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I . •d pages 20-21, t•#4tr='?; - �PresideiwKs Refloit by Frank Drozok ' 1 ' t. c ' ^ >• 1 If • b^-r.- i; 'V ri^HE steps taken two weeks ago by X Representative Lindy Boggs (DLa.) and 18 of her colleagues from both political parties to strengthen the nation's, maritime position give hope to all who are concerned with Amer­ ica's lack of a bulk-carrier capability. The news that Congresswoman Boggs and her 18 co-sponsors had introduced a bill, H.R. 6979, entitled the "Competitive Shipping and Ship­ building Revitalization Act of 1982" was mighty encouraging—^particularly since it conies at a time when things look pretty grim. What makes the proposed legislation special, in our judgment at least, is that it would stimulate the building of a bulk fleet flying the U.S. flag through a cargo incentive. Under the terms of the bill, beginning in 1983, five per cent of America's bulk commodity ocean commerce would be carried on U.S.-flag ships. The percentage would go up by one per cent each year until a maximum of 20 per cent is reached which would take a period of 15 years. But the Boggs bill provides more than Just cargo. What it is trying to do is stimulate the shipbuilding and ship operating business in conjunction with a concentrated effort to make U.S. bulk shipping improve its competitive position against foreign flag-shipping. So in order for the cargo provisions of the bill to be enforceable, Mrs. Boggs' bill requires that shipbuilding and ship operating costs must be reduced by 15 per cent. 1 am confident that all who make their living in this industry and in the support industries like steel, machinery and electronics will want to do their part to meet this cost reduction requirement, so that we can finally get on with the development of a U.S.-flag bulk fleet. I would think, too. that all Americans who are interested in strengthening the ^jiatioiVs^defensejmsition^vni^^welcon^^ support, especially since there is no need for taxpayer funds to make it work. _ It could be said'that this is a last-ditch chance for America to make a positive effort to bail out of what is a very critical and dangerous position. Time and opportunities are running out, while other nations are moving ahead in a very determined way to see to it that they continue to develop their merchant shipping capabilities. There will be those, of course, who will oppose the bill, but that should come as no surprise. There are always those elements within our nation who for one reason or another see an improved and strengthened American merchant marine as bad news—generally because it interferes with the benefits they enjoy in the present state of maritime conditions. But there are also those Americans who think it is time for America to stop talking and kidding itself and to begin to build the ocean transportation and national defense capabilities that are appropriate for a world power. To repeat what we have been saying many times of late; a cargo policy of the kind set forth in the Boggs bill is essential to the development of a firm and effective maritime program. President Reagan had pointed to the critical importance of cargo back on September 22, 1980 when he outlined the points which he held must be developed for a specific naval-maritime program. Mr. Reagan said that such a program must: ' 'recognize the challenges created by cargo policies of other nations. The United States has traditionally espoused free trade. However, the ' international shipping trade is laced with a network of foreign gov­ ernmental preferences and priorities designed to strengthen foreign^ fleets, often at the expense of U.S. maritime interests. We must be prepared to respond constructively for our own interests to the restrictive shipping policies of other nations. A major goal of the United States must be to ensure that American-flag ships carry an equitable portion of our trade consistent with the legitimate aspirations and policies of our trading partners'.' The situation has grown worse since the President made that statement. And the need for the action he called for is greater than ever. I sincerely hope that the President will allow his Administration to work with the Congress in enacting the Boggs bill into law so that we can attain the objectives that we all agree are in this country's best interests. Congresswoman Boggs and her colleagues who have come up with this bill have offered a realistic and simple solution to a serious and difficult problem. They make it very clear that they expect the industry to do its proper share in building a fleet of bulk ships. The fact is that we have no choice but to give the bill our whole-hearted support. Conventions-At-Sea Tax Bill Races Clock ••i 4 • !' li ' l I Washington, D.C.—Efforts are moving forward in both the House and the Senate to end tax discrim­ ination against the U.S. passenger ves.sel industry. As the tax law now stands, tax deductions are allowed for company expenses incurred at conventions .held on land, yet not allowed for conventions held at sea. Some differences exist between the House and Senate versions of the bill. The Senate bill would apply only to ships travelling between American ports. And it would require more stringent filing pro­ cedures than the Hou.se bill. Yet the bottom line is the same for both bills: to encourage invest­ ment in the American flag passenger vessel industry, which has experi­ enced a rebirth in recent years with the redocumentation of the SS Con­ stitution and the SS Independence. The House bill, which was intro­ duced some time ago by Rep. Frank Guarini (D-NJ), is still being considered by the House Ways and Means Committee. The Senate bill was recently introduced by Sen. Spark Matsunaga (D-Hawaii). Chances for passage are good, Outside of the Treasury Department, there is little opposition to the bill, The only problem is time. This session of Congress ends in December. All legislation that has not been enacted into law by that time must be re-introduced in the next session of Congress, which starts next January. Representatives from all segments of the maritime industry have tes­ tified on behalf of the legislation. Frank Drozak, president of the SIU, called the House bill "kn important and badly needed piece of legislation." New Headquarters Near Completion Construction on the SIU's brand new six-story headquarters building in Camp Springs, MD, is nearing completion. The building is strate­ gically located just 20 minutes by car from downtown Washington, D.C. All of the exterior work has been completed, and interior work is moving along rapidly. The building should be ready for occupation in the next few months. The opening of this impressive structure gives the SIU a very visible presence in Washington, D.C., where the fortune of the U.S. maritime industry is decided on a daily basis. The new building will also be completely outfitted with sophisti­ cated computer systems for all the Union's records and data for the Seafarers Welfare, Pension and 'Vacation Plans. The Log will be carrying much more on the new building in upcoming issues. iirJ' •; ii' Change of address cards on Form 3579 should be sent to Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District AFL-CIO fi7A Fnnrth AWD Second Class postage paid at Brooklyn, N.Y. Vol. 44, No. 8, August 1982. (ISSN #0160-2047) ' 2 / LOG / August 1982 , Rrn,,nw„ M v 11 oqo P..hiichpH monthly Brooklyn, N.Y 11232. Published mommy. �!• 1 ~-;,'.y.-^iir:5r.,.'. , .' I •, ^.-. *1- .' ; v •'.... • '• , . »n RMive BulK Flcel Wl" . construction times with Washington, U'^ress' tW of 19 members of Congmss ^ P attendant cost savmgs are cnt, to both ^ mFW\ resenting all "/ ^reduced the "1" order for and both political pntanes of bulk cargo a bill on ^ bulk fleet to the , sports required to be restore the ailing • • imports an P . States flag a H R 6919 and titled the carried actual '•^-rvTnSrtktoavld ^ fr hT Don Bonker (DBonior (f"ffflouaherty (R-PA). WA), Charles Doi^8^®"y^ p„„j Tmntl-on(R^;,"'^tWfD(D-Tenn.), Joseph „ Arlan ^m inn.) Charles Stangeland ( ^oung (RWilson .^retti (D-NY), Alaska), e^ (D-MD), Gene Glenn Anderson j,5r;Kf.—;i; a3-- rs". bts= »r:.« The bill would exporters and_ impo q efficient and envi.„ bulk carrying merchan t United States nhtpyatP^^^,^ In addition to Rep. Undy Boggs. co-sponsored by P . /pv IMJ)), industry, mdud ^ pgn^entas seagoing labor^an^^.^^^ "s,»»f'x. »s»—"•" F.»' U.S.-built s p SlU . . giy's strong support 1983. The 'rill ^ ofU.S,- "P'f'^-b'He shippers to " of all bulk for the bill • He sm flag ships by one percen 01 to d° °"i P'"*^Lage of this cargoes each year un effort to ^5,j,ell asitssuc, fioure of 20 percent of all U-b-™ badly-needed b.ll as well imports a^ ^/h^'^ierislation',' said "PassagTofthislegislaho . cess "P''".®?^H'^"6979 would; If ^ thU country's .e^n&elgnshippingfoi '•'--J % X. "ndV BO9!|S(0-CA)^ Co-Sponsors o1 Boggs Bill H.R. 6979 will no. cost the TieasuD fact "millions co-sponsor^m .building sponsorsstressed^lnf^^C^,„„bof 1982r (H-RBevitaiiza^ A® Lindy ttf''°"^'t4""he Treasury through "ate mes on sh^PP-^^t 6979), «"R®" ,* irggs (D-LA) are; are. and ''yard workers and raxes on shW seamen. Tn of thousands preserve and create te^ trf.;^. President Reagan_^^S-^t marine "^o-iJ^tlk compone^ revitahzed fJ b ^ n o flag merchant fleet ::,^^^i:dnstL-a^wei, as 6,162 and shipbuilding P ,.a the f^.. j„,emational commerce; added Boggs, of the Con- engaged •" f®" j „ork for the long-standing ohJ^ ^ merchant • Jpyards located in the ,he national eress, namely to ensur commercial . . compose the rhat "our 71 critical raw ffit Capable of following ^«\t,SS"as^Ala- ships capaWe o defense. O maintain our tion of our nation jo j^ornia. Connecticut, materials neede _ ..gg Specifically^ .vin of 158 bulk bama, C .. Elaine, Mary- industnal secu y^ p^^cent "are are imported, vessels. This carried flag carriage dependence o built under a series ^f Texas, an estimated tTe^Sly in a national emerconstructed by Rep. sibslantial work for "Ss.»—3 interests can be successful hfarme ^ bad 5,0^ tm'H ^ joetals/alloys. program of the 'f O^ommon f J?«s! propulsiotts and Standard des.gns and PiP^t''"''^'foter rnater^^ ; components: ,bip- machrnes and Boggs tt" f fy^ilnificantly egu.pme^ ^ building offers sig_ —Elfl report a 10 poteen' drop »> ships owned by but operating under f„ms j „ flags. But ,bis ""ff blgge and their carrying fleet are,.Digg«^i r. m- an active Repub ^bmirE-Tennett, Democrat, SaHd^onlor— Don Bookw, flopPblfcan. Charles Dougherty, Pennsylvania Mississippi Tollph M. Gaydos, Democrat, Bopublican, South Sn Stangeland. Republican, A'jr. Democrat, New York ^rbma^'hutski, Democrat, s2C-.-p"«rocrcaT Glenn Anderson, Demu Sn M-rtha. Democrat, Ponnsylvan/a I �50%U.S.-Flag PL-480 Requirement li#-..- mt' . "J '" ;• -• .I -^K ,,'•'••«• sii," WASHINGTON, D.C.— Another in a long line of attempts to eliminate the critical 50-percent U.S.-flag cargo preference requirements attached to the nation s RLt-480 "Food for Peace" program was launched in the House last month. 1 Rep. Virginia Smith (R-NE) introduced H.R. 6752 in mid-July, a measure which she said would ••exempl agricultural commodities shipped in dry bulk carriers from : burdensome and expensive cargo preference rules." ReferringfotheSOpercentU.S.tfai! requiiiment for governmentuenerated cargoes under RL. 480 as an ••unfair export roadblock." Rep. Smith charged that ••farmers should not be forced to bear the burden of guaranteeing business for the U.S. merchant piarine fleet..." Smith, the ranking-minority member of the House Agricultural Appropriations Subcommittee, introduced H.R. 6752 shortly after the Dept. jept. of 01 Agriculture announced annouiH^cu the transfer or funds from one P.L. 480 program to another to pay ••increased ocean freight differential expenditures." In a letter to several Senators and Congressmen, Agriculture Secretary John R. Block said the Dept. was transferring $37 million from Title II of P.L. 480 to Title I/III, of which "$21 million will be used for ^ • ut ri fff>r<-n increased ocean freight differenHa' - " ••Additional funding for the differential is needed due to larpr volumes to be exporied resultmg from low commodity costs, a higher per ton rate for the dilferential and more U.S,-flag participation.. .than has occurred in the past tew years. Block said, Secretary Block stressed that no reduction in Title II programrn.ng will result from the funding transfer. "I wish to emphasize, he said, ••that the Title II funds being transferred to Title I result from significantly lower commodity and ocean wvv,aii transportation costs for the --- Title II program 'han had ^ anticipated P ® y indicated she sf Though Rep. Smith indicated would have introduced H.R. 6752 in any case, she did note that "USDA is now estimating that it ''If we are really concerned about saving money to ship these products under pro­ grams like PL-480, we should not take it out of the hides of the seamen who are working on those ships!' Rep. Peter Peyser (D-NY) from the regulations and laws dealing with U.S.-flag ships.. .so that it would cost less for those products to be shipped...would then be making American seamen... subsidize, by taking lower wages, the USDA and the agricul­ tural community. "The maritime strength pf our nation," Peyser added, "should not be jeopardized by any action of that nature. "If we are really concerned about saving money to ship these products under programs like P.L.-480," he said, "we should not take it out of the hides of the seamen who are working on those ships." H.R. 6752 was referred to the House Merchant Marine & Fisheries will cost an unbelievable $106.8 Committee on July 13. Congres­ million to finance the added costs sional observers have indicated it of shipping.. .PL. 480 grain cargoes is unlikely that the Committee will on U.S. flag ships. take up the bill. However, the Responding to Congresswoman measure could be attached as a rider Smith on the House floor. Rep. r• • i .4 Pfeter Pfeyser (D-NY) countered that to a separate piece of legislatiQq and ... exempting agricultural products passed that way. - •• • • I AFL-CIO Blasts Proposed Changes in Child Labor Laws Labor Standards ITH a national unemployment rate hovering near 10 percent, the Reagan Administration is seeking changes in child labor laws governing childrenoft4 and 15 would be allowed to work in most cooking and baking 14- and 15-year-olds which could push jobs that, do not involve handling hot adult jobless levels even higher. grease or working at an open tlame. Proposals outlined by Labor Sec­ AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Tom retary Raymond L. Donovan would Donahue told a House Labor Standards revise the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Subcommittee last month that these Act. increasing the hours-per-week 14rules were "designed to please" fastand 15-year-olds may work and lifting food chains and amusement park con­ the ban on teenage employment in cer­ cessionaires. tain industries previously considered Strong criticism of the Administra­ too hazardous for youngsters. These tion's proposed child labor law revi­ include cooking and baking, laundry' sions also came from several members and dry cleaning, among others. of Congress including Rep. Phillip In addition, the new work rules exempt employers trom having to apply Bilrton (D-CaT "Not since the enactment of the Child each year for certification to pay fullLabor laws has there been such a frontal time students less than S3.35 an hour attack launched to undermine these minimum wage. fundamental protections embod.ied in Blasting the Labor Department pro­ posals. AFL-CIO President Lane Federal law!' Burton said. The Labor Dept's. attempts to cut Kirkland said •"the move vA)uld be a back on safeguards and hourly social outrage if we had lull employ­ employment restrictions for young ment. But we have record unemploy­ teenagers were not the only source of ment with disastrously high rates tor criticism. Charges were also hurled at those between 16 and 18. "At a time when their older brothers the Administration for what the AFLCIO called "a back door attempt to and sisters cannot tlnd work!" Kirkland achieve a youth subminimum wage continued, "it is preposterous to lower which could not get through Congress!' the working rules tor school age Congressman Burton added "the youmisters. I would not have thought Reagan Administration is wary of sub­ that even this Administration would mitting cutbacks in basic worker prothis!" he said. - Specifically, the work rule changes tections to the public exposure of the would allow 14- and 15-year-olds to legislative process. / "This is onlv the latest example of work up to 24 hours per week when school is in session, instead of the cur­ the Adntinistratiot, seeMn.to le,eislate rent 18 hours per week limit and up through regulation Burton added. to 36 hours in a week with a holiday. "They are attempting, once again, to circumvent Coivress" The current school night work curtew cncumvcnt Lon less of 7;00 p.m. would be extended. I he work lulc c si p p c by the Administration amount to an alK)wing young teenagers to work until W 11=. f; m ;' '®f. % }V ;•.. 4 / LOG / August 1982 e aOJ \ iSbgu.A claims these are revrsions in worl Calif- LSbOf EflClOfSeS BfOIVIlf Bradley: Calls Reaganomlcs 'Failure' ELEGATES to the 14th biennial convention of the California AFLCIO endorsed Gov. Jerry Brown for' the U.S. Senate anJ Uis Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley to lake Brown's place in the state capital, during the July 1921 convention. on hand to endorse political candidates and to vote a policy statement on the economy. Labeling (he Reagan Adniintstralion's performance ovet- the Past 18 months as "a pathetic latltire . the delegates who represented Cahtomia s i. / million AFL-CIO members, passed a The SlUNA was well represented policy statement calling tor the imple­ at the state federation convention held mentation of jobs programs and chan­ in Anaheim. Calit. Olticials trom the neling of private investment funds in SlU-A&G District, the UIW. SUP cooperation with the federal govern­ MFOW and Fishermen's Union were ment to areas of high unemployment. D SlUN A delegation to the California state AFL-CIO convention last month '"clud^^j (standing back row, left to right); Chariie Russo, SUP Wilmington . Ahia, SUP Patrolman; Lou Webb, SUP; John Ravnik. SlU field JL'iTan® SuAi« president. (Sitting back row, left to right): Ed Turner. SlU A&G Executive vice president; Paui Dempster, SUP President; George McCartney. SlU West . . president; Mike Worley SlU Wilmington port agent; Buck Mercer, vice Pi'es' ' i,u Government Services Division. (Front row seated left to right): Steve Edi^ey. UiW national director; Terry Hoinsky, business agent. Fishermans Union of Am Alex Marinokovich, UIW. �1 /'•• -V-: :• •'li Blast Reacjanoniics for Job^estrovinq Policies A'J ' AFL-CIO Calls for Program to Create Jobs NEW YORK, N.Y.—A scathing attack on "the disastrous, jobdestroying budget, tax and high interest rate policies of the Reagan Administration" captured the spot­ light at the AFL-CIO Executive Couitcil'S midsummer meeting, held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel here this month. In its key policy statement on "The Reagan Recession and its Victims," the 33 AFL-CIO vice presidents—including SlU President Frank Drozak—charged the Administration with "pushipg vast numbers of American workers and their families lower...down the economic ladder'' "The damage is magnified," the statement continues, "by the deep budget cuts in social programs at the exact moment that the recession makes them so needed." Tens of millions of Americans are suffering the effects of unem­ ployment "with little or no help from government or private sources," the Executive Council said. Only days after the Council meetings adjourned, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the national unemployment rate had climbed to 9.8 percent in July. The statement on the "Reagan Recession" was one of 16 policy positions on domestic and inter­ national concerns adopted by the Federation's Executive Council. Other Council actions included a call to Congress to extend unem­ ployment insurance benefits to 65 weeks and support of "tax simpli­ fication with tax equity and maintenance of a progressive tax structure" as opposed to the Administration's flat rate tax scheme. The Executive Council also blasted the Labor Dept. for trying to gut child labor laws. The lion's share of the attention, however, was focused on the Exec­ utive Council's domestic programs which included blistering attacks on the Administration for "creating a generation of grievously injured families," faced with "the haunting despair of joblessness. AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland, during daily press conferences which followed the closed-door SlU President Frank Drozak (right) confers with feiiow AFL-CiO Vice President Charles Piiiard during Federation Executive meeting. Piiiard is president of the Electrical Workers Union. Council meetings, expressed opti­ mism at the prospect of "a sub­ stantial improvement in the com­ plexion of Congress" after the November elections. He under­ scored the importance of labor's participation in the upcoming Congressional elections "so that we can enlarge the number of people in Congress who have a balanced view of the obligations of govern­ ment to provide for the common defense and promote the general welfare. As their alternative to the Administration's economic policies, AFL-CiO President Lane Kirkland at a the Executive Council offered a press conference during recent Exec­ program which "will create jobs utive Council meeting in New York City. • extend the current 39-week and ease human suffering. It will maximum unemployment benefits rebuild facilities and restore public services. It will enhance the nation's to at least 65 weeks; • restore Trade Adjustment physical and human resources." To accomplish these ends, the Assistance benefits for workers who lose their jobs due to import com­ Council called on Congress to: petition; • cap the tax cuts of high income • reject any further cuts in Med­ individuals and roll-back corpo­ icare, Medicaid and other health rate tax giveaways; • fund a program of public works care programs, and; • restore Aid to Families with grants to states and local commu­ Dependent Children benefits and nities to create up to 250,000 jobs; • provide effective training pro­ maintain food stamp benefits. In other actions, the Executive grams for unemployed and displaced Council approved mergers of the workers; • revive legislation for mortgage . Pottery Workers and the Glass Bottle interest aid to moderate income Blowers as well as of the Aluminum home buyers which would stimulate Brick & Clay Workers with the Glass & Ceramic Workers. construction; The Board also set lip three • create a new Reconstruction examine Finance Corporation to rebuild the new committees to the changing nature of the work­ U.S. industrial base; • enact legislation to limit job- force, promote and develop means destroying imports and restore jobs of involving retired union members in labor's goals and coordinate the in auto and related industries; • reverse the tight money policies fight to defeat the balanced budget amendment. of the Administration; RflSC Chief: Seaiift Nowhere Without Strong ilfl.iW VICE ADMIRAL KENT J. CARROLL, head of the Military Seaiift Command, told an audience at Southwestern Michigan College recently that America's defense capability will remain vulnerable so long as the American flag mer­ chant marine is allowed to deteri­ orate. According to Carroll, the Falkland Islands c^spute demonstrate once and for^lFme importance that the modeim merchant marine plays in any prolonged international inci­ dent. "About 3 out of every 4 ships in the British Falkland fleet which totalled about 100 were merchant ships ere wed by civilians." In its strategic planning, the United States has relied on its Western European allies to meet most of its maritime needs. Yet almost all of the world's trouble spots (the Persian Gulf, El Salvador, the South Atlantic, Lebanon) lie outside the European theater. There is no certainty that our Western European allies would be willing to become involved in any inter­ national crisis outside their region. The United States favors a "for­ ward strategy'' Carroll defined that to mean that "the United States uses oceans as barriers in our defense... We intend to engage an enemy closer to his borders than to ours." This forward strategy is totally dependent upon our seaiift capa­ bility. "Without adequate and reli­ able seaiift literally none of our military plans-can be carried out. The American flag merchant marine is our largest single source of that seaiift." He added that 90 percent of all military cargo and manpower would have to be carried by sea in an extended conffict. Carroll asked the following question: "Do we have the seaiift resources to deploy our combat power outside the U.S. today?" His answer was negative. "Our seaiift base is shrinking—shrunken is probably a better word. More U.S. (merchant) ships were sunk during World War II than we have in the entire U.S. fleet today'' Carroll then traced the decline of the available American flag mer­ chant fleet—from 2400 dry cargo ships during the Korean War, to 1200 during the Vietnam conflict, to 430 ships today. Less than 4% of this nation's foreign commerce is carried by the American flag merchant marine compared to nearly 60% in 1948. The number of jobs in the U.S. private maritime industry has fallen from 90,000 in 1951 to 18,000 today. Of the 11 American shipyards that rely principally on private industry work, 7 are in danger of closing. Carroll called upon the govern­ ment, the maritime industry, and the maritime labor unions to get together to come up with a viable plan to restore the American flag merchant marine to its former glory. Unless that is done, then America's defen.se capability will remain muscle-bound; strong on paper, but not quick enough to react to inter­ national incidents in a timely manner. August 1982 / LOG 5 1 4 j i V » �. V •: . -:•• , • . d- V :K<- .