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N0 . 2 FEBRUARY 1979 Seafarers Crew UST Atlantic: She's the Largest Ship Ever Built In the Western Hemisphere ....__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Pages 1 2 - 1 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - �MTD Launches High Powered Legisrative Campaign • At Presstime: Bal Harbour, Fla.- lntent on squashing any scheme to export Alaskan oil to Japan, the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department launched a high powered political action and legislative campaign to be carried out in the 96th Congress. Under the leadership of MTD President Paul Hall, the MTD, the largest indu stria l department of the AFL-CIO, developed its program and fo rm ulated its goals during two days of Executive Board meetings here on Feb. 15- 16, 1979. The M'I 0 Exec utive Board is mad e up of top officials from 43 national and intc;rnation a l AFL-CIO affiliated unions represe nting a combined membership of nearl y eight milli on American workers. (Complete details, plus photos, of MTD Exec. Board Meeting next issue) The most reassuring ncws to come out of the two-da _ session is that the MTO will no t be alone in it s fight to keep Alaskan oil from being exported to . a Pa,1. ' Ken Young, director of the AFLCJO's Department on Legislati on, told the MTD gathc;ring that the AFL-CIO is prepared to conduct an all out fight to pr e. erve America's on ly sec ur e oil res erve Alaskan oi l- for use by America a lon e. Young said, "the Alaskan oil situation is not a maritime issue alone. It is a problem of grave concern to the entire nation, both in terms of our economy and our national security." Young also told the MTD Board that for domestic use alone is only one of his Departm~nt was in the process of many legislative goals outlined by the putting together a coalition of conMTD Executive Board. sumer, energy and environmental Other areas of legislative concern to groups "to aid the fabor movement in the MTD and of great importance to the blocking exportation of Alaskan oil." jobs and job security of ~eafarers and The status of the Alaskan oil issue has other American workers, include: not changed since the Log reported on it • Negotiation of .a bilateral shippin.g last month. The Department of Energy agreement with China, so that Amenis still se riou sly considering se nding can ships will be assured a fair share of Alaskan oil to Japan in return for all cargoes imported from or exported stepped up importation of oil from to China under any new trade agreeMexico. ment between that nation and the U.S. People in labor are nut the only ones • Implementation of an equi table concerned about the Alaska oil situation . There are many members of Congress who support labor staunchly in preventing an Alaskan oil ex port ation plan . One of th e most outspoken o f these Congressmen is Rep . .John Murph y l 'q..!i11,12 prom pl ne at 1011 nl :1 nc\\ l '. S. (D-N.Y .), who delivered the keynote 111;1 1iti1nc pnlic> to pro111ot c :1 -.1rn11g address during th e two-day MTD Board l ' . S . 111c1 c h;111t l"k L· t . t Ill' \<1t io11:tl :'\LiritilllL' Cot111ci l -.c11t :1 -.c 11 c-. ol mee tin g. 1ec1>111111c1Hf:tliu11s Ill till· C:11t c1 ·\drni11 Murphy, who is chairman of the i-.iratio11 :1-., guidclilll''> lc>r "d r:1 111:1t ic:1 ii >· House Merchant Marine and Fisheries imp rm i11 ._ I hL' l"<l lll f1l' t it i\ c po-., it inn·· o l Comm ittee, pointed out in hi s address l .S. tl:1 g liner L·a rri e r'> . that severa l attempt ~ to ex port Ala s kan l"h L· '\MC :1 joint l;1hor i11du-.tr> o il had been put down in Co ngress in the 111ariti111 c grnt1p in whi ch the S I U plays last few years. a n :1c ti\l' rok \\·arned th e Carter He pointed out that la st summer, J\d 111ini -., tration tilat unkss th e /\mcri Congrc;ss held a series of fiel,d hearings in Sa n Francisco on the Alaska oil 'ca n l'la!! lin er lket i-. prm idcd \\ ith an "ackquate s hare" ol li .S. cargoes. the situation. He said "not one witness who l ' .S . mcrch;int 111;1rine \\i ll disappear . testified during th ese hearings was in "O ur co u11tr> s houlJ declare a clear favor of exporting the oil to Japan." Murphy then pledged his full su pport · oh,iectiyc. that l .S. fla g liner car ri ers sho ulJ achieve a market s hare i11 each in turning back the lates t attempt to ll:S . trade of at lt;ast 40 pem.:nt." the export Alaskan oil to the Far East. N MC said . Such a cargo share cou ld h<.: Although the most pressing issue at the time, the fight to keep Alaskan oil attained throu gh competition within a UGlJ@ ~~~~~[Q)~[R]LJ~~ ~@[g)@U'~ Paul Hall An Investment in Time O ne of the trul y important benefits of belonging to this organization is th e almost unlimited opportunity the Union provides its 111L' mbcrs to advance their ski lls, their job ratings and their earn ing ahi lit y. In other \VOrds, a yo ung man coming into our Union after graduating the Lundeberg School need only take advantage of the many ed ucationa l opportunities available to him and all SIU members to steadily move up the career ladder step by step . Unlike many other industries and unions, where apprenticeships for young people are unduly long and often times unrewarding, an SIU member can move ahead very quickly. One of our young members can reach the top of his chosen department - whether it be on a ship or a tug - in a reasonably short period of time. Hundreds of SIU members have done just that. And hundred~ more are in the process right now of doing the same. In this regard, I want to point out to the membership-especially to the d eep sea deck department - -one of the most important ed ucational opportunities the SIU has to offer. It is the Bosun Recertification Program. And the Union will be conducting three classes of the Bosun Program this year. (See complete detai.ls on the Bosun Recertification Program, requirements and application pages 30-31.) As most of you will recall, the Union conducted the _initial Bosun Recertification Program for three full years from 1973 to 1976. During that time, 402 Seafarers - representing the number of bosuns needed to man our contracted vessels - achieved their recertification. But since that time, we have succeeded in increasing the number of ships under contract to the Union . And as well, a number of our Recertified Bosuns have retired or passed away in the last few years. These factors have created the neeq for a limited number of newly Recertified Bosuns to fill this particular manpower gap. The three classes we are running this year will help fill this gap. The reason we p_µt so much emphasis on this particular program is that Ocean M~mg bill for Amenca. T~e bi_ll must reqmre that .all vessels used i~ t~is important new industry be built i~ American yards and manned by Amencan seamen. • An amendment to the Jones Act, . which would bring the Virgin Islands under the provision of this important maritime law. • Implementation of a coordinated nat ional policy concerning increased importation of liquid. natu~al gas a~ a viable alternative to high priced foreign oil. NMC Says U.S. Needs New Policy to Give Fleet 40°/o Share of Cargoes 1 L',!.! liial 11r> ..,, stem l hat docs not treat l .S. and loreign companies differl' ntl\." I.Ile 111ari1imc uni1llh. shirper-. anJ -. hiphuildcrs t ha t mak eup th e :\atio11al 1\ lari ti11 1e Co un ci l outlineJ a -.c rie-. or steps " hich the~ · urµcd the .'\dmini . tratinn Ta -.k l·· orcL' tll consiJn a -. runda mcnt;tl to "a -> tron g co mp 1~ti ti\ c l J.S. me rc h ant rlcct a nd th e economic -. 1re;1 gth nl' th e l l.S." Chief among the maritime group's recommendations was a call for the l '.S. to dcnlop bilateral shipping arrangements in each category of trade sharing, including ll .S. flag, trading partner flag and third flag. Bilateral . trade agreements, the NMC said, would prescrn competition "while protecting the interests of all l l.S. carriers and shippers." I the job .nf bosun on an SIU ship is crucial not only to the smooth operation of the vessel, but to the overall morale of the unlicensed crew. I say this because a bosun is not only a working seaman. He also serves in the extremely important capacity as chairman of the ship's Union committee. This means the bosun is the working representative of the Unipn at ~ea . . Th'erefo re, ~{top notch SIU bosun must be a good seaman capable of supe rvising the deck gang. He must have a well-rounded working knowledge of the Union, its programs and its problems. He must also be aware of the problems facing our industry. And he must possess the leadershi.p. qualities to deal with the people and personalities that make up a ship's crew. T his is where the Bosun Recertification Program comes in. It is a comp re he nsive program devoted totall y to educating the member about the SIU and its ac tivities worldwide. A member who comp letes this program will possess a broad-based knowledge of the Unio n's commitments to politics, organizing and education. He wi ll also have a better understanding of the contract and constitution, our Benefit Plans and the rights and responsibilities of a member of this organization. In addition, he will have a more indepth knowledge of the U.S. maritime industry as a whole, including new trends in shipping and automated equipment, as well as some of the problems facing our operators. With this kind of knowledge and exposure to the Union and the industry, a member is better eq uipped to develop his own abilities to handle shipboard beef. smoothly and conduct interesting and informative union meetings at sea in his capacity as ship's chairman. The Bosun Recertification,.Program is truly a unique opportunity for a member to take a big step up the ladder in his seagoing career. It is an especially important opportunity for our younger members who did not meet the eligibility requirements for the initial phase of the Bosun Program. Again brothers, the only thing holding a member back from advancing his career is an individual's own lack of desire or ambition to move forward. Some say they don't have the time to upgrade. That's certainly ~ consideration. The Bosun Program is 60 days in length. Most of our other upgrading courses run anywhere from 30 to 60days or longer. But think about it. How much time is time when you're talking about a career- a lifetime of job security. To me, 30 or 60 days spent upgrading your skills is a small investment in time considering the long range benefits it will provide for you in years to come. _The SIU has the programs and the people to help SIU members move forward in their jobs and their lives . How much you achieve and how far you get is totally up to you. Change of address cards on Form 3579 should be sent to Seafarers International Union . Atlantic . Gulf. Lakes and lnlan_ d Waters Dist.rict. AFL -C IO . 675 Fourth Ave .. Brooklyn. N.Y. 11232 Published monthly. Second Class postage paid at Brook lyn . N.Y. Vol. 41 , No . 2. February 19.79. (ISSN #0160-2047) 2 I LOG I Febru·ary 1979 �Maritime Labor Seeking Cooperation of U.S. Navy T HE first in what is hoped will be an ongoing series of meetings betweep the Navy, the Maritim~ Administration, and representatives of maritime labor and industry took place in Washington January 25 . The two meetings- one with labor and one with industry representatives -.~ere attended by the top officials of government, industry and ihe maritime unions. SIU President Paul Hall presented a position pape r in which the SIU endor ed the concept of th~ meetings , but noted that "in view of the history and record of official opposition to such meetings, certain perspectives and definitions are essential if there is to be good-faith participation, and certain fundamental facts must be understood if these meetings are to be more than pro forma exercises to provide a record." (SEE TEXT OF SIU STATEMENT ON THIS PAGE.) The meeting with maritime labor was attended by Navy Secretary W. ·Graham Clayton, Jr.; Secretary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs Robert J. Blackwell; SIU President Paul Hall; SIU Executive Vice President Frank Drozak; Sailors Union of the Pacific President Paul Dempster; National M EBA President Jesse Calhoon; as well a top officials from the National Maritime Union; Masters, Mates & Pilots, and the shipyard unions. At a maritime industry meeting later the same day, representatives from a broad spectrum of industry . attended, including ship operato~. -------------------------Lundeberg's Legacy Lives On Twenty-two years ago the American maritime labor movement lost one of its greatest leaders. ,, On Jan. 28, 1957, Harry Lundebe~g, the founder of the SIUNA, died suddenly of a heart attack, after a lifelong effort bringing merchant seamen to a place of prominence and power in this country. Only 56 at the time of his death in San Francisco, Lundeberg had left his mark on the maritime labor movement in 1934. In that period, seafaring unions had lost the foothold first established in the beginning of the century. Dispersed and disorganized, they needed new leadership and new direction to avert the threat of virtual extinction. Lundeberg and the West Coast seamen's strike of 1934 provided the historic combination of . forces. As Seattle port agent for the Sailors Union of the Pacific, he led the charge in that bloody strike and turned it into a victorious reemergence of power for maritime labor. Lundeberg succeeded Andrew Furuseth as SUP secretary treasurer, the highest office in the Union, in 1936. After bitter political a nd jurisdictional disputes with the NMU and the old International Seamen's Union, he formed the SIUNA in 1938. He served as SI UNA president from then until his death. Like Furuseth, who authored the 1915 Seamen's Act, Lundeberg ·was born in Norway . His father and three of his brothers had been sailors and he went to sea at the age of ten. During World War I he saiied on English nitro Submitted by: Paul Hall, President Seafarers International Union of North America, AFL-CIO Harry Lundeberg, 1901-1957 ships, which were torpedoed out from under him several times. Even after he became a union leader, Lundeberg never•f6rkot he was a sailor. In 194 7 he worked his way across the Atlantic and back as an AB on a SUP ship so that he could visit his homeland for the first time in 30 years. Lundeberg had been voted funds b:~ , the SUP membership to pay for the trip, but he turned the money down. During the first Eise nhower administration in the 1950s, he also turned down the U.S.Secretary of Labor's job, preferring to remain in the sea men's labor movement. Although he died in the prime of his leadership, Lundeberg's legacy li ves on as an active force in the movement. It is a fitting memorium that the Harry Lundeberg School in Piney Point, Md., the SI U's working promise of prog ress for Seafarers, bears the name of the man who first made it a ll possible. SIU Se kihg Navy Cooperation ...... . ... . .... Page 3 Plans Paid $2 .5 Mill ion in 1978 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 5 Union News IMCO Manning ............. Page 11 Scholarship Winn er ... .. ... . Page 36 Presider)t'S Report . . ......... Page 2 Headquarters Notes .. ....... Page 7 Letters to Editor . . .... . .... ·. Page 14 Brotherhood in Action .. ...... Page 6 At Sea-Ashore ....... . . .. .. Page 16 SPAD Checkoff. ..... ..... Back P-age Inland Vacation Plan ......... Page 5 Great Lakes Picture . .. ....... Page 8 Inland Lines ... ........ ..... . Page 6 SPAD And How It Works For You ................. Page 25 concern." The legislation would also have directed the Advi~ory · · Board to report annually to the Congres. and the Pr sidcnt on th e pr0grc . s of th e ir meetings. The President, ho\\ ever, ve toed the legi s lation. sayi ng that certain initiatives are alread) being taken by both the Navy anrl th e Maritime Indu stry to hold . 11• h meetings . In hi s eto message. the President said, "In order tn assure that the concerns that ge nerated thi s bill arc fully addrc sse J. I am directing both Secretarie s (of Navy and Commerce) to consult regularly with maritime industry officials to discuss issues of mutual concern." Following is the kxt of a statement presented by Paul Hall, presid ent of th e Seafarers International Union, at a meeting of the Navy Department, the U.S. Maritime Administration, and represen_tatives of maritime labor. Statement on Meeting of · Navy Depar,tment Maritime Administration and Maritime Union Representatiues . January 25, 1979 .. -------------------------INDEX Legislative News MTD Legislative Campaign ... Page 2 SIU in Washington .. .. ... Pages 9-10 Bill to Curb Convenience Flag Spills ...... . ... . .... Page 26 ship builders and maritime associations. SIU President Hall made the observation that maritime labor has always felt that close cooperation between the Navy, the Maritime Administration and all segments of the maritime industry "i s essential to the national interest.,. H e said in hi s statement to the meeting: ··where we have initiated efforts of this sort, it has been our desire to exchange views and to resolv e differences of opinion on policy question s affecting th e na tiona I security." But, he noted that the failure to achieve these objectives was th e reason that legislation was initiated and pas-sed in both Houses of Congress last year which would have .established a Navy/ Maritime Advisory Board. This board would have bee n required to meet regularly with representatives of labor and industry .. to discuss issues of mutual General News Ship 's Digests .... ... .. .. .. . Dispatcher's Repo rts: Great Lakes ..... . ....... Inland Wat ers ............ Deep Sea .. .............. Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 38 Training Upgrading 'A' seniority upgrading ....... Page 36 Piney Point Grads . .. ....... Page 39 HLSS Course Schedu le ..... Page 33 Membership News New Pensioners . ... . . . . .... Page 32 Final Departures ........ ... . Page 28 From OS to Master ......... Page 29 UST Atlantic ........... Pages 12-13 Special Features Special Supplement on HLSS Activities in 1978 ..... Pages.17-24 Introduction The close cooperation of the Navy. the Maritim1.: Admin istration. and a ll segments of the maritime .industry has always b1.:en essen tial to the national interest. Efforts to effect such cooperatio n ha ve been sough t both formally a nd informally over the past 14-15 years. Whne we have initiated efforts ofrhissort. it has been our desire to exchange views and to resolve differences of opinion on policy questions affecting. the national security. Unfortunately, these goals have never been reali:ted . In fact. ir w<.1s this failure that culminated in the legislation which was passed b_v bnth Houses of the 95rh Congress. estab lishing a "Navy-Maritime Adv isory Board." When the Pres idc111 vetoed the legislation. we expressed our rcgrcr hut informed the Presidcrll of our support for hi s reco111111endation''dircc1irw borh Secrctaric'.'- t,o co nsult reg ularly with 111uri1imc industry officials to disc11ss issues of mutual cnncern." Therefore. we endorse the concept or mec1in gs ot' this sort . B111 in ,·iew oi"thc histor\' and record or official opposition to such meetin gs. certain pcrspccti\'es and d~finitions arc essential if"th1.:re is to he good-foith participation . <.llld cnlt1i11 fundamental facts m11sl h1.: und c rstuod ii"thcsc meetings arc to he more th;111 pro forma excrciscs to provid1.: a record . Basic National-Sccurit)' Issues Hegarding Merchant Marine and Navy Any attcmrt to review and discus s the national security factors as I hey rclalc to the Navy and the merchant marine and th eir L' l>OJKi 'a ivl' effort..., mu~t include the following : . I. The so-calkd. dlcctin: con trol theory of the lklcn sc Department with respect to foreign-flag s hirpi11 g. . _ 2. Areas of 1.:ncroach1111.:nt h~' th e public sector on pri ate cntcrpris1.: jurisdiction . Th~ mCttlf.: rs of co ncern to the maritime industry cannot be defined as ei th ' 1 "labor's" problems or "managcmrnt \" p_robl c m ~: rather. tl~ _cy ~i re the maritime industry's concerns. Consequentl y. mcct1n_gs ~es1gncd to cl _tcc~1vcl y .and l~rcnly_ discuss issues of concern to all of th e parties 1nvol v1.:d require 111clus1on ol all ol the components, instead or seg rcgatinµ. them. Summary Maritime labor, as we ll as th1.: A merican lator mo ve ment generally. has always stood four-square for a strong U.S. Navy. and ~h e recor~l <~f" our sup1:<Ht on many levels and on many occasions is clear. We believe that It 1s not poss1?lc to develop the needed strong Navy nor an adequate U.S .-tlag merchant marine without maximum cooperation and commitment between the Nav}'· the Maritime Administration and the maritime industry. Therefore. we think that as soon as possible meetings should be sc hed uled in this spirit with a view to dealing with the issues herein outlined. February 1979 I LOG I 3 �Meany Blasts Commerce Sec'y on Trade Policy vef since imported goods began flooding American markets, the AFL-CIO has been working to get the U.S. government to adopt a policy which puts the interests of American industry and workers over that of foreign nations. In the a bse nce of such a trade policy, both American workers and consumers suffer. Hundreds of thousand s of American workers have lost their jobs because those jobs have been exported overseas. At th e same time, everything from textiles to televisions, from sneakers to steel produced abroad by a nonunionized, underpaid labor force is now imported to the U.S. E Not that it costs Americans less to buy imports than their U.S.-made counterparts. It just costs the companies less to manufacture abroad - which translates into higher. profits for th e m. One of the AFL-CIO's primary goals has long been to stem the trend of imported foreign goods and exported American jobs. The AFLCIO special comn:iittee on International Trade, chaired by S(U President Paul Hall , is coordinating labor's efforts to work for development of a rational U.S. foreign trade policy. In th e face of high national unemplo y ment and skyrocketing inflation, the U.S. government should be behind labor's efforts to kl!cp any more of America's workers from being idled . But a recent article written by Secretary of Commerce Juanita M. Kreps and published in the Washington Post indicated that the Carter Administration doesn't share labor's concern over America's ever-shrinking job market. Mrs. Kreps thinks the U.S. ought to concentrate money and manpower on " high technology and servi·ce industries" while leaving traditional manufacturing to developing countries. "Why," Mrs. Kreps asked in her article, .. does the United States continue to produce goods which can be made more cheaply in other countries?" Duplicating goods which, with the help of American capital and technology can be more efficiently produced abroad, according to Mrs. Kreps, is both "inefficient and irresponsible." And the Secretary of Co mmerce doesn't think the fact that six million Americans are unemployed is s ufficient reason to "erect walls around domestic (U.S.) industry," becau se unemployment is also high in developing countries. In addition to disregarding the emp loyment needs of the American people, Mrs. Kreps is content to increase U.S. economic reliance on totalitarian or unstable countries at a great risk to our national and economic security. "China in time will be selling machinery, steel, chemicals and similar goods to the rest of the world," she said. "Countries such as India . .. will intensify their demands for a ess to Wes te rn mark ets for products such as textiles . . . The Soviet Union has ambitious plans for major new factories . . . tu produce truck tires, automobile eng111es, television tu bes, even blue jeans." SIU President Paul Hall is chairman of the AFL-CIO's special committee on International trade. Delta Caribe Committee Re ,c:rldi .d Bn:un 1)011 F!r:rn1nq (sr;ci l ' ci I l sh1p ·s cha irman of th e Ship ·s Comm ill cc nf lhr I AS I rJnl n C()11 /J c' ll)clln Lin c\ lead the grnup \tvi th a ci t ci PilVl1 nl lhc 39111 SI Dock. Brooklyn . N Y. Inst m onll1 . Th ey a rc ( sr;:itc'rl' \ '"' trvva 1rl l)o lc' qc=i tr . I) T 11ornns and ( standinq I. lo r. l Enqino D lega te D. Jcirnc's. IJ< ~r.k Dciq18lt ' Pc-1111011 L Ouil0~ an l OS L D oak . rrc'w n H~ rn1 (~ ' 4 I LOG I February 1979 Mrs. Kreps feels it is the "profound responsibility" of the United States to encourage and subsidize the industries of these and other countries, even at the cost of American jobs and U.S. national sec urity. Organized labor. however. feels the responsibility of the American AFL-CIO President George Meany government lies with the American people - in expanding the U.S. job base. not in caving in to the flood of imports from foreign sources. The U.S. should not accept, as Mrs. Kreps suggests. "a shrinking of old indust1 t;!S with all the pain that such rlecline entails." In a Letter to the Editor of the Wash ington Post. A FL-Cl 0 President Geo rge Meany lashed out at what he called Mrs. Kreps "misguided article." Criticizing Kreps for her willingness to s ubsidize the industry of other countries at the cost of our own. Meany scored the Government's "utter failure to bring the flood of imports and the outflow of . . jobs into any sort of bala nee." Meany's letter, which is reprinted in full below, spells out the primary concerns of American labor in calling for a U.S. forei~n trade policy aimed at strengthening America's industrial economy, rather than favoring everybody else. Editor The Washington Post Dear Sir: Secretary of Commerce Juanita Kreps's article," Look inf( Berond the Rush to China." (:Jan. 17) doesn't look ahead far enough to live up to its title. Moreover, her view that U.S. trade and indu strial policies "lack a clear sense of direction" was never better illustrated than by the opinions s he expressed. Her point. badly put, is that the United States ought to abandon it s basic industrial capacity and import the goods it needs from countries that can produce them "more efficiently," while concentrating on the "high technology and service industries" where our comparative advantage lies. Mrs. Kreps is. therefore . content to accept "a shrinking of old industries with all the pain that such a decline entails," on the ground that "if we believe that worldwide economic growth promises a better life for all mankind , we have a profound responsibility to help rather than hinder that promise." It seems to me that the U.S. Secretary of Commerce has an even more profound obligation to defend and encourage the economy of the United States and the well-being and standard of living of her people, which Mrs.Kreps almost wholly disregards. Are American workers and consumers not the particular part of "all mankind" who deserve first claim on the attention of their own public scrva n ts? If the claims of six million jobless Americans are "unpersuasive" compared to India's 100 million. at what point would they deserve consideration? Would it be only when America's unemployment rolls have soared to India's level and American living standards and nutritional standards dropped equally far? Even more disturbing is Mrs. Kreps's misunderstanding or misrepresentation or the facts of trade, as it is practiced between totalitarian rulers of closed societies such as China and Russia on the one hand and private Western profitseeking corporate entities on the other. It is precisely America's highest technology - much of it developed at public expense that is being exported for private profit, undermining both national secur it y and n:H ; 'nal welfare. It is the outflow of Am erican ca pit a l to build th ;ndu st rial capacity of other nati ons and the abject surrender of American markets to the products of those nations that has weakened the dollar and sent America's balance of payments into a tailspin. When America has declined to a "service economy," dependent for her people's daily needs on foreign industry, what then? Will China, Russia and other manufacturing countries, governed by military and political considerations rat her than commercial int e rest, continue to send us all we neeq at "competitive" prices? The political blackmail and financial extortion imposed by the Arab-led oil cartel are a preview of what we can expect whenever foreign governments gain a stranglehold on the U.S. eco nom y. We need to have an indu stria l economy along with everyone else in the world. We need to h.a ve U'.S . trade laws enforced so that stee l, and other products are not dumped into the lJ.S. market. The subsidies of ex port s mu st be halted by enforcement· of our countervailing duty laws - not another extension of the waiver of that law. T he remark in passing that "countries that seek our markets will ha ve to open theirs" is the only bright spot in Mrs. Kreps\ misguided article. But the utt e r failur e. so far. oft his and previous Administrations fo even try to bring the flood of .imports a nd the outflow of tec hnology, capital and jobs into any sort of rat 1onal balance makes her words meaningless . George Meany, President AF L-CIO �SIU Inland Vacation Plan Hits Two Milestones 90°1o of All SIU Inland Companies Now Signed Up: 3000th Check Sent Out T HE SIU industry-wide Inland Vacation Plan reached two major milestones this month. In less than three years since it began. the Plan now has provided 3000 benefit checks to SIU Boatmen. Moreover. it now has been accepted through collective bargaining by 90 percent of all SIU-contracted inland companies. Since the Vacation Plan first went into effect at one contracted company in August, 1976, the Union's goal has been to extend its benefits to Boatmen throughout the industry. Each time the number of checks issued under the Plan reached a new high. it indicated another step closer to reaching this important goal. · The 3000th check issued this month is cause enough in itself to celebrate the growing success of the Plan. It was received by Brother Billy Ray Smith of Foley, Mo., a lead deckhand with the Inland Tugs Company of Jeffersonville, Ind. and a graduate of the Harry Lundeberg School Entry Training Program in 1974. But the news that the Plan now covers 90 percent of contracted companies is more than another milestone. It does more than mark how far the Union has come in providing va ation benefits to Boat men th rough out the ind us try. It means that we're almost there. The Plan has grown through the conce ntrated efforts of SIU officials. combined with the hard work of negotiating committees in each port to include it each time an inland contract came up for renewal. The remaining I 0 percent of those inland companies which do not have the Plan are simply those whose contracts have not yet expired since the Plan became available in 1976. Signing up 90 percent 01 the contracted companies to a brand new concept in the industry was a major achievement not only in terms of time and effort. The real success of what has been done so far lies in what these vacation benefits mean in the inland industry. Before the Plan started, most Boatmen got the short end of the stick when it came to vacation benefits. Many, like those from some companies on the Rivers and the Gulf, got no benefits at all. Those who did receive some form of company benefit, usually had to take a lot of drawbacks along with it. For example. they had to work at least a year to be eligible for the company vacation and could coll ect only once a year after that. If they left the compan y. they lo st the benefit and had to start from scratch building up eligibility at another com.pany. Moreover. the company benefits were generally small and took years of work to amount to ~r.ything. In less than three years. all that has changed. Young Boatmen ..like 23-year-old Brother Smith don't have to enter a career where a vacat ion depends on the whim of the ompany . The growth of the Plan throughout the industry means that Boatmen can depend on substantial benefits to provide a real vacation . T hey can co ll ect these benefits after every 125 days of emp loyment. A noth er important aspect o f the Plan is that if a Boatman moves to another job in another company. he st ill collects benefits for every day he worked at hi s former company. In other words . the SIU Vacation P lan provides complete benefit protect ion to the member. Moreover. Boatmen can count on these benefits to increase with each year of their contracts and with each new contract. Like all negotiated benefits. the greater the number of me mbers who are covered by it. the stronger the benefit becomes for the entire membership. Right now, of course, the Plan is still new in the industry. f n fact. it is just going into effect in many of our contracted companies and like all new procedures, there have been some delays in getting the checks to Hoatmen. However. the Union has coordinated its efforts with all companies to get the proper information forwarded to Headquarters more efficiently and the checks are now being processed with little or no delay. lhe SIU Inland Vacation Plan has proven itself 3000 rimes over in pro viding vacation hcncfirs and it w ill continue to grow to serve the entire inland membership. f MC Set to Soot Russian Line Out of U.S. Foreign Trades The Federa l Maritime Commiss ion has moved another step closer to ending the illegal rate-cutting practices of Russian-nag · shipping companies and another step toward s restoring the American merchant fleet to a compet itive standing in the U.S . foreign trades . Under the authority of the SIUbacked C ont rolled Carrier Act. passed by Co ngress las t year. the FMC voted grams, was $454,205.98. The Seafarers Pension Plan amounted to $163,366.75 of the total. Comparing the January, 1979 benefit totals with the payments made during the same time period ten years ago, or even five years ago, points out that benefits for Seafarers and Boatmen keep getting better. Better benefits are part of the SIU's overall goal of improving the quality of life for Union members and their families. Building the best job security in the U.S. maritime industry is part of that goal. Equally important is building better financial security. ~nd last montf) 's benefit payment totals prove that the Union is continuing to work towards achieving that goal for the crea tin g co ndition s unfavorable to the foreign trade of th~ lJ .S. Baltic has squawked o ver the i:MC's proposed rate suspension. charging thc Commission with " ilkga l. improper" proccdurc and promising to scek an injunction from Federal Court sta ying thc tariff suspension rending an appeal. I he company also claims they ha\'c partiall y complied with thc Co111 111i!'