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scale replay—of the same kind of internal membership unity on the part of thousands of Seafarers and Boatmen that made our organization a success to begin with. i .Now that the SIU-IBU merger is a reality, what does it all mean for the . Union and our members both today and in the future? , From a purely pragmatic point of view, the merger will effectively cut mmm the Union's administrative costs, which have been skyrocketing right along with the price of just about everything else. In turn, these cost reductions will insure the Union's continued ability to provide high quality Services for PulHaM all our members. In another aspect, the merger launches our united Uiiion into a much stronger position to protect the rights, welfare, jobs and job security of our members in the two vital areas of collective bargaining and organizing the Two Strong Unions thousands of still unorganized seagoing people working the nation's harbors, rivers, oceans and Lakes. It also provides the united SIU with more widespread political effectiveness Come Together at all levels of government from local to statewide, to national and inter­ national. The history and growth of the SIU has been marked by a continuous series In addition, the merger will enable the SIU to continue to provide the of tough struggles, from the waterfront to W^hington, D.C., for the personal educational programs and opportunities necessary for Boatmen and Sea­ rights and dignity of a lot of hardworking seafaring men and women.. farers to acquire the changing job and work skills of a rapidly changing We won some of these struggles and we lost some too, but regardless of industry. the outcome, our opponents always knew they were in a fight down to the I think that most of these projected results of the SIU-IBU merger are wire. fairly obvious to our members, because the SIU membership is an informed The effectiveness of our Union in a wide range of areas involving maritime one and knows the issues and problems facing our industry today. no doubt surprises a lot of outsiders, because to them, the SIU has few appar­ However, far beyond the pragmatic, the political, the organizational and ent resources. In a way, they are probably right because we as a labor Union educational benefits the merger of our two unions undoubtedly will representing seamen do not have unlimited manpower or unlimited financial provide, I believe that this merger marks a kind of rebirth for the SIU that resources to achieve our goals. will inject new life and new power into working toward the goal that has Quite the contrary, the success and strength of our Union has always always been our objective since the Union's inception—and that is a better depended on a formula of an intangible nature—and that is a high degree life, a secure life, for our members and their families. of internal membership unity mixed with the determination to build a There is no question that the SIU has made great strides in achieving this better life for ourselves. Time and time again throughout our history, our goal forour members. But we would be deceiving ourselves if we thought members came through for the Union and themselves by showing the ability that nothing could take away the security we have won and built on from to remain united on an issue until it was resolved. And believe me, it has past victorious fights. paid off in a big way for all of us. Wp must face the fact that the future of all segments of the U.S. maritime Last month was no different, as an overwhelming majority of both the industry—deep sea, inland waters and shipbuilding—is by no means secure. SIU and IBU memberships voted to merge the Inland Boatmen's Union into A quick look at the nation's economy and the millions of American workers the SIU A & G district. I believe that the gratifying result of the merger vote from all industries on the unemployment lines will attest to this. is significant for everyone concerned for two very important reasons. First, We can have a secure industry—an industry that will provide for our it brings two strong unions—in fact the strongest unions representing Boat­ needs as workers and family men. But we have to work at it, and work at it men and unlicensed Seafarers in the country—together into one more effec­ aggressively from a position of strength and unity. The merger has thrust tive labor organization better able to provide for its members' needs than our Union into such a position. Now it is up to us to make the most of it. I ever before. Secondly, it is a dramatic demonstration—in essence a large believe we will.

Change of address cards on Form 3579 should be sent to Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Gulf Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn N.Y. 11232. Published monthly. Second Class postage paid at Brooklyn, N.Y. Vol. XXXVIII, No. 10, October 1976. /

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Hall: 'Lack of Vision' Blocks Seopower Development / SlU President Paul Hall has charged from 976 ships to 477 ships. Hall stated, • A higher level of Government co­ that a lack of imagination and vision in "it is frightening to realize that each ordination and concern for the U.S. America's national policies and atti­ year in the last decade our Navy has maritime industry through the creation tudes toward maritime "has blocked lost more ships than were lost at Pearl of a maritime affairs assistant on the development of an appropriate sea- Harbor." White House level. This proposal has power concept" so vital to our national Hall also pointed out that since 1968, already received bipartisan support in security. the U.S. merchant fleet declined from Congress, and it would improve coordi­ Speaking before the Convention of 906 ships to 520 ships despite the fact nation of civilian maritime activities and the National Propeller Club in San that over 25 percent of total world in­ result in "a more constructive interfac­ Diego this month, President Hall fur­ ternational trade is with the United ing with the Navy." ther charged that "at a time when the States. •_A renewed national commitment importance of the oceans is increasing, Hall affirmed that the simultaneous to revitalizing our merchant fleet by re­ our maritime strength—^Navy and mer­ decline of the U.S. Navy and merchant vitalizing the original goals of Congress chant fleet—continues to decrease in fleet is connected, charging that "the as embodied in the Merchant Marine force and size." American public, the Administration, Act of 1970. Since the passage of the Hall supported his charges with facts, the Congress and the various maritime 1970 Act, which called for the construc­ pointing out that since 1968, U.S. Navy components themselves, do not fully tion of 300 new ships in 10 years, only 58 vessels have been contracted for con­ vessel strength has plunged 50 percent understand the integrated nature of sea- ' t • . power and the necessity for a strong struction. Funds requested by the Presi­ maritime presence, both military and dent and appropriated by Congress re­ commercial, in any area in which the main unspent and the program has INDEX United States has vital national inter­ ground to a virtual halt. ests." • Development of a national cargo Legislative News Hall then pointed out that while policy to assure that U.S.-flagships Washington Activities .... Page 9 America's seapower declines, "the So­ carry a fair share of cargoes in all U.S. Locks and Dam 26 fight .. Page 2 viet Union is engaged in the greatest trades. Where possible, that policy Union News shipbuilding program of its history, both should consist of bilateral agreements President's Report Page 2 merchant marine and naval." with our trading partners. And when SPAD honor roll Page 39 From 1960 to 1976, the Soviet mer­ these agreements are not possible, the SlU scholarships '.Backpage chant fleet grew from 1,033 vessels to­ policy should require that a designated Headquarters Notes Page 7 talling 3.5 million tons to 2,678 vessels minimum percentage of energy and Norfolk meeting Page 4 totalling 14 million tons. In addition, strategic raw material imports be car­ Inland Lines .Page 6 the Russian's fleet development plans ried on U.S.-flagships. At Sea-Ashore Page 12 reportedly call for tripling their capacity Hall affirmed that by seriously enact­ Lakes Picture Page 8 of RO-RO vessels, tripling their con­ Paul Hall ing this three-point program, the U.S. Tallying Committees Page 10 tainer capacity and developing a LASH military, economic and political power." can achieve "a merchant fleet consistent Port Agents fleet. Hall strongly recomniended that the with our seapower needs." Conference Pages 19-22 Hall aflfirmed, "while we were going United States move quickly to correct Hall expressed confidence that Amer­ from first to eight in world maritime its maritime shortcomings and chart a ica "will demonstrate the requisite General News rankings, the Russians have gone from new course to rebuild the nation's mari­ imagination to confront the realities and Hall at Propeller Club Page 3 23rd to sixth in merchant fleet tonnage," time strength. To accomplish this. Hall to move into our third century in a pos­ Reply to Coast Guard Page 7 and he warned that if America forfeits urged the adoption of a three-point pro­ ture of maritime strength rather than National unemployment .. Page 7 gram, which includes: weakness." Jobless study Page 5 control of the seas, it will "surrender Sailors Snug Harbor Page 6 Oil industry ...... Page 23 New Supertanker American Heritage Shipping American Heritage Page 3 Tentatively set for crewing by Sea­ i| ? Belle River Page 2 farers on Nov. 3 in the port of Wilming­ Boatmen in Duluth, ton, the new 90,000 dwt supertanker Chicago Page 11 the SS American Heritage (Aeron Ma­ ITJ t Lakewood Page 13 rine) will soon join her three sisterships, Zapata Patriot Page 15 the SS Golden Monarch, the SS Golden Orgulf equipment Page 25 Endeavor and the SS Golden Dolphin. Ship's Committees Page 27 On her maiden voyage, the American Dispatchers' Reports: Heritage will onload crude oil in the

Great Lakes Page 29 Virgin Islands for delivery to East .,h .. Deep Sea Page 16 Coast consumers getting ready for win­ \ •' Inland Waters . .Page 24 tertime cold and frost. Ships' Digests .Page 26 The 894-foot American Heritage Training and Upgrading was Bicentenially-launched early this Seafarers participate in 'A' seniority upgrading Pages 33-34 DEEP SEA Upgrading class schedule, requirements year, the Golden Monarch last year and and application . .".Pages 35-37 the Golden Endeavor and Go/den Dol­ GED requirements ..Page36 phin in 1974 at the National Steel and Membership News Shipbuilding Co. Yard in San Diego. 3 Lakes old timers .Page 14 All the San Clemente class (OBO Boatman Bane Page 24 tanker version, like the SS Ultramar) Former scholarship vessels can carry 25-million gallons of winner Page 12 crude totaling 500,000 barrels at a 16.5 New pensioners Page 28 knot cruising speed from 24,500 hp en­ \ Final Departures Pages 30-31 gines. The ships carry enough fuel to travel 15,000 miles. They all have Special Features environmentally-designed double-bot­ What Is NMC? Page 18 tomed hulls with automatic Butterworth Alcoholic Rehab Page 17 systems for tank cleaning. Seafarers rid­ Lakes song .Page8 ing the ships have private rooms and Medicare ..' Page 29 semiprivate bathroorns. The ship will Cold water survival Page 32 also have the Satellite Navigation Sys­ Articles of particular interest to tem. each area-can be found on the follow­ She will also be able to transit the ing pages: . Panama Canal. The first vessel in the three-ship Deep Sea: 3,4,12,15,16,27 SlU Executive Vice President Frank Drozak (right) stands with former Federal series, the SS Golden Dolphin, has al­ lniandWater8:2.6.11,24.25 Maritime Commission chief Helen D. Bentley (center) and Leon Shapiro of ready generated $100,000 into the U.S. Great Lakes: 2,8,13,14,29 National MEBA at the launching of the SS American Heritage (Aeron Marine) early this year at the National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. Yard in San Diego. economy. Pages October, 1976 Signing in (above top left) and waiting in line next are Seafarers B. Fowler and Robert Sawyer for the start of the Sept. 9 monthly membership meeting in the port of Norfolk. Later in the meeting (above top right) SlU Patrolman Steve Papuchis (left) chairs the meeting at the podium while Patrolman Mark Evans, re­ cording-secretary, stamps the books and sea cards of members present. During the meeting (below left) Brother W. A. Mitchell (standing) asks the chair about shipping and the Russian grain run and (below right) Seafarer A. R. Sawyer (standing) gets a laugh from the membership with a witty remark.

Norfolk Meeting Targets USSR Grain Nyet NORFOLK — Almost 100 SIU yards to be manned by U.S. seafarers, meml^ers filled the shipshape Union and what President Paul Hall is doing Hiring Hall here to nearly overflow­ about automation. V • ' ' ' ing at last month's monthly member­ At the meeting's conclusion. Port ship meeting as Port Agent Gordon - : Agent Spencer reminded the mepi- Spencer and his aides focused on the bership to vote in the SIU-IBU nationwide maritime union demon­ merger election which was going on strations—including one at this port then. —^protesting Russia's refusal to use U.S. ships to carry grain to the Soviet Union in August. Chairing the meeting, Patrolman Steve Papuchis told the members that shipping was slow in the port. At this point, a Seafarer got up to ask the chairman some questions about shipping. Another asked about the Russian grain problem. After answering those queries, Papuchis then read Atlantic Coast Vice President Earl "Bull" Shepard's Legislative Report on how Congress would recess Oct. 2 until January; how the GOP Convention in Kansas City had not adopted a maritime plank in their Presidential campaign platform; the latest work in Congress on bills to regulate drilling for oil on the Outer Continental Shelf; the lat­ est on tax reform legislation from Registering to vote in the SIU-IBU Norfolk Port Agent Gordon Spencer (left) shows deep sea oldtimer Kirby Capitol Hill which would give U.S. merger election is Inland Boatman Wright how to register to vote oh the upcoming SlU-IBU merger just before shipovmers a 5 percent tax credit for the membership meeting. building U.S.-flag ships in American Gerald E. Cessna of the Virginia Pilot Boat Co. ' ' , Page 4 ' Seafarers Log Hall Scores CG Bureaucracy on Manning Cuts

SIU President Paul Hall has attacked safety, equal concern must be given to multiple duties in an environment ex­ Guard's circular falls flat on its face in as "bureauocratic arrogance in the ex­ such items as regular vessel mainte­ posed to extreme elements and most regard to the need for vessel mainte­ treme" a recent Coast Guard Naviga­ nance, occupational health and safety, hazardous conditions. nance and crew and environmental tion and Vessel Inspection Circular both physical and psychological of the In regard to the environment. Hall safety, the circular seems to be partic­ (NVC) which advocates an across-the- crew, and protection of the marine en­ charged that not only has the Coast ularly biased against the unlicensed sea­ board reduction of the unlicensed crew vironment. Guard "abysmally ignored" the issue, man. The most obvious demonstration on automated vessels. In seeming direct opposition to these but it "has failed to demonstrate that it of this bias is carried in the circular's Hall angrily declared, in a letter to mandates, the Coast Guard circular had consulted with the Environmental comments concerning the "state of the Rear Admiral William Benkert at Coast makes only "passing reference to the Protection Agency concerning this cir­ art"' of marine automation Guard Headquarters, that before the maintenance of equipment and ma­ cular, thereby precluding interested In regard to licensed officers, the cir­ Coast Guard puts any of its proposals, chinery. In fact, it is given the lowest of parties working with the EPA to assure cular states; which includes support for an "unman­ priorities, if any meaningful attention that the legislative scheme (governing "Although the state of the art has ned or periodically unattended engine at all." marine environmental safety) is being provided much by way of automated room," into effect, these issues should In addition, the circular totally ig­ properly and adequately observed and pilot, house controls, automatic steer­ be the subject of hearings, testimony, nores occupational health and safety fostered." ing. radar, electronic sensors, alarms examination and due process. factors, making no mention of such In addition to these concerns. Con­ and other warning devices, they are still The most glaring defect in the Coast vital crew concerns as workload; psy­ gress has affirmed for decades that "our generally at a stage of evaluation. Until Guard's proposals, which concentrate chological impact of high noise levels merchant marine shall not be manned the reliability of the equipment and the solely on navigational concerns, is that and the physical effect upon hearing; by all purpose crews." Yet the Coast related human element are proven and they violate either existing laws or clear the psychological and physical impact Guard arrogantly proclaims in its cir­ there is some wide or universal adop­ mandates of Congress concerning the of voyages without regular and routine cular that it "favors the general purpose tion, a reduction in the present number safe operation of marine vessels. leave; the routine and monotony crew approach as well as reduction in of required licensed deck watch officers For instance. Congress has made it brought about by quick turn-arounds, crew concepts." clear that in addition to navigational and the requirements and effects of Besides the fact that the Coast Continued on Page 38 GAO Says Ford Jumped Gun in Mayaguez Rescue A Congressional agency which audits nese Communist Government, through a report suggesting that you shot from tions. Every possible diplomatic means and probes the U.S. executive branch, a neutral country, told the U.S. before the hip in the Mayaguez rescue mission was utilized. But at the same time, I the General Accounting Office (GAG) the attack that she was using her in­ and that you ignored diplomatic mes­ had a responsibility, and so did the early this month contended in a 162- fluence with Cambodia to seek an early sages saying that a peaceful solution National Security Council to meet the page report that the Ford Administra­ release of the ship and "excepted it to was in prospect. Why didn't you do problem at hand. And we handled it re­ tion jumped the gun in the rescue of be released soon." more diplomatically at the time . . .?" sponsibly and I think Captain Miller's the SlU-manned containership SS May­ On May 12, 1975, the Mayaguez Ford replied: ". . . Somebody who testimony to that effect is the best evi­ aguez (Sea-Land) from Cambodia in bound for Sattahip, Thailand from sits in Washington, D.C. 18 months dence." May. 1975 when 41 American soldiers Honk Kong was fired upon by three after the Mayaguez incident, can be a Afterwards, the GAO denied Fords' , n' (18 Leathernecks and 23 coptermen) Cambodian gunboats in the early morn­ very good grandstand quarterback. And charge of "partisan politics" in releas­ were lost saving the crew. ing 60 miles off the mainland and eight let me make another observation. This ing the report before the debate. The report found that President Ford miles off a group of small islands morning I got a call from the skipper The Defense Department, in a state­ did not have to order a Marine rescue claimed by Cambodia and Vietnam. [Captain Miller] of the Mayaguez. He ment appended to the report, said the t 1 assault on a Cambodian island where Captured, she was then taken into the was furious because he told me that it military assessments "were as good as it was thought the already-freed Maya- Cambodian port of Kompong So. The was the action of me. President Ford, could be expected in the light of in­ guez crew was or order a preemptive rest is history. that saved the lives of the crew of the formation then available." bomb strike on Cambodian targets be­ Mayaguez. The GAO report concluded that the -ipi cause U.S. pilots on the scene the day White House Disagrees "And I can assure you that if we Marine assault and U.S. bombing on before the assault had sighted some 30 White House press secretary Ron had not taken the strong and forceful Cambodia's mainland did not win re­ Seafarers in fishing boats leaving Koh Nessen commenting on the GAO report action that we did, we would have been lease of the Mayaguez crew because it Tang Is. Furthermore, the aerial spot­ said "Well, we disagree" with the re­ criticized very, very severely for sitting started after the Cambodians had begun 'I ting of the crew, the GAO says, was not port's conclusion. "The President car­ back and not moving. releasing the crew. ^•1. U, relayed to military authorities who rec­ ried out the actions in the Mayaguez But it said that fact "probably could ommended the assault. case and believes that they were right. not have been known at the time". The IfI; Also the military had ignored ac­ The interval of time has not affected Says "Crew is Thankful" report also noted earlier U.S. military •v • Pi curate intelligence that had reported the anything." "Captain Miller is thankful. The crew strikes and sinking of gunboats prob­ presence of 150 heavily-armed Cam­ A top aide of Secretary of State is thankful. We did the right thing. It ably did influence Cambodia to release bodian soldiers on the island, preferring Henry A. Kissinger, Lawrence S. Eagle- seems to me that those who sit in Wash­ the crew. to believe that there were only 20 Cam­ burger, in a letter in the report, accused ington 18 months after the incident are ". . . At the same time," the report bodian troops there, the report said. the GAO of "attempts to secondguess not the best judges of the decision-mak­ said, "all available means were not And, in a slap at the State Depart­ the actions of officials acting under the ing process that had to be made by the used to obtain better evidence on the 1 ment, the GAO report said that all constraints of time." National Security Council and by myself location of the crew while plans were diplomatic means were not used to free Kissinger said the report was "inade­ at the time the incident was developing being developed to assualt Koh Tang the Mayaguez prior to the launching of quate and misleading." He added "I was in the Pacific. Is." the attack on Cambodia. It said, in part there and I know what information the "Let me assure you that we made The GAO said it was restricted by ". , . little weight appears to have been Government was working from." every possible overture to the People's the executive branch from examining given to indications that the Cambod­ In the second Ford-Carter debate on Republic of China and through them to National Security Council records that ians might be working out a poltical foreign policy on Oct. 6, a TV modera­ the Cambodian Government. We made might have shed more light on the solution." tor asked: "Mr. President, the Govern­ diplomatic protests to the Cambodian Washington decision-making end of the Congressional sources said the Chi­ ment Accounting Office has just put out Government through the United Na­ Mayaguez episode. United Farmworkers Union Presses Free Elerfions in California

The United Farmworkers Union is workers and their supporters gathered the original law, but it was permitted were just trying to head off support for mobilizing again in California—-this the signatures of 728,000 California under a regulation of the State Agricul­ the initiative. time to guarantee farmworkers the right voters to place the law on the ballot as tural Relations Board. UFW president Cesar Chavez said to select the union of their choice in a Proposition 14. Earlier this year the growers chal­ the initiative is needed so "the future of secret ballot. If Proposition 14 is passed by a pop­ lenged the access provision, claiming farmworkers and their children is never ular vote, Nov. 2, the right to free elec­ that it interfered with their property again left to the fancy of weak legisla­ Although the State Agricultural rights. But the California Supreme tors in Sacramento." Labor Relations Act gave farmworkers tions in the field will become part of the State's Constitution and adequate fund­ Court and the U.S. Supreme Court up­ Currently, the UFW is running a this right, the State Legislature—under held the rule. voter registration drive throughout Cali­ pressure from the growers and the ing for the historic collective bargaining law will be guaranteed. In addition. Proposition 14 allows fornia and a Proposiiton 14 education Teamsters Union—cut off funds to ad­ the Agricultural Labor Relations Board campaign. minister the law once it became appar­ Would Guarantee Access to award treble damages in unfair labor The California Labor Federation, the ent that the United Farmworkers Union Proposition 14 makes a few changes practice cases where employers are AFL-CIO, the United Auto Workers, was winning most of the elections. in the old law, which was passed in found to have violated the law. the SIU and many other unions back Last April, the UFW decided to by­ June, 1975. Union organizers will be Although the California Legislature Proposition 14. pass the legislature and go directly to guaranteed access to fieldhands during voted $6.8 million to fund the Board on The SIU urges its California mem­ . 1 the voters through the initiative process. lunch hour, breaks, and before and after July 1 after a six-month delay, the UFW bers and friends to vote "yes" on Prop­ In a whirlwind 29-day campaign, farm- working hours. "Access" was not part of felt that the growers and Teamsters osition 14, Nov. 2. /•! October, 1976 Pages

I i St. Louis Heavy rains have raised the water level of the Mississippi River a bit, alleviat­ ing some of the low water problems on the Upper Mississippi. With the level up two or three feet in the last month, chances of the Upper Mississippi freezing to the ground level this winter have been reduced. Shipping is good in St, Louis this month with all contracted boats out of lay-up and running.

Cincinnati With all the kinks in her steam engine worked out, the riverboat Mississippi Queen will be out of lay-up by Nov. 1. Ninety percent of her crew has indicated that they will take their jobs back. Great Lakes She will be running between Cincinnati and New Orleans for the rest of The SlU-contracted company Luedtke Engineering Co. has postponed work the year. on a pipeline in Marquette, Mich, until next spring because of weather condi­ tions. The project will involve trenching over land, through a flooded swamp and out into Lake Superior. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources is presently studying a proposed jet port which will be built in Lake Erie, construction of a new steel mill at Conneaut, nuclear power plant construction, and shoreline erosion and flood control projects. Leading all the Great Lake states in marine construction, Ohio is also presently surveying the dredging needs of Cleveland, Eastlake, Ash­ tabula, Lorain, Sandusky, Port Clinton and Toledo.

Jacksonville Caribe Towing Co. is taking five or six boats off the West Coast-Alaska pipeline run for the winter and bringing them to Jacksonville. They will run between Jacksonville and Puerto Rico during the area's peak Christmas ship­ ping season, providing numerous jobs for area Boatmen.

Norfolk Contract negotiations have begun with Allied Towing of Norfolk. Boatmen man 20 Allied hawser tugs in this port. Their contract expires in December.

New Orleans Crescent Towing and Salvage has bought-a new boat from an East Coast outfit. A harbor tug, she is still unnamed. That's not necessary, Fenwick!

NYC Withheld Board's $1M Until Settlement Snug Harbor Trustees Agree to Aid Two Ex-Residents The trustees of Sailors Snug Harbor modations and would supplement the hold the money until Pujol and Bugel retired sailors from all contact with have finally reached an agreement with income of any Harbor resident not had left the grounds. friends and family, a New York court Johan Bugel and Anthony Pujol, the wishing to move to North Carolina The next day, the trustees reached an approved the move. two retired sailors who refused to leave since many of the old sailors objected agreement with the two which, in addi­ But in response to the vigorous pro­ the Harbor's Staten Island grounds to the move. tion to the payments which bring each tests, the court forced the trustees to when the home for old sailors moved Claiming that the trustees were not man's income up to $500 per month, agree to aid the men who wished to re­ from that 143-year old site to a new interested in reaching a reasonable set­ included assurances that both would be main in New York, most of whom had location in Sealevel, N.C. last June. tlement, Pujol and Bugel refused to" admitted to a subsidized housing proj­ little means of supporting themselves, The agreement, which stipulates that leave the old, mansion-like buildings ect for the elderly on Staten Island. The by arranging for accommodations for the Harbor will supplement Pujol's in­ when the Harbor moved last June even trustees also agreed to pay all rent in them and by supplementing their in­ come by $260 per month and Bugel's though they were left without hot water, excess of $82 per month for temporary come. by $44 per month, ends Pujol and cooking facilities or heat. quarters until Bugel and Pujol could Although at least 22 men later signed Bugel's three month fight to force the Stop $1 Million Payment move into the project. a letter stating that they would not move Harbor's board of trustees to honor a The only stipulation by the trustees to North Carolina, the trustees waited two-year old promise. By remaining in the completely de­ was that both leave the Snug Harbor until only two weeks before the move In 1974, the board of trustees had serted Harbor, Bugel and Pujol inad­ grounds by the following day, Sept. 30, this June to begin arranging for other promised the N.Y. State Attorney Gen­ vertently prevented the board of trustees so that the board could receive the $1 accommodations. eral that it would arrange for accom- from receiving a final $1 million pay­ million payment on Oct. 1. Under the pressure of these haphaz­ ment from'^New York City which had , One of Many Conflicts ard and confused last-minute arrange­ bought the old Snug Harbor. ments, all but nine of the old sailors Blue Ticket New York, which is planning to This conflict, only one of many be­ felt they had no choice but to move to house a cultural center in the beautiful, tween the board of trustees and the the isolated Sealevel site. though deteriorating, landmark Snug Harbor's old mariners, began in 1972 In the last days before the move, ar­ AB Rules Harbor buildings, contended that it when the Harbor sought permission to rangements were made for five of the could not take possession and make the Blue Ticket ABs (12 month) who move the home for old sailors from its nine to move into nursing homes in the final payment until all Snug Harbor original Staten Island site to new fa­ have accumulated twb years of watch- area, one was assisted in finding an residents, including Bugel and Pujol, cilities in North Carolina.. apartment and one man just left one standing seatime since passing their had left the buildings. Blue Ticket examination may now ob­ Over the protests of the SIU and night. In the first months of Bugel and Pu­ many of the Harbor's residents who Bugel and Pujol, however, refused to tain their Green Ticket (Unlimited— jol's lonely protest. New York could not pointed out that the new site was com­ be forced into accepting what they con­ Any Waters) without taking an addi­ find the $1 million it had set aside for pletely isolated and would remove the sidered unsatisfactory settlements. tional examination. the purchase of Snug Harbor. The trus­ You can apply for your Green Ticket tees, realizing that the city could not pay at any Coast Guard office when you them even if the tw^ holdouts moved St. Louis USPHS Clini€ Director Is Named have accumulated the required seatime. out, made only half-hearted attempts to Also, Harry Lundeberg School grad­ A new director of the USPHS Out­ Food and Drug Administration, Wash­ bargain while they began eviction pro­ patient Clinic in the port of St. Louis, uates are now eligible to enter the AB ceedings against the two. ington, D.C.; Indian Health Service, Upgrading Course at the School after Norbert P. Heib, Jr., has been named Gallup, N.M.; Cardinal Glennon Me­ accumulating eight months seatime as to the post recently held by Robert A. morial Hospital for Children;'on the an OS. $1 Million Found Epstein who was assigned to the Na­ faculty of St; Loui^.University, his alma tional Health Service Corps, Seattle. All those who have the required sea­ Then on Sept. 28, New York in­ mater, where there and at Oklahoma time are urged to apply for this program. formed the trustees that it had found A St. Louis native, senior USPHS of­ University he took training in Health the $1 million final payment and would Services Administration. He joined the ficer Heib most recently served with the USPHS in 1965.

