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' -C' •f ••;• .•^" •••' " .K- • - ••'.•?• -•"•• .<!•;,' '' f ' -"•'^ •' .'T' '• A Fight that Didn't Have to Be There is a major struggle going on in the Congress that pits two vital national assets against each other. Certain farm interests, mostly the giant grain dealers, are working overtime to scuttle the American-flag shipping fleet. The sad thing about this fight is that it should not have happened and probably would not have if it weren't for the short-sighted, uncon­ trollable greed of the grain dealers. For our part, we always haive acknowledged the importance of farmers to our national well-being, and we firmly believe that it is in the national interest for the govemment to provide them with the necessary support to work their farms successfully. Farmers, likewseamen, must struggle against all kinds of elements that make their livelihoods uncertain, like destruc­ tive weather conditions and the competition of their foreign counterparts who often are aided by their govemments' favorable policies. And both farmers and seamen need support from their own govemment in order to fulfill their role in the national economy and security. To understand the current problem and get it in its right perspective, you have to separate the working farmer and his family — the producers who work the farms and constantly struggle to make a go of it — from the big grain merchants, the guys who take the farms' produce and pull off the big deals that net them millions and billions of dollars. The current beef really had its origins in 1985 when the American agricultural com­ munity had a problem resulting from the mas­ sive decrease in the U.S. share of the world's commercial wheat and flour exports. The nation's farm lobby then asked Con­ gress for help in regaining their share of the world's export trade, pointing out that foreign governments made it a practice to subsidize their farm exports in one maimer or another. During that time, the Department of Agriculture had ignored the cargo preference requirement on one of its export programs, and the Transportation Institute sued to force the Department to observe the law. The U.S. district court upheld the Transportation In­ stitute and ruled that all forms of governmentgenerated aid cargoes, whether of an outrightdonation nature or a quasi-commercial nature, should be subject to the nation's cargo preference laws. It was against this background during the debate on Ae 1985 Food Security Act, the title for the farm bill, that representatives of the agricultural and maritime communities, includ­ ing the SIU, met and worked out a com­ promise that enabled farm exports to expand Vo/ume 52, Number 5 and provide increased cargoes for the U.S.flag fleet. The agreement, incorporated in the farm bill, exempted certain government initia­ tives— like the Export Enhancement Program designed to increase exports from cargo preference. In return for tWs concession to the farm groups, the carriage of other taxpayersupported food aid cargoes on U.S.-flag ships was to be increased from 50 percent to 75 per­ cent. This pact proved that reasonable parties can come together and work out an arrangement that is not only in the best interests of the groups involved, but also of significant value to the national interest. The benefits of the '85 compromise to American agriculture and U.S. shipping are now in jeopardy as the Congress debates the renewal of the farm bill because a few sharp shooters among the grain traders believe the farm export programs should continue full blast without the cargo preference requirement. In attempting to wipe out cargo preference, the giant grain interests have argued that if they could avoid the cargo preference laws and ship on foreign-flag vessels they could save some money that could be used by the beneficiaiy nations to buy more grain. What :^v; they didn't count on was the argument that if ships can be obtained on the foreign market, so can agricultural products. And that's what some members of Congress are calling for. Congressmen have argued if this country's aid dollars can go to cheap-labor, foreign-flag ships, we can likewise go out and buy grain at a lower cost from other nations. (For the record, these grain giants in 1989 benefitted from a $7.2 billion taxpayer subsidy for their agricultural export programs, com­ pared to the $336 million which the American shipping industry was supported with in the same time period.) The Seafarers LOG has been digging into every aspect of the big taxpayer-supported grain deals, and it has come up with some shocking discoveries which appear elsewhere in this issue. Its findings reveal an amazing greed by some of the fattest cats in America and in the world. As I said, this is a fight that didn't have to be. But the grain merchants have elected to try to replace the American flag on the high seas with the banner of Panama and other labor-exploiting, flag-of-convenience ships. They chose the course and we are going to fight them with every resource this union has. Commission Studies U.S.-Canada Biiaterai Trade on Great Lakes The Great Lakes Commission will be monitor­ ing the maritime actions of the European Com­ munity (EC) to determine if U.S. and Canadian-flag vessels will be locked out of the internal market when Europe's countries merge into a combined market in 1992, The commission decided to watch what hap­ pens in Europe rather than take any action during its biennial meeting in Montreal last month. Dis­ cussion of a possible bilateral trade agreement was part of an agenda that included action against an invasion of zebra mussels on the Great Lakes and various research and development grants. The U.S.-based group wants to be prepared to lobby American and Canadian officials to negotiate a bilateral treaty limiting cargo between the two countries to vessels flagged by those nations if the EC does prevent other nations from moving its cargo internally. Earlier this year, the Maritime Trades Depart­ ment (MTD) of the AFL-CIO called for a bilateral trading agreement to reserve the cargoes of the U.S. and Canada between the two nations to vessels flagged by the two countries. MTD rep­ resentatives pointed out such agreements already exist between Australia and New Zealand. The MTD consists of 42 national and international maritime-related labor unions. May 1990 The Seafarers LOG (ISSN 0160-2047) is published monthly by the Seafarers International Union; Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District; AFLCIO; 5201 Auth Way; Camp Springs, MD 20746. Telephone (301) 899-0675. Second-class postage paid at MSC Prince Georges, MD 20790-9998 and at additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to die Seafarers LOG, 5201 Audi Way, Canqi Springs, MD 20746. ' ?• ^ •.^. :A President, Michael Sacco; Secretary-Treasurer, Joseph DIGiorgio; Execu­ tive Vice President, Joseph Sacco; Vice President Collective Bargaining, Angus "Red" Campbell; Vice President Adantic Coast, Jack CafTey; Vice President Gulf Coast, Thomas Glidewell; Vice President West Coast, George McCartney; Vice President Lakes and Inland Waters, John Fay; Vice President Govenunent Service, Roy "Buck" Mercer. Communications Department Director, Jessica Smith; Associate Editors, Daniel Duncan and Max Hall; Associate Editor/Production, Deborah Greene. Commission member Byron Kelley noted the commission has "to be poised to act if our fleets become threatened by the standardization of the EC cabotage policy." Kelley, SIU assistant vice president for the Great Lakes and inland waters, said such a proposal to limit the U.S.-Canadian trade across the Great Lakes would be used only as a last resort. At this time, cargo transportation between EC nations is considered international trade and can be moved by any nation's ships. However, the proposal being discussed by EC negotiators would limit such movements to nations belonging to the EC. The commission wants to protect U.S. and Canadian shipping interests in case Europe shuts them out without eliminating shipping rights for nations not belonging to the EC. The Great Lakes Commission was created in 1955 to promote the development of the water resources of the Great Lakes basin. It is com­ prised of business, governmental and labor rep­ resentatives from the states and Canadian provinces bordering the Great Lakes. There has been a great deal of talk about form­ ing a single European-flag registry but that has not been flnalized. Itedex to LOG Features ,:^o^=Ndtice^ Dispatchers'Rqmrf/DeepSea Dispatchers'ReportMind Dispatchers'Report/Great Lakes Final Di^artures ;Kiiow.Your.Ri^;; ladterstotheEditor Lundidierg School Application Lundeberg School Course Schedule LundbergSidiooi Graduates .. . . . . .^^Dates .. ... Dage . 26 . . 16 . _ .. 18 18 .^25 •^F:26. .. 17 «•• •. . ^ vv'-M . . 16 PMiswIiers ........... • _ . ^^n........... . ^^15 P^jwonals ..... . ^ • • • • • • • • • • . . 16 .19-21 UinmHrilDireclory .. v. . . , .. . . . 18 �•I. •; mtf. mYim SlU-Manned Bay Ship Co. Wins mc Bid The Military Sealift Command (MSG) has awarded a five year operating and maintenance con­ tract to Bay Ship Management for all of the militaiy agency's fast sealift ships. The SlU-contracted company won the award after a bidding procedure outlined by MSG. In the past three years, Bay Ship Management held the contract to manage four of the vessels, while International Marine Carriers (IMG)—also an SlU-contracted company—operated the other four. The award means that SIU un­ licensed crews can continue to work onboard the eight fast sealift ships, despite the transfer of four of the vessels from the operations of one company to another. Bay Ship Management currently operates the USNS Altair, USNS Denebola, USNS Pollux and USNS Regulus. IMG, from 1987 until this coming August, manages the USNS Algol, USNS Antares, USNS Bellatrix and USNS Gapella. SIU Vice President of Collec­ tive Bargaining Angus "Red" Campbell said the switch from IMG to Bay Ship Management for the latter four vessels should begin some time in August. Campbell also noted SIU crewmembers aboard the IMG fast sealift ships do not have to get off when the management transfer oc­ curs. One change in the contract goveming the working conditions on all eight fast sealift ships concems the number of SIU members that will be onboard when the ves­ sels are in reserve operational status, known as ROS. In the future, an unlicensed crew of 11, rather than the four called for now, will be aboard during ROS status. A contingent of 26 SIU members will crew the vessels when they are involved in Naval operations. The fast sealift ships are the largest and fastest vessels in the MSG Strategic Sealift Forces. They were purchased by the government from Sea-Land in the 1980s and converted with special features to make them suitable for rapid deployment and discharge of military equipment. Their primary mission is to pro­ vide rapid lift capacity for unit equipment to support any military deployment. The eight ships are 946 feet long and capable of speeds in excess of 30 knots. They are able to load and unload cargo in places lacking normal port facilities. When not in operation, the ves­ sels are docked in Violet, La.; Gal­ veston, Texas; Jacksonville, Fla.; Norfolk, Va. and Bayonne, N.J. The ships, originally out of the yards and employed by Sea-Land in 1973, are now named after some of the brightest stars in the galaxy. ' • • : /•. •*':^. -• Farm Bill Debate Heats Up In the House Grain Lobby Seeks to End Use of U.S. Ships in Food Aid Program Farm belt legislators opposed to cargo preference are rearing their heads in the U.S. House of Repre­ sentatives in an attempt to exclude the provision from the 1990 farm bill making its way through the Gongress. Despite being stymied during committee deliberations, mem^rs in both the House and Senate plan to challenge new legis­ lation on their respective floors. Already sniping has begun in subcommittee hearings but no amendments to eliminate or crip­ ple the law that calls for carriage of 75 percent of U.S. govemmentgenerated agricultural cargoes be shipped on American-flag bottoms have been passed. Chairman Blocks Amendmoits Opponents to the provision were prepared to offers amend­ ments to lower the allowed per­ centage, if they could not eliminate the program entirely, dining a May 9 markup, a process to change or correct pieces of legislation before a final vote, of the House Agricul­ ture Gommittee. However, Ghairman E. "Kika" de la Garza (D-Texas) announced he would not accept any amendments to the farm bill that would send it to another committee for review. (Procedural rules in the House allow an amendment offered in one committee that falls into the juris­ diction of another to be taken up in both panels.) Late last month, Gongressman Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) said at a sub­ committee meeting that Gongress­ man Fred Grandy (R-Iowa) would offer cargo preference amend­ ments at the full committee meet­ ing. However, Ghairman Walter Jones (D-N.G.) of the House Mer­ chant Marine and Fisheries Gom­ mittee announced his committee would have to study the bill should such amendments pass. Grandy never offered his proposals. Big Grain Interests Warned Gongressman Sam Gejdenson (D-Gonn.), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Intemational Economic Policy and Trade, rebuffed attacks on cargo preference during his subcommit­ tee hearings by asking agricultural witnesses if money could be saved by purchasing foreign grain and shipping it on American bottoms rather than purchasing U.S. grain and moving it on foreign-flag ves­ sels. "I would be careful in the cost saving end of it because shippers come back and tell us they can buy grain cheaper in other countries sometimes and ship those grains," Gejdenson warned."This is a good program that meets American na­ tional interests and our desire to do some good, and that reaches a number of sectors." Another attack on cargo pre­ ference was turned back during a Gejdenson subcommittee hearing when Ann Veneman, undersecre­ tary for intemational affairs and commodity programs in the De- partment of Agriculture, said the Bush administration stated in a let­ ter last year that "cargo preference should remain as it is." Gongress­ man Doug Bereuter (R-Iowa) was so upset that he blurted, "I did not know that the administration has sold out on the issue." Committee Review Not Completed However, the chances to attack the bill in committee are not over. The House Foreign Affairs Gom­ mittee still must review the foreign trade sections of the farm bill. It is not known if cargo preference op­ ponents will offer amendments when the committee meets. On the Senate side of the Gon­ gress, the upper chamber is bracing for a floor attack by Senator Rich­ ard Lugar (R-Ind.) and others on cargo preference after they were unable to do so in the committee process. As in the House, if the bill had been amended by Lugar's pro­ posals, the legislation would have had to go to the Senate Gommerce Gommittee for study. The cargo preference legisla­ tion providing for 75 percent of govemment-generated food aid to be carried on U.S.-flag vessels was enacted in 1985 as a compromise between maritime and agricultural interests. It was incorporated into the Food Security Act and sup­ ported by a majority of the Gon­ gress. Prior to 1985, the amount allocated through cargo preference legislation to U.S.-flag vessels was set at 50 percent. M:..a SIU Begins Crewing 9 MSC Tankers Seafarers are turning to across the world crewing nine Military Sealift Gommand (MSG) tankers that are being operated by Intema­ tional Marine Carriers (IMG), an SlU-contracted company. The nine military tankers repre­ sent new work for members of the SIU. Before IMG won the govemment contract to operate the vessels a couple months ago, the ships were managed by Marine Transport Lines, a company with a ^- SIU members march up the gangway to crew the Sealift Carib­ bean, one of the nine sealift tankers now being manned by the SIU. For more photos of SIUmem­ bers on the two ships, see page 26. - 'V"T- ;t .: collective bargaining agreement with the National Maritime Union (NMU)—the unlicensed seamen's union that merged with a licensed engineers group to form District Number! MEBA/NMU. MSG contracts with private shipping companies to operate and maintain many of the vessels in its fleet. The government agency awards the management contracts after a bidding process. MSG awarded the five-year operating -.-•a v. contract for the nine sealift tankers, to IMC after reviewing the proposals of a number of ship management companies. j The tum-over of the vessels to IMG from Marine Transport Lines began earlier this month with the Sealift Caribbean and Sealift In­ dian Ocean, both operating out of Galveston. IMG will be assuming responsibility for the other vessels throughout this month and the summer. SIU bosuns Paul "Red" King, who boarded the Sealift G^bbean, and Leggette "Jonsie" Jones, on the Sealift Indian Ocean, expressed enthusiasm for their crews. The union's assistant vice president based in the Gulf area. Dean Gorgey, reported the crewing of the two tankers was going smoothly. "Both ships have full SIU crews aboard and they started to work immediately upon boarding." "The crews are working to make these SIU ships — clean and ship­ shape from top to bottom," Gorgey said. The vessels transport Department of Defense refined petroleum products worldwide. They also pro­ vide support for Navy fleets and con­ duct refueling-at-sea operations for the military. f;? Iii �i;. SOfAREK Cargo Sharing Urged in U^S./USSR Ship Pact -\ -•i- hp , ; ,1 '• 'J-'iI ; "\ 'r-'-'H tm' •':: ;X;; -• S4I •' ': ". 1' • '>' • • -^|:V: li • ' 4:: %^'v. As the American negotiating team began discussions with their Soviet counterparts in the middle of this month, SRJ President Michael Sacco called on President George Bush to ensure a cargo sharing pro­ vision in the maritime agreement be­ tween the two powers. (It is expected that the details of the Soviet/American maritime agreement will be released late this month in conjunction with the visit of Soviet President Mikhail Gor­ bachev to the United States.) Sacco urged Bush to direct the American team to "bargain hard on the side of U.S. interests" and come home with a provision in the agreement that would allocate a portion of the cargoes between the two nations to the flag-vessels of each country. In prior sessions, an allocation of one-third for the So­ viet fleet and one-third for Ameri­ can-flag ships had been suggested. Sacco accused some members of the American negotiating team to the maritime talks of going to the table "lacking a determination to win provisions of benefit to Amer­ ican shipping, while at the same time being ready to comply with Soviet demands." He said an American/Soviet maritime agreement "without a cargo sharing provision will leave the United States with virtually nothing, while the Soviet Union will leave the negotiating table with a greater share of our crosstrades, access to more U.S. ports and carriage of as much of the sub­ sidized American grain cargoes as they may desire." Sacco suggested the maritime negotiators take a cue from the re­ cently negotiated grain deal be­ tween the two countries that requires the Soviets to purchase at least 10 million tons of agricultural commodities per year from the United States. "We believe that any agreement negotiated by the governments of the United States and the Soviet Union should be mutually beneficial to the people ofthose two nations. To be mean­ ingful, a maritime agreement must have specific beneficial provisions to the U.S. shipping industry," Sacco concluded. Earlier in May, several senators had communicated on the matter with President Bush as well. In a letter signed by John B. Breaux (D-La.), Quentin N. Burdick (DN.D.), Ernest F. Hollings (D-S.C.), Trent Lott (R-Miss.) and Ted Ste­ vens (R-Alaska), the senators noted that a cargo sharing provi­ sion would "at least offer some opportunity for U.S.-flag com­ panies to compete on equal ground" with the Soviets. A cargo sharing arrangement between the Soviet Union and the U.S. has its roots in the Nixon ad­ ministration at the outset of the pol­ icy of detente. In the bilateral maritime agreement negotiated be­ tween the two superpowers in the '70s, cargo was reserved in equal portions of one-third for the mer­ chant marines of both countries. '-i 1';,,•;••: ;-. • -f •i . •o-' , •¥ •: - •y,' • ' •y- DonRotan Don Rotan, MCS Oldtimer, Dies of Cancer Don Rotan, the only editor of the Marine Cooks and Stewards' Stewards News and former West Coast assistant editor for the Seafarers LOG, died of cancer May 4 in San Francisco. The 65-year-old Rotan began a 40-year association with the mer­ chant marine immediately after high school when he went to work as a pantryman aboard the pas­ senger liner Columbia. The next year he was working aboard the Francis W. Pettygrove when it was torpedoed while approaching saved," Kolstad added. "But we the April 7 fire was the third on the Gilbraltar. His report of the German have yet another fear, and that is vessel in five years. During the in­ air force strike, filed when he was without additional authority, we vestigation of the fire two years 19, showed the first signs of his ago, Kqlstad said the NTSB may be unable to investigate a ma­ classic writing style. He provided "learned that this ship had had 10 rine accident that might lead to im­ accidents prior to the 1988 fire, portant safety recommendations." precise ^d colorful details of the including a collision in Tampa The NTSB chairman told the strafing of his convoy, his actions to Bay, a fuel leak, major equipment congressmen if the Scandinavian protect himself and others and the failures and two groundings. Star had been sailing out of an work undertaken to save the ship "We take no satisfaction in American port, loaded with which he and other crewmembers saying that had our recommenda­ American passengers neither the managed to limp to port. Such atten­ tions on the 1988 accident been tion to details and personal reflec­ Continued on page 26 adopted, lives would have been tions followed him throughout his career in the labor press movement. Rotan served in the Navy from 1944 to 1945, then returned to the sea as a merchant mariner. In 1948, he came ashore to work as an or­ ganizer in his native Seattle for the Sailors' Union of the Pacific. He worked with the late Harry Lundeberg to rid communist influences in the maritime labor movement. During this period, he also attended the University of Washington where he majored in journalism. In 1951 Rotan became the Seat­ tle port agent for Marine Cooks and Stewards (MCS), one of the AFL's newest unions. The following year he moved to San Francisco where Congressman John Miller (center) is flanked by SIU members. the MCS had its headquarters to accept the "temporary position" of editor for the newly created Congressman John Miller (Rwould oppose an amendment to the Stewards News. He served as the Wash.) told Seafarers from the port Passenger Act, which forbids only editor during the paper's 27of Seattle that he will continue to foreign-flag ships from carrying year history. When the MCS fight for strong safety conditions passengers between two U.S. ports, merged with the SIU in 1978, Rotan for members of the U.S. merchant for the new facility. joined the staff of the Seafarers marine. "It's a good opportunity to see LOG and wrote for the SIU until he The third term congressman our SPAD money working for us," retired in August 1983. from Seattle spoke with the SIU said Chief Steward Joe Zurick. Rotan helped the MCS in other members at a recent gathering in his "Most people don't have the oppor­ ways. He was a trustee to the district. The members were able to tunity to sit down with a cup of union's pension and welfare funds talk with Miller about several is­ coffee and their congressman to and became the assistant secretarysues affecting them. talk about issues that affect their treasurer in 1977. Following the Miller, a member of the House jobs." merger, he became the San Francis­ Merchant Marine and Fisheries Seafarers who met with Miller co port agent. Committee, said he would continue included Bosun George Vukmir, He is survived by his twin to fight for construction jobs for Zurick, Bosun Larry Watson, Chief brother, Dan. A memorial service American workers at the new facil­ Cook Jack Garton, Seattle Port was held May 12. He was buried in ities in the port of Seattle complex. Agent Bob Hall and Seattle Field Woodlawn Memorial Park in The congressman told Seafarers he Representative Neil Dietz. Colma, Calif. PanelBeginsProbe onForeign Flag Cruise Ship Safety Government and labor wit­ nesses asked Congress to enact new laws that would give U.S. agencies more control over foreign-flag cruise ships loaded with American passengers sailing from U.S. ports of call. The officials were able to present their views last month to an oversight hearing on cruise ship safety by the House Subcommittee on Merchant Marine. The subcom­ mittee held the hearings because of the growing number of accidents and near-disasters involving ves­ sels taking American passengers on pleasure cruises. Nearly 80 per­ cent of the world cruise ships sail from U.S. ports and most of them from Florida. Subcommittee Chairman Walter Jones (D-N.C.) remarked more than 5 million U.S. citizens travel on these ships yearly and business is growing. "The United States Congress cannot, under any circumstances, com­ promise the safety of U.S. citizens," Jones said. Almost all of the speakers noted the hearing took place one week after more than 160 people lost their lifes off the coast of Norway in a fire aboard the Scandinavian Star, which until recently had served as a cruise ship based in Florida. James L. Kolstad, chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), noted reports con­ cerning the accident were almost identical to reports filed by the NTSB two years earlier when the Scadinavian Star caught fire returning to Tampa from a trip to Mexico. Kolstad said survivors of both accidents reported crewmembere being unable to communicate with each other and the passengers, inadequate crew emergency train­ ing, malfunctioning firefighting systems, improper passenger ac­ counting at lifeboat and muster sta­ tions and muchlnpre. Kolstad said '•ii Rep. Miliar Talks Shipping with SiUMen I,::,.-- �V./ ..-'-' ' • .