships to meet its natural gas im­ port needs. national regulations. They will re­ quire crews trained from top to bot­ tom in operating the new and differ­ ent ships, and in handling their unusual cargo. When thp first U.S.-flag LNG tank­ ers start operations next year there will be Seafarers from all departments ready to man these carriers because the SIU has had the foresight to set up an LNG training program at the Harry Lundeberg School, a program which will assure that Seafarers will be among the best trained and most safety conscious sailors ready to board these energy carriers of the future. This program, begun in 1975, is designed to give members of the stew­ ard, deck and engine departments two weeks of general instruction and, for those men who will actually be responsible for the cargo, more de­ tailed instruction in all aspects of LNG movement. During the first two weeks. Sea­ farers learn the basics they will need to sail aboard an LNG tanker, even if they have nothing to do with the cargo. They become acquainted with the characteristics of LNG cargoes and handling procedures, both load­ ing and once underway. Special stress is placed on the Familiar With Construction NATURAL GAS TANKS 'ity of each tank is 72,500 barrels or the equivalent ^ 250of gas. Complex Ships These carriers are complex vessels which have been carefully designed to provide safe transportation of this important fuel and which will have to meet new Coast Guard and inter- May, 1976 unique safety features of these tank­ ers and their special firefighting sys­ tems during this introduction to liquid gas carriers. The men are also introduced to the metric system which will be used aboard LNG tankers and many other new ships now under constructi.on. After the first two weeks, steward department members have a good basic knowledge of LNG carriage by. tanker and as under most circum­ stances they will not be involved in cargo handling, are ready to take a job aboard one of these vessels. During the next week of the pro­ gram, deck and black gang members study in depth all aspects of LNG tanker operations. In its liquid form, energy consumers will be able to transport-and store huge amounts of natural gas in compact storage and cargo tanks. They become familiar with tank construction, as well as with the con­ struction of the many special cargo handling systems, including vapor compressors, gas heaters, vaporizers and boil-off systems. Cargo loading and discharging op­ erations are then covered in great de­ tail, as are loaded and unloaded voyage operations. The special safety and firefighting system, and emergency procedures introduced in the first two weeks are then reviewed in more detail as the Seafarers who will be responsible for th safety of the entire crew and ship leam how to operate COj and foam firefighting systems, gas detectors, re­ mote cargo consoles and nitrogen gas systems. Seafarers in the program then leam about LNG liquefaction plants where the gas is supercooled into a liquid Continued on Page 18 Page 15 �w JJisiS I -.-p-.-v/'J - A JL"'' £••- • -fc. ^ f, 'pi: ' Seafarer Eric Sager makes sure he's ready for his finai exam and for a job on an LNG tanker. I 'Pr-[ ^ : rtii' .'-=--5 V: v.! ;; i ^ 1-" < "''"•%' • y-V 'li-'j "tr. ^'1 : 'i MM : - H' '"-x- A large part of the LNG course at the Lundeberg School is spent in the classroom learning about LNG chemical properties, handling and movement. Shown here reviewing for their final exam are, from left to right above, Seafarers Bill Burke and Joseph Diosco, and from left to right beiow, Lloyd Shaw, Allen Hooper and John Algina. In this sequence of photos Seafarers in the LNG Program learn how to approach and extinguish an extremely hot oil fire at the MSC-MARAD Firefighting School in Earle, N.J. With one team using a nozzle extension to cool off the area around the tank, the other team is able to get close enough to direct a high pressure hose with a fog nozzle at the base of the fire and extinguish it. 4. I ? 't i P V ' » y •;- I SgSfe % »v i' ( .' • : ••1-5 11 i /'i % J 'i!|l m I' '} •' . a.;, . -I I t, -; ^ iP^ • j.fiC' i-fr ' i 'if: -v 1 ••-•m't;: " '1 IP • " If' % h )>• ,jf5l 'V- i; r 5:' •r •. • ' . y ^ A I , " "'A-y'-- m -•-J. ' 'lit ^ yiT f«;.... y'p<- :| ; r'"' •I • 1 ,. f y-7' t! <•1 ty-fniblOl «"!? "b! B U ¥ 1 , .jl', ••i-'t m-. ;.;V-. 4; xm. . . .•niw.i.BejOooihJbfis?? cbMkil )>M(lw<»«via9 ^ : INtt pM flfwlwii lop VMIfi . «M> Inick m ; ••'i. ' li. FIRE feOUIPMENT ^ " r;, ;• ; '"•y'f ... 'H? t M' : •P* -•. During the Lundeberg School's LNG Program the men take a field trip to a "peak shaving" LNG plant in Baltimore. To the left is a pre-treatment system which prepares natural gas for the supercooling process needed to convert it to its liquid form. Above is (bottom) an automatic chemical firdfiqhting system which will help protect the plant in the event of a gas fire and (top) the central station which monitors and controls the entire plant. Page 16 Thfi Iji«st field trio taken bv the LNG classes is a tour of the Cove Point LNG Terminal in Maryland where LNG tankers will off-load liquid gas from Algeria. The terminal is Sil under conduction and is expected to be in operation by August of 1977. Shown clockwise from top left is the offshore dockmg P'atform for the l^G vessels- a tSd where the LNG fs stored until it is ready to be regasified; Terminal Manager Jim Markham showing an LNG class a model of the LNG pipe tunnel^ich leads from under the docking platform to the LNG tanks, and workers laying glass insulation on the floor of one of the LNG storage tanks. Page 17 �HI SEAFARERS ^ mb - LOG Offlelal pnbUeatlMi mi thm SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAI. UNION • Aclaatic, OnU, LakM mmA talaad Waters DlstHat* APL-GIO HLS Looks to Secure Future With LNG Training Continued from Page15 for trctnsportation and LNG terminals where it is off-loaded and regasified, roimding out their knowledge of the product from wellhead to consumer. Speeded Engine Rooms Deck department members test out of the course after the third week and black gang members devote the final week of the program to studying the special engine room plants found aboard these vessels. Because liquid gas is continually retiiming to its gaseous state as the supercooled LNG heats up in its tanks, most LNG vessels are designed to use this "boil-off" for propulsion, and en­ gine department Seafarers participat­ ing in the LNG program must learn how to operate specialized plants which bum both natural gas and fuel oil. Take Field Trips The four-week program is not just limited to classroom instruction. Sea­ farers in the LNG course take field trips to the MSC-MARAD firefighting school, an operating LNG storage plant in Baltimore and an off-shore LNG terminal which will be in opera­ Through the facilities of the Harry Lundeberg School, Seafarers like those in the LNG Upgrading Program pictured above will be ready to take their places aboard the LNG tankers when these energy carriers of the future —looking like the artist's rendition tion by the summer of 1977. , At the firefighting school in Earle, below—slip down the ways next year. N.J., participants in the LNG program, along with all those who attend the firefighting school, learn how to con­ tain and extinguish ship fires by using foam, COj and water. This field trip is an important part of the program because it insures that all of the men will graduate with a firefighting endorsement which every crewmember aboard an LNG vessel will be required by the Coast Guard to have. Baltimore LNG Plant The Baltimore LNG facility visited by Lvindeberg classes is a "peak shaving plant." This means that the Baltimore utility company liquefies large amoimts of gas for compact storage and stock piling during the summer when gas consumption is low and regasifies the LNG during the peak consumption months of winter. A field trip to this facility gives the LNG upgraders their first actual con­ tact with the liquid gas and is han­ dling, as well as an opportunity to examine the special LNG storage tanks and a working liquefaction plant. Cove Point Facdlity ) The last field trip is to Maryland's Cove Point LNG Receiving Center which is being constmcted by the Columbia LNG Corp. as an off-load­ ing terminal for liquid gas carried from Algeria aboard El Paso LNG tankers. This plant, when completed, will handle 650 million cu. ft. of natural Page 18 gas each day. The LNG will be vm- special equipment and futuristic facili­ loaded from tankers at an off-shore ties where they will load and unload platform which can handle two ves­ their LNG cargo. sels and pumped into storage tanks The Lundeberg School's LNG tanker through an imderground pipeline. training program does not end with The LNG will then be returned to its four week course. When the first its gaseous state at this terminal and LNG tankers are ready to be manned, put directly into the area's naural gas crews will spend a few weeks aboard pipelines. the ships learning the specific opera­ A tour of the unique terminal, even tions of their vessel and reviewing the though it is tinder construction, gives solid, basic LNG education they re­ the upgraders a first hand look at the > ceived at Piney Point before taking on their first cargo of LNG. Ready for Future LNG tankers have been called the energy carriers of the future. That fu­ ture is almost here and Seafarers will be among the few professional sea­ men ready for it because they have a facility like Lundeberg School to help them keep their skills up-to-date and their jobs secure. Seafarers Log �' TRANSCOLORADO (Hudson Wa­ terways), March 14—Chairman, Re­ certified Bosun T. Tolentino; Secretary J. Pitetta; Educational Director J. Peter­ son; Engine Delegate Bruce D. Wright. Chairman advised the crew on filling out beneficiary cards and that the young men aboard should take advantage of Piney Point and upgrade themselves. A discussion was held on the importance of donating to SPAD. Everything run­ ning smoothly. SAN JUAN (Sea-Land), March 28Chairman, Recertified Bosun W. Mitch­ ell; Secretary Angel Maldonado; Edu­ cational Director Christopher Bobbe; Deck Delegate W. Hammock; Engine Delegate Joseph C. Cyr; Steward Dele­ gate Eddie Hernandez. $67.55 in ship's fund. Chairman reported that the chief engineer passed away a few hours after departing Algeciras, Spain. Ship was re­ turned to Algeciras and he was put ashore so his body could be flown home. All of the crew donated for flowers for the widow and a radiogram of sym­ pathy was sent. Observed one minute of silence in memory of our departed brothers. INGER (Reynolds Metal), March 21 —Chairman, Recertified Bosun John Bergeria; Secretary Duke Hall; Educa­ tional Director R. D. Holmes; Deck Delegate William Eckler; Steward Dele­ gate Richard J. Sherman. $84 in ship's fund. Twenty dollars worth of second­ hand books and magazines was pur­ chased in Longview. When anyone is finished with any book or magazine he is asked to please bring it back to the recreation room. Chairman held a dis­ cussion on the importance of donating to SPAD. A vote of thanks to the stew­ ard department for a job well done. JOSEPH HEWES (Waterman Steam­ ship), March 21—Chairman, Recerti­ fied Bosun R. Ferrera; Secretary Robert A. Clarke; Educational Director Charles A. Henley; Deck Delegate Raymond C. Steele; Engine Delegate Bernard D. Burns; Steward Delegate Sherman Phil­ lips. Some disputed OT in deck, engine and steward departments. Observed one minute of silence in memory of our de­ parted brothers. Next port, Yokohama. TAMARA GUILDEN (Transport Commercial), March 