SEAFARERS^LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION . ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT . AFL-CIO

I INc* Tw* StAFAHERS LOG April *, 1965 Rap Foreign AttaekB On UJ, Ship Aid fof/cit Sea Unions Hit Bricks At U.N By Paul Holi Urging Strong U.S. Ship Poiicy The U. S. Department of Agriculture is once again demonstrating its unconcealed hostility toward the American-flag merchant fleet. De­ •NEW YORK—Seafarers took to the picket lines at the United Nations with other mem­ partment officials, under the direction of Agriculture Secretary Orville bers of the joint Maritime Labor Committee to voice their support for a strong U.S. merchant Freeman, continue to sing that tired old song that the use of U.S.-flag marine and to warn U.S. delegates to a 12-nation maritime parley against any weakening merchant ships is detrimental to the exipori of American farm products of our cargo preference and"*^ to Russia and other Communist countrie«. ship subsidy programs. Also Committee." continually seeking to undermine "The State Department insisted the position of the U.S. merchant The Agriculture Department's latest attenipt to reduce the role of participating in the demon­ this was never contemplated but marine, and regard every move to the U.S.-flag fleet to insignificance in the nation's commerce occurred stration were the ILA, NMU and we know different," Gleason said. improve the lot of the U.S. fleet as when its Undersecretary, Charles S. Murphy, testified before the the MEBA. U.S. government agencies—the a threat to themselves. International Finance Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency. Murphy's warmed-over testimony about the MA, Agriculture, Defense, State The countries represented at the The three-day meeting pick­ and Commerce Departments—have alleged harm resulting from the use of U.S.-manned vessels was a eted by maritime labor was called 12-nation meeting share between repeat performance of the views expressed by his boss, Secretary been chipping away at the founda­ them the largest merchant fleets in by the U.S. for the declared pur­ tions of 4he American merchant Freeman, who tried to sell this story to a group of cabinet officers and pose of explaining American ship­ the western world. They are Great marine over the years in order to Britain, Japan, France, Norway, others on March 23, 1964. ping policies to other western gain favor with foreign govern­ Netherlands, Sweden, West Ger­ The theme that Murphy and Freeman have been using is actually nations and convincing them that ments. Cargo preference laws have the policies were not aimed at giv­ many, Belgium, Greece and Den­ a repeat of the views of E. E. Kelm, the president of Cargill, Inc., who been continually Jeopardized in mark. Representatives of many of issued essentially the same opinions only four days before the Secretary ing the U.S. unfair advantages. this manner. IMaritime labor charged, however, the same nations met last month In of Agriculture made his exaggerated statement in 1964. Cargill is that U.S. officials would use the European countries which main­ Paris with Admiral Harllee and one of the nation's biggest grain trading companies which was involved meeting to grant more concessions tain large merchant fleets are also other American representatives. in the shipment of U.S. grain to the communists. The company stood to the foreign shippers at the ex­ to profit handsomely from its ability to turn to low-wage foreign-flag pense of our merchant marine. vessels in moving this grain. At the top of the agenda for The ridculous part about the arguments advanced by Secretary the meeting was the continuing Credentials Committees Act Freeman and his subordinates is that while they never miss an oppor­ controversy over the release of tunity to wail about the "high cost" of using American ships, these freight rate setting information by same officials run government programs which spend billions of dollars European and Japanese dominated On SfU Convention Nominees annually to support a small segment of our farm population. steamship conferences. American- flag companies have been trying to NEW YORK—The rank and file credentials committee of The $5 billion which Agriculture spends.each year for farm sub­ get the Maritime Administration sidies is over twelve times the amount spent for all the programs of the Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic, assistance to the U.S. merchant fleet including construction subsidides, to take a stronger stand regarding Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, has reported on the disclosure of the information. operating subsidies and the cargo preference programs combined. The 8^00 million which American taxpayers ante up annually for the three Weakening Cargo Laws eligibility of nominees for^ delegate to the SIUNA con­ Inland Boatmen's Union and the separate subsidies which are paid on domestic cotton, are 10 times the But the unmentioned issues in United Industrial Workers were annual cost of our cargo preference program. We find it ironic that the meeting were the reported vention. The credentials com­ elected at special membership the subsidy dispensing Agriculture officials spend most of their time willingness of the U.S. delegates, mittee for the Atlantic and Gulf meetings held on March 29. The worrying about the cost of the cargo preference program. led by Maritime Commissioner Ad­ district have found that all nomi­ committees checked the qualifica­ Secretary Freeman and his officials have claimed that the depart­ miral John Harllee and a State nees for the position of convention tions of all nominees and certified ment has no intention of ignoring Congressional intent to insure a Department officer, to discuss delegate are qualified, and in ac­ they are eligible to run as conven­ strong, flourishing merchant marine for our nation. We would like tion delegates. weakening of U.S. cargo prefer­ cordance with the report of the to believe, these statements, but Agriculture officials don't give us a President, dated March 8, 1965, an ence laws. Those laws, though chance. Over and over again the department seems intent on dra­ weakly enforced, were designed to election will be held on April 19, The credentials committees of the IBU regions, and the UIW re­ matically illustrating its contempt for the U.S. merchant marine. The keep the U.S. fleet afloat in a sea 1965, in all AGLIWD ports to deter­ latest example of this thinly veiled antagonism was Under Secretary mine the convention delegates for gions referred to their Regional of cut-rate foreign competition. Murphy's testimony before the International Finance Subcommittee the district. Directors' reports of March 8 Because of protests from mari­ dealing with the SIU convention, which showed, all too well, the department's desire to downgrade the time labor, the government was The credential committees elect­ provided that: "In the event status of the U.S.-flag fleet. forced to shy away, publicly, at ed by the regions of the Inland the number of qualified nomi­ least, from any position compris­ Boatmen's Union, and the United nees is equal to, or does not U.S. maritime expects this brand of conduct from Agriculture ing our merchant marine. Industrial Workers reported that exceed the number of delegates to oflicials. We all remember how American ships and American seamen were short-changed when U.S. grain shipments were moving to Russia all nominees are qualifled and be elected to these conventions, ILA president Thomas W. Glea- last year. U.S. vessels got the bureaucratic cold shoulder even though son, chairman of the Maritime La­ shall be deemed elected, pursuant such nominees shall be deemed to to the reports filed, by their re­ be elected convention delegates." th late President Kennedy had issued a public statement that American bor Committee, said: "The united bottoms would be used to move the bulk of these cargoes. protest by the maritime unions spective regional directors. The reports of these regional di­ against the State Department plan The Twelfth Biennial Conven­ rectors, dated March 8, 1965, were Same Treatment Expected to discuss basic U.S. maritime pol­ tion of the SIUNA will start at mailed to the membership of the icy with foreign governments ap­ 10:00 AM, Wednesday, May 28 IBU and UIW regions on March 10, Unfortunately, it looks like the U.S. maritime industry is going to parently had an effect. We have thru June 1, 1965 at the Gramercy 1965. be faced with the same situation all over again when American farm received assurances from Secretary Inn, 1616 Rhode Island Avenue, AGLIWD Election products start moving to communist countries in the next few months. of Labor W. Willard Wirtz that N.W., Washington, D.C. A most blatant example of how the cargo preference statutes are The AGLIWD credentials com­ ignored came to light recently when the Department of Commerce U.S. representatives were under Elected Commltteca deflnite instructions not to discuss mittee, which was elected in approved an export license for the sale of 90,000 tons of soybeans to questions under review by the The credentials committees of New York port and headquarters Russia. Despite our determined attempt, not a single government President's Maritime Advisory the Atlantic and Gulf regions of the on March 29 has certified the official can give us any assurance that even a single ton of these soy­ names of 28 members as qualifled bean cargoes will be transported on an American ship. to run as convention delegates from the district. The qualifled The Union's list of particulars against the Agriculture Deprartment's nominees are: record in degrading the role of the U.S. fleet was detailed in our 40,000 word statement to the Maritime Advisory Committee last John Cole, C-8; George Dacken, November 16. Responsibility for this continuing hostility to American D-26: Rex Dickey, D-6; Joseph Di- maritime was laid squarely where it belonged—on the shoulders of Giorgio, D-2; Frank Drozak, D-22: Secretary Orville Freeman who is plainly unfit to discharge his Paul Drozak, D-180; Norman W. responsibilities. DuBois, D-475; Ernesto V. Erazo, E-34: John Fay, F-363; Leon Hall, The SIU statement accused the Department of Agriculture, which H-125; Paul Hall, H-1; William Is responsible for shipping 70 percent of the commodities "that come Hall, H-272; William Jenkins, J-78; under cargo preference, of consistently attempting to deprive American Anthony Kastina, K-5; A1 Kerr, ships of their fair share of these cargoes. Despite the fact that cargo K-7; E. B. McAuley, M-20: Robert preference cargoes acccounted for only half, or 3Vi percent of the Matthews, M-1; Frank Mongelli, country's total foreign trade. Agriculture sUll views this as detrimenUl M-1111; Edward Mooney, M-7; to U.S. export policy concerning communist nations. Louis Neira, N-1; Earl Shepard, S-2; Gordon Spencer, 8-1162; Even though this may seem to be a comparatively small amount of Freddie Stewart, S-8; A1 Tanner, our foreign trade, it actually spells the difference between life and T-12: Cal Tanner, T-l; Keith death to the unsubsidizd dry cargo carriers. Terpe, T-3; Lindsey J. Williams, As the SIU pointed out in its November statement, prospective harm W-1; Steven Zubovich, Z-13. to the nation's taxpayers may be mainly in the minds of the Agriculture The committee noted in its re­ Department. Of the $15 billion in farm commodities that have been port that since the AGLIWD is en­ shipped abroad since the PL 480 plan begain in 1954, the extra costs titled to 27 delegates,, it will be from using U.S.-fiag shipping has amounted to about $230 million or 'i necessary to hold an election to just more than 2 percent of the total value of these cargoes. choose these delegates to the SIUNA convention. The commit­ Nothing has changed since the SIU made its statement in November. Seafarers and other members of maritime labor picketed tee said it was making this an­ Agriculture officials continue to ignore the intent of Congress by often before the United Nations building in New York to protest nouncement in accordance with the acting as if the cargo preference statutes didn't exist. Even though four months have passed since the Union made its charges. Department attacks, by foreign shippers on UiS. maritime aid policies. (Continued on page 20) officials still have failed to answer this document. *91^0. %vm S E A F A R E R S 1^0 G Paye TOref