Page 6 October, 1976 The international tanker market is still in a slump and the carriage of this Headquarters grain has provided a lot of employment for Seafarers in what might otherwise be a period of slow shipping. Occurences as simple as overstaying shore passes, losing passes or using someone else's pass are enough to create an incident which the Soviets can -• ;^otes attempt to use to their owri advantage in negotiations. So when you are in a Soviet port remember that your conduct is extremely by SIU Executive Vice President important and act responsibly. You'll be depriving the Soviets of an excuse to side-track the real i.ssue—their refusal to live up to the original trade agreement Frank Drozak —and you'll be protecting jobs that belong to all Seafarers. Job security, that is having jobs available for its members, is one of the The Soviets have been using a number of ploys in an attempt to justify their keystones of the SIU's strength as a trade union. violation of the 1972 U.S.-USSR grain shipping agreement, the pact which To protect that security we must also continue to upgrade our skills in all specifies that one-third of all grain sold to Russia must be carried on U.S.-flag areas to reflect the new needs of the American maritime industry. ships. The future job security of all SIU members will not be determined by what First, they set port and route restrictions that effectively prevented vessels we did 20 years ago but by what we can do today and what we are trained to in the U.S. fleet from carrying grain to Russia and then claimed that no do tomorrow. American-flag vessels were available. Firefighting is a good example. Right now SIU Boatmen, deepsea members The result was that in August and September, although the Soviets took and Great Lakes Seafarers can get a firefighting endorsement by attending a delivery of over 500,000 tons of U.S. grain, not one ounce was moved on two-day course—one day of classroom instruction at the Harry Lundeberg American bottoms. School and one day of training at the MSC-MARAD Firefighting School in Well, the Maritime Administration is now meeting with Soviet representa­ Earle, N.J. tives in an attempt to bring U.S.-flag grain carriage back up to its full share. Why should you bother? Well, for one thing, the Coast Guard may soon But even though the Soviets are the ones who have violated the agreement, require most maritime workers to be certified for firefighting. Without the they seemTeady to side-track discussion of this issue by dwelling on violations of training you might be shut out of a lot of jobs. Soviet port regulations by some American seamen. But more importantly, this training will make you a better sailor and a better Citing a few cases where American sailors violated their regulations gov-' Boatman. New equipment and new cargoes like LNG or LPG have increased erning shore leave, the Soviets would like to use these negotiations to talk about the consequences of any shipboard or waterfront fire and firefighting techniques a few individuals ^who acted irresponsibly rather than focus attention on their have been improved to meet these new conditions. own violation of a trade agreement which the U.S. entered into in good faith. If SIU members have the training to man this equipment and to move these Because we knew how many jobs the bi-lateral shipping agreement meant for cargoes safely, we will get the jobs. If, however, we don't haye the upgraded American seamen, the SIU mounted a major campaign for its negotiation. And skills to meet the new qualifications and to utilize the new firefighting equipment, we've done our part to bring the Russian's violation of this aigreement out into we'll be counted out. the open, vigorously protesting their actions in demonstrations throughout the There is no reason for us to be shut out of these new jobs—the facilities are country. available. Make arrangements to attend this program and, while you're at it, Now each member must do his part to protect what we have gained. Shipping look into the other excellent upgrading programs at the Lundeberg School— agreements, cargo quotas and negotiations may seem a little removed from the AB, tankerman, cook, vessel operator, pilot, steward, QMED and other your job on that tanker bound for Odessa, but you can have a direct effect on courses which lead to higher paying jobs for you and stronger job secunty for this issue. Realize before you go into a Soviet port that any improper action all SIU members. (See course description, requirements and dates at the back could be used by the Soviet Union to further damage the grain agreement. of this Log.)

Unemployment Benefit Claims Hit 12-Month High In the first week of this month in the tight-money, high-interest rate policies ment statistics are' the grim indicators that time, a discouraged 25 percent U.S., new applications for state unem­ of the Federal Reserve System's chief, that almost 600,000 U.S. workers have (815,000 persons) had stopped look­ ployment benefits jumped to their high­ Arthur F. Burns. been out of work for more than a year ing for employment. Only 7 percent est point in 12 months, 452,000, a rise He adds that from 1973 to 1975, or more with the numbers doubling for went on welfare and only 25 percent of 100,000 more applying since the blue-collar workers have had a jobless those jobless for more than six months. out of 55 percent eligible applied for start of this year, according to the U.S. rate of from a 5.3 percent up to 9.8 per­ And that jobless pay ($17-billion food stamps. Only 17 percent with sec­ Labor Department. cent last month. The national average paid out in 1975) has run out for 2.2 ond jobs were able to get credit in order is anywhere from 7.8 to 10 percent. He million workers during the last year. The overall total of persons in to keep up with their standard of living. also takes issue with the President's Twenty-two states dole out 39 weeks of America receiving unemployment in­ Interestingly, 81 out of the nation's economic advisers who in their 197^ . unemployment benefits; 14 have a 52- surance pay from both Federal and 200 big cities and 17 states (led by Economic Report assert that longer week maximum; only New York and 13 state programs at the beginning of Oc­ Rhode Island's 10.8 percent) this sum­ duration of joblessness has been due in have a 65-week ceiling. Unfor­ tober was 4,074,200. others mer topped the national unemployment part to-wider coverage and longer dur­ tunately, by law, on next Mar. 31, the rate; 32 cities had a jobless rate of 10 A story in this month's AFL-CIO ation of unemployment compensation. Federal emergency extension program percent, reports the U.S. Bureau of i "American Federationist" says there Lack of Jobs will end, cutting the top limit in all Labor Statistics. The Northeast and f- - were 21-million unemployed in this states to 39 weeks. ' • West Coast had a 8 percent mark. The country at some time during the past "The reason for persistently high un­ Studies by the Department of Labor ports of San Diego and San Francisco year. The author, economist Markley employment is a lack of jobs and lack on how the jobless fare whei) the unem­ hit 11.5 percent each; Detroit 11.2 Roberts, links the joblessness to the of job-creating policies and programs ployment pay checks stop coming Jersey City, N.J. 11.8; Buffalo 10.4 deliberate slow-growth policies of the —not a lack of willingness to work," found that 25 percent found new jobs Eugene, Ore. 10.3; Erie, Pa. 10.5 Nixon-Ford Administration supported Roberts declares. after four months and 36 percent got Providence 10.7; and Tacoma, Wash. by the many Presidential ^'etoes and the Behind the Government's unemploy­ work after a year of searching. But by 11.3 percent! Undercounting Unemployment Shortchanges the Neediest Federal money which is supposed to; For three sample months of Septem­ scattered through more locations in employment interviews were based on help the unemployed get job training ber, October and November 1975, the St. Louis than did the Federal Govern­ census figures, although the census ad­ and find work does not reach the people study found the jobless rate in tJie_City ment. Federal statisticians interview too mitted in 1970 that people living in poor who need it, the City of St. Louis of St. Louis to be 19.2, 16.3 and 15.1 few people in the cities to be accurate and minority areas, where unemploy­ charged earlier this year. These funds, percent respectively. The Federal Cur­ on the local level, the study charged, ment is the highest, were regularly un- which are inadequate to begin with, rent Population Survey results, which although it did not challenge the total dercounted. were voted by Congress in 1973 under are used by the Bureau of Labor Sta­ figure for unemployment in the United According to the CETA law, the the Comprehensive Employment Train­ tistics, were 11.8, 11.9, and 11.4 per­ States. Department of Labor was supposed to ing Act (CETA). cent. Updated Census Figures set up a method to "produce more sta­ According to the Act, the money Is Basically, the four researchers at the tistically accurate data on unemploy­ supposed to go to areas In the country University of Missouri at St. Louis who Also, the St. Louis investigators up­ ment, underemployment and labor de­ where unemployment Is the highest. But did the survey followed the same pro­ dated Federal census figures by check­ mand by state and poverty areas." This a study commissioned by the St. Louis cedure used by the Census Bureau and ing out new construction and demoli­ has not been done. "In fact," William Office of Manpotver showed that the Bureau of Labor Statistics: a sample of tion. The Census Bureau is supposed C. Schulze, director of research for the methods used by the Bureau of Labor people, which is statistically supposed to interview people living in new hous­ St. Louis Office of Manpower wrote the Statistics and the Census Bureau (Cur­ to reflect the entire population, was in­ ing when it computes unemployment, Log, "BLS readily admits that reliable rent Population Survey Division) under- terviewed each month and asked about but the investigators found that no cen­ information is not obtained at the local counted unemployment in the older their job situation. sus people had examined city records. level. . ~ central cities and overcounted unem­ But the St. Louis researchers got The census was using rnaps of the city "It would take several years to fully ployment in the wealthier suburbs, thus, their higher unemployment count by in- dating back five years. resolve the issue in the courts," W. C. shortchanging the cities. terviewingTour times as many people To make matters worse. Federal un­ Continued on Page 38 October, 1976 Page 7

v ' •> /," \ • ^'' V l-.', ..v,'.,. Duiutli Duluth port officials are looking for ways to lure cargo to their harbor. In The October, they met Rep. James Oberstar (D-Minn) of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, whose district encompasses Duluth, and dis­ cussed ways to improve their competitive position. Representatives of involved Government agencies attended. According to the New York Journal of Commerce report on the meeting, they Lakes found no easy answers, although they may try to get more favorable treatment from rail carriers. Railroad rates on grain from inland points to the ports often determine which ports get the cargo. The port officials also discussed encouraging local millers and processors to Picture bid for Government purchases of relief and other cargoes. Alpena All Lakes Ports The long awaited fit out of the S.S. J. B. Ford (Huron Cement Co.) started In October, Congress authorized $6,400,000 to extend the life of the Winter Oct. 12 and was finished in a few days. The ship, which was laid up since May, Navigation Demonstration Program on the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway will haul cement till the end of October, or for a few weeks more if the weather System. The additional funds would keep the program going through Sept. 30, permits. 1979—more than two years past its current expiration date of Dec. 31, 1976. Under the experimental program which began in 1970, the St. Lawrence Detroit Seaway and parts of the Great Lakes have been kept open for navigation year- round to determine whether it is economically feasible to ship during the winter. Erie Sand Steamship Co. recently purchased the M/V Atlas Traveler in New The shipping season usually ends when the water freezes over at the end of Jersey. It will be coming up to the Lakes before Nov. 1 to carry cement, replacing December and begins again with the spring thaw. the old M/ V Peerless. The appropriation was part of the omnibus Water Resources Act of 1976 The SlU-contracted American Steamship Co. has ordered three new vessels which now awaits President Ford's signature. from the Bay Shipbuilding Co. in Sturgeon Bay, Wise. The first, the 1,000-ft. t M/V Belle River, went down the ways in August (see story on page 3). A 634-ft. self unloading bulk carrier will be ready in 1978 and a second 1,000-ft. bulk carrier will join the Belle River in the future. Cleveland Cleveland Harbor will be modernized over the next few years in order to accommodate 1,000-ft. coal and ore carriers, according to the Cleveland Press. At present, smaller boats in the 700-ft. range are the largest that can navigate the Cuyahoga River to unload near the steel mills. The proposed $25 million project will include changing the breakwater and widening the harbor entrance to meet the all-weather navigation requirements of the large vessels. The harbor's main entrance, east entrance and channels inside the breakwater, which are at present 28 feet deep, will be dredged to a depth of 32 feet, Noel C. Painchaud, executive director of the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority said. In September, Congress appropriated the first $500,000 for the project to pay SlU Cleveland Representative George Telegadas finds out what ships are due the Army Corps of Engineers for a set of engineering drawings. in his area.

Popular Song Recalls Tragic Sinking on the Great Lakes In the taverns around the Great region, and popular with Seafarers be explained by the plaintive melody goes on up there." Lakes and on the radio, the song "The there. Although the Edmund Fitzgerald and poetic words, because few people "It is very dangerous. Everybody Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" is was not an SlU-contracted vessel, the seem to realize that it tells the tale of a knows that one of those things (ships) played over and over again. As Novem­ steward, R. Ralph C. Rafferty, was an modern shipwreck. Even some pebple goes just like clockwork about every ber nears and the winds begin to blow, SIU man. Many SIU brothers knew him at Warner Bros, thought the 'Wreck of eight years. The water up there can be the song reminds sailors and their rela­ and other members of the crew, and of the Edmund Fitzgerald' was about an crazy in a big wind." tives of the severe storm Nov. 10, 1975 course the song is relevant to sailors old sailing ship till the Log called to ask Although Lightfoot has never when the ore-carrier Edlmund Fitz­ everywhere. about the song. (The words of the song gerald went down—so quickly there By mid-October, the song was climb­ shipped out, he grew up in Orilla, On­ are reprinted below.) tario, which is located on a channel of! was no time to send a distress call or ing to the top of the charts throughout Lightfoot spoke of the general ignor­ lower a lifeboat. the country, surprising even,the singer/ Lake Huron's Georgian Bay. "Some of ance about shipping on the Lakes in the big freighters used to come in when All 29 men on board were lost in the composer, Gordon Lightfoot, and the an interview with, the Star Beacon of record company. Reprise (Warner we were growing up," his sister and tragic accident on Lake Superior near Ashtabula, Ohio. "The song has a very manager told the Log. Whitefish Bay. To date, the Coast Bros.). "I did not anticipate the 'Wreck special meaning for me," the folksinger Guard's Board of Inquiry has not de­ of the Edmund Fitzgerald' becoming a said, "i . . There is a lot of romance According to his sister, Bev Light­ termined the cause of the wreck. popular hit, but in more direct terms, involved with commercial shipping on foot, Gordon has received 13 grateful a memorial," Lightfoot said. the Great Lakes. I don't know if people letters from relatives of the men Mo The song was first a hit in the Lakes The song's national popularity might realize how much commerce actually went down with the ship.

The wind in the wires made a tattletale sound , they may have broke deep and took water The Wredc Of and a wave broke over the railing and all that remains is the faces and the names and every man knew as the captain did too of the wives.and the sons and the daughters The Edmund Fitzgerald 'twas the witch of november come stealin' / The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait Lake Huron rolls Superior sings by Gordon Lightfoot when the gales of november came slashin' in the rooms of her ice water mansion - ' The legend lives on from the Chipj?ewa on down When afternoon came it wasfreezin' rain Old Michigan steams like a young man's dreqms of the big lake they called Gitche Gumee in the face of a hurricane west wind the islands and bays are for sportsmen The lake it is said never gives up her dead and farther below Lake OntaHo when the skies of november turn gloomy When suppertime came the bid cook came on deck takes in what Lake Erie can send her With a load of iron ore 26,000 tons more sayin' "fellas it's too rough to feed ya" and the Iron boats go as the mariners all know than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty At seven p.m. a main hatchway caved in with the gales of november remembered that good ship and true was a bone to be chewed he said "fellas it's bin good to know ya" when the gales of november came early The captain wired in he had water comin' in In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed and the good ship and crew was in peril in the martime sailors' cathedral The ship was the pride of the American side and later that night when 'is lights went out of sight the church bell chimed 'til it rang 29 times comin' back from some mill in Wisconsin came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald for each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald As the big freighters go it was bigger than most The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down with a crew and good captain welI seasoned Does anyone know where the love of god goes of the big lake they called Gitche Gumee concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms when the waves turn the minutes to hours? Superior they said never gives up her dead when they left fully loaded for Cleveland The searchers all say they'd have made Whitefish Bay when the gales of november come early and later that night when the ship's bell rang if they'd put fifteen more miles behind'er © 1976 Moose Music Limited could it be the north wind they'd bin feelin' They might have split up or they might have capsized

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SENATE REORGANIZATION A Select Committee to Study the Senate Committee System has held hearings and has prepared a proposal to reorganize the Senate to make it more efficient. Members now average 19 or 20 committee and subcommittee assignments each. Often it is impossible for them to attend subcommittee meetings because other meetings are scheduled at the same time. This is the first attempt to reorganize the Senate since the Reorganization Act of 1946. The House went through a similar process in 1974. Deliberation on the proposals was concluded before Congress adjourned and recommendations are being sent to the Rules Committee. Plans call for combining and realigning jurisdictions into fewer committees.

WATERWAYS TAX Although no Congressional Committee held hearings in the 94th Congress on the possible impact of a waterways user tax, attempts were made to include a user charge in the Tax Reform Act, by Senator James Buckley (R-NY), and in the Water Resources Development Act, by Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM). • t • The Buckley Amendment was defeated in the Senate Aug. 3, by a 17 to 71 The 94th Congress adjourned on Oct. 1 having adopted major tax reform vote, and the user charge language was deleted from the Water Resources De­ legislation as well as new HEW Appropriations that include funding for PHS velopment Act on the floor of the Senate, along with provisions for the replace­ hospitals, a new Maritime Authorization bill, a measure that provides for the ment of Locks and Dam 26, as part of a compromise to assure passage of the selection of a new Alaska gas pipeline, and war risk insurance legislation. How­ Act. ever, work was left unfinished in the areas of lobbying reform, replacement of The National Transportation Policy Study Commission, established under Locks and Dam 26,Senate reorganization, extending the Jones Act to the Virgin the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1976, will begin to study the possible impact Islands, limiting liability for oil spills and the creation of a Maritime Affairs of user charge's and will eventually make recommendations to Congress and ^ i- Coordinator. the President. The 19-member Commission will be comprised of senators, rep­ Many key chairmanships as well as the positions of Speaker of the House of resentatives and presidential appointees. Representatives, and Senate Majority and Minority leader are vacant. A con­ test for the majority leader spot is expected between Senator Robert Byrd WAR RISK INSURANCE (D-W. VA) and Senator Hubert Humphrey (D-MN). A law extending the war risk insurance program to Sept. 30,1979 was passed by Congress this month. This legislation requires the Secretary of Commerce TAX BILL to consider the characteristics, employment and general management of an The Tax Reform Bill, which contains a five percent tax credit for building American-owned foreign-flag vessel, prior to issuing or reissuing war risk in­ and registering ships in the United States, was signed by the President on Oct. 4. surance to a vessel. The bill also contains a provision which allows builders to demonstrate in court their right to a 10 percent credit on vessels purchased through capital OFFICE OF MARITIME COORDINATOR construction funds. Senators Charles Mathias (R-MD) and William Hathaway (D-ME) have joined Senator Robert Taft (R-OH) as cosponsors of a bill to establish an PHS HOSPITALS Office of Maritime Affairs at the White House level, to coordinate all maritime The appropriation for the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, policy. A companion bill was recently introduced in the House of Representa­ which contains the fiscal year 1977 funds for Public Health Service Hospitals, tives by Rep. Thomas Downing (D-VA). was vetoed by the President. The PHS money is only $128 million, and not Although Congress adjourned before taking action, the legislation will most controversial, but the total amount for HEW and the Department of Labor is likely be reintroduced when Congress reconvenes in January. $56 billion—$4 billion above the President's budget request. Both the House and Senate voted on Sept. 30 to override the veto. HOPPER DREDGE On July 12, 1976, the President signed H.R. 14236, the fiscal year 1977 ALASKA GAS PIPELINE public works authorization bill. Title II of this legfslation authorizes $2.47 bil­ Congress has passed a procedural bill setting up a timetable for the selection lion for thfe civil works programs of the Army Corps of Engineers, including of a route to bring Alaska natural gas to the lower 48 states. The Federal Power $6.6 million for the design and construction of hopper dredges by the Corps. Commission is to recommend a route to the President by May 1, 1977, and he in turn must make a selection by Sept. 1 of next year. Congress would then 200 MILE LIMIT have 60 days to approve the President's decision. On Apr. 13, 1976, President Ford signed into law H.R. 200, legislation which extends on an interim basis the jurisdiction of the United States over certain MARITIME AUTHORIZATION ocean areas and fish to 200 miles. The bill excludes highly migratory species such as tuna from its application. The conferees to the bill agreed to make Mar. On Sept. 10, President Ford signed H.R. 11481, to authorize funds for Mari­ i M 1, 1977 the effective date for enforcement of the regulations. time Administration programs for fiscal year 1977 (Oct. 1, 1976 through Sept. 30.1977). The bill provides for $403.7 million for operating differential subsidy and COAL SLURRY PIPELINE $22.5 million for research and development, an increase of $3 million for ocean The House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs held hearings on, but testing of industrial plant ships and studies of long-term prospects for com­ did not report out legislation to facilitate the construction of coal slurry pipe­ mercialization of ocean thermal energy. lines. The bill would have made it possible for such a carrier to obtain a certifi­ No additional money was authorized for construction subsidy, but funds are cate of public convenience and the right to eminent domain,so as to cross still available if applications are made. private lands. Supports^

SPAD is the union's separate segregated politlcid fund.It solicits and accepts only voluntary contributions. It engages fai political activities and makes con­ tributions to candidates. A member may voluntarily contribute as be sees fit or make no contribution without fear of reprisal. Seafarers are urged to contribute to SPAD. it is the way to have your voice Pensioner Joseph Savoca of the port of New Orleans and his wife of 50 years beard and to keep your union effective in the fight for legislation to protect the cut the cake to celebrate theiV joyous, happy golden wedding anniversary at security of every Seafarer and bis family. ' a backyard lawn party recently. Joe joined the SlU in 1939 in New Orleans and A copy of our report is filed with the Federal Election Commission and is was one of the oldtimers who sailed in the "Coal Beef." He sailed more than available for purchase from the Federal Election Commission, Washington, 50 years, starting in iai6 at 17 years of age on a Danish vessel out of New D.C. Orleans. October, 1976 Page 9