-- . .-y-i^dE %, ::i. .'•ffes' td t -., i" SlU Exec. Board, port Agents, _ . . m. . OlU Executive nxecuiivc Board, uuaiu, iPort wii fJiHE SIU Ji. Agents and Safety Committee met at the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship in Piney Point, MD. on Aug. 19-20, 1982 to review the progress of the I w...« rrtoni/ pHiirational. social, ^ safety and pohtrcal programs, and to coordinate a plan of achon revive the depressed U.S. maritime industry. ^ . nm^ak SIU President Fra The SIU Exec. Board, Port Agents and Safety Committee listen as SlU President Frank Drozak addresses the Conference. chaired and opened chaired the the Conference Con up the two-day session with a detailed report on the overall state of the SIU. He also discussed the condition of the American merchant marine, the U.S. shipbuilding industry and support industries. President Drozak then reported on the "Competitive Shipping and Shipbuilding Act of 1982," which was recently introduced in the House by Rep. Lindy Boggs. (see Presi­ dent's report Page 2 for more info on this bill). President Drozak also discussed the importance of the upcoming national elections and pointed out certain key races iui for the House and Senate of particular importance to the merchant marine and the American labor movement. Drozak also called on the SIU membership to participate in the Union's grass roots political efforts by volunteering their time passing out political leaflets, driving sound cars and manning phone banks. The Port Agents Conference also heard :rr.r»r»rtant important Tpnorts reports from from varioiis various guest speakers, including: Ray McKay, president MEBA District 2; Henry "Whitey" Disley, pres­ ident of the Marine Firemen's Union: Roman Gralewicz, presi­ dent of the SIU of Canada; Jean Ingrao, executive secretary-treas­ urer of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department; Herb Brand, chairman of the board of trustees of the Transportation Institute; Pfeter Luciano, executive director of the Transportation Institute; and Howard Schulman, SIU general counsel. A highlight of the Conference was an address by AI Barkan, retired ^ . director of AFL-CIO COPE, who is now doing political consulting work for several unions. Barkan, one of the finest public speakers in labor, outlined the political climate in the nation today and gave a rundown on key races important to the labor movement this November. T' f f-.'. t': .'d'" SIU Gulf Coast Vice President Joe Sacco. SIU of Canada President Roman Gra­ lewicz reports on the problems facing the Canadian merchant fleet. SIU West Coast Vice President George McCartney. r^f./ ..V' Keii Conklln, commandant of the base at SHLSS. Marianne Rogers, national polltl^l director, reports on key House, Senate racee. 6 / LOG / August 1982 Don Nolan, head of SHLSS culinary department -^ ® SIU Safety Director Bob Vbhey. ^ , |_gQ Bonser, asst. administrator of the Caffey, SIU asst to the president. Welfare, Pension and Vacation Plans. AI Barkan, retired head of AFL-CIO COPE, gives political rundown. Peter Luciano, exec, director, Tfa" P tatlon Institute, �._-...^lf -----J ipl J&Jii'B:,'/..',.-'l'. . . .. -J-i -- ; • . - •.^., ; •,?», Conference at An update on the SIU's academic relatively new Safety Program. SIU Exec. Vice President Ed and vocational education programs Turner, who serves as the SIU del­ at SHLSS were given by Frank Mongelli, SHLSS vice president; egate to the International Trans­ Ken Conklin, commandant of the portation Federation, reported on base; Jackie Knoetgen, dean of the activities of the ITF in the past academic education; John Mason, year. Secretary Treasurer Joe dean of vocational education, and Don Nolan^ head of the School's DiGiorgio gave a rundown of the Union's finances, which he reported culinary department. Reports on maritime related leg­ "in very good condition." SIU Vice islation and the SIU's political President in Charge of Contracts activities around the country were Red Camphell reported on new and given by Frank Pecquex, SIU leg­ upcoming contract negotiations in islative director, and Marianne the inland sector, while area Vice Rogers, SIU National Political Presidents George McCartney (West Coast); Joe Sacco (Gulf director, respectively. Coast); Mike Sacco (Lakes and Edith Chapin, administrator of the Seafarers Management Infor­ Western Rivers) and Leon Hall (East mation Systems, gave an update on Coast) gave reports from their par­ the Union's program of moderni­ ticular areas. Other reports were given by zation of all the Union's records and beneficiary plans into computer Assistant to the President Jack Caffey, and Leo Bonser, assistant banks. SIU Safety Director Boh Vahey administrator of the Seafarers Wel­ reported on the progress of the SIU's fare, Pension and Vacation Plans. Mc SIU East Coast Vice President Leon Hall, sacco, vice president, Lakes and Western Rivers. Jackie Knoetgen, dean of academic education at SHLSS. John Mason, dean of vocational education at SHLSS. Edith Chapin adndnlstratpr, Seatafara Management information Systems. J®" of the MTD. •«"«»'V-treasurtr SHLSS Vice President Frank Mongeiii. August 1982 / LOG 7 ISUQUA \ OOJ V d _v f.. ,,5- �..--ci.- i;. .iiijw Back Pay From ACBL for SlU Members Upon SlU's action a panel of Arbitrators has found that American Commercial Barge Lines and its affiliated companies violated their contract with the SlU which by its terms expired December 3=1, 1979. ACBL was found to have broken the SlU contract during the period from October 26 to December 31, 1979, by refusing to use the SlU Hiring Halls. HOUSTON cox, J. T' •l-A®. '1-• ^ 4 , "-VtVT' ARTHUR, M. DUFFY S. . GRAY D. PALMER, D. LAWSON, J. CROSS, J. SACHTLEBEM,C, M. SHURLEY D. E. MITCHELL, M. ENLOW, V FUNK, J. RUINZER, R. WIERSCHEM, 8. CORLEY J. DINNES, C. CASTRO, K. R. MORGAN, B. DOWNEX, N. RIGGS, D. MARTIN, C. LABIT, J. GIRT, J. THOMAS. W. K, CHRISLEY R. A. HAMILTON, B. HILL, B. G. GALLAGHER, M. HILL, C. E, KAPLAN, R. ROHLAND, C. TAWWATER, D. HAINES, J. SPERRY D. MAUGER, C. SPERRY D. RICHIE, T. PARSLEY B. RHOADS, R. HAINES, J. . , GILLILAND, E. L. HOYT R. COLEMAN, B. H. REECE, R, CORLEY E, MITCHELL, J. G. YAMOND, C. WILLIAMS, W, E. SAMMON, J. ESCAMILLA, V HENDLEY.S. B. BUCKLEY R. J. LADD, H. E. HOLDREDGE, C. R. McGEE, J. DUET M. C. BREWER, J. BRYANT, R. OMELIA, R. J. ENGLISH, T. ELLMORE, S. H, WALTERS, J. B. BROUSSARD MCDUFFIE, L NEW ORLEANS •ir CREEL, W. LAWSON, J, BRADLEY J. BROWN, T. KNOWLES, H, GONZALEZ, E. STREET, J. LICATA, A. ELNELL, J. H. KUHNE, C. HAMILTON, L C. GARROTT, J. CLEAVER, V L. LEBLANC, R. J. JOUGLARD, D. RICORD, F. GIRARD, A. J. ALVES, J. DENNIS. D, WAGNER, R. As a result the persons who are listed hereafter and who were reg­ istered in the SlU Hiring Halls during the above period, may be entitled to substantial back pay. (The names are listed according to the port of registration.) If your name is listed below please call toll free number 1-800-325-9570 for more details. In Missouri, dial 1752-6500. If any SlU members know BONEY R. GREENWALT, W. E. THOMAS, B. ARMER, G. A. LAGRONE.A, DURR, V PAGE, P ERNST. T. ZIMBRO. M. P HENRY U. MARTINEZ, S. ROBINSON, M. PRESLEY R. BRYAN. D. HOWELL, M. KELLY, T. CANTON, C. GIBLS, B. HUNTER, G. BENTLEY M, KENNEDY M. SMALL, R. W. WHITSETT, E. L. STANLEY R LEWIS, L. ODOM. F. DASCO, E. BUSTILLO, J. BALOWIN, D. G. PITTMAN, E. BURGE, A. A, BURGE, E. D. BURGE, R G. GLIES, M. ROGERS, W. G. CARTER, G. F DEOORE, N. BRANNING, B. SCHWEND, A. STANDKOVICH, G. J. CARLTON, M. PICORD, F. HOLDREDGE, C. R. BELL, T, PINEY POINT KILGORE, J. BEASLEY F McCELENEY AIKEN, B. DYEL, R LESTER, S. HICKS, D. MCDONALD, R. BELUIN, R. ST LOUIS CARL, J. MONN, S, DUGGAN, C. DUCKWORTH, D. ERASURE, J. VERNER, C. L. HASLEY R. FREY R. STEEL, K. RIEFLE, V CLAYTON, R. E. SWARRINGIN, J. J. PINGEL, J. GRAZIAANI, A. DANA, A. FLAD, K. JOLLY B, PATTERSON, D. LUTZ, R. SWARTZ, R. BURROUGHS, G. SPITQER, B. ROSS, L. BROWN, T, McELNEY D. AIKEN, B. McELENEY D, KNOWLES, H. BARTH, M. ELDER, R. BEATON, R, DITTMAN. W, DORBERT, C. GIORGILLI, R KILLION, K. AHEARNS, S. WILSON, J, W HOLMES, R. STOCK, M. LINDSEY R. MALONE, W. OVERSTREET, L. STEVENS, D. L. THOMPSON. E. GRETKIEVEWICZ. R BRUTON, G. E. KELLY M R. HOWZE, M. WILKENS, G. WARREN, W. FULLER, T. HURST, R. DECKER, R. KNOWLES, H. S. GRABER. C. MUNN, S. W. BARTSCH, A. L. KNOX, S. K. WHITE, E. MANN, B. MOORE, M. BRECKENRIDGE, K. WHITE, G. FAIN, R. FITZGERALD, T. KEMP S. BURROUGHS, G. WAINSCOTT, R. KRATT, J, METTUGH, J. F WILLIAMS, M. BRUCE, L, GRABER, C. DENNIS, D. HANSEN, M. SWEET, N. L. CROUTHAMEL, C. HAYWARD, D. THOMPSON, W. WENTAZ, M. RYAN, M. DORRIES, A. DENT, J. MAGANA, J, PADORSKI, L. LANDERS, V MITCHELL, D. McALISTER, M. REED, J. PARSLEY B. KAUCHER, J. BONE, H. PEEK, M. ROGERS, C. MOLLAND, J. EDDS, K. CARLE, R. SNYDER, T JACKSON. K. LOWE, J. HENDRICK, S. O'CONNELL, L. REDDINGTON, L. LOWE, R. COGGINS, J. BISHOP D. SMITH, J. ROGERS, D. DURHAM, J. COGGINS, J. BENNETT, R. BRANSON, M. DROWN, J. DONALDSON, P WILLIAMS, K. STEFL, K, 8 / LOG / August 1982 I ""'1- _ any of the persons listed below, contact them and tell them about this notice. -/ The SlU through the Labor Board has other actions pending against ACBL which may also result in very heavy back pay to SlU members. As soon as the Labor Board matter is completed notice will be posted in the Log. We suggest that all SlU present and former members who LEE, L. R. BURTLEY, D. THOMPSON, K. SAYLOR, T BECKHAM, G SHOUSE, T RUSSELL. J. B. DODD, V BREWER, J, L, i . KURTOINGER, R. COOK. P. ALLEN, R. ROBERTSON, C. HENDERSON, D. MCDONOUGH, F LUMBLEY J. SHIMBUS. M. THOMAS; W. HOLDER. J. MYERS. R. T, CRITCHLOW, P TURNER, C. MCGREW, L. RENSHAW, E. PRIODE, T; YATES. H. E, BRIAN, L, PARR. R. HICKS. JR.. D. McCOY, H. BROADUS. B. STINGHCOMB. D. LAURENT. L. BRAY K. • MARTINSKI, J. W. WISLONHOME. P HOWE. W. MITCHELL. M. FIELDS. C. WILKES, J. PADUCAH JAMES. R. W. HESSION, R. BROWN. T. RISEL. D. HALLIMAN, M. CRISS. M. L. CRISWELL, D. HOLLIMAN. M. FULLINGTON, D. ROSS. M. L. MCINTOSH, P EVERETT. E. PIERPOINT. L. T. SUITS. M. SCHUPPERT, R. SUITS. M. BRIAN. R. GRIFFITH. J. D. -EVANS, C. JENKINS. L. REED, S. BRADLEY J. MUSGROW. J. CHIPROMONTE. J. MASON, W. SANDERSON. R. HARDEN. J. HOUGHTALTNG. T. DUNCAN, L. HANNIN, J. McGEE. J. PAYNE, G, THIDWELL. J. DOWDY J. SPIEGLE, P THOMAS. L. REED. H. THOMAS. D. WRIGHT, D. WILLIAMS, P CUEVAS, D. SNOW, S. SNYDER, R. CARTER, J. T. SAMPLES, D. MURNANE, M. ESTES, J. WOODY J. PETTIE.R. HOWSON, P. HODGIN. D. HARVILLE, J. MAYES, E. BURRNETT, N. DROWN, J. DOUD, T. LAIRD, R, HOWARD, H. BASSITT, F COLLIER, G. VINSON, W, ESTES, R, WOOTEN, N. JONES, L PHILLIPS, E. TUCKER, G. CARYSO, D. DUNCAN, C. PEARL, S. D. VASSER, J, TINSLEY W. JONES, B. LUCKENBACH, A. C. McCORMACK. H. MULLEN, D. ELDRIDGE, M, SKUDLAIEK, M. TOLBERT J. MOORE, C. LINDSEY, C. MOORE, D, R. . BRADSHAW, J. POBO, C. LINDSEY E. ADAMS, E, WILLIAMSON, P CHAPMAN, R. TAYLOR, R. HICKS, D. SNOW, S. BRUNNER, T. HATCHER, J, REED, R. BRUMFIELD, V BARRETT, J. F. WHEELER, J. MERRYMAN, K. PEARCY C. BAXTER, J, ESTES, M. RIBBLE, F WRIGHT, D. CARTER, W. CALBERT, W. HOLLARD, J. ROGERS, W. DONNELLY B. MITCHELL, L. MclNTYRE, G. ROSS, B. PUGH, L. CHOAT, J. FANSHAW, B. REYNOLDS, R. SULLIVAN, J. PERSON, R. JARVIS, E. UMRD, R. MORANT, A. FULLER, D. OTTE, R. JOHNSON, R. ELAM, K. WHITAKER, B. WELSH, S. STRATTON, B. KUTCOSCY P SKINNER, S. L. BROWN, R. RAMAGE, D. MESSEN, G. MILLER, B. FERGERSON, L. SULLIVAN, B. FLOOD, D. MULBERRY S. HALL, R. CRANE, D. COBURN, R. ASHER, H. SHARP, N. DENNIS, D, RIBINSON, R. WRIGHT, W. McBRIDE, E, CROUTHAMEL, C. THOMPSON, A. QUINTON, R. HAYWARD, D. RIVERS, F. H. GRAHAM, W. REYNOLDS, J. WILLIAM, W, KNOWLES, H. HARVEY H. McBRIDE, T. HOFFMANN, D! FIELD, C. LEWIS, A. JONES, T. DUGGAN, M. McGREGER, R. COUGILL, F McCOY A. ELDRIDGE, T. PRUITT, J. McCOY H, SUITS, M. BELTON, J. LINCOLN, J. DUNIGAN, W NOLEN, A. GROVES, W. GILLILAND, R. MOORE, M. G. PIERSOL, B. LUCHER, J. BARFIELD, R. WILSON, D. BURTON, G. KILBURN, J. HOPKIND, R. DENNIS, P VALENTINS, J, HITCHCOCK, R. PARK, M. MORGAM, J, HEATH, C. ORT, K. WHEELER, J. WHEAT, D. NASH, M. KELSER, D. WIKEAT, D. BRADBERRY J. SCHREKER, J. KANABLE, J. CANNON, J. WALLACE, L. WEBB, N. HUMPHERY B. OSBERN, J. TRAVIS, L. FOEFFREY, B. SAMPLES, T, CAMP G. STIVERS, G. McNAYG. CRASS, B. BUCK, J, WILSON, J. E. CHANCELLOR, W. OLIVER, G. FREY R. WHITE, M. GROVES, W. GRISSWOLD. K. GRAMMER, R. worked for ACBL or who were reg­ istered in SlU Hiring Halls seeking work from ACBL and other inland Companies, since January 1, 1980, keep in touch with the Union so that if the Labor Board holds that they are entitled to back pay from ACBL they will be able to be informed of this back pay award and benefit accordingly. MAYO. W. CHESTER. D. ENGLAND. R. WARWICK. E. DISMUKES. L. TRACY G. ATWOOD. R. STIVENS. R. KING. J. NELSON. C. BUCK. J. CROWELL, J. CRASS. L. PETERSON. C. DAUGHERTY L. G AY. M. RIDGERS. W. BURTON. R. FOLWELL. H. MASON. H. TIDWELL. E. NGUYEN. T. VINSON. J. DAUGHTON, F COLLIER, G. BRASHEAR, J. LONG. R. MILLER. C. WALKER, D. COLE, C. DUNCAN, ,D. . CAMP B. WALLACE, H. E. LEE, T. GREGORY M. VAUGHN, J. COCHRAN, M, VAZQUEZ, M. CHAMPION. M. MASS, R. D. McGEE, D. BOBO, C. . LOVING, D. DOUD, T. BARNES, W, NALLEY F STRAWSER, B. DONAHOE, P CAHILL, J. DANIELS, J. BLAIR, D, McCALLISTER, 8, WATHEN, M. HINCHIE, H. CASTLE, D. WHITE, D, BARGER, R. CURSON, G. THOMAS, M. SMITH, D. MCDONALD, G. CRABTREE, W. METCALF S. WARREN, D. ALEXANDER, D. THOMPSON, S. CHILDRESS, R. SCHRADER, C. SKELTON, R, ROBINSON, 8, HARVILL, S, WILLIAMS, M. HALL, J. BALL, B. NEBLETT. R, HALL, G. TINSLEY W, BRIMM, W. M. LAWSON, J. THOMAS, D. JEFFORDS, D, SILIZINOFF D. SCHWUEND, A. WOOTEN, N. CLINTON, T, RICHEY P HENDON, T. NORTHINGTON. H. NORTHERN. B. GATEWOOD. R. HAYTON. C. DAVIS. J. HALL. D. PEARCY L. ASHE. H. FLOYD. T. GANITER, J. BURLESON. J. CRUICKSHANK. P L. SISTRUNK. R. RUCKER. D. BYNUM. A. WATKINS. R. BURRUS. M. HENDERSON. J. BELL. S. BYNUM. T. GILHLAND. R. RAY. D. J. TIPPY. L. R. HOVEY M. PECK. G. DELOACH. M. BELLAMY K. HUNT. D. BALDWIN. S. GATEWOOD. R. BROWN, R. WILLIAMS, R. LAYTON, R. BUTTERFIELD, B. PORT ARTHUR TUM, M. PARKS, W. FRANCIS, P LINDSEY, H. STRINGER, J, ALLEN, G. MINNIER, D. ALLEN, G. ANDERSON, J. C. HUPPERT, J. GODWIN, T. BENDEKOVITIS, A. DUGINSKI, R. CAMPBELL, C. WARD, J. JOHNSON, R. JONES, W. "HOWSON, R. MISKOVICH, P. CAREY Z. WOOD, F W. SCOGGINS, J. WALKER, A, PRESSLEY T. TOUCHET, E. NOEL, W. ALEXANDER, C. NOEL, W. MAYFIELD, J. P MADDOX, E. D. DALFREY F RISTAU, N. HILDABRONT, W. ELLIS, JR., R. ODOM, C. BAUMAN, D. KAHN, C. HEBERT, L, DAMRON, R. BAUMAN,- D. LEBLANC, J. M. HALTER. J. WALKER, A. SMITH, D. DAMRON, R. BAUMAN, D. WELCH, R, WILLIAMSON, M. SCOGGINS, T. SIMPSON, R. �,nvv. Aanu^ August 1982 ^;^latory Reform : Rep, J®"* W M>1. CommiWee The makeup of the HOUS^MM^^^^ and Fisheries Comm«^^^ Rep. lean A^hbrook replacea v icV-Fla.). Staw ":?„:,heludiciary After several Beimt is Marine Commtttee to^^e^^^ „an short by escalating «,i,h Anterican troops Committee, which Ashbrook. approaching ^ '=4°;"';°';:euate the PLO. r^^eSr-ldhavechangedtheentire the untimely death career, John Ashcalletl tipon t P ., ua, been apparent During his C°"8rimportant maritime All IWS nnherscore;^ ,bls character of the („,ed its efforts on brook supimrted a n mbe^of The Commtttee concentra since the P»W^"^'fu„hed States to transport bills, including O"' Oil. and most year. The abthty of the eontinental base to clarifying the P"™°" „ expanded the list onrefitmsts. shippers counctls; roops anil "'8°J'"" ,' aftii an important with antitrust ™"™" aistlnt parts of *e «orW - ^ ..wuty. And as , of prohibited acts; aumonredshp^^^ factor in its overal defense ^ made open p yential Commission be ommended that a P deregulation. Senator S. Hayu'mw ^ Administration formed to ^ ^es still remain between bill that would amend ^ ^ ^ ^ Numerous d ff«en out of Actof 19^9'°^™ 'ha' '"e oil sold the health O i.. . t^ np soent on defense t HO"-: Mlrlant Marine committee. _ i*kotn0 socnt 01 2 SpS' with an equal amount of foreig The billions of doU^s^^^^ something isn't increases wdl go shipping, which done to stimulate _ 3.6% Snip®®*".. rn-Hawaii) has A bill that j"^™wt'°^fcated l-< ortp (D-Hawaii, has fallen to its lowes P ment to sell oi to contained no proSenator that would make of all ocean borne exports ar by a wide margin. government to introduced a hhh American flag vessels ican flag vessels). vision requiring foreign oil. , ; conventions in the House, replace Alaskan ^ have already tax deductible. Like reverse Foreign Flag , HR 3191, Numerous bill. Selling oil the development of n (D-Ct) has introduced come out against Haya ^ Rep. Sam design wdrk done a policy that h^^^^ passenger industry. to Japan would furt ^ ^^^rces^ a competitive Amencan S ^ legislation . .. in the United States. dependence o ^ ^il would Replacing American ou Revenue Code to^ incurred at conventions do nothing to change ^^^^tains language imate business expe vague assertion Hayakawa's bill, S. exported to ™,datsea.W.s«asd™eon^^^^^^^ that would require al flag vessels that at sea aonvem ,j„d, No 1 flag. Japan be came _ ^gcsels are available, "work-ortented claims. "when American flag JQ the proof was „ ,e bills differ in small At present, all o' <=» must be The House and Sena ^j^^g^nt Continental IJmted because of ways. The Senate b « «n^^^ ^^^„ict tax ^e Maritime carried on Amc^ prohibits foreign fl^ Year 1983 is within the next few ScStSsels travelling between two trfmrnUming involved in Amertcan House of R^P'f^noor fight is predWad. espeweeks. Aspinted floor^n d cially since '"' .^^afine Committee differs Rican Pa-epg®® VW«« the House Merchant M^ counterpart, which by the House Subcommitte Puerto substantially from ^y a voice vote. was passed earlter this ye / The House foreign has been set^ Detailsofthebillarecontainedinasep decided to upproue teg^ ^ p„erto ,.„°^,sewhereintl^flag passenger vesse y^^bed States. 1 torv Reform Bill is slowly m^mg The of Representatives. its way reported favorably The "bill, which had j^^rine Committee 'i ; rriSiSSs-M-^ Stoi|rtK»raC®«^*»*""' rtSTn^h-eX--^^^^ —xa a have slio^® " cin to work eneci j .iiot have CP An enables the SlU *» ^ issues that nave In Washington, D.C. Rico and the "^"""^"^can flag P-senger ve^ At present, no A . (.jmfinental United ^isam inusebetweentitc^on^^^ created a. States and Pu®" ^ island's inhabitant. medical or Por^^J^^rhad been bottled «P The bill, H.R' A way had in Committee for qm situation without to be found to m the Jones creating foreign flag vessels from Act. which P"''*® 'can commerce, encroaching on A flag ve^ The original bill s apger vessel trade sets could OPO"''^f„/American flag vessels until an equal numteo were able to compc^ jarvice sions. foreign «^^„„|ico and the mainland t^,":SMime fo fo^S i ) 1 S°Srei^ . .1 -"'•'.re out fl.eiracrivtt.es. August 1982 - I •>• I • •. > • •- r > ' \ fi "i ^ �p.' Hi- ,'•• New Bill introduceii to Export : J ' r-r • •• • • WASfflNGTON, D.C.—the second time In three years an attempt has been launched in Congress to allow the export of Alaskan pro­ duced oil to Japan—a move which would deprive America of her only secure supply of domestic crude. Sen. S. I. Hayakawa (R-Ca.) introduced S. 2773 in the Senate last month. The bill would authorize the President to approve the sale of Alaskan-produced crude to Japan in exchange for equal replacement supplies from Mexico by amending the Export Administration Act of 1979. That Act expressly prohibits the sale, export or swap of Amer­ ican-produced oil under all but the most pressing emergency circum­ stances. S. 2773 is similar in intent to the key section of a bill introduced in the House by a bi-partisan group of Congressmen last year. Oppo­ on to that measure spanned the sition ..I.-A S' :| .!:' i-i •-•»•« .. •* ••/ '-I ••i'."'. : " %'• The SiU was among the most vocal opponents of previous Alaskan oil export schemes because exporting Alaskan crude will deprive the U.S. of secure oil sup­ plies; will increase our already great overdependence on imported oil and; will force millions of tons of U.S. tankers into layup. Believing that he has addressed the concern that the U.S. maritime industry "would suffer an undue hardship if we shipped oil to Japan in foreign-flag ships," Sen. Hay­ akawa told his Senate colleagues that "my bill requires that Americanflag ships be used to transport the oil, if such ships are available." Sen. Mayaxawa Hayakawa'ss bill, like all Sen. uiu, ....c m. similar attempts before it. does not Gulf refiners have spent millions^ change the fact that exporting in retrof.ttmg to handle heavy Alaskan-produced oil—even when Alaskan oil. _ a,^ lual amount of Mexican oil is Sen. Hayakawa caps off hts suptmrrted to replace it-would port of an Alaskan o,l export plan in"Lse U.S. dependence on fomign by stating " . we would strengthen incrcdsc vj ourties withMexicoandJapan.. .we WhUe he concedes that the United States is now "desperately trying to reduce our dependence on foreign countries for oil." Sen Hayakawa thinks that exporting Alaskan Oil to apan while importfng Mexican oil "Lkes sense" ^•Every barrel of imports from Mexico i a barrel less of imports would save approximately $2 per barrel in transportation excuse and generate higher Federal tax revenue^^ ^ we wouiu maw & ^ i„ regard to U.S.-produced oil. The Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorizatio., Act of 1973 t^es.gnated Alaskan o,l ^'Idayakawa ako claims that "most of California's refineries cannot handle the heavy high-sulphur Alaskan cruder This statement was refuted by a spokesman for Ihe American PBlioleum Refiners Assn. who said last year "West Coast and "..v. meats to the Export Administration Act strengthened the ban on domestic crude exports. Last year s opposition e™" re-opening debate oflhe issue should have pul Ihe matter 10 resl once and for all. ^ r sr ..;,-A ^ '§• - - -The mr- The Senate bill has incoiporaled Senate bil« rrrfhrZrorRe^Sr- :;-™:rof.be\lll—.lalsoplacesa^lmilonTineX. Loan Guarantees for construction lives wilhin Ihe nexl few weeks. A lough floor fighl is being predicted. especially since the House bill as il now stands, differs substantially economic assumplions. Aboul Ihe only thing that the Senate and House bills agree on are funding levels for me Gyrating from its Senate counterpart, which was passed by voice vote several weeks ago. There is a sharp philosophical difference: between ine the iwo two bills, uiiis. • .1 >?f ApSI; S|5.r^pA .