http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/35d4749b7fd25e9596794548fc1dd8a9.PDF 36616078eaf2fbed9191dee2e8dc879b PDF Text Text OmeUl PabUcatlon of tbe Seafiwen Intematloiial Union • Atlantic, Golf, Lakes and Inland IVkters District • AFL-GIO ¥»L 44 Wo. 7 Jnljr M i-.: SlU Crews 2nd of 6 New CATUGS pages 18-19 t- tax Equity Floor Fighf • ,.*0 u'V Bill for At Sea Anticipated Conventions in "'S ard Moves tee Rtrw Fi Authorizations I Bill in House jjypgmUmimi^^^pages 2021 SHLSS Wins int'l Lifeboat Race in N.Y. p»a** SlU, NMU Reject Gov't Request for Wage Rollback sfory page 3 see President's report page 2 •' '•'V'jv ; • '" . ... :G -• ' • v.' ^ ' J- Y' �•.»3i-:-. President's Report oy Frank Drozok Record Speaks for Itself HE record will indicate that the SIU has made every effort to be logical and reasonable in understanding and dealing with the problems of Americ°an-flag shipping. It has been our policy that matters of this sort be discussed openly in our membership meetings so that each Seafarer would fully understand the economics of the industry and his part in it. Long ago we recognized that as th^ traditional shipping nations of the world captured an increasingly larger share of American foreign commerce—^and as the developing nations began to create an4 e^cpand shipping operations of their own—it was necessary for us to become more competitive and to allow the American-flag operator as much opportunity as we could to meet the competition. This does not mean that the labor force alone can make the difference in whether or not our ships are competitive. There is a whole range of other factors which are at least equally and perhaps more important in determining the ability of the national fleet to acquire cargo. But the labor force is a factor in some measure and to the degree that it is, we have attempted to act responsibly toward the success of our contracted operators. This policy has been effective—in the membership's best interests, and that of the industry and the nation. With the move toward a new maritirhe program in the late 60's and early 70's it was necessary to offer some incentive to American investors. America's fleet was terribly overaged. New ships would have to embody the latest in technology to be competitive. To provide incentive to American operators and others to invest in new vessels, the. SIU membership endorsed a policy allowing for realistic manning scales and other contract matters that were vital to attracting money into the business. As the membership knows, we were successful thereby in maintaining T and even increasing the job opportunities for SIU men. We were subjected to criticism and abuse because of our willingness to blaze a new trail that was so vital to the vvelfare of American seafaring people. We have made sacrifices and we understand a good deal about the problems of shipping management. It must be pointed put very strongly that when, we did work out collective bargaining agreements with management that offered incentive and realistic manning scales based on the new technology, management itself and government both did their shares in enabling the new operations to be successful. It was not a one-sided affair. And so when, on June 23, Maritime Administrator Harold Shear called the heads of the various maritime unions to a meeting in his office and asked us to roll back the wage increase that became effective June 16, we of the SIU flatly refused his request. We were joined in that position by the National Maritime Union whose president. Shannon Wall, attended the meeting. Others present were Capt. Robert Lowen, International Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots; William Steinberg, American Radio Association; Jesse Calhoon, Marine Engineers Beneficial Association; Raymond McKay, Marine Engineers Beneficial Association District 2; and Chiles Calhoun, Radio Officers Union. A few days later, the SIU and the NMU issued a joint statement commenting on the Admiral Shear proposal and the unions' rejection of it. We were surprised by the bluntness of the request, which was made on the basis of the allegation that American seamen were overpaid. There had been no previous discussion°or communications on the subject other than the repeated references by the Office of Management and Budget Maritime Task Force and various Department of Transportation comments that alleged that American seamen are highly paid. As one OMB interim report to the President's Cabinet Council puts it, "American crew costs are the highest in the world." I think we should remind the maker of that statement that Americans in almost every calling are higher paid than their counterparts elsewhere.'(American doctors, American corporate presidents, American college professors and economists, American legislators and American bureaucrats are the highest paid in the world.) We pointed out to Admiral Shear that we are prepared to make sacrifices but we would like to knovy that they would not be in vain, that they would be part of a carefully considered objective. Admiral Shear could offer no assurance, not even a vague promise, that acceptance of the proposal would produce any cargo, and consequently ships and jobs. Under those circumstances, we had no choice but to reject the request. As an organization of professional seamen, we are always ready and open to proposals that will improve our lot and the state of American shipping. But we want a little more in return than being referred to as "nice guys." We want- something tangible and we want all who will benefit from our sacrifices to make similar sacrifices for the common good. U.S. Claims Court Rules: Carter Had Right to Umlt Wages of Gov't Employed Seamen Washington, D.C.—The U.S. Court of Claims here has ruled that the Carter Administration acted within its rights when it imposed wage caps on seamen, employed by the Federal Government. This decision adversely affects many seafarers (members of the former Military Sea Transport Union). Acting under President Carter's directive in fiscal year 1979 and 1980, government agencies employing mer­ chant seamen imposed the same wage hike caps on the mariners as were imposed on other federal employees. A law suit was then filed against the government. It argued that the merchant seamen, though working for the federal government, (such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis­ tration and the Military Sealift Com­ mand) were covered by prevailing wage rate laws and should not have been subject to wage caps. The June 16 court ruling, by a majority of the three-judge court "affects between 1500 and 1700 unli­ censed personnel," said Roy "Buck" Mercer, SIUNA vice president who »•.<< - '"'W' - added that "the ruling means govern­ ment employed seamen will probably never get the same wages as commer­ cial seamen again." Mercer who was head of the former MSTU noted, how­ ever, that an appeal to the Court of Claims' decision was under study and would probably be filed. The suit was originally brought ''to decide whether the executive branch... may limit pay increases of certain prevailing rate employees to the rates of increase imposed on other fed­ eral employees by statute." Prevailing rate employees are employees whose wages are set "in accordance with wages in comparable private industry jobs in the particular locality . . ." However, as part of his "anti-infla­ tion effort" President Carter directed all federal agencies "to place a 5.5 percent ceiling on pay increases . . ." for all employees during fiscal years 1979 and 1980. "There is no escaping the fact that federal mariners are federal employees," the Court said, concluding that the Carter Administration therefore had the right to limit the government servicd mariners' pay hikes and that the "plaintiffs are not entitled to additional wages based on the decision of NOAA and MSC to limit their fiscal 1979 and 1980 base pay in accordance with executive directives." In a strong dissenting opinion Judge Wilson Cowen wrote that "the gov­ ernment acted without statutory authority in imposing a .cap on plain­ tiffs' wages . . . because, in doing so, the Executive Department completely ignored the guidelines set by Congress." Under the separation of powers established by the Constitution, Judge Cowen wrote, ". . . the President has no authority to alter policy and prin­ ciples declared by Congress . . ." In a related decision, the court ruled on a challenge to "certain overtime and premium pay practices of NOAA in connection with the pay ceilings. In fiscal 1979 and fiscal 1980," the court ruling explains, "MSC increased pre­ mium pay by 7.5 percent and 12.83 percent (the industry rate) while NOAA did not. MSC also paid overtime at these above-ceiling rates while NOAA did not." The court ruled that "those plaintiffs who were employed by NOAA are entitled to additional overtime and premium pay in accordance with pre­ vailing rates . . ." Note to Ship Secretary . All SIU ship's secretaryreporters are reminded of the necessity of. sending the ship's crew list regularly to Headquar­ ters for Important record keeping purposes and emergencies. When on foreign articles, the ship's secretary should send the crew list in from the first foreign port. On domestic runs, the crew list should be sent every 30 days, or after each payoff, whichever is shorter. Send crew lists to SIU, 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y 11232. ATTN: Vice president "Red " Campbell. Change of address cards on Form 3579 should be sent to Seafarers International Union, Atlantic. Gulf, Lakes and Inland Voters District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth /We.. Brooklyn. N.Y 11232. Published monthly Second Class postage paid at Brooklyn, N.Y Vol. 44., No. 7, July 1982. (ISSN #0160-2047) 2 / LOG / July 1982 Fii; •I rj. •' sj ' ••• �c:--HiT-%T:•" "• -.Tr;- ,.'i . ' ,-- '^ •-';. ' Wage npHE SIU and the National Mar^ itime Union have jointly rejected a Reagan Administration request for a rollbaclc of the IVi percent deep sea wage increase which went^ into effect June 16, 1982. The Administration request was relayed to the heads of the nation's deep sea unions at a meeting in Washington, D.C. on June 23,1982, called by Maritime Administrator Adm. Harold Shear, (see ^'Presi­ dent's Report" page 2 for more information on this meeting.) Those in attendance were: SIU President Frank Drozak; NMU President Shannon Wall; MM&P President Robert Lowen; MEBA District 1 President Jesse Calhoon; MEBA District 2 President Ray McKay; American Radio Associ­ ation President William Steinberg T and Radio Officers Union President Charles Calhoun. After soliciting support from the unions for President Reagan's propo^ed maritime program, Adm. Shear made the request for the wage rollback stating that, "official Washington is nearly unanimous in its belief that American seamen and officers are too highly paid in relation to the remainder of the Amefican economy'' (chaired for the SIU by President Frank Drozak) drew up^a statement of rejection, which was promptly sent to all SIU and NMU contracted deep sea vessels. The statement noted that unlicensed seamen had already made great sacrifices in recent years in the loss of jobs due to automation, while at the same time cooperating with management to increase productivity on the ships. The statement also pointed out SIU, NMU Meet at SHLSS that although total U.S. crew cost The joint SIU-NMU decision to (including officers) are higher than reject the Administration's wage Japan and Western nations, wages rollback request came after much of unlicensed seamen "are more discussion at a meeting of the SIU- than competitive with our counterNMU Committee on Cooperation , parts on the national flag fleets of at the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg other Western nations and Japan." School of Seamanship in Piney The joint statement further noted Point, MD. on June 30, 1982. that, "the SIU and NMU are willing The SIU-NMU Committee to look at any program that will revitalize the U.S. maritime industry'' But in the absence of a national cargo policy which would significantly increase the number of ships and jobs available to American seafarers, the SIU and NMU had no choice but to "emphatically reject" a Wage rollback. SIU officers in attendance at the Piney Point meeting were: SIU President Drozak; Vice-President Mike Sacco; Legislative Director Frank Pecquex; Exec. Asst. to the President Jack Caffey, and Jack­ sonville Agent and Deputy Plans Administratdf Leo Bonser. Qfe^tbe. NMU side were: Secre­ tary-Treasurer Tom Martinez; Vice Presidents Lou Parise and James Paterson; Legislative Director ^ ^ . Elwood Hampton; Social Sei^ices Director A1 Zeidel, and legislative representative Tal Simpkins. Conventions-At-Sea Tax Bill Moves Up In House WASHINGTON, D.C.—A shipboard convention bill, strongly supported by the SIU, was passed this month by a House Subcommittee. The legislation, H.R. 3191, was very favorably marked up by the Select Revenue Subcommiftee, chaired by Rep. Pete Stark CDCalif.), and was sent on to the full Committee, Ways and Means. Originally introduced by Rep. Frank Guarini (D-N.J.), the bill would allow conventions that are held on U.S.-flag cruise ships to be tax deductible in the same way that land-based conventions are tax write-offs. Current tax laws allow deductions for conventions in Canada and Mexico as well as in the U.S. Tkx deductions for conventions held aboard cruise ships, regardless of their registry, were disallowed in late 1980 when Congress revised the Internal Revenue Code. Guarini's original bill simply called for tax deductions for conventions when thdy are held aboard U.S.-flag passenger ships that stop in North American ports. However, the bill as marked by the Subcommittee was amended to permit an American-flag vessel to travel to any port, whether doihestic or foreign, and still be able to host conventions which qualify as a tax deductible business expense. Another amendment adopted bjr the Subcommitt^^ould require tte Convention atrendee to pr^ide proof df^rticipation ax the convention's daily sessions. A similar requirement is contained in a Senate version of this legislation. During the mark-up process th? Treasury Department tUd not reverse any of its earlier objection to H.R. 3191. The Department still contends thrat cruise line vessels are inappropriate sites for holding business meetings. The SIU believes that this bill is extremely important to the survival of the fledgling American-flag passenger industry and is a necessity for its continued growth. H.R. 3191 still has a long way to go for final approval. If the House Ways and Means Committee acts favorably on it, the legislation must still go to the full House, be passed by the Senate, and signed by the Ftesident. The SIU's legislation team will continue to monitor and fight for this bill that could so favoinbly effect the livelihood of America's merchant seamen. The Spirit of Texas Is Launched As of Aug. 1, Seamen Must Use SIU CImios fur 'Duty' Slips In other words, as of August I, The Board of THistees of the Sea­ farers Welfare Plan ruled that, 1982, the Welfare Plan will no longer effective August 1, 1982, seamen accept private physician's determi­ must use the SIU's Welfare Plan nations of "Fit for Duty" or "Unfit * clinics and contracted pbysidans for for Duty". examinations to obtain *'Unfit For The Hustees took this action to buty" slips. insure an efficient, cost effective The United States Public Health Service, which was shut down Oct. procedure to determine duty status. I, 1981, formerly provided this The SIU CUnics, like USPHS, are service for seamen. However, since acutely aware of the health proMems the USPHS closures, seamen Iwve and n^s of seamen, and are in a been using private physicians, which much better position to fairly and has led to undue conftision and an accurately determine the seaman's inordinate financial drain on the health status in relation to the phys­ ical requirements of his job. Seafarers Welfare Plan. Another brand new bulk carrier, the horsepower of 15,400 moving at a 36,000 dwt M/V Spirit of Texas (Titan service speed of 16 knots. She has a Navigation) was launched early this beam of 93 feet and a draft of 50 feet. month in the Levingston Shipyard, Last year the Pride of Texas made Orange, Tex. her maiden voyage to Mainland China The $40-minion, 590-foot bulker, with a cargo of grain. Early this year, the last to be built for the Asco-Falcon the Star of Texas made her maiden Shipping Co. fleet, will shortly join voyage to Egypt. In September, the her two sisterships, the M/V Pride of Star will haul a cargo of phosphate Texas (delivered in May 1981) and the from Morehead City, N.C. to Karachi, M/V Star of Texas (delivered in January Pakistan. 1982.) The Spirit of Texas will probably be The Spirit of Texas is powered by twin diesel engines with a combined crewed up this fall. Juiy 1982 / LOG 3 �-sil n.. .' 'i\. SlU Supports House Bill: •'U' r^i- •. / m ^ m Senate OKs Reagan Vbrsion of Maraa Budget • .9-Xi-: . %^%0KK%am%0 wmw p . ^.u.itv^rvHifficult for U. S. rates make it very difficult for U.S. Washington, D.C.—^The Senate construction of-American vessels operators to secure bank loans to has passed a Maritime Authoriza­ in American yards. build American flag vessels without tions Bill for Fiscal Year 1983 that some kind of government backed, Shipyards Will Suffer incorporates most of the Reagan According to "Businessweek," loan program. Administration's austere budget The Senate bill also contains Ianiccuiiiiucuuauv.ua. recommendations. The Senate bill one of this nation's leading business differs substantially from the SlU- journals, 12 to 14 of this nation s gu^gg that would give direct aid to supported House version of the bill, shipyards would probably fold if certain owners of foreign flag vesUnder its terms, those foreign If the Senate bill is enacted in its U.S. operators were allowed to build present form, several important foreign. The rest would subsist on flag vessds already carrying toxic maritime programs woiild be frozen Navy work. Few if any private flag waste could continue to remain in or killed. The Construction Differ­ vessels would be built in this the trade, even though the Jones Act has been redefined to exclude ential Subsidy Program, which has country^ / In additfon to cutting the CDS foreign flag participation in the toxic made it possible for operators to build their vessels in American program and extending the build ^aste industry. shipyards, would be totally elimi­ foreign provisions for two more The Maritime Authorizations Bill years, the Senate also decided to covers a wide range of maritime nated. The Senate also voted to permit freeze the Title XI loan guarantee activity. Other monies allotted for subsidized U.S. operators to build program at $12 billion. In keeping Fiscal Year 1983 include $454 mil­ their vessels in foreign shipyards with that ceiling, new commitments lion for Operating Subsidies; $16.8 for at least two more years. The for loan guarantees will be limited million for Research and Devel­ original decision to allow U.S.^ to $675 million in 1982 and $600 opment, and $71 million for gov­ operators to build foreign was million in 1983. ernment training schools. The Title XI Program has become reached last year. It was intended to be a stop-gap measure. The plan very important to American operHouse Differences was to give the Administration time ators in light of recent economic The House version of the Mar­ to come up with a plan to stimulate conditions. Continuing high interest • itime Authorizations Bill differs dif from its Senate counterpart in four ways. It contains no build-foreign provision. It raises the Title XI ceiling by $3 billion, from $12 bil}ion to $15 billion. It would not allow any foreign flag incinerator vessels to be "grandfathered" into the American toxic waste industry. It would retain the Construction Differential Subsidy at a $100 mil­ lion level in Fiscal Year 1983. A number of high-fanking Con­ gressmen have expressed displea­ sure with the Senate version of the "bill. Rep. Mario Biaggi (D-NY) said that "the more 1 listen, the more I get the impression.., that there is no real intention of preserving the merchant marine." The House Bill has been reported out of the House Merchant Marine Committee. It awaits floor action. There is expected to be a spirited fight between supporters of the House Bill, and those who favor the Senate version. New Shipdocking Tlig Joins SlU Fleet in Charleston,S.C. rriHE Marine Contracting and A Towing Co. of Charleston, South Carolina has added a new shipdocking tug, the South Caro­ lina, to its SlU-contracted fleet. Purchased from the U.S. Navy at an auction held in Norfolk, Va., the newly acquired vessel was just about ready to go into service. The South Carolina received a good deal of streamlining and refurbishing, not to mention a fresh W' coat of paint. She certainly looks from the Navy, the America, is now service in about six weeks. America better in the colors of Marine Towing being refuFbished; She should will bring Martoco s SlU-contracted than she did in battleship grey. At follow the South Carolina into fleet to eight vessels, the time of the LCG'S visit to his­ toric Charleston, the South CaroUna's overhaul was nearly complete and she will be in service by the time this issue goes to press. Some equipment not usually found on commercial tugboats but utilized by the Navy, such as a sophisticated firefighting system, will be retained on the boat. This firefighting system should make the South Carolina a valuable asset in the Charleston harbor. Two GM diesel electric motors with a combined output of 1200 horsepower will provide the South Carolina with the necessary muscle for its shipdocking chores. Here's the crew of the South Carolina, from the left: Bob Mazyck, <»ptain; Norton A second tug, also purchased White, engineer; H. P. White, and Mike Sistare, deckhands. iaitclKlMrliv MUn nOTAL REGISTERED Aii Groups Class A Class B Class C JUNE 1-30, 1982 Port DECK DEPARTMENT 12 4, 0 ENGINE DEP/dtTMENT 22 2 0 33 8 . 0 0 STEVUARD DEPARTMENT 14 2 0 13 5 1 ENTRY DEPARTMENT 0 0 0 56 47 19 83 18 72 165 1 "'Total Registered" means the numtjer 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. 24 24 5 2 1 Port Algonac Port 8 Algonac 29 14 3 107 22 4 Totals All Departments 4 / LOG / July 1982 46 63 —. Algonac......!.,......... The refurbished South Carolina. ''REGISTERED ON BEACH ^ Aii Groups Class A Class B Class C 1 Algonac Port - TOTAL SHiPFED All Groups Class A Class B Class C 1 47 14 �9'' • -..y. Drozak to Cong/ffess; •=.t'v.iyfii!.,, 3<,r Strong measures Needed to Enforce Cargo Laws Washington, D.C.