•••• immom 3 Seafarers, 4 SlU Children Win Union Scholarships 'IP ("s •••"51 i'A'" Three Seafarers and four chil­ dren of members have been named the winners of the Seafarers Wel­ fare Plan Scholarship Awards. An impartial panel of educators from across the country selected the seven from the many deserving ap­ plications submitted. The winners, chosen on the basis of their previous academic performance, include: Bosun Christopher J. Gutier­ rez of San Antonio, Texas, twoyear scholarship winner; Chief Steward James F. Mann of Iselin, N.J., two-year scholar­ ship winner; Recertified Steward Janet E. Price of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., two-year scholarship winner; Todd J. Kuvshinikov of Fairview, Pa., son of Great Lakes member Baisel and his wife Dianne Kuvshinikov, four-year scholarship winner; Tiakka S. Quinn of New Or­ leans, La., daughter of deep sea member George and his wife Onjewel Quinn, four-year scholarship .winner; Eddie Rodriguez of Oakland, . Calif., son of deep sea member Gilberto and his wife Irene Rodriguez, four-year scholarship winner, and Ophelia R. Umali of Waipahu, Hawaii, daughter of deep sea member Florencio and his wife Floserpina Umali, four-year scholarship winner. In announcing their acceptance by the program, SIU President Michael Sacco congratulated the group for their achievements and urged them to continue their high academic goals. With these seven students, the program has awarded 203 scholar­ ships since its inception in 1952. Nine professional educators composed the impartial Scholar­ ship Awards Committee. They were Father David Albert Boileau of Loyola University, Dr. Trevor Carpenter of Charles County (Md.) Community College, Dr. Carolyn D. Gentile of the Fordham School of Law, Dr. Michael Glaser of St. Mary's College of Maryland, Dr. Charles Lyons Jr. of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, Dr. Charles D. O'Connell Jr. of the University of Chicago, Dr. Gayle A. Olson of the University of New Orleans, Dr. Keith Schlender of the Medical College of Ohio and Dr. Heniy Toutain of Fordham University. Applications now are being ac­ cepted for the 1991 scholarship awards. All Seafarers and their de­ pendents are eligible. Applications are available at all union halls or by writing to the SIU Welfare Plan. GUTIERREZ Christopher J. Gutierrez has al­ ways been fasci­ nated by the sea even Jhough he grew up in San Antonio, Texas, an inland area. When he was a senior in high school, he applied for admission to the U.S. Naval Academy in An­ 'Ar'-'. napolis, Md. and was appointed by Congressman Henry B. Gonzales. After two years, Gutierrez realized he did not wish to pursue a military career, resigned his appointment and was given an honorable dis­ charge. In the summer of 1977 he went to work for G&H Towing Com­ pany in Galveston, Texas and joined his first SIU deep sea ship that year as well. He shipped reg­ ularly until July 1988, sailing on every kind of ship contracted by the SIU as an OS, AB and bosun. Gutierrez attended the Lundeberg School in 1980 and 1985, and is training to use his third mate li­ cense as a mate on harbor tugs. But what the 38-year-old inland seafarer really would like to do with his scholarship is enrolfin the Maritime Administration Program at the Texas Maritime Academy in Galveston. It would give him the necessaiy courses and experience to work in the shipping business as a shipping broker, insurance ad­ juster or accident investigator. "After working in the industry for a couple of years, both for the ex­ perience and to accumulate a de­ cent savings account, I would like to enter law school and become a lawyer specializing in the practice of maritime law.'- JAMES F. MANN Immediately after graduation from Ramsey High School (N.J.), James Mann began going to sea as a crew messman. After his first ship in 1972, Mann attended the Lundeberg School as a trainee. During the next 13 years he worked his way through the ranks from messman to chief steward. In between return visits to the Lundeberg School to upgrade his rank in ^e steward department, Mann also attended a number of colleges and earned an associates degree in Hotel Man­ agement from Newbury College in Boston. After obtaining a bachelor's degree from Cornell University, Mann again returned to sea. He is now fleet commiss^ manager with Sea-Land Service Inc. which involves managing four port stewards located in SeaLand's main port offices in Tacoma. Wash., Oakland, Calif., Houston, Texas and Port Eliza­ beth, N.J. The deep-sea member also shares his food service manage­ ment skills with the steward upgraders at the Lundeberg School several times a year and says the seminars are very rewarding. "I found that I continue to learn my­ self when teaching others." A memorable moment for Mann came last summer when SIU Pres­ ident Michael Sacco awarded him with an honorary steward recertification certificate for all his work with the school. Mann is not restricting his ca­ reer goals to one area or discipline, but his first choice of continued studies is the industrial labor rela­ tions program at Cornell Univer­ sity. Then again, he would be just as happy getting a master's degree in hotel administration from Cor­ nell or an MBA from Columbia or Yale. JANETFPRIC^^" Janet Price has been a mer­ chant mariner for 10 years. She originally de­ cided to go to sea because of the economic oppor­ tunities it afforded her as well as a chance to see the world. Price worked as an OS, steward assistant, third cook, second cook and baker, chief cook and chief steward. In between ships she worked part time for local restau­ rants and country clubs to learn more about the food service indus­ try and get new ideas for cooking techniques and presentation. The 35-year-old deep sea mem­ ber is enrolled in college but will return to sea when the school term is over. She joined the SIU in 1980 and has attended a number of upgrading courses at the Lunde­ berg School from the entry rating program in 1980 to the recertified stewards course in 1989. A resident of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., Price feels it's time for a career change—and starting a family. She would like to use the scholarship award to pursue a para­ legal career at the University of North Florida. Afterward, Mce plans to transfer her credits to Florida Community College of Jacksonville to earn an associate in science degree. TODDJ.IorJsHlNn^^ To d d J. Kuvshinikov said he learned the value of education from his parents, Baisel and Dianne Kuvshinikov. His fatherjoined the Union in 1971 and sails the Great Lakes on Erie Navigation vessels. A graduate of Fairview High School in Fairview, Pa., Todd has set his goals to complete an electri­ cal engineering degree with a minor degree in computer science. He was accepted at all four univer­ sities to which he applied and has chosen to attend the University of North Carolina in Charlotte, N.C. TIAKKA S. QUINN Tiakka S. Quinn is an am­ bitious young woman who plans on entering the field of busi­ ness, consumer marketing and fi­ nance. The daughter of George and Onjewel Qiiinn, Tiakka will graduate this year from the Eleanor Mc- Main Magnet High School in New Orleans, LA. Her father, a deep sea union member since 1960, current­ ly sails aboard Bay Tankers' USNSRegulus. Tiakka is a member of the Na­ tional Honor Society ^ of which she is president, and the student coun­ cil. She would like to continue her studies at Tulane or Loyola universities in New Orleans or at Louisiana State University in BatonRouge. ~^DDI?RODRIGUE^~ Eddie Rodriguez is a man of hard work and deter­ mination. Bom in Hong Kong, Rodriguez ar­ rived in the United States in 1973 not speaking a word of English. Today he is fluent in Chinese, English and French (and is studying Japanese) and, in a little more than a year, will graduate from UCLA with a de­ gree in political science. The son of Gilberto and Irene Rodriguez, the political science major has an interest in the Pacific Rim region of the world. Follow­ ing his undergraduate studies, Rodriguez would like to enter law school or a PhD program in politi­ cal science. "My career objective," he stated in his application "is to play a role in the Pacific Rim re­ gion whether it is as a business­ man, a corporate attorney, a professor, or even a politician." He works to pay for his own education and has taken on other extracurricular activities such as an intemship at the credit union and volunteer work for UCLA's Hunger Project. Eddie's fatherjoined the SIU in 1958 and most recently has sailed aboard American President Line and Ocean Carriers vessels. ••y '^^PHEUARASSIM^^ Ophelia R. Umali has learned a great deal about re­ sponsibility, hard work and good leadership from the various clubs and committees in which she has participated. A graduate of Waipahu High School in Hawaii, Ophelia current­ ly is enrolled as a freshman at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She is the daughter of Florencio and Floserpina Umali. Her father, who has been an SIU member since 1986, now sails aboard the Moku Pahu operated by Pacific Gulf Marine. Ophelia's interest lies in the field of teaching mathematics, and she would like to continue her studies at the University of Hawaii. She has been a private math tutor since her senior year in high school and has found it a rewarding and satisfying experience to watch the progress of those students she has helped. •J • ^1' J- 'it I ' •Iv �• mi SGIF4fffJIS lOG Bill to Extend Export Ban On Alaska Oil Moxes Ah^ •11^. • > ''V' - ^iS;f •fl^ I ;"•./ ii- i- •'. •.^'v • ' 'f. ^ i" U.S.-flag tankers are used in the Alaska oil trade.) Other maritime representatives reminded the congressmen that America's export dependency has been increasing even though Alaska oil has been limited to use by this country. They said sale of Alaska crude oil to foreign nations could place the United States in the same energy and economic danger as it faced in the '70s when OPEC held the nation hostage. A surprise supporter of the ex­ tension has been U.S. Senator Frank Murkowski (R-Alaska). While speaking last month in the Senate on log exports, Murkowski said that industry needed a protec­ tionist law similar to the one cover­ ing Alaska crude oil especially as the country grows more energy de­ pendent. It was the first time in recent memory that a member of the Alaska delegation has justified the oil sale restrictions. The Senate is beginning to study a similar bill sponsored by Don Riegle (D-Mich.) and Mark Hat­ field (R-Ore.). Job-Related Deaths are Mourned f "• > Another one-year extension of the export ban on Alaska crude oil is headed for the House Foreign Affairs Committee after being passed by one of its subcommit­ tees. The extension, if passed by both the House and Senate, would con­ tinue the restriction until Septem­ ber 30, 1991. The ban has been in place since the Alaskan North Slope began production in 1973. Various maritime organizations aind businesses, including the Seafarers, lobbied the House Inter­ national Economic Policy and Trade Subcommittee in support of legislation extending the North Slope restrictions. Sftj President Michael Sacco told the subcom­ mittee that lifting the ban would not lower the national deficit as the oil that would have come to the lower 48 states would have to be purchased elsewhere. He said Americans would lose jobs be­ cause U.S.-flag tankers would no longer be used to transport the oil to or from foreign countries. The loss of the tankers would reduce the military's sealift capabilities in case of war, Sacco noted. <By law. .:.'v--"' r-' ••: Trade unionists gathered last month in ceremonies around the countiy to mourn the deaths of 3,300 workers who died on the job in 1988. Seafarers from the Mobile area donned their white caps and marched with the Alabama state AFL-CIO in a procession that ended with a wreath-laying cere­ mony. In addition to the thousands who died in work-related incidents, the Bureau of Labor Statistics esti­ mates that in 1988 more than 6.4 million people suffered occupa­ tional injuries. The AFL-CIO, the federation of labor organizations that includes the SIU, estimates that each day toxic substances, explosions and unsafe conditions kill or injure more than 20,000 workers. Each year on April 28, unions from around the country gather together to remember those who have suf­ fered and died because of unsafe working conditions. In addition to calling public at­ tention to dangerous working con­ ditions by holding an annual Worker Memorial Day, unions are constantly attempting to establish safer workplaces through collec­ tive bargaining and encouraging elected officials to enact legisla­ tion that brings about improved safety standards and enforcement procedures. Seafarers pay tribute to the 3,300 workers who lost their lives during 1988 in work-related accidents and injuries. From the left are Mobile members R.A. Waitten, Torre Kidd, Robert Prittchett, Stephen Fulford, Jack Kennedy and Robert Scott. Dravo Has New Contract Crewmembers aboard the Dredge Albatross, along with other SIU mernbers working on Dravo Basic Materials equipment, recently ratified a new union contract coyenng working hours, wages and conditions. Pictured above right, wearing the traditional SIU white cap, are Albatross SIU men (left to right) Jimmy Bannisten Oliver Jackson and Lawrence Thomas. At left is crewmernber Lonnie Abrams. The Albatross is working on the Alabama River about 160 miles north of Mobile. House, Senate Hung Up On Issues in Oil Spill Bill Disputes between House and Senate conferees signaled the start of meetings between the two groups of legislators to create a compromise omnibus oil spill bill. About the only agreement the two sides reached during their First meeting late last month was to name U.S. Representative Walter Jones (D-N.C.), the head of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, as chairman of the conferees. After that the meeting broke down over the issue of adopting the international protocols governing liability for oil spills. Senator George Mitchell (DMaine) stood up for the previously passed Senate bill when he stated the U.S. should not become a sig­ natory to the intemational liability fund. He said it should be handled as a treaty with the Senate provid­ ing advice and consent before the U.S. adopts it. The Senate majority leader noted his body has refused to give its consent on the matter for the last five years and has no inten­ tion of doing so now. After hearing Mitchell explain the intemational convention sets liability standards lower than some already instituted by several states. Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) noted the time for the protocols had come and gone. House members were upset by the position being taken by the senators. Congressman Don Young (R-Alaska) reminded senators that the House had included the protocols in its oil spill bill and had the right to negotiate for its passage in the compromise bill. Repre­ sentatives Gerry Studds (D-Mass.) and Claudine Schneider (R-R.I.) asked that the protocols fight not hold up the rest of the legislation. The conferees have scheduled subcommittee meetings through May to tackle other areas of dis­ agreement. Besides the different language involving the protocols, the two branches did not agree on when and if double hulls/double bottoms should be used. The House bill called for all newly constmcted tankers entering U.S. ports to be fitted with double hulls or bottoms. Existing tankers would have to phase in double hulls or bottoms over a 15-year period. The Senate bill required the federal govern­ ment to issue regulations on tanker construction. Skinner Urges Phase-Out of Single Huiis The Bush administration is ur­ ging House and Senate conferees to adopt double hulls on deep sea tankers by the year 2000. Transportation Secretary Samuel Skinner stated the administration's position in a letter to the conferees dated May 9. "The Administration generally supports requiring double hulls on new constmction of ocean­ going tank vessels, if consistent with findings in the National Academy of Sciences report that double hulls are safe and afford a better protection to the environment than other design features," the letter read. He said the administration believes single-hull, deep sea tankers should be phased out after 25 years of service. Skinner noted the administration would not object to an exemption until 2015 for vessels servicing a deepwater port licensed under the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 unless an intemational double-hull stand­ ard is implemented before then. Conceming the tankers and bar­ ges plying the inland waterways and Great Lakes, Skinner stated the double-hull requirement should be extended until 2015. He noted fresh­ water crafts generally have longer lives than saltwater vessels. How­ ever, he urged inland and Great Lakes companies to begin building only double-hull tankers and barges. Skinner stated the administration wants to work with the conferees to create legislation "that will afford the greatest protection to the en­ vironment without disrupting oil supplies, sending American refining jobs offshore or imposing unjus­ tified burdens on the American con­ sumer." Wiii ' 'ik-r-'-'] '"'.'J �Those completing the six-week bosun recertification training include (left to right, front row) Michael Kadderly, Jim Carter, Instructor John Smith, Paul Lewis, (second row) Carmine Bova, Robert Carson, Jim Dawson, (third row) QMED Frank Tymczys/n, Lawrence Zepada, Robert E. Allen, Mike Willis, (back row) John Thompson, • Pak, Lee Lohman and George Diefenbach. As trainees watch, bosuns go over the side of the Bull Shepard irt a bosun's chair to demonstrate safety techniques while chipping and painting. Thirteen Union Deck Department Members Graduate from Top-of-tho-Line Training Course I.' "They were a fantastic group to work with," said Lundeberg In­ structor Ed Boyer of the most recent group of Seafarers to com­ plete the bosun recertification pro­ gram. "They were outstanding, fabulous," the 16-year teacher went on. "It was a wonderful op­ portunity to work with these guys." Thirteen bosuns from across the country graduated during the monthly SIU meeting May 7 at Piney Point, Md. Seven of the bosuns started their careers as trainees at the Lundeberg School, a fact that did not escape Boyer's notice. "Over half of them sat in my basic deck classroom course back in 1974 and '75," he remembered. "A few years later they were at­ tending able seaman training, then the bosun program. I've toown some of them all their adult life. It is a wonderful feeling to see them go all the way to the tip-top of the union." The bosuns received refresher courses in flrefighting, deck and shipboard procedures, first aid, safety and ship handling. They took part in union education clas­ ses that included a visit to the nation's capital in Washington, D.C. One of the courses taken by the bosuns was to work with the men and women just starting their maritime careers. The group helped the trainees with knot tying and provided firsthand accounts of life at sea. The bosuns also worked the trainees around the Bull Shepard, a training vessel tied to the docks at Piney Point, to show the newcomers a variety of techni­ ques they will need to know when they board their first ship. , All the bosuns commented that meeting and working with the trainees was one of the highlights of their stay at the Lundeberg School. "Don't forget to mention that we beat them several times in Softball games," Recertified Bosun Jim Dawson laughed to a chorus of cheers from his classmates. During the graduation ceremony, the bosuns thanked the SIU for the opportunities it has provided them and advised the trainees to continue learning and upgrading once they go to sea. •• t v • • ' ,ii '•>-1.J- , "s-- • Mike Willis extinguishes a pit fire during training at the University of Maryland firefighting center in La Plata. I .1- James Carter (left) and Jim Dawson listen to a speaker during a Washington rally for striking Greyhound drivers, Carter provided several of the photos on this page. Bosun recertification training is not all classroom work as George Diefenbach left) assists Jim Dawson into his firefighting gear at the La Plata, Md. facility. Recertified Bosun Errol Pak (left) shows trainee Timothy Williamshow to tie a knot. • •r • A . ••I ' ii-. 0IS :;.:v • .V �SOFAIlBtSm 8 Eastern, Unions Resume Talks •: Court Removes Lorenzo as Company's Head Man ' • iy-'- :v:f|; ..-/r •-.a'. '. • .' r' V •' "^.'' . ' ' '• -'i • •'i' •.Ufv;: '-• v''^. ? V •• i ifc'' • •''• • '••'''. -•" Talks to end the 14-month strike by the International Association of Machinists (lAM) and Eastern Air Lines continue following a courtordered change in the company's pilot seat. Federal Bankruptcy Judge Bur­ ton Lifland late last month agreed with the JAM as well as the Air Line Pilots Association and Transport Workers Union that Texas Air Chairman Frank Lo­ renzo was incompetent to run the airline and placed a trusteeship headed by Martin Shugrue to take over Eastern, "Charlie Bryan (president of the machinists' local representing Eastem) has met with Shugrue," said lAM spokesman Frank Ortis. "They have opened a dialogue and had a positive meeting. Charlie said he was pretty responsive but we all know Eastem can't make it without labor peace," Ortis added. The final straw for Lifland and the committee of unsecured creditors—representing travel agents, banks, aircraft manufac­ turers, ticket holders and unionscame when Lorenzo's management team reneged on a deal to repay more than $1 billion in debts. That a^eement, which was supported by the judge and a majority of the committee but op­ posed by the unions, called for a retum of 50 cents on the dollar. It was reached in March, but Lorenzo withdrew it unilaterally by the end of the month. Shugme had been in charge of Texas Air's other airline. Con­ tinental, but was forced to resign by Lorenzo. He was the person named to head Eastem if a buyout by former baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth had not been blocked by Lorenzo last year. Ortis noted that Shugme is a veteran of both the worker and management sides of the airline industry. "He had been a pilot and worked his way up," Ortis said. LAM President George Korpius noted the union had been trying to wam Lifland how Lorenzo was destroying the airline. He said the union was pleased that "Lorenzo has finally been exposed as the in­ competent, conniving, greedy air­ line wrecker he is," but this could have been settled months ago. The strike by the I AM against Eastem began March 4,1989, one day after Lorenzo locked the gates on the employees. The machinists were joined by the pilots and flight attendants in a sympathy walkout, effectively stopping the airline. Lorenzo filed for federal bankmptcy protection on March 9, 1989. He since had been trying to rebuild the carrier with scabs and through the court system. Frank Gill (left) hits the bricks with Joe Moss, a Machinists union picket cap­ tain, at Los Angeies Internationai Air­ port. Seafarers across the country are continuing their support of the strike against Eastern Air Lines. Sen. Mateunaga Succumbs to Cancer 'V i ".'• most decorated unit in American history. It was comprised of Japanese-American citizens in­ cluding his fellow Hawaiian senator, Daniel Inouye. After holding several governmental jobs, the Hawaii na­ tive was elected to the territorial House of Representatives where he served from 1954 to 1959. He came to Washington as a con­ gressman in 1962 and was elected to the Senate in 1976. ' Promoted U.S.-Flag Fleet Spark M. Matsunaga U.S. Senator Spark M. Mat­ sunaga (D-Hawaii), a good friend of the Seafarers as well as or­ ganized labor, died of cancer April 15 in Toronto, Canada. He was 73. Matsunaga had a long and dis­ tinguished career in public service. While working on his bachelor's degree from the University of Hawaii, he served as a public school teacher. During World War II, he was a highly decorated mem­ ber of the Army's famous 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the In his biggest victory for the Seafarers and the maritime in­ dustry, Matsunaga managed to pass a bill allowing a tax break for conventions held aboard U.S-flag vessels. The legislation allowed U.S.-flag cmise ships to compete against hotels and foreign-flag ves­ sels for convention trade. He was known to his friends and constituents for his warm and easygoing manner. He quietly had worked his way to the second highest ranking position, behind Chairman Lloyd. Bentsen, on the Senate Finance Committee at the time of his death. AS-t-Ci!' SyPPOKtS Seafarers show their unity with members of the Amalgamated Transit Union who are striking against Greyhound. SlU members (left to right) T. Catania, Ambrose Cuccinotta and R. Gorbia display the Seafarers banner during a New York solidarity raily last month. NLRBRulesFor BusCo.Strikers The Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) will be filing unfair labor-practice charges against Greyhound Lines based on a Na­ tional Labor Relations Board decision announced May 15. The ruling charged the bus com­ pany with imposing the terms of its bargaining proposal on drivers before a negotiating impasse was reached. The ruling could make Greyhound fire the more than 3,000 scabs hired as "replacement drivers." The NLRB announcement came one week after Greyhound Chairman Fred Currey unilaterally declared the strike over. More than 9,000 union members continue to picket against Greyhound despite Currey's bold assertion. ATU President James La Sala said the remark by Currey was like "Napoleon declaring victory at Waterloo. It is both ridiculous and false." Currey made the statement May 7 after negotiations between the ATU and management fell through. Federal mediators brought Greyhound to the table for the first time since mid-March. Ed Strait, president of the ATU coun­ cil of Greyhound locals, decried Greyhound's latest offer as "an in­ sult" and providing "no dignity for thedrivers." The company offered a fouryear wage freeze followed by a 3 percent hike in each of the next two years. Greyhound also sought to eliminate around 4,000 union jobs during the term of the contract. Union members had agreed to wage rollbacks in their two pre­ cious contracts. The union is seek­ ing to recover some of those reductions, especially since Grey­ hound showed a profit in 1989. Keep Merchant Marlne Strong Is Maritime Day Message One way to pay respect to those U.S. seafarers who lost their lives in time of war is to keep the U.S.flag merchant fleet strong in time of peace. This was the sentiment of the government officials, maritime representatives and union officials who participated in the annual Merchant Marine Memorial Ser­ vice on May 22 in Washington, D.C. The event was held in two parts with one hosted by the Department of Transportation in its building while the other took place at the Washington Navy Yard. Captain Warren Leback, head of the Transportation Depart­ ment's Maritime Administration, noted that without the "supreme sacrifices of merchant mariners in all wars" history may have been different. Leback, a former mariner himself, said, "Merchant mariners and seafarers are so often forgotten in times of peace." Rear Admiral Francis Donovan, the newly appointed commander of the Military Sealift Command, took part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Navy yard. In his speech, he reminded those in the. audience honoring the maritime heritage that the military and mer­ chant marine have a strong inter­ dependence. "We need a strong merchant marine in times of war and peace," Donovan said. In 1933, Congress designated May 22, the date in 1819 the SS Savannah made the first transatlan­ tic steamship voyage, as National Maritime Day. Memorial services are held nationwide to honor those men and women who died in ser­ vice to their country as merchant mariners. During World War II alone, 733 American vessels were sunk and more than 6,000 seafarers lost their lives. Lundeberg School students stand at at­ tention during the playing of Taps at the Merchant Marine Memorial Ser­ vice. "I:: i; • A; �; ' .'r. 'I-''".