funawev Tankw§ CafM Major Offanderg SlU Protests Naming SlU Fight To Save Oil Co. Exec. To Study USPHS Hospitals 0.8. Gold Drain Crisis Taken To Congress •t ; WASHINGTON—The Seafarers International Union of WASHINGTON—^The Seafarers International Union of North America has North America told the President's Maritime Advisory Com­ urged,. Congress to halt the proposed closing of seven U.S. Public Health Service mittee last week that it opposes the appointment of Albert L. Nickerson, chairman of the + hospitals., The Union condemned a plan announced by the Department of Health, board of the Socony Mobil Oil ment nor purchase consumer goods Education and Welfare on -*• — Company, as head of the Tiere, and that they amass millions January 19, 1965, propos­ "The availability of this treat­ ing lists for those veterans with Balance of Payments Advisory in earnings which do not come back ing that merchant seamen ment has been on a diminishing non-service-connected disability." Committee. to the United States either in the basis over the years as a result of The Fifth Annual Conference of form of corporate taxes or expendi­ and other patients using PHS the periodic closings of a number The formation of the Balance of the American Legion held in Feb­ tures for goods and services. facilities be transferred to of these Institutions Inspired by ruary went on record as opposing Payments Committee, as an ad­ pressures from the Bureau of the The SlU noted that Nickerson, as hospitals operated by the Vet­ the transfer of PHS hospital pa­ visory group to the Department of Budget," declared the SlU. Commerce, was recently announced chairman of the board of Socony erans Administration. tients to VA facilities. Mobil, is a top-ranking officer of The Union charged that those by Secretary of Commerce John The SIU's Washington rep­ "The plans of the Bureau of the one of the five American oil com­ responsible for the closing plan Budget and the Department," the T. Connor, who is also chairman resentative, Thomas L. Meyer, of the Maritime Advisory Com­ panies which between them own had failed to pay attention to the SlU charged, "are fraught with mittee. half of all the American tankers spoke against the proposed PHS President's Commission on Heart, flaws and unwarranted and mis­ registered under the Panamanian hospital closings at a recent hear­ Cancer and Stroke which has leading projections, both from the The Maritime Advisory Comifnit- and Liberian flags. The other four ing of the House Subcommittee on praised the PHS hospitals' re­ standpoint of continued availability tee was created by Executive Or­ companies are Standard Oil of Appropriations for the Depart­ search, training and patient care of the marine hospitalization pro­ der of President Johnson last June New Jersey, Texaco, Gulf,, and ments of Labor, and Health, Edu­ program. In a statement issued in gram for Seamen and from the dol­ to consider the problems of the Standard Oil of California. cation and Welfare. The Union is December, 1964, the President's lars and cents standpoint. The American Merchant Marine. It also presenting Its position to the Commission called for additional Union said the plan to close the The SlU said that the composi­ House Merchant Marine and Fish­ consists of Secretary Connor, Sec­ funds for increased research space PHS hospitals as a money-saving tion of the Balance of Payments eries Committee which is current­ retary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz in the PHS hospitals and for in­ move. Is hardly the basis for such and 15 non-Government represen­ Committee, which consists exclu­ ly conducting hearings on the creased research and training ac­ sively of e^jecutives of large hospital closings. drastic and irreparable action tatives of maritime management, tivities at these facilities. which will only result In Increased labor and the public. The SlU American business enterprises, is "reminiscent" of the composition HEW officials have proposed the Contradictory Plan costs. representative on the committee is closing of PHS facilities in Boston, international president, Paul Hall. of the Maritime Evaluation Com­ The SlU pointed out that the mittee, which was created by for­ Norfolk, Savannah, Galveston, The Union's statement asserted that the HEW plan was both con­ average dally cost of maintaining The SlU's opposition to Nicker- mer Secretary of Commerce Luther Memphis, Chicago and Detroit. a seaman in a USPHS facility is son's appointment was set forth in tradictory and misleading because Hodges in 1961 to study the prob­ "It is Ironical," the SIU said, $29.65. As an example, the $34.35 a letter to Connor, copies of which lems of the maritime industry. It would be Impossible to accom­ "that the plan to close seven of modate seamen in VA hospitals average dally cost for room, board were sent to all members of the and all other major medical costs Maritime Advisory Committee. The SlU said the Maritime Eva­ the USPHS hospitals, which could since these facilities do not even luation Committee had studied the be the first step in the abandon­ have enough beds available for in the Chicago Marine Hospital The SlU said that it was gratified industry for more than two years ment of the entire USPHS pro­ veterans. In the VA-facilities in was cited. Similar services in that Secretary Connor, in announc­ and finally made a series of recom­ gram, is announced almost simul­ the immediate vicinity of the areas private hospitals in Chicago have ing formation of the Balance of mendations "which, in our view, taneously with President Johnson's where the seven PHS hospitals are an average daily cost of $41.53. Payments Committee, had recog­ contributed nothing toward a solu­ design for a massive medical re­ slated to close, bed utilization The SlU also pointed out that the nized the contribution which Amer­ tion of our merchant marine's prob­ search program and for expansion ranges from 85.9 to 99.3 percent. Department of Health, Education ican-flag ships couid do make to a lems." of medical care and treatment as Hospital administration experts and Welfare had significantly failed reduction of our balance of pay­ The SlU noted that the only ma­ essential to a better America. The consider 80 percent of bed occu­ to mention the Government's in­ ments deficit. ritime representative on the Mari­ hospital closings would be a step pancy as the most practical level vestment or the present value of The SlU added, however, that time Evaluation Committee was backward for a society that must of operation. the seven PHS hospitals to be shut move forward." among the major offenders, with Eugene Holman, the former chair­ The SlU criticized the HEW down. "It is apparent," the Union respect to our balance of payments, man of Standard Oil of New Jersey The SlU characterized the Gov­ plan as jeopardizing medical care declared, "that shortly after their are American companies which —one of the "Big 5" runaway ernment's plan to liquidate the and treatment for seamen, as well closing, these hospitals will be a operate vessels under the runaway operators. seven hospitals as incongruous, as jeopardizing the ability of the mass of cobwebs and will no doubt flags of Panama and Liberia. since the Administration's "Great VA to care for war veterans. The wind up being sold to private pur­ "In view of the above facts," the chasers for a shred of their value, The SlU pointed out that these SlU said, "we question the advis­ Society" purportedly Includes ex­ Commissioned Officers Association panded medical care. Increased of the U.S. PubUc Health Service with the taxpayers footing the bill companies pay billions of dollars ability of Mr. Nickerson's appoint­ for this tragic mistake." abroad for ship construction, that ment as head of the Balance of hospital and clinical facilities and also echoed this criticism when It they employ foreign seamen who Payments Committee and record greater research efforts under Fed­ said, "It Is difficult to understand No Hearing Held neither pay taxes to this Govern­ our opposition to this action." eral sponsorship! The Union's how the patients from the PHS statement pointed out that the hospitals can be cared for by the The Union was also critical of Public Health Service hospitals are VA hospital system when many of the manner in which HEW an­ Senator Urges "Ship American" universally respected for their the VA hospitals that these pa­ nounced the closing plan. If de- high quality, comprehensive medi­ tients are to be referred to are partmomt officials sincerely be­ To Solve Dollar Drain Problem cal care and treatment and re­ already operating at maximum pa­ lieved that their proposal meant WASHINGTON—Senator Warren G. Magnuson, (D-Wash.) search and clinical facilities. tient capacity and have long wait­ (Continued on page 10) speaking before the Propeller Club here, urged the Administra­ tion to put some real muscle into its "Ship America" policy as an Established In 1798 aid in solving the nation's continuing balance of payments The Union reminded the Con­ Quarterly Financial Committee problem. gressmen that the PHS hospitals Magnuson, chairman of the key Senate Commerce Committee, traced their origin to a statute en­ said that in the past the government "had only suggested in acted In 1798 when they were es­ quiet ways that it might be helpful to use U.S.-flag carriers, but tablished for merchant seamen and never has it been an official policy of the U.S. to actively and other Federal beneficiaries. The program of these hospitals was aggressively encourage this." shaped to meet the special require­ Magnuson noted that the merchant fleets of industrial nations ments and character of maritime like France, Britain and Japan all carry a greater share of their employment, leading to the pres­ nations' ocean borne commerce than does the U.S.-flag fleet. ent Federal program of marine American ships carry only nine percent of total U.S. commerce hospitalization which the PHS still in the ocean trade. administers today. Inadequate Fleet The SlU explained that this pro­ Magnuson said the failure of American ships to cai'ry a larger gram was established for seamen part of our commerce was related "directly to the inadequacy of who must work without the avail­ our present fleet, particularly the bulk carrier fleet." His viem ability of medical care while at on the declining strength of the U.S.-flag fleet paralleled that sea. Since a seaman's work is of taken by American maritime labor. a transient nature and his time on The lawmaker called upon American importers to specify U.S.- shore'is subject to tlie arrival and flag ships wherever possible. Since importers would remain sub­ departure times of his ship, he re­ ject to freight rates set by the various liner conferences, there quires hospital and medlcaf care would be, theoretically at least, no Increase In cost of them. that would be easily accessible after long periods at sea. Since SIU rank-and-file Quarterly Financial Committee met recent­ Magnuson urged Secretary of Commerce John T. Connor to call this care must be available at any a speedy meeting of the Balance of Payments Advisory Commit­ U.S. port in which a ship calls, the ly at New York headquarters. Committee members are tee to consider methods of putting a firmer foundation under the maximum possible number of (clockwise) Seafarers J. Doris, Philadelphia; Walter Walsh, "Ship American" polioy. strategically located facilities Is Baltimore; Douglass Claussen, Houston; Curley Barnes, N.Y.; essential, the Union said. Edward Kelly, Mobile; and Clyde Lanier, New Orleans. Vngt Vamt SEAFARERS LOG April t, Ita SlU-IBU Tugman Rescues Shipmate—But in Vain By Eari (BHIII Shcpard, Vice-President. Atinntlc PHILADELPHIA—^Despite the heroic rescue efforts of a long-time friend and shipmate who gravely risked his own life, Captain John Southard, master of the SIU Inland Boat­ SIU Represented At 'Union Day' men's Union-contracted tug Triton, was killed March 13 in an accident on the Delaware The key role played by maritime labor in the nation's defense effort River. was celebrated March 5 at the Brooklyn Army Terminal when repre­ mediately dove in to save the unconscdous skipper afloat until sentatives of the SIU, ILA, MEBA, NMU and other maritime and Captain Southard was di­ government employees labor groups joined with the administrators recting the towing to berth of stricken master. both could be pulled on board. The rescue was aided by the of the base in "Union Day" festivities. Brigadier Generai A. J. Mont­ the German freighter Karl Garm- Southard had fallen between the gomery showed 50 union representatives around the huge facility, mersdorf at 8 a.m. when he lost tug and the freighter while both considerable skill of Ante Baric, the Triton's mate, whose steady including a bus tour of the sprawling complex of wharves and ware­ his footing on a ladder and fell were underway. In attempting to houses. The occasion ended with a reception for the terminal employees into the chilly water. Deckhand save him, Tulewicz was in constant hand at the wheel helped to avert a further tragedy. Tulewicz and and their labor representatives in the Terminal Dining Room. The Henry Tulewicz, an IBU shop danger of being crushed along general, the top officer in the Army Terminal Command, said the unions steward who had sailed with Cap­ with the Captain between the two Southard were pulled back on the tug within ten minutes. at the base had "made a working reality of the present Memorandum tain Southard for 15 years, im­ vessels. Nevertheless, he kept the of Understanding," which guides labor relations at the Terminal. Died of Injuries Both were taken to nearby pier Boston 78, South Wharves, where they Brothers in the Boston area, especially those in the SlU-affiliated were removed to Pennslyvania fishermen's unions, are still fuming about the Russian cod caper. SIU Pacific Unions Blast Hospital. Southard had struck his Insult was added to injury a few weeks ago when a U.S.-flag ship head in falling, however, and died docked here with a 450-ton load of Soviet-caught codfish. The blocks of his injuries shortly thereafter. offered for sale in the U.S. were most likely taken from the same Tulewicz was treated for exposure. fishing grounds off our east coast where our fishermen have to fight Shipowner-CG Power Play off the red competition. ILA members refused to handle the cargo Southard, 55, was employed by WASHINGTON—SUP Secretary Morris Weisberger and Independent Towing for 25 years and it has since gone into limbo, -f and had been the master of the The danger of further Soviet looking for a Group 2 job. MFOW President Bill Jordan last week entered "strong encroachments on U.S. fishermen objections" to a U.S. Coast Guard proposal which would, in remains, however. Baltimore Shipping has been real good in effect, enable the shipowners • Shipping in Boston has been on Baltimore. We had to ship 32 men to increase their control over; their attempt to come through the the slov/ bell, but is expected to more than were registered in the pick up in the next period. There seagoing jobs by authority to back door." last period. Tho^re are still jobs were two payoffs and two ships available here for Group 2 engine change certified engine room rat­ The SUP and MFOW consider serviced in transit during the last ings aboard so-called "automated" any regulation that would give the department men. During the past period. two weeks, there were seven ships. shipowners the power to change ratings aboard ship to be contrary Alfred Gardner, who last sailed payoffs, 5 sign-ons and 12 ships The opposition of the two SIU serviced in transit. to the best interests of their mem­ as chief cook on the Achilles, was Pacific District unions was voiced berships, particularly at a time Southard Tulewicz real sorry to get off that floating Raymond T. Lavoine Jr. is at public hearings here on pro­ when manning requirements aboard company tug Triton for the last hotel. He had to go into the hospi­ registered again for the Losmar posed changes in the navigation "automated" or "Retrofit" vessels 18 years. An active unionist, he tal, but is now FFD again and after getting off the ship during and vessel inspection rules and is a matter of great concern and had served several terms as pres­ ready to ship. Lawrence Melanson, the ILA beef. She's one of his regulations held before the Mer­ controversy in the industry. ident of Local 1700, which eventu­ a 25-year SIU man, paid off the favorites and he says he'll be chant Marine Council of the Coast ally affiliated with the SIU-IBU. Cities Service Norfolk when she happy to get on board again. Guard on March 22 in Washington. It was also pointed out that al­ He was highly regarded by fellow went offshore and is now visiting Norfolk though the proposed change deals The new Coast Guard proposal, unionists and tugmen in Phiiadel- with his wife in Canada. Norfolk shipping has been on would establish new engine room only with engine room ratings at phia and his passing was deeply the slow bell, but is figured to im­ present, once the owners are per­ John Gala, last in the blackgang endorsements aboard ship, and felt there. on the Cities Service Baltimore, prove in the coming period with leave the manning of a particular mitted to exercise such influence In a tribute to the Captain and the arrival here of several coal over the selection of engine de­ is in dry dock with a broken wrist vessel to the discretion of the offi­ deckhand "Hank" Tulewicz, fellow suffered in an auto accident. He ships. During the last period, only cer in charge, "whose decision will partment personnel, it would be IBU member Gene McCullough, a four ships were serviced in only a matter of time until the hopes to be ready to ship soon take into consideration the request deckhand on the tug Teresa McAl­ again. Donald Watson, last aboard transit. of the vessels owners" and the de­ breach would be widened to in­ lister (P. F. Martin), wrote: "I am the Hercules Victory, paid off Clyde Mariner, who last sailed gree of automation on board. clude the deck and other depart­ prompted to pen this letter after ments. when she laid up and is now the deck department on the Objecting to the proposal "both much thought and perhaps a little holding down the hall for a coast­ &uval, is currently in dry dock but in language and principle," the After considering the testimony soul-searching. Please accept the wise run. hopes to be ready to ship soon. of interested parties at the hear­ wishes of myself and, I am sure, two SIUNA vice presidents ques­ New York Alvin Olander, last aboard the tioned the Coast Guard's right to ing, the Council recommended that many others in regard to a humble Steel Chemist, left the ship due to require higher rating standards all proposals for revised endorse­ and extremely courageous man. I Shipping has been brisk In New the untimely death of his father. than those authorized by law mere­ ments for seamen on automated speak, of course, of our "Hank." York, with 19 payoffs, 9 sign-ons Alvin is ready to ship again, ly on an owner's request. If it can or partially automated steam pro­ "What this man did has brought and 20 ships serviced in transit however. be shown that there is a need for pelled vessels be tabled for further back to me a new and greater Shipping looks to remain good Puerto Rico higher ratings, the union officials study, and that continued consul­ faith in my fellow man. All of us during the next two weeks. declared, then the Coast Guard tation would be held with affected admired, respected and appreciated Oldtimers on the beach here should proceed in a legal and or­ labor unions, management, and Captain John, but who among us On the beach here is Stan Beli, include Charley Carey, Fernando derly manner to establish the re­ owners or operators of such ves­ possessed the courage displayed by who sails as a chief cook. Stan's Munoz, Julio Colon, Primo Fern­ quired standards "and not repeat sels. his deckhand? last ship was the Columbia and he andez, Julio C. Ruiz and Isaac was forced to leave her when she Brown. A couple of Seafarers — laid up in Baltimore. Now he's Rafael Torres, Valentin Acabeo Del Mar Crew Wins Delta Line Safety Award watching the board for a coast­ and Justo Velazquez — signed wise run. aboard the Alcoa ships that passed through last week. James Dimetrios is an ex-prize fighter who decided on a seagoing career. He's happy with his new SEAFARERS LOG life, and says he wouldn't change Apr. 2, 1965 Vol. XXVIf, No. 7 it for anything. Jim, who sails on deck, is waiting foi a Far East run. Official Publication of the SIUNA Atlantic, Gulf. Lakes & Inland Waterz Walter Minette, who sails in District. AFL-CIO Executive Board the blackgang, is also waiting for PAUL HALL, President a Far East trip. Nemesio Qulnones, CAL TANNER EARL SHEPARD a 3rd cook, is watching the board Exec. Vice-Prcs. Vice-President for a South Africa-bound ship. AL KERR LINDSEY WILLIAMS Sec.-Treas. Vice-President Philadelphia ROB. A. MATTHEWS AL TANNER Shipping has been fair in Phila­ Vice-President Vice-President HERBERT BRAND delphia and is expected to remain Director of Organizing and that way into the coming period. Publications During the last period there were Managing Editor: MIKE POLLACK; Asst. fl ; four payoffs, one sign-on and nine Editor: NATHAN SKVEH; Staff Writers: ROBERT ARONSON, ALVIN SCOTT, PETE ships serviced in transit. CARMEN; Art Editor: BERNARD SEAMAN. Charles W. Johnson has been watching the calls for an AB job on a coasthugger. Bay Riemer, who sails in the blackgang, is waiting for a coal run, preferably ;!i< Published biweekly at the headquarteri \ ' d . _ _ on the Commander due here next of the Seafarers international Union, At­ A plaque citing the Del Mar (Delta Steamship Lines) and its SIU crew for an outstanding lantic, Gulf, Lakes and inland Water) week. Fred Clopton is also waiting District, AFL-CIO, iZS Fourth Avenue, safety record during the past year was presented recently in New Orleans. At the presenta­ for a coal ship bound for Holland. Brooklyn, NY, 11232. Tel. HYacinlh 9-(600. Second class postage paid at tho Pott tion ceremonies were (l-r) Seafarers Al Fabrlcant, porter-printer; Jack Procell, bosun; Delta Office in Brooklyn, NY, under tho Act Donate Giangiordano, a- union of Aug. 24, 1912. Line safety director Paul Pollatt; Delta port captain E. R. Seamen, who made the presenta­ menaber since 1943, usually sails tion; the Del Mar's Captain Kourian; and chief steward Vic Romolo. as a bosun, but this time out he's • r V • 11 f. n-j (1 ' K I if i April t, U6S SEAFARERS LOG Pace Five First Pension Check Dockers Planning To Boycott Ships Trading With Viet Reds •M NEW YORK—^The International Longshoreman's Association has pledged to tie up foreign-flag freighters that have carried supplies to the Communist Viet Cong who are fighting the U.S.-backed South Vietnamese government. Leaders of the ILA plan to boy­ cott these ships in every — — port from Maine to Texas. Greek-flag Spalmatori, called at subsidies to the American ship­ Representative Paul C. Rog­ the port of Campha, North Viet ping industry . . . The figure ers (D.-Fla.) has assisted the Nam after loading a cargo of rice should be much greater than 10 in Lake Charles, La., according to percent, and the least the Govern­ ILA boycott plan by compiling a Representative Rogers. list of vessels from Western na­ ment can do is deny American car­ Proposed Bill goes to foreign shippers trading tions that have traded with North with the enemy." Viet Nam during the past year. The Florida congressman has The United States State Depart­ introduced a bill in the House of The U.S. State Department has ment has accused the North Viet­ Representatives as the first effort made no formal effort to date to namese of directing the Viet Cong to cut the yiet Cong supply line restrict trade by our allies with rebellion and aiding it with men, and strengthen the American ship­ the Hanoi government by estab­ Upon being approved for regular monthly $150 pension arms and supplies. ping Industry. The proposed bill, lishing a ship blacklist. Several of our European allies and Japan Representative Rogers has re­ HR 6154, would halt shipments to benefits recently, Seafarer Hemsley Guinier (right) dropped have resisted U.S. suggestions that by New York headquarters to pick up his first check from vealed the names of 15 foreign- and from the U.S. aboard vessels flag ships that have called at U.S. engaged in trade with North Viet they impose restrictions on their headquarters rep Joe DeGeorge. Guinier last shipped ports last year after trading with Nam. trade with Red Asian nations. aboard the Westfieid (Sea Land). North Viet Nam. The names of However, these countries have Urging the House to act quickly said they will agree not to trade these ships and others engaged in on his bill, Rogers said, "The U.S. trade with the Hanoi government in a special list of strategic goods Government has spent some $350 with Communist countries in wiii be posted in offices of ILA million in the past year in direct Southeast Asia. locals on the East and Gulf coasts where Longshoremen can keep a watchful eye to see if one of them tries to quietly slip into port. Great Lakes Ports By Frank Drozak, West Coast Representative 200 Allied Ships The list of ships to be boycotted Expecting Big Year San Jose Gives Scabs Heave-Ho will undoubtedly spiral upward DETROIT—Traffic on the Great Lakes and the St. Law­ The city of San Jose has followed the lead of San Francisco in sivine since Congressman Rogers has re­ professional scabs the heave-ho. The City Council approved an ordi­ ported that 200 ships flying the rence Seaway, which set new across-the-board tonnage rec­ nance last week making it a misdemeanor for employers to hire on flags of nations friendly to the ords during the 1964 season, is expected to be even better strikebreakers. Under the law, which passed the Council by a five to U.S. have carried cargoes to and this year. one vote, a strikebreaker is defined as anyone who has volunteered to from North Viet Nam. The West­ Ports from Duluth to the creased export orders for grains work for a struck company on two or more occasions within a two- ern countries carrying on a major and edible and non-edible oils re­ share of North Vietnamese trade mouth of the St. Lawrence year period. Only 11 states currently outlaw the use of professional have lined up an encouraging ported. Import calls for steel— scabs—Indiana, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Washington, include Japan, Britain, France, mainly from European and Far Belgium, West Germany, Italy and number of ship bookings, and ves­ Michigan, Maryland, Delaware, Louisiana, Rhode Island and Hawaii. sels will be getting underway just Eastern sources—are also up 4his the Netherlands. The six Euro­ year. With any luck, California will soon join the list. "Labor is supporting as soon as ice conditions permit. pean nations are all members of Some Seaway facilities are already an anti-strikebreaking bill introduced last week in the state legislature. NATO. Total tonnage on the Seaway The measure is currently under study by the body's Industrial Relations open and others will follow suit during 1964 was 39.3 million tons, Committee, and a hearing on it is yet to be set. Spurred to action A check of the 15 vessels that by April 15. including 3.7 million tons of gen­ by the San Francisco printers strike last year—where scabs were used Representative Rogers reported as eral cargo, making it the best year having called at U.S. ports after Many ports have used the win­ in abundance—community leaders in California now seem determined ter layover to improve and expand in history. Optimists on the Lakes to rid the state of the scab plague. transpprting cargoes to and from are now predicting a 45-miIlion- North Viet Nam shows that over cargo handling facilities. Buffalo, ton year. San Francisco half fly flags of countries that are for example, is rushing completion prominent havens for runaway of the 83,000 square foot dock able Meanwhile, Congress is consid­ Shipping has been better than fair in the city by the Bay. During to accommodate more ships. De­ ering authorizing a study of the the last period the Summit and the Ames Victory were in to pay off, ship operators. Panama alone ac­ counts for the registry of seven of troit has a new processing ter­ chances of keeping the Great and the Overseas Rose, Mankato Victory, Iberville and Northwestern minal and warehouse area capable Lakes open to year-round ship Victory signed on. In transits dur-4; the ships trading with the Red Kenmar, Penmar and Seamar. Viet Cong. of accommodating three, ships. traffic. The bill proposing the ing the period were the Penmar, study, sponsored by Senator Wil­ Steel Artisan, Geneva, Seamar, Whitey Lawis, who sails as an Dockworkers got their boycntt Toledo will have a new 600-foot liam Proxmire (D.-Wis.K is vir­ Elizabethport, Summit, and San electrician, gave up the soft life of ships carrying supplies for the berth in , operation by June, and tually certain of approval, its au­ Juan. In addition, a few men went on the beach in San Francisco and Viet Cong off to a good start in Cleveland is in the process of thor predicted. up to Seattle, where shipping is stopped up here where the ship­ early March when they tied up the opening new transit sheds. The very good, to latch onto jobs on ping is good. He's ready to go with Panamanian-flag Severn River in new loading facilities will allow The study, to cost $50,000 over grain ships. the first job on the board. New York. Another ship, the the ports to better handle the in- a two-year period, will be included in the omnibus rivers and harbors Crossing paths in the Pacific bill now being prepared by the were AB B. E. Parady, who just Maritime Trades Council Meeting in Boston Senate Public Works Coinmittee. shipped to Asia aboard the North­ This practically insures that my western Victory, and W. O. Ar- bill will pass both houses," Prox­ mann, a FWT, who just pulled in mire said. from the Far East and expects to "If the Great Lakes ports can rest up for a while. be kept open for even an addi­ Wilmington tional few weeks, it would be a In contrast to other Pacific ports, great economic boon for the Great Wilmington shipping was slow in Lakes shipping industry, Prox­ the last period. The Steel Artisan, mire added. He said a lengthen­ Seamar, Calmar, Marymar and Los ing of the shipping season could Angeles passed through in transit. mean millions of dollars'" for The St. Lawrence laid up here on Lakes ports. March 14, but is expected to crew Proxmire noted that consider­ up by the end of the month. The able information was already outlook is fair for the coming available on de-icing harbors and period, with seven ships due in waterways and could be used, transit. when properly assessed to end Freddy Magallanes had to pile forever the "four-month ice block­ off the Overseas Rose in Seattle ade" on the Lakes. after learning that his wife was seriously burned in an accident. All the men in the Wilmington Hall Union Has join in wishing Freddy's wife a speedy and full recovery! Cable Address Seattle Seafarers overseas who want to get in touch with headquar­ As noted above, shipping is very ters in a hurry can do so by good in Seattle. "Tlie same can be cabling the Union at its cable said for the weather, which has address, SEAFARERS NEW been beautiful. Paying off in the At a recent luncheon sponsored by the Boston Maritime Trades Council, delegates heard YORK. Use of this address as­ last period were the Northwestern sures speedy transmission on all Victory, York, Cottonwood Creek, Massachusetts Governor John A. Yolpe outline a proposed new tax program to help meet the state's growing educational needs. Participating in the meeting were (l-r) SlU safety messages and faster service for Steel Make.-, Hudson, Producer, the men involved. Transhudson and Morning Light. director Joe Algina, International Longshoremen's Association business agent Matthew Bento, In transits were the Anchorage, Governor Voipe, and John F. Beirne, president of Local 5, Masters, Mates and Pilots. April t, INS Pace Sis SEAFARERS LOG