>"io11's rcqt11:sts for infor mat io n. But I- MC C hairman Ri c ha rd .1. I )aschhach wro te off Bait ic\ protcsts . saying there\ no such thing as partia l compliance. "Compliance. " Da!->chhach said. "is like pregnanc y. YPu arc. or vo u aren't." ·i-t1e rate cutting practices of Sm.ict operators who ofkr hids on prime cargoes too low for lJ.S . carrier!'> to match. ha ve touched off protest!'> from all sectors of l l.S. maritime as well as from European shipping natiom . In addition to the Co ntrolled Carrier Act which mandates that the I· M C can "s uspend . rejec t or ca11et.:I" the tariffs of .111y foreign flag carrier that rcluses to comply with U.S. law . F uropean Common Markt.:t countr ies recently issued a c halle nge to th e Russians over their shipp in g rates. Also. a maritime conference t111 derway in Ireland. sponsored hy the International Longshoreman' s /\ssnciation . set the \\·heels in motion to entire SIU membership. create an international association of unanimously to suspend th e Russian Baltic Sh ipping Co.'s tariffs effect ive this spring. Ra lti c has repeatedl y failed to comp ly with the FMC's investigation into the company's rates and shipping practices i n t he lJ . S. A t Ia n t i c & Ci u I f F u ro pc a n trades . Their lack of coo pc rat ion has lt:d the FMC to conclude that Baltic has been vio lating U .S. maritime laws a nd SIU Plans Paid Out $2.5 Million in January More than $2.5 million in pension, vacation and welfare benefits was paid out to SIU members and their families in the first month of 1979, indicating the Union's benefit plans, and the membership's financial security, are in good shape and getting better. For the period Dec. 28, 1978 through Jan. 24, 1979, the Seafarers Welfare, Pension and Vacation Plans paid a total of $2,579,250.18 to SIU members, pensioners and their dependents. The largest portion of that total was paid in vacation benefits which accounted for $1,961,677.45, to Seafarers and Boatmen. The welfare total for the month of January, which includ.es medical coverage and payments from the Union's Scholarship fund, among other pro- maritimt.: lahor and ma11 agcrnc 11t groups to protect Western s hippin g "against the encroac lrm e nt of predatory Snvie t rnarit im e policies on wor ld trade ." l{u"isiano; to Hctalh•fl• f"11e Russians. in tht.: meantime. ha\"C threa tened to "take appropriate mea s ures" in retaliation against any c o1111tr~· \\'hich. "discriminates" ag;1inst their fk....: t. A report from th e So viet news agency I ass said the Russian Merchant Marine M inistr\' would "cancel commercial a!!rct.:mcnts between the Soviet and fort:i gn sh ippin g enterprise:-- .. in those instances when the shipping authorities nf the countr~· restri ct the equality nf !->h ip" n~· ing th c So\'iet flag as compared to otlln participants in internal shippin g. The Russiam handy about words like "dis c rimination" and "equalit~ · " \Try Ii 1 htl~·· Sincc 1971. when I J. S. ports we re initial!\' reo pened to the Sm·iet ll cc t. th c Rus!->iart!'> ha\c heen "di!->cri111i11;tting" again!'>! lJ.S. flag operators hy 'ii phoning off incrl'asing shares of prime American ca rgoe s through selccti\·e rate Cllttill!!. l·ar from hcing discriminator~-. thc Contrn lkd Carrier Act wa :. drafted. passed and signed into la\\' to re!'>tore a halance in the ll.S. foreign trad r·s h~: gi' ing all carricrs an equal chance to hid for cargP. February 1979 I LOG I 5 �Don't Let a Friend Destroy Himself With Alcohol f a fri e nd of you rs was suffering from heart disease and needed yo ur aid, would you help him or look the other way'? Obviously. no one would even hesitate to assist someone who was sick and in need of help . Especially someone suffering from a serious disease. Well, there' s another se riou s disease afflicting millions of Americans that's just a~ c1 itkal as heart disease. It's called alcoholism. It's the number one health problem in this country today; and unless it's treated. it's fatal. Hut. unlik e heart illness. very few people take alcoholism seriously. I Too many of us pretend it doesn,.t exist or ignore the fact that so meone we know is an alcoholic. And that's the worst thing to do. Alcoholism can be treated. SIU members ha ve an option for themselves and their brother Union members who have drinking problems in the Seafarers Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center in Valley Lee. Md. At the ARC many Seafarers more than 250 in all have gotten the guidance and support they need to head back to an alcohol-free life. With the ass istance of the ARC's trained counselors and the su pport of fell ow Seafarers who are. them- s~lves. recovering alcoholics. the ARC has enabled many SIU members to become productive members of both their shipboard and shoreside communities. Those of our brothers who made it though the ARC did it for one reason. They recognized that they had a treatable disease and they got help for it. Sometimes. though. admitting you're an alcoholic is the toughest part of the fight back to good health. But there isn't any shame in recognizing that you. or someone you know. is suffering from alcoholism. The only shame is letting an alcoholic go on being an alcoholic. Especially when there are places like the A RC where alcoholism can be cured . Don't let a friend or shipmate destroy himself through alcoholism. Th ink of alcoholism simply as another disease, like heart disease, that can be treated. Then encourage him to get help - the best possible help available to alcoholic seamen anywhere in the country - the Seafarers Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center. To contact the ARC. call (301) 994-00 I0 and ask for the Center. Someone 1s always there ready to help. ~-------------------------------~ Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center I am interested in attending a six-week program at the Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center. I understand that all my medical and counseling records will be kept strictly confidential, and that they w._ill not be kept anywhere except at The Center. Name ............................. Book No ............ . Address (Street or RFD) (City) (State) (Zip) Telephone No . ...... ..... .... . Mail to: THE CENTER Star Route Box 153-A Valley Lee, Md. 20692 or call, 24 hours-a-day, ( 301) 994-0010 ------------------------~-------~ SIU members find out that th e Union 's ARC can help them kick a drinking problem when th e Alcoholism Report is read during Feb. 5 membership meeting at Union head quarters. Missi.fisippi River Systen1 Philadelphia !\ new three year agreement has hccn rat ificd hv 180 licensed and unlicensed SIU Boatmen with Mariner Towing Company. It pro vi des the same high pension and welfare hencfits and the SIU industry\\'idc Inland Vacation Plan which were estahlished in the landmark contract ratified h\' IOT Boatmen in this port last summer. Mariner I mring is a sep<;ratc IOT diYision. known as the "white fleet." I kadquartered in Philadelphia. it is an oil transport operation which run s principally in the Ciulf. Boatmen with D 'l;i\\'are Ri,-cr Barge l .incs . a mud1 smaller operation than Mariner. also achieved the s;1me pension. \\'elfare and vacation hendits in their nc\\' contract. The company is a suhsidiary of SI lJcon11 aL·tcd L1ylor and Ande rson !'owing Co mpan y. Norfolk . ·L'\\' contracts \\'ere also wrapped up and ratiried hy Boatmen\\ it! two pilot hoat operations in this port. l"he Ass ociation of Ma ryland Pilots and thL' Vi r12.i11ia Pilot Associat ion. \\'hich each emplm·s close to JO liL-cn sed and ~:nlicensed Boatmen. accepted the most suhstt;ntial increases L'\cr llL'!!.otiated h\' the llnion \\'ith these companies. Thecontraets include the ~an;c nc\\' pL';1silHl. welfare and \·acation henl'fits achie,·ed so far by Sll l Boatmen in the irHlustn-. ,\ /ohi/e Mohik I n\\'ing. a shirdod;ing company. ha s acquired an additional h;1rhor tug. thL· l>ori., .\lora11. She ,,·ill prm·ide I~ ne\\· johs for SI lJ Bn;1t111 en . 11011.\·( Oil ·\ !lL'\\ c.:0111 r;1L·t ha~ 11L·cn \\Tapped up here for Blum I o\\'in!!. a small L-: 111;rl hoat L'<Hnpan:- \\·hi ch also _just acquired anothL'r \'l'S\L'l this month. 6 I LOG I Feb1·ua1 y 1979 Towhoats ha ve not been ahle to navigate the Mississippi between St. l.oui s and Cairo. Ill. since .Jan. 9 because of a mammoth ice jam e.\ tcnding the 11'0 mile distance hctween these two key rivcrports . Nine hoats in an icebreaking operation had rammed through 70 miles or the jam as of .Jan. 26. but ice chunks driven downriver by their propellers \Ve n: clogging in the bends of this winding stretch and bottling it u p a !!a in. The cause of the jam is the combination of seasonal low temperatures with unusually high water pouring from the Ohio River into the Mississippi at Cairo. It creates a dam-like effect that prevents ice from moving southward into warmer waters . Tampa Dixie Carriers recently crewed a hrand new 5.600 hp. towboat in this rort and she is no w pushing coal between New Orleans and a power pla.nt in Crystal Ri\·er. F la. Another new hoat the same size is expected out of the shiryard in the spring. �Headquarters / by SIU Executive Vire Pre~ident Frank Drozak UST A tiantic-A Sign of the Times HE recent christening of the ultra large crude carrier UST Atlantic, in Newport News, Va., was a pig event both for the country and for the SIU. In the first place, the UST Atlantic is the biggest ship ever built in the Western Hemisphere. So her construction speaks well for the shipbuilding capabilities of the U.S., and shows the world what we can do when we set our minds to it. It also speaks well for the SIU, which will be manning the I, 187-foot, 390,000 dwt. ULCC. Yet, while the christening of the big ship was a cause for some celebration- since it means more jobs and security for Seafarers-it also brings to mind some sobering thoughts about the direction the maritime industry is heading in. The UST Atlantic is very much a reflection of trends now shaping the course of our industry. Trends which will have a great impact on Seafarers in the future -es pecially those who leave themselves unprepared for it all. Most ships built in the future won't be able to compare to the UST Atlantic, in size. But they'll be just as modern, with just as much if not more high technology equipment. Tlte Atlantic's systems make her a very modern, automated ship. But there's no telling what kind of new technology lurks just around the corner. T All this boils down to just one thing: smaller crews and bigger loads. The ULCC is twice as long as a T-2 tanker, and three times as wide. And her deadweight tonnage capacity is almost 20 times that of a T-2. She'll operate with a crew that would be needed in the same T-2: 32 men. It's obvious- to us anyway- that the productivity of the American •' seaman far exceeds that of his counterpart of 20 years ago. So the trends, dictated largely by modern technology, will call for fewer seamen per ship. And each seaman will have to know more and more as the ships get more modern. Whether Seafarers gain or lose by these trends will depend largely on their own individual motivation-or lack of it. Being motivated enough to take advantage of the educational opportunities now available to Seafarers could determine whether or not you'll be left behind in the wake of those who have kept up with the times. The SIU's Harry Lundeberg School makes a point of keeping up with the times. This is one of the main reasons why we're now manning the UST Atlantic, and why all seven American-flag LNG ships are SIU contracted. The Lundeberg School is now offe~ing courses especially designed for the Seafarer who wants to keep up with the times. Starting in April, courses in Pumproom Maintenance and Operation and Marine Electrical Maintenance will be offered. A Refrigeration Systems Maintenance and Operation course will be offered starting in March, and a Diesel Engine Course will begin in May. There are many other courses being offered at H LS. But they're not going to do anyone any good unless you sign up for them. When you help yourself by upgrading, you also help to upgrade the Union. When you make a commitment to yourself to upgrade, you help to ensure that the Union will be able to fulfill its commitments in supplying men with specialized skills in the future. They say that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Well, we do know that good intentions alone won't guarantee anyone a job in the years to come. The christening of the UST Atlantic reminds us that the future is here now. Brothers who are serious about their own futures should make plans to upgrade the next chance they get. SIU Calls for Free-World Maritime Polic.y to Offset Soviets The growing dominance of the Russian fleet in free world trade was the numbe r one topic of a recent conference on the Future of the Merchant Marine Industry of the Free World. Sponsored by the International Longshorcmcn's A SOl.:iation, AFLCIO Employers' Educational Founda- · tion, the London and Dublin-based conference sessions were attended by European and American shipping company officials, and U.S. maritime labor and government representatives. Chuck Mallard was the SI U's spokesman at the four-day confab. Speaker after speaker called for a unified free world maritime policy to counter the Russian's slow but deliberate plan to dominate free world shipping. SIU representative Mallard told the conferees, "We must all realiie the simple realit y that as the USSR increases in seapower, the rest of us decrease. They compete with us for nonmarket reasons . . . to st rength en their own seapower and to influe ce third world countries." New Family Clinic Days: Tuesdays and Thursdays At N. Y. Headquarters Starting this Feb. 20, a Tuesday, new Family Clinic Days of the Seafarers Welfare Plan Medical Departme~t's Dependent Program at the N. Y. Headquarters will be held twice a week on both Tuesdays and Thursdays from J p.m. to 4 p.m. Previously, Family Clinic Day was just held once a week on Thursdays. Members dependents are eligible for medical treatment at the clinic located at 675 Fourth Ave., Brookl) n, N. Y. Dependents should call the clinic at 212-965-2440 (l-2-3-4) at least three days before visiting the clinic for a scheduled appointment. 1 "We have to come up with unified objectives," Mallard stated, "which will keep the world's sea la nes open to free market competition, instead of handing over world trade to the Russians ." The penetration of the Soviet fleet in the liner trades of free market countries through their anti-competitive ratecutting practices, has been generating heated protests from European as well as American shipping interests. "The Soviets," said Delta Steamship Lines President Capt. J. W. Clark, "are now concentrating on the high value liner cargoes where their predatory rateslash ing tactics are all the more destructive to established liner operatives." But the need to control the Russian fleet's inroads into international trade routes goes beyond the immediate threat to the liner trades. "U.S. maritime has to consider the penetration of foreign flag ships in all our trades," Mallard told the conference. "Half of our country's vast oil imports are already consigned to flagof-convenience tankers. " Mallard called for creation of a stro ng American fleet, capable of carrying a substantial share of U.S. imports and exports, as the primary means of countering the Russian's plan to become the number one seapower in the world. "We have to work to create a strong U.S. nucleus fleet," he continued, "and we need the cooperation of all free world maritime countries to build that fleet. Because a strong U.S. flag fleet is in the best interests of the entire free world our protection is their protection." Though the conference didn't yield an overall plan to keep any more of free world trade shares from being pirated away by the Russians, many of the conference speakers proposed alternatives which, they indicated, were first steps towards achieving those ends. Rep . John Murph ' , chairma n of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, said the Carter Administration will issue a maritime policy statement soon which will "support stronger shipping conferences and the establishment of shippers' councils." ILA President Thomas W. Gleason spoke for the U.S. maritime unions present which, in addition to the SIU and the Longshoremen, included the International Transport Workers Federation; Masters , Mates and Pilots; Marine Engineers Beneficial Association and the National Maritime Union, when he said U.S. labor will work hard during this session of Congress "for effective legislation which will give U.S. shipping a fighting chance. to meet the Soviet threat." SIU, Sea-Land Working to Stop Unfair Immigration Fees in Philippines The Union's efforts to ease the burden of excessive immigration fees charged to seamen joining or leaving a vessel in the Philippines got off the ground in Manila, P.I. last month. Responding to the protests of Seafarers hit with $50 levies when they sign off or on a ship in the Philippines, SIU Yokohama Agent Frank Boyne met with U.S. Consul Charles Stephen and Philippine officials at the Department of Deportation and Immigration. Also attending was John DeLuce of Sea-Land, as the co mpany operates in the Philippine trade. Boyne presented the Union's view that Seafarers on fly-out jobs should not be subjected to immigration fees of any kind. Though Sea-Land is willing to pick up the charges for men "leaving the vessel at payoff or mutual consent," the company, too, would like to see these fees waived. Boyne reported the meeting was "interestiog but not conclusive. We had a long session discussing all phases of the immigration rules as they affect seamen," he said, adding "hopefully a smoother working agreement can be made which will provide a clearer set of rules covering the hand ling of Seafarers' clearance." Getting a government to revise a policy is, by its nature, a lengthy and time-consuming process. But the Union will stay on top of the immigration charge issue in the coming months , working to eliminate the unfair tax Seafarers have been forced to pay just for doing their jobs. Only 88 Years Apart Retired Seafarer Tom Bubar, a young 88, cradles his pride and joy, 2-month old great grand daughter, Jamie. Tom is in "pretty good hea lth " and lives with his son , John, in Burnham, Maine. We wish Tom , a trade unionist frorn way back, all the best in years to corr.e. February 1979 I LOG I 7 �.' The replicas are to-size models of shi~s moun~<:d on a chart of the ~rea~ Lakes. The project, Terry said, "is the life ofSh_irce~. Sailing has always bee~ m his blo~d and is a profession which he takes pnde m. He wants to share his story with others." The Lakes Picture A Igonae Most of the SIU-contracted Great Lakes fleet has gone into winter lay-up with two exceptions. The ore carrier Presque Isle (Litton Great Lakes Corp.) is still running between ports in Illinois and Indiana. The ship will continue operating until the stockpiles of taconite ore she's been hauling are de pleted . Also on a winter run is American Steamship Co. 's Sam Laud. The vessel wa s repo rtedly stuck in the ice last month in the Fox River off Gree n Bay, Wisc. She wa s freed a da y late r only to get stuck again in the harbor c ha nn el. When the ice was cleared enough around the Sam Laud to allow pa s age , dl10thc r ·v'essel enco untering the same problems was al so able to steer clea r. Both the Sa111 Laud and the Presque Isle a re due in for lay-up thi s month. The Pre.)que Isle will be berthed in Milwauk ee and th e Sam hwd in Muskegon . * * * * .. T he scvL" rc co ld and e xceptionally hca vy snows of thi . winte r make spring seem a ve ry dim possibility. But the first fit out of the 1979 shipping season is already schedu led and it's not too far off. The SIU-contracted Nicolet, the 74-year-old et , is slated for fit out on Feb. 15 in veteran of American Steamship o.'s Tol edo where she's spent the winter. n * * * * Though winter on the Great Lakes reduces most transportation to a crawl, the weather didn't keep· one ship from transiting the Soo Locks recently. The ship's name? The Edmund Fit z,;erald. The vessel, which is really the ore carrier V. W. Scul(1', is being used by c( Canadian film company in a movie about the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald which went down in Lake Superior if! 1975 with all ha.nds a board. The movie, described by the film company as a "documentary drama" will be titled "November Gale." * * * * . SIU reps are still in negotiations with the Michigan Interstate Railway Co . which runs th<.: cur ferries Vik inK, City <d. M ilwaukee and Arthur K. Atkinson. and the M: 1ckinac Transportation Co. which operates the car ferry Chief Wall'ata111. f\'l l RC is expected to come up with a contract offer on Feb . 15 and · f lninn re ps arc ho peful both agreements can be wrapped up by the end of Fcbrua ry . . Chien~o SIU member Carl Shi reel has been a Great Lake s seaman for the past 33 years, and a Union 1rn:111her ~ ince 1960. Shircel's son , Terry, the youngest of five brothers, '': ro te to the Log about his dad, who he said , "caught the sai ling fever you ng in lik wh n, a s a boy, he polishetj hrnss fixtures on tugs docked in his hometown port." Terry traced his father's seafaring career from brass polisher to wheelsman to his present job as bosun aboarq the SIU-contracted cement carrier Medusa Clwllenger (Cement Transit Co.) . And ht: told us about his father's hobbymaking hand-made wooden replicas of Great Lakes vessels, including those he worked on. Bradford Island Committee Carl Shircel displays his hand made replicas of vesseli he's sailed on in his career. Cleveland All the battling between the Republic Steel Corp. and the city of Cleveland over the terms of an iron ore transshipment facility the company was going to build in Cleveland's Harbor lras finally come to nothing. The company announced last month that it would build the new ore dock in Lorain, Ohio , instead of Cleveland. The ore dock would have meant $2.5 million in rent advances for the financially troubled city of Cleveland as well as an estimated $60,000 yearly in tax revenues. The Lorain facility will serve as a transshipment point for ore bound for other Ohio ports and is expected to be completed in 1980 . · Buffalo Continuing with its sh ipbuilding program begun in 1973, the SIU-contracted American Steamship Co. has applied to the Maritime Administration for a Title XI construction subsidy. Since passage of the Great Lakes Vessel Financing Act, which brings subsidies for Lakers up to a par with those received by deep sea operators, Am ... rican Steamship can request a maximum 87Yi percent in construction subsidies and loan guarantees. The company is asking for a construction guarantee of $40 million. Eighth in the company's new vessel series, the ship will be a -1,000 foot selfunloading bulk carrier. Scheduled for delivery by Bay Shipbuilding Corp. in 1979, the vessel will have a beam of 105 feet, a fully loaded draft of 34 feet and a carrying capacity of 62,100 dwt. Duluth The twin port cities of Duluth-Superior reported that 1978 marked the second largest volume of cargo handled in the history of the ports. _T otal waterborne tonnage figures for the year came to 45,988,618 short tons which is a 36 percent increase over 1977 . The 1978 totals for all commodities rose over last year's figures except for general cargo imports and ex po rts, both d own by nb out 47 pe rcent. Shipments of gra in, coal and limestone were all up. · Winter Navigation J, , I; 111 : q 11 <, :i r /1 11 ! • n r-1 1) ( ) r I o I c r1 II <i I /\ I!) il n \I . N Y . !11 c~ S 11 ip ·s · rn n in 1I t n c a n d a 1.11: ·.1 1 11· nil '1 tl 1 Iv· , 7 n1n(ifcJ1,f I ~In 7rl !IOM\ hwl ;i pr:1yo!f n l , ta rl c lon 1\rw 11t 11,1cH' SI NY SIU P;1i1(1 lr nc-1n 1);1 11 ci nci ~ r '.' (St'rilr~ d ror-1 1 r l h;i rl on hi s 1;L111 1 U )\.k Ut"'il'C1.1 1 • I c:i lc B All en and (c.;ca lc d lront I lo r.l Rccr: rtifi r.d Bosun W1ll i~1 m B0kt 1 c.; l1 1p·'-' chc=ii rmnn and En9i n , Dc loqal f.::: 11 a~ Mc ndnza. StC1nding (I. In 1 l '.\'( 'r e: Snlo c·n Mc"-;s1rnrn -.loh n Frat i. ErltJ CC'l ti onRI Dir ec tor John Mc Clelland ;:.111rl Cnok ann BRkcr F~ B. Wooda rd. stewa rd delegat e:. 1 8 I LOG I February 1979 The experimental winter navigation program on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway will be scuttled this year unless Congress votes to refund it. T he program has met with opposition from various sources: the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority, which administers the waterway for Canada, and a variety of environmental conservation groups that claim winter navigation will upset Great Lakes/ Sea way ecology. The Winter Navigation Board, which is an advisory group to the Corps, is authorized to make recommendations to Congress on the off-season navigation program. The Board met last month to finalize those recommendations. One of the Board-' proposals calls for expansion of the winter navigation program to include ecological considerations raised by the NewYorkStateDept. of Environmental Conservation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and private conservation groups. A second proposal advises Congress to extend the experimental program at least through next year. This would give the Army Corps of Engineers time to make permanent some of their findings and to complete several necessary tests. To date, the Corps has concluded that an 11-month shipping season on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway is both technically and economically . , feasible. The cost of full-scale winter shipping was estimated by the Corps at about $112 million, while $400 million would be added to th.e economy of the Great Lakes. �I I I I • ~ tn I I I I I Senate, House Approve Key Maritime Committee Assignments T he Senate and House have formally approved assignments to seve ral committees which deal directly with legislation affecting the maritime industry. In addition to the Hcrns Committee on . Merchant Marine and I I I I I I House Co1nniittee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries I I I I I I I I I I I • I I I I I I I I I I I I I I • I I I I I I I I I I I I - $1 OI m~llion to be used in building four new ships including three dry-bulk ships, and one LASH. I here remain s a balance of $2.3 million in CDS funds which are unu sed from the 1979 budget. I I I I I I Presid e nt Carter has su bmitted hi s Fiscal Year 1980 b11dgct to Congress. According to the Administration. "The 1980 (maritime) program wi ll emphasi7e the production of ~hips with national defense utility. and will include several ships built as part of subsidi1e<l <>perators' replacement obligations.'' In submitting his proposed budget. Carter also said: "Bulk cargoes represent a significant clement of total U.S. foreign trade, and new emphasis i' being ditected towa rd encouragin g con~truction of bulk . ,, s I11ps. Following i - a br 'a kdnwn of the Presid e nt's budget requests in areas or interest to the maritime industry: Cons1rucrio11 DU/erenrial Suhsilfr (C /JS) I OperarinK D~Ifere111ial Suhsid r (ODS) - • S11bcon1111ittee 011 Merchant Marine Democrats (J) D:1•1iL·I Inou ye (Ill) . l"li~1i1111an \V;1rren Magnuson (\V .t\) Ru ssell l. lrng (l..t\) lhpu blicans ( 2) .John \\'anll:r (\1 1\) * Rubert Pac"'-\\ood (0RJ *,'\'t' w ,\/emher House Conznzittee 011 Arn1ell Service!