—Unless Congress takes "strong measures" to put some muscle into U.S. Cargo Preference Laws, "we will continue to witness the undermining of cargo preference programs," which, SlU President Frank Drozak told a Senate Subcommittee, "are one of the last things keeping this industry alive." Testifying at hearings held June 16 by the Senate Merchant Marine Subcommittee of the Commerce, Science & Transportation Com­ mittee, chaired by Sen. Slade Gorton (R-Wash.) Drozak spoke bluntly about cargo preference, echoing the statement he made before a House Merchant Marine & Fisheries Committee hearing earlier in June. "It is one thing to have cargo preference laws on the books," said Drozak who is also president of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Depart-' ment. "But it an entirely different matter to have these laws obeyed. Over the years," he added, "there have been repeated actions by gov­ ernment agencies to avoid com­ plying with this law" The subject of the Senate Sub­ committee hearings was to receive comments on the status and work- SIU President Frank Drozak testifies at Congressional hearings recently. ability of the Cargo Preference Act of 1954. Known as F*ublic Law 664, the Act requires at least 50 percent of all government-generated cargo to be shipped on U.S.-flag ships. The major programs under PL. 664 are the Food for Peace program (PL480), the Agency for International Development's Loans & Grants program and the Strategic Petroleum and Minerals stockpiles. During two days of hearings maritime spokesmen, including Drozak, Adm. Harold Shear of the Maritime Administration, Peter Luciano, executive director of the Transportation Institute and Philip J. Shapiro of Apex Marine Corp., among others, spoke strongly in favor of the Cargo Preference laws. Wayne Nelson of the National Association of Wheat Growers tes­ tified against continuing U.S. cargo preference as did George L. Berg Jr., of the American Farm Bureau who said cargo preference is "costly to the American taxpayer... contrary to our foreign policy... constitutes a policy of protectionism and... inhibits exports." Expressing the view of the majority of witnesses before the Senate Subcommittee, Adm. Shear said "it would be difficult to exag­ gerate the importance of government cargo preference to U.S.-flag oper­ ators. For some carriers," Shear continued, government-generated "cargoes represent the difference between operating and going out of business." In his testimony, SlU President Drozak went a step further with his views on cargo preference. After citing several recent instances of non-compliance with PL 664 by the Dept. of Energy, the Agriculture Dept., and the General Services Administration, as the latest in ah ongoing series of examples, Drozak charged Congress to take "correc­ tive steps... before it is too late." Compliance with cargo prefer­ ence laws must be beefed up, Drozak said, by: • having the President issue "an Executive Order directing all agen­ cies to comply with the letter and the intent of cargo preference laws. Agencies must be put on notice that the President will not tolerate vio­ lations of thfe law;" • amending section ,901 (b) of the Merchant Marine Act to clarify those programs which are covered by cargo preference, making it more difficult for agencies to evade the law; • giving Marad the authority and the manpower to oversee compli­ ance. "Without teeth to enforce them Drozak told the Senators, "cargo preference laws will continue to be ignored." House Unit Slips Changes Into P.R. Passenger Ship BUI •v WASHINGTON, D.C.—The SIU has strong objections to sections of a Puerto Rican passenger ship bill that was passed this month by the House Merchant Marine Sub­ committee. The legislation, H.R. 1489, would..waive an 1886 U.S. law in order to allow foreign-flag ships to carry passengers between the American mainland and Puerto Rico—unless the Secretary of Transportation determines that U.S.flag passenger vessels are available. When the bill was introduced the SlU said it would not oppose the legislation as long as certain pro­ visions were met. These were: 1.) The Subcommittee should clearly note that the bill that is being waived by H.R. 1489 is an 1886 law and not the Jones Act of 1920 which deals with the carriage of cargo between U.S. ports. The SIU would oppose any effort to weaken the Jones Act. 2.) The qualifying clause con­ cerning the entry of U.S.-passenger ships must not be dropped. Language Changes As the bill stood originally, it was stated that if an American-flag pas­ senger ship became available, no foreign-flag yessels will be allowed to continue to operate between «.« w r n *1 _1 Puerto Rico and the U.S. mainland. However, the wording of the bill, as passed by the Subcommittee, leaves much to be desired. For one thing, whep, the bill mentions fqreign-flag ships leaving the run when American ships are available, the term "comparable service" is used. The Union sees this as presenting many difficulties. Also, the bill allows foreign-flag ships one year to get out of the service. The SIU feels that this time frame is too long. Because of consideration for the residents of Puerto Rico, the SIU had refrained from opposing H.R. 1489. As SIU President Frank Drozak had pointed out in a statement sub­ mitted to the Subcommittee last month, "because Puerto Rico is an island, Puerto Rican citizens who have a fear of flying or who are unable to fly for medical reasons have no readily available alternate method of transportation to the United States mainland." However, it appears that the original intent and proposed pro­ tections of the bill have b^n altered. The Union will be taking a closer look at the bill as passed by the Subcommitte in order to insure that American-flag Interests are pro­ tected. A_0¥TT MIv Feeey-tr»#ilj Sen. Tower to Navy; *We Need Merchant Marine^ Too' S ENATOR JOHN TOWER (RTex), head of the Armed Serv­ ices Committee, surprised an audi­ ence at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis by issuing a strong challenge to the United States gov­ ernment to come up with a com­ prehensive national transportation policy that would take into account the needs of the American flag merchant marine. Tower had been expected to applaud the military and naval build­ up that the government has called for, and he did. He had also been expected to praise Tom Hayward, the new chief of naval operations, and he did. What he was not expected to do was remind the Navy brass that American security is inadequate without a strong Amer­ ican flag merchant marine. In defending the importance of the American flag merchant marine. Tower cited famous American mil­ itary strategists from Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan to the late Dwight David Eisenhower. Tower noted the role that mer­ chant fleets played in the Falkland Islands dispute, the Vietnam and Korean Wars, and the rise of Soviet Naval Superiority during the past 20 years. He also made the following assertion: "I challenge our new Chief of Naval Operations to broaden the scope of our thinking on naval policy to include our vitally important mer­ chant marine and civilian ship­ building assets. We must turn from spending all our time on purely naval programming concerns and insert ourselves into the making of a national maritime policy—a mari­ time policy fliat will serve this nation in war and peace and will reflect the concerns of the Navy, the mar­ itime services, and the shipbuilding base." July 1982 / LOG 5 <!) �. : h,,:- 12Q Brit Seamen Voiiinteefs Get Pink Slips • DrilHE passenger liner Canberra was one of 54 privately owned British merchant vessels that played an important role in the Falkland Islands dispute. Its owners have come up with a very special way to show their gratitude to Britain's latest war heroes. Now that the media coverage of the Falkland Islands dispute has died down, 129 crewmembers who risked life and limb for their country have been fired and replaced with foreign seamen Who will be paid one-quarter their salary. The incident offers an important lesson for the United States and for American seamen. - When war broke out between T WW inter- Ptoama. teste Panama. The theory has been tested Argentina and Great Britain, the assumes in any just one tirrie. British government calied more than national dispute. I^il of Bntmn s During the 1973 Yom Kippur War, 50 privately owned vesseis into success lay m the ability of its merthe United States was frantically service to provide the Royal Navy chant marine to carry supplies from searching for ways to bring supplies with adequate seaiift capability. A the port of Southhampton to the to Israel, its loyal and embattled few of the vessels had been staffed soldiers and navymen stationed m ally. Despite pressure from the with foreign seamen. The British the South Atlantic, government, mindful of national The British are very senous alwut American government, William Tolbert, the late President of Liberia, security, refused to let those foreign their maritime power. And, unlike seamen man British merchant ves- the United States, they have gone issued an executive order that for­ bade Liberian flag vessels from sels during what it considered to be to some trouble to maintain a fairly carrying arms to the Middle East. healthy merchant marine. a national emergency. The firing of the 129 British Since the end of World War II, P&O, the company that owned seamen is not only in bad taste, it the Canberra, hired 129 British the U.S. government has adhered is a personal tragedy for the men seamen/volunteers for the duration to the "Effective U.S. Control Doctrine," which states that Amer- involved. A far greater tragedy, of the Falkland Islands dispute. The Falkland Islands dispute ican maritime interests can be pro- however, is the fact that the United proved once and for all the impor- tected by foreign fleets, most States does not have a viable mer­ tance that the merchant marine notably those of Liberia and chant marine to rely upon. Brand Makes Most of Shot at Nationwidediately Audience apparant, people can go years quite sympathetic. They came from all over the country: from Mobile, from Detroit, from California. Thanks to Herb Brand, a lot of people who did not even know that the merchant marine existed are now aware of some of its problems. From its inception, the maritime industry has been hurt by its relative obscurity. Most Americans take their merchant marine for granted. That's not their fault. The consequences of allowing the merchant marine to atrophy are hidden. Unlike irrespon­ sible tax policies, which are imme­ HERB BRAND, chairman of the Board at the Transportation Institute, recently appeared on the "Larry King Show!' Larry King is to late night radio what Johnny Carson is to late night television. His show is carried on 265 different stations nationwide, and has an audience of 20 million people. Brand is an acknowledged expert on the maritime industry. He was the first president of the Transportation Institute, a widely respected non-profit organi­ zation aimed at promoting maritime research and development. Last year, he was named Chairman of the Board. The Larry King Show follows a question and answer format. King is known for his direct style. His first question to Brand was, "what is the problem with the merchant marine?" Brand told him! For many years, he said, the United States has followed a free trade policy. That was fme in the Nineteenth Century. However, we are the only country today that insists on "free trade" in the maritime sector. Other countries have strict cabotage laws. They subsidize their merchant marine. They promote bilateral trade agreements. Brand said that during the election campaign Ronald Reagan without being aware that their gov­ ernment is following a bankrupt mar­ itime policy. The real value of a mer­ chant marine is most apparant during a national emergency. Unfortiinately, by that time it is usually too late to reverse ineffective policies. For a top maritime figure to be able to talk to an audience of 20 million Americans is an important event, for it gives the maritime industry a chance to let the American people know just what is involved in allowing the American flag merchant marind to dwindle. Responsibility. Respect. And more money, too. Herbert Brwd issued an eight point program for the maritime industry. One of those points stated that it was essential for any American president to direct all gov­ ernment agencies to negotiate bilateral trade agreements. That has not been done by the Reagan people, said Brand. Brand's discussion of maritime problems, was quite successful. An overwhelming number of calls were Karen Leslie Admitted to Jersey Bar THEY'RE THE THINGS YOU EARN WHEN YOU'RE THE CHIEF PUMPMAN. You're an SIU Seafarer— the most professional maritime worker in the world. Make it pay. Sign up for the Pumproom Maintenance and Operations Course at SHLSS. Contact SHLSS or your SIU Field Representative for details. Proud daddle, Steve Leslie, first general vice president of the Operating Engineers, Gives dauahter, Karen, a kiss after she was admitted to New Jersey law practice in recent Sriemonles In Henton. Leslie, a fwmer a^ber of th^lU, also serves as vice oresWent of the AFL-CIO Maritime Tfades Department. He Is also head of Local 25 of the Operating Engineers, which shares office space with the SIU at SIU Headquarters In Brooklyn, N.^ 6 / LOG / July 198^ Course starts September 27 �•i •^-[•^,'>' '^700.00, SlU WishiBS Happy 300th Birthday to 'City of Brotherty Love Amerlca'sBicentennlal?notthistlme.Thesetall8hlpssalledlntotheportofPhlladelphiarecentlytocetebratethe ance of eight SlU-contracted tugs from Curtis Bay, Taylor and Anderson, McAllister and Sonat, which v®'"" docked In Philly to help celebrateThe city's 300th birthday. The tall-masted ships, many of which had participated in the 1976 O^Sall ^^^ from South America to Philadelphia. The SlU was well represented at the harbor festlvitle^from the J'l® undock the tall ships, to SlU Representative Mark Tfepp who took these pix, to Mrs. John Gallagher, pictured above with AB Greg Newman. Mrs. Gallagher s husoana, John, Is a deep sea SlU member as are two of their sons, John Jr., and Leo. . Congress Overrides Reagan Veto of Copyright Act WASHINGTON, D.C.—Even ufacuring clause of the Copyright Act, countries of Asia. The Labor Dept. and Senate Judiciary Committee though there's a Republic,an majority which requires that most books by last year estimated that as many as Chairman Strom Th^imond (R-S-^ ) in the Senate, President Reagan's veto . Americans and other printed material 367,000 jobs would be wiped out, was a co-sponsor of the bill. nine . « 1 • .« T T __ J MAMA** nrk/1 /%4-liot* srr\tiac fr\ ciict5)1Tl thp V6tO CRITIC irOITl be produced in the United States or including jobs in paper mills and other votes to sustain the veto came from is not indestructible. Republicans. . .L . . For the first time, the Congress Canada to enjoy full copyright pro- printing-related industries.^ tection. The domestic manufacturing WITH A Republican majonty in the overrode a veto by President Reagan If the President's veto had been sus- requirement, which has been part of Senate and a strong conservative coaand thus prevented the further erosion tained, hundreds of thousands of U.S. the law since the year 1891, was lition in the House, Reagan has seldom of American jobs. jobs would have been wiped out by "sehg^led to expire this month, and had to veto legislation the AdmmisA 324-86 vote in the House and an 84-9 vote in the Senate saved the man- the shifting of printing to low-waee Con^^ approved a compromise bill tration opposed in order to keep it from extending it for another four years, becoming law. Of pight other vetoes, most were until July 1986. ^ allowed to stand without an attempt to Reagan vetoed the measure with the explanation thirt "my Administration override. That is exactly what happened has placed a very high priority on strengthening free trade" and America's recently with a Housing Stimulus BUI trading partners objected to the man- that inc^ded a program ^designed to ufacturing clause." cut mortgage interest rates by four perThe AFL-CIO responded that centage points for certain buyers of "America's workers ojbect even more new homes. strenuously to the loss of their jobs," The government was to bear only September 27 and October 25 and Legislative Director Ray Denison the administrative costs of the program called on Congress "to stand up to its because home buyers would have been convictions and make sure the bill required to pay back the subsidy. becomes law. To allow the veto to stand Nevertheless, the President vetoed the would be sharing responsibility for job bill, and with a single stroke of his pen prevented the construction of destruction," he warned. Before the vote, the AFL-CIO wrote 250,000 homes and creation of a halfmembers of Congress of labor's con­ million construction-related jobs. cern at the ripple effect of the job losses on top of already severe unemployment. The original legislation had strong partisan support despite the Admin­ istration's opposition, and the vote A temporary telephone system has changes didn't come close to blocking been installed at the SIU Pacific Disthe two-thirds needed for the override. trict-PMA Benefits Trust Fund Office, In the House, 213 Democrats and located at 522 Harrison Street, San 111 Republicans voted to override. Fr^cisco, Please make note of the Sevety-three Republicans and 13 following numbers in the event you Democrats supported the President. need to contact a Fund Office repre­ When the House first passed the bill, sentative regarding your pension and/ on June 15, only 40 Republicans and or vacation benefits. 7 Democrats voted against it. SIU Pacific District-PMA The Senate had originally passed the Pension Plan bill by voice vote, and the Republican (415) 495-5949 leadership had to drop far down on the SIU PD-PMA Supplemental seniority^ list—to New Hampshire's Benefits Fund Sen. Gordon J. Humphrey—to find a (415) 495-5949 or 495-6894 floor leader willing to support the As soon as permanent numbers are assigned, new listings will be pub­ President's position. Majority Leader Hpward H. Baker, lished. Jr. (R-Tenn.) voted to override the veto. Attention Seafarers . - • Diesel Engineers are now in demand. Apply for the Diesel Engineer Course at SHLSS. It pays to get ahead in your career. - I •I Temporary Phone # for PMA Ifust Funds July 1982 / LOG 7 ^ vV'"S.: ' 'v;' I �I'M , I Brand New Vessel Bririas Jobs to SlU: ifi'i j li • Orphan Golden Phoenix Adopted for BUIK Trade Norfolk, Va.—It's been a long ancTunusual road but Seafarers have finally crewed a brand new bulk ship named the Golden Phoenix. The 931 foot long-ship has a beam of 140 feet and is owned by Phoenix Bulk Ships. She's operated by SIUcontracted Titan Navigation. Crewed here last month, the ship went to New Orleans to load soy­ bean oil. Her next stop will be Pak­ istan. After that, she'll be heading to Rorea for conversion. iC-. r' - • - • ,, -t . . Why convert a brand, new ship? That's part of the long, unusual« story. The Golden Phoenix was origi­ nally supposed to be the El Paso Cove Point, a liquid natural gas carrier owned by SlU-contracted El Paso Co. She and two sister ships were built at the Avondale Shipyard in New Orleans, La. During gas trials two years ago, thousands of cracks were discov­ ered—a very dangerous situation for ships that are supposed to carry such volatile cargo as liquid natural gas. However, the ships were still quite salvageable and an enterprising company" saw the possibilities. Phoenix will use at least two of those former El Paso ships as bulk carriers. The former El Paso Savannah, renamed the Jade Phoenix, took on her SIU crew in May. She is already in Korea for conversion. Both the Jade Phoenix and the Golden Phoenix will have their LNG tanks removed so that they can be multi-purpose dry and liquid bulk carriers. The third ship that was scheduled to be an LNG carrier, the El Paso Columbia, is currently in Norfolk. However, she may not be taken over by Phoenix since she suffered extensive damage while being towed from Boston, Mass. to Halifax, Nova Scotia. -(. • • I- SIU Norfolk representative Mark Evans (I.) gives AB Tom Mitchell a receipt for his quarterly dues payment. Boatswain Luther Pate (i.) and AB Spiro Catechis take a moment to relax In the Golden Phoenix's mess hail. y . Day QMED Spiros Perdikis enjoys a cup of coffee before burning to in the engine room. AB Tom Holt in the crew mess. Oiler Sam Morales checks a reading on the engine room console. A beshaded David Burgess, AB, checks a valve that has not seen much use In the past four years on the former'El Paso Savannah's'deck. Ass t. Cook Kenneth Long (i.) and Chief Steward Bill Wroten handle a good portion of the galley chores aboard the Golden Phoenix. 8 / LOG / July 1982 '-'T - '• �•l*''..••••-.-V 5-" ' • . -•K' _ .;."• •,: -•••"•: V- • hington tn So.'it.iivrs l.iui.Tn.iti()ii.i! I'liioii i)t Nrirtli Amciii,.!. Ai l.-(.MC) July Recess The November elections are right around the corner. One-third of the Senate is up for re-election, and so is the entire House of Rep­ resentatives. Most Congressmen are taking full advantage of the July recess to line up their support back home. Needless to say, legislators have been preoc­ cupied with the upcoming election and the tra­ ditional month long August recess. Aside from the budget, little legislative activity is expected until after the election. Starting November 2, however, there will be a burst of activity. Congressmen and Senators will try to make up for lost time. They'll have to beat a January deadline, when a new Congress will have to start from scratch. Any legislation that has not been enacted by the end of the year will have to be re-introduced. Following is a rundown of some of the Washington activities, pending at this time, which affect the jobs and security of SlU mem­ bers. Law of the Sea: The Reagan Administration has decided not to sign the Law of the Sea Treaty on grounds that it does not adequately protect American interests. Interim legislation mandating the use of American flag vessels in any deep seabed mining ventures will still be in effect. Industry experts are divided on the veto's consequences. Some predict that the refusal of the Administration to sign the treaty will lead to an uncertain international situation, thereby retarding the develqping of an American seabed mining industry. UNCTAD: The United States was one of four nations that voted against the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Liner Code, as 130 nations voted in favor of it, while 17 abstained. The UNCTAD Treaty is supported by the SIU. We feel the treaty s bilateral trade provisions would stimulate American shipping. Military Sealift Command: The Military Sealift Command recently unveiled plans for an ambitious new Sealift program that it con­ - :S ', -i'' f?' .'•. 1 •2 I ;-^-viS I July 1982 i--.