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'•y- • J „ • '• •' •; • ri' • •- 7- l.-i Tallying Committees Report on the SlU-IBU Merger Election members of the Committee took posses- In the previous issue of the Seafarers lated to the conduct of the referendum. dum wh^h are noted below. mailed ballots and other elec- Log and the September issue of the In­ These files contained the signed receipts The Committee found a S materials that had been received and land Boatman, stories were run on the for ballots issued as follows: [List of ports members had voted twic , P hdj jn safekeeping by the Sterling Na- approval by the mernberships of the and ballots issued followed.] ballot in each case was not included in Broadway SIU-IBU merger. The articles included The Tallying Committee reviewed the the tabulation of the votes. ^ork NY the vote count for and against the bill received by the Union from the printer The Committee also The Committee convened its working of the ballots. The bill showed that 7,500 merger in each Union. Since the news­ ballots, numbered 1 through 7500, were papers were just about to go to press, printed for this referendum. In addition, there was no time to run a fuller report 500 SAMPLE ballots" were prepared. ^ on the vote. The Committee secured and checked all You will therefore find below the of the unused ballots on hand at Head­ lope of five ballots and these were not 'he (Tommittee and adopted the proced- Reports of the Inland Boatmen's Union quarters. These unissued ballots and the included in the count. was in accordance Tallying Committee and the SlU A&G attached stubs were numbered 7061 The Committee decided to void two bal- with the SIU Constitution, Article Xlll, through 7160 and 7311 through 7500. lots and these were not included in the . At u District Tallying Committee. Some por­ vote count ^ Committee received from Head- tions of the Reports have been edited to These unissued ballots had been held by Headquarters in order to fill any possible One vote was challenged and not in- quarters' office of the Union all files re- emphasize the most significant Sections. requests for absentee ballots as' well as cluded in the tabulation, since it could not 'ated to the conduct of the election. These Wherever a portion of the Reports has requests from Ports requiring ballots in affect the outcome of the vote. Ales contained signed receipts for the bal- been edited, it is so indicated in addition to those originally issued. The The Inland Boatmen's Union Tallying jots as follows: [List of ports and ballots brackets. Port of Jersey City required additional Committee recommends that you ratify issued, followed.] The full Reports have been sent to ballots and received ballots numbered the decisions made by the Committee in The Tallying Committee reviewed the each port and are available to any mem­ 7161 through 7310 from Headquarters. each of our actions concerning these bill received by the Union from the Printer ber wishing to see them. The Committee also examined the discrepancies as reported above. The of the ballots. The bill showed that 7,500 signed receipts for SAMPLE ballots held Committee has determined that these dis- ballots, numbered I through 7500, were REPORT OF in the election files maintained at Head­ crepancies would not have affected the printed for this referendum. In addition, IBU TALLYING COMMITTEE quarters. We found that receipts were on outcome of the referendum. 500 SAMPLE ballots were prepared. In concluding this report, it should be The Committee received and checked REFERENDUM ON MERGER hand for the following Ports for 10 SAMPLE ballots each: [List of ports fol­ noted that the Committee found that in all of the unused ballots on hand in Head- AGREEMENT INLAND lowed.] each Port, the balloting was conducted quarters. These unissued ballots and at- BOATMEN'S UNION OF THE A total of 280 SAMPLE ballots were Constitutionally and in complete conform- tached stubs were numbered 7001 through SIUNA-AGLIW received by the Ports and there were 220 ance with the terms of the Agreement of 7500. These unissued ballots had been set SAMPLE ballots on hand at Head­ Merger executed by the Executive Officers aside by Headquarters in order to fill pos- AND quarters. of the Inland Boatmen's Union of the sible requests for absentee ballots and re- SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL The Tallying Committee members read SIUNA-AGLIWD and the Seafarers In- quests from Ports requiring ballots in UNION OF NORTH AMERICA- and reviewed correspondence related to ternational Union of North America— addition to those originally issued. AGLIW DISTRICT the referendum. We have included these Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters The Committee examined the signed letters in this report. We recommend that District. receipts for SAMPLE ballots held in the (Referendum Period August 16,1976 these letters be carefully read as an im- v We, the members of the Tallying Com- election files maintained by Headquarters, through September 15, 1976) portant aspect of this report. The letters mittee, do hereby certify that the Proposi- This examination, required by the Consti- follow: [Seven letters, followed.] tion encompassing the Resolution on the tution, showed that receipts were On hand We, the undersigned members of the Having received the sealed ballots from Inland Boatmen's Union Tallying Com­ Merger Agreement and the related Con- from the following Ports for 10 SAMPLE the depository bank, the Sterling National stitutional Amendments, was voted upon ballots each: [List of ports followed.] mittee, consisting of four members duly Bank, the Tallying Committee proceeded elected on September 17, 1976, at a Spe­ affirmatively by a majority of the mem- A total of ^80 SAMPLE ballots were to match the nnmbers on the stubs of the bers of the Inland Boatmen's Union of the received by the Ports and there were 220 cial Meeting held at Headquarters—Port used ballots received from- the various of New York in accordance with the SIUNA-AGLIWD. SAMPLE ballots on hand at Headquar­ Ports, along with the numbers on the ters. Agreement of Merger, Paragraph 16(c) unused ballots returned by the various do hereby submit this report and recom­ Fraternally submitted. The Committee read and reviewed cor­ Ports with those on the ballots printed and respondence related to the referendum, mendations. issued to the various Ports. The Committee Pursuant to the authorization and man­ and these letters are included in the Re- found that all stub numbers and the num­ Frank Pasaluk, P-5074, Chairman PorL It is recommended that these letters date in Paragraph 16(c) of the Agreement ber of ballots printed and issued coincided. of Merger, this Committee secured the be carefully read: [Six letters followed.} What follows is a complete listing of ^ ..... •••••• Having received the sealed ballots from sealed ballots and other election ma­ the ballots sent to the Ports by Head­ terials that had been received and held in David Jones, J-5179 i the Sterling National Bank, the Committee quarters. This breakdown includes the proceeded to match the numbers on the safekeeping by the depository bank, the listing of the ballots issued as well as the Sterling National Bank, located at 1410 unused ballots which were returned. Also Edward Tiesi, T-5333 °f the used ballots received from the various Ports, along with the numbers on Broadway, New York, N.Y. included are the ballots which were held This Committee subsequently convened the stubs of the unused ballots returned at Headquarters as noted previously in this R. F. McPhee, M-5853 by the various Ports with those on the a meeting at the Union annex at 675 report. [List of ports, ballots received, bil­ Fourth Avenue. At this meeting we lots unused and returned, total ballots is­ ballots printed and issued to the various adopted procedures and elected Frank sued, followed.] Dated: September 24,1976 Ports. The Committee found that all stub Pasaluk, Book No. P-5074, as Chairman. The Committee was able to and did ac­ numbers and the number of ballots printed The Committee received from Head­ count for all ballots printed as a result of REPORT OF UNION TALLYING and issued coincided. quarters' office of the Union all files re- this procedure. COMMITTEE ON MERGER What follows is the breakdown of the We, the members of the Inland Boat­ AGREEMENT AND ballots which were" sent to the Ports by men's Union's Tallying Committee, duly Headquarters. This breakdown includes elected at Headquarters—Port of New CONSTITUTIONAL the listing of the ballots issued as well as York, at a Special Meeting on September^ AMENDMENTS SEAFARERS the unused ballots which were returned. 17, 1976, hereby submit the following INTERNATIONAL UNION OF Also listed are the ballots which were held tally: NORTH AMERICA-AGLIW at Headquarters as previously noted in this Report: [List of ports, ballots re­ The total number of ballots issued was DISTRICT two thousand two hundred and eighty-one ceived, ballots unused and returned and (2,281). The total number bf votes cast AND total ballots issued, followed.] and sealed ballots received by the de­ INLAND BOATMEN'S UNION As a result of this procedure, the Com­ pol^ $^ement on tte mittee was able to and did account for all pository bank was two thousand two hun­ OF THE SIUNA-AGLIWD dred and seventy-nine (2,279). Of these the ballots printed. tion wluch was apprnvt^ ballots cast, two thousand forty (2,040) (Referendum Period August 16, We, your Union Tallying Committee,- the Poif ;^e^s Conference were YES votes; two hundred aqd twelve through September 15,1976) duly elected at Headquarters-Port of New this oioaA submitteii (212) were NO votes. The Committee, in We, the undersigned, members of the York at a Special Meeting on September tabulating the ballots found that there Union Tallying Committee, Seafarers In­ 18, 1976, hereby submit the following the NorenlliCT tally: were two (2) VOID ballots and eight (8) ternational Union of North America- NO VOTES. In summary: Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters The total vote cast and received by the JK a|)p£Oved, a i^pieial meetiq^ depository banlt was 2,732 votes. Of these Total number of ballots issued: 2,281 District, consisting of six members, two be held, on Nov. 19 in ail ccm-i each from the Deck, Engine and Stewards cast ballots, two thousand six hundred and Total number of votes cast: 2,279 sblbahlonal ports to se^ Departments, in accordance with the SIU^ twenty-five (2,625) were YES votes. each port fmr a ninerinnn YES (In favor) 2,040 Constitutiqn, were duly elected pursuant Ninety (90) ballots were received by the NO (against) 212 to the SIU Constitution Article XXV, at depository bank and were cast as a NO vote. Your Committee, in tallying the bal­ M rtiidy then VOID 2 a Special Meeting held at Headquarters in NO VOTES 8 Port of New York on September 18,1976. lots cast, found that there were four (4) Sfeyfnird:'Departm€»it' RncertSili DUPLICATE VOTES 8 ^ We hereby submit our report and rec­ VOID ballots, and two (2) were cast and liini Pni^gram cumculani to NON-ELIGIBLES 3 , ommendations as follows: submitted to the depository as NO VOTE aitue mcpd^ei^ at the Decenp- NO IDENTIFICATION 5 On September 20, 1976, each member ballots. Ih summary: CHALLENGED 1 received a copy of the SIU Constiitution • Total Vote Cast . 2,732 lie tog will cany details oh for the purpose of reviewing those sections YES which detailed the duties and responsi­ 2,625 he Sfewaird Department PQRT DISCREPANaES NO bilities of the members of the Tallying 90 VOID The Committee found the following Committee. 4 discrepancies in the voting on this referen­ In accordance with the Constitution, the Continued on Page 38 Page 10 Seafarers Log / /'• >im, f I • Dilath, Chicago Boatmen Possess Varied Skills look at SIU Boatmen at woric in two Great Lakes ports— I A ^ : Duluth and Chicago—shows what a diversity of skills our Union's mem-, hers must possess. The SIU represents Great Lakes • '' Boatmen involved in many different kinds of operatiop—dredging, ship docking, cross-Lakes towing, and sp^ial services such as vessel fuelers or the City of Chicago tug. Even river towboats sometime visit Chicago by way of the Illinois Waterway. Within any operation there are al­ ways several jobs which SIU mem­ bers perform, such as deckhand, cocdc, oiler, scowman, and lineman. And, of course, every Job has its mul­ titude of duties and responsibilities. Special circumstances sometimes call for Boatmen to perform unusual or unexpected tasks, such as retriev­ ing a tug's rubber bumper which has slipped and fallen in the water. (An­ other much more serious job which occasionally arises is retrieving a Going after a loose bumper on the tug barge.) James Hannah, Deckhand Alan Hal- these photos show, SIU Boat- uska tells Deckhands Ken Glaser, men on the Great Lakes are like their Oiler Art Durfee keeps things running smoothly aboard the Dredge Duluth Andy Gillespie and Mike Lock to haul brothers in other parts of the country (Zenith Dredge). The Duluth is getting the Superior, Wise, harbor ready for i ^ away. —skilled, versatile, and resourceful. construction of a taconite dock.

Deckhands Floyd Olson and Paul LaTour are proud of the New . Jersey's (Gr^at Lakes Towing) bicentennial paint job. The A/ew Deckhands Don Bryant (left) and Don Blessner study the situation cdrefully'as their tug, the Jersey docks ships and pulls tows in the Lake Superior twin ports North Dakota (Great Lakes Towiag), takes a strain on a ship in Duluth. of Duluth and Superior.

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As the M/V Chicago Trader stops on the Illinois Waterway hear Chicago, Lead Deckhand Woodrow Parish (right) and Deckhand Ray Kirkpatrick begin Lineman Danny Boyle (right) has just made a $f 00 SPAD contribution aboard the tug James Versius in breaking up their tow. Chicago as Lineman Jerome Webber (left) and SIU Representative Joe Sigler look on. October, B76 Page 11 ••• ••• • - - -v;. , r ' S.-'"..-'- • Seattle for tiwTir fine effort in achieving a rating of 100% on your 1976 U.S. Public Health Service Inspection. , , . In an interesting letter to the editor of the Log last month, SIU pensioner Dave "Sea-Land has been awarded fourteen consecutive fleet citations for high sani­ F, Sykes recalled his memories of the past and how tough seafaring was in the old tary standards, and your dedication to this purpose will further our recognition days: "... I started going to sea in 1928 as an OS. At that time we had nothing. as a 'cleartship' company. .. . One can of evaporated milk to three cans of water for coffee and cereals. One jug "The efforts on behalf of yourself and your department are a tribute to the Sea­ of syrup to three jugs of water for your hot cakes. One bucket of fresh Water per farer's International Union and to Sea-Land." day to wash your face, brush your teeth, do your laundry. Straw mattresses. Blue Sea-Land's commissary chief, B. Yarn in Port Elizabeth, N.J. also commended ticking for sheets. Twelve to 14 men to one focsle. Thirty dollars a month and they Chief Stewards Gus Skendelas and Ed Miller of the Sea-Land Commerce and Sea- could work you all the hours they pleased. Just name it. We really had it made. Land Exchange for their ". . . recent perfect score of 100% on sanitation in­ "I received two brain concussions during^the 1934 strike in Frisco. After getting married I worked ashore until we entered World War II—then I joined the SIU in spections ..." 1942. Was in the September 1942 convoy that went to Archangel, Russia. Saw 13 SB Delta Mexico ships sinking at one time. They named our ship the battleship 'Moultrie' as we knocked down a few torpedo planes with our measley, little guns. Actually, it was A tradition of the sea: giving a helping hand to anyone in distress was carried the SS William Moultrie, a spanking brand-new Liberty ship. Was oh the North on by the SS Delta Mexico (Delta Line) recently when she was about 11 hours Atlantic run and was sitting in Odessa, Russia VE Day with one bead missing on out of the port of Lome, Togo, West Africa homeward bound. Her radio picked up the prop. Came back. Changed over to the Pacific and was sitting in the Philippines a Mayday distress signal from the stricken MfV Carl Julius five miles away. The VJDay. Delta Mexico's Capt. J. S. Williams diverted his ship to be on the rescue scene in "Shuttled from Persian Gulf carrying aviation gas all during the Korean War. minutes. Any number of trips to Vietnam. Until finally had a massive heart attack and The crew found the ship in distress with an unsafe port list of approximately 20 retired from the SIU in 1968. Received every citation and ribbon. Sailed in every degrees and stood by in case the vessel had to be abandoned while efforts were theater of war that we were in until my retirement. made to correct the list. However, the list couldn't be fixed. "— My $250 a month comes from the best seamen's union in the whole wide Thereupon the Carl Julius shepherded by the Delta Mexico, proceeded at a world—^bar none. snail pace of six knots to the nearest port of Monrovia, Liberia 216 miles away. .. Smooth sailing to all my brothers and God bless the SIU for keeping me Thirty-two hours later the stricken ship was safe as she dropped the hook in the aUve..." outer anchorage of the port and the Delta Mexico turned westward to home.

Mobile SS Del Rio According to the local pr^ here, this port's future seems brighter as it handled Urgently needed Guatemalan earthquake disaster relief supplies in the form of an all-time record high of 31-million tons of cargo exported last year—mostly in a fire engine for the city of Coban and furnishings and equipment for a rehabilita- foreign bottoms unfortunately—and looks forward to 1986 when the Tennessee- ' tion center in the capital city of Guatemala were transported by the SS Del Rio Tombigbee Rivers Canal is completed, giving a projected 5,600 persons in Mobile (Delta Line) recently to the port of Santo Tomas de Castilla. and 56,000 in the statejiew jobs by the turn of the century. The ship gave a free ride to the fire engine, the knocks-down prefabricated The waterways project will cost more than $1 billion and will link this port with rehabilitation center building and 70,000 pounds of mSical supplies for the relief the Midwest via the Ohio River providing our Inland Boatmen with more jobs, too. effort. The apple of the port's eye is the 49-year-old, $200-million Alabama State The fire engine was donated by the city of Birmingham, Ala. The building was Docks which have a 2.2 million bushel, 20,000 ton meal grain elevator which in donatS by the manufacturer and loaded on in the port of Houston. August set an all-time dock record by handling 11,566,606 bushels of grain. Delta Line also gave four containers free of charge to hold electrical fixtures, Other jewels at the docks include: the $3-million 40-long ton crane that can plumbing, hospital bSs, wheel chairs and surgical tables given by Alabama or­ reach out 113 feet to lift any container unit to ship or shore; berths for 33 ships; ganizations, which raised $50,000 in a fund drive, through the Alabama Partners jobs for 1,500; a 300,000-ton Three-Mile Creek bulk ore handling plant; a $1- in the Americas. The supplies were loaded on in the port of Mobile. million a year McDuffie-Is. coal handling plant slated for a $12-million expansion The rehab center next to Roosevelt Hospital, Guatemala City, is for paraplegic ip six months; huge warehouses, and a giant railroad yard. ^ victims of the quake and should be open next month.

S-L Consumer, Venture, Economy, Commerce, Exchange SS Delta Uruguay Chief Stewards Sam McDonald, R. Thomas and Leroy Nicholas of the Sea-Land Three patrol boats for Liberia, two 65-foot, 62,000 pouqds each and one 42- Consumer, Sea-Land Venture and the Sea-Land Economy recently got this letter foot, 26,000 pounds, were craned onto the deck of the SS Delta Uruguay (Delta from Sea-Land Sendee Inc. New Orleans Port Steward A.F. "Art" Lesh: Line) in the port of New Orleans. The patrol boats came down the Intra-Coastal "Please accept this letter of appreciation to your Steward Department personnel Waterway under their own power from the shipyard. Scholarship Helped Jack Came Do the Things He Loves to Do Jack dame, the son of Seafarer Ed­ to guess what the public wants and try Game, still lives in Bryson City, N.C. flier Game retired.**He's reaDy enjoying die Game, designs some of the furniture to sense a trend on the mass market. After shipping out in the steward de- himself," his son Jade reported. that Seafarers and thdr families buy in After I get my overall idea, I have to partmentfor more than 30 years, Bro- and Ma gn fishing wll ^hp department stores. A 1954 SIU scholar^ select the best and most popular ma­ ship made this possible for Game, who terial. A technical background helps now works for the Coleman Furniture here because you need to consider the Assistant Cook Gets Diploma Co. in Pulaski, Va. strength of the material and design, as After growing up in rural North weU as its aesthetic appearance." Carolina, attending the University of "Lately I have been designing wall North Carolina at Chapel Hill "opened units, because vertical furniture is be- , my eyes to people and places I had coming popular." Previously, Game de­ never seen before," he told the Lo^. signed soihe Spanish and contemporary "Without the scholarship, I probably furniture for bedrooms and dining would have attended a small college rooms. somewhere. But starting off at a large **l love creating things, so I love what university exposed me to subjects I I am doing," he declared. never would have considered other­ Althou^ he has worked in furniture wise." design for the past 15 years, he has kept a hand in exterior and interior building- Although he wasn't able to complete design. After leaving school he worked four years at Chapel Hill, taking archi­ as a staff designer of buildings for the tecture and engineering courses and General Development Corporation in working in an architect's office while at Miami, Fla. Game still draws building school gave Game the background he plans in his spare timk ^ needed to go into furniture design. The former scholarship winner lives "You have to consider many things in Pulaski with his wife and three in my field," he explained. "First, I have daughters. His father, Seafarer Eddie D«posS3 In the SIU Blood Bonk Assistant Cook Lawrence Haney (right) gets a weil done and his diploma re­ cently from Instructor taymon Tucker at the HLSS, Piney Point, Md.

f, Page 12 Seafarerslog frt 1903 Great Lakes Sandsucker Plugs On

The sandsucker M V Lakewood pulled up alongside the Cleveland Builders Supplies Dock on the Cuyahoga River to deliver sand, just as she had done in Wheelsman Jerry Doering works the LaKewood conveyor Chicago back in 1933 when the World's Wheelsman Jerry Doering checks the conveyor followed by while sand is unloaded from the ship. Fair was being built. This Great Lakes SIU Cleveland Representative George Telegadas. oldtimer was built in 1903 (back then she was a cargo ship) and is the second oldest SlU-contracted ship. Only the sandsucker Niagra is older. • vr. Both ships pump up sand from the lake bottoms and both are owned by the Erie Sand Steamship Co. As the cranes on board began scoop­ ing sand from the hold and unloading it onto hoppers on the deck conveyor belt, the black gang took the Log reporter and photographer below to show off the ship's original boiler. Built in Yoko­ hama, Japan in 1918, the boiler is now used as an air receiver to store the compressed air that runs all the winches and the steering engine. Before 4 . the boat was dieselized, the winches and steering engine also ran on steam. One of the ship's generators is World War II surplus. Vessels on the Great Lakes last longer than deep sea ships because they are not exposed to the corrosive effects of salt water. One SlU-contracted "hand-bomber," the Harriman, is still 4 -.1: • operating. Here the fireman still hand f 4; ^ shovels coal into the furnace. Despite her age, the men on the : 't1 Lakewood enjoy the old workboat. Pumpman Joseph Vieira has worked the Lakewood for 11 years and Steward Herbert Tipton for nine years, although he admits, "the kitchen is mostly an­ Brother Jesse F. Hall, who received his QMED endorse- tique." Several of the 16 SIU crew men at the MLS, Is careful to wear sound-silencers while After a 15-day leave in his home state of Iowa, Wheelsman members have been on board for three Richard Bockert (I.) waits to rejoin the Lakewood. Deck­ oiling the steering engine. He ships relief during the sum­ years. mer and studies forestry science during the winter. hand Ted fetzek (r.) takes a breather after tying up the ship. Seafarers can stay with one ship under the Great Lakes SIU shipping rules and seniority system, which, re­ sembles the system on the SIU tugs. This plan evolved from traditional Great Lakes shipping methods.

(left) Steward Herbert Tipton (I.) and second cook Joe Chambers (r,) show off their antique galley, (center) The original boiler of the Lakewood built in Yoko­ % hama, Japan, 1918. (right) Pumpman Joe Vieira works the pump when the Lakewooc/dredges for sand.

October, 1976 Page 13 Iff Old Days on Lakes^Fight Yfith Owners Stands Out who were against the Union filled the In the Detroit Hall, oldtimers drop today they must deal with organized Union and the Marine Engineers' Bene­ ficial Association—which was founded boiler with cold water right before Rush by to play cards, and if encouraged, labor. on his engine room watch. on the Lakes. went they will tell you about the old days on Pensioner John White, age 75, a At the same time, John White was the Great Lakes. former chief steward, cook and baker, After that, men had to get their jobs from the LCA hiring halls. At the spring busy getting sailors to sign SIU pledge Most vivid in everyone's memory is remembered shipping out through the cards on his ships. Brother Mike Pese­ the big SIU organizing drive in the late Lake Carriers' Association hiring halls. fitout, each man had to present his continuous discharge book, which had nak, who retired last July, remembered 1950's when the power of the Lake "If they didn't like you, they would driving the SIU organizers down to the Carriers^" Association was finally sub­ blackball you," he said. "Once in the comments on his past shipping record and noted if he was a Union man. These docks. He w,ould meet with his buddies, dued. Maritime and other unions had 1920's I boarded a ship at the Sault Ste. talking up the Union in the bars. As a struggled against this management hated books remained in use on the Marie (Mich.) locks. When we took on fireman. Great Lakes Seafarer Pesenak group for over 50 years. Shipowners on Lakes long after they were abolished stores, there were maggots in the food, used to shovel a ton-and-a-half of coal the Lakes still belong to the LCA, but so I jumped the ship because I wouldn't on the Coasts. an hour into the fires, using a regular serve the men that garbage. The cap­ tain told me, " 'Everyone else does it'. Bill Rush, the night dispatcher at the No. 4 shovel. WMemtm But the other guys could do it because Detroit Hall remembered being black­ Seaway Hurt U.S. Shipping they were drunk. For awhileIhey gave balled as an SIU man in 1958. "I used Port Agent Bluitt explained that sev­ th Shvprni Pniedm ' me a hard time because of that." to stand on the sidewalk and then wait eral unions opened drives on the Lakes SIU Port Agent Jack Bluitt explained till a ship needed a pier jump. I'd get When Arowing pn for work dur^ in the late 1950's because they expected that in the early I900's the Lake Car­ on because there was no time to check shipping to increase after the St. Law­ ing a job call at any SIU Hirinji^ me out. Of course, once aboard I would riers' Association managed to break the rence Seaway opened in 1959. Actually, Hall, members must produce the' get the crew to sign SIU pledge cards." power of the sailors' unions, among he said, the Seaway hurt shipping be­ On one Inland Steel vessel, some men : following: them the old International Sailors cause foreign vessels now come in to • membership certificate pick Up their grain cargoes. Before • registration card 1959, the grain was shipped across the B • diniccard Lakes on American-flagships to Buf­ " # seaman's papers falo, where it was loaded on rail cars for Eastern ports. In addition, when assigiiing a| Despite the decline in shipping, the job the dispatcher will comply| SIU is a powerful force on the Lakes with the following Section 5, Siri)? and the members can now enjoy other section 7 of the SIU Shi^uig activities in their sparetime besides Rules: Union organizing. "Within each class of seniority* Brother White bakes cakes and rating in every Department, prior-| bread and brings them to his friends at ity for entry rating jobs shall be| the Hall or gives them to senior citi­ given to all seamen ydio poss^l zens at his church. Brother Pesenak Lifeboatman endorsement by the creates elegant miniature furniture from United States Coast Guard. The beer cans, which he upholsters with Seafarers Appeals Board may velvet. His tiny chairs and sofas are waive the preceding sentence prized by Union members and their . when, in the sole judgment of the wives. Board, undue hardship will result At the Detroit Hail (I. to r.), Pensioner-Mike Pesenak displays the miniature Brother Rush has his hands full with or extenuating circumstances war­ furniture he makes fronni beer cans. Night Dispatcher Bill Rush,, holding the work around the Hall, but luckily his rant such waiver." watchdog Peppy, and Pensioner John White exchange stories about the 1958 pet poodle. Peppy, helps out as a watch­ SIU Lakes drive.., . , ^ " . s -i : ; • - dog. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS KNOW YOUR RIGHTS KNOW YOUR RIGHTS FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGA­ Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes TIONS. Copies of the SIU constitution are available in specific provision for safeguarding the membership's all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this money and Union finances. The constitution requires a constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its con­ detailed audit by Certified Public Accountants every three tents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempt­ months, which are to be submitted to the membership by ing to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation the Secretary-Treasurer. A quarterly finance committee by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., of rarik and file members, elected by the membership, as well as all other details, then the member so affected makes examination each quarter of the finances of the should immediately notify headquarters. Union and reports fully their findings and recommenda­ EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal tions. Members of this committee may make dissenting rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These reports, specific recommendations and separate findings. rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered employers. Consequently, no Seafarer may be discrimi­ in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund nated against because of race, creed, color, sex and na­ agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees tional or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is in charge of these funds shall equally consist of Union the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should and management representatives and their alternates. All or other Union official, in j^our opinion, fails to protect notify headquarters. expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made your contract rights properly, contact the nearest siu SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATION only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust port agent. —SPAD. SFAD is a separate segregated fund. Its pro­ fund financial records are available at the headquarters of ceeds are used to further its objects and purposes includ­ the various trust funds. EDITORIAL POLICY —SEAFARERS LOG. The Log has traditionally refrained from publishing any ar­ ing but not limited to furthering the political, social and SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and senior­ ticle serving the political purposes of any individual in economic interests of Seafarer seamen, the preservation ity are protected exclusively by the contracts between the the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from and furthering of the American Merchant Marine with Union and the shippwners. Get to know your shipping publishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its improved employment opportunities for seamen and the rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available collective membership. This established policy has been advancement of trade union concepts. In connection with in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation reaffirmed by membership action at the September, 1960, such objects, SPAD supports and contributes to political of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the meetings in all constitutional ports." The responsibility for candidates for elective office. All contributions are vol­ contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify Log policy is vested in an editorial board which consists untary. No contribution may be solicited or received the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return re­ of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive because of force, job discrimination, financial reprisal, or ceipt requested. The proper address for this is: Board may delegate^ from among its ranks, one individual threat of such conduct, or as a condition of membership to carry out this responsibility. in the Union or of employment. If a contribution is made Frank Drozak, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board by reason of the above improper conduct, notify the Sea­ 275 - 20th Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215 PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are fo be paid farers Union or SPAD by Certified mail within 30 days of Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an the contribution for investigation and appropriate action you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circum­ and refund, if involuntary. Support SPAD to protect and or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. stances should any member pay any money for any reason further your economic, political and social interests, unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone at­ American trade union concepts and Seafarer seamen. CONTRACTS. Copies ot all SIU contracts are avail­ tempts to require any such payment be made without sup­ If at any time a Seafarer feels that any of the ahove able in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages plying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a rights have been violated, or that he has been denied his and conditions under which you work and live aboard payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he constitutional right of access to Union records or infor­ ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obliga­ should not have been required to make such payment, this mation, he should immediately notify SIU President Hall tions, such as filing Tor OT on the proper sheets and in should immediately be reported to headquarters. at headquarters by certified mail, return receipt requested. Page 14 Seafarers Log' .i 'h • y'' J ''' ' * i ' I ^f 1::

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pirits were high at Stapleton An­ returning from Algeria with a load of pentry tools on board for theiu to use in And A.B. Richard Haney decorated chorage, N.Y., Sept. 21, when the oil. The stop-over marked the near end their spare time. Brother Murry re­ the crew's recreation room with his Stanker Zapata Patriot paid off after of a six-month tour of duty for the Sea­ ceived three cheers for his fine work string art picture of a sailing ship. farers (most of them from Wilmington) settling beefs on board. who boarded the ship when it was Although the Coast Guard inspecting launched in late March in San Pedro, officer on the first voyage from San Calif. It has been smooth sailing since Pedro to Baltimore, Cmdr. C. V. then. O'Neal, also had kind words, reporting, The ship's maiden overseas voyage "The attitude of the entire crew from carrying corn from Baltimore to Len­ master to OS/wiper was excellent," the ingrad was celebrated with elaborate crew pointed out that there were no champagne and hors d'oeuvre parties in ordinaries or wipers on board. both ports, prepared by Chief Steward The low manning scales in all depart­ Tony Arellano and his gourmet galley ments and resulting excessive overtime crew. The Russian consul in Baltimore and overwork were the only beefs pre­ joined the festivities as did the Amer­ sented to Headquarters Representative ican consul in Leningrad. Leon Hall when he boarded the ship. At the meeting before the payoff. Re­ Brother Hall explained that the SIU was certified Bosun Ralph Murry noted that fighting the Coast Guard over the man­ he had received a letter from the Cap­ ning scales. tain Franklin Liberty, thanking the The Zapata Patriot has an SIU men for "their outstanding job in pre­ crew of craftsmen. While at sea, the paring the ship for its first oil cargo and men worked out with barbells made on AB Richard Haney displays his string in getting it passed for inspection board. QMED Ted Kulas built a work­ QMED Jean-Charles Morris (I.) was artwork. He says that another picture quickly." shop in the engine room. "It's terrific, glad to give to SPAD. "It's an election of a ship will soon be coming down The Seafarers, in turn, had only kind every tool we need has a place to hang year," he explained to Headquarters the ways. words for the captain who had put car­ it," First Engineer Gordon Gibson said. Representative Leon Hall (r.).

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Page 16 Seafarers Log Rehabilitation—One Approach to Alcoholism 1 %A -• - , he SIU is the first international Point, Md. Participating in the semi­ Tunion to establish a rehabilitation nar will be the staff of the ARC, ex­ program for members, who suffer perts on all the aspects of alcoholism, ri'!' from alcoholism. The philosophy SIU officials, and Seafarers who have which led to founding the Alcoholic completed their recovery from alco­ I Rehabilitation Center in Valley Lee, holism at the ARC. - # li. Maryland, is simple — the SIU. is The theme of the seminar is "Re­ dedicated to helping every member habilitation — One Union's Ap­ enjoy and improve the quality of his proach to Alcoholism." During the life as a Seafarer and as a citizen of seminar, the participants will discuss his community. the problem of alcoholism and the In the past, the alcoholic was role and contribution of the ARC in ' Y treated as a moral failure. The SIU solving that problem for our mem­ 0 • I -i' knows this is not true. We know that bers. •M'•Vf' r'i alcoholism is a disease; that it can be It has been very ponservatively treated. The SIU is determined to estimated that 29,280 workers in the •;i help the members who have alcohol­ maritime industries suffer from alco­ •» I '• ism, and to help the entire member­ holism. Among this number are 1 "'•i ship understand the disease. many of our SIU brothers. And our 'A.•,;v •' To meet this goal, an alcoholism Union is convinced that education 4' ^ education seminar will be held and rehabilitation—not pity and not . on Nov. 12, 13 and 14 at the condemnation—are the keys to a Harry Lundeberg School in Piney happy future for these members. The days of sobriety which the Seafarer spends at the ARC are reassuring experiences which help him to realize the full potential of a life without alcohol.