} Subconzniittee on Seapozver Republicans (7) Robert Packwood (OR) Barry Goldwater (AZ) Harrison Schm itt (NM) John Danforth (MO) Nancy Kassebaum (KS)* Larry Pressler (SD)* John Warner (VA)* *New Member Democrats ( 7) Char les Bennett ( Fl.), C hairman Jack Brinkley (GA) Robert Mollohan (WV) Vic Fa1. io (CA)* Beverly Byron (MD)* Joe Wyatt (TX)* Samuel Stratton (NY) Rcpuhlicans (4) Floyd Spence (SC) David Emery (M E) Paul Trible (VA) Charles Dougherty (PA)* *New Member Carter Sttbmits Budget to Congress for Fiscal Year 1980 De11artment of Coriunerce: Maritime Administration I I I I I I arroll Hubbard (KY) Don Bonker (WA) Les AuCoin (OR) Norman D'Armours (N H) .James Oberstar (MN) William Hughes (N.I) l-3arbara Mikulski (MD) David Bonior(MI) Dani I Akaka (HI) Michael Mvers (J>A) Edwa rd Stack (FL) * I rian Donnelly ( 1. ) * *.Vew tllember.\· Howard Cannon (NY). Chairman Warren Magnuson (WA) Russell Long (I .A) Ernes t Hollings (SC) Daniel Inouye (HI) Adlai Stevenson (IL) Wendell Ford (KY) Donald Riegle (MI) John Exon ( N 8)* How a rd Heflin (AL)* I I Senate Paul Mc:C loskey (CA) Cicne Sn yder (KY) Edw in For~ytlle ( NJ ) DaviJ l"ree n (LA) .Joel Pritchard (WA) Oon Young (AK) Robert Bauman (MD) . No rman l.cnt ( NY) David Emery (M F ) Robert Dornan (C A) Thomas E\ ans ()) L) Paul Trible(\';\) Ro be rt Da\·is (Ml)* \Vil 11a111 Cartney (:'\:Y) * Mehin F\·ans (V.1.) * *.Vew .llnnber Senate Conzniittee 011 Co111n1erce~ Science and T ran~portation Democrats (I 0) I I John Murphy ( NY ), Chairman Thomas A~hlcy (011) John Dingell (MI) Walter .Jones (NC) Mario Biaggi ( NY) Glenn Anderson (CA) E. lie la Garia (T X ) John Brea ux (LA) Gerrv Studs (MA) Da\·id Bowen (MS) .Joe Wyatt (I X)* Mic hael 1.owry ( W ) * Earl Hutto (Fl.)* maritime workers. We \viii report on these committees in subsequent issues of rhe /.og. Herc arc some of the key eL>mn1ittce anJ subcommittee a!'lsignments which ha\'e been appro\'cd !'or the 96th Con.grc.-s : Republicans (15) Democrats (25) I I I I I Fisheries. and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation 4 a number of other committees are involv d in maritime legislation which criticall affects the jobs and job opportunities of American $256. 2 million has been asked by Carter. Again, the budget message on maritime e mpha s izes the bulk cargo trade. It is written: "Bulk cargoes represent a substantial portion of total U.S. foreign ti·adc. and emphasis will continue to be placed . on assuring that U. S.-flag bulk sh ip operators will he ahlc to provide essentia l hulk services." Reseal"<'h <..~ /)e1 •e lo1J111c11r $ 16. J million rcq uested. Opera r io ns <..~ Train i11g - $6 I. 4 mi 11 iD11 rc4 uested . Department of Defens~: Nav)' $6.2 billion for ..;hipbuilding and conversion. Included in this figure arc fund .:.; for the procurement of six g uid ed missile frigates so nar ships. Also included arc requests for a number of fleeL support ships such as tankers and tugs. Department of Defense: C orps of Engineers $I . 7 billion requested for construction projects. Included in this re4uest is $165 million for Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway in Alabama; $20 million for Locks & Dam #26 at Alton, Ill.. and $3.4 million for replacement of the Vermilion locks in Louisiana . Department of Energy S rrat egic Per roleum Resen·e (SP R) $8.3 million requested. The Carte r Administrat io 11 believes the level of protection afforded by a billion barrel reserve is ~t ill needed to ease the potential s hock nf any sudden cutoff of pctroleum imports. The 1980 budget includes funds for the continued development of the petro leum reserve program on a revised schedule. Department of Transportation U.S. Cuast (iuard --- $9.5 million is heing asked for the acq uisit inn of faL·i Ii tics to a id marine safe ty JHl)grams. /\ 1ll1ther $7.9 million is bein g asked for re search and de\·elopmcnt i11 the area l)r marinL· safety. Postal Refornz Bill Wn11ld RequireUseOf US-Flag Ships Rep . Cha rles Wil!-.nn (D-Ca lit.) has again introduced kcislatinn that \\'uuld require the l l.S . Postal Sen·icc to use lJ.S .-flag ships in th e carri<t!.!.C of' o T rseas sur f~!'"\.' m<til. I hi!-. lcgislat1011 v:ould mandate that the Postal Service contract wit h lJ.S .- flag carriers fort he transportation of all overseas surface mail. unless no American carrier sen-ed the route . (At present. by law 70 percent of' lJ.S. mail must be carried on !J.S.-flag shiJi~.) Under the new legisl a tion , the carriage rate would be based on full y distributed costs plus a fair profit. The Postal S..crvice would be barred from specif) ing the si1e or characteristi v , or the on-board containers. The Sill's Washington staff worked close Iv with our cont meted operators on a similar bill. which contained langua g<.: identical to the new Wibon Bill, passed the H ou~e last year by a vo te or 384-1 I. The bill died, howe ver, when the Senate decided not to cunsidcr. Postal Reform legislation. · Fctm1CH 1J 1979 ; L_OG / 9 �€ht ~111 in tt1ns11in11hMaritime On the Agenda in Congress . .. As the 96th Congress begins its first session. the following hearings have been tentatively scheduled by various House and Senate committees ... In the Senate l .i<flll '. fiecl (lases . f'h c Senate Co mm erce hearin gs I 'cl;. 8 ( "ornrnitt cc hcga 11 on sa fet y i:-.sue:-. associated v,:ith th e lr ~1 11 s portatio11 anJ Storage or liljLll:fied natu ra l ga:-. ( l.:\(i) and liy11 ·ricJ petroleum ga:-. ( I .l'G). The Office of Pipelin e Safety. the Coas t Guard a nd t)ther lkpartrnent or f'ran s port a tion officials will be called to testify. N a1·y f)ej'ense IJ1u~~e1 . Th e Senat e Armed Services Committee began hearings Fch. 6 on th e Defense lkpartm'nt' · 1980 budget. 1'11e comm ittee will beg in with consideration or the Na vy anJ Marine Corps bud ge ts . !:\port .· ld1J1i11is1ra1io11 A ct . The Subcommittee Oil Int ernational Finance nr the Se n a t e !fa n k i n g Co m rn i t t e e w i 11 h o 1d hearings hcginnin g Mar. 5 on ex tension o r the Export /\dministration /\ct. .· lg ricultural Trade H'i1h China. The h>rcign Agriculture Policy Subcommittee of the Senate Ag ricultural Committee plan s ll> hold hearings on potential agricultural tr ~ 1de \\'ith th e Peoples· Republic of C hin a. I lie first hearing is tcntati\'cl y scheduled for Ma r. 13 . .\/ultilatcral li"t1</c .Vcgo 1ia1io 11 .\ . 1'11c Senat e Finance Committee will hold hc<1rings nn th e current status or the M ultilatcral Trade Nei..:otiation s. The fir st three hearings <ire tentati vely scheduled for M;1r. () . ~and 15. Industry N ews Insular /\ !lairs Com mil tee will re view recent ;1ctions taken hy the Carter /\cf ministration in cstablishint! 17 national monuments to restrict the USC or 56 million acres or Alaska \\'ildcrncss . 111 cstahlishing these monuments or national parklands. the Admi ni stration ha:-. cl'kcti\·cly curtailed exploration and mining in th e:-.e res trict ed area:-.. These hcarini..:s hegan 1-'ch. 7 and w"ill co ntinue i11dcfi11itcly . f'hc y will be conducted hy Rep . Morris lJdall (D-Arizona). .\/11/1ila1eral Trade N eKotia tiuns . The House International Relations Committee has announced that it may conduct hearings into the M ul tilatcral Trade Negotiations agreements. If they arc scheduled. they will he held later this month or in ea rl y March hcfore the Co mmitt ee's Int er na tional h ·o nomic Policy Subcommi.ttee. .\'a1·a/ .\filitarr f'us rur e. The llousc /\ rmed Services Committee will hold a !:>cries or hearings on the na tional military posture. The hearings will begin early this month with an examination of the Navy's programs. 'iP \I) ;, thr SI l '"' politinl fund and our polilinl arm in Wa ,hlnl(lun. l>.t'. Th<· Sil ask' for and IK"crpls >'oluntary n1ntrihutinn\ unh. f'he l ' nion 11\C "' tht' mont"~ don alt!'d to 'ii'\ I) to '"l'I""' !ht• drrtion rumpu ii:n> of ki:hlntor< "ho h:n l' 'ho~ n u pru . maritiml' or pro ~ lahor rttord. 'ii' \II '" " ""'" lht· Sil lo "ork """'· ti ~r h on !he •·ital muririmt· i"'IH'' in fh1• ( 'unJ!ll'''· I ht' '-t' Hfl' i1., ,u f1ti rhat hiHt· a cl in·rt 1mp ur 1 1111 fht· jot" und joh w<· urit~ nf ull '\fl . mt•m· ht· r, , rlrt·p -.. t•a, inl und. un ct I n"-t''· I h1· " ' ' tlr)!l' ' ih n11'm lw n. 10 ronrintu· 1hl'ir tin r n ·nad of '"PfWrt lnr ,., \I> . \ nH"mht•r n tn ro nlrihuh· In l ht· "\ P \ll lunrt ·'' lw nr 'ht• Wl'' ht . or nrnL.t· no 1: un lr ih11tinn uf a ll n 1t hu11i fto :u ol rqn 1,:tl. \ \ 01H .ii 1 hl· ' I' \I• rqtor1 j, tih·cl "irh Ou· 1-\· dt·ral I h'l 111111 ( 11 1111111' ' '''" · It '' n :11l.1hlt· for p u rrh tll•l' from thl• I f ( in\\ w"h1nct1111 , 1• ( [LC '] •• Senator Inouye Submits Three Maritime Bills Three maritime bill s two of which are similar to bill s vetoed by President Carter la st year have been introduced by Senator Daniel K. In ouye (0-Hawaii). They are bills whi ch would stablish a Navy / Maritime Administration pa nel to meet with m:uitime indu :-.t ry leaders o n a regular bas is. a nd another \ hi c h would ha ve prohibit ed rebating pra cti ces in th e .S. foreign ocean trad e~. The third bill wo uld ex tend ca pit a l co ns tru ction runu pri vileges t o inland wa t ·rv,ay'i towboat and bart!e operators. Navy /M A l~ AO Panel This bill would amend th e Merchant Marine /\ct o f 1936 to require meetings four tirn s a y a r betwee n the Secretary of th e Na vy . th e Maritime Admini stration. and representati v ·s of the maritime indu stry '"to stud y. imrl'm cnt and develop the goC:tls of the Merchant Marine /\ct of 1970." It would also relj.uirc the Secretary of ~avy and Secretary of Commerce to s ubmit a nnual report s to th e Co ngress and to th e Pres ident rega rding the substance and recornmcnuation s of these mee tings. The purpose of the bill is tn formali1.e co op era tion betw ee n th e \a vy and the Maritime Administrat ion . and to insure po li cy input from th e maritime indu stry. \nti-Rebating I hi:-. k· g. islation wo uld amend the Ship- ping /\ct or 1916 to strengthen pro vision s prohibiting rebating practices in the U.S . foreign trades. The bill would J"CljUirc foreign-flag ocean In the House .· llaska l.a11d.,. The Hous · Interior and ~--L ..- - - - - I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I carriers to comply with discovery or-ders from the Federa l Maritime Commission or face exclusion from our fore ign trades. The bi ll would ' also increase penalties for rebating vio lators. a nd authorize the FMC to reljuire cer ti fica ti o n from ca rrier s, shippers a nd forwarders rela tin g to their effo rt s to prohibit re ha tin g. In \'e t o in g a s imil ar bill la s t year. Pres id e nt Carte r sa id " imp o rtant discussio ns" were then go ing on with several Furopean countries a nd .Japan on a wide range or shipping p roblems, including rebating . and that he was hopeful of "coo pera ti ve Agreements" in these areas. I I I I I I I I I I I Capital Construction Funds This bill would extend Capital Construct ion Fund pri vileges to inland waterways towboat and barge operators, as well as lo domestic and ocean vessel operators e ngage d in coastwise and interco as tal shippin g. . The purpose of th e CC F agreements is to encourage replacement vessels. or addit io na I vessels as need ed by offe ring tax incenti ves . Under existing laws, qualified vesse ls for the Capital Construction Fund program must be operating "in the United States foreign. (ireat Lakes or non -co ntiguou s domestic traJe. or in the fi she ri es of the Un ited States." The purpose of the new legislation is to C.'<. pand th ' scope ur the Ca pital Co nstruction Fund so th a t it cou ld be used to upgrade vesse ls operating on the nation's inland waterways, anJ between ports in the 48 contiguous states. Seniority Upgraders Corne to New Rivers User Charge Washington For Briefing on Would Recover 25 Percent SIU Political Activities of Federal Projects Costs !\ new Inland Waterways '"User Charge" Eight more SI li "A" Se niorit~· ll pgraders came to Washington last month for a briefing on their union 's political and legislatin activities. aml for a first-hand look at the operations of the .\Fl.-CIO :\laritime T rades Department anti the Transportatio n lnstitutr. Seen here on the steps of the nation\ Capitol are l'pgrnders P:rnl Done .. Jo hn l\ane. Za haria h'.~ riacou , (;ilhert Uodrigm·1. l~ohl'rf Be""· .Ja me" Pcacork . .Jost•ph llradh.·~ ;rnd fhoma..; ( arroll. With thrm arc SI l " Pine~ Point Port \gt.•nt Pat Pills\\ orth. <llld II I.SS, l 11i 111 Edt11.:atio11 Instruc tor Nick :\larrone. •• bill was introduced in the House which wou Id sharply increase the costs of operating sha llow draft cargo vessels on the nation's inland waters. Introduced by Rep. Berkeley Bedell ( D-W . Va.), the Transportation Users Equity Act of 1979 would establish a sc hed ul e of user charges to recover 25 percent of the Federal costs of all navigation projects on the inland waterways, including new construct ion, repa ir and maintenance of existing proj ec ts (such as Locks & Dam #26), ar~d the operation of navigational sys tems on the rivers. The tax would be levied on all owners and operators of any and all commercial shallow draft vessels in inland and intracoastal waters . 1 he schedule of user charges would begin Oct. L. 1981. It would begin at five percent of th e overall Federa l costs on the inlanu waterways, and increase at the rate of five percent per year until the 25 percent cost reco\'e ry figure is reached , U nder the proposed legi s lat io n. the Secretary of the /\rmy (which has jurisdiction m r the Cor ps ol' Eng ineers) ma y le vy t hL· u:-.cr cha rges through s uch measures as !iCC llSL' !'cc:-.. "COl11!eStion" Charges. ton-mile rat e -. . lod::1ge kcs. or any ut her mean s. The bill has hecn rdcrred to the House l'om111iltLTS 011 Puh li c Works & Transponatitin . and \Vays & Mc.ms. • I I I I I I I I I I I • I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I •• • I I I I I I I I I �SIU Position on Manning Rates High at IMCO London-Delegates representing maritime nations around the globe have agreed to use the SIU-backed U.S. positio_n on manning as the basis for working out what promises to be the first worldwide standards linking crew size to the safe ope ration of merchant vessels. The delegates ·were part of the International Maritime Consultative Organization (IMCO) which met here from Jan. 22-26. For the first time, IMCO focused its full attention on setting mandatory minimum manning. The SIU has played a major role in formulating the U,.S. manning position and was represented on the U.S. delegation to the IMCO Conference. Philadelphia Port Agent John Fay represented the Union at the conference and reported that the delegation was successful in "estimating ground rules for what we feel are the basic principles of minimum manning. "Now we have to get these principles accepted," Fay said. "It's not going to happen overnight but I feel we have a solid foundation now to build on in the meetings ahead." In addition to John Fay, U.S . maritime labor was also represented by Henry Disley, president of the SIUNAaffiliated Maritime Firemen's Union. The lJ .S. paper o'n manning was developed in a serit:s of meetings held in Washington , D.C. prior to the IMCO Conference and attended by maritime industry, labor and Government representatives. The SIU submitted a complete set of guidelines for unlicensed crew size at ~hese meetings, which figured largely in the final U.S. paper. Establishing guidelines for manning rather than actual numbers is the concept underlying the U.S . position and thi s idea received widespread support at the IMCO Conference. The delegates agreed to postpone an y discussion of crew size until a conse nsus was reached on the duties and responsibilities involved in sa fe vessel operation. That consensus remains to be worked out in future IMCO meetings. The next one i planned for Jul 9. But opinions aired at the January conference indicate that the U.S. still face s an uphill battle to preserve a ll of its ba sic principles. Delegates from so me countries wen.: reluctant to recognize the importance of underway vessel mainte nance in planning for ma nning leve l . For examp le, the Liberian delegates insisted that it is impractical to man for peak work load situations and to carry extra men in anticipation of automated eqi;ipment breaking down, which constitrte two crucial safety concerns in th e U.S. paper. There was also some oppos ition to the U.S. effort to emphasize the human element or social factors which affect manning. That is, the fact that fatigue and boredom contribute to inattention and possible casualties. Yet, while getting these critical principles accepted ma y require a tough fight, the U.S. mad e important gains at the conference in the recognition of other esse ntial areas . Manning leve ls in the steward departme nt , for example , origina ll y had not been included o n the I MCO agenda. But the delegates rccogni1ed the steward department's s ig nificant contribution to ove rall hea lth and sa fety of the crew and agreed to consider the duties and respon sibiliti es of this department . A not he r area of U.S. concern which was not contested was the importance of preserv ing entry ratings in a ll departme nt s in order to keep the career ladder ava ilable for seamen. In add ition to manning , a number of training requirements relevant to the safe operation of merchant vess~ls were discussed ·at the conference. Two which were strongly backed by the SIU received high priority by the delegates: mandatory requirements for firefighting training; and a higher level of shipboard medical care provided through better trained personnel. Lakes Members Get 1.3-Cent COLA Effective Feb. I, 1979, cost of living adjustments added 13 cents to the hourly wage rate of Great Lakes Seafarers working under SIU contracts with the Great Lakes Association of Marine Operators (GLAMO) and Kinsman Lines. The 13-cent COLA was based on the Dec. I, 1978 Consumers Price Index which rose to 202. 9. Ever~' .J point rise in the Index tacks a one cent per hour increasl' unto the wages of Great Lakes SI ll members. The next cost of livin~ adjustment will be made on May I, 1979. U.S. Un.e mployment Rate Dips to 5.8°/o in January WASHINGTON, D.C . - The nation's jobless rate dipped slight ly to 5.8 percent last month from December's 5. 9 percent, the U.S. Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Feb. 2. There are now 5.8 million persons unemployed (one in four und er 20)' in the country today! In December 1977, the national unemployment rat~ was 6.3 percent. It averaged 4.6 percent from 1965 to 1974. The nation's civilian labor force is now over the JO 1.8 million workers mark - 59.3 percent of the population. Ttwre has been little change in the unemployment picture the last six months . However, black workers continue to bear the brunt of joblessness as 7.8 percent of black men are without work, 10. 6 percent of black women and 32. 7 percent of black teenagers . Only 4 percent of white men are jobless. The slight drop in the jobless rate, which has waffled between 5.8 pe rcent and 6.1 percent in 1978, came with an increase of 450,000 more workers in the labor force bringing total emp loyment to 96.3 million. Tota l black unemployment fell from 11.5 percent in December to 11. 2 percent last month. All tee nagers did well . Theirs dropped to 15. 7 percent from 16.5 percent. Female joblessness las t month dipped fro·m December's 5.8 percent to January's 5. 7 percent. T he Labor Department li sts 719 hig h jobless areas in the U.S. that will be given pr efere nce for Government contracts as their unemplo)?ment rate over a 12-month period was at least 20 sus tainable growt h path, a ll owing inflation to unwind ." Marshall de clared. "rhe challenge," h(,: continued, '•for emp lo yme nt policies will be to pro vide th training and job opportunities necessary to further r(,:duce structural unemployme nt and pla ce th e 4 percent unemplo yme nt goal within the reac h of non-inflati o nar y macru-econom1c policy." Dental Care Available to Bay Area Pensioners at USPHS For the very first time, San Francisco SIU pensioners and their families have been offered free, comprehensive dental care, limited to just fillings, by the area's USPHS Hospital's special, ongoing Dental Clinic Research Program . The purpose of the program is to investigate new and improved dental filling materials and restorative techniques which add to the durability of teeth. Fill ing s will be done with conventional and new materials under controlled conditions with ree xaminations of the filled teeth every year up to five years. T he hospital has been using Bay Area Delta Ecuador Committee ...... ;:. • 1!1!l>tiotl, trll'JU,~'1·~·., tlttl.UtJ~t1l pe rce nt over the national a vera ge . Rcccnt ly Sec retar y of La hor Ra y Marshal l told a news confcn.:nce that there has been " no reduction in om comm itmen t" to the jobs goal of th e Humphrey- Hawkins Full Emp loy me nt and Balanced Growth Bill. " I'm not going to be satisfied until the jobless rate gets to 4 percent." he added . "The challenge during the next five years will be to keep the eco nomy on n ., -i:::i ~;tt.~ !,;.. " .ia '. SIU Patrolman Teddy Babkowski (seated left) here early this month in the port of New York i~ with the Ship's Committee of the SS Delta Ecuador (D~lta Line) of (seated 1. to r.) Educational Direc:-tor Joseph O.liveri and AB Joseph V1olc;inte. The rest of the committee at the payoff were (standing I. tor.) Steward Delega!e Ra~dy Frazier. Deck Delegate 0. Manznnet, Reefe r Engineer Paul Hone~cutc, engine delegate and Recertified Bosun Vagn "Teddy" Nielsen, ship 's c hairman . military and civil service pensioners and their families (wives and children to 12) as dental patients. Two programs are held a year when 400 to 500 applicants are screened each time. Then 200 are selected who can keep appointments regularly. The first examination appointment lasts more than an hour. The second one will be two or three weeks later. SIU pensioner, Recertified Bosun Dan Ticer, already has his first appointment. For your screening appointment, c.aJJ 415-752-1400 Ext. 586-7. Ask for Mrs. Jones or Mrs. GFiffin. The hospital is at 15th Avenue and Lake Street. Running the program are Dr. Joseph P. Moffa, who began the project in 1966, and Dr. A. Jenkins, who came into the program in 1969. W. Paul Gonsorchik, 71, Dies; Retired SIU Official Sil char tcr member HJHi reti red offit:: i~tl W. Pau l Gon "orchi L I I. r;h-.cu awa\' ea riv this munth . Brnt hn ( iPll '> 1Jrchik- retir~d from th e Union in i\uguo.;t 1973 after ."U vc:ars of sen·icc. li t wa s la st a patro lm a-n in tht: port of Baltimore from 1966 until hi s rctin: mc nt . I le was born in Clarksburg. W. Va . and \\'a" a resident o f Baltimore. Gonsorchik sta rt ed sa iling in 19 28 a" a baker, chief cook and ch i ·f stewa rd . He joined the Union in 1938 in thL· port of New York. In 1940, he was elected di spatc her at the o ld Union Ha ll at 2 Stone St.. New York C it y. La ter o n he became a patrolman there. Before hi s sailing days, he wa s a veteran of the lJ .S. Marine Corps. In J942, he was elected as a rank-andfile committee member to th e War Defense Mediation Board for the War Bonus in Washington , O.C. Taking a leave of absence in 1943, he sa iled for six months. " Following the war, he took part as a negotiator and strike committee man in all major beefs , including the 1946 Ge nera: St ri ke, a nd thr, Citic :' · ~:· ,1ic<~ and Isthmian Lin~ beefs. W. Paul Gonsorchik From 1960 to 1962. he served as a patrolman, dispatcher and agent in the port of Norfolk. He then served as a patrolman in the port of Baltimore from 1962 to 1964, and iri San Francisco from 1964 to 1966 when he returned to Baltimore. S urviving arc his widow , Mary and a son, Ar t hur Pa u;. · February 1 979 I LOG I 11 ~ �; · I c /11isl Jn 1/1 e lh ' UST Al/antic .. M1 s. R nn Gr cJ O< 'S 11·1c' honrn ~. B hemolh or Ill es a. Ille UST Al/antic. Seafarers Crew UST Atlantic: Largest Ship N E ITH E R near-frce7.ing temperatures nor over<.:ast skies cou ld keep a crowd of so me 200 persons' from witnessing a traditional and hi storic event at the Newport News (Va.) Shipyard on Feh. J. It was the christening ceremony of the largest ship ever built in the Western Hemisphere : the 390:000 dwl. ultra large crude carrier UST Atlantic. All was tense and quiet as the ship's sponsor. Mrs. Elizabeth Kemp Renner. wife of Shell Oil Board of Director's membe r William B. Renner. s tood poi sed . champagne hot tic in hand. to do the hon ors that wou ld brin g good luck to th e sea-going be he moth. With the words "I c hri sten thee the UST A tla111ic." Mrs . Renner sw ung the bottle determinedly with both hand s. But. as if to demonstrate that the ship was strong and sound. a nd more than adequate to the task of carrying some 3 million barrels of crude oil , it took four attempt~ for the bottle to break, finally sending the bubbling. white foam streaming down the Atlantic's hull. After a loud cheer went up from the Eyes in th e fog: the Atlantic's radar system . 12 I LOG I February 1979 crowd of onlookers . the piped-in strains ot the "Song of th e High Seas" could be heard. appropr iate ly ending the ceremon y. Th e U.S T At la111ic has an overa ll length of 1. 187 feet and a beam of 228 feet (more than twice the length. and three times th beam of a T-2 tanker). She is 95 feet from keel to main deck and will have draft of over 70 feet when fully lnetd ed , The giant supertanker was built for he r owner. U.S. Trust. at a cost of$150 million over a 14-month period. She will · be permanentl y leased to . Shell Oil Co. and wi ll be operated by lnterocean Management Corp .. the deep-sea division of 1.0.T. The SIU has the res ponsibilit y of providin g unlicensed crew for the Atlantic, which will have a full complement of 32 seamen. In remarks given before the actual christening of the ship. Shell Oil's William B. R e nnt:r referred to 'the A tlantic a s an "awesome and beautiful thing." and went on to call the construction of the giant supertanker a "tremen- Looking forw::ird . showing the 228-f oot. beam of th e ship. �The modern galley on the UST Allontic . Ever Built in Western Hemisphere dous tribute to industry in the United States and the Newport News Shipyard . " Referring to shipbuilding efforts of. other countMe.s, he said, "Anything th"ey can do, we can do better." Those who complain, out of ignorance, that the American seaman is overpaid, should consider such things as productivity before making their pronouncements . In the case of the Atlantic, her 32-man crew will move in each trip enough o.il, when refined into gas, ·to drive 20,000 cars for 50,000 miles plus enough he~_ting oil to keep 30,000 homes warm over the course of a year. Twenty-six million gallons would still be left over for use in such products as garden hoses,. soap, aspirin, hosiery, clotliing, and light bulbs. The size of the Atlantic is almost mind-boggling. Her rudder is as tall as a four-story building and her propeller is over 31 feet in diameter. Her deck, equipped with several foam-gun fire stations resembling war-time gun tubs, is large enough to ~ccommodate four football fields. Roaming around her house, anc riding the elevator from d~ck One of several foam-gun fire statfons on the ship's deck. to deck. reminds one of a hotel. not a ship. Her rooms are moqern and spal:ious. But she is a ship, about which one shipyard supervisor said, "The jqb was no tougher really than (any other. We jusf had to think higger." That's it, you've just got to think bigger about ships like the A 1/a111ic, and remember that she's doing an even bigger jolJ...!:!t maintaining our standard of living, contrihuting to our economic growth, and supplying us with our energy needs -. The UST A 1/a111ic will be delivered by the end of the month and will soon be digging a trench across the ocean in search of her first cargo. Fven though the shipbuilding outlook isn't exactly bright in. this country. we can expect to see at least one more U LCC built in the near future. The Atlantic's sistership. the UST Pac(llc is already abuilding at the Newport News Shipyard (keel laid on Jan. 8) and should have her own christening before the year is out. The smokes tack of th e LJLCC The Bosun 's quarters on the ULCC . February 1979 I LOG I 13 �Lost Seafarer.ls 'Missed By All' LETTERS 0 TO TBE EDITOB On the Loss of 3 Dedicated Men I want to express personally to all my brother members, whether they may be ashore or at sea, that the SIU has lost three dedicated men with the deaths last year of SJ U Vice Presidents Earl Shepard and Paul Drozak and SIU Welfare Director Al Bernstein. These three men, with their strength and wisdom , helped to build a strong and democratic union that will hopefully live forever. I consider it an honor to have known these men, who during their SIU careers put the interest of the membership first and were always vigilant against those 1 who were our enemies. May they be regarded in deat h as they were in life - three fine Seafarers. Fraternally, Paul Capo, Retired Metairie, La. 