14—Chairman, Recertified Bosun P. Sernyk; Secretary N. Hatgimisios; Educational Director VANTAGE DEFENDER (National R. Neilson; Engine Delegate John H. Transport), March 14—Chairman, Re­ Nettles; Steward Delegate John Hoggie. certified Bosun C. Faircloth; Secretary $9.80 in ship's fund. No disputed OT. L. Santa Ana; Educational Director All communications received were read R. K. Breeden; Deck Delegate D. Hood; and posted. A vote of thanks to the Engine Delegate F. Rivera; Steward steward department for a job well done. Delegate H. Cross. Chairman thankedARECIBO (Puerto Rico Marine the whole crew for making this a very Mgt.), March 7—Chairman, Recertified pleasant trip. Discussed the importance Bosun N. Bechlivanis; Secretary J. G. of donating to SPAD and suggested Guilles; Engine Delegate Thomas P. members upgrade themselves at Piney Conway. $6 in ship's fund. Some dis­ Point. A vote of thanks to the whole puted OT in deck department. Chair­ crew for keeping the recreation room man reminded all crewmembers about and messhalls clean at all times and to the importance of donating to SPAD. the steward department for a job well Secretary thanked all crewmembers for done. Next port in the Gulf. their cooperation and a job well done JEFFERSON DAVIS (Waterman in all departments. Everything running Steamship), March 11—Chairman, Re­ smoothly. Bosun G. Annis; Secretary A. certified ELIZABETHPORT (Sea-Land Serv­ Rudnicki; Educational Director N. Palice), March 14—Chairman, Recertified oumbis; Deck Delegate Paul E. HolBosun V. T. Nielsen; Secretary George loway; Steward Delegate Francis B. W. Gibbons; Educational Director Howard. Chairman reported that the David Able; Deck Delegate Frank J. Seafarers Log was received in Karachi Balasia; Engine Delegate Stan Marshall; and Chittagong. Talked about benefits Steward Delegate Wong Kong. $122 in and retirement requirements and sug­ ship's fund. No disputed OT. Chairman gested all members read the Seafarers held a discussion on the importance of Log more fully. Posted on the bulletin donating to SPAD. Secretary requested the crew to donate to the movie fund so board suggestions on items of interest in the Log. Next port, Colombo. that new movies can be obtained for the DELTA BRASIL (Delta Steamship), SAM HOUSTON (Waterman Corp.), next trip. A vote of thanks to the stew­ March 7—Chairman, Recertified Bosun March 28 — Chairman, Recertified ard department for good food and serv­ E. A. Rihn; Secretary B. Guarino; Edu­ Bosun Billy G. Edelmon; Secretary ice. Next port, Leghorn, Italy. cational Director Hugh Wells, Jr.,; En­ SEA-LAND ECONOMY (Sea-Land Thomas Lyle; Educational Director gine Delegate Juan Cruz. $75 in ship's Gary Lee Fairall; Deck Delegate Gor­ Service), March 21—Chairman, Recer­ fund. Chairman thanked everyone for don Davis; Engine Delegate Alan T. tified Bosun F. H. Johnson; Secretary their cooperation in making a smooth Baxter; Steward Delegate Derrell G. L. Nicholas; Educational Director H. and easy trip. Discussed the importance Reynolds. $68 in movie fund. Some dis­ DuHadaway; Deck Delegate B. Jarrat; of donating to SPAD. Members want to puted OT in engine department. Chair­ Engine Delegate E. Kent; Steward Dele­ know if it is possible to have movies on man held a discussion on safety while gate S. Morris. No disputed OT. Chair­ the ships especially on the African run. operating the crane. A vote of thanks to man discussed the need for more safety A vote of thanks to the steward depart­ the steward department for a job well meetings and the importance of donat­ ment for a job well done and especially done. Observed one minute of silence ing to SPAD. A vote of thanks to the to the baker for the pizza served this steward department for continuous good in memory of our departed brothers. food and service. Next port. New trip. They were almost as good as Shakey's. Observed one minute of si­ MAYAGUEZ (Puerto Rico Marine Orleans. lence in memory of our departed Mgt.), March 14—Chairman, Recerti­ brothers. AQUADILLA (Puerto Rico Marine fied Bosun M. Landron; Secretary B. SEA-LAND VENTURE (Sea-Land McNally; Educational Director R. Han- Mgt.), March 8—Chairman, Recertified Service), March 7—Chairman, Recerti- . Victor Carbone; Secretary W. Bosun non. No disputed OT. Our next port is fied Bosun W. M. Parker; Secretary Roy Reid; Educational Director S. Wala; San Juan and chairman suggested that R. Thomas; Engine Delegate Milton A. Deck Delegate Earl R. Smith. Some dis­ all members should try to donate to SPAD on arrival. Everything running puted OT in deck and steward depart­ Haveris. Chairman discussed the im­ portance of donating to SPAD. No dis­ ments. Chairman asked Brother Stefan smoothly. Kadziola to give his appraisal of his puted OT. The chief steward thanked upgrading at Piney Point. Brother Kad­ the crew for a great trip. Next port. New ziola said "It was the only way to go Orleans. DELTA SUD (DeltsTj Steamship), for upgrading; it was worth the time to March 1-—Chairman, Recertified Bosun see what our Union is doing there. It is a wonderful place." Chairman also Homer O. Workman; Secretary R. M. advised all crewmembers to remember Boyd; Educational Director J. C. Dile; to register to vote and suggested they Deck Delegate Angelo Urti; Engine Delegate Richard Busby; Steward Dele­ support SPAD. gate Albert M. Blazio. No disputed OT. SEA-LAND FINANCE (Sea-Land) The Seafarers Log was received in Rio. Service), March 7—Chairman, Recerti­ Secretary suggested that all members fied Bosun J. W. Pulliam; Secretary O. read the Log and find out about the re­ Frezza; Educational Director D. Sus- tirement and how it affects each mem­ billa. No disputed OT. Joe Sacco, ber. Observed one minute of silence in patrolman in San Francisco advised memory of our departed brothers. OGDEN WILLIAMETTE (Ogden anyone who thinks he needs help with his drinking problem to see his port Marine), March 7—Chairman, Recer­ agent. All the literature that was left on tified Bosun E. K. Bryan; Secretary board by Joe Sacco is posted for all to R. M. Kennedy; Educational Director read. A discussion was held on the ar­ A. Escote; Deck Delegate Carlos Spina. ticle that appeared in the Seafarers Log Chairman held a discussion on alcohol­ on sea power. It was suggested that all ism and the Pension Plan. No disputed support SPAD and read the Log. Next OT. Observed one minute of silence in memory of our departed brothers. port, Yokohama. May, 1976 Digest of SlU Ships' Meetings SEA-LAND GALLOWAY (SeaLand Service), March 21—Chairman, Recertified Bosun K. Hellman; Secre­ tary Raymond P. Taylor; Educational Director L. V. Thompson. No disputed OT. Chairman discussed the articles that appeared in the Seafarers Log on: alcoholism; the Joint and Survivor An­ nuity Benefit; SPAD in 1976; the USPHS hospitals and the Headquarters report. A vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Next port New York. Official ship's minutes were also received from the following vessels;] TBERVILLE SEA-LAND MAlteT ROBERT CONRAD jBRADFORD ISLAND ^ OGDEN CHALLEN^R . muTAmR BALTIMORE ROSTON ERICK.HOLZER OVERSEAS ANCHORAGE SEA-LAND RESOURCE OVERSEAS ALEUTIAN SEATTLE . ALLEGIANCE SEA-LAND MCLEAN ^ SUGAR ISLANDER , " NLWAKK OVERSEAS ULLA OAKLAND % GUAYAMA ~ DELTA ARGENTINA -L i ULTRASEA . , V]| SAN FRANCISCO CHARLESTON .POTOMAC SEA-LAND COMMERCE OVERSEAS TRAVELER EAGLE VOYAGER "' SEA-LAND CONSUhffiR ? JPCMFINI^NN BANNER CimUMBIA SEA-LAND TRADE HUMACAO 5 MC»mCELLd VI^KDrY GALVESTON ULTRAMAR YEILOWSV^^ SAN PEDRO IPGDENWABASH OGDEN YUKON OVERSEAS ARCTIC (Maritime Overseas), March 21—Chairman, Re­ certified Bosun W. Baker; Secretary C. Shirah; Educational Director C. Durden; Deck Delegate D. Dickinson; En­ gine Delegate E. Elloit; Steward Dele­ gate C. Kreiss. $6 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in deck department. Chair­ man held a discussion on members going to Piney Point to upgrade and suggested that all members donate to SPAD. A suggestion was made that a better gang­ way be put on this ship and a section of handrails be fixed so that they can be removed for dumping garbage. Next port Jacksonville. Page 19 �m It Offshore Oil Rigs Must Be US. Built, U.S. Manned—and Safe The U.S. offshore oil driliing industry is on the verge of a tremendous expansion which will include the construction and operation of literally hundreds of floating oil rigs for drilling in the Atlantic, Gulf, Pacific and Gulf of Alaska. However, before this expansion takes place, two Dancing to His Tune May, 1976 Official Publication of the Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO Vol. 38, No. 5 Executive Board Paul Hal! President Frank Drozak Joe DiGiorgio Cal Tanner Executive Vice President Secretary-Treasurer Vice-President Earl Shepard Lindsay Williams Paul Drozak Vice-President Vice-President Vice-President SEAFAHBBSi^IiOO Marietta Homayonpour Editor-in-Chief 389 James Gannon Managing Editor Ray Bourdius Jim Male Assistant Editor Assistant Editor Frank Cianciotti Dennis Lundy Chief Photographer Associate Photographer Marie Kosciusko George J. Vana Administrative Assistant Production/Art Director Published monthly by Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. Tel. 499-6600. Second class postage paid at Brooklyn, N.Y. John Meo Paul Francis Gordon Your son Robert Paul Gordon re­ quests that you contact him at 1080 68th St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11219, or call him at (212) 238-4136. Lionel Lester Shaw, Jr. Please call the editor of the Seafarers Log as soon as possible at (212) 4996600, ext. 242. Robert Leyva Please call the editor of the Seafarers Log as soon as possible at (212) 4996600, ext. 242. Dnrward D. Storey ^ Your daughter Mrs. A1 Langsew requests that you contact her as soon as possible at 4748 Bloomington St., Minneapolis, Minn. 55407. Page 20 Please contact Red Campbell at Union Headquarters. James Lee Camp James B. Camp requests that you contact him as soon as possible at Route 3, Box 230, Gaffney, S.C. 29340. Steven Dawnes Ms. Peggy McCarthy requests that you contact her as soon as possible at 2583 41st Ave., San Francisco, Calif. 94116. John Patrick Hall Your father Cliff Hall asks that you contact him at 7 Parnell St., Elsternwick, Melbourne, Australia. Thurston Lewis Percy Klauber asks that you contact him at P.O. Box 30644, Lafayette Square, New Orleans, La. 70190. very important issues must be re­ solved. The first issue involves the question of who will build, assemble and man these rigs. At the present time, there are no restrictions on the nationality of the equipment or on the vast ma­ jority of the men who work the rigs on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf beyond the three-mile limit. Under the existing structure, foreign-built rigs and platforms could be erected to handle the development of the At­ lantic Continental Shelf and could be manned by foreign workers. In fact, a Canadian rig is currently working off the coast of New England. An SlU-backed amendment to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments Bill, which will soon be acted on by the House, would change this situation. The amendment, which will be brought up during floor con­ sideration of the bill, would ensure that only American built, assembled and manned rigs, platforms and other devices are used on the nation's Outer Continental Shelf for oil and gas ex­ ploration. America's growing offshore oil in­ dustry has the potential to provide thousands of jobs for Americans in the construction of the rigs, and thou­ sands more in the manning and supplying of the rigs. It would he criminal negligence to allow foreign workers to grah these johs especially when over nine million Americans are on the unemployment lines. How­ ever, foreign workers will get these johs imless Congress acts favorably on the SlU-hacked amendment. We urge Congress to do so promptly. The second issue involving off­ shore drilling that must be resolved —and resolved soon—is the Coast Guard's lax and illogical attitude to­ ward the training and experience re­ quirements necessary to get a license for a marine job on a mobile rig. In a recent position paper covering the minimum service and experience required to qualify a man for licens­ ing on an offshore rig, the Coast Guard stated that to be licensed as master an applicant needed four years (two years for mate) service as • roustabout, helper roughneck, roust­ about pusher, derrickman, crane op­ erator, deck watchstander, or the equivalent of these positions in the drilling or deck marine crews of the industry. Incredibly, though, the Coast Guard stated that up to half of the service time required could have been spent in working a landbased oil rig. To top this, the Coast Guard noted that since the usual work day on an oil rig was 12 hours, a man working the rig would be credited with W2 days service time toward getting a license. This is totally contradictory to the Coast Guard's regulations for U.S.