•,^'r^-"'''", W ' '•'••'•' •" " h ••M - v-':. 4'!^' :fc, I — Fiaht Expected on Maritime AuthonzaUons I v;; • .••W political spectrum and was so strong that the ban on the export of U.S. oil resources was left untouched. Opposition to the Hayakawa bill is expected to be just as strong. . Operating Differential Subsidy Program is to be funded at a $454 million level; research and development, wpiucm, at «x $16.8 million. — of ships in U.S. yards. The House bill, on the other hand, would allot $100 million to the CDS program, which it sees as being central to a revived shipbuilding industry. It would also raise the ceiling on the Title XI Loan Guarantee Program from $12to $15 b.lhon. ^ The issue that has genei^ted the. The issue lhal has genertile ^ most controversy has been the Sen­ ate's decision to extend the twoyear temporary provision that allows U.S. companies receiving ODS Tqnds to build overseas. Frarners of the House bill see it as a death sen­ tence, to the domestic shipbuilding industry. Merchant ship construction has declined over 80% since 1972. Employment of skilled shipyard workers has declined by 50,000 over the same period of time. ^ USNS Southern Cross Seafarers Lauded for Saving 58 Refugees put ashore. The crew donated to the Washington, D.C.—The officers and SIU crew of the USNS Southern Cross were honored here recently by the American Institute of Merchant Shipping for their "humanitarian assistance to Vietnamese refugees adrift in the South China Sea during late September 1981." The USNS Southern Cross, part of 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 flrst for^n 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, STSdth Are., Brooklyn, N.Y 11232. ATTN: Vice president "Red" Campbell. the 30-ship SIU Government Services Division fleet operated by the Military Sealift Command, Pacific, picked up 58 desperate "boat people" from a small 35 foot boat on July 15, 1981 while enroute from Subic Bay, the Philippines, to Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. At the time, their actions were lauded by the United Nations High Commis­ sioner for Refugees in Singapore. In a letter directed to the Master and crew of Southern Cross from Shashi Tharoor, Head of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, he stated: "Thanks to your action, 58 Vietnamese refugees on board your vessel were brought safely to Singapore on 18 July 1981, and 1 want you to know that our office is aware of the great responsi­ bility you took in doing so. 1 appreciate the fact that you did not hesitate to save lives." The Master commerited: "They were rescued from a purely humane stand­ point. It would be an unthinkable action to have done otherwise". According to SIU Ships Chairman Sherman Momes, it's all in a day's woik for MSCPAC seamen. On the small boat were 18 men, 13 women and 27 children. Upon boarding the ship, the refugees appeared to have no serious illnesses and presented no problems. The first port of call for the Southern Cross after departure from Subic Bay was Singapore where the refugees were cause and purchased some of the necessities needed by the refugees. Besides its duties in the Pacific for the Military Sealift Command, the USNS Southern Cross has the distinc­ tion of making an annual trip with sup­ plies to McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Quarterly Financial Committee Meets Early this month the SIU Quarterly Financial Committee met go over the union's finances. With the committee was (center 1^) SIU sew y Iteasurer Joe Di Giorgio and committee members (center right) Chairman w "Flattop" Koflowltz. Other members of the committee were (left to right) JOiw . Gibbons, Robert Gorbea, David T. Manzanet, John F. SImonelll, Edward and "ferry Mouton. The committee was elected by tfie membership at tne membershl|Lmeeting In N.Y 10 / LOG / August 1982 -. > Z - • r • �' "^ ;• }• . t -x.fct-riie' -^•'-- -^-•: • ::gg;:^;Sfrf I£»asj^. -r "'" " " "•-" ••T.^—-^'.— -- Before lunctitlme, Crewmessman Tsrry Evan—an '80 P/ney Point grad—sets out the tableware. Recertified Bosun Baslllo Maldonado secures a safety net for the gangwayi Starting to turn the valve wheel to pump out the fuel Is AB Floyd Vincent (front) as Chief Pumpman Chic Ball (rear) looks on. Ogden Wabash Cannonballs Onto New Run T 1 rrihe Gulf based crewmembers of the tankcT Ogden Wabash have a beef. They'll be needing their long underwear this winter for their new run from the Gulf to Bay way, N.J. with Alaskan oil. But that's about the only beef the warmblooded, warmhearted Sea­ farers of the Ogden Wabash do have. In fact, the Wabash bunch just may be the happiest crew in the SIU fleet. From top-to-bottom, the Wabash crew get along famously. Some of the crewmembers have been sailing on-and-off together for more than 20 years. One crewmember, Richard Ses­ sions, chief cook by profession, took a 2nd cook's job out of the hall just so he could get back on the Wabash. Sessions, who took his first job on a Liberty ship 30 years ago, has been on the Wabash on four different occasions. The deck department.is made up of a friendly group of veteran seamen. There's plenty of experi­ ence in the engine department, too. But the pride of the ship is the steward department. One crewmember; Chtick Todora said, "these guys aren't cooks, they're chefs. We eat like kings on this vessel." The Wabash had been running exclusively in the Gulf from Panama to ports in Texas. However, the ship will be making regular runs up the East Coast until the Ogden Willa­ mette is brought back into service. The Willamette ran into some trouble recently in the Caribbean when her engine room flooded and the crew was forced to abandon ship. \\T- A. 111.^ ••• y/T • 3 il, OMU Eddie Ezra checks engine room console gauges EarlfU^Z^IKe ST Ogdwi Wliba«li (Oada^IHarin,) wa,oltloimg cmdatlh,gioion Doc> In Baywaii WJ. I during pumping oat I 1, 2nd Cook Richard Sessions (rear) and Chief Cook Earl Mathews (front) had Just given BR Ramos Mena (right) an order of appetizers. Listening to mermaid sea stories while waiting fdPlunch are(l.tor.)AB Chuck Todora, Wiper Errick Nobles-Plney Point '76-and AB LIbby. v:fri •"1 ; August 1982 / LOG 11 "1; • �'Phase II' of Reagan Maritime Plan Is Unveiled .S Washington, D.C.—Phase II of the Reagan Administration's national maritime policy has been announced by Secretary of Transportation Drew Lewis this month. The three new components, said an Aug. 5 Dept. of Transportation statement, "represents a significant move toward the first major new direction in maritime policy .since 1970." ' The three new maritime policy initiatives are: 1) authorization by the Admin­ istration of an increase in the fiscal year 1983 ceiling on Title XI Ship Financing Guarantees from $600 million to $900 million. "The $300 million in additional Title XI authority," the DOT said, "would be held in reserve by the Secretary of Transportation to be used in the interest of national security"; 2) permission for U.S.-flag vessel operators to use tax-deferred Capital Construction Funds to con­ struct or acquire foreign-built ves­ sels; 3) continuation of efforts by the Dept. of Defense to expand "appropriate" use of civilian non­ government seafarers to crew gov­ ernment ships. In addition. Transportation Sec­ retary Lewis repeated the Admin- -if". istration's intention to honor existing operating differential subsidy (ODS) contracts without signing any new ODS contracts. He also restated the Administration's position that the freeze on the construction differential subsidy (CDS) program, enacted by Congress for FY 198283, be continued, "These steps are consistent," Lewis said, "with our belief that the U.S. fleet must become competitive to the extent possible without further subsidy." Public reaction to Phase II of the Administration maritime policy was subdued. Policy statements which allow U.S.-flag vessel operators to build ships in foreign shipyards, however, contradict the long-held "build American, man American" position of the SlU, the AFL-CIO and others. SlU President Frank Drozak repeated the statement he made last May when the initial elements of the Reagan maritime plan were unveiled. "Secretary Lewis," said Drozak, "has not yet addressed a key issue,that must lie at the heart of any successful maritime policy and that is the question of cargo." Drozak noted that Rep. Lindy Boggs (D-LA) had just introduced the "American Merchant Shipping and Shipbuilding Revitalization Act other countries' cargo preference of 1982," a bill which would guar­ requirements for their national antee the U.S. merchant marine 20 fleets. With the Phase II initiatives, the percent of all American bulk car­ Administration has introduced a goes. The bill, H.R. 6979, would total of 10 maritime policy elements ensure the survival of both the mer­ to date. The seven initial elements, chant marine and the U.S. ship­ introduced on May 20, include: • support of an extension of building industry. Commenting on the new maritime temporary authority approved last policy proposals, DOT Secretary year by Congress, for subsidized Lewis said they "represent a major U.S.-flag operators to construct or accomplishment in development of acquire vessels outside the U.S. and a comprehensive national maritime still receive ODS; policy." • immediate eligibility for "They are only the second phase," reflagged vessels to participate in he added. "This is a continuing the carriage of government-impelled process. We are still assessing a cargoes; number of additional policy con­ • reform of ODS by DOT/Marad siderations which address other to increase operating flexibility and long-standing problems of the reduce costs; shipping and shipbuilding industry?' • encouragement of foreign Lewis reaffirmed the Adminis­ investments in U.S.-flag shipping; tration's commitment to the Jones • relief for all U.S.-flag ships Act and other U.S. laws which pro­ of the current 50 percent ad valorem vide U.S. carriers "access to cargoes duty on vessel repairs performed which are related in some manner abroad; to government-sponsored shipping." • reduction of unnecessary reg­ Announcement was also made by ulation of the shipping and ship­ DOT of the creation of an inter­ building industries; agency international shipping policy • elimination of Federal Mari­ group to be chaired by the Trans­ portation Secretary, which will time Commission regulations gov­ "evaluate the options available to erning the level of the rates of liner the U.S. government" in light of operators in the domestic trade. ILO Takes Up Worldwide Worker Issues l.L' .': • ril I t'l- '"fi: Geneva, Switzerland—Jean Ingrao, Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Depart­ ment, served as a member of the American delegation to the Inter­ national Labor Organization here last month, representing American labor, the SlU, and maritime inter­ ests in the world forum. The official agenda centered around the questions of unemploy­ ment: how to create jobs and how to protect the rights of workers. Ingrao was part of a Committee that studied the question of Social Security. In keeping with the find­ ings of the group, a special com­ mittee will be formed to investigate the problem in depth. The special committee will have to report its findings at the next ILO Convention, in July of 1983. According to Ingrao, the ILO Convention also proved to be an important fottim to further American maritime interests. "Part of the reason that there is .so much unemployment in the United States is that employers often contract work overseas. That is particularly true of the maritime industry. Operators use foreign "tlag of convenience" vessels because they do not have to meet even min12 / LOG / August 1982 Part of the U.S delegation to the ILO annual meeting in Geneva included (left to right): Jean ingrao, executive secretary-treasurer of the MTD; Irving Brown, AFLCIO International Affairs director and AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland. imal safety and manning standards. By raising the standards of workers worldwide, the ILO indirectly helps to make American workers more competitive." The official agenda at the ILO Convention was only part of the picture. Just as important were the informal contacts that Ingrao made on behalf of the maritime industry. As a member of the American del­ egation, she was able to discuss maritime issues with representatives from 120 nations. Quite a few of the delegates expressed interest in the concept of bilateral shipping agreements, which our government has yet to endorse. Experts estimate that if the United States were to endorse the concept of bilateral trade agreements, then conditions in the maritime industry would drastically improve. There would be thousands of new job openings between now and the end of the century. Pope John Paul II spoke at the Convention. He did not mention the unfortunate situation in Poland by name, but he said the word "Solidarity" fifteen times in one speech to underscore that political freedom and economic freedom are inseparable. According to Ingrao, "it was an emotional moment an historic moment. It made me realize just how important the labor move­ ment has been to the development of human freedom and economic well-being in this country." The ILO is an official committee of the United Nations. It was formed so that the representatives of the world's 120 sovereign nations could meet and discuss the problems facing workers everywhere: unem­ ployment, social security benefits, health conditions, civil liberties, etc. In theory, each delegation was formed on a tri-partite basis. That is, each delegation was composed of representatives from government, business, and labor. In that way, it was hoped that the convention would be better equipped to get an overview of the issues involved. Personals James Virgil Harold Mitchell A long lost relative, Cleo Robinson, is trying to locate you. Call 217-2351128, or write 512 S. 12th St., Mattoon, III. 61938. Marshall McGregpr Please contact, 0. Elliott, P.O. Box 725, Corpus Christi, Texas, 78401. Tel. (512) 882-3563. Jimmy Rodriguez Rich Trzeszkowski asks that you call him during the day at 201-257-9009. 'H �'"'v ?/--y;r.7-7'^- '"t " V "''."•.,--fi--'KS'V~ • S-i-•. • / " .;>> I Seafarers HARRY LUNDEBERG SCHOOL OF SEAMANSHIP '••'i i fTf)ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss^ Piney Point Maryland ^ssssssssssss^ SIU Can Look to More 'Good S with all Steward Department preparation and baking of breads, upgrading programs, students rolls, pies, cakes, cookies and learn from experience of on-the-job breakfast pastries. In addition, stu­ training in the SHLSS Cook and dents also learn dessert and break­ Baker course. And they learn under fast preparations, sanitation and the expert guidance of experienced work organization. Careful attention to recipe requirements and nutrition sea-going cooks and bakers. The course of instruction leading are also highlighted. As with other Steward Depart­ ment courses, this Class is "openCook & Baker Course ended" which means that students to certification as Cook and Baker enroll and begin training throughout incluses showroom instruction as the year, and receive their certifi­ well as on-the-job training in the cates of completion when SHLSS instructors determine that they have school's bake shop and galley. Students gain experience in the successfully completed the course. 1 A 1 \ \ J ) ^ 4 d..«^ AI Carlos Lopez portions out a coffee cake during the SHLSS Cook & Baker course. Pizza! Thanks to Assistant Cook Donald Meder. Chief Cook Larry Ewing (left) and Chief Steward Antonio Hemaez in the SHLSS gaiiey during recent Cook & Baker course. .\ i \ \ ) I A t 1 r4- te workm^o'^ ® ®"' Jack Armstrong roiling through ttie Cook & Baker course at Piney Point. August 1982 / LOG 13 •• .. ^y-'i V ) A �;|33i3"/:: ''i'" " ' ' •~—-~.^-;f-:rj- '" f-' '. -••" " " •' " QMED's Hone Shipboard Electrical Skills T he Marine Electrical Mainte­ nance course—like all of the many upgrading courses at SHLSS—helps Seafarers and Boatmen upgrade their skills and guarantee their job security. And like other vocational upgrading courses at SHLSS, the Marine Electrical Maintenance course consists of both classroom Marine Electrical Maintenance and practical shop training to insure a thorough knowledge of both the theory and the practical "how to" of marine electrical systems. Included in the course is instruc­ tion in the theory of electricity; prac­ tical knowledge of electrical power circuits, electric motors and con­ trollers; use of electrical test equip- w ment and reading electrical schematice. Shop training included mainte­ nance and trouble-shooting of working DC and AC motors and controllers, shipboard lighting cir­ cuits and fixtures, galley equipment and other marine electrical distri­ bution systems. Applicants for this course must hold a QMED Any Rating endorse­ ment, an Electrician's endorsement, or have equivalent inland experi­ ence. The Marine Electrical Mainteriance course is eight (8) weeks in length. 'f t A -f • ,r ---• ff • b' .• ' A' . "" ~ -.•?_ T • !'i ifv Ken Browning checks out a switch during the Marine Electrical Maintenance class. ' • • -,^,- •-i ^ Xiy t;'(- . :• - AT ecause of a continuing 'shortage of competent and qualified licensed mates in the off­ shore towing industry, SHLSS offers a course for Original Third Mates, Motor Vessels. The course of instruction covers Third Mate 'fk Seafarers Dan Mitchell (left) and Clinton Anderson practice wiring a circuit. Get 1st Class Third Mate Instruction • •1,:' r:| Instructor Jack Parcel teaches a class during Marine Electrical Maintenance course. ten weeks of intensive study, and prepares qualified candidates for the Coast Guard examination. Those involved in the Third Mate Program also take the SHLSS course in Celestial Navigation. To be successful in obtaining a license, students will have to develop a strong desire to study and work toward their goal. The staff at SHLSS will make every effort to help students succeed. All students are encouraged to acquire ample knowledge of the study materials before coming to SHLSS to begin classes. Students who have already begun to study on their own for the Third Mate examination will find it much easier to keep up with the fast-moving pace of this course. Students will also be required to have applied to the Coast Guard and be scheduled to sit for the examination. To be eligible for the examination, students must have discharges showing three years' seatime in the deck department with two and one-half years as ordinary seaman and six months as able seaman, quartermaster or bosun: or all three years as able seaman, quarter­ master or bosun. i >»• Hitting the books Is the loceni Third Mate/CelesUal Navlgstlon class at SHLSS. ,» 14 /.LOG /- AugustA982 th?tex°t"b,!Sk'"™"' Navigation coufss, Etnmett Proudloot studies �-i--r'fll! jr;;^ • AB's Upgrade to Quartermaster Rating Quartermaster his four-week course leads to certification that graduates are competent to perform the duties as Quartermaster. Applicants must T have an endorsement as Able Seaman-Any Waters (Unlimited), The course will include the use of magnetic and gyro compasses, rules of the road, international codes and signals, basic chart work, and aids to navigation. The course will also include instruction in radar, loran, fathometers, RDF, and weather, tides and currents. In addition, students will become familiar with bridge publications and instruments, firefighting and emer­ gency procedures, and will t)e given a review of deck seamanship. T" ) 1 5 ) •\ 1 i \ i •;r I i 7 1, .•i\ '1 Quartermaster course Instructor Abe Easter (right) leads Seafarers during class session. They are (i-r): Oscar 0. Wiiey, Robert Adams, James Rader and George Bruer. Checking out the charts during Quartermaster claw are (i-r) George Bruer, James Rader, Robert Adams and Oscar C. Wiley. Engine Dept. Vets Keep Up With Technoiogy P umproom Operation and Maintenance is one of the seven specialty courses being offered to OMED's to qualify them Pumproom Operation and Maintenance Seafarers must have six months' seatime as QMED-Any Rating; or they must have endorsements as Pumpman and Machinist. The course of instruction—^which includes both classroom and prac­ tical training in the SHLSS machine shop—will provide Seafarers with knowledge, skills and practical experience to perform maintenance and repair operations on liquid cargo handling equipment aboard ship. \- 41— J ) }' \ ) i ) \ ) I ) i I > Wbrklng an engine turning lathe are (left) Gene Speckman. Ed Craig (center) and Ra8hld/UI,allniember8 0fthePu During the Pumproom Maintenance claas, Steve Grader (left) and i work with a radial aaw. I Latham August 1982 / LOG 15 •-7.. 1 V �\r • '."ivfiV -.T-i-u'-.-^ - .-I~i. ...;' ./K-.rii.-J/-- -i- / Upgrading! Through Progicuris GearBd to Improve Job Skills And Promote U.S. Maritime Industry Course schedules for the remainder of 1982 ard announced by the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of ^eamanship. Once again, the course offerings are designed to dpgrade the skills of SlU Seafarers and Boatmen, and to promote America's maritime industry by providing it with the be^t trained and most highly skilled workers in the maritime wdrld. For convenience of the membership, the course schedule is separated into four categories: engine department courses: deck department courses (inland waters); deck department courses (deep sea); and steward department courses. 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 sign up early. . uClass schedules may be changed to reflect membership demands. SlU Field Representatives in all ports will assist members in preparigp applications. Deep Sea Deck Department Courses Engine Department Geurses Length of Course Course Check-in Date Completion 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 6 weeks -Basic Welding Sept. 27 October 25 Nov. 22 October 21 NOV. 18 Dec. 16 Sept. 27 Dec. 16 Third Assistant Engineer August 16 Diesel—Regular Sept. 27 October 25 Nov. 22 Course Length of Course Check-in Date Completion Date August 2 October 25 August 12 Nov. 4 2 weeks 2 weeks . Nov. 8 Dec. 16 6 weeks -July 5 August 12 6 weeks "li,, •' AMrffl". ?| :.Sf . ws&^ ' QMED—^Any Rating J-. ^ '3^'•'"""'; "••- Lifeboatman ** Able Seaman Quartermaster 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 October 8 Dec. 17 3 weeks 3 weeks 3 weeks Steward Department Courses Assistant Cook open-ended Cook and Baker open-ended Chief Cook open-ended 12 weeks Chief Steward open-ended October 14 10 weeks Towboat Cook open-ended October 21 Nov. 18 Dec. 16 4 weeks 4 weeks 4 weeks 4 weeks 4 weeks 4 weeks > '''I: inland Deck Department Courses *Oct. 25 Dec. 10 7 weeks Celestial Navigation August 9 *Sept. 13 Sept. 16 Oct. 22 6 weeks 6 weeks Inspected Towing Msssel July 19 Sept. 3 7 weeks Tankerman Sept. 13 Nov. 8 Sept. 23 Nov. 18 2 weeks 2 weeks Towboat Operator Scholarship '-.'.••n'Ts:.:-.----!., <0 *Nota change of starting dates **Those upgrading to AB, QMED/any rating, electrician or bosun will be trained In raplonlehmont at sea techniques. 18 / LOG 7 August 1982 • r /- r-wjy woit It starts Here are some good reasons to take the Automation Course at SHLSS. November 8. �'• ..i•:,r , -••/>'>, .