'Enjoyed His life on the Tugs' · I wish to exp·ress my deep appreciation to the SIU for the check I just received representing the Death Benefit for my late husband Lloyd Cha lmers and for the promptness in sending it to me. Lloyd always enjoyed his life on the tugs and missed it very much after he retired. He was proud to be a member of the SIU and we both sincerely appreciated the benefits afforded to us. Again, my thanks for the SI U's kindness and consideration over the years. I wish to convey the sincere sorrow of the crew of the SS Delta Brasil at the loss of Seafarer Edward Eugene Arnold, who drowned in Belem, Brazil Nov. IO, 1978. Eddie was last seen as he fell from a launch into the water near the ship.· Despite immediate attempts to save him by the launch and others pre?ent at the scene, he was swept away and his body has not been recovered. Eddie is very much missed by all on board. He was well liked by all of his shipmates and was a good man who did his job well. · .A memorial service was held on board for Eddie at 1520 hours on Nov. I 2, 1978. The U.S. Flag, held by Eddie's shipmates at the service, will be sent to his mother when our ship returns to New Orleans. Also, the crew has donated a total of $700.00 in Eddie's memory which will also be sent to his mother upon our return. Fraternally, J. L. Cox, Master SS Delta Brasil SIU Waitress Saves Passenger Due to the alertness and quick action of our waitress, SIU member Dottie R. Regrut, the life of Mrs. Doris M. Smalian, a cruise passenger, was saved . The incident took place during dinner hour, departure Hong Kong Dec. 14, 1978. Mrs. Smalian choked on a piece of food. While her husband and fellow tablemates looked on helplessly, Dottie rushed over and successfully applied the "Heim lich method ." Dottie deserves the highest commendation. Not only that , she is a great asset to the ship. She is very competent, cheerful and helpful with the passengers and crew. When asked, Dottie replied that she had learned the Heimlich from shipboard demonstration s on this and other vessels. All of us are proud to have her aboard. Fraternally, Pieter Doele, Captain SS President McKinley Sincerely, Mrs. Edith Chalmers SS Stonevvall Jackson Crevv Came Through 011 behalf of myself and my family, I would like to thank the men abo.~rd the SS Stonewall Jacksvn, Voyage # 16, for their expressions of sympathy upon the death of my father. Also a special "thank you" to QMED Ronnie Laner, Bosun Carl Lineberry and Captain Schepis for their help in making my departure from the ship smooth and expedient. 'No Problem Was Too Big' The labo r movement has Jost one of its most highly respected leaders, just as the obituary notice in the Log states in the December issue. Earl "Bull". Shepard was one of the finest, most dedicated men in the labor movement in my humble estimation. No problem was too "knotty" for him to help unravel for a fellow union brother. If it was at all possible for him to solve, he would do it. His leadership qualities made Baltimore one of the finest Union halls to ship from in the United States. "Bull" epitomized true brotherhood in every way. We all miss him greatly. Fraternally, Larry Kincer, QMED Baltimore, Md. Fraternally, Clarence Cousins Butler, Pa. Cook and Baker /Ire You Getting Dishpan Hands? Well, get yourself out of the so(Jp suds! Upgr(Jr/e /11 t/Je Steward Dep(Jrfment (Jt HLS. Chief Steward-April 2r 30 Chief Cook-Apri I 2 Cook and Baker-April 2 Assistant Cook-April 16 0 0 0 0 Sign Up Now! See Your SIU Representative or Proudly displaying the certificate testify. inq to his recent successful completion of the cook and baker course at HLS is Ch erl8s Jon es . 14 I LOG I February 1979 Contact HLS 0 �SIU Fighting to Preserve 3-Watches on Towing Vessels ryile SIU has fired a hard-hitting 1 attack on the Coast Guard's current attempt to overrule legislation which for more than 40 years has mandated the three-watch work standards for crews of uninspected towing vessels (on voyages in excess of 600 miles). In an opposition letter sent late last month to the Coast Guard, the SIU spelled out the two pronged basis of its strong objection to the proposed ruling: • first, abandoning the threewatch system would create a serious threat to the health and safety of tugboat crews; • and second, that the Coast Guard lacks any legal or legislative authority to make such a change in maritime law. The three-watch standard was enacted by Congress in 1936 as a Section (673) of U.S. Code 46. Essentially, the 3-watch system sets an eight hourwatch(4 hrs..on-8hrs. off) for crews on vessels over IOO gross tons which operate on the Great Lakes and on coastal and offshore waters. Voyages less than 600 miles are exempted. However, now the Coast Guard has proposed an ••interpretive" rule which would replace the three-watch standard on these vessels with a 12hour, two-watch standard (6 hrs. on6 hrs. off). - "It is incredible," the Union protested, ''that the Government agency responsible for promulgating regulations to increase the safety of life at sea could propose a rule which seeks to regress to safety standards that existed a half century aeo. ,., The Union pointed out that the three-watch standard originally was enacted because Congress realized that the 12 hour work clause had been the cause of a number of merchant marine disasters at the time. The House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee has determined that the 12 hour clause placed vessels and crews in ••a constant state of jeopardy," the Union revealed, according to Congressional records from 1936. Furthermore, the SIU fee ls that the most telling legislative indictment ·of the impropriety of the Coast Guard proposal ••is that it has already been specifically rejected by Congress on a numbe r of previous occasions." In 1975, the Coast Guard lobbied for a bill seeking to extend the exempt ion of the three-watch stand- Official Publication of the Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic , Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Dis tri ct, AFL·CIO February. 1979 Vu l •II No;> Executive Bo rd Paul Hall President Frank Drozak Ext'cutive Vice President Cal Tanner Joe DiGiorgio Secre1ary· Treasurer Vice President Lindsey Williams Vice Presiden1 J B9 J ames Gannon Editor Ray Bourdius Assistant Editor Marcia Reiss Assistant Editor Edra Ziesk Assistant Editor Mike Gil len AJSistallf Editor Frank Cianciotti Photography Dennis Lundy I'lw tugraphy Marie Kosciusko Administrative Assistant George J. Vana Production/ Art Director Pu blished 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. (ISSN #0160-2047) ard from voyages of less than 600 miles to voyages shorter than 1800 miles. Congress considered it illad vised and did not even hold hearings on the bill. ··The Coast Guard evidently does not concur with the wisdom of their decision," the Union remarked in the letter. ··whereas the Congress thought it imprudent to extend the exemption of the three-watch standard to voyages of 1800 miles, you now propose to effectively ex te nd tha t exe mption to voyages of unlimited mileage and duration . With a single strok e of the regulatory pen, the Coast Guard seeks to promulgate a statute which goes beyond what the Congress finds unacceptable ." After stacking the leg islative arguments against the Coast Guard proposal, the SIU went on to charge the proposed ruling as being ··1egally suspect." Citing a 1977 U.S. District Court judgment, the Union revealed that the C oast Guard had been found outside its lega l authority in a previous attempt to undermine the three-watch standard. At that time , the Court determined that the Coast Guard has ··no authority whatsoever for nullifying the three-watch requirement of Section 673 ." It found that the Coast Guard cannot overrule the standard by its own regulations, as it is also trying to do in the current attempt, but must .. petition Congress for a statutory amendment." The Union a lso strongly objected in its letter to another Coast Guard proposal which attempts to define ••rest time " for a licensed operator on uninspected towing vessc Is ... Rest time" is meant to insure that the operator is sufficiently rested to perform hi s duties in a safe and alert manner. Hut the Union s:1id the Coast Guard\ new proposal is ··u nclear, inadequate , improper and totally mean in gless." Rather th a n issue regulation s which do nothing or do great harm to existing manning standards, it is the SIU 's position that the Coast Gu a rd shou ld initial meas ures lo more fully promote the safety of life and property at sea in stead of hind e ring it. Join the SPAD Checkoff Program in 1979 February 1979 I LOG I 15 �De lta Peru Committee At Sea SS Sa nta Mariana Cargo lashed to the deck of the SS Santa Mariana (Delta Line) included four speedboats which will next be seen in the next James Bond, Agent 007 movie. The unusual cargo was shipped from the port of Wilmington, Calif. to "on location" site in Buenos Aires. Three of the four speed boats will be used as props in the new movie thriller. They will be blown to bits during an action-packed scene. The last sp edboat will be put on display for publicity purposes. Washington, D.C. The National Maritime Council, a coalition of labor and management working for a stronger U.S. maritime industry named W. Patrick Morris, exchief minority counsel and staff director of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, as its legislative director. Morris worked three years for the House committee and for two years earlier as deputy gene.ral counsel for legislation and litigation for the Maritime Administration. In 1973, he worked a year as special assistant of the general counsel of the U.S. Department of Commerce involving merchant marine and international trade matters. Egypt-Israel By U.S. law, half of the 100,000 metric ton cargo of $14.5 million in wheat Egypt will be allowed to buy in the United States under the Public Law 480 Program must be carried in U.S. flagships. The same applies to ·the $5.4 mi ll ion (or 400.000 metric tons) in wheat and wheat flour Israel bought under the same Title I agreement. New Orleans Ogden Marine Inc. has signed a contract with Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans to build two U.S . flag 42,000 dwt multiproduct tankers. The 5hips are set for delivery in 198 t. ST Beaver State The ST Beaver State(Westchester Marine) got the green light from MARAD early this month to make two voyages from Alaska's North Slope to the Exxon Benecia Refinery, San Francisco . The 91,849 dwt tanker replaces the supertanker 62.434 ton Manhattan (Hudson Waterways) undergoing repairs in the Bay area. The Beaver State's owner had to refund to the Government a part of the original construction differential subsidy as such ·1id is barred to vessels operating in the domestic trades. Th e ship ·s co mrnill ee of lhe SS Oeltn Pew (D elta Lin c l paid off last monlh at th e . 39 1h SI Dock . Brooklyn . N .Y. Sca led ( I. to r l wo r ' Recertifi ed Bos un Pe ter Sc rnyk . sh1 p·s c hairm an and St cwa rrl Do i ga te Carlo.:; Lop z. St anding (I lo r.l were Dec k l , lega te Arn e Bock man. Engin0 IJc loga lc Ro lJcrl Agrno . C hief Stewa rd Rob .rl H11 tch 1ns. scc rc lary-re port c r c=inrl Educa li onal D irec tor Ross Laa sc . Notite to Members On Jo/J Call Procedure When throwing in for work during a job call at any SIU Hiring Hall, members must produce the following: • membership certificate • registration card • clinic card • seaman's papers Take One Giant Step Toward Building a Better Future Upgrade at HLS Galliano, La. Construction started late last month on the country's first operating offshore super oil port (LOOP) project as drilling rigs began work near here in southern Louisiana. With the launching of the $513-million-'irst phase of the three phase superport, the project expects to off-load its first tanker in late 1980 and be fully operationa l in 198 1. The first phase will be able to.hand le 1.4 million barrels of crude oil daily. Final daily capacity shou ld be 3.5 m illion barrels. LOOP is composed of five big oil and pipeline companies. It is regulated by a new state agency, the Louisiana Superport Authority. Supertankers will offload at Gulf platforms 19 miles out into a 24,000 foot, 56inch pipeline connected to the Clovelly Salt Dome. The dome storage unit can store 4-million barrels of crude. By the year 2010, the superport is expected to increase Louisiana's refining capacity by 1.6 million barrels daily. The first phase of the project was financed through the public sale of a $450 mill ion revenue bond issue approved by the state. SS Puerto Rico The trailership SS Puerro Rico (PR MM) began .a new weekly run early last month between the ports of Charleston, S.C. and San Juan, P.R. via Jacksonville. Fla. She has 278 40-foot trailers and can carry I 30 autos. Baltimore Last year this port ;,et a record of 4.29-million tons of containerized cargo handled. Containers account for 56 percent of the cargo moved in and out of the port. Total cargo moved was 6.31 million tons. In 1977, Baltimore handled 3.38 million tons of containers. These Courses Starting Soon LNG-April 2, 30 FOWT-April 12 Pumproom Maintenance and .Operation-April 16 Marine Electrical Maintenance-April 30 Welding-April 16 AB-April 26 Towboat Operator Scholarship Program-April 9 Celestial Navigation-April 30 Chief Steward-April 2, 30 Chief Cook-April 2 Cook ·and Baker-April 2 Assistant Cook-April 16 Lifeboat-April 12, 26 Tankerman- April 12, 26 Washington, D. C. A new, JO-section Hall of American Maritime-Enterprise is open for visitors in the Smithsonian Institute here. On view includes the SS Charles W. Morgan whaleboat; liner Levi than paneling; working engineroom, towboat pilot house, the 1884 Capt. J. W. Collins National Watercraft Collection of hundreds of models of schooners. clipper ships and fishing and river boats, tattoo parlor. nautical art, scrimshaw exhibit and two theaters. 16 I LOG I February 1979 To enroll contact HLS or your SIU Representative Sign Up Now! Upgrading Pays Off When It's Time to Pay Off �LUNDEBERG REPORT / PINEY POINT, MARYLAND 20674 HARRY LUNDEBERG SCHOOL Starting At the Upon completing the 12-wee k ourse, e\ cr,v stud ent is p laced in his or her first job aboa rd a sh ip or boat-and a new career is begun . The stud ents who graduate from this program are the ski ll ed seafar ers a nd boatmen of tomorrow. And they are qualified for the tasks t h e~· must perform today. Their presence in the work force upgrades the qua li ty of the entire maritime indu st r y . In 1978, 1,082 yo ung m en and wo men enter ed the indu. tr~' . They went aboard S IU-conl rac.:ted vesse ls ready to do their work and build their futures. And for eHc h of these yo ung people. a job was avai labl e. Eve r~· one of them was helping to till the need in indu stry for ski lled workers. 614 of th ese g raduates s igned on ocean-go ing vessels as ent ry rating:. Another 408 r eported foi· work aboard boats and barger-;. 60 more of t h em are now working on t he Great Lakes . Some of the. e students are filling j obs left vacant by seafarers and boatmen who a<lvaneed their cai·eers. Oth er s have jobs aboanl brand new ves8e ls which enter ed . ervice vvithin the last year. _ In additi on to mee ting current manpowe1· needs, these gradua t es are al8o the potential AB's. FOW'T's, QMED's, Coo ks , Stewards and Bosuns of tomorrow. They assure SIU-contracted companies that their eq uipm ent w'ill be manned by competent, career-oriented v\·o rk ers . And these students are motivated to ad van ce . Th ey are t h e products of the Lundeberg- Scl iool's caree r-ladd er a pproach to edu cation. Such optimi sm about the future pote nt ial of th ese graduates is based on ., past experience. The reco rd sho ws that I !LS lrain ees return to the sc hool for further educati on and trainin g . In 1978 a lone, ove r 500 upg rade rs were former trainees. These arc upgrad ers \\h o. on ly a f ew years-or months - ago. were repo rting aboard sh ips. boats and barges for their first jobs- jobs that led to careers in the opportunity-filled SIU-contracted fleet. For them, and for the graduates of '78, the potential and the promise of t he basic vocational education program is being fulfilled . ....,. . . . �Nothing Less Than A N e-w Life 1 Real education leads to growthand all personal growth is educational. At the Seafarers Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center, a very important kind of education takes place-seafarers and boatmen are educated to lead new. lives free from dependence on alcohol. The prog ram offered at the ARC i one of the newest growth opportunities for seafarers. It began in 1976. Sin e that time 255 seafarers and boatmen have re-learned a po itive view toward life and self. During his six-week stay at the ARC, the resident spends his time learning about himself and his disease. Each week, he participates in educational groups, readings and lectures that cover such topics as the . disease concept of alcoholism, the basics of recovery, feelingshow to recognize and cope with them, the benefi~s of living . sober, the family a1:>pects of alcoholism, the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous for recovery, going home and aftercare. Individual and group counseling sessions complement this curriculum of self-study. But the program is not all inward-looking.' Residents are helped to see the outside world, too, through eyes undimmed with the haze of alcohol. Many aspects of the program contribute to this new look at life-boat trips, arts and crafts, sports, museum tours, and fi shing for example. The residents also welcome visitors to the ARC for a cookout one Sunday each month during the spring and summer and host community AA group several times each week. . The strengthening influence of the ARC also reaches beyond the residents themselves to touch their families through a family counseling program. Similarly, the ARC works to prevent alcoholism through an ongoing alcohol education program which reached 1,050 trainees and 104 A-Seniority up·graders in 1978 alone. Although the ARC is located in Valley Lee, Maryland, the influence of this young program is felt throughout the maritime industry-every SIU port has ref erred residents to the ARC, and these residents have returned to the civman fleet with new hope and renewed talents and abilities. The majority of the 255 former re.sidents are t_oda.yr healthy, productive maritime workers-important · elements of the industry's moEt vital resource, its people. students develop .talents alcoholic rehabilitation program is helping many seafarers build new lives. Left. Upgraders and trainees alike use the Arts and Crafts Center at HLS to develop their talents and express their creativity. Probably no profession is more noted for t~rn development of its own art forms than seafaring. It is surely a profession that lends itself to self-expression through art. At HLS, the Arts and Crafts Center encourages artistic growth and appreciation in the students. Last year, approximately 10 percent of the upgrading students and 35 percent of the trainees used the facilities at the Arts and Crafts Center to express their creativity and develop new skills. Instruction offered at the Cen.ter includes stained glass, enameling, silver smithing, woodworking, leathercraft, model boat building, decoupage, drawing, painting, sculpture, and the seafaring crafts of macrame and scrimshaw. Additionally, two courses were developed which have received credit from Charles County Community College. In all the courses, ~ the emphasis is on creative expression through the use of available materials. Because seafarers and boatmen are removed from the shops and stores which carry hobby supplies, they must learn to enjoy their crafts through the use of materials which are easily trans. ported or readily available aboard ~a}vessel. The Arts and Crafts Center has also contributed much to the students' artistic appreciation through such varied activities as monthly field trips to area galleries and museums, art shows of students' work and sponsoring noted marine artist Peter Egeli as a speaker at the school. In summary, the Center provides yet an.other growth area for HLS students. It opens to them the world of art and the seafarer's heritage of contribution to this world. developing the human potential of seafarers What is it' about the L~ndeberg School that 111akes the growth of the whole person possible? It's the at111ospherethe '~feel"-of the place. Th e grounds and buildings are attractive and well-kept. They provide surroundings that are pleasant, peaceful, designed to foster learning. The staff are well managed and motivated-professional people devoted to education and encouraged to teach unencumbered by paperwork, forms and rigid systems. Their time and energies are required to be directed toward the student and his success-a requirement that lets the true teacher reach his professional goal of educating each student. The instructors and teachers at HLS have high expectations of . their students, and the students respond. They want to succeed and believe they can succeed because their teachers believe they can. · The feeling of mutual confidence is 18 . LO G Fr.; bn1 r=i ry 197 9 the ideal atmosphere for learning. The students want to lea_rn. The staff is dedicated to helping them. Yet, despite the Lundeberg School's concern for each individual, the trendy, sometimes-chaotic, do-:your-own-thing approach to education has never been part of HLS. The process of learning must be disciplined and orderly. So, standarcis are .et, attendance is re~ quired, rules will be obeyed. Thus, each individual is helped and encouraged to grow. But a framework . of positive discipline is provided. That's the atmosphere of HLSpeaceful surroundings, enthusiastic goal-setting, concern for each individual, direction-not distraction. And this atmosphe.re is the reason HLS and its students succeed. The atmosphere at HLS contributes much to the educational process. Above is the Vocational Education Building. Below is the Academic Scheolship Charles S. Zimmerman. �Seafarers Practice Safety .And these graduates have a fin e safety r(leor<l. Ov r the yea r s. students who have eompleted these courses hav e lieen co mmend ed for s uch di\. "l's ' achic,·eme nt. · as l'e;-;cuing a man overboard at sea, pre\'enting a disa ster after a har~e collision. and revh ing a heart attack victim. Ciearl y in today's workplace, the most valuable worker is one who is safety conscious. And the graduates of HLS-educated and trained to be Raf e worker. -make a valuable contribution to America's merchant fleet. helping those who served Obviou~ly, job seeurit.) <ind job opportunities ('Xist for the stu- dents at HLS. In an etf01t to assi st vetenlns in making thei1· re-ent1·y into civilian lif .>, the school ·rnd the S1 U an• cooperating to offer them training and the benetits of union mt>mbership. Through a spe~ial prog;ram, vets with the nece.::ary sea experience can attend courses at HLS and earn ratings i.n the deck, engine, and st eward departments. The program began in July, 1978. By the end of the year, 46 Vets had ca1·ncd cndon•ement. or certificate. in th fol1o\\'ing- area. Able Seaman FOWT Lifeboat Cook and Baker 16 11 26 2 Seafarers today ... Safe work habits are part of every course at HLS. One of the mo ·t universal concerns in industry today is safety on the job. The r sponsihjJjty for 8afety in the work place rests with both the employer, who mu st provide safe conditions, and with the worker, who must learn accident pre\'ention and em ergency procedures. The SIU membership have acce p ted thei1 · l'espons i!Jilit.'· fo1· saf'l'ty. They have done so by learning how to prevent and, if necessary. cope with emergencies aboard a sh ip or boat. HLS has developed a variety of rourses to assist seafarers and boatmen in learning and improving Lheir safety and survival skills. During 1978, HLS students took full advantage of these courses. 1,303 students took and passed the Coast Guard examination for the Libeboatman endorsement. They left the school with a full working knowledge of emergency --.nd rescue procedures at sea. Similarly, l ,649 students earned firefighting certificates after being instructed in fire prevention and attending a full day of practical firefighting training in Earle, New Jersey. Finally, 1,251 st udents earned Red Cross, First Aid anct 1 or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Certificates through the8e training courses at HLS. All of the~e students now bring lo their jobs safety consriommes~ and emergency preparedness-at·t.itudes and skills thal could not have been cteveloped without tniining and erlucation. They're Professionals Profession-not just a job, hut a career that IH'ing~ fe lings of self- worth and pride in ach ie,·eme11 t. Seafarers totlay se -' th e ir work as a profession. For th is reason, they are wi !ling to st ud y and to de\·elop new .. kills that go alJO\' and beyo nd the basic req uireme nt .. or an.v g iven job. Th e Lllnde!Jerg S ·hool offers a sen es of advanced and spec ial izcc.I ·ourses that arn design ed for prnfcssiona l st>afarcr . . Last y ar, ~Rfi seafa r r .· com pleted such courses. After intensive training in s uch areas as elertricity, ca l'go handling. refri geration systems, and automation, thl' grad11atcs rrtu r11 ed to the sh ip s of the ::SIU-co 11 traclec' fi e ,t ready to appl~r their advanced ski ll s. Today's SIU member sees himself as a professional and takes pride in his ski1ls. ~O\\', they ar c• se n ·i11 g- as chif'f. p11mpm n aboard s ttpt rtankl' l'." , n ·rrigeration mec hanic s 011 ('0!1laincrships . and clect ririan s ahoanl all typps of vessels . fn addition, 111any of the seaf;1rer s prepa red for .iobs that are st ill in th<' fnturc- .i olis nlioarcl L JC ra1Tie r s yet to \Je built and dicsclpowered vessels construclccl with fuel conservation in mind. Through th e advanced and sp0eialized courses at HLS, th.ese seafare1·s are reaching the top of their profession today anct are preparingfor a secure and challenging- f11t11re tomorrow. Serving A Motivated Membership HLS serves a uniqu e student population. In the main. this popu lat ion doe, not come to the sc hool with clearly defined goa ls for academic achievement. The students arc job-oriented. They want to beg-in, or advance, their career s. Yet. last year, 70 seafarers took advantage of an independent study pro rram in . pccri reading. Th e t acher in the evening mathematic s program offered assistance to students +who wanted to improve their skills 830 times. Other st udents vo lunlaril y asked for help in improving their reading skills 283 Limes. These numbers-while they are impressive in themselves-are most s ignificant because they represent human beings. They represent HLS students who were motivated to learn not only the skills of their jobs but also the important sur\'ival skills of reacting and ;1rnth. For most of these student , the moti\ ation to learn more than is required in the vocational class repre sents a r~al · change in attitude from the day they first arrived at HLS. And the c.hange comes ::i.bout because . t'h e students respond to the unique educational approach at HLS- an approach that has only r ecenlly rel'eivcd widespread r ecognition i 11 the United States. Th is approach is the conviction of t h e HLS staff that academie a nd \'ocational skills arc complemenbtry. They must be developed together if th e worker is to truly s ucceed in hi s profession. Th in st ru cto r s at HLS use lhis approach to mot ivate their students lo total educational ach ievcment. Th ey mphasizc the va lue of jol> skil ls for job sec urity and academic s kills as a foundation for career growth. And th e <tpproarh works! Thl' 11u mhc·r of :-:tudcnts who r<'spond ed to it <tl'e prnof of this. Sp<'Cd read in g, liasi<' 1nalh. remedial reading- ach sl udent's I v I of ;tchiev enwnt and 11rea or work is diffe r •nt. Bul there is a shared altitud e of motivation toward S( lf imprnvem 'llL Earh student secs himself as moving· 11 p to l>c th0 hl·st h e C";rn 11 •('Ome. Tl 1rou gh his e:q >l'ril 1H:e at HLS. he is lParning nol only .ioh :-:kills- h e's learning Lo tal<L' a Ill'\\ look at education and its place in his who le life as ;.1 worker and as a person. 1 0 At HLS, students are motivated to improve themselves through independent study programs. .. ; " . '. I ·.. I: l I 19 L, �An IndustryA Union- A School- The newly-contracted Delta ships (right) provided many opportunities for Reafarers with skills in refrigeration. Last year seven seafarers completed the maintenance of shipboard refrigeration systems course (left), seven more graduated from the reefer/utility course and 69 earned endorsements as refrigeration engineer. Gro"\t\'ing Together Seafarers in the black gang upgraded at HLS to take advantage of new job opportunities in tlie Engine Department. Many prepared themselves to work aboard diesel-powered sh ips s uch as the SIU-contracted Sea Land Adventurer (above, left). 70 Seafarers earned endorsements as QMED (above, right) , and 23 more took the specialty course in diesel engine fundamentals. , II • New ships mean new jobs. But new skills are required aboard the many SIU-contracted LNG carriers; all Seafarers aboard these vessels attended the LNG course at HLS (above, left). 294 graduated from the class in '78 and ·many more are enrolling now to prepare for the LNG ships to be launched in '79. Modern SIU tankers such as the Overseas Chicago (right) provide many job oppor.tunit.ies for the graduates of such HLS courses as automation (above, right) and Pumproom Maintenance and Operations (above, left). 