—- • 1 J- ! t-^isl.itivf. AJmiitistrjrivi.' .mil KcsMil.mus. H-ippt-niiip Which would put American flag vessels on tends will help reverse the nation's declining equal footing with landbased convention facil­ sealift capability. The plan was well-received, ities, is essential to the development of the except that most industry figures felt that it American flag passenger vessel industry, and should brifeat^as a stopgap measure and the SIU fully supports it. that primary attention should be paid to rebuilding this nation's merchant marine. Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Amendments have been passed to the House and Senate Reagan's Maritime Program: After an versions of legislation dealing with Oil Anti­ unusually long delay, the Reagan Administration trust Exemptions (S.2332). Both the Senate unveiled the details of its new maritime program and House versions would establish a mandatory last month. The Program aroused immediate fill rate for the nation's Strategic Petroleum and intense opposition from the SIU on the Reserve to take advantage of the present oil grounds it would destroy U.S. shipbuilding. glut. The House Amendment, introduced by Reagan called for an indefini_Je extension of Rep. Dannemeyer (R-Cal), would establish a temporary legislation permitting subsidized 200,000 per day minimum. The Senate American operators to build foreign. He also amendment, introduced by Sen. Jackson (Dwants to cut funding for research and devel­ Wash), would establish a 300,000 barrel per opment as well as totally eliminate the vitally day minimum fill rate. U.S. ships must carry important Construction Differential Subsidy 50% of these cargoes, by law. Program. Reagan would put a ceiling on oper­ Maritime Authorizations Bill: The House ating subsidy funds and the Title XI Loan version was reported out of the House Merchant Guarantee Program for building new ships in Marine Committee recently. The Senate has U.S. yards.. already passed its version of the MaritimePbrt Development: More than 35 separate Authorizations Bill. The Senate version incor­ port development bills are before Congress. porates many of the Administration's recom­ One, HR 4627, would reserve 40% of all dry mendations. including the elimination of the bulk cargo for American flag shipping. The CDS program and the indefinite extension of SIU fully supports this bill. HR 4627 was the build-foreign program, which was meant reported out of the House Merchant Marine to be a stopgap measure. The House version Committee. The Water Resources Subcom­ of the bill which is much more sympathetic to mittee of the House Public Works and Transmaritime interests, awaits passage. The SIU portqjtion Committee, which has primary juris­ supports the House version. diction, is expected to pass its own version; The Senate version of the bill has been bottled up in the Finance Committee. The Adminis­ tration's decision to formulate a $440 million system of user fees has complicated the picture. Uncertain of its effect, local ports are backing away from the ambitious plans for development. Modernization of this nation's antiquated port system is essential if we are to develop our coal resources. ^ Guarini Bill: This bill would make con­ ventions on board American flag passenger vessels eligible for tax write-offs. The House Subcommittee on Internal Revenue Sen^ice marked up the bill. Passage of the Guarini Bill, SPAD is the SIU's political fund and our political arm in Washington, D.C. The SIU asks for and accepts voluntary contributions only. The Union uses the money donated to SPAD to support the election campaigns of legislators who have shown a pro-maritime or pro-labor record. SPAD enables the SIU to work effectively on the vital maritime issues in the Congress* These are issues that have a direct impact on the jobs and job security of all SIU mem­ bers, deep-sea, inland, and Lakes. - ^ The SIU urges its members to continue their fine record of support for SPAD. A member can contribute to the SPAD fund as he or she sees fit, or make no contribution at all without fear of reprisal. A copy of the SPAD report is filed with the Federal Elec­ tion Commission. It is available for purchase from the EEC in Washinjgton, D.C. ^ Ibwlwat Operator Diesel Engine Schoiarsiiip Students Visit D.C. Winners of lx)th ttie IbwiXMrt Operator, and Dtesel Engine Scholarships offered jointly by ttieltansportatlon Institute and the SIU went to Washington recently for a visit to Tl-ansportatlon Institute and to the offices of their Union's legislative repre­ sentatives. During their tour of the Congress, they paused for this photo on the steps of our nation's Capitol. Pictured from top right are Dennis Necalse, Benny Landry, Michael Halliburton, Robert Martin, Richard Cavalier, Gil Pruitt, Ben Elmore, David Hutching, Bill Noland, Rick Bauer, Melvin Ott and Eric Corgey. Continuing around, Curtis Alford, Steve Frantz, Jesse Barrera, Mark Pool, Don Toby, Roger Taylor, Robert Olvany, Greg Newman, Bill Harrott, Jasper Green, and SIU Legislative Representative Elizabeth Coker. July 1982 / LOG 9 WB- \ j-y �?: J Area Vice Presidents' Report Great Lidkes ahd Western Rivers, by VR Mike Sacco ¥M0:^"- Sii i I lU-contracted operators in the ^ Western Rivers continue to be hard hit by the nation's economic recession, which has deeply depressed the movejnen^of coal and petroleum products along the Mis­ sissippi River S]^stem. However, there have been some positive signs since my last report. Orgulf Transportation crewed up two boats recently which had been laid up. Orgulf now has 5 of 6 boats running, and they are building two new 8,400 hp towboats to go into service in November. In addition, SIU crews employed by Orgulf are anticipating contract negotiations. The present agreement with this company runs out in December. Heartland Transportation also broke out a previously laid up boat, the Harry Briendelle, and transferred it from the Canal to the River. This represents a net gain of jobs since River crews are traditionally larger than Canal crews. National Marine Service is running only 10 of 18 boats. The Union met with management recently to discuss the company's problems and the subsequent effect on unemployed SIU members. The meeting was very productive. As a result, management agreed to a temporary relief-job system to aid unemployed Boatmen with short term employ­ ment. All laid off National Marine employees should register at the halls servicing this company to take adv^tage of the temporary system. On the Great Lakes, the maritime industry continues to suffer through one'bf its more difficult seasons. Nearly 50 percent of the Great Lakes fleet continues to be laid up due to the severely depressed auto industry. There are no easy answers to the problems plaguing all Great Lakes industries. But one thing for sure, the Great Lakes situation will not cure itself. There must be action from Congress and the White House to reverse the decline of the Great Lakes. Gulf Coast, by VR Joe Sacco I:- •I.- -• • f .. -•> ULF area tug and barge comrpanies involved in the carriage of petroleum products continue to operate below capacity due to the continuing recession in the U.S. Deep sea shipping in the Gulf is also below normal, but we're holding our own nonetheless. We have a number of laid up ships in the d^Mf including four in Houston, three in New Orleans, two in Mobile, and six in the Jackson­ ville area, and three in Tampa. Members who already have their seatime requirements in for 1982 would be wise to use this time constructively to upgrade their skills at Piney Point. Those with the top rated skills always have good shipping. It's something to think about. In Mobile, SIU members crewed up the CATUG Grown, the second of six such brand new vessels to be put into service for Apex Marine. In New Orleans, where shipping was fair last month. Port Agent Gerry Brown attended his first meeting as a member of Louisiana's Task Force on Deep Draft Vessel Access to the Mississippi River. This important committee will formulate a report to La. Gov. Treen on the feasibility of dredging certain sections of the Mississippi to allow deep draft sea vessels to call at New Orleans and Baton Rouge. The SIU has remained extremely active in politics in the Gulf. On July 31, I'll be attending a statewide meeting in Austin, Tex. for the purpose of coordinating labor's support of candidates for the November elections. ^ The SIU will also Be attending endorsement meetings in Jacksonville, Fla. And we are cooperating with the Florida labor movement to make Florida's "Solidarity Day" (Aug. 28, 1982) a success. 10 / LOG / 3uly 1982 mfest Coast, by VR. George McCartney NTERNATIONAL events often have a direct and immediate impact on the American merchant marine. The recent ,war in the Falkland Islands between England and Argentina is such an event. Since the crisis' begarf last April, there has been a steady decline in the amount of cargo moving between the U.S. and Argentina. This has had a direct impact on the four Delta Line 'M' ships (combination passenger/ cargo vessels) which call regularly at Argentinian ports. The ships have been sailing with considerably less than full loads. Just this week the Santa Magdalena paid off and laid up. We are hopeful that this situation is only temporary and that the flow of cargo between the U.S. and Argentina returns to its regular levels. On another front we are eagerly awaiting the first West Coast-to-Hawaii voyage of the S5 Independence. This beautiful passenger ship's operator, American Hawaii Cruises, is testing the waters to see if there is a sufficient market for running the SS Independence on regular West Coast to Hawaii trips. At the present time, the Independence is undergoing a 6-week sprucing up and minor repair period in anticipation of the "maiden" run. I From July 19-22, 1982, the California State Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, hosted an important meeting in Anaheim for the purpose of determining who labor will support in the upcoming November elections. The SIUNA was fully represented at this meeting by myself; SIU €xec. V.F Ed Tiirner; SIUNA VP. Roy "Buck" Mercer; SIU Wilmington Agent Mike Worley; UIW National Director Steve Edney; SIU San Francisco Field Representative John Ravnick, and SIU Wilmington Field Rep Scott Hanion. Deep sea shipping was good in Wilmington in June, however there was an overall increase in the number of people 'Registered-on-the-Beaph.' We shipped 74 standby inland tankermen jobs last month here as well. We have a new Field rep in Seattle, Rich Berkowitz, who is adapting nicely to his new surroundings. Shipping in Seattle was good, where We recently recrewed the Sea-Land Philadelphia and the Santa Adela. East Coast, by VR Leon Hall (TTIVITY was brisk in the port Lof New York in the past month with a total of 37 ships in the port for payoff. There were 14 signons in N.Y. and SIU patrolmen also visited 13 ships in transit. I'm happy to report that shipping was good in New York with a total of 334 jobs shipped through the hall in Brooklyn during the month of June. In Baltimore, the SIU wrapped up a new contract with Harbor Towing, gaining wage increases of 8 percent, 7 percent, and 6 percent, respectively in the three years of the pact. We also gained provisions for COLA increases for the 2nd and 3rd years of the contract. Baltimore had two payoffs during the month of June with 18 SIU ships coming through in transit. The Bayamon is laid up at Maryland Drydock, but she is expected out by August I, 1982. Seafarers crewed a new vessel, the Golden Phoenix, in the port of Norfolk recently. The ship, initially intended to operate as an LNG, will instead enter the bulk trade after conversion in Korea. The SIU crew on her now will operate the vessel for a short time before taking her to the Far East, where conversion will take about six months. The important thing, though, is that this vessel represents a gain in job opportunities for Seafarers in the long run. SIU Boatmen in Philadelphia donated their time and talents last month to help the "City of Brotherly Love" celebrajte its 300th Birthday. Eight SIU tugs docked and undocked nearly a .score of "Tall Ships which sailed into Philadelphia harbor for the celebration. The be^tiful sailing vessels were a big hit during the festivities. �•••• -^a^:s&r:u5v.-;. m ifM y^. ,: - . • . ' iy ^ ;1'.' . SIU Welfare Plan Covers Entire BUI Baby Doing Fine, With Heip of God,^and $47,000 in Medicai Care S HE was only one pound, nine ounces at birth. Because she was so small, she couldn't breathe on her own. That was nine months ago. Tqday, baby Theresa Gail Sunirall, daughter of Seaferer Nathan Sumrall, is doing ju^t fine. However, the road to her recovery was paved with huge expenses. Her three-month stay in Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg, Miss, cost over $47,000. Since Brother Sumrall and his dependents are covered by the Sea­ farers Welfare Plan, that $47,000 bill was paid in full! It's one of the outstanding examples of the excel­ lent coverage that is provided by the Plan. The baby's mother, 26-year old Theresa Sumrall, told the Log that the family "would have been ruined" financially if the Seafarers Welfare Plan had not taken care of the b,ills. She particularly wanted to thank Debbie Beckerman in the Seafarers Claims Department "for her kindness and patience." Mrs. Sumrall also had a special Baby Theresa doing fine today with mom and big brother. request for the Log—a statement that she asked be put in this article. "I want to give Jesus Christ the praise for our baby girl being so perfect and in such good health. Only He could tum what could have been a nightmare of debt and sick­ ness into such a beautiful blessing." Baby Theresa was born on Aug. 26, 1981—three months premature. Because she was too little to suck a bottle, a tube had to be put down her in order to feed her milk. She suffered from respiratory troubles— at first needing mechanical devices to help her breathe. She also devel­ oped pneumonia. Now Baby Theresa is 14 pounds, 7 ounces and lives with her parents and six-year old brother, Ian, in their home in Sumrall, Miss. The southern Mississippi town of Sumrall was named around the turn of the century after Dan Sum­ rall, an ancestor of Brother Sumrall. Dan Sumrall ran a small grocery and post office in the area. Mrs. Sumrall found out some of these early details about the town from a 92-year old resident of Sumrall, Cora Russell. Seafarer Nathan Sumrall, who is 28 years old, sails with the SIU as an able seaman. A 1970 graduate of the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Sea­ manship, Brother Sumrall cornpleted the Union's "A" Seniority Upgrading course in December of 1976. The Seafarers Welfare Plan,' which provided the coverage for Brother Sumrall's baby. Was estab­ lished to help seamen and boatmen and their families meet their medical needs. Medical science does won­ ders nowadays but the financial cost is often high. A good medical plan, like the Seafarers Welfre Plan, can make a big difference in your life. Just ask the Sumralls. Tmnscolumbia Crew Gets Kudos for Space Shuttle Wings Run A complimentary letter gave high praise to the SIU crew and master of the SS Transcolumbia (Hudson Waterways) recently for their part in the safe delivery of the 58-foot. 50,000 pound fragile wings of the NASA 1985 Space Shuttle Discovery from Bayonne, N.J. to the port of Los Angeles. (See LOG story of Apr. 23, 1982; "Wings of New Space Shuttle Hitch a Ride iji inner Space on Trans­ columbia.") The letter from the Shuttle Orbiter Division of Rockwell International in California to Hudson Waterways said in part: "On Apr. 28, 1982, your .. vessel SS Transcolumbia successfully delivered the Space Shuttle wings for the Orbiter Vehicle Challenger from Bayonne. N.J. to the port of Los Angeles. columbia crew, has been a shining example of how a highly delicate space article was delivered safe and on schedule. "Part of the success should be con­ tributed to Capt. Robert L. Edmonds' tine performance and the total coop­ eration he provided during the voyage! "^. ..Edmonds has extended his responsibilities beyond his assigned duties and both Rockwell and NASA have benefitted by his dedication." It took a year to build the wings at the Grumman Aerospace Corp. in Long Isjand. N.Y. ''Edmonds dedication, coupled with the cohesiveness of the Trans­ Picked to transport the wings to California was the SlU-manned 523- ioox Transcolumbia because of her 71 Vi foot beam, unusually large cargo hatches and three lOO-foot cargo booms which weigh 45 tons each and can reach 50 feet over the side. From the port of Los Angeles, the wings were carried 95 miles to their final destination in Palmdale. Calif. Before arriving in Bayonne, the wings were towed to a dock in Oyster Bay, L.I.. loaded aboard a flat deck barge and .sailed 50 miles across Long Island Sound to the East and Hudson Rivers to Bayonne. A MESSAGETROIM YOUR UNION SAK^'« HHEP PEjTRoy. YOU AND 0ND YOUR CAREER AT $EA July 1982 / LOG 11 my" �• • r • • SlU Joins N.Y. Unionists at Albany Jobs Raiiy >1^;. • #i' : ?'! • :i::s:: .Mi •T--;• -•••- '•/ -' ,f : •.6^ What do we want? Jobs! When do we want them? Now! Albany, N.Y.—More than 3,000 trade unionists marched on the State Capitol in a soaking rain here last month in an AFL-CIO sponsored "Rally for Jobs." The June 29 demonstration, organized by the N.Y State Federation of Labor, was timed to coincide with the end of the 1982 legislative session. "The rally for jobs," said N.Y. State AFL-CIO President Ray Corbett, is for working people "to collectively express their opinions on the economy, jobs, social insur­ ance benefits and other issues that affect workers. Organized labor in New York State is angry" Corbett said, "and the unemployment sit­ uation must not be tolerated by government leaders." A fleet of chartered buses and vans brought the demonstrators to Albany from all comers of New York State. A contingent of SIU members—including a recent group of "A" Seniority upgraders made the trip from Union headquarters in Brooklyn, N.Y. In his keynote speech to the demonstrators AFL-CIO SecretaryTreasurer Thomas R. Donahue blasted the Reagan Administration's economic policies, charging the Administration with "using the same •'> 4% •y. •- 1^'.- . — The rain pooped out some of the younger demonstrators. Dad tries to keep her dry. The SiU banner is prominent as Lieutenant Gov. Mario Cuomo, (center with umbrella) who is running for governor of New York, greets demonstrators. Republican policies that brought programs, among others, Donahue his supporters want us to have," about the Great Depression of the said, are the "tax gimmicks and Donahue charged. Also speaking at the June 29 rally trade concessions that /hake it so 1930's." Donahue angrily denounced jhe -much more' profitable" for com­ were: William G. Lindner, pres­ Administration's promise That panies to "close plants here and ident, Transport Workers; Edward "prosperity is just around the open new ones overseas ... to sell J. Carlougb, president. Sheet Metal comer" as long as the U.S. stops out American workers and import Workers; Michael Mann, director, AFL-CIO Region VII; Harry Van funding "all the programs that ele­ the products of others." Concentration of all "the coun­ Arsdale of the New York City Cen­ vate the quality of life for plain try's physical and financial assets tral Labor Council and Ed Cleary, people." Coupled with cutbacks in cmcial in the hands of the smallest number secretary-treasurer. New York State health, education, housing, job of corporations . . . (is) the kind Building & Construction Trades training and unemployment benefit of country that Ronald Reagan and Council. Part of the huge crowd of unionists who attended the Albany rally for jobs. New Yorle State Federation of Labor President Ray Corbett addresses the rally. Wage Dispute on LIberian Tanker Ends After Near Mutiny f t: ^ m": FLAG - OF - CONVENIENCE ships are notorious for their poor working conditions and low wages. Recently a wage related labor dispute aboard a Liberian registered tanker almost led to a mutiny. Twenty-two crewmen kept the 890-foot Ypapanti at anchor 17 miles off Delaware for over a month because they had not received their pay. The ship's owner is Astrolabe Bay Shipping Corp., a Liberian registered company based in London with Greek and British principals. Astrolabe wanted to send its own team of men aboard the ship to handle the situation. But the U.S. Coast Guard refused to let them put to sea from Cape May, N.J. It was the company's plan to fine the crewmen, who were mainly Pakistanis and Indians, and to take them to Liberia for punishment. But President Reagan stepped into the dispute and Astrolabe agreed to repatriate the, men to New Delhi, India and Karachi, Pakistan. Officers from the Coast Guard and the FBI stormed the Ypapanti last month to take the crewmen off. According to the company the crew had wanted to delay payment of their wages until they came to an American port and could be paid in dollars. But when the ship, carrying 12 million gallons of crude oil, tried to dock in Philadelphia, she was denied entry because she lacked certain safety equipment. After the 22 crewmen left the vessel, some replacements were put on board and the ship was taken to the Bahamas. Because of unsafe and unsanitary working conditions, and the lack of respect for a seaman's basic right to be paid what he was promised, incidents of angry and unhappy crews aboard "flag-of-convenience ships are not uncommon. . 12 / LOG / July 1982 ^ �L. i -V.'-S.. . - . . . r-j?;*- .'.i^-•-•••,••• • •• V .. ...V • .' V-.'' •>j;-c,ri%j;..k--i.^\''^il^;'.i& & Xi HARRY LGNDEBERG SCHOOL OF SEAMANSHIP ' If'"- \ SSSSSSSS3SSS5^ UUL^ Piney Point Maryland Towboat Scholarship Program ":;fs Trains Boatmen For Inianti Waterways industry O ne of the many unique training programs at SHLSS is the Towboat Operator Donald Toby, who works for New York Dock Railway, handles the controls of the Susan Collins during an on-thejob training session of the T.I./SIU Towboat Operator Scholarship Program at SHLSS. Scholarship Program, a pioneering industry and labor effort to upgrade the skills of inland waterways boatmen, and to make the inland waterways transportation system a more efficient and profitable operation. In this program, the Trans­ portation institute,a resbarch and education organization con­ sisting of some 150 deep sea and inland waterways companies, together with the SlU under­ writes the costs and administers a program to offer training scholarships to employees of the companies. These scholarships enable eligible boatmen to take seven weeks off to come to SHLSS and participate in a thorough course which fullyqualifies them to hold a Towboat Operator's license. The next course yvill begin Oct. 25 and will run through Dec. 10. SlU Boatmen who are interested in applying for the Scholarship Program can write to: Seafarers International Union,. 