-flag vessels. Under present rules, no matter how long a seafarer works beyond eight hours in a day, he still gets credit for only one day seatime in accumulating time toward upgrad­ ing or licensing. We feel that the Coast Guard, which continues to play the oil in­ dustry's song in matters concerning offshore drilling, is way off base with these lax regulations. We cannot see how the Coast Guard can justify applying double standards to training qualifications for seamen. Working at sea, whether it is on a mobile rig or on a merchant vessel, can be a dangerous business. The tragic sinking last month of an oil rig under tow in the Gulf of Mex­ ico in which 13 men lost their lives attests to this fact. The key issue here is safety. And a high degree of safety can never he achieved on these offshore rigs by adherring to the Coast Guard's pres­ ent training requirements. In light of last month's tragic oil rig accident, we believe the Coast Guard must toughen, not ease up on qualifica­ tions for marine johs on mobile rigs. In the true interest of safety, we strongly urge the Coast Guard to abandon this double standard. Postal Service Changes Needed No one will deny that our postal service is a mess—it's expensive, in­ efficient and every day seems to bring another announcement of new cuts in service. The biggest problem is the Govern­ ment's insistence that the Postal Service be run as some type of selfsufficient business. The Big Business managers brought in to run this "business" have run it into the ground with expensive piecemeal solutions and hastily put together, untested programs. Sen. Gale McGee, chairman of the Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee, has introduced a bill which would provide the Postal Service with a three-year subsidy. We support this bill. The subsidy would prevent any further cut backs in this vital service and would give the USPS a chance to systematically reorganize its operations. The one change we would like to see in this bill would be the inclusion of an amendment proposed by the International Labor Press Associ­ ation to place a ceiling on second class postage rates for non-profit publications, publications that in­ clude almost all trade union papers. These rates have climbed higher than any others in the past few years and they are threatening to price ourconstitutional rights of freedom of speech and expression out of the reach of many unions. We urge the Senate to act quickly on Sen. McGee's bill and the ILPA's amendment. They offer a chance to find real solutions to the problems which are pulling our Postal Service apart and threatening our rights to freedom of speech, press, and ex­ pression. Seafarers Log �CHABLtS W MORGAN usKc iiiL HISTORIC PRESERVATION LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Thanks Union for Award ,This June I will be graduating from the Polytechnic Institute of New York. I would like to thank the Seafarers International Union for making it possible. Through my 1972 SlU Scholarship Award, I will earn a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering. In conjunction with other scholarship awards, I have been able to set aside funds to use in the future when I plan to attend graduate school. Without this award, it would have been financially unfeasible. With this award, I was assured of a good education, as well as a future means of support. It served as a means of securing me in a position where I could concentrate on my studies without financial worries. The award has given me an opportunity to have a happy and secure life for which I shall always be indebted to the Seafarers International Union. I cannot tell you how grateful I am to the SlU. I hope that many more Seafarers and their dependents make use of this extremely generous benefit that the SIU has to offer and go on to rewarding careers. Sincerely yours, Steven Kong Wong Brooklyn, N.Y. 'A Word' to His Brothers A word or two to tell all my Union Brothers what a wonderful spring we are having in New Hampshire. Is this newsworthy in itself? I think so, especially since I am recovering from open-heart surgery and I could perhaps have missed all of this. To whom do I owe this new option on seasons? There are, of course, the 'PHS hospitals of Boston and Baltimore. And there is the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Md. with special kudos going to Drs. Watson, Newman, Kastl "and Dixson for their excellent skill and care. I am also grateful to the entire riursing staff which is second to none in the quality of services rendered. I also wish to thank Mr. T. P. Grannis, the claims adjuster for Sea-Land for the expediency with which he processed my claims while awaiting for the final disposition of my case. The total impression is one of pride at having been a Union member for 31 years and of being able to enjoy such benefits. Fraternally, WUfredJ.Moore Somersworth, N.H. A record 16.5 tons of raw opium, which translates into®® 550,000,000 heroin "fixes" of undetermined street vdue, was seized last year in mountainous Afghanistan, a major producer of illegal opium. The raw opium would have been illegally carried overland out of Afghanistan, which is landlocked by Pakistan, Iran and Russia, and then smuggled by air or merchant vessel to various destinations for processing into heroin or morphine. Much of it would probably have wound up in the United States. . The huge opium haul was carried out by a special squad of the Afghan Police Force, which is funded by the United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control. This special United Nations agency, which was set up in 1971, has helped in the arrest and prosecution of over 100 narcotic cases in the last year alone. Sentences have been heavy. This U.N. agency is just one of many world-wide agencies and organizations that have been established in recent years to crack down on the trafficking of illegal drugs. The increasing amounts of drug smuggling arrests at airports and at marine port facilities overseas and in the U.S. indicates that these new law enforcement agencies are doing a better job at stopping the illegal drug traffic. Warning to Seafarers Young and Old: Drug Possession Means Loss of Seaman's Papers 'Best Bet Is Still in Washington' I believe there is a movement in the U.S. to defeat the organized labor move­ ment in our country. The Readers Digest gleefully reports of the breaking of a union affiliated with the West Coast Longshoremen. There seems to be a set pattern and here's how it works. Firs; a labor dispute occurs. The company fails to bargain in good faith which forces strike action. Then the company tries to scab the jobs. An ultimatum is given the workers and scabs are hired from other areas and under police escort replace the union workers. I think this depression we are going through is a planned thing. If it wasn't, why is nothing being done to end it? People out of work with huge payments to meet are easy prey to these scoundrels. As I write this we are tied up at the Panama Canal due to strike action. On the Armed Forces TV, the governor gave the military side of the beef and the inevitable ultimatum. Now 700 people left their jobs and no one does this without a good reason. No one representing the workers got a chance to air their side of the disagreement. We know they were threatened with a wage cut and loss of fringe benefits and the only way they could get any action was to lose their daily wage and perhaps their jobs as well [through a strike]. The military has always been anti-labor. You never see them cut their own pay. We must know that there are plenty of people in Congress who are anti-labor and are doing all they can to destroy our Union. The best gains Seafarers ever made was by Andrew Furseth in Washington. One man in one little room and I believe our best bet is still in Washington. The National Assn. of Manufac­ turers and all other powerful groups in the U.S. know this too. I believe in SPAD. Some of the money may be wasted. However, some of it is effective and we need all the help we can get. Many young people don't know what it is to be without a union and I hope they never find out. Finally, be aware who the enemies of labor are and who our friends are. We should give our friends all the help we can. Sincerely, H.McAleer,M477 May, 1976 If yoD aic convicted of possession of any illegal dn^—heroin, baifoitnlates, speed, LSD, or even marijuana—the U.S. Coast Guard will revoke your seaman papers, wMraut appeal, FOREVER. That means that you lose for the rest of yonr life the right to make a living by die sea. However, it doesn't quite end there even if you receive a suqiended sentence. You may lose your right to vote, your right to hold puhlk office or to own a gun. You also may lose the opportunity of ever becoming a doctor, dentist, certified public accountant, engineer, lawyer, architect, realtor, pharmacist, school teacher, or stockbroker. You may jeopardize your right to hold a job where you must be licensed or bonded and you may never he able to work for the city, the county, or the Federal government. Ifs a pretty tough rap, but that*s exacdy how it is and you cant do any­ thing about it. The convicted drug user leaves a black mark on his reputation for die rest of his life. However, drugs can not only destroy your right to a good livelihood, it can destroy your life. Drug abuse presents a serious threat to both your physical and mental health, and the personal safety of those around you. This is especially true aboard ship where clear mfaids and quick refiexes are essential at aD times for the safe operation of the vessel. D(m*t let drugs destroy your natural right to a good, happy, productive life. Stay drug free and steer a clear course. Page 21 t'- �New SIU Pensioners Jesus B. Fernandez, 65, joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1955 sailing as a chief cook. Brother Fer­ nandez sailed 32 years and walked the picket line in the 1962 Robin Line strike. He is a native of the Philippines and is a U.S. citizen. Sea­ farer Fernandez is a resident of Daly City, Calif. Theodore J. "Ted" Hansen, 67, joined the SIU in the port of Buffalo in 1962 sailing as a second cook for Kinsman Marine and Boland and Cornelius Steamship Companies. Brother