437 Seafarers completed one or more such advanced courses in '78. a THE HARRY LUNDEBERG SCHOOL I A Message from the President of HLS As the staff of the Lundeberg School look back over 1978, a nd over the 11 years HLS has bee n in existence, we see a tradition in the making. A tradition of excellence in e du ca tion. A trad~ ition of helping both individual workers and a n entire industry. Collec tiv ely, the school, the SIU and the industry have come a long way. Today, thanks to the many programs at HLS, the school is r e presented by at l eas t one graduate aboard every piece of equipment i n the SIU-contrarted inla nd and de ep sea fl eets. And the i ndustry is better because of the s kills and motivation these graduates brin g to the job . Th e membership, too, is better because of HLS. SIU members enjoy job security and a better way of life because the school offers the way to help them prepare for the challenges of th e future -today. Sea Land Finance (above) is one of the many SL/7's which wm carry Quarterma&ters who earned this rating through . upgrading at HLS (below ) . These are our successes. But the future is an ever-present challenge. Th e re is still a long way to go. Changes are certain. HLS and the SIU membership mlUit prepare for them. We must continue to accept and meet the need for self improvement. All of us at HLS are motivated to continue our tradition of service to the SIU membership and the maritime industry . The key to our success is the willingness of eve ry SIU member to let u s work with him to meet his needs. This is the r eason HLS exists. With this philosophy in mind, it is clear that the school will continue to g row and will become as exce llent as th e SIU memb ers hip is willing to let it become. With the past as an indi cation of our future, we c;in be)iev e that the hori zons for lll .S , th e SIU and our i ndu stry ar e bright ind eed . On the waterways, new boats and barges are entering service daily (above). HLS helped meet the manpower need by graduating 408 trainees who've been trained as deckhands and t ankermen, 12 diesel engineers and 62 Vessel Operators who earned 128 licenses through t he Transportation Institute Towboat Operator Scholarship Program (right). 20 I LOG I lub ruary 1979 ~~ Haz el Brown, Pre sident Harry Lundeb e r g School 1-ebru;iry 19 79 ' l_OG i 21 '-· �• 202. That's the number of diplomas-and dreams-that were ach ievecl tlll'ough the High School Equiva lency (GED) Program at IIL ~ in 1978. No\\· in its ighth yea1·, t his program has helped 1160 people achieve their dreams. For each of these people, the moti\·ation to earn that diploma wa s different. One seafarer did it to keep his granddaughter from dropping out of school. Another becau se h e felt that h e needed high school level math to handle upgrading in th e Engine Department. Still another because, when he dropped out of school in the seventh grade, it was from the necessity to help ~upport his family-getting his <liploma was a chance denied him m his youth . .· although the goal is :-;ame. each stu<lent brings to program his own individuality. They are from every area of the country, of every race and nationality. The oldest student was 76the youngest, 16. And, because the teaehers recognize this individual· ity, the students succeed. In fact, they have a success rate of 95 o/l:' . Over 1,000 Diplomas Earned fare Plan "Charlie Logan" Scholarships have been graduates of the high sch ool equivalency program. They are now pursuing advanced studies in such areas as law, hotel management and electronics. So, the GED program has had,, and is having-a big impact on the SIU membership and on the maritime industry. As a result of this program, 1160 workers are stronger and more motivated because their dream came true; because the.\· are high school gra<luates. Individual attention for each student is the basis for the success of the GED program. 111 contrast, the national success rate for the high school equivalency exam is under 5orr-. Th e respect f 01· ench .stu dent a: an individual leads to a uniqu e teaching approach in the Academic lJe}JHrtmenL at HLS. A pre-te~t determ ine.s the st udent' s areas of :'trength and weakness. The teache1 .s then develop a program of .::;t ucJy especiall y for him. Thu s, every student concentrates his effort s on learning what he needg to know. No time is wasted coverin g material he has already grasped. To in sure the success of thi R approach, GED classes at HLS are kept small so the teach er can cone ntrate on each student's needs. She becomes involved in hi s goal. She cares . And the students respond to this caring attitude. As GED graduate Carl Barrett said, "The teachers are p~tient and give each student individual attention .. .. I know I would never have gotten my diploma on my own." Boatman Alex- ander Borawick added, "The teachers helped me with a problem until I understood it." Seafarer John Funk felt that, "I received a lot of individual help from the teachers." Of course, t h e success of these .QTaduates E: ncourages oth e L to tr,\· for their diplomas, too. Their achieve m ents motivate others to try. The combination of a n outsta nding record of success and a completely supportive atmosphere makes it poss ible for individuals to r ealize their dreams through hard \vork and motivation. And what impact does rr1aking a dream come true have on a person? He or she grows as an individual. they believe in themselves; they are motivated to do more and be more. HLS has ample evidence of· this in the numbers of GED graduates who enter upgrading courses, who enroll in advanced and special·· ized classes, who apply for scholarships. In fact, during the last few years, several recipients of Seafarers Wel- ....._ For each stcdent, the 1,11otivation to earn a diploma is different, but an share the goal of personal achieve- ment. :>:' " ' . ·m ··"' ;).:'"· Making Dreams · ComeTrue Reading Program Meets Basic Need The Armed Services are recog111zmg the problem-they can't frai n many new recruits because the recruits can't read. American high schools are recognizing the problem-students can't pass compete ney exams because the students can't read. HLS recognized the problem in 1970, and the school ha s been doing something about it ever s ince. HT ,S has offered instruction in J,a:' ic reading skill~ since that date, and thi s year 1,159 seafarers were h elped to achie ve new self-sufficienc y and t rainahilit>· th1·ou gh the :'thool's va riou s prng-rams in the reading la h. Th e 11 eeds nr tl1e:'<' studenb nuied greatly-some needed h elp in reading comprehension or vocab- · ulary lrnilding; sonw wanted to lea n1 effective study ski ll s; ~ ome s pok e Englis'h as a second language . And th e rending Jab respon ded to nncl met all ·these needs. 22 f • , · .- • , II/ " In fact, the role of the reading programs at HLS is vita l to the s uccess of many of the school' graduates . Because the question of students' success was never "Can they do the. job?" Of cou rse they could! Many of them had years of expe ri enc e aboard ships or boats. In the HLS reading Jab. teaching methods are tailored to the needs of every student. Their abi lities with lines, engines and other gear were ne\·el' dou btecl. Rather, the question \Vas "Can thes e people· read \\·ell enough to pass a test that will allow them to do the job~ for ·which they were t ·ainecl ?" In the case of the st udents who work ed in th e JILS reading lab, the answer was a · r esound ing "Yes!" Had iL IJl' C ll othen,:ise. th e failure of the students· would have heen a tragedy. Th ey would hav e hee n locked into lm\·-rnnking: .iok vith no opport unity to move up or contribute their expertise. It would ha.ve been a tragedy for industry, too. which would have lost the much-needed sk.ills that these ~tu­ dents possessed . · 1, 159 s u r h trage<l i es were pre\' en ted in 1978, hecause the reading lab met the ed ucationa l nee d~ of seafarers and boat1nen wh o a t tend Pd HT ,S. �A center for learning, reading, relaxing-this jg the Library at HLS as' seen by the students it erves. And certainly the Liln·ary's collections of fiction, periodicals. non-fiction and profes ·ional puLlications are a vital part of the learning system at HLS. But the Library goes far beyond its fundamental role as a central location fm· reading and reRearch. At the Lundebe1:g School. the Li brary is deeply involved in preserving maritime history and heritage. In 1978, all issues of the Lo.r1 from its first edition through today were microfilmed to preserve this vita l record of the growth of the SIU. More issues of the Lo,g were indexed, so that this newspaper may becoming a whole person ~· Library services are expanding to include videotaping of courses. H LS. Library More Than Just Books become a reference tool for maritime researchers. Ah:;o in 1978, the Library reached beyond its doors and into the HLS classrooms as its audio-visual specialists assisted many instructors in videotaping classes for independent study by students. A colleetion of other audio-visual aids was developed to help students study topics of interest on their own. Finally, the Library began sponsoring a series of films and speakers who discussed such topics of student interest as lobbying, in- Acquiring skill s and putting them to use on the job is the goal of the students at HLS. But the Lundeberg School's goal for its gtudents is broader. HLS is dedicated to developing the whole person. After exposure to the philo ophy of the school and after seeing this philosophy in action. the tudents come to accept it as their own. They come to see themselve as more than just workers. In light of this larger view, the \ital role of counseling services at HLS is evident. Through group and individual co unseling, the individual , tudent at HLS is helped to define his roles as family member. community member and crew member. The counselors at HLS strive to help each sludent in t h is process of definition-and the stud ents respond to this willingness to help. In 1978, 244 individual counseling , essiorn; were held with upgraders and 829 with trainees. Since HLS vestments and maritime art. In short, as the Lundeberg School has grown, the Library has grown also. The progress of HLS is reflected in the progress of the Library. As 1979 begins, plans are under way to constrl1ct a new library building at HLS that will offer the space and facilities for expanding all of the Library's services to the school. Most importantly, though, this building will· reflect the love of education, books and learning which is such a vital part of HLS. The HLS Library is a pleasant place for students to read and relax. students mu t be able to function in relation to others in a crew or community, group counseling sessions for trainees and for upgrarler. were also well attended. Through a better understanding of se lf, HL students are r aching a better understanding of their career de\·elopment and their role as \vorkers in 1he totality of their lives. \ \ Beyond the Campus The efforts of HLS on behalf of seafarer., boatmen and the maritime industry are not limited to the cla sroom . The school staff are regularly involved in national and international forums at which American maritime must be represented and heard. During 1978. the school staff represented the industry's interests to such diverse groups . as TMCO, the Oil Companies' International Marine Forum, the Federal Committee on Apprenti.ceship, and the Federal Railroad Administration. Within the United States, the ex pertise of the staff at the school is well-recognizerl. They are routinely reqt1ested to testify in congressional h ea rings on marine su hjects and to spea~ ~ in education3:l forums at in sti lutions of higher lea rning such as the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and Yale Unive1·s ity. · The school . ta ff is also extens iv e !~· inYoh·cd in pro fessional ::;oc ieties concerned with education and the maritime indu stry . Among the many such societies in which staff members parti cipated in 1978 \V ere the National Transportation Appren Lic.:e.s h ip Co 111'e1·ence. the l\la ri time -Training Advisory Board, the International Reading Association, the Maritim e Transportation Research Board and the Cryogen ic Society of America. ThEse a<:ti\·ities of' the H !,S staff are n vitally imporlant se n ice to their students and to the indu s1T.\·. n,\' Laking tlH il' ex p >rt ise in \·a riou s areas of maritime into the pu lili<' forum, the staff are al)le to explain and advance the int~ r ests of the people and the industry. they · serve. 1 A Center for Industry, Labor, Learning Since HLS is operated jointly by labor and management, the school provides the ideal environment for conferences and meetings which contribute to the betterment of the entire industry . . In 1978, the school hosted many such activities. On several different occasions, seafarers and boatmen met at HLS to discuss the membership's needs in relation to contract negotiations. Numerous educational conferences were also held to info rm members about developments and concerns in thejr industry. To insure that membership communication remained effective and ongoing, monthly membership forums were held at the school and were attended by all studen ts. Frequently, representatives from SIU-contracted companies visited HL-S to discuss such training needs as pumproom operations, diesel The Trustees' Meeting was among· the many industry functions hosted by the Lundeberg School in 1978. engineering and refrige1·ation. In fact, industry involvement is continuous in the development of programs at HLS. Again in 1978, for example, the, school welcomed the Towing Advisory Board, a , group of representatives from the to\\'ing industry who annually ad\' '.'-' the HLS staff about curriculum and course content. Also in 1978, the Lundeberg .School welcomed the HLS Trustees for a meeting. The school extends its facilities to other union and industry organizations, too. LasL year memhers of the Sailors Union of the Pacific, the Marine Firemen and Oilers and the former Marine ( 'ooks and Stewards Union met at HLS to discuss and observe the training opportunities available to s eafarers. These varied activiti-es extend the educational process beyond the classroom. Since HLS h; a eentel.:' for inc!u stry and membership communication. the students enjoy an additional learning experi nee. They sec and hear first-hand the i~s11 es affecting maritime today and the people who are handling those issues. Perhaps even more importantly, the students learn the vital role they, as seafarers and as individm 13 play in the continued \ success of that industry._ Febru ary 1l1 79 LQ(, 23 �• & During 1978, 155 seafarers earned their AB tickets at HLS. Upon graduation, each new Ahle Seaman had a job waiting for him. The jobs were there, and HLS met the need for skilled manpower to fill them. This is an important key to the school's success in vocational ed u- 155 AB's c:alion. HLS is flexibl e. Its course ofTerings and manpower alloc:ations reflect the needs of the maritime inrlustry. In 1978, U.S.-flag ships needed AD's. In 1978, HLS provided trained AB's to man these ships. Based on this experience in meeting indu stry needs, the school can forecast its challenges for 1979. And the present forecast calls for eve n more AB jobs this year. In a way, HLS is partly responsible for the industry-wide demand for its graduates. The school has ga ined a reputation for quality of education. Students who graduate from HLS are trained, reliable workers. They spend their time at the school learning the theory of their jobs in class anc1 applying this theory during on-the-job training. When they leave HLS, they are ready and able to perform. Since quality is the halimark of a Lundeberg graduate, there is great demand in industry for his skills. For him, the job opportunities are numerous indeed. And seafarers can rely on their school to help them take advantage of these opportunities. In 1978, 155 Ordinary Seamen were able to seize job opportunities that were just waiting for them thanks to the AB program at HLS. 308 Ratings For any seafarer, holding a rating in his department is a big step -.. up in his career ladder. 153 Fireman !Watertender and 155 Oiler Engine department seafarers earned hundreds of ratings at HLS in 1978. For Each graduate a Job was waiting 1978 was an outstanding year for professional growth among seafarers and boatmen. Clearly, the numbers for last year really do speak for them selves: 155 Seafarers equipped themselves to take jobs as AB's through the Able Seaman Course at HLS. ratings "·ere earned at HLS last year. Anct eacli rating represented career growth for a seafarer. For the seafarers who achieved these ratings , there was a _lot of incentive to get ahead. Jobs were there waiting to be filled. In the engine department, 1978 was a year of opportunity, and 1979 looked , even better. This promi sing outlook is proving to be a reality. Many FOWT courses are scheduled to be offered at HLS, and the 1978 graduates are experiencing the security of full employment. Of course, this security is something they earned . They were "\i ·iJJing to work hard and to lea i;n ne\\· skills. Through their success, the SIU is meeting its manning commitments throughout its contracted fleet. It is m::iintaining its reputation for reliability. Thus, the individual success of each member is contributing to the strength cf the entire SIU organization. And each seafarer is contributing to the growth <tnd stability of his industry. As a result, HLS graduates in the engine department-and every department -are experiencing the benefits of trade unionism at its very best. Licenses earned through HLS-175 Endorsements earned through HLS-1,068 Certificates of Achievement-496 (courses not tested by U.S.C.G.) These figures reflect only upgrad, ers at HLS; they do not include students in the basic vocational education program. The SIU has accepted1the role of leader in the maritime indu~iry. Perhaps one of the most important characteristics of a good leader is foresight. The SIU's ctevelopment of a manpower pool. of Qualified Members of the Engine Department (QMED's) is a good example of how foresight pays off in job security and job opportunities. Years ago it became apparent that automation was the future iI1 the U.S.-flag fleet. It also became apparent that seafarers who possessed the many diverse skills of the QMED would be needed in large numbers. The SIU readied its membership lo meet thiH need through the QMED program at HLS. \.Vhen the time came. seafarers were ready to hoard new ships in the rating of. QMED. From the beginning, the QMED program was a success and made a big contribution to the vi- II More QMED's As more new ships come under contract with the SIU, more seafarers advance to QMED to fill the available jobs. tality and strength of the SIU. Because the SIU's contracted companies are among the . most prosperous U.S.-flag fleets, job opportunities for QMED's have remained constant. As a result, the QMED program at HLS has continued to be the road to the top f or engine department personnel. In 1978, 70 seafarers completed the QMED program and earned this rating. For these seafarers, this was no small achievement. The course is three months in length. During that time, the student passes Coast Guard examinations for 8 endorsements . . Clearly, these graduates really are qualified members of the engine department. Because of the foresight of HLS ·and the SIU in determining industi·y needs, the opportunities which await QMED's aboard U.S.-flag ships have never been better. The Numbers Speak For Themselves _,..... �For SIU Boatmen & Seafarers,SPAD Is the Strongest Weapon in Our Fight for Jobs & Job Security· o American industry is as regulated, controlled, monitored, governed. managed or influenced by the Federal government as is water transportation. No less than five Executive Offices in the White House, I 0 Cabinet-level Departments, and 31 Federal agencies. Boards. Commissions and Committees affect water carrier operations. This is all in addition to . the allpowerful and persuasive influence of the Congress. Boatmen and Seafarers - more than any other American workers have a direct stake in what is going on in Washington. To Boatmen and Seafarers, political action is a necessary way of life. "Politics Is Porkchops" is more than a slogan. It is important that we have in Congress legislators who urH.lerstand the need for a strong U.S.-flag water transportation industry. And people who are willing to make sure that American vessels, carrying American cargo. and manned by Americans once again becomes a commitment of our nation. N SIU Educating Congress It is also important that these same legislators understand that an integral part of the U.S .-flag merchant marine is the domestic tug and wwboat fleet. All too often this important sector of the water transportation indu stry is taken for granted and its problems minimized. For this reason.the SIU is working to educate the Congress as to the component 1Jarts of the merchant marine and of its overall needs. Not only is Congressional understanding and su pport necessary. but it is a lso important that the Executi ve Branch of governme nt. from the President on down. understands the need to maintain a strong domestic water transportation in'<lustry as th e core of our merchant marine. To this end it is essential that the govern ment strongly protect the .Jones Act. Th is law reserves all domestic water commerce to U.S .owned. U.S.-built and U.S.-manned vessels. It must be protected against efforts by industry opponents who would allow foreign interest s. vessels and workers to participate in our coastal and river trades. If it weren't for the Jones Act, foreign tugs with foreign crews would be docking ships, and moving barges in our domestic trade. It is important also to promote the tug and towboat industry against attacks by competing modes, such as the railroads and pipelines. The poor economic health of the railroads has forced many in Congress. to belie·ve that the only way to bail out the railroads is by limiting the ability of water carriers to compete. This has led to the recent attempts to hold back on money needed for maintenance and improvement programs on the inland waterways, such as Locks and Dam 26. and the recent successful effort to impose a fuel tax on inland water carriers. The domestic water carrier trnnsportation industry is today faced with many problems. Its opponents will continue to press hard for more user charges, for less maintenance of the waterways. Projects such as the Tenn-Tom Waterway. the Gallipolis Locks. the Industrial Locks in New Orleans. and the widening of the Gulf Intra- Doubl e dec ker. roll on / ro ll off barg es lik e th on e above arc be ing built toda y bec au se th e 1970 Me rc hant Marin e Ac t earmark ed fund s for th nir co nstru c tio n. Th e SIU ·work ed hard to get til e Merc ha nt Ma rine Act pas c cJ but tt1o se eff o rt s were onl y poss ibl e because Union memb ers support d SPAD . coasta l Waterways will be opposed not only by railroads but by environmentalists. New rules and regulations issued by agencies including tile Coast Guard and the Environmental Protection Agency are making barge operations less efficient and more costly . All this hurts our industr y's ability to survive in this nation's competitive transportation network. Boatmen. Seafarers Must Participate The SIU is active in Washington promoting the water transportation industry. T he efforts of the SIU must have the involvement and participation of every Roat man and Seafarer. Our involvement is to support those members of Congress whose legis lat ive views on maritime matters are simi lar to ours. We must get them elected.· That takes money. That's where our participation comes in. It is through SPAD th e Seafarers Political Activities Donat ion that we can make our voices heard in Congress. It is our SPAD donations that enable us to present our views to the legislators whose decisions and actions directly affect the jobs and job security for all of us. SPAD IS A VOLlJNTARY PllOGRAM. Your participation is through your voluntary vacation check -off to SPAD. With only JO cents per da y. Boatmen will join their brother Seafarers in helping to elect Congressmen who will list en to our concerns and will understand our needs and objectives. SP AD IS UN ITV. It is the unity of Boatmen and Seafarers working together to provide greater job opportunities for American maritime workers and better security for t hcmselves and their families. SPAD WORKS.It is your participation in this voluntary program that contributed to the passage of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970 which has helped build hundreds of new tugs and barges. In fact. a total of 341 new American tugs and towboats, as well as hundreds of barges have been built or arc on order as a result of the 1970 Act. Your contributions have worked to insure jobs for American maritime workers 10t only on the high seas but increasingl y in the coas tal and river trades. It has effect ivc lyhcatcn hack attacks on the Jones Act which could have destroyed thousands of maritime j obs . TllERE IS MUCH TO BE OONE. This nation needs a strong commitment to its merchant marine hot h in the foreign and domestic t rad cs. To achieve our objecti ves. rartiuira t ion in rolitical ac ti v ities is necessary . Our unity and our rarticipation arc the keys to our success. Throul!hout the .vcars we have .... achieved much thr.ough our strength of unity and rctrticirati t n. Together we can go fonrnrd to achieve our goals of johs and secur ity fnr Boatmen and Seafarers. ~ Th e U.S. LNG fleet. which in c ludes th e SIU-crewed El Paso South ern (above). is th e larges t LNG fl ee t in th e world . Am c ri cc=11 shipbuild ers were ab le ·to get in on the ground floor of th e liquifi ed gas indu stry becau se of funding provided by th e I '910 Merch ant Marine Act . Febru ary 1979 I LO G ~ 25 �4 * Transcolorado Crevv Foster Good Relations. Around The World The SIU crew of the heavy lift vessel SS Tran.,·colorado (Hudson Waterways Corp.) is a good. hard-working group. They move heavy military equipment and industrial equipment in and out of ports all over the world quickly and efficient Iv. But the Tran.\'colorado's crew is huilding up a reputation on and off the vessel for another reason. They go out of their wav to make life a little more pleasant for those they come in contact with . One recent example took place during a nine-day stopover in San Oiego when the crew took time out to guide a Naval Reserve unit on a tour around the ship. !"hat tour marked the first time any of the naval unit\ personnel had ever heen ahoard a heavy lift ship. The unit's Commander. Michael Adkins. expressed his gratitude to the crew for the ..vcrv informative" tour and for the ..enjoyable surprise dinner your capable stewards prepared for the unit. .. The officers and crew of the Transcolorado." Cmdr. Adkins said ... are most definitely a credit to the U.S. merchant fleet." The Tran.\'C'o/orado calls at ports throughout Europe and the United States and positive relationships with the military arc one of the crew's hallmarks. Ship's Chairman Nicholas Nagy reported that .. this ship has very good relations with all military personnel and units that we come in contact with all over the world." That spirit of cooperation has done a lot for the image of both the Transcolorado crewmembers and the U.S. merchant marine. "It is certainly reassuring for us to know." Cmdr. Adkins said. "that in the event of mobilization we can expect such enthusiastic cooperation from the crews of merchant vessels such as those embarked upon the Transmlorado." But it isn't just the military who are full of praise for the crew of the Trans. colorado. The Society for Seamen's C hildren. located on Staten Island. N. Y.. expressed their gratitude to the Seafarers who donated $128 around Christmastime to buy gifts for the underprivileged kids the Society aids. Responding to the good-wil l gesture. Betty van Stolk. president of the Society's Board of Managers. wrote to the crew to tell them \;1eir gift would be . "wisely and well spent. .. There is something very baste and heartwarming to give to child _ren at any time." Mrs . van Stolk wrote ... but especially at Christmas. and more so to our you~gsters who consrantly need to be reassured by lov ing gestures. .. Your kindness." Mrs. van Stolk went on ... will be remembered by our group." The crew aboard the Transcolorado are remembered by many people in many ports because of their willingness to help out anyone they can in any way possible. In the words of Naval Commander Adkins. "they are a credit to the U.S. merchant Oe~t." They are also a credit to their Union. Murphy Sponsors Bill to Protect U.S. From Convenience Flag Spills Congressman John Murphy (ON. Y.), chairman of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, launched a new effort to safeguard American waters by introducing Congressional legislation aimed at curbing the "increasingly frequent" incidence of flag-of-convenience tanker tragedies. Addressing the newly-convened 96th Congress, Murphy said passage of the Oil Spill Liability Bill ( H. R. 85) is vitally necessary to prevent "A merican versions" of foreign flag tanker disasters such as the two that have already occurred in European waters this year. "It would be tragic indeed," the New York Congressman said, "if it was an oil Yearly Renewed Clinic Card, Exam Is a Must Whether a Seafarer, l.aker or Boatman is working aboard a vessel or is on the beach. he or she is required by U.S. Coast Guard regulations to pass a yearly physical examination thereby renewing their clinic cards. The exam and the clinic card can he had at SI l J medical facilities. Not keeping the clinic card up-todate, will lessen the SI l l member's opportunities for jobs because a current clinic card is one of the musts when throwing in for a job. Also. not being in top physical shape endangers the seaman's. his shipmates' •nd the ~hip's safety. sp ill off the coastal states of the U.S. which would finally spur Congress on to pass this legislation." The new Oil Spill Liability legislation is similar to an oil spill bill Rep. Murphy sponsored last year. That version of the bill was passed by the House but became the subject of great controversy in the Senate and never came up for a vote. Murphy called the new version of the bill "comprehensive in many ways." . "Its protection," he stated, "extends not only to the high seas, our territorial waters, the contiguous zone and the outer continental shelf, but also our inland waterways and tributaries, onshore and offshore facilities, pipelines and refineries ." Under the Oil Spill Liability Bill, vessel owners and operators would be held responsible for any oil discharge damages caused by their tankers. In addition, the bill would create a back-up compensation fund which would cover the cost of oil pollution damage, clean-up expenses and damage to property or natural resources when those costs are not paid in full by the vessel owner or operator, or when the responsible party cannot be identified. Murphy emphasized that "taxpayer dollars will not be used to carry out the requirements of the bill, as monies will be made available from the oil spill liability fund." That fund, expected to total $200,000,000 will come from charges "not exceeding 3¢ a barrel" on petroleum and its products received at terminals and refineries in the U.S. "This is an equitable bill," Murphy concluded. ''It guarantees our states full recovery for damages to property, restitution (or any tax loss and compensation for all cleanup costs. Every effort must be made to ensure that it indeed does become law in this Congress." 