{Figures On This Page Cover Deep Sea Shipping Only in the SIU Atlantic Gulf Lakes and Inland Waters District) February 13 - March 26 Shipping continued to improve during the last two more than offset a slight decline in Wilmington. Ship Acfivify weeks, as more vessels came out of lay up caused by the A breakdown of jobs by department showed a strong Pay Siga la ILA strike and began to take on crews. A total of 1,734 demand for deck department personnel, while calls for Off! Oat Troat. TOTAL Seafarers were shipped, compared with 1,573 shipped Seafarers in the other two departments remained normal. during the previous two weeks. Registration continued to pick up, rising to 1,285, com­ lottM 2 0 2 4 Shipping on the East Coast was brisk, especially in pared with 1,197 in the prior two weeks. The number of N®w York .... 19 9 20 48 New York, where jobs moved at a fast pace. Boston Seafarers registered and on the beach at the end of the PliiladolpMa.. 4 2 8 14 shipping remained steady while slight decreases in the period, however, continued its sharp decline to 3,125 loltimoro .... 7 5 12 24 number of jobs occurred in Philadelphia, Baltimore, this period, contrasted to 4,567 in the period before. Norfolk ..... 0 0 5 5 Norfolk and Jacksonville, Shipping was booming in the With jobs going over the counter at a rapid pace in the JacktoRvlllo . . 2 1 12 15 Gulf, the seniority situation was radically changed, with Tompo 0 1 8 9 Gulf, as the last of the dockworkers went back to work Mebllo 4 2 6 12 and the congested harbors began to clear. Houston job only 40 percent of the jobs going to A Book members Now Orleoni.. 3 8 13 24 calls were excellent, with more than twice as many jobs compared to 59 percent in the previous two weeks. Taking Houftoii ..... 1 8 33 42 shipped as normal; Mobile shipping calls were almost advantage of the situation, C Cards shipping comprised Wilminqteo .. 0 0 5 5 twice the number during the last period; and the job 27 percent of the total, while B Books accounted for 32 Soo Fronelico. 2 '4 7 13 situation in Tampa was also brisk. Shippiftg dropped off "percent, the same share as in the previous period. Sootflo ...... 9 8 4 21 slightly in New Orleans, although job calls remained Shipping activity remained almost stationary, with 53 above normal. Shipping on the West Coast was improved payoffs, 48 sign-ons and 135 in transit visits, compared TOTALS ... 53 48 138 234 ^his period with both San Francisco and Seattle showing with 53 payoffs, 43 sign-ons and 131 in transits in the a sharp upturn in the number of jobs available, which prior period. DECK DEPARTMENT Registered Registered Shipped Shipped Shipped TOTAL Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B CLASS A CLASS B CLASS C Shipped CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP. GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP Port 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL A B C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL Boston 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 i 3 0 0 3 5 13 1 19 1 3 5 9 New York 16 24 15 55 3 7 10 20 14 38 11 63 3 22 11 36 0 6 4 10 63 36 10 109.113 140 37 290 8 34 62 104 Philadelphia 6 16 2 24 0 5 10 15 4 7 2 13 1 4 7 12 0 0 2 2 13 12 2 271 17 24 5 46 0 3 15 18 "litimore 11 18 4 . 33 1 2 12 15; 12 21 4 37 6 10 16 32 0 0 0 0 37 32 0 69; 45 56 5 106 1 17 29 47 Norfolk 2 5 0 7 0 1 3 4 3 3 0 6 1 4 3 8 0 0 0 0 6 8 0 14 9 12 2 23 1 5 9 15 .Incksonville 3 2 0 5 2 3 6 11 3 0 0 3 1 2 2 sl 1 0 1 2 3 5 2 10 4 7 1 12 2 4 9 15 Tampa 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 4 7 1 12 1 0 2 3 5 0 5 0 5 12 5 5 22| 6 9 2 17 2 3 6 11 I'^obile 11 9 3 23 1 8 8 17 7 20 1 28 1 3 12 .16 0 1 0 1 28 16 1 45 35 33 7 75 2 10 24 36 New Orleans 33 37 7 77 1 24 20 45 22 32 7 61 3 15 18 36 0 0 0 0 61 36 0 97 96 76 12 184 1 55 71 127 Houston 18 48 7 73 1 16 12 29 : 37 52 9 98 4 28 22 54 1 33 13 47 98 54 47 199 76 85 26 187 6 37 37 80 Wilmington 1 5 1 7 0 1 1 2i 1 3 0 4 • 0 3 0 3 0 2 3 5 4 3 5 12 14 16 3 33 2 6 5 13 Francisco 2 16 5 23 0 5 4 9 2 15 2 19 0 6 2 8 0 1 4 5 19 8 5 32 19 20 2 41 3 10 7 20 Seattle 5 9 6 20 0 11 10 21 8 13 9 30 2 15 8 25 0 3 5 8 30 25 8 63 17 _15 3 35 0 9 10 19 TOTALS 110 192 50 1 352 10 84 96 1 190 117 214 46 1 377 22 114 104 I1 240 2 51 32 1 85 377 240 85 1 702 456 506 106 !1068 29 196 289 11 574 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS B Shipped Shipped Shipped TOTAL Registered On The Beach CLASS A Registered CLASS A CLASS B CLASS C Shipped CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP Port 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL A B C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL Joston 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 i 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 1 6 0 3 2 5 New York 10 30 1 41 4 15 12 31 12 47 3 62 2 5 9 16 0 4 3 7 62 16 7 85 56 118 14 188 12 52 67 131 Philadelphia 1 11 4 16 0 7 5 12 2 5 0 7 1 4 6 11 0 0 1 1 7 11 1 19 5 31 5 41 0 9 8 17 Baitimore 1 8 2 11 0 9 4 13 5 15 0 20 0 6 9 15 0 2 5 7 20 15 7 42 12 52 7 71 1 11 19 31 Norfolk 1 3 0 4 0 2 1 3 1 5 1 7 1 3 4 8 0 1 0 1 7 8 1 16 4 13 0 17 0 2 10 12 .Tncksonville 4 6 0 10 2 2 2 6 3 3 0 6 1 2 0 3 0 2 3 5 6 3 5 14 1 5 0 6 1 8 4 13 Tampa 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 2 9 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 3 9 1 3 13 5 11 0 16 0 3 6 9 Mobile 4 12 2 18 1 6 9 16 1 14 2 17 0 6 12 18 0 5 1 6 17 18 6 41 13 21 5 39 1 18 18 37 "^'ow Orleans 10 34 4 48 1 11 11 23 7 32 3 42 1 21 9 31 1 1 1 3 42 31 3 76 37 77 12 126 8 61 55 124 Houston 10 54 8 72 3 25 11 39 11 63 4 78 4 41 20 65 2 10 2 14 78 65 14 157 33 _ 87 11 131 11 51 56 118 Wilmington 1 8 1 10 1 2 0 3 0 3 0 3 1 1 2 4 0 2 1 3 3 4 3 10 4 16 3 23 2 7 5 14 Pan Francisco 5 12 3 20 2 2 6 10 5 8 6 19 4 6 6 16 0 1 0 1 19 16 1 36 5 20 2 27 2 7 3 12 •^Seattle 2 11 0 13 1 10 2 131 1 14 2 17 0 11 8 19 0 3 2 5 17 19 5 41 4 13 1 18 3 6 2 11 00 TOTALS ~60 191 25 1 266 15 91 63 ! 169 49 215 23 1 287 ' 15 106 87 208 3 34 19 1 56 208 56 1 551 180 468 61 11 709 i 41 238 255 [534 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Registered Registered Shipped Shipped Shipped TOTAL > Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B CLASS A CLASS B CLASS C Shipped CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP CLASS GROUP RROUP Pol# 1-s 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1-s 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL A B C ALL 1-s 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL Bos 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 3 2 3 9 0 0 3 3 NY 6 11 5 15 37j 2 0 8 10 4 14 8 18 44 5 2 8 15 0 0 8 8 44 15 8 67; 35 63 40 69 207 9 14 36 59 Phil 4 0 1 5 10 1 0 8 9 2 5 2 3 12i 0 2 6 8 0 0 3 3 12 8 3 23 6 7 4 9 26 0 0 13 13 ilai 1 7 1 5 14 1 1 4 6, 0 7 3 6 16j 2 1 14 17 0 0 0 0 16 17 0 33 14 26 15 25 80 4 2 31 37 Nor 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 4 5; 1 3 1 3 81 1 0 4 5 0 0 2 2 8 5 2 15, 5 4 5 3 17 2 0 10 12 .'ac 0 2 1 0 3 0 1 1 2< 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 4 0 0 3 3 2 4 3 9, 0 3 2 0 5 2 0 .2 4 Tam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o; 0 2 1 2 5 0 0 3 3 0 0 3 3 5 3 3 111 2 6 3 5 16 0 2 3 5 Mob 0 1 0 5 6 1 0 3 4 1 4 2 5 12 1 0 9 10 0 1 3 4 12 10 4 26 11 16 11 19 57 1 0 14 15 NO 4 10 3 17 34 a 2 34 39 4 14 5 17 40 1 0 30 31 0 2 3 5 40 31 5 70 17 42 21 76 156 8 4 96 108 Hou 5 16 7 14 42, 2 7 21 30 9 11 23 27 70i 1 8 25 34 0 1 39 31 70 34 31 135 15 44 23 33 115 7 12 33 52 Wil 1 2 2 4 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 o; 0 0 1 11 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 5 7 7 9 28 3 1 8 12 SF 2 4 2 5 1 ^ 0 T 3 4 2 5 3 8 18 0 2 7 9i 0 0 4 4 18 9 4 31 6 11 .6 10 33 0 0 8 8 Sea 1 3 3 4 11 1 0 9 10 3 9 4 12 28 2 5 12 -"i 0 0 6 _6 28 19 6 53 2 6 5 8 21 2 0 13 15 TOTALS 24 59 27 75 j1 185 12 13 98 1i 123 27 75 52 101 1 255 15 21 120 1 156 0 4 66 1 70 255 156 "701 481 119 " 238 144 269 1 770 38 35 270 1 343 SUMMARY Registered Registered SHIPPED SHIPPED SHIPPED TOTAL Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B CLASS A CLASS B CLASS C SHIPPED CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 123 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 S ALL DECK 1 2 3 ALL A B C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 110 192 50 I 352 10 84 96 190117 214 46 3771 22_ 114 104J 2401 2 51 32 85 377 240 85 702 456 506 106 11068'^^ 196 289 514 ENGINE I 50 191" 25 I 266 15 91 63 169 49 215 23 287. 15^106 87| 208 3 34 19 56 287_ "208j 56 551 180] 468 61 I 709 41 238 255 I 534 STEWARD "83 27 75 ['185 12 13 98 I 123,102 52 101 255 15 21 120 1156 0 4 66 70,255 156 70" 481 357 144 269 I 770 38" 35 270 I 343 GRAND TOTALS 213 410 150 i 803 37 188 257 | 482 268 481 170 j 91;9 52 241 311 | 604 5 89 117 I 211919 604 211 [1734 993 1118 436 [2547 i08 469 814~[1391 AfrOa^lMi SEAFARERS LOG Sevw • - . •-i" - • - • ^ Five More SlU Veterans

ly Al K«rr. Sccrttary-Treosurtr Approved For Pensions The Seafarers Welfare Plan has approved the addition of five more names to the Pension Benefits Under Discussion growing list of Seafarers receiving $150 monthly pensions after lifetimes of sailing. All five are veterans of the SIU Atlantic and Gulf District. Based on some ot the past articles that have been carried In the The new pensioners are SEAFARERS LOG relative to various SlU benefits .tend welfare pro- department. A native of Pennsyl­ now makes his home in Mobile, rrams, We have received questions concerning the various items Sheldon Butler, 63; Ricardo vania, Denddo retired to his home Ala., with his wife, Susie. He provided for onr oldtimers and pensioners. Armesto, 69; Anthony Dend- in Newark, N.J., after taking his sailed last, aboard the Claireborne. do, 65; Matheas J. Oswald, 61; and last trip aboard the Bienville. Rouse joined the SIU in New Under our welfare and pension programs, there are two types of George E. Rouse, 59. Oswald joined the SIU In Orleans, after having served for pensions available. One is a normal pension for Seafarers 65 years of Butler signed on with the SIU Mobile, and sailed for more than age or older, who have 15 or more years of seatime, with 90 days of in the port of Tampa, bringing 24 years in the engine department. seatime in the past calendar year 4 with him over six years of sailing Oswald was sailing in the deck and one day of seatime in the six- experience. A veteran of the department when he retired last as complete medical, hospital and month. A native of Australia, he month period immediately preced­ surgical benefits paid in full for steward depart- ing the date of application. themselves, in addition to hospital m e n t, Butler Those meeting the requirements and surgical benefits for their spent most of receive a pension of $150 per dependents. his years sailing S/T Manhattan as night cook month, plus complete medical, Under the rules for both of these Hauls Record hospital and surgical benefits paid and baker. A pensions, if a man Is able to secure native of Florida, in full for themselves. Their de­ part-time work, he can earn up to Oil Cargo Armesto Denddo pendents receive hospital and he presently but not in excess of $1,200 per makes his home GLASGOW, ScoUand — The surgical benefits according to the year without forfeiting his pension. SlU-manned supertanker Man­ 3 years in the Army during the dependents' benefits schedule of in Jacksonville, Second World War. However, If he exceeds the $1,200- with his wife hattan (Hudson Waterways) the Seafarers Welfare Plan. limit, he is then removed from Burier set another record recently He sailed as an AB until his re­ Henni. He sailed tirement last month. A native of The other type of pension pro­ the pension list. Another require­ last on the Del Aires. when she delivered the larg­ vided by our Plan is a Disability ment under the rules is that in est cargo of any kind ever Pension, for which the require­ order to continue receiving this Armesto joined the SIU when it brought to Great Britain. ments are 12 years of seatime, 90 benefit from year to year, a pen­ was founded, and continued to sail The huge tanker brought days of covered employment dur­ sioner is required to take a physi­ in the engine department. He sailed 103,537 tons of Persian Gulf ing the calendar year preceding cal examination once a year to as FWT on his last trip-which crude oil from Kharg Island the date of application, at least determine if he Is still eligible. was aboard the Robin Locksley. to the Scottish port of Finnart. one day of seatime during the six- Pensioners who have qualified He makes his home in New York The shipment was also the City. month period immediately prior as above are also entitled to death largest ever ordered by the to the application date, and benefits of up to $4,000. The Denddo retired last month with British Petroleum Corpora­ medical certification that the ap­ amount of the death benefit is many years of experience as an tion. The three-year-old Man­ plicant is permanently and totally determined as follows: If the American seaman, of which 22 hattan, which displaces 108,- Oswald Rouse disabled, or unemployable. beneficiary designated under the were spent sailing on SIU ships. 590 tons, is one of the largest Those meeting these require­ SWP and/or Seafarers Pension Although he sailed mostly in the ships in the SlU-contracted Missouri, Rouse now makes his ments are entitled to a Disability Plan is a surviving blood relative, steward department, he also spent fleet. home in New Orleans. He sailed Pension of $150 per month, as well then the benefit shall be $4,000. some time sailing in the engine last aboard the Cathy.