4581 Gravois Ave., St. Louis, Mo.; or write to: Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship, Piney Point, Md. 20674. Jesse'Berrera navigates the Susan Collins in the St. George's River under the guidance of SHLSS Instructor Ben Cusic. In-the-wheelhouse training is a vital part of the upgrading curriculum for towboat operators. Jesse, who works for Moran Towing out of Port Arthur, is completing the Towboat Operator Scholarship Program which is jointly sponsored by Transportation Institute and the SlU. ^ QMED Courses Offer Solid Base in Engineering T he course is 12 weeks long, and When the students com­ plete it they have acquired a solid Seafarer Edward Marks of Seattle learns maintenance procedures on the coolant system of reefer boxes as a part of the QMED upgrading program at SHLSS. understanding of basic marine engineering which will enable them to perform their jobs more efficiently. The course is QMED Any Rating, and it consists of training in seven basic marine engineer­ ing responsibilities: pumpman, refrigeration engineer, electri­ cian, machinist, deck engineer, junior engineer, and deck engine mechanic. The courses in each of these areas are thorough and provide the students with a sound basic understanding of the theories and practical appli­ cations of the principles in­ volved. The use of hand tools and test equipment, the reading of schematics and diag4:;anls>.^and the safe use of all equipmi^nt is learned both in the classroom and in the machine shop or aboard one of the ships of the SHLSS fleet. This QMED course will give the students confidence in their skills, and will enable them to perform their duties aboard ship more effectively, more effi­ ciently, and more safely. The next 12-week course for QMED—Any Rating will begin Sept. 27 and will run through Dec. 16. Leslie "Butch" Bell of Duluth works on an electric control panel during a shop training period In the QMED upgrading course. Great Lakes Seafarers Chester Christeneson of Duluth, and Daniel Oberle of Algonac work on a diesei engine as a part of the 12-week QMED upgrading program. July 1982 / LOG 13 �'; ."v;!)-"./-; -v.. •• :,-i ..>-•• •; ,1- ;i'.r ti^lf -'"•Si S' ^ fif;- :l. 't ' . k ••••.• -- 1 -'M-' Seafarer Ernest Wise of Seattle cfiecks on ttie meat loaf as dinner-time nears. Care­ ful preparation of foods, sanitation, and cost efficiency are all stressed during Hie training of cooks and bakers. ,_ ,.,,,,4".. J'i: hatever the job, the individual culinary skills of each upgrading student at SHLSS is ,encopfaged. Upgraders are taught the W basics of food and pastry preparation, the importance of sanitation, careful attention to recipes, work organization, and cost efficiency. Both classroom Great Lakes Seafarer Robert Enochs of Aigonac prepares some goodies In the bake shop as part of the SHLSS upgrading program for Cook and Baker. 14 / LOG / July 1982 -Vgi-Ii Arble Ray, who ships out of the Port of Wilmington, takes a roast out of the oven in the SHLSS galley In preparation for the evening meal. All of the on-the-job training Is closely supervised by experienced sea-going cooks and bakers. work on nutrition and on-the-job training in actual food prepara­ tion are stressed. Topics covered in the Cook and Baker course include the bakings of bread, rolls, pies, cakes, cookies and breakfast pastries. Students will also concentrate on preparation of other desserts and breakfasts. Mark Simpson prepares desserts In the pantry of the SHLSS main galley. Brother Simpson, who sails out of New York, Is enrolled In the Cook and Baker upgrading program. • �\ !~'a^ •*^. f ..-»'i>..v'-irir-"—•• i_^' --•-. ... -^ VvV,pi r-K^,r ; y iAbfe Seaman Upgraders Learn ffie Ropes W orking in the rigging loft, on board the M/V Earl "Bull" Shepard, and in the classroom students in the Able Seaman upgrading course at SHLSS are getting the best advanced seamanship training available anywhere in the nation. Instructors are experienced seamen and qualified teachers. The course rhateriaf is kept up to date. The equipment is the same as the students will encounter when they go back to their ships. In the classroom and on the job, upgrading Able Seamen learn to use both the magnetic and gyro compasses," the Rules of the Road, wheel commands, wire and "rope splfcing, cargo boom rigging, first-aid and firefighting. The course is four weeks, and candidates must have one year of seatime on deck and be able to meet minimum Coast Guard physical requirements. The next class begins Nov. 8. :A/J •-."rr- V -ti' Splicing nylon line requires skili and patience... and a iot of practice. Seafarers enroiied in ttie Able Seaman class at SHLSS learn and acquire ail of tlie above. Here, from left, are Daniel Bertoldo, of San Francisco, Jolm Caswell, from New York; Jeffrey Davis, from Aigonac, and in the background Ralph Damron from Port Arthur, Tex. Classroom instruction is a part of the daily schedule for SlU members upgrading to Able Bodied Seamen. Here, Instructor Abe Easter explains the Rules of the Road. Coast Guard GommaiKler Visils SHLSS • •. " 'S " -t' •'•V i • L- . .. The ancient skill of "boxing the compass" is stiii in the lexicon of deck seamanship, and these young Seafarers are learning that skill under the tutelage of Abe Easter, a seasoned deck officer and instructor at SHLSS. His students are, from left, Marisa Stevens of San Francisco, and Kevin Sullivan, Archie Ware and Peter Ryerson, all from New York. • Admiral John D. Costello, Commander of the Fifth Coast Guard District at Portsmouth, Vs., expressed his admiration of both the quantity and the quality of the training operations at the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship. The Admiral spent a day at the school earlier this month, and has visited tfie school's training facilities twice before. In the photo above, Admiral Costello talks with SHLSS Vice Presidenti^Prank Mongelli, left, and SHLSS Deck Instructor Tom Doyle aboard the school's newly-acquired at-sea replenishment vessel, the M/V Earl "Bull" Shepard. Tfie Shepard will be used to train Seafarers to operate replenishment-at-sea merclwnt ships safely and efficiently as a needed adjunct to the U.S. Navy's line ships. .July 1982 / LOG 15 .'-.if'i I �". ' ^•' '• luie ., upgrading Cour: Through i i Programs Geared to improve Job Skills And Promote U.S. Maritime Industry The starting and completion dates for all courses are also listed. Inland Boatmen and deep sea Seafarers who are preparing to upgrade are advised to enroll in the courses of their choice as early as possible. Although every effort will be made to help every member, classes will be necessarily limited in size so Course schedules for the remainder of 1982 are announced by the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship. Once again, the course offerings are designed to upgrade the skills of SlU Seafarers and Boatmen, and to promote America's maritime industry by providing it with the best trained and most highly skilled workers in the maritime world. sign up early. For convenience of the membership, the course schedule is separated into four categories: engine departnrient courses; deck department courses f/n/and waters); deck department courses (deep sea); and steward department courses. u u- Class schedules may be changed to reflect membership demands. slU Field Representatives in all ports will assist members in preparing applications. Deep Sea Deck DepartPient Courses Engine Dqnilnient Courses Length of Course Course Check-in Date Compietion Date Marine Electrical Maintenance July 19 October 25 Sept. 9 Dec. 16 8 weeks 8 weeks Marine Electronics Sept. 13 October 21 6 weeks Automation August 30 Nov. 8 Sept. 23 Dec. 2 4 weeks 4 weeks Pumproom Maintenance & Operations July 19 Sept. 27 August 26 Nov. 4 6 weeks 6 weeks Refrigeration Systems Maintenance and • Operations October 25 Dec. 2 Basic Welding Sept. 27 October 25 Nov. 22 October 21 Nov. 18 Dec. 16 QMED—Any Rating Sept. 27 Dec. 16 Third Assistant Engineer August 16 October 14 Diesel—Regular Sept. 27 October 25 Nov. 22 Length of Course Check-in Date Completion Date Lifeboatman , August 2 October 25 August 12 Nov. 4 2 weeks 2 weeks Able Seaman Nov. 8 Dec. 16 6 weeks Quartermaster July 5 August 12 6 weeks Third Mate August 9 October 12 Sept. 24 Nov. 26 7 weeks 7 weeks Third Mate/Celestial Navigation (10) July 19 Sept. 20 Nov. 22 August 6 Octobers Dec. 17 Course -a . 6 weeks open-ended Cook and Baker open-ended Chief Cook open-ended 12 weeks Chief Steward open-ended 10 weeks Towboat Cook open-ended 4 weeks 4 weeks 4 weeks October 21 Nov. 18 Dec. 16 Steward Assistant Cook 4 weeks 4 weeks 4 weeks 3 weeks 3 weeks . 3 weeks Gallon Donor Makes Blood Bank Richer •. .r - '--IP inland Deck Department Courses Dec. 10 7 weeks August 9 -Sept. 13 Sept. 16 Oct. 22 6 weeks .6 weeks inspected Towing Vessel July 19 Sept. 3 7 weeks Tankerman Sept. 13 Nov. 8 Sept. 23 Nov. 18 Towboat Operator Scholarship -Oct. 25 Celestial Navigation • 2 weeks 2 weeks " QMED (1St Class) Richard Parrish has joined the honor roll of SlU members who have donated a gallon or more of blood to the SlU Blood Bank. Rich dropped by the SlU clinic in Brooklyn to give his eighth pint after returning to the States from a tour on the M/V Rover. Nurse Carole Brown did the honors. Thanks Rich! 'Note change of starting dates 16 / LOG / July 1962 f' �•' mabfim :.;KV , ,^ Apply Now for an SHLSS Upgrading Course Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship Upgrading Application, Name •: ' Date of Birth. (Last) (First) (Middle) Mo./Dav/Vear Address. (Street) (City) Telephone. (State) Deep Sea Member (Zip Code) Q (Area Code) Inland Waters Member • Boole Number Lakes Member Q . Seniority Date Book Was Issued. Port Presently Registered In. Port Issued Endorsement!s) or License Now Held. Social Security #. €:• : • Piney Point Graduate: • Yes Entry Program: From. No • (if yes. fill in below) to. (dates attended) Upgrading Program: From. Endorsements) or License Received . to. (dates attended) Do you hold a letter of completion for Lifeboat: • Yes No Q Firefighting: • Yes No • CPR • Yes No • Dates Available for Training. I Am Interested in the Following Coursefs). - .V DECK T' ti/;# i^'i •;• '-k '•'' ':l • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ENGINE • FOWT • OMED - Any Rating • Marine Electronics • Marine Electrical Maintenance • Pumproom Maintenance and . • Operation • Automation • Maintenance of Shipboard Refrigeration Systems • Diesel Engines • Assistant Engineer (Uninspected Motor Vessel) • Chief Engineer (Uninspected Motor Vessel) • Third Asst. Engineer (Motor Inspected) Tankerman" AB Unlimited AB Limited AB Special Quartermaster Towboat Operator Inland Towboat Operator Not More Than 200 Miles Towboat Operator (Over 200 Miles) Celestial Navigation Master Inspected Towing Vessel Mate inspected Towing Vessel 1st Class Pilot Third Mate Celestial Navigation Third Mate STEWARD • Assistant Cook • Cook & Baker • Chief Cook • Steward • Ibwboat Inland Cook ALL DEPARTMENTS • • • • • • LNG LNG Safety Welding Lifeboatman Fire Fighting Adult Basic Education ki • RECORD OF EMPLOYMB)IT TIME ——(Show only amount needed to upgrade in rating noted ^ve or attach letter of service. i whichever is applicable.) I f VESSEL S SIGNATURE Please Print RATING HELD DATE SHIPPGD DATE OF OISCHAIIGE DATE RETURN COMPLETED APPLICATION TO: Seafarers Lundeberg Upgrading Center PINEV POINT, MD. 20674 July 1982 / LOG 17 s c,. �ri I z^'i'^.j' , • ^'^!;'>^''^''':;.--"-'";5,V;AVV \ Captain William Tender of the Grofon (2nd from right) stands with mem^xr^ e?Xchi5°S^ard'They are (i. to r.): Edward Singleton, steward deiJChief cook; Henry W. Roberts, ship s sec y/ChM^ . Jerome Sumiin, engine del./oller; Patrick Rankin, deck dei./AB and Fred Cooper, ship s chairman/Bos n. • 'Vr*'. '•• ^ • . ^ '' ' AB Patrick Rankin stands a watch In the Groton's wheelhouse. CATUG M/V Groton HE M/V Groton, number two equipped with modem hydraulic in Apex Marine's series of six pumping systems were constmcted new CATUG's, crewed last month by Bethlehem Steel in Sparrows and now she's purring along on. a Point, Md. The tugs, built by Halter regular run between St. Croix and Marin in Chickasw, Ala., measure 133 feet and are powered by 18,(XX) the East Coast. Like the Jacksonville before her hp twin diesel engines that reach and the Mobile, Philadelphia, New cmising speeds of 16'/2-17 knots. Diesel is one of the keys to the York and Baltimore to follow later this year or in 1983, the Groton is CATUG's success. The tug/barges are fuel efficient and cheaper to mn an integrated tug/barge unit. Built at two separate shipyards, than most ships of comparable size. The CATUG's carry a crew of the tug and barge units measure 691 16—eight officers and eight unlifeet when connected. The barges. T QMED/Pumpman William King checks the level In a tank on the barge section of the CATUG. Groton was carrying a load of diesei. 18 / LOG I July 1982 V Chief Cook Edward Singleton (i.) stands by as Chief Steward Henry W. Roberts stirs things up in the galley. �The bow of the CATUG Groton points up river as the vepsel lighters from its anchorage in New York's Narrows Bay. Joins the SiU Fleet censed SIU members. All six tug/ barge units have been named for East Coast and Gulf ports (Groton is near New London, Conn.) Apex plans to-'take delivery of one more CATUG this year, prob­ ably in late September. The last three are due during 1983. All six are "all product carriers" capable of handling oil, gas, jet fuel or No. 2 diesel fuel. Since all six tugs and all six barges were built to exactly the same spec­ ifications, they are all interchange­ able. But the units will be discon­ nected only if repairs or drydocking are necessary. The first Apex CATUG, the Jacksonville, began running between the East Coast and the Amerada Hess plant in St. Croix in early June. While the discharge points for the Jacksonville and the um —i Groton may change, the "load port will always be St. Croix" an Apex ^ picture of harmony as they pose on the barge's deck, (from i. to r.) they are: Fred Cooper, Bos'n; Gary Gehring, Second mate and Charlie Duncan. spokesman said. Chief Mate. . .. AS Billy Joe Lockhart '• refreshment of soda pop and ice cream. .»*•« ® — Thia craw of oilers three keep the Grofon's engine room running smoothly by night and by day. They are (I. to r): Arnaldo Oreilana, Jerome SumHn and Charley Smith, ' July 1992 / LOG 19 �' I •p-.- : _; , '•• '•. , • ( -r -M •'••;. •-.AL^Ai.'-^,,,'-' ..ii 1,1 -umj,- n- -'=•., ' i; -•' " - ftiaCi-W-r' ••• , , - •^;--:'r .,'^i. I T '":fVA '.-• •••••' r''%.A- ,,';.r;':..^ s;. I' 'JA . ... "'•• J-.- - ••• -'•-W .',' .A;.;v:"r'''AA ,:,.I..A;. , ' :v .-•-. ,-'•- ••?•;,•...—•• i,' •n'"-}'•"••' V; ~/-AAA:;].:A.. 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Ttm,mmnd«m d«ddln9t»mw«i"oc.r.t.»t..SHt^ wonth. r«m.^ New \brk, N.Y—Under sparkling blue skies the lifeboat team of SlU trainees from the Seafarers Hariy Lundeberg School of Seamanship pulled to a first place finish in the 29th Annual International Lifeboat Race, held here on a picture perfed Fourth of July. It was an SHLSS team's second victory in four tries (with two seconds) since 1979. Dipping their oars into the glit­ tering Hudson River to the rhythmic "Pull, Pull, Pull" call of Coxswain Mike Meredith, the nine oarsmen in the SHLSS boat glided to an easy victory in the finale over a Marine Transport Lines boat, crewed by NMU members, after a tough race in their first heat. But as they sped over the milelong race course between the twin towers of the World Trade Center and Battery Park in lower Man­ hattan, the crew from Piney Point were really racing against the ghost of their "archrivals," England's Royal Natlonal Lifeboat Institute which was unable to compete in this year s team's 1981 winning time. It was, therefore, disappointing when the The first meeting between an British oarsmen were unable to SHLSS lifeboat crew and the British travel to New York for this year's team, which specializes in lifeboat competition. But the time trials paid rescues, took place on Independ­ off anyway, as tne the SMLSO SHLSS iiTeooai lifeboat ence Day ,p79, with the SlU clocked the best time of the day at trainees scoring an upset over the this year's race, crossing the finish Englanders. line in 7:03. At the 1980 re-match, the British In addition to coxswain Meredith, triumphed by a single boat length a Towboat Instructor at SHLSS, the over the Union's team in the final Union's nine-man lifeboat included: heat, winning again by the same margin in the first heat at the 1981 Darrell McDonald, Rick Bumstead, Philip Knowles, Jerry international competition. Jones, Randy SantuccI, David This year, the Lundeberg School Cuffee, Randy Cook, Gregg team was determined "to avenge Hubley and Tom Gilliam. The 1982 last year's loss," in the words of one team was crewman. They worked rigorously rigorousiy leam wet& chosen wiuacn from more than » at Piney Point over the last month,rii 20 trainees who volunteered to bear rowing every evening over a course the SlU standard. They were matched against milA \Alith similar to the official mile with a teams representing Smith-Stockley single turn which they would be of and oeivii^ Service L.iiyMi^«>"'» Engineering OT Canada L/anaoa aflu facing on July 4. of San Francisco, Ca., In the first Trained Hard heat of the race. Marine Transport During the last two weeks, the training sessions intensified and the Lines, victor In the second heat, beat out the Canadian Coast Guard and Lundeberg crew raced the clock, a National Maritime Union team consistently battering the British race. before losing to the SlU in the third and final heat. Also part of the 1982 Lifeboat competition were the "City Heats," won by the Baldwin Bay Colony Rowers. Other city-based competing were the New York St^e i«^^ioiaiui Wf Norton i^wiwii Lilly will J ^ Legislature, & Co.,» the McSorleys Ale House Nine and the South Street Seaport Museum. Sponsors of the popular July 4th event, which drew thousands of spectators to the lower Manhattan waterfront, was the Maritime Asso­ ciation of the Port of New York, a 110 year old non-profit organization. On the night before the big race, all Competing teams were invited to a bash held at the Manhattan disco Les Mouches. The victorious SHLSS team was also feted when they returned with their trophy to ^7A7AV.A;.A''' >^ _ Piney Point. Treated to a party and . ...w, . _ — u a hero s welcome, each crewrnan was given an SlU jacket and hear^ wwffrairt. chalrpewon of the San Francisco Whalaboat Races, congratutartw congratulations from Frank MonMewSlthlTO of the SHLSS boat, on victory and invited a team ^ " """ gelli, vice president of the Lunde- S^LSS to partkHpats in the races In the 'City By the Bay' next year. Karen works berg School. for Saa-Uind in'Frisco. T-.T- ' • ' r,- ,'v .• ' . • ' J r--.A- r^ - ^ •Aii;- • A - • 1'rf .'ysr-t •'• - _ \v ,,L- r- >3®'' A'teK fl!i' 'te. - A; : •';A ' -»r= •'^'r '• •/• •7-:3A; Ai>Asf>'T» rri. -• 'A' ^••A: • Br ' a.» 7*' '•:>.^||rV. :t V '--. f -Agi?. ''•7... ^V">-^CVA?':AAA\",^^ 4ai:- A ' 'A'-;pj.jfc#j§»iy A'_ J. a . 7 J**.;., -A^r»AAA-a,-,A.A. ;AA/ A - - .-iii;;, ' ' ^ 'I i. L' •! I * -vifii ^ JAwczjy • c. ^ US - . " — - : •• "A, '.A;'AAi-7;i-; -.A • • ''-iA • .'VAA'-A -A.A.'',,A'-A:,- ' 7 ' :-f I'l^l % . |4 r , • 'r �,•#!»; '-a?-. • . r-ja^-.-.• •• • . . Dhfectory of Ports Frank Drozak, President Ed Ibrner, Exec, vice president Joa DIGIorglo, secretary-treasurer Leon Hall, vice president Angua "Red" Campbell, vice president Mike Saeco, vice president Joe Sacco, vice president George McCartney, vice president Dispatchers Report for Deep tv ,y • f .. i - '-i v»r , 'J: /•T JUNE 1-30, 1982 Port Boston . New librk Philadelphia .. Baltimore Norfolk .......... .v. Tampa . Mobile New Orleans San Francisco Wilmington Seattle Puerto Rico Houston Piney Point \fakohama Totals 4 • ' ' • « 4 • • « • • *4 . i 4 . » « 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ! 4 4'.4 4 4 4 4 4 ..... ....'. ..... ..... 4 4 4 4 .4 4 4 4 4 4 ........ 4 4 4 4 4 26 38 13 54 ..; 4 ^. .... 0 442 ... 4. 4 Norfolk Tampa .-..... Mobile New Orleans Jacksonville.'. San Francisco Wilmington Seattle Puerto Rico ..; Houston Piney Point ...... \bkohama Totals 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4- 4 4 4 4 4 4' 4 4 4*4 . 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 . 4 4 4 . t , , , t , 4 4 4 4 Port Boston \ 4 4 New \fark ...... Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Tampa ; Mobile .-.. New Orleans Jacksonville San Francisco Wilmington .'. Seattle Puerto Rico ..... Houston Piney Point 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 '4 4444 i^4_ 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 .....: 3 < 0 ,15 44 ..... 22 : • • 32 ..... 20 . 4 , 4 4 1 . 4 . 41 0 0 349 ... . . 2 55 0 .:... ..... 4 4 4 • 444441444. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 . 4 4 4 4 4 4 . < 12 0 10 32 : 12 17 . ^ • ;'---.-^-4—--- 4" 4 4' 4 4 4 4 4 4 ^ 4 4 4 4 i 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 . 4 4 4 4 4 a ...:. 4 -4-4'^4 3 21 0 1 5 0 1 6 2 20 6 ^ 4 3 : 1 1 0 74 ..... . ..... - 8 20 211 ^'REGISTERED ON BEACH All GroupsClass A Class B Class C 0 2 "0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 - 0' 0 1 0 0 ID DECK DEPARTMENT 1 5 76 46 0 1 20 11 13 22 0 0 18 8 65 12 14 18 20 8 20 13 33 17 17 10 54 29 0 4 0 0 351 204 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 182 9 34 16 12 36 135 50 79 64 62 14 84 0 0 786 11 70 8 11 18 9 10 55 26 37 28 30 4 35 0 0 352 1 5 0 2 1 0 0 5 0 11 8 8 0 2 0 0 43 .0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 ENGINE DEPARTMENT 1 3 81 30 1 0 13 8 9 13 0 0 11 8 37 13 24 19 18 17 14 , 7 26 4 9 9 37 16 0 7 0 0 281 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 57 6 11 14 8 8 26 17 26 16 26 5 25 1 0 251 0 0 0 0 0 , 1 1 0 0 7 3 4 0 1 0 0 17 STEWARD DEPARTMENT 1 2 56 45 0 0 15 5 7 12 0 0 10 • 4 26 11 5 ,5 13 29 10 7 21 20 5 6 15 ' 14 0 16 0 0 184 176 4 163 "6 33 20 10 32 89 35 63 28 50 11 83 0 0 627 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 74 , 1 10 13 4 24 67 20 26 12 34 13 46 0 0 346 6 60 3 5 5 5. 1 7 8 52 10 5 4 7 0 0 178 a 1 37 2 17 5 2 7 51 12 21 7 9 15 27 0 0 213 16 278 18 38 43 21 27 90 60 108 63 60 31 80 0 0 933 1,972 1,714 ; Vi'"'. . ' 4 . -X Totals Port Boston New Mjrk Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Tampa Mobile New Orleans Jacksonville San Francisco Wilmington Seattle Puerto Rico Houston Piney Point 2 31 1 3 . 7 0 6 18 16 13 10 14 5 14 1 0 141 TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C Class C 4 33 2 7 14 0 4 22 16 14 9 17 9 27 0 . 0 178 0 27 15 0 15 72 * 4 4 i 4 -.If', • 4 4 Port Boston New Vbrk Philadelphia firni-im REGISTERED All Groups Class A Glass B 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 8 1 0 0 . 1 0 0 0 0 16 5 3, 1 1 0 0 28 ENTRY DEPARTMENT ;.. 4'# 4 4 4 » .• 44.4-4 4 .... ;.. , ... • .:.. ; 4 4 1>4* 4 4 . 4 4 4 4 1. 4 4 4 4 4 -4 . > 4 1 4* 4 • 4 V • 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 .... , ...V/V... .27 0 12 9 0 3 31 7 17 3 13 19 0 Totals 1,158 Totals All Departments .. 5 129 1 17 22 0 14 48 30 39 34 42 27 56 25 0 489 1 12 . 0 ^ 2 1 00 6 1 45 7 10 3 0 0 0 88 882 112 - . •' * . ,• 816 ' • . •• _ '1 i,. 534 '' 4 1 45 0 5 4 0 1 - 10 . 