'That Cargo Has Gotta Move! ... And you 're the one who ttiakes it happen Responsibility. Respect. And more money. too. R p. John Murphy (0 - N .Y .). c hairman Hous e M e rc hant Marin e & Fisheries Committee. Overseas Vivian Committee These are the thin.gs you can. earn. when. you are so good at what you do that you're really the best. THEY'RE THE THINGS YOU EARN WHEN YOU'RE THE CHIEF PUMPMAN. Why settle for less? You're an. SIU Seafarer-the most profession.al maritime worker in. the "vorld. You're the best-make it pay. Rign up for the Pumproom Maintenance and Operation Course at HLS. See your SIU Representative today. ~~h Course Starts April 16 SIU Patrolman Darry Sand ers (seat ed I.) was at a payoff with Recertified Bosun Wallace Perry Jr. (seated r.) ship·s chairman of the ST Overseas Vivian (Maritime Overser.i s) at the Chevron Dock. Perth Amboy . N.J . late last month . The rest of the ship 's comm ittee are (standing I. to r.) Deck Delega te Gene Dakin; Engine Delegate Bob Ross : Chief Steward Joe Johnson . secretary-reporter. and Educa tional Direc tor Gilbert Otero . 26 I LOG I February 19 79 �Nevv Chief Cook, Cook & Baker Three Grads for the Pumproom Chief Cook Ernie Hoitt (left) and Cook and Baker Robert Gilliam display their sheep.skins achieved at HLSS earlier last month. Working over course mat erial last month for the Pumproom Op erat ion and Maintenance Course are graduates (I. to r.) Tom Woerner, Harry Horn and Terry Gi le. The Harry Lundeberg ·@· School of Seamanship • "For a better job today, and job security tomorrow.·• A Duo of Cooks Lifeboats for Tvvo Tankerman Ralph Race (left) of Philadelphia and Gregorio A. Blanco got their lifeboat tickets last month in Piney Point. Tankerman, Too New Tankerman Frank Pivik shows the diploma he got from Lundeberg School last month . · Ready to cook up a storm or better still a kettle of fish are (I. to r.) graduating Assistant Cook Thomas Brickley and Chief Cook Floyd E. Brown . 23-Count 'Em-Get AB Tickets AB Course instructor Jeff Gumport (nol. in photo) lined up his graduating clas s for this group photograph . Th ey are (I. tor. front row) Dennis Tinucci , Bill Soloan , Tom .Baez, Murray Hartiey, Rick Ca~alier, Michael .Mania, Spilios Kostu~os, R!cha'.d Conley , Evan Bradley and J. P. Vis ier. In the middle row (I. to r.) are Ha rry Collin s, Tom Rossi , Jose Gomez, Robbie White, Jim Powell, Edwin Tirado. John Bartlinski , Jim Hopson , George Swofford , Lanc e Zollner and Ken Bradley. On the mast are (I. tor.) Torn Engle and P. J. Burke. !=ebruary 1979 I LOG I 27 - �James R. Ryan Jr., 52, died of heart failure in the Galveston USPHS Hospital on Aug. 23. Brother Ryan joined the Union in the I port of Houston sailing as a captain for the G & H Towing Co. from 1965to1978. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy in World War II. Boatman Ryan was born in Carmona, Tex. and was a resident of Rye, Tex. Burial was in the Galveston County Memorial Cemetery, Hitchcock, Tex. Surviving are his widow, Arlene; two sons, Charles and Russell; a daughter, Darlene and a granddaughter, Melanie K. Hodges. ... I .ackawanna 1969. Boatman Chalmers was born in the Rronx, N. Y. and was a reside nt of Bell rose, L. I., N. Y. Surviving are his widow, Edith and a son, Donald. Raymond L. Kirkpatrick, Jr., 25, died on Nov. 26. Brother Kirkpa~rick joined the Union in the port of St. Louis in 1975 sailing as a deckhand for the American Barge Line from 1974 to 1977 and also for National Marine Service. He was a 1974 HLS grad. Boatman Kirkpatrick was born in Linton, Ind. and was a resident of Jasonville, Ind. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond L. and Patricia Kirkpatrick Sr. of Jasonville. George F. Lambly, 73, died on I Oct. 8. Brother Lambly joined the Union in the port of New Orleans in -~ \963 sailing as a t ' k f or c rescen . t .. • ·~ ~ coo 1 1 ~ Towing from 1971 to 1978 and for Coyle Lines. He was born in Gretna, La. and was a resident there. Surv iving are his widow, Anna; a <laughter, Shelia and ·his mother, Emma of Gretna. ,,.. Pensioner Louis E. Willis, 65, died in the Norfolk USPHS I lospitai on Oct. 6. Brother Willis joinl:d the lJnion in the port of Baltimore in 1965 suiling as a mate and capt~-tin for NBC Lines from 1963 to 1974 and for C G. Willis from 1972 to 1974. He was born in Smyrna, N .C. and was a resident of Harkers Is., N.C. Cremation took place in the Co lonial Crematorium, Norfolk. Surviving arc his widow, Mary and a grandson , Craig D. Gordon . .. Pensioner Linwood H. Wyatt, 63, died on Nov. 28. Brother Wyatt joined the Union in the port of Norfolk in 1959 sailing as a tanker. man and as a bridgetender for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad from 1947 to 1975. He also worked at the Newport News, Va. Shipyard in 1938. Boatman Wyatt was a veteran of the U.S. Coast . Guard in World War II. Born in Newport News, he was a resident of Hampton, Va. Surviving is his widow, Ruby and a son, Charles. Pensioner Randall H. Holmes, 72, passed awa~ on Nov. 4. Brother Holmes joined the Union , in Port Arthur, Tex. in 1963 sailing as a chief engineer for the Sabine Towing and Transportation Co . from 1948 to 1964 an9 for the W .C. Sheppard Construction Co. as a diesel mechanic from 1943 to 1948. He was born in Geneva, Fla. and was a resident of Nederland, Tex. Surviving is his widow Ruth. Ronald J. Wood, 42, died on Oct. 30. Brother Wood joined the Union in the port of Detroit in 1969 sailing as a wiper. t\ . He sailed 13 years l ·- for the American Steamship Co. and the Huron Cement Co. Laker Wood was born in Green Bay, Wisc. and was a resident there. Surviving is his sister, Mrs. Jean Kieffer of Green Bay. \ l _ J Pensioner Acsiclo M. Perez, 71, died in the Santa Rosa Medical Center, San Antonio, Tex. on Oct. 5. Brother .. Perez joined the .... SllJinl946inthe port of New York sailing as a chief cook. He sailed 50 years and rode the Bull Line. Seafarer Perez was born in Puerto Rico and was a resident of San Antonio . Burial was in Forest .Park Lawndale Cemetery, Houston. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Gloria Benejam of Aquadilla, P.R.; a nephew, Ernest Quinones of San Antonio and two granddaughters, Mrs. Lisa M. Becerra of H uston and Noila Burcio. Norman F. Merckx Sr., 51 , died of a stroke on Nov. 16. ·Brother Merckx joined the Union in the port of Philadelphia in 1960 sailing as a mate, captain and pilot for McAllister Brothers from 1971 to 1978 and for the P. F . Martin Co. from 1961 to 1970. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Forces in World War II. Bo.atman Merckx was born in Philadelphia and was a resident of Wenonah, N. J . Surviving are his widow, Lois and five sons, Norman Jr., Douglas, Christopher, Kevin and Steven . Michael J. Yunt died on Oct. 5. Brother Yunt sailed on the M (V Warren (Inland Tugs). He sailed out of the port of Paducah, Ky. Boatman Yunt was a resident of Louisville. Ky·:· Surviving is his father, Gilbert of Louisville. Pensioner Chester G. Spaeth, 6 7, died on Dec. 5. B rot her Spaeth joined the Union in the port of Frankfort, Mich. in 1953 sai ling as an AB for the Ann Arbor (Mich.) Railroad Car Ferries from 1971 to 1976. He sailed 47 years. Laker Spaeth was a veteran 'of the U.S. Army in World War 11. A native of Manitowoc, Wisc., he was a resident there. Surviving are his widow, Louise and a stepson, Richard. Pensioner Oskar Kaelep, 76, succumbed to heart failure in Greenville Hospital, Jersey City, N.J. on Aug. 24, 1978. Brother Kaelep joined the SIU in 1943 in the port of Norfolk sailing as a bosun. He sailed for 33 years. Seafarer Kaelep h.it the bricks in the 1965 District Council 37 beef, the 1962 and 1959 Robin Line strikes and the 1961 Greater N. Y. Harbor beef. He 'A)aS born in Estonia, U.S.S.R., and was ca naturalized U.S. citizen. He maintained homes in M1organville, N.J. and Mia~i, Fla. Crem·a tion took ' plac e in the Rosehill Crematory, Linden, N.J. Surviving are his brother and sister-inlaw, retired (Masters Mates and Pilots Union) Capt. and Mrs. Alex and Ena Kaelep of North Miami, Fla.; a nephew,. Walter Casper Jr. of Clinton, Iowa; a greatnephew and two greatneices. Sterling "Stan" Bailey, 22, died in Hartford, Conn. Hospital on Jan. I after being hit by a car while walking. in East Hartford. 1i r Brother Bai I e y ., ( • '/ ··' joined the SIU following his graduation from the H LSS in 1977. He sailed as an AB for Dixie Carriers. Born in Machias, Me., he was a resident of Co lumbia Fal ls, Me. Burial was in Mailey Hill Cemetery, Columpi'a, Me. Surviving arc his mother, Joan; his father, Stan ley and a brother, Jeffery, both of Columbia Falls. Pensioner Frederick "Pat" Hartshorn, 78, died of lung failure in Memorial Hospita I, Pawtucket, R. I. on Dec. 17. Brother Hartshorn joined the SIU in 1946 in the port of New York sailing as a bosun. He sailed 23 years. Seafarer Hartshorn walked i.h e picketline in the 1961 N.Y . Harbor strike, 1962 Robin Line beef and the 1965 M EBA beef. He was a veteran of the U.S . Navy in World War I. A native of Newport, R. I., he was a resident of Pawtucket. Interment was in Mount St. Mary's Cemetery, East Providence, R . I. Surviving is his widow, Norma. Pensioner Loren A. Snyder, 75, died of heart failure in the Alpena, Mich. General Hospital on July 7. Brother Snyder joined the Union in the port of Alpena in 1957 sailing in the steward department. He was born in Frankfort, Mich. and was a resident of Alpena. Interment was in Evergreen Cemetery, Alpena. Surviving are his widow, Mary; a son, Allan of Kalama1.oo, Mich., a daughter, Mrs. Marilyn Couillard of Alpena and a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Bernice Snyder also of Kalamazoo. Merrill E. .Johns. 63, succumbed to chronic bronchitis in St. Luke's Hosp it a I, Fort Thomas, Ky. on Nov. · 28. Brother Johns joined the SIU in the port of Baltimore in 1955 sailing in the sleward department. He was a veteran of t~e U.S. Army Signal Corps and lnfa'ltry m World War 11. Born in Dayton, Ky., he was a resident of Cincinnati, Ohio. Cremation took place in the Hillside Chapel, Cincinnati. Surviving are a brother, Harold of Furl Thomas and a sister, Audrey of Cincinnati. Pensioner Sam N. Bowser, 58, died on Jan. 17. Brother Bowser joined the SIU in the port of Seattle in 1957 sailing as a cook. He sailed 26 years. Seafarer Bowser was a veteran of the U.S. Army in World -W ar II. Born in Texas, he was a resident of Seattle. Surviving is his mother, Mrs. Ella Harris of Seattle. David E. Wilson, 52, died on Dec. 22. .Brother Wilson joined the SIU in the port of San Francisco in · 1965 sailing as a chief pumpman and . QMED. He sa iled 33 years. He attended Piney Point in 1967 and 1975. Seafarer Wilson was born in ·S an Francisco and was a resident o.f Redwood City, Calif. Surviving are a son, Richard; two daughters, Barbara A. Loveles of Redwood City and Shirley Freeman, and a sister, Mrs. Frances Anduha, also of Redwood City. Pensioner · Walter J. Zaleski, 61, died of cancer . . on Dec. I 0. Brother Zalesk i joined the SIU in 1944 in the port of Philadelphia sailing as an AB. He sailed 33 years . Born in Philadelphia, he was a resident there. I ntcrrnent was in St. Peter's Cemetery, Philadelphia. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Theresa O'Donnell and Mrs. Valentine Giordano, both of Philadelphia. Pensioner Harry Schultz, 78, passed away at Sailors Snug Harbor, Sea Level, N.C. on Nov. 4. Brother Schultz joined the SIU in 1946 in the port of San Francisco sailing as a pumpman a·nd fircman-watcrtender. He sailed for 23 years . Seafarer Schultz was a veteran of the U.S. Navy in World War II. He was a native of Rrooklyn, N. Y. Franklin M. Tanner, 63, succumbed to cancer at home in Crystal Lake,. Mich. on Nov. 14. Brother Tanner joined the Union in the port of Frankfort, Mich. in 1953 sailing as an oiler for the Ann. Arbor . (Mich.) Railroad Car Ferries in 1964 and for the Reiss Steamship Co . .from 1964 to 1978. He was born in Michigan. Burial was in Springdale Tw~p . Cemetery, Manistee County, Mich. Surviving are his widow, Lorna and four sons, ·Leo , Leroy, Samuel and Ario . 28 I LOG I February 1979 .• �Just One More Step, and Former OS Will Be a Master John Maytum claims to have had no particular desire to go to sea when he was a boy. But he was born and raised in close proximity to it in Providence, R. I. And even though he still calls Rhode Island home, he has been responding to the call of the sea now for some 22 years . At 4 7, Maytum, who started out with the SIU more than two decades ago, has accomplished · a lot in his merchant marine career. And his story is proof that a young ordinary eaman, if he puts his will and mind to it, can still become captain of an ocean-going ship. Whether he likes it or not, Maytum is well on hi s way to winning that mo~t honorable and distinctive title of the position of command: "Old Man" (even if he is still young). The LOG spoke with John Maytum at the MEBA District 2 Upgrading Center in Brooklyn , N. Y., where he is preparing to take the examination for "Master of oceans on vessels of any gross tonnage, steam and motor." Maytum began his sea-going career in 1956 when he shipped as wiper on the SIU-contracted T-2 Stony Creek. His next j b wa~ as OS on the Waterman freighter Topa Topa . He's been on deck - or on the bridge, as the ca e might be, ever since. Maytum upgraded to AB in 1962 and six years later went "from the fo'c'sle to the cabin" when he s uccessfu ll y upgraded to seco nd mate. Before getting his chief mate's li cense in 1971. Maytum worked for some seven month s as mate of th e trainin g vc se l Dauntle,·s. WW II Oags hir of Admiral Ern st J . Kin and no\\' rart of the SI U's Ha rry Lundeberg School fleet. The Daum les., wa then h i ng u sed for training cxcu rsion:-. - or " cruist.:s to nowht:rc ,'' as the_ were ca ll ed --on the Chesapeake. In the ea rly l 970's Mayturn mad e several trip s to Vietnam a s c hief mate on the tankers Falcon La<~1 · and Falcon Dw chess, and a lso on th e freighter Buckeye A rlanric. He has also served as chief mate of the 225.000 dwt. supertanker Williamsburgh, and late r on her sistership, the TT Stuyvesant, which he took fresh out of the yard. Maytum served in the same capacity on the Zapata Courier, also taking that 35,000 dwt. tanker out of the yard new. Even though Maytum has been sailing as mate for some 10 years now, he's still a dues-paying member of the SIU . As he says, "I still keep my book in KNOW YOUR RIGHTS the Union - I never returned it. It's a good thing." John Maytum will soon sit for his master's license. We trust he will do well 1he Professional Touch That's what graduates of the Marine Electrical Maintenance Course have- the professional skills to maintain electrical systems aboard ship. These are the skills that mean more money and more job security. They're the skills you get when Y<?U take the Marine Electrical Maintenance Course. So sign up Now! See your SIU Representative or contact: t-Iarry Lundeberg School Piney Point, Maryland 2067 4 (301) 994-0010 Course Starts April 30 • ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, KNOW YOUR Rl_GHTS FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SiU all Union halls. All 111e111hcrs sho ulJ obtain cories of this cun:-.titution so as to fa111ili:1rizc themselves wt1l1 its contents. A ny time yn u feel ;111y 111cmber or otficer is attemptin g to deprive you o f ; 111~ cnn-.,tituti o nal right or ob li ga ti on hy :111 y rncthmb -; uch ;1s dc :tling w ith charges, tri:.d s, etc., a:-. \\ell as :di o thL'r dct :1rl s. thc11 the member so alkcteJ sho11IJ i111111cJi:1tely Illll if'y hcad4u;1rlers. 1 EQUAL RIGHTS. A ll 111 c mhcrs arc guaranlced eq ual right... in c 111plo~ · 111L'llt ;111d ,,.., 111L·111hers of the SIU. ' J hesc rights :ire ck:1rl~ ~cl forr Ii i11 thL· SIU cunslitution and in lhc L· o1llr: 1 c 1 ~ \\hich th e 11 1un h;i s nego tiated with the crnplnycrs. Co 11 scq ue11tl ). nn 111en1her ma y he Jiscrirn i· naled ;1g:1in:-.t hc c; 1u~c nr r:1cc. creed, co lor, sc.\ a11cl na ti o n:il or gcngr:1phic (ffl!.!in. If an y member feels thii't he is <l l: nieJ 1h~ cqu:il righh tu v. hi ch hi.: is entitled , he :-.hould notify Union heaJquarters. 1111lllU111UllU11111IU111111n1111111ll1111111t11111111ll 11111Ul IU111Ull11111IIIIU11111111111! 11111111 patrolman or ,Hhcr Uniun olli..:ial. in 1our <""pin ion, fail s to protect your cuntr;1ct nghl s properl y , c ontact the nearest SIU port agent. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniorit y arc protected exclusively hy the contracts between the Union anJ the employer:-.. Get to know your shippi n g rights. Cop ies of these contracts arc po ·ted and available in all Union halls. If yo u feel there ha s been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the U ni on and the employers. notify the Seafarers Appeals Board hy certified mail. return receipt requesteJ. The proper adJrcss for this is: Frank Drozak, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 275 - 20th Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215 Full copies of conlracls as refcrreJ to arc available to ' OU at all times. either hy writing Jirectly to the Union r lo the Seafarers Appeals BoarJ. : (:0NTRACTS. Copi es of all SIU contr;;cts arc availble in ;ill SIU halls. These contracls specify the wages nd condit ions under wh id1 you work and live aboard our ship or boat. Know you~ contract rights , as well as our obligations. such as filing for OT on the proper beets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, an y SIU KNOW YOUR RIGHTS CONSTITUTI ON AL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. Copies of the S IU co nstitution' arc available in Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District mak es spec ific provision for safeg uarding th e member. hip's money and Union finances. The co nst itution requires a detailed audit by Ce rtified Publi c Accountants ever three months. which <1rc to be submitted to the membership hy the Secreta ry-Tr ';1s urcr. A quarterl y finance comm ittee of rnnk an d file memh ·rs. elc:c tcd by the membership. makes exa mination e:1ch quarter of the finances of the Union and reports fully th eir finding-; and re co mmcndatiom . Members of this co111111ittec ma y make dissen tin g reports, specific recomm e ndations ;111J separate finding s. TRtJST FUNDS. A ll trust fund~ of the SJ U Atlantic. (iulL Lakes and Inland \V:tters District arc administered in accordance w ith the prov isions of various tru:-.t fund agreements. All these <igrccments srec ify that the trustee s in· charge of these funds shall equal ly consist of Union and management representatives and their alternates. All expenJitures and Jishurscments of trnst fund-; arc made only upon approva l h y a m;1jurity o f the trustees. A ll trust funJ financial record s arc available at the heaJquarlcrs of the various trust funds. and will soon have his first command. Not bad for the kid from Providen ce who nev~r thought much about going to sea. EDITORIAL POLICY - THE LOG . The Log ha s traditionally refraincJ fw111 publishing any article serving lht.: pl1litical punoscs of :m y inJividu ul in the Union, . ollicer o r 111emher. It has :.tl:-.o refrained from puhlishing articles Jeemed harmful to the Union or its colleclive membership. This estab li shed policy h as been reatlirmcd by membership action at the September. I 9o0. meetings in all constitutional porh. The re:-.ponsibility for Log polic y is \·e-,t 'd in an editoria l board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union . T he Execu ti ve Board ma y Jelcgate. from among its rank s. one indi viuual to carry out th is re:-.pom.ihdity. PAYMENT OF MONIES. Nn monies arc to be paid anyone in any llllii..:i:d ca pacit y in the SIU unless an oflicial Union receipt is gi \·cn for :-.arm:. UrlLkr no circumstances shoul J any member p;iy :1ny m o ne y for any reason unless he i. given such receipt. In lhe event anyone attempts to require any such pa yment he made without supplying a re~eipt , or if a m ember is req uired to mnke a payment and is given an oflicial. receipt. but feels that he shou lJ not ha\ e been rcquirl' d to make s uch payment , this should immediately he reportcJ to Union heaJquarters. to SEAFAIU~RS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATION -SPAD. SPAD is a separate scgrcgateJ fund. lts pro- cccJs arc useJ to ! urthL:r it' objects :ind purpo!>e:-. includ ing, but not limitl:J tu. furthering the political, social and economic interests of maritime workers, the preservation anJ furthering o f th e America n Merchant Marine with improved employment opport unities for seamen and ho<.1tmen and the advancement of trade union concept s. In cnnn ed ion with such objects, SPAD su pports a nd contributes to political candidales for elective otlicc. All contributions arc vo luntary. No contribution may be soliciteJ or receiveJ because of force, job discrimination, financial reprisal. or threat of such conduct, or as a condition of membership in the Union or of employment. If a contribution is made hy reason of the above improper conduct. notify the Seafarers Union or SPAD by certified mail within 30 days of the contributio n for investigation and appropriate action and refund, if involuntary. Support SPA D to protect and f urthcr yo ur economic, poli1ic <.d anJ soc i;d interests. anJ American trade union conce pts. If at any lime a member frcls that any of the above rights have been violated, or that he has been denied his constitutional right of al·ccss to Union records or informal.ion, he should immediately no:ify SIU President Paul Hall at headquarters hy l'ertified mail, return receipt requested; The addre ~s is 675 - 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. February 1979 I LOG I 29 �Apply Now For Bosun Recertification .. SI lJ members who are qualified to participate in the Bosun's Recertification Program, whic~ was reinstituted by the Seafarers Appeals Board last month, are urged to submit their applications for the 1979 class sessions a s soon as possible. Applications can now be picked up ·at any Union hall or upon written request from the Seafarers Appeals Board (675 4th Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 11232). Seafarers may also use the application reprinted here. The three 1979 Bosun's classes are scheduled as follows: • Class I-May 7 through June 30, 1979 • Class II-August 6 through September 30, 1979 • Class III-October 8 through November 30, 1979 Each of the 1979 classes will be limited in size to 12 seamen who will be chosen by the Bosuns Selection Committee according to the same standards which were used until the Program was temporarily sus- pended in 1976. Seafarers who meet the following eligibility requirements are encouraged to apply promptly for the program: A.) Class A seniority. B.) At least one year seatime as Bosun aboard SIU (AGLIWD) contracted vessels. C.) Endorsement as a Green Ticket Able Bodied Seaman, any waters, unlimited. However, seamen who because of any condition such as eyesight, etc., are unable to pass the A.B. physical examinations but · are already certified to ship as Bosun pursuant to Rule 5.A.4. (a) of _the Shipping Rules, need not have such endorsement. Those members who do not meet "B" and " C" qualifications at present, but who have sailed 36 months as A.B. after May 1979 will be qualified to make application for this Program, or seamen who possess a certificate of satisfactory completion of the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship entry rating BOSUN RECERTIFICATION PROGRAM APPLICATION (PLEASE PR INT) NAME (In Full): MIDDLE Fl RST LAST ADDRESS: IP ( ST ATE) (Cl TY) (STREET AND NUMBER) PHONE#: AR EA CO DE PRESENT SENIORITY STATUS _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ RATING: _ _ __ _ _ _ __ __ _ __ DATE OF LAST SIU CLINIC CARD--- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - DATE OF Bl ATH: - - - - - - - - - - - - - PLACE OF Bl RTH: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - HEIGHT: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ W E I G H T : - - - - - - - - - EYES: AMERICAN CITIZEN? - - - - - - - HAIR: - - - - - - - - Yes - - - No - - - If Naturalized, Answer the f o l l o w i n g : - - - - - - - - - - - - - (DATE) GERTI F ICATE NO.: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ PLACE: - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - If A I ien answer the fo I lowing: - -- -- - - - - -- - - - - - -- - -- - - -- - - - -- - , - - - -- - - - - (TYPE OF ALIEN) (ALIEN REGISTRATION NO.) How long have you sailed in the capacity of BOSUN? _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ __ _ __ Have you ev e r attended any training program of the A ndrew F uru seth Training School and/or Ha rry Lundeb e rg School of Se ama n s hip ? If Yes, When? Yes From Di d you Grad uate? No ---------~ To - - - - - - - -- - Y es _ _ _ _ _ _ N o Port If no , s t at e rea son f or not gr aduating - -- - - - - -- - - - - - - - -- - - - -- - - -------- ----- --- ---- -- ---------- EDUC A T ION Highest Grade Completed Type School Name Length of Training Graduate Yes No T ype of Course Grammar Junior High High School Junior College College or Univ.-------------------~----~-~-__._-~----------~ Trade Schools: ,. 30 I LOG I February 1979 �Program: 3 Classes to Be Held This Year training program and possess a Green (unlimited any waters) Able Seaman endorsement shall be considered as qualified. The Seafarers Appeals Board shall have 'he authority and power to regulate the admission of applicants to this Bosons Recertification Program. 0.) A clean employment record aboard ship. No performers or narcotics users of any type should be accepted into this Program. E. A Boatswain who has been removed as Ship Chairman will not Committee, to be designated as the be eligible for recertification. Bosuns Selection Committee, who The following procedures shall be the following day at the office of the adhered to during the course of this Seafarers Appeals Board shall Program: review all applications submitted to • On the first Monday, following the Seafarers Appeals Board rethe first Sunday in the month of questing participation in the ProApril, July, and September, a gram. special meeting will be held in the • After due consideration to all Port of New York following the applicants, twelve seamen and monthly membership meeting with twelve alternates will be selected to all seamen registered as Recertified . each class. Alternates will be offered Bosuns or Certified Bosun, for the any openings caused by the unavailpurpose of selecting a three man ability of the twelve designees. • The Bosuns Selection Committee shall strive to provide a fair distribution of participants for the various areas: East Coast, West Coast, and Gu1f. They shail consider the applicants seatime as Bosun and seatime in other deck ratings, his performance aboard ship, his aptitudes and abilities. • The designees selected by the Committee shall be final. Any complaints regarding selection shall be determined by the Seafarers Appeals Board. -2- List below, your Bosun discharge time for a period of at least one year . YEAR VESSEL COMPANY RATING SIGNED ON SIGNED OFF NUMBER OF DAYS _ _ _ _ _ to _ __ _ __ _ __ _ _ to _____ __ _ _ _ _ _ to _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ to _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ __ to _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ to _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ to _ _ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ to _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ ______ _ _ _ _ _ to _ _ _ __ _ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ to _ _ _ _ __ DA TE _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ PORT _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SIGNED ------=---~:-::--:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:----------'FuLL NAME IN INK) =============================================================== At the meeting of the Bosuns Selection Committee, held on _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Brother _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ has been_.:.___ _ _ _ _ _~-:-=-:c-=-=-=--:-::-:-::-:=::-:-:-=-.---;-------1APPRovEo OR DISAPPROVED) for entry into the Bosun Recertification Program. SEl:..ECTION COMMITTEE (CHAIRMAN) February 1979 I LOG I 31 �. I Eugene R. Daoust, 45, joined the Union in the port of Alpena. Mich. in 1953 sailing as an oiler for the Huron Portland Cement Co. Brother Daoust was born in Alpena and 1s a resident there. Julius Silagyi, 65, joined the SIU in the port of New Orleans in 1952 sailing as a fireman-watertender and cook. Brother . Silagyi walked the picketline in the 1961 N. Y. Harbor beef. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army Infantry in World War I I. Born in ". Cleveland, he is a resident of New York City. William F. Simmons, 63, joined the SIU in 1942 in the port of New York sailing as an AB. Brother Simmons sailed 40 years. He attended the H LS in 1970. Seafarer Simmons was born in Alabama ana is a resident of Ellisville, Miss. I ; Maynard K. Adams, 65, joined the SIU in 1946 in the port of New Orleans sailing as an oiler. Brother Adams sailed 35 years and for the Isthmian Line for two years. He is a former member of the SUP. Seafarer /\dam s also worked as a heavy equipment operator. Born i'n Kansas. he is a resident of S nttl e. Calman Boggs, 68, joined the SIU in I 942 in the port of Mobile sail ing as an AB. Brother Boggs sailed 42 years. He hit the bricks in the 1965 District Council 37 beef. Seafarer Boggs was born in Newfoundland, Canada and is a resident of WilkesBarre, Pa . Stephen J. Frankewicz, 58, joined the SIU in 1938 in the port of New York sailing as as AB and firemanwatertender. Brother Frankewicz is a veteran of the U.S. Army during World War II being wounded by an exploding land mine. He was born in Mobile and is a resident of Ridgely , Md. .. Grover Cleveland Turner, 58. joined the SIU in the port of Houston in 1957 sailing as a c hief st eward. Brother Turner sailed 36 years . He was on th e Sea-Land Shoregang in San Francisco from 1972 to 1977. Seafarer Tu rncr also attended a Union Crews Conference in Piney , Point, Md . He is a veteran of the U.S. ~ /\nny in World War I I. A native of Wi chita F a ll s, Tex ., he is a resid ent of San F ran c isco . Willis G. Scribner, 68, joined the Union in the port of St. I oui!'> in 1964 sailing as an engineer for the I nl~nu Tugs Co. in 1958 and from 1964 to 1978. Brother Scribner also sa~led a s a mate for the Commercial Tran s portation Corp. from 1959 to 1964. H e wa s a m e mber of the N M U and the Pipd:ittcrs Union's Local 2 11. Boatman Scribner was horn in Albany , 111. and is a resident or Dickinson, T ex. .John R. Marshall~ 62. joined the SI lJ in 1938 in the port of Boston sailing as a chief steward. Brother M a rs hall sailed 44 years. He was borri in Cambridge, Mass. and 1s a resident of Allston, Mass. Milton J. Mouton, 62, joined the SIU in I 940 in the port of New Orleans sailing as a chief Cook. Brother Mouton sailed on the Delta Line in 1953. He was also on the Delta Line Shoregang in New Orleans from 1960 to 1961. Seafarer Mouton was born in Lafayette, La. and is a resident of Marrero, La. Rafael Ramos, 64, joined the SIU in 1942 in the port of New Orleans sailing as an oiler. Brother Ramos sai led 46 years. He is a veteran of the U.S. Navy during Wor ld War II. Seafarer Ramos was born in Puerto Rico and is a resident of Bayamon, P.R. Eugene F. Seuthe, 65, joined the Union in the port of Cleveland in 1953 sailing as AB . Brother Seuthe also worked as a rigger. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in World War I I. Laker Seuthe was born in Germany and is a naturalized U.S. citizen. He is a resident of Buffalo, N. Y. ,t Clifford D. Thomas, 65, joined the Union in the port of Frankfort, Mich. in 1969 sailing a s an AB. Brother Thomas sailed 19 years. He also worked as a millman and machinist. Laker Thomas is a veteran of the U.S. Army during World War I I. Born in Benzonia County, Mich .. he is a resident of Bear Lake, Mich. Andrew C. Reed, 67, joined the SIU in 1945 in the port of Mobil e · sailing as a fireman-watertender. Brother Reed attended the H LSS in 1976. He was born in Uriah, Ala . and is a resident of Slidel l, La. Raymond Kaduck, 56, joined the SIU in the port of Miami in 1955 sailing as a fireman-watertender and chief cook. Brother Kaduck sailed 33 ears. He was born in Pennsylvania and is a resident of Miami . Luu is D. Lae, 63 , joined the SIU in 1938 in the port of New Orlean s sailing in th e steward department. Brother I .ae sai led for 41 years. He is a ve te ran of the U. S . Na vy Seabees during World War II. Born in New Orleans, he is a resident there. Recertified Bosun Raymond T. Lavoine Jr., 56,joined the SIU in the port of Baltimore in 1956. Brother Lavoine sa iled 26 years . He graduated from the Union's Bosun Recertification Program in December 1973. Seafarer Lavoine also attended a Piney Point Educational Conference and was on the picket line in the 1961 Greater N . Y. Harbor strike. He is a veteran of the U.S. Navy during World War II. Bosun Lavoine is also a cabinet maker. A native of Everett, Mass ., he is a resident of Baltimore. Robie J. Hall, 63, joined the Union in the port of Norfolk in 1974 sai ling as a diesel engin eer for the Steuart Transportation Co. from I 974 to 1978. Brother Hall is a veteran of the U.S. Navy in World War 11. He was born in Richmond County, Va. and is a resident of Heathsville, Va. a. Weldon L. Kitchens, 66, joined the SIU in 1949 in the port of Tampa sailing as a cook. Brother Kitchens sailed for 31 years. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army during World War II. Seafarer Kitchens was born in Escambia, Fla. and is a resident of Mobile. Felix P. Amora, 55,joined the SIU in the port of New Orleans in 1948 sailing as a waiter for nine years, deck engineer and chief · electrician. Brother Amora also sa iled during the Vietnam War. He was a crane maintenance electrician on the SeaLand Shoregan·g in San Francisco from 1968 to 1978. Seafarer Amora has been a SIU member for 31 years. with 22 years sea time. A native of the Philippines, he is a resident of Daly City, Calif. ·A MESSAGE FROM YOUR UNION I C4N h'ANL?Lc IT/ r- 'y ( I NARCOTICS ARE FOR LO$ERS II D IF CAUG/.IT YOU £0$6 5 YO/JR·PAPERS FORtl~e.' .I D TlllNK ABOUT/T.'. 32 I LOG I FebruRrv 1979 l '! t I j. �- The LNG's - A New Way of Life for Today's 5eafarer he I.NG Gemini came into Osaka, Japan recently. and SIU Yok-oT hama Port Agent Frank Boyne did . double duty, first servic ing the vessel and then taking some pictures of ship and crew. Though some would say that the Gemini isn't exactly the most photogenic of s hips, with her five huge, domelikc cargo tanks extending almost as high abov·e the main deck as the bridge, ~he is nonetheless a s hip with an especia ll y v ital mi ss ion - the transportation of energy. The I.NG Gemini is one of seve n Ame rican-flag LNG ships, all of which arc SIU-crewed . This growing fleet of L NG ships includes the Gemini and her four 936-foot s ister ships, L NG Leo. I.NG Capricorn. I. NG Aquarius, and U\ G A ries. All five were built by Genera I Dynamics for the Enc rgy Tran s portation Corp. Two other American LNG's. th e El Paso Southern and th e r ecc ntl ylaunchcd El Paso Ar.:c11·, arc sli gh tl y large r than the Gemini. a t 948 feet, and were built by Newport News Shipbuilding. Osaka doesn't see much of the Gemini. or her crew, at any one time . Unloading of the liquified natural gas (LNG) usually takes no more than 12 hours. But s he calls there frequently o n her regular run between Indonesia and Japan . Th e LNG Gemini. in all her splendor, on a recent vi sit to Osaka . Japan. The crew me mbers of the Gemini ma y not, a s ye t, know Japan ve ry we ll. But there's one thing that th~y all Jo know about - LNG. The SIU has pioneered in ' the manning of these ships because of 'the s peciali 7.cd training program offered at the Harry Lundeberg School. All crew members-regardles s of their specific ski ll s - must take the LNG course before being eligible for a job on an LNG ship. Though the Gemini a nd h r sisters might look like seagoing moon buggies to some, they are models of efficiency, sa f ty. and comfort on the inside. No ship can claim to have all the comforts of h ome. but the LNG'scomeclosc. And thl: Gemini docs it up right, esp~.c;; iall y • • •J when a spec ial occas1on. such as Thanksgiving Day rolls around. For the Gemini's first Thanksgiving at sea. last year, crew members were treated to an array of goodies besides the traditional gobbler. Her galley may well be better equipped and stocked than .most shoreside kitchens . Feast your eyes on this partial menu of the Gemini's fir st Thanksgiving: "shrimp cock tail . : . herring in cream sauce ... uyster cocktail ... roast turkey 11 ·ith orster dressing garnished ll'ith chilled cranherr.1 · sauce ... roast prime rib of' he£f . .. haked imported Danish ham . .. .fi'esh haked Italian hread ... (and assorted vegetahles. pies, and candies)" The LNG Gemini, and the other LNG ships, have had all sorts of things said about them s ince they first started sa iling. But these "ships of the l 970's " are proving their worth each day. and will become more and more co'm monplace as we enter the next decaqe. And, for hundreds of Seafarers in th e years to come, the challe~g es and quality of life offered by such ships as the I. NG Gemini, will make them look h tt rand be tter a ll the time. SIU Port Ag eJlt Frank Boyn e. center. visit s with OS Gary Snodgra ss . left. and AB Glen Mill er. on th e deck of the Gemini. The steward department of the LNG Gemini. L. to R .. Fra n'/ Costango. Chi~f Steward: Larry Dockwi.ller. Cook-Baker; William Christmas. GSU ; Carlos Ortiz. GSU: Steve Wagner. GSU. Setting up salads on the Gemini are GSU's Carlos Ortiz. left. and Steve Wagner . February 1979 I LOG I 33 �LNG GEMINI (Energy Transportation) December 24- Chairman, Recertified Bosun Charles Boyle; Secretary F. Costango; Educational Director John Fedesovich; Deck Delegate Gerald Lopez; Engine Delegate Tom Curtis; Steward Delegate Larry Dockwiller. No disputed OT. Secretary gave a vote of thanks to all, especially to Bill Mullins, for the fine job decorating the two lounges· and other areas for the Christmas holidays. Also noted that there will be a softball game in Bontang with the P.D. Badak employees and their wives. A cookout will be held after the game. The steward gave a vote of thanks to Kevin Thatcher, a new man who trained at Piney Point and is doing a fine job. Several communications were received from Headquarters and were posted on the bulletin board. A vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Next port Nagoya, Japan. ARECIBO (Puerto Rico Marine Mgt.), December 17- Chairman, Jose A. Ruiz; Secretary J. G. Gui lies; Educational Director D . Manafe; Deck Delegate J. Montanez; Engine Delegate Carlos Bonefont; Steward Delegate Edgardo Vazguez. Chairman requested all crewmembers to wait for their replacement before getting off the ship . Some disputed OT in engine department. A notice was placed for all crewmembers to attend when there is a boat drill. Everyone must join in the boat drill except those who are on watch, deck or engine, and the chief cook who must standby in the galley. A vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. SEA-LAND GALLOWAY (SeaLand Service), December 10 Chairman Recertified Bosun George Burke; Secr~tary 0. Smith. s 'o me disputed OT in deck .and engine departments. Chairman noted that there was a delay in reporting the fire that broke out on 02 level and stressed the importance of reporting any fire to the bridge immediately. Secretary reported that all those who need upgrading should a·vail themselves of the opportunities a t Piney Po in t as soon a s possible. DELTA VENEZUELA (Delta Ste.11.1ship), December 17 - Chairman, R e certified Bosun Kasmoin Amat; Secretary J. Gonzalez;. Educational Director E. Harris .. Some disputed OT in deck and engine depa rtments . Chairman reported that the hand rail in the shaft alley and the escape ladder need to be replac~d. DELTA SUD (Delta Steamship), December 3 Chairman, Recertified Bosun Tony Radich; Secretary Edwin Vieira; Educational Director .Ja mes C. D ial; Engine Delegate M. Welch. $7 I in ship's fund. No disputed OT. Chairman reported that there are quite a, few LoJ,:s on board that were left by the patrolman and suggested that all should read them. There arc a number of interesting articles that everyone should read.The compan y put a new vid eo tape cassette reco rde r o n board thi s trip a nd all m e mb ~ rs should tak e go od ca re of it. A vote of thanks to ·the steward department for a job well done. SEA-LAND FINANCE (Sea-Land Service), December 3- Chairman, Recertified Bosun James Pulliam; Secretary A. H. Reasko; Educational Director Hacker. No disputed OT. All communications received were read and posted on the bulletin board. Chairman noted that all members should attend the ship's meetings so any differences can be discussed. Also that all who qualify should attend upgrading classes. Discussed the importance of SPAD and the ne·w SPAD checkoff program. It was requested that the ship be kept clean at all times, that SIU ships are clean ships. Observed one minute of silence in memory of our departed brothers. THOMAS .H. FFERSON (Waterman Steamship), December 17- Chairman, Recertified Bosun Donald Pool; Secretary Bill Kaiser; Educational Director Ben F. Cooley; Dr.ck Delegate Robert E. Hagood; Engine Delegate James P. Harrington; Steward Delegate Jonnie H. Green . $130 in ship's movie fund . Some disputed OT in deck department. The Lof? was received in Bremerhaven. Chairman spoke on the "40 Years of Progress" that appeared in the November LuK and all the other wonderful progress that ha s been made by the SIU and the SIU school at Piney Point. Discussed the importance of donating to SPAO . Educational Director also spoke on our "40 Years of Progress" and hoped thai we will continue to get the things that we are fighting so hard for. Observed one minute of silence (n memory of our departed brothers. BAY AMON (Puerto Rico Marine), December 28 - Chairman, Recertified Bosun Dimas Mendoza; Secretary R . Aguiar; Educational Director H. D. Jones . No disputed OT. A vote of thanks to the steward department for the excellent meal put out on Christmas day. Report to Log: "We the crewmembers of the SS Bayamon extend our deepest sympathy to the family of Brother Bull Shepard. We were sorry to read of his death in the Lo!(." SEA-LAND COMMERCE (SeaLand Service), December 17 - C hairman, Recerti fi ed Bosun Lothar G. Reck; Secretary E. C. Caudill. No disputed OT. Chairman discussed the importance of donating to SPAD. Asked everyone who liked to watch movies to donate to the movie fund . Also that all members should read the LuK so that they will be aware of all the programs that are going on in the Union. Observed one minute of silence in memory of our departed brothers. OVERSEAS ULLA (Maritime Overseas), December 31 - Chairman, T. Gregory; Secretary M. Ciampi; Educational Director T. Long; Deck Delegate S. Nicholson; Engine Delegate James Brewer; Steward Delegate John A. Williams. $320 in movie fund. No disputed OT. Chairman discussed the importance of donating to SPAD. A telegram was received from President Paul Hall wishing everyone a Merry Christma s a nd a Ha ppy New Yea r a nd was posted on the bulletin board . A vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. SANT A MAGDALENA (Delta Steamship), December 4- Chairman, Recertified Bosun J. Kingsley; Secretary R. Blackburn; Educational Director H. Ulrich; Deck Delegate I. Glass; Engine Delegate G. Smith; Steward Delegate R. Melville. $75 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in steward department. Chief Steward R. Blackburn, wants to thank everyone for their cooperation in maintaining the high standards of passenger ship service with a special thanks to the Bosun Jack Kingsley. R. Ehleri said that the third steward had cleaned up the crew area and improved living conditions aboard the ship and had more things fixed in the crews quarters in the past three weeks than had been done in the previous four months and should be congratulated. I. Glass, deck delegate, complime'nted all steward department cooks, messmen, third stewards and galley help for the fine menus aboard ship and the cooperation and friendly attitude displayed by all. Chief Steward thanked everyone for their cooperation and said that the Mal(dalena was a clean ship with an excellent crew. Next port Bahia. SEA-LAND ECONOMY (Sea-Land Service), December 17 - Chairman, Recertified Bosun A. McGinnis; Secretary L. Nicholas; Educational Director H. R. Guymon; Deck Delegate B. Jarratt; Engine Delegate J. Mata; Steward Delegate R. Aumiller. $186 in movie fund. No disputed OT. Chairman discussed the importance of SPAD. A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all at Headquarters from the SS Sea-Land Economy . Observed one minute of silence in memory of our departed brothers. Next port Jacksonville. CANTIGNY (Interocean Mgt.), December 27- Chairman, M. Zepeda; Secretary F. Nigro; Educational Director J. Singletary. No disputed OT. Joe Ebbole, AB, was hurt during bad weather and was taken ashore by the Coast Guard at Stapleton Anchorage, N. Y. A collection was taken up for him and the amount will be over $300.00. We, his shipmates, only hope this will be a little of our Christmas shared with him. The safety feature by Frank Drozak in November Log was read by all. A vote of thanks to the steward department for a fine Christmas dinner with all the extra trimmings. Next port Texas City. DELTA BRASIL(Delta Steamship), November I I- Chairman, Recertified Bosun William E. Showers; Secretary A. Estrada; Educational Director Hugh W. Wells Sr.; Deck Delegate Joseph A. Cane; Engine Delegate Joel W. Spell; Steward Delegate Carl T. Treitler Sr. It was noted that men should put on a lifejacket at the gangway that should be available there when going a sh ore via launch service and returning to ship. Whoever is on the gangway should assist the men to and from the launch. There was a long discussion on safety a nd the unfortunate accid ent that took the life of Gene Arnold. All the crew and officers of this vessel have made a voluntary financial donation to assist his family of four children as this will be a terrible time for them and his wife especially al Christmas. Observed one minute of silence in his memory and in the memory of all our departed brothers . GOLDEN MONARCH (Apex Marine), December 3- Chairman, Recertified Bosun M. Kerngood; Secretary E. Johnson. No disputed OT. Chairman held a discussion on safety. Advised all crewmembers to plea se be careful when walking on deck due to ice conditions. The decks arr very slippery with snow and you should hold on to hand rail when possible. A vote of thanks to the steward department forajob well done. 34 I LOG I February 1979 AMERICAN HERITAGE (Apex Marine), Chairman, Recertified Bosun A. Armanda; Secretary M. Deloatch; Educational Director J. Pazos; Engine Delegate Joseph Olson. Chairman discussed tfte importance of SPAD. Some disputed OT in deck department. A vote of thanks to the steward department for a great Christmas dinner. They really put out a big spre~d. It was noted that this is a very good feeding ship. Next port Stapleton , New York. PUERTO RICO (Puerto Rico Marine), December 3- Chairman, Recertified Bosun Barney Swearingen; Secretary T. Jackson; Educational Director H. P. Calloe; Deck Delegate Charles H. Fox; Engine Delegate George Lindsay; Steward Delegate Eddie Villaso. No disputed OT. Chairman reported that we are getting more and m'ore new ships and will need qualified men to crew them. In order to qualify to man these ships you have to upgrade at the Harry Lundeberg School. Observed one minute of silence in memory of our departed brothers. Next port San Juan. Official ship's minutes were also received from the following vessels: ALEX STEPHENS SAM HOUSTON BALTIMORE SEA-LAND VENTURE LNG ARIES WILLIAMSBURGH MAYAGUEZ OVERSEAS VALDEZ OVERSEAS VIVIAN SEA-LAND PRODUCER COASTAL KANSAS POINT MARGO COUNCIL GROVE SUGAR ISLANDER TRANSCOLORADO LNG CAPRICORN AGUADILLA COVE EXPLORER ALLEGIANCE SEA-LAND EXCHANGE BROOKS RANGE PISCES POTOMAC OVERSEAS ALEJ 'TIAN· COVE NAVIGATOR EZRA SENZIBAR OAKLAND DEL SOL JOSEPH HEWES WORTH DELTA AFRICA SEA-LAND CONSUMER BORINQUEN SEA-LAND McLEAN SEA-LAND LEADER GUAY AMA ALEUTIAN DEVELOPER PONCE OGDEN TR AVELER ROBERT E. LEE WESTWARD VENTURE GALVESTON OVERSEAS ALICE MONTPELIER VICTORY SANTA MARIA EL PASO ANCHORAGE JACKSONVILLE INGER STONEWALL JACKSON MASSACHUSETTS AMERICAN EXPLORER BOSTON CAROLINA MARY BANNER SEA-LAND MARKET PITTSBURGH OVERSEAS ARCTIC ZAPATA ROVER SANT A MARIANA DELTA PANAMA PORT TAMPA MOHAWK - - ~ ,, ,- •- - :..---.-r---G'" - __,,, . .,.. . ., > - • .JJ:~,,., - �Staten Island USPHS Has Extensive Kidney Treatment Unit Shown here are mines of the .I0,·1aten /.\·land (.'V. >f.) l SPHS llo.fipitarfi I\ idney-Hlood Dia~J 1 .\'i.\· Unit preparing a chronic kidney-failure patient for a 6hour "hlood cleami111:" lrc•atme11t l'ia the dia~J•.\I\· machine. .Vote patient (he/ow r.) who ha.\· lo.\·/ function of one or two kidney.\· through di\·ea.\·e. etc., wrile.fi a feller while in.\·erled tuhe.\· earn· hlood .from hi.\· hod•• . into the machil;e which doe.\· the joh of eliminating poi.\·01u, urine, etc. from the hlood a.,. a normal, healthy kidney does hy o.m 1mi.\· and filtration. The treatment is gfren three time.\· a week year round. !lto.,·t of the patient.\· in the End Stage Renal Diwa..·e Program funded hy ,\tedicare can't work or work al home. .·i nyone of a11y age in the area afflicted hy kid11ey failure i.\· eligible for treatment. Howe•·er, mercha111 women hm·e lop priority for treatment, Q('c.'urding to a ho.\ pital authority, .\'ince there are a limilc'd number of dia~J1 .\'i.\· machine.\'. s·ome pa)ient.\· with the di.\·ea.\·e lake the treatment simp~•' to "re.\·t their kid11ey.,·" helping to .\·trengthe11 them. Ogden Connecticut Committee A OMEIJ wllo doesn't ltnow llow to worlt on diesel engines could /Je waiting ti /0119 time • •• ~ • • • for Ills slllp to come 111. So learn diesel skills - you'll /Je reidy lo work a/Joard any of t/Je new tankers, ore·carriers and containers/Jips. Taite the 1Jle1el E111i11e1 Co1111e at NlS. It's just for QMED's and it will mean /Jetter jo/J opportunities and jo/J security for you. Course Starts May 28 To enroll, see your SIU Representative or contact HLS • '~-' e:::: ·, ' , ~-.. _ ~ ' <Y • ' o - I TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Class A Class 8 ClassC 0 Nancy Kaiser Griffin would like you to call her at (713) 342-6394. Ted Daniel Your brother, William, would like you to get in touch with him at 1712 75th Ave., Elmwood Park, Ill. 60635. Edward C. Deaver Mike Piskin Your brother, James, would like you to contact him at Box 55, South Otselic, N.Y. Tel. (315) 653-4482. Michael Marcelio Your "old buddy and ex-sparring partner" G. Ripcord "the Caveman" Pulignano would like you to contact him at 6514 Keystone St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19135. Your nephew, Louis Nappa, would like you to call him at (212) 272-3894 or write him at 9501 Glenwood Rd., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11236. Rolando '' Roly" Quion Mike Phillips, SS #528-90-1436 TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class 8 ClassC Your daughter, Patricia Sizemore, would like you to writ~ i1er at 2 mo Olive, Baytown, Tex. 77520. ••REGISTERED ON BEACH All Groups Class A Class B Class C 0 29 10 6 0 18 6 5 0 7 2 1 0 42 71 32 21 25 0 8 52 69 Totals All Departments ... . ... .. .... .. . . ... . * "Total Registered " .eans the number of men who actually registered for ,shipping at the port last month. **"Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last mo ith. 96 89 44 26 6 1 14 9 ENGINE DEPARTMENT 9 Algonac (Hdqrs .) 4 1 7 6 STEWARD DEPARTMENT 4 Algonac (Hdqrs.) 2 0 4 6 ENTRY DEPARTMENT Algonac (Hdqrs.) ---- ·---. 30 40 6 0 0 Your brother and sister would like you to call rnr write them at 2204 E. 15th St., Long Beach, Calif. 90804, Tel.: 439-7473. Clarence D. Simmons SS #418-26-6584 DECK DEPARTMENT Algonac (Hdqrs.) - The coa 0 twi se tanker ST Ogden Connecticut (Ogden Marine) ti ed up Feb . 8 at th e Exxon Dock . Bayway, N.J . for a payoff. Here's the Ship 's Committee (1. tor .) of th e vessel headed by Recertified Bosun J . Broadus. ship's cha irman : Engine Qelegat e Cleveland Taylor: Deck Del egate S. McGowan and Steward Del eqa te R. E. Thomas. Disuatchers Reuort for Great lakes JANUARY 1-31, 1979 9 '/ Bill Thompson Your sister, Mrs. E. L. Patman, would like pm to call or write her at (813)345-0802,3691 62nd St. North, St. Petersburg, Fla. 337IO. All Seafarers William G. Greenman would like anyone who has received the Distinguished Senice Medal or the Meritorious Medal for service in the lJ .S. merchant marine from WW II through Vietnam to contact him at the following address, concerning research he is doing on the subject: 214 Wythe Creek Rd., Lot #65, Poquoson, Va. 23662. Feb ruary 1979 I LOG I 35 �SIU Scholarship Helping Seafarer's Son Shape Up & Ship Out When John M. Gallagher, Jr. got a phone call from the SIU back in 1973 telling him he'd won the Union's fouryear, $10,000 college scholarship, he immediately relayed the news to his father. Seafarer John M. Gallagher was on a ship at the time, and when a telegram wa s handed to him he got pretty nervous. .. He thought it was bringing bad news, .. his son explained, "bui. as soon as he opened it he got real excited and was very happy." The elder Gallagher's excitement over his son 's winning the SIU 'scollege grant was shared by John Jr. because it. enabled him to take the first step toward s a career in marine biology which , he said , "I think l've always been interested in. " John's chosen fi eld is a natural extension of the seafaring life he grew up with . "I've always wanted to go to sea like my dad," Gallagher said. "But I also wanted to ship out in such a way that I'd always be learning something and finding out new things. "Marine biology," John continued, "will allow me to do both- be at sea and do research at the same time. It's one of the newest fields around and one of the few frontiers left ." With his major all picked out, John attended Drexel University fo Philadelphia, Pa., graduating in 1978. As part of his studies, John worked on research projects in several different areas of biology. One study involved work on cell membranes. Another project, which was right up his alley, was a marine ecology study. Using marsh areas on and around the Philadelphia campus a s a laboratory, the project was designed to test the levels of a chemical known a s AT P, in the water. While Gallagher was attending college full-time , he wa s also working relief jobs on tugboats for SIUcontracted companies in the Philadel- John's father, Seafarer John M. Gallagher, has been an SIU member since 1941 when he joined the Union in the port of New York. His close to 40 years a a Union member induded participation in the 1962 Robin Line beef. Gallagher, who shipped in the deck department for many years, now sails as Recertified Bosun. phia area. Now a full-book Union member, John is still working as a deckhand on inland vessels, trying to save enough money for tuition for graduate. school. "I want to get a Masters degree and then a Ph.D. in marine biology," he said , ..a nd I can work on the tugs while I continue my schooling. " Galla gher's not sure exactly what direction his research work will take after he gets his degree. " It might be marine biochemistry," he said , "or an offshoot of whatever I'm working on at that time. " One thing he's sure of though is that he's interested in "anything to do with oceans. I'd even like to work as a technician on a deep sea research vessel," he said. Gallagher's hobbies and recreational interests also run to deep sea activities. He likes swimming and scuba diving but also finds time for motorcycling, music and reading. CreYI Heroics Save Seaman From River Current The Sil l-contracted S.S. Mu111icello 1"ictoJT (Monticello Tanker Co .) la y at anchor in th e Mississippi Ri ver off Baton Rouge. I .a .. on the night of Dec. 2. waiting for a loading hcrth and for a laun c h carry ing cre w repla ce ments to arri ve from shore. While he waited fort he new crewmen . third mat e Philip Rosenstein we nt up on deck to make sure cvcryt hing was read y for the launch\ arri val. "l.et's ge t thi s lin e stretched out." Rosenstein called to the watchstander. pointin g to the life ring's coiled line. "in case we ha ve to use it for an c1m:rgency. " Those words pro ved prophetic . .I ust a kw minutes later . at 11 :45 p .m. , as t\. B. ,l;1111es Bnr cc hegan climhin' the ship\ .lacoh\ l .addn. he lost his. tooting and kll into 1hr river. hitting the launch on his wa v down . Weighed down hy hea vy winter clothing and u n a h Ic to fight t hc st rn n g ·' to 5 knot current. Bruer lay hclplcs:-. in the wat er. supported only hy a small line from th· launch . Rosenstein immediatel y had the pilot ladder lowrrcd into t hr water and t hrcw a life ring to Bruce. But the third mate reported Bruce "appeared to he stunned a nd could not get hold oft he ring. I tried to get him to g rah the ladder." Roscn s!L'in continu ed . "hut he could not do so hccausc he was c omplctcl~· exhaust ed ." ('lirnhin g do wn the lad ckr . Roscn stci 1 t ied the life line around Bruce. :-.L-curing it tu t!i · lad der to h: ce p t he A B fro m hL·ing carri ed dow n st rea m hy t he powerful current. It took four men to pull Bruce n ut o f t he \q1tcr to safc t ~· . Ikea use oft he qu ick thin ki ng o f third mate Rosenstein and the cooperation of the rest of the crew. Bnr cc has recovered and is now srn·in g a:-. A B ahoard the .Ho11tic"l'llo I icto1or. 1"11 c ship. s M a s ter. W i 11 i a 111 II . Ba rrett. commend ed th e "heroic acti o n-;'' o l third ma te Rosrn stein durin g I he resc ue. ".lames Bruce was st un ned and in a :-. tal c of s hock and unahlc to help himself a lter falling into the water. " the Captain said . "With disregard for his own safety. M r. Rose nstein secured Bruce to the life rin g and the ladder until help arri\-cd and Bruce wa :-. lift ed from th e wa ter. Th e a ction s ol M r. Rose nst ein saved his Ii fe. " I hird mate Ro:-.c nste in wa s. himself. full o f prai se for hi s fe llo w crew memhers a hoard th e .\I ol/f i ff llo I ict oJT. "T he c re w on th is ship." Ro senstein said. is a 36 I LOG I February 1979 credit to the merchant marine. During the reset.IC operation s th <: rc wa:-. no panic and the cooperation wa s terrific. "1"11e C IT \\ of the .\/u11ticl'llo I ict(}/: 1-. .. Rnscmtein added. "is one oft he finest cre ws I ha\'c had the honor to sail with." John M. Gallagher, Jr. Dispatchers Report for Inland Waters JANUARY 1-31, 1979 '°' TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Class A Class B Class C Port Boston . ................................. . New York ....... . . . .... . .. .... . . .. ... . ... . Philadelphia ... . .. ... .... .. . . .. . .... ... .. . Baltimore . . ...... . .. . . . ........ . ......... . Norfolk . ... .. . . .. . . .. . .... .. . . .. . . ...... . . Tampa ... .. ......... ..... .. . . . . .. .. . . ... . Mobile . ... . ... . ... . . .. . ... . . .. . .. . ...... . New Orleans . . . .. .. ... ... .. .. . .. . . . . . .... . Jacksonville . . . . . .... .. .... . .. . . . .... ... . . San Francisco .. . ... . . .. ... .. . .... . . .. . . . . . Wilmington ......... ................. .. . . . Seattle . . . . . ... . .. .... .. .. . .. . .. ..... .... . Puerto Rico .. ...... .. .. . .. . . .... .. . . .. ... . Houston .... . . . . . .. . .. .. .. . . .. . . .... ... .. . Port Arthur .. .. .. ... .. . .. ..... ..... .. . . .. . . Algonac . . . .... .. .. . .. . .... ... .. . . ... .. .. . St. Louis ... . . ....... .. . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . ... . Piney Point . . . ... . ... .. .... . .... .. .. . .. . . . . Paducah .. . ... .. . . ... . . . . . . .. .. .. . . .. . . . . . Totals .. . .. ... . .. ... . . .. . . . . .... . . ... . . .. . *'°'REGISTERED ON BEACH All Groups Class A Class B Class C DECK DEPARTMENT 0 0 0 3 0 2 4 1 5 0 0 0 0 11 11 0 2 0 0 39 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 2 4 0 5 0 1 12 3 0 13 44 0 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 10 0 1 0 9 12 69 0 14 0 29 152 Port Boston .. ... . . .... ... . . . . . .. .. .. . . . . .. . . . . New York . ..... ... .. ...... . . . . . ... . ...... . Phi lade lphia . ... ........ . . . ..... . . . ...... . Baltimore . ..... . . . .. .. . ... ... . ... .... .. .. . Norfolk ... .......... . ... . . . ............ .. . Tampa . ... .. . . . .. .. .... ..... . . . .... . .... . Mobile .... ...... . . . ...... . ..... . ... .. . .. . New Orlean s .. .... ... .. .. ..... . . .. .. .. . .. . Jacksonville . . . . .. . .. .. . . ......... ..... . . . San Francisco . . ..... . . .. ... . .. . .......... . Wilmington ....... . . . ..... . .. . .. . .... . . .. . Seattle .......... . .... . ..... . ..... . ...... . Puerto Rico . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . ........... .. . . . Houston ... .. . . . . ... . .. ... ... . . . . . . .. . ... . Port Arthur ... . .. . .... . . .. .. .. ..... . ...... . Algonac .. . . .. .. .. . ... . ... .. . . ... . ... ... . . St. Louis ... . . .. .. ...... . ... . ... . ... . ..... . Piney Point ... . . .... . .......... . . . ...... . . Paducah ... . .... ... .... ......... . .. . . ... . . Totals .. ... . . . . .. ... . .. . . ..... .. . . TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B ClassC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 5 14 0 2 0 1 28 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 7 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 10 5 3 0 0 0 14 0 2 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 7 0 8 44 3 81 0 1 0 0 7 5 0 7 0 1 47 2 7 13 0 8 0 13 54 7 0 1 5 3 0 14 1 1 57 0 0 0 5 0 3 1 12 13 0 4 1 13 5 125 0 15 0 51 248 ENGINE DEPARTMENT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 04 0 0 6 Port 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 0 .": v 1 0 0 0 0 0 J 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 l 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 2 1 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Boston .. . .. . ...... .. . . . . ... ...... .. . . . . . . New York ... ......... . .. .. ... . .. . . . ...... . Philadelphia . .. . .. . . .. . .. . . ........ . ... .. . Baltimore .. .. . . . .. . . . . . . .. . ... .. . .... . . . . Norfolk . . .. .. . . .. ..... . .. . ...... . .. . . . . . . . Tampa . .. ... ... ............ . . . .. .. .. . .. . . Mobile . .. .. . . . .. .. . . ... .. . .. . . .... .... . . . New Orleans . . . ... ... . . .. . . ... . .. . ...... . . Jacksonville . ... . .. .. .. . ... ...... ... . . . .. . Sa n franc isco . . ... . ..... ........ . .. ... ... . Wilmington ... ..... .. ... . .. . ...... . .... . . . Seattle . . . . .. . ... . . ... .. . ... .. . ... ..... .. . Puerto Rico . .. .. . ........ . . . . . . ... . .. . . . . . Houston ..... . .. . .. . . . .. . .... .. .. . . . .. . . . . Port Arthur . .. . . .. ... . .. . . . ... . . . .. .... .. . . Algonac . . . . . . .... .. .. ...... .. . . . . ... . ... . St. Louis . .. . .... ... . . .... . . . . .. . ......... . Piney Point ... . . . . .. ... . . ..... ... . . ... . . . . Paducah . ...... . ... .......... .. . . .. .. . . . . . Totals ..... . .. . ... . . . .. . , . . .. . . . .. ....... . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 Totals All Department::. . . . .. . . . .......... .. . 46 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 l 2 0 2 0 6 19 98 177 34 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 85 64 * "Total Registered" rn,eans the number of men who actually registered for shipping at the port last month. **" Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month . 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 0 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 12 28 54 62 277 0 �SIU Cre\V Does Whirl\Vind, Record-Setting Job on 080 Ultrasea Anyone who thinks a sailor's life is a breeze can learn a few things from the SIU crew which recently completed a trip to Russia and back on the ore/ bulk/oil carrier Ultrasea. The work these Seafarers accomplished in the course of the voyage is a good example of what it takes to operate a modern merchant vessel and also strong testimony to the fact that Seafarers are more than able to do the job. The five year old Ultrasea (Apex Marine Corp.) is a San Clemente class OBO tanker of 81,500 dwt. On her latest trip, she carried grain to Odessa and picked up crude oil in Libya for the return voyage to the U.S. After unloading the ship in Russia, the SIU crew, under the direction of Recertified Bosun R. F. Mackert, "mucked" or cleaned out 18 ballast tanks. "This is not an easy task at best," the captain of the vessel, Richard A. McCl~an, explained, and it was compounded by the notorious Russian winter weather with temperatures in the sub-freezing range. "The sailors performed well under most adverse circumstances," Capt. McClean said in his letter sent last month to SIU Executive Vice President Frank Drozak. But "mucking" the ballast tanks was only a prelude to the crew's excellent performance throughout the voyage. After leaving Russia, they set a new record for this class of vessel by butterworthing nine huge cargo holds in only 27 hours. Capt. McClean explained that "the Bosun and crew worked day and night on this job to prepare the ship for taking on oil in Libya. "To top off the whole voyage," he added, "we had several days of good weather returning to the U.S. and the crew again proved their worth by painting the ship in only four days. This included nine hate.hes, decks and all trim. "It has been a pleasure sailing with Bosun Mackert and his fine crew," Capt. McLean concluded, and "I look forward to being shipmates again." "' •........f:.. .. .... .' .. '' ~ Seafar e rs se t a wo rk record on th e Ullr asea for thi s c lass of vess I by mu c king 11in , I uge ,argo l1old s 1n only 27 hours. Boatman Saved His Wheelhouse Job Thru HLSS To\Nboat Course "The way things are going," Capt. Leslie Gibbs says, "if a Boatman doesn't get some kind of training, he11 eventually be phased out of the industry." Brother Gibbs knows what he 's talking about through his own experience. He felt the impact of increasing regulations in the towing industry when the · Towing Vessel Licensing Act first went into effect in 1973. At that time, he had bee n working in the wheelhouse for close to ten years with G & H Towing of Texas. But he didn't have an operator's license, and without it, the new Act would have put him out of a job. "The law threatened to knock me out of the wheelhouse and back to the deck," he explained. "But then the SIU gave unlicensed Boatmen like me the golden opportunity to protect our job security." That opportunity was the Towboat Operator's course which the Union set up at the Harry Lundeberg School. Gibbs signed up for it in April, 1973. When the Act went into effect in September of that year, he was able to keep working as a fully qualified, licensed operator. He had high praise for the way the course prepared him to pass the licensing exam. "It was presented so that even a man set in his ways like me could learn," he said . Gibbs joined the SIU 27 years ago and has spent the fast 20 working for G & H Towing. Before he started on boats , he was a foreman in a non-union steel company. "I had a whole lot of responsibility and no pay to go with it." His stepfather was a cook with G & Hat the time and he told Gibb s about th e benefits of joining the SIU. "You can't beat the opportunities the Union has provided for so meone like me, who never finished high sc hool , to move ahead," he said. But over the years, Gibbs sa id he ·ha s come to see that education is "really the only way to stay ahead." He plan s to take the Mate and Masters course at the Lundeberg School so that he can ex tend the 200 mile limit of his present operator's lic e n se to unlimited. He works now as captain on the tug Grampus, doing shipdocking and deep sea towing. But the additional license will allow him to qualify for whatever kind of job G & H takes on. Since the company has shipyard orders for nin e new tugs and is rapidly expanding, this ab ilit y will be ver important in the years to come. "The en tire industry is moving toward stricter regula tions, which will mean greater sa fe ty and more training for everyone working on boats , " Gibbs sa id. "Education is your best bet in every way." Gibbs lives in Alta loma, Tex .. just outside of Ga lveston, with his wife, Patricia and his four children: C herylAnn, 17; Leslie "Bubba", Jr., 16 ; • Cy nthia, 11; and hristopher, six years old. You Can't Afford Not To Capt. Leslie Gibbs MEMBERSHIP MEETlltGr SCIEDULE Port New York .... .. . .... Philadelphia .... ... .. Baltimore .. . ........ Norfolk ..... .. ...... Jacksonville ......... Algonac ......... . .. · Houston ............ New Orleans ......... Mobile ............. San Francisco . . . . . . . Wilmington ......... Seattle .............. Piney Point ......... San Juan ............ Columbus . : ......... Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . Port Arthur ......... Buffalo ............. St. Louis ...... .. ... . C leveland Date Mar. 5 Mar. 6 Mar. 7 Mar. 8 Mar. 8 Mar. 9 Mar. 12 Mar. I J Mar. 14 Mar. 15 Mar. 19 Mar. 23 Mar. 10 Mar. 8 Mar. 17 Mar. I J Mar. 13 Mar. 14 Mar. 16 Mar. 15 Deep Sea Lakes, Inland Waters .............. .............. .. . . . ......... .............. 2:30p.m . 2:30p.m. 2:30p.m. 9:30a.m . .............. 2:00p.m . .............. 2:30p.m. .............. 2:30p .m. . . ...... . ..... 2:30p .m. .............. 2:30p.m . ............ . . 2:3Up.m . ..... . .. . ..... 2:30 p.m . ........... ... 2:30p.m . .............. IO:JOa.m. .............. 2:30p.m . ............. . ............. . .............. 2:30p .m. ....... ...... . .............. 2:30p.m. ............. . UIW 7:00p.m. 7:00p.m. 7:00p.m . 7:00p.m. 7:00p .m . 7:00p.m. · The Transportation Institute Towboat Operator Scholarship . Program pays you while you go to school at HLS. It gives you free room, board and books. It helps you earn wheelhouse time while you learn boathandling skills. And HLS graduates get day-for-day worktime credit. l:OOp.m. You can.' t afford not to apply for a Towboat Operator Scholarship See your SIU Representative or contact HLS for details February 1979 I LOG I 37 �SIU Atlantic, Gulf. Lakes & Inland Waters United Industrial Workers of North America PRESIDENT Paul Hall SECRET ARY-TREASURER Joe DiGiorgio EXECUTIVE VICE PRES! DE:\T Frank Drozak VICE PRESJ DEN S Lindsey William~ Cal Tanner HEADQ UA RTERS I Dispatchers Report for De~p 675 4 A vc •• Bklyn. 11232 (212) HY 9-6600 Sea Al~GON AC, 520 St. Clair River Dr. 48001 (313) 794-9375 ' ' JANUARY' 1-31, 1979 0 TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C Port Boston . ... ........ .. . . . ... . .. . ..... . .. .. . New York .. .. ..... . .. .. .. ..... . ...... ... . . Philadelphia . . ... .. ........ .... . . .. .. . . .. . Baltimore ........... .. ......... . ....... . . . Norfolk ....... .. . ....... .. . . ... ... ... . ... . Tampa . . ...... ... .. ... ..... . ... ..... . . . . . Mobile .... ........ . . . .. .. .... .. . . .. ... .. . New Orleans ............................ . . Jacksonville ............................. . San Francisco ... ... ... . .... .... ... ...... . . Wilmington .. . .. ... . . ... .. . . ... . .... .. ... . Seattle ........... ~ · ... .. .. . .. . ........ . . . Puerto Rico . ............. ... . ..... ..... .. . Housto·n . ........... . ... ...... . .......... . Piney Point ............ ........ . .. ....... . Yokohama .. ........ .. ....... .. .... .... .. . Totals . . .. C-::': ...... ......... . ...... .. . . 7 82 10 24 10 '6 20 83 51 44 21 50 18 1 29 2 10 9 3 2 10 7 14 2 12 1 2 3 2 1 9 4 5 6 6 10 15 4 0 13 1 1 106 17 0 2 534 2 0 122 80 2 85 9 14 8 8'- 3 30 7 12 6 4 0 5 0 0 3 0 21 34 23 5 30 12 5 3 7 0 37 22 22 10 70 0 1 373 8 10 0 9 3 1 2 22 9 0 0 0 149 0 40 Totals All Departments ...... ..... ..... . ... . Class B Class C 15 107 5 9 15 11 22 69 49 45 10 34 21 92 0 l 505 6 2 5 130 22 43 23 13 27 159 1 1 54 17 2 11 8 2 1 5 7 0 6 2 34 17 14 7 3 10 10 7 15 12 7 2 43 23 11 0 2 242 99 76 32 10 7 1 8 3 2 0 0 10 2 10 2 4 ') 19 12 61 45 71 24 149 21 0 5 853 0 0 144 11 11 5 3 1 17 8 0 1 12 0 0 67 46 6 6 7 7 4 3 40 5 11 6 4 13 31 13 10 12 15 11 36 0 2 212 0 10 1 3 2 0 0 7 4 6 2 4 3 3 4 0 49 0 2 0 0 0 4 1 6 0 1 0 7 1 2 21 9 14 1 0 0 5 8 l ? 26 6 61 0 0 350 11 9 27 9 0 173 3 1 10 0 1 29 1 1 l 0 18 2 6 0 6 0 0 37 1 0 0 9 8 7 11 1 6 35 20 19 11 17 9 39 1 2 250 0 2 50 13 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 31 2 8 3 18 1 0 83 3 2 23 12 4 4 6 11 22 46 0 192 2 132 12 22 15 14 35 113 47 39 .34 45 19 109 9 2 650 1 57 9 12 6 4 1 11 0 2 3 1 1 10 37 15 11 4 16 4 20 1 1 208 5 2 3 3 9 0 9 0 0 50 2 15 6 1 7 5 5 0 19 16 29 63 35 33 23 19 16 56 4 0 390 0 3 0 0 1 64 1 1 1 2 2 4 5 4 5 4 4 3 6 1 0 65 12 4 4 0 7 0 0 37 ENTRY DEPARTMENT 2 3 39 97 2 9 22 3 1 4 29 8 15 8 10 11 3 8 51 29 24 21 7 3 51 43 4 9 15 28 14 5 .1 19 6 9 8 61 12 7 55 26 8 36 3 12 154 24 190 38 39 4 18 1 4 22 15 68 41 27 38 4 51 17 84 87 40 11 69 0 0 0 164 26 16 61 62 0 444 293 0 0 0 300 2 562 628 1283 764 450 1105 607 211 2193 979 782 11 10 23 12 25 28 10 40 0 36 14 0 1 42 19 58 7 1 *" Total Registered " means the number of n:ien who actually registered for shipping at the port last month. ** "Registered on the Beach" means the tota l number of men reg istered at the port at the end of last month . . -~ T Shipping WO! S excellent last month at all deep sea A&G ports. A total of 1,923 jobs were shipped during that time period. Of this number, 1,105 were taken by "A" seniority members. 607 by "B" seniority people and 211 by ""C" seniority people. This indicates that shipping is good right across-the-board for aH seniority classes and all ratings. Shipping for Slll members will remain good to excellent for the foreseeable future. 38 / LOG I February 1979 (616) 352-4441 HOUSTON, Tex .. .. . . 1221 Pierce St. 77002 .JACKSONVILLE, Fla. 0 13 47 24 40 61 BUFFALO. N.Y •. . . . 290 Franklin St. 14202 (716) TL 3-9259 CHICAGO~ 11.L. . 9383 S. Ewing Ave. 60617 (312) SA 1-0733 CLEVELAND, Ohio 1290 Old River Rd. 44113 . (216) MA 1-5450 DULUTH, Minn . .. . . . 2014 W. 3 St. 58806 (218) RA 2-4110 FRANKFORT, Mich • . . .. ... .. P.O. Box D 415 Main St. 49635 (713) 659-5152 4 98 ALPENA, !\1id1 •.... . 800 N . 2 Ave. 49707 (517) EL 4-3616 BALTl MORE, '1d. 1216 E. Baltimore St. 21202 (301) EA 7-4900 BOST O N, Mass . ·. . .... 215 Essex St. 02111 (617) 482-4716 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Port Boston . ................. ....... ......... . New York ... . . .. ....... .. . . .... ... .. .. . .. . Philadelphia . .. . ... ...... .. . . ..... ... .... . Baltimore . . . . ................. . .......... . Norfolk ........ . ......................... . Tampa . .. .. .. ...... . ..... . ..... ... ...... . Mobi: . . .. . . ... ... . .. . .... . . ... .. ....... . New Orleans ... ....... ... .. . . . . .... ..... . . Jacksonvill e .. . ............ . . ...... .. . ... . San Francisco . . ... . . .. .. ..... ..... ....... . Wilmington . ... ....... ......... . ......... . Seattle ............. . ... . ... . . ........... . Puerto Rico .............. . ..... .......... . Houston ...... ... . ... ....... . .. .. . . ...... . Piney Point ... . ... . ...... . ............. . . . Yokohama . . . . . ...... . ...... . ............ . Totals .. .... . ...... . ........ . . . ....... . .. . Class A ENGINE DEPARTMENT Port Boston . ... ................ . ...... . . . .... . New York ...... ...... .... ......... . .. . . .. . Ph iladelphia .... .... ... .. .. .... . . . ... ... . . Baltimore .... . .. ..... ...... . . . .. ..... . , .. . Nur f lk ..... . .. . . .. . . . . .. . ....... .. ...... . Tampa . . . . . ... .. .. ....... .. ..... . ........ 'Mobi le ......... .. ....... .. .... . ......... . New Orl ea ns . ....... ... . ...... .. . .. ... ... . Jacksonville ....... . ................... .. . San Francisco ....... . ...... . ... . . . ..... . . . Wilmington ....... . ................ . ..... . Sea ttl e .. . .............................. . . Puerto Rico ..... . ......... .. ............ . . Houston ................................. . Piney Point .. . . ................. . ... ... .. . Yokohama ........... . . .. ........ . ....... . Totals .... . . ... .. .... ..... . . .. .. ..... .... . REGISTERED ON BEACH All Groups DECK DEPARTMENT Port Boston . .. ...... .. . ... .. . ... . ... . .. . .... . . New York .. . .......... .. . .. . .. . . .. .. ..... . Philadelphia . ... ....... ... . .. .. .. ........ . Baltimore .. . ........ .... ... . .......... . .. . Norfolk ........ . .... . .... . .. . .. . .... . . . .. . Tampa .... . ... ..... . .... . . . ............. . Mobile . ... . ............................. . New Orleans . . . ........... ...... .... . . .. . . Jacksonvill e .............. . .. . ....... .... . San Francisco .... .......... .... ....... .. . . Wilmington . . . . . ...... .. . .. ... .. ......... . Seattle ............... . ........ . ... ...... . Puerto Rico ............................. . . Houston ..... ... ...... . . .... . .. .. .. .. .. .. . Piney Point ............ . ..... .. . . . . ...... . Yokohama ..... . . . . .......... ... ... ...... . Totals .. . ........ . ......... .... . . .. ..... . . 00 All Groups Class A Class B Class C Mich. 3315 Liberty St. 32206 (904) 353-0987 JERSEY CITY, N ..l. 99 Montgomery St. 07302 (201) HE 5-9424 MOUILE, Ala . .... . I S. 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, K~· . ...... . . 225 S. 7 St. '42001 (502) 443-2493 PHILADELPHIA, Pa ... 2604 S. 4 St. 19148 . (215) DE 6-3818 PINEY POI NT, Md. St. Mary's County 20674 (30 I) 994-00 l 0 PORT Al~Tlll R, Tex . ... 534 9 Ave. 77640 (713) 983-1679 SA~ FRA 'L'ISCO, Calif 1311 \lission St. lJ.U03 (415) 626-6793 SA!\'.Tl ' IH~ I·: . P.R . . 1313 Fernandez, Juncos, Stop 20 00909 (801)) 725-6960 SEATTLE. Wash . . ..... 2505 I Ave. 98121 (206) l\1;\ 3-4334 ST. l.Ol llS. :\lo . .. 4581 Grnrnis An. 63116 (314 1 752-6500 T .- n1PA. Fla. 26IO W. Kennedy Uh·d. 33609 (813) 870-1601 TOLEDO. Ohio . .... 935 Summit St. 43604 ( 419) 248-3691 WILMl~GTON . Calif. 5 tO 1 •• Broad St. 90744 (213) 549-4000 YOKOHA\IA. Japan ....... P.O. Uox 429 Yokoha ma Port P.O. 5-6 N 1hon Ohdori Naka-Ku 231-91 201-7935 West Coast Stewards Halls 110,01.l ' U ·. lla\\:tii . .. 707 .- \lakra St. t)6HU (HOH) 3J7-:-714 l'OIHI.:\"). Or. .... 421 S.\\ . :-th AH·. 97204 1:;0 .~1 .227-799.l \\'11 .\ll";n>,. C'a . .. 40H ,. \,alon Rhd. 90744 . (.:!U) HJ4-M:-JM SA:\ FRA,CISC'O. C'a. J50 Fremont St. 9-'10:' (-U3l 5-l.\- 5H55 �------------------------New Full Book : 'A' Seniority Upgraders-. I Why is this FOWT smiling? : -------------------------· Gilbert Rodriguez Bob Bess Seafarer Gilbert Rodriguez, 25, got his entry rating at HLSS in 1974.· He sails as a pumpman and he has a FOWT endorsement earned at the Lundeberg Schoo l. He also has firefighting, lifeboat and cardio-pulmonary resu citation training. Brother Rodriguez lives ·in Galveston and hips o ut of the port of Houston. Seafarer Bob Bess, 23, graduated from the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship Entry Training Program in Pin ey Point, Md. in t 973. He upgraded to fireman-watertender there in 1976. Rrother Bes . has hi s li feboat. firefig htin g and cardiopulmonary resuscitation trainin g. He li ves and s hips out of the port of No rfo lk. Zaharia J. Kyriacou Pau l Dowe Seafarer Zaharia J. Kyriacou, 23, graduated from the HLSS in 1976. Brother Kyriacou sails as a 3rd cook. Also to his credit, he ~. ~, :.:;,,,..~ has lifeboat, fire• '\ \ , fighting and card io-pulmonary resuscitation training. He lives in Annapolis, Md. and ships out of the port of Baltimore. Seafarer Paul Dowe, 20, gra duated from the Lundeberg School in March 1977. He upgrad ed to fireman - watertend e r at the School in November 1977. Brother Dowe has completed the lifeboat, firefighting and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation courses. He is a resident of Brooklyn, N. Y. and ships out of the port of New York. Evan Bradley , Seafarer Evan Bradley, 24, is a May 1975 graduate of the Lundeberg School Entry Training Pro. . •1 · gram. He upIf.·· graded to AB it.t~ ,'\ there in November 1978 .. H LSS also provided him wit h firefighting, lifebo at a nd cardio-pulmonary resuscitation training. Brother Bradley is a res ident of Sacra m ento, Ca li f. .and a ils from the Gulf ports . Tom Carroll Seafarer Tom Carroll, 24, graduated from the Lundeberg School in June 1977. Brother Carro ll got his AB tic ket las t year a nd is LNGtrained. !\ lso, he ha s hi s firefighting , lifeboat and ca rdi o-pu lm onary resuscitation tickets . He res id es in Sm ithtown, L. I., N. Y. an d sh ips ou t of the port of New York . / Because he's working. The best bet for wipers who want to improve their job. security is getting an FOWT ticket at HLS. Job opportunities for FOWT's have never been better. So. enroll now in the FOWT course at HLS. Course begins April 12 To enroll, see your SIU Representative or contact: Vocational Education Department Harry Lundeberg School Piney Point, Maryland 20674 Monticello Victory Committee James A. Peacock John Kane Seafarer James A . Peacock, 39, . Seafarer John graduate . from Kane, 23, is an the Andrew FurApril 1974 graduset h Training uate of the Lunde berg School. School in the He upgraded port of New Ort here to AB in leans getting his September I ~78. entry rating in He has lifeboat, : 1968. He got his firefighting and endorsement in 1971. Brother Peacock has his firefighting and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation cardio-pulmonary resuscitation training as well. Brother Kane is a resident of St. Louis and ships out of training and lifeboat tickets. A resident of Brunswick, Ga., he ships the port of New Orleans. out of the port of New Orleans. Deposit in the SIU Blo·o d BankIt's Your l,ife I' '' I: l -- Lc:itn la st mnn h !h o l1ir ·s Corn111111t~<' o Ill : 57 !lc>n/lcdh• V1c ·fnl\ 1 (Vi c c11y Cc:i rric;rsl pel id off Fl ! !h e; E ' XOf l) c1r·k 8rivn111w N J T1 ('\' 'J1, 1i-1 r! t1 1 l U<~c :k Dc lcqRI<· ,Jim Ba rbnccia . Ch1c~r Slc ".,';;:.11 ci Ut 1kc 1-1<1 11 sr'crc ' nrv - ·.:. porlc' r: ~lc "N n1i! Dcl ega t hol:imt Black anrl R0r.c:1 l1!1 ('rl 8n ·lln Anth flny ,;:ii lr'i rci s!11p s chn1ri nr1n February 1979 I LOG I 39 ·. �~ ..,.__ .._ - ..,. ------- _,._ ·- -~ - -- Support SPAD Checkoff Today For· Job Security J-omorrow . A strong U.S. maritime ind us try is the bread-and-butter of SIU members and it's also a crucial part of the country's national and economic security. A strong, growing American maritime industry can serve the nation in times of prosperity and national emergency. And the healthier the ind us try is, the better the job security is for SIU Seafare rs and Boatmen. The United States needs a commitment from Government for a national merchant fleet, built in American shipyards and crewed by American seamen and boatmen, capable of doing the job that has to ·be done in both the foreign and dom estic trades. And that means a strong U.S. fleet from th e largest supertanker to the smaJiest tug. These are the reasons the SIU spends so much time and effort fighting on the political front in Washington. But our ability to keep on fighting depends directly on SIU members supporting those efforts. That support means sign- ing a form like the one printed below, authorizing the Seafarers Vacation Plan to deduct 30 cents per day from your vacation benefits for the SPAD (Seafarers Political Activities Donation) fund. The 30 cents a day will be used,,, like every other voluntary SP AD contribution, to further the Union's political work on behalf of the entire SIU membership. Because of the new 30 cent SPAD checkoff, SIU patrolmen are no longer soliciting or accepting out-of-pocket SPAD donations. But Seafarers and Boatmen who wish to make direct contributions to SPAD can still do so at Union headquarters. Political activity is a way of life for the SIU and it always will be. Because even if the jobs of SIU members are secure for today, nothing says the ame will be true tomorrow, unless we keep on working. The harder we work in Congress for legislation that boosts the U.S. maritime industry, the better off every member of this Union will be. After all, our jobs are what keep us going. And 30 cents a day is a small price to pay to make sure those jobs will be there~.....ie. ASSIGNMENT FOR SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATION (SPAD) DATE :..................................................................................................... Seafarers Vacation Plan 275 20th Street Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215 Effective from this date, I hereby assign, direct and authorize you to deduct from payments required to be made by you to me for vacation benefits and at the time of such payments, a sum equal to thirty cents per day for which I am entitled to vacation benefit payments and to pay and transfer such amounts to SPAD, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. This authorization shall remain in full force and effect unless written notice by certified mail is given by me to you of revocation of this authorization, in which event the revocation shall be effective as of the . date y u receive it and app licable only to vacation benefits both earned and payable to me thereafter. I ac knowledge advice and understand that SPAD is a separate segregated fund established and administered by my union to engage in polit ical activities and to make contributions and expenditures for candidates seeking political office and solicits and accepts only voluntary contributions and i have the right to refuse to make any contributions, in cluding this authorization without fear of reprisal. I may contribute directly to SPAD such amount as I may voluntarily determine in lieu of signing this authorization and that the specified amount herein provided is to minimize administrative responsibilities and costs consistent with the facilitation for the making of voluntary contributions. And this authorization for contributions, constitutes my voluntary act. A copy of SPAD 's report is filed with the Federal Election Commission and is available for purchase from the Federal Election Commission, Washington, O.C. ~o This authorization has been executed in triplicate, the original for you, copy SPAD and i:opy to me. I I Me~ber's Member's name (Print) Signature 'I ' Memh~rs Home Address Social Security Number ... I ' I ' ' ' ' City . State )'.. \\Port Book Number I ·.,:; OFFICE COPY ':/ , y / ·. I '·; ......... Zip ·~288 � 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 February 1979 Description An account of the resource HEADLINES MTD LAUNCHES HIGH POWERED LEGISTLATIVE CAMPAIGN NMC SAYS U.S. NEEDS NEW POLICY TO GIVE FLEET 40% SHARE OF CARGOES MARITIME LABOR SEEKING COOPERATION OF U.S. NAVY LUNDEBERG’S LEGACY LIVES ON MEANY BLASTS COMMERCE SEC’Y ON TRADE POLICY SIU INLAND VACATION PLAN HITS TWO MILESTONES 90% OF ALL SIU INLAND COMPANIES NOW SIGNED UP: 3000TH CHECK SENT OUT FMC SET TO BOOT RUSSIAN LINE OUT OF U.S. FOREIGN TRADES SIU PLAN PAID OUT $2.5 MILLION IN January SIU CALLS FOR FREE-WORLD MARITIME POLICY TO OFFSET SOVIETS SIU, SEA-LAND WORKING TO STOP UNFAIR IMMIGRATION FEES IN PHILIPPINES SENATE, HOUSE APPROVE KEY MARITIME COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS CARTER SUBMITS BUDGET TO CONGRESS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1980 POSTAL REFORM BILL WOULD REQUIRE USE OF US FLAG SHIPS SENATOR INOUYE SUBMITS THREE MARITIME BILLS SENIORITY UPGRADERS COME TO WASHINGTON FOR BRIEFING ON SIU POLITICAL ACTIVITIES NEW RIVERS USER CHARGE WOUD RECOVER 25 PERCENT OF FEDERAL PROJECTS COSTS SIU POSITION ON MANNING RATES HIGH AT IMCO LAKES MEMBERS GET 13-CENT COLA U.S. UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DIPS TO 5.8% IN JANUARY DENTAL CARE AVAILABLE TO BAY AREA PENSIONERS AT USPHS W. PAUL GONSORCHIK, 71 DIES; RETIRED SIU OFFICIAL SEAFARERS CREW UST ATLANTIC: LARGEST SHIP EVER BUILT IN WESTERN HEMISPHERE SIU FIGHTING TO PRESERVE 3-WATCHES ON TOWING VESSELS STARTING AT THE BEGINNING… NOTHING LESS THAN A NEW LIFE DEVELOPING THE HUMAN POTENTIAL OF SEAFARERS SERVING A MOTIVATED MEMBERSHIP OVER $1,000 DIPLOMAS EARNED MAKING DREAMS COME TRUE READING PROGRAM MEETS BASIC NEED BECOMING A WHOLE PERSON HLS LIBRARY MORE THAN JUST BOOKS BEYOND THE CAMPUS A CENTER FOR INDUSTRY, LABOR, LEARNING FOR SIU BOATMEN & SEAFARERS, SPAD IS THE STRONGEST WEAPON IN OUR FIGHT FOR JOBS AND JOB SECURITY TRANSCOLORADO CREW FOSTER GOOD RELATIONSHIPS AROUND THE WORLD MURPHY SPONSORS BILL TO PROTECT U.S. FROM CONVENIENECE FLAG SPILLS YEARLY RENEWED CLINIC CARD, EXAM IS A MUST THE LNG’S- A NEW WAY OF LIFE FOR TODAY’S SEAFARER SIU SCHOLARSHIP HELPING SEAFARERS’S SON SHAPE UP AND SHIP OUT CREW HEROICS SAVE A SEAMAN FROM RIVER CURRENT SIU CREW DOES WHIRLWIND, RECORD-SETTING JOB ON OBO ULTRASEA BOATMEN SAVED HIS WHEELHOUSE JOB THRU HLSS TOWBOAT COURSE 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 2/1/1979 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol, 41, No. 2 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text 1979 Periodicals Seafarers Log