ANNER reef is a mile-and-a-half long killer standing the profit they hope to make by finding valuable objects. running in 25-foot seas, took bearing off a false light B in open water southwest of Jamaica. At no point The most devoted of these men, however, face the dangers and ran into a reef on the north coast of Cuba. The boat does the reef come within four feet of the surface. It is of the sea, the weather, shifting politics and all the other went down in less than 10 minutes. Swimming for shore a hidden killer—cloaked by the sea—with only the white hazards which beset a man working outside of his natural through the rough seas, one of the crewmen was bitten water caused by the constant breaking of wind-driven element, to return year after year to the same spot—a by a shark. Reaching shore safely, they were all taken swells to betray its presence. Banner Reef has claimed thirty-foot-deep hole scooped out of the top of the reef into custody by Cuban militiamen who, thinking them many ships. which is thought to contain treasure—Spanish gold. gun-runners, wanted to shoot them on the spot. For­ Does the ship in the hole contain a cargo of treasure— tunately the execution was delayed until Cuban \livers The sand and silt surrounding the reef is a graveyard could go down and inspect their vessel in the shallow of ships from many times and many place. Brass and or the worthless junk of a cheap souvenir shop? Does the hole contain tlie remains of one ship or two? What is the water where it lay and verified their story that they twisted steel from ships which fioundered only recently carried only salvage equipment. The whole incident lies side by side with the rotting timbers of Spanish Gal­ age and name of the ship, or ships, in the hole? Six ma­ jor expeditions have been organized to explore the wreck­ proved the point, however, that treasure hunting on Ban­ leons. Soon this underwater gi-aveyard will receive its ner Reef is fraught with many and varied dangers. latest corpse—^for stuck firmly on a rocky ledge right age in the last four years at an estimated cost of over now is a modern freighter. Gradually, the sea will take $110,000—yet the questions remain unanswered—and Has any treasure actually been found in the hole. the vessel apart and strew Its pieces helter-skelter among only objects of little more than historical'interest have The answer to this is yes—but not much. Back in 1901 the accumulations of the last four centuries. And un­ been brought up. Caribben islanders scrounging for brass brought oip doubtedly, there will.be more added in the future. There are other wrecks in the Caribbean, where the about $6,000 in gold bars and coins—and that's it. Others presence of treasure is more certain. But few can match have brought up old cannons and shot (which experts Such a spot—where the wreckage of four centuries of the mystery and fascination of the ship (or ships) in the have declared are of too small a caliber to indicate that shipping lies in one relatively small area—is bound to hole. To satisfy this fascination, men face the dangers of they came from a tresure ship—which were usully heavi­ draw wreck explorers, treasure hunters, salvage seekers, foul weather, heavy seas, tricky tides, motor failure, ly armed), ivory combs, religious medals, knives, etc. All and the just-plain-curious, in droves. But not all who dragging anchors, sickness, injury and swamping. of this was obviously made in the old world (Spain) and like to visit and explore the place are venturesome enough was bound for the new world when the ship went down. to go—for it is a dangerous area where the would-be Two Recent Expeditions So she certainly would not be carrying treasure back to wreck explorer is likely to have the wreckage of his own Descriptions of two recent expeditions to the reef dem­ Spain. vessel scattered alongside the bones of the wreck he onstrate just what can happen when things go wrong. What Keeps Them Going? came to explore—with his own bones possibly beside One searcher set out _from Florida with a four-man that. But the search goes on because of a theory which may crew in a 110-foot sailing vessel equipped with auxiliary be little more than wishful thinking. Since much of what A Wild Place power. At Jamaica the crew quit, for their own reasons, is found in the hole is battered and bent—indicating that and the organizer of the search—^hooked on the idea of Banner Reef is a wild place where many of the laws the ship went down during a violent storm—other and Spanish treasure—decided to push on alone. Reaching a mucli more fragile objects are often found intact and of nature seem to have been revoked, or at least sus­ small Caribbean island, he managed to hire a navigator pended temporarily. For instance, there are sometimes unbroken. To explain this, a theory has sprung up that of dubious accomplishments, and put to sea once more. two ships may lie in the hole—and if one contains no two tides a day—but sometimes there is only one— After one day out heavy seas began pitching the small brought about by some eccentric movement of the moon. treasure perhaps the other does. This is the thin hope vessel about violently and the organizer was thrown which keeps men coming back year after year. Charts exist for determining when this phenomena is due, across the deck. With three broken ribs the voyage con­ but they so resemble the demented scribbling of a mad tinued until the navigator managed to run the vessel The second ship which they want to believe lies in the scientist that few mariners have ever seriously tried to aground on a small reef. They managed to back off the hole in the Nuestra Senora del Carmen, a capital ship figure them out. Navigation charts claim a constant one- reef, but the boat was by this time taking so much water which sailed for Spain in 1730 with a cargo of $3 million knot current running from the windward side of the reef that the Coast Guard was called to air-drop emergency in gold and silver. Old records, which the Spanish kept to the lee side. Divers however report sudden changes in pumping gear, with the aid of which they managed to 'meticulously, indicate the Senora dei Carmen floundered the direction of the current which would have washed make it all the way back to Florida—^where the emer­ on Banner Reef during a storm. them completely pff the reef had they hot grabbed a gency gear jJTomptly exploded and burned the vessel No matter how slim hopes are for finding treasure, solid piece of wreckage and hung on. to the waterline. Yet, despite personal injuries and loss the search will continue. In a world where science is Many explorers have visited the reef. They like to of his boat, the searcher plans to return to the hole as continually explaining mysteries away in cold, scientif c think of themselves as underwater archeologists, but sel­ soon as he can get the necessary equipment together terminology, mystery alone represents a valuable tre.a - dom are. Mostly they are wreck explorers or treasure again. ure because mystery keeps men young. A world witho t hunters—whose "scientific" interests goes no further than On another recent voyage to the wreck which set out mysteries will be an.old and boring world barely woivli the "kicks" they get out of inspecting an old wreck or from Port Everglades, Florida, the helmsman, while preserving. Page Eight SEAFARERS LOG April I, 1805 House Committee Okays Expanded Medicare Plan By Al Tanner, Vice President WASHINGTON — An expanded version of the Administration's program of health care and Fred Farnen, Secretary-Treasurer, Great Lakes for the aged (Medicare) has been approved by the House Ways and Means Committee. In addition to the basic hospital and nursing-care benefits proposed by the Administration, the Fight To Save PHS Hospital Continuing bill also provides for a volun--*^ Chicago SIU representatives along with other maritime union rep­ be available to those 65 or older tary insurance plan covering All services ordinarily furnished resentatives have called meetings with U.S. Public Health Service who enroU In a voluntary insur­ by a hospital for its in-patients doctors' fee. officials in the Chicago area. Several meetings on the matter of the ance plan devised by the House except doctor's fees would be cov­ Included in the bill is a 7 per­ closing of the Chicago Hospital have been held with Mayor Daley of committee. Those wishing to par­ ered. cent increase in cash benefits Chicago. Every effort is being made to postpone the closing date for ticipate in this additional program From 20 to 100 days of post- under the present Social Security would pay premiums of $3 a month, the Chicago Hospital. program and liberalization of hospital care in approved nursing which the Federal Government homes and up to 100 home-nursing Detroit other features of the program. In would match. total, the committee provided visits also would be allowed for Glenn H. Cnmmings, Great Lakes District No. 4874, old time Seafarer even more benefits than the Ad­ Basic benefits, financed under each period of illness. A period of who originally joined the Great Lakes District in 1947, received his ministration had asked for. Social Security, would include up illness, under the bill, would cov­ first pension check on March 23rd. Brother Cummings sailed for many to 60 days of hospital care for each er a span beginning when the pa­ years as a wheelsman for Wyandotte Transportation Company. In a statement issued at the tient entered a hospital or nursing- White House. Pre-ident Johnson period of illness, for which the Cummings' last three years on Lake boats were spent as porter. Brother patient would pay the first $40. care faoiility and ending 60 days Cummings started sailing originally in 1926 for the old Great Lakes solidly endorsed the committee- after his discharge. revised Medicare bill as "a tre­ fleet as a deckhand aboard the Steamer Norway. mendous step forward for all of Out-patient hospital diagnosis Anticipated Shortage of Firemen and AB's for the 1965 Season our senior citizens." services would also be provided as a basic benefit, with the patient All men having the necessary sailing time to take their Fireman's "The committee's action," the 'Eldercare' paying $20 of the cost of each diag­ test are urged to do so. This also applies to deckhands that have the President said, "is an historic one nostic study. The $20 payment necessary time to take their AB's test. Any brothers intending to —the first time that a House com­ would be credited to his account, obtain additional Coast Guard endorsements are advised that informa­ mittee has acted favorably on a however, if he subsequently was tional data for preparing for the-f medical insurance bill for all of Sponsor Raps AB and Fireman test Is avaalable admitted to the same hospital. Duluth our older citizens." through the Detroit Hall, Jack Voluntary Section Bluitt. Shipping has not started yet in Vote On Party Lines the Port of Duluth. There has been AMA Tactics The voluntary portion of the The vote approving the bill Lakes District Agreement a little winter work on the Piatt WASHINGTON—The American proposal, designed to supplement which is laid up in Duluth. They within the committee was 17 to Medical Association has again the basic benefits above, would The Agreement between the SIU- 8—and along straight party lines are supposed to finish up this overplajied its hand in its desper­ cover various health services in GLD and tlie Great Lakes Asso- with the Democrats voting for the week. ate last-ditch battle against medi- addition to doctor's fees. The in­ ciatdon of Marine Operators will Americans. sured would pay $50 of their costs be opened May 15th. Various con­ Al Colallilo is running for City each year. The insurance plan tract proposals are coming in from Councilman. He won the primary indicated however, that they might The AMA's high-ipressure press would pay 80 per cent of the an­ the few ships that are already election, and the general election support the measure in the end. agents got so carried away in their nual costs over $50 and the in­ operating. All brothers are in­ will be coming up April eth. We praise for their own substitute but sured would pay 20 per cent. structed to submit their contract urge all eligible voters in this area The solid vote of the committee to get out and vote. Brother Kenny for the Medicare bill is even more inferior "Eldercare" proposal that The coverage would include: proposals to the attention of the "Eldercare's" legislation sponsor Contract Negotiating Committee, Lund has been assisting the Port impressive because it came at a • Physicians' services, including Agent, J. R. Hall, with school time of increased agitation by the was forced to denounce the AMA's 10225 West Jefferson, River Rouge, surgeiy, whether performed in a Michigan. Notice will be sent to trainees. He has been instructing powerful and well-heeled AMA hospital, clinic, office or home. in the Stewards Department, giv­ against Medicare and for its own Representative A. S. Herlong the contracted companies in ac­ • Care for 60 days in a mental cordance with the 6(Niay clause in ing them helpful hints on Galley phony "Eldercare" proposal. The (D-Fla.), sponsor of "Eldercare" in procedure. doctors' lobby has set aside vast the House, said the AMA had hospital for each period of illness, the contracts. funds for their last ditch fight mounted "a misleading advertising up to a lifetime maximum of 180 Fit-Out 1965 Our blood bank is starting to against Medicare passage and are campaign" to push the measure days. (Mental-ihospital care is not build up again here in the Port of determined to spend every cent and that it was "overselling" itself. provided by the Social Security Certification was received from Duluth. All members are urged to part of the legislation.) the NLRB declaring Local 10, available to block the final passage What rankled Herlong was state­ donate. of the measure. • Up to 100 home nursing visits TSAW of the SIUNA as the official Frankfort ments by AMA leaders like Dr. bargaining agent for all Checker The AFL-CIO has long recog­ Donovan F. Ward, who testified each year in addition to those al­ Cab drivers. In the very near fu­ Part of the Stewards Department nized the importance of Medicare j before Congress recently. Ward lowed under the Social Security ture, meetings will be scheduled has been called to report to the legislation for our older c;t.'zers, i claimed that the "Eldercare" bill provisions. with Checker Cab Company for MV Viking. The rest of the crew who have been increasingly in-! "could provide more benefits for • Specified • health services, the purpose of negotiating a con­ is expected to be called for March capable in recent years of meeting persons over 65 who need health whether provided in or out of a 29th. Due to the ice conditions in the skyrocketing cost of hospital tract. TSAW organizers are in the care and cannot pay for it . . . than medical institution, including many field gathering pledge cards from Lake Superior, it is not likely that and medical treatment. The AFL- gny other measure pending before X-r,ay and laboratory tests and the MV Viking will be down here CIO has been in the forefront of ^ congress." several other major Detroit cab treatments. companies. (Continued on page 23) the fight for this much-neefled AMA Inflated Claims legislation and has pledged to con­ tinue the fight until final passage Additionally, the AMA has made SIU-IBU GLT&D Tallying Committee is achieved. similarly inflated claims about "Eldercare" in spot commercials Passage Seems Certain on television and radio and in As things stand now. House pass­ newspaper and magazine ads. The age of Medicare seems certain, doctors' group is said to have spent probably in early April. As soon ! $2 million fighting medicare. as the House has acted the Senate Congressman Herlong said the Finance Committee plans to start AMA ads said that "Eldercare" hearings on the measure. would provide "complete coverage Under the present bill, the basic for all those who need aid" and hospital and nursing benefits would "pay 100 percent of all ex­ would be financed by a small in­ penses." Actually a warmed-over crease in Social Security taxes and version of the present deficient would be available to all persons Kerr-Mills Act, "Eldercare" would 65 or over. Coverage for doctors' depend on the amount of backing fees and additional benefits would each individual state was prepared to give it. "Eldercare," like Kerr-Mills, also forces prospective recipients to Be Sure To Get take a degrading pauper's oath be­ fore they can become eligible. Dues Receipts Benefits under "Eldercare" would Headquarters again wishes to vary from state to state, with the remind all Seafarers that pay­ poorest states where the need is ments o*' funds, for whatever greatest offering the least. This has been the pattern of Kerr-Mills. Union purpose, be made only to authorized SIU representa­ "Medicare," the name given to the King-Anderson bill, would pro­ tives and that an official Union vide equal services for all. It would icceipt be gotten at that time. be run through the Social Security If no receipt is offered be sure system with each American em­ ployer and employee sharing in to protect yourself by imm^. i- Tallying Committee for recently completed election of Regional Officers of the IBU Great tely bringing the matter to the the cost as they now do under So­ cial Security. No pauper's oath is Lakes Tug & Dredge Region includes (seated, l-r): Winston Sullins, Sam Streighf, James attention of the President's required, allowing older Ameri­ Duvall, Roddle MacDonaid, Merle Dickens and Leo Alexonder. Observing the committee in office., , cans to ke^ep tjic, dignity they so action are (standing, l-r): Tom Gerrity, Dick Tillmon, Leslie Willord and Art Miller, repre- richly .deserveJ - Renting the ports of.'Cleveland, Detroit, Toledb and Buffalo respectively. Affril f; IKS SEAFARERS LOG PKe Nlaff a SEAFABEBS POBTS OP THE WOBUJ

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7• d i- y g t GKOK t. Bangkok, a city called the "Venice of Asia," is the chief d port and capitol of the exotic nation of Thailand. It lies on r the Gulf of Siam in the heart of troubled Southeast Asia. a The nation forms part of the great Asian "rice bowl," and e that vital export accounts for much of Bangkok's ocean commerce. American-flag ships of the SlU-contracted Waterman and Isthmian Lines are regular visitors to Bangkok, as are many SlU-manned tramps and tankers. The Thais are a gentle, hospitable people, and the Seafarer ashore can be sure of finding a friendly reception. Ocean ships usually dock in the south part of the city in the Klong Toev district. A well-equipped Mariners' Club just outside the dock gates has a money-changing service, sSgSsteSte ••:: shop, swimming pool, billiard room, bar and library. The citizens of Bangkok, a city called the Venice of Asia, live, work and play on the water. The heart of Bangkok is two or three miles away from the port area. The reliable cabs into town are usually those with yellow license plates. The downtown area is bisected by the Bangkok River. The busy life on the river and the canals of Bangkok led to the city being called the "Venice of Asia." One of Bangkok's better hotels, the Oriental, is on the river at Suriwong Road. The Bamboo Bar" in the air-condi­ tioned hotel is considered one of the best watering places in town. New Road, which crosses Suriwong Road, is a prin­ cipal shopping center. The street also contains many night­ spots. The Golden Dragon offers top Chinese dishes and Nick's No. 1 Hungarian Inn makes a specialty of steaks. The famed floating market of Bangkok, where merchants hawk their wares from the decks of river craft, is well worth a visit. The market, which lies north of the Suriwong Road area, offers good buys in the handicrafts of Thailand— especially gold and silver pieces. A favorite weekend past-time in Bangkok is watching the uninhibited freestyle boxing contests held at Rajadamnern and Lumpini Stadiums. The boxers use their elbows and feet freely and with sharp effect. Western-style boxing matches tend to look tame alongside their Siamese counter­ parts. The other main attractions in Bangkok are the fine array of gold-roofed temples and palaces. The Wat Arun Temple of the Dawn is one of the most spectacular. The beautiful Chaki Palace is the home of Thailand's royal family. It is considered the polite thing in Bangkok to speak in The SlU-manned Steel Apprentice makes The Bangkok waterfront doubles as a low tones, keep smiling, and take your shoes off when enter­ regular calls et Bangkok. "sail-in" shopping center. ing a house or temple.

An ancient fenriple. and. a modern,power plant prQvide> contrait fo,r a Seafarer's loni.^ The Chaki Palace, above, is the traditional home of Thai­ ' Bahglcolc offers an interesting cbmbfna'tion of old and new ways of (Tfe. land's modbi-n-itiinded King and Queen. . (i page ten SEAFARERS LOG April », 1S6S Matson Offers S.F.- LA. Passenger Run QUESTION: What is the most By Robert A. Matthews, SAN FRANCISCO—A bit of pre-war nostalgia savored by Vice-President, Contracts, & Bill Hall, Headquarters Rep. many Californians was reborn a few weeks ago when the unusual cargo with which you SlU-contracted Matson Navigation Company began offering sailed? A wide range of various shipboard beefs come into play in the selec­ • tion of questions sent into the Union over the last period. The first overnight passenger service Eddie Bonefont: Sulfur was the San Francisco to Los Angeles and was sent in by David Pashkoff, ship's delegate on the Overseas Joyce, on the Lurline betwen Los most unusual cargo with which regarding the work of the helmsman. Angeles and San Francisco. six trips from Los Angeles to San I ever sailed. Francisco this year. Question: "What is the man on the wheel supposed to do. The Mate It was the first time sea service There is some­ The price for the 18-hour cruise thing about raw thinks that the man on the wheel is supposed to paint and do a lot of between the state's two major other things. Please send me something on this matter." cities has been available since the will run from $45 to $155 per sulfur that dis­ early 1930s. Then, old-time steam­ passenger depending on the type colors the skin Answer: The crewmember on the wheel is required to steer the ship ship buffs delighted in sailing on of accommodations. Passengers if you wear only. This shall also apply when automatic steering equipment is em­ the Yale or the Harvard. The trip, will be able to bring their cars rings, wrist ployed aboard ship. never meant to compete with along for an added fee. The liner watches and Reference: Standard Freightship Agreement, Article III, Section 8— quicker air or rail service, offered has a capacity of 760 first-class such while they Relieving Helmsman. "No Mate shall relieve Helmsman except in the the traveler a relaxed journey dur­ passengers. Matson hopes to at­ are loading or emergency. Sougeeing, chipping, painting, etc., shall not be considered ing which he could enjoy the tract some of the old buffs and unloading it. an emergency." ocean breezes and take life gener­ younger tourists. With the two- Also, It has the worst odor in. the "J world. It was rough to live with A question from J. A. Batiii • ally easy. city service. Matson is probably the only steamship line offering the stuff. ^ ^ aboard the Western Clipper re­ listed below. These men are urged The Lurline, which has Mari­ what could be called a "weekend gards the overtime rate when to pick up their checks from this Pedro Perez: Years ago, I was time Administration approval to cruise." transfering bunkers. department or notify headquarters revive the service, will pick up on a ship that carried a number where the checks may be sent. and discharge passengers bound of animals from Question:.I am writing in re­ for either city as part of her regu­ Africa to the gards to a matter about transfer In the settlement of disputed larly scheduled runs to Hawaii. "States. I guess of bunkers. My agreement does overtime abroad the Transorleans, She will make nine trips from USPHS Hospitals they were for not state anything about this and a check being held for Seymore (Continued from page 3) zoos, because we the Chief insists that, it is my job Sikes. better and more comprehensive carried lions, ti­ because he says so without the From the Ames Victory, checks care for all concerned, they could gers, elephants, payment of o.t." are being held covering travel a couple of ze­ have held full and open discus­ Answer: This is not considered wages, subsistence and transporta­ AFL-CIO Asks bra, and a lot of sions with seamen's unions and the duties of the Pumpman. This tion for Ralph L. Jones and Lee W. monkeys. I did other interested parties in an at­ work is performed by the En­ Morin. tempt to reach a solution satisfac­ not care for the gineers. In the event the Pump­ Bigger Labor tory to all concerned, the SIU as­ smell too much, but we had to In the settlement of disputed feed the animals, and that meant man is required to perform this overtime for tank cleaning aboard serted. "They did not choose to work, he shall receive overtime. do this . . . because they knew the lots of overtime. the- Manhattan, a check is being Dept. Budget plan was the first in a series of Reference: Standard Tanker held for L. Harvey. steps to destroy the PHS hospital­ Derek Lamb: I was on a ship Agreement, Article II, Section 10. Checks for the settlement of dis­ WASHINGTON—The Labor De­ ization program for mechant sea­ taking artillery shells to Korea "Customary Duties. Members of puted overtime aboard the Penn partment needs more, not fewer, men and the other Federal bene­ in 1952. To me, all departments shall perform the Carrier are being held for Earl H. wage-hour investigators, the AFL- ficiaries," the statement said. that was unusu­ necessary and customary duties of Reamer, and Walter Smith. al, but I soon CIO told Congress recently. The SIU told the congressional that department. Each member of Former crewmembers of the got used to hav­ all departments shall perform only The department's proposed hearing that the HEW proposal has ing ammunition Niagara, who are owed money for budget would eliminate 62 wage- been condemned by every group af­ the recognized and customary the settlement of disputed over­ on board. The duties of his particular rating. hour jobs next year, including 35 fected by it. Opponents of the ship spent sev­ time, are Francis M. Greenwall field investigators' position. AFL- proposal include the seamen's un­ eral months aft­ When it is necessary to shift a and Richard Heckmen. CIO Legislative Representative ions, management organizations, er that shuttling man to fill a vacancy, the man so George Doest still has a check James F. Doherty said the effect veterans organizations and the ammo from Ja­ shifted shall perform the duties waiting for him for settlement of of the cutback would be "disas­ commissioned officers responsible pan to Korea. of the rating to which he is as­ disputed overtime earned aboard trous." for operating the PHS hospitals. For a first tripper, though, it was signed." the Seatrain New Jersey. "Surely there would not have quite unusual. He told a House Appropriations The next question comes from A transportation differential subcommittee that shortchanging been such a categorial and unani­ 4" 3^ the engine delegate aboard the William Brown: Frozen frogs check from the Elimir is still be­ of workers by employers who pay mous denunciation of the plan if it Western Comet, William Bilger. ing held for James H. Smith. less than the federal minimum had an iota of merit, and if its legs were the strangest cargo I It regards making repairs on heat­ wage or who fail to pay overtime objective was a sincere attempt to ever saw aboard ing coils in tanks. ' Checks for the settlement of a any ship. We transportation dispute are being rates has increased sharply in re­ improve the public health service, Question: What rate of overtime cent years. In addition, he said, in­ rather than to abolish it and foul picked several held for these former crewmem­ of them up in does an Oiler receive on the bers of the Valiant Hope: Thomas vestigators during the coming year up the VA hospital system in the watch below, making repairs. will have the added responsibility process," the SIU said. Iran, where you E. Bewley, Edward E. Edinger, wouldn't expect of enforcing the Equal Pay Act, Speaking in behalf of American Answer: Double overtime. Thomas E. Hanson, Donald Ker­ to find frogs at shaw, Thomas E. Morris, and which requires men and women seamen who are relying on the Reference: .. Standard Tanker doing the same work to be paid at all. We had a Berthall L. Winborne. PHS hospital program for their special reefer Agreement, Article IV, Section the same rate. well being, the SIU urged Congress 19, (b). "When members of the Former crewmembers of the box installed on Hercules Victory who have checks Doherty told the subcommittee to continue the operation of PHS the deck, and crew are required to enter tanks that the Labor Department should hospitals which have clearly demon­ they were frozen so they were that have contained animal, vege­ waiting for them for the settle­ ment of disputed overtime are also be directed to increase its strated their competence and capac­ no ti-ouble. table, petroleum oil, creosotes, or staff of safety investigators to in­ ity to serve the people of the U.S. molasses for the purpose of clean­ Murry Carroll, Ole A. E. Hilsen, 4« 3> 3> Edward' Jensen, William A. sure compliance with Walsh-Heal- throughout the history of the coun­ Guss Janavaris: The most um ing or making repairs, therein, the ey Act provisions. try. usual cargo I ever sailed with watch on deck during straight time Laughlin, Ernest J. Lichtensen, was a package hours shall be paid at the rate of William Logan, Robert Smith, deal during WW time and one-half per hour. The George Stanley and Donald T. Watson. II. We had 24 watch below between the hours of large twin - en­ 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through The contract department is hold­ Robin Line Money Due gine airplanes Friday shall be paid for such work ing checks covering subsistence on the deck of a at the rate of double overtime. On for the following ex-crewmembers The Robin Line has notified the SIU that it is holding checks tanker, and in Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays of the St. Lawrence: Bill Mpontsi- for unclaimed' wages due crewmen for the period of August 1, the tanks, we or between the hours of 5 p.m. karis and Nicholas Sakellarides. 1964 through January 31, 1965. The following Seafarers may carried high oc­ and 8 a.m. the rate for such work shall be double overtime. Each Some new additions to the list collect their checks by writing to Mr. L. G. FarreU, Assistant tane airplane of checks being held by this de­ Treasurer, -Moore-McCormack Lines, 2 Broadway, New York, N.Y. fuel. It seemed man entering tanks for the above purpose shall be entitled to re­ partment include a disputed over­ Murphy, George E., $140.90; Boucher, Joseph E., $5.78; Silva, to me at the time that it was a time check for Readus R. Wheel- strange way to move airplanes ceive $7.50 for reimbursement for George, $140.90; Connel, Charles, $140.90; Kostegan, Stephan, around. clothes . once only, during each ington, earned while aboard the $9.10; King, Robert J., $5.77; Stanzah, Henry F., $135.30; Hazel- ballast voyage. It is understood Robert Conrad. ton, C. H., $5.78; Crosbie, Richard W., $3.75; Makowka, Laurence, 4" 3» i Thomas Trainori Not too long that sea boots for tank cleaning Checks covering one days wages $6.57; Vittleos, Marko, $133.55; Barret, Robert Jr., $18.17; Keefe, ago, I was on a ship that carried will be furnished by the Company. earned aboard the Natalie are be­ Kevin T., $341.65; Martell, Elziar A., $144.15; Munsie, John C., four thorough­ While engaged in tank cleaning, ing held for James R. Boone, $126.49; Yaughan, Richard F., $1.88. bred race horses men shall receive no other over­ Spiros D. Cassimis, Howard W. Holt, Timothy R., $5.78; Brinegar, Paul M., $377.74; Jones, to Puerto Rico. time." Gibbs, Alfred D. Kirkconnel, Jose Jessie L., $404.31; Rhodes, Lindsey L., $833.85; Houchin, C. M., They were being In submitting questions and Ortiguerra, Frank G. Valerie,, and $142.03; Poston, James D., $96.63; Bryant, John, $33.44; Ellis shipped down to work situations for clarification, Adolph Vante. Edward M., $145.78; Mullen, Jobe E., $27.00; Ficarrotta, John, race at the track delegates and crews are reminded $119.07; Boole, George P., $1.47; Gold, Byrd M., $5.78; Wicker, in San Juan. I'm once again to provide as much Raymond D., $91.37; Jenkins, Billie, $11.26; Williams, Victor E., a city boy, and detail as possible setting forth the it- $2.20; Safford, R. D., $2.20; Ayers, Preston, $26.29. they told me to circumstances of any dispute. take care of the Crawford, Leo I., $183.41; Schwartz, Morris, $5.78; Smith, horses. I was Money Due mine TO m James, $119 07; Ragsdale, Wf H., $2.93; Lecou, William, $87.47; really, worried; but t^y^ were easy The Contracts and Constitution TUBIJQQ kruptavich; P, W., $lD5.7i? Smith, Earl P., $2.00. to take care of and caused ho •d^partmrat'is'still hpldihg a num­ trouble. '' ber of checks- 'for'tfie 'Seafarers' Jfro t, im lOO Pag* Elevea On*-Wax Trip' lal