3 108 29 25 5 7 JO 0 243 331 "Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping at the port last month. ""Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men re,:istered at the port at the end of last month.' I ' . Shipping in the month of June was up considerably over the month of April. A total of 1,354 jobs were shipped in June to SiU contracted deep sea vessels; that's more than 300 more Jobs than the previous month. Of the 1,354 jobs shipped, 816 or about 60 percent were taken by "A" seniority members. The rest wera filled by "B" and "C" seniority people. 22 / LOG / July 1982 HEADQUARTERS 675 4 Ave., Bklyn. 11232 (212) 499-6600 ALGONAC, Mich. 520 St. Clair River Dr. 48001 (313) 794-4988 BALTIMORE, Md. 1216 E. Baltimore St. 21202 (301) 327-4900 CLEVELAND, Ohio 1290 Old River Rd. 44113 (216) 621-5450 COLUMBUS, Ohio 2800 South High St., PC. Box 0770, 43207 (614)497-2446 DULUTH, Minn. 705 Medical Arts Building 55802 (218)722-4110 GLOUCESTER, Mass. 11 Rogers St. 01930 (617) 283.-1167 HONOLULU, Hawaii « 707 Alakea St. 96813 (808) 537-5714 HOUSTON, Tax. 1221 Pierce St. 77002. (713)659-5152 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. 3315 Liberty St. :^2206 (904)353-0987 JERSEY CITY, N.J. 99 Montgomery Sf. 07302 (201)435-9424 MOBILE, Ala. 1640 Dauphin Island Pkwy. 36605 (205) 478-0916 NEW ORLEANS, La. 630 Jackson Ave. 70130 (504)529-7546 NORFOLK, Va 115 3 St. 23510 (804)622-1892 PADUCAH, Ky. . .225 S. 7 St. 42001 (502) 443-2493 PHILADELPHIA, Pa. 2604 S. 4 St. 19148 (215) 336-3818 PINEY POINT Md. St. Mary's County 20674 (301) 994-0010 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif 350 Fremont St. 94105 (415) 543-5855 SANTURCE, P.R. 1057 Fernandez, Juncos, Stop 20 00909 (809) 725-6960 SEATTLE, Wash. 2505 1 Ave. 98121 . (206) 623-4334 ST LOUIS, Mo. 4581 Gravois Ave. 63116 (314) 752.-6500 TOLEDO, Ohio 935 Summit St. 43604 (419) 248-3691 WILMINGTON, Calif. 408 Avalon Blvd. 90744 (213) 549-4000 �[' . - At Sea/Ashore Kirkland; 'Among Friends With the Beys in White Caps' Point Margo to Sail to Mombasa From a Gulf port late this month the St Point Margo (Point Shipping) , will sail to Mombasa, Kenya with a cargo of 32,500 metric tons of wheat. Ex-SIUer's Art Mfork on Exhibit The artist and veteran ex-Seafarer, Norman Maffei, who drew the famous Paul Hall portrait in pencil which appeared in the LOG last year, has an exhibit of his realistic, pen-and-ink World War II combat sketches on display now in Oklahoma City, Okla. The 1982 exhibit in the 45th Inf. Thunderbird Div. Mu^m shows sketches drawn by tha then 18-year-old private of 4he 158th Field Artillery Battery of the 179th Inf. Reg. in the Sicily, Anzio and Salerno Campaigns in 1943 and 1944. Maffei drew the sketches depicting Nazi prisoners in tow and medics^ and ambulances carrying wounded, on lined tablet paper, wrapping paper and V-Mail stationery from the beds of moving Army trucks and the bottom of roadside ditches. Today, he's a Franklinville, N.Y art dealer. His war work appeared in the 46th Div. News and was featured at the division's 1981 reunion last August. ^ Beside the Hall portrait, Maffei has sketched and painted in oil many of the SlU ships he sailed on. AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland (3rd left) In the port of Wilmington, Calif, early last month with (I. to r.) SlU AB Paul Grepo, Patrolman Jess Soils, Field Rep Scott Hanlon, Port Agent Mike Worley and FOWT RIcardo Gill. Earlier Kirkland told 2,M0 Southern California trade unionists In the Hollywood Palladium that Reaganomlcs was a "failure" and called for a change on Election Day Nov. 2. Kirkland reman^ that whenever he sees "the Ijoys In white caps, I know I'm among friends. Twentyfour SlU members provided security for Kirkland while he was In Los Angeles. To Israel for the Tamara Guilden 'Brotherhood of the Sea' Almys From Aug. 1 to Aug. 15, the bulk carrier Tamara Guilden (Transport Commercial) will haul 22,000 long tons of grain to Haifa or Ashdod, Israel. mikM Independence Softballers Bury Coast Guard 14-2 Last month under the experienced hard-ball eye of Recertified Bosun Maurice 0. "Duke" Duet, the SS Independence (American Hawaii Cruises) Softball All-Stars of the ship's Deck Blues and Stewards Reds teams whipped the Coast Guard's Nawilliwilli (Hawaii) Chiefs 14 to 2. Previously, "Hawaii's Floating Island" Blues edged the Reds 3 to 2. %. 1 i-i ff. »/: Si Del Valle, Monte Off to Monrovia Jn early August, from a Gulf port the SS Del Va//e (Delta Line) will sail to Monrovia, Liberia as will the SS Del Monte with cargoes of bagged rice. 300tfi Load for LNG Virgo in Bontang / Aboard fantall of SS Independeitce (American Hawaii Cruises) on National Maritime Day, crewmembers and (right) Recertified Bosun Maurice "Duke" Duet "sterrto their captain read d memorial service for merchant seamen lost in wartime l^fore the memorial wreath (right) was consigned to the deep. (The Log regrets not being able to run this photo with our Maritime Day coverage in the June issue.) Seafarers Back Striking Teachers Late last month, all hands aboard the LNG Virgo (Energy Trans­ portation) celebrated with a pool party for carrying the 300th load of LNG out of the port of Bontang, Indonesia. Good food and drink was served under the supervision of Chief Steward Charles L. Shiral. Overseas Marilyn to Haifa Next month the ST Overseas Marilyn (Maritime Overseas)will trans­ port 23,500 long tons of grain to Haifa or Ashdod, Israel. J urr. ff' Converted Lurline Resumes Service The SS Lurline (Matson Line) converted from a R/0 R/0 trailership to a combination container carrier left for the port of Honolulu on July 2 from the West Coast. . She will team up with the containership SS Manulani at the port of Oakland in August when the SS Maui completes drydocking. The SS Maunawili and the SS Maunalei will then be placed in the reserve ^|00^ The Lurline's $42 million conversion involved a 126.5 foot midbody insertion which increased her length to 826.5 feet. Cargo capacity was hiked from 434 to more than 1,100 containers. SlU members (center) show their support with the SlU banner last month backing year-long striking civilian teachers of the United Federation of Teachers Union at Christ the King High School, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y.C. Also demonstrating were members of the Central Labor Council, Meat Cutters and R>od Store Union and Jewelry Workers Union. July 1982 / LOG 23 �•^•''.v- - •'**'•-•,- ... .. - -• , '• " T/.-i'v'i.''^-.^'.- I ' From Humble Beginnings, Sill li'aining by Jolm Bunjker NE of the most successful training programs in the history of the maritime unions was conceived on a waiting room bench in New York's Pennsylvania Station. It was back in 1953 and it came about in this way. Ed Turner, president of the San Francisco-based Marine Cooks and Stewards Union and Paul Hall, late president of the Seafarers international Union, had been trying to coordinate their schedules to talk about organizing and crewing new passenger ships that were to come out of shipyards and go into the various Pacific trades. "I had to catch a train for Wash­ ington," Turner recalls, "and Paul was coming to New York from Washington, so we decided to meet at Penn Station and then have dinner somewhere nearby. But we never got to dinner. We sat on a bench at the station for three or four hours and talked. Out of it all came the Marine Cooks and Stewards training school at Santa Rosa, California." From the time of its opening to the merger of the Marine Cooks and Stew­ ards with the SIU-AGLIWD in June of 1978, this school trained 5,000 steward department people, a record of which Turner, now SIU-AGLIWD Exec. Vice President, is rightfully proud. But he likes to point out that the school was Hall's idea. "First of all," he says, "we talked that night about the many passenger ships that would be coming out of the shipyards in the next several years and the importance of getting them under contract, lb do that meant furnishing capable personnel for the steward departments on these ships. We con­ sidered the possibility of recruiting men from the East and Gulf coasts and the Lakes. But there w^ the problem of robbing ships in these areas to get enough good men and keeping them out in the Pacific once they got there." Dien Hall said, "Start a school. Train your own West Coast people. That way you'll have a dependable supply of. skilled men who want to ship from West Coast ports." Before I got the last train to Wash­ ington that night we had drafted a rough plan for the school, including buildings, staffing and curriculum." „ Turner sold the plan to his mem­ bership and the school opened in May of 1957. It ran for 21 years. • O ! '«V • t •* .r.' K . J %• •m m-- 1# .'fF- • I' Helped in Banner Line Beef The school truned out to be a great thing for the SIU's Atlantic Gulf and Inland Waters District, too. When the SIU was trying to put a crew on the new Banner Line passenger ship Atlantic at Mobile in May of 1958, a chartered plane brought men from the Santa Rosa school to apply for jobs on the new liner, which was then unor- i ' ganized. set up a Joim training program for ttw upgrading of unlicensed deck and engine department personnel to licensed engineers and deck officers in 1966. Above pix shows early class of SiU upgraders in Jan. 1967. dep^ment men from the National Maritime Union walked off the Atantic before its maiden voyage from Brooklyn, hoping to tie up the ship, another draft from the Santa Rosa school were flown to New York to take their place and the Atlantic left for Europe on schedule. Enabling SIU men to improve their skills and earning edacity and achieve meeting in New Orleans to introduce a resolution calling for a union training program for entry ratings and upgraders. The resolution was overwhelmingly endorsed there and at meeting in the other ports. In 1952, this program was initiated with an upgrading school at the New York headquarters, to be followed later by similar schools at Baltimore, History of the SIU, Part XIX the self-respect that comes with edu­ cation was a life-long objective of SIU President Paul Hall. As far back as 1946, Hall and several othes took the floor at a membership fnininn -—•-—i_ _ Mobile, Houston and New Orleans, Called originally the Seafarers liaining School, it was devoted to deck training, with such things as knot tying, rigging of staging and bosun's chairs and other «„„« - - . . . , when some 50 steward shows Seafarers taking Iftoboat class at Min Basin, Brooi$^o|!nim» ywre^ 24 / LOG / July 1982 thin^essential for an able seamen. LifeboV training, of course, was an essential part of the program, preparing men for the Coast Guard AB exams. In New York lifeboat handling was-done at the Bull Line pier on the Brooklyn waterfront. Humble Beginiiings The SIU's training programs have operated under several names: Seafarers Training School, Maritime Advance­ ment Training Program, Andrew Furuseth Training School, Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship, and now the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship, It is interesting to recall that tfie New York school had a humble beginning — : TWning Program. Above photo �'' J-i>:^r', •c' V *,:<?>re.' ;' '' ;• • / ':," ti '. - '' r • • •', •' '•' • .-T- '' Programs Develop into Best in Nation in 1951 when Frank Mongelli, now head of the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship, started a lifeboat class in the old gym at headquarters. There were no lifeboats available there, so he set up a simulated boat with chairs and broomsticks instead of thwarts and oars, teaching youngsters how to respond to such elementary lifeboat commands as "oars", "make way!' "trail oars" and "hold water." Later on, the SlU schools were expanded to include upgrading for steward and engine department people as well. SIU contracted companies cooperated by allowing engine upgraders to practice in the engine rooms of their ships in port. Steward department people used the various SIU cafeterias, with their bakeries and butcher ships. They also received refresher training in food handling and storage, menu preparation and sani­ tation. From the very beginning, the various union training programs were joint ventures of the union and its contracted companies. The training program was vital to SIU manning needs during the Korean War when a"large number of ships were _ taken out of reserve fleets and needed full crews. SUP School for WWII Training for entry ratings and upgraders in the SIU goes back to 1941 when the affiliated Sailors Union of the Pacific foifesaw the need for men to sail the wartime emergency fleet and started a school at its headquarters on Clay Street in San Francisco. This school was soon expanded and became the Andrew Furuseth School of Sea­ manship, with both shore facilities and the 136 foot, two-masted schooner Invader for teaching the arts of' hand, reef and steef' During the peak of World War 11, the Furuseth school turned out 1,000 trainees and up-graders every month. The SUP still maintains a seamanship school at its San Francisco headquarters under direction of the well known Tommy Zee. In 1955, the SlU's Atlantic and Gulf District opened a school of entry ratings and up-graders at Bayou La Batre near Mobile and operated it there for a brief period. This was also known as the Andrew F-uruseth Training School and used .a two masted schooner named Andrew Furuseth, skippered by Capt. Al Urbelis, a veteran bosun who learned his trade in sqCiare riggers. The school was set up for two week courses, turning out 30 men in each class. Life­ boat training was included. Training programs were continued, meanwhile, at the other ports, with the emphasis on lifeboat handling to qualify for the Coast Guard exam. A big jump forward in training was made in 1963 when the union leased space at Mill Basin in Broolyn and ":"r" . • ly- p, . ?•- - S.<.um«h.r.D.nny G»,n»r, "Pip-" B™n„.n. Frank Sample, Cmill Ruah. Mike Vhdale, Johnny "Jojo" Jordan, Jeriy Pow and Harold Monplalslr. invested about $200,000 in converting three large, decked New York harbor cargo barges into floating school touses with classrooms a machine houses, with Classrooms, ma shops, galley and lifeboat facilities. Lifeboat training was emphasized here- "This school," said Paul Hall, "is an example of what trade union cooperation can accomplish for the benefit of workers and the security Of the ^^ ^ ^ ^t te^holt^™ ^ f <•^ he started going to sea and what he 188 men obtained originaj third assistant engineer licenses through this joint program. . ' From 1966 to 1969 this school also truned out 5,000 engine room endorsements. So far, more than 500 SIU men have obtained original engineer licenses through this school, with about 75OT them now sailing as chief grams, He always used these get-togethers to stress the value of education and self-improvement. He would tell the men about his own lack of higher edu­ cation and how he had earned a second engineer's license by struggling ^ , u with the books during off-watch hours at sea. ^ Lundeberg School of Seamanship, honoring the first president of the SlUNA. A joint union-employer trust for this school dgtes from September 30, 1965. For licensed ratings, the SIU and the Marine Engineers Beneficial ^ngineere^ Onhe^ dedToffidere program, no less than 30 are now sailing r as master. provided the b^st in educational programs and facilities for its members. fi-'e iirt f-n vmi The opportunity is kAM here. It's up to you to take advantage of it. The future is wide open. You can go straight to the top." Providing the means whereby SIU at MEBA's School of Marine Engincering and Navigation, quarters m Brooklyn. These were informal get-acquain(ed Piney Point Opened This school was phased out when the union opened the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship at Piney Point, Md. ^ Union training activities were incorporated under the name Harry ^Opportunity Is Here' When he was president of the SIU, 1: _g SIU. • Tlr. SIU up fh. Harry LunrMram School ol Smunanablp In 1965 to bHng young p«M>la |nto the martUm. Industry, a. well as provide facilities for upgrading for SIU members. July 1982 / LOG 25 1 �tV I • rr H' W fr >?;. ^?f •vf- 4;: -\• •";i •1' The SS Constitution (right foreground) of AmwlwnHawali Cruises berthed last month In the port of Honolulu. nonoiuiu. l>tv •'" :Tf '•il": • ' •fi';--: •. r: • •r. 1' •• 'ii {%• 5l P„r»r Barbara Btoral. (canter, teba. .In« out te p«. wite bar Aa... Puraar, Janica MateuaWma and Jamie KImbrew. ^ m m Constitution a Hit in Hawaii Assr'.r^:^^ „ . • full service passenger ship, the SS «oc_ the Hawaiian Islands. are proving very successful, With her inaugural Hawaiian voyage on June 6 (see June 1982 Log), the Constitution joined her sistership, the SS Independence, in the revival of the American-flag passenger ship business. Both ships leave from Honolulu, one on a Sat­ urday night and the other on a Sunday night. Riding on that first trip of the Constitution was SIU Vice President Mike Sacco who help^ to work out the minor problems that are bound to arise on a first voyage. Thft delegate deleoate structure is firmly in The place among the crew now and when beefs mse, they are often handled aboard ship. Among the more than 300 SIU^ members aboard the Constitution is the first female purser in the U.S. Merchant Marine, Barbara Biodini. Between the Consitution and the Independence (formerly the Oceanic Independence) there are well over 600 SIU jobs. If these ships continue to be as successful as they are now, they niean a steady flow of work over the ye^s for thousands of Seafarers. On this page you'll find some photos taken on the Constitution's first Hawaiian voyage. Musician David Tfask III gives a ukulele lesson to some of the passengers for the vessel's amateur night talent show. MAchlntet William "Gus" OMtelton works the lathe. ^^l»^stomsl.AastStotel»epei po^Kallyflomtumaavalva. Like hors d'oeuvres? Larder/Pantryman James Richardson prepares the appetlwra. 20 / LOG / July 1982 - --V- ^ v., ,. • —. -s.., • -.1 �'• • ^• •- .: -V ; ;'• '' v' I'r ., _ V •• - - - II Living It up with a good meal In the Steward Department Messhali are aome members. of Its young personnel, all SlU "' • -tw.^'.-,. - K... '^ic> • • H- Steering the passenger liner Is Quartermaster Robert H0nKG> >1 New Name for Sister stiip • -'-'rAi'Saft;!."::. - .'X* . If you have a aweettooth, here a tha daaaarta lor tha uppanlack bufW p«J^ by (lalt) Soua Cl»l Scotty Anderaon. Waltera Kan Leo (cantor) and Lao Portar (right) do the serving ^ 5> ,«toparidanca waa lanamad almply tha SS mdapaigaiK!^ InTS^airoTa ^ tt» apoakara rt ca,«nony waa San. Dan Inouye (D-Hawall). •A: Seattle and 2nd Electrician John Blatchford. July 1982 / LOG 27 V-',' ,• �2®cerf/f/e£y r^^^'yW. H Tn^ Th.p cr,?«"S*o??«".'?};« * •/ <^® Wnute OfSfc °" P^Pa^o^®" '° ?s;jr"»«.,», R°AT'^''^ "" ^g®^'^anc/ ^®Porfec/f^ ° °''spiyfec/ L 3r£;s'~si"-"a? ^S'-s fo if^eat '-eminTf s^'fSlaSS? 1®°"'a^'°' >htZT°'3lo ^ofe Of fh ^^^tionai n clec/r ?' 'Paofcs to to "™a ive !^^®," Same ,°' 'Pa pom n ® P'aivam ^ "ote . ®"ence /n ,>, ""Se/vew^ eofii«„.._ f. «°'"A-00e«, ^a^e ""Hoog Oeo?^Pf"ona/SS°PPatee S?"" 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There the Alaskan on the Ogden Willamette, and Sea­ service by the end of the summer, crude oil she had taken on in Panama farer Rudy DeBoissiere, chief according to her owners. was unloaded and the water that steward, had high praise for the Ogden Marine Corp., which built had tJooded the engine room was competence with which their fellow the 38,000-ton ship in 1969, said pumped out. Seafarers handled the lifeboat. that the tanker will need about two Justus said the crew was an While in the Islands, the U.S. months for repair work following Coast Guard boarded the vessel to "exceptionally good one" and her troubles in the Caribbean last investigate the cause of the flooding. DeBoissiere said he was "proud of The Coast Guard's report will the SIU crew." He attributed much month. Early on the morning of June 16, probably take several months before of their lifeboat ability to the training that is given at the Seafarers Harry the Ogden Willamette's 33-man it is issued. crew (plus one cadet) had to abandon None of the crew, 22 of whom Lundeberg School of Seamanship ship when it was discovered that were under SIU contract, was in Piney Point, Md. As related by the bosun and she was taking on water about 35 injured during evacuation of the ship miles off the coast of Jamaica. into one lifeboat, in the dark, in steward, the general alarm on the It was feared that the fully loaded rough seas with four foot swells. Ogden Willamette went off shortly ship, whose decks, were awash. (One engineer who became ill was after midnight on June 16. There had been no explosion or crash but the engine room was flooded and ^ the cause unknown. The crew abandoned ship at about 1:30 a.m. The fear was that the ship might explode if the water liit the boilers or through ignition by a spark. Because of rough seas on the starboard side and trouble with a lifeboat there, the crew all entered a lifeboat on the port side. The Chilean freight ship, Copiapo, rescued the crew a short time later. According to the Steward, the Chilean ship maneuvered between the Ogden Willamette and the lifeboat so that, if the tanker sank, the suction wouldn't pull down the lifeboat. _ -i^i a-" ^ASH Edward Rutledge Bound for Mid East W ATERMAN Steamship's newest LASH, the 18 month-old Edward Rutledge made an infrequent appearance in the port of New York last month. The vessel was just up from its home port of New Orleans The Edward Rutledge left New Yoik on June 26th and will spend the summer traveling to ports in the Middle East, Ceylon, India, Arabia and the Persian Gulf before returning to New Orleans in the fall. and was taking on cargo bound for the ship, closeness breeds contempt but. Middle East. this ship is unusual in that everyone Chief Steward Paul Hunt made note is compatible." of the "really good personnel" aboard. The Rutledge is out to sea for 90"especially my department (Steward)," 120 days per voyage widi a lot of ocean he said. Hunt added, "generally on a between ports. - • ,1 • -frt, I.. 11 ^ GSU Raoul "Fbnzee" Inglesias Jr. aboard the Edward Rutledge. Taking a break last month is AB Eugene Kyzar. QMED James McGinty reads a copy of the LOG. Coming down the gangway is Recer­ tified Bosun Alejandro X Ruiz. If Shlpmues on the Etftvercl RulMge a« (I. to r.) QIMEDs C. Langley and Mike King. In the galley the LASH are (I. to r.) Chlet Cool. Crt.ln Ttoxclalr. Saloon Messman Enrique Agosto and Chief Steward Riui Hunt. """e-se loading cargo In pott of N.Y July 1982 / LOG 29 - �'•" !rw- • • , •£SiL5L,^r"'i- Pensioner FredI erick John Dunn, 69, succumbetf to a heart attack on arrival at the Paul Kimball Hospital, Lakewood, N.J. on Apr. 29. Brother Dunn joined the SlU in 1943 in the port of Boston sailing as a junior engineer and chief electrician. He sailed 43 years and in World War II. Seafarer Dunn was on the Sea-Land Shoregang at Port Elizabeth, N.J. from 1967 to 1979. And he hit the bricks in the 1962 Robin Line beef and the 1965 District Council 37 strike. A native of St. John's Newfoundland, Canada, he was a resident of Lakewood. Interment was in St. Mary's Cemetery, Lakewood. Surviving is his widow, Agnes. Bobby Fletcher Bryant, 51, died of heart-lung failure in St. Luke's Hospital, Jacksonville on Mar. 5. Brother Bryant joined the SIU in the port of Jacksonville in 1970 sailing as a QMED. He sailed for 23 years. Seafarer Bryant was a veteran of the U.S. Army in the Korean War. And he studied Business Administration at the Florida State University for three years. A native of Blountstown, Fla., he was a resident of Jacksonville Beach, Fla. Burial was in the Nettle Ridge Cemetery, Calhoun County, Fla. Surviving are his father, Leon; his mother, Mrs. Ethel Stanfill of Jacksonville and a sister, Mrs. Latrele White. l. '1 #v-- Recertified Bo­ sun Felix Rafael Bonefont Sr., 43, became stricken aboard the 55 George Wythe (Waterman) and died in the Colombo (Sri Lanka) General Hospital on Apr. 26. Brother Bonefont joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1960. He graduated from the Andrew Furuseth Training School, Brooklyn. N.Y." that year and walked the picketline in the 1965 District Council 37 beef and the 1971 maritime strike. Seafarer Bonefont was an aviation mechanic veteran of the U.S. Air Force after the Korean War. Bom in POnce, PR., he was a resident of the Bronx, N.Y. Surviving are his widow, Eliza; six sons, Felix Jr., Jose, Dennis, David, Ramon and Hector;,three daughters, Yolanda, Evelyn and.Debra and his mother, Mrs. N. Bonilla Bonefont of B^yamon, PR. John Sidney Burke Jr., 29, aboard a Delta Line vessel died in Lome, Togo, West Africa on Mar. 8. Brother Burke joined the SIU in the port of Mobile in 1974 sailing in the steward department. He was a veteran of the U.S.