Hansen was born in Ger­ many and is a resident of Toledo, Ohio. John Kroski, 64, joined the SIU in the port of Detroit in 1960 sailing as a fireman-watertender. Brother Kro­ ski sailed 43 years. He was born in Weaver, Pa. and is a resident of Lo­ rain, Ohio. Felix Muniz, 64, joined the SIU in 1943 in the port of New York sailing last as a bosun. Brother Muniz sailed 32 years and walked the picket lines in the 1961 Greater N.Y. Harbor strike and the District Council 37 beef. He was born in Rincoh, Puerto Rico and is a resident of the Bronx, N.Y. Bernard M. "Whitey" Moye, 65, joined the SIU in 1947 in the port of Mobile sailing last as bosun. Brother Moye sailed 48 years. He was born in Canada and is a resident of Marrero, La. Cleophas "Butch" Wright, 51, joined the SIU in 1947 in the port of New York sailing last as a bosun. Brother Wright sailed 34 years and received a SIU Personal Safety Award in 1960 for sailing aboard an accident-free-ship, the SS Del Alba. He was born in Mississippi and is a resident of Drew, Miss. Lewis T. Fitton, 66, joined the SIU in the port of Seattle in 1951 sailing as a bosun. Brother Fitton sailed 31 years. He was born in Wales and is a resident of Seattle where he will practice his hobby as a musician. /• Harold J. Grady, 65, joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1961 sailing as a fireman-watertender. Brother Grady sailed 40 years and during World War II. He had a sec­ ond assistant engineer's license and is a pre-World War II veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. Born in Butte, Mont., he is a resident of Seattle. y/t • l' I i i' Ho Joeng Yjoe, 67, joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1959 sailing 19 years in the steward de­ partment. Brother Yjoe walked the picket line in the Greater N.Y. Har­ bor strike in 1961 and in the 1965 District Council 37 beef. He was bom in China and is a resident of New York City. i r# • n Page 22 Kenneth G. Huller, 64, joined the SIU in 1938 in the port of Mobile sailing in the engine department for 41 years. Brother Huller was born in Decatur, Ala. and is a resident of New Orleans. Russell N. Boyette, 55, joined the SIU in 1944 in the port of New Or­ leans sailing as an AB. Brother Boyett sailed 38 years. He was born in Dallas, Tex. and is a resident of Loranger, La. Recertified Bosun Stanley "Stash" Bojko, 55, joined the SIU in 1938 in the port of Philadelphia sailing last as a bosun. He was with the Sea-Land shoregang in 1969. Brother Bojko is i; a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II. He was born in Philadelphia and is a resident of Hay. ward, Calif. Otha Bryars, 56, joined the SIU in 1942 in the port of Mobile sailing as a fireman-watertender. Brother Bry­ ars sailed 32 years. He was born in Alabama and is a resident of Perdido, Ala. Leoncio Calderon, 62, joined the SIU in 1939 in the port of New York . f last sailing as a chief steward. He •^1 was born in Fajardo, Puerto Rico and is a resident of Carolina, Puerto Rico. Recertified Bosun William A. "BUI" Wallace, 66, joined the SIU in 1949 in the port of Mobile sailing last as a bosun. Brother Wallace graduated from the Bosuns Recertification Program in July 1974. He is a veteran of the pre-World War II U.S. Navy. Born in Gasden, Ala., he is a resident of Mobile. Deposit in the SIU Blood Bank- Roy Boyd, 60, joined the SIU in the port of Baltimore in''l954 sailing last as a third cook. Brother Boyd sailed 27 years and is a wounded veteran of the U.S. Army in World War II. He was bora in Georgia and is a resident of Silsbee, Tex. It's Your Life Seafarers Welfare, Pension and Vacation Flans Cash Benefits Paid Mar. 25-Apr. 21,1976 CPACADCDC WCTCADTJ m AM SEAFARERS WELFARE PLAN ELIGIBLES Death In Hospital Daily @ $1.00 In Hospital Daily @ $3.00 Hospital & Hospital Extras Surgical Sickness & Accident @ $8.00 Special Equipment Optical Supplemental Medicare Premiums Number MONTH TO DATE Amount YEAR TO DATE MONTH TO DATE YEAR TO DATE 5 442 Ill 14 1 • 5j835 1 136 4 40 3,071 937 5? 7 21,701 5 531 102 $ 25,000.00 442.00 333.00 1,280.90 60.00 46,680.00 426.00 4,196.42 434.70 $148,259.55 3,071.00 2,811.00 14,584.09 481.00 173,608.00 1,357.29 15,474.23 5,548.10 DEPENDENTS OF ELIGIBLES Hospital & Hospital Extras Doctors' Visits In Hospital Surgical Maternity Blood Transfusions Optical 445 86 107 17 — 121 1,480 288 387 73 1 430 107,564.42 3,809.15 14,708.43 6,000.00 — 3,575.88 412,032.02 12,167.99 58,833.03 23,450.00 25.50 12,035.74 PENSIONERS & DEPENDENTS Death Hospital & Hospital Extras Doctors'Visits & Other Medical Expenses .. Surgical Optical Blood Transfusions Special Equipment 12 165 100 16 58 1 2 38 629 386 42 223 1 8 44,493.30 21,793.68 4,877.53 4,052.00 1,649.00 258.00 313.32 134,493.30 93,579>40 16,316.54 8,851.00 5,736.95 258.00 1,126.29 3 2,063 4 6,228 546.00 14,656.00 896.00 45,259.60 13 47 7,012.75 19,755.17 9,758 2,492 900 13,150 36,712 7,430 4,720 48,862 314,162.48 627,728.21 489,515.87 $1,431,406.56 1,210,010.79 1,879,358.21 2,466,282.57 $5,555,651.57 Dental Supplemental Medicare Premiums SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM TOTALS Total Seafarers Welfare Plan Total Seafarers Pension Plan Total Seafarers Vacation Plan Total Seafarers Welfare, Pension & Vacation Seafarers Log �DISPATCHERS REPORT APR. 1-30,1976 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 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 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 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 Totals All Depts. Deep Sea Totals All Depts. Great Lakes ••• Totals All Depts. Deep Sea & Great Lakes May, 1976 TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Class A Class B Class C TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C REGISTERED ON BEACH All Groups Class A Class B Class C >nunen » Union IfUand Bofttmea's yj, ' DECK DEPARTMENT 5 83 7 26 19 4 15 66 42 21 15 29 8 57 0 4 401 3 8 2 5 6 0 1 11 5 3 1 3 1 8 0 1 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 73 5 11 7 1 12 77 31 19 19 33 5 57 0 3 358 3 42 3 4 10 0 0 25 8 2 0 6 0 18 5 0 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 163 23 55 23 9 44 114 60 58 16 61 19 136 0 5 796 4 5 3 6 8 1 6 10 4 7 4 4 1 13 0 2 78 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 19 4 34 32 31 12 23 155 556 1 0 8 5 1 1 3 19 77 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 3 25 15 34 80 41 22 31 248 606 14 6 19 15 6 7 8 75 201 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 5 5 11 0 10 8 3 0 9 41 837 0 1 7 1 0 1 1 11 89 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 6 11 ENGINE DEPARTMENT 0 1 2 0 61 25 0 5 2 0 11 4 0 3 7 0 2 2 0 2 4 0 21 51 0 8 19 0 1 24 0 10 1 0 6 28 0 1 7 0 18 48 0 0 7 0 1 1 0 106 277 4 115 19 5022 4 31 95 37 55 17 38 18 100 0 1 606 4 43 4 14 7 2 7 14 6 12 7 19 2 26 0 3 170 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 4 17 3 1 3 34 640 • 7 1 2 2 2 3 1 18 198 0 2 0 3 3 0 0 8 10 STEWARD DEPARTMENT 0 2 2 0 28 51 0 4 4 0 8 7 0 8 11 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 21 48 1 11 12 0 1 15 2 1 8 9 0 26 0 2 4 28 2 35 0 11 0 0 0 0 137 224 4 1 63 7 18 17 7 20 55 33 44 10 19 12 60 0 0 366 1 3 0 3 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 3 0 2 0 1 22 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 6 2 0 1 9 375 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 6 149 16 33 19 4 29 78 36 43 18 52 18 84 0 4 589 6 23 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 39 19 4 7 10 1 2 0 43 632 859 73 932 9 13 3 48 13 2 13 101 140 45 116 161 3 76 6 22 18 2 13 52 23 19 12 21 10 52 0 2 331 3 17 3 6 2 0 2 10 3 4 3 7 1 13 0 0 74 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 3 16 26 11 3 12 76 407 3 1 2 1 3 4 0 14 88 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 5 0 33 2 10 7 3 9 25 20 17 5 14 6 27 0 0 178 0 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 15 2 0 5 4 3 0 4 18 196 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 25 35 15 3 18 105 382 3 2 10 20 8 4 11 58 282 7 1 4 9 2 2 0 25 131 0 0 0 2 3 3 0 8 145 ENTRY DEPARTMENT 2 25 5 21 3 6 8 31 11 15 2 12 6 19 0 2 168 18 14 3 8 53 25 14 8 30 8 40 21 2 336 1 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 19 3 10 18 36 9 13 18 107 275 1,078 356 1,434 18 5 17 10 9 9 6 74 410 483 108 S91 6 8 3 14 9 1 11 52 71 ~ 20 59 79 8 75 P 859 411 1,270 369 108 477 4 5 9 PRESIDENT Paul Hall SECRETARY-TREASURER Joe DlGiorgio EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Frank Drozak VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shepard Lindsay Williams Cal Tanner Paul Drozak HEADQUARTERS ALPENA, Mich 675 4 Ave., Bklyn. 11232 (212) HY 9-6600 800 N. 2 Ave. 49707 (517) EL 4-3616 BALTIMORE, Md. 1216E.Baltimore St. 21202 (301) EA 7-4900 BOSTON, Mass 215 Essex St. 02111 (617) 482-4716 BUFFALO, N.Y 290 Franklin St. 14202 (716) TL 3-9259 CHICAGO, III.. .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) VI3-4741 DULUTH, Minn 2014 W. 3 St. 55806 (218) RA 2-4110 FRANKFORT, Mich P.O. Box D 415 Main St. 49635 (616) 352-4441 HOUSTON, Tex 5804 Canal St. 77011 (713) WA 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. 3315 Liberty St. 32206 (904) 353-0987 JERSEY CITY, NJ. 99 Montgomery St. 07302 (201) HE 5-9424 MOBILE, Ala IS. Lawrence St. 36602 (205) HE 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS, La. 630 Jackson Ave. 70130 (504) 529-7546 NORFOLK, Va 115 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) 994-0010 PORT ARTHUR, Tex 534 9 Ave. 77640 (713) 983-1679 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. 1311 Mission St. 94103 (415)626-6793 SANTURCE, P. R. 1313 Fernandez Juncos, Stop 20 00909 (809) 723-0002 SEATTLE, Wash 2505 1 Ave. 98121 (206) MA 3-4334 ST. LOUIS, Mo.. .4581 Gravois Ave. 63116 (314) 752-6500 TAMPA, Fla..2610 W. Kennedy Blvd. 33609 (813) 870-1601 TOLEDO, Ohio 935 Summit St. 43604 (419) 248-3691 WILMINGTON, Calif. 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 The spring shipping srason on tie Great Lakes got kto fail swing last month as more than 500 Seafarers shipped from SIU halls on the Lakes. At the deep sea ports, shipping pick^ up by more than 100 jobs over fte previous month for the second month In a row. In all, 1,756 Seafarers on the deep sea and Oreat Lakes shipped last month, of which 1,270 were fidl book men. . ^ Page 23 �' ' - • . • « •: • . '-'i- l' •'","-w " SfniiJK^ Seafarer Ali Ataifa, sailing as wiper, sweeps up metal shavings and other small debris which have accumulated during fit out of the SS John T. Hutchinson engine room in Toledo, Ohio. The ice is gone and steam whistles are blowing again all over the Great Lakes, calling Seafarers back to their ships for the annual spring fitting out and It's dusk in Toledo, Ohio and the long decks and towering deckhouse of the SlU-manned self unloader Abam E.Cornelius seem to dwarf the distant eerie span of the Anthony Wayne Memorial Bridge. ^ shipping sea- son. In Duluth, Milwaukee and Alpena, in Detroit, Toledo and Buffalo, in Chicago, Cleveland and Bay City the ships that laid quietly in their ice-bound ports all winter are now belching smoke from-their stacks as the boilers are fired for the first time in months and burners are ad­ justed. Their hulls and decks are ring­ ing as men chip and scrape the winter-old rust away and the air is crackling with sound of arc welders as cargo holds are read- t « •/ Seated comfortably over the side between deck and water level with paint brush in hand, Ordinary Seamen Richard Roussin (top) and Charlie Richard­ son apply fresh coat of paint to name of their ship, the Adam E. Cornelius. On the SS Seorge Gobel, operated by Kinsman Marine, Seafarers Yahia Saeed (left) and Ali Nasser raise ladder to reach stack which is due for a paint job. Page24 Seafarers Log .