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27 Id or ry DOZEN COPE CLINICS ANNOUNCED—OOPE, the political arm tig of the AFL-CIO, has scheduled a full dozen Leadership Clindcs to be ot held during April and May. The clinics are Intended primarily for St. those who have direct responsibilities for OOPE activities in their area. The day and one half clinics will be followed by conferences for jd state and local central labor bodies. The clinic schedule is: ur • April 1-2, Sheraton Hotel, Philadelphia, for Penn., Del., D.C., )n Md. and W. Va. ie ig • April 8-9, Sir Francis Drake Hotel, San Francisco, for Calif, e, and Nev. 3) je • April 10-11, Multnomah Hotel, Portland, Ore., for Ore. Alaska, »e Idaho, Hawaii and Wash. • April 12-13, Cosmopolitan Hotel, Denver, For Colo., Ariz., Mont, N. Mex., Utah and Wyo. >d • April 20-21, Muehlebaoh Hotel, Kansas City, Mo., for Mo., Kan., Okla. and Texas. as le • April 22-23, Americana Hotel, Atlanta, Oa., for Ga., Fla., Ky., y- S. C. and Va. to • April 24-25, Olaridge Hotel, Memphis, Tenn., for Tenn., Ala., Ark,, of La., Miss, and N. C. • April 27-28, Pick-Nicollet Hotel, Minneapolis, Minn., for Minn., Iowa, Neb., N. D. and S. D. Id • April 30-May 1, Statler-Hilton Hotel, Cleveland, O., for Ohio and Mich. )1 • May 7-8, Lasalle Hotrf, Chicago, for III., Ind., and Wise. )2 • May 14-15, Statler-Hilton Hotel, Boston, for New England. 53 54 • May 16-17, Statler-Hilton Hotel, New York, for N. Y. and N. J. i5 3^ t t 56 •ONE MAN, ONE VOTE' RULING UNDER ATTACK—A rightist drive is under way to undermine the historic Supreme Court decision re requiring state legislatures to be apportioned on the basis of popula­ n tion. Opponents of the ruling are pressing for a constitutional amend­ rs ment to permit one house of a state legislature to be apportioned on '9 a basis other than that of pulation. They are seeking to retain, in 10 effect, the old system whereby political power was in the hands of 11 usually conservative rural politicians and under which city residents 12 Hardly a day has gone by recently without At the recent meeting of the AFL-CIO Ex­ 13 had less than their full share of representation in state houses. some mention in the newspapers and other ecutive Council, the Executive Board of the Testifying on the amendment before the Senate Judiciary Conunittee, •A Senator Paul H. Douglas (D,-I11.) said: "I oppose any amendment to news media of the increasingly dangerous Maritime Trades Department, recognizing 15 the Constitution which would restrict or reduce the rights of citizen­ balance-of-payments deficit being faced by the close tie between the increase in our pay­ ship. These are individual rights guaranteed by the Constitution, and the United States. The situation is rapidly ments balance deficit and the increase in e the denial or reduotion of them is no less objectionable whether e accomplished by the dictation of a single tyrant, an oligarchy, or a reaching, and has perhaps already passed the American - owned runaway-flag shipping, if majority." point where, if foreign nations should sud­ urged the passage of legislation wiping out s denly decide to call for what we owe them the tax havens enjoyed by American corpor­ o in gold, we could not pay them. What this ations operating runaway-flag ships. would mean, in effect, is a form of bank­ Such a call should be heeded by the gov­ t ruptcy. National bankruptcy. ernment. These billion-dollar corporations a Various agencies of the U.S. Government are not "special cases" and should assume the A strike by 32,000 Glaa* BotUe two days later. The settlements have expressed great concern with our pay­ same tax responsibilities which the rest of Blowers was ealied "100 pereent are subject to ratification by union American industry assumes. They cannot effective" by union president Lee committees. ments deficit—and rightly so. It is a situa­ 4^ 4" tion filled with potential danger to the na­ be allowed to milk the American economy W. Minton as stalled eontraet any longer because the nation cannot afford talks were resumed in Atiantle Organized labor in Lansing, tion. But one of the chief drains on U.S. gold it much longer. City. N.Y. The strike wss the first Michigan, won the thanks of the reserves has been completely ignored, al­ Greater Lansing Dental Health With the Communist bloc mounting an in­ ever called by the union against committee for the time and effort though the SIU, other segments of the mari­ the 22 companies which form the it provided in a recent drive to time industry and noted economists have creasing barrage against the U.S. every day Glass Container Manufacturers turn back an attempt to end the —aided in some cases by our supposed fluoridation of the city's water pointed to this area where Government ac­ Institute. The key issue in the tion would be quickly and completely effec­ "friends" among foreign nations—the flow of strike is the continuing effect of supply. The Greater Lansing AFL-CIO formerly restated its tive. gold out of the U.S. is to be viewed with automation on the industry's work approval of the fluoridation pro­ alarm. Economic warfare is a political tactic force. The union is asking for a gram and gave publicity to its This, of course, is the dollar drain caused as old as history, which the Communist world guaranteed work year of 48 weeks stand in the Lansing Labor News. by American-owned runaway-flag ships. for those with more than ten years In a referendum vote, Lansing has adopted as a weapon against us. By-con­ seniority; 50 minutes of relief time Citizens defeated the anti-fluori- These operators spend billions of dollars tinuing to invite an economic crisis through daily, and a wage minimum of $2 dation drive by a vote of 11,914 abroad for ship construction—money which a continuing balance-of-payments deficit, we an hour. Negotiations began last to 3,251. leaves the United States and never returns. are in effect helping to load the guns which October in anticipation of the Feb­ J- 4" ruary 28 contract expiration date. They employ foreign seamen who neither may soon be fired against us. Veteran labor editor Edward The union agreed to two exten­ pay income taxes to our Government nor The "dollar - gap" must be closed. The sions to allow time for balloting Keating died at his Washington, purchase consumer goods here. This money on a management wage offer. D.C. home recently at the age of "gold outflow" must be reversed. The bal­ 89. While best remembered as the too, leaves, never to return. ance-of-payments deficit must be turned into a. t t long-time editor of Labor, weekly Steel Workers at American and publication of the Railway unions, The vast profits amassed by these run-- an asset. A giant first step in doing all this Continental Can companies won a Keating served as a liberal Demo­ away-flag operators never come back to the would be taken if these American runaway- 45c an hour wage increase after cratic Congressman from Colorado United States either in the form of corporate ship oper^ors were reminded—through stiff a three-week strike at 71 plants from 1913 to 1919. As a Congress­ across the nation The wage in­ man, Keating sponsored the first taxes or in the form of expenditures for legislation closing the tax loopholes which creases will go to more than 32,000 federal child labor law and the goods and services. Instead, they support allow runaway tax-havens to operate—that workers. Pension, insurance and first minimum wage law for wom­ foreign industries which compete in the they too are Americans. They benefit great­ job protection benefits were also en and children in the District of improved under the agreement. Columbia. He was a successful world markets with American goods and de­ ly from being members of American society The wage raise is the first for newspaperman in Denver and prive even more American workers of their and must meet the same obligations which Steel Workers in the can industry Pueblo, Colorado before becoming jobs. These runaway operators have been other Americans assume gladly .They must since 1^61. The USWA first editor of the widely respected reached agre^t^ehji with AWrican pnion Journal. He .is ,siicvivgd„tiy getting away \yith ecottoi^ic'murder for a long fen;iind^ -0|f, their duty., Right nqw, tjiey Can, settling wltly Continental Can. W?.wife,;,]fJe^orl..;.,,^,,, ^ime. !• .1 are shirking it badly. Page Twelve SEAFARERS LOG April t, 1868

AFlrCIO Sponsored Newscast Attacks Food Industry Conspiracy Food Industry Primes Its Guns

T o KiirTruth-ln-Packaging' Bill By Lindsey Wiliiams. Vice-President,' Gulf Area The piece below, dealing with the deceptive packaging chicanery being practiced! by the food industry and others against the American consumer, comes from recent comments made SIU Bciatmen Win Contract Gains by Edward P. Morgan on his network news program, which is sponsored by the AFL-CIO. Good news to New Orleans members of the SIU Inland Boatmen's The SIU stands firmly with the rest of the labor movement in support of passage of "trhth- Union was successful completion of negotiations for new contracts in-packaging" legislation. Seafarers and their families are -urged to write their congressmen with harbor towing companies. to demand passage of this much-needed measure. The companies in question were Crescent Towing and Salvage Com­ pany and the George Whiteman Company. Good gains were made in At one of those business luncheon forums they are always having in New York, a bril­ both contracts and include an increase in both the straight time and liantly successful and somewhat heretical young advertising executive named Frederic the overtime rates of pay. Better working conditions and improved Papert was asked to comment on charges that manufacturers were conspiring to bilk the vacation and welfare benefits also were worked out in the new collec­ public with deceptive packag--*- tive bargaining agreements. ing and labeling of goods. His | turn, continues Consumer Reports, a series of mergers In the Both of these companies are on an eight-hour day, five-day week answer was an endorsement, since Paul Willis, president of the 1920's, Is now fighting a Fed­ basis with overtime being paid for work performed outside the usual In effect, of the objectives of the Grocery Manufacturers Associa­ eral Trade Commission anti- eight hour day and on weekends or holidays. four-year-old "truth in packaging" tion, perhaps the most powerful monopoly order to dissolve a Plans have just been announced for increasing grain handling more recent merger and has bill recently reintroduced in Con­ group in the industry, "laid it on facilities in the New Orleans-Baton Rouge area, already the leading gress by Senator Philip A. Hart the line" at the annual Television been cited In the last 25 years grain export center. Bureau of Advertising convention for 28 violations of the Food (D- Mich.), a measure now before The South Louisiana Port Commission has decided to build an the Senate Commerce Committee. a little more than two years ago. Drug & Cosmetic Act. Mor­ If the line was not sharp, Willis' timer did single out the Hart $8.5 million public grain elevator at Reserve in St. John the Baptist Parish. This is on the Mississippi River north of New Orleans. "I worry about the weasel implications were crystal clear: re­ bill as the villain in the piece, words and half truths more member, fellows, the golden source accused it of threatening to Present plans call for operation of the new elevator by Bayside than about wholehearted lies," of so much of your advertising disturb the system consumers Warehouse Co., a Texas corporation owned by Cook and Co., Memphis, Papert said. "Some govern­ revenue. find so satisfactory. Tenn., cotton and grain shippers,-f- ment regulation is necessary. on a 25-year lease arrangement. Well sir, there have been some When Senator Hart com­ Construction of the new facility passes the time by visiting the Sea­ We've asked for it. The public fascinating developments since. plained to Look that the legis­ farers Hall daily, is sweating out should be protected." will mean more jobs for longshore­ For one thing, the January 26 is­ lation had been inaccurately men and better shipping for Sea­ his "fit for duty" certification, not sue of Look Magazine carried an described and suggested that farers who prefer to ship out of expected for more than a month, The key question seems to be he write an answering piece ^ I ^ Charles New Orleans. so he can get back to work. Some how much the public cares about Mortimer, chairman of the gi- Look replied It did not think other IBU men who have been ad­ Shipping continues to be good being protected. gantic General Foods Corp. the public felt any strong need mitted to the hospital include for reform at the moment. in New Orleans and Houston, but James Snyder, a longtime deck­ Au article iu the March Is­ Politics In The Pantry Is reported slow In Mobile. Three sue of Consumer Reports says The April issue of Coronet Mag­ hand for Coyle Lines, who is suf­ Entitled "Let's Keep Politics ships are laid up in Mobile. They fering from ulcers and Tommy that "the food industry has azine does print the senator's arti­ are the supertanker Mayflower, succeeded in pulling its pres­ Out of the Pantry," the article ar­ Trehern who Is awaiting surgery. gued that Mary Jones, the typical cle. In iit he asks, "what national the Trans Texas and the Walter Seafarer Hamilton Seburn is mak­ sure groups together for an Rice. No crewing dates have been all-out, uo-holds-barred drive American housewife is a shrewd forum do we have? Two large-cir­ ing every job call and is ready to and happy woman reveling in the set for these ships yet, but when grab the first pumpman's job to to defeat Truth-in-Packagiug." culation magazines retained crews are called for these vessels The magazine reports that the fact that our free-enterprise sys­ writers to do stories on Truth in hit the board. He finally received tem brings her "the purest, most the job situation in Mobile will be his "fit for duty" slip after being behemoth $80 billion food in­ Packaging but the stories somehow greatly improved, of course. dustry is so alarmed that "it nutritious, easiest-to-prepare food discharged from the hospital has come right out into the the world has ever seen." have never been seen in print. New Orleans where he had been confined since Three times I have had television December 23. open with one of the most Luke LeBlanc, veteran IBU shameless power plays in some Unsurprisingly, as Consumer appearances cancelled and have Reports noted, Mortimer did member, has been discharged from Vincent J. Fitzgerald had to hit time." not mention that the General been told privately it was because the USPHS hospital and is now the beach because of illness. He The effort has gathered momen- Foods colossus was created by advertisers had protested." on outpatient status. Luke, who (Continued on page 18) More on NCH TANKER CRASH