^Army in the Vietnam War. Bom in Mobile' he was a resident there. Surviving are his widow?, Blonda; a daughter, Nalishia and his father, John Burke Sr. of Mobile. Pensioner Wil­ liam Clyde Farmer, 71, passed away on Apr. 16. Brother Farmer joined the SIU in the port of San Fran­ cisco in 1968 sailing as a bosun. He upgraded to quartermaster at Piney Pbint in 1974. A native of McCurtain, Okla., he was a resident of Eureka, Calif. Sur­ viving are his widow, Ruth; a son, Kevin and a daughter. Celeste. Recertified Bo­ sun Burton Hirshj 65, succumbed to cancer in Gibsonton, Fla. on Mar. 25. Brother Hirsh joined the SIU in 1939 In the port of Mobile. He gradu­ ated from the Union's Recertified Bosuns Program in April 1975. Bom in Philadel­ phia, he was a resident of Gibsonton. Cre­ mation took place in the West Coast Cre­ matory, Clearwater, Fla. Surviving are his widow, Juanita of Tampa; two sons, Joseph and Michael of Camden, N.J. and two daughters, Andrea and Lauren. Thaddeus Jef­ Pensioner Flo­ ferson Jones, 68, rentine Crespo died of cancer in the Sayo, 61, died on Monroe County May 23. Brother Hospital, Monroe- ' Sayo joined the SIU i ville, Ala. on Feb in the port of NevJ 2, 1980. Brother Yoik in 1955 sailin| Jones joined the SIU as a chief electrici in in the port of Mobile and 3rd assistant in 1959 sailing as a FOWT and 2nd assistant engineer. He sailed 36 years. He hit tl e engineer. He sailed 33 years and in World bricks in the 1961 N.Y. Harbor beef. SeifWar II aboard the U.S. Army transport 55 farer Sayo also worked as an electrician Puebla in the Southwest Pacific. A native at the Erie Basin Todd Shipyard, Brooklyn, of Frisco City, Ala,, he was a resident of N.Y. He was also an electronic technician. Bay Minette, Ala. Interment was in Shiloh A native of Manila, PI., he was a resident Cemetery, Monroe County. Surviving is of Daly City, Calif. Surviving is a brother, his widow, Letha. George of Clarmont, Del. Pensioner Wil­ lis^ Edward Leuscbner, 71, passed away from a stroke in Seaside Hospital, Crescent City, Calif, on Apr. 30. Brother LeusI chner joined the SIU in 1946 in the port of Philadelphia sailing as a bosun. He was bom in Posen, Poland, was a naturalized U.S. citizen and was a resident of Crescent City. Cremation took place in the Ocean View Crematory, Eureka, Calif. Pensioner Iferral McRaney, 68, died of heart-lung failure Pensioner Dionin the Ben Taub issious Loukas, 81, Hospital, Houston passed away Pensioner on May 10, 1981. recently in Salamis Stanley Curry Brother McRaney Is., Greece. Brother Fauntleroy, 61, ^ joined the SIU in Loukas joined the died of heart-lung ' 1942 in the port of SIU in the port of failure in the Uni­ Mobile sailing as an oiler. He was a veteran of New York in versity of Maryland of the U.S. Navy in World War II. Bom 1955 sailing as an Hospital, Baltimore in Mississippi, he was a resident of AB. He sailed 19 years and walked the on Feb. 20. Brother Houston. Cremation took place in the picketline in the 1961 N.Y. Harbor beef. Fauntleroy joined, Brookside Crematory, Houston. Surviving Seafarer Loukas was bom in Greece, was . the SIU in the port of New York in 1955 are his widow, Dorothy and two daughters, a naturalized U.S. citizen and was a resident sailing as a cook for 38 years. He was Erment and Villanie. of Salamis Is. Surviving are his widow, bom in Baltimore and was a resident there. +lelen, and two brothers, Pangiotis of New Interment was in Arbutus Cemetery, Anho, Pensioner Ivar York City and Peter of Salamis Is. Md. Surviving are his-widow, Jda Mae Johanna Kalroth, 79, succumbed to a Pensioner Robert and two sons, Wadell and I^mell. heart attack in F. Donnelly, 60, Pensioner Lewis Sailors Snug Harbor died of a heart attack IE. Hartley Sr., 65, Hospital, Sea on arrival at the i died on May 18. Level, N.C. on Apr. Jersey Shore Med­ ] Brother Hartley 4. Brother Kalroth ical Center, Nep­ i joined the SIU in joined the SIU in the tune, N.J. Brother 1946 in the port of Donnelly joined the port of New York in 1951 sailing as an Mobile and sailed as AB. He sailed 43 years and hit the bricks iSIU in the port of i a QMED. He sailed in the 1961 N.Y. Harbor beef and the 1962 New York in 1950 sailing as a chief steward. 31 years. Seafarer Robin Line strike. A native of Finland, He was on the picketline in the 1965 District Council 37 strike. And he was a veteran Hartley was a veteran of the U.S. Army he was a resident of Sea Level. Burial was of the U.S. Army in World War II. Born Corps of Engineers in World War II. Bom in Carteret Gardens Cemetery, Beaufort, in Irvington, N.J., he was a resident of in Wilmer, Ala., he was a resident of N.C. Surviving are a daughter. Mrs. Aeila Bricktown, N.J. Interment was in the Ocean Mobile. Surviving are his widow, Muriel; Dahlin of Labbnes, Dragsfjord, Finland County Cemetery. Dover Twsp., N.J. Sur­ two sons, Lewis Jr. and Daniel and a and a sister. Mrs. Edith Dahjin, also of brother, Lonnie of Mobile. Labbnes. viving is his widow, Gladys. 30 / LOG / July 1982 -- Pensioner Mari­ an Lubiejewski, 74, passed away on Jan. 4. Brother Lubiejewski joined the SIU in 1943 in the port of New York sailing as a bosun and ship's d^ate. He failed for 47 years and in World War 11. Seafarer Lubiejewski upgraded at Piney Point in 1970. Bprn in Poland, he was a naturalized U.S. citizen and was a resident of Warsaw, Poland. Surviving are a son, Waype and two daughters, Mrs. Sophie Lisicka of Gydna, Poland and Mrs. Paula M. Rocchio. Ffensioner Robert I William School1 craft, 73, passed away recently. 1 Brother Schoolcraft I joined the SIU in 1946 in the port of I New Orleans sailing as a chief steward. He sailed 52 years. Seafarer Schoolcraft was a wounded veteran of the U.S. Navy in World War 11. Bom in St. Paul, Minn:, he was a resident of Wilmington, Calif. Surviving are two brothers, John of Morristown, N.J. and Robert of Whippany, N.J. William Edward Kirven Jn, ^ 29, died oh Mar 25. Brother Kirvin p joined the SIU after I his graduation from the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship Entry Trainee Program, Piney Point, Md, in 1972. He sailed as an OS. Bom in Mobile, he was a resident there. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William E. and Margaret Kirven Sr. of Mobile and two sisters. Grant Vick Warmboe,43, was dead on arrival at the Memorial Hos­ pital, Iron Mt., Minn, from carbon monoxide poi­ soning sustained in a house fire on Apr. 2. Brother Wamiboe joined the Union in the port of Detroit in 1971 sailing as a FOWT for Kinsman Marine. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy after the Korean War. A native of Duluth, Minn., he was a resident of Crystal Falls, Mich." Cremation took place in the Memorial Crematory, Green Bay, Wise. Surviving are his lather, Lloyd of Crystal Falls and a brother. Stewart of Sagola, Mich. �Donald Eugene S^ey, 49, was lost^. at sea aboard the SS Golden Dolphin tW e s t c h Q^-t c r Marine) which-sank on Mar. 6. Brother Sidney joined ' the SlU following his grduation from Piney Point in 1969 sailing from the port of Seattle. He last sailed as a chief electrician, pumpman and QMED. Seafarer Sidney was a veteran of the U.S. Navy in the Korean War. A native of Lit­ tleton, N.H. he was a resident of New Orleans. Surviving are his widow, Gloria; three daughters, Brandi Lyne, Denise and Barbara and his mother, Gertrude of St. Cloud, plaPensioner Man­ ual Barros Silva, 66, died on May 18. Brother Silva joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1959 sailing as a BR utility and AB. He sailed 41 years. And was a former member of the Teamsters Union and the MC&S. Bom in Hawaii, he was a resident of Milledgeville, Ga. Surviving in hfs widow, Mabel. Pensioner Billy Sing, 78, passed away on Apr. 5. Brother Sing joined the SIU in 1948 in the port of New York sailing as a J chief cook. He also I sailed in World War 11. Seafarer Sing was bom in China and was a resident of San Francisco. Surviving is his widow Fang Jun of Yokohoma, Japan. Recertified Bo­ sun Frank J. Smith, 56, died of a heart attack aboard the SS Ogden Leader (Ogden Marine) on May 20. Brother Smith joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1961 and graduated from the Union's Recertified Bosuns Pro­ gram in February 1981. He was a wounded veteran (Tawara) of the U.S. Marine Corps in World War 11. Bom in Mt. Vemon, Ala., he was a resident of Chalmette, La. Surviving are his widow, Lorraine; a son, Stephen of Houston; a daughter, Carol Joyce, also of Houston and his mother, Henrietta of New Orleans. Michael Clarence Linde, 41, died of cancer in the Swedish Hospital, Seattle on May I. Brother Linde joined the SIU in the port of Seattle sailing as a chief pumpman. He was bom in Seattle and was a resident there. Cremation took place in the Forest Lawn Crematory, Seattle. Sur­ viving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gene and Dorothy Linde. Pensioner Lester M. Gray, 71. passed away from a heart attack in Rockport, Mass. on Apr. 19. Brother Gray joined the SlUmerged Atlantic Fishemien's Union |[AFU) in the port of Glouce.ster. Mass. sailing as an engineer. He was born in Gloucester and was a resident of Rockport. Burial was in Calvary Cemetery, Gloucester. Sur­ viving is a daughter. Mrs. Gloria Quinn of Rockport. Keith Joe Swille, 34, was lost at sea off the SS Stonewall Jackson (Water­ man) on Apr. 8. Brother Swille jpined the SIU in the port of New York in 1971 sailing as a FOWT He was born in Green Bay, Wise, and was a resident of Little Suamico, Wise. Surviving is his mother, Mrs. Violet Elliot of Little Suamico. Steve Ivan Kotovich, 58, suc­ cumbed to a hem­ orrhage in the s p i ta1, Cadillac, Mich, on Mar. 22. Brother Kotovich joined the Union in the port of Detroit in 1965 sailing as an AB for the Gartland Steamship Co. in 1964. He was a former member of the Iron Bridge Workers Union. And he was a veteran of the U.S. Army. A native of Michigan, he was a resident of East Jordan, Mich. Burial was in Mt. Bliss Cemetery, East Jordan. Surviving are a brother, John of East Jordan and a sister, Mrs. Mary A. Bloomfield of Southfield, Mich. Cecil Edward Morey Jr., 54, died of heart failure in St. Vincent's Hospital, Toledo, Ohio on J Dec. 13, 1981. Brother Morey joined the Union in 1948 in the port of Detroit sailing as a chief steward for the National Gypsum Co. He was bom in Alpena, Mich, and was a resident ofTbledo. Interment was in Forest Cemetery, Toledo. Surviving are his widow, Dorothy and his mother, Mrs. Cecil Morey Sr. of Alpena. Pensioner Ray­ mond Francis PUlef, 68, died of a heart attack in the Northwoods Manor Annex Hospital, Escanaba, Mich, on Aug. 20. 1981. 1 Brother Paler joined the Union in the port of Detroit in 1960 sailing as an oiler for 46 years. He was born in Escanaba and was a resident there. Burial was in Holy Cross Cemetery, E.scanaba. Surviving are his widow, Priscilla and a daughter, Jeanne. Yehia Mohssein Meftah, 37, succumbed to a hemorrhage aboard the SS Santa Magdalena (Delta Line) enroute to Valpariso, Chile on Oct. 19, 1981. Brother Meftah joined the SIU in the port of San Francisco in 1977 sailing as a wiper. He was bom in Aden, Yemen and was a naturalized U.S. citizen. Seafarer Meftah was a resident of San Francisco. Surviving are his widow, Muznh; five sons, Nabr, Abdul, Musid, Mohammed and Qassim; two daughters, Malkeh and Muniera and a brother, Ahmed of San Francisco. Pensioner Edward Henry Smith. 80. passed away from a stroke at home in Toledo. Ohio on Jan. 11. Brother Smith .sailed on the Great Lakes. He was bom in Michigan. Burial was in the Toledo Park Cemetery. Surviving are his widow. Linda and a brother. Floyd of Port Huron, Mich. Eino Amd Salo, 70, died in May. Brother Salo joined the Union in the port ofDuluth, Minn, in I960 sailing as an oiler for 43 years and during World War II. He upgraded at Piney Point in 1977. Laker Salo was also a machihist. Bom in Superior, Wise., he was a resident of Wentworth, Wi.sc. Surviving are his widow. Helmie; two sons. Richard and Reino of Poplar. Wise, and two daughters. Terry and Mrs. Jean D. Sloan of Superior. Pensioner Guy Sorenson, 76, passed away on May 8. Brother Sorenson joined the Union in the port of Elberta, Mich, in 1953. He sailed as a coal pas.ser during World War 11. He was bom in Arcadia, Mich, and was a resident of Frankfort, Mich. Surviving are three sisters. Mrs. Anna Mack of River Rouge, Mich.. Mrs. Bertha Blue of Manistee. Mich, and Mrs. Ethel Kittleson of Frankfort. Pensioner Ha­ rold Brooks Vin­ cent, 73, passed away on Apr. 30. Brother Vincent joined the SIU in the port of Baltimore in 1955 sailing as a ship's delegate and chief pumpman. He sailed 22 years. He attended Piney Point's Pensioners Con­ ference No.6. Seafarer Vincent was a vet­ eran of the U.S. Marine Corps before World War II. He was also a machinist and painter. A native of West Virginia, he was a resident of Dundalk, Md. His remains were donated to the Anatomy Board of Maryland. Sur­ viving is his widow. Pearl. ftnsioner Newt Williams, 71, suc­ cumbed to cancer in Mercy Hospital, New Orleans on May 3. Brother Williams joined the SIU in 1938 in the ' port of Baltimore sailing as a chief steward. He sailed 39 years and in World War 11. And he was a veteran of the U.S. Army. Seafarer Wil­ liams was bom in Poplarville, Miss, and was a resident of New Orleans. Burial was in Providence Parte Cemetery, New Orleans. Surviving are his widow. Marguerite; two daughters, Sefreda and Janice and a sister!, Mrs. Lily M. Bailey of Detroit. Pensioner Charles Gay Starling. 68. died on Mar. 7. Brother Starling joined the Union in the port of Norfolk in 1961 sailing as a cook for McAllister Brothers in 1956 and Mariner Towing in 1973 and for IBC. He was a fomier member of the UMW. Local 50 from 1957 to 1961. Boatman Starling was a chief steward vet­ eran of the U.S. Coast Guard in World War II. A native of Rtx:ky Mountain. N.C.. he was a resident of Norfolk. Surviving are his mother. Molly of Norfolk; a brother. Henry of Tampa; a si.ster. Mrs. Sally Hal­ lowed P)well of Norfolk; two .sons. Charles Jr. and Robert and three daughters. Linda, Cassandre and Olena. J - ' •M',' ' Pensioner John Henry Calvin Ratliff, 69, died of heart failure in the Benson (Ariz.) Hospital on Mar. 21. Brother Ratliff joined the SIU in the port of Galveston, Tex. in 1951 sailing as a chief steward. He was bom in Houston and was a resident of Benson. Burial was in Benson Cemetery. Surviving is his widow, Gertrude. Pensioner Juan Patino Taboada, 84, passed away recently. Brother Taboada joined the SIU in 1946 in the port of New Yoik ^ sailing 25 years and I • in World War 11. He was bom in Spain, was a naturalized U.S. citizen and was a resident of Milan, Italy. Surviving are his widow, Elma; a daughter, Mrs. Rafaela P. Gonzales of La Coruna, Spain and a sister Mrs. Betty Ward of Baltimore. John Valladares, 62, died in the Elmhurst Hos­ pital, Queens, New York on Mar. 30. Brother Valladares joined the SIU in the port of of New York in 1952 sailing as a FOWT He was a veteran of the U.S. Army in the Korean War. Bom in Ecuador, he was a resident of Flushing, N.Y. And he was a naturalized U.S. citizen. Cremation took place in the Trinity Crematory, New York City. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Rudesinda Cuelle of Chinbarazo, Ecuador, a sister. Carmen of Flushing and a nephew, Julio Valladares, also of Flushing. Recertified Bosun and Pensioner John Leonard Worley, 50, succumbed to cancer on June 20. Brother Worley joined the SIU in 1949 in the port of New York. He gradu­ ated from the SIU Bo­ sun Recertification Program in June 1975. Seafarer Worley participated in the Bull Line. Cities Service and Farmworkers Union beefs. He also served as UIW busi­ ness agent in the port of San Francisco. From 1968 to 1972. he was bosun-mate of the Sea-Land Shoregang in Oakland. Calif. From 1972 to 1975 he was on the Waterman Shoregang in San Francisco. Born in Florida, he was a resident of Daly City. Calif. Cremation tot>k place, in Califomia and his ashes were scattered over Finnia Lake, his favorite fishing .spot, in Northern Califomia. Surviving arc his widow. "Mickie"; two sons. John L. Jr. and Richie; two daughters, Anna and Joy: his mother. Zora of Pensacoia. Ra. and five brothers. SIU Wilmington Port Agent Mike Worley. Seafarer Richard Worley. John, Hobart and Aughtley, July 1982 / LOG 31 & 1 �TMO- a0r [ii^5>Q(e \jy[i[La>aw(a Take the Basic Welding Course atSHLSS. Course starts September 27 1M5}! i'-f Send in your application today. Dispatchers Report for Inland Waters JUNE-1-30, 1982 •TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups QIass A Class B Class C . ' Port Boston Newlbrk Philadelphia Baltimore ... Norfolk Mobile New Orleans iy San Francisco Wilmington Seattle Puerto Rico Houston. Algonac St. Louis Totals ;.. .......... . i. ,.'...........;.. ;.; . '. , '..... . •.... ;......,...... .....' Port Boston . . . .;......... Philadelphia Baltimore .-. ... •. Norfolk Mobile .................. 'New Orleans .;............. ...... : Jacksonville .......... i. San Francisco Wilmington Seattle Puerto Rico ;....... Houston Algonac St. Louis ... Piney Point Totals .. .......; 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -5 0 8 DECK DEPARTMENT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 • 0 0 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 ENGINE DEPARTMENT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 STEWARD DEPARTMENT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 d 1 0 0 0 0 1. 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 10 13 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 6 0 2 0 0 5 0 4 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 • 0 • ' Port Newlbrk . ..Philadelphia ......; .^v... .. . i... .. , Baltimore :.................,..... Norfolk .. . Mobile ., New Orleans ............. ....... San Francisco Wilmington : Seattle Puerto Rico Houston Algonac St. Louis Piney Point Totals . . ... ............... \ • . ;...... Totals All Departments TOTAL SHIPPED Alt Groups Class A Class B Class C 27 7 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ••REGISTERED ON BEACH Alf8roups, Class A Class B Class C • 00 0 0 0' .0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 12 0 3 3 8 0 21 0 0 10 0 7 0 64 0 0 0 d 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 0 1 0 d 6 0 3 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 2 0 1 4 0 20 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 b d •0 0 1 0 0 4 0 d d 5 0 d d 0 1 d . d d .1 d d d 0 1 d 0 d 0 0 d 1 0 d d d 0 d 0 0 d d 1 d 2 d d 1 d 1 d 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 5 71. 23 41 d d *"Total Registered" means 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. Personals Harold Berggren Your mother asks that you contact her. Warren Raymond Hodges Please contact, Captain Evans at Puerto Rico Marine Inc., PO. Box 1910, Elizabeth, N.J. 07207. Dan Kingkorn Please contact Robert Derke at 9537 48th Ave., N.E., Seattle, Wash. 98115, or phone (206) 523-4862. Herbert Wesley Davis Your daughter, Kathy Davis Dupuis, wishes you to get in touch with her at Rt. 2 Box 41, Lot 21, Layfayette, Lou­ isiana 70507. General If you sailed on the SS Poet please contact Robert J. Pessek at 1298 Commonwealth Ave., Apt. 22, Boston, MA 02134. Telephone (617) 735-0279. Pessek is a writer who is gathering information on the Poet. He also spent three years as a salt water merchant seaman and three summers on the Great Lakes. Mike Shaw Please contact, Malea Guiriba, 10913 Bonnelly Dr., Jacksonville, Fla. 32218. Ashley Melvin Toffelmire Please contact, Amos Grooms. Urgent! Tel. (219) 362-4174. , Mark Thomas (Popeye) Please contact, Rhonda McKinley, 8345 Triola, Apt. 32, Houston, Texas 77036. Tel. (713) 981-0884. Urgent! Eugene Frederick Lillard Please contact, Clara Huffan, Tel. (313) 464-0873 or Juanita Shores, Tel. (501)237-4462. 32 / LOG / July 1982 -jf -SSSti Mmmrn Legal Aid In the event that any SiU members have legal problems-ln the various ports, a list of attorneys whom they can consult Is being published. The member need not choose the recom­ mended attorneys and this list Is intended only for Informational pur­ poses: NEW YORK, NEW YORK Schulman & Abarbanel 358 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10001 Tele. # (212) 279-9200 BALTIMORE, MD. Kaplan, Heyman, Greenberg, Engelman & Belgrad Sun Life Building Charles & Bedwood Streets Baltimore, f*/ld. 21201 Tele. # (301) 539-6967 BOSTON, I^ASS. Stephen J. Abarbanel Latti Associates 30-31 Union Wharf Boston, fyfass. 02109 Tele. # (617) 523-1000 't CHICAGO, ILL. Katz & Friedman y 7 South Dearborn Street • Chicago, III. 60603 Tele. # (312) 263-6330 DETROIT MICH. Victor G. Hanson 19268 Grand River Avenue Detroit, Mich. 48822 • Tele. # (313) 532-1220 GLOUCESTER, MASS. Orlando & White 1 Western Avenue Gloucester, Mass. 01930 Tele. # (617) 283-8100 HOUSTON, TEXAS Archer, Peterson and Waldner 1801 Main St. (at Jefferson) Suite 510 Houston, Texas 77002 Tele. # (713) 659-4455 & Tele. # (813) 879-9842 LOS ANGELES, CALIF Fogel, Rothschild, Feldman & Ostrov 5900 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 2600 Los Angeles, Calif. 