*-- •' ^ MY 1990 fj . •;5S? •, '••I Wi:' The J. A. W. Iglehart is well into its 26th season delivering cement to Great Lakes ports as a self-un­ loading carrier. The 500-foot ves­ sel carries dry bulk cement from Alpena, Mich, or Bath, Ontario, Canada to Detroit, Buffalo, Cleveland or Duluth,Minn./Superior. Wis. The pride Iglehart crewmembers have in their vessel is evidenced in the tender, loving care spent in keep­ ing up the appearance of the Inland Lakes Management vessel. When looking at the Iglehart from the deck to within the bowels of the conveyors, it is hard to believe the ship is 54 years old. The Iglehart came out of theSun Shipyard in 1936 as the deep sea tanker Amoco, according to Gene Stafford, vice president for ad­ ministration at Inland Lakes Management. "It was one of the first tankers built under the direc­ tion of the Maritime Administra­ tion," Stafford continued. "It preceeded both the T-1 and T-2 tankers." During the early '60s, the vessel began calling on the "sweet" waters of the Great Lakes. In 1965, the ship, renamed the Iglehart, came out of the Bay Shipyard in Sturgeon Bay, Wis. as a self-unloader. Above the noise of the con­ veyors, Wheelsman Joe DeVogel told a Seafarers LOG reporter: "There is a lot of work on this ship, but it is a good one to be on. iv'; •' Oiler Gene Hayes keeps an eye on the engine room to make sure there are no hitches while the vessel is docked. Wheelsman Joseph DeVogel (left) and Conveyorman Wayne Portice (right) escort Algonac Port Agent Jack Allen aboard the cement carrier as it unloads in Clev leveland. 3; •f "4,: •'Mr'"' •• -.'V . -tl'; f' Mi;'-: l"i'. •- MMa:..'. .4c 'k • usts a lever to ensure an even flow of cement through the Iglehart's conveyor belt. Who says you can't sit down on the job? Deckhand Lee Howard chips away at a railing while the Iglehart is docked on the Cuyahoga River in downtown Cleveland. • ' I . .X. mm' ii G �SlAFARm LOG 10 George Home Dies at 87, WasH.Y. Times Marine Editor George Home •i T. •- r".,. ..• :' .J'V: ••/•<•••.,. ^SriS&S'y George Home, who for more than 40 years as a New York Times reporter and editor covered the New York waterfront and mari­ time, and who frequently reported on the activities of the SIU, died on April 19 at the age of 87 at his home in Ardmore, Okla. A native of Texas who was raised in Oklahoma, Home was at­ tracted to the excitement of New York's harbor when it teemed with shipping activity. Passenger and cargo ship piers virtually ringed lower Manhattan and dotted the Brooklyn, Staten Island and New Jersey waterfronts. Home began his marine writing career after attending Columbia University in the early '20s, first writing a shipping column for the Moming Telegraph, then for the New York American. In 1927 he became a ship news reporter for the New York Times, which named him editor of the ship news depart­ ment in 1940. During World War II he covered invasions in the South Pacific. In 1960 the Times merged cov­ erage of the shipping, aviation and automobile industries into the transportation news department, with Home as editor. A gentle and unassuming man. Home was wide­ ly respected throughout the in­ dustry for the accuracy and faimess of his reporting. He covered a couple of SIU con­ ventions in Washington during the presidency of the late Paul Hall with whom he spent many long hours over the years discussing events impacting on the condition of U.S. shipping. Home retired in 1970. He is sur­ vived by his wife of 60 years, the former Carolyn Mather, a Scottish actress whom he first met while covering the arrival of a passenger vessel in New York, and two broth­ ers, Dr. Malcolm Home of Ard­ more and Sam Home of Washington. Fishing is Great in New Bedford The New Bedford fishing fleet pulled in $141 million in fish last year, the largest amount in the country. SIU members crew many of the port's vessels. Above, SIU fishermen talk about the good catch. Pictured left to right are SIU Port Employee Eugenic Sousa, Engineer Manual Casgueira, Cook Manuel Pacheco and Deckhand Antonio Gorugo. Crew of Roesch Helps Vessel in 'Whlteout' The SlU-crewed William R. Roesch came to the rescue of a grounded ore carrier last month in the St. Mary's River near the Soo Locks between Michigan's upper peninsula and Ontario, Canada. Iron ore from the SS Reserve (left) is loaded into a hopper aboard the Wil­ liam R. Roesch in order to lighten the grounded ore carriet...^ Snow and Bad Weather The Pringle Transit vessel was ordered by its parent company, Columbia Transportation, to assist the SS Reserve, which was mnniiig froin Superior, Wis. to Toledo, Ohio. The Roesch came alongside the Reserve and took on some of the iron ore so the Rese:rve could float again. Deckhand Jack Chapin, who provided the photograph to the LOG, said the Reserve en­ countered a "whiteout" created by blowing snow and bad weather. The ship was trying to pass through Rockcut on the St. Mary's River, which connects Lake Superior with Lake Huron. Chapin said he was not aware of any injuries on the Reserve but the ship suffered about 300 feet of damage to its starboard side. The Roesch was able to com­ plete the voyage for the Reserve, then retum to its normal schedule on the Lakes. SlU-Crewed OrgulfTug McDermott Plies The Lower Mississippi River on Coal Run Pushing up to 35 barges, the SlU-crewed McDermott tug care­ fully makes its way up and down the lower Mississippi River. Usually laden with coal, the vessel's crewmembers take special care to ensure the safe navigation of the tug and her barges. The McDermott is one of three of the largest tugs in Orgulf s fleet. Its task, primarily to transport coal. in recent times has been made more difficult because of low water levels on the river. McDermott crewmembers routinely stop at Moore's Landing, about 60 miles north of St. Louis, to take on supplies and fiiel. The photos on this page were taken when union Patrolman Joe Sigler met with the SIU members on the vessel to go over questions con- Even nightfall cannot keep Deckhand Eric Briese from his duties of splicing a wire so it can be used safely later. "5= T:: yj:--v • •' _ .' ceming the contract, health and welfare claim procedures, and upgrading schedules at the union's Lundeberg School in Piney Point. The J.S. McDermott, a 10,5(X) gross ton, triple screw vessel, was built in the early '80s and joined the Orgulf fleet when the SlU-contracted company acquifed Federal Barge Lines. Ken Hightower, cook aboard the McDermott, is well known by fellow crew members for his culinary treats He also ships with Red Circle, an SIU company Lead Deckhand Louis Timms readies the McDermott's lines while at Moore's Landing, Wyatt, Mo. Deckhand Tim Phillips pitclWs in to carry stores aboard the tug so the crew woiftao hungry. i'A I 1^ �•! ' n X":^s^a i x. MYim . •, fi'i -I S-L Vessels Pay Off In Long Beachy Calif. ig' 'vcr.vi; , When the Sea-Land vessels Enterprise, Navigator and Defender dock in Long Beach, Calif., a long trip across the Pacific Ocean and back is completed. The SlU-crew onboard looks forward to its just reward from the com­ pany: a payoff. Besides receiving money from Sea-Land, it also is a time to meet with the local union representative and catch up on union and national events—such topics as the continu­ ing Eastern strike, random drug testing and the importance of con­ tributing to SPAD and the Maritime Defense League. In addition to boarding the SeaLand vessels in Long Beach, union patrolmen meet with SIU crew members when the ships dock in Oakland and Honolulu. In photos on this page, the SeaLand Enterprise had just returned from Okinawa, Japan and Guam. Receiving mail aboard ship on a timely basis was a concern the ship's committee reported to the union patrolman. Safety was the main topic of dis­ cussion for the members aboard the the Sea-Land Navigator during a union meeting held" before the ves­ sel sailed for the Far East. SEA-LANDNA VIGATOR—Members of the ship's committee (left to right) StewardBaker/Ship's Secretary John Alamar, Bosun Christian Christensen, Chief Cook/Steward Delegate Jimmy Williams and AB/Ship's Chairman Don McFarland meet with Wilmington Port Agent Don Anderson (left). 5: • -3 •• '.Ii' SEA-LAND £A/rEf?P#?/S£—In photo above, payoff is the time to discuss any problems that may have occurred during the voyage. Meeting with Wilmington Port Agent Don Anderson (seated left) are members of the ship's committee (left to right) AB John Emrich, AB/Deck Delegate E.F. O'Brien, Electrician B.H. Waddell, Bosun J.V. Schoenstein, Engine Delegate B.D. Wright and Chief Cook/Steward Delegate H.A. Curry. SEA-LAND ENTERPRISE— In photo at left. Chief Cook H.A. Curry (left) and Steward W. Williams pose for a quick picture outside the galley. ''x-'j-.'V -..-•v.,, ,.• SEA-LAND DEFENDER—photo above, members of the ship's commit­ tee hold a union meeting. From the left, they are: AB Eugene Oya, Electrician/Educationa Director R. Gumanas, DEU/Engine Delegate Steve Rollins, Bosun/Chairman Rafael Clemente, AB/Deck Delegate Robert Funk, Wilmington Port Agent Anderson and Chief Cook/Steward Delegate D'Vaughn Scruggs. SEA-LAND DEFENDER— Steward/Baker James Jones, in photo at right, takes the opportunity to ask for a clarification of the contract. SEA-LAND NAVIGATOR-ANiper Mobamed Abubaker Ahmed (left) and GSU Munassar H. Mohamed get some of Chief Cook Jimmy Williams' great food. The Sea-Land Navigator is on a run to the Far East. School Training Saves Life Of Lundeberg Student Fast action and teamwork saved the life of Lundeberg School Trainee Don Baker after he had an allergic reaction to medication he hadt^en. Baker, like other members of Class 453, was feeling the effects of a high pollen count around Piney Point last month. A classmate gave him some medicine to ease his problem; however he did not know Baker was allergic to it. While standing watch in his dor­ mitory, Baker took the medication and soon went into convulsions. Trainee Vin Ennis saw his friend fall and quickly called for a security guard. Ray Nahrgang, who is trained in first aid and CPR, responded and brought Baker back to consciousness after applying CPR. Baker was taken in an am­ bulance staffed by volunteer paramedic and Lundeberg school admissions employee Cindy Knott to a local hospital where he spent the night under observation. He retumed to school the next day still a little shaken by the experience, but in good health and spirits none­ theless. The student body organized a special awards ceremony for Nahrgang, Ennis and Knott as well as first aid instructors Byron Cummings and John Smith. Baker publically thanked all involved and advised fte trainees to remember their first aid and CPR training be­ cause there is no telling when it could be needed. SIU President Michael Sacco made a surprise visit to the student assembly and urged the trainees to continue their learning after they leave the school. •1% If •* m Trainee Don Baker is flanked by the two men who helped save his life April 17: Lundet)erg security guard Ray Nahrgang (left) and classmate Vin Ennis. [,[. - p • i;-!'it' • - �SCAfARaSLOG 12 Five SIU Members Given Commendations deck department SIU members on the Lakes. The family maintains a 168-acre cattle ranch in Rapid River, Mich. In his spare time, Frankovitch enjoys snowmobiling and country music. SIU members are known in the maritime industry for their high level of training and professional attitude. It is, nevertheless, gratify­ ing when others see these qualities in the membership and take the time to express their appreciation. Five members have been sin­ gled out recently by four different companies for commendations. s£> i i i Delta Queen Reoagnizes Valor of SIU Deckhands High Ratings from Seahawk For Bosun Fred Seiiman - mm. ,^ '- • • a •.., M V ^• ." >• :- •» 'i-- ir '•-.' fi • ?h $:}t: "It is my opinion that were I to search for a textbook example of what a bosun should be, Mr. Sellman would come the closest to any I have ever sailed with." Captain D.R. Webb of theSpirit of Texas wrote these words to the operations office of Seahawk Management as Bosun Fred Sellman was completing a relief job aboard the ship. Not only did the master offer high praise for Sellman, but so did the chief mate. James Lay spoke highly of Sellman's leadership both on deckand as ship's chairman. He said many times he would suggest Sellman have the crew perform certain duties only to discover it either had been accomplished or was being done. "In a matter of practical sea­ manship, Mr. Sellman has consis­ tently exceeded my expectations," Lay said. "He combines years of experience and an ability to grasp the 'big picture' with a talent for utilizing his people efficiently and an old-fashioned work ethic." Sellman, a native of Texas, served as bosun on the historic visit made by the Spirit of Texas last fall to deliver the first American aid to the Solidarity-led Polish govern­ ment. The 57-year-old joined the SIU in 1970. When he was asked by the Detroit News if any experi­ ence could top the trip to Gdynia, Polapd, he responded, "Nothing, nothing that would equal this. It was like electricity going through everything over there." He re­ counted a story about going into town, then receiving a ride back to the ship for free because the driver of a car who saw him and two shipmates walking back to the ves­ sel remembered seeing them on television. The only English the driver spoke was "Spirit of Texas, Spirit of Texas." Guy E. Pulliam, operations manager at Seahawk, said of Sell­ man, "It is a pleasure to have em­ ployees like Mr. Sellman. He shows the union can function and the excellent caliber of personnel that the union can make available to the industry." i i i AMSEA Praises Quick Action Taken by Cook/Baker Cook/Baker Luis Gonzalez is known among his shipmates on the 1St Lt. Baldomero Lopez as having a nose for fine food. But on the r.:i During his trip to Poland aboard the Spirit of Texas, Fred Sellman, right, distributes SIU caps to members of Solidarity. moming of January 17, they were glad his nose could whiff a scent not familiar to the galley. Brother Gonzalez smelled smoke while helping to prepare breakfast at 5:45 a.m. He immedi­ ately secured the electrical equip­ ment in the galley and called the bridge and engine room. He then gathered and readied all the dry chemical fire extinguishers in the vicinity. Within a few seconds. First As­ sistant Engineer Robert McKenna arrived in the galley and helped Gonzalez locate the source of the smoke: the steam kettle control wiring. According to Captain Michael J. Mahoney, a dangerous situation was averted thanks to Gonzalez' quick thinking. "It is times such as this that re­ mind all of us on the Lopez that we are fortunate to have Luis on­ board," Mahoney reported to Jim Childs, chief of safety and training for the ship's contractor, Ameri­ can Overseas Marine (AMSEA). "He is a credit to the SIU, AMSEA and the merchant marine. AH on­ board commend him for his ac­ tions." Childs„in a letter reporting the incident to SIU President Michael Sacco, noted that AMSEA is "for­ tunate to have high quality and pro­ gressive SIU and AMSEA training programs and blessed to have peo­ ple like Luis Gonzalez on our team." ^ ^ American Steamship Names Outstanding Mariner of 1989 John G. Frankovitch has been named an Outstanding Mariner for 1989 for his work in the American Steamship Company (ASC) fleet. The conveyorman just began his eighth season aboard the MV Nicolet. The Michigan native began his career at ASC in 1971, working as a fireman on the Char­ les C. West. He became a con­ veyorman in 1974 aboard the MV H. Lee White. The company cited Frankovitch, a member of the SIU Great Lakes Division since 1958, for "provid­ ing consistently smooth operations day in and day out." The company went on to say, "He is a great sailor, but even more importantly, he is a great person. He has the ability to make people feel comfortable, al­ ways remains pleasant and takes a tremendous amount of pride in completing every endeavor to the very best of his ability;" Frankovitch and his wife, Kath­ leen, have raised five sons, three of whom—^Todd, Tim and Jeff-—are Each month the Delta Queen Steamboat Company recognizes vessel personnel who have gone "above and beyond the call of duty." Joe Giraud, deckhand aboard the Mississippi Queen, was named "Employee of the Month" for January and also was chosen the winner of the company's quarterly safety award. Giraud jumped into the Missis­ sippi River at Robin Street to res­ cue a temporary worker who tripped off the wharf, struck the boat and fell unconscious into the river. Greg Maxwell, head deckhand aboard the Delta Queen, also was chosen "Employee of the Month" for January. He administered first aid to a coworker who arrived at the boat with a badly cut hand, then drove the injured employee to the hospital. Members like the five men­ tioned above exist throughout the union and are what help make the SIU strong. UquMnii Seafaier Question: What did you do dur­ ing the winter while the Great Lakes were iced over? Mike DeVeau, Deckhand—I stayed home and enjoyed the family. I also went ice fishing and did sonie work around the (Asked of SIU members at the union hall in Duluth, Minn.) David Akerstrom, Deck­ hand—^I spent my time in the union hall in hopes of getting a job. I helped Delores with some odd jobs around the haU. Ray Soyring, Gateman—I took my family to Florida and Disney World. I It was the first time we went down there. It may be a while before we go" back. house. Jeff Johnson, Ordinary Sea­ man—I played in a band. We play rock and heavy metal in the Duluth (Minn.) and Superior (Wis.) area. Otherwise, I was Mr. Mom with my four kids. Don Alholm, Deckhand—I spent my time ice fishing and working around the house. Fred Bancook, Deckhand—I spent a lot of time working around the new house I pur­ chased in Ma­ ple, Wis. When I could get away, I did some ice fishing. Leonard Kanti, Wiper—I shot pool. I am on a team in the Du­ luth (Minn.) and Superior (Wis.) area. We played in several tour­ naments. �P-r-t- cMSSM&il •'mymo ^ s K- W't-i \-'M ' Although the USNS Kawishiwi is one of the newest replenishment vessels in the Military Sealift Com­ mand—Pacific Fleet, experience seems to be the key word onboard the "Special K," as it is affec­ tionate y called by its crewmembers. Third Assistant Engineer Dick Breslin has been sailing for 44 ^ years while Chief Steward Brownie Watson is close behind with 42 years at sea. Compared to these two. Pumpman Jaines McCray Sr. is a mere babe. He "only" has 19 years experience. The Norfolk, Va. na­ tive grew up around ports in his hometown. He graduated from class #86 at the Lundeberg School in 1968. "In addition to learning seamanship skills, I helped build the barracks," he proudly remem­ bers. McCray returned to Piney Point in 1974 to upgrade as a QMED but tried his luck on the shore from 1976 to 1979. "It didn't work out too well," he recalled. "A friend told me about MSC and I started shipping the same day aboard the USNS Passumpsic." McCray said he has not looked back to the shore » 1-7 Remembers Being New I knew what I wanted and took off." The young man was gone so long that Wright went a^ut his business and forgot he sent the seaman on the request. "About a half hour later, he came back, out of breath, and said he looked all over the ship but couldn't find a foxtail. I told him I already had one. That's when he looked at the handbroom I was holding and real­ ized what I wanted." To help new merchant mariners gain experience, Wright and Mc­ Cray have some advice. "Keep your eyes and ears open and know your job," Wright said. "Follow someone who ^ows what he is doing," McCray added. "Learn your job because you won't know it all at the end of your furst day, week, whatever. And be a man about what you are going to do." ' (•' » •• . .'V; •• .V, . . !i y'\ l/'- v • • ,4^' I " !. i 1-'^ "• W • r 1 'i-i??- ••. ?,! • '• sra .. . ' iy -.yvi-..,- • '• r-'j ; 1?;. ,«•- :y i' W -•j v Yeoman Storekeeper Herman Dial reviews the MSCPAC wage scale before a crew meeting aboard the USNS KawlshlwI. The bulletin was Issued by the Government Services Division of the union advising members sailing on MSCPAC vessels of Increased pay scales. ,,y: •rv'-,;,. , 'jr'JfeSsy' Taklm ng^a break from their discussion of the MSCPAC wage scale are, from the left: AB Maintenance Albert Scott, Pumpman James McCray St-, Engineer LIndel Howard and Second Electrician Sam D. Wright. •yy ;|yy '.•.v.: t'l-: 'rf*- - ; ?A„;.y A-. "Vl'; mi^-' �iff" f Ti'V' SEAAIfffffS £06 14 &• iff- QMED Procedures to Change *•: •W '•'H 'H' I.' • S: •'• •,• r^ j . ^ • •-.if". • •fx • •: • •' "•' Starting next month, engine department members with Q]\feD endorsements will have to begin upgrading their classification towards the rating of QMED 1 in order to retain their registration rights. SIU members traditionally have been among the best trained and highly skilled mariners in the world. This change was instituted by the union in conjunction with representatives of deep sea con­ tracted companies through the Seafarers Appeals Board (SAB). The decision made last month stated all QMED members who do not have Class 1 status as defined in the l?asic bargaining agreement must apply for and complete the courses designated by the Seafarers Hairy Lundeberg School of Seamanship to attain the next highest rating. This will begin June 161 The board also approved making three of the 11 specialty courses for QMEDs mandatory and upgraders must take one of the three when attending the Lun­ deberg School. The mandatory courses include the Marine Electrical Maintenance, Pumproom Operations and Maintenance and Refrigeration Systems Main­ tenance and Operations. ITie change that will be noticed by the members is they no longer will be able to pick which two specialty courses to study to move up one classification. Members still will have the option to pick from one of the remaining eight courses of study. The electives in­ clude Automation, Diesel Engine Technology, Marine Electronics Technician, Hydraulics, Variable Speed D.C. Drives, Welding, Refrigerated Containers Advanced Maintenance and ElectroHydraulics. The school has added more classes in the specialty cour­ ses to its 1990 calendar to assist those wanting to upgrade. In calling for the change, the SAB noted &e maritime industry's need for trained black gang mem­ bers to handle and maintain reefer cargo containers and to be able to provide electrical, hydraulic and mechanical maintenance. QMEDs are eligible to register for up to one calendar year after receiving their present classification before ap­ plying to upgrade. The present QMED classifica­ tions held by engine department members will be honored no mat­ ter which specialty courses they have completed. The collective bargaining agreement lists four QMED clas­ sifications; QMED 4, one Lun­ deberg School specialty course completed; QMED 3, two or three specialty courses completed; QMED 2, four or five specialty courses completed; and QMED 1, six or more specialty courses com­ pleted. Wages go up in the basic collective bargaining agreement with each classification level. The SlU-crewed Delta Queen (top) is the only authentic, fully-restored historic steamboat in the United States to still carry overnight passengers. Her sister, the Mississippi Queen, is considered the largest and grandest steamboat ever built. Delta Queen Steamboat Co. Celebrates Hundredth Year This year marks the hundredth birthday of the Delta Queen Steamboat Company. While America has changed a lot in the last 100 years, the grand tradition of steamboating still lives onboard the SlU-crewed Delta Queen and Mississippi Queen— America's only two overnight paddlewheel steamboats. The Greene family, who began the line which would become known as the Delta Queen Steam­ boat Company, purchased their first boat, the H.K. Bedford, in 1890. Capt. Gordon Greene, his wife Mary (herself an ac­ complished river pilot and steam­ boat captain) and their sons owned and operated 28 different steamers during those years. In 1947, the Greenes' son Tom purchased the Delta Queen, today recognized as a National Historic Landmark, and brought her from Califomia to the Missis­ sippi. In 1976 the company built the largest and most luxurious paddlewheeler, the Mississippi Queen, which combines the Vic­ torian charm , of the older boats with the ultimate in modem com­ fort and conveniences. Purchased In 1890, the H.K. Bedford was the first steamboat owned by the company known today as the Delta Queen Steamboat Co. Mary Greene (second from right) stands with passengers in front of the Greenland, an early river steamboat. USCG Honors N.J. Firefighting Seafarers who graduated from the Freehold, N.J. firefighting training facility while attending the Lundeberg School of Seamanship will be accepted by the Coast Guard as satisfying the require­ ments for advanced firefighting. Bill Eglinton, director of voca­ tional education at the Lundeberg School, received notification from the USCG last month. Eglinton noted the training must have taken place between June 5, 1978 and December 1,1989. Seafarers must show proof of successfully com­ pleting the course, he said. The Coast Guard stated that those members who completed the course between the above dates will not need to attend any further firefighting training. This is impor­ tant because the USCG recently announced new regulations requir­ ing advance firefighting for those men and women upgrading or renewing maritime licenses. New Coast Guard Rules Eglinton said tfre USCG an­ nounced as of December 2, 1989, individuals must complete a course which has USCG approval for both basic and advanced firefighting. Earlier this year, the Lundeberg School became the first union training facility to offer both basic and advanced USCG approved firefighting courses. Advanced firefighting courses are being offered June 25 through v.,,' —- 29, August 13 through 17 and Oc­ tober 29 through November 2. To register, members must have taken basic firefighting within the last five years at a qualified location arid present proof of completion. All trainees and upgraders at the Lundeberg School must complete the basic firefighting course. Egyptian Trade Unionists Visit Lundeberg School Pictured above are members of the delegation of Egyptian trade unionists who visited the Lundebe^ School. Representatives of several labor groups from Egypt toured the Lun­ deberg School recently to leam about training facilities for thenunion members. Those participating in the tour sponsored by the African American Labor Center are pic­ tured at left. They include (front row, left to right) Mohamed Sharawi, Railway Workers Union president; Ahmed Abdel Latif, General Trade Union of Health Services president; Mohamed Fouad Darahem, General Trade Union of Mine Workers president; Ibrahim El Anwar, General Trade Union Textile Workers president. In the back row, from left: Bill Eglinton, vocational educational director at the school; Abdel Latif Eish, General Trade Union of Food Industry Workers president; El Rifai Hamada, Trade Union Health and Safety secretary general; Muhammad Chahine, inteipreter, and Mohamed Ahmed Afifi, General Trade Union of Chemical Workers general treasurer. �• '• •;'^--'r»,.:,^. • .,'S ', Special Supplement Quest for Bigger Profits Spurs Attacks on U.S. Shipping Alms of Giant Commodity Merchants Don't Square With U.S. Interests 'W'M" The second In a series of articles. ';•:. J#!' ' • Not content with the massive govern­ ment subsidies they receive for selling American farm commodities abroad, the giant grain exporters are trying to kill the requirement that allocates a share of the transport of government-generated food aid cargoes to U.S.-flag vessels. Not by coincidence, many of the ex­ porters—^who shared more than $2.3 bil­ lion in U.S. government subsidies be­ tween September 1985 and February 1989 under just one of the agricultural export programs—also have significant financial interests in foreign-flag shipping fleets, which could have greater access to the aid cargo if it were taken away from the American merchant marine. As reported in the April issue of the Seafarers LOG, agribusiness has begun mounting a campaign in Congress to eliminate the U.S.