When a disastrous collision occurred on January 18, 1965 between - the SlU-contracted Lucile Bloomfield and the French gasoline tanker Port Manech off Le Havre, the LOG carried a complete story on the disaster in its next issue (January 22 LOG, page 3). No pictures of the disaster were available at that time. The dramatic photos printed here were sent to the LOG recently by Seafarer Charles Rawlings (R-639) who was. aboard the Lucile Bloomfield at the time of the collision. The photos were taken by and previously printed in the French newspaper, Le Havre. In a letter accompanying the pictures, Seafarer Rawlings praises the quick and competent fire-fighting action by the Lucile Bloomfield's SIU crew, which he says undoubtedly saved the ship. Special credit is given to bosun Bill Butts "for his fast action in recognizing the danger and organiz­ ing the men into fire-fighting groups." 1>- "Without his ability to give the proper commands under­ standable to all hands, I believe that our disaster might have been much greater than that which we suffered. A job well done!" On impact, Rawlings recalls, flames shot up immediately with a loud roar. "The flaming liquid (gasoline) was rolling down the decks. All available hoses, including the fresh­ water hoses, were used to fight the fire. The flames did their share of damage. The mooring lines, guys, forward fire­ hoses and hatch covers were aflame. The windows on the wheelhouse were cracked and broken from the heat and Charred and blistered paint on flames as well. The crew eventually succeeded in extin­ bow end of Lucile Bloomfield at­ guishing the fire. tests to the ferocity of the fire which SlU-crewmembers suc­ "So ended a most memorable experience, never to be for­ cessfully fought and extin­ gotten," says Rawlings. guished. When the ships hit, .flaming gasoline rolled across the ship's decks* AprOt. U« SEAFARERS LOO rv nirfMB Working On The Lakes Stronger Maritime Urged To Meet Defense Needs NEW ORLEANS—"Americans need to realize that their merchant marine is vital for trade, and useful for military requirements," Vice Admiral Glynn R. Donaho, Commander of Military Sea Transport Service reminded his listeners in a recent speech at the Annual Institute on Foreign Trans- ^ portation and Port Operations, • "There are no privately-owned "It is clear, from what I have at Tulane University. American-flag ships with heavy- said," he stated, "that MSTS and Citing the vital role the U.S. Uft capacity of 100 tons or more. the American merchant marine are merchant marine has traditionally closely related. I want to empha­ • "Only one large, commer- size that MSTS cannot operate, played as a "Fourth Arm of olally-owned roll-on/roll-off ship Defense," Donaho expressed con­ and does not expect to operate, flies the American flag, and she is without support from the merchant cern with the continuing deteriora­ chartered to MSTS at this time. tion of the American-flag merchant marine, both in peace and in war." fleet and the increasing difficulty • "There are only 18 refrigera­ "The mission of MSTS is it will therefore encounter in tor ships in commercial operation; military. MSTS exists to provide fulfilling this traditional role in all of them are over 15 years of immediate sea lift capability in time of national emergency. age." accordance with the requirements Among the deficiencies of the Donaho emphasized the need for of the combat forces. It has a modernization of the U.S.-flag succeeded in the past because of present U.S.-flag merchant fleet the cooperation and assistance of The periodic fit-outs and layups of SlU-contracted Great which could operate against its merchant fleet for both trade and military roles. the merchant marine." Lakes vessels provides plenty of routine chores for Seafarer successful handling- of a military crewmen. Above, Lome More and John Stevens (l-rl play role, Donaho cited the following examples: tug-o-war with a tarp to protect the deck of the bulk-carrier McKee Sons (Boland & Cornelius Steamship Co.) from paint Factors Involved splashings and scrapings. • "The American merchant fleet contains too large a percent­ age of ships that are twenty years old. By Fred Stewart & Ed Mooney Headquarters Representatives SIU Win At Good Feeding Keeps Morale High Attitudes and morale in shipboard life is extremely important today as it has always been. Checker Cab Taking the drudgery out of a seaman's routine and giving him an opportunity to study or read, or just take life easy during his off-duty hours, is an important contribution to morale. To a large extent the OKd By NLRB cook can do as much for keeping up the spirits of the crew during a long voyage as anyone else aboard ship. DETROIT — First-time contract proposals with the Checker Cab Sea air and the sailor's routine can transform ordinary appetite into Company here are presently being a ravenous hunger. "Chow time" at sea is a great event, both because prepared by Local 10 of the Trans­ the crew is genuinely hungry and because the meals at sea tend to portation Services and Allied "break up the day" with its routine chores. If the food is well prepared Workers district of the Seafarers and appetizing, mealtimes are a pleasant break and morale is high. If International Union of North the meals are consistently dull and bland, eating can become just America, AFL-CIO, and negotia­ another chore and morale drops like a lead. tions are expected to begin shortly. The cook therefore, should actually be credited with ruling the dis­ SIU-TSAW Local 10 in Detroit positions of the crew. He is one received formal certification by of the most respected members of the product—the results of his the National Labor Relations Board a ship's complement and the work—is expected to be good and as bargaining agent for 1,800 on time. A high pressure hosing down is often the most efficient Checker Cab drivers after winning meals that are turned out en­ method of keeping a deck shipshape. Handling the hose a smashing 2-1 election victory in lighten and brighten the days of Cook Has Specialties balloting by the Checker drivers. aboard the McKee Sons is Elmer Mogro (left), while Del seamen during the voyage. To break the routine of daily The Labor Board Certification Conquergood does the spraying. Both photos were taken Filling Human Bunkers feedings the cook usuaiiy prepares while the vessel was in Toledo. for Local 10, climaxed a three-year specialties, which should be ap­ struggel for bargaining rights cov­ When a Seafarer undertakes the preciated by the crew for the ex­ ering Checker Cab drivers. The job of filling his daily "bunkers," tra work that goes into them. On dispute involved three separate his greatest attention is directed the human side, a vote of thanks elections during the past nine to the ship's cook. Most times the ' by the crew generates a greater WorldwideTankshipBoom months all won by Local 10. Fol­ desire, interest and effort on the crew gives the cook or the whole lowing this latest decisive election part of the cook to consistantly win. Local 10 announced that it is steward department a vote of put out the good chow. spreading Us organizing drive to thanks for such good feeding. Leaves U.$. Out In Cold other taxi fleets in the Detroit This in turn, more often than not, At sea. eating habits aboard ship Metropolitan area. causes the stewards and cooks to differ widely. A typical menu pro­ LONDON—Tiie United States-flag merchant fleet is riding take great pride in their meals vides an elaborfate variety of Local 10 was organized by a foods for brothers from every the tail en^ of a world-wide boom in new tanker construc­ group of Checker drivers in the and they constantly try to out-do themselves to maintain their! section of the United States. In an tion, according to information just released by a leading spring of 1962, after Checker man­ British brokerage house. reputations as "good feeders." effort to please all, the conk ap­ agement began reducing the sched­ plies spicy seasonings in a variety The U.S., which ranks a The Liberian total was swelled ule of commission payments to its The cook's job is not an easy of foods—preparing specialties by 41 ships which transferred reg­ drivers. The Union petitioned for one. A ship's cook, unlike other which originated from all over the poor fourth among nations istry to that flag. New bottoms an election at that time, but legal cooks, has to brace himself to en­ with tanker fleets, appears to be world. The best of these national for Liberia accounted for 21 ves­ proceedings delayed the balloting dure rough weather—and you can dishes are carefully picked out and sels. The tanker fleet of U.S. oil doing virtually nothing to improve for two years. believe it—there is no place on a prepared for Seafarers. its status according to the survey giants like Gulf, Standard Oil, . Court Decision ship that is as uncomfortable, or Texaco and Socony Mobil all as dangerous, as a rocking galley. As is often said by the Sea- of 1964 tanker construction put flourish under runaway flags. An 8-1 decision by the U.S. Su­ SIU cooks have turned out con- faier at the mess table— home out by Davies and Newman. preme Court in a separate case The rate of tanker scrapping sistentlv fine meals in the rough- "as never like this!" Bring on the During the last six months of last March finally paved the way est seas, and even, on occasion. | chow. Three cheei-s for the cook. and reconversion also slowed dur­ for an election in June, 1964, that 1964, the U.S. added only 128,000 ing the six month period accord­ with the plant shut down and the I deadweight tons of new tanker involved a local of Jimmy Hoffa's ing to the survey, and the relative Teamsters. Although Local 10 won ship almost totally without power. bottoms to its total of 6.8 million age of tankers lessened as more tons. This put the U.S. near the this election, the NLRB dimsissed Ou a normal day tiie cook's Quitting Ship? and more new ships were added to the results on the basis of an "al­ work sheet is there before him. bottom of the list of nations the total. Nptify Union acquiring new tankers. tered sample ballot" used by the The timing—the menu outlined in New orders for tankers slowed Teamsters in their pre-election detail—is given careful study by A reminder from SIU head­ Liberia led the list with nearly somewhat, indicating that the campaigning. him and the proper preparation quarters cautions all Seafarers two million new tons of tankers, boom is petering out. The steady The second election in October, for the exact hour keeps him con­ leaving their ships to contact followed by Norway, Britan, Ja­ deterioration of the U.S. tanker 1964, was also won by Local 10, cerned and busy. One slip-up and the hall in ample time to allow pan, USSR, Panama and France, fleet could be halted by regula­ but the board ruled that the union everybody knows that his work is the Union to dispatch a replace­ Runaways tions, fixing a 50-50 oil import' lacked a majority due to the num­ not complete. The cook cannot ment. Failure to give notice be­ system, under which at least half fore paying off may cause a de­ Liberia and Panama are, of ber of contested ballots. The most "pass the buck." Either the chow of the oil imported into the U.S. recent runoff election held recent­ is ready on time or it's not. Either layed sailing, force the ship to course, runaway flag havens. To would be required to be carried sail short of the manning re­ circumvent and avoid American ly, which Local 10 also won hands- it is good and tasty, or it's not— in U.S.-flag tankers. down, was ordered by the NLRB and in either case, every man on quirements and needlessly make taxes, wages and safety .standards, the work tougher for your ship­ The SIU has. made such a pro­ two months ago, after it ruled that board knows it pretty quickly. this nation's leading oil companies mates. have maintained and built-up posal to the U.S. Department of the Teamsters did not qualify for a All week, Saturdays and Sundays tanker fleets in the two nations. the Interior. place on the ballot. and holidays—at sea or in port. Afcii i; itw r< Pas* PoorleeB SEAPitRERS LOG

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11 t REGION TALLYING COMMITTEE REPORT ON ELECTION OF GREAT LAKES TUG AND DREDGE REGION, INLAND BOATMEN'S UNION, SEAFARER'S INTERNATIONAL UNION, AFL-CIO OFFICIALS FOR 1965-1968

We, the undersigned duly elected members of the region tallying committee met A check of the postmarks of the mail ballot envelopes showed that all mail ballots at 10:30 A.M. on March 22, 1965, at the Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region head­ were received by the depository prior to the close of business on March 20th, 1965. quarters at 10225 West Jefferson Avenue, River Rouge 18, Michigan. In a body, we I v.cnt to the office of the River Rouge Savings Bank in River Rouge, Michigan and We then received from the Headquarters offices of the Union, all of the files presented ourselves to (Miss) Fay Wilber, vice president of the River Rouge Savings relative to the conduct of the election. From the fiies, we found signed receipts for Bank. Ail of the mail ballots received by the bank, as well as the daily ballots from ballots #1 through #775 for the Tug Section, ballots #1 through #950 for the the polling places were turned over to the committee. Miss Wilber provided the com­ Dredge Section and ballots #1 through #110 for the Allied Marine Section. mittee with a written, signed statment to the effect that all envelopes received by the bank identified as being a part of the IBU election had been personally received by The Committee then checked the numbers on the stubs received from the various her, placed under locked depository and handled by no other person connected with ports, and these numbers, when checked against the numbers on the stubs of all ballots the bank. printed, issued, and ready for voting, were found to coincide, port by port. % With the ballots in our possession, we returned to IBU headquarters and prepared Your Committee then checked the dates of the voting rosters and compared them for the counting of the ballots covering the voting period March 8th, 19d5, through against the minutes of the Special Meetings for the election of the Polls Committees March 20, 1965. A conference room was put at our disposal and a rope barrier estab­ in the various ports. We found in every instance that a Polls Committee had been lished behind which the committee undertook its task. Observers were allowed behind elected on each day in which voting was conducted in the various ports. Where no the roped-off--area. Polls Committee could be elected, no voting took place, as is required by our Con­ stitution. Regional Director Robert Jones turned over to the committee all material In his hands connected with the election. In our hands were placed the envelopes containing ^;i the unused ballots from the polling places, the ballot stubs, the roster of the mall We checked the unused ballots that were on hand in Headquarters office that ballots sent, the files from the polling places containing the official voting rosters, and had not been issued. The stubs on these unused ballots were numbered #786 through the minutes of the special meetings held at the various polling places. #1000 for the Tug Section, a total of 215 ballots. In the Dredge Section, the stubs on the unused ballots were numbered #957 through #1200, a total of 244 ballots. Upon convening at 11:15 A.M., in compliance with Article X, Section 2, paragraph In the Allied Marine Section, the stubs on the unused ballots were numbered #111 tn) of our Union Constitution, we elected from among ourselves, Samuel Streigbt, through #250, a total of 140 ballots. S-12039. as Chairman of the Committee. The committee verified that all seals were intact on the ballot envelopes containing both personal mail ballots and the ballots Your Committee then checked the unused ballots that were returned from of votes cast in the polling places. - various ports. The unused baliots, when combined with the unused ballots in Head­ quarters and the stubs of the used ballots in ail "ports, compares equally in number The first business before the committee was the checking of the mail ballot with the amount printed by the printer for the Union. This Committee has seen a envelopes against the voting rosters of the polling places. Each name on an envelope bill from the printer, and the bill states that-they had printed ballobs fw the Union, was checked against the voting rosters of all ports. ? as follows: A check of the mail ballots disclosed the following: Tug Section 1000 Numbered 1 to 1000) Allied Marine Section .... 250 (Numbered 1 to 250) TUG SECTION: Dredge Section 1200 (Numbered 1 to 1200) Ballots #776 through #785 were mailed out to individuals who had requested to vote by mail. Of the ten (10) Tug Section ballots mailed out, nine (9) were returned In addition to the above, the printer also printed sample ballots as follows: to the River Rouge Savings Bank. Each mail ballot had been sent out by Certified Tug Section ; 50 Mali and the return receipts were shown to be in order. Allied Marine Section ...i..,.;50 Dredge Section 50 It should be pointed out to the membership that, out of the ten (10) Tug Section mail ballots sent out, only nine (9) of them were returned. The mail ballot of Francis Your Committee has checked the election files, maintained by Headquarters J Beliant, B-12050, was not returned, which accounts for the discrepancy of the one • offices of the Union, and has found signed receipts for all of the above baiioite, or (1) Tug Section ballot that is shown in this report as having been issued, but which they were on hand in Headquarters. is unaccounted for in the total number of ballots cast. The following is a breakdown of the ballots that were sent to the ports by Head­ There was a member who had requested a mail ballot, to whom none was sent, quarters as well as a breakdown of the unused ballots returned to Headquarters, since he didn't meet the qualifications for voting by mail. This member was: ballots used and total ballots cast, section by section. Malcolm H. Lee, L-12030, requested a mail ballot by letter dated February 23rd, 1965, which was postmarked February 23rd, 1965, in Alexandria, Virginia. His request "TUG SECTION" for a mail ballot was denied because his request was not in compliance with the Baliots Received Ballots Unused "Regional Director's Report on Election Ballot and Instructions for Voting." Con­ Port From Headquarters Ballots Used And Returned BalloU 1 tained therein, was the requirement that the request for a mail ballot be made no Ashtabula 1-25 26-50 25 later than February 22nd, 1965. Buffalo 51-89 00-200 39 Chicago 201-285 286-350 85 i DREDGE SECTION: Cleveland 351-402 403-450 52 Ballots #951 through #956 were mailed out to individuals wiho had requested to Detroit 451-486 487-550 36 vote by mail. Of the six (6) Dredge Section ballots mailed out, all six (6) were returned Duiuth 551-577 578-600 27 to the River Rouge Savings Bank. Each mail ballot had been sent out by Certified Lorain 601-622 623-650 22 Mail and the return receipts were shown to be in order. Milwaukee 651-668 669-700 18 Sault Ste. Marie .. 701-750 701-734 735-750 34 There were two members who had requested a mail ballot to whom none was sent, Toledo 751-762 763-775 12 since they didn't meet the qualifications for voting by mail. These members were as Mail 776-785 none 9 follows: Total votes cast in all ports and by mail 359 Earl F. Burdick, B-12066, had requested a mail ballot by letter dated February 23rd, 1965, which was postmarked February 24th, 1965 in Oswego, New York. His "DRIEDGE SECTION" request for a mail ballot was denied because his request was not in compliance with Baliots Received Baliots Unused the "Regional Director's Report on Election Ballot and Instructions for Voting." Contained therein, was the requirement that the request for a mail ballot be made no Port From Headquarters Ballots Used And Returned Ballots Cast later than February 22nd, 1965. Ashtabula 1-50 1-2 3-50 2 Buffalo 51-200 51-83 84-200 33 L. J. Brookes, B-12056, had requested a mail ballot by letter that was undated, Chicago ^ 201-350 201-248 249-350 48 but which was postmarked March 1st, 1965 in Fulton, New York. His request for a Cleveland 351-450 351-393 394-450 43 mail ballot was denied because his request was not in compliance with the "Regional Detroit ...451-600 451-498 499-600 48 Director's Report on Election Ballot and Instructions for Voting." Contained therein, Duiuth 601-650 601<-617 618-650 17 was the requirement that the request for a mail ballot be made no later than February Lorain .651-700 651-660 661-700 10 22nd, 1965. Milwaukee 701-750 701-702 703-750 2 Sault ste. Marie 751-900 751-797 798-900 47 ALLIED MARINE SECTION: Toledo .901-950 901-923 924-950 23 No mail ballots. r,equested„ by anyone In this Section, therefore, none were Mail 951-958 951-956 none g ' mailed out. '''. ' (. vv t' V. I •vVKrtal vo^ia bast!.In.dirportu'and'by ' *279 April ».1»65 SEAFARERS LOG Page WteeB

"ALLIED MAAINE SECTION" as valid ballot cast even though we were unable to find ballots for the day equal Ballots Received Ballots Unsoed to the number of stubs issued for the day. Port From Headquarters Ballots Used And Returned Ballots Cast Ashtabula 1in n iin n. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Buffalo * 11.90 nl 11 90 n Port of Chicago, in sending in their stubs and unused ballots at the comple- rhieatrn 91 %n "n 9190 n tion of the voting in the port, failed to include the certification statements with either 91 AO n 91 ft sections. However, your Region Tallying Committee has counted the DZU .:::::::::::::: li.™ iSs. t Lorain 71-80 o' Tl'ao March 13. 1965, the Polls Committee in the port ot Chicago issued ballot #227 Milwaukee 81-90 -0- 81-90 -0- from the Dredge Section to Brother Harry Oliver, 0-12005 by mistake, since he should Sault Sle. Marie'!'"!'." 91-100 -0- 91-100 -0- received a Tug Section ballot; however, the Committee discovered the error Toledo 101-110 -0- 101-110 -0- and, prior to the ballot being marked, it was returned to the Committee. Brother Harry jyjaji " " " ' Oliver was then issued ballot #257 and allowed to vote same. Your Region Tallying " " Committee has counted Brother Harry Oliver's ballot that he voted as a valid ballot Total votes cast in all ports and by mail 5 past and Dredge ballot #227, which was late! reissued and voted as a valid ballot cast. •This figures includes the ballots that were voided by.,t'he Region Tallying Committee. On March 16 and March 20, 1965, Polls Committee for the port of Chicago failed