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Recovery from alcoholism meahs rebuilding a healthy body. Trained medical I am interested in attending a six-week program at the Alco­ personnel work with the Seafarers at the ARC to assist them in getting well. holic Rehabilitation Center. I understand that this will be kept strictly I confidential, and that no records or information about me will be kept anywhere except at The Center.

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/ ' ' The National Maritime Council: Promoting the U.S. Fleet By United Action Program This is the fifth in a series of articles which the Seafarers Log is publishing to explain how various organizations affect the jobs and job security of Seafarers. ((>• The National Maritime Council was born of the cooperative spirit that brought together maritime labor, industry and Government to work in unity for legislative enactment of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970. Following the passage of that landmark Act, labor and industry—^with the encouragement of the U.S. Maritime Administration—determined to keep up the momentum of this new cooperative spirit so that united they could implement the promises of the Merchant Marine Act and rebuild the maritime industry. And so, the National Maritime Council was created in 1971. It is a non-profit organization established to encourage the development of a strong, competitive, modern U.S.-flag merchant marine to restore this nation to its rightful place as a dominant power in the maritime world. its vital contributions to the nation's economy and cities, the NMC stresses the economic benefits the The chief executive of U.S.-flag carriers, mari­ security—in times of peace and war. merchant marine provides the nation in terms of time labor unions and shipbuilders are members At dinners and seminars held in major port jobs, shipbuilding production, taxes, balance of of the Board of Governors. The Assistant Secre- payments, and—most importaintly—the need for ' tary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs represents a strong and viable merchant marine to provide the U;S. Government. In addition, leading traffic the nation's defense needs and security. executives, representing over 100 business firms The National Maritime Council will continue to engaged in foreign trade, actively participate , in support the uninterrupted revitalization of the U.S. the programs of the National Maritime Council. merchant fleet which began with the 1970 Mer­ The educational activities of the Council are its chant Marine Act. Among the goals the Council is most important tools. The NMC must first assure presently pursuing are increased cargo for U.S.- shippers that the U.S.-flag merchant fleet is the flag ships and the strengthening of the merchant most modern and efficient anywhere in the world, marine's peacetime military cargo and support and" that the service it provides is consistent and role. reliable. At meetings and conferences with U.S. The SIU was a prime mover in the formation of shipping executives throughout the country, the the National Maritime Council and has long sup­ National Maritime Council stresses the point that "The National Maritime Council is a ported the necessity of unity in all segments of the a strong U.S. merchant marine guarantees U.S. unified organization of all segments of the industry as an essential in rebuilding America's business that, regardless of changing policies of Maritime industry, established for the pur­ merchant seapower. The SIU firmly believes in foreign fleets and governments, American ships pose of developing a strong, competitive, the basic principle of the NMC: that there is more will be available to carry a substantial share of the modern, American-built, privately-owned to gain from cooperation than from confiict. nation's cargo on world trade routes. and operated U.S.-flag merchant marine, SIU representatives take an active part in the formation of policies within the National Maritime Alerts Nation to U.S. Fleet which will afford United States importers Council, and in carrying those policies out—and Beyond this, the Council sponsors a program of and exporters the finest and most con­ we will continue to be active in this support of the educational activities designed to make the na­ sistently operated maritime fleet in the NMC. The jobs and job security of American sea­ tion's citizens aware of the important contributions world." farers depends upon a strong and healthy industry. of the U.S. merchant marine. These programs in­ —^National Maritime Council The strength and health of the maritime industry clude films, speeches, posters and literature fhat Statement of Purpose—1971 will continue to depend upon the cooperative ef­ describe the long history of U.S.-flag shipping and forts of maritime labor, industry and Government. All photos on this page arc American flag vessels built under the Merchant Marine Act of 1970. Zapata Ranger!

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SIU Vice President Lindsdy Williams calls on the delegates to "meet the challenge" of the future by slU President Paul Hall, who served as conference SIU Executive Vice-President Frank Drozak keeping the U.S. maritime industry and the SIU chairman, calls the meeting to order In Zimmer­ stresses need for increased communication be­ strong. man auditorium in Piney Point. tween the Union and Its members. A wide ron^e of issues from Lundeberg School in Bney membership informed on 'the a general open forum, while 'A organizing to education filled a Point, including the need for issues. on the second day, the dele­ crowded agenda as SIU Port stepped up recruiting of young • • The need for increased gates broke up into 11 commit­ Agents and representatives men for the inland water entry unity among all U.S. maritime tees to give individual atten-^ from the deep-sea, Great program. unions. tion to each issue as well as : ii'/| Lakes and inland waters areas • Servicing of all SIU mem­ • Collective bargaining and draw up a policy statement to met at a two-day conference to bers both on their vessels and a review of the Union's con­ be presented to the full Con­ discuss the future of the newly in the .Union halls. tracts with its deep-sea. Great ference for further action. (A merged SIU and its many pro­ • Politiccd action and the Lakes and inland waters op­ summary of each of the 11 re­ grams. role the SIU must play in poli­ erators. ports can be found on the fol­ U This land mark conference, tics to keep our industry strong. • Onboard communications. lowing three pages of this issue.) m Si held ,qt the Luiideberg School • Impact on the Union and '•A review of maritime in- in Piney Point, lOld.i and chaired the membership of the recent dustry conditions past cmd The policy statements, all by SIU President Paul Hall, merger of the IBU into the SIU present. unanimously endorsed by the S: •••vas extremely well received A & G district. • A review of the Coast Conference, will be presented by the participants, and what • The Union's publications Guard. to the membfership for action at and the role the Seafarers Log During the opening session November's general member­ might have been a routine •'; ;'v-- ^ • yi .'meeting developed into an ex­ plays in keeping the entire these issues were discussed in ship meetings in all ports. cellent forum for the inter­ The agents also caUed for •l- % change of fresh perceptions similar conferences to be held I •: ;l and ideas concerning the U.S. periodically,to study the ongo­ maritime industry »and the ing effectiveness of the Union's .•i SIU's role in it. programs. It was affirmed that f.v.sT In all, the delegates centered such conferences "will enable their ^discussions around 11 us to reinforce our p)ersonal ties '3; key issues, which are seen to with the membership through­ A have profound and lasting out the nation and strengthen effects on the health and prog­ the bonds which hold the union ress of the SIU. The issues dis­ together." cussed included: In addition to the discussions • Organizing the thousands and reports, both sessions of 'A of yet unorganized maritime the Conference were high­ workers on the rivers, harbors, Delegates to the first Port Agents Conference listen attentively to proceed­ lighted by talks from a number f- oceans and Great Lakes. ings In the Lundeberg School's Zimmerman auditorium. The Conference of speakers. • Education and training centered its attention on the programs and Issues Involving the job security for all SIU members at the of SIU members. Continued on Page 22

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SIU Port Agents and representatives from around the country gathered for this Conference to discuss the Union's programs and future as well as the impact of the SlU-IBU merger oh the Union and the membership, from the left, are: Leon Hall, headquarters representative; C. J. Buck Stevens,. New Orleans; Jack Bluitt, Detroit; Steve Troy, San Francisco: Juan Reinosa, San Juan, and John Fay, Philadelphia. Page 19 October, 1976 t ti •iVM- M -- ^

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The Committee on Servicing pointed out the need for continual contact with hi the membership to keep them informed on the issues. Participants, from the left around table are; Ed Riley, agent, Boston; Tom Glidwell, representative, fer.. Participants on the Committee on Shipboard Communications, which stressed Houston; Paul Drozak, SIU yice-president: Juan Reinosa, agent, San Juan;- the need for members to hold weekly shipboard union meetings, are from the and Jack Caffeyy representative. New York. left: Richard Avery, representative, Norfolk; George Telegadas, representa­ tive, Cleveland; Scottie Aubusson, agent, St. Louis; Gene Taylor, representa­ The Committee to study the impact of the SlU-IBU merger discussed ways in The Committee on Coast Guard vowed to continue vigilance in reviewing Members look to the Union for help sion plan digests and other documents and tive, Houston, and Cal Tanner. SlU vice-president. which the merger will benefit all SIU members, both deep-sea and inland Coast Guard programs and policies that could affect SlU members in any with grievances in the work place and for information the members might need. waters. Committee members, from the left are: Gordon Spencer, agent, Nor­ way. Participants on this committee, from the left are: Steve Papuchis, repre­ help with numerous other work-related Union representatives must be available Shipboard meetings and their equiv­ problems, this committee noted. Union of­ to service the members in the hall. Our boarding patrolman should look oyef any folk; Stanley Ziegler, representative. New Origans; Gerry Brown, agent, Piney sentative, Norfolk; Buck Stevens, agent. New Orleans; George Ripoll, repre­ • i alent on the tugs and in UIW plants are an minutes submitted by the'.Shij^' C^i^it- Point, and Frank Drozak, SIU executive vice-president. sentative, New York, and Robert Air, representative, Philadelphia. ficials are responsible for settling beefs vacation, pension, and sickness plans are essential link in communications between tee for written resolution#^ and motions. about overtime, seniority rights, layoffs, good, but often the members do not under­ !' 4- the leadership and the members. Head­ After discussion, the'^ resolutions can be This committee outlined the future ac­ at what is rightfully his." "It is imperative that we continue to re­ with many complex social and. psycholog­ work rules and firings. To stress how im­ stand them. The Union representative "r- al;' quarters needs to know about the problems referred to the Negotiation Committee, tions that will be taken to cement the unity The Union will promote,^he increased main vigilant against any Coast Guard ical problems resulting from the impact portant this activity is, on several occasions should be.»^ailable to help the members it in the field, this committee pointed out. Board of Trustees or other appropriate of the Union and insure the complete iden­ use of the hiring hall,jthej^thmittee said, policies and practices which threaten the on the individu|i worker of faster and representatives' reports about settling wh^n tl^' heed assistance in filing their |;v' Often, changes in the contracts are made commttee by a motion made, seconded tification of each member with the Union. thereby improving. th¥ present system of jobs and health and safety of merchant larger ships^iikJtased overtime, loss of beefs, especially when a member was fired, (Jaii^' and in explaining the rules and as a result of members' complaints or re­ and accepted by the crew. Noting that the merger itself was only a hiring. seamen," the committee stated. adequate,:ppjct lime and the resulting feel- were needed in court proceedings and in^ %r6gulations of the various plans. Similarly, ported beefs. Articles can be written iti^th^s ' Similarly, Union representatives who first step, the committee predicted that The coniiriK^ advocated increased par­ ipg Q(lk<^atjon and alienation that grow problems with the NLRB. Therefore, Seafarers and Boatmen ar^ offered numer­ "Today, the problem has reached an un­ Log or UIW paper to clarify fr^iii^fy meet with members on tugs and in the the cost savings, increased efficiency and ticipation by all the members in the affairs these new experiences." The commit­ cials must be around when tl^.n^0ntiiers ous upgrading opportunities. But the •' ' ^,1 precedented level," it said, denouncing the^ ; pi asked questions about the Utiion iarid the UIW plants should send summaries of out­ greater strength that resulted would have of the Union. "Through such participa­ tee followed the accusation with a docu­ need them, the committee sta^p members need to be encouraged to apply new Coast Guard Vessel Inspection CiEji|r^' •i plans, and this form of communication is standing points back to Headquarters. an impact in many areas. tion," it predicted, "there will be a more mented list of Coast Guard abuses. Fur­ Patrolmen have to board and ^rvice deep for these classes so the Union can fulfill iar No. 76. 'This circular contiipheVthe particularly important duilng those times Union representatives should make sure "The Union will expand and extend the frequent exchange of ideas and a closing thermore, the Coast Guard has repeatedly sea vessels at payoffs and sign-ons. Patrol­ its shipping contracts and maintain job Coast Guard's practice ofjiAttiflg'Wphaz- when changes m.the/Union and plans are that Seafarers, Boatmen, and UIW mem­ servicing of its members to make cenain of ranks to better achieve our mutual ob­ backed down on its promise to consult the men and representatives should be servic­ security. ardly and arbitrarily in suchmreas as vessel Through frequent contact with the r^- taking place. - bers get copies of the appropriate news­ that their contracts will be enforced," the jectives." Union about its manning regulations, it ing tugs and barges and UIW shops at paper: the UIW NEWSLETTER or the manning, watchstanding, training and cer­ told the port agents. .. least once a month. In all cases, the repre­ members, the Union will consolidate its • committee resolved. "Also, we want to set But the greatest impact of the merger tification of able seamen and occupational Minutes from the Sunday meetings on Log. In these ways, lines of communica-' in motion a systematic program to make will be in the area of political activity. The SIU has called for a Congressional sentatives should bring with them copies strength and grow, the committee con­ dieop' sea ships should be sent to Head­ tion are kept open between the member every member fully knowledgeable and "All members must know how to carry safety and health. investigation of Coast Guard abuses. Such of the Union newspaper, welfare and pen­ cluded. quarters. At payoffs and sign-ons, the and Headquarters. aware of tlie terms, conditions and benefits out effective political activity," the com­ "The Coast Guard is ill equipped in hearings, the committee said, are tenta­ achieved under the collective bargaining mittee declared. "All members must be terms of personnel and equipment to deal tively scheduled for early 1977. agreements. 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The Committee on Education and Training took a look at the Lundeberg School's vocational and academic programs for our members. Participants on this committee are, from the left around table: Chuck Mollard, national coordinator of the inland waters; Mike Sacco,'HLSS vice-president; Fred Farnen, headquarters representative; Bob Kalmus, HLSS vocational director; Frank Paladino, headquarters staff, Hazel Brown, HLSS president, and Ed Tfie Committee on Contracts and Shipping Rules reviewed possible beneficial Pulver, agent, Jersey City. changes and additions in these important areas. Participants, from the left In their policy statement on education ment noted in its conclusion that, "the are: Byron Kelly, Great Lakes area director for the inland waters; Red Camp­ and training this committee pointed to the Union's education program has been grow­ ; bell, representative. New York; Red Morris, agent, Jacksonville, and Terry' "We must continue our political activities" to insure the future security of the programs which "have been developing ing and the dreams of the future for mari­ fi- I Prott, representative, St. Louis. U.S. maritime industry, was part of the report by the Committee to Review time wprkers have been expanded. With a i,' The Committee on SPAD recognized the absolute necessity of continiJjed vol- at the Harry Lundeberg School in Piney Looking at the SIU's present contract Maritime Industry Conditions. Participants, from the left are: Roan Lightfoot, continued effort toward educational excel­ then recommended the negotiation of uritary contributions to this fund to bolster the SIU's political programs. Com­ Point, Md. since 1967," as proof the SIl^ ® "" HH I and shipping'rules this committee said, agent, Paducah; Don Anderson, agent, Port Arthur; Ed Morris, representative. lence, we can look to the future with con­ an industry-wide vacation plan for SIU mittee members, from the left are: Joe DiGiorgio, SIU secretary-treasurer; "hq,,s long recognized that progress and a "The SIU's success in providing the best Boatmen (details of this vacation plan New York; Steve Troy, agent, San Francisco, and Howard Schulman, SIU better future for the membership is a fidence, knowing we will have the skills Carolyn Gentile,SIU house counsul; John Fay, agent, Philadelphia, and Leon general counsul. wages and fringe benefits for our . mem­ will be carried in the next issue of the Hall, headquarters representative. product of education." and knowledge needed to face the chang­ bers, and in organizing new companies ing world of maritime." Log), and suggested that the SIU con­ The U.S.-flag merchant fleet is absolutely grow and receive its fair share of cargo. Thousands of members have already iP- and acquiring new vessels is due in large sider area shipping, new lay-off rules, eeived endorsements and hundreds of li­ As-part of their review of the Union's The policy statement adopted by the the SIU's voice jje heard in the legislative essential to any national defense effon. In "The SIU was highly instrumental in get­ part to our constant efforts to keep our new trainiag%tci^ms and the two censes have been earned, many young men trainiiig iand education programs, the com­ committee studying SPAD opened: "The and executive branches of Goverrunent. a peacetime economy it contributes jobs, ting the Merchant Marine Aa of 1970 contract provisions in tune with modern have been brought into the deep sea and mittee also studied the new Alcoholism crew conceijpt for some fast turn-around role that political involvement plays in the balance-of-payments benefits, and a means " passed." industry needs and trends, and to our abil­ vessels, inland industries at'entry levels, and over »Rehabilatation Program and proposals for j/# preservation of members' jobs is vital. Fa­ Pointing to the substantial victories and of controlling y.S. foreign trade. Yet the To provide mote jobs and strengthen Ihi, ity to consider the overall picture when "While many of America's maritime 800 men have received high school diplo^ revamping the steward department up­ vorable maritime legislation is essential in important gains which have already been U.S. merchant fleet is disappearing. the industry, the SIU has worked for cargo •ii negotiating a new contraa." I* > Workers have seen their ability to earn a order to pfevent further erosion of the c won, the committee warned that, "the fight preference legislation and the Trans- mas through the SIU's ^ucational and grading programs. With new equipment such as cat-tugs, living threatened as a result of contracts American-flag fleet by foreign intrusion must continue with renewed vigor if the ">?o single group acting alone can im­ Alaska Pipeline. To promote the use of training programs, the commitie^ Mid. (Nbte: Details on the new steward de­ LNG vessels, offshore oil vessels ^d giant that did not consider the real conditions of into the American maritime industry; Such American-flag maritime industry and the prove the" situation," the committee de­ the inland waterways, the SIU has worked Declaring that "the maritime industry partment program will be carried in a sea-going barges already appt^ing in the our industry," the committee's statement legislation may be enacted ohiy. if our inland towing industry are to prosper in clared. "The operators, the Federal agencies^ "Tor the rejplacement of Locks and Dam 26 needs responsible workers," the committee future issue of the Log. A committee industry, the comrtMttee declared in its concluded, "SIU contracts that evolved elected representatives and Government of­ the future." and the maritime unions must act together. on the Mississippi River and has success­ also praised the. educational efforts of the to study program proposals will be r 1 policy statement that the SIU must con­ with the" industry continue to provide As the Seafarers are aware, the SJU has SIU which ''have provided'information to elected at special meetings which will ficials have positions that are favorable to Calling continued support of SPAD fully fought a waterways user charge. At tinue reviewing its contracts and shipping members with good job security. played a major role in advancing "the spirit the membpphip so that issues and ideas, be held in all Constitutional ports in the American-flag shipping industry - - essential to "the preservation of our mem­ present, the SIU is pushing fo? the appoint; rules if it% "to continue providing SIU "We will continue on this course, chang­ of industry cooperation." . putposes and goals might be better undef- , November. This committee's recom­ "For years," it said, "Seafarers have fur­ bers' jobs,'V the committee's policy state­ ment of a maritime affairs adviser to the membe|rs with the best wages and fringe ing as times require but never losing sight mendations will be presented to the thered their political interests by contrib­ ment noted that, "we should continue our "One of the most important ways js to President. stood." II •^' t^deffts possible without jeopardizing job of our true goal—the best possible wages, Realizing the changing priorities and membership at the December Union uting to SPAD," and it is the support with efforts to further the support of SPAD and continue our political action," the commit­ We plan for the future, the committee security." fringe benefits, working conditions and job needs of the SIU's membership and the meetings.) SPAD funds of officials and candidates thus benefit and improve the industry in tee said. Federal legislation will determine noted. "Flexibility is the way to encourage [•i As part of this review the committee security for all SIU members." maritime industry, the committee's state­ Continued on Page 22 With favorable maritime views that lets which we represent our members." whether the U.S. maritime industry will new capital to enter the industry." PageW • • • Page 21 / Port Agents Conference Leeks at SlU's Fiture -ml.-and programs, —^M to judge ^ow Continued from Page 19 tion director; Howcord Schul- ing communication among the Union's leadership. effective our activities have man, SIU general consul; been in achieving our objec­ Leading off was, SIU Presi- Carolyn Gentile, SIU house In closing, the delegates agreed that the Conference tives and to develop new and dent Paul Hall, who called for consul, and Marietta Homay- more effective strategies for stepped up activities in such oripour, editor of the Seafarers had afforded them "the charice .^5'. the future." • areas as education, servicing Log. Ms. Homayonpour an- to review the union's policies and organizing, as well as in- nounced that because of the creased political action on SIU-IBU merger, the Seafarers local and national levels. Log will incorporate the Inland President Hall also stressed Boatman, the IBU publication, the need for unity not only into its pages. within bur own union, but • During the closing session of unity among all maritime the conference, many ports unions. He pointed out that a agents from around the coun- forum to foster effective inter- try took their turn at the po- organizdtional maritime unity dium, giving a rundown on already existed in the Ad Hoc activities in their individual Committee on Maritime Indus- ports. Among these speakers try Problems, set up two years were: George McCartney, New ago by AFL-CIO President York; Buck Stevens, New Or- The Committee on Organizing affirmed that maritime labor must continue its George Meany. leans; John Fay, Philadelphia; efforts to bring unionization to the thousands of unorganized maritime workers Other opening session Steve Troy, San Francisco; in this country. Committee members, from the left are: Bob Pomerlane, repre­ speakers included SIU Execu- Jack Bluitt, Detroit; Juan Rein- sentative, Baltimore: Lindsey Williams, SIU vice-president; Bill Dobbins, rep­ tive Vice-President Frank Dro- osa, San Juan; Gordon Spen- resentative, Columbus, Ohio; Norman Dubois, representative. New Orleans, zak, who stressed the need for. cer, Norfolk; Jerry Brown, and Carl Peth, representative, Detroit. increased communication be­ .Piney Point, and Byron Kelly, tween the -ports and Union River Rouge, Mich. success of that organizing has never been headquarters; SIU Vice-Presi­ A canvas of the delegates "Only one-quarter of our nation's work­ more important," it said. dents Lihdsey Williams and showed that right down the ers are union members," this committee's The committee directed attention to­ Paul Drozak; HLSS President line they felt that this initial policy statement began and, "though there wards organizing in all areas, deep sea, are over 20-million men and women in inland waters and Great Lakes. Hazel Brown; Mike Sacco, Port Agents Conference had . America's unions, the continued strength HLSS vice president; Bob Kal- been informative and ex­ "The entire maritime industry is grow­ of the trade union movement depends on ing rapidly in areas which are only par­ mus, HLSS vocational educar tremely successful in improv- its ability to organize the non-union shops tially organized," and, the committee con­ and to extend the benefits of union mem­ cluded, "the SIU and its members' future bership to the millions of unorganized security and prosperity depend on our abil­ American workers." ity to evolve and grow with the industry, "For the SIU, the opportunities for or­ to extend the SIU banner to all unorgan­ ganizing have never been better and the ized maritime workers."

Among the participants- on the Committee on Maritime Unity, which empha­ sized the importance of the AFL-CIO Ad Hoc Committee on Maritime Industry Problems, are John Yarmola, left, SIU Washington Representative and George McCartney, agent, New York. Continued from Page 20-21 The Committee on Publications discussed plans for more widespread news coverage of aii areas involving SIU members. Committee participants, from Maritime Unity the left around table are: Marietta Homayonpour, editor-in-chief, Seafarers "From the inception of the American Carrying this concept of unity one step Log-, Jack Allen, agent, Duluth; Jack Bluitt, agent, Detroit; Charlie Svenson, trade union movement, the key to strength further, the committee recalled that the an observer from the Transportation institute; James Gannon, managing edi­ and eflFectiveness has been through unity SIU "proposed a mechanism for discussion tor, Seafarers Log, and Leo Bonser, representative. New York. —membership unity; inner-organization of maritime labor's common problems, and unity through consolidation; and inter-or­ AFL-CIO President George Meany estab­ Publications ganizational unity through merger," this lished such a forum in 1974 with the crea­ committee said in opening its policy state­ tion of the AFL-CIO Ad Hoc Committee, To assist in the Log's and the Union's form Act. Therefore, Union representa­ ment. on Maritime Industry Problems." endeavor to bring pertinent information tives were asked to make a special effort "The SIU firmly believes in these trade Through this Ad Hoc Committee "some to the Seafarers and Boatmeii, along with to see that all Union publications reach the union concepts, and throughout our his­ solid^oundwork toward our mutual mari­ features about the members themselves, members ^ch month. tory we have practiced them," it pointed time objectives has been laid," the state­ the committee suggested that port agents Now that the SIU-IBU merger has been out. ment said, especially through the con­ and patrolmen lend their help, 'They approved by the membership, the Seafarers should let the Log staff know when there The SIU has a long history of working structive work of the Ad Hoc group's Log will incorporate the Inland Boatman subcommittees on Training and Educa­ are items from their ports which could go newspaper into its pages. In order to in­ for consolidation within our own house, into the Log," the committee said. "Fur­ merging the Gulf and Atlantic districts in tion, the Coast Guard, Maritime Policy, sure that there is no loss of coverage to SIU and the Jones Act. ther, the port agents and patrolmen can Boatmen, the LOG will be expanded from 1940 and then, in 1972, the A&G*with encourage the members to read the Log the; Great Lakes District. "The SIU believes that we have made 32 pages a month to 40 pages. Neverthe­ important strides towards effecting unity and to submit stories and material for less, there will be some savings, the com­ "In late 1973," the committee's state­ within our organization, within maritime publication." mittee reported. ment noted, "the A&G's dose affiliate—the ' labor, and in the industry itself," the com­ The Log, the UIW NEWSLETTER and Inland Boatmen's Union—voted to merge mittee said. other Union publications bring important There will be increased coverage of the its four districts into one strong organiza­ "We believe that we should continue information and ideas to all the members, Great Lakes in the new Log format. The tion. And, just last month, the SIU A&G policy of cooperation with other unions including items dealing with pensioners, monthly UIW NEWSLETTER will con­ District and the IBU membership voted until the goal of one single union for all training, welfare and vacation benefits, and tinue to be published for the United In­ a merger of their two unions." unlicensed seamen is achieved." the latest developments in the Pension Re­ dustrial Workers' brothers and sisters. Seafarers Log 'A l-'lX On Offshore Oil Higs •Vi .(:.A ,1^ •fi: -h Profit Hungry Oil Industry Could Kill People 1 ^ Safety of workers should come be­ safety" standards. Labor was not in­ Nevertheless the industry opposes position on mobile oil rig inspection fore profits: Certainly the rich and cluded in NOOIAC, reflecting the firefighting systems around industrial for the Coast Guard. Since mobile if powerful oil industry can spare a few Coast Guard's typical attitude toward • equipment and certain helicopter oil drilling units are truly vessels, we li.. dollars to protect the life and limb people who work in the maritime pads. They do not want to provide, recommended they should be regu­ of men working on the mobile off­ field. NOOIAC now stands as a man­ -enough lifeboats and inflatable rafts lated and their crews licensed to the shore oil drilling units. Instead, in­ agement group. to give each man a primary and sec­ same full standards as U.S. ocean­ dustry moguls are pressuring the However, the SIU managed to re­ ondary means of escape. going ships. This means that indus­ Coast Guard to adopt dangerously construct industry's position from trial equipment in a marine environ­ Oil executives are trying to avoid low safety standards on the mobile various other Coast Guard docu­ ment must meet marine as well as placing marine personnel on board offshore drilling rigs. ments,^ We have come up with a re­ industrial safety standards. the rigs, although their expertise is To make matters worse, the oil in­ buttal in time to help the Coast Guard We recommended that regulations -1- . needed to help evacuation during an dustry is keeping its proposals re­ draw up the final regulations. on inspection should be more specific accident and to manage and main­ garding inspection of mobile rigs In all fairness, we must note that and that the standards of the Inter­ tain the equipment according to the under lock and key—to prevent the the Coast Guard's proposals for governmental Maritime Consultative standards required by a marine en­ SIU from analyzing them. At sup­ safety standards on mobile offshore Organization (IMCO) should be ap­ vironment. In fact, they do not see posedly public hearings where future rigs are superior to the slipshod, plied to U.S. rigs. Right now, too •i I I why the industrial equipment should regulation of offshore equipment was pennypinching standards proposed much is left to the discretion of the conform to marine standards at all. discussed, industry representatives by industry. Basically, the oil indus­ local Coast Guard Officer in Charge refused to let the SIU see their posi­ try would like to ignore the fact that To list one more atrocious sug­ of Marine Inspection. tion papers. After the hearings, the offshore rigs are located in a perilous gestion, the oil industry would like We hope the Coast Guard will hold Coast Guard would not release the often hostile environment—the sea. to crowd men into dormitories on the line against pressure from the oil papers to the SIU. We were not sur­ When there is a major fire on board the rigs. This violates all maritime giants. Appointing labor representa­ prised. an offshore rig, the workers cannot conventions and procedures. tives to NOOIAC would be a step in The hearings were held by the Na­ run off into a prairie. They must jump In September, the SIU outlined its the right direction. tional Offshore Operation Industry into turbulent and icy waters. And Advisory 'Committee (NOOIAC) fire is a likely possibility with all the which the Coast Guard established chemicals and fumes around oil drill­ Letters to the Editor to help it draw up new offshore rig ing operations.