<i-H' -•' .;, Course ase Print) (Please Print) Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship Upgrading Application , M3 Date bf Birth — Mo./Day/Year (Middle) {First) I • (Street) , Telephone (State) (City) (Area Code) (Zip Co*'®' i c / Lakes Member Q Inland Waters Member • Deep Sea Member ~Q .Seniority. It Number e Book issued. Port Presently Registered In. Port Issued Endorsement(s) or License Now Held. cial Security #. ey Point Graduate: • Yes No Q (if yes, fill in below) to. try Program: From. (dates attended) grading Program: From Endorsement(s) or License Received to. •J (dates attended) you hold a letter of completion lor UWjoat: • Yes Nop FirelightinB: DYes No • CPR • Yea No • )ates Available for Training. Am Interestedjp the Following Course(s) STEWARD ENGINE DECK • 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 r r • AB Limited ; • AB Special - '• • Quartermaster • Towboat Operator Inland ^ • Towboat Operator Not More Than 200 Miles • Towboat Operator (Qver 200 Miles) • Celestial Navigation • Master Inspected Towing Vessel • Mate Inspected Towing Vessel • 1st Class Pilot • Third Mate Celestial Navigation • Third Mate • • • • • Assistant Cook Cook & Baker Chief Cook Steward Towboat Inland Cook ALL DEPARTMENTS • • • • • • LNG LNG Safety Welding Lifeboatman Fire Fighting Adult Basic. Education No transportation will toe paid unless you present original receipts upon arriving at the SchooL ECORD OF EMPLOYMENT TIME —(Show only amount needed to upgrade in rating noted above or attach letter of service. hichever is applicable.) VESSEL SIGNATURE Please Print RATING HELD DATE SHIPPED DATE OF DISCHARGE DATE RETURN COMPLETED APPUCATION TO: Seafarers Lundeberg Upgrading Center PINEV POINT. ID. 2W74 August,1982 L LOG 17 �^..•-^•^. r n--a*j»j^•_-. . •-• . • "'• '^m.•'" ^ ^f,->^-vrs-. i-W-T<-w - - Labor Day Messaga From AFL-CIO Presidant Lana ICirKland Unemployment is more than an economic setback. Besides threat­ ening workers with the loss of homes and possessions for which they have worked all their lives, it threatens By Lane Kirkland to rob them of their authority in the President, AFL-CIO home, their place in the community N this Labor Day 1982, the and their own self-respect. thoughts of American trade Nothing does more to diminish unionists who are lucky enough to a human being in his own eyes and have jobs are with their lO'/i million in the eyes of his children and his fellow workers who have none. neighbors, than to have no work to For them, this is no holiday; it's do, no contribution to make, to lack another day of anxiety, of scanning even the ability without help to put the help-wanted ads, counting food on his own family table. dwindling assets and adding up A government that deliberately subjects even one family, let alone overdue bills. The indignity of Unemployment Must Be Ended O 10'/2 million, to that kind of indignity as a by-product of eco­ nomic policy lacks all understanding of what government is for. What America needs is a set of policies that take account of the fact that America is people, not financial institutions and artificial corporate entities. It is the job of a Congress answerable to the people to correct the course of the Reagan Admin­ istration. To inflict needless indignity on human beings is unforgiveable. Governments are created to pro­ tect people, not to humiliate them. AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland Depressing! Jobless Rate Hits 41-Year High I „ . frlnnth 22 3 to a record 24.1 per­ D( month frnin from 22.3 in July as 10.8 million Americans for work. The Bureau of Labor Statistics cent. pounded the pavements in vain looking BLS Commissioner Janet Norwood unveiled the depressing figures which showed July unemployment at 9.8 told the Joint Economic Committee of percent—up from 9.5 percent in June. Congress that employment of women The unemployment rate a year ago was is up from a year ago, when the current recession began, while employment 7.2 percent. among men is down. A major reason, AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland termed the "shocking" rise in unem­ she suggested, is that "women are far ployment a call for Congress "to reverse more likely than men to work in the service-producing sector of the the devastating, discredited policies of economy. Since July 1981, employment the Reagan Administration." in the service-producing sector July's unemployment rate, the increased by 280,000. Jobs in the highest since the Great Depression, goods-producing sector, however, translates in human terms to ''a line declined by 1.8 million," she noted. of jobless men and women 4,000 miles Since April, the big job declines were long, stretching from coast to coast in mining and machinery. Especially and from Canada to Mexicol' Kirkland hard hit were oil and gas field services said. "Even that is incomplete," he noted. and oil field machinery. From June to July, unemployment "To the 10.8 million officially reported among whites rose from 8.4 to 8.8 as unemployed must be added 1.5 mil­ lion more who have given up searching percent. For blacks, it was unchanged for jobs that do not exist, along with at 18.5 percent. For Hispanics, unem­ half of the 5.5 million who are working ployment rose from 13.5 to 13.9 per­ only part time because full time jobs cent. In industry, construction unem­ are unavailable." Thus an unemploy­ ment rate of 13.6 percent, with 15.2 ployment rose over the year from 15.2 million persons jobless, is "nearer the to 20.3 percent, manufacturing unem­ ••' -V'rT'.v, :l ployment from 7.3 to 12 percent, retail truth." For adults, unemployment continued and wholesale trade from 7.9 to 10.5 to rise—to 8.8 percent for men and percent. 8.4 for women. A year ago, the cor­ responding rates were 5.8 percent for adult men and 6.7 percent for adult Unemployment lines across America were longer last month than at any time since the Great Depression. Economists say the situation will get worse before It gets women. Teenage unemployment rose over the better. ^HE nation's unemployment rate soared to a staggering 41-year high M It Mlbnfs of Wisdom For This Or Any Labor Day AFL-CIO Calls National Boycott Of Kosmos Cement to. m r SIU°members can help fellow trade unionists who have been on strike for more than a year by refusing to purchase home repair and construction products made by Kosmos Cement. The AFL-CIO called a national boycott of Kosmos products recently after the company replaced 178 striking members of Local 170 of the United Cement Lime, Gypsum and Allied Workers International Union with scabs. The workers have been on strike for more than a year, and it is apparent that the company will ultimately break the Union unless fellow American trade unionists make the Kosmos Boycott a success. 18 / LOG / August 1982 The Union had enjoyed 25 years of stable labor-management relations until 1980 when Kosmos was taken over by Moore-McCormick Resources, which BOYCOTT KOSMOS CEMENT Support Local 370, Unttod Cement, Lime, Qypaum, and AlHed Wortwre [AFL-CIO] promptly embarkerf'on a campaign to break the union contract. The Local 170 workers in Louisville, Ky. struck May 1, 1981 after the com­ pany refused to bargain in good faith. TTie company now operates the plant , with a worlrforce of scabs. The famous novelist Jack London once described a scab as a "two-legged animal with a corkscrew soul, a water-logged brain and a combination backbone of jelly and glue." SIU members are asked not to buy the following Kosmos products: Kosmos Portland Cement; High Early Cement; Air Entraining Cement, and Kosmortar Masonry Cement. "It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic modem nation that it have free and independent labor unions. In country after country in other lands, labor unions have disappeared as the iron hand of the dictator has taken command. Only in free lands have free labor unions survived. When union workers can assemble with freedom and independence in conven­ tions like this, it is proof that American democracy has remained unimpaired— and it is symbolic of our determination to keep it free." President Franklin D. Roosevelt Address at Teamsters Union Convention Washington^.C. Sept. 11, 1940 �M SlU Moui'iis IVBflic D©ath of Raloiflh MiniXj Jf. .. Richmond, v,..«llll*' Calif.—Hundreds of I lUllVJJv%JC» V./I grieving relatives and friends, including . .r-i>«T ft" many fellow Seafarers and SlU offi­ cials, attended funeral services for Raleigh G. Minix, Jr., 33, at the Prov­ idence Baptist Church earlier this month. Brother Minix, who his fellow crewmembers called "a tine person and good shipmate" was shot to death July 29 in Puerto Armuelles, Panama tor no apparent reason other than he was an American seaman. Minix, a QMED on the 7T Bay. Ridge, had gone ashore with a number of other crewmembers to the Mirimar Hotel for dinner. About 9:30 p.m., Minix an SlU member for and another memuci lui 16 lu years, aw crewmember, Lloyd "Barry" UBeach left the hotel together. While walking down a street mward toward the ocean, they passed a stone wall which extended for several hundred yards. They turned left at the wall and came upon three men sitting on top of the wall. Two of the men Jumped off the wall and stopped Minix and LaBeach. According to LaBeach, "One of the men asked Raleigh directly, but gazing at us both, 'are you seamen?' Raleigh repRed 'yes.' Immediately the man brandished a revolver. Our assumption was was we we wete were being being robbed. robbed. Raleigh Raleigh f\|%^lll|IU|IU, I grabbed for the gun. 1 tried to help cr Raleigh by grabbing for the gun too • AU.^ olc/'t nnllp< I saw AIthatA the second m'jin man also pulled out a revolver and pointed it directly at me." In the next few seconds, Minix was shot twice. LaBeach escaped with his life by jumping over the wall and run­ ning into the ocean swimming away. LaBeach swam for about 70 yards and came ashore in front of a restaurant where he got the owner to call the Police. When the Police arrived, they where "some kids told us Raleigh had been taken to the hospital." LaBeach ran back to the Mirimar Hotel and he and four other crew­ members rushed to the hopsital close ... . by to find out what was being done for Minix. Another crewmember, crewmember Steve Kout«ho weirl to^^^^^ 'When we got to the hospital we saw Raleigh. He was in the hallway as you enter the hospital. TJiere didn't appear to be anyone doing much of anything for him. He was taken to the operating room about five minutes later. A short time later a lady doctor came out and said that Raleigh had died." While at the hospital, a Policeman in uniform and two in plain clothes him to Jail. arrested LaBeach and took hin, toja,I. Pnrniitp tn ifiil he was reoeatedlv Enroute to Jail repeatedly punched in the face. , LaBdach said that when he arrived at the Jail he was informed that he was being held "for investigation," and that the men who killed Minix were plain clothes members of the National Guard. At no time durine the incident did either of the killers identify themselves. A short time later. CaBeach was released without any charges being filed. The crew credited TT Bay Ridge Hills Memorial Park in Richmond, Calif. The family issued a brief prayer of appreciation to those who mourned along with them at the services. The prayer said: "We mourn the loss of our beloved Raleigh. Our strength has come from all of you whom God ha$i-^ sent to ease our grief. We thank/God and we thank you. and forceful manner in which he handied a difficult situation with the Panamanian government. The crew said of Stribling: "Having a captain that lakes this much inleiesi makes one feel a lot safer" Brother Minix is survived by his father SiUN A West Coast Represent. ™ a tve g ^ Jeanette, who live in Richmond, Calif.; a son, Raleigh, 111, of San Jose; a brother Charles of Richmond; three sisters, Carolyn, Jenifer and Glorious all of Richmond; two grandmo^ers. Mrs. Helen Minix of Dunnigan, Calif, and Mrs. Robbie Gibbs of Houston, Tex.; a sister-in-law Pat Minix of Richmond, and a very large extended family. Brother Minix was buried a. at .so Rolling Brother Mtn.xw^D^eo Jr. in Pureto Armuelles, Panama, SlU members should take special care in going ashore m ports ot Panama and other Latin American and Sonth American nations, American seamen are marks m these nations. The records are full of American seamen bemg h^a^, 1 ^Lnp and hnstl^d KiBcflAH by Kv local 3„,horhoodlums and the so-called author­ ities. The death of Brother Minix serves notice in a very tragic way that American seamen must be extra careful in these nations. Never go ashore alone in these ports. Tty to travel in groups of at least three or more. And keep to streets that are well lit or well trav­ elled. e..™. _ '• Warning To Seafarers In the wake of the cold blooded : • I •,n Dredge Manhattan Is. Crow Saves 10 Stranded Canadians ^ f^HE SlU crew of the hopper dredge X. Manhattan Island (North Amer­ ican Trailers) recently rescued five young boys and five men stranded on a Canadian isle in Miramichi Bay, northeast New Brunswick, Canada. two of them swam to their boat. But the 18-foot outboard, fibreglass motorboat couldn't navigate home­ ward-bound the bay's rough water and strong current. Fortunately, the lookout aboard the Manhattan Island, returning from a The kids from Bay du Vin(pop. dump site off Lower Escuminac Pt., 25) with the adults had left by boat spotted the boat. early Saturday on a day's picnic to Fox "We didn't pay that much attention Island. The boat, which was supposed at first," said 3rd Mate Harry Collins, to pick them up that very evening, "Since it isn't unusual for fishing boats never showed up. The group had left or other craft to be tied to buoys. We their own small boat far away tied to put a spotlight on them but were unable a buoy between Fox Is. and Portage to identify them. We continued with Is. our run and the AB's on duty. Rick them When failed to return. Worzel and Don Smith spotted ;n the other boat DoaiiaiicuttJitiu..., • behind us, u_:i: hailing us." Three of the men stayed with the boat while the other two and the boys 7 to 10—were taken aboard the dredge at about 11:40 p.m. The steward department immediately provided the kids and men with warm blankets, hot chocolate and a snack of sandwiches and cookies. The deck and engine departments gave the boys a tour of the dredge and while she was on "automatic" let them "steer" and "control" the dredging. Shortly before midnight, the dredge's Capt. Stephen Williams contacted the pilot at Chatham who notified the fam­ ilies that all were safe. At 1:25 LI'S a.m., a.m.. the the lucky 10 departed departed the Manhattan Island to be taken ashore aboard the Harry Eric Williston. Later the kids wrote letters of thanks to the skipper and the top-to-bottom SIU crew for their possible life-saving rescue and hospitality: "Thank you for sharing your food; for sharing the blankets, too; me and Blair like the beds. And controlling the ship. And controlling the mud. Thank you for saving us," wrote 8year old Danny. "Getting those letters from the kids really made me feel good," said Capt. Williams. "I'm going to keep them and cherish them." ^mmm If fiwu Wins New Pact After Big N.Y. Chinatown Rally, SIU Helps Out e ^ . . ^,^„ement aoDroved by the unio ILGWU Wins new r&C SIU volunteers last month Joined more than 15,000 members of the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) in a 10-block march through the streets of New York City's Chinatown, led by a Mew Year's Day dragon, to help the ar^'s workers win a better contract and squelch employer holdouts. ILGWU President Sol "Chick'.' Sea-Land Has | Money for You! * The following Seafarers have checks waitii^ for them at Sea-Land. Please contact Mr. Norman Wilson at Sea-Land (212) WO 4-92d0. B T Ohanlon G. K. Alvers S. D. King Q. Zambrano J. H. Wayland Chaikin in a letter commended the Seafarers for their strong support. The new contract, signed within hours after the march by all contractors anu a.. holdouts, ,.u.uw... f.... and all gives the workers an Year's Day as a paid holiday; boosts in holiday pay and the establishment of a Health and Safety Fund. The Local 23-25's second protest in three weeks was in reply to a two-day agreement approved by the union and employer associations in May. Chinatown's garment employers had twice voted nay to the agreement which covers 150,000 garment workers in four Mid Atlantic states. Uter, most of them ^aS res^'drJMit- l-irtolt^efe^peZr .^^ed — contraets witk tke adjustment (COLA); Chinese New weakercontract than the industry-wide union. Amphltaous The SlU-crewed, MSC-chartered fresh water tanker M/V Patriot (Ocean Carrier) took part last month in a Joint U.S.-Australian military exercise in Western Australia near Pferth. First, there was an opposed amphib­ ious assault test against an Australian Army group north of Perth and a U.S. _ Air Force strategic mobility test south of the city. The Patriot, with four other SlU-manned ships in Diego Garcia, is a unit of the Near Term Prepositioned Force (NTPF) in the Indian Ocean. She is a unit of a 13-ship quick reac­ tion force to blunt flareups in the Mid­ east. The test graded the discharge capabilities of the water tanker. U.S'. troops were flown from America who got their guns, ammu- nition and food aboard the MSG ships. Elements of two U.S. Marine Corps amphibious brigades and an auxiliary unit picked up their equipment and supplies off the M/V Lyra. Afterwards, the Patriot went to a Singapore shipyard for minor repairs. She can hold potable water for two years in her tanks. DEEP SEA August 1982 / LOG 19 iI f • �• •J I i,- •| L-. J" ,-,5 • • •I p/a I_!=.•? •-.'- •-. I- .:» ^ ^STM ,.. . ":^:. f • • IF« r-.>. = (•— — ~r-/, • .;r- During festivities in L.A. Harbor marWng 2'''®'SMra?d®Capt''M!fS®A^^^^^^ Lines'President David Stoiimeyer; Commodore Mead and Capt. Manroro Ascnam y , H of Hawaii to San Francisco. L.A. Propeller Ciub. •• "" on Her TVanspacific Run IromH^aii Chalk up another first for the SlUcrewedS.S. 'ndep^^'^encejc^merly the Oceanic Independence). Two years ago, the 750jassenger anH rnlorful "Aloha" in Callwarm a was met with The/noep fire ^ jey Maritime tugs a.m..whenthe was lowered at7:00 a.m., when the vessel was blessed by Fr. Arthur Bartlett of the LA. Harbor Com^ A. area politicians and dignitaries were then invited to Breaking bread with/ndependjau^r^^ ©"ce Capt. Mead, who is Hawaii ctoll^^^ ^^iso on-hand Hnrinn during the the sevenseveng^QpQ^er jn L A. were Captain Manfred Aschemeyer, Propeller Club president and Delta Steamship's port captain; Captain John > '? J A. sssrs»52s Ssssisssss ysf;.'rs=s:i 3St£rs.£i i=isr"»rs. Hawaiian Islands on June 21,1you. this month, the Independence charted another new course, making her first round-trip trans-Pacific crossing between Honolulu and Los Angeles, Ca. The 15-day round-trip between Hawaii and the West Coast was a trial run for the Independence. American Hawaii Cruises, the ship s operator, was testing the waters to see if "there's a demand for transPacific service." according to a company spokesperson. The success of the Hawaii-West Coast trip has yet to be evaluated. "We don't know when or if we will resume it," the spokesperson said. But whether or not the trans- - .^... . S^^irrssr— i"c H • -•• ,•' , _ r - J / ' ^ "J- V IIMII^tWti - I wt • • represented the SlU. .—i-j— and —A praise r^roi^a fnr Accolades for thp the Independence and her SlU crew flowed from the ship's distinguished visitors who were entertained in the onboard Pacific Showplace with Hawaiian song and dance after the speeches. At 2:00 p.m. the Independence made way for San Francisco where she was welcomed by that citys Mayor Diane Feinstein; West Coast associate editor of the Log Don Rotan and others. The Independence departed San Francisco Aug. .21, arriving In Seattle, Wash., on Aug. 24 beforp heading back to Honolulu where she is set to resume \A/OOkl\/ weekly !^P\/6n-ClSLV seven-day Hawaii cruises on Sunday, Aug. 29. siu engine department members take five aboard the moe- Ttie S.S. Independence moves majestically In L.A. Harbor. SlU prewmen,tw from ,he .nd^ndence bid. Aloh.'.. L.A. M«or Tbm BnHll.^ California Governor. • ————" ' - =_: ;"p.^ - — �• ' • - T'JS'S' .-.;• • --J ''W. \^'-'-TZ?-.^r \~. Report Area Vice East Coast, by VP. Leon Hall West Coast, by VP. George McCartney IUSINESS is below normal this 1 summer, but there has been plenty of SIU activity on the East 1 Coast. In the port of New York, we paid off 28 ships, signed on 17 and serviced 11 vessels in transit. Ship­ ping was fairly good with 83 deck, 75 engine, 47 steward and 89 entry I jobs shipped out of New York in July. The SIU contract department, headed by Vice President Red Campbell has handled 19 new inland contracts and 13 in the industrial division this year. There are 13 inland and 17 industrial contracts up for renewal between now and the end of the year. rriHE ports of Los Angeles, San E Francisco and Seattle wel­ comed a very special guest this month—the SlU-manned passenger liner 5.5. Independence. It^was the first time in a number of years that a full-service American-flag pas­ senger liner called at a West Coast port. This trip for the 5.5. Inde\ pendente, which regularly runs among the Hawaiian Islands, was m experimental voyage to see if there is a demand for this service between Hawaii and the West Coast. Shipping has picked up recently on the West Coast. In addition to the regular jobs we ship about 45 relief jobs a month to the four Delta Line 'M' ships for the "Loop." The loop is a seven day run from San Francisco up to Vancouver and back. The 'M' ships, which run to South America, continue to be affected by the recent war in the Falkland Islands. One of the ships, the Santa Magdalena, is laid up for lack of cargo. Since April 1, 1982, when the trip relief for key-rated jobs program began, we have shipped nearly 50 such relief jobs off the West Coast. We are very busy on the political front in California in a number of very important races. We are working hard in particular for the election of Tom Bradley to the State House and Gerry Brown to the Senate. We are also involved in the very tight race for the re-election of Rep. Phil Burton. Our voter registration program has proved a big success in N.Y. We have registered over 500 SIU members to vote in the upcoming elections—for labor-backed candidates, of course. If you want to register, just ask the Patrolman at the counter for the proper forms. It's practically as easy as filling out your own name. One of our hopper dredges, the Padre Island, will soon be travelling from Norfolk to Colombia, South America with her top-to-bottom SIU crew for a harbor dredging job that will take a year. This is a good contract for this boat. Dredging has been down in general around the nation, . , .• We have been very active politically and are involved in numerous important races. We'd appreciate all the volunteer help we can get. i, f • Great Lakes & Western Rivers by VR Mike Sacco Gulf Coast, by VR Joe Sacco I ALLOTS will soon be distribluted to the membership at National Marine Service for the election of a contract committee. When the committee is elected, the group will be brought to St. Louis to draw up and review contract pro­ posals. National Marine, which has 1 had a number of boats laid up during this economic recession, recently put three boats—the National Enterprise, Gateway and Freedom—back into service. Orgulf Transportation has only 2 of 6 boats running at this time. However the company is bidding for new work and hopefully will come up with some. Orgulf has two brand new boats under construction, which are on schedule for delivery in November. Heartland Transportation has about 80 percent of its fleet running. This company has come a long way in a short time. They started with only 1 boat a couple of years ago and now have 12. The Union won an important decision from the National Labor Relations Board against union busting ACBL. An expanded story of this decision appears on page 8 of this issue of the Log. Overall , SIU patrtolmen covered 55 pieces of equipment out pf the port of St. Louis. This port covers a very wide area including virtually the entire Mississippi River system. This keeps our representatives on the road most of the time. The Great Lakes industry continues to suffer because of the economic recession. More than 40 percent of our contracted equipment on the Lakes is idle this season. According to statistics, this is the worst season since the Great Depression on the Lakes. LL areas of maritime remain Lsluggish in the Gulf area due to the continuing economic prob­ lems in this nation. Traffic is slow i in the Intercoastal Canal, which has affected Sabine Towing, Dixie Car­ riers and National Marine Service. Deep sea traffic is also down, which I has hurt our shipdocking companies. We have experienced these 'down' times in the maritime industry often in the past. It's only a matter of time before we break out of this present slowdown. In mid-September we will be crewing a brand new CATUG for Pacific Gulf Marine out of Mobile. After crewing the integrated tug/ barge, she will run regularly between Hawaii and the West Coast carrying sugar. •v'-- .i'. 