90036 Tele. # (213) 937-6250 WILMINGTON, CALIF Fogel, Rothschild, Feldman & Ostrov 239 South Avalon Wilmington, Calif. 90744 Tele. # (213) 834-2546 MOBILE, ALA. Simon & Wood 1010 Van Antwerp Building Mobile, Ala. 36602 Tele. # (205) 433-4904 NEW ORLEANS, LA. Barker, Boudreaux, Lamy, • Gardner & Foley 1400 Richards Building 837 Gravier Street New Orleans, La. 70112 Tele. # (504) 586-9395 PHILADELPHIA, PA. Kirschner, Walters. Willig, Weinberg & Dempsey Suite 1100 1429 Vlfeilnut Street Philadelphia. Pa. 19102 Tele. # (215) 589-8900 SI LOUIS, MO. Gruenberg, Sounders & Levine Suite 905—Chemical Building 721 Olive Street St. Louis, Missouri 63101 Tele. # (314) 231-7440 SAN FRA'NCISCO, CALIF John Paul Jennings Henning, Walsh & Ritchie 100 Bush Street, Suite 440 San Francisco, Calif. 94104 Tele. # (415) 4400 SEATTLE, WASH. Davies, Roberts, Reld, Anderson & Wacker 100 West Harrison Plaza Seattle, \Afetsh. 98119 Tele. # (206) 285-3610 TAMPA, FLA. Hamilton, Douglas, Hamilton, Loper & Macy, PA. 2620 West Kennedy Boulevard Tampa, Florida 33609 Tele. # (813) 879-9842 ii -IT �.JSfe- 'y,. LNG Aries Plucks 'Boat People' From 15 Ft. Seas T HE crew of the 5.5. LNG Aries (Energy Transportation) has had a lot of practice with at-sea rescues. On her maiden run to Osaka, Japan, the Aries rescued 21 crewmen from a lifeboat after they were forced to abandon their sinking Panamanian-flag ship. In late 1980, when the Aries was » underway in the South China Sea, en-route from Tobdta to Arun, Indonesia, the SIU crew rescued a boatload of Vietnamese refugees. That rescue earned Chief Mate Bill "Doctor" Gatchell and Cargo Engineer Randy "Skip" Doty a reputation as a crack "medical team." That reputation was confirmed last month, as the LNG Aries per­ formed another dramatic sea rescue in the South China Sea. En-route, once again, to Arun, the third mate spotted a boat which held 40 Indochinese refugees on the afternoon oT June 24. Conditions were hazardous with winds running at 35 knots and 12-15 foot seas. "The transfer of refugees was difficult and very hazardous," said Captain Spence, master of the Aries. "The transfer of the smallest chil­ dren was done with danger to Amin Rajab, AB, and Randy Doty, cargo engineer. These two seamen," Capt. Spence added "hung onto'the bottorn gangway platform and pulled four small children up onto the gangwayr AB Bill Mullins, deck delegate aboard the Aries, reported in a letter to the Log that "it was truly a team effort all around. It didn't stop until 11:00 that night,'' said Mullins, noting that the boat had been spotted at 3:00 that afternoon. "The crew worked into the night treating the jobs of arranging for places to put working on those that needed sick, bathing the children and the refugees, dbnating clothing and, immediate aid," said Capt. Spence! feeding the babies." of course, jthe first aid teams "I am proud of these people." Out of Food, Water The refugees picked up on June 24 were not in good condition having spent seven days in their bright idea. With those Argie warplanes small boat without food or.water. In Argentina War Zone When they carne aboard, Mullins Following is a reprint in part of in mind, he would (have painted by said, "it seemed like they were half- two columns written earlier this monA the SIU deck department) two Amer­ dead. Some could not even walk." by "San Francisco Chronicle'* col­ ican flags on the two most visible parts One woman was brought aboard umnist Charles McCabe, who was a of the ship. (Later Waitress Ihger Walia photo­ the Aries, unconscious, running a passenger recently on the SlU-manned dangerously high fever of 104.9 Santa Maria on a trip to Argentina graphed the 50-star encrusted flags hung by the Seafarers on each side of "She responded to treatment sug­ during the Falkland Island crisis. the Santa Maria on the highest row gested by a U.S. Navy doctor in "I never thought I would welcome of the top containers). San Francisco," Capt. Spence a fire-and-lifeboat drill. I hated them "... Next day we saw two flags, 12 reported, adding "all refugees are during the war. (World War II)." by 20 feet -on the metal top of the in much better shape due to a team .. We had a lot of them aboard casing. We were released by the Coast effort by a 'medical team' headed the 55 Santa Maria (Delta Line). We ' Guard before the crew had a chance by Doctor Gatchell." AB Mullins neared the war zone in the last days to paint in the 50 stars. But the stripes noted that, by June 25, the day after of the Falkland Islands War.. .and we were clearly visible. This was an the 'boat people' were rescued were a little scared. We did everything American vessel. And we were not but get into the lifeboats and the only absolutely sure whether it would be a "everyone was all smiles." Coming through when it counts, thing that stopped this was that there good thing or bad to be so clearly iden­ like so many of their SIU brothers were sick and infirm people among the tified. "... We resumed our voyage and have done the Aries crew "passed passengers. "Capt. Adrian "Cool" Jennings told everything was according to Hoyle until the hat" collecting over a thousand us: Take along everything you will need June 10 when we found out what it dollars for the refugees. if I give the order to abandon ship. I was like for someone to meet the dis­ Bosun Ron Rood and AB Mullins had my blue watch cap, my red fire­ pleasure of the Argentines in a war rounded up clothing, shoes and other man's jacket, my raincoat and my zone. basic necessities from the crew, blanket—all except the blanket encased "From the diary of George H. Harr, including paper and pencils which in (my) lifejacket. (Even the term life- a passenger from Reno (Nev.): About the 'boat people' put to immediate jacket became more vivid than ever 3 o'clock, just after lunch, all hell broke use. "It seems all were writing to before.) loose. I had my racing glasses on and their loved ones in Vietnam telling "The next day we would go into the saw the whole thing. We were being them about their journeyr Mullins unknown. We didn't know what the buzzed by six Argentine Air Force hell would happen. We didn't even fighting planes. They were prop jets. said. The steward department went know whether the U.S. was considered And I was pretty sure I heard a bomber right to work, preparing food for neutral by Argentina. All anyone on in the background. "No injury was done to us.. .Later the Aries' "visitors" and kept them the ship knew about the progress of the war was in the daily AP mimeo­ (I was told) that the Santa Maria was provided with three square meals a graphed newspaper the purser's office buzzed three times that day. 'The first day until the refugees were dropped supplied us (with). time was about 3 in the morning... And off at Singapore. "One thing we did know was the it (she) was buzzed ag^n about 7 in "It was really gratifying to see awesome power of the Argentine the morning...' all of the crew pitch in on various bombing warplanes. They had sunk a "A Liberian-flag, American-owned British destroyer. What if they took a tanker about 30 miles from us that day potshot or two at an unarmed Yankee was bombed, we learned from our ship passenger-freighter? Better not to think newspaper the next day. Why did we about it. We were the only Yankee craft get off Scot-free? I like to think Capt. that would be in and about the Argen­ Cool's two American flags on the top tine waters for the next couple of days.' of the ship had something to do witfi "Capt. "Cool" Jennings... had a Old Glory May Have Saved the Day for Santa Maria HURRY . . . The Transportation Institute Scholarship Program for Towboat Operators will be awarded SOON Apply Now! 'm - • 'V • See your SIU Field Representative for details and applications at your local Union Hall. For course starting October 25 ALL applications must be received by September 3. Old Giofy" may have saved the day for the Santa Afar/a. July 1982 / LOG 33 % " I �'• I Rdbeit Lincoln Smith, 73, joined the SiU In the port of San Francisco in 1971 sailing as a QMED. Brother Smith is a veteran of the U.S. Navy before World War II. He was born in Malone, N.Y and is a resident of Reno, Nev. Stephen Anthony Sloneski, 65, joined the SIU in 1949 in the port of New York sailing as a cable AB aboard the CS Long Lines (AT&T). Brother Slon^gki upgraded at Piney Point in 1968. Seafarer Sloneski was born in New York and is a resident of Kissimee, Fla. Saieh Ahmed Ali, 65, joined the Union in the port of Detroit, Mich, in 1967 sailing as a FOWT. Brother Ali was born in Yemen and is a resident there. . • w• Melvin Thomas Rainier, 60, joined the Union in the port of Norfolk in 1960 sailing as a captain for the Penn Central Railroad for 42 years. Brother Rainier is a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard in World War ii. He was born in Blakes, Va. and is a resident of Gloucester, Va. *. Alois Lloyd Vanderport, 62, joined the Union in the port of Duluth, Minn, in 1961 sailing as a deckhand on the tug Illinois (Great Lakes Towing) from 1959 to 1976. Brother Vanderport sailed for Great Lakes Towing from 1955 to 1982. He was a former memljer of the Bpilermakere Union, Local 177 in Superior, Wise, from 1941 to 1961. Laker Vfewiderport was bom in Superior andis a resident there. Maurice Kramer, 56, joined the SIU in 1945 in the port of Boston sailing as a bosun. Brother Kramer was born in Rhode Island and is a resident of Metairie, La. Charles Victor Majette, 61, joined the SIU in 1938 in the port of Bal­ timore sailing as a bosun and 3rd mate. Brother Majette sailed 45 years. He was borri in Redart, Va. and is a resident of Portsmounth, Va. /•. Charles Linwood Johnston, 65, joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1955 sailing as a chief cook. Brother Johnston also sailed as a waiter on the Banner Line. He sailed ^35 years. Seafarer Johnston hit the bricks in the 1961 Greater N.Y. Harbor beef, the 1962 Robin Line I strike and the 1965 District Council I 37 beef. And he upgraded at the [..Andrew Furuseth Training School, Brooklyn, N.Y in 1957 and 1959. Johnston is a veteran of the U.S. Navy in World War II serving as a 2nd class gunner's mate: He is also a painter. Bom in Queen Ann Count,, Md., he is a resident of Brooklyn, N.Y. 34 / LOG / July 1982 o.. J Francis Xavler Donovan, 62, joined the SIU in 1941 in the port of Boston, Mass. sailing as a bosun. Brother Donovan is a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War II. He was born in Boston and is a resident of Cohasset, Mass. Eduardo Colmenero, 67, joined the SIU in the port of Baltimore in 1962 sailing in the engine depart­ ment. Brother Colmenero is also an auto mechanic. He was born in Florida and is a resident of Baltimore. Richard Paul Gralickl, 59, joined the SIU in 1946 in the port of New York sailing as a cook -and baker. Brother Gralicki is also a draftsman. He was born in Massachusetts and is a resident of San Francisco. Frank Acha Arana, 62. joined the SIU in 1947 in the port of New York sailing in the engine dep't. and as ship's delegate. Brother Arana sailed 40 years. He was born in Manila, PI. and is a resident of Daly City, Calif. Preston Llyod Ayers, 65, joined the SIU in the port of New Orleans in 1952 sailing as an oiler. Brother Ayers was born in Georgia and is a resident of Cullman, Ala. Listen N. Lanier Jr., 59, joined the SIU in the port of Baltimore sailing as an AB. Brother Lanier was born in North Carolina and is a resident of Beulaville, N.C. Deles Snead, 65, joined the SIU in the port of San Francisco in 1959 sailing as a chief cook. Brother Snead sailed 27 years. In 1955, he did organizing and picketing at the Bay Line. And from 1953 to 1954 he worked at the Norfolk Naval Ship Supply Depot. He was born in Ports­ mouth, Va. and is a resident of Phil­ adelphia. Berry Edward Feagin, 64, joined the Union in the port of St. Louis in 1964 sailing as a chief engineer for ACBL; for Commercial Transport from 1964 to 1970, Inland Tugs in 1972, Northern Towing in 1977 and for Ohio Towing in 1980. Brother Feagin attended the 1979 ACBL Engineers Conference at Piney Point. He is a former member of the MEBA from 1960 to 1964. Boatman Feagin was born in Paducah, Ky. and is a resident there. - I I j_)il II Alton Watts Mackin, 59, joined the SIU in 1949 in the port of New York sailing as a BR utility. Brother Mackin hit the bricks in the 1961 Greater N.Y Harbor beef and the 1962 Robin Line strike. He is a former member of the American Bakers Assn. Union. Seafarer Mackin was also a radiator mechanic. Born in East Point, Ga., he is a resident of Atlanta, Ga. James Kouvardas, 55, joined the SIU in 1942 in the port of New York sailing as a QMED. Brother Kou­ vardas is a veteran of the U.S. Navy in World War II. He was born in Law­ rence, Mass. and is a resident of Reno, Nev. • Robert .Leslie Wells, 65, joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1955 sailing as a chief steward. Brother Wells sailed 37 years. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War II. Seafarer Wells was born in Florida and is a resident of Bayou La Batre, Ala. Tommy Raquepo Gonzales, 76, joined the SIU in the port of Seattle in 1961 sailing as a chief cook. Brother Gonzales sailed 35 years. He was bom in Magsinga, liocos Sur, Pi. and is a resident of Seattle. Michael Marcello, 66, joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1957 sailing as a cook. Brother Marcello sailed 34 years. He walked the picketline in the Chicago taxi beef. Sea­ farer Marcello is an MP veteran of the U.S. Army in World Wfar 11. A native of Bridgeport, Conn., he is a lii resideht of Brooklyn, N.Y Chan Rit Neu, 65, joined the SIU in the port of Seattle in 1956 sailing as an AB. Brother Neu sailed 25 years and was a member of the MC&S from 1952 to 1955. He was born in China and is a resident of San Francisco. Norbet Pruszka, 60, joined the ISIU in 1943 in the port of New Yark sailing as a FOWT. Brother Pruszka was born in Milwaukee, Wise, and a is a resident of Baltimore. Guy Duran Reagan, 65, joined the SIU in 1945 in the port of New Orleans sailing as a bosun. Brother Reagan sailed 40 years. He is a former ironworker. Seafarer Reagan was born in Dallas, Tex. and is a resident of Brazoria, Tex. George Henri "Frenchy" Ruf, 67, joined the SIU in 1942 in the port of Mobile sailing as a bosun. Brother Ruf sailed 51 years. At one time, he was a San Francisco Union patrolman. He was born in New . Jersey and is a resident of Wilmington, Calif. �^i(t-..-.-K»- V*^~I n • .*:• "• •!-.J- .;v; , - • . -•-'? • • ->.'' • - Willie Paimer Five Years Into His New Life W ILLIE PALMER has a fairly full crop of grey hair gracing his handsome noggin. Yet on June 15, he celebrated only his fifth birthday. A genetic impossibility? Nope! Willie Palmer has lived five years of his new life—a life of sobriety. As Willie tells it, it was June 15, 1977 that he completed the Seafarers. Alcoholic Rehabilitation Program in Valley Lee, MD. He hasn't had a drink since. And his life has changed dramatically for the better because of it. Willie, who recently completed the SIU's Steward Recertification Program, dropped by the LOG office to ask if he could share some of his experiences with the mem­ bership. Following therefore are some of Willie's thoughts, in his own words, concerning alcoholism and how he is dealing with it. by Willie Palmer r 44^ TRUTHFULLY, I never thought I had a drinking problem. For 30 years all I drank was beer. Bergorneister beer was my drink. In fact, my friends called me 'Bergomeister Willie.' "It was Steve Troy (SIU representative, San Francisco) who talked me into going to the Alcoholic Rehab Center. I really didn't think Chief Steward I was an alcoholic until I began participating in the program and learning about alcoholism. It really opened my eyes and truly changed my life. "For all the years 1was drinking, I never got married and never had a bank account. I'd go out with $200 in my pocket and come home broke. Nobody on earth can drink $200 worth of beer in one sitting. But still my money was gone and I didn't remember how I spent it. "I never actually got fired for drinking. But a lot of times, I'd get into an argument with the Captain or Mate or someone and I'd go into a 'take-this-job-and-shove-it' routine and pile off the ship. "After completing the program at the ARC, I began going to regular Willie Palmer AA meetings. I really can't put into words what AA is like. You have to experience it. You have to live it. A lot of good things have happened to me since I've been sober. For one, I got married to a wonderful lady named Margie. I have a savings account, too. Recently, I was able to buy Margie a new car for cash. "People react to me differently as well. I get a great deal of respect on the ships now, especially from the young kids coming out of Piney Point. Captains and shipmates I used to sail with come up to me and congratulate me. "It's funny! A lot of people ashore tell me now that they couldn't stand being in the same room with me when I was drinking. Some of my old shipmates tell me they hated to see me coming up the gangway. "The important thing to me alx)ut being sober is the way I feel within myself. It's important to me to be able to say to myself and my friends that I haven't had a drink in five years. "I've pretty much been on my own since my father died when I was 15, and I moved from Houston to the West Coast. I have some good memories of things I did during all the years I was drinking. But looking back on it, I believe that that's not what I was put here on earth for. "I'm going to do my best to stay sober. I feel that by going back to drinking I'd be letting more than myself down. I'd be letting down the whole Alcoholic Rehabilitation Program and so many of my brother seamen who have gone through the program and stayed sober. "I'm 60 years old now. And when I retire from going to sea, I hope to set up a catering business if my health holds out. "I'd like any member out there who wants to talk to me about alco­ holism to know that I am always available. Of course, in the final analysis, it must be the individual who decides to stop drinking. "But I feel that if I can help just one alcoholic to stop drinking I'll have accomplished something important." Help A Friend Deal With Alcoholism Alcoholicsr don't have friends. Because a friend the care and counseling he needs. And he'll get the wouldn't let another man blindly travel a course that has support of brother SIU members who are fighting the to lead to the destruction of his health, his job and his same tough battle he is back to a healthy, productive family. And that's where an alcoholic is headed. alcohol-free life. Helping a fellow Seafarer who has a drinking problem The road b^ick to sobriety is a long one for an alcoholic. is just as easy ^and just as important^as steering a blind But because of ARC, an alcoholic SIU member doesn't man across a street. All you have to do is take that have to travel the distance alone. And by guiding a Seafarer by the arm and guide him . to the Union's brother Seafarer in the direction of the Rehab Center, Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center in Valley Lee, Md. you'll he showing him that the first step back to recovery Once he's there, an alcoholic SIU member will receive is only fm arm's length away.' • r REH/\a///>. There's Strength in Nnmben And Our numbers are OrewingI Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center I am interested in attending a six-week program at the Alcoholic Rehabilitation Cer^er. I understand that all my medical and counseling records wili be^ept strictly confidential and that they will not be kept anywhere except at The Center. Name I Address J I ........... Book No. (Street or RFD) (City) "..... (State) Telephone No ;.. j (Zip) I I I Mail to: THE CENTER Star Route Box 153-A VaUey Lee, Md. 20692 or call, 24 hours-a-day, (301) 994-0010 July 1982 / LOG 35 - - �i.95ir.4fi»- 1^-: 0%rK -' .» !' ^ s^SgSii •.\ f •• • - '>>i- . . il- .. •M-' •' -V^iy'" -W-- • '• • • ^&:P' i t itfe'; ' ' nl'C •;l; ^V 3ii^^ ^ 1; • ;•! :c, ^ •' 1 - : II g: .• t-4fer% My i - n lA v , li Diane Kathleen MIchener Seafarer Diane Kathleen "Dandl" MIchener, 25, graduated in the top third of her class at the Sea­ farers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship (SHLSS) Entry Trainee Program, Piney Point, Md. in 1979 sailing in the steward department. Sister MIchener earned the lifeboat, firefighting and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) tickets. And she studied political science at Brooklyn College for two years. Born in Man­ hattan she is a resident of Brooklyn., "Dandi" ships out of the port of New Vbrk: ' Brian David Morron Seafarer Brian David Morron, 26, is a 1969 graduate of Piney Point where he was Student Council president and a "great student." Brother Morron now sails as an AB and Quartermaster. He sailed aboard the LNG Aquarius (Energy Transport). Previously, he worked as a tankerman and deckhand inland for the Ingram Tug and Barge Co., Nashville, Tenn. in 1974. Today he is going for his 3rd mate's license. Morron earned the CPR, firefighting and lifeboat tickets. He has two years at the College of Santa Fe, N.M. studying political sci­ ence. His hobbies are music and art. Born in Claremont, N.H., he is a resident of Ridgewobd, N.J. and ships out of the port of New York. Ruben Luis Maldonado Jr. Seafarer Ruben Luis Maldonado Jr., 24, graduated from Piney Point in 1979 now sailing as a cook and baker. Brother Maldonado is the son of SlU member Ruben Luis Maldonado Sr. Ruben Jr. holds the CPR, firefighting and lifeboat endorse­ ments. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y, is a resident there and ships out of the Frank Dennis Byers Jr. port of New York. Seafarer Frank Kyle Michael White Dennis Byers Jr., Seafarer Kyle 27, graduated Michael White, 22, from the SHLSS graduated from Entry Trainee the SHLSS in Program in 1971 1980 and sails as now sailing as a a cook and baker. QMED. Brother Brother White \ mife. Byers holds the sailed aboard the CPR, lifeboat and LNG Sonatrach, firefighting papers. He was born in Paul Kaiser and Tampa, Fla., is a resident of Brooksville, Arzew (all El Paso) and the LNG Leo Fla. and ships out of the port of Jack­ (Energy Transport). He hopes to join sonville. the CS Long Unes (AT&T) this month. Kyle holds the firefighting, lifeboat and Alan Arthur Barnetl Seafarer Alan (5PR endorsements. A native of KirkArthur Bamett, 33, land, Wash., he is a resident of La Verne, first sailed with the Calif, and ships out of the port of Seattle. . SlU in 1974 from Michael Edgar Calhoun the port of New Se af ar er York, sailing now Michael Edgar as an AB arid Calhoun, 25, I Quartermaster. He graduated from I has the CPR, lifeSHLSS in 1980 boat and fire­ and is now sailing fighting documents. Brother Barnett is as cook and baker. a U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam Brother Calhoun is Wfeir. And he was born in Baltimore, and the son of Charles is a resident there and ships out of that "Charlie" D. Cal­ port city. houn, president of the Radio Officers Union, AFL-CIO, Jersey City, N.J. His John Joseph Bluitt Jr. Seafarer John brother Tim is also a merchant seaman. Joseph Bluitt Jr., Mike has the firefighting, lifeboat and 27, joined the SlU CPR documents. He is a veteran of in 1976 in the port the U.S. Navy serving as a 3rd cook of Detroit sailing (E4) aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS as an AB, deep Saratoga during the Vietnam War. He sea and inland. is a graduate of the Navy's Cooks and Brother Bluitt Bakers School. Calhoun has studied qualified for his electronics at Pima (Ariz.) Junior Col­ lifeboat, fire­ lege and forestry at the University of fighting and CPR papers. He was born Wyoming, Laramie. Born in Ashland, in New York City, is a resident of New Ohio, he is a resident of Englewood, Port Richie, Fla. and ships out of the N.J. and ships out of the port of New York. port of Detroit. 