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fe, .. .HISTORIC PRESERVATION fc:.- Scholarship Winner^ «-.s >- : • ..*1 Son Express Thanks U:i "f; My son, Sean, has recently been awarded a ^afarers Scholarship and thus will be able to attend the college of his choice. As you may recall I, too, was able to get a college education and do graduate work under the same scholar­ ship program. ' Our debt to the Union is enormous and we find it difficult to express the qxtent of our gratitude, I would like to thank the SIU, the officials and the ff entire membership for making these awards possible. I have been a full member of the SIU for 27 years. I obtained my mate's I'll license in 1970 and have been sailing under both IBU and MM&P contracts since 1972. This has given me on-the-job exposure to all maritime unions, some of which are distinctly lacking in leadership and are evidently bent upon destroying themselves. I have remained a supporter of SPAD and the policies of the SIU throughout these years. The political efforts of our Union are effectively providing employment prospects for everyone in the industry re­ gardless of their union affiliation and in many cases in spite of their own union's failure tp take supporting action. I take great pleasure in explaining and, if necessary, defending the programs and policies of the SIU on every ship I sail. I am constantly impressed by the Octob.r 1976 Official Publication of the Seafarers International Union of Vol. 38, No. 10 North America. Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, SIU's foresight in having prepared to face today's problems years before AFL-CIO , others in the industry showed any.concem for the future. Executive Board Paul Hall President Fraternally, Frank Drozak Joe DtGiorgio Cal Tanner Mike Carlln Executive Vice President Secrelary-T reasurer Vice-President Surf City, NJ. Earl Shepard Lindsey Williams Paul Drozak V, Vice-President Vice-President Vice-President 'Source of Marietta Homayonpoiir se? Editor-in-Chief A I want to thank the Welfare Plan for the help it provided at a time when 11 James Gannon I it was greatly needed. ' ,i' Managing Editor " A special thanks for the information the Plan provided for my wife when Rav Bourdius Jif' Mele Ruth Shereff Assistant Editor Assistant Editor Assistant Editor ! she called. It is a great source of comfort to know I have the help and backing Frank Cianciotti Dennis Lundy of the SIU. On behalf of my wife and myself, our sincere thanks and appre- Chief Photographer Associate Photographer : ciation. Marie Kosciusko George J. Vana Administrative Assistant Production/Art Director Fiuternally, V-f> Published monthly by Seafarers International Union, Atlant^, Gulf Lake^^ cla\l?'DosVaae District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Awe., Brwklyn, N.Y. 11232. Tel. 499-6600. Second class postage 1. Chalmers paid at Brooklyn, N.Y.

October, 1976 Page 23 •f. •*r Boatman Bane Steers a Clear Course on the Mississippi River When Jim Banc first walked into the other union or with a non-union com­ _ers and Oceans/Inland—by taking the my own," Boatman Bane modestly re­ Seafarers Hall in St. Louis back in Sep­ pany, Brother Bane would probably not Towboat Operator Upgrading Course ports. He has nothing but praise for the tember of 1973, he never dreamed that be where he is'today. That's because he at •he Union's Harry Lundeberg School school and its staff. "Everyone at Piney he would become a licensed towboat obtained his wheelhouse licenses—first of Seamanship in Piney Point, Md. Point really goes out of their way to operator within three years. Class Towboat Ooerator. Western Riv- "I doubt if I could have made it on help you. Our teacher, John Luykx, The 27-year-old Inland Boatman is^- worked nights and weekends helping us a Westener, born in Arizona and raised prepare for the exam." It's a difficult in Montana. He had never even seen the exam, and Brother Bane passed it with Mississippi River before he took his * flying colors the first time around. first trip on an SlU-contracted towboat. Soon he was working regularly for SIU- Cross Country Jeep Racer manned National Marine Service boats, During his time off. Bane likes to get first as a deckhand, then as a tanker- away from the river and ride around in man, and finally in his present position the hills in his orange and white Jeep, as steersman. complete with bullet holes from World The job of steersman is traditional on War II. He plans to do some cross­ the river, originating in the old steam­ country Jeep racing as soon as he gets boat days. B^ause no two stretches of the historic vehicle in top condition. the river are alike, the green wheel- With the substantial pay increase he house man always serves a kind of ap­ will receive as a full-fledged wheelhouse prenticeship under an experienced cap­ man. Brother Bane hopes to buy a tain whose job it is to teach the new country retreat to use as a base for his man everything he knows about every favorite pastimes of hunting and fishing. mile of river. A bachelor. Boatman Bane couldn't Brother Bane's apprenticeship is in resist telling the Log that one of his the expert hands of Merrick "Blackie" favorite pastimes is "chasing girls." Chapman, captain of the M/V National When his steady girlfriend. Barb sees Freedom. Bane will work under Capt. this, he may really have to take to the Chapman for about six months, or until hills! the captain and the company determine Boatman Jim Bane has the M/V National Freedom under control as the boat / that he is ready for his own boat. and its tow of ammonia barges traverses Lock 25 on the Upper Mississippi. If he had started towboating with an­ Jim's nrientor, Captain Merrick "Blackie" Chapman, looks on. Candy Workers . \ Setfle Russell Shipping Report for Inland Waters Stover Strike, y FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 1976 r TOTAL JOBS SHIPPED TOTAL MEN REGISTERED Nationwide Boycott •1 Permanent Jobs Relief Jobs ON BEACH The Bakery and Confectionery Work­ Class A Class B Class C Class A Class B Class C Class A Class B ers' International Union early this BALTIMORE 3 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 month reached a negotiated agreement BOSTON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 with Russell Stover Candies Inc. on a HOUSTON . . . >. . . 7 0 14 0 0 0 1 0 first contract and called off a nationwide JACKSONVILLE ...... 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 consumer boycott and picketing against JERSEY CITY 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 the company. MOBILE 0 Q 0 129 0 0 2 0 The contract covers about 700 pro­ NORFOLK 0 0 0 30 0 0 18 0 duction employes at the firm's Lincoln, NEW ORLEANS 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 7 Neb. plant. Candy workers there had PADUCAH a 1 18 3 1 21 3 1 voted for the union to represent them in PHILADELPHIA 0 0 0 87 71 0 21 24 September 1974 for contract negotia­ PINEY POINT . ^ . 0 ' 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 tions but the company's stalling and PORT ARTHUR 3 1 11 0 0 0 1 0 anti-union stand, the union said, brought PUERTO RICO 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 on a national union-backed boycott and RIVER ROGUE 4 2 0 2 0 0 7 0 store picketing against Russell Stover ST. LOUIS 7 4 38 0 0 0 2 0 Candies in March. TAMPA 0 0 0 0 0 0. 0 0 Company negotiators indicated they are ready to begin contract talks at five TOTAL ALL PORTS 34 9 113 253 72 21 65 34 other plants where the union has won representation elections. HLSS Graduates Two QMEDs; Tankerman Graduates One Hails From Great Lakes

Proudly showing their new QMED sheepskins^re Seafarer Halin Hambouz Seafarer Steve W. Parr (left) displays the Certificate of Achievement he re­ (left) and Great Lakes Seafarer David Rougeux' with HLSS Instructors Fred ceived recently when he graduated from the HLSS tankerman class in Piney Young (left) and Jack Parcell. In the background is a portrait of the late SlU Point, Md. He's-with Charles Nalen, chief of the school's engine department official Claude Sonny Simmons. courses. Not shown is the tanke/man class instructor, Tom Doyle.

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.'....riW, : V-V-; ' fU S- - .u- ll Boatmen Work New Orgulf Towboat 4 1 he fowboaf Robert IS. Stonl made Cincinnati and manned by SIU Boat­ Yeager—do not travel so far north. special business, picking up a tow of 1 1 f ( Ta surprise visit to St. Louis recently. men. Their usual run is between Shawnee- barges loaded with coal from sources on ''i The beautiful and spacious new line- Ordinarily the Stout and her sister town, III. on the Ohio River and New the Illinois Waterway. boat is operated by Orgulf Transport Orgulf vessels—the Robert To/l, the Orleans on the Lower Mississippi. Orgulfs tows on the Lower Missis­ I Company, based in New Orleans and J(thn D. Geary, and the B. John Orgulf boats push barges loaded with sippi, which is wide and unencumbered coal south from Shawneetown, and by locks, usually consist of 25 or more t it their northbound traffic consists pri­ barges. During the current low water marily of empty barges, along with crisis, however, the company has been some bauxite destined fcr Little Rock, forced to cut tow sizes to 20 barges or Ark. The Stout was in St. Louis on less.

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Cook Bonnie Carter (above) prepares tacos that are worth waiting for while (below) Watchman Ed Holt (left) and Mate Carroll E. Bewley stack ratchets until she calls the crew to lunch.

Deckhands (from top to bottom) Andrew McCann, Ronnie Pottgen and Matt I ' Reynolds get the new towboat M/V Robert N. Stout ready to pick up a load of 'i coal barges in St. Louis harbor. Warning to Seafarers Young and Old: Drug Possession Means Loss of Seaman's Papers

K yoo are coDvicted of possessira of any illegal dmg—heroin, barbitn- rafes, qpeed, LSD, or even marijuana—the UJS. Coast Guard will revoke your seaman pq^is, wfthont appeal, FOREVER. Ibat means that yon lose for the rest of yonr life the right to make a T living by the sea. However, it doesat quite end there even if yon receive a suspended sentence. You may lose your right to vote, your right to hold public office or to own a gun. You also may lose die opportunity of ever becoming a doctor, dentist, I

certified public accountant, engineer, lawyer, architect, realtor, pharmacist, •5, school teacher, or stockbroker. You may jeopardize your right to hold a job Dog Sniffs Out Drugs on where you must be licensed or bonded and you may never be able to wori( for the city, the county, or the Federal government. -is If s a pretty tough rap, but that's exacdy how it Is and you cant do any­ Banana Boat; Nail Carpenter I thing about it. The convicted drug user leaves a black mark on his reputation •k for the rest of his life. A drug-sniffing dog led 30 U.S. Cus­ would sell on the streets for $1.2 mil­ I? However, drugs can not only destroy your right to a good livelihood, it toms officers in Miami recently to a lion, they estimated. They then arrested cocaine cache aboard the Colombian the carpenter and turned him over to can destroy your life. banana boat the SS Cubahama docked Federal drug enforcement agents. Drug abuse presents a serious threat to both your physical and mental .t there after a voyage from Turbo, Co­ The officers added that cocaine had i-; health, and the personal safety of those around you. This is especiaUy true lombia. been discovered in small amounts a few aboard ship where clear minds and quick reflexes are essential at all times The drug-trained canine's keen sense times on the SS Cubahama in the last :1 for the safe operation of the vessel. of smell led the custom agents to the few years. But more than a year ago Dont let drugs destroy your natural right to a good, happy, productive cabin of ship's carpenter, L. Barrera, investigators uncovered 40.9 pounds of lif^. 63, where they sawed a hole in the floor the illegal contraband aboard the ba­ Stay drug free and steer a clear course., to find 5.3 pounds of cocaine which nana boat. 1 October, 1976 P^Se'.

- i):v, JOHN TYLER (Waterman Steam­ Point." Last issue of the Seafarers Log ship), August 1—Chairman, Recertified was read and discussed. Chairman held Bosun Otto Pedersen; Secretary J. a discussion on the importance of do­ Moody; Educational Director A. Lu- nating to SPAD. A vote of thanks to pari. $4.25 in ship's fund. No disputed the steward department for a job well OT. Chairman read an article on mari­ done. time from the Seafarers Log. Next port. Bremerhaven. SHOSHONE (Hudson Waterways), August 1—Chairman, Recertified Bo­ OVERSEAS TRAVELER (Mari­ sun A. E. Weaver; Secretary B. Flet­ time Overseas), August 15—Chairman, cher; Educational Director T. Clark. Recertified Bosun Arne Hovde; Secre­ Some disputed OT in deck department. tary E. Dale; Educational Director The Seafarers Log was received from George R. Meaden. No disputed OT. Headquarters in the last port and the It was discussed by the chairman that chairman suggested that everyone all seamen should read the Seafarers should read it. Report to the Seafarers Log-. "The crew did not go ashore on Log so that all may vote with interest OAKLAND (Sea-Land Service), Au­ SEA-LAND COMMERCE (Sea- the Ascension Islands so everyone did in the upcoming IBU election. It was gust 8—Chairman, Recertified Bosun Land Service), August 15—Chairman, some fishing. The fishing is good there said and agreed on at the meeting that Joseph San Filippo; Secretary C. N. Recertified Bosun L. G. Reck; Secre­ and enough red fish was caught to have all were in favor. Most of the outstand­ Johnsen; Educational Director L. Kari- tary Gus Skendelas; Educational Direc­ a nice fish fry. Anyone that is heading ing beefs were settled. Next port, Phila­ tunen; Deck Delegate W. M. White. tor John G. Kirk; Steward Delegate toward the island should take some delphia. $2.30 in ship's fund. No disputed OT. W. Stewart. $159.20 in ship's movie fishing gear. You will have good luck." fund. No disputed OT. Chairman re­ Chairman brought to the attention of COUNCIL GROVE (Interocean ported that a safety meeting would be the crewmembers that everyone should Mgt.), August 15—Chairman, Recerti­ held and everyone was welcome to at­ obtain a lifeboat ticket because it is a SEA-LAND ECONOMY (Sea-Land fied Bosun Sal Sbriglio; Secretary Frank tend. Discussed the importance of do­ requirement from the Coast Guard. All Service), August 22—Chairman, Re­ Nigro; Deck Delegate R. Myers; En­ nating to SPAD. A vote of thanks to communications received were posted certified Bosun F. H. Johnson; Secre­ gine Delegate R. Blackwell; Steward the steward department for a job well on the bulletin board. A vote of thanks tary L. Nicholas; Educational Director Delegate Thomas Robinson. $30 in done. Next port, Yokohama. to the steward department for a job W. E. Fitzgerald; Deck Delegate B. ship's fund. Chairman suggested that well done. Jarratt; Engine Delegate C. V. Grab; everyone should read the Seafarers Log ERIC K. HOLZER (Puerto Rico Steward Delegate S. Morris. Some dis­ that came aboard. A vote of thanks to Marine Mgt.), August 29—Chairman, PANAMA (Sea-Land Service), Au­ puted OT in deck department. A safety the steward department for their spe­ Recertified Bosun Dimas Mendoza; gust 29—Chairman, Recertified Bosun suggestion in reference to securing tug­ cial care and feeding of a sick member Secretary Harold Strauss; Educational C. Mize; Secretary J. E. Higgins; Edu­ boats was accepted at the last safety with the flu. Next port, Adak, Alaska. Director S. Gondzar; Deck Delegate cational Director N. Batha. $12.20 in meeting. Next port. New Orleans. Eddie Slintak; Engine Delegate Car- ship's fund. No disputed OT. Report to melo Cuevas; Steward Delegate Abdu Seafarers Log: "Fishing is still good for ELIZABETHPORT (Sea-Land Ser­ MOUNT EXPLORER (Mount Ship­ Aziz. No disputed OT. Chairman's re­ those that have the patience as proven vice), August 21—Chairman, Recerti­ ping), August 29—Chairman, Recerti­ port: "Chairman read to the crew an by Brother Kadsolia as he found his fill fied Bosun V. T. Nielsen; Secretary fied Bosun Billy G. Edelmon; Secretary article from the July Log about a bill and had his own little fish fry, with all George W. Gibbons; Educational Di­ Michael Toth; Educational Director introduced by Senator Robert Taft, Jr. invited, on the stern. He built a regular rector John M. Dellinger; Deck Dele­ Robert Staplin; Deck Delegate Willie which, according to him, would create small Bar-B-Q with coal and all and a gate Frank J. Balasia. $117 in ship's Manuel; Engine Delegate William Yu- an office of Maritime Affairs Coordina­ good time was had by all present." A fund. $15 in movie fund. Some disputed dovshes; Steward Delegate Young Mc­ tor at the White House. Held a discus- vote of thanks to the steward depart­ OT in engine department. The ship got Millan. No disputed OT. Secrettjry re­ . sion about it and it was approved by the ment and a special thank you to the a new TV, water fountain and the air ported that everyone had fun in Russia majority of the members. The majority chief cook for a job well done. conditioner was fixed. Twelve extra and that this was a very well-mannered of the crewmembers did not know about movies came on this trip. A vote of crew which made for a very pleasant this article and the chairman empha­ NECHES (Mount Shipping), Aug­ thanks to the deck department for keep­ voyage. A vote of thanks to the steward sized to the crew about reading the Log ust 1—Chairman, Recertified Bosun ing the messroom and pantry clean. department for a job well done and for more often." A vote of thanks to the Eugene Flowers; Secretary J. Reed; Also a vote of thanks to the steward good and clean work performed. Mess- steward department for a job well done. Deck Delegate L. Ludeman, Jr.; Stew­ department for the good food. Next man Douglas Lawton and Rickey Rob­ Next port, Miami. ard Delegate Joseph H. Roberts. $2.50 port in Suez Canal. inson, who turned out to be very good in ship's fund. No disputed OT. On workers and above all clean and courte­ OGDEN WILLAMETTE (Ogden July 29 and 30 the Neches refueled SEA-LAND CONSUMER (Sea- ous, were commended very highly. The Marine Transport), August 15—Chair­ another ship at sea. It was a Navy ship, Land Service), August 28—Chairman, food prepared in the galley was plenti­ man, Recertified Bosun R. D. Schwarz; the USNS Navasota with 185,000 bar­ Recertified Bosun F. A. Pehler; Secre­ ful and tastefully prepared. All paid Secretary E. Kelly; Educational Direc­ rels of fuel. The refueling took place tary S. McDonald; Educational Direc­ their respects by observing one minute tor H. Meredith; Deck Delegate C. H. just south of Sri-Lanka. Since leaving tor K. L. Hart; Deck Delegate R. S. of silence and standing at attention in Spina; Engine Delegate C. Killeen; Jacksonville, Fla. the ship has hit Ber­ Davis; Engine Delegate R. L. L. Elliott; memory of their departed brothers. Steward Delegate I. Gray. No disputed muda, Venezuela, Curacao, St. Croix, Steward Delegate M. P. Cox. No dis­ OT. Chairman reported: "Discussion on Spain, Italy, Turkey, Bahrain and Ku­ puted OT. Chairman reports: "Due in SEATTLE (Sea-Land Service), Au­ the battle the SlU has to keep open the wait before refueling. The captain was Port Everglades evening of the 29. Sail gust 7—Chairman, Recertified Bosun USPHS Hospitals and what they mean well pleased with the whole operation on the 30. Payoff in New Orleans. Will J. Gonzales; Secretary S. Piatak; Edu­ to us as seamen. Also all crewmembers of the ship during the refueling. Next have open house for the Sea-Land cational Director A. Quinn; Steward who can, should go to Piney Point and port, Bahrain. shippers in the Miami area between Delegate A. Romero. No disputed OT. upgrade and get LNG endorsements." 1600 and 2000 hours on the 30. A lot Chairman talked about the importance It was suggested that everyone who can, INGER (Reynolds Metal), August of visitors are expected aboard. Have of safety aboard ship. Also held a dis­ should donate to SPAD. All communi­ 22—Chairman, Recertified Bosun C. had a good trip so far." Railing on after cussion on the need for Presidential cations received were read and posted. D'Amico, Jr.; Secretary Duke Hall; house needs repair. backing of a strong U.S. maritime fleet A vote of thanks to the steward depart­ Educational Director Oscar Cooper; and that support should be given to a ment for a job well done. Deck Delegate Jose Salinas; Engine PITTSBURGH (Sea-Land Service), candidate who backs up a seaman's live­ Delegate Bernard Hireen; Steward Dele­ August 15—Chairman, Recertified Bo­ lihood. Educational director made a CHARLESTON (Sea-Land Service), gate Richard Sherman. $69.11 in ship's sun Calvain James; Secretary R. De- report on the importance of members August 15—Chairman, Recertified Bo­ fund. No disputed OT. Educational Di­ Boissiere; Educational Director P. upgrading themselves and that Lunde- sun Jan Beye; Secretary J. Nash. $12.25 rector's Report: "Urged all crewmem­ Kavanos. No disputed OT. A vote of berg upgrading courses are available to in ship's fund. No disputed OT. Ob­ bers to read the Log completely to get thanks to the chairman and crew for a all members in all departments. A vote served one minute of silence in memory all the news and anyone having the time job well done and to R. DeBoissiere, of thanks to the steward department for of our departed brothers. Next port, and the qualifications should take chief steward, apd-J. Rodriguez, chief a job well done. Elizabeth, N.J. advantage of the upgrading at Piney cook. Next port in Suez Canal.

Official ship's minutes were also received from the following vessels: SEA-LAND FINANCE MOUNT NAVIGATOR SAN JUAN SAN FRANCISCO DELTA MAR YELLOWSTONE PORTLAND MAUMEE EAGLE VOYAGER AFOUNDRIA MONTICELLO VICTORY MAYAGUEZ NATHANIEL GREENE SEA-LAND MARKET SEA-LAND PRODUCER S DELTA ARGENTINA BORINQUEN THOMAS JEFFERSON BOSTON GUAYAMA • ULTRASEA MOHAWK BALTIMORE DELTA NORTE VANTAGE DEFENDER I SEAGLE TRAVELER OVERSEAS ULLA TRANSEASTERN GOLDEN DOLPHIN SEA-LAND EXCHANGE! ISEA-LAND RESOURCE TRANSCOLORADO GEORGE WALTON BROOKLYN TAMPA lANtHORAGE DELTA BRASIL AMERICAN EXPLORER SAN PEDRO ARECIBO HOUSTON JEFF DAVIS • WILLIAMSBURGH VANTAGE HORIZON WARRIOR iiUMACAO ^ANSCOLUMBIA SEA-LAND GALLOWAY?' OGDEN WABASH .SEA-LAND |>EL«OL IG^RQUNAt, POTOMAC ISOTRE DAME VIGTORll a f i f Page nc2: Seafarers Log ' -liv-

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George Walton Committee - ' ItI Of SS Mayaguez fame. Recertified Bosun Jack Mullis (2nd left) ship's chair­ man of the SS Qeorge Walton (Waterman) is with the Ship's Committee and 'l\ part of the crew of (standing I. to r.): Crew Messman Stephen Galatold; Chief Electrician H. H. Johnson, educational director; Steward Delegate John H. Green; Engine Delegate A. Gega, and Deck Maintenance P. Gallagher. At the Zapata Patriot Committee table (I. to r.) are: Deck Delegate J. D. Saxon; AB Marshall McGregor, and Recertified Bosun Ralph Murry, left, ship's chairman of the SSZapata Patriot Chief Steward J. Hannon, secretary-reporter. Payoff was held at Port Newark, (Zapata Bulk Transport) on Sept. 21 stands with the Ship's Committee of N.J., Berth 28 on Sept. 8. (I. to r.): Chief Pumpman Earl Chappel, educational director; QMED Ted Koumas, engine delegate; Steward Delegate Bob Hirsch, and Chief Steward Tony Arellano, secretary-reporter at a payoff in Stapleton Anchorage, Staten Island, N.Y.

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. >> 11)1 Borinquen Committee i' Steward Delegate Eddie Villasol (seated right) of the Ship's Committee of the Nathaniel Greene Committee SS Borinquen (Puerto Rico Marine) counts his money preparatory to purchas­ In the day room of the SS Nathaniel Greene (Waterman) are the Ship's Com­ ing a SPAD certificate from SlU Patrolman George Ripoll (seated left). The rest mittee of (I. to r.): Engine Delegate A. Martinez; Recertified Bosun John McCol- of the committee (standing I. to r.) are: Recertified Bosun Calixto L. Gonzalez, lom, ship's chairman; Deck Delegate J. C. Arnold; Chief Steward W. G. ship's chairman; Deck Delegate G. Passapera; Educational Director Herbert Williams, secretary-reporter, and Steward Delegate R. Macaraeg at a payoff Rolen, and Engine Delegate Juan Guaris. The ship paid off recently in Port on Sept. 20 at Pier 7, Brooklyn, N.Y. Elizabeth, N.J.