* .• .• ' * 7 ) f f \ r ? ; • • �.v--r .V Seajane/is k ^hetfi Shifii Belching water, the SlU-manned John T. Hutchinson is ready to leave Toledo Ohio on her first voyage of the 1976 shipping season. M/:: 'ij-- • . -• . t .> A' i.,.. • Rustling up some grub for breakfast on the John T. Hutchinson is Seafarer Harry Petersen, sailing as second cook. ied for the concrete, ore, coal and other products they'll carry until the next winter's freeze. In the galleys, pantries that lay hare all winter are filling up with the staples that will help keep the crews well fed and happy as grill, ovens and boxes are scrubbed down in prepara­ tion for a long shipping season. People along the Lakes shore are happy to see these straightdeckers and self-unloaders manned by Seafarers moving out of their winter berths. Not only • is it as sure a sign of spring as the arrival of the first robin, but it also means that after the win­ ter's inactivity, the bulk cargoes so vital to the area's agriculture and industry will again be mov­ ing on the efficient and econom- Seafarer Francis Buttas stamps out flange on damper that was stripped and needed a new thread. Buttas sails as fireical ships of the Great Lakes fleet, man aboard the John T. Hutchinson. Fittino^oLrt each busy time for Seafarers on the Great Lakes as they ready ships, which have laid idle for the winter, for a long shipping season. In aboye Xtos SeSr Hizan Alzankari, (left) removes latches on cargo hold covers on the SS John A. Kting; (center) Jack'M.kolajczyk, ordinary, is ready for a day of plintin^^^^ the Adam E. Cornelius, and (photo right), Al Wobser, conveyor engineer, splices a new conveyor belt with an impact wrench aboard XheSSJohnA.KIing. May, 1976 Page 25 ' �1 Jfinal departures! Leslie I. Jennings, 68, died on Feb. 1. Brother Jennings joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1968 sailing as an AB. He sailed 30 years and was a veteran of the preWorld War II U.S. Navy and the postWorld War II U.S. Air Force. Seafarer Jennings was born in Oglethrope, Ga., and was a resident of Tampa. Surviving is a brother, John of Tampa. WUbert A. Hardin, 30, died on Dec. 29. Brother Hardin join­ ed the SlU-affiliated IBU in the port of Toledo in 1972 sail­ ing as an oiler for the Huron Cement Co., Alpena, Mich. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. Born in Toledo, he was a resident there. Surviving are three sons, Donald of Toledo, Dale and William, and a daughter, Diane. SIU pensioner Joao De Madeiros, 71, died of natural causes in the Wil­ liamsburg General Hospital, Brooklyn, N.Y. on Jan. 7. Brother De Madeiros joined the Union in 1944 in the port of Norfolk sailing as an oiler. He sailed 41 years and was on the picket line in the Robin Line strike of 1962. Seafarer De Madeiros was bom in Portugal and was a resident of Brooklyn. Interment was in Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn. Robert G. Farrar Sr., 44, died in the port of San Francisco Lawrence A. Horon Mar. 29. Brother ton, 46, died of an Farrar joined the SIU apparent heart attack in the port of New aboard the SS Erna Orleans in 1960 sail­ Elizabeth (Hudson ing as an AB. He sailWaterways) off St. . ed 20 years and was Croix, Virgin Islands a post-World War II Army veteran. Sea­ on Mar. 21. Seafarer farer Farrar was born in Dallas, Tex. Horton joined the and was a resident of Auburn, Me. In­ terment was in Mississippi. Surviving SIU in the port of Mobile in 1969 sail­ ing as a fireman-watertender. He was are his widow, Lourdes; a son, Robert, a veteran of the post-World War II U.S. and grandmother, b6th of Picayune, Army. Brother Horton was scheduled Charles A. Jones, Jr., 32, died in Miss.; a daughter, Mrs. Carla Fawn to upgrade to QMED at Piney Point Mayfield, Ky., on Mar. 31. Brother Ash; his father, Leo of Oxford, Me., in July. He was a native of Alabama Jones joined the SlU-affiliated IBU in and a sister, Mrs. Ruth Donkus of and was a resident of Mobile. Surviving the port of Paducah, Ky. in 1975 sailing- Auburn. are his widow, Delores, and three sons, as a deckhand for the Inland Tug Co., Lawrence, Steven and Victor. Orgulf Transportation Co. and for the WUIiam Willis, 52, American Barge Line Co. of Jeffersondied in San Francisco ville, Ind. Born in Cairo, 111., he was a on Feb. 21. Brother resident there. Interment was in the Willis joined the SIU SIU pensioner Wickliffe, Ky. Cemetery. Surviving are in the port of San Salomon M. Rosa, his mother, Margaret of Cairo and his Francisco in 1962 69, passed away at father, Amuel. sailing as an AB. He home on Jan. 14. sailed 18 years and Brother Rosa joined Robert J. Nehl, Sr., 37, died on Apr. was a veteran of the U.S. Navy in World the Union in the port 7. Brother Nehl joined the SIU-aflBliWar II. A native of Kentucky, he was of New York in 1959 ated IBU in the port of St. Louis sailing a resident of San Francisccvat his death. sailing as a wiper. He for the American Barge Co. and for Burial was in Ashland, Ky. Surviving sailed 24 years and Eagle Marine Industries. He was a resi­ are three sons, Larry Lee of Miamis- was a veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces dent of Belleville, 111. Surviving are his burg, Ohio, and Michael and Timothy; in World War II. Born in Puerto Rico, widow, Sharon; three sons, Robert, a brother, Carl of Fairborn, Ohio, and he was a resident of Aguadilla, P.R. Daniel and Shane, and a daughter, a sister, Mrs. Thelma Walden of Bur­ Burial was in Puerto Rico. Surviving is Elene. lington, Wash. his widow, Margarita. IBU pensioner Ellen E. Gaines, 68, passed away on Mar. 9. Sister Gaines join­ ed the union in the port of Frankfort, Mich, in 1953 sailing in the steward depart­ ment. She was born in Munising, Mich, and was a resident of Elberta, Mich. Surviving are her mother, R. June of Elberta and a broth­ er, Floyd of Prudenville, Mich. SIU pensioner WUIiam V. H. Suslkarl, 80, died of diabetes in Suomi, Finland on Feb. 8. Brother Susikari joined the Union in the port of New York in 1955 sailing as an AB. He sailed 52 years and was on the picket line in the 1962 Robin Line beef. Bora in Kuru, Finland, whe was a resi­ dent of Suomi. Surviving are his widow, Martta Katrina, and three daughters, Mimi, Tuovi and Mitra, all of Helsinici, Finland. IBU pensioner Eric Yorke Scott, 68, died in the Tampa V.A. Hospital of a central nervous sys­ tem ailment on Feb. 5. Brother Scott joined the Union in the port of Mobile in 1953 sailing as a captain for the Pilot Service Co., Mobile. He sailed 42 years and was a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard from 1931 to 1952. Seafarer Scott was born in Cayman Brae, the Cayman Islands, B.W.I, and was a resi­ dent there. Burial was in West End Cemetery, Cayman Brae. Surviving is his widow, Cynthia. IBU pensioner Neil Stewart, 82, passed away on Mar. .19. Brother Stewart joined the Union in the port of Detroit in 1962 sailing as a line­ man for the Great Lakes Towing Co. and the Great Lakes Tug & Dredge Co. in 1964. He was born in Scotland and was a resident of Toledo, Ohio. Seafarer Stewart was a U.S. naturalized citizen. Surviving is his widow, Mintie Marie. Lifeboaters Complete Class Port New York ... .. Philadelphia .. .. Baltimore .. Norfolk .. Jacksonville .. .. Detroit Houston .. New Orleans .... Mobile .. San Francisco . .. Wilmington .. .. Seattle .. Piney Point ... . San Juan .. Columbus .. Chicago .. Port Arthur ... . . Buffalo . St Louis' . Cleveland Jersey City .... . Page 26 Date June June June June June 7 8 9 10 10 Deep Sea -., ...I... ... ....... ... 2:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 9:30 a.m. 2:00 p.m. June 14 ... • « * June 14 ... 2:30 p.m. June 15 ... ... 2:30 p.m. June 16 ... June 17 ...'... 2:30 p.m. June 21 ... June 25 ... June 12 ... .. .I0:30a.m. June 10 ... ... 2:30 p.m. June 19 ... June 15 ... June 19 ... June 16 ... , , June 17 ... June 17 ... June 14 ... IBU .. ... ..... ..... ..... .. • • • • 5:00 p.m. . • • • • 5:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. •. * •. UIW 7.00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. ... •• « • ... 5:00 p.m. • • • •. ..... 5:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. .. ... 5:00 p.m. . • • • • ... 5:00 p.m. • • • • • — .. • • • • 99 "• — ...10:30 a.m. • • • • . .• •• • • ••• . •• •• • ... 5:00 p.m. • • • • • " ... 5:00 p.m. »• • ScOO p.m* • • • • • . e. 5:00 p.m. • • • • • Displaying their graduation diplomas with Lifeboat Instructor Paul Allman (right) are four more successful lifeboat candidates. From left are: Jorge Bermeo; Enriqueo Gonzales; Leslie Bryant, and Luis Almodovar. Seafarers Log �John M.Beyer, 38, died on Apr. 15. Brother Beyer joined the SIU in the port of Chicago in 1970 sail­ ing as an AB and deck maintenance for Kinsman Marine and American Steamship Cos. He sailed 18 years and was a vet­ eran of the post-World War II U.S. Army. Seafarer Beyer was born in Chi­ cago, 111. and was a resident there. Surviving are his mother, Mildred of Chicago and his father, Michael. IBU pensioner Mayo Brasseaux, 74, died of a heart attack in Nederland, Tex. on Feb. 25. Brother Brasseaux joined the SlU-affiliated Union in Port Arthur in 1963 sailing as a cook for the Sabine Towing and Trans­ portation Co. from 1948 to 1964. He attended a Piney Point Pensioners Con­ ference in 1970. Seafarer Brasseaux was born in Carencro, Tex. and was a resi­ dent of Nederland. Interment was in Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Port Arthur. Surviving are his widow, Marie, and a sister, Mrs. Albert Faulk of Port Arthur. Edward F. Farrell Jr., 48, died on Apr. 13. Brother Farrell joined the SlU-affiliated IBU in the port of New York in 1963 sailing last as a mate for the Erie-Lacka­ wanna Railroad from 1946 to 1976. He was a veteran of the post-World War II U.S. Army. Born in Bayonne, N.J., he was a resident' of Cliffwood Beach, N.J. Surviving are his widow, Doris; t\vo sons, Edward and Albert, and six daughters, Beverly, Linda, Ethel, Alberta, Mary and Audrey. Eugene E. Gore, 49, died in Bellevue Hospital, New York City, on Apr. 18. Brother Gore joined the SIU in the port of San Francisco in 1962 sailing last as a QMED. He sailed 28 years, was a member of the Sailors Union of the Pacific from 1953 to 1962 and upgraded at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship, Piney Point, Md., in 1972. Seafarer Gore was born ia Bremerton, Wash, and was a resi­ dent of the port of Norfolk. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. John S. Dennis of Norfolk and a niece, Nancy Patterson of Buflfalo, N.Y. SIU pensioner Millard B. ElUotf, 59, died on Jan. 14. Brother Elliott joined Union in 1946 in the port of Mobile sail­ ing as a chief stew­ ard. He sailed 30 ' • years. Born in Knoxville, Tenn., he was a resident of Mobile. Surviving are his widow, Mary and four daughters, Deborah, Frankie Mae, Linda and Patricia. May, 1976 Harold E. "Ace" g Aiiinghaus, 47, died of a heart attack ^ aboard the SS James (Ogden Marine) off Guam on Aug. 7. Brother Arlinghaus was dead on arrival at the Giiam Memo­ rial Hospital. He joined the SIU in 1944 in the port of Baltimore last sailing as a bosun. Seafarer Arlinghaus sailed 31 years and during the Vietnam War. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he was a resi­ dent of Wilmington, Calif. Burial was at sea. Surviving are his widow, Mozelle; a daughter, Mrs. Shirley L. Gray of Wil­ mington; his father, Edward; his mother, Mrs. Arthur Weiss of Cincinnati; a brother, Edward of Cincinnati; a sister, Larain of Columbus, Ohio, and a niece, Toni Gale Arlinghaus of Cincinnati. Robert M. Kirkwood, 60, died of multiple injuries after being struck by a car in the port of Phila­ delphia on Feb. 24. Brother Kirkwood joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1953 sailing as an AB. He attended a Piney Point Crews Conference in 1970 and was a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War II. Seafarer Kirkwood was born in Glasgow, Scotland and was a resident of Philadelphia. He was a nat­ uralized U.S. citizen. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Sarah Coles; a brother, William, and a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Kelly, all of Philadelphia. SIU pensioner Ethan M. Mercer, 66, died on Apr. 15. Brother Mercer joined the Union in the port of Mobile in ^ 1952 sailing last as a •• chief electrician. He HA ^^BH sailed 27 years. Born in Oklahoma City, Okla., he was a resi­ dent of Mobile. Surviving are his widow, Bessie and a son, Richard. Sherman E. Miller, 62, passed away on Apr. 13. Brother Miller joined the SIU in 1945 in Port Ar­ thur sailing last as a chief electrican. He ^ sailed 30 years and : was a wounded vet­ eran of the U.S. Air Forces in World War 11. A native of Nacodogoces, Tex., he was a resident of the port of Hous­ ton. Surviving are his widow, Camille; a brother, Frank of Houston; a sister, Mrs. W. P. Mitchell of Shreveport, La., and a nephew, Jackie I. Miller. Lawrence Parker, 53, died on Mar. 23. Brother Parker joined the SIU in the port of Seattle in 1969 sail­ ing as an AB. He sail­ ed almost eight years, upgraded at Piney Point in July 1974 and was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II and after. Born in Los Angeles, he was a resident of Gold Beach, Ore. Surviving are his widow, Lois, and a son, Lawrence Jr. Fiavio C. Perez, 50, died of a heart at­ tack in River Ridge, La. on Dec. 5. Broth­ er Perez joined the SIU in the port of New Orleans in 1964 sailing as an AB. He sailed 14 years and was in the Colombia Navy from 1941 to 1949. Born in Tunja, Colombia, he was a resident of Harahan, La. Seafarer Perez was a naturalized American citi­ zen. Burial was in the Garden of Mem­ ories Cemetery, Metairie, La. Surviving is his mother, Silvia of Bogota, Colom­ bia. IBU pensioner Marcus D. Gaskins, 59, died on Mar. 13. Brother Gaskins joined the SlU-affili­ ated union in the port of Norfolk in 1971 sailing as a captain for 14 years and for the Allied Towing Co. from 1956 to 1974. He was born in New Bern, N.C. and was a resident there. Surviving is a daughter, Mrs. Polly Griffin of New Bern. Andreas P. Papadimafis, 61, passed away in Greece on Mar. 12. Brother Papadimatis joined the SIU in the port of ^ New York in 1968 sailing as a chief stewHlk 7 B^H ^rd. He was bom in Greece and was a U.S. naturalized citi­ zen. Seafarer Papadimatis was a resident of the Bronx, N.Y. and a veteran of the U.S. Navy in World War 11. Sur­ viving is his widow, Kyriaki of Piraeus, Greece. SIU pensioner Daniel I. Butts, 67, died on Mar. 29 in California. Brother Butts joined the Union in 1938 in the port of New York sailing as a bosun. He sailed 46 years, was Puerto Rico port agent for five years and was an AB and lifeboat Jnstructor at Piney Point from 1961 to 1971. Born in Staten Island, N.Y., he was a resident of Colma, Calif. Burial was in New York. Surviving are his widow, Maria of Brentwood, L.I., N.Y.; a son, Daniel; a daughter, Anna; his mother, Lena, and a son-in-law, Ed­ mund J. Rodriguez, both of Brentwood. SIU pensioner Morris Riechelson, 77, passed away on Mar. 9. Brother Rie­ chelson joined the Union in 1940 in the port of New York sailing as a bosun. He sailed -34 years, walked the picket line in the Greater N.Y. Harbor strike in 1961 and was a wounded veteran of the U.S. Army in World War 1. Seafarer Riechelson was born in Lithuania and was a resident of North Miami Beach, Fla. He was a naturalized U.S. citizen. Surviving are his widow, Ella; three sons, Sidney, Eugene and Benjamin and his mother, Anna of Camden, N.J. Robert E. McNatt, 51, was taken off the SS Lyman Hall (Wa­ terman) to a hospital in Djibouti, French Somaliland, East Af­ rica, where he died , .on Mar. 31. Brother McNatt joined the SIU in in the port of Mobile sailing as a fireman-watcrtender. He sailed 30 years. Seafarer McNatt was born in Moulton, Iowa and was a res­ ident of Florence, Miss. Surviving is his mother. Pearl of Florence. Charles R. Ran­ som, 43, was found dead aboard the SS Transeastern (Hud­ son Waterways) on Feb. 19 on the way to the port of Odessa, Russia. Brother Ransom joined the SIU in the port of New Orleans in 1968 sailing as a cook. He sailed nine years and was a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Army from 1949 to 1955. Seafarer Ransom was born in New Orleans and was a resident there. Burial was in the U.S.A. Surviving are his widow, Anna, and his mother, Sarah of New Orleans. James A. Reid, 22, died on Apr. 3. Brother Reid joined the SIU in the port of Duluth in 1974 sail­ ing as a wiper. He was born in Mc­ Gregor, Minn, and was a resident there. Surviving is his mother, Wilma of Mc­ Gregor. SIU pensioner Joseph M. Cash, 71, died of pneumonia in Albemarle Hospital, Elizabeth City, N.C. on Mar. 3. Brother Cash joined the Union in the port of Baltimore in 1953 sailing 43 years. He was born in Pulas­ ki, Va. and was a resident of South Mills, N.C. Cremation took place in the Princess Ann Memorial Park Ceme­ tery, Virginia.Beach, Va. Surviving arc his widow, Olgaritte; a stepson, Harry Shaw, and two daughters, Elaine and Audrey. Charles L. Fishel, 42, died aboard the SS Arthur Middleton (Waterman) on Mar. 29 between the ports of Bremerhaven, West Germany and Murmansk, Russia. Brother Fishel joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1953 sailing as a chief steward. He was on the picket line in the 1963 Puerto Rico Lighterage beef, attended the Piney Point Crews Conference No. 9, and the 1965 Stewards Recertification Program. He was a veteran of the postWorld War II U.S. Army. Seafarer Fishel was born in Ohio and was a resident of Youngstpwn, Ohio. Surviv­ ing arc his'mother, Mrs. Charlotte Davis and a brother, A. H. Coles, both of Youngstown. Page 27 w% �Hall to Congress: Probe Coast Guard in Oil Rig Loss Continued from Page 3 time friend of the SIU, who served as consultant to the SIU's Plan's Board of Trustees and was instrumental in build­ ing up the SIU Scholarship Fund and Welfare Programs. Hall renewed his personal and the SIU's sincere regret at the passing of the genial 75-year-old New Orleans resident last December, and said that the Union would name its Scholarship Fund after Logan. Other Speakers In addition to President Hall, other top maritime leaders participating at the Tulane meeting were: Robert J. Blackwell, assistant secretary of com­ merce for maritime affairs; Rear Adm. Sam H. Moore, commander of the Military Sealift Command; Capt. J. W. Clark, president of Delta Steamship Co., and Anthony Scotto, president of New York Local 1814 of the Interna­ tional Longshoremen's Assn. Robert Blackwell announced that the latest sale of grain to the Soviet Union, amounting to two ^nillion tons, will mean an additional five sailings per month for U.S.-flag ships until Septem­ ber. Presently, American ships number 10 sailings per month to the Soviet Union. Blackwell predicted the slump in the world tanker market would continue through 1980 when the present world tanker surplus will be worked off. How­ ever, Blackwell looked optimistically to the growth of a U.S. fleet of liquified natural gas carriers "if the Federal Power Commission approves an El Paso Gas Co. application to construct an Alaskan Gas Pipeline." Transport Policy Rear Adm. Sam H. Moore stated that the U.S. needs a strong and viable merchant marine and Navy to meet Keep Hospitals Open Continued from Page 2 Texas, vehemently opposed the pro­ posed closings. The hearings In Boston and Galves­ ton reflect the general feelings of all the communities where PHS hospitals are located. Community residents rec­ ognize the value and potential of the hospitals and want them to remain open. In all ports where PHS hospitals are located, SIU officials participated in hearings or in contacting the heads of local Health Planning Agencies to present the SIU's position on the PHS controversy. economic and defense requirements, and he called for "an overall transporta­ tion policy" to accomplish this goal. "We need more than a policy," said the MSC chief, "we need a cooperative, stronger day-to-day working relation­ ship." Moore pointed out that the Soviet Union now operates a merchant fleet that exceeds ours in numbers. "Profit is not their motivation. Penetration of world trade markets and the position of political influence they can gain are more important." 'Skimming the Cream' Capt. J. W. Clark, also keying his talk on Soviet merchant shipping, said that the Russians are "skimming the cream" of the cargo and reducing rates in every direction." Clark charged that "East-West trade is nothing but quicksand—the fiction of detente." He stated that the best approach to fight "the menace of Soviet shipping is the bilateral agreement, which commits most of the cargo on a trade route to ships of one of the two trading partners." Clark charged "otherwise, we're go­ ing to be on the outside and are going to be deluged by foreign ships we can't rely upon in times of national need." Attacks Mlnibridge Anthony Scotto said that the ILA is fighting the joint rail-water rate known as minibridge, which is moving cargo out of New York by rail to the West Coast for sea shipment. Scotto said that minibridge was con­ tributing to the fact that "work in the port of New York has fallen from 40 million man-hours to 21 million manhours per year." Scotto called minibridge false intermodalism with the steamship operators subsidizing the railroads and "the land portion not paying its own way." Piney Pointers Give to SPAD In another area concerning the PHS hospitals, the SIU is fighting to get the Galveston PHS facility moved from its present site into the modern Space Cen­ ter Memorial Hospital in Nassau Bay. This facility, which • is owned by the Federal Government, is presently closed. The proposed move, which has re­ ceived widespread support in Texas, makes economic sense because it would cost the Government less to move the hospital than to refurbish the present facility. Transcolumbia and Ea^|es .,1 ^... 7 Two recent graduates of the Lundeberg School In PIney Point, (I. to r.) John Martin and Don Dokulll, are handed their $20 SPAD receipts from SIU Patrol­ man Teddy BabkowskI at a payoff aboard the ST Overseas Vivian (Maritime Overseas) late last month at the Howard ON Co. Dock In Bayonne, N.J. Change of Address Or New Subscriber Editor, SEAFARERS LOG. 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232 I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list. (Print information) NAME ADDRESS CITY With snow on the ground, Seafarers of the 04 SS Transcolumbia (Hudson Waterways) feed scraps by hand (rear left) to 35 American bald eagles from the Adak, Alaska Game Preserve on the dock of the U.S. Naval Station. Chief Steward Tom Ullsse, who took the photo, says they were "lined up like sea­ gulls waiting to be fed" aboard the ship and on the dock. He said they had "rough seas and smooth spirits" on their four-month voyage with a deck cargo of a gasoline truck, helicopters, landing craft, and bulldozers for delivery to Honolulu, Wake Is., Subic Ba\{, P.I., Sattahip, Thailand, Pusan, S. Korea, Adak, U.S., the West Coast, Gulf, and finally, the port of Beaumont, Tex. Early this year the Transcolumbia sailed to the Mideast and In May was on a run to the Far East again. Page 28 STATE ZIP. .