-flag shipping require­ ment, known as cargo preference laws, from the carriage of taxpayer-supported food aid cargoes. The attack comes as Continued on page 2, supplement .. v;E-;v".r • •; 1- , l f'i, /.Vv • 'g -'-i!: fe' .. • • ,•' • •• • • : ,4' - •' • As the agribusiness conglomerates press their fight in Congress to eliminate the U.S.-flag shipping requirement from the carriage of government-generated food cargoes, they hide behind public interest arguments. As the cargo preference battle on Capitol Hill intensifies this summer, the Se^arers LOG has been digging into all aspects of these global agribusiness es­ tablishments. The research reveals some startling facts. For instance, who would have dreamed as these interests were pleading with Congress for the right for foreignflag ships to carry their profit-swollen food aid cargoes that they were tied to foreign interests Md that many of them operated ships under foreign registries? The group fronting for the giant grain interests is known as the North Ameri­ can Export Grain Association (NAEGA). This organization's represen­ tative, in recent House hearings on the farm bill, urged Congress to eliminate the cargo preference requirement gov­ erning the carriage of taxpayer sup­ ported food aid cargoes. This is the group that attacks the maritime industry in newspapers around the country. NAEGA's membership primarily is made up of the world's largest agribusi­ nesses, trading houses and commodity brokerage firms. (See list on supple­ ment's page 4.) Of the companies that pay money to NAEGA to have the trade association press their agenda, half have foreign parents. Eighteen-and-a-half of NAEGA's 37 companies beneficially are owned by interests in Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Japan, France, Italy, Canada and Australia. Additionally, many of NAEGA's com­ panies own or have a stake in foreignflag vessels. Often the ownership is hid­ den through a series of subsidiaries or charter arrangements. Most of the grain trading houses that make up NAEGA's membership are involved in the business of transporting commodities. While by no means complete, here is a glimpse of some of the global agribusiness giant's shipping connections; • Cargill, Inc., the largest privately owned company in the United States, with offices in 52 countries around the world, owned or chartered an ocean­ going fleet of 24 foreign-registered ves­ sels in 1985. Two years later, the agri­ business giant reported that it was ex­ panding its foreign-flag fleet. Among Cargill's fleet are the bulk/oil carriers, the Seneca and Sequoia, which are manContinued on page 4, supplement J- "I!: •t: •f �m- - • B':. . iW »®'• j,ng quarter. M- ..>t , • V-S • Soviets Buy More Wheat fc " 'l- WASHINGTW. PlumiP 1.7 miP S5:s;;;rh.'dbey^!rw°;;.';^4^ ggthew h'd^SlrwPI recejve ~ Cir-J-y-du.K Stories in the nation's press report on the highly profitable export grain sales subsidized by the •' '•A' I- : '?"••• . :l. M: • • «•. .% • -ft • •fv ,V!f J:•fe \ ':S' •" - r. • >•t . a 'Export Enhancement Program' is Another Way of Saying Bigger Tax Payer Suhsidies for Giant Grain Exporters Continued from previous page .fi • the legislative body prepares to debate ' the renewal of the 1985 Food Security Act, known as the farm bill. Their goal appears to be the repudia­ tion of a compromise that was worked out five years ago between farm groups and the maritime industry—^an arrange­ ment which enabled the two constituen­ cies to support each others' objectives. In 1985, as the so-called farm bill was being considered by Congress, the mari­ time industry agreed that certain govern­ ment-sponsored agricultural export pro­ grams would be exempted from cargo preference. In return, the farm interests agreed to increase the share of cargoes to be transported by U.S.-flag vessels from 50 percent to 75 percent under the government-donated food aid programs known as Food for Peace or I^blic Law 480 (P.L. 480) and Section 416. The compromise arrangement has been extremely profitable to giant farm and commodity interests, and has pro­ vided some basic underpinnings for the American-flag fleet. All worked well until the changing po­ litical climates in Eastern Europe led to an American aid program being enacted by Congress last fall. During the debate on that issue, the giant grain interests sought to bypass the use of Americanflag ships in the carriage of .food aid to Poland on the grounds that use of for­ eign-flag vessels would be cheaper and consequently would free up funds to buy more grain. This argument touched off an angry response from many members of Con­ gress who reasoned that if the grain in^ terests felt the low cost, low wage for­ eign-flag ships were to be used in the aid transaction, it then would be appropriate to similarly buy the grain that American taxpayers would be sending the Polish nation in the world market where a number of nations were offering com­ modities at lower-than-U.S. prices. The effort to eliminate cargo prefer­ ence laws from the food aid directed towards Poland and other Eastern Euro­ pean nations was soundly defeated in Congress. Many legislators reasoned that while aid to the emerging demo­ cratic countries was vital, it was also important to promote American farm products as well as the U.S.-flag fleet. Having been defeated in Congress last fall, the grain interests, spearheaded by the group known as the North American Export Grain Association, are making another try to torpedo U.S. shipping. SvefmmlOG, As this fight has been developing, the Seafarers LOG has been uncovering a great many facts which cast a cloud over the motivations and activities of the giant grain interests as they attempt to wipe out cargo preference laws—a pol­ icy that has protected America's eco­ nomic and national security since the end of World War II. Here are some of the facts that have come to Ught: Ship Cost Small Percent In fiscal 1989, for example, the De­ partment of Agriculture spent $1.4 bil­ lion to underwrite the foreign sales of agricultural products under the provi­ sions of P.L. 480 and Section 416 laws, which is government-donated aid. In the same year Agriculture laid out $72.2 mil­ lion to cover the cost differential between American and foreign ocean freight costs in carrying 50 percent of these P.L. 480 cargoes in U.S.-flag vessels. The Department of Transportation paid an additional $43.7 million in mari­ time subsidies to cover the remaining 25 percent of the cargo reserved for the American-flag fleet under the provisions of the 1985 Food Security Act. In other words, the $1.4 billion in sub­ sidies paid to agribusiness were 12 times greater than the total outlay of $116 milhon required to cover maritime's ocean freight differential. $7.2 Billion for Ag Exports In addition to the $1.4 billion spent on P.L. 480 and Section 416 aid cargoes, the Department of Agriculture had outlays of $5.8 billion to promote agricultural ex­ ports, which included the so-called Ex­ port Enhancement Program, guaranteed loans and other assistance programs. The U.S. government therefore spent a total of $7.2 billion dollars on behalf of the nation's agricultural exports. On the other hand, the cost of trans­ porting food aid cargoes on U.S.-flag vessels in the same time period, fiscal year 1989, was $116 miflion. Even if the Operating Differential Subsidy funds are added to the amount of funds the U.S.flag fleet receives from government ($220 million in FY 1989), the total monies spent on behalf of American shipping comes to $336 million. (It also should be noted that very little ODS funding goes to vessels engaged in the transport of P.L. 480 cargoes.) While the U.S. government spent $7.2 billion subsidizing American agricultural exports, it only spent $336 million to support a U.S.-flag fleet that is vital to the nation's security in times of national emergency and ensures that essential products reach America in the event of economic embargoes and boycotts called by foreign interests. Export Enhancement^rogram Under one of the agricultural export promotional initiatives known as the Ex­ port Enhancement Program, giant grain dealers enjoy a direct government sub­ sidy. Under EEP, a program established by the 1985 farm bill to make American agricultural commodities competitive with the subsidized food products of the European Community and other nations, an exporter receives a subsidy from the U.S. government for the difference be­ tween the American cost of the product and the commodity's world rate. The subsidy paid under the EEP pro­ gram is handed over to the exporter in the form of "bonuses" paid in certifi­ cates issued by the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Department of Agricul­ ture's wholly owned entity. The certifi­ cates can be transferred or sold to an­ other person or exchanged for commodities owned by the CCC. i The sweeping extent of the payout to agribusiness under the EEP program was contained in an analysis prepared by the General Accounting Office, the government's financial watchdog agency. The chart that appears at the bottom of page 4, supplement, shows the biggest beneficiaries of this program between September 1985 and February 1989. Some of the highlights of the GAO's re­ port show: • The company at the top of the list is Cargill, Inc., which received nearly $445 million of subsidy in the span of less than three and one-half years, more money than the entire maritime industry gets in government subsidies annually. • Of the 71 companies receiving EEP "bonuses," most are international com­ modity trading companies, financial in­ stitutions or giant agribusiness establish­ ments. • Twenty-six of the EEP recipients, or 37 percent, were beneficially owned by foreign interests. In one of the great ironies of the EEP program which was established to combat the heavy subsi­ dies the European Community was pro­ viding its agricultural community, a large amount of American government subsi­ dies are going to British, French, Italian, Swiss and Austrian companies. �:W-'-'M: - ••• !S|-WNI>!.-I.'jtli* •j'. '- • The total amount of U.S.-government subsidies going to foreign-controlled groups under the EEP program is close to $1 billion dollars or 38.5 percent of the total funds. • Subsidy payments totalling $66 million were divided among seven Japaneseowned exporting firms. • The General Accounting Office analy­ sis showed that, during the 29-month pe­ riod covered in its study, U.S. subsidies on wheat sold to the Soviet Union added up to $481 million—^the largest amount spent on shipments to any one country. • Wheat is the major item under the Export Enhancement Progr^, but bo­ nuses also are paid on a variety of prod­ ucts ranging from eggs to milk cows. Five countries were the biggest wheat buyers under the program: the Soviet Union, China, Algeria, Egypt and Mo­ rocco. ential costs to the U.S. government for shipping P.L. 480 and Section 416 cargo have declined as the U.S.-flag fleet mod­ ernizes. Statistics compiled by the U.S. De­ partment of Agriculture, PL480 Opera­ tions Division, show that the average ocean freight differential costs per met­ ric ton declined from $32.27 in 1986 to FreigM Rates and Ocean FieigM Diffeiential for SMpmenls of Food AM Pursuant to P.L 4N. Title l/tit 1982 Shipping Cost Goes Down While agricultural subsidies grow each year to keep American farm products competitive in the world market, it is costing the U.S. taxpayer less to main­ tain an American-flag commercial fleet. In other words, the ocean freight differ- 1984 ms 1986 I9g7 Hgg 1989 S64.23 SS6.30 $51.43 $59.36 $54.71 $28.15 $30.04 $28.02 $36.51 $39.11 $36.01 $32.27 $26.63 $23.84 $18.06 $49.46 $50.29 $44.63 $51.50 $46.64 $23.80 $17.52 $23.37 $31.06 $30.89 $29.03 $28.17 $23.82 $20.86 $15.42 All VMMIS/AII Caigoer. Averace U.S.-Fbg Rate Average Foictgn-Flag Rale Average Ocean Freight Differential $52.18 $37.63 $32.42 Balk VesselsflMisat Average U.S.-Fteg Rate : Average Forctgn-FUg Rate Average Ocean Fre^ Differential $51.26 $37.03 $29.27 Souree: Dau obtained fion the U.S. Depaitmenl of Agriculture. Ihiblic Law 480 Operations Division. P.L480 —TITLES I & ill AVERAGE OCEAN FREIGHT OIFFERENTIAIS (Dollars per Ton) Subsidies Reach 50 Percent Subsidies under the EEP program reached very high proportions. The GAO study reported that wheat sales were subsidized by 25 percent in 1986, 47 percent in 1987 and 29 percent in 1988. That meant that in 1987, when the sales price of wheat was $2.19 per bushel, the amount of subsidy received by the giant grain exporters was $1.04 per bushel. Wheat flour sales were subsidized by 51 percent in 1986, 78 percent in 1987 and 57 percent in 1988. In dollars that translates to a sales price of $7.33 per CWT for wheat flour in 1986 of which $3.74 was a U.S. taxpayer-supported subsidy. In 1987, the average sales price was $6.05 E^nd the government's bonus payment was $4.70. 198? Dollars 19N 1N7 IMI Data Source: U.S.D.A., P.L. 480 Operaiions Division $26.63 in 1987. The difference in cost between foreign-flag shipping and the American-flag fleet continued to decline in 1988 and 1989. The ocean freight dif­ ferential was down to $23.84 in 1988 and reached $18.06 in 1989. That's a savings of nearly 33 percent per metric ton in the span of just two years. V ''" • -i' Already Rebuffed by Congress Last October, many in Congress fore­ told the agribusiness conglomerates of the problems they would face when they attempted to challenge the cargo prefer­ ence requirement for transporting aid sent to the Solidarity-led Polish govern­ ment. "Why should American crews on ships most likely built in America, flying the flag of America, of companies that still choose to do business and stay here in our country be punished?" asked Congressman Larry Smith (D-Fla.). "It will be punishment, because the bottom line is that when those ships, if we agree with the (cargo preference opponents), come steaming into a harbor in Gdansk, they will be flying a Liberian flag." Congressman John Miller (R-Wash.) noted, "United States wheat costs be­ tween $161 and $166 per metric ton and European wheat costs about $158 per metric ton. So if the proponents of these amendments want to be fair, we should buy European wheat to help Poland. Under a truly open and competitive market, we could get more wheat and butter for Poland because European products are cheaper and they do not need to be shipped as far." Congressman Norman Lent (R-N.Y.) said Congress should support both the American farmer and American mer­ chant seaman. "Our nation needs both," he announced. Congressman David Nagle (D-Iowa) warned farm state groups, "I know what they are going to tell us next year when we ask for their help. I do not think we can grow com in hell, but that is where they are going to tell us to plant it." Congressman Robert Torricelli (DN.J.) summed up the feeling of a major­ ity of members by saying, "What we want is an American ship with an Amer­ ican flag unloading American product with an American label, headed toward a shelf to be read with an American flag on the container, so that it would be clear to all the Polish people that when they needed the United States, we were there." • I-'-. •- •:\2 • - . i ?i-l 4: ' 'l-'S •;. S'' :-V' Recipients of Taxpayer-Supported Subsidies for Agricultural Exports What follows is a list of companies that have received U.S. government subsidies for ex­ porting agricultural products under the Expert Enhancement Program from September of 1985 through February 28,1989. if the com­ pany is foreign owned or centroiied the coun­ try of the parent is listed as well. Company Owneishlp/Coiitroi Value of Subsidy Caiglll, IK. ConUnantal Grata Co. $444,943,150 429,124,477 399,1 Coni^Siibsidtaitar Pnny Co. CoaAgra Poalby Co. 95,605,542 30.296,154 19ar Bunge Corp." 71,M.854 62,555,624 49,263,672 45,023,393 Gimac Grata Co., IK. CAM USA, IK. Gold Mst, IK. Union EgaltyCoaparalin Exdianga •'»l»«9iata,lirL .... *«MMtataa1iradlp9}ligA 41,551,257 tad' ' I-.' - . - Geraai Riod Pncaison ArdiarDnlalt Midland SaksMlailei AOM Mllllag CO. FliiitiHiiaiiii-Kiiitii Malttn 35,450,434 100,621 llltA.Mc. .iKr iMlCiiy. 13,776,941 13,770,941 11,503,997 9,691,855 8,581,233 Land O Lakat, IK. CanyAgillalainliaMi Navada Etmali AmailcanMaiftatSanricw BaMafl and Comfnay mm m tatainallonil Maltltoods 7,985,544 5,615,956 SMtica, IK. HotalalB-Fratlan SarvICK BalfoarMidataa tal l Gran 4,690,164 4,352,452 4,033,764 Afflkar, tac. FWIIIp Bralfean, tac. NaUoaal Food Corp. HarvatI Stain Caopanrtba ^BalaidGi.: Piatimai Corp. Mtaanota MalUag Co. DSHUmtacklBt'llK. Cantral Stain EidaigfbK iMaRCorp. I «to^;Mailtai:Ca.v^ RaiarMaltiaBCo. Gntt Foodt, IK. T.K. IntamatloMl, IK. EndK Holtlaim Omnau Gtala Corp. 9iiNni SwiM Entaiprlan GoMan GBBM, tac. Dacotler Egg Faimt CHato naan GanMa^ 3.9«l,983| 3.7H,719| Httl latantata Trading Hlddaa Vilta Raacli P.S. tatamaaoaal McCall Saadart MarfcaUag Haiar and Compaay OalpWB Sklpplag A Tndiag AJC talaraattaaal, tac. Total EEP Subsidies 1,999,861 1.940,3H i2)j«,7l8" 1,593.258 1,553,561 1,413,810 1,330,622 1,215,722 1,061,639 989,974 708,803 '-501,047 ; 471,777 453,571 •i' • •. immi 180,000 .--tW »114.i00f 110,500 32,975 17,936 16,025 13,319 5,775 3,917 h • '"I'" - >-•, 1 $2,317,180,363 Muxni 3,177,154 3,164,421 2,977,300 2,718,538 • Nala: Total may not add due to rounding. SMrcn; Name ol company and amount ol EEP subsidy received is from GAO report (GAG/ NSLAD-90-59FS International Trade) compiled Irom data provided by USDA's Foreign Agriculture Service Oftice. Company ownership was established through business inlormaUon directories and databases. SMfams lOG, Hkf SupjrfMeiif—Poft 3 SW •' :? 'i •J f •if •• J. -.11 ffr J# -m M 'm �v \cc"*',S»s®- ^'SveV^*"^ ,no.tf>« otv<»«'atvto\^ o« ,w ***' -n.- .he •he --s^°Lr-;»^es::^,„,, M'...oeril Stories in the nation's 'Export Enhancement Program' is Another Way of Saying Bigger Tax Payer Suhsidies for Giant Grain Exporters Continued from previous page 'i'.- •. the legislative body prepares to debate the renewal of the 1985 Food Security Act, known as the farm bill. Their goal appears to be the repudia­ tion of a compromise that was worked out five years ago between farm groups and the maritime industry—an arrange­ ment which enabled the two constituen­ cies to support each others' objectives. In 1985, as the so-called farm bill was being considered by Congress, the mari­ time industry agreed that certain govern­ ment-sponsored agricultural export pro­ grams would be exempted from cargo preference. In return, the farm interests agreed to increase the share of cargoes to be transported by U.S.-flag vessels from 50 percent to 75 percent under the government-donated food aid programs known as Food for Peace or Public Law 480 (P.L. 480) and Section 416. The compromise arrangement has been extremely profitable to giant farm and commodity interests, and has pro­ vided some basic underpinnings for the American-flag fleet. All worked well until the changing po­ litical climates in Eastern Europe led to an American aid program being enacted by Congress last fall. During the debate on that issue, the giant grain interests sought to bypass the use of Americanflag ships in the carriage of food aid to Poland on the grounds that use of for­ eign-flag vessels would be cheaper and consequently would free up funds to buy more grain. This argument touched off an angry response from many rnembers of Con­ gress who reasoned that if the grain in­ terests felt the low cost, low wage for­ eign-flag ships were to be used in the aid transaction, it then would be appropriate to similarly buy the grain that American taxpayers would be sending the Polish nation in the world market where a number of nations were offering com­ modities at lower-than-U.S. prices. The effort to eliminate cargo prefer­ ence laws from the food aid directed towards Poland and other Eastern Euro­ pean nations was soundly defeated in Congress. Many legislators reasoned that while aid to the emerging demo­ cratic countries was vital, it was also important to promote American farm products as well as the U.S.-flag fleet. Having been defeated in Congress last fall, the grain interests, spearheaded by the group known as the North American Export Grain Association, are making another try to torpedo U.S. shipping. Seafarers LOG, May Supplement—Page 2 As this fight has been developing, the Seafarers LOG has been uncovering a great many facts which cast a cloud over the motivations and activities of the giant grain interests as they attempt to wipe out cargo preference laws—a pol­ icy that has protected America's eco­ nomic and national security since the end of World War 11. r Here are some of the facts that have come to light: Ship Cost Small Percent In fiscal 1989, for example, the De­ partment of Agriculture spent $1.4 bil­ lion to underwrite the foreign sales of agricultural products under the provi­ sions of P.L. 480 and Section 416 laws, which is government-donated aid. In the same year Agriculture laid out $72.2 mil­ lion to cover the cost differential between American and foreign ocean freight costs in carrying 50 percent of these P L. 480 cargoes in U.S.-flag vessels. The Department of Transportation paid an additional $43.7 million in mari­ time subsidies to cover the remaining 25 percent of the cargo reserved for the American-flag fleet under the provisions of the 1985 Food Security Act. In other words, the $1.4 billion in sub­ sidies paid to agribusiness were 12 times greater than the total outlay of $116 mil­ lion required to cover maritime's ocean freight differential. $7.2 Billion for Ag Exports In addition to the $1.4 billion spent on P.L. 480 and Section 416 aid cargoes, the Department of Agriculture had outlays of $5.8 billion to promote agricultural ex­ ports, which included the so-called Ex­ port Enhancement Program, guaranteed loans and other assistance programs. The U.S. government therefore spent a total of $7.2 billion dollars on behalf of the nation's agricultural exports. On the other hand, the cost of trans­ porting food aid cargoes on U.S.-flag vessels in the same time period, fiscal year 1989, was $116 million. Even if the Operating Differential Subsidy funds are . added to the amount of funds the U.S.flag fleet receives from government ($220 million in FY 1989), the total monies spent on behalf of American shipping comes to $336 million. (It also should be noted that very little ODS funding goes to vessels engaged in the transport of P.L. 480 cargoes.) While the U.S. government spent $7.2 billion subsidizing American agricultural exports, it only spent $336 million to support a U.S.-flag fleet that is vital to the nation's security in times of national emergency and ensures that essential products reach America in the event of economic embargoes and boycotts called by foreign interests. Export Enhancement Program Under one of the agricultural export promotional initiatives known as the Ex­ port Enhancement Program, giant grain dealers enjoy a direct government sub-; sidy. Under EEP, a program established by the 1985 farm bill to make American agricultural commodities competitive with the subsidized food products of the European Community and other nations, an exporter receives a subsidy from the U.S. government for the difference be­ tween the American cost of the product and the commodity's world rate. The subsidy paid under the EEP pro­ gram is handed over to the exporter in the form of "bonuses" paid ih certifi­ cates issued by the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Department of Agricul­ ture's wholly owned entity. The certifi­ cates can be transferred or sold to an­ other person or exchanged for commodities owned by the CCC. The sweeping extent of the payout to agribusiness under the EEP program was contained in an analysis prepared by the General Accounting Office, the government's financial watchdog agency. The chart that appears at the bottom of page 4, supplement, shows the biggest beneficiaries of this program between September 1985 and February 1989. Some of the highlights of the GAO's re­ port show: • The company at the top of the list is Cargill, Inc., which received nearly $445 million of subsidy in the span of less than three and one-half years, more money than the entire maritime industry gets in government subsidies annually. • Of the 71 companies receiving EEP ^'bonuses," most are international com­ modity trading companies, financial in­ stitutions or giant agribusiness establish­ ments. • Twenty-six of the EEP recipients, or 37 percent, were beneficially owned by foreign interests. In one of the great ironies of the EEP program which was established to combat the heavy subsi­ dies the European Community was pro­ viding its agricultural community, a large amount of American government subsi­ dies are going to British, French, Italian, Swiss and Austrian companies. �• The total amount of U.S.-government subsidies going to foreign-controlled groups under the EEP program is close to $1 billion dollars or 38.5 percent of the total funds. • Subsidy payments totalling $66 million were divided among seven Japaneseowned exporting firms. • The General Accounting Office analy­ sis showed that, during the 29-month pe, riod covered in its study, U.S. subsidies on wheat sold to the Soviet Union added up to $481 million—the largest amount spent on shipments to any one country. • Wheat is the major item under the Export Enhancement Program, but bo­ nuses also are paid on a variety of prod­ ucts ranging from eggs to milk cows. Five countries were the biggest wheat buyers under the program: the Soviet Union, China, Algeria, Egypt and Mo­ rocco. ential costs to the U.S. government for shipping P.L. 480 and Section 416 cargo have declined as the U.S.-flag fleet mod­ ernizes. Statistics compiled by the U.S. De­ partment of Agriculture, PL480 Opera­ tions Division, show that the average ocean freight differential costs per met­ ric ton declined from $32.27 in 1986 to - " Freight Rates and Ocean Freight Differential for Shipments of Food Aid Pursuant to P.L. 480, Title l/lll IW2 Shipping Cost Goes Down While agricultural subsidies grow each year to keep American farm products competitive in the world market, it is costing the U.S. taxpayer less to main­ tain an Americanrflag commercial fleet. In other words, the ocean freight differ­ I9K4 I9«.'i \jm 1^7 Average U.S.-Flag Rale $64.23 $56.30 $53.43 $59.36 $.54.71 Average Foreign-Flag Rate.... $28.15 $30.04 $28.02 $36.51 $39.11 $36.01 $32.27 $26.63 $23.84 $18.06 Average U.S.