'}Q 'I Stonewall Jackson Committee r•il- Company Nurse Debbie Filarski (seated left) next to SlU Headquarters Repre­ I sentative Leon Hall relaxes after giving shots to the Ship s Committee of the Baltimore Committee SSStonewailJackson (Waterman) of: Recertified Bosun Carl Lineberry, ship s chairman (center), and Deck Delegate Bill "W. J.' Roche. Standing (I. to r.) Recertified Bosun William L. Osborne (left) ship's chairman of the SS Balti­ are: Educational Director John Cantrell; Steward Delegate Frank Pastrano, more (Sea-Land) leads the Ship's Committee and crew of (I. to r.): Chief Chief Steward Harry Donnelly, secretary-reporter, and QMED Juan I. Gon­ Steward Jo6 be Lise, secretary-reporter; Deck Delegate Joe Chiramonte; •V' zalez, engine delegate. The vessel paid off on Sept. 14 at the port of New Steward Delegate Harold M. Gooding, and Crew Messman A. Abdulla at a Yom's Pier 7, Brooklyn. - \ payoff on Sept. 21 in Port Elizabeth, N.J. ^ Page 27 October, 1976

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James J. Connors, 66, joined the Leonard S. BugajewskI, 61, joined SIU in 1943 in the port of New York the SIU in 1943 in the port of New sailing as a deck engineer and bosun. York sailing as an AB. Brother Bug- Brother Connors sailed 36 years and ajewski sailed 40 years and upgrad^ is a veteran of the post-World War II to quartermaster at the HLSS in U.S. Army. He was bora in Paw- 1974. He was born in Delaware and tucket, R.I. and is a resident of La I is a resident ofaiffwood Beach, N.J. Combe, La. Joseph C. Cyr, 56, joined the SIU Bobby LrMesserall, 55, joined the in 1944 in the port of New York SIU in 1944 in the port of New York William H. Walter, 56, joined the sailing as an oiler. Brother Messerall sailing as a fireman-watertender. SIU in 1942 in the port of Baltimore Brpther Cyr sailed 31 years. He was is a veteran of the U.S. Navy in sailing as an oiler. Brother Walter World War II. He was born in Penn­ bom in Madawaska, Me. and is a is a veteran of the U.S. Navy in resident of St. David, Me. sylvania and is a resident of Reno, World War II sailing as a machinist. Nev. He was born in Baltimore and is a Recertified Bosun Joseph P. Gav­ resident of San Francisco. John A. Sheerin, 65, joined the in, 51, joined the SlU'in 1943 in the SIU in the port of Philadelphia in port of New York. Brother Gavin Henri'HUlion, 62, joined the SIU 1957 sailing as an AB. Brother graduated from the Bosuns Recerti- in 1945 in the port of Baltimore sail­ Sheerin sailed 25 years. He was born fication Program in March 1975. He ing as a fireman-watertender. Brother in Ireland and is a resident of New­ was a ship's delegate in 1964 and is Hillion walked the picket line in the ark, N.J. a machinist. Born in Wilkes-Barre, 1961 N.Y. Harbor strike. He was Pa., he is a resident of Arlington, bora in Plumeliau, France and is a Tex. Earl G. Griffin, 52, joined the SIU resident of Newark, N.J. in 1949 in the port of Tampa sailing as a bosun. Brother Griffin sailed 29 Thomas M. Gower, 58, joined the Robert Ozollns, 67, joined the years and is a 1953 graduate of the SIU in 1948 in the port of New York SIU in the port of New York in 1967 Andrew Furuseth Training School, sailing as a fireman-watertender. sailing as a fireman-watertender. Mobile. He is a veteran of the U.S. Brother Gower is a veteran of the Brother Ozolins sailed 12 years. He Army in World War II. Born in U.S. Army in the European Theater was born in Riga, Latvia, USSR, and Tampa, he is a resident there. of Operations during World War II. is a naturalized U.S. citizen. Seafarer He is a former timberjack. A native Ozolins is a resident of Toms River, Charles L. "Charlie" Mazur, 60, of Aurora, N.C., he is a resident of N.J. joined the SIU in 1947 in the port Chesapeake, Va. of New York sailing as a bosun. Ola Stornes, 65, joined the SIU Brother Mazur sailed 38 years. He Alexander S. Katsanevakis, 57, in the port of New York in 1962 was born in Chicago, III. and is a joined the SIU in the port of New sailing as a chief electrician. Brother resident of Sedona, Ariz. York in 1961 sailing as a chief cook. Stornes sailed 21 years. He was bora Brother Katsaneyakis sailed 26 years in Nesset, Norway where he was Simplicio Bisin, 65, joined the and was on the Sea-Land Shoregang awarded a degree in electrical engi­ SIU in the port of Baltimore in 1960 in Port Newark, N.J. from 1966 to neering and design in 1932. Seafarer sailing as a cook. He sailed 46 years. 1976. He was born in Sitia, Greece, Stornes is a naturalized U.S. citizen Brother Bisin was born in Cebu, P.I. is a naturalized U.S. citizen, and is and a resident of Brooklyn, N.Y. and is a resident of Baltimore. a resident of Highland Park, N.J.

Thomas S. Lambeth, 49, joined the SIU in 1944 in the port of New Seafarers Welfare, Pension and Orleans sailing as a fireman-water- tender and engineer with MEBA, District 2. Brother Lambeth received Vacation Plans Cash Benefits Paid his engineering training in 1966. He was born in Alabama and is a resi­ Aug. 26-Sept. 22,1976 Number Amount dent of Leakesville, Miss. MONTH YEAR MONTH YEAR MiV SEAFARERS WELFARE PLAN TO DATE TO DATE TO DATE TO DATE John W. MIms, 68, joined the SIU ELIGIBLES , in the port of New Orleans in 1967 Death / 9 102 $ 27,500.00 $335,242.05 sailing as a chief steward. Brother In Hospital Daily @ $1.00 454 4,763 454.00 4,763.00 Mims sailed 27 years and during the In Hospital Daily @ $3.00 225 2,187 675.00 6,561.00 Vietnam and Korean Wars. He was Hospital & Hospital Extras 14 111 2,155.25 19,168.13 bora in Newport News, Va. and is a Surgical 5 23 1,465.00 2,871.80 resident of San Francisco. Sickness & Accident @ $8.00 5,297 47,331 42,376.00 378,648.00 Special Equipment — 9 — 2,593.24 Optical 89 1,024 2,525.50 .30,616.58 Karl Olman, 65, joined the SIU Supplemental Medicare Premiums 14 ' 255 1,715.00 12,968.20 in 1946 in the port of New York sailing as an oiler. Brother Olman DEPENDENTS OF ELIGIBLES sailed 32 years. He was born in Es­ Hospital & Hospital Extras 362 3,458 96,549.59 983,112.85 tonia, U.S.S.R. and is a U.S. natural­ Doctors' Visits In Hospital 68 668 2,715.25 27,211.89 ized citizen. Seafarer Olman is a Surgical 100 . 963 16,335.45 154,966.83 resident of Baltimore. Maternity 13 147 4,900.00 51,800.00 Blood Transfusions 1 14. 90.00 1,098.50 Solomon Rosoff, 61, joined the Optical 83 912 2,385.25 26,418.59 SIU in 1946 in the port of Norfolk sailing as an AB. Brother Rosoff sailed 29 years and is a veteran of PENSIONERS & DEPENDENTS the U.S. Army in World War II. He Death 14 108 64,335.65 409,828.95 Hospital & Hospital Extras 152 1.438 ^ 19,924.89 245,310.92 was born in Philadelphia and is a Doctors' Visits & Other Medical Expenses .. resident of Miami Beach, Fla. ^ 113 . 889 4,739.94 39,691.25 Surgical 9 104 2,150.00 20,018.00 Optical 74 513 2,122.05 14,326.39 Lawrence V. Springer, 66, joined Blood Transfusions ...... ' • — 3 — 630.79 the SIU in the port of New York Special Equipment 2 25 165.27 4,949.03 in 1953 sailing as a fireman-water­ Dental ; 1 7 280.00 1,816.00 tender. Brother Springer sailed 43 Supplemental Medicare Premiums 2,095 16,624 16,093.50 121,787.60 years. He was born in La Vernia, Tex. and is a resident of Galveston. SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 6 75 2,294.42 27,788.40 Sverre M. Stokke, 59, joined the TOTALS SIU in 1944 in the port of Mobile Total Seafarers Welfare Plan 9,200 81,753 313,947.01 2,924,187.99 sailing as aff AB. Brother Stokke Total Seafarers Pension Plan 2,559 20,108 641,893.98 5,079,721.89 sailed 42 years. He was born m Ber­ Total Seafarers Vacation Plan ...... 1,455 12,673 654,095.92 6,107,455.98 gen, Norway, is a U.S. naturalized Total Seafarers Welfare, Pension & Vacation 13,214 114,534 $1,609,936.91 $14,111,365.86 citizen and is a resident of Mobile. T i' > Page 28 Sealers Log

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SEPT. 1-30,1976 TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED **REGI8TERED ON BEACH Ail Groups All Groups All Groups I.. Class A Class B Class C aass A Class B Class C Class A Class B Oass C DECK DEPARTMENT !^ ..i'lf Alpena I'. Buffalo " 17 2 0 13 16 0 10 2 0 Cleveland 4 0 0 4 2 1 3 0 2 4 2 0 6 5 0 3 0 1 16 5 1 24 18 10 11 3 2 Frankfort 6 1 3 18 5 0 3 0 5 Chicago • 4 0 0 9 5 0 1 0 0 5 1 0 4- 1 0 Totals 56 3 2 1 11 4 78 52 11 34 7 11

Alpena .. ENGINE DEPARTMENT 3 2 0 3 Buffalo . 2 11 1 4 2 0 I Cleveland 0 1 5 1 0 1 0 2 3 1 0 3 2 Detroit ,. 16 4 0 2 2 0 Duluth .. 1 22 5 2 6 2 0 Frankfort 2 1 2 3 11 4 0 1 0 5 Chicago . 0 0 5 O 0 1 0 0 Totals .. 3 0 0 3 'i ; 32 9 0 0 3 1 1 4 52 23 3 18 7 8 'l' r STEWARD DEPARTMENT !• '. i Alpena Buffalo ' • • 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 Cleveland ' 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Detroit ;;; 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 15 Duluth 0 1 0 1 0 Frankfort 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 Chicago 2 1 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 Totals •• 9 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 34 6 1 1 0 ENTRY DEPARTMENT Alpena ...; Buffalo 3 17 2 2 1 4 6 15 11 Cleveland...... 4 4 3 1 0 12 I Ir 19 28 32 2 6 3 8 6 17 45 3 2 0 1 10 I Chicago 9 7 5 3 6 2 1 2 14 Totals 51 4 0 7 62- 49 22 41 102 'M - V-? M ' •' 1 Totals All Departments 148 84 57 164 81 15 . 75 56 121 "R^^ster^ o^?^ 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. !

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This IS the sixth part in a series of articles which the Seafarers Log will Eventually the series will be complied into a booklet so that Seafarers tm ! months, concerning Social Security, Medicare have all the infornUition on these programs in one place. A H I. I T programs affect you and your I hope thisseries wiU be andid to you. Please let the know if you have ^ • y -111 e, as will the next few.) questions, lust write to me, care of Seafarers International Union, 67i •vv rp- Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. ' y1 MEDICARiE Nearty aU people 65 and oyer are eligible for medicare. Al^, fee following people under 65 are eligible: disabled people who for medicare . Ime emuled to social secunty disability bene^ts for 2 cmj^iitive years or more; and people insured under social secu^^ = nty wlmneed dialysis treatment or a kidney^ransplant because of permanent kidney faHure. Wives, husbands, or children of I ; insured people may also be eligible if they need kidney dialysis or a transplant. ^ ^ ¥ What kinds of 1_ Two kinds; Hospital lnsurance and medical insurance, medicare are there? : '

Whp is eligible for _ ^ „. __ — — retirement benefits, you ar^ ^tomaficaJly eligible for medicare's hospital pital insurance;if you are not. entitled to social security or railroad retirement benefits, you should ask about hospital ins^ ^ insurance? ^ ance and medical insurance at your social security office. y "v.--,, y ••• "c. y'^;' Who is covered by The medical insurance part of medicare is voluntary and no one is covered automatiGallyy medicare's medical • • l' :msurance?y; Yithm a specified period. - . ' I • & :

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October, 1976 Page 29 1 \ Pensioner Francis Robert N. Ronald J. Mc­ D. Gonsoulin, 69, "Bobby" Leighl, 30, Laughlin, 35, died on died of pneumonia in died in the Winchest­ Aug. 12. Brother the New Orleans er (Va.) Memorial McLaughlin joined USPHS Hospital on Hospital on Aug. 21 the SIU in the port of Aug. 1. Brother Gon­ of multiple injuries New Orleans in 1970 soulin joined the he sustained when" , sailing as an AB. He Union in 1942 in the the car he was driv­ >- sailed during the port of New Orleans ing at night collided \ Vietnam ;.War and sailing as a bosun. He sailed 34 years. with a tractor-trailer rig on a Win­ was a veteran of the U.S. Army. Sea­ A native of Jeanerette, La., he was a chester highway. Brother Leight joined farer McLaughlin graduated from the Pensioner Stanley resident of New Orleans. Burial was in the SIU in the port of Baltimore in 1967 New Orleans Andrew Furuseth Train­ J. Brown, 69, died in Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans. sailing as an AB. He attended the An­ ing School in 1965 and upgraded at New Orleans on Sept. Surviving is his widow, Emelda. drew Furuseth Training School in San Piney Point. Born in Ansley, Miss., he 12. Brother Brown Francisco and Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1965 was a resident of St. Bernard, La. Sur­ joined the Union in and was a 1967 graduate of the HLSS. viving are his widow, Frances and his the port of New Or­ mother, Mrs. Leona Green of Lake- Pensioner Alfred Seafarer Leight sailed 10 years and at­ leans in 1956 sailing shore, Miss. J. "AI" Hamm, Jr„ tended a 1970 SIU Crews Conference j as an oiler for Coyle at Piney Point, Md. He was a veteran of 65, passed away Lines. He was born the U.S. Air Force. Born in Martins- from natural causes Pensioner WUIiam in New Orleans and was a resident burg, W. Va., he was a resident of Win­ in the Staten Island, H. Moody, Sr., 78, there.. Surviving is his widow, Corinne. chester. Burial was in Middleway Cem­ N. Y., USPHS Hos­ died of a heart attack etery in West Virginia. Surviving are his pital on July 21. in the Veterans Ad­ BUI L. Cole, 57, widow, Shiela; a daughter, Kelly; his Brother Hamm join­ ministration Hospi­ died in St. Louis on parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Leight and ed the Union in the a brother, Donald, all of Winchester. tal, Boston on Aug. July 23 after a long port of New York in 1953 sailing as a 21, Brother Moody illness. Brother Cole fireman-watertender for 27 years. He joined the Union in joined the Union in was bora in Brooklyn, N.Y. and was a 1945 in the port of the port of St. Louis resident of Syracuse, N.Y. Seafarer -New York sailing as a chief electrician. |in 1967 sailing as a Hamm walked the picket lines in the He sailed 19 years and walked the jcook for Inland Tugs 1961 N.Y. Harbor strike and 1965 Dis­ Pensioner John D. picket line in the 1962 Robin Line from 1966 to 1974.' trict Council 37 beef and attended the Lewis, Jr., 79, died strike. Seafarer Moody was a veteran He was a veteran of the U.S. Army in SIU School of Marine Engineering in of heart failure at of the U.S. Army in World War II. A World War II. A native of Piggott, Brooklyn, N.Y. in the late '60s. Inter­ home on Aug. 19. native of Gloucester, Mass., he was a Ark., he was a resident there. Surviving ment was in Greenwood Cemetery, Brother Lewis joined resident of Watertbwn, Mass. Interment •is his widow, Kathleen, and a daughter, Brooklyn. Surviving are two sisters, the Union in 1938 in was in Ridgelawn Cemetery, Water- Mrs. Sandra Scott, both of Piggott. Mrs. Richard (Florence) W. Lalor of the port of New York town. Surviving is his widow, Marion. Syracuse and Mrs. Gladys H. Daly of sailing as a chief Samuel A. Dooley, Brooklyn. steward. He sailed 53, died in the Uni­ 62 years and during World Waf II. Sea­ Norman H. Fierce, versity of South Ala­ farer Lewis hit the bricks in the 1961 52, died on Sept. 17. bama Medical Cen­ Greater N.Y. Harbor beef. A native of brother Pierce join­ ter, Mobile on Aug. Pensioner James Massachusetts, he was a resident of ed the SIU in the 4 after receiving a M. "Big Jim" Hand, Freeport, L.I., N.Y. Interment was in port of San Francisco severe head injury in 68, died of heart fail­ Greenwood Cemetety, Brooklyn, N.Y. * in 1962 sailing as an an auto accident ure in the New Or­ Surviving is a niece, Nancy Clarke of ^ oiler. He sailed 34 wreck on Battleship leans USPHS Hospi­ Equinunk, Pa. * ^ years and was a Parkway, Mobile. Brother Dooley tal on Apr. 1. Broth­ member of the Sail­ joined the Union in the port of Mobile er Hand joined the ors Union of the Pacific from 1943 to in 1957 sailing as an oiler for the Mo­ Union in 1945 in the 1961. Born in Old Orchard, Me., he bile Towing and Wrecking Co. from port of New York was a resident of Long Beach, Calif. 1955 to 1976. He sailed 29 years and sailing as a chief electrician. He sailed William G. Link­ Surviving are his widow, Margaret and was a veteran of both the U.S. Army 44 years, was on the picket line in the two sisters, Mrs. Esther Baldwin of and the U.S. Marine Corps, in WorW 1965 District Council 37 strike and was er, 61, died of respi­ ratory failure in a Wilmington, Calif, and Mrs. Gloria Mc- War II. Boatman Dooley was born in an HLSS upgrader. Seafarer Hand was Dougal oflSacco, Me. Statesboro, Ga. and was a resident of a veteran of both the pre-World War II Philadelphia hospital Prichard, Ala. Burial was at sea. Sur­ U.S. Army and World War II U.S. on July 9. Brother viving are a sister, Mrs. Pearl L. Wil­ Navy. Born in Century, Fla., he was a Linker joined the David C. Rich, 62, liams, and a foster son, Odis Gray, both resident of the port of Tampa. Crema­ SIU in the port of ''^died of heart disease of Mobile. tion took place in the Metaire Crema­ Philadelphia in 1958 V in New , Orleans on tory, New Orleans. Surviving are his - sailing as a fireman- May 21. Brother Pensioner Angus J. widow, Florence; a son, James; a watertender. He sailed 36 years and at­ Maceachem, 50, died Rich joined the SIU daughter, Ida and a brother, Charles of tended a Piney Point Educational Con­ in 1949 in the port in Detroit General Decatur, Ga. ference. Born in Philadelphia, he was a Hospital of multiple oLNew York sailing resident there. Cremation took place in as a bosun and cook injuries sustained in Philadelphia. Surviving are his widow, and baker. He sailed a fall on July 23. ^ Grace; three sons, HLSS graduate 36 years and was a veteran of the U.S. Brother Maceachem David' of Philadelphia, Michael and Alfred L. "Al" Army in World War II. Born in Han­ joined the Union in John, and three daughters, Maria, Wini­ Gibson, 25, was lost over County, Va., he was a resident of V. the port of Detroit in at sea at night off fred and Shirley. 1961 sailing as a deckhand for Dunbar New Orleans. Burial was in St. John's the containership SS Cemetery, New Orleans. Surviving are and Sullivan from 1956 to 1976 and for •apt Philadelphia (Sea- his widow. Vera; his mother, Anna, Merritt, Chapman and Scott from 1960 Land), his first and to 1961. He was a veteran of the U.S. both of Newark, N.J., and two sisters, only ship, as the ves­ Mrs. Maude L. Dioda of Mount Lake Army in World War II. Born in Detroit, sel sailed from the Pensioner Faus- he was a resident of Westland, Mich. Terrace, Wash, and Mrs. Neale Con­ port of Anchorage, tino I. Ayson, 69, nolly of Newark, N.J. Burial was in St. Hedwig Cemetery, Alaska on Aug. 1. Brother Gibson died of cancer of the Dearborn Heights, Mich. Surviving are joined the SfU in the port of Piney. lung in the Hacienda his widow, Christine; three sons, James, Point in 1974 sailing as an OS. He was Convalescent Hospi­ George F. Llanos, Eugene and Donald, and two daughters, a top, 90 percent average HLSS grad tal, Pacific Grove, 52, died of a heart at­ Mary and Shelia. and assistant bosun there. Seafarer Gib­ Calif, on July 19. tack in the Kessler son, who also sailed as a wiper, at- Brother Ayson join- Hospital, Hamrrlon- Pensioner Claud C. Pipkin, 72, died ^tgnded the University of Virginia for " ed the Union in the ton, N. J.on Aug. 28. of cancer in the Norfolk NSPHS Hospi­ two years, had a B.A. in Russian from port of New York in 1953 sailing in the Brother Llanos join- tal on Aug. 29. Brother Pipkin joined the University of Washington and was steward department for 33 years. He ^ ed the SIU in the the Union in the port of Norfolk in a graduate of the U.S. Army Intelli­ was a veteran of the U.S. Navy in port of New York in 1960 sailing as an engineer for the gence School and the U.S. Marine World War II. Seafarer Ayson was bora J 1955 sailing as a McAllister Brothers Towing Co. from Corps IBM Computer Sciences School in the Philippine Islands and was a resi­ fireman-watertender. He sailed 24 years 1952 to 1970. He was a veteran of the Iwhile he was in the Corps from 1971 to dent of Terra Bella, Calif. Burial was in and was a veteran of the pOst-World Armed Services in World War II. Born 1973. He was born in San Diego, Calif, St. Ann's Cemetery, Terra Bella. Sur­ War II U.S. Army. Seafarer LlanOs was in 'Blounts Creek,' N.C., he was a resi­ nnd was a resident of the port of Seattle. viving are his widow, Edita;-two sons, bora in Trinidad, B.W.I, and was a dent of Norfolk. Interment was in Rose­ Surviving are his mother, Josephine, Andrew and Faustino, Jr.; a daughter, resident of Mays Landing, N.J. Sur­ wood Memorial Park Cemetery, Vir­ and a brother, Brian, both of Spring­ Mary of New York City, and a brother, viving are his widow, Marie; a son, ginia Beach, Va; field, Va. Placido of Oakland, Calif. George, Jr., and a daughter, Gina. -

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Kenneth K. Rob­ Glenymore Royal, Pensioner Alfonso inson^, 24, died on Sr., 65, passed away Rivera, 66, passed Sept. 11. Brother .on Aug. 6. Brother away on Aug. 8. Robinson joined the ^oyal joined the SIU Brother Rivera join­ ; . •V SIU in the port of in the port of Hous­ ed the Union in 1939 Mobile in 1969 sail­ ton in'1971 sailing in the port of New ing as an OS. He was as a third cook. He York sailing as a a HLSS upgrader sailed 15 years and chief steward. He and a Mobile An­ was a veteran of the sailed 48 years, was drew Furuseth Training School gradu­ U.S. Navy in World War II. Born in St. on the picket line in the 1965 District ate that same year. Seafarer Robinson Stephens, Ala., he was a resident of Council 37 strike and was a 1960 SIU was born in Alabama and was a resi­ Mobile. Surviving are his parents, Mr. Personal Safety Award winner for sail­ Melford L. Grier, dent of Irvington, Ala. Surviving are his and Mrs. Gilbert Royal, and a sister, ing aboard an accident-free ship, the 63, passed away on parents, Mr. and Mrs. William K. Rob­ Janyce, all of Mobile. SS Clairborne. A native of San Juan, July 20. Brother Gri­ inson of Irvington. P.R., he was a resident of Elizabeth, er joined the Union Gerald F. Conant, N.J. Surviving are hi^widow. Carmen; in the port of Buffalo 55, died of a heart a son, Felix, and four daughters Men- in 1971 sailing as a A attack enroute to the delyn, Brunilda, Lillian and Mary. second engineer and Pensioner Albert fireman - watertender r R. Trotman, 89, died New England Medi­ "j cal Center, Boston Pensioner Eldred for 13 years. He was of a heart attack in L. Bates, 67, died of born in Soo, Mich, and was a resident Bridgetown, Barba­ on July 4. Brother heart disease in New of Dearborn, Mich. Surviving is a dos, West Indies on Conant joined the Orleans on Aug. 13. daughter, Mrs. Gail Elisson of Lansing, * May 9. Brother Trot« SlU in the port of •f ' Boston in 1959 sail­ Brother Bates joined Mich. map joined the the Union in 1947 in Union in 1939 in the ing as a bosun. He sailed 24 years and was a veteran of the U.S. Army in the port of Mobile port of Boston sail­ sailing as a chief Pensioner Carl E. Si ing in the steward department for 53 World War II. A native of Rockland, Mass., he was a resident there. Burial steward. He sailed Jackson, 67, died of - i years. He also sailed with the Eastern 31 years and was a veteran of the U.S. a heart attack in the Steamship Line. Seafarer Trotman was was in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Rock­ land. Surviving are his widow, Mar- Army in World War II. Born in Sum­ Northshore Hospital, a veteran of the pre-World War I U.S. Grand Marais, Minn, jorie; two sons, James and Robert; two mit, Miss., he'was a resident of Marks- Army Calvary. Born in Barbados, on daughters, Patricia and Phyllis, and his ville. La. Interment was in the. Marks- Aug. 4. Brother B.W.I., he was a resident there and was ville Cemetery. Surviving is a widow, Jackson joined the a naturalized U.S. citizen. Burial was in parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon F. Con­ ant of Rockland. Mabel. Union in the port of Westbury Cemetery, Barbados. Surviv­ Buffalo in 1959 sail- ing is his widow, Florence. tering as a fireman-watertender for the Pensioner Joe B. ^1^^ Pensioner Edward Kinsman Marine Transport Co. He Farrow, 73, died of a sailed 34 years. Bom in Grand Marais. cerebral stroke in the A'. Nelson, 63, passed away on Aug. 14. he was a resident there. Burial was in Pensioner Alfred Columbus (Ga.) Brother Nelson Poplar Grove Cemetery, Grand Marais. Uhler, 65, died of a Medical Center on Surviving are his widow, Mary Louise; June 11. Brother joined the Union in heart attack in the the port of Mobile in a son, Russell, and a daughter, Barbara. Rahway (N.J.) Hos­ Farrow joined the 1956 sailing as a cap­ pital on June 13. Union in 1947 in the tain. He sailed 31 Brother Uhler joined ."V port of Savannah Pensioner Joseph If years. A native of the Union in 1947 in sailing as a chief steward. He sailed 29 R, Jackson, 78, Alabama, he was a resident of Bayou the f)ort of New York years. Born in Georgia, he was a resi­ " passed away on July -! • La Batre, La. Surviving are his widow, sailing as a fireman- dent of Dawson, Ga. Interment was in 27. Brother Jackson Maudine; his father, Elisha, and two watertender. He sailed 31 years and Floral Memorial Gardens Cemetery, joined the Union in brothers, Daffin and W. M. Nelson, all hit the bricks in the 1961 N.Y. Harbor Albany Daughtery, Ga. Surviving are the port of Buffalo in of Bayou La Batre. beef. A native of the Philippines, he was a son. Jack of Columbus, Ga., and two 1961 sailing as a tug a resident of Rahway. Interment was in daughters Ollie Mae of Savannah and fireman - watertender St. Gertrude's Cemetery, Colonia, N.J. Mrs. Nellie Lee Wohlforth of Albany, for the Great Lakes Surviving are his widow, Perfecta of W. Ga. Pensioner Floyd F. Towing Co. from 1938 to 1962. He was Babylon, L.I., N.Y.; two daughters, Gilbert, 76, died of a veteran of the U.S. Navy in World Mrs. Alice U. Sison of Queens N.Y. and John R. Hansen, suffocation on arrival War I. A native of Buffalo, he was a 1 Ruperta of Manila; a.sister, Mrs. Mer­ 56, died of natural at the West Shore resident of Hamburg, N.Y. Surviving cedes V. Apdes, and a nephew, Fred - causes in the Brook­ Hospital, Mainstee, are his widow, Helen; a son, Ronald Mich, after choking Andes, both of Elizabeth, N.J. lyn (N. Y.) Veterans Vernon, and two daughters, Mary and •, f Administration Hos­ on a piece of food on Jean.- pital on Sept. 11. May 23. Brother Gil­ Brother Hansen join­ bert joined the Union Pensioner James ed the SIU in the in the port of Elberta, Mich, in 1953 Pensioner Arthur W. "Jake" Wood, Jr., port of New York in sailing as an AB and wheelsman for C. Nelson, 69, died 57, died of a heart 1955 sailing as an AB. He sailed 26 the Ann Arbor (Mich.) Car Ferries of natural causes in attack in Tampa on years and was a vfeteran of the U.S. from 1926 to 1965. He was bora in the Brooklyn, N.Y. Aug. 3. Brother Army in World War II. A native of Watervale, Mich, and was a resident oL Veterans Adminis­ Wood joined the Brooklyn, N.Y., he was a resident Arcadia, Mich. Interment was in Con­ tration Hospital on Union in the port of there. Bufial was in the U.S. National way Cemetery, Arcadia. Surviving is July 29. Brother Nel­ New York in 1952 Cemetery, Farmingdale, L.I., N.Y. Sur­ his widow, Alice, and a sister. Fay of son joined the Union sailing as an oiler. He viving are his widow, Suzanne, and his Elberta. in the port of New sailed 31 years. Born in Tampa, he was parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henning Han­ York in 1960 sailing as a tug deckhand a resident theri. Cremation took place for the Bush Terminal Railroad Co. sen. I in the West Coast Crematory, Tampa. Michael W. Noland, 27, died on Aug. from 1928 to 1964. He was a veteran u Surviving are his mother, Mary; two 14. Brother Noland joined the Union of the U.S. Air Forces in World War II. sisters, Mrs. Ann W. Tudor and Mrs. Pensioner William Born in Brooklyn, he was a resident H. Howell, 84, died in the port of St. Louis in 1974 sailing Gordon (Eva) E. Clay, both of Tampa, as a deckhand for the Inland Tugs Co. there. Burial was in the U.S. National I and several nieces and nephews. of lung cancer in the Cemetery, Farmingdale, L.I., N.Y. Norfolk- USPHS from 1973 to 1974, the National Ma­ rine Service Co. from 1974 to 1976 and Surviving is a sister, Mrs. Mabel Sand- Hospital on May 22. quist of Brooklyn. Brother Howell join­ for the Federal Barge Lines. He was born in Cape Girardeau, Mo. and was Charles E. Wynn, ed the Union in 1946 a resident there. Surviving are his Pensioner James A. Turner, 72, died 58, died on July 7. I in the port of New father, Sherril of Port Charlotte, Fla.; of cancer of the liver in the Memorial Brother Wynn join­ I York sailing as a /z. sister, Cheryl of Benton, Mo., and an Medical Center, Corpus Christi, Tex. ed the SIU in the deck engineer. He sailed 48 years and - aunt, Mrs. Novella Noland of Jackson­ on July 16. Brother Turner joined the port of Wilmington on the American Coal Co. ships. Sea­ ville, Fla. , Union in the port of Houston in 1957 in 1956 sailing as a farer Howell was a veteran of the pre- sailing as a cook for the Standard firenfan-watertender. World War II U.S. Navy. Bom in the He smled 20 years port of Norfolk, he was a resident of Dredge Co. from 1940 to 1947, the and was a veteran of Portsmouth, Va. Interment was in Ilfenry Jones died in Tampa's St. Jo­ Sudeman-Young Towing Co. in 1947, G & H Towing Co. and the Marine the U.S. Army. A native of Portage- Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk. Surviving seph's Hospital on Aug. 18. Brother Towing Co. of Arkansas. He was born ville. Mo., he was a resident of Wil­ arc a son, William of Norfolk; a sister, Jones joined the Union in the port of in Buckville, Ark. and was a resident of mington, Calif. Surviving are an aunt Mrs. J. G. Holmes of St. Petersburg, Tampa sailing for the Tug Management and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Rudy (Alice) Fla., and a granddaughter, Elizabeth H. Co. from 1970 to 1975. He sailed 23 Corpus Christi. Burial was in Memory Wynn of Ypsilanti, Mich. Bennett of Virginia Beach, Va. years and was a resident of Tampa. Gardens Cemetery, Corpus Christi.