22 /^LOGXAuflq^J982 , 1 recently participated in the statewide Labor Steering Committee in Austin, Tex., to coordinate labor's grass roots political campaign for November. The labor movement in Texas is extremely united this year, and for sure, we have to be. Anti-labor candidates have tremendous financial resources. For instance. Gov. Bill Clements, who is not supported by labor, will spend more than $10 million to get re-elected. Labor candidates simply can't match this staggering figure. However, the labor movement can supply our friends with voluntary manpower to pound the pavements in their behalf. I'm proud to say SIU members have been extremely generous with their time and I hope this will carry through the elections because we need it. , --j/' • ,-^t T, ir* '-'A • V- . Vii- - �I Capt. E. A. MacMichael, 68, SS Jeremiah O'Brien Skipper Dies • CAPT EDWARD A. MacMICHAEL, 68, master of the restored West Coast Liberty ship SS Jeremiah O'Brien, died Aug. 2 in St. Mary's Hospital, San Francisco. "He was a true master mariner;' said Commodore Thomas J. Patterson, ^-^eputy superintendent of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Long Island, N.Y. adding "He loved the sea, he loved ships and he loved people. He was always looking for some place to go, the next adventure. And he loved the Jeremiah O'Brien. "I know the truth of that," says Don Rotan, West Coast LOG associate editor, who knew the skipper four years. "Last year I asked him if he would go with me to a local television station to tape a community service message about the ship. His reply was; "I'll go anywhere, anytime and say anything necessary to promote the Jeremiah O'Brien'.' "It took about half a day to tape the message—getting it to the satisfaction of the station's production manager, but Capt. MacMichael never com­ plained and was told he was the most patient person the station people had ever worked with.'" Rotan added: "I regarded him as a fine man and a heck of a skipper. He had a high regard for the SIU and its members. He once told a group of Government officials aboard the ship, 'When I need manpower for a special work detail, I don't fool around. I just call the SIU Hall and they always come through for me.' "One day when he and 1 were on the wing of the bridge aboard the Jer­ emiah O'Brien he used some pretty salty language about something not done to his liking. I said to him, 'Cap­ tain,you sure are ornerey.' He replied, '1 am not ornerey. At my age a man is entitled to be a little crochety at times.' "So, no matter how 'crochety' he might seem at times—he was still the ' patient and kind 'Old Man" said Rotan. MacMichael was a 1933 graduate of the Pennsylvania Naval Academy. He rode the U.S. Line and was a U.S. Navy officer in World War II. In 1947 he was a commander in the Naval Reserve and began a 25-year career for the U.S. Maritime Admin­ istration in San Francisco and Wash­ ington, D.C. In 1965, he retired as Pacific Coast District ship operations officer. iQAA Riiilt hurrv to lu 1946. Built in in a hurry lug supplies to the Allies in the "Big War;' they were made obsolete by faster and bigger [Victory ships built near the end of the great conflict. One by one they were scrapped but in October 1979 the O'Brien sailed to the port of San Francisco for restoration by the National Liberty Ship Memorial. Capt. MacMichael supervised the above-decks work by volunteers and took the ship outside the Golden Gate four times. On her last trip on May 15, she carried 1,100 persons for a memorial service on Maritime Day. Funeral services were held Aug 3 for the departed captain aboard the O'Brien at Pier 3, Fort Mason, San Francisco. Surviving are his widow, Lcatrice (Lee); two sons, Edward A. Mac­ Capt. Edward A. MacMichael Michael Jr. of Sunnyvale, Calif, and He skippered both the SS Lane and USN Cmdr. John MacMichael of Pacific Victory delivering guns and ammo to wartime South Vietnam. In Alexandria, Va.; a daughter, Mrs. Bar­ the early '70s he was captain of the bara Freitas of San Jose, Calif.; a sister, oil drilling ship SS E. V. Thornton out Mrs. Elisabeth Evans and four grand­ of Singapore and in 1979 he became children. The family prefers contributions to the master of the Jeremiah O'Brien. The vessel was one of 150-odd Lib­ the SS Jeremiah O'Brien, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Fort Mason, erty ships stored in a "mothball fleet anchored in Suisun Bay. Calif, since SF 94123. • .. ,I Unclaimed Wages, Discharges For American Hawaii Cruises ^ American Hawaii Cruises, operators of the SS Independence and SS Constitution, has notified the SIU that a number of SIU members employed on these vessels have unclaimed wages at the company office in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Company is also holding a number of unclaimed discharges. The unclaimed wages and discharges may be picked up at the company office in Honolulu from Fred Shurig, manager of marine personnel. Below is a list of the names of those members: Unclaimed Wages Adric, Durling Bolen, Timothy Barta, William Bush, Donald Brown, Drew Botai, Bruce D. Bartelt, Michael Baker, William C. Lakes Seafarers Get COLA Hike As of August I, 1982, all Great Lakes seamen working under contracts with the Great Lakes Association of Marine Operators (GLAMO) or the Bob-Lo Co., received a cost-of-living adjustment of 26 cents per hour. COLA increases are based on rises in the quarterly Consumer Price Index (CPI). For each .3 point rise in the CPl, the COLA increases one cent per hour which is added onto the straight time hourly wage rate of Great Lakes seamen. The August cost-of-living raise of 26 cents, coupl^ with the two previous 1982 COLA'S, brings the total COLA add-on for SIU seamen working under GLAMO and Bob-Lo contracts to 37 cents for this year to date. The next and final 1982 COLA adjustment date is November I. Bullen, Thomas M. Buchanan. Richard Celona, Nick Christmas, Lorie Jr. Corey, Lawrence F. Costa, Jon R. Carreon, Joseph E. Caldera, Jonathan • Dixon, Geoffrey R. DiBase, Pa.squale V. Dollar, Robert Graham. Glen Gomard. John Grimes, Randy Guido, Kenneth J. Henke, Robert C. Ho, Warren J. F Hogue, Eugene Hyian, Steven J. Haughney, Robert Hitter, Donald F. Ing, Francis Ikeda, Sandra Kirkland, Edward A. Kurczewski, Raymond Hoffman. Kenji K. Hoftman, Teal, Timothy Tufaro, Carmine Tihano, Rodney L. Taeotui, Senenari Verill, Michael R. White, Marsha K. Willis, Lawrence Wyman. William, A. Wada, Brian Kruse, George Kaeo, Stafford B. Langfbrd. Michael Lee. Kenneth P. S. Leong, R. Lyon, Robert D. Lum, Johnson Ching Kong Medeiros, Arnold Mattos, Gilbert B. McCroy Timothy W. McGinnis, Kevin D. Ortiz, Joseph Jr. Osinski, Zygmuitt Roman, John F. Jr. Rose, Daniel G. Rooney, Christopher Rude, Danny Robilzski, Steven Rathbun, N^ilton L. Sidwell. David R. Stenehjem, Robert St. James, Jaime HSmith, Steven R. Syquia, Santo J. , Savage, J. A. Horn, Hames T. Holley, Sheri Ann Irvine, Donald R. Ikeda. Sandra Johnston, Richard L. LaVallee Thomas J. Ledford, Randall E. Leeloy, Hilary J. Milikaa, Nathan Medeiros, Arnold Mizer, Gary P. Modly, Josef C. Murello, Linda C; —« McCroy, Timothy W. Ortiz, Joseph Jr. Osinski, Zygmunt Riley, John Field Sidwell, David R. Silva, Thomas F. Jr. Snider, Scott J. Syquia, Santo J. Tihano, Rodney L. Vogt. Frederick F. ''ashington, Ernest F Discharge Certificates Bartelt, Michael R. (2) Carstens, Frederick F Cooper, William F. Cammins, Gregory S. Conrad, Lance C. Connelly, Marvin D. Callaghan, Joseph B. Jr. Carreon. Joseph E. (2) Eto, Noel N. Evangelista, Robert S. Garry, Colin S. Guido, Kenneth J. Gil, Robert M. Hanohano, Duane .rf; MmiciKR Itiirt fv GKIIlikB JULY 1-31,1982 Port Algonac •TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Class A Class B Class C DECK DEPARTMENT 44 23 0 ENGINE DEPARTMENT 29 9 0 STEWARD DEPARTMENT 14 3 1 ENTRY DEPARTMENT 33 Port Algonac 26 Port Algonac Port Algonac 34 28 Totals All Departments 97 "• 3B -- -•Rgl'sterifoSeS TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C 11 ••REGISTERED ON BEACH All Groups Class A Class B Class C 51 . -• i:. 8 33 8 0 0 0 38 33 12 86 35 1 ^ 130 49 19 fh?PaUhe'e?S onarlnth. -August 1982 / LOG 23 'fl,; �.....•••-V-,,- '""V •.««« X «rj;;;."."p;;.y <» This is the lirst of '» <> /«" '> <>" ''"' stniclion period oj the hue by John Bunker TS official name is "Seafare^ Hurry Lundeberg School "! Se^ manship- but lo thousands ot SlU deep sea. Gicat Lakes and inland wt^K s - men and women it is more popularly known as "Piney Point. Located close to where the Womac River empties into Chesapeake Bay Piney Point is an J a few miles away is St. Mary s City, first capital of the Maryland colony Here too. were some ol the tirst land . urant; conferred by the Kitraol bngland M pioneer planters and settlers^ A summer retreat tor Anrerican prestdem^ waskKatedjustam.leorstrlrJJhe School's main Potomac River and Chesapeake B y have been mainstreams ot waterbom commerce for some 300 years. SHLSS. named tor here the first president ot the SlU wtsarquitedinl967afteranex,enstve search for a place where the unirm cou consolidate its various iratntt^g a ities. The union wan. da t e wh I sasr=r¥±: fit the bill perfectly. lU. a...,,.«/.» build i, in .he hot-/"-W selection lor the Piney P.>in.^«.e P^^^^^nmotvaSorret^^^^ Cecretarv-Treasurer.hadgonetoP^ ireasuic. ..ca^ ^ • a ttn'trbarl'-epTby^nds rr—Uimw sailing as as aa a^y^^ J^ „„„ sathng ^^^ ^ 7iSiw5to£iiuto^ . I U'* nit "•Tharto'rwork of trainees, vet­ i ~--5r=;== '-tsr-Sa— ^'°The SlU. through a trust set its contracted e»">P;'f5^P^''The the resort for about SSW.OOO. ^ Union also bought an a^'"' ' acre farm and the former Potomac River excursion boat Mmml Vernon, which was completely .«"°''""®'l,'"'Vv^th verted into a floating schoolhouse with Iftrary auditorium and classrooms. It mnamed Charles S- Zinrmerm^ t„ homrr a long-time ^"Fmn°MoS"i- «ho is eran SlU -white caps" and contractors crews. Piney Point was from a run-down resort into a full fledeed school. The process of growth llLpansionhaseontinuetleverstn^^e^ The late SlU President Paul Hall commuted regularly from New tok to Piney Point, overseeing every deta of construction. SlU men w,l remember seeing him tour the base tor hours on his electric goll cart in latr weather or foul; checking, prodd.n and sparing no rebuke to get thin,. done. ^ et;:innri:fton.:rwit^^ Tommv Soresi to make a complete inventory of the place hefore Ptrt^ Chase. Retired SlU Vice President Bob Matthews later totrk over as general superintendent of construction and drCr of the schtml. Other unton smLrts were sent to the-Rnnt rNew York and other ports to run the calley and work on construction. "There weren't any chiefs, as on SlU official remembers it. "We were ""-Thf first trainees arrived in August to a year or so they learned more about driving nails, driving "rttc^shrrveling dirt and laying 'hv> did about tieing knirts and m.iktn, Hutidreds of SlU men have a special feeling for the SchrrpI because tires I 24 / LOG / August 1982 4 >•»' trainee. �Officials Pitch in to Build Modem Facility •' , _ •f - • • . ••••'.'' r*.';," 'y '"r'•,''• !• t; ::.f n-: '-^ -.v-'-V, -, ' "•• boat the "Charles S. Zimmerman" for use The SlU refurbished and renamed a former Potomac River excursion "The boss was a tough one to work tor." says one veteran of the school's early days. "He didn't mi.ss a thing. And he didn't take excuses. You soon learned not to offer any 'its' or 'huts' to the old man'. Piney Point was his I dream and he cracked the whip to make i the dream come true." An SlU sailor who volunteered to ! help at Piney Point never knew what ' his assignment might be and he had to learn fast. Bob Clinton, one ot the I early "honchos" there, had to operate ia dredge and rig up a dredge line, no leasv assignment for one who hasn't [done it. Ken Conklin. in charge of [trainees since the tirst batch came on [the .scene, found himself one day in |charee of laying an asphalt parking lot. .4 the next'day outfitting a new group of trainees. School director Matthews scouted the area for painters and car­ penters ... arranged contracts tor food. I fuel and supplies... hired wait- -l . resses.. .supervised what seemed toy other men are learning and improving be a doz.en projects all going on at the themselves. Secretly, that s what he wants for himself, but he is afraid to same time. try. He's afraid he'll fail and he couldn't Early Critics take that. He has no confidence in himself. A lot of our old-timers are Some of the union's old-timers and like that. No one ever took an interest "die hards" were critical of the Lundeberg school. "A waste ot in them or wanted to help them. To prove his theory about this con­ time... waste of money." they would stant critic. Hall kept prodding until complain to anyone who would listen. the man tlnally agreed to go to Piney And there were those who blasted the Point and sign up for an upgrading idea of using the school to funnel new course. "But I'm only going to prove men into the indu.stry. They telt that it's a waste of time." he said- "You the Lundeberg boys competed with don't learn to be a seaman at .school." them for jobs, not realizing that new But a surprising thing happened. In blood was needed in the union to fill just a few days this man s antagonism the places of those who retired and to began to melt. For probably the first fulfill the union's contracts with oper­ time in his life he found people who ators. were interested in him and wanted to One old-timer was especially caustic help. He discovered that learning can in his criticisms and to Paul Hall this be fun. too. He not only upgraded to man became a challenge. a better rating, but returned a year or "It isn't the school this guy is mad so later for more education. about." he said. "He's mad because From then on this man seldom missed a chance to take the deck at union meetings and urge other oldtimers to do what he had done. From then on he was Piney Point's bigge.st booster. as a schoolship in 1969. it. he said, was one of the great achievements ot his lite. Frank Hedrick went through the Lundeberg entry program in 1973. He kept coming back tt>r courses in weldinu; electrical maintenance, refriiieration mechanics and other sub­ jects. finally becoming a licensed eneineer through the SlU-MLBA Dis­ trict 2 school of engineering. Larry Dockwiller went to the school in 1977. Less than three years later, thanks to upgrading courses and 18 months of .sea time, he was sailing as chief steward on the LNG Libra. James Stephens was 55 when he araduated from the towboat operators course. John Brown went through the first towboat operators course in 1978, and at age 21 became skipper of the tug Jason Smith out of Baton Rouge. For these and many other men—.and women—The Seafarers Harry Lun­ deberg Schcxil of Seamanship has been a springboard to a successful and sat­ isfying career at sea or on the inland waters. o- Changed Many Lives On hand for the christening 'JJ,® HumphrJyan^^l!e fate AFL-CIO President George Meany, ieft. Sen. Muoen n. nu H SlU President Paul Hall. The schiwl had changed his life.. .just as it had the lives of many others who went there: the "dead end kids from Appalachia who had never had a chance... the other old-timers who didn't think they had the "smarts" to hit the books...the drop outs who thought that a high schcx)l diploma was something they never could get.. .the professional sailors who suddenly had to cope with burgeoning new tech­ nologies at sea. There have been many success stories at the Lundeberg school. Several Seafarers have won their high .school diplomas in their late fifties. One retiree came back and studied lor his diploma at the age of 65. Receiving An early trainee securing a block. August 1982 / LOG 25 iA|:| 1 • -l. �J ^r ijr':*;, ^Snuggie' Max Kabafi Recalls Boyhood in Labia 4-Month Report to cope with shoes. Card on Trip " -Wear them; he growled through his beard. And wear them we did. but Relief System only when we promenaded on Groose For nuiny years the LOG has received some w arm and lovely sloriFs and poems from retired Seafarer Max Katzoff. Brother Katzoff. who .sailed as FOWT. lived lor many years in .lern.salem. Israel after he retired from the sea. Therein' was doiiifi vohintaiy work as an Fniilish teacher in a school for the hiind. Now Brother Katzoff is hack in the States livini> at Sailors Snug Harbor in Sea Level. N.C. From there he has .sent the LOG a mimher of wondeifnl vignettes. One (f thetn deals with his boyhood days in Latvia where he was horn in 1910. Ut his own words: by Max Katzoff "When my father made his last crossing of the Atlantic in 1913. my mother and her parents sided with him in his scheme to desert his ship in New York, to walk into America and somehow become established. It would then be only a matter of time before we would all be on. our way to" our fortunes in the new world. "Well, that happened to us like it happened to your cat. "My mother died that same year, then World War I blackened our earth, and we made our home with her par­ ents; Beryl and Celia. in Libau. Latvia, for the next seven years. We were then; Hersch'l an infant. I. Max three. Wolf four and Alexander five. "Through someone with proper American credentials, my father sent three pairs of shoes for us older boys. Enclosed in the package was a message to my grandfather about reshaping the shoes at the ankles for a better fit. And there was a sketch showing exactly, how > the work was to be done. "•»* Shtrasse. on special days. INCE April 1, 1982, when the "Grandpa came rolling home from procedures for implementing trip the riverfront one wintry night, feeling reliefs for the various deep sea key no pain, and raised all kinds of noise ratings went into effect, a total of about the shoes. 159 relief jobs have been shipped "The three of us slept in.a rickety from the SlU's hiring halls. These old fourposter. with our precious shoes figures represent relief jobs shipped tied in pairs and wrapped in newsprint, through July 31, 1982. under the bed. In the excitement our As outlined in Seafarers Appeals old bed collapsed on top of us. while Board Action 260 (printed in full in we were fishing for our shoes. Dec. 1981 issue of the Log), key "The old man then took the shoes rated jobs include the following; to his lean-to cobblery. and. with the Deck Department—Recertified window shuttered, and the door bolted, Max Katzoff Bosuns he separated the outer leather from the Steward Department—Recer­ "Well, this was more than old Beryl lining, according to the enclosed mes­ could take. You see. he was a cobbler tified Stewards, Recertified Steward/ sage; and f ound a twenty dollar bill on Cooks. Recertified Steward/Bakers and boot maker of sorts and who was each side of each shoe." and Passenger B.R. Utilities where this son-in-law of his to tell him how one is carried. Engine Department—Chief Pumpman; QMED/Pumpman Class 1; Chief electrical; QMED/Electrician Class 1; Reefer Engineer; Crane Maintenance Electrician and QMED/Plumber/Machinist. Of the 159 relief jobs shipped, 67 were deck department jobs, 36 steward department jobs and 56 engine department jobs. By port, the breakdown of relief jobs shipped from April 1,1982 thru July 31, 1982, is as follows: Personals • 7' Charles Henry Donohoo Please contact your daugfiter, Cindy Deann Donohoo, 15035 Mountain Way. Romulus, Mich. 48174; Tel. (313) 9417299. Very Important! Charles M. Crawley Please contact your daughter, Deb­ orah Vferstrate, 3027 N.W. 70th, Seattle, Wdsh. 98117. S What's Wrong? If you can find out and fix it, you've got great job security and good pay. So take the Marine Electrical Maintenance Course at SHLSS. Next Course; October 25 through December 16. Fill out the application in this issue of the Log or contact the Seafarers Harrv Lundeberg School of Seamanship to enroll Port Gloucester New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Mobile New Orleans Jacksonville San Francisco Wilmington Seattle Puerto Rico Houston TOTAL Number 2 39 ' i'' 5 5 2 27 10 19 14 15 5 15 159 A MESSAGE FROM YOUR UNION //= you ARe CAUGUT WITH youR <EANIAN'5 PAPER$ \^ILL SB ... AUD youlL B£ BEACHED FOR LIFE f! THERE S NO PLACE FOR DRUGS IN A PROFESSIONAL SEAMAN'S LIFE I J 26 / LOG / August 1982 �•»••!> 1 _ •-•"£. ' ' . 'X > p.,.' JSSSH ^ .itM . -.» -,.J|64eii .» ' Jg-ay iRl^i. /.^j iif Directory of Ports '"/; • • Frank D"rozak, P/-es/tfenr Ed Turner, Exec, vice president Joe DiGiorgio, secretary-treasurer Leon Hall, vice president Angus "Red" Campbell, vice president Mike Sacco, vice president Joe Sacco, vice president George McCartney, vice president 1 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 Dispatchers Report for Deep Sea JULY 1-31, 1982 Port Gloucester...,. New \fark Philadelphia ... Baltimore Norfolk Mobile New Orleans ... Jacksonville— San Francisco. Wilmington — Seattle....... Puerto Rico ... Houston Piney Point ... Totals 3 90 4 18 22 17 51 32 4 26 63 10 59 0 399 TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C Class C 6 40 2 13 23 5 14 14 6 7 23 2 19 . 0 174 1 71 3 12 12 13 36 26 6 19 41 4 35 0 279 New Mirk Philadelphia .. Baltimore .... Norfolk ...... Mobile New Orleans.. Jacksonville... San Francisco. Wilmington ... Seattle Puerto Rico ... Houston Piney Point.. Totals Port Gloucester— New Mirk Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Mobile New Orleans Jacksonville San Francisco Wilmington Seattle Puerto Rico Houston Piney Point..; Totals • - 0 42 0 5 18 14 16 12 8 6 15 2 28 0 0 1 2 1 29 68 0 0 0 0 6 18 0 3 4 0 0 3 0 16 24 0 8 26 0 1 2 1 14 8 0 13 35 0 8 5 0 , 8 32 0 0 / 5 2 227 / 112 STEWARD DEPARTMENT 0 0 0 0 28 58 0 0 1 0 7 12 0 .4 2 0 0 1 0 10 20 0 5 16 . 0 4 4 0 18 5 0 19 24 0 7 2 0 23 29 0 11 0 0 136 174 1 30 2 6 15 1 14 10 2 7 16 4 13 0 121 1 16 0 1 6 0 3 3 6 3 9 2 1 0 51 ENTRY DEPARTMENT • — ••• • Totals All Departments 955 767 72 746 422 COLUMBUS, Ohio 2800 South High St., RO. Box 0770, 43207 (614)497-2446 "REGISTERED DN BEACH All Groups Class A Class B Class C 10 171 12 32 35 39 132 59 68 62 76 18 89 0 803 1 85 0 23 3 2 55 23 4 24 48 16 61 0 345 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 7 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Port Gloucester port Gloucester NewMork Philadelphia Baltimore .., Norfolk Mobile New Orleans ... Jacksonville. San Francisco Wilmington Seattle Puerto Rico Houston Piney Point Totals RfCISTERED All Groups Class A Class B 3 154 12 29 27 33 88 39 54 30 55 13 76 0 613 9 80 12 . 17 35 6 53 24 27 29 33 5 40 0 370 1 4 0 2 2 0 5 0 4 7 3 0 3 0 31 5 64 7 9 24 8 28 21 18 14 28 4 30 0 260 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 1 0 14 2 74 2 7 27 31 57 17 34 17 36 • 13 51 0 368 4 60 2 3 8 1 8 10 34 6 5 6 7 0 154 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 4 1 1 0 20 2 37 1 15 8 16 41 15 20 7 10 16 23 0 211 16 286 28 33 59 30 89 69 102 61 80 32 78 0 963 1 43 0 5 4 1 14 2 83 21 28 6 7 0 215 1,995 1,747 280 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, Tex. 1221 Pierce St. 77002 (713)659-5152 JACKSONVILLE, Fia. 3315 Liberty St. 32206 (904) 353-0987 JERSEY CITY, N.J. 99 Montgomery St. 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 Courity 20674 (301)994-0010 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. 