-Flag Rate $49.46 $50.29 $44.63 $51.50 $46.64 Average Foreign-Flag Rate $23.80 $17.52 $23.37 $31.06 $30,89 $29.03 $28.17 $23.82 $20.86 $15.42 Average Ocean Freight Difrercniial $52.18 $37.63 $32.42 Bulk Veuels/Wheat: Average Ocean Freight DifTcrential $51.26 $37.03 $29.27 Source: Data obtained from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Public Law 480 Operations Division. P.L 480 —TITLES I & III AVERAGE OCEAN FREIGHT DIFFERENTIALS (Dollars per Ton) Subsidies Reach 50 Percent Subsidies under the EEP program reached very high proportions. The GAO study reported that wheat sales were subsidized by 25 percent in 1986, 47 percent in 1987 and 29 percent in 1988. That meant that in 1987, when the sales price of wheat was $2.19 per bushel, the amount of subsidy received by the giant grain exporters was $1.04 per bushel. Wheat flour sales were subsidized by 51 percent in 1986, 78 percent in 1987 and 57 percent in 1988. In dollars that translates to a sales price of $7.33 per CWT for wheat flour in 1986 of which $3.74 was a U.S. taxpayer-supported subsidy. In 1987, the average sales price was $6.05 and the government's bonus payment was $4.70. I9K3 All Vessels/All Cargoes: Dollars . ^ V:, 1986 1987 1988 Data Source; U.S.D.A.. P.L. 480 Operations Division $26.63 in 1987. The difference in cost between foreign-flag shipping and the American-flag fleet continued to decline in 1988 and 1989. The ocean freight dif­ ferential was down to $23.84 in 1988 and reached $18.06 in 1989. That's a savings of nearly 33 percent per metric ton in the span of just two years. Already Rebuffed by Congress Last October, many in Congress fore­ told the agribusiness conglomerates of the problems they would face when they attempted to challenge the cargo prefer­ ence requirement for transporting aid sent to the Solidarity-led Polish govern­ ment. "Why should American crews on ships most likely built in America, flying the flag of America, of companies that still choose to do business and stay here in our country be punished?" asked Congressman Larry Smith (D-Fla.). "It will be punishment, because the bottom line is that when those ships, if we agree with the (cargo preference opponents), come steaming into a harbor in Gdansk, they will be flying a Liberian flag." Congressman John Miller (R-Wash.) noted, "United States wheat costs be­ tween $161 and $166 per metric ton and European wheat costs about $158 per metric ton. So if the proponents of these amendments want to be fair, we should buy European wheat to help Poland. Under a truly open and competitive market, we could get more wheat and butter for Poland because European products are cheaper and they do not need to be shipped as far." Congressman Norman Lent (R-N.Y.) said Congress should support both the American farmer and American mer­ chant seaman. "Our nation needs both," he announced. Congressman David Nagle (D-Iowa) warned farm state groups, "I know what they are going to tell us next year when we ask for their help. I do not think we can grow corn in hell, but that is where they are going to tell us to plant it." Congressman Robert Torricelli (DN.J.) summed up the feeling of a major­ ity of members by saying, "What we want is an American ship with an Amer­ ican flag unloading American product with an American label, headed toward a shelf to be read with an American flag on the container, so that it would be clear to all the Polish people that when they needed the United States, we were there." • Recipients of Taxpayer-Supported Subsidies for Agricultured Exports What follows Is a list of companies that have received U.S. government subsidies for ex­ porting agricultural products under the Expert Enhancement Program from September of 1985 through February 28,1989. If the com­ pany is foreign owned or controlled the coun­ try of the parent is llstdd as well. Company Catgill. Inc. Continental Grain Co. Loait Draytat Coip. Aitfer, Inc. ConAgra Subsidiaries Peavy Co. ConAgra Poulliy Co. RIchco Grain, Ud. The Pilfsbuiy Compaay Bunge Corp. Gamac Grain Co.. Inc. CAM USA. Inc. Gold Kisi, Inc. Union Equity Cooperative Eiciiange Tradlgiaia. int. Voest-Alpiae Tradhw USA Ownership/Control Value of Subsltly liaiy Great Britain Saribnlaad testiii $444,943,150 429.124,477 300.124.567 142.663.815 95.605.542 30.296,154 93.941.965 61.450.206 71.940.854 62.555.624 49.263.672 45.023.893 41,551.257 37.910.068 36.249.199 Archer Daniels Midland Subsidiaries ADM Milling co. Fleischmann-Kurtb Malting Eatradn IntoiMtiDaal Tonphr International FMmzil USA. Inc. Copnstates. Inc. Mitsiteteiii Int'l Cap. Anwrica Nichimnn. Inc. Land D'Lakes, tec. Carey Agri-lntemalional Nevada Esmah American Market Services Bartlett and Company Mambeni Amorican Corp. International Multiloods Central States Enterprises Tiadecoffl. Inc. Seivac International Nitslio tarai Amnrican Cmp Sunrice, Inc. Holstein-Fresian Services Balfour Maclaine Int'i Group Mitsui Grain Corp. Unza Intematittiial Livestock Fiondtert Matt Corp. Great Westem Mnlltag Co. Itilgnol USA. tec. Amber, Inc. Phillip Brothers. Inc. National Food Corp. Harvest States Cooperative C. Itah and Co. (America) Great BiKata Emepeae (tntQ naty Lefcaaaa Great Britala Japaa Canada Franca Canada ttaly 35.450.434 109.621 32.7B6.344 28.702.070 25,957.142 24.956.121 23.793.002 21.990.492 13.776.941 13,776.941 11.583.997 9.691.855 8.581.233 8.541.368 7,905,544 6.616,956 6.099.820 5.388.114 5,231.383 4,690,164 4,362.452 4,038,764 4.000.644 3.903.933 3.700.710 3.404.177 3.200.050 3.177.154 3.164.421 2.9n.800 2.786.536 2,110,536 Cereal Food Processors Eore-Maglirib. Inc. Elders Grain. Inc. Rahr Malting Co. Gress Foods, inc. T.K. International. Inc. Exodus Holstoins Overseas Grain Corp. Brown Swiss Emerprises Golden Genes, Inc. Decoster Egg Farms Fast Food Mnrcfcaadlsen Piotimex Corp. Minnesota Malting Co. Kanematni-GoalHi (USA) DSH Livestock Int'l Inc. Woodboase Dnke A Carey First Interstate Trading Hidden Villa Ranch P.S. Intemalional McCall Sanders Marketing Heller and Company Dolphin Shipping A Trading AJC Intemalional, Inc. Moracco Auctralia Canada Japan Great Brttala Total EEP Subsidies 1.999.861 1.940.371 1.649.768 1.593.256 1.553.561 1,413,810 1.330,622 1,215.722 1.061,639 989,974 708,803 588,847 471,777 453,571 436,759 180,000 114,996 110,500 32,975 17,838 18,025 13,319 5,775 3,917 $2,317,180,363 Note: Total may not add due to rounding. Sources: Name of company and amount of EEP subsidy received is from GAO report (GAD/ NSI-AD-90-59FS International Trade) compiled from data provided t)y USDA's Foreign Agriculture Service Office. Company owndrstnp was establistied ttirougti business information directories and databases Seafarers LOG, May Supplement—Page 3 �Iy V i -u y ||;.-- .,rr:''"" Grain Merchants and Their ForeignThrough Ties its president/CEO, Inter­ '•' :"nSL. Continued from page /, supplement aged by a Hong Kong-based company and registered in Liberia. • In addition to managing two Mexi­ can-flag bulkers, the Tepoztlan and the Tonatii, Continental Grain operates for­ eign ships through a network of subsidi­ aries and joint ventures. Among the par­ ent company's shipping groups are ContiShipping, Stellar Chartering and Brokerage, Inc. and Astral International Shipping Services. Vessels ultimately controlled by Continental include ones that fly the flags of Antigua & Barbuda, Panama, Cyprus, Liberia and India. Managers and agents for the vessels are based in West Germany, India and the Netherlands. • West German-based Alfred C. TOepfer is a giant agricultural group made up of cooperatives in West Ger­ many, the Netherlands, France, Canada and the United States. Fifty percent of the international grain trading company is owned by the American food con­ glomerate Archer Daniels Midland. Toepfer manages a fleet of Singaporeflag bulkers, containers and general cargo ships. • Mitsubishi, one of Japan's largest companies, manages the Philippine-flag bulkers Esperanza Marina, Fairway Ex­ press, Jovian Luzon and Star Beach, the Liberian-flag Camelia and the Panama­ nian-flag Glory Solar, Glory Spark, Glory Spirit and Glory Star. • The French company Louis Dreyfus is one of the world's biggest grain trad­ ers. The family-owned company is also one of France's largest shipowners. Louis Dreyfus owns or operates more than 100 ships, mostly bulkers. The company is half owner of Gearbulk, Ltd., a liner operation based in Norway. Among its French-flag bulkers are the Alain L.D., Charles L.D., Edouard L.D., Francois L.D. and Monique L.D. • Archer Daniels Midland, the giant commodity processing and merchandis­ ing corporation, announced last month that it would seek a deal with the Soviet Union, trading American grain for Rus­ sian-flag ships. The company now chart­ ers close to 100 foreign-flag ships to transport 35 million tons of agricultural commodities, primarily to the USSR. • Japanese trading house Mitsui serves as the agent for Panamanian-flag bulkers Oceanid and Muse. One of the huge conglomerate's subsidiaries is Mit­ sui OSK, a global shipping company op­ erating vessels registered in Japan, Pan­ ama and Liberia. • Behind the Femizzi name is Italy's agricultural-industrial-shipping giant. The Ferruzzi Group is Europe's largest agroindustrial company. Its subsidiaries in the U.S. include Ferruzzi USA, Artfer and Central Soya Company. Ferruzzi's shipping line Fermar is primarily en­ gaged in the bulk trades, while another subsidiary, Ferchim, operates chemicalcarrying vessels. Femizzi has a 50 per­ cent stake in Bulkitalia, a bulk carrier line. Members of the North American Export Grain Association a a company's ultimate control Is with a foreign parent, the country of origin has heen listed heslde the member group. Company Cargill, Inc. CenUnental Grain Tradigrain, inc. Bimge Corp. Alfred 0. Toepfer Int'l Inc. (1) Mitsubishi Intemationai Corp. ConAgra Grain Corp./Aiiiance Grain (2) Elders Grain, Inc. Louis Dreyfus Corp. Archer Danieis Midland Co. Gamac Grain Company MHsui Grain Corp. Cenlrai Soya Corp. Forruni USA Contrai Stales Enterprises bilerstafe Grain Corp. RalgraniUSA Maple Leaf Mils, Inc. Union Equity Cooperative Exchange 4. Anna Co. the Andersons Pasternak Baum & Co., Inc. James Richardson & Sons Ltd. SGS Controi Services Marubeni America Corp. Tidewater Grain Co. Ortac Intemationai fllchco Grain, Ltd. SiMntrado, Inc. Toyomonka (America), Inc. Woodhouse Corporation C. noh & Co. (America) Inc. Zon-Noh Unico American Corp. Granicorp, Inc. Alabama State Docks Part of corpus ChrisN Ownership/Control swiiiBnano European Japan Australia France Japan Itaiy Italy Italy Canada Canada Switzerland Japan Canada Switzerland Japan United Kingdom Japan Japan (1) Halt owned by a number of cooperatives based In Europe. ^) Both companies are subsidiaries of ConAgra. Inc. state Grain Con) is connected to Southem Star Shipping Co., Inc., based in New York. Southern Star Maritime owns a Panamanian-flag bulker managed by a Mitsui subsidiary. • Although Japanese-owned Marubeni has been trying to divest itself of its shipping operations, it serves as agent for an LPG carrier—the Panamanian-flag vessel, the Bear Naviera. • Grain trading company Richco is a Swiss company owned by Marc Rich. Rich, who now resides in Switzerland, is wanted in the United States for tax eva­ sion, racketeering and trading with the Ayatollah Khomeini during the Iranian hostage crisis. Among Rich's operations is an oil company and a fleet of sevep foreign-flag tankers. Many of the giant commodity trading conglomerates that make up NAEGA's membership do not have much at stake in the national security concerns of the United States, but instead are concerned with markets of global proportions. In attempting to destroy the U.S.-flag merchant marine, these immense agri­ business establishments are promoting their own interests—^foreign parents, for­ eign subsidiaries and foreign-flag fleets. The security of the United States in times of war and national emergency or the economic freedom from embargoes and boycotts by foreign interests is of little concern to world conglomerates whose allegiance is to global markets and intemationai profits. • The lllogic of the Grain Groups' Attempt to Scuttle U.S. Shipping The principle argument used by the spokesmen of the giant grain dealers, through their organization—^the North American Export Grain Association, is that they could buy more grain if their costs would go down. They suggest that foreign-flag shipping is cheaper than using U.S.-flag vessels, a notion the American maritime industry does not concede. In addition, the concept they apply to shipping, that foreign is cheaper, can also be extended to the purchase of commod­ ities. If government dollars bought grain for a lower cost on the world market, substantial savings could result for the American taxpayer. The American maritime industry holds that all purchases of food aid destined for beneficiary nations should be of products grown and produced in the U.S., just as at least 75 percent of the donated cargo should be carried on American bottoms. But if a cost argument is used to knock U.S.-flag shipping out of the food aid formula, then the same logic should be extended to the purchase of agricultur^ commodities. If American-flag shipping is barred from the carriage of grain, there is no longer any justification for not opening up the sales of commodities to the world­ wide market. In the table below is the cost in U.S. dollars per ton of wheat for the past (7) seven years and the first months of 1990. Wheat Value by U.S. Dollar per TonO) 1983 U.S.. EC. Aiislnlto 198« U.S EC 1985 U.8.. AnbiUs EC.... 1986 U.S.. .3162 . 145 . 148 .158 .$153 . 122 . 132 . 144 $145 . 118 . 129 . 143 1987 ...... .$114 U.S AIIMHM. . . . . . . . .. 00 1988 U.S........ ...... .$140 125 ArganllM 1989 U.S.. ...... .$171 AffMUn.. 1990 ....,..$130 U.S AiganUn.. . ....... 125 EC........ .$122 99 <^) SOUKM: 1983-6 data from the Intemationai Wheat Council in London. 1967-9 data from Wheat Statistics S Outlook Yearixok putiHshed t>y U.S. Department of Agriculti 'r9, Fetma/y 1990. USOA data refers to Hard Red Winter Wheat from the Gulf, f.o.b. per metric ton. Argentina's figures refer to that country's own grades. 1990 data is on Soft Red Wheat from the USOA Foreign Agricultural Service. And It's Not Just Wheat that Is Cheaper... (2) This year, a nation could buy com, sorghum, and butter for the following prices: Com U.S AfSenUna Swgtaiiii U.8 Aigeiitiin. $121.50 113.00 Battar U.S.. . EC. .. $2,276.81 . 1,480.66 $113.00 102.00 <2) Sourca: USOA Foreign Agricultiiral Service. Note Aigentina's sorghum bidudes the cost of shipping, which is not included in the U.S. ooat • 'r; :sf;a • -t -• . �''i' 'A'AAAAA',-'^PAAAA.:;^ A AAAA\ A- f/AfA':.-•' :AAA:m .- MAY 1990 IS rJA T he Seafarers Pension Plan an­ nounces the retirement of 29 SIU members this month. From this group, a total of 17 sailed in the deep sea division. Seven came from the inland division, three were Great Lakes members and two came from the railroad marine division. The pensioner that began his career before any of the other retirees on this page is deck depart­ ment member William Henry Johnson. Brother Johnson became a deep sea member in February 1945. Both deep sea member Harold Whit­ man and Boatman Jack Kordich share the distinction of being the old­ est to retire. Each is 71 years old. DEEP SEA ADOLPHUS BROWN, 62, joined the Seafar­ ers in August 1965 in the port of Jacksonville, Fla. The steward department vet­ eran was bom in Florida. Brother Brown served in the Navy in 1945 and upgraded at the Lundeberg School in 1982. He re­ sides in Jacksonville from where he shipped most of his career. JOHN J. CAREY, 65, Joined the SIU in July 1953 in his native New York City. He served in the Navy from 1943 to 1946 before beginning his deck department career. Carey upgraded to recertified bosun in 1975 at Piney Point. He lives in Brooklyn. EDUOARD "LEE" DePARLIER, 64, joined the union in August 1948 in the port of New Orleans. The Tryon, N.C. native had his steward department career intermpted by a hitch in the Air Force from 1954 to 1958. He upgraded to recertified steward in 1981 at the Lundeberg School. Brother De Parlier was a member of the Sailors Union of the Pacific, an SIUNA af­ filiate, before transferring to the SIU. He has retired to Mobile, Ala. LONNIE S. DUKES, 65, joined the Seafarers in March 1968 in the port of Norfolk, Va. Bom in Pickens, S.C., he served in the Army from 1943 to 1946. Brother Dukes sailed in the steward department. He calls Spencer, N.C. home. GEORGE FILOMIO, 65, joined the SIU in March 1951 in his native New York City. He served in the Navy from 1942 to 1946. Brother Filomio sailed in the engine depart­ ment. He resides in Seattle, Wash. WH^LIAM HENRY JOHNSON, 65, joined the union in Febmary 1945 in the port of Baltimore. The Corrie, Pa. native had his deck department career divided by the Army from 1951 to 1953. PAUL G. LIGHTELL, 63, joined the Seafarers in April 1951 in his na­ tive New Orleans. He served in the Army from 1949 to 1951. Early in •A- To Our New Pensioners .. .Thanks for a Job Well Done JE^ach month in the Seafarers LOG, the names of SIU members who recent­ ly have become pensioners appear with a brief biographical sketch. These men and women have served the maritime industry well, and the SIU and all their union brothers and sisters wish them happiness and health in the days ahead. his career. Brother Lightell sailed in the galley gang on Alcoa and Missis­ sippi Steamship vessels. He up­ graded to recertified steward in 1982 at Piney Point. He calls Metairie, La. home. JAMES MASTROKALOS, 55, joined the SIU in January 1982 in the port of New York. A native of Greece, he worked in the deck de­ partment. Brother Mastrokalos has retired to Freehold, N.J. FULGENCIO PEREZ, 65, joined the union in March 1969 in the port of Balti­ more. The deck department vet­ eran was bom in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Brother Perez currently lives in Baltimore. ROBERT E. RAYMER,65, joined the Seafar­ ers in November 1957 in the port of Baltimore. The native of Rockford, 111. served in die Navy from 1945 to 1952. Brother Raymer sailed in the black gang before retir­ ing to Hagerstown, Md. HARRELD F. REED, 65, joined the SIU in December 1955 in the port of New York. He was bom in Clinton, Iowa and served two hitches in the Navy, from 1942 to 1945 and from 1948 to 1950. The en­ gine department veteran also w^ a member of District 2 MEBA. He calls Philadelphia home. HAROLD D. STRAUSS, 65, joined the union in June 1962 in the port of San Francisco. The New York City native served in the Navy from 1943 to 1946 before joining the Sailors Union of the Pacific, an SIUNA affiliate. Brother Strauss up­ graded to recertified steward in 1981 at the Lundeberg School. He resides in Pittsburg, Calif. LAMBERT H. WALDROP, 55, joined the Seafar­ ers in November 1958 in the port of Mobile, Ala. He sailed on Alcoa and Water­ man vessels early in his career before upgrading to re­ certified steward in 1980 at Piney Point. Brother Waldrop still lives in his native Panama City, Fla. WH^LIAM WALTON, 60, joined the SIU in May 1961 in the port of Wilming­ ton, Calif. The Los Angeles na­ tive upgraded to QMED in 1974 at the Lundeberg School. Brother Walton now calls Federal Way, Wash. home. HAROLD WHITMAN, 71, joined the union ip January 1957 in the port of Seat­ tle, Wash. He was bom in Johnsonburg, Pa. and served in the Army Air Force from 1942 to 1945. Brother Whitman upgraded his deck department endorsements in 1977 and 1979 at Piney Point. He has re­ tired to Seattle. SEYMOUR WOLFSON, 65, joined the Seafar­ ers in May 1957 in his native Brooklyn. The deck department veteran upgraded to recertified bosun in 1982 at the Lundeberg School. Brother Wolfson calls Fre­ mont, Calif, home. BRANTLEY YOUNG JR., 60, joined the SIU in 1955 in the port of New York. A native of Burke County, N.C., he served in the Army from 1953 to 1955. Brother Young shipped in the galley gang before he retired to Connelley Springs, N.C. ERNEST P. DeMERSE, 62, joined the union in December 1961 in the port of Detroit. He was bom in Raco, Mich, and served in the Air Force from 1946 to 1949. Boatman DeMerse sailed in the deck depart­ ment. He lives in Brimley, N.C. WALTER GRIMES, 60, joined the Seafar­ ers in January 1971 in the port of Port Arthur, Texas. The native of Marquez, Texas shipped in the deck depart­ ment. Boatman Grimes calls Or­ ange, Texas home. LUTHER JONES, 62, joined the SIU in July 1970 in the port of Norfolk, Va. He was bom in Ohio. Boatt^ Jones shippedas a tugboat captain. rte has retired to Pooler, Calif. JACK P. KORDICH, 71, joined the union in September 1978 in Wil­ mington, Calif. A native of Astoria, Ore., he sailed in the engine depart­ ment on Crowley Maritime vessels. Boatman Kordich lives in Eugene, Ore. HUGH PHILPOTT,62, joined the Seafar­ ers in December 1963 in the port of St. Louis. He served in the Army from 1950 to 1951. Boatman Philpott sailed in the black gang. He still resides in his native Louisville, Ky. RUCIEA. PEVETO,66, joined the SIU in August 1964 in Port Arthur, Texas. After serv­ ing in the Navy from 1942 to 1945, Boatman Peveto sailed in the deck department on Interstate Oil and Dixie Carriers vessels. He continues to live in his native Orange, Texas. GEORGE W. WALKUP, 65, joined the union in December 1956 in the port of Baltimore. The Crawley, W.Va. native served in the Army from 1943 to 1945. Boatman Walkup sailed as a mate for Harbor Towing. He calls Baltimore home. LUCIO GIUFFRE, 65, joined the Seafarers in June 1960 in the port of Detroit. A native of Italy, he sailed in the deck department. Brother Giuffre lives in St. Clair Shores, Mich. V-,/: 5,; Si... 'Um. ll^iT ' imf "A.- -1.. ALI A. SALEH, 65, joined the SIU in June 1959 in the port of De­ troit. A native of Yemen, he shipped in the en­ gine department. Brother Saleh cur­ rently resides in Dearbom, Mich. NORBERTJ. WIECHECKI, 62, joined the union in July 1961 in the port of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Bom in Hamtramck, Mich., he served in the Navy from 1945 to 1946 and 1950 to 1951. Brother Wiechecki sailed in the deck depart­ ment. He has retired to Toledo, Ohio. HENRY R. MEAD, 63, joined the Seafar­ ers in July 1960 in the port of New York. After serv­ ing in the Navy from 1944 to 1945, the Union City, N.J. native sailed in the deck department for the Pennsylvania and New York Cross Harbor railroads. He calls North Bergen, N.J. home. DOMENIC OTTOFARO, 58, joined the SIU in July 1959 in the port of Norfolk, Va. A native of Newport News, Va., he served in the Navy from 1952 to 1956. Brother Ottofaro worked for the C&O Rail­ road in the deck department. He re­ sides in Williamsburg, Va. If---' ;• ;y:?! ^ �• , ,.IP: i •.. ^ SOFARIRS106 16 Dispatcheis' Report for Doop Soa APRIL 1-30, 1990 \S'-: .•' .. •!' •.>•-. .' • •TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Class A Class B Class C Trip ReUefs ••REGISTERED ON BEACH All Groups Class A Class B Class C '^y::.t4' tr,' .' ... , TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C M0berdiif) iofte^ Inlaad llfofen DECK DEPARTMENT Port I; ••". •;• • •• • ... -s •. J,', r.j''" ,•.; • • . 5 ••.? 1 5 Piney Point Monday, June 4 New York Tuesday, June 3 Phiiadelpliia Wednesday , June 6 Baitlmore Thursday, June 7 Norfolk • ;r' ^ Totals Port_ AJ^onac J imiiayvJune S i'v» '' ENGINE DEPARTMENT li' ii::yasE:» 1 4 0 ''' C ': A ' '''V' '' . •. Monday; liineJl Tuesday, June 12 • Mobile Wednesday , June 13 . Smlrancisco ' . J Thursday, June 14 % ' ,v ,• >v- fc--y 7 Franciscapil 4 n 7 1 ;• S£ Seattle Puerto Rico Honolulu f=;;^ Houston; St. Louis Totals Port y-' 157 118 43 STEWARD DEPARTMENT '£ 'V •' \ ^v:-; ^K^/^£'.r y '' ^ 'r Wiimii^itfMi •• '.-v' 'V-,'- • •" -v'aP Jadkswnvilte iiiyyiy;"'.' i './x Tliuiiday,^ Juho 7 Jillliii". Thurscfey, June 7 K • .. v^V."' Monday, June 18 Seattle I^ay, ^SaB.JhUm : Thursday, June 7^ £ St, tonb Fiiday, June 15 Howdulu Friday, June 15 -v-r'" , ^ I'-f- ££ ; /ii' Onliith Wednesday, June 13 Jersey City Wednesday, June 20 New Bedford Tuesday, June 19 ••• . y-'S- <•5 ^ •t'i, 0 'vV'l'.-V'v'- < / o'-'-^ - 0 0 0 2: 1 13 •-;0.£.-S 4 0 I ;;..£: 0 1 114 " I 1 ;-i 0 -!t'gpi- 0 0 , 0 2 1 18 12 28 ' . 24 13 3 , &u J. : 6' 6 8 23 21 21 21 1 4 7 4 20 6 0 0 0 152 0 158 9 14 63 5 2 162 f,' 12 • 4 ...55, :, 0, 307 2^ 284 1,133 265 626 441 264 453 Totals All Departments 645 400 319 •"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. •Shipping In the month of April was down from the month of March. A total of 1,266 jobs were shipped on SIU-<»ntracted deep sea vessels. Of the 1,266 jobs shipped, 453 jobs or about 36 percent were taken by **A" seniority members. The rest were filled by "B" and "C" seniority people. A total of 284 trip relief jobs were sh^iped. Since the trip relief prt^ram began on April 1, 1982, a total of 12,065 jobs have been shipped. . "2_ Seattle Hall Is Trying To Contact Seven Members For Money Due Them Company checks are in the port of Seattle for the following mem­ bers, Please send a letter with a return address and a photostatic copy of the individual's merchant marine document to Bob Hall at the Seattle hall, 2505 First Ave­ nue, Seattle, WA 98121. G. H. Ahulau Manuel Cantre E. Limon Kenneth McMillan R. Nguyen Artoro Sias J. C. Zachary Personals ALRIC COOK Please contact Alicia Cook as soon as possible. y-- 'y-', ,• 'J'f' 'W'": �V-'- ',• « 'y. -"tlf--': MAY 1990 m :' f: •"•r'"^• fi" '^,'' ''^' Letters to tiie Editor SIU Pensioners in Austraiia Grateful for Seafarers LOG After having spent half my life in Australia, within a few months I shall retum to live in Wales. I can assure you that our retired mem­ bers have been grateful for the LOGS I have distributed, especial­ ly our social welfare officer. Hank Helman. Hank reads every item in your journal... Tomorrow, as usual. Hank and myself will be marching in the an­ nual Anzac Day parade, but this year he will have an extra honour added to his row of medals. This year he was honoured by the mayor of Fremantle with a medallion declaring him citizen of the year. And not long ago he told me he had received recognition for war ser­ vice from the U.S.A. I believe the LOG gave him the needed infor­ mation to apply for it. I really hope you succeed in ac­ quiring a larger U.S.-flag fleet of merchant vessels; you certainly try hard enough. Edward Whitehead Fremantle, Western Australia Editor's note: BrotherWhitehead was the subject of an article ap­ pearing in the October 10, 1989 edition of The West Australian which told about the fatal crash of a charter plane in Norway and how Edward Whitehead believes the crash may be connected with a strange experience he had in the same location 39 years ago. "... In 1950, Mr. Whitehead was a deckhand aboard a rusty Norwegian trampship bound from Denmark to Flensburg, on the German border. " 'It was a clear June morning, the sea and air were calm.Then for no apparent reason, the ship's compass needle started spinning madly. It didn't stop for about 12 minutes.' "He believes the plane, which killed 55 people upon crashing, may have experienced the same disorienting natural forces he did while crewing that freighter. '1 put it down to the very same thing— electro-magnetic interference in the atmosphere,' Whitehead said. " 7 went over the position,and 1 was looking at it and 1 thought, by God, if it happened to a ship, per­ haps it could occur higher in the heavens,' he said." devices, vacuum tubes, antennas, radio circuitry, digital circuitry, etc.). I really feel that because of this course and all the other very good courses at the school that the SIU is able to supply the industry with the highest trained and most competent seafarers available. Merchant crew slept with their clothes on, never knowing when they would be torpedoed. On ships that were armed, crews were as­ signed to gun stations in addition to performing regular duties... At the end of 1942, the Merchant Marine total loss was greater than that of the armed forces... Many were taken prisoner of war and never compensated, leav­ ing their families to poverty. Yet families of the military were provided for. Some 733 American merchant Steve W. Bigelow Mount Vernon, Washington Editor's Note: This letter was originally received by Ken Conklin, vice president of the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship, who forwarded it to the Seafarers LOG. LOG-A-RHYTHM I have just completed the Marine Electronics Technician course on March 30,1990.1 would like to thank you for the quality of my learning experience at the school. The course made available to me a very large amount of infor­ mation in a relatively short period of time. The fact that we had the finest training equipment available was instrument in my being able to digest and understand the wide range of information that is in­ volved in this field (semiconductor ;• • v.