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To Holt Chill Exposure 50%, Do H.E.L.P. or Huddle Your Chances of Survival in Cold YUafer Are Better As many oldtime Seafarers will rer ever, chances for survival are good, if call, on Oct. 9, 1967 in the chilly waters If You Know What to Do you know how to survive. A combina- of the North Pacific, 670 miles south­ of this and not giving up hope of rescue east of Alaska's Aleutian Adak Is., the and Gray were the first t^be picked up. human body in no time gives up its 98.6 will add greatly to your survival time SlU-contracted 8,157-ton SS Pan- Brothers Johnson, Wiley and Kirk spent life-giving heat to the chilly ocean. As —which is of the essence. oceanic Faith went down with 36 of the the night in the frigid waters to be saved the chilled blood goes into the heart and Until five years ago, cold water sur­ 41-man crew lost. Twenty-seven of 19 hours later at 10 a.m. the next morn­ brain slowing them, the results are un­ vival seemed bleak. However, a "Man those who died were Seafarers. ing. consciousness, fibrillation and heart in the Cold Water" research team of failure as the body's central core cools Drs. John Hayward, Martin Collis and Rescued., when the 495-foot ship The Cold Can Kill foundered after she ran into 40-knot to about 85 degrees or below. This con­ John Eckerson of the University of Vic­ winds and 20-foot waves which tore off Now you may ask yourself or imag­ dition, called hypothermia, kills 23 toria, British Columbia, Canada, spent hatch covers to flood her forward holds ine, why did these five survive and the times faster in water than on land. Half five years studying physiological re­ were five Seafarers: Oiler Gordon L. other 36 die in their lifejackets? Most the drowing deaths in 1975 were at­ sponses of the body of volunteers and "Roy" Campbell, ABs Lewis E. Gray, probably they died of the COLD. The tributed to this condition. themselves to long-term immersion in Jr., Oscar C. Wiley and Edwin D. Another factor to be considered is the cold ocean. Johnson, and John O, Kirk of the en­ that 20 percent of the deaths may have gine department. been caused by spiritual failure or the Extend Survival Time will to live. Facing death, many may % Abandon ship began on the sinking They found that if you stayed still in vessel carrying fertilizer when she took have lost the will to live andlgave up. Also involved in your survival chances is the water and kept your body warm, it on a 30-degree list which knocked out would extend your survival time by 50 one of the two lifeboats aboard. There­ the size of your body build or frame and the amount of body fat you have. How- percent. They also designed a UVic upon, at about 3 p.m., 30 Seafarers, at­ Thermofloat jacket which, they say, can tempting to dislodge the other jammed increase life expectancy from 2 to 3 65-man lifeboat, jumped into her. Un­ hours to 9-10 hours in 50 degree water. fortunately, she tilted tossing them into By making infrared photometry pic­ the 40-degree seas as the doomed Pan- tures and recording temperatures of the oceanic Faith sank in minutes taking 500 volunteers in the cold water from the lifeboats with her. the ship, they showed second-by-second Fortunately, three military planes, that most body heat was lost from the unable to Iwd because of the high seas, groin and the sides of the chest. dropped 12-man ^nd 22-man liferafts with survival gear to the swimming sea­ They say it takes from 10 to 15 min­ men. H. E. L. p. utes for the heart and brain to begin to Four hours later, Seafarers Campbell .cool. After 45 minutes in the chill wa­ ters of Puget Sound, their body tem­ peratures dropped 5 degrees, their lips U-WuirwarMs' were blue from the cold and their arms, legs, hands and feet were starved for ,1. I^ognize the symptoms of an 4. To avoid "afterdrop"; apply ex^ warmth. e^xposure victim qmckly. He might temal l^eat only to the body trupl^ Their research, beside providing tips 1 be pale, unconscious, have cpn- right aWay. on how to stay alive in cold water in V stricted pupils, be shivering vioIenUy, the accompanying box, produced the have rigid muscles, slow and labored 5. Best bet is to put the victim inhl hot bath or shower of 105 td l i| l 15Vi pound foam buoyant, heat-giving breathing and an irre^iar, slow UVic Thermofloat orange jacket which ' pulse. He may appear to be intoxir degrees^ Or apply only heated blab;* kets; Odd ones cause "iafterdrop.''(' can in 30 seconds, like a wet suit, wafm I cated, biit he's not. the body with the thin film of water I r 2i Place the survivor in a sheltered 6, Artd apply hot water bottles^ inside the jacket lining. A fluorescent I area and remove his wet clothing im- wbrm air and, if you have it, admin­ red hood attracts rescuers and warms I mediately. ister heated, humidified oxygen ^p be the head and a flap warms the groin. t 3. Prevent "afterdrop." This hap­ inhaled. s .1 HuddHng Side pockets hold a miniature, inflat­ pens when heat appli^ to the ex­ J' able lif^aft and a waterproof flare gun. tremities causes blood vessels there 7. Finally, give warm liquids biit to relax allowing cold blood to re­ take care tfiat the survivor doesn't turn to the body core thus lowering inhale them into bis lungs. AJcohol, ^ y^ir ulfeiWm Cold -Water • temperature which could result in despite popular myth, is a no-no. It . death. produces "afterdrop." *; 1. Put on warm, wool clothing and or use the drownproof float where Almost 50 percent of body heat the head is submerged and air is is lost through the head. taken in every 10-15 seconds. Tread­ 2. Wear a Personal Flotation De- ing induces a 34 percent greater cool­ MEMBERSHPMEETIIGSr vi^ (PFD) as the foam y^ti Float- ing rate than when staying still which coat, warm lifejadket or UVIC Ther- keeps you afloat longer. Drownproof- SCHBWLE mofloat-jacket whose jdcket, hood ing floating results in n 82 percent Deep Sea and flaps heat up the sides of the greater cooling rate" in 50 degree Pott Date Lakes, Inland Waters UIW vulnerable chest, hea(^ neck and water. New York Nov. 8 2:30 p.m 7:00 p.m. groin., 6. Get into the Heat Escape Less­ Philadelphia Nov. 9 2:30 p.m.-' ' 7:00 p.m. 3. if you can, enter the water as ening Posture (H.E.L.P.)^which in­ Baltimore Nov. 10 2:30 p.m 7:00 p.m. slowly as possible knd get on a life- creases chances of survival by 50 raft, piece of ship superstructure, up­ percent over drownproof floating and Norfolk Nov. 11 9:30 a.m. 7:(X) p.m. turned lifeboat, etc. 100 percent over treading, by lean­ Jacksonville Nov. 11 2:00 p.m. — 4. If ridt, don't move or swim. It ing back in the water, tuck your Detroit Nov. 12 2:30 p.m. — cah increase your survival tiijie a crossed legs up in front of you with Houston Nov. 15 . 2:30 p.m 7:00 p.m. third or half when warm. Keep your your knees and thighs as tight as pos­ New Orleans Nov. 16 2:30 p.ni — head clear of the water, if possible. sible against your stomach to keep Mobile Nov. '7 2:30 p.m — Stay calm and collected and THINK. your groin warm, then tuck your San Francisco Nov. 18 2:30 p.m — Decide to make for shore if it's upper arms and elbows tightly into .Wilmington Nov. 22 2:30p.m — nearby. In calm water above 50 de­ the sides of your chest and fold your Seattle Nov. 26 2:30 p.m grees, a man can do a mile. In choppiy forearms against your chest. Relax Piney Point Nov. 13 10:30 a.m — seas below 50 degrees, forget it. Wait if you get cramps. San Juan ...... Nov. 11 i. 2:30 p.m — Tor rescue. Stay afloat and conserve 7. Huddle in small groups face-|n body heat. Swimming through in­ and cling with chests together as Columbus Nov. 20 1:00 p.m. creased circulation, even for 15 min­ close as possible. Survival time in 50 Chicago Nov. 16 utes, cools the blood near the skin degree water in both positions above Port Arthur Nov. 16 pri the shoulders, arms, legs, nfeck, is fotn hours or twice that of a Buffalo Nov. 17 chest sides and groin. Retunung^o swimmer, St. Lpuis Nov. 19 5:00 p.m. the heart and body core, it lowers 8. Assure yourself you can make Cleveland ...... Nov. 16 the body it, brother. And keep a stiff,: upper' Jersey City Nov. 15 Si lfybtt haVeno PFD, tread water lip;

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- V Ji-: . .•)_ /• . • • . S; Kevin Bertel David Mull ^ Seafarer Kevin Bertel has been sail­ Seafarer David Mull started sailing I ing with the SlU 18 Get Full "A" Books since 1973. A grad­ with the SIU in 1973 after graduat­ uate of the trainee This month, for the first time, 18 1 f program at the The "A" Seniority Program was ing from the Harry Seafarers graduated from the "A" first expanded from six to 12 Sea­ Lundeberg School. Harry Lundeherg Seniority Upgrading Program, bring­ School, Brother farers per month in August and now A member of the ing to 280 the total number of Sea­ Bertel aho upgrad­ to 18 men each class because the black gang, Brother ii., ed to FOWT at the farers who have completed this pro­ Union has not been able to keep up Mull returned to gram. School before attending the "A" Sen­ with the' number of "A" book mem­ Piney Point to up­ iority Program. Born in Omaha, Neb., This month's graduates are Glenn bers who are retiring or passing away. grade to FOWT before attending the Brother Bertel now lives in Winona, Paulson, Frank Bermudez, Don Mer- "A" Seniority Program. Brother Mull By increasing the number of Union is a native and resident of North Caro- • Minn, and ships from the port of Hous­ son, Thomas Gaston, Tim Walden, members wbo upgrade through the Una, and ships from the port of Jack­ David Mull, Alan Hooper, Kevin ton. program, the SIU can insure that sonville. s Bertel, Thomas Lasater, John Wells, there will always be qualified Union Glenn Gomes, Warren Stein, George Warren Stein members to carry on our tradition of Berry, Robert Hemming, Mark Fox- manning SlU-contracted ships with George Berry vog, Charles Haller, Richard Turpin Seafarer Warren the best trained and most qualified and Thomas Moore. Seafarer George Stein first shipped seamen in the merchant marine. Berry has been sail­ • i t out with the SlU in ing with the SIU f '••i 1974 after graduat­ Charles Haller Tim Walden since graduating ing from the Harry from the Harry Lundeberg School. Seafarer Charles Seafarer Tim Lundeberg School - • t- Sailing in the engine Haller graduated Walden has been ^ School three years department. Broth­ from the Harry sailing with the SIU ago. Brother Berry er Stein also up­ Lundeberg School since 1972. A grad­ * J ships as an FOWT, graded to FOWT at seven years ago. uate of the Harry • an endorsement he the Lundeberg School and he plans to Sailing in the en­ Lundeberg School, earnedr at the Piney Point school before return in the near future to study for gine department. Brother Walden entering the "A" Seniority Upgrading • i ^ his QMED endorsement. Brother Stein Brother Haller up­ ships in the deck Program. Born in St. Louis, Brother is a native and resident of Baltimore. graded to FOWT department as an Berry now lives in Hastings, Mich, and He ships out of the port of Houston. before returning to AB. Brother Wal­ ships from the port of New York. • the Lundeberg School for the "A" Seni­ den ships from the port of Houston. He ority Program. Brother Haller ships is a native and resident of Areola, Tex. V- > ' ^ Alan Hooper from the port of Philadelphia. He is a Robert Hemming native and resident of New Jersey. Seafarer Alan Seafarer Robert Frank Bermudez Hooper graduated Hemming has been from the Harry Richard Turpin shipping with the ^ i' Lundeberg School Seafarer Frank SIU for three-and- Bermudez began in 1973 and began Seafarer Richard one-half years. A sailing in the engine sailing with the SIU 1973 graduate of Turpin began sail­ after graduating department. Ship­ ing in the engine de­ the Harry Lunde­ ping as a pumpman 'from the Harry berg School, Bro­ partment with the Lundeberg School or QMED, Brother SlU in 1970. Be­ ther Hemming re­ Hooper also grad­ in 1972. Brother f I 1 / / turned to the school fore attending the Bermudez, a U.S. uated from the Lundeberg School's "A" Seniority Up­ to earn his FOWT rating and later his LNG/LPG course before starting the Navy veteran, also QMED endorsement. Brother Hem­ grading Program earned his AB "A" Seniority Upgrading Program. A Brother Turpin ob­ ming is a native and resident of Wal­ native and resident of Cape May, N.J., ticket at the Piney Point school. A na­ dorf, Md. He ships out of the port of li tained his QMED tive and resident of Tucson, Ariz., Brother Hooper ships from the port of endorsement at the Harry Lundeberg Norfolk. Philadelphia. Brother Bermudez ships out of the port School. Born in England, Brother Tur­ of Seattle. pin now lives in San Francisco and MarkFoxvog ships from that port. Thomas Moore Glenn Paulson Seafarer Mark Foxvog has been Seafarer Thomas Glenn Gomes "Phil" Moore began Seafarer Glenn shipping out with the SIU since grad­ sailing with the SIU Seafarer Glenn Paulson graduated after graduating from the Harry uating from the Gomes first shipped trainee program at from the N.Y. An­ out with the SlU in Lundeberg School drew Furuseth in 1973 and began the Harry Lunde­ 1972 after complet­ berg School in Training School in ing the trainee pro­ sailing in the deck 1970. Brother department. Before 1973. Sailing as an gram at the Harry AB, Brother Fox­ Moore, who sails in Lundeberg School. attending the "A" the engine depart­ Seniority Upgrad­ vog also earned his green ticket at the Brother Gomes Lundeberg School before starting the ment, obtained his QMED endorsement sails in the deck ing Program Bro­ at the Harry Lundeberg School before ther Paulson upgraded to AB at the "A" Seniority Upgrading Program. department as an Brother Foxvog is a native and resident starting the "A" Seniority Upgrading AB. Born at the Larsen Air Force-Base Piney Point school. A native and resi­ Program-. A native and resident of New dent of Seattle, Brother Paulson ships of Round Lake, III. He ships from the in Washington, Brother Gomes now port of Yokohama. York City, Brother Moore ships from lives in Auburn, Wash. He ships from from that port. the port of New York. either Seattle or New Orleans. Don Merson Thomas Lasater Thomas Gaston I John Wells Seafarer Don Seafarer Thomas Seafarer Thomas Merson graduated Lasater graduated Seafarer John Gaston began sait- from the trainee from the Harry Wells first shipped, k ing with the SIU in program at the Lundeberg School with the SlU in • 1974 after graduat­ Harry Lundeberg and began shipping 1970 after graduat­ ing from the Harry School in 1972. Shipping in the out in the deck de­ ing from the Harry Lundeberg School. deck department. partment in 1969. Lundeberg School. A member of the Brother Merson re­ Returning to Piney Sailing in the deck deck department. turned to Piney Point last year. department. Broth­ Brother Gaston Brother Lasater er Wells returned earned his AB Point to earn his AB ticket before at­ also upgraded to AB at the Lundeberg to Piney Point to ticket at Piney Point and also graduated tending the "A" Seniority Upgrading School. Brother Lasater was born in earn an A B ticket in 1973. Brother from the School's LNG/LPG training Program. Brother Merson is a native of Oakland, Calif, and now lives in Ma- Wells was born in New York City and program. Brother Gaston is a native Baltimore and still lives in his home­ raga, Calif. He ships out of San Fran­ now lives in Morrisville, Pa. He ships and resident of Mobile. He also ships town. He ships out of the port of Jack­ cisco. from the port of Philadelphia. from the port of Mobile. sonville. October, 1976 , • . Page 33 ;

Three Get Towboat Diplomas Diesel Class Graduates Seven SlU Boatmen with their towboat operator diplomas Mike Bailey (left) Ed Oliver Diesel Course Instructor Bill Eglinton (rear left) is with his latest class of (center) and James Bane pose on the towboat Susan Collins at the HLSS in graduates surrounding a diesel engine at the Lundeberg School. From left Piney Point, Md. with (2nd from left) course Instructor John Luykx and (2nd are: Thomas Brown; Walter Jarvis; Gene Woturski; Richard Cox; Curtis Wil­ right) the school's vocational education director, Robert Kalmus. liams; Henry Principe and Robert Hedrick.

Robert of Erie, Pa. George Annis Cash Charles W. Maynard, formerly of Mrs. Faye Annis requests that you Lee Luongo asks that you contact Erie, asks that you contact him at Tower contact her at 109 Livingston Ave., her at (603) 887-3925. Trailer Ct., B-11, Carteret, NJ. 07008. Arabi, La. 70032. Ai W. Spanraft Nicholas Sakellarides Anita Reed asks that you call her in Please call the Editor of the Log at Slidell at 643-8030 or 643-9357. (212) 499-6600, Ext. 242. William Brack Freddy Landron . Mrs. Marie Brack requests that you Edward L. Bishop Teddy Landron asks that you con­ contact her as soon as possible at 118 Please contact Union Headquarfers Peter Drewes tact him as soon as possible at 30 West­ MacDougal St., New York, N.Y. 10012 relative to monies due you from Falcon Liz asks that you call her as soon as minster Rd., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11218. or call her at (212) 674-0579. Carriers. possible at (313) 774-4898. ^A' Seniority Honor Rpll Now Numbers 280 Following are the names and departments of the 280 Seafarers who have completed the 'A' Seniority Upgrading Program.

Adams, Francis, Deck Davis, Dan, Deck Haynes, Blake, Engine McCants, Alvin, Deck Silfast, George, Deck Alfeo, Luciano, Engine Davis, William, Deck Hoick, Carroll, Deck McCauley, Roy, Engine Simonetti, Joseph, Steward Allen, Lawrence, Engine Day, John, Engine Heller, Douglas, Steward McMullin, Clarence, Steward Simpson, Spurgeon, Engine Allison, Murphy, Engine Denardo, Michael, Engine Hemming, Robert, Engine McParland, James, Engine Sisk, Keith, Deck Ahmad, Bin, Deck Derke, Michael, Engine Hooks, Bobby, Steward Mefferd, Michael, Engine . i Smith, D. B., Steward Ames, Allan, Deck -Deskins, William, Steward Hooper, Alien, Engine Merson, Don, Deck Smith, George, Deck Andrepont, P. J., Engine Diaz, Robert, Engine Humason, Jon, Deck Miiici, Robert, Deck Smith, Robert, Deck Armitstead, Daniel, Engine Dising, Maximo, Engine Hummerick, James, Jr., Steward Minix, R. G., Jr., Engine Snyder, John, Engine Arnold, Mott, Deck Dobioug, James, Engine Hunt, Mike, Engine Miranda, John, Engine Spell, Gary, Engine Aversano, Clifford, Engine Douroudous, Emanuel, Steward Hussein, Mohammed, Steward Moneymaker, Ernest, Engine Spell, Joseph, Deck Barnett, Jay, Engine Dukehart, David, Engine Hutchinson, Richard, Jr., Engine Moore, C. M., Deck Spencer, Craig, Engine Bartol, Thomas, Deck Duron, Roberto, Engine liison, James, Engine Moore, George, Deck Spencer, H. D., Engine Baxter, Alan, Engine Echeverio, Ronald, Steward Ivey, D. E., Engine Moore, James, Engine Springfield, Harry, Steward Bean, P. L., Deck Eddings, Otis, Jr., Engine Joe, William, Engine Moore, Peter, Engine Stanfield, Pete, Deck Beauverd, Arthur, Engine Edgeil, Pat, Engine Johnson, M., Deck Moore, Thomas, Engine Stark, William, Deck Bellinger, William, Steward Egeiand, Ralph, Deck Johnson, Oscar, Steward Moore, William, Deck Stauter, David, Enginr Bermudez, Frank, Deck Elliott, Byron, Engine Jones, Leggette, Deck Mortier, William, Deck Stein, Warren, Engine Berry, George, Engine Escudero, Tomas, Engine Jones, Nelson Cory, Steward Mouton, Terry, Engine Stevens, Duane, Deck Bertei, Kevin, Engine Esposito, Gennaro, Engine Jordan, Carson, Deck Mull, David, Engine Strauss, Gregory, Engine Beruiis, William, Deck Ewing, Larry, Steward Kanavos, Panagirtis, Engine Noble, Mickey, Deck Svoboda, Kvetoslav, Engine Biletz, John, Engine Farmer, William, Deck Kegney, Thomas, Engine Nuotio, Ken, Deck Szeibert, Stephen, Steward Bishop, Floyd, Steward Farragut, John, Deck Keith, Robert, Deck Ostrander, Duane, Deck Tanner, Leroy, Engine Blacklok, Richard, Engine Farreii, Gerald, Steward Keiiey, John, Deck Painter, Philip, Engine Taylor, Daniel, Steward Blasquez, Gregory, Engine Fila, Marion, Deck Kelly, John, Deck Paioumbis, Nikolaos, Engine Tell, George, Engine Biigen, Archie, Engine Fonvitie, James, Engine Kerney, Paul, Engine Papageorgiou, DimitrioSj Engine Thomas, Robert, Engine Bohannon, Christopher, Engine Foxvog, Mark, Deck Kirksey, Charles, Engine Parker, Jason, Deck Thomas, Timothy, Deck Boien, James, Deck Frak, Stan, Deck Kittieson, L. Q., Deck Parr, Steven, Deck Townsend, Joe, Steward Boien, Timothy, Deck Freeburn, Michael, Deck Knight, Donald, Engine Paulson, Glenn, Deck Trainer, Robert, Deck Boies, John, Engine Fried, Peter, Engine Knoies, Donald, Steward Payton, Gilbert, Deck Trott, Llewellyn, Engine Brackbili, Russell, Deck Frost, Stephen, Deck Konetes, Johnnie, Deck Pepe, Christopher, Steward Turpin, Richard, Engine Brooke, George, Engine Fuentes, Luis, Steward Kunc, Lawrence, Deck Perez, Jose, Engine Utterback, Larry, Deck Bruschini, Mario, Steward ' Galka, Thomas, Engine Kundrat, Joseph, Steward Perkins, Cy, Deck Vain, Thomas, Deck Burge, Bernard, Engine Galla^er, Patrick, Deck Lamphere, Thomas, Engine Petrick, L., Engine Vaiton, Sidney, Engine Burke, Lee Roy, Engine Galliano, Marco, Deck Laner, Ronnie, Engine Pickford, Albert, Deck Vanyi, Thomas, Steward Burke, Timothy, Deck Gannon, Kevin, Deck Lang, Gary, Deck Pillsworth, Pat, Deck Vazguez, Jose, Engine Burnette, Barney, Steward Garay, Stephen, Deck Lasater, Thomas, Deck NPoletti, Pierangelo, Deck Venus, Guy, Engine Butch, Richard, Engine Garcia, Robert, Deck Laughlin, Douglas, Engine Prasinos, George, Deck Venus, Steve, Steward Calo, Jose, Engine Gaston, Thomas, Deck LeCiair, Lester, Steward ' Reamey, Bert, Engine Vukmir, George, Deck Cammuso, Frank, Deck Gillette, Ronald, Deck Lehmann, Arthur, Deck Reed, Pete J., Deck ; Walden, Tim, Deck Carhart, David, Deck Gilliam, Robert, Steward Lentsch, Robert, Deck Restaino, John, Engine Walker, Marvin, Engine Carruthers, Francis, Engine Gomes, Glenn, Deck Lesko, Samuel, Deck Ripley, William, Deck Wambach, Albert, Deck Caruthers, Russell, Deck ' Gotay, Raul, Steward Loane, Barney, Deck Rivers, Sam, Engine Wass, Klaus, Steward Castle, Stephen, Deck Gower, David, Engine - Long, Alton, Engine Roback, James, Deck Waugaman, Jerry^ Engine Cavanaugh, Jackson, Deck Graham, Patrick, Deck Lundeman, Louis, Deck Rodriguez, Charles, Engine Wayman, Lee, Deck Clark, Garrett, Deck Grey, Joseph, Steward nsk, George, Deck Rodriguez, Hector, Engine Wells, John, Deck Colangeio, Joseph, Deck Grimes, M. R., Deck Mahaffey, J. C., Steward Rodriguez, Robert, Engine Westerhoim, Gary, Engine Conklin, Kevin, Engine Grisham, Steve, Deck Makarewicz, Richard, Engine Rogers, George, Engine Wiiheim, Mark, Engine Cooper, Allen A., Engine Hagar, Ken, Deck Mallory, Arthur, Deck Ruiz, Steve, Engine Wilisch, Edward, Deck Corhett, William, Deck Hale, Earnest, Deck . Manning, Henry, Steward Sabb,:Caldwell, Jr., Engine Wilson, Richard, Steward Correll, Paul, Engine Nailer, Charles, Engine Maurstad; Mitchell, Steward Saiiey, Robert, Jr., Engine Wilson, Robert, Engine Cosentino, Dominic, Deck Nailer, John, Engine Marcus, M. A., Deck Sanders, Carry, Engine Wolfe, John, Deck Coyle, Michael, Engine Harris, Nathaniel, Engine McAndrew, Martin, Engine Sanger, Alfred, Deck Woodcock, Wayne, Steward ' ar'- Cunningham, Robert, Deck Hanks, Fletcher, Engine McCabe, John, Engine Shaw, Lex, Deck Woodhouse, Ashton, Engine Curran, John, Deck ' Hart, Ray, Deck McCahe, T. J., Engine Shaw, Lncien, Deck Wright„Chariie, Engine Daniel, Wadsworth, Engine i Hawker, Patrick, Deck Shaw, Ronald, Engine Zukier, Hans, Engine