350 Fremont St. 94105 (415) 543-5855 SANTURCE, RR. 1057 Fernandez, Juncos, Stop 20 00909 (809) 725-6960 SEATTLE, Wash. ..... ,( in July to shipped, seniority people. Deposit in the SIU Blood Bank •. .-'TP'- 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 August 1982 / LOG 27 • • :sr �t,.i~ •"-•af-Bsf j ')• * Charles Hubbert Allardice, 55, joined the SlU In tlW port of New York in 1958 sailing as a QMED. Brother Allardice sailed 33 years.He •-.was born in Glasgow, Scotland and is a resident of San Francisco. Robert John Aumiller, 58, joined the SlU in 1943 in the port of New York sailing as a chief steward. Brother Aumiller served as a recording secretary at the Union monthly meetings in the Tampa Hall. He was born in Decatur, Ind. and is a resident of Tampa. Albert Manuel Blazio, 62, joined the SlU in 1945 in the port of Bal­ timore sailing as a chief cook. Brother Blazio was born in New Orleans and is a resident of Metairie, La. Erwln Bradley, 61, joined the SlU in 1941 in the port of Mobile sailing as a chief steward. Brother Bradley received a 1960 Union Personal Safety Award for sailing aboard an accident-free ship, the SS Antinous. He is a veteran of the U.S. Navy. Born in Sumpter, S.C., he is a res­ ident of Mobile. "f i Francis Ashby Connelly, 65, joined the SlU in the port of San Francisco in 1962 sailing as a, chief electrician. Brother Connelly was a member of the SUP from 1945 to 1961. He also sailed during World V\fer II. A native of Winchester, Kans., he is a resident of Seattle. Earl Joseph De Angelo, 62, joined the SlU in the port of Mobile sailing as a bosun. Brother De Angelo was born in Moss Point, Miss, and is a resident of Mobile. S'SJ? ¥; I m,. ."tU- 'f Cristobal De Jesus, 62, joined the SlU in the port of New York in 1958 sailing as a chief steward. Brother De Jesus is a 1958 graduate of the Andrew Furuseth Training School. Mobile. He was born in Utwado, PR. and is a resident of Luquillo, PR. David Lamar Dickinson, 55, joined the SlU in 1945 in the port of Philadelphia sailing as a recertified bosun. Brother Dickinson graduated from the Union's Recertified Bosuns Program in October 1973. He was born in Alabama and is a resident of Leaksville, Miss. Robert Lee Glenn, 68, joined the SlU in the port of San Francisco in 1967 sailing as a chief cook. Brother Glenn is a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War 11. He was born in Texas and is a resident of San Francisco. William E Enos, 62. joined the SlU-merged Atlantic Fishermen's Union in 1946 in the port of Gloucester, Mass. sailing as a fisherman. Brother Enos is a res­ ident of Ch.ula Vista, Calif. LOG / August 1982 Pertsta Francis Woods Fullbright, 62, joined the SlU in 1943 in the port of Galveston sailing as a bosun. Brother Fullbright sailed 44 years. He was born in Selmer, Tenn. and is a res­ ident of Mobile. Bernard Luke Gabor, 56, joined the SlU in 1945 in the port of New York sailing as an oiler-and 2nd engineer. Brother Gabor was born in Philadelphia and is a resident there. Halle Mikkelborg, 65, joined the Union in the port of New York in 1958 sailing as an AB for 29 years. Brother Mikkelborg is a twice wounded vet­ eran of the Norwegian Navy in World War II. He was born in Gausvik, Non/vay and is a resident of Hansville, Wise. James Patrick Smith, 65, joined the Union in the port of Detroit in 1960 sailing as an assistant conveyorman for 25 years. Brother Smith is a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War II. He was born in Germ Fask, Mich, and is a resident there. R. E. Smith, 65, joined the SlU in the port of Houston in 1960 sailing as a FOWT. Brother Smith sailed 36 years. He was born in Boaz, Ala. and is a resident there. Raymond Joseph Dixon Sr., 63, joined the Union in 1938 in the port of New Orleans sailing as a captain for Coyle Lines from 1937 to 1967; Dixie Carriers from 1967 to 1975 and on the National Glory (National Marine) from 1976 to 1982. Brother Dixon was born in New Orleans and is a resident of Marrero, La. Arthur Terrioline Downing, 55, joined the Union in the port of New York in 1962 sailing as a deckhand and mate for the United Fruit Co. and the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad from 1942 to 1982. Brother Downing is a former member of the Teamsters Union. He was born in Jersey City, N.J. and is a resident of Helmetta, N.J. John Cecil Simpson, 60, joined the Union in the port of Norfolk in 11961 sailing as a mate and captain for McAllister Brothers from 1952 to 1982 and for Radcliff Materials in 1974. Brother Simpson attended the 1969 Inland Conference as a del^ egate. He was born in Dardens, N.C. i and is a resident of Chesapeake, Va. Sebastian A. Scola, 64. joined the Atlantic Fish­ ermen's Union in the port of Gloucester in 1967 sailing as a fisherman. Brother Scola was born in Lawrence, Mass. and is a resident of Gloucester. Leroy Herman Simoneaux Sr., 62, joined the Union in the port of New Orleans in 1957 sailing as a tankerman on the Dixie Volunteer (Dixie Carriers) from 1959 to 1977. Brother Simoneaux is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II. He was born in White Castle, La. and is a resident of Kenner, La. Joseph Leiton Hebert, 58, joined the Union in Port Arthur, Tex. in 1964 sailing as a captain for Slade and Southern Towing from 1947 to 1972. Brother Hebert is a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War II. He was born in Grand Lake, La. and is a resident of Lake Charles, La. John James Wilgus, 66, joined the Union in the port of Houston in 1976 sailing as a chief engineer for Marine Towing in 1977. Brother Wilgus is a former member of Local 333, AFL-CIO. He was born in Ocean View, Del. and is a resident of Charleston, S.C. Charles William Morris, 65, joined the Union in the port of Bal­ timore in 1957 sailing as a chief engineer for Cargo Carriers Co. from 1942 to 1955, Baker, Whitely Towing Co. from 1955 to 1968 and for Curtis Bay Towing from 1972 to 1982. Brother Morris was a former member of the ILA Tugboat Division. He was born in Brainard, N.Y and is a res­ ident of Baltimore. Alexander James McElhenny, 66, joined the SlU in the port of Phil­ adelphia in 1963 sailing as a cook. Brother McElhenny sailed 50 years. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War II. Seafarer McElhenny was born in Philadelphia and is a resident there. James Robertus McPhaull, 62, joined the SlU in 1939 in the port of Jacksonville sailing as a chief steward. Brother McPhaull sailed during both the Korean and Vietnam Wars. He was born in Jacksonville and is a resident of Savannah, Ga. Lester James Moore, 63. joined the SlU in 1948 in the port of Gal­ veston sailing in the engine depart­ ment. Brother Moore was on the picketline before he sailed and hit the bricks in the 1946 Port Arthur beef. He also picketed against for­ eign ships. Seafarer Moore'^ailed on 50 ships, some of them more than once. Moore was in the U.S. Civilian Conservation Corps for two years and is a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War II. Born in Liv­ ingston, Tex., he is a resident there. Kenneth Louis Roberts, 55, joined the SlU in 1949 in the port of New York sailing as a bosun. Brother Roberts sailed 39 years. He helped to organize Isthmian and Atlantic Lines and Cities Service. Seafarer Roberts is a veteran of the U.S. Army where he attended their Quarter­ master School. Roberts has owned restaurants and bars for over 30 years. Today he s barkeep and his wife the cook at their San Francisco Connie's Restaurant. A native of Ludington, Mich., he is a resident of San Francisco. �- -W' Thomas Estus Named MSG Marine Employee of the Year Oiakland, Calif.—The U.S. Government has been known to make a mistake now and then. But they were right on the mark recently when they named Seafarer Thomas Estus, Jr. "Marine Employee of the Year" for the Military Sealift Command, Pacific (MSCPAC). Brother Estus, a veteran member of the SIU Government Services Division (formerly the Military Sea Transport Union), was taken com­ pletely by surprise when he was told of the award. He's a firm believer in a good day's work for a good day's wage, and expects little in return for his efforts other than the personal satisfaction of a job well done. "1 didn't even know my name had been submitted for the award," he said. Estus, who sails as an underway replenishment bosun's mate, was selected for the award for his "exemplary performance" aboard the USNS Kilauea. The Military Sealift Command received the Kilauea from the U.S. Navy in October 1980 with all equipment, material and supplies left aboard. Estus was assigned to the ship and given the responsibility of stripping the vessel and preparing it for a long shipyard conversion period. After the vessel arrived at the shipyard, Estus helped supervise the general overhaul of the. ship and assisted in the specific overhaul of the Kilauea's underway replenish­ ment equipment. The Kilauea's master, Capt. Richard Hosey, who had worked with Estus before on the USNS Passumpsic, was impressed with Estus' level of professionalism and ability to get a tough Job done and submitted Brother Estus' name for the award. Commodore Thomas G. Kiefaber, commander of MSCPAC, presented the award to Estus June Debbie Mahler Please contact Mitch. Very Important! SS Robin Hood Seamen If you sailed on the Robin Hood in 1953 to South Africa, an old shipmate would like to get in touch. He's George Robert Bauer, 7834 Birmingham Ave., Baltimore, Md. 21234. David I. Murray Connie Durham asks that you contact her in Augusta at telephone number 404-738-8922. Reynaldo DIMacali Contact your wife, Amelia, at 1734 West Winona, Chicago, III. 60640, Tele: (312) 271-9449. Important! Personals KNOW YOUR RIGHTS 3 aboard ihtKilauea. A small group of people gathered in the wardroom for the ceremony. As he made the presentation. Commodore Kiefaber told Estus: " You're to be commended for your continued high standard of per­ formance which is in keeping with the highest traditions of the sea." A letter from MSC chief. Vice Adm. Kent Carroll, stated: "Your dedication to duty and willingness to accept additional responsibilities above and beyond your own is exactly the type of professional behaviour that this award is intended « • a* Seafarer Thomas Estus, Jr., left, accepts award as "Marine Employee of the Khar" from MSCPAC chief. Commodore Thomas G. Kiefaber aboard the USNS Kilauea. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS 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 are posted and available in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the employers, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return re­ ceipt requested. The proper address for this is: Angus "Red" Campbell Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 275 - 2(Mh Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215 Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are avail­ able in all SIU halls. These 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 OT on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any tjme, any SIU KNOW YOUR RIGHTS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGA­ TIONS. Copies of the SIU constitution are available in all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its 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 SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed audit by Certified Public Accountants every three months, which are to be submitted to the membership by the Secretary-Treasurer. A quarterly finance committee of rank and file members, elected by the membership, makes examination each quarter of the finances of the Union and reports fully their findings and fecommendations. Members of this committee may make dissenting reports, specific recommendations and separate findings. TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf. Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall equally consist of Union and management representatives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majdrity of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. to acknowledge." The 53 year-old Estus is still aboard the Kilauea, which replen­ ishes Navy ships at sea in the Pacific with ammunition and other supplies. The SIU Government Services Division represents seamen employed directly by the Govern­ ment on the Military Sealift Com­ mand's 30-ship Pacific fleet. SIUNA Vice President Roy "Buck" Mercer, head of the former Military Sea Transport Union, said, "Tom is a helluva nice guy and we're all glad he won the award. He deserved it." UlllHlNininNllllllllllllllHlllillllllllllllfllllllllHlllllll^ patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY —THE LOG. The Log has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the &ptember, I960, meetings in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for Log policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circum­ stances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to Union headquarters. EQUAL RIGHTS. All members are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights arc clearly set forth in the SIU 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 that 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 are voluntary. No contribution 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 .10 days of the contribution for investigation and appropriate action and refund, if involuntary. Sup­ port SPAD to protect and further your economic, poli­ tical and social interests, and American trade union concepts. If at any time a member feeb that any of the above rigfata have been violated, or tliat br has been denied bis constitutional right of access to Union records or infor­ mation, he should immedlatdy notify SIU President Frank Drozak at Headquarters by certifi^ maO, return receqit requested. The address is 675 - 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. August 1982 / LOG 29 �Wmiam "BUI" Jon Arlund, 38. died of arteriosclerosis while attending the Recerti­ fied Bosuns Program class in New York City on Mar. 5. Brother Ar­ lund joined the SlU in I the port of Seattle in 1969. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy in the Vietnam War. A native ot Brooklyn. N.Y.. he was a resident of Phoenix. Ariz. Cremation took place in the Greenwood Crematory. Brooklyn with his ashes being scattered over the Atlantic Ocean. Sur""viving is his mother. Myra ol Phoenix. ii f" ] f,^ V tf" • ^i. ii iV- '• I.. •r < •r'i 4:] '.v. • ' '!• •; ^:4-- M-'" j •i* «•; til !. ii.^' ', Pensioner Earl J. Congleton, 83. passed away on June 12. Brother Congleton joined the SlU in 1939 in the port of New York sailing as an FOWT He was born in North Carolina and was a resident of Norfolk. Surviving are his wid­ ow. Mary and a daughter. Mrs. Bessie White of Virginia Beach, Va. Pensioner Dewey Daughtrey, 78. passed away on May 29. Brother Daughtrey joined the SlU in 1939 in the port of Mobile sailing as an FOWT He sailed 45 years. SeaJill farer Daughtrey was b6m in Mississippi and was a resident of Hattiesburg, Miss. Surviving are three -brothers. Mack and Thom#of Hattiesburg and Otis; and two sisters, Mrs. Sadie Davis of Hattiesburg and Mrs. Jessie Brown. John Bartlinski, 26, died of multiple injuries in North Arundel Hospital. Glen Bumie. Md. on Feb. 26 when his car and a school bus collided in Jessup. Md. Brother Bartlinski joined the SlU in the port of Baltimore in 1978 sailing as an AB. He was a former member of the ILA. He was bom in Baltimore and was a resident of Jessup. Burial was in Glen Haven Cemetery. Glen Bumie. Sur­ viving are his widow. Pamela and his par­ ents. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. and Alice Bartlinski of Linthicum. Md. Ronald Edward Daigle, 39. died on June 9. Brother Daigle joined the Union in the ' i port of New Orleans in i 1978 sailing as a chief engineer on the towboat Glenn Smith ^ (Crescent Towing) from 1978 to 1980. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force in the Vietnam War.He was bom in New Orleans and was a resident of Gretna. La. Surviving are his widow. Eileen and two daughters. Stacey and Brandi. Stephen Albert Kaczmark, 31, died on June 1. Brother Ka­ czmark joined the SlU following his gradua­ tion from Piney Point in 1967. He sailed as tan OS. Seafarer Ka' czmark was bom in Brooklyn. N.Y. and was a resident there. Surviving are his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Frank and Nicolette Kaczmark of Brooklyn. Pensioner John Kostner Callaghan, 79. passed away on Oct. 22. 1981. Brother Callaghan joined the SlUin 1946 in the port of New York sailing as a chief electrician.. He was a veteran of the U S. Navy iii World War II. He was bom in Brooklyn. N-V. and was a resident of Debary. Fla. Surviving are two sisters. Helen of Debary and Mrs. Elsie Lanigan of Brooklyn. Pensioner Wlllard I Vaden Burns Sr., 74, passed away from pneumonia in the Wal­ ter Reed Hospital. Gloucester. Va. on Apr. 30. Brother Burns joined the Union in the port of Norfolk in 1959 sailing as a deckhand for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad from 1941 to 1973. He sailed 29 years. He was a former member of the MM&P from 1941 to 1959 and the old ISU. Born in Mathews County. Va., he was a resident of Mathews. Va. Burial was in the H.C. Smither Cemetery. Hudgins. Va. Surviving are two sons. Willard Jr. and James of Virginia and a daughter. Shirley. Pensioner Ragnar Emil Christian Gunderson, 78. passed away on May 28. Brother Gunderson joined the Union in the port of Philadelphia in 1961 sailing as a deck i hand, derrick captain and chief engineer for the Philadelphia Derrick and Salvage Corp. from 1927 to 1956. as a hoisting engineer for marine salvage for Merritt. Chapman and Scott Corp. from 1956 to 1962. the Raymond Intemational Co. in 1972 and the Inde­ pendent Lighterage Co. from 1971 to 1976. He sailed 50 years. Bom in Norway, he was a resident of Philadelphia. Surviving is his widow. Katherine. Pensioner Lewis Stephen Shaginaw, 57. died of a liver ail­ ment in the Tucson (Ariz.) Medical Center on Mar. 6. Brother Shaginaw joined the SlU-merged MC&SU in the port of San Francisco in 1962 sailing as a waiter, bar­ tender and chief steward for APL. He was a 1963 graduate of the Union's Steward School in Santa Rosa. Calit. And he was a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War II. Bom in Pennsylvania, he was a resident of Tucson. Cremation took place in the Swan Crematory. Tucson. Surviving are his widow. Ruby; two brothers. John of Tucson and George of Vincenttown. N.J. and two sisters. Annabelle of Wilmington. Calif, and Mrs. Adam (Helen) Valansky of Kesville. Pa. Pensioner Glenious Charles Lawson, 63, succumbed to cancer in Erwin, Tenn. on May 25. Brother Lawson joined the SlU in 1944 in the port of Norfolk sailing as a bosun. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army. Seafarer Lawson was bom in Mount Ash, Ky. and was a resident of Erwin. Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery, Erwin. Surviving are his widow, Elsie and a son, Charles. pensioner Joseph Phrisi, 72. succumbed to a heart attack in Gloucester. Mass. on 21 Brother Parisi. a member of the AFU worked as a fisherman. He was bom in Boston Mass and was a resident of Gloucester. Interment was in Calvary rt rv rioiicester Surviving is his pensioner John Placheco, 69, succumbed to hepatitis in the San Francisco "ospit^ on Apr. 2. Brother Pacheco joined MC&S in 1935 sa.hng m the stewed department for the Matson Line for 20 years. He was bom in Hawaii and was a resident of Honolulu, Hawaii. Surviving are a son, Antoine of Honolulu and a sister, wtr Mrs, ,uMa Marias, also o, Honoiuiu. Harold A. Aakeberg, 63, died of heart disease in St. Mary's Hospital, Duluth, Minn, on Mar. 9. Brother Aakeberg joined the Union in the I port of Duluth in 1967 I sailing as a deckhand for Great Lakes Towing. He was a former member of the United Auto Workers Union, Local 72 from 1962 to 1966 and the AMC from 1962 to 1965. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War 11. Laker Aakeberg was born in Washburn, Wise, and was a resident of Superior, Wise. Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery. Superior. Surviving are his widow. Naomi and a son. Lonnie. Pensioner Aivin • Ernest Tingle Jr., 67, died in the Chesapeake (Va.) General Hospital on May 31. Brother Tingle joined the Union in the port of Norfolk in 1%1 sailing as a chief engineer for Curtis Bay Towing. He sailed 29 years. Boatman Tingle was bom in Oriental, N.C. and was a resident of Chesapeake. Inter­ ment was in the Riverdale Park Cemetery, Norfolk. Surviving are his widow. Annie and a son. Alvin E. III. Phillip Wesley Chambers, 43. died on May 7. Brother Chambers joined the Union in the port of Paducah. Ky. in 1979 sailing as a cook for National Marine. He was bom in Owensboro. Ky. and was a resident of Hawesville, Ky. Surviving are a daughter. Amy and his mother. Marjorie of Hawesville. Enrique Chavez Laguna, 43, died on May 22. Brother La­ guna joined the SlU in the port of New York in 1967 sailing as a bo­ sun. He was bom in Honduras, C.A., was a U.S. naturalized cit­ izen and was a resident of Houston. Sur­ viving are his son, Omar; and two daugh­ ters, Angelica of Houston and Nora. Pensioner Fred M. Leonard, suc­ cumbed to a heart attack in New Smyma Beach. Fla. on Mar. 28. Brother Leonard joined the SlU sailing as an AB during World War 11. He was bom in Houghton, Mich, and was a resident of New Smyma Beach. Cremation took place in the MidFlorida Crematoiy, Deland, Fla. Surviving is a sister, Mrs. Louise Gould of Duluth, Minn. Pensioner William Thomas Murrell, 64, died of heart-lung fail­ ure in the New Orleans Nursing Home on May 27. Brother Murrell I joined the SlU in 1938 in the port of Mobile X sailing as a bosun. He was bom in Biloxi, Miss, and was a resident of New Orleans. Interment was in Green­ wood Cemetery, New Orleans. Surviving is a daughter, Mrs. Billie Joe Mclntyre of New Orleans. Pensioner Earl Harlow Charles Ptoe, 74, died of a liver ail­ ment in St. Vincent's Hospital, Jacksonville on Apr. 29. Brother Pbe j joined the SlU in 1946 in the port of New York sailing as a bosun. He sailed 44 years. Seafarer Poe was a veteran of the U.S. Navy in World War 11. Bom in Grand Rapids, Mich., he was a resident of Jacksonville. Burial was in Restlawn Park Cemetery, Jacksonville. Surviving are his widow, Frances and a daughter, Shirley. Ismael Ramos, 56, died in John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore on May 26. Brother Ra­ mos joined the SlU in the port of Baltimore in 1959 sailing as a FOWT. He was bom 1 in Puerto Rico and was a resident of Baltimore. Interment was in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Anne Amndel County, Md. Surviving are his widow, Su­ sie; two sons, Ismael Jr. and Rafael and a daughter. Carmen. - Pensioner Paul J. Stein, 68, died on May 26. Brother Stein joined the SlU in the port of Philadelphia in 1959 sailing as a cook and butcher. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy in World War 11. Bom in Philadelphia, he was a resident there. Surviving is a daughter, Mrs. Gladys I^ula Sheneley of Toms River. N.J. Pensioner Leonardus Augustus Behm, 72, succumbed to cancer at home in Savannah, Ga. on May 1. Brother Behm joined the SlU in the port of Savannah in 1956 sailing as a chief steward. He sailed 28 years. Seafarer Behm was bom in Crandon, Wise. Burial was in the Hillcrest Mausoleum, Savannah. Surviving are his widow, Eunice and a son, Richard. 30 / LOG / AujOust 1982 / ^ -..it.-- . �-• b' - . • '. ' "tv ', ;• - • • •'. ' ""' pensioner Don­ ald Raymond Pitman, 54, died of cancer in the Drew Hospital, Monticello, Ark. on May 19. Brother Pitman joined the SlU in 1946 in the port ot 5K pensioner ArI naldoAleman,61, « died of heart-lung t fadure in Southern baptist Hospital, ' New Orleans on June 20. Brmher I Aleman joined the in the port m Francis Kenneth 55^ Snowden, ^ • drowned off the SS CoveNovimto'-^^^''^ Tankers) near the BurNorman mahOil Dock on May Wright, 54, was 23 Brother Snowden lost on the SS . joined the SlU in the Golden Dolph'n * OrSnsin.96.. W S port of New. Vbrk m Philadelphia sailing as 206 Hdqs,, Training School, Honduras, which sunk on Mat; «n AB He walked the PFC veteran of the _ _ ^^e 6 Brother Wright Seafarer „f ^ew Orleans. 