OFFICIAL TALLY SHEET FOR ELECTION OF 1965-1968 OFFICERS iLl'iftn'^Region Tallying Committee has counted both days ballots as valid ballots cast. On - W ' March 18, 1965, only two (2) members of the three (3) man Polls Committee for the 38 H S Chicago signed the ballot envelope; however, your Committee, in checking a 5 rosters and the Special Meeting Minutes for the election of a Polls Committee, < of our members and that these three .3) < members had been elected Polls Committee members and that two <2) of these three members names appeared on the ballot envelope. Your Region Tallying Committee •CmouQQt-lSMWHS H has, therefore, counted this days ballots as valid ballots cast. REGIONAL DIRECTOR DETROIT, MICHIGAN 1. Edward Daniel Anderson 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 On the date of March 10th, 1965, the port of Detroit Polls Committee enclosed A-12005 its rosters and Polls Committee minutes for the day in the ballot envelope that was 2. Elmer Gallagher 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 mailed to the ballot depository. On March 19th, the Polls Committee enclosed the G-12015 rosters for the day in the ballot envelope, that was mailed to the ballot depository. 3. Walter F. Gunn 10 9 31 88 3 1 22 1 8 5 4 182 On the d^tes of March 12th, 1965 and March 16th, 1965, the ballot envelope failed to G-12014 have included thereon in the blank spaces provided for that purpose, the name of 4. Robert T. Jones 17 63 94 . 0 36 42 7 19 54 21 9 362 the port or the date J-12000 5. Harold F. Yon 0 0 4 0 43 0 0 0 19 8 2 76 MAIL BALLOTS Y-12001 The following are the names of the members who requested, were entitled to, and No Votes 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 were sent Absentee Ballots: Voids 001011200;0 6 Write-ins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 Wollan, James A. Dredge Section Book#W-12052 Ballot #951 Totals 27 72 133 95 89 44 32 20 81 35 15 643 Wilcox, Ellis J. Dredge Section Book#W-12021 Ballot #952 Bowditch, Robert E. Dredge'Section Book #B-12022 Ballot #953 Henderson. Kelly Dredge Section Book #H-12036 Ballot #954 ASSISTANT REGIONAL DIRECTOR Burdick, Waltri J. Dredge Section Book #B-12060 Ballot #955 (DREDGE SECTION) Yon, Merlin J. Dredge Section Book #Y-12004 Ballot #956 1. Ernest T. DeMerse 1 0 4 5 37 0 5 1 25 4 3 85 D-12026 Rasmussen, Carl Tug Section Book #R-12008 Ballot #776 2. Donald Mariner 1 0 9 38 4 0 3 0 3 0 1 59 Jr. Tug Section Book #T-12029 Ballot #777 M-12083 Thompson, Stanley F. Tug Section Book #T-12033 Ballot #778 3. Richard L. Tillman 0 33 32 0 6 ;6 1 1 18 18 2 127 Bellant, Fi ancis J. Tug Section Book #B-12050 Ballot #779 T-12015 Bennett, Herman J. Tug Section Book #B-12025 Ballot #780 No Votes 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Kingston, Willie Tug Section Book #K-12010 Ballot #781 Voids ...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 0 O 1 O O 1 1 O O 1 O 4 McDonald, Robert C. Tug Section Book #M-12068 Ballot #782 Write-ins !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 0 O O O O O O O 1 O O 1 Mlske, Alex Tug Section Book #M-12150 Ballot #783 Totals 2 33 48 43 48 17 10 2 47 23 6 279 Larkin, James E. Tug Section Book #L-12044 Ballot #784 Yletalo, Verner Tug Section Book #Y-12002 Ballot #785

ASSISTANT REGIONAL DIRECTOR Our Talley of these mail ballots is given on our master (alley sheets for the whole (TUG SECTION) election. It should be pointed out to the membership that the ballots used for the 1. Thomas J. Burns 25 35 73 24 27 26 17 18 33 6 8 292 mail ballots were part of those that had been retained at Headquarters. That out of B-12006 the sixteen (16) mail ballots sent out, only fifteen (15) of them were returned. This No Votes 0 4 7 28 7 1 4 0 1 5 1 58 accounts for the discrepancy of one ballot that is shown in the report as having been issued but not accounted for in the total number of ballots cast. Voids 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Write-ins 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 Totals 25 39 85 52 36 27 22 18 34 12 9 359 There were members who had requested mail ballots to whom none were sent since they did not meet the qualifications of voting by mail. These members have been dealt with previouly in this report. The Committee would also like to bring to the attention of the membership the fact that some write-ins that appeared illegible or on de-faced ballots will not be The following were the write-ins made during this election of officers for our included in this report. The reason for this is that some ballots containing write-ins Union: happened to be voided because the ballots on which they were written was illegally DREDGE SECTION defaced or illegible. PORT NAME TITLE SAULT STE. MARIE Harold F. Yon Assistant Regional Director During the period of time in which the Region Tallying Committee was in opera­ tion, several discrepancies on the conduct of the election have occurred, but none of TUG SECTION which would change the outcome of any job on the ballot. However, for the benefit of the membership, we are listing them, port by port, as follows: CHICAGO Danile Boyle Assistant Regional Director Edward Anderson CLEVELAND, OHIO Marvin Stetson John Thomas In checking the rosters for the Tug Section in the port of Cleveland, your Com­ John Byrne mittee found that the port Polls Committees for the dates of March 8th and 13tih had numbered the ballots on the rosters as issued from #1 through #47. Actually, they DETROIT Max Tobin should have been numbered #351 through #397. After the above dates, the Polls Committees then listed the ballot numbers properly on the rosters. Your Region TOLEDO Filex Knitchell Tallying Committee has counted these two days ballots as valid ballots cast. CONCLUSIONS: The same situation as given above, applied to the Dredge Section in the port of Your Committee finds that the balloting took place in strict accordance with the Cleveland, except the ballot numbers should have been #351 through #390 instead Constitution, and that what errors were made, were all of no imporance, and of no of #1 through #40 as shown on the roster. Your Region Tallying Committee has measurable effect and could not influence tbe voting results and were dealt with counted these two days ballots as valid ballots cast. in accordance with the spirit of the Constitution. It is, of course, impossible to talley write-in votes that were illegible or where MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN the ballot has been defaced, therefore, in the case of write-ins that are illegible or The Port of Milwaukee, when sending in their stubs and unused ballots to Head­ when they appear on defaced ballots, this Committee has carried such ballots under quarters at the end of voting, failed to include the Certification statements with either the heading of Void ballots, in which category they properly belong. of them for all sections. However, your Region Tallying Committee has counted the ballots from Milwaukee as valid ballots cast. We recommend that the procedure on write-ins followed by this Committee be upheld, inasmuch as it is impossible to count write-in votes where the name written LORAIN, OHIO in is illegible or a voter defaces the ballot. If a man wants to write in a name, he The port of Lorain, oq March 11, 1965, failed to put the date or the name of the ought to do so clearly if he wants his write-in to be effective, and he must be careful port on the outside of the envelope in which the ballots were mailed to the depository. not to place illegal marks on the ballot. Also, on the same date, the Dredge Section voided ballot stub #654 as well as an entry L. ALEXANDER, A-12013 on the roster; however, your Region Tallying Committee has counted these days M. DICKENS. D-12027 ballots for the port as valid ballots cast even though we were unable to find ballots R. MAC DONALD, M-12062 for the day equal to the number of stubs issued for the day. . ( « • . I • . S. STREIGHT, S-12039 ,On March 18, the. Tug Section voided ballot stub #622 as well as the entry on • -•••••*"• •' ' "•** i.iiUVALL;lD-120i0'' the roster; hoivever, your l^egion Tallying Committee has counted this day's ballot W. SULLINS, S-12004 Page Sixteen SEAFARERS LOG April 8, 1985 Soviets Plan Lifeboat Class 130 Goes into Books Portland More Fishing Updating Off U.S. Coast Facilities BOSTON—^The Soviets are con­ PORTLAND, Ore. —A long- tinuing to press the expansion of range waterfront development pro­ their already vast and complex gram, including a new container fishing operations in the North handling area for the SIU Pacific Atlantic, according to latest in­ District-contracted Matson Navi­ formation. gation Co., is being planned to im­ The Soviets are building a nev/ prove cargo handling, transporta­ fleet of Vostok-class fish factory tion and industrial facilities here. ships, and at least some of them The plan calls for estimated ex­ are expected to show up in the penditures of $120 million over traditional American fishing the next 35 years. A priority grounds off Cape Cod system has been adopted for start­ The Vostok-class sr.ips are each ing four major pier construction capable of carrying 14 smaller projects in the near future. trawlers on deck. They are able to A large area at Terminal 4 is stay at sea for 125 days, and, during slated for conversion into a con­ the course of a single voyage tainer handling area for the ulti­ produce 10,000 tons of frozen fish, mate use of Matson Navigation. 1000 tons of fishmeal, 10 million The container area is expected to cans of fish and about 100 tons be ready within a year, according of industrial fats. to the Commission of Public Docks The news of the new Russian here. A later step In the rehabili­ factory ships appeared in the tation of Terminal 4 will improve Boston Blue Sheet, a local daily the area's grain-handling capacity. news bulletin of the fishing in­ dustry published by the U.S. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. Members of Lifeboat Class 130 sit for their graduation picture at SlU headquarters after Expansion of Soviet fishing op­ passing ail requirements for their Coast Guard lifeboat tickets successfully. The new grad­ UIW Reports erations in the North Atlantic uates are (l-r, front) Kenneth McAvoy, Juan Guerrero, Charles Miles, Francisco Tirado, Juan would be considered another set­ back to American fishermen in Landron; (rear, l-r) instructor Dan Butts, Jesus Landron, Walter Forsman, Epifanio Rodriguez On Convention the area. Discovery of a 450-ton and Handy Gordy. load of Soviet-caught codfish aboard a U.S.-flag freighter re­ Delegates cently brought protests from the SIUNA-affiliated Atlantic Fisher­ men's Union and other labor IBU Credentials Committees NEW YORK—The rank and file groups. The ILA refused to un­ credentials committees of the load the cargo. United Industrial Workers of North While the shipment may have America of the SIUNA-AGLIWD been a one-time only fluke, the Act On Convention Delegates have reported to their Regional U.S. fishing industry regards any NEW YORK—^Tlie rank and file credentials committees for the four regions of the Inland Directors that nominees for the new Importation of fish into the position of delegates to the Union country as a threat to its very Boatmen's Union of North America of the SIUNA-AGLIWD have reported on the eligibility Convention from the Atlantic and existence. of nominees for delegate to the IBU convention. The committees elected by the Atlantic Gulf coast regions are fully quali­ fied and shall be deemed elected, Coast, Gulf Coast, and Great pursuant to the UIW Regional Di­ ballots to select the convention Lakes Tug and Dredge regions regional directors were mailed to rector's reports of March 8, 1965. the members of the respective delegates on Monday, April 19, Lakes IBU have found that all nominees regions on March 10, 1965^ 1965 at the Union halls in Jersey The UIW will hold its Special are qualified and shall be deemed City, Philadelphia, Baltimore and and Second Quadrennial Conven­ Vote Tally elected pursuant to the reports The credentials committee for Norfolk. Voting will take place tions at 9:30 AM, Wednesday, May filed by the three regional direc­ the Atlantic Coast has listed the between the hours of 9:00 AM and 26 at the Gramercy Inn, 1616 tors, dated March 8, 1965. The following -three members as those 5:00 PM. Rhode Island Avenue, N.W., Wash­ who will serve as delegates from ington, D.C. Completed credentials committee for the Rail­ Members of the RMR will elect way Marine Region found all nomi­ the region: Harry Hastings, H-26; DETROIT—The Regional Tally­ George Hinkleman, H-30; and polls and tally committees at each The credentials committees were ing Committee of the Great Lakes nees qualified and in accordance port on April 19 at special meet­ elected on March 29 at special with the Regional Director's report John Simpson, S-5279. Tug and Dredge Region of the ings to be held between 8:00 AM meetings in New York, for the At­ Inland Boatmen's Union, SlUNA of March 8, 1965, an election will lantic Coast region, and in New be held April 19, 1965 to determine The Gulf Coast credentials com­ and 9:00 AM. These committees has completed its report on the will be responsible for conducting Orleans for the Gulf Coast region. the Convention delegates for the mittee has announced the follow­ election of officers for the Region ing six members as those who will the elections in each port. The committees checked the quali­ held during the month of March. Region. fications of all nominees and cer­ serve as delegates from the region; Special membership meetings The Special and Second Quad­ tified that they are eligible to run As announced in the report of John Avery, A-5003; Joseph John­ for RMR members will be held In the Tallying Committee, Robert rennial Conventions of the Inland son, J-5076; Gerald Keller, K-5000; for convention delegate. Boatmen's Union is scheduled to each port on Wednesday, April 21, T. Jones was re-elected to the George Jordan, J-5045; Luke Le- 1965 at 1:00 PM to act upon the The credentials committees re­ post of Regional Director. Richard begin at 9:30 A.M., Thursday, May Blanc, L-5221; and Claude New­ ferred to the UIW Regional Direc­ 27 at the Gramercy Inn, 1616 final report of the Polls and Tally L. Tillman was elected to the man, N-5083. committees. tors' reports of March 8 which pro­ post of Assistant Regional Direc­ Rhode Island Avenue, N.W., Wash­ vided the following: "In the event tor (Dredge Section), and Thomas ington, D.C. The credentials committee for the number of qualified nominees the Great Lakes Tug and Dredge J. Burns was elected to the post Elected Committee is equal to, or does not exceed of Assistant Regional Director Region has listed the following Prove Eligibility the number of delegates to be (Tug Section). The credentials committees for three members as those who will For Hospital $ elected to these conventions, such the four regions were elected at serve as delegates from the region: nominees shall be deemed to be The voting by members of the Robert Affleck, A-12018; Raymond Seafarers being admitted to a Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Re­ special membership meetings held elected convention delegates." The on March 29. The meetings were Thompson, T-12011; and Wayne Public Health hospital are UIW Regional Directors' reports gion took place in the ports of Buf­ Weston, W-12002. urged to carry with them their falo, New York; Ashtabula, Ohio; held in New York for the Atlantic of March 8, 1965 were mailed to Coast, New Orleans for the Gulf Union book plus proof of ell-' the membership of the Union on Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michi­ The reports of the credentials gibility for SIU b e n e fi t s; gan; Duluth, Minnesota; Lorain, Coast, Jersey City for the Railway committees will be presented in March 10, 1965. Marine Region and Detroit for the namely, a record that they have Ohio; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; detail to the IBU membership in at least 90 days seatime during The Atlantic Coast credentials Saulte Ste. Marie, -Michigan, and Great Lakes Tug and Dredge the Atlantic, Gulf Coast and Great committee has listed the following Region. The committees checked the previous year and at least Toledo, Ohio. Lakes Tug and Dredge Regions at one day during the previous six six members as those to serve as the qualifications of all nominees the regular April meetings for ap- delegates from the Atlantic Coast The report of the Tallying Com­ and certified they are eligible to months. Failure to have the mittee will be placed before the proper credentials will cause a region: John Dwyer, D-10034; Mark run for convention delegate. Evans, E-10073; Warren Leader, membership for approval at the RMR Election delay in payments to the Sea­ next scheduled membership meet­ The credentials committees of farer. L-10140; Ralph Quinonez, Q- ing in April the Atlantic, Gulf and the Great The Railway Marine Region If the Seafarer Is admitted to 10003; Matty Stucchio, S-10041; Lakes Tug and iDredge regions and Lee Wynn, W-10287. Balloting for the posts of Port credentials committee has certified a hospital which is not a PHS Presidents will also take place referred to the reports of the three the following four members -as institution, he should contact The credentials committee for at the regular April membership regwnal directors dated March 8, qualified to serve as convention the Union* immediately. The the Gulf Coast has certified Paul whichtarnioVi providednt*rktri/1 AH the4-nA following:tAlirkitrmcr* "In**in delegates_ _ . from_ the region; Joseph_ Union will arrange with the Drozak, D-10236, to serve as con­ meetings of the Tug and Dredge the event the number of qualified Region in the Great Lakes ports J. Fadde, F-20000; John A. For- USPHS for a transfer.to a Pub­ vention delegate for the Gulf nominees is equal to, or does not sythe, F-20033; Dennis M. Lee, L- lic Health hospital in'*his vicin­ Coast region. mentioned above. The names of exceed the number of delegates candidates for the posts of Port 20054; and James P. Waters, W^ ity. The PHS will not pick up The committee's reports will be to be elected to these conventions, 20000. The committee noted that the hospital tab for private Presidents were made known to such nominees shall be deemed to presented in detail to the UIW since the RMR is entitled to only hospital care, unless it is noti­ membership at the regular April the membership in the Regional be the convention delegates. Director's Repprlj on tfie Election two delegates to, .the IBU conven- fied, in advance. , , . , , meetings of the A.tlantic. qnd Gulf of Port Presidents. The March 6 reports of the fourition, SMR members will cast their coast regions for approvaL - April t. 1961 SEAFARERS LOG Page Seventeen Cuba Blacklist Figure Poverty In Aloskan Boondocks Hoids At 237 Vesseis Called Worse Than Appalachia WASHINGTON—Two new shape have been added to the BRISTOL BAY, Alaska—^With congressional passage of the Aid to Appalachia Bill now blacklist of ahips forbidden to haul U.S. Government cargoes a reality, many interested Americans are pointing out that there are other areas of the U.S. because they have traded with Cuba, the Maritime Administra­ also held tightly in the grip of poverty—a poverty which in many cases is even more severe tion has announced. Two vessels have been removed from the than that facing the inhabit->- Ust however—so the number of vessels on the blacklist remained ants of the economically de­ the hardships faced this winter in fast—about 8 feet above regular vteady at 237 for the two week period ending March 15. pressed Appalachia region. the Bristol Bay area. high water mark, that over 100 In addition, the MA announced, the Government of Israel "From around November 20th, sled dogs chained up were drowned A teacher employed by the 1964 up to around March 3rd," he before they could be turned loose has agreed to keep all Its ships—about 75—out of the Cuban Bureau of Indian Affairs in trade. writes, "there was a cold spell, . . . washed out cabins, flooded all Kwethluk, an Eskimo village in a their winter grubstakes—oil, etc., Added to the list during the last period were the Lebanese- zero and below temperatures . . . remote area near Fairbanks, and snow over the roof-tops and and moved the church clear across flag Maria Despina^—7,254 tons and the Finnish-flag Margrethe Alaska, recently described con­ the creek. Paulin—7,251 tons. Off the list are the Greek-flag Everest of six or seven feet on the flats and ditions in the village which, she level—one of the toughest winters 7,031 tons and the Israeli-flag Daniela, 608 tons. said, "Could make Appalachia "A couple of days ago, a couple on record . . . even to the oldest of cannery buildings collapsed In addition to Israel, Spain is the only other country to pledge seem like a palatial wonderland of the old timers. to keep all of their ships out of the Cuban trade since the U.S. by comparison." with the weight of all the snow "Prior to freeze up, in mid- . . . and March and April are gen­ set up the blacklist. The total of ships pledged out of the Cuban What she described was families October, a big storm came up here trade is now 791. erally noted as snow months with up to 10 children living in raising the high tide some six to around this way." Cuba meanwhile, has announced a proposed expansion of its one-room homes, the largest of eight feet on the lower Nushagak As for the small villages, he own merchant fleet which could make the U.S. embargo un­ which "are 18 by 20-feet. The River and doing considerable workable. A recent announcement from the Cuban capitol village Is accessible only by air and writes, they are mostly "fifty years damage to villages." behind the times in water, sewer claimed that the Castro regime has one of the fastest-growing so remote that even getting food Drowned Sled Dogs merchant navies in the world, and plans to have the biggest and blankets for the cruel Alaskan and sanitation systems which in merchant fleet of all the Latin-American nations within the next winters is almost impossible. At the village of Togiak, Down­ most northern villages are prac­ two years. ey writes, "the tide came in so tically non-exis'tent." Personal Experience "Just a couple of weeks ago," the teacher reports, "I was called upon in the middle of the night Sea Land Protests to double for midwife (doctors naturally are almost unknown in such areas—Editor's note) and during the hours I waited for the New Rail Rate Cuts baby I almost froze. "There were two shelves used Protect Your Health! Donate Blood WASHINGTON—The continuing favorable treatment the for beds, two blankets serviced In the surgery in a large hospital the nurse hooked up the fourth flask Interstate Commerce Commission has given to the railroads the parents and five children, and of blood to the tube leading into Jimmy's arm. The surgeons were suc­ on rate setting practices has brought a sharp protest from the the only food in the home was dry cessfully tying off the bleeding artery in the boy's leg, severed by a SIU-contracted Sea-Land• fish. fall through a glass door. Service, which is seeking can­ two city administrations—Long Added to thg normal difficulties On the floor above, other physicians were slowly pumping blood in cellation and investigation of Beach and Oakland, California. of an Eskimo winter, was the fact and out of an infant bom of a mother whose blood was of a different rail rate cuts on the shipment of The rail rate reductions will that this past winter (which is still type. On the medical floor, a patient with a severely bleeding ulcer was canned produce from the west have an impact on iis Intercoastal far from over in these northern being transfused, buying time until he could be put back in good coast. operations, Sea-Land maintains, areas) was a particularly bad one, enough condition for surgery. The Sea-Land protest against because much of those operations with severe storms and snowfall. In the hospital's central supply rooms a nurse was carefully checking the rate cuts maintained that "it are devoted to the transport of The LOG recently received a let­ the supply of bottles just received from the blood bank for the patient is much more than likely that canned produce. Sea-Land has said ter from Jim Downey, an official about to go in for open-heart surgery. canned goods revenues are being that it will be forced to reduce its of the SlU-affiliated Bristol Bay Naturally, all this blood must come from soihewhere. But where? consciously sacrified (by the rail­ own freight rates to meet the rail­ Resident Cannery Workers Local Most likely it came from the hospital's blood bank. Where did fliey roads) in order to drive out in- road competition. 46, in which he described some of get it? They got it from Tom, Dick, and Mary who volunteered to tercoastal competition both east- donate blood as a public service or to have credit if they required it. If bound and westbound." it is required for you, it must be replaced from a blood bank of which The water carrier called the you are a member. cuts a "destructive competitive Except for the patient going to the open-heart unit, none of those practice proscribed by the Na­ who were getting blood had any idea the day before that they might tional Transportation Policy" and need it. The hospital and the -f charged that they were "unjust bank knew, for there is a fairly blood have been solved, as it has and unreasonable." The rail rates, By Cal Tanner, Executive Vice-President predictable volume of transfusion become more readily available, posted with the I.C.C., went into need in any community and these and as the value of transfusions effect on March 19. Sea-Land's Maritime's WWII Role Overlooked demands are pretty well charted. has become more appreciated, a protest against them was joined by Depend on Volunteers peculiar difficulty has arisen: Peo­ west coast produce packers and A Strong American merchant marine has a dual purpose In keeping Most of the blood banks depend ple are taking it for granted. our country strong. It's first and primary purpose is to transport the on volunteers to step up to the goods, insuring the position of the U.S. as the world's number one trad­ The glamour of giving blood has tables and give a pint of their worn off. The publicity value seems ing nation. The second purpose is to back up the country's military blood as a public service, or as a establishment, fulfilling the vital role of ferrying men, supplies, to have paled and the attention Delta Offering member of an organization. A of the public has turned to other weapons and ammunition without which our armed forces cannot sur­ union or a club can establish a vive overseas. things. Every blood bank has ex­ pool of credit for its members so perienced periods when their sup­ The heroic performance turned in by our merchant marine In keeping that when one of them needs a plies were so short as to threaten New Venezuela supplies flowing across the U-boat infested Atlantic during World War transfusion, the credit may be their ability to meet even the dras­ II has been recounted time and again, but the Maritime Administration drawn without having to be round­ and other govermnent officials seem to have forgotten this impressive tic emergencies for which there ed up In haste at the time of need. was no other treatment, reported Passenger Run record of success. A very handy reserve. the MD COLUMN of the Group WASHINGTON — SlU-contract- Every time the MA budget is slashed, every time applications for Time was when this was not so. Health Association of America, ed Delta Steamship Lines is now government assistance to cargo and bulk carriers are rejected, and The little boy with the severed Inc. offering passenger service from every time Federal officials permit the transfer of a government- vessel might bleed to death before Venezuela to U.S. Gulf ports. It subsidized vessel manned by American seamen to foreign-flag registra­ his parents op friends could be SIU Supply was announced here recently. tion, irreparable harm is done to the service that the U.S. maritime rounded up, cross matched and To have blood available for industry can render to the nation's defenses. The additional service to be bled to try to meet his needs. members and their dependents, the offered by Delta is expected to While MA officials are more often than not content to turn their World War II virtually brought Seafarers' Welfare Plan has a improve participation of U.S. ships backs when it comes time to consider policies that would build a strong the blood bank Into being, mostly Blood Bank in Brooklyn. The in the passenger trade in the area. U.S. maritime, military officials -f for the military uses, but their im­ Union has Blood Bank arrange­ portance for the civilian sector was ments through all Port Agents. No U.S. combination passenger know that this continuing neglect participating in Steel Pike in­ ship service has been available can lead to a national disaster. equally great. By the end of hostil­ The demands for blood from these cluded the SlU-manned Couer ities nearly every good sized com­ banks are so great that we are from Venezuela to U.S. Gulf ports, D'Alene Victory (Victory Carriers) although some passenger accom­ Two high U.S. naval officials munity had a start on a bank. constantly in short supply. Sea­ modations in freight ships are have recently issued public state­ and the Del Sol (Delta Lines). The methods of keeping blood farers and their dependents have available. The new service has the ments emphasizing the vital role These two vessels were part of a have greatly improved, standards used 4,429 pints from the Blood approval of the Commerce Depart­ of U.S. merchant ahips in mili­ civilian force that landed some for the operation of the banks have Bank in Brooklyn'since its incep­ ment. tary operations should this coun­ 60,000 Spanish and American been developed, and the techniques tion. Blood cannot be obtained try be confronted by a national troops with their weapons and Delta operates the three com­ of cross matching the blood of the from a supply house—you are the emergency. Vice Admiral John S. equipment on the coast of Spain donor and the recipient have been only source of blood. In order that bination passenger-cargo ships Del last fall for joint maneuvers. Mar, Del Norte, and Del Sud on McCain, Jr., commander of the greatly improved. Today the avail­ you and your loved ones will have Navy's amphibious force during the U.S. Trade Route 20, U.S. Gulf- After landing the role of the ability of blood is as important as this life saving fluid available when East Coast of South America. The recent successful land-sea maneu­ merchant marine in the exercise the availability of antibiotics; per­ needed, it is necessary for you to ships carry 119 passengers each. ver "Operation Steel Pike," both before a hearing of the House haps even more so, since one can donate blood. Don't say tomorrow! Delta also ^operates ten freighters had high praise for the perform­ Merchant Marine Committee, Ad­ usually wait for the antibiotic but DONATE NOW! The ideal time is on Trade Route 20 and on Service ance of U.S.-flag merchant ships miral McCain declared he could too often the blood is needed im­ when you report to the clinic for 2 of Trade Route 14 (U.S. Gulf- participating In the exercise. not conceive of undertaking a ma- mediately for emergencies. your examination. Come prepared WeSt Africa; ; ' ' - • - The Amerlcah ' inHerchani fleet , '*(;iCdntinued '6n page 23V As ihe problems of handling the I (Coiitiniied' on page 22) Pag* ElgMecB SEAFARERS LOG Apra B. ms Selma, Alabama Racists Began As Union-Busters SELMA, Ala.—The armed, mounted civilian posse responsible for so much of the bru­ tality against civU rights demonstrators here had its origins as an anti-labor force in 1958. It was first organized by Sheriff Jim Clark to combat union activities in the area. Clark himself, has admitted that the posse was first organ­ plant frcHn time to time during march, the city's public safety free periods and If whites and director, Wilson Baker, begged ized "to handle labor strikes Negroes were sitting together he'd Clark: "Let me handle it. Just and any other things going on. order them to separate." wait a minute and they'll be all This statement was made on a right." Clark snapped back, "I've nationwide television broadcast The only otential Ulia, a coastwise supertanker. lying on his side, had his head picketing.'" pulled violently forward with each well he is balanced. Negro voters and staff workers After staying on a fireman's job movement of the capsule. Vincent said that "late In the from the Student Nonviolent Co­ on the Bradford Island for about By moving the head or body too afternoon Clark showed up to ordinating Committee (SNCC). eight months, George W. William­ Grissom suffered the most. The violently, confusion is created in warn us that if we showed up Clark's proposal for solving son came ashore to vacation with veteran astronaut, who named the this delicate process and a person again we'd be thrown In Jail. Since Selma's racial troubles is for "out­ his wife and children. Harold capsule after the "unsinkable becomes first dizzy and then most of our people were women, side agitators" to leave and "let Keith got off the Northwestern Molly Brown" because his first nauseous. This essentially, is what and knowing something about Alabama handle Its own Victory and registered in Group Mercury craft had gone down to seasickness is, and it can happen Clark's reputation, we decided to problems." 2, Engine Department. He has been the deep six, became seasick 28 anywhere—on a ship. In an air­ leave town, shipping out of. Gulf ports for minutes after landing. craft or on an amusement park The sheriff always carries an "We were Informed that early electric cattle prod, which he de­ about 20 years. Robert Sanchez He became nauseous and had ride. who had been chief steward on to use the plastic bag provided the next morning 50 to 75 farmers scribes as a "most humane instru­ Scientists working in the field of on horseback, deputized by Clark, ment." He is usually accompanied the supertanker Mayflower for sev­ for that contingency. Young also eral years until the ship was laid reported being seasick but less space medicine are concerned showed up at the plant. They car­ by some members of his 300-man- with the problem of seasickness. up recently is registered in Group violently so. Perhaps because he ried rifles, squirrel guns and strong civilian posse. Thus Seafarers may someday bene­ baseball bats. 1-S and hoping to get back out was an old Navy man, or so the fit from this aspect of the space Clark and Colonel A1 Lingo, soon. sailors of the world would like to "The way people were keyed up head of "the Alabama State Patrol, think. program, should a really effective Houston seasickness preventive ever be by Clark, this posse was set, for are good friends. Clark says he has The illness had been predicted found. anything that could happen, I've "been in daily contact with Lingo" Salvador Blanco isn't entirely no doubt about that. That is the and that "Colonel Lingo and I sold on the "romance run." He got way Clark works. He excites peo­ have worked very close since off the Del Mar after two trips to I Editor. ple, gets them worked up to a (Martin . Luther) King came to South America. Now he is looking point where they will do things Selma" last January. The Dallas for a Mediterranean or a Far East which he cannot do." County sheriff has supplied Lingo run. Jimmy Byrd checked in at the with the services of his armed Methods Breed Violence hall and registered in Group 1 of militia. Clark and his posse have the Deck Department after getting Vincent added that "having appeared to put down racial worked In the area some 15 or 20 off the Kent when the ship was demonstrations in Birmingham, laid up in Jacksonville. Byrd was years and seen the way Clark Tuskegee, Gadsden and at the operates, I have no doubt that the bosun on the Kent's last voyage University of Alabama. In to Bombay. Johnny says the crew atmosphere created led to violence Notasulga, the sheriff himself down here." pulled white photographer Vernon was one of the finest he has ever He explained that every time Merritt from a school bus, beat him sailed with, t^harles F. Sherhans he came into town one of Clark's and smashed bis camera. took an AB's job on the Bangor to men would follow him and stay India. His last ship was the coast­ with him during the entire time he Selma's newly elected city ad­ wise eontainershiip Beauregard. was in Selma. ministration, while maintaining a Gordon Wheeler is looking for a A "bard line" on segregation and long trip going anywhere. Donald Vincent recalled, also, some of Negro registration, differs with H. "Trader" Horn got off the Our Clark's antics at the Swift cotton Clark on handling racial protests. Lady of Peace after a trip to Al­ seed oil plant in Selma, which Merchants here privately say their giers. He said it was a good trip ' ; UPWA represented until recently. business is down since large scale after two months on toe beach he "Clark would come Into; the arrests began. During one recent 1 is ready to go. . MIS, IMS SEAFARERS LOG Page mnefeea