Seafarers Log V •1 ,1 The Harry Lundeberg I: • School of Seamanship • p -j

99 "For a better job today, and job security tomorrow. / 'f c HE Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship grams are specifically designed to enable our The following three pages of the Log outline T is a center of vocational and academic edu­ members to upgrade themselves to the top of course descriptions, requirements and starting cation for all SIU members, whether they sail their individual departments in a minimal dates for the deepsea and inland waters courses deepsea, on the Great Lakes or on the nation's amount of time. And the School's staff of in­ offered on a regular basis. However, there are network of inland waters. structors, which includes experts from all areas many important courses not described here Since the Lundeberg School was founded on of the maritime industry, has adopted the most which are offered at wider intervals. These its present site at Piney Point, Md. in 1967, it modern teaching aides and techniques to make courses are named in the Directory of All Up­ has grown to be the largest educational facility the course material more interesting and more grading Courses, reprinted on the following easily understood. for boatmen and unlicensed Seafarers in the U.S. page. If you are interested in them, or any other In addition to vocational courses, the School of the Lundeberg School's vocational or aca­ The School offers wide-ranging educational has developed excellent academic programs in demic programs, fill out the upgrading applica­ programs for all SIU members that will enable math, science and social studies to make some tion adjacent to the Directory and mail it to the them to upgrade to higher ratings and higher of the more difficult vocational material more School. A Lundeberg staff member will then send paying jobs aboard deepsea vessels plying the understandable. These academic programs can you all pertinent information concerning the 1 oceans and Great Lakes, or on tugs and towboats also lead to a high school equivalency diploma course you would like to take. ' li working the harbors, rivers and coastal trades of for members interested in the School's very The Lundeberg School was founded and de­ our nation. successful General Educational Development veloped for the betterment of all SIU members. The Lundeberg School's career oriented pro­ (GED) Program. Use it for your own good! Upgrading Courses for Deepsea, Great Lakes Seafarers • Have 12 months seatime as Ordi­ REFRIGERATED nary Seaman, OR Be a graduate of HLS at Piney Point CONTAINER MECH. -;.>l and have eight months seatime as This course, leading to certification in Ordinary Seaman operation and maintenance of refriger­ • Be able to pass the prescribed physi­ ated containers consists of basic refrig­ 5 ^ ABLE SEAMAN cal, including eyesight requirements. QMED—^Any Rating eration, components, parts replacement ' • II Able Seaman Unlimited — Any and overhaul, electrical circuitry and wir­ si, Waters. You must: { • M The course of instruction is four weeks The course of instruction leading to ing, and troubleshooting. Length of • Be 19 years of age in length and leads to the Coast Guard en­ certification as QMED—Any Rating is course is four weeks. • Have 36 months seatime as Ordinary dorsement of Able Seaman—12 Months eight weeks in length and includes in­ Course Requirements: Must have Seaman or 12 Months Able Seaman —Any Waters or Able Seaman—Unlim­ struction leading to the Coast Guard en­ six months seatime in an engine • Be able to pass the prescribed physi­ ited—Any Waters. dorsements which comprise this rating. room rating. cal, including eyesight requirements. Course Requirements: Able Sea­ Course Requirements: You must Starting date: Jan. 10, 1977. Vi, man 12 Months—Any Waters. You Starting dates: ISov. II, Jan. 24. show evidence of six months seatime must: in at least one engine department rating. AUTOMATION • Be 19 years of age M This course, leading to certification for ^ QUARTERMASTER automated vessels consists of training in FOWT the operation and control of automated The course of instruction leading to boiler equipment, systems analysis and certification as Quartermaster consists of The course is four weeks in length and the operation of remote controls for all Basic Navigation instruction to include leads to endorsement as Fireman, Water- components in the steam and water cycles Radar; Loran; Fathometer; RDF; and tender, and/or Oiler. such as the main and auxiliary condensate Course Requirements: If you have systems, generator, fire pumps, sanitary ! also includes a review of Basic Seaman­ ' 1 ' ship; use of the Magnetic and Gyro a Wiper endorsement only, you system, bilge pumps and other associated t I Compass; Rules of the Road; Knots and must: engine room equipment. Length of course Splices; Firefighting and Emergency Pro­ • Be able to pass the prescribed physi­ is four weeks. Course Requirements: Applicant cedures. cal, including eyesight requirements Course Requirements: Must hold • Have six months seatime as Wiper, must hold a Coast Guard endorse­ endorsement as Able Seaman (Un­ OR ment as QMED—Any Rating. limited—Any Waters). Be a graduate of HLS at Piney Point Starting date: Feb. 21, 1977. Starting dates: Mar. 21,1977. and have three months seatime as Wiper ADVANCED • If you have an engine department rating there are no requirements. PUMPMAN LIFEBOATMAN Starting dates: Feb. 21,1977. This course consists of instruction in cargo properties and emergency proced­ The course of instruction is two weeks ures, tanker development and construc­ in length and leads to the Coast Guard WELDING tion, operation and maintenance of valves, endorsement of Lifeboatman. loading procedures, cargo pump opera­ Course Requirements: Must have The course of instruction in basic weld­ tions, cargo measurement, discharging 90 days seatime in any department. ing consists of classroom and on-the-job procedures, ballasting, tank cleaning, in­ Starting dates: Nov. 11, 26, Dec. 9, training including practical training in ert gas systems, firefighting, pollution control and cargo control systems. Length 23, Jan. 6, 20. electric arc welding and cutting; and oxy- acetylene brazing, welding and cutting. of course is four weeks. Course Requirement: Must have Note on Lifeboat: On completion of the course, an HLS Cer­ tificate of Graduation will be awarded. six months seatime in any engine The requirements and course Course Requirements: room rating. material for the endorsament of • Engine department personnel must Starting date: Mar. 7, 1977. Lifeboatman is identical for all have 6 months seatime in an engine personnel. So the above outline room rating and starting dates of the Lifeboat • Deck and steward department per- Note: Courses and starting dates are Steers Towboat course applies to our deepsea and sonel must hold a rating in their subject to change at any time. Any Towboat operator upgrader Randy Lakes Seafarers as well as to boat­ department. change will he noted in the LOG. Gaines practices steering at the HLSS men. recently. Starting dates: Jan. 10, Apr. 4. Page 35 October, 1976 y. I -1 assistant cook, six months seatime as department, with six months as 3rd • 24 months in the steward depart­ cook and baker, six months seatime cook or assistant cook and six ment with six months as a 3rd cook Steward as chief cook and hold HLS certifi­ months as cook and baker OR or assistant cook OR cates of completion for the cook and • Six months seatime as 3rd cook or • Six months seatime as 3rd cook or Department baker and chief cook programs OR assistant cook and six months as a.ssistant cook and hold a certificate • 12 months seatime as 3rd cook or cook and baker OR of completion from the HLS assist­ All Steward Department Courses assistant cook, 12 months seatime as • 12 months seatime as 3rd cook or ant cook training program. Lead To Certification By HLSS. cook and baker, and six months sea­ assistant cook and six months sea­ Starling dates: Nov. II, 26, Dec. 9, time as chief cook and hold an HLS time as cook and baker and hold a Jan. 6, 20, Feb. 3, 17, Mar. 3, 17. CfflEF STEWARD certificate of completion for the certificate of completion for the HLS . chief cook program. cook and baker training program. The course of instruction is six weeks Starting dates: Nov. 26. Starting dates: Dec. 9, Jan. 6, Feb 3, ASSISTANT COOK long and covers all phases of steward Mar. 3. department management and operation. The course of instruction is six weeks Course Requirements: All candi­ CHIEF COOK in length and students specialize in the dates must have sea time and/or ~ COOK AND BAKER selection and preparation of vegetables training in compliance with one of The course of instruction is six weeks and salads. the following: in length and students specialize in the The course of instruction is six weeks Course Requirements: All candi­ • Three years seatime in a rating preparation of soups, sauces, meats, sea­ in length and students specialize in the dates must have 12 months seatime above 3rd cook or assistant cook OR foods, and gravies. selection and preparation of breakfast in the steward department, OR • Six months seatime as 3rd cook or Course Requirements: All candi­ foods, breads, desserts, and pastries. three months seatime in the steward assistant cook, six months seatime as dates must have seatime and/or Course Requirements: All candi­ department and he a graduate of the cook and baker, six months seatime training in compliance with one of dates must have seatime and/or HLS entry rating program. as chief cook and hold HLS certifi­ the following: training in compliance with one of cates of completion for each pro­ • 12 months seatime as cook and baker the following: Starting dates: Nov. 11, Dec. 23, gram OR OR • 12 months seatime as a 3rd cook or Jan. 20, Feb. 17, Mar. 17. • 12 months seatime as 3rd cook or • Three years seatime in the steward assistant cook OR Directory of All H.S. Equivalency Diploma Available to All Members Upgrading Courses Get the reading, writing and math Harry Lundeberg School Just make sure that you have: skills you need for job security and up­ Piney Point, Md. 20674 Following is a directory of all • One year of seatime. grading through the high school equiv­ When you complete the test, return it courses, both deepsea and inland wa­ • Are a member of the Union in alency (General Educational Develop­ to the Lundeberg School. HLS will tell ters, that are offered at the Lundeberg ment) Program at the Harry Lundeberg you the results and give you an estimate good standing. School. If you are interested in taking School. It only takes four to eight weeks, of the length of time you'll need to com­ Your classes will be small (usually just one of these courses, fill out the appli­ and your Brothers who have gone through plete the GEO Program. six to eight students). You'll get lots of cation on the adjoining page and a this program can tell you that it's really REMEMBER! This test is not to see individual help. And completing the GEO Lundeberg staff member will provide worth it! who scores high or low. It helps HLS de­ Program opens the door to the other edu­ you with pertinent information con­ Interested? Pick up a copy of the pre­ sign a study program just for you—a pro­ cational opportunities that the SIU has cerning starting dates, requirements' test kit in your port or write to this gram that will enable our teachers to for you. A high school diploma is the first and complete course description. address: help you get your high school diploma as step towards qualifying for one of the Margaret Nalen, Director soon as possible. three scholarships for Seafarers that are DEEPSEA, LAKES COURSES Academic Education Department So apply today. It's easy to qualify. offered each year. Deck Department /C • Able-seaman, 12 Months Any SIU Gives 7 Scholarships to Members, Dependents Waters fe • Able-seaman, Unlimited Any ^, Another part of the SIU's total educa­ Pick up a scholarship application now. writing to the Seafarers Welfare Plan, Waters • -• ''V tional program for its members is the They are available for you and your de- College Scholarships, 275 20th St., Brook- y Lifdboatman Union's College Scholarships Fund. Each pendents at the local Union hall or by lyn, N.Y. 11215. Quartermaster " year the SIU awards five $10,000 four- year scholarships, of which one is reserved yA Engine DepartmenCi for a Union member and fqur for depen­ - Fireman, Oiler, Watertender dents of members. (FOWT) • QMED—-Any Rating The Union also awards two $5,000 two- y • Advanced Pumpman Procedures year scholarships reserved exclusively for members. The two-year scholarships offer • Automation various opportunities especially for the fe*.LNG.LPG ' member who plans to keep shipping. In • Refrigerated Containers >, , • such a program you may develop a trade • Welder or skill which would improve your per­ • Diesel Engines p'" formance aboard ship as well as helping you obtain a better paying job when you Steward Department are ashore. • Assistant Cook The $10,000 scholarships may be used ^ • Cook and Baker to pursue any field of study at any ac­ Assistant Cooks Graduated J : • Chief Cook ^ credited college or university in the U.S. Five more assistant cooks graduating from the HLSS at Piney Point are, • Chief Steward or its territories. (I. to r.); Arturo Morales; Julian Mendoza; Brandon Nodier; Benito Comacho, and Boatman James Arns. In regard to our members, application WATERS COURSES i requirements are geared for the man or woman who has been out of school for a Able-Seaman , , • . number of years, so you will only be com­ • Pre-Towboat Operator peting with other seamen with similar • Original Towboat Operator educational backgrounds. The awards are • Master/Mate Uninspected Ves­ granted in April of each year and the sels Not Over 300 Gross Tons deadline for the receipt of all applications Upon Oceans is usually around April 1. • First Class Pilot Eligibility requirements are as follows: • Radar Observer • Have not less than two years of ac­ • Pre-Engineer Diesel Engines ^ ^ tual employment (three years for the par­ ent or guardian of dependents) on vessels • Assistant Engineer Uninspected Motor Vessels of companies signatory to the Seafarers Welfare Plan. • Chief Engineer Uninspected - -(i Motor Vessels . \ ' • Have one day of employment on a • Tankerman vessel in the six-month period immedi­ Lifeboat Tickets Co to Six , • Towboat Inland Cook ately preceding date of application. Lifeboat Instructor Chuck Dwyer (right) poses with his latest HLSS class of (I. to r.): Gaston Bloncourt; Benito Camachio; Boatman Ronnie Johnson; • "^Vessel Operator Management • Have 90 days of employment on a James Rader, and Chester Hoff. Not shown in the photo is graduate Rollin and Safety Course vessel in the previous calendar year. Bellfi. Page 36 Seafarers Log tM\ .If

Upgrading Courses for Inland Waters, Lakes Boatmen t U ABLE SEAMAN charges or by original letter from tbe navigational instruments, emergency sig­ -''1 i company. nals, practical use of charts in navigation, /Length of course jour weeks) COOK This course consists of classroom work aids to navigation, safety and more. and practical training to include: basic Starting dates: Nov. 11, Jan. 24. This course consists of both classroom Course Requirements: seamanship, rules of the road, wheel com­ and on-the-job training in all areas of mands, use of the magnetic compass, • All candidates for 2nd class operator food preparation. Tbe Cook will plan cargo hadling, knots'and splices, block TANKERMAN must be at least 19 years of age and bave menus, requisition food, set up work and booms, firefighting and emergency evidence of 18 months service on deck on schedules for tbe daily meals, and be able procedures, basic first aid, and safety. to demonstrate a thorough knowledge of This course consists of all aspects of a towing vessel. This service must have sanitary work habits. Tbe student will de­ Requirements: loading, transferring and unloading vari­ included training or duties in the wheel- velop working experience with all break­ • All candidates must be at least 19 years ous cargoes carried in tank barges. Tbe house. fast foods, meats, vegetables, salads, and of age. course also stresses diesel engine opera­ • All candidates for 1st class operator bakery products. The course is designed • Must pass a physical examination. tion and repair with particular emphasis must show evidence of three years service to enable the Cook to operate a small • Must have normal color vision. being placed on all safety aspects occur­ on deck of a towing vessel. One year of galley. • Must have, either with or without ring in conjunction with handling liquid this service must have included training glasses, at least 20/20 vision in one eye, cargoes. or duties in the wheelhouse. Requirement: and at least 20/40 in the other. The can­ • All candidates must have, at least 1 Requirements: • Must have six months seatime in any didate who wears glasses, however, must three months service* in each particular capacity on board tugs or towboats. • All Candidates for Tankerman must also be able to pass a test without glasses geographical area for which application (Length of course six weeks) pass a physical examination. of at least 20/100 in each eye. for licensing is made. • Must have normal color vision. Starting dates: Nov. 11, 26, Dec. 9, • Must either have, or first complete, the • All candidates njust pass a physical • Must have, either with or without 23. separate Lifeboat Course offered at the exam given by a medical oflBcer of the glasses, at least 20/30 vision in one eye school. USPHS service or a certified, reputable and at least 20/50 in the other. The can­ physician. • All candidates for endorsement as Able didate who wears glasses, however, must Starting dates: Note: Courses and starting dates are Seaman 12 months Any Water must show also pass a test without glasses of at least subject to change at any time. Any discharges totalling a minimum of 12 20/100 in each eye. Western Rivers—Jan. 10, 1977. Oceans not more than 200 Miles change will he noted in the LOG. • ( months seatime as Ordinary Seaman. • All candidates must have a letter from Offshore—Feb. 14, 1977. • All candidates for Able Seaman Un­ the company for which they have worked limited Any Water must show discharges certifying their ability to handle the vari­ totaling 36 months as Ordinary Seaman ous types of fuels that they wish certifica­ or Acting Able Seaman. tion for. LUNDEBERG UPGRADING APPLICATION • All candidates for Able Seaman Tugs (Length of course two weeks) and Towboats Any Waters must have 18 Name Date of Birth. (Usl) (Fir.t) (Middle) Mo./Day/ye«r months on deck vessels operating on Starting dates: Nov. 11, 26, Dec. 9, oceans, coastwise routes, or on the Great 23, Jan. 6,20, Feb. 3,17, Mdr. 3,17. Address Lakes, or on bays and sounds connected (Street) directly with the seas. . Telephone #. • All candidates for Able Seaman Bays TOWBOAT (City) (State) - (Zip Code) (Area Code) and Sounds must have 12 months on deck OPERATOR Deepsea Member • Inland Waters Member • Lakes Member Q on vessels' 500 gross tons or under not carrying passengers. This course, leading to licensing as 1st Book Number Seniority • All candidates for AB Seagoing Barges or 2nd class operator of uninspected tow­ Port Presently " 12 Months must have 12 months service ing vessels on inland waters. Western Date Book Was Issued- , Port Issued. . Registered In on deck in vessels operating on oceans or rivers. Great Lakes, oceans, or oceans not coastwise routes, or on Great Lakes, or on more than 200 miles offshore, will consist Social Security #_ Endorsement (s) Now Held. bays and sounds connected with the seas. of training in the following areas: rules • All candidates must verify seatime of the road (for the area in which the man (underway time) by official original dis­ seeks licensing), operation and use of Piney Point Graduate: • Yes No • (if so, fill in below) , Entry Program: rom .to. . Endorsement (s) Received Vessel Operators Graduate CDates Attended)

Upgrading Program: From. .to. . Endorsement (s) Received (Dates Attended)

Do you hold a letter of completion for Lifeboat: • Yes • No; Firefighting: Q Yes • No

Dates Available for Training

(Refer to Directory for all course listings.) I Am Interested in the Following Course (s)

RECORD OF EMPLOYMENT TIME—(Show only amount needed to up­ grade in rating noted above or attach letter of service, whichever is applicable.) RATING DATE DATE OF VESSEL HELD SHIPPED DISCHARGE On the extreme right Is HLSS Vice President Mike Sacco with Vessel Operator and Management course grads (I. to r.): John Feldman; Joe Knox; James Wal­ lace; William Reynolds, and James Stephens.

HM DrlnlKlnfl B«eoffii« « Alcoholism is a major problem. 1 SIGNATURE. DATE Ono out of every 10 Americans who drink has a serious drinking problem. RETURN COMPLETED APPLICATION TOs LUNDEBERG UPGRADING CENTER, Alcoholism is a disease. It can be treated. PINEY POINT, MD. 2C674

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Hall Scores CG Bureaucracy on Manning Cuts Continued from Page 5 fact that the Coast Guard has obviously of the ship and the marine environment. tioned the Coast Guard's competence in is not contemplated." lost sight not only of the human element Such overtime requirements strongly this area, and concluded that a legisla­ However, on the same issue concern­ in shipboard life, but the indispensable point to the need for increased man­ tive evaluation might be appropriate ing unlicensed people, the circular role the human element plays in safe power. Yet the Coast Guard's circular "to determine whether the Coast Guard states that the "art" has reached a state vessel operation. calls for crew reductions. as presently constituted is properly dis­ of reliability. The SIU believes that in For instance, on some automated It seems that the only way the Coast charging the responsibility placed upon this regard, the Coast Guard is "indulg­ vessels with reduced crews, overtime re­ Guard's proposals can work effectively it by Congress and whether perhaps, ing in arbitrary and disparate treatment. quirements are running in excess of 110 is if our ships are manned by robots and such responsibility should be reposed Such constitutes clear if not brazen bias to 125 percent of normal work sched­ sailed in a vacuum. in some other agency or at the very placing in extreme doubt the objectivity least, whether appropriate modifications ules, This excessive overtime translates Qoestion CG Competence of the NVC's authors." into serious crew fatigue, which in turn should be made in the Coast Guard's The real deficiency of this circular can be a threat to the safety of the crew- In view of the ill advised proposals structure and administration as it ap­ on manning and automation lies in the members themselves, the overall safety contained in the circular. Hall ques­ plies to our merchant marine."^

- i Tallying Committees Report Unemployment Union of the SIUNA-AGLIWD. Continued from Page 10 We, the members of the Union Tallying NO VOTES 2 Continued from Page 7 5 Committee, do hereby certify that the tively looked for a job during the pre­ DUPLICATES Proposition encompassing the Resolution Schulze explained. He hoped similar NON-ELIGIBLES 6 vious month. Those who were too dis­ on the Merger Agreement and the related studies in other cities would serve as an couraged to look for work were not Total Ballots Issued 2,754 Constitutional Amendments, was voted effective challenge to BLS methods. even considered when calculating the upon affirmatively by a majority of the Ballots Received from Bank .... 2,732 Local statistics which use payroll fig­ jobless rate, although they also were members of the Seafarers International ures and state unemployment rolls are Ballots cast in duplicate 5 Union of North America-Atlantic, Gulf, interviewed when the statistics were Ballots cast by non-eligibles .... 6 not much help, according to the study, gathered. Lakes and Inland Waters District, duly since methods for gathering statistics Total Votes Cast and Counted .. 2,721 voting, as previously presented in this and laws governing unemployment As the AFL-CIO points out, and the Report. PORT DISCREPANCIES compensation vary from state to state. study agreed, this method seriously un- The following discrepancies were noted Fraternally submitted. The St. Louis study used the BLS dercounts unemployment. Had discour­ by your Committee in the voting on this definition of unemployment, although aged workers and part time workers referendum: / Warren Cassidy, C-724 (Steward Dept.) they criticized its conservative bias. who want full time jobs been included The Committee found that five mem­ Chairman People who did any work at all during in the St. Louis jobless rate, together bers had voted twice. The duplicate bal­ the interview week were considered with the improved sampling methods lot in each case was not included in the fully employed, even if they just raked used in the study, unemployment in St.. :abulation of votes. Otis Paschal, P-752 (Steward Dept.) leaves over the weekend. To be counted Louis might have been estimated at well The Committee also found that six (6) as unemployed, people must have ac­ over 20 percent. /otes were cast by non-eligible individ- ^Nicholas D'Amante, 0-696 (Deck Dept.) jals. These ballots were set aside and not >s- :ounted. Your Committee found that during the Luis A. Polanco, P-236 (Deck Dept.) /oting period, in all Ports, the balloting Seafarers Plans Must Haye ivas conducted Constitutionally and in ac- ;ordance with the Merger Agreement William Koflowitch, K-467 (Engine Dept.) executed by the Executive Officers of the Member's Latest Address Seafarers International Union of North Joseph Pazos, P-840 (Engine Dept.) America-Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District and the Inland Boatmen's Dated: September 24,1976

Because .of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 Locks & Dam 26 (often referred to as the Pension Reform Act) it is extremely important that the latest correct address of each member be on file. If the Seafarers Continued from Page 2 they will see the folly of delaying the Plans have your latest address, you will be able to receive all the neces­ construction any further. of the Locks and Dam 26 authorization. SIU President Paul Hall is a member sary and vital material which is required to be sent to you under the Senate and House leaders have as­ of the National Committee on Locks new Law. sured proponents of Locks and Dam 26 and Dam 26, which was formed to fight It is also very important that the Plans be aware of your marital status. that early next year, shortly after the for the replacement of the Alton facility. Therefore, you are strongly urged to fill in the form below and send it new 95th Congress convenes, a bill The SIU has been and will continue to to: Claims Department, Seafarers Welfare and Pension Plans, 275 20th authorizing replacement of the Alton be in the forefront of this effort, be­ St.,Brooklyn,N.Y. 11215. facility will be brought before both cause any economic threat to the towing houses. This time Congress will have industry is also a threat to the thousands Seafarers Welfare and Pension Plans plenty of time to hold hearings on this of SIU members who work on the in­ important matter, and it is hoped that land waterways. Change of Address Or New Subscriber ' ^ ' ' .- ,'I i..J.' Sec**...:.-...'..:.... I I Editor, SEAFARERS LOG ^faUte . .• ...... ". .. 675 Fourth Ave., Print^^ L^ 7 Firrt^ Middle Initial Brooklyn, N. Y. 11232 I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list. (Prim information) ,Permim«htV ^ Aiddress ...... Print - Number and Street City State ; i • Zip Code K NAME i Date of Birth ; . • . ' , ? ^ , -1 ADDRESS Mo / Day / Year • '. - ^ ^

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Apply Now For SIU's Annual College Scholarship Prograi lications for the 1977 SIU year^and one day high school^ "sttixes^' College Scholarship Awards are now immediat;4y preceding^ ^ date of achieved on either the College Enr 1977. For more infoKmatioh ahoiit being accepted by the SIU Scholar- application. ^ trance Examination Boards (SAT these tests, write to the ACT at Box ship Administrator. All SIU Boat- • dependents of deceased meni- , section only), or the American Col- 414, Iowa City, Iowa 522401 men deep-sea and Great Lajees Sea- hers who Iwdmet the seatimerequirerdege Tests (ACT). Applications for the SIU Scholar- farers, and their dependents who ments prior to their death. The Gpllege Boards tests wiU be ship program can be obtained at any meet the requirements outlined be- In addition, all dependents apply-'^^ "^ on Dec. 4, 1976 and Jan. 22j, SIU Union Hall, or by writing to the low are eligible for these scholar- ing for the scholarship program must 1977. Further information about the SIU Scholarship Administrator, 275 ships. be unmarried and less than 19 years SATs can be obtained by contacting 20th St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215. Five $10,000 four-year grants and of age at the time they apply. the College Board at either Box The application deadline for both two $5,000 two-year grants will be Both $10,000 arid $5,000 scholar- 592A, Princeton, N.J. 08540, or Box SHI, Scholarship prograrns is April awarded with at least one $10,000 ships are awarded on the basis of 1025, Berkeley, CaKf. 94701. 1,1977. scholarship reserved for an active SriU member and four for depen­ J'l- > i " *? dents of members. These four-year Jd> .-•' 'f» • .1' ... -- > awards are to be used to pursue a ; chosen field of study at any accred­ ited college or university in the M- United States or its territories. The two $5,000 scholarships are reserved exclusively for SIU mem­ bers. These awards can be used to study at any accredited junior col- \ lege, community college, or post-sec­ ondary trade or vocational training ^hool.; § Tlie S Programs arc j open to any SIU member who meets ^ ilie following requirements: • has a high school or high school equivalency diploma. ^ • has at least two years of sea- " time on SlU-contracted vessels. • has 90 days of employment with contracted companies in the previous calendar year and one day in the six mpnths immediately preceding the date of applicatiori. ^ Eligibility requirements for de­ /' pendents open the fburryear program to:. . • • , ! t/r ' dependents of members who , -".i,- have three years of seatime on SIU- contracted vessels with 90 days of ' ediployment in the previous calendai;^ <

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