36 / LOG / July 1982 Henry Whitley Daniels Jr. Seafarer Henry Whitley Daniels Jr., 27, graduated from Piney Point in 1979 now sailing as a cook and baker. Brother Daniels has the CPR, lifeboat and _ firefighting en­ dorsements. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army's Field Artillery Battery B serving during the Vietnam War. Daniels was awarded the U.S. National Defense Service medal. Born in Brighton, N.C., he is a resident of Estill, S.C.- and ships out of the port of Savannah. Theodore Van Hawkins Seafarer Theo­ dore Van Haw­ kins, 52, first sailed with the SlU in 1971 out of the port of San Fran­ cisco. He now sails as a QMED. Brother Hawkins holds the lifeboat, firefighting and CPR tickets. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Forces serving in England during the Korean War. He attended Fresno City and Sacramento City Junior Colleges. He is a native of Texarkana, Ark., is a resident of Sac­ ramento and ships out of the port of San Francisco. Jim Edward Dawson Seafarer Jim Edward Dawson, 27, is a 1974 graduate of Piney Point's Trainee Program nbw sailing as a quar­ termaster. He also ^ sailed as a deckhand inland for G&H Towing from 1974 to 1979. In 1977, he helped in an organizing drive. Brother Dawson has the CPR, fire­ fighting and lifeboat tickets. He was bom in Houston, lives in Century, Fla. and ships out of the port of Jacksonville. Kenneth James Park Seafarer Ken­ neth James Park, 38, began sailing with the SlU out of the port of Jack­ sonville sailing as an AB and QuarItermaster. Brother Park upgraded to LNG AB in 1979 at SHLSS. He holds the lifeboat, fire­ fighting and CPR documents. And he is a veteran of the U.S. Navy in the Vietnam War. Park was born in New London, Conn., lives in Norfolk and ships out of that port. to -7^^. Improve Your Math Skills HOW? SHLSS has self-study materials in the areas of fractions, decimals, percent, algebra and geometry. Upon your request, SHLSS will_send hem to you to study in your spare time. You can use these math skills: i'Vr''-.*. • • in your JOB • to improve your math skills for UPGRADING • to review old math skills ot learn NEW SKILLS • NoO j / am an SIU member. YesD Social Security No. _ i Book Number is Department Sailing In 11 joined the SIU in 19 : Please send me the area(s) checked below. J ( ) Fractions [ ( ) Decimals I ( ) Percents |( ) Algebra ^ :( ) (Geometry ^ \ Send my area(s) here: :Name ; ! Street City Zip State Cut out this coupon and mail it to this address: Academic-Education Department Seafarers Harry LundeSerg School of Seamanship Piney Point, iMD. 20674 ATTN: Sandy Schroeder Send it today! V •; ^ �•Mci'7=t •J~: ' p , -. - " .',' ' '•^7i'-''•••: *•' .-W^r •^''<<. •'^"-X-r .• V -xi},, -:•„,&::: STEWARCI RECERTlficATioN A N even dozen SlU stewards graduated from the second Steward Recertification Program of 1982, picking up their Recertification certificates at the Headquarters membership meeting on July 6. The 12 stewards rolled through the eight-week course which began May 10, spending six weeks at the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship and winding up with two weeks at Union headquarters in Brooklyn, N.Y At Piney Point, the stewards sharpened up their galley skills, working with the SHLSS instructors on the latest methods of menu preparation and putting together well-balanced meals in line with dietary guidelines. As part of the Recertification Pro­ gram the stewards spent a day in Washington, D.C., visiting with the Union's legislative team and touring Capitol Hill. Keeping busy during their two week stay in New york, the stewards got a top-to-bottorh education in the operation of the Union, learning about the Welfare, Pension and Vacation plans and taking a looksee at the Data Processing, Records and Log offices. The 12 stewards participating in the latest Steward Recertification class were Edward Tinsley, Willie Palmer, Robert Outlaw, Thomas Bolton, Curtis Vea:^ie, Paul G. Ligh­ ten, John Calhoun, Samuel Davis, Abdul Hassan, J.D. Wilson, Giov­ anni Aquino and Felizardo Motus. Fellzardo Motus Curtis Vsazle Edward Tinsley Thomas Bolton John Calhoun Robert Outlaw •X-"; I Willie Palmer J.D. Wilson KNOW YOUR RIGHTS Samuel Davis Giovanni Aquino KNOW YOUR RIGHTS Angus "Red" Campbell Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 275 - 20th Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215 Full copies of contracts as referred to arc.available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SlU contracts are avail­ able in all SlU halls. Thc.se contracts .specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard your ship or boat. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for Ol on the sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SlU Alxlul Hassan KNOW YOUR RIGHTS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGA­ TIONS. Copies of the SlU constitution are available in all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its con­ tents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempt­ ing to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SlU Atlantic, Gulf. Lakes and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguarding the membership s money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed audit by Certified Public Accountants every three months, which are to be submitted to the membership by the Secretary-Treasurer. A quarterly finance commitfee of rank and file members, elected by the membership, makes examination each quarter of the finances of the Union and reports fully their findings and recommenda­ tions. Members of this committee may make dissenting reports, specific recommendations and separate findings. TRUST FUNDS. All trust tunds of the SlU Atlantic, Gulf. Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall equally consist of Union and management representatives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and senior­ ity are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the employers. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts arc posted and available in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and -the employers, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return re­ ceipt requested. The proper address for this is; Paul G. Ughtell patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights properly, contact the nearest SlU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY —THE LOG. The Log has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes ol any individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has beer, reaffirmed by membership action at the September, 1960, meetings in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for Log policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SlU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circum­ stances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts lo require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is-required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to Union headquarters. EQUAL RIGHTS. All members are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SlU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SlU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Consequently, no member may be discrimi­ nated against because of race, creed, color, sex and na­ tional or geographic origin. If any member feels thaft he is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify Union headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATION —SPAD. SPAD is a separate segregated fund. Its pro­ ceeds are used to further its objects and purposes includ­ ing, but not limited to, furthering the political, social and economic interests of maritime workers, the preservation and furthering of the American Merchant Marine with improved employment opportunities for seamen and boatmen and the advancement of trade union concepts. In connection with such objects, SPAD supports and contributes to political candidates for elective office. All contributions arc voluntary. No contributioii may be solicited or received because of force, job discrimination, financial reprisal, or threat of such conduct, or as a con­ dition of membership in the Union or of employment. If a contribution is made by reason of the above improper conduct, notify the Seafarers Union or SPAD by certified mail within' 30 days of the contribution for investigation arid appropriate action and refund, if involuntary. Supr port SPAD to protect and further your economic, poli­ tical and social interests, and American trade union concepts. If at any time a member feels that any of the above rights have been violated, or that he has been denied his constitutional right of access to Union records or. infor­ mation, he should immediately notift' SIU President Frank Drozak at Headquarters by certified mail, return receipt requested. The address is 675 - 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. July 1982 / LOG 37 �=*>iisjiL,-i=s*--": Sea Lawyer Has Juris Doctor Tlianks to SIU m "''?- >'•. LETTERS V",;i| t?M'•'•'• •fii|r •• TO THE EDITOR 'IP--' 'f®!- Faithful Reader for 40 Tears I wolild like to tliank the Union for an outstanding jod in pudlishing the. LOG each month- Years ago when I stopped Railing, I requested that the LOO continue to be sent to me. And I have received it ever since. I read it regularly (since 1941), and often times I get to pass it along to retired SIU members. After leaving the sea, I became a member of the Interna­ tional Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers," AFL-CIO. I am still a member in good standing. I have served as an officer in the Local Union and Metal Trades Council. I am now moving to a new address. My only request is "keep the LOG coming." Fraternally, CecU D. Aaerbacli Gliarleston, S.G. i ;rf „ •" 'if -. -^•1^' -•\Vi%: •.'; • •« -wit ; . • y^j''- ir'ji>-v •m T ''•!ru;.:-- Friend of 38 years Buried at Sea '^T->'" :» ^ L-. fti :> 'W-' I •''^¥-: ^u On May 31, 1982, the M/V Sealand Esqplorer was stopped in Lat. 38-02 Worth, Long, 166-18 East, approximately 1,310 nautical mUes from Japan, 3,387 nautical miles from San Francisco, and the remains of Wilham E. Leuschner were com­ mitted to the deep. A proper burial service was conducted. Some of Bm's old shipmates were on the B:i®lorer and were present for the service. BUI, better known as "Whitey," was a dear friend of mine for 32 years. He had no known living relatives and he was not married.^ I wish to t.iiank Captain BertU Von Gerber of the Explorer and the employees in the Sea-Land office in San Francisco who took part in making possible "Whitey's" final wish. Fraternally, LnEe Clamlioli, Sr. San Francisco, Calif. SIU BCis Best Investment - 'H :Mf: I wolUd like all to Imow how much I appreciate the prompt attention paid by the Seafarers Welfare Plan to my medical problems. I was told by SIU Vice President Ed Turner a long, long time ago when he gave me my book that "it's the best investment you co\Ud have made." Believe me, he was right. I was yoimg and full of salt water. lUness never crossed my mind. When it did come though, it knocked me down for good. I hope all the young fellows realize what an opportunity they have. Because if they take care of the Union, the Union will take care of them when they need it the most. Many ^a-nks. Sincerely, Rol>ert O. Lyons, L-8113 Berkeley, Calif. Greetings From Oldtimer And His Dog If •W \f.- P' It has been a long time and many years from the Union's first hall on Stone St. in lower Manhattan, to Fourth Ave. in Brooklyn. Being in Miami, I miss the old faces from New York, especially Joe DiGiorgio, Teddy Babkowski and Johnny Dwyer. These days, I go hunting and fishing a lot. I have an old hound dog that's about the same age as me and I'm 67. He says hello, too. I am glad to see the Union is progressing in so many ways. I want to thank the membership and staff for all they have done for me over the years. Fraternally, "Curly" Goodwin Miami, Fla. I am a 1978 recipient of the SIU $10,000 college scholar­ ship awarded to an SIU member. It was due to the SIU schol­ arship that I was able to attend law school. My last year was very fulfUling. I attended a fall semester at the University of Puget Sound School of Law in Tacoma. In lieu of my final semester, I worked from Januaiy untU May 1982 at the Seattle Public Defender's Office, being given sole responsibUity for over 60 misdemeanor cases including six jury trials. It was an invaluable experience. On May 30, 1982 I received a Juris doctor degree from Northwestern School of Law in Portland, Oregon. Recently, I have worked as an oUer aboard the SS Gal­ veston, shuttling between Anchorage, Kodiak and Seattle. I've been studjring for the Washington State Bar examination, too, which wUl be given this month. I would like to thank every SIU member for making my legal education possible. Furthermore, I urge every SIU sailor who has any inclination toward a formal education to apply for the SIU scholarship. In 1978, only six Seafarers applied for the $10,000 scholarship reserved for members. Now there are more of the scholarships to go around. Increased levels of education are vital to maintaining a democratic union. Thank you brothers and sisters. Fraternally, Jolm Merrlam, M-8873 Services as Seafarer Wished I appreciate the great service the SIU has done in arranging the burial at sea off the M/F Ambasai^dor on Dec. 14, 1981. A folder with a letter from SIU representative Ray McDonald along with pictures of the service, a copy of the prayer read at the service and the ship's log records make me feel that all was done with great care and carried out as my late husband, Charles Murphy, wished. Sincerely, Mrs. Charles Murphy Bradenton, Fla. Proud To Be SIU This is just a brief note of thanks to the Welfare Plan for payment of my hospital bfils. I'd also like to take the opportu­ nity to thank the SIU, officers and members for everything over the yeais. I a-m proud to be a member of this organiza­ tion since 1946. Fraternally, Walter Compton, C-96 Norfolk, Va. ^ Monthly Membership Meetings Port Date Deep Sea Lakes, Inland Water$ New York Aug. 2 ........... y 2:30 p.m Philadelphia ..,. Aug. 3 - • • - • • 2:30 p.m. ..... Baltimore............ Aug. 4.. 2:30p.m Norfolk......;....... Aug. 5 9:30 a.m ..... Jacksonville Aug. 5 ......... 2:00 p.m. ......... Algonac ........... -. Aug. 6 2:30 p.m. Detroit - Aug. 6 ........ 2:30 p.m ..... Houston ............. Aug. 9 ............. 2:30 p.m New Orleans Aug. 10 2:30 p.m Mobile Aug. M - 2:30 p.m.......... San Francisco Aug. 12 2:30 p.m. ......... Wilmington Aug. 16 2:30 p.m..... . Seattle .... Aug. 20 ... 2:30p.m •••• • Piney Point , Aug. 14 ....,.,....... 10:30 a.m. SanJuan ..,Aug. 5........ - 2:30 p.m . Columbus Aug. 21 .............. _ St. Louis Aug. 13 ... 2:30 p.m Honolulu Aug. 12 2:30 p.m. ........ . Duluth Aug. 11 2:30 p.m Jdfcrsonvillc Aug. 19 .......2:30 p.ih < Gloucester ........... Aug. U .......,...... 2:.30 p.m. ....., yJersey City Aug. 18.............. 2:30 p.m. ...V 38 / LOG / July 1982 ... UIW 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7.00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. �^ Yi' i I . . , , . /i- ... 0 : . Need Bilateral Trade to Revive Maritime I N mid-July, a Republican Research Committee in the House of Representativesjssued a report on regulatory reform in the maritime industry. The conclusions of the brief report were that "more not less of a free market approach should be considered to ensure a viable U.S. merchant marine." Applying textbook logic, the Republican Task Force stated: "The­ oretically, unfettered competition would balance, liner supply and demand, apply downward pressure on rates, push out excess capacity, reduce costs and pro­ duce downward optimal fare/service combinations." There's only one thing wrong with this tidy little cure-all for the ills of the merchant marine. It's founded on the once-upon-a-time, remember-the-goodold-days early 19th century economics. Free trade—where everybody has an equal chance to compete in an open marketplace—simply 4oes not exist in today's world. And no world shipping power operates under free trade prin­ ciples except the United States. Quoted in a recent issue of U.S. News & World Report magazine, W. Bruce Seaton, president of American Presi­ dent Lines said "our major competition is with foreign government policies that are extremely supportive of their own merchant marine." It's difficult for the American-flag merchant marine to compete against fleets that are heavily subsidized by their governments. France, for example, requires that two-thii^s^of its oil imports and half of its coal imports be carried in French ships. Japan offers shipping companies tax breaks of up to 40 percent on all export net income. And Mexico kicks in one half the cost of fuel used by Mexican merchant ships. But the key to a strong fleet is cargo. And almost every national shipping power relies on arrangements such as bilateral trade agreements which allow them to guarantee their fleets enough cargo to survive. For the past 40 years, cargo has been slipping out of the holds of Americanflag ships and the United States has been slipping in seapower, sliding from first in the world in 1950 to number 11 today. During the years when America was the premiere world shipping power, our ships carried 43 percent of U.S. imports and exports. Today, the U.S.-flag share of American cargoes is less than four percent—and still falling. Unless the government acts quickly to move some cargo back into U.Siflag vessels, the American merchant marine is going to disappear. The dangers of over-reliance on for­ eign-flag vessels to carry strategic minerals and raw materials are obvious. -m- We leave ourselves vulnerable to polit­ ically or economically motivated supply disruptions which would not exist if the bulk of U.S. imports were carried on U.S. ships. An insufficient merchant marine poses an even more dangerous threat to U.S. military preparedness. "There is not a single overseas war plan," said Maritime Administration chief Adm. Harold Shear recently, "that we could carry out without sufficient merchant marine ship tonnage to back it up. Everything from a NATO war to a brush fire in the Middle East," requires seapower, Shear added. But the Reagan Administration is either unconcerned or ignorant about the crucial importance of U.S.seapower. Having requested the largest military budget in peacetime U.S. history, the U.S. would be unable to muster the ships to move all that military hardware and the necessary troops in the event of a war. While there is no single solution to reverse the dangerous decline of the U.S. maritime industry, the key to any realistic maritime plan must be cargo. The negotiation of bilateral ship­ ping agreements with major U.S. trading partners—all of them—would go a long way towards assuring cargoes for American ships. And if there are guaranteed cargoes, ship owners and operators will invest in new equipment to transport them, stimulating both shipboard and shoreside employment in the process. There's an additional benefit in the negotiation of bilateral trade pacts aside from ensuring a substantial portion of U.S. cargo to U.S. ships—they don't cost anybody anything at all. Offidal Publicolion of the Seoforers Iniemolionol Union of North America Alfonlic. Gulf. Ute^ one) Inland \Milen Dinrict, AFICIO July 1982 Vol. 44, Np. 7 Executive Board Frank Drozak President Joe DiGiorgio Secretary-Treasurer Ed lUrner Executive Vice President Angus "Red" Campbell Mike Sacco Vice President Vice President Leon Hall Vice President Joe Sacco Vice President George McCartney Vice President MV Log Staff James Gannon Editor Ray Bourdius Assistant Editor Don Rotan Mfesf Coast Associate Editor EdraZlesk Assistant Editor Marietta Homayonpour Assistant Editor Max Siegel Hall Assistant Editor Frank Cianclottl Director of Photography> Writer Dennis H. Lundy Photography Marie Kosciusko Administrative Assistant George J. Vane Production Art Director ^biished rnonthly by Seafarers International Union. Atlantic. Gulf, Lakes and Inland Vteters District. AFL-CIO. 675 Fourth Ave . Brooklyn, N.Y 11232. Tel. 499-6600 Second Class postage paid at Brooklyn. 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Title A name given to the resource July 1982 Description An account of the resource HEADLINES CARTER HAD RIGHT TO LIMIT WAGES OF GOV’T EMPLOYED SEAMEN SIU, NMU REJECT REQUEST FOR 71/2% WAGE ROLLBACK STRONG MEASURES NEEDED TO ENFORCE CARGO LAWS HOUSE UNIT SLIPS CHANGES INTO P.R. PASSENGER SHIP BILL SEN. TOWER TO NAVY: ‘WE NEED MERCHANT MARINE, TOO’ 129 BRIT. SEAMEN VOLUNTEERS GET PINK SLIPS BRAND MAKES MOST OF SHOT AT NATIONWIDE AUDIENCE SIU WISHES HAPPY 300TH BIRTHDAY TO ‘CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE’ CONGRESS OVERRIDES REAGAN VETO OF COPYRIGHT ACT ORPHAN GOLDEN PHOENIX ADOPTED FOR BULK TRADE BABY DOING FINE, WITH HELP OF GOD, AND $47,000 IN MEDICAL CARE TRANSCOLUMBIA CREW GETS KUDOS FOR SPACE SHUTTLE WINGS RUN SIU JOINS N.Y. UNIONISTS AT ALBANY JOBS RALLY WAGE DISPUTE ON LIBERIAN TANKER ENDS AFTER NEAR MUTINY TRAINS BOATMEN FOR INLAND WATERWAYS INDUSTRY QMED COURSES OFFER SOLID BASE IN ENGINEERING COOKS AND BAKERS LEARN NEW CULINARY SKILLS ABLE SEAMEN UPGRADERS LEARN THE ROPES CATUG M/V GROTON JOINS THE SIU FLEET SHLSS ROWS TO VICTORY IN ‘BIG APPLE’S’ JULY 4TH INT’L LIFEBOAT RACE FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS, SIU TRAINING HISTORY OF SIU PART XIX PROGRAMS DEVELOP INTO BEST IN NATION CONSTITUTION A HIT IN HAWAII OGDEN WILLIAMETTE EXPECTED BACK SOON AFTER CLOSE SHAVE LASH EDWARD RUTLEDGE BOUND FOR MID EAST LNG ARIES PLUCKS ‘BOAT PEOPLE’ FROM 15FT. SEAS OLD GLORY MAY HAVE SAVED THE DAY FOR SANTA MARIA WILLIE PALMER FIVE YEARS INTO HIS NEW LIFE NEED BILATERAL TRADE TO REVIVE MARITIME 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 07/01/1982 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. 44, No. 7 1982 Periodicals Seafarers Log