'L SUP strike, seafarer lUh Parachute Airbm^^^^^^ ,n the he U.S. Navy joined the SlU in the C.A. and ^ Lawn Mausoleum. ,/ g^^n m was a Vetera ^ yeoman, Korean War. Seafa ^.^^ ' port of Baltimore in —isason.foseph./ ^ resident of Korean War (,,i,e USS National sailing as an Earlsboro, Okla., the Beulah Pensioner ^ y^rk. Surviving AB and bosun. He A native MY Surviving Monticello. CoUassie ArcJ^ia, S.S. ,aen.of.h=Bronx-^u« B coastGuardm WorldW^^^^^^^^ S 74, succumb^ to a mother. Mar^ of the ^ \. ..If Wright was 'savannah. Surviving I heart attaclytn the SeafarerThomasK.5>no thia. and was a resident of Sa .^ East Oakl^Cnd Hos­ Pensioner Her-^ ^^^^her, Mrs. pital, /iamedu- are his widow, Aprd. man Sytvio Ricci, daughter, Therwa g^^annah. Calif./n Apr. 1880 passed away at BrotJtier Archia Theresa K. Harvey homeinPetropohs, Charles P¥ M joip^'^ the SlU m Brazil recently^ ^ Oglesby,56,diedof 1^^®" L ^ o^iiladelphia sailing as Brother Ricci joined 5 heart failure m the 1940 in the port ot He received the SlU in 1948 m USPHS Hospital. a chief steward tor ^ for eteran pt the i^hnson was the port of New I Nassau Bay, lex^ a I960 Union ship, the ,r,n War Boatman Jonnsui York sailing as a Aug. 9, 198L sailing aboard an aca ;.onBay.Ala.andwasa^was bom in Puerto Brother Oglesby SS Seatraw Oakland, Calif. Interchief electrician. H ^s. Surviving f joined the SlU m he was a rear^"' cemeieri, Vallejo, Rieo. Luiz and Mrs. Thais 1945 in the port ot ment was in th ^ vvidow, Ernestine, are two daug anddaughter, Denise AB Seafarer Oglesby Calif. Surviving are ^ H. Marques and a gra Seattle sailing as an A _ ^ and three daughters, Rita. of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. was born in F on a Baron Hirsch Aretha. ,n of Heron Bay. Hardin, Tex. Buna Surviving are Pensioner James pensioner Thom­ Cemetery, Staten ^ f N.Y.-.two Henry Russe"^*;*' as Herbert Bubar, his widow, Helen o ^ brother, 79. passed away in 88, passed away on sons, Steven and Brian the Benner Nursing May 18. Brother Gordon of Houston. Home, Houston on Bubar joined th^e Julio Feliciano mailing for the 935 June 22, Brother SlU in 1943 in the Pacheco, 64, died Russell joined the ^'^^'^'I'Tn.rmlberof.he tort of New York of natural causes on ailing as an AB and May 30, 1981the steward Brother Pacheco ^^^^TTSed 60 years and on t^ joined the SlU m his widow, Helen and a son, department. H ^ farer Bubar hiMhe 1945 in the the port 35 years and during the 1962 Great Lakes, t(W^ Harbor f Princeton Junction. of New Yortc sailing rinvcvvi. Russell was^ P the 1970 bricks in the hewas a resident the steward conference. A ,H«n.rB«.tts55^dWf- Robin Line beef. A Piney Point ^^"^city he was a resident ^'^-^^SeSawarded a Union rhe ^ brother „„iveofNew^C«y, a^ i" «<• Of= department. He wa. _ alif. onNov. 2/, 1 ^ sonal safety AwaM^^ „f Houstonjmemen ^ ^ s„,. ,ined the Union aboard an accident-jm „ 1973 sailing ^ ^ip Co. . tniin Louisianaintemient William Re­ was a resident of L g ^ caguas. Zmellr. and Raymond, ward Pa»*®®"' VnTs N^V in EWorld war ^'^ThN wid?w, Maria of ^o Mohamed Saleh died on July 3. welo. Rolando, Brother Paulsen Surviving are hi. Sae«l,A5,bW°" '^°"Jg and five daughters Aue. 20. 1980. joined the SlU in tbe Piedras, „,mationt<»hl'»= surviving Brotber Saeeii pott of Boston in Srtqielatatla, Sandra, Evelyneand ;retnatory. pjego; a ' 1975 sailing as an joined tbe SlU mtbc AB and quarter- Carmen. ^^T'B^^ofBuderanda^jer, 'pod of San FranPensioner HonaW Aco in 1911 sailing master. .^eLongofBivorB^^-^-^"Lee Miller, 80, as a wiper. He was passed away fmm born In Aden. heart-lung failure m •''iTte in '»'»• fortncy Mass, surviving is bis dMb""" to cancer m the It^Fmnci; bi^ St. Luke's Hospital. Honolulu, "b"bU ° SfMrnTn Marie cull of Quincy, San Francisco on „as a resident of OAlan >%w»« •--,ekauoba,omedJi=^S«^^^„„^L June 14. Brother a„ his VKbulaqui. both of Miller joined the Hanger and Said Pensioner Roy ®gf s Medical r'sSOofUuii /nrfupu"'"""' SlU in the port of he SSUi He was also Aden. cumbed to cancer in the SLM ^^ n-Hawaiian ^ocal HewVorkinl953 saiUng»-f;J Long " gn .ailed as a chief « e SR died of heart-lung Center, ,r„fthuMus.cun^ ^,.^__ park 1981. Brother Black Marine AngelL.ReyeSb^58,d.^ helped to organize Seafarer (MC&S). He (Caribbean rKaS^H-lbSurvlvlngU failure m Newark, N^i New cook for APL in p&O Steamship cooks & Sjewards ^,35. Miller also sailed years and Reyes as a chief cook. He Margaret CO. in 1955. He he walked York in 1959 sai |. ^d was a resident first sailed l^om the We surviving are his during World War • ^ ^ ^^Hke. was born in Puert aie his widow Cremation t^kp niatory, ^nabeim, Cal • ^ the picketline m th ^ of of Brooklyn, N.Y. pavid widow, Ursula and a sister, vi josefine; two sons J^^beth, Angela, From 1928 former member of of Venice, Calif and four daughters, t. the ISU. gom in Staunton. Va.. Loalie the NMU in I • Francisco. Cteia»»^ and — Sandra. It of Tampa i sheridan he was a resident Cre­ "'"'faSwInfforMariner mation took p Surviving are a pensioner ffbur sS rom 1973 to 19 an of the matory, Novato, Cahf^ ^ ^.^w. M80. passed away ^^ port of daughter. Pastora and^ f ^i„^d the union Bartlette of Hamwnbnrg. Va, yaara, n in Sairon, Tex. took Dutroit saibnS ua a '•=T:Tsr»'•'••.'= "• u" rBarSh"'™® s;rr;nTr^---- ^eof%ut,'B.,Wr i •s5""-rs?r-". :"SdrorSanJranci.m^^^^^^^^^ Port Richey, _ crematory. 1 the Bay Area brother, ater, Fla, Surviv.^ « ore of New Port Rwhcye August 1982 / IDG " resident of Detroit, •- - r^'V ''' ••,• .,• 'V 1: ^ �v ?S.! v?B:'«-r?SS:t=?"i: !i. it•i) li- r J- -i /•if Summary Annual Report SlU PD'PMA Supplemental Benefits these Fund two statements and accompanying I his is a Summary ol the Annual Report lor the SlU PD-PMA Supple­ mental Benefits Fund. Inc.. Hmployef klentirication No. 94-14.^1246. tor the year ended .luly 1. 1981. The Annual Report has been tiled with the Internal Revenue Service, as required under the tmployee Retirement Income Security Act ot 1974. ERISA. Benefits under the Plan are provided by a trust arraniiement. Plan expenses were $8,183,262.00. These expen.ses include $250,068.00 in administrative expenses and $7.933.194.(K) in benefits paid to participants and beneficiaries. A total of 2.875 persons were partic­ ipants in or beneficiaries of the Plan at the end of the Plan Year, although not all of these persons had yet earned the right to receive benefits. The value of Plan as.sets. after sub­ tracting liabilities of the Plan, was Monthly Membership Meetings P«»rt Dale New Yorl< Piiiladelptiia Baltimore Norlbik..... .laelisonvilie . Aigonae Detroit... Houston ........... . . . New Orleans ........'. Moliile .............. . San Francisco Wilmington II Deep Sea l.akes. Inland Waters .Sept. 7 y '... . .Sept. 7 . . ../......... .Sept. S. Sept. 9 . Sept. 9....;..!...,.. Sept. tO ...........'... Sept. 10 .Sept. 13.............. Sept. 14 . .Sept. 15 . .Sept. !f» .............. 2:.^() p.m v. .T 2:.^() p.m. 2;.^() p.m. 9:30 a.ni. ........t.. 2:(M) p.m. . . . .. 2:.30 p.m. ........,.. 2:30 p.m. ........ i.. 2:.30 p.m. ........... 2:.30 p.m. .........;. 2:.30 p.m. ........... 2:.30 p.m. .y. Sept. 20 ;............. 2:.30 p.m. ............. Seattle Finey Point.. ... San Juan............. Columbus..:......... .St. Louis Honolulu ............ 13uluth . JefTersonvillc '.... Gloucester Jersey City ••• UiW 7:(K) p.m. 7:n() p.m. 7:(M) p.m. 7:(M) p.m. — — 7;(M) p.m. 7.(M) p.m. — — — Sept. 24 .............. 2:.30 p.m ......; — Sept. 11 ..... L , ..;.... I0:.30 a.m. . — Sept. 9...-. 2:.30 p.m.— Sept. 18 — l:(K)p.m. Sept. 17 .............. 2:.30 p.m............ — Sept. 9 ......,..... 2:30 p.m > • — Sept. 15 2:.30 p.m............. Sept. 16 .......... 2:.30 p.m. ........... — Sept. 21 2:.30 p.m. .......... — Sept. 22 .............. 2:.30 p.m. ........... — $1,097,450 as of the end of the Plan Year compared to $842,023.00 as ot the beginning of the Plan Year. During the Plan Year, the Plan experienced an increase in its net assets of $255,427.00. The Plan had total income of $8,438,689.00 including contributions of $8,134,787. earnings from investment.s of $272,229.00. and other income of $31,673.00. Your Rights to Additional Information You have the right to receive a copy of the full Annual Report, or any part thereof, on request. The items listed below are included in that report: 1. an accountant's report; 2. assets held for investment; and 3. transactions in excess of three (3) percent of Plan assets. To obtain a copy of the full Antiual Report or any part thereof, write or call the office of the Plan Administrator. 522 Flarrison Street. San Franci.sco. California 94105. Telephone (415) 4955949. the charge to cover copying costs will be $4.00 for the full annual report, or $0.10 per page for any part thereof. You also have the right to receive from the Plan Administrator, on request and at no charge, a statement of the assets and liabilities of the Plan and accompanying notes, and/or statement of income and expenses of the Plan and accompanying notes, or both. If you request a copy of,the full Annual Report from the Plan Administrator. notes will be included as part of that report. The charge to cover copying costs given above does not include a charge for the copying of the.se portions of the report because the.se portions are furnished without charge. You al.yo have the legally protected right to examine the Annual Report at the main office of the Plan.*522 Flarri.son Street. San Francisco California 94105. and at the U.S. Department of Labor in Washington. D. C.. or to obtain a copy from the U.S. Department of Labor upon payment of copying costs; Requests to the Department of Labor should, be addressed to: Public Disclosure Room N4677 Pension and Welfare Benefit Pro­ grams Department of Labor 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, D. C. 20216 Personals Samuel Thomas Please contact, Gail Whitmbre. Urgent! Tel. (713) 530-5428. Willie Robertson Please contact, your wife at 3293 Burton Ave., Lynwood, Calif. 90262. Tel. (213) 635-9257. Martin Robert Tuomala Please contact your son Charles Martin Tuomala at 603-522-6642. Or write him at Garney Road, Brookfleld, N.H. 03872. Help A Friend Deal With Alcoholism Alcoholics 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 alcohol-free life. family. And that's where an alcoholic is headed^ The road back to sobriety is a long one for an alcoholic. Helping a fellow Seafarer who has a drinking problem 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, you'll be showing him that the first step back to recovery Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center in Valley Lee, Md. Once he's there, an alcoholic SIU member will receive is only an arm's length away. ,,C.REHA6///> I There's Stren|th in Nvmbers And Our Numbers are Growing! •?,v I Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center I am interested in attending a six-week program at the Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center. 1 understand that all my medical and counseling records will be kept strictly confidential, and that they will not be kept anywhere except at The Center. Name I I -I I I Book No, Address (Street or RFD) (City) (Statel Telephone No. . . .. Mail to; THE CENTER Star Route Box 153-A Valley Lee, Md. 20692 or call. 24 hours-a-day. (3011 904-0010 32 / LOG / August 1982 'J T mm 7 (Zip) �... ^-i-'K the Basic Welding Course at SHL^S. ~ Courses start October 25 and November 22 Send in your application today. See your SlU Field Representative, Union Official, or fill out the application in this issue of the LOG. Dispatchers Report for Inland Waters JULY 1-31, 1982 nOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Class A Class B Class C Port Gloucester NewYork ft.".'..,. 0 0 0 000 Philadelphia Baltimore 0 5 0 1 0 0 Norfolk ...................I..........' Mobile New Orleans Jacksonville San Francisco Wilmin^on Seattle Puerto Rico Houston Algonac... St Louis PineyPoint Totals 1 ; .• .^ ................ Port ' Gloucester Newlbrk Philadelphia Baltimore. Norfolk Mobile New Orleans Jacksonville... San Francisco Wilmington Seattle 1 TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C DECK DEPARTMENT 0 0 ; ,, 1 0 0 9 2 9 1 9 0 Port Gloucester NewVhrk Philadelphia 0 0 ffir New Orleans Jacksonville San Francisco Sr" o 9 •s SRico::::::::;::::;:;::;::::::::; Houston Agonac.... 9 ; Totals All Departments ' -9 0 § 2 0 2 9 0 0 0 0 2 6 9 1 0 0 2 ° 9 4 i2 18 0 1 2 9 3 0 1 4 ,9 14 0 0 9 90 0. 9 9 0 9 9 9 1 9 0 2 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 nnn J 21 § § 1 9 2 9 °9 0 9 g -9 9 9 9 4 n 0 0 436 14 0 0. 0 2 11 1 2 0 21 8 S ? 0 ,9 0 0 013 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 14 0 9 9 ° 4.3 4 9 0 1 9• ' 9 8 7 6 63 100 9 0 n ?n 9 1 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 25 9 9 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 n 9 n 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 9 9 9 9 n 999 1 0 1 0 0 .0 999 0 n0 n0 0 000 B 6 2 2 6 6 STEWARD DEPARTMENT » 9 9 1 0 2 0 0 ENGINE DEPARTMENT ° 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 9 9 9 9 999 0 0 0 0 0 0 I • 0 14 0 0 2. 1 . 0 2 0 0 . 2 0 8 0 15 SRico"::;;:::::;:::::;::;..000 Houston .........v., 0 9 90 Aignnac . 0 0 pineyRoint";:;:!'!;;;. Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0, 0 0 0 0 000 —.0,0 0 0 0 0 sriou^s 0 000 0 1 0 .0 1 3 2 0 • 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 8,3 01 32 10 0 **REGISTERED ON BEACH All Groups Class A Class B Class C 2 ?0 . ° 21 ^ ° 2 0 81 9 0 0 ^ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 43 0 10 0 12 9 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 .0 2 4 18 79 0 • 29 9 8 0 0 0 0 nio 9 13 8 10..|- . ^ *"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. - J 8 ? § 22 35 In the event that any SlU members have legal problems In 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. | Engelrhan & Belgrad .. i Sun Life Building ,J Charles & Redwood Streets Baltimore. Md. 21201 Tele. # (301) 539-6967 BOSTON, MASS. Stephen J. Abarbanel Latti Associates 30-31 Union Wharf Boston, Mass. 02109 Tele. # (617) 523-1000 CHICAGO, ILL. Katz & Friedman 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 SOstrov 5900 Wilshire Boulevard. Suite 2600 Los Angeles, Calif. 90036 Tele. # (213) 937-6250 WILMINGTON, CALIF Fogel. Rothschild. Feldman & Dstrov 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 V\falnut Street Philadelphia. Pa. 19102 Tele. # (215) 569-8900 ST LOUIS, MO. Gruenberg. Sounders & Levine Suite 905—Chemical Building 721 Olive Street St. Louis. Missouri 63101 Tele. # (314) 231-7440 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. John Paul Jennings Henning. Walsh & Ritchie 100 Bush Street. Suite 440 San Francisco. Calif. 94104 Tele. # (415) 4400 SEATTLE. WASH. Davies. Roberts. Reid. Anderson & Wacker 100 West Harrison Plaza Seattle. Wbsh. 98119 Tele, # (206) 285-3610 TAMPA, FLA. Hamilton. Douglas. Hamilton. Loper & Macy. PA. 2620 West Kennedy Boulevard Tampa. Florida 33609 Tele. # (813) 879-9842 August 1982 % J LOG 33 �At Sea/Ashore If ^: J! ' The loaded containership SS Sea Land Express tied up dockslde early last month at Port Elizabeth, N.J. Steward's Yells Scare Off Holdup Men The loud yells of Chief Steward Bill Kaiser aboard the SS Dei Sol (Delta Line) helped to scare off two holdup men last month who tried to rob him of a two-month's pay check in the port of New Orleans. Six-and-a-half hours later, Brother Kaiser left the Del Sol with his check. The robbers were caught. It all began about 4 p.m. when Kaiser answered "a couple of light taps" on his foc'sle door with a "Come In. Two men stepped in—one pushing a gun" into his chest "with a warning to keep quiet." The gunman pushed the chief steward across the cabin toward a large lounge chair while the other bandit tried to tape his mouth. But the second robber got his hands stuck in the sticky tape as the gunman attempted to reach over to help him get his hands clear. With that, Kaiser reached up and pulled the tape off his mouth and yelled as loud as he could. This caused the^'tape bandit" to bolt through the door as the gunman tried to conk Seafarer Kaiser "yelling all the time" with the gun. Then the gunman ran into Officer Messman Earj Pence coming into the cabin Who grabbed at him but backed off when he saw the gun. Kaiser said he ran out on deck yelling to the stevedores to grab the tape man. None moved but AB David Dinnes chased him down the gangway before he (the AB) fell. Later the taper, running through a warehouse, was caught by the dock patrolman, handcuffed and brought back to the ship. Where, the chief steward, tearing the tape off his mouth, spotted "the gunman walking up the deck like a stevedore." Yelling again and again to the unattentive stevedores on deck. Kaiser cried out that the man in the blue and white shirt had a gun and had tried to rob him. Still no movement from the dock wallopers. However, 3rd Mate Joseph Klenczar ran up from the aft near the gunman who then heaved the gun into Ole Man River. Both henchmen were arrested. Police said both had "rap sheets" a mile long. The moral to this story is, never take a payoff in cash. . Attention Seafarers... Coffee and donut man AB Merle Duckworth heads for the Express gangway, Saloon Messman Pedro infante sorts out the silverware on the Express. Diesel Engineers are now in demand. Apply for the Diesel Engineer Course at SHLSS. It pays to get ahead in your career. Courses start October 25 and November 22. To apply, contact your SIU Field Representative, Union Official or fill out the application in this issue of the Log. Ladling out the soup Is S-L Shoregang Chief Cook Tony Petrlllo. Headin' for shore leave Is AB Peter Christopher of the S-L Express. •W" !-i i Sign Up Todayl QMED Manuel Rials oils up the machinery aboard the S-L Express. 34 / LOG / August 1982 Shoregang Electrician John Carmello is on the job. �• =^-;5'.-Ef'Tn-"tHrarT-Tr=r?-'n: ', - - ''-'r^'-r VJ Adm. Keener Heads United Seamen's Service Retired Rear Adm. Bruce Keener III, former MSG commander, has been named head of the United Seamen's Service (USS) succeeding Sea-Land VP James J. Hayes who resigned after a two-year-term. USS operates overseas centers in 30 ports around the world (a new one in Diego Garcia) offering services to merchant seamen. At Sea/Ashore From N.C. to Karachi for Star of Texas In early Sept. thp bulk carrier SS Star of Texas (Titan Navigation) will sail from Moreh'ead Gify, N.G. to Karachi, Pakistan with a cargo of 31,500 metric tons of diammonium phosphate. MARAD Firefighting Schooi Opens MARAD's Marine Fire Training Genter in Swanton, Ohio opened Aug. 11. The firefighting school near the Toledo (Ohio) Express Airport, became the country's and MARAD's fourth such facility operated by thenh or jointly operated with someone else. The other schools are in the port of New Orleans, and the others, operated with the U.S. Navy's MSG, are in Early, NJ. and on Treasure Is., San Francisco, Galif. Tug pushes ULC Massachusetts (Bay Tankers) into Erie Basin Dock, Brooklyn, N.Y. last month. The ship is laid up waiting for a charter. 'C j^wm Edward Rutledge to Karachi Next Month From Port Manatee, port of Tampa, from Sept. 10 to Sept. 20, the LASH Edward fluf/edge (Waterman) will haul 12,500 metric tons of diammonium phosphate to Karachi, Pakistan. Ship Safety Award to Dei Norte The SlU crew and officers of the SS Del Norte (Delta Line) last . month were awarded the annual Ship Safety Achievement Award by the American Institute of Merchant Shipping and the National Safety Gouncil. The award to the DelNorte was for successfully putting out a shipboard fire under difficult conditions on May 15, 1981 off the east coast of South America. AB James Jerscheid works a winch aboard the supertanker Massachus^ts. "Here i am," Says AB Candelario Gaivan on Supertanker's deck. • REFRIGERATION Hlliliiunill"* teysj IT PAYS TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THINGS COOL If you know how to keep things cool, you'll always be needed aboard ships that carry refrigerated containers. So take the Refrigeration Systems ^ Maintenance and Operations Course lUiBWIIlUII"' gmfg at SHLSS. This course starts October 25. SSflw niuiimwimiiijj J ail iwHi Hiiwnii OS Mike Hasson stands by on the Mas­ sachusetts. Before tfie Massachusetts engine room console is QMEO Carl Costagna. When you finish your class, you get a certificate of completion from SHLSS — your ticket to JOB SECURITY. mmniij'' "S'lSS* JSmiii'""".'