^. SIU-IBU members please give: Soc. Sec. # Bk# -/• TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you are an old suhscriher and have a change of address, please give your former address below or send mailing label from last issne received. ADDR]^ CITY STATE. ZIP. Seafarers Log �Stephen CanSeafarer Stephen Carr, 53, has been a member of the SIU since 1941 and he began shipping out as a bosun in 1946. A native of Cambridge, Mass., Brother Carr makes -- — his home in Staten Island, N.Y. He ships out of the port of New York. Sal Sbriglio Seafarer Sal Sbriglio, 47, has been a member of the SIU since 1952 and he began ship­ ping out as a bosun in 1959. A native of Boston, Mass., Brother Sbriglio makes his home in the port of Wilmington with his wife, Dorothea. He ships out of that port. Jack M. Dalton Seafarer Jack M. Dalton, 50, has been a member of the SW since 1944 and he began ship­ ping out as a bosun in 1956. A native of Washington, Pa., Brother Dalton makes his home in Galena Park, Tex. He ships out of the port of Houston. 12 More Bosuns Graduate Another group of Seafarers gradu­ ated from the SIU's Bosuns Recertification Program this month and have rejoined their ships with a greater knowledge of their Union and its history, and the state of the entire mari­ time industry. In the nearly three years since it was instituted, the Bosuns Recertihcation Program has made great strides in educating the many Seafarers who have participated in it. These men, the lead­ ers of the unlicensed crews on SIUcontracted ships, have spent two months learning about the SIU, its past, where it stands today and where it will go in the future, and the present state and future of the U.S. maritime industry. The first four weeks of the program are spent at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship. Here the men partake in classes on Union education and Union history, and also study the SIU contract, constitution, and benefit plans. They learn about the maritime industry and the new ships being con­ structed; they take firefighting and first aid courses, and also get a taste of politics with visits to Washington. The second month of the program is spent at Union Headquarters in New York. It is here that the bosuns see the operation of their Union in action. They visit all the departments, includ­ ing records, claims, data center, the control room and the LOG. The men also assist in paying off vessels coming into New York; in registering men for shipping, and paying visits to the USPHS hospital in the area. After completing both phases of this program the Recertified Bosun is much better qualified in all the aspects of his job. He is more familiar with the tech­ nological advances of the new vessels which have been built, he can hold more informative shipboard meetings and is better able to answer questions and settle beefs. The main goal and objective of this program has been better communi­ cation. Though programs such as this one and the 'A* Seniority Upgrading Program, that goal is being accom­ plished. Donald Pool Joseph Snyder Seafarer Donald Pool, 49, has been a member of the SIU since 1944 and he began shipping out as a bosun in 1956. A native of Frankfort, III., Brother Pool makes his home there. He ships out of the port of New Orleans. Seafarer Joseph "Andy" Snyder, 64, has been shipping with the SIU since 1946, and he started sailing as bosun the same year. A native , of Altoona, Pa., he now lives in Mary' land and ships from the port of Baltimore. Carrol Quinnt Floyd Fritz Joseph San FHippo Seafarer Joseph M San FHippo, 49, has ^ been a member of • the SIU since 1950 and he began ship­ ping out as a bosun in 1960. A native of Boston, Mass., Brother San FHippo ships out of the port of San Francisco where he makes his home with his wife, Marjorie. A' Book Program With the successful completion by six more members this month, the 'A' Seniority Upgrading Program has now graduated 227 Seafarers with full 'A' book status. The six graduates this month are Luis Fuentes, Archie Bligen, Jose Perez, William Stark, Jose Calo and Edward Wilisch. The purpose of this program is to give new full book members a chance to sharpen their seafaring skills and at the same time gain a better understand­ ing of our Union's operations, functions and goals.' Not only does the 'A* Seniority Pro­ gram benefit the new full book member who will have greater shipping oppor­ tunities with his *A' book, but it also benefits tbe entire membership. The brothers who graduate from this pro­ gram are valuable additions to our Union's membership because they are well prepared to take on the responsi­ bilities and obligations of a full 'A' book member, thereby increasing the SIU's strength and unity. May, 1976 Anthony Hanna Seafarer Anthony Hanna, 55, has been a member of the SIU since 1947 and he began shipping out as a bosun in 1960. A native of nearby Scranion. Pa., Brother Hanna makes his home in the port of Baltimore from which he ships out. Charles Dawson Seafarer Charles Dawson, 48, has been a member of the SIU since 1951, • and he began shipI ping out as bosun in 1956. A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., he now makes his home in Lynnwood, Wash, with his wife Maxine. Brother Dawson ships from the port of Seattle. John Frazier Seafarer John Frazier, 49, has been a member of the SIU since 1965, and he began ship­ ping out as bosun in 1969. A native of Louisiana, Brother Frazier now ships • from the port of Houston where he makes his home. James Corder Seafarer Carrol Quinnt, 55, has been a member of the SIU since 1940 and he began ship­ ping out as a bosun in 1942. A native of Baltimore, Brother Quinnt makes his home in Portland, Ore. He ships out of the port of Seattle, home. Luis Fuentes Seafarer Luis Fu­ entes has been sail­ ing with the SIU in the steward depart­ ment since 1968. Before starting the 'A' Seniority Up­ grading Program, Brother Fuentes upSsP graded to assistant cook at the Harry Lundeberg School. A native of Puerto Rico, Brother Fu­ entes now lives in New York City and ships from that port. William Stark Seafarer William Stark started sailing with the SIU after his graduation from the Lundeberg School in 1972. Brother Stark re­ turned to Piney Point to study for his AB's ticket be­ fore attending the 'A' Seniority Upgrad­ ing Program. A native and resident of New York City, Brother Stark ships out of that port. Archie Bligen Seafarer Archie Bligen has been sail­ ing with the SIU since his graduation from the Harry Lundeberg School trainee program in 1973. Shipping as a QMED, Brother I Bligen earned that rating at Piney Point before attending the 'A' Seniority Upgrading Program. Brother Bligen is a native and resident of Charleston, S.C. He ships from the port of New York. Seafarer Floyd Fritz, 50, has been shipping with the SIU since 1945, and he began sailing as a bosun in 1952. A native of Ohio, he now ships from the port of Jacksonville where he makes his Jose Perez Seafarer Jose Pe­ rez has been sailing with the SIU since 1966. A member of the black gang. Brother Perez earned his FOWT endrosement at the \ New York Andrew Furuseth Training School. Brother Perez, a native of Puerto Rico, ships from the port of New York and lives in Jersey City, N.J. with his wife Aida and their three children. Seafarer James Corder, 50, has been a member of the SIU since 1951 and he began ship­ ping out as a bosun in 1964. A native of South Carolina, Brother Corder makes his home there with his wife, Bonita. He ships out of the port of Jacksonville. Jose Calo Seafarer Jose Calo began sailing with the SIU in 1967 after graduat­ ing from the New York A ndrew Furu­ seth Training School. Before start­ ing the 'A' Seniority Program, Brother Calo obtained his QMED endorsement at the Harry Lundeberg School. A na­ tive of Spain, Brother Calo now lives in Harrison, N.J. with his wife Helen and their three children. He ships from the port of New York. Edward Wilisch Seafarer Edward Wilisch has been sailing with the SIU since his graduation from the Harry Lundeberg School in 1973. Brother Wilisch returned to Piney Point to study for his AB ticket be­ fore attending the 'A' Seniority Upgrad­ ing Program. Living in Rockville, Md., Brother Wilisch is a native of New York City and ships from that port. Page 29 �For a Better Job Today Deck Department ABLE SEAMAN The course of instruction is four weeks in length and leads to the Coast Guard en­ dorsement of Abie Seaman—12 Months —Any Waters or Able Seaman—Unlim, ited—Any Waters. Course Requirements: Able Seaman 12 Months—Any Waters. You must: • Be 19 years of age • Have 12 months seatime as Ordi­ nary Seaman, OR Be a graduate of HLS at Piney Point and have eight months seafime as Ordinary Seaman • Be able to pass the prescribed physi­ cal, including eyesight requirements. Able Seaman Unlimited—Any Waters. 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 physi­ cal, including eyesight requirements. Starting Dates: May 27, September 2. QUARTERMASTER The course of instruction leading to certification as Quartermaster consists of Basic Navigation instruction to include Radar; Loran; Fathometer; RDF; and Tlie Harry LrmdlelDerg' 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: April 29, August 2. LIFEBOATMAN The course of instruction is two weeks in length and leads to the Coast Guard en­ dorsement of Lifeboatman. Course Requirements: Must have 90 days seatime in any department. Starting Dates: April 29; May 13, 27; June 10, 24; July 8, 22; August 5, 19; September 2, 16, 30; October 14, 28. Engine Department QMED-Any Hating The course of instruction leading to cer­ tification as QMED—Any Rating is eight weeks in length and includes instruction leading to the Coast Guard endorsements which comprise this rating. Course Requirements: You must show QMED Hopeful Graduates On a bright day, QMED Instructor Jack Parcel (right) poses on the deck of the training ship SS Zimmerman with one of his latest course graduates, Joseph Vain holding diploma at the HLSS, Piney Point, Md. Did You Know... Last month 64 Seafarers up­ graded their skills, earning power and job security through the vocational courses at HLSS. The Lundeberg School has an upgrading course to meet your career needs, too! evidence of six months seatime in at least one engine department rating. Starting Dates: April 29; May 27; June 24; July 22. FOWT The course is four weeks in length and leads to endorsement as Fireman, Watertender, and/or Oiler. Course Requirements: If you have a Wiper endorsement only, you must: • Be able to pass the prescribed physi­ cal, including eyesight requirements Five FOWTs Get Diplomas On a dark day, FOWT Instructor Greg Stabryiia ( 2nd left) stands still for a graduation day class photo of (I. to r.): Mike Martin; Herbert Brandt; Aian Garoner; Greg Winquist, and Alan Cooper. • 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 department rat­ ing there are no requirements. Starting Dates: July 12. WELDING The course of instruction in basic welding consists of classroom and onthe-job training including practical train­ ing in electric arc welding and cutting; and oxy-acetylene brazing, welding and cutting. On completion of the course, an HLS Certificate of Graduation will be awarded. Course Requirements: • Engine department personnel must hold endorsement as QMED—Any Rating • Deck and steward department per­ sonnel must hold a rating in their department. Starting Dates: May 27, October 1. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF REFRIGERATED CONTAINERS '1 he 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: June 14. A College Career Is Availalble to You One college and two post secondary trade/vocational school scholarships are awarded to Seafarers each year. These scholarships have been specially de­ signed to meet the educational needs of Seafarers. Application requirements are geared for the man who has been out of school several years, so you will only be com­ peting with other seamen with similar educational backgrounds. The awards are granted in April, but you should begin your application process now. These are the scholarships offered: 1. Four-year college degree scholar­ ship. This award is in the amount of $10,000. Page 30 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: 1. Have not less than two years of actual employment on vessels of companies signatory to ,Seafarers Welfare Plan. 2. Have one day of employiqent on a vessel in the sixth-month ' period immediately preceding date of ap­ plication. 3. 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 and request a copy of the Seafarers Applica­ tion: Seafarers Welfare Plan College Scholarships 275 20th Street Brooklyn, New York 11215 A College Education For Your Children 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 �For Job Security Tomorrow Scliool Of Seamanstiip • Steward Department Steward Department All Steward Department Courses bead To Certification By HLSS. CHIEF STEWARD The course of instruction is six weeks long and covers all phases of Steward De­ partment management and operation. Course Requirements: All candidates must have seatime and/or training in com­ pliance with one of the following; • Three years seatime in a rating above 3rd cook or assistant cook OR • Six months seatime as 3rd cook or assistant cook, six months seatime as cook and baker, six months seatime as chief cook and hold HLS certifi­ cates of completion for each program OR • 12 months seatime as 3rd cook or assistant cook, six months seatime as cook and baker, six months sea­ time as chief cook and hold HLS cer­ tificates of completion for the cook and baker and chief cook programs OR • 12 months seatime as 3rd cook or assistant cook, 12 months seatime as cook and baker, and six months sea­ time as chief cook and hold an HLS certificate of completion for the chief cook program. Starting Dates: April 29; June 10; July 22; September 2; October 14. CHIEF COOK The course of instruction is six weeks in length and students specialize in the prep­ aration of soups, sauces, meats, seafoods, and gravies. Course Requirements: All candidates must have seatime and/or training in com­ pliance with one of the following: • 12 months seatime as cook and baker OR • Three years seatime in the steward department, with six months as 3rd cook or assistant cook and six months as cook and baker OR • Six months seatime as 3rd cook or assistant cook and six months as cook and baker OR • 12 months seatime as 3rd cook or assistant cook and six months sea­ time as cook and baker and hold a certificate of completion for the HLS cook and baker training program. Starting Dates: Starting Dates: May 13; June 24; August 5; September 16; October 28. Note: Courses and starting dates are subject to change at any time. Any change will he noted in the LOG. High School Program Is Available to All Seafarers Do What Over 50 Of Your Fellow Seafarers Have Done.,. COOK AND BAKER ASSISTANT COOK The course of instruction is six weeks in length and students specialize in the selection and preparation of breakfast foods, breads, desserts, and pastries. The course of instruction is sbt weeks in length and students specialize in the selection and preparation of vegetables and salads. Course Requirements: All candidates must have twelve months seatime in the steward department, OR three months sea­ time in the steward department and be a graduate of the HLS entry rating program. Course Requirements: All candidates must have seatime and/or training in com­ pliance with one of the following: • 12 months seatime as a 3rd cook or assistant cook OR • 24 months in the steward department with six months as a 3rd cook or as­ sistant cook OR • Six months seatime as 3rd cook or assistant cook and hold a certificate of completion from the HLS assist­ ant cook training program. Starting Dates: May 27; July 8; August 19; September 30. These Courses Will Be Start­ ing Soon: • Diesels • LNG/LPG Starting Dates: April 29; May 13, 27; June 10, 24; July 8, 22; August 5, 19; September 2, 16, 30; October 14, 28. Watch the Seafarers Log for Starting Dates UPGRADING APPLICATION Name. Date of Birth . (Last) (First) (Middle) Mo./Day/Year Address (Street) , Telephone #_ (City) (State) (Zip Code) Book Number (Area Code) Seniority Date Book Was Issued Port Presently Registered In_ .Port Issued. Social Security #. . Endorsement(s) Now Held _ Piney Point Graduate: • Yes Entry Program: From, No • (if so, fill in below) to Endorsement(s) Received. (Dates Attended) Upgrading Program: From. "In most cases, a solid vocational and academic education will mean the difference between just any job and a good job." , Endorsement(s) Received • to. (Dates Attended) Do you hold a letter of completion for Lifeboat: • Yes • No; Fire Fighting: Dates Available for Training • Yes • No • I Am Interested In: Wayne Champine • • • • "I wanted to better myself as a person and one sure way to do that, was to better my education." DECK AB-12 Months AB Unlimited Quartermaster Lifeboatman • LNG/LPG • Diesel • Welder Exequiel Liwag Get the reading, writing and math skills you need for job security and upgrading through the high school equivalency (GED) program at the Harry Lundeberg School. It only takes four to eight weeks, and your Brothers can tell you that it's really worth it! Interested? Pick up a copy of the pre­ test kit in your port or write to this address: Margaret Nalen, Director Academic Ediication Department Harry Lundeberg School Piney Point, Maryland 20674 When you complete the test, return it to the Lundeberg School. HLS will tell you the results and give you an estimate of the length of time you'll need to com-' plete the GED program. REMEMBER! This test is not to see May, 1976 who scores high or low. It helps HLS de­ sign a study program just for you—a pro­ gram that our teachers will help you, as an individual, to follow. So apply today. It's easy to qualify. Just make sure that you have: 1. One year of seatime. 2. Your initiation fees paid in full. 3. All outstanding monetary obliga­ tions, such as dues or loans, paid in full. Your classes will be small (usually just six to eight students). You'll get lots of individual help. And completing the GED program opens the door to the other edu­ cational- opportunities that the SIU has for you. A high school diploma is the first step towards qualifying for one of the three scholarships for Seafarers that are offered each year. ENGINE • QMED • FOWT • Dk.Mech. • • • • STEWARD Asst. Cook Cook & Baker Chief Cook Steward ADVANCED COURSES • Advanced Pumpman Procedures • Advanced Electrical Procedures • 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 Page 31 �f •^ ^ . P • fSIU; • \ Ofn«iat paMteattoa at tiM SBAFAABRS mTBRMAnONAL tINlON• Attoatte, Mff, l4ikM mmk latoiiB W«t«ra Dtatrtet- ATL-OIO Bled $14N BeffiiHiii The following Seafare legislative activities whi^ the Seafarers Political Actn dues, initiation fees, etc., for contributi^k) Ten who have r^ one has ^mtjjf^ed $300, one $60l feels that itrtfl^in^ming months—^ Seafarers are td^^fotMCted. AcevedOyV. Loml r,A. FarnenJp^ Malens Faosf,y3^ ]Vfarciis,M.^ Martin, T. J. Fay, J. Ferrara, A. tson, J. rdone, S. Foster, J. ink Jr., S. ,G. |tes,II. McC||IH,J.L McElr#^^^ McKay, Mears,F. J. Mellndez, A. brd, H. Wi |[n all, have demonstrated an aJ •)ur social and economic welfa beginning of 1976. (The law way the trade unionist can tak he SIU's voice be heard in th the year the LOG will be runn elections—our political roU r,v/. p,R. Sapp,C. Schawbland, J. Scott, C. Seabron, S. Seagord, E. Seizor, S. Seizor, R. Sengelaab,B. J. Sand Sanger,: Titical and more to mey, such as intary political ^ntributed $200, because the Union the livelihoods of rw. r,H.c. ice,B.R. i,E.S. plegel, H. $1,100 Honor Roll Christenberry, R. A. ,C. Steams, B. Stephens, C. StoTons, W. Stabblefield, P. Soiiiyan, W. J. Siinrick,R. Tanner, C. Taylor, G. Telegadas, Q TireUI,E. Troy, S.^ Tnrac Unc Vj rc. Bellinger, W. Bergeria, J. Bernstein, A. Bjorasson, A. Blanton, M. J. Blnitt,J. Bobalch,W. J. Bbnser,L. Bondreau, R. J. Bonsson, E. HaU,M. Hall,M.K. Hall,L. HaU,W. Harris, J. Hassan, H. Hassen,B. Hebert, T. Hendrick,R.G. Morrison, J. Mnrray, R. Nash,W. Newberry, J. Nielsen, V. Northcatt,J. 1 Okrogly,H.A. Olesen, C. Olson, F. HidmVA.A lex, F. '^rez, J. Peth,C.L. Polk,E. Prentice, R.^ Prevas^ Conhi >,A. ios, J. ckey,W. riorgio, J. Dolgen,D. Dmgazis, A. DrozakyFj Drozak,: DiiBoIs,N. Dwyer, J. Eddiiis,J. fj.R. I, A. [endrick, D. Piver, E. Kerr,R. A. ^<fi^ee,A. Kingsley, J. ^^iOninnonez, R. Kitchens, Qninter,J. ^ Kizzire; Reck,L. Klei|LA Reinosa. KWn|witcb,W. Relile, s,J. Rei ice,M. ,K. Lelonek, L. Leo, A. Lescovkh, Lokas, mm $600 Honor Roll $300 Honor Roll Ponierlane,R. Conley, M., Msgr. Apostleship of the Sea $200 Honor Roll Bergeria, S. Echeyarria, R. Ilan,P. ai Foster, W. Lesnansky,A. Maher, T. McCnllogh, L. Nielsen, K. Richonx,!. Teipe, K. INinON y. 11232 •78 FOURTH AVENUE IS. NoJ Dat« 'uflMaVocei limiteino in •trine tntpolmctl, toclil Ind furthering oSthe American Merchant Marlm •the advancemeA of trade union concepts. Irlbutes to polltlllaf candidates for elective o< I be solicited or \ceived because of force, duct, or as a cdklitlon of membership In butlon It made bgJuson of the above Improj Ibove address, cerMMull within thirty days and refund, ^•nivolunltDL Support SP/ kl Interests, AnRPan trade ilmiAMMMMi'l'IB' S< Jsport Is filed with the Federal Ion, Washington, D.C.) Commlsl Signature of solicitor No w lade Your SRAD |^agner,M. Walters, H. ite,F. ^umjR. !,L. ims, L. >n, C.W. lingfield, P. G. ^Worl Wilson, Wright, A. Yarmola, J. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource May 1976 Description An account of the resource Headlines: WIN LATEST FIGHT TO KEEP USPHS HOSPITALS OPEN WORKING TOGETHER FOR A BETTER LIFE FIVE PERCENT WAGE HIKE STARTS ON JUNE 16 HALL TO CONGRESS: PROBE COAST GUARD IN OIL RIG LOSS APRIL MEETING FULL AS LAKES START FIT OUT SHARP UNEMPLOYMENT HANGS ON IN THE U.S. 'WORKING DUES' ASSESSMENT CLARIFIED U.S. TUNA FISHERMEN GREATLY REDUCE PORPOISE MORTALITY GIBSON WWRITES ABOUT MERCHANT MARINE - NAVY COOPERATION LARGER VESSELS NEEDED FOR NEW GREAT LAKES ERA BILL EXTENDS U.S. FISHING RIGHTS TO 200 MILES OFFSHORE ILPA URGES ENACTMENT OF POSTAL SERVICE SUBSIDY BILL TEXTILE WORKERS STUDY CONSUMER BOYCOTT AGAINST J.P. STEVENS NEW TANKER BEAVER STATE CREWS UP, SAILS WHERE TO BUY YOUR UNION-MADE CANDY DON'T BUY LEVER BROTHERS PRODUCTS, ICWU ASKS AS APR. 10 STRIKE CONTINUES YOU CAN GET MEDICARE INSURANCE FOR A PERMANENT KIDNEY FAILURE CONDITION THIS IS THE PLACE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT SOLVING YOUR PROBLEM HLS LOOKS TO SECURE FUTURE WITH LNG TRAINING LNG CLASSROOM FIREFIGHTING BALTIMORE COVE POINT MUST BE U.S. BUILT, U.S. MANNED - AND SAFE POSTAL SERVICE CHANGES NEEDED 16.5 TONS OF OPIUM SEIZED 12 MORE BOSUNS GRADUATE 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 5/1/1976 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. XXXVIII, No. 5 1976 Periodicals Seafarers Log