-i- Peter Salvo, McKeesport, Pennsylvania On Loan by Lisa Belle Cross (This poem was written by the daughter of AB Jimmy Cross who ships out of the port of Houston.) Compensation Sought for Families Of Merchant Marine Seafarers I have a daddy, he's gone to sea. That's the lady who stole him from me. A saucy winch, with waves galore. And beautiful places outline her shore. '^ I can't blame her for taking my dad, On loan, mind you, lest I get mad. A long time ago he was t^en from me By another lady, but not by the sea. Never again will he stray from my heart, No matter how long or how far apart. His eyes of blue bum deep in my mind. His hands so gentle, his words so kind. Songs on the radio, so sad to hear, I look out the window and who should appear. So listen lady, with shores and waves, Give back to me, what I to you gave. He's only on loan, but he's mine to keep. Remember that as he falls asleep. Remember my daddy with eyes of blue. And give me back soon what I loaned to you. Editor's Note: What follows is a copy of a letter to the editor, writ­ ten by SIU member Peter Salvo, which was sent to newspapers in Pennsylvania. Brother Salvo also provided a copy to Emil Mrkonic, a member of the Pennsylvania state legislature. Now that most Merchant Marine veterans of World War 11 are dead, they finally are given veterans status. Lack of knowledge contributed to this crime of 43 years. The Mer­ chant Marine march in no parades nor are these se^en mentioned on Memorial Day. -Many were recruited from this area and trained by the Coast Guard -I • '•'•i i r- -I" It's Sign-Up Time for SIU Family Vacations at Piney Point The Seafarers Hany Lundeberg School of Seamanship is available over the summer months as a vaca­ tion site for SIU members and their families. Nestled on the banks of the St. George's Creek in Piney Point, Md., there are boating and fishing activities available to vacationing seafarers and their families. The school's great location also allows for day trips throughout his­ toric southem Maryland and the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. UNION MEMBER VACATION RATES A vacation stay at the Lundeberg School is limited to two weeks per family. Member Spouse Child • $40.40/day $9.45/day $9.45/day Note: There is no charge for children under the age of 12. The prices listed above include all meals. Send completed application form to Seafarers Training & Recreation Cen­ ter, Piney Point, Md. 20674 or call (301)994-0010. SEAFARERS TRAINING & RECREATION CENTER ^ i i Training Makes Competent Seafarer ships were lost from enemy action during World War II. One of every 35 seamen was killed from enemy action. Only the Marines suffered a higher percentage casualty rate. 'Hie reward of victory was not shared with our Merchant Marine seamen who were treated as third class citizens. My question now is: Will the families or children of the greatest seamen of our century be compensated? Reservation Information Name:. Social Security Number: 1 Book Number: Address: Telephone #: ( ) Number in Party/Age of Children, if applicable: Dale of Arrival 2nd choice: 1st choice: Stay is limited to two weeks. Date of Departure: 3rd choice: . 5/90 • ,..v •.i, • ' . u.. " f' ''V - '.• : -M mmmss �samasm n Wmwri IhknBinami Dispatchers* Report for Great Lakes CU-Gompany/Lakes APRIL 1-30, 1990 r'Tv:^; - r •• L—Lakes NP—Non Priority •TOTAL REGISTERED ••REGISTERED ON BEACH TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups All Groups All Groups Class CL Class L Class NP Class CL Class L Class NP Class CL Class L Class NP Port _ DECK DEPARTMENT liiiiifMiir 0 . -. y •-•• 'iHmillrV" 111 Port ENGINE DEPARTMENT Ni T; '/ m-h'- Port 'j:IAlgona# STEWARD DEPARTMENT OrH'" 6 ENTRY DEPARTMEOT IQ 0 0 Port "'• ' '^ :-t 'J •' ':•• '• < 32 Totals All Departments 0 50 30 0 54 6 0 86 51 *"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. Dispatchers* Report for iniand Waters APRIL 1-30, 1990 '.•• fi-. •TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Class A Class B Class C •V '' : 'r-.,- II TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C ••REGISTERED ON BEACH All Groups Class A Class B Class C DECK DEPARTMENT HI-.:' t!-. k-: i-' : I 'I. f:. '"i;. »••-,- '•• • • •.: v#i:'. ' 't Hi. •'I* '.f llHl ily. -.-•'Si'h >-v : •' ,"<- . . '. •". ' • • :v/ m •'Is HEADQUARTERS 5201 Auth Way Camp Springs, MD 20746 (301)899-0675 ALGONAC 520 St. Clair River Dr. Algonac, MI 48001 (313) 794-4988 BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. Balhmore, MD 21202 (301) 327-4900 DULUTH 705 Medical Arts Building Duluth, MN 55802 (218)722-4110 HONOLULU •n-;, ? 636 Cooke St. 'I H' Honolulu, HI 96813 (808)523-5434 I- v'' HOUSTON 1221 Pierce St. Houston, TX 77002 (713) 659-5152 JACKSONVILLE 3315 Liberty St. Jacksonville, FL 32206 (904)353-0987 JERSEY CITY 99 Montgomery St. Jersey City, NJ 07302 (201) 435-9424 •IfeHMOBILE 1640 Dauphin Island I^wy. I Mobile, AL 36605 ; .':0: (205)478-0916 NEW BEDFORD III 50 Union St. New Bedford, MA 02740 (508)997-5404 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. ;|New Orleans, ,LA 70130;i<:;-v:.'MHI^ (504)529-7546 NEW YORK 'J '!< . 675 Fourth Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11232 (718)499-6600 H-'l: 'NORFOLK . 115 Third St. Norfolk, VA 23510 (804) 622-1892 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S. 4 St. Philadelphia, PA 19148 (215)336-3818, •n-'W.tWiSS: PINEY POINT St. Mary's County Piney Point, MD 20674 (301) 994-0010 ^ .SAN FRANCISCO « 350 Fremont St. -« San Francisco, CA 94105 ^ (415) 543-5855 Government Services Division l| (415) 861-3400 •|. SANTURCE -I: 1057 Fernandez Juncos Si. - * Stop 16 . f Santurce, PR 00907 (809)721-4033 SEATTLE 2505 First Ave. Seattle, WA 98121 (206)441-1960 ST. LOUIS 4581 Gravois Ave. St. Louis, MO 63116 (314) 752-6500 WILMINGTON 510 N. Broad Ave. Wilmington, CA 90744 V (213) 549-4000 '• liife 1 i^'Kr r-Jl HSi:! ..|H l' ii.' I'll .r-S •y'Sif:, 1• •• <1.1. CORRECTIONS Totals Ail Departments 54 16 42 61 16 40 203 88 91 •"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. In an article about SIU cooks winning a prize in a culinary show on page 5 of the April 1990 Seafarers LOG, we iden­ tified one of the cooks as Lauren Grume. Her correct name is Lauren Oram. We regret any problems this may have caused. In an article about Henry Bentz vis­ iting Maryland on page 28 of the April 1990 Seafarers LOG, we stated SIU Vice President of Collective Bargaining Angus "Red" Campbell was bom and raised in Pittsburgh, Pa. Campbell was bora in Scotland, came to the United States as a child and was raised in Pittsburgh. • ^3 .- 'vf; �MAYim r - V •; as possible, on occasion, because of space Imitations, some wlH be omitted. Ships minutes are reviewed by the union's contract departnmt. Those upon receipt of the shifm minutes. BROOKS RANGE(Interocean Manage­ ment), February 25 — Chairman M. G. Gutierrez, Secretary Joseph Petett, Educational Director Robert Hamii, En­ gine Delegate Fred Vpgler, Steward Delegate John Browder. Chairman told crew ship would run between Valdez, Alaska and Long Beach, Calif, until fur­ ther notice. He thanked deck department for keeping vessel in top shape and steward department for great food. Secretary thanked company for supply­ ing top-rate movies. Educational director reminded members to upgrade at Lundeberg School. Deck delegate asked for union official to find out why company will not call for a standby when ship docks in Long Beach. Engine delegate reported disputed OT. He also expressed black gang's best wishes to QMED Rick Cavender on getting 3rd assistant en­ gineer job with D2/MEBA. No beefs or disputed OT from the steward delegate. Crew reminded to give to SPAD. Crew asked contracts department for a listing of officials at union halls and to review the time for members to be on ship. They also asked Seafarers LOG to supp­ ly card with welfare information and 24hour "800" number. Next ports: Long Beach and Valdez. FRANCES HAMMER (Ocean Shipholding), February 4 — Chairman Richard Wilson, Secretary Rebecca Sleeper, Educational Director Richard Parrish, Deck Delegate George Bonneville, En­ gine Delegate George Demetropoulos, Chairman noted crew returned to vessel one hour before sailing. If any members have beef, he told them to follow the usual procedure by advising departmen­ tal delegate first. Secretary thanked crew for being cooperative and courteous in helping barbecue clean up. Educational director reminded members to upgrade at Piney Point. Treasurer announced $218.60 in movie fund. No beefs or dis­ puted OT reported. Crew asked that soil drink machine be repaired or replaced and mattresses be replaced. Crew asked company to request standbys from Jack­ sonville hall. Crew thanked steward department overall and Chief Steward Felix Camacho for great bqrbecue. FIRST LT. JACK LUMMUS(Amsea), February 8 — Chairman Tom Doran, Secretary Anthony Curran, Educational Director R. Tannis. Secretary discussed newest facts involving drug testing. He gave members copies of new shipping rules if they had not been received al­ ready. Educational director advised mem­ bers to attend Piney Point in order to make better pay. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Edv Iward Stoelzel stepped down as ship's chairman. Tom Doran was nominated and elected. GROTON(Ape\ Marine), February 10 — Chairman Neil D. Matthey, Secretary M. Deloatch, Educational Director J. R. Carnell, Deck Delegate C.Smith, En­ gine Delegate Pablo Ramos, Steward Delegate Kenneth Long. Chairman an­ nounced payoff scheduled upon arrival at Stapleton, N.Y. He urged members to donate to SPAD. Secretary updated members on USCG drug testing. He reminded members to read Seafarers LOG and upgrade at Lundeberg School. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew noted two showers had not been repaired and new television antenna was needed. Steward department thanked for excel­ lent food preparation. Next port: Stapleton. LIBERTY MM KE (Liberty Maritime), February 18 — Chairman Benedict Veiner, Secretary Paul Stubblefield, Deck Delegate Sam Johnson, Engine Delegate Mike Langenbach, Steward Delegate Joseph Brooks. Chairman an­ nounced rooms would be inspected prior to payoff in Texas. Educational director reminded members not to throw plastics over side and to save aluminum con­ tainers so they could be put ashore. Dis­ puted OT reported by engine and steward delegates. No brofs or disputed OT reported by deck delegate. Crew thanked SIU Port Employee Steve Ruiz of Houston for assistance in earlier OT dispute. Crew concemed survival suits do not fit properly and alarm bells sound without reason. Crew asked company to issue draws when vessel is in port for weekend and repay transportation expen­ ses upon arrival. Crew noted no payoff at end of year as per contract. Crew also thanked steward department for fipesh salads and Job well done. M4K4G(/£Z (Puerto Rico Marine), February 25 — Chairman Nick Kratsas, Secretary Jose Chacon. Chairman asked contract departmeiit to return sixth AB to vessels, rather than increase salaries. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew thanked Chief Steward Jose Chacon and Chief Cook Theodore Quammie for a good job. Deck department also thanked as really good crew. OVERSEAS NEW ORLEANS (Maritime Overseas), February 11 — Chairman Calvin Miles, Secretary David Velandra, Educational Director Richie Wilson, Steward Delegate Hasson Saleh. Chairman reminded Group 3 members to apply for upgrading at Piney Point before registering to ship. He also talked about licensed personnel handling unlicensed work. Secretary urged mem­ bers to donate to SPAD to stop attacks on the Jones Act. He told crew wearing of hats, caps, t-shirts and muscle shirts was not allowed in galley during meals. No beefs or disputed OT report^. Next ports: Corpus Christi, Texas and New York. SEA-LAND ACHIEVER (Sea-Land Ser­ vice), February 11 — Chairman N. Prats, Secreta^ R. Griswold, Educa­ tional Director H. Schlueter. Education­ al director advised members to upgrade at Lundeberg School. Treasurer reported $90 in recreation fund and $70 in ship's fund. Deck delegate reported disputed OT. No beefs or disputed OT reported by engine and steward delegates. Crew asked welfare department to review pen­ sion benefits and procedures. Crew thanked Bosun N. Prats for making cribbage board. Crew noted wheelhouse fountain had been broken for 45 days and both sinks in galley should have run­ ning water. llfS-l CAROLINA (Puerto Rico Marine), March 18 — Chairman Edwin Rivera, Secre­ tary R. R. Maldonaldo, Engine Dele­ gate Elkin Kent. Chairman said patrolman from San Juan hall came aboard to discuss problem with outsiders eating food and leaving mess in crew's lounge. Educational director urged crew to upgrade at Piney Point. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Steward depart­ ment thanked for a job well done. (J 1^7 J ~ :f •'y-A jt W i K-ia'aiv-SSM SEA-LAND CRUSADER (Sea-Land Ser­ vice), February 6 — Chairman Joseph Osorio, Secretary James Tucker. Chair­ man advised crew to upgrade at Lun­ deberg School. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Latest drug testing policy posted on bulletin board. Crew reported new washing machine needed. Crew re­ quested information on vacation and pen­ sion policies. Steward department thanked for job well done. SEA-LAND EXPRESS(Sea-Land Ser­ vice), February 11 — Chairman Billy E, Harris, Secretary Joe Zurick, Educa­ tional Director A. Jasamillo, Deck E>elegate Carl Lipkin, Engine Delegate Dominago Milla, Steward Delegate David R. West. Chairman reminded members to lock movies when in port. Treasurer reported $4 in movie fiind after 43 movies were purchased. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew received Seafarers LOG in Yokohama, Japan. Crew asked contracts department to review length of sailing time and medical insurance for members. Crew thanked Chief Steward Joe Zurick for purchasing fresh produce in Singapore and noted company could save money by buying produce there. Crew noted David West is most energetic and hard working GSU with whom they have sailed. Crew also thanked Chief Cook Sam Y. Kassin for great meals. Next port: Tacoma, Wash. USNS CAPELLA (IMC), February 11 — Chairman David N. Martz, Secretary H. M. Davis, Educational Director R. Smith, Deck Delegate Howard Venezia, Engine Delegate John J. Ferren, Steward Delegate Richard Emanuel. Chairman announced new VCR was installed in Pusan, Korea. He said transportation paid only when roundtrip is completed. Secretary asked crew to secure condiments when ship is at sea. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Next port: Oakland, Calif. USNS STALWART(U.S. Marine Manage­ ment), February 18 — Chairman Albert W. Austin, Secretary Donna Black. Chairman said he would look into holi­ day pay situation. He urged crew to get f. • "-v . . ,f ~ I" . I Under the Sun—Pumpman John G. Gomard works the winch controls aboard the MV Patriot (Ocean Car­ riers) in Diego Garcia. CHARLES L. BROWN(Transoceanic Cable Ship), March 30 — Chairman Jeremiah Harrington, Secretary Delvin Wilson, Deck Delegate Alan Lautermilch, Steward Delegate Dorene Molise. Chairman reminded members to have their first quarter dues pmd. He noted ice machine and dryer still not working and aft air conditioner not work­ ing well. Treasurer armounced scrap metal would be sold and proceeds used for cookout. No beefs or disputed OT re­ ported. Crew worried that reefer boxes have not been working properly and sug­ gested company check them. FALCON CHAMPION(Seahawk Manage­ ment), March 17 —Chairman John Chermesino, Secretary M. P. Cox, Edu­ cational Director Michael Kovach. Chairman announced ship would have partial discharge in Providence, RI be­ fore heading to New York. He said ves­ sel would sail to clean out tanks before layup in Norfolk, Va. No beefs or dis­ puted OT reported. Next ports: Provi­ dence, New York and Norfolk. FALCON LEADER (Seahawk Manage­ ment), March 3 — Chairman Leroy E. Temple, Secretary Michael A. Wil­ liams, Deck Delegate Norman Orrmins. Steward Delegate Rodney Ponteflet Chairman noted licensed per­ sonnel performing work of unlicensed crew. He requested articles be broken in Houston. Deck and engine delegates re­ ported beefs. No beefs or disputed OT reported by steward delegate. Next port: Houston. GAL VESTOWflAK (Sea-Land Service), March 18 — Chairman Paul M. Butterworth, Secretary T. J. Smith, Ed­ ucational Director Alfredo Cuevas, Deck Delegate Joseph J. McGill, En­ gine Delegate Daniel L. Johnson, Stew­ ard Delegate Joe L. Clark. Chairman announced payoff to be held March 24 in Elizabeth, NJ. He said captain has right to check rooms for drugs and alco­ hol when there is just cause. He told crew he was getting off this trip and en-* joyed working with them. Treasurer an­ nounced $147.50 in movie fund. No Contuwed on page 20 ii; ' fa ,4 ^ SEA-LAND COMMITMENT(Sea-Land Ser­ vice), February 11 — Chairman Leon Jekot, Secretary C. Veazie, Educational Director D. Bush. Chairman noted steam tables and booster heater in galley needed repair. Chairman and secretary re­ quested company supply a larger amount of fresh and frozen vegetables. Educa­ tional director urged members to donate to SPAD and upgrade at Piney Point. No beefs or disputed OT reported. USNS L YNCH (Mar Ship Operators), February 28 — Chairman James Keith, Secretary Warren G. Lombard, Educa­ tional Director Charles Edmonds, Deck Delegate Thomas Guffey, Steward Delegate Leo Franklin. Educational director urged members to upgrade at Lundeberg School. All delegates sought clarification of OT. They noted purser was questioning OT sheets. Next port: Gulfport, Miss. Displaying the Union Label—Pictured above are three members of the Atlantic's crew, taken in LaPorte, Texas. They are, from the left: Chief Sea-i-land ucii ivj r^uoiiiiiuo Steward P.O. Bozeman, Bosun W.C. Byrd and Chief Electrician John Ashley. Approximately four Sea-Land ships pay on in that Galveston Bay port each month. acquainted with union {tolicy and con­ tract to know rules and rights. Educa­ tional director told members to read shipping rules, constitution and medical benefits information. No beefs or dis­ puted OT reported. Chief Steward Luana Groves thanked deck department for excellent work. Crew thanked Groves, Chief Cook Stephen Bates and SA Miles Copeland for excellent food. 4 !# i- " . �••; —•r;..V25(; SEAFARERS m 20 Ships Digests Continued from page 19 beefs or disputed OT reported. Members reminded to clean rooms if they are sign­ ing off this trip. Steward department given vote of thanks. Next ports: Elizabeth and Portsmouth, Va. P.k- v\': 'Vf'"'''••• I W ""'•> yt- HUMACAO (Puerto Rico Marine), March 11 — Chairman L. Rodrlgues, Secre­ tary H. Galicki, Educational Director W. Turner, Deck Delegate J. Korchak, Engine Delegate B. Clark, Steward Del­ egate D. Herrera. Chairman said all was running smoothly. He noted ship would pay off in Elizabeth, NJ and reminded those getting off to turn in thieir dirty linen. No brcfs or disputed OT reported. Crew reported trouble with keeping out­ siders out of fruit and night lunch. Stew­ ard department thanked for job well done. Next port: Elizabeth, N.J. LIBERTY SPIRIT (Liberty Maritime), March 11 — Chairman J. R. Colangelo, Mr'l rVi-. At Work—AB Charles Wright takes up a line on the MV Patriot. '••'• t/fl£/?7Y SM/t (Liberty Maritime), March 11 — Chairman Francis Adams, Secretary Alphonse Johnson, Engine Delegate Jeff Peterson, Steward Dele­ gate Glenn Bertrand. Chairman said all was running smoothly. No beefs or dis­ puted OT reported. Crew stated it needed new television and VCR. Galley gang thanked for Une job. •, '.I- IT*:;':' 5^.:-v, Secretary R. M. Kennedy, Educational Director R. Bolin, Steward Delegate J. Bynum. Chairman noted repairs still need to be performed and ship would pay off March 13. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew asked for new washer and dtyer. They said sanitaiy work only being done three days per week, rather than seven. Crew discussed contract ideas for automated ships. V. LNG ARIES (Energy Transportation), March 11 — Chairman Luther M^yrex, Secretary Dana Paradise, Educational Director J. Yarmola, Deck Delegate Ramli Mohamed, Steward Delegate Henry Daniels. Chairman annoimced new refrigerators were placed in all rooms. He said all was going well and vessel should be in Nagasaki shipyard by April 19. He reminded members to donate to SPAD. Secretary told members they could get welfare, application and vacation forms from him. He asked crew to leave rooms clean and neat when ship goes into yard. Educational director urged members to upgrade at Lundeberg School. Treasurer announced $119 in ship's fund. No beefs or disputed OT re­ ported. Crew asked why some company vessels allow OT while others do not and why transportation provided from all ports other than Osaka. Crew was re­ minded to be careful in gym and keep it clean. Next port: Arun, Indonesia. LNG ARIES(Energy Transportation), March 26 — Chairman Luther Myrex, Secretary Dana Paradise, Educational Director Jeff Yarmola. Chairman said vessel still scheduled to be in yard April 19. He reminded members to give to SPAD. Secretary thanked all for keeping ship clean. Educational director advised those needing help with drug or alcohol problems to contact union facility iii Val­ ley Lee, Md. Treasurer armounc^ $169 -wr 1- who updated members on contract nego­ tiations. No beefs or disputed OT re­ ported. Crew asked contracts department to look into eliminating permanent jobs and returning to six-month positions. Next port: San Pedro, Calif. LNG £.£0 (Energy Transportation), March 18 — Chairman Fred A. Pehler, Secretary H. Jones Jr., Educational Di­ rector Thomas Curtis, Deck Delegate Angel Perez, Engine Delegate David Terry, Steward Delegate Dana Cunnin^am. Chairman told crew to turn in linen and leave room in good shape if signing off after trip. He reminded mem­ bers to check Seafarers LOG for upgrad­ ing classes. Secretary read minutes from last meeting. Educational director asked crew to take care of tapes as new movies coming aboard each trip. He also urged members to upgrade to help get better pay. Treasurer reported $322 in ship's fund and $40 in union fund. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew asked wel­ fare to review increase in monthly basic iwnsion for members with 20 years seatime. Members asked for clarifrcation in duties of SA on LNG vessels. Crew asked to respect fellow members, keep noise down and wear proper attire to meals. Next port: Himeji, Japan. GUI COLUMBIA (OMI Corp.), March 28 — Chairman Carrol Heick, Secretary Chester Moss, Educational Director Ar­ thur G. Milne, Engine Delegate Greg­ ory Thompson. Chairman urged members to upgrade at Piney Point and reminded crew 1990 class schedule was onboard. Secretary said all was going smooth with good crew. Treasurer an­ nounced $164 in ship's fund. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Steward depart­ ment thanked for fine job. •V fe.'.'f •;^,.• • •. • • • •-• •. it in ship's fund. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Steward department expressed sympathy to SA Ron Adrian! who had to leave vessel because of family emer­ gency. Next port: Osaka, Japan. OMI MISSOURI (Om Corp.), March 11 — Chairman Carl Francum, Secretary Oscar Johnson, Engine Delegate Ron­ ald Gordon. Chairman announced ves­ sel would arrive March 15 in Jacksonville, FL and would pay off later in Houston. Educational director urged members to upgrade at Lundeberg School. Treasurer stated $260 in movie fund and reminded members to lock up videos after using them. No beefs or dis­ puted OT reported. Crew noted new tele­ vision need^. Steward department was given vote of thanks. OVERSEAS CHICAGO (Maritime Over­ seas), March 18 --- Chairman G. Hernandez, Secretary Clyde Kreiss, Ed­ ucational Director M. Sawin, Deck Dele­ gate Glenn Roy, Engine Delegate E. Whisenhant, Steward Delegate J. Jack­ son. Chairman announced payoff set for March 21. He told those needing new mattresses to see steward. No b^fs or disputed OT reported. Crew asked wel­ fare plan to update pension policy and contracts department to allow four-hour watchstanding AB to be able to sit. Next port: St. James, La. OVERSEAS NEW ORLEANS (Maritime Overseas), March 11 — Chairman Cal­ vin Miles, Secretary D. W. Velandra, Educational Director Richard Wilson. Chairman complained licensed members are doing unlicensed personnel's work in deck and engine departments. He said he is waiting on word from contracts depart­ ment about problem. No other beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew asked con­ tracts department to review possible in­ crease in pensions. Next ports: Port Arthur, Texas and Fort Lauderdale, Fla. PRIDE OF TEXAS(Seahawk Manage­ ment), March 18 — Chairman Donald Fleming, Secretary Joseph Bennett, Ed­ ucational Director Ramon Rulf, Deck Delegate Willie Dillon, Engine Delegate Stephen Treege, Steward Delegate Ossie Statham. Chairman announced ship due March 23 in Houston to layup. He said the voyage went well with very few problems. Secretary said it was plea­ sure sailing with crew where everyone cooperated. No beefs or disputed OT re­ ported. Crew noted need for new televi­ sion and VCR for recreation room. They thanked steward department for very fine holiday dinners and very good job feeding crew over whole trip. Next port: Houston. RALEIGH BAY(Sea-Land Service), March 4 — Chairman Carlton P. Hall, Secretary E. Vazquez, Educational Di­ rector D. D. Greiner. (I!hairman dis­ cussed drug testing with crew and need to upgrade at the Lundeberg School. Sec­ retary thanked crew for keeping vessel clean. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Steward department thanked for a job well done. Next port: Elizabeth, N.J. ROBERT E. LEE (Waterman Steamship), March 25 — Chairman Mark Trepp, Secretary Ernest Hoitt, Educational Di­ rector B. F. Cooley, Deck Delegate Bryn Peirsol, Engine Delegate Angel Soto, Steward Delegate Alex Jaradie. Chairman announced ship would be due in Suez Canal March 27. He urged mem­ bers to upgrade at Piney /*oint and con­ tribute to SPAD. Secretary reminded crew he had all kinds of imion forms for their needs. Treasurer atuiounced collec­ tion is being started to replace 200 vid­ eos stolen during last voyage. Steward delegate reported disputed OT. No beefs or disputed OT reported by deck and en­ gine delegates. Crew asked contracts de­ partment to consider doing away with permanent jobs. Crew complained of poor quality stores and food preparation. They asked steward to supervise more of the work in galley. Next port: Newport News, Va. SEA-LAND ACHIEVER (Sea-Land Ser­ vice), March 17 — Chairman Norbert Prats, Secretary D. A. Brown, Educa­ tional Director C. M. Devonish, Engine Delegate Robert Walker, Steward Deleate T. McMellis. Secreta^ reported 60 in ship's fund. Educational director urged members to upgrade at Lundeberg School. No beefs or disputed OT re­ ported. Crew told short wave radio in­ stalled in crew's lounge. Crew reported fans and heaters had been install^ in fo'c'sle because of dramatic changes in temperature. Steward department thariked deck and engine departments for keeping ship clean. Crew thanked stew­ ard department for its fine job. Next port: Elizabeth, N.J. f SEA-LAND ANCHORAGE (Sea-Land Ser­ vice), March 21 — Chairman M. E. Whitsitt, Secretary J. Wright, Educa­ tional Director J. L. Krebs, E>^k Dele­ gate S. D. Castle, Engine Delegate Jimmie Nicholson, Steward Delegate George H. Bryant Jr. Chairman an­ nounced payoff scheduled for Tacoma, Wash. March 22. Secretary read minutes from previous meeting. Educational di­ rector urged members to upgrade at Piney Point. No beefs or disputed OT re­ ported. Crew asked contracts department to look into increase in pension. Crew re­ minded members to keep lounge, room and ship clean. Next port: Tacoma. SEA-LAND ATLANTIC (Sea-Land Ser­ vice), March 11 — Chairman W. C. Byrd, Secretary R. C. Bozeman, Engine Delegate John J. Ashley. Chairman an­ nounced payoff set for Houston about March 16 as ship is running late. Secre­ tary said all running smoothly except for shortage of stores. Deck delegate re­ ported disputed OT. No beefs or dis­ puted OT from engine and steward delegates. Crew asked contracts depart­ ment to review possible increase in pen­ sion. Crew complained of shortage of cakes, pies and canned fruit. SEA-LAND COMMITMENT (Sea-Land Ser­ vice), March 11 — Chairman Leon Jekot, Secretary G. E. Sinkes, Educa­ tional Director Don Bush, Engine Dele­ gate Spero Moche Jr. Chairman complained of vegetable shortage, stew­ ard department disputed OT and unsatis­ factory movies with many reruns. He announced payoff scheduled for Eliza­ beth, NJ. Educational director reminded members to up^ade at Piney Point. No other beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew noted new washer was installed and better ventilation in house and work­ ing areas was being handled. Galley gang thanked for fine job. Next port: Boston. SEA-LAND DEVELOPER (Sea-Land Ser­ vice), March 12 — Chairman R. Pinkham, Secretary L. Lightfoot, Edu­ cational Director L. Brown, Engine Del­ egate Robert Dehlbom, Steward Delegate Troy B. Pope. Chairman re­ minded crew of payoff and Coast Guard inspection March 18 in Tacoma, Wash. He said captain will order new washer for crew. Secretary thanked AB W. Curts for helping to keep crew's lounge . clean. Educational director reminded members to report safety hazards. Deck and engine delegates reported disputed OT. Steward delegate reported no beefs or disputed OT. Crew was told chief electrician had refit gasket in refrigerator door. Steward department and Chief Cook Troy Pope were thanked for fine meals prepared. Next port: Tacoma. SEA-LAND DISCOVERY (Sea-Land Ser­ vice), March 18 — Chairman S. J. Rollo, Secretary Jose Colls, Educational ' Director Steven Miller, Deck Delegate Rufino Garay, Engine Delegate Sima Padillaj Stewanl Delegate Roberto Es­ cobar. Chairman noted ship would pay off in Elizabeth, NJ. He said everything was running smoothly. Secretary thanked crew for keeping messroom clean. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Steward department thanked for doing goodjob. SEA-LAND EXPLORER(Sea-Land Ser­ vice), March 25 — Chairman L. C. Continued on pt^e 21 PATRIOT(Ocean Carriers), March 10 — Chairman Alphonse Armada, Secretary Robert Outlaw, Educational Director Christopher Dove, Deck Delegate Nolan Petty, Engine Delegate Phillip Brady. Chairman announced ship would go into yard in May. He said this had been smooth trip with good crew so far. Secretary thanked crew for making voy­ age good. Steward delegate reported dis­ puted OT. No beefs or disputed OT from , deck or engine delegates. Crew asked welfare plan to look into increase in amount it will pay for eyeglasses. Crew advised to report any unsafe conditions. Steward department thanked for job well done. Next port: Diego Garcia. PRESIDENT POLK (American President Lines), March 8 —Chairman William C. Wroten, Steward Delegate John Kung. Chairman reported visit by new San Ffancisco Port Agent Nick Celona •'.•v...;.-- • • • -.''P' ' ' The Pride S Pride—The Pride of Texas (Seahawk Management) paid off recently in the port of Houston, Texas. Posing for the camera are, from the left: QMED R. Irula, QMED J. Hipolito, DEU 8. Grande, AB G. Haywood and Chief Steward Joseph Bennett. �iw-.- -:; - -•;,'•£.k,,-.;x=....--->«-v; —'.^a..^;,: ^ i,4i. - 21 Ships Digests Continued from page 20 Cope, Secretary W. Hawkins, Educa­ tional Director R. Blackwell, Deck Delegate G. Kelly, Engine Delegate G. T. Johns, Steward Delegate Roland Francisco. Chairman noted radio electronics officer installed equipment for crew to receive armed forces radio news and 24-hour entertainment music. Treasurer reported $86 in ship's fiind. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew asked to smash aluminum cans before placing them in recycling bag. Crew asked contracts department to review possible pension increase and rotary ship­ ping procedure. SEA-LAND FREEDOM(Scu-LAnd Ser­ vice), March 26 — Chairman W. Fell, Secretary G. SIvley, Educational Direc­ tor Ray Chapman. Chairman mentioned all repairs or beefs need to be reported before payoff. Educational director asked crew to check with duty officer before dumping garbage overboard. Treasurer reported $155 in ship's fund. Deck and engine delegates reported dis­ puted OT. Deck delegate also reported minor beefs. No beefs or disput^ OT from steward delegate. Crew asked con­ tracts department to look into increase in pension. Crew approved purchase of new tapes as well as buying old ones from departing members. Steward depart­ ment thanked for good food. Next port; Tacoma, Wash. March 11 — Chairman F. A. Kahn, Secretary R. DcBolssiere, Educational Director Dale R. Race, Deck Delegate David R. Park, Steward Delegate Clarence Wllley. Chairman said run to Egypt then trip to Greek shipyard went smoothly. Secretary stated ship had best crew in SIU. No b^fs or disputed OT reported. Crew thanked Bosun F. A. Kahn and whole deck department for job well done. Crew praised Chief Steward R. DeBolsslere and Chief Cook C. Wllley for excellent food. Crew also thanked black gang for the good job. Next port: Lake Charles, LA. USNS REGULUS (Bay Tankers), March 4 ^— Chairman James E. Todd, Secretary George Quinn, Educational Director Dennis L. Kvanda, Deck Delegate Thomas Votsis, Engine Delegate Sam­ son Sandven, Steward Delegate Wayne Howard. Chairman advised deck gang to pay more attention to safety when working. He reminded members depart­ ing vessel to leave rooms clean and turn in keys, exposure suit and breathing ap­ paratus. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Steward department thanked for job well done. BROWS RANGE (Interocean Manage­ ment), April 1 — Chairman M. G. Gutierrez, Secretary J. Pitetta, Educa­ tional Director Robert Hamll. Chairman announced payoff set for Los Angeles. He said vessel would travel to Panama then Portland, Qre. to go into shipyard. Secretary advised crew to upgrade at Piney Point to make more money. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew vSecretary Jonny Cruz, Educational Director Kevin Cooper, Deck Delegate Anthony Dehelich, Engine Delegate Richard Dalsley, Steward Delegate Bert WInfield. Chairman announced payoff scheduled April 8 in Houston. He said he was surprised by run change from Elizabeth, N.J. to Gulf of Mexico but SIU crews always are ready for any­ thing. Secretary advised crew to stay alert for safety and to keep abreast on union matters by reading the Seafarers L(XJ. Educational director reminded members to stay drug free. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew thanked steward department for job well done. Next ports: Houston and Jacksonville, Fla. OVERSEAS ALASKA (Maritime Over­ seas), April 1 —Chairman E. K. Bryan, Secretary Carl Woodward, Educational Director Thomas Koubek, Deck Delegate Jessie Mlxon, Engine Delegate Gary R. Danos, Steward Delegate Robert D. Brown. Chairman informed members about union applications on­ board. He announced new captain and mate arriving April 7 and vessel would go into shipyard May 7. He urged mem­ bers to up^de at Lundeberg S^chool. Secretary stated ship has been receiving Seafarers LCXJ every month. He intro­ duced Chief Cook Robert Brown to members. Educational director reminded crew to be careful when discarding plas­ tics. No beefs or disputed OT reported. PHILADELPHIA (Apex Marine), April 1 — Chairman T. NIelson, Secretary H. ; Markowitz. Chairman said all seemed to be running smoothly. He announced payoff set for April 3 in New York. Secretary thanked crew for keeping ship clean. Treasurer noted $12 in ship's fund. Deck delegate reported beef. No beefs or disputed OT reported by engine or steward delegates. Crew thanked steward department for great job. Next ports: New York and St. Croix. SEA-LAND LIBERATOR (Sea-Land Ser­ vice), April 8 — Chairman V. J. Ardowskl. Secretary C. M. Modellas, Educational Director E. L. Ford. Chair­ man announced payoff for April 10, one day late. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Next port: Long Beach, Calif. v'V SEA-LAND PRODUCER (Sea-Land Ser­ vice), April 2 — Chairman J. W. Ed­ wards, Secretary C. T. Poggloll, Educational Director R. South. Chair­ man updated members who missed ship's safety meeting. He distributed cen- . '. 'Jrifn' ):•'' • Good Chow—Sea-Land's Nedlloyd Holland recently pulled Into LaPorte, Texas for a payoff. Members of the steward department pictured above in the galley are, from the left: Steward Assistant Pedro Infante. Chief Steward J.P. Speller and Chief Cook John Lewis. asked welfare plan to review dental SEA-LAND VOYAGER iSesi-Land Ser­ policy for members. vice), March 11 —Chairman Dennis Brown, Secretary R. Sanderson, Educa­ CHARLESTON (Apex Marine), April 2 — tional Director M. Phillips. Chairman Chairman Brian Bukis, Secretary Ed­ asked for guidelines on when officers ward Haher, Educational Director A. may search rooms for just cause. Mercado. Chairman reported payoff set Steward delegate reported disputed OT. for later that day. Educational director No beefs or disputed OT reported by urged members to give to SPAD and deck or engine delegates. Crew cited ex­ upgrade at Lundeberg School. No beefs cellent job done by steward department. or disputed OT reported. Crew received safety lecture and watched safety movie. SGT. MATEJ KODAK (WsLterman Steam­ Steward department thanked for fine job. ship), March 11 — Chairman Angelo Next port: Chesapeake, Va. and Bal­ UrtI Jr., Secretary Joseph Moody, timore. Educational Director Donald Peterson, Deck Delegate Donald Bridenstlne, Em FRANCES HAMMER pceaa Shipholdgine Delegate Michael J. Tremper, ing), April 1 — Chairman Richard Wil­ Steward Delegate Antonio Prlzmlk. son, Secretary Rebecca Sleeper, Chairman introduced Dan Tucker as Educational Director R. Parrlsh. Chair­ ship's new master, who thanked crew for man reminded crew to follow standard fine job during recent exercises. He grievance procedure in case disputes noted repairs and cleaning were being occur. Secretary asked crew to suggest done for off-loading in Honduras. He menu ideas and announced stores were reminded crew to upgrade at Lundeberg running low because of the extended School and payoff scheduled March 16 trip. Educational director urged crew to in Morehead City, N.C. No beefs or dis­ upgrade at Piney Point. He also noted puted OT reported. Steward department facility has great education program and thanked for good job. Next port: vacation attraction. Treasurer announced Morehead City. $238 in ship's fund. No beefs or dis­ puted OT reported. Crew was told repair USNS CAPELLA (IMC). March 4 — list was posted and new mattresses on Chairman David Martz, Secretary H. order. Crew requested fans for rooms in M. Davis, Educational Director B. case air conditioning breaks down again. Smith, Deck Delegate Howard They were reminded not to use galley as Venezia, Steward Delegate Jack A. passageway during meal hours and not Rankin. Chairman said ship would to put sharp objects in sink. Steward layup in Pusan, Korea for three weeks department thanked for fine food, espeand crew would receive draw March 6. ci^y barbecues. Next port: Houston. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Next ports: Pusan and Pearl Hartor. NEWARK BAY(Sen-Land Service), April 1 — Chairman Pedro Sanchez, USNS CLEVELAND (Sealift Bulkers), .•; ' . • ^ Mf » 1" Itff' ^ 1 4" Here She Comes—AB Randy Evans gets the MV Patriot's spring lines ready for docking as the vessel pulls into port in Diego Garcia. sus forms and asked members to return forms to chief mate. He reminded mem­ bers to leave rooms clean when signing off vessel. Secretary thanked crew for smooth voyage. He asked members to donate to SPAD and Maritime Defense League. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew complained mail was late and missing ship while in port. Next ports: Long Beach, Calif., Oakland, Calif, and Honolulu. SEA-LAND QUALITY (Sea-Land Service), April 1 — Chairman S. V. Dixon, Secretary M. McDermott, Educational Director S. L. Johnson. Chairman reminded members to separate plastics firom rest of trash. He advised crew to keep informed through Seafarers LOG and to discuss any union-related ques­ tions with patrolman. No beefs or dis­ puted OT reported. Crew complained about stack gases and main deck gener­ ator fumes. Next port: Norfolk, Va . SEA-LAND TRADER (Sea-Land Service), April 5 — Chairman A. J. Palino, Secretary R. Spencer, Educational Direc tor S. Hardin, Engine Delegate Willie Lee Jr. Chairman said all was running smoothly. He announced vessel would visit Hong Kong on next trip. Deck delegate reported a lodging beefs. No beefs or disputed OT reported by engine or steward delegates. Around the New Orleans Hail Gathered around the counter in the New Orleans hall, In photo at left, are R. Stevenson, Howard Williams, Joseph W. Cle­ ment, Larry M. Cle­ ment, Domingo Contreras Joseph G. Arch, L.B. Dooiey, Antonio Vilianueva and Port Employee Wilbur Maxwell. This foursome, pictured in photo at right, is not an infrequent sight. AB Dewey C. Bell and his wife, Margaret, and AB Thomas Colbert and his wife, Ellen, frequently travel together—heading out to where the jobs are. They have lots of good memories of their trips together. fP i . \-f. p. •• • I y'i'::. A : .--J ^ • ' �•^y •• '^V'V;-'' .f.._. ^yr:v'V SSAFMERS LOG SPAD: Playing a Major Role in Job Security of Members •t-! •: Ijf: •; F-> fciv'!-':. m.' Job security for Seafarers is not assist candidates who support the assured merely by signing the SIU agenda. It is your way to make dotted line at the end of a contract. sure legislators will listen when the Many things can take place to af­ SIU speaks. Besides voting it is the fect the performance of such a most important weapon you have document during its lifetime. to gain access to politicians. Govenunent plays a major role Years ago when a mariner said in the life of an SIU member. he had "porkchops," he meant he Federal agencies like the Depart­ had something good. SPAD makes ment of Defense, Department of sure that something good will con­ Labor and Coast Guard can change tinue to happen for SIU members. the work routine onboard all types of vessels causing a contract to be renegotiated. Congress could change the Jones Act, cargo preference laws, flags of con­ venience registra­ tions and alter the SIU way of life. That is why the SIU has SPAD, the Seafarers Political Action Donation. SPAD is more than the longtime saying "Politics is Porkchops." It is the eyes and ears for all SIU mem- Two upgrading classes took the tour of the U.S. Capitol bers in Washington recently. Membem in the April 2 Able Seaman class include and nthpr Inratinne Michael Borders, Durin Chappe, Tony Cheesebrew, James Corbran, Stephen J. Deal, Curtis Grayson, Larry H. where maritime Harewood, Stephen Herrng, William Jackson, Paul W. laws can be af- Leahy, Paul Nikel, Carlos Oisen III, David C.Smith, Fred C. fected. A simple Taylor and Richard Wadkins. Members of the March 19 vnliinfflrvrr»nfrihii- FOWT dass include Adei A. Aiwashie, Daniel Cahoon, CDAn Ernest A. Cerrilio, Henry C. Cole, Douglas R. Davies, Mark tion to br AU yy Dumas, Kevin E. Hall, William R. Harrington, Kevin S. makes sure your inase. Alien E. Kindt, Samuel Monroe, Odeii L. Parmley, voice willbe heard. Ernest B. Perreira, James B. Randolph, Robert Scott, SidSPAD dollars "®y U- Stratos, Arthur L. Wadsworth, Daniel J. Zeaiberg. are used solely to (Note; not all those mentioned are pictured above.) Part of the studies to become a recertified bosun includes a trip to Capitol Hill to learn how Congress works. Recent members to visit the nation's capital include (left to right) George Diefenbach, Lee Lohman, Errol Pak, Lawrence Zepada, Mike Willis, Michael Kaderly, Jim Dawson, Jim Carter, Robert Carson, Robert E. Allen, Paul Lewis, Carmine Bova and SPAD Director Liz DeMato. SPAD t-shiits FRONT The SIU has created a new t-shirt design which is available to all our members on a first-come, firstserved basis. BACK The shirts feature the SIU logo in full color on the front and "Politics is Porkchops" in blue on the back. They are American-made. miS. t:"" A frip to Capitol Hill lets these two classes (above and below) of upgraded able seamen know how SPAD works for them. Instructor Ben Cusic joins the group which includes Edwin Taylor, Cariie Tacher, Leslie R. Ferreli Everette W. Sanders, Craig Pearson, Rich Strongman, Richard C. Savi, Robert Wagoner, Ernest Alexander, Michael Kerrigan, Frank Floras, Carl Delesline, Leo S. Zukowski, Brian Wagoner, Robert Coleman, Gerardo Moceno, David Silvio, Brian C. Gauntt, Patrick Hanley, Michael Allen, Mike Alessi, Joe Hance, William H. Padgett, Brad Dexter, Dean A. Gilbert, Mohamad Shaibi, Collado Luis, Chip Thurston and John Cronan. Please fill out the application below and mall It to: Joseph DiGiorgio, Secretary-Treasurer Seafarers international Union 5201 Auth Way Camp Springs, MD 20746 ^^ S Please send the new SIU t-shirt to: NAME A,;;J.; ADDRESS: •V- 'iii CITY, STATE, ZIP SOCIAL SECURITY # -BOOK# PHONE# T-SHIRT SIZE (circle one) RATING. S M XL 5/90 J mmma - 'l •* �:;^,.t-';«f •••.:?|;r"B-:'r • -; ,s'- •-./ • ;''r" ' ,' 'lii'fcx "0.. •'•r\^l-J'''i. V'PO' ilMr7990 . 5X - 23 • -: - •• -•' m -JV '• l: • -.jH t^23' r -, ,, •. j- •• 'r . V : X x-uf' Messman Jose Llitera samples some of the tasty chili aboard the vessel. ^Shipshape' Is the Word For the USNS Silas Bent Messman Brenda Grays fixes another order for the hungry crew. • 'X/V'xy MSG, Navy Note Fine Workmanship * Bosun Michael Marquette is ex­ tremely proud of the work being done by the unlicensed members of the USNS Silas Bent. "Just look around the ship," he recently told a Seafarers LOG reporter while the vessel was in a West Coast shipyard. "We have been receiving nodiing but compli­ ments for the way she looks. Our crew has been painting and clean­ ing around the clock to make her look and run nice." He noted the Military Sealift Command (MSC) has told Mar Ship Company that it is "thrilled" at what has been taking place aboard the vessel. "I'm very proud of the way they have worked, even in adverse conditions," Marquette said. "Overall the crew is a great bunch of guys and gals.' But it is not just MSC who has :i <•4 f'H X Chief Cook Veronika Cardenas is ready to fill the next lunch order. been lauding the crew. Marquette has in his possession a letter dated January 16 to MSC from J. R. Moss, contractor engineer-incharge with the Navy, for the work done by the crew during a special operation in November and December 1989. Marquette's "interaction with the contractor indicated an interest for the success of the operation and for a professional and safe manner in which it was carried out," Moss stated in the letter. "He ^so ex­ hibited an excellent working relationship with the ship's officers and commanded the respect of the crew working with him." "^'.1 '...V ::xr-iSxL:xix;;x >:. . "xi^x. • •f'X xvrxii iS .XSXX:v4 XX. f • - Jx J .v.r-.xx;#^':! • ,1 .xvil.fv^ • V- . 1^' '•"x 5^"! Messman Jeff Kuniis busy cleaning up after lunch has been served. i. y-rM. /l:XXX:!?:lf.x:,xx.:x The bosun responded to the let­ ter by saying the crew working together the way that they do made it "the smoothest operation we ever had." .-w-x there is no such thing as being through for the day. QMED Electrician Rose Meyer catches up on paperwork during his spare time. Watch Able Seaman John Simpkins, in photo at right, reviews the visitors' log on the USNS Bent. Third Cook Daniel Maxie cleans pots and pans for the next meal. -.v., .'M The best deck crew In the union" is the way Bosun Michael Marquette (right) describes Able Seamen Jack Cooper (left) and Mate Anzuiovich. Phil James and MM Jeff Kuni. : xxxv ^'X, •x.sv:] I •_ I - • .• '. I m �SaFARERS m Lundeberg School Graduates Seven Classes : 'r-,. TraineeLifeboat Class452—^The graduates of trainee lifeboat class f-''••, " 452, pictured in the photo at left, are (from left, back row) Castel Blunt, Shawn A. Lewis, Keith L. Jordan Sr., Darren Nettles,William R. Humphrey, Michael R. Perez, Michael Ball, Charles Rudolph, Charles Hardt and Paul Diesner, (from left middle rowA Damon Washington, James Townsend, Antonio Reese, Jason Crist, Hugh McDowell, Gilbert Gildersleeve Jr., Darren Honey, Van C. Jones, Darren West, Darain Walker, Alan Sarvis, Richard Henderson and instructor Jake Karaczynski, (from left front row kneeling) George Davis, Chris Caviness, Scott Sams, Allen Terro, Jeannette Millan, Darryl Brown, Timothy H. Balcher Thomas Wright and Douglas DeMonte. •••'•••.:••• ry ''i • yriSf'- '' lIKi^ f'.;. Pumproom Maintenance & Operations—learning about cargo properties and emergencies is part of thecurriculum for this course. Complet­ ing the April class, taught by Jim Shaffer (left), are (front row, from the left) Eugene Thompson, Rosario A.Rolon, D. Rush Ingram, D. Ficca and Joseph Negron, (second row, from the left) David Tillman and Herman Best. ade up the March 26 graduating class: (front row, from left) Stephen Herring, SlU; illiam Jackson, SlU; Richard Wadkins, MSC; Stephen Deal, SlU, Leon Redieck, SlU, Robert Stivers, SlU and Curt Grayson, SlU; (second row, from left) Cusic; Larry Harewood, MSC; Kevin Takahashi; Fred C. Taylor Jr., MSC; Erskine Hill, MSC; David C. Smith, SlU; Paul W. Leahy, MSC and James Corbran, SlU. .Cp; Marine Electrical Maintenance—completing this eight-week course at the Lundeberg School are (front row, from left) Rosario Rolon and Joseph Ortiz Jr., (back row, from left) Marcos Hill, John Kelly, Rich Harris and Steve Brown. Able Seaman Class-—The Lundeberg School graduated 34 members as able seamen on March 13. From the left are (kneeling) Anthony Jannace, Mohamed Shaibi, Joe Hance, John A. Morales, Leon Hedieck, Brad rad Dexter, William Padgett, Patrick Hanley, Jim Smith, Carlie Tacher, Dean Gilbert and David Silvio, (second row) Quintin Fei Ferido, Richard Savi, Richard Hockfeld, Jeff Stockman, Les Farrell, Ismael Martinez, Leo Zukowski, Brian Wagoner, Ivan Marikovsky, Mark Whiting, Miguel Monge and Gerardo Moreno, (third row) Frank Floras, David Jackson, Steven Anthony, Jussein Said, Robert Wagoner, Robert Coleman, Brian Gauntt, instructor Casey Taylor, Richard Strongman, Kenneth Dieter and Craig Pearson. . Marine Electronics Technician—instructor RUSS Levin (second row, center) teaches the principles of analog and digital electronics with emphasis on shipboWd circuitiy and communications. Graduating the March 22 class are (front row, from the left) Garry Johnson. Dave Lyons and Nelson Bailey, (second row) Steve BIgelow. Levin and Charles Petersen. (seco Gowan (Navy EM2), Jeffrey Freed (Navy EN2), Bob Coleman, Joseph Jordan (BM2), Ivan Marikovsky, John Morales, James Chiiswell (BM2), Brian Gauntt, Richard Savl, Michael AlessI, Anthony Jannace and Mark Whiting. �• .'i. ••- - .• i-:; '• ~Y ^' ' ' MYm0 DEEP SEA JOSEPHS. DUFFY Joseph J. Duffy, 72, passed away March 10. The Savan­ nah, Ga. native served in the Navy from 1936 to 1960 before joining the SIU in February 1970 in the port of Yokohama, Japan. E^Iy in his engine department career. Brother Duffy sailed on SeaLand vessels. He started receiv­ ing his pension in February 1983. ALFRED H. DUGGAN Alfred H. Duggan, 67, died April 1. Bom in Gilead, Maine, he served in the Army from 1942 to 1945. Brother Duggan sailed in the black gang after Joining the union in June 1951 in the port of New York. He retired in Febmary 1971. FRANK J. FOLEY Frank J. Foley, 88, passed away Jan­ uary 14 in a Tallassee, Ala. hos­ pital fol­ lowing an extended illness. He was bom in Mt. Sterling, Ky. and joined the Seafarers in March 1951 in the port of New Orldans. Brother Foley sailed in the steward department. He retired in April 1974. Brother Foley was buried January 16 at China Grove Cemetery, Redland, Ala. He is survived by his daughter, Barbara Luker, three grandchildren and five great grandchildren. HOWARD F. FOREMAN Howard F. Foreman, 67, died December 16,1989. The Mis­ souri native joined the Marine Cooks and Stewards, prior to its merger with the SIU, in May 1953 in the port of San Francisco. Brother Foreman started to receive his pension in Jaiiuary 1986. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy. JOHN GARDNER John Gardner, 67, passed away March 23. He was bom in Murray, Ky. After serving in the Navy from 1940 to 1946, Brother Gardner joined the Seafarers in Febm­ ary 1948 in the port of Norfolk, Va. The deck department vet­ eran retired in January 1984. His wife, Martha, survives him. CESARA.GUERRA Cesar A. Guena, 56, died No­ vember 16,1989. A native of Sava, Honduras, he was a No­ i- I vember 1961 graduate of the Andrew Fumseth Training School in New Orleans. Early in his career he sailed on Mis­ sissippi Shipping Company vessels. Brother Guerra up­ graded to recertified steward in 1982 at the Lundeberg School. He was an active member at the time of his death. He is sur­ vived by his wife, Mercedes. CHARLES HAWKINS Charles Hawkins, 68, passed away March 3. Bom in Allentown, Ga., he joined the SlU-Pacific Division in 1944. Brother Haw­ kins later became a member of the Msuine Cooks and Stew­ ards, then retumed to the SIU when the unions merged. JAMES W. KNECHT James W. Knecht, 67, died March 7. The Des Moines, Iowa na­ tive served in the Army from 1942 to 1945. The steward department veteran was a member of the Sailors Union of the Pacific, an SIUNA affiliate, before joining the Seafarers in August 1961. He started drawing his pension in November 1983. VINCENT McCLOSKY Vincent McClosky, 63, passed away in March. He was bom in Londonderry, Ireland. Brother McClosky joined the union in April 1946 in the port of Mo­ bile, Ala. The U.S. Army intermpted his deck department career from 1951 to 1953. His ashes were scattered in the Pa­ cific Ocean on March 8 by the Sea-Land Endurance. CECIL MILLS Cecil Mills, 62, died Feb­ mary 22. The na­ tive of Milltown, Ind. served in the Navy from 1945 to 1948. He joined the Seafarers in May 1957 in the port of Seattle, Wash. Brother Mills upgraded his engine department endorse­ ment in April 1973 at the Lundeberg School. He started to draw his pension in June 1985. HORACESANFORD Horace Sanford, 72, passed away December 25,1989. A native of Alabama, he joined the SIU in July 1946 in the port of Philadelphia. Brother Sanford retired from the black gang in September 1984. ALEX SANTIAGO Alex Santiago, 35, died Febm­ ary 20. After serving in the Army from 1971 to 1972, the Santmce, P.R. native graduated from the Lundeberg School in April 1975. Brother Santiago's first ship was the William Roesch. He upgraded his en­ gine department endorsement in 1980 at Piney Point. He was an active member at the time of his death. EDWARD R. SLANEY Edward R. Slaney, 65, passed away April 5. The galley gang veteran was bom in Norwood, Mass. He joined the SIU in July 1970 in the port of New York. Brother Slaney retired in June 1989. ROLLAN R. TEETS Rollan R. Teets, 82, died March 15. The Chicago native joined the Seafarers in April 1942 in the port of New York. Brother Teets sailed in the en­ gine department before retiring in October 1972. INLAND JOHN R. HAINES JohnR. Haines, 66, passed away Feb­ ruary 11. After serv­ ing in the Navy and Coast Guard from 1942 to 1968, the Burlington, N.J. native joined the SIU in January 1968 in the portof Baltimore. Boatman Haines shipped in the engine department for Curtis Bay Tow­ ing vessels. He started collect­ ing his pension in October 1985. His wife, Mary, survives him. JOHNLARSEN John Larsen, 73, died January 18. He was bom in Skaamp, Denmark and joined the union in Decem­ ber 1956 in the port of Balti­ more. Brother Larsen sailed on Steuart Transportation vessels before retiring in December 1978, He is survived by his wife, Edna. GREAT LAKES JOSEPH B. BOBOLA Joseph B. Bobola, 78, passed away February 27. The Michi­ gan native joined the Seafarers in May 1956 in the port of Al­ pena, Mich. He shipped in the deck department. Brother Bobola retired in September 1975. RAILROAD MARINE ARCHIE B. CRAY Archie B. Cray, 73, died De­ cember 16,1989. Bom in ' -.