! iiMmiiitiiiiii IM ilON igftHtllM ilMfllllWw SsUuui ill n iim'JlL To enroll, fill out the application in this issue of the Log or contact your SIU Field Representative or Union Official for details. SiU Port Agent Juan Reinosa (3rd from left) accepts plaque recently upon the opening of the new SIU hiring hall in Santurce. Puerto Rico. Participating in ceremony, from the left, are: Wilfredo Medina, secretary of the Central Latior Council; Ebenecer Lopez, exec. dir. for improvement of employment on Puerto Rico; Juan Reinosa; Paul Sanchez, AFL-CIO field representative: and Raymond Ayala, former seafarer, now president of the Municipal Police Association. In the back are SIU representatives Hermando Salazar.. Abraham Aragones. LCo 35 �mrnd-i «^- :fe c .f1 f:'i1 i -:^- tfi- i'I I ' vV'' /•I* • ,1 t if SEA-LAND DEFENDER (Sea-Land Service), June 6—Chairman. Recerti­ fied Bosun Demetrios Calcgeros; Sec­ retary Ceasar F Blanco; Educational Director Patrick VNfeirnick; Deck Delegate Melvin R. Ferguson; Steward Delegate Harry Lively. $22 in ship's fund. No dis­ puted OT. Secretary reports that the chief steward has applications for upgrading and schedules for Piney Ftoint. Also, requested that library t)Ooks be returned to the library room when someone leaves the ship. A vote of thanks to all department delegates. Next port Kaohsiung. MA^ PATRIOT (Ocean Carriers), June 20—Chairman, Recertified Bosun Morton Kerngood; Educational Director E. H. Frederickson; Engine Delegate Vincent Welch; Steward Delegate David Cunningham. No disputed OT. Chairman reported on the need for safety at all times, particularly, to wear proper work shoes while handling water hosps when circulation is in progress. Upgrading by QMED's and Utilities is not only necessary but is beneficial to those who participate. It was further reported that the crew will not have to ,run a launch boat in the future. A hew / system is to be put into effect sometime / in August. Observed one minute of I silence in memory of our departed brothers and sisters. Next port Diego Garcia. LNG GEMINI (Energy Transport), June 27—Chairman G. Miller; Secretary G. De Baere. No disputed OT. The Chairman, Glen Miller, gave a talk about the President's report in the Log. He discussed the importance of donating to SPAD and upgrading In Piney Point. A request was made for all members to keep the messhall and recreation room clean so everyone can enjoy them. A vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done and for the pool parties which are always a success. Next port Nagoya. SANTA CLARA (Delta Line), June 11—Chairman R. Bradford; Secretary G. Murray. $45 in ship's fund. No dis­ puted OT. In the chairman's report he informed all key rated men that to secure their permanent jobs they must take ninety days off each year. He also thanked everyone for a job well done. Next port New York. TRANSCOLORADO (Hudson Waterways), June 19—Chairman, Recertified Bosun John Bertolino; Sec­ retary D. G. Chafin; Educational Director Robert Bacon; Deck Delegate Michael Delaney; Steward Delegate William Karpiak. $29 in ship's fund. Some dis­ puted OT in engine department. Chairman reported that this has been a good trip and that we were going to a port in the U.S.A. from Rota, Spain. The Log was received and a copy was given to each department delegate for them to read and then pass along to other members so that all would be aware of what is going on in the Union. A radiogram from President Frank Drozak was posted on the bulletin board informing all members of the Th percent raise on base wages, premium, regular, penalty and OT. A vote of thanks to the steward department for the good food and service. Observed one minute of silence in memory of our departed brothers and sisters. Next port Beau­ mont, Tex. •t LNG AQUARIUS (Energy Transport), June 12—Chairman Joe Morrison; Secretary R Geary; Deck Delegate Leggette Jones; Engine Delegate Charles Dahlaus; Steward Delegate William Christmas. $100 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in deck department. A safety meeting was held and mem­ bers were advised that they must wear hard hats on deck. There is to be no smoking at anytime on deck and no one should enter any void spaces or tanks unless authorized. Chairman stressed the importance of donating to SPAD. Secretary advised memtjers that if they want to keep in touch with Union activities and the status of the maritime industry, the best source of information is the Log. A vote of thanks to all department delegates for their coop­ eration. Next port Nagaski. OVERSEAS HARRIETTE (Maritime Overseas), June 13—Chairman, Recertified Bosun Walter Compton; Secretary R. A. Cobb; Educational Director J. Coombs. No disputed OT. Chairman gave a brief lecture on proper safety habits aboard ship and discussed the importance of SPAD. He further advised all members who qualify to upgrade themselves at Piney Point for their own future security. There are many programs active at this time and the list of dates for classes can be found in each issue of the Log. A vote of thanks was extended to all department delegates for keeping their departments running so efficiently due to cooperation of all members. A telegram was received from Headquarters conceming the pay increase and posted for all to read. Observed one minute of silence in memory of our departed brothers and sisters. Next port Rotterdam. OVERSEAS CHICAGO (Maritime Overseas), June 27—Chairman, Recertified Bosun J. R. Thompson; Secretary Clyde Kreiss; Educational Director Eusebio Figueroa; Deck Del­ egate W. Johnson; Engine Delegate L. Moreno; Steward Delegate R. Escobar. $470 in ship's fund. No disputed OT. Chairman reported that hospital and vacation forms were available for those who needed them. A suggestion was made that all those who qualify for upgrading at Piney Point should take advantage of a great opportunity to advance. Next port Perth Amboy, N.J. M/V ROVER (Ocean Carriers), June 27—Chairman Patrick Hawker; Sec­ retary J. Temple; Educational Director Michael Vacca; Deck Delegate John Hamot. Some disputed OT in engine and steward departmei^s. The crew built a raft to enter a race with the military in Diepo (Garcia on July 4. A vote of thanks to all department delegates for making this a good trip. Observed one minute of silence in memory of our departed brothers. BALTIMORE (Sea-Land Service), June 20—Chairman, Recertified Bosun G. R. Kidd; Secretary George W. Gib­ bons; Educational Director W. J. Dunnigan; Steward Delegate Ralph Edmonds. No disputed OT. Chairman noted that -questions concerning the relief of key ratings should be sent to Vice President Red Campbell at Head­ quarters. Secretary reported that dif­ ferent articles from the Log were dis­ cussed at this meeting. A request was made to have the air conditioning fixed immediately due to the extremely hot weather. A vote of thanks to the crew for keeping the ship clean and to the steward department for a job well done. Observed one minute of silence in memory of our departed brothers. Next port Philadelphia, Pa. LNG LEO (Energy Transport), June 20—Chairman, Recertified Bosun t. Brooks; Secretary H. Jones Jr.; Edu­ cational Director D. McLeod; Deck Delegate Eugene Bonson. $110 in ship's fund. No disputed OT. Educational Director noted in his report, for the ben­ efit of new members, that one must always go to the department delegate DEL VALLE (Delta Steamship), June before going to the ship's committee 20—Chairman Michael Ventry; Sec­ or chairman with a beef. The IVz percent retary J. Miles; Educational Director J. wage increase notice was received from C. Griffith: Engine Delegate Paul President Frank Drozak and posted. A Thomas; Steward Delegate Lonnie general discussion was held on the Bettis Jr. $405 in movie fund. $19 in need to avoid at all times the use of ship's fund. Educational Director made narcotics and alcohol. Each man a suggestion that all members of the depends on his shipmates as they Union should write to their Con­ depend upon him, in an emergency gressman and express their opinion which could occur at anytime. Alert and pertaining to foreign ships carrying sober action can save a life, even your American cargo. This practice takes own. Next port Nagoya, Japan. , away many of the jobs that are needed so badly by American seamen. All SEA-LAND INDEPENDENCE (Seacommunications received were posted Land Service), June 20—Chairman, on the bulletin board for the membership Recertified Bosun J. A. Puglisi; Sec­ to read. A vote of thanks to the steward retary Roy R. Thomas; Educational department and the deck department Director R. V Pangs. $34.50 in ship's for a job well done. Observed one fund. No disputed OT. Chairman began minute of silence in memory of our the meeting by thanking the crew for departed brothers and sisters. Advised a good trip and then reading the reports all members to read the Log so they from Headquarters and the Log. He will be well informed on what is going discussed the importance of donating on in the Union. Next port Matadi, Zaire. to SPAD so we can continue to fight in Washington, D.C. to have a strong Official ship's minutes were also maritime industry. A vote of thanks was received from the following vessels: Sea-Land Endurance extended to the steward department Delta Carlbe for fine food and service to the crew. Sea-Land Innovator Observed one minute of silence in LNG Taurus memory of our departed brothers and Great Land sisters. Next port Elizabeth, N.J. Cove Tfader Manhattan SEA-LAND PACER (Sea-Land Ogden Leader Service), June 20—Chairman, Recer­ Itanscolumbla Sea-Land Boston tified Bosun B. E. Swearingen; Sec­ LNG Capricorn retary Anthony Gregorio; Steward Del­ Edward Rutledge egate John Iverson. No disputed OT. Himara Guilden Chairman reported on the importance Point Manatee Ogden Merrimac of donating to SPAD. Secretary reported Caguas his appreciation to the crew for keeping Del Mundo the ship clean. Educational Director Sea-Land Leader showed the members how to use the Sea-Land Producer ship's radio and how to operate the TV Sea-Land Galloway Delta Mar movies. A vote of thanks to the steward Pittsburgh department for a job well done. The Jacksonville steward wished all a "Happy Father's Sea-Land Voyager Day." Next port Elizabeth, N.J. Sea-Land Express Santa Bartwra SEA-LAND ADVENTURER (SeaPhiladelphia Brooks Range ^ Land Service), June 27—Chairman, Charleston Recertified Bosun A. Harrington; Sec­ San Pedro retary W. Nihem; Educational Director Puerto Rico N. Paloumbis; Engine Delegate Donald Portland V Cox. No disputed OT. The Bosun, A. Inger LNG Virgo Harrington, reminded all members to Galveston report immediately all safety items to Cove Communicator be fixed. A telegram was received from Bayamon President Frank Drozak conceming the Ogden Dtweler IVz percent raise that went into effect Brooklyn Thompson Pass June 16. It was brought to the attention Stuyvesant of the Captain at the last safety meeting Point Julie that the type of gangway used in Ogden Wabash Bremerhaven, Germany is very dan­ Overseas Anchorage gerous. A vote of thanks to the steward Ultramar Button Gwinnett department for a job extremely well done. Next port Elizabeth, N.J. 3(B / LOG / August 1982 Mi �•V * ' Snapped \n a pensive pose, the Sugar Engineer Wiiiiam Koch. Island's Chief Chief Engineer Here are Deck Delegate Ed Broadus and Ship's Chairman Tony Aronica, both shipping as AB's on the Sugar Island. At work off Sandy Hook, N.J., North American Tfaiiing Co.'s hopper dredge Sugar Island. Sugar Island Hops to It at Sandy Hook ISITORS to the Atlantic Highlands. New Jersey shore area recently were able to get a rare and , ^ interesting view of the hopper [ dredge Sugar Island at work. The 281 foot vessel was fulfilling a contract with the U.S. Army Corps V .. — . of Engineers maintaining the Sandy Hook channel's depth at 35 feet, Split-hulled and streamlined the Sugar Island was easily spotted by pleasure-crafgg g|.,g ^g^ suckingup mud and sand from the channel bottom then, carrying it out to sea On a servicing visit to the Sugar Island Is SlU Representative Terry Bader (right) talking here with AB Tony Aronica (left) and 2nd Engineer Mark WIrtanen , . _i \ ...u—K/lnrah£ko/-i Mr» r^.amlina fnr hc»r nPYt (six miles_ rfrom shore) where she Morehead, No. Carolina for her next would split her hull apart and dis- assignment, gorge the debris. A sister dredge the Padre Island Upon completion of her job at the will at the same time be headed for mouth of New York Harbor, Sugar South America to fulfill a contract Island one of four hopper dredges she has with the Columbian govmanned top-to-bottom by an SlU ernment and Exxon for dredging a crew, will make her way south to coalport channel. These Sugar Island crewmen—all SHLSS grads—are (left to right): Ab Dennis Catrett; AB Lou Green; AB Sal Ventura; Electrlclan/Oller Jeff Gren; GSU Paul Payne and Chief Cook Dave Strickland. V- I At the map, the Soger Island's Chief Mate Jake McCauley. J.L. Brodshaw skippers the hopper dredgeSugar/stand. Taking a break from the englneroom are Sean FOgarty (left), third engineer and Wiper Tommy Vallerchamp. August 1982 / LOG 37 . • -.. • A oai\ �11ir '', •• -f - •"• ! •- -r" IV:.- Dont Take Benefits for Granted .X .:, V? W j • tf ; iV- < Insurance is something very few people get concerned about imtil the time comes to use it. I was recently hospitalized for major surgery and a long period of recuperation followed. Thanks to the Seafarers Welfare Plan this period was made much easier for me. My sincere appreciation goes out to the Plan and the many people who make it work for us. Hopefully I will never take for granted something that is so important to my hvelihood and welfare. Again, thank you, SIU, for your help and the great Welfare Plan you have for myself and all the members. . •Ii...;: 'M •.> '•" '• • vftd' 'V; • . ' •- A Head Start in Life .Mr ;^r5'" %:) •« "}• '•vV'i "Vr: •-•?- I've just finished a year of college at the University of New Hampshire thanks to the Charhe Logan Scholarship awarded to me hy the SIU. Without the scholarship my goals for higher education would have at hest heen postponed, at worst can­ celled. Next December 18th I'll have my degree, a BA. in Eng­ lish, and I don't plan on stopping there. Not bad for a guy who was in the bottom 20% of his high school class! I'm proud to be a union man, and especially proud to belong to a union that shows such genuine concern for it's member­ ship. The SIU has given me a real head start in life. I'm working hard in school to keep that head start and to repre­ sent my brothers and sisters of the sea. I thank you all, and . wish you clear skies, smooth seas... Fraternally, Jolin W. Boughman Dover, New Hampsliire \ Some Thoughts From an Oldtimer m-3 f' ^l • - iV- ^.<:• •tl. V, , >4 '"r^ ill I: i I often wonder what I would have done in life had I not decided one day in 1950 to try to resume sailing. I had been with the MUitaiy Sea Transport Service on a Liberty ship for about two years. I wanted to take a crack at the big freighters and tankers. I thought they would be more adventurous than the stuffy atmosphere of the MSTS. I also thought all one had to do was knock on a door of a steamship company, ask for a job and get hired. I was wrong! My first stop, of all places, was Sinclair. The guy I talked to reacted like he had just seen a ghost. He thought I was some sort of imion spy or organizer. The guy scaled me so I left in haste. My next stop was Cities Service and I was told I would just have to go to the SIU—so ^hgre! I went to the old hall oii Beaver St. in Downtown Man­ hattan. But I couldn't get past the door because the late Pete Larsen was there and he impressed me as a man of few words, "Nothing doing," he said. I kept coming back eveiy day and I got the same routine; "Times are tough, no jobs," etc., etc. I finally did get in one day when Pete (I think he did it pur­ posely for my sake) turned his back. As I waited for a job, I remember sensing an attitude of importance in the room. I remember looking at the Seafarers Log and one glance at the minutes of shipboard meetings was fascinating and I was thrilled by the chance of being on one of the big ships. I got a job that day as a BR on the Cities Service tanker Boyal Oaks. When I got aboard, the element that intrigued me the most was the certain kind of mUitanpy that demanded respect—yet at the same time could make you feel at ease. This had to be the best place to understand what a union was. I also clearly remember my first shipboard union meeting. The chairman called for "a minute of sUence for our departed brothers." I was surprised to feel "goose pimples" by being overwhelmed by the solemnity and respect from regular working men—some of them rough as could be—in a cere­ mony like that. I believe that it is only on an SIU ship that one can see that doing the job and Uving with other seamen is only one side of the seafaring society—the material side. But there was the spiritual side as weU—^where the camaraderie was so strong that there were few places that the same could exist. Fraternally, Ellas Landrum, L-8486 Pensacola, Fla. TryixLg to Keep Cool We of the crew of the SB TranscolnmBla have been having one hot time out here in Subic Bay, P.I. Been here now 10 days with temperatures of 95 degrees and without air conditioner unit working. Also, our crew refrigerator was broken down before we got here to Subic Bay. Then the saloon refrigerator gave out. What a mess! The messman had to work out of the daiiy box. (How sweet it is!) When we got into port we had to put out night limch and fruits since the crew comes back to stand their watches and they want to eat. They only drink and dance ashore. So we tried to leave it in the daiiy box but that did not work out too well since the longshoremen got into it and took the meat that was left out for the next day's meal. Tempers were run­ ning short with no AC. Then QMED John F. McLaughlin, M 26, a 40-year SIU black gang man who just last year took the refrigeration course at SHLSS, went to the chief engineer and said, "let me take a look at the crew box." You know what, in two hours he had it run­ ning and it's still running. The crew gave Brother John a spe­ cial vote of thanks. The next day he looked at the refrigerator in the saloon and he got that running too. So all you brothers young and old, it can be done! The SHLSS is the place to learn. It pays off not only in money but self sat­ isfaction. Yours truly, Paul Franco, F-488 Cklef Steward Always Be Thankful to 'Brotherhood' My husband, Narcisse McKenven, died after a long Ulness several months ago. But its only now that I've been able to get up the energy to write to thank everyone at the SIU for all the kindness extended during this very difficult time. Even thoiigh I'll never have my husband back, I wlU always be thankful to his "Brothers of the Sea" for their goodness and kindness to him as well as to me and our daughter. We can't t.ha.nir you enough. Most of his shipmates knew hir^tis "Mac" or a^ "Old Mac". He was kind to everyone and often did another brother's job for him so he coiild go ashore. Thank you again. Sincerely, Mrs. Mary McKenven, Jacksonville, Aa. Snr Helping Him Thru I want to thank the Seafarers Welfare Plan for helping me pay the doctor and hospital bills for my operation. I have been sick for seven years. I also thank them for the increase in my pension. With all the help that I have gotten from the Union, it has helped me get by. Thanks again for everything. Fraternally, William Calefato, C-9S6 Seattle, Wash. Fraternally, PatSantoto Pompano Beack, Fia. 38 / LOG / August 1982 • • -' . ' "v/ . r /- I..'' • �I*-- ,v- . 7. ' '^;rJ ir • vi&Ei' ;"^rk., : A vfll •-.,•• ' X-: ,r ' . :r' "H-. Boggs Bulk Bill Is Right for the Times rXiHE survival ot the U.S. merchant A marine depends upon cargo. Sub­ sidies, tax breaks and benefit programs for the maritime industry, while helpful, are only temporary stop-gaps which slow the rate of U.S. maritime's decline. Guaranteeing U.S.-flag ships a fixed percentage of U.S. foreign trade is the only way to restore the American mer­ chant marine to health. And a healthy national maritime industry relates directly to a healthier national economy and national security. Strong action to reverse the fortunes of the ailing U.S. bulk fleet was taken recently with the introduction of the "Competitive Merchant Shipping and Shipbuilding Act of 1982" in the House of Representatives this month. The bill, numbered H.R. 6979, was authored by Rep. Lindy Boggs (D-La) and has the sponsorship of 18 repre­ sentatives from both sides of the Congressional aisle. When introducing the bill before Congress, Rep. Boggs bluntly declared; "This nation cannot survive and prosper as an economic and political entity without the ships and shipyards nec­ essary to support national defense and the industrial economy. 1 strongly believe," she added, "that the trend we see in American shipping and ship­ building can and must be reversed." We fully agree. And we believe that H.R. 6979 is the key to that reversal. The bill's objective is guaranteed cargo for the U.S. merchant fleet. "In calendar year 1983!' the measure reads, "at least five percent of all bulk commodities moved by water and imported to or exported from any point in the United States shall be carried on United States-flag ships. In each year after 1983, the bill stip­ ulates, that amount shall increase by one percent. The ultimate aim of the bill is the carriage of 20 percent of U.S. bulk cargoes in U.S.-flag, U.S.built ships by 1998. This is not, however, simply another ! cargo preference bill. It is a bill that wisely reflects the belt-tightening, costcutting tenor of this Administration while addressing President Reagan's stated view that "shipbuilding, a strong maritime industry and our national security go hand in hand." If H.R. 6979 is enacted, the U.S. Treasury will expend no additional funds. In fact, since the bill wi|l create employment in U.S. shipyards and support industries as well as aboard ships, the Treasury will receive added revenues from corporate and personal taxes. The bill does not demand that the government give the U.S. maritime industry something for nothing. H.R. 6979 stipulates that "in order for the percentages of bulk cargo imports and exports required to be car­ ried in U .S.-tlag ships... to be enforced, the actual cost of U.S. flag bulk ship operation and U.S. bulk shipbuilding under this program shall be at least 15 fiercent below the estimates of projected costs..." We are ready to comply with this call for reduced costs. The bill calls for construction of a series of 158 bulk carriers by 1998. Because of the series construction, similar to the very successful Mariner construction program of the I950's, the cost of building the vessels in U.S. shipyards will be 1-5 percent below current shipyard costs. The bill also calls for a fifteen percent reduction in operating costs which could be achieved through changes in crew rotation and contractual arrange­ ments consistent with required skills and the need for higher productivity. As Rep. Boggs warned when she introduced H.R. 6979, "failure to enact this bill could add to the continuing strain of a declining U.S. flag, U.S. built merchant fleet and shipyard mobilization base and increase U.S. dependence on foreign carriage of both imported and exported bulk commodities. This could pose a situation in which this nation would have virtually no control." Clearly, the U.S. cannot afford to allow the continuing decline of its merchant fleet. Equally clear is the fact that the Administration s economic austerity program will not tolerate any major new expenditure programs, The time is right for a bold. new. forward-looking initiative to save the U.S. merchant marine. H.R. 6979 tits the bill on every count. Officiol Publicolion ot the Seoforers Inlernotionoi Union of North Americo, AtlonHc. Gulf. Lakes and inland Vtfaters Distnct, AFL-CIO August 1982 Vol. 44, No. 8 Executive Board Frank Drozak •; ii President Joe DiGiorglo Secretary-Treasurer Ed Turner Executive Vice President MIkeSacco > Angus "Red" Campbell Vice President Vice President Leon.Hall Vice President Joe Sacco Vice President George McCartney Vice President M9 LogStaH James Gannon Editor Ray Bourdius Assistant Editor Don Rotan West Coast Associate Editor Edra Ziesk Assistant Editor Marietta Homayonpour Assistant Editor Max Siegel Hall Assistant Editor Frank Cianciotti Director of Photography/Writer Dennis H. Lundy Photography Marie Kosciusko Administrative Assistant QeorgeJ. Vana Production/Art Director Published monthly by Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland liters ^'strict. Deposit in the SIU Blood Bank— It's Your Life August 1982 I LOG 39 �^IGN , Tf/E 50^ 5PAD CHECK-OFF TODAY/ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1980-1989 Description An account of the resource Volumes XLII-LI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993; Seafarers Log Scanned Issues 1984-1988, 1994-Present Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource August 1982 Description An account of the resource HEADLINES CONVENTIONS-AT-SEA TAX BILL RACES CLOCK NEW HEADQUARTERS NEAR COMPLETION SIU SUPPORTS BILL TO REVIVE BULK FLEET U.S. OWNED FOREIGN FLAGGERS ON RISE AS AMERICAN FLAG FLEET STAGNATES 50% U.S.-FLAG PL-480 REQUIREMENT UNDER FIRE AGAIN AFL-CIO BLASTS PROPOSED CHANGED IN CHILD LABOR LAWS CALIF. LABOR ENDORSES BROWN, BRADLEY: CALLS REAGANOMICS ‘FAILURE’ AFL-CIO CALLS FOR PROGRAM TO CREATE JOBS MSC CHIEF: SEALIFT NOWHERE WITHOUT STRONG M.M. SIU EXEC. BOARD, PORT AGENTS, SAFETY COMMITTEE HOLD CONFERENCE AT PINEY POINT BACK PAY FROM ACBL FOR SIU MEMBERS IMPORTANCE OF SEALIFT UNDERSCORED AGAIN REGULATORY REFORM REP. JEAN ASHBROOK TO M.M. COMMITTEE FOREIGN FLAG ARCHITECTS SHIPBOARD CONVENTIONS EXPORT OF ALASKA OIL MARAD BUDGET PUERTO RICAN PASSENGER VESSEL BILL NEW BILL INTRODUCED TO EXPORT ALASKAN OIL FIGHT EXPECTED ON MARITIME AUTHORIZATIONS USNS SOUTHERN CROSS SEAFARERS LAUDED FOR SAVING 58 REFUGEES OGDEN WABASH CANNONBALLS ONTO NEW RUN ‘PHASE II’ OF REAGAN MARITIME PLAN IS UNVEILED ILO TAKES UP WORLDWIDE WORKER ISSUES SIU CAN LOOK TO MORE ‘GOOD FEEDERS’ QMED’S HONE SHIPBOARD ELECTRICAL SKILLS SEAFARERS GET 1ST CLASS THIRD MATE INSTRUCTION AB’S UPGRADE TO QUARTERMASTER RATING ENGINE DEPT. VETS KEEP UP WITH TECHNOLOGY LABOR DAY MESSAGE FROM AFL-CIO PRESIDENT LANE KIRKLAND DEPRESSING! JOBLESS RATE HITS 41-YEAR HIGH AFL-CIO CALLS NATIONAL BOYCOTT OF KOSMOS CEMENT SIU MOURNS TRAGIC DEATH OF RALEIGH MINIX, JR. DREDGE MANHATTAN IS. CREW SAVES 10 STRANDED CANADIANS ILGWU WINS NEW PACT AFTER BIG N.Y. CHINATOWN RALLY, SIU HELPS OUT M/V PATRIOT TAKES PART IN AMPHIBIOUS TEST IN WEST AUSTRALIA CALIFORNIA WELCOMES SS INDEPENDENCE ON HER TRANSPACIFIC RUN FROM HAWAII CAPT. E. A. MACHMICHAEL, 68, SS JEREMIAH O’BRIEN SKIPPER DIES SIU OPENS PINEY POINT IN 1967; MEMBERS, OFFICIALS PITCH IN TO BUILD MODERN FACILITY ‘SNUGGIE’ MAX KATZOFF RECALLS BOYHOOD IN LATVIA THOMAS ESTUS NAMED MSC MARINE EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR SIU PD-PMA SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS FUND SUGAR ISLAND HOPS TO IT AT SANDY HOOK BOGGS BULK BILL IS RIGHT FOR THE TIMES 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 08/01/1982 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. 8 1982 Periodicals Seafarers Log