^3" wCY :- ^ • > •• •-.v., • •-'•• ••••'.-'•'•• • •-/ >- -' *• r Blakes, Va., he served in the Army from 1942 to 1945. He joined the SIU in July 1960 in the port of Norfolk, Va. Brother Cray sailed in the deck + -V" —r -%-*• M -iv "• "'• , •'• ' '•hii.iiwfc v.w :.'^ f''•'vri • i:^ department for the Pennsylva­ nia Railroad before he retired in August 1968. His wife, Bernice, survives him. Correction: National Archives Helps WWII Sealarers Verity Wartime Service The March 1990 editioii of the Seafarers LOG included M article about the National Archives and how it can help World War II merchant mariners to obtain evidence of their wartime service. The LOG article unintentionally omitted one of the National Archives regions in its listing of "Where to Write." The federal govemment's record center has the official log­ books of merchant vessels active in World War II service. The National Archives has distributed those logbooks to its eight regional offices. What follows is a corrected listing. If a former WWII mer­ chant mariner cannot locate any of the documents necessary to apply for veterans' status, and if the Coast Guard cannot find evidence of service in its records, then the logbooks held by the National Archives regional archives may be the next best source of verification. Requests for copies of merchant vessel logbooks must be made in writing and should be addressed to the director of the National Archives regional archives which holds logbooks for the port at which the individual's vessel ended its voyage. Regional Archives New England Region National Archives 380 Trapelo Road Waltham, MA 02154 (617)647-8100 Port Boston, Mass. Portsmouth, N.H. Portland, Maine Providence, R.L •; -7 " •"-•7',/: ;• - .A: ^ i-r.: -f • - '' ^ Pate Span 1942-53 1942-55 1941-55 1941-53 Northeast Region National Archives Bldg. 22 - MOT Bayonne Bayonne,NJ 07002-5388 (201) 823-7252 New York, N.Y. New York, N.Y. 1942-58 1959 Mid-Atlantic Region National Archives 9th & Market Streets Room 1350 Philadelphia, PA 19107 (215)597-3000 Philadelphia, Pa. 1919-21 Philadelphia, Pa. 1942-56 Philadelphia, Pa. 1958-59 Baltimore, Md. 1942-57 Baltimore, Md. 1964-67 Norfolk, Va. 1940-55 (includes Wilmington, N.C.) Portsmouth, Va. 1956-57 Portsmouth, Va. 1963-64 Southeast Region National Archives 1557 St. Joseph Avenue East Point, GA 30344 (404) 763-7477 Savannah, Ga. Jacksonville, Fla. Tampa, Fla. Southwest Region National Archives 501 West Felix Street P.O. Box 6216 Fort Worth, TX 76115 (817)334-5525 Brownsville, Tx. Corpus Christi, Tx. Galveston, Tx. Houston, Tx. Mobile, Ala. New Orleans, La. Port Arthur, Tx. 1946-59 1943-72 1941-74 1942-73 1942-56 1942-76 1939-70 Pacific SW R^ion National Archives 24000 Avila Road P.O. Box 6719 Laguna Niguel, CA 92677-6719 (714)643-4241 Los Angeles, Calif. Los Angeles, Calif, (includes Wilming­ ton, Long Beach & San Pedro) San Luis, Calif. Port Hueneme, Calif. 1916-42 1942-54 1942-54 1945 Pacific Sierra Region 1000 Commodore Drive SanBmno, CA 94066 (415) 876-9009 San Francisco, Calif. 1927-57 Pacific NW Region National Archives 6125 Sand Point Way,NE Seattle, WA 98115 (206)526-6507 Seattle, Wash. Seattle, Wash. Seattle, Wash. Portland, Ore. Coos Bay, Ore. Astoria, Ore. 1890-1911 1910-37 1940-58 1942-58 1941-53 1943-51 1942-51 • 'v' v.- • 7; YJy'-'Y'-Y l ' -1'% Ti' '•.A. •m yy .f: 1914-27 1915-40 • �•-r-:V.. m • iSSSSSSBSSjS^^ />!•/ 26 Si'i r'--:- Hf' iS; SEAFARERS 106 Foreign Flag Cruise Ships Unsafe Sill Members InNewJebs On MSG Tankers • The SIU crewed the Sealift Indian Ocean and the Sealift Caribbean earlier this month. The two vessels are part of a fleet of MSG tankers that now will be operated and maintained by SlU-contracted company IMC. On this page are photos of some of the Seafarers who have signed on for the first SIU voyage on these tank­ ers. r,.'-'!ST.''" EI^ Continued from page 4 OS S. Collins is happy to be aboard the Indian Ocean. Revels "Johnny Reb" Poovey, steward/baker on the Carib­ bean, discusses menu op­ tions. -J • '; AB James Camp during a coffee break on the Indian Ocean. NTSB nor the Coast Guard could have investigated the accident without the permis­ sion of the ship's owner. Kolstad pointed to the case of the Liberian-flagged, Miami-based cruise ship Cel­ ebration with almost 1,600 passengers aboard striking and sinking a Cuban bulk carrier in international waters, killing two members of the Cuban crew. The ship's owner. Carnival Cruise Line, refused to let the NTSB in­ vestigate, and a U.S. district court upheld the owner's re­ fusal because "the court doubted the board's author­ ity to make this type of in­ vestigation," Kolstad said. He called on Congress to make major changes in the way the U.S. handles for- eign-flag cruise ships oper­ ating out of American ports. Among the suggestions Kol­ stad made were giving the Coast Guard more authority to require improved safety equipment such as sprinkler systems, integrated heat/ smoke detectors and cen­ tralized fire control systems on foreignrflag passenger vessels, allowing U.S. gov­ ernmental agencies the right to investigate accidents of foreign-flag passenger ves­ sels in international waters when the ships sail from U.S. ports and American passen­ gers are involved, and per­ mitting U.S. agencies the abilities to examine and con­ trol foreign-flag passenger ships involved in the U.S. market. Know Your Rights Bosun Paul "Red" King takes a coffee break on the Ca­ ribbean. Chief Cook Jack Sivley in the Caribbean's galley. Left to right are Able Seamen on the Caribbean: Ted Daniels, William Steele and Pam Taylor. 11 • Aboard the Indian Ocean are, left to right. Chief Pumpman Freddie Harris, Bosun Leggette Jones and QMED James Brack. Seafarers Welfare Plan Notice COBRA: Continuation Heaith Coverage Seafarers or their dependents who have lost eligibility for health care coverage under the Rules and Regulations of the Seafarers Welfare Plan, may be eligible to purchase, at a pre­ mium, welfare coverage directly from the Plan. Seafarers who have losttheir eligibility for Plan coverage must notify the Plan office immediately to find out whether or not they or their dependents may elect to continue benefits under Ais program. To obt^ more informationabout thisprogram, seafarers may call the membershipservices office at 1-800-CLAIMS-4(1-800252-4674) or may write to: COBRA Program, Seafarers Welfare Plan 5201 Auth Way Camp Springs, Maryland 20746 (The April 1989 edition of the Seafarers LOG contains a com­ plete description of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act—or COBRA—program.) FINANCIAL REPORTS, The CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU constitution of the SIU Atlantic, contracts are available in all SIU Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters halls. These contracts specify the District makes specific provision wages and conditions under which for safeguarding themembership's an SIU member works and lives money and Union finances. The aboard a ship or boat. Members constitution requires a detailed should know their contract rights, audit by Certified Public Accounts as well as theirobligations, suchas every year, which is to be sub­ filing for overtime (OT). on the mitted to the membership by the proper sheets and in the proper Secretary-Treasurer. A yearly manner. If, at any time, a member finance committee of rank and file believes that an SIU patrolman or members, elected by the member­ other Union official fails to protect ship, makes examination each year their contract rights properly, they of the finances of the Union and should contact the nearest SIU port reports fully their findings and agent. recommendations. Members of EDITORIAL POLICY—THE this committee may make dissent­ SEAFARERS LOG. The ing reports, specific recommenda­ Seaifarers LOG has traditionally tions and separate findings. refrained from publishing any ar­ ticle serving the political purposes of any individual in the Union, of­ TRUST FUNDS. All tnist funds ficer or member. It has also of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes refi-ained from publishing articles and Inland Waters District are ad­ deemed harmful to the Union or its ministered in accordance with the collective membership. This estab­ provisions of various trust fund lished policy has been reaffirmed agreements. All these agreements by membership action at the Sep­ specify that the trustees in charge tember 1960 meetings in all con­ of these funds shall equally consist stitutional ports. The responsibility of Union and management repre­ for Seafarers LOG policy is vested sentatives and their alternates. All in an editorial board whichconsists expenditures and disbursements of of the Executive Board of the trust funds are made only upon Union. The Executive Board may approval by a majority of the trus­ delegate, from among its ranks, tees. All trust fund financial one individual to cany out this records are available at the head­ responsibility. quarters of the various trust funds. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in SHIPPING RIGHTS. A any official capacity in the SIU , member's shipping rights and unless an official Union receipt is seniority are protected exclusively given for same. Under no cir­ by contracts between the Union cumstances should any member and the employers. Members pay any money for any reason un­ should get to know their shipping less he is given such receipt. In the rights. Copies of these contracts event anyone attempts to require are posted and available in all any such payment be made without Union halls. If members believe supplying a receipt, or if a member there have been violations of then- is required to make a payment and shipping or seniority rights as con­ is given an official receipt, but tain^ in the contracts between the feels that he should not have been Union and the emp^ers, they required to make such payment, should notify the Se^oiprs Ap­ this should immediately be peals Board by certified mail, reported to Union headquarters. return receipt requested. The CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. Copies proper address for this is: of the SIU constitiition are avail­ Angus "Red" Campbell able in all Union halls. All mem­ Chairman, Seafarers Appeals bers should obtain copies of this Board constitution so as to familiarize 5201 Auth Way themselves with its contents. Any Camp Springs, MD 20746 Full copies of contracts as referred time a member feels any other to are available to members at all member or officer is attempting to times, either by writing directly to deprive him or her of any constitu­ the Union or to the Seafarers Ap­ tional right or obligation by any methods such as dealing with charpeals Board. ges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, the member so affected should immediately notify head­ quarters. EQUAL RIGHTS. All members are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Consequently, no member may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, sex and national or geographic origin. If any mem­ bers feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify Union head­ quarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL AC­ TIVITY DONATION—SPAD. SPAD is a separate segregated fund. Its process are used to fur­ ther its objects and purposes in­ cluding, but not limited to, furthering the political, social and economic interests of maritime workers, the preservation and fur­ thering of the American Merchant Marine with improved employ­ ment opportunities for seamen and boatmen and the advancement of trade union concepts. In connec­ tion with such objects. SPAD sup­ ports and contributes to political candidates for elective office. All contributions are voluntary. No contribution may be solicited or received because of force, job dis­ crimination, 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, the member should notify the Seafarers Union or SPAD by certified mail within 30 days of the contribution for in­ vestigation and appropriate action and refund, if involuntary. A mem­ ber should support SPAD to protect and further his economic, political and social interests, and American trade union concepts. If at any time a member feels that any of the above rights have been violated, or tbat he has been denied his constitutional right of access to Union records or infor­ mation, he should immediately notify SIU President Michael Sacco at headquarters by cer­ tified mail, return receipt re­ quested. The address is 5201 Auth^ay, Camp Springs, MD 20746. I. �MAY 1990 27 1990 UPGRADIHG COURSC SCHEDUU All Pngnms An Gmmi to Impnvo Job Skills of SItf lAomkon amf to Pnmoto tho Amoritoit Maritimo Mostly June-December 1990 The following is the current course schedule for June-December 1990 at the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship. The course schedule may change to reflect the membership's and industry's needs. PLEASE NOTE: All members are required to take flrefighting when attending, the Lundeberg School. Recertification Programs Check-In Date September 24 Course Bosun Recertification Engine Upgrading Courses Check-In Completion Course Date Date Abie Seaman July 23 August 31 September 17 October 26 November 12 December 21 All students must take the Oil Spill Prevention and Containment class prior to the Sealift Operations and Maintenance course. Lifeboatman June 11 June 22 July 9 July 20 August 6 August 17 September 3 September 14 October 1 October 12 October 29 November 9 November 26 December 7 December 24 January 4 Ship Handling June 25 July 6 August 27 September 7 October 8 October 19 December 3 December 14 Radar Observer Unlimited August 20 August 24 October 1 October 5 November 26 November 30 Third Mate August 6 November 16 Tankerman August 17 July 23 Limited License August 17 June 11 September 17 November 23 Upon completion the Sealift Operations course must be taken. All students must take the Oil Spill Prevention and Containment class prior to the Sealift Operations and Maintenance course. July 20 June 11 August 20 September 28 October 29 December 7 September 14 July 23 Marine Electrical Maintenance October 1 November 23 July 23 October 12 Marine Electronics Technician October 1 October 26 Diesel Engine Technology June 11 July 20 Refrigeration Maint. & Operations August 20 September 28 October 1 October 26 Hydraulics All students in the Engine Department will have a two-week Sealift Familiarization class at the end of their regular course. Pumproom Maintenance & Operations 1990 Adult Education Schedule The Adult Education courses listed are six weeks in length. Check-In Completion Course Date Date September 8 High School Equivalency (GED) July 30 D^ember 8 October 29 September 7 July 30 Adult Basic Education (ABE) December 7 October 29 September 7 July 30 English as a Second Language (ESL) October 19 September 10 December 7 October 29 Developmental Studies June 4 July 16 September 10 June 8 July 20 September 14 ABE/ESL Lifeboat Preparation Course June 18 August 13 October 8 July 6 August 31 October 16 Oil Spill Course Oil Spill Prevention & Containment (1 v^eek) July 9 July 23 September 3 October 1 October 29 December 10 July 13 July 27 September 7 October 5 November 2 December 14 Upon completion the Sealift Operations course must be taken. SHLSS College Progrom Schedule for 1990 FULL 8-week Sessions August 6 through September 28 October 15 through December 7 Completion Date August 31 December 7 July 20 December 7 Check-In Date June 11 September 17 June 11 October 29 Course QMED-Any Rating FiremanAVatertender and Oiler Deik Upgrading Courses Completion Date November 5 Steward Upgrading Courses Check-In Completion Course Date Date Assistant Cook, Cook and Baker All open-ended (contact admissions Chief Cook, Chief Steward ofHce for starting date) All students in the Steward Program will have a two-week Sealift Famil­ iarization class at the end of their regular course. ^— Upgrading Application Name- (Last I Date of Birth. Mo./Day/Year (Middle) (First) Address. (Street) •/ChiB (City) (State) Telephone. (Zip Code) " (Area Code) Deep Sea Member • Lakes Member • Inland Waters Member • Pacific • If the following information is not filled out completely your application will not be processed. Book #. Social Security #_ SIGNATURE. DepartmenL Seniority U.S. Citizen: • Yes • No I Am interested in the Following Course) s) Checked Below or Indicated Here if Not Listed Are you a graduate of the SHLSS Trainee Program: If yes, which program: From. Last grade of school completed • Yes GNo DECK • AB/Sealift • 1st Class Pilot to • Third Mate (dates attended) Have you attended any SHLSS Upgrading Courses: • Yes • No If yes, course(s) Taken Have you taken any SHLSS Sea,Iift Operations courses? • Yes • No If yes, how many weeks have you completed? — Do you hold the U.S. Coast Guard Life Boatman Endorsement: • Yes • No Firefighting; • Yes • No CPR: Q-Yes • No Primary Language Spoken DATE. Home Port. Endorsement(s) or License(s) Now Held Date Available for training — With this application COPIES of your discharges must be submitted showing sufficient time to qualify yourself for the course(s) requested. You also must submit a COPY of each of the following: the first page of your union book indicating your department and seniority, your clinic card and the front and back of your Lundeberg School identification card listing the course(s) you have taken and completed. The Admissions Office WILL NOT schedule you until all of the above are received. RATING DATE DATE OF VESSEL HELD SHIPPED DISCHARGE —^ — —— • Radar Observer Unlimited • Master Inspected Towing Vessel Q Towboat Operator Inland d Celestial Navigation • Simulator Course d Marine Electrical Maintenance d Pumproom Maintenance & Operation d Refrigeration Systems Maintenance & Operation d Diesel Engine Technology d Assistant Engineer/Chief Engineer Motor Vessel d Original 3rd Engineer Steam or Motor d Refrigerated Containers Advanced Maintenance d Electro-Hydraulic Systems d Automation d Hydraulics d Marine Electronics Technician ALL DEPARTMENTS d Welding d Lifeboatman (Must be taken with another course) ADULT EDUCATION DEPARTMENT d Adult Basic Education (ABE) d High School Equivalency Program (GED) d Developmental Studies (DVS) d English as a Second Language (ESL) d ABE/ESL Lifeboat Preparation STEWARD ENGINE • FOWT • QMED—Any Rating • Variable Speed DC Drive Systems (Marine Electronics) d d d d d Assistant Cook Utility Cook and Baker Chief Cook Chief Steward Towboat Inland Cook COLLEGE PRfX3RAM d Associates in Arts Degree d Certificate Programs No IrusporUlioo will be paid BBICIS you present original receipts and successfuily complete the course. RETURN COMPLETED APPLiCATION TO: Seafarers Harry Lundeberg Upgrading Center. Piney Point. MD 20674 5/90 �miaf'-muiJifWigB:^^ - J! •;:^pi. «K^ SEAEiREMSS - 'i Volume 52, Number 5 .:f'" Hay 1990 SlU Men Hailed as Heroes for Rescue USCG Presents Awards to Burke, Brown, Kuvshinikov and Tyler Four New York men are alive today because the SlU-crewed Day Peckinpaugh happened to be "in the right place at the right time' on Oneida Lake last October. The Coast Guard recognized the crew earlier this month in a special ceremony attended by nearly 100 people, including two of the sur­ vivors, at the Oswego (N.Y.) Port Authority. The. SIU members involved in the rescue included AB Wheelsmen Tim Burke and Howard Brown, Scraperman Baisel Kuvshinikov and Cook Ber­ nard Tyler. All but Tyler attended the cereniony. None of the SIU crewmembers said they did anything any other mariner would not have done when another ship was in danger. Burke's description of the October 4,1989 incident was:"I was in bed and the captain woke me up. We got everything ready and took the people out of die water. That's all." Brown was as modest as Burke. "Everyone was doing the same thing," he recalled. "We were as­ sisting the men onboard with life jackets, life boats, etc." Survivor Walter Edin remem­ bered the incident in more precise detail. He told others not to be fooled by the modesty of the Peck­ inpaugh crew. "They deserve all the recognition they get," he said watching the ceremony. Edin was aboard the MV Seabreeze, a 65-foot passenger ferry, heading for the warmer waters of Florida when it was caught in the rough seas on the lake. "We took on more water than we could get rid of. We spent 20 minutes with the bow under water," Edin said. "The [Peckinpaugh] crew risked its boat in eight to 10-foot seas and almost rolled over. They put themselves between us and the wind. I couldn't blame them if they left us to protect their vessel." Edin and fellow survivor Ross Keefe at­ tended the ceremony to say thank you one more time to the men who saved their lives. First Mate Stewart Gunnlaugsson, who sailed with the SIU for 11 years before upgrading, provided the official account of the rescue. "I was on watch when it happened. We were 4V2 miles from shore. The seas were too rough for them to head for shore so they were trying to go back to where they started. "I looked at the boat," GunnlaUgsson recalled. "I looked Even heroes don't get the day off. AB Wheelsman Tim Burke secures a new line aboard the Day Peckinpaugh after high winds and waves loosened those already tying the vessel to the dock at the port of Oswego, N.Y. ; f g,;; •• AB Wheelsman Howard Brown (right) Is congratulated by USCG Vice Admiral Howard Thorsen for his role in the rescue of four men from the MV Seabreeze. away, then back and thought 'Where'd it go?' We were a half mile away. They were in the water maybe 30 minutes." The mate said the Peckinpaugh's crew immediately responded to the rescue call. "They did an excellent job, marvelous job. One SIU member practically carried one [survivor] up from the water. We were in the right place at the right time because the water was so cold already that I don't think they could have survived another five minutes. "Everybody was on the deck, even the cook. One of the members almost was in the water to scoop them out. They got the life jackets out, then got blankets, dry clothing and warm food to the men." The Peckinpaugh, a dry bulk ce­ ment carrier which runs from Os­ wego to Rome, N.Y., was able to rescue three of the four men from the Seabreeze on its first sweep. As soon as the crew had wimessed the sinking, the captain radioed the nearby lock to report the incident. A New York State Police helicop­ ter swooped in while the Peckin­ paugh was turning around and plucked the fourth survivor from the water. In presenting Public Service Awards to all involved in the res­ cue, USCG Commander John H. Johnson of the Buffalo, N.Y. area proclaimed all of the men "heroes." Each crewmember and state trooper received their awards from USCG Vice Admiral Howard Thorsen, commander of the Atlan­ tic Region. The ceremony took on added meaning to Kuvshinikov. The Soviet native who came to the U.S. in 1952 became an SIU member 19 years to the day of the recognition. He found out earlier in the week his . • « .,f / - y- WW -•• son was the winner of a Seafarers scholarship. The whole family drove up from Fairview, Pa. to celebrate together. Kuvshinikov noted that he gets to see his family for "48 horns every six weeks" while shipping. "It's just enough time to get the grass cut," he said. Sidney Smith, president of Erie Navigation which owns the Peck­ inpaugh, said this was the first rescue of this magnitude ever conducted by one of the company's vessels. Burke, an SIU member since 1968, said he never had been in such a rescue before. However, Brown, who has sailed with the SIU since 1947, had a tale to go along with a previous rescue. "I was on the Niagara in Lake Erie when we rescued a husband, wife and their dog from a [sunken] pleasure craft. I was holding the dog and it tried to bite me after the rescue." This last rescue the thanks were a little kinder, he noted. Survivors Ross Keefe (left) and Walter Edin (with glasses) thank Peckinpaugh crewmembers Baisel Kuvshinikov and Tim Burke (right) during the ceremony. Help Locate This Missing Child Amy Sue Pagnac Amy Sue Pagnac has been missing since August 5, 1989 from Maple Grove, Mirui. She was 13 years old at the time of her disappearance. Height: Sft Hair: Light brown Weight: 100 pounds Eyes: Blue Identifying Information: Amy Sue Pagnac requires medi­ cation for allergies and has ex­ perienced seizures due to un­ known causes. ANYONE HAVING INFORMA-nON SHOULD CONTACT TheNationaiCenterforMissingaiid Exploited Children 1-800-843-5678 OR Maple Grove Police Department (Minn) Missing Persons Unit 1-612-420-4000 0 • '•'kkkk-'y � 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 1990-1999 Description An account of the resource Volumes LII-LXI 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 May 1990 Description An account of the resource Headlines: COMMISSION STUDIES U.S.-CANADA BILATERAL TRADE ON GREAT LAKES FARM BILL DEBATE HEATS UP IN THE HOUSE SIU-MANNED BAY SHIP CO. WINS MSC BID SIU BEGINS CREWING 9 MSC TANKERS CARGO SHARING URGED IN U.S./USSR SHIP PACT DON ROTAN, MCS OLDTIMER, DIES OF CANCER PANEL BEGINS PROBE ON FOREIGN FLAG CRUISE SHIP SAFETY 3 SEAFARERS, 4 SIU CHILDREN WIN UNION SCHOLARSHIPS BILL TO EXTEND EXPORT BAN ON ALASKA OIL MOVES AHEAD HOUSE, SENATE HUNG UP ON ISSUES IN OIL SPILL BILL SKINNER URGES PHASE-OUT OF SINGLE HULLS JOB-RELATED DEATHS ARE MOURNED THIRTEEN UNION DECK DEPARTMENT MEMBERS GRADUATE FROM TOP-OF-THE-LINE TRAINING COURSE EASTERN, UNIONS RESUME TALKS NLRB RULES FOR BUS CO. STRIKERS KEEP MERCHANT MARINE STRONG IS MARITIME DAY MESSAGE SEN. MATSUNAGA SUCCUMBS TO CANCER TLC MARKS SIU CREW HANDLING OF GREAT LAKES CEMENT CARRIER GEORGE HORNE DIES AT 87, WAS N.Y. TIMES MARINE EDITOR CREW OF ROESCH HELPS VESSEL IN 'WHITEOUT' SIU-CREWED ORGULF TUG MCDERMOTT PLIES THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER ON COAL RUN S-L VESSELS PAY OFF IN LONG BEACH, CALIF. SCHOOL TRAINING SAVES LIFE OF LUNDEBERG STUDENT FIVE SIU MEMBERS GIVEN COMMENDATIONS EXPERIENCED HANDS MAN THE MSC'S KAWISHIWI QMED PROCEDURES TO CHANGE DELTA QUEEN STEAMBOAT CO. CELEBRATES HUNDREDTH YEAR USCG HONORS N.J. FIREFIGHTING EGYPTIAN TRADE UNIONISTS VIST LUNDEBERG SCHOOL AIMS OF GIANT COMMODITY MERCHANTS DON'T SQUARE WITH U.S. INTERESTS PIERCING OF THE GIANT AGRIBUSINESS VEIL REVEALS FOREIGN TIES, FOREIGN-FLAG SHIPS 'EXPORT ENHACEMENT PROGRAM' IS ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING BIGGER TAX PAYER SUBSIDIES FOR GIANT GRAIN EXPORTERS GRAIN MERCHANTS AND THEIR FOREIGN TIES THE ILLOGIC OF THE GRAIN GROUPS' ATTEMPT TO SCUTTLE U.S. SHIPPING SPAD: PLAYING A MAJOR ROLE IN JOB SECURITY OF MEMBERS 'SHIPSHAPE' IS THE WORD FOR THE USNS SILAS BENT LUNDEBERG SCHOOL GRADUATES SEVEN CLASSES SIU MEN HAILED AS HEROES FOR RESCUE Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 5/1/1990 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. 52, No. 5 1990 Periodicals Seafarers Log