Don't Delay On Heat Beefs (A 'k: % # % ' Now that the (»Id weather is here, Seafarers are reminded tiut ^ •# heating and lodging beefs in the shipyard can be easily handled If the ship's delegate promptly notifies the captain or chief engineer and shows them the temperature reading at the time. Crewmem- A real bull session was going on in a foc'sle of the Globe Explorer (Sea Liberties) not too long ago, as a few old time Seafarers sat around discussing various aspects of the Sea­ bers whb beef to themselves about the lack of heating but wait farer's life. The breeze was really blowing, when Peter Wedrogowski walked into the room. three, or four days before making the problem known to a respon­ "I was on a ship once," he-* — sible ship's officer are only making things tougher for themselves. said, "down in the Red Sea, endeavor they choose to pursue. members in the recent SIU elec­ The same applies when shipyard workers are busy around living just cruising along, when all Eddie Tlllasol, ship's delegate tion of officers. "Every single full quarters. Make sure you know where and when the work was the sudden we heard the cry 'Man aboard the Bangor (Bermuda) is book member aboard this ship done so that the SIU patrolman has the facts, available in order overboard.' We threw out a life no exception. Vdllasol was only voted by absentee ballot," Rocky to make a determination. ring, and then the CS^tain turned recently elected ship's delegate, •aid, "while we were in Karachi, the ship around and we picked and in order to do his best for West Pakistan. the man up a few minutes later. the crew, he has come up with a t t 4. SAN FRANCISCO (Sea-Land), March partment delegates. Srothw Robert When we asked him how he came simple rule to make his job r 3—Chairman, Clarence Hill; Secretary, Mull was elected to serve as ship's to fall off, he answered, 'Fell off? successful. "When a man has a The ships delegate aboard the Rocer Hall. Ship's delegate reported delegate. Steel Surveyor (Isthmian) recently that everything is running smoothly. Nobody fell off! Somebody moved beef," he says, "he should take it M $7.64 in ship's fund. It was request^ the ship.'" first to the department delegate. discovered exactly how wonderful WESTERN HUNTER (Western Agen­ that crewmembers dona.e fifty cents Then either the delegate can peace really is, reports meeting m each to purchase new antenna for TV. cy), March 8—Chairman, W. T. Lang- ^ ford; Secretary, L. O. Smith. $40 in settle the beef or bring it to me. chairman Joseph Catalonotto. Dur­ ship's fund. One man was hospital­ Joe Ritcbhurg, the bosun aboard Eddie has one additional thought ing a shipboard meeting, the dele­ L05MAR (Cnlnial), OeC. 28—Cliaif. ized in Ras Tanura. man, Anton Vukinick; Secretary, J. the Geneva (U.S. Steel) informed about the rule. "It takes the co­ gate said to his fellow Union mem­ Bartier. Brother Russell M. Wright was the crew that the regular safety operation of every Union man bers, "If there are any beefs, bring elected to serve as new ship's dele­ Feb. 28—Chatiman, William Fnllint; meeting, which was soon to be gate. No beefs reported by depart­ Secretary, W. T. Langferd. $40 in ship's aboard to make it work. If you them up now or forever hold your ment delegates. Discussion on TV fund. To contact headquarters about held aboard the ship, would have want a good trip, and want-to help peace." Catalonotto was pleased to repairs. hiring aliens in foreign ports. a special feature. Cries of "Girls" Feb. 14—Chairman, B. M. Romanoff; me represent you in the best way hear that not a word was said. "So Secretary, T. Mignano. Minor beefs and "Money" were soon quieted by possible, all you have to do is was the delegate," he says. were all settled and everything is O.K. ROBIN GRAY (Robin Lines), the announcement that they would follow the recipe." Villasol claims now. 4" 41 4" Feb. 8—Chairman, G. Mulholland; Sec­ see some movies on safety. Bather that the formula is quite success­ retary, A. D. Nastk $20.14 in ship's disappointed, but maintaining a nfarers Eladie Grajales sent iK OVERSEAS JOYCE (Maritima Over­ fund. Brother K. Nichols resigned as ful, and hdps to make for seas), Feb. 27 — Chairman, John J. ship's delegate and was extended a stiff upper lip, one of the crew- r to the LOG recently burst- vote of thanks by the crew. Brother pleasant trip. Hewarth, Jr.; Secretary, John H. Mc- A. O. Nash was elected to serve in his members quipped, "Oh, well, may­ h pride. The letter was an Elroy. Some disputed OT in deck de- place. be there'll be some glrls-ln the i 4. .•ement that his daughter, movie." a Grajales, has become en- ALCOA TRADER (Alcoa), March 14— The crew of the Steel Ret Chairman, Thomas J. Fay; Secretary, 4" 4" (Isthmian) has finally det Nick Martin. Some disputed OT in deck and engine departments. Vote The steward department of the what to do u... of thanks to the steward department Mominc Light (Waterman) re­ the money the for a job well done. cently pulled a company awarded switch on the them for having ATLAS (Burbank), Feb. 28—Chair­ crew. Instead of the safest ship in man, W. J. Anderson; Secretary, Alfred Hirsch. $38 in ship's fund. No beefs the steward de­ the fleet during reported by department delegates. partment getting the last six partment. Discussion on repairs. Vote the vote of months of last of thanks to the steward department thanks, the stew­ year. They spent for good food, even under trying con­ LA SALLE (Waterman), March 18— Chairman, Ed Moore; Secretary, W. ard department it for a television ditions. ' Beckford. Ship sailed short one pantry Eladio and America Grajales man. No beefs reported by depart­ voted a special Swartjes set, which has FLOMAR (Calmar), Feb. 28—Chair­ ment delegates. thanks to the been installed man, E. Luzier; Secretary, J. Funk. gaged to a home town boy down $16.50 in ship's fund. No beefs re­ Caldwell crew for their aboard the ship, and had $57 left there in New Orleans where the ported by department delegates. NATIONAL SEAFARER (Windward), efforts in keeping over. "We are still trying to decide Feb. 14—Chairman, Joe Selby; Secre­ Grajales family lives. Eiadlo is tary, J. T. Leiinski. Discussion about a clean messroom and pantry. "It what to do with the rest of the popping his buttons and wants the ERNA ELIZABETH (Overseas Naviga­ headquarters being consulted atiout makes it easier on everybody when cash," reports ship's delegate tion), March 8—Chairman, L. Clark; subsistence for all the blackouts crew world to know why. Although the Secretary, M. K. Pierce. Everything is had. Motion made that members not we have this kind of cooperation," Hendrik J. Swartjes. date for the wedding has not yet running smoothly with no beefs. sign on until ship gets cold water or says ship's delegate David Cald­ portable water coolers. $1 jli been decided upon, the couple have well. already made plans to spend their OCEANIC SPRAY (American Oce­ it 4' 4i Anguished cries have been heard honeymoon in Puerto Rico. Gra­ anic), Feb. 28—Chairman, L. 0. Dasey; PETROCHEM (Valentine), Feb. ID- coming from the laundry room Secretary, D. Gadner. $11 in ship's Chairman, J. D. Gribble; Secretary, All great men have a formula jales has been sailing SIU since fund. Ship is short of money for F. S. Paylor. Ship's delegate reported for success in whatever line of aboard the Cities Service Norfolk 1944, and last sailed aboard the draws. Ship to be fumigated while in that everything is running smoothly. (Cities Service), repoiTs ship's shipyard in Yokohama. Brother W. Matthews was elected to Oceanic Tide (Oceanic Ore). serve as ship's delegate, and Brother delegate F. F. Flanagan. The wash­ F. S. Paylor as ship's treasurer. ing machine has been tearing up KEN MAR (Calmar), March 4—Chair­ man, V. Douglas; Secretary, V. Doug­ Lakes Stoker the crew's clothes, he says, and las. Some disputed OT reported by DEL RIO (Delta), Feb. 28—Chairman, the men are eagerly awaiting the LOG-A-RHYTHM: deck delegate which will be taken up A. Abram; Secretary, A. Tolentino. Mo­ with patrolman. tion made that patrolman be con­ arrival of the new machine. tacted about getting a new brand of coffee aboard. Otherwise, there are 4i 4" 4- ALCOA VOYAGER (Alcoa), March 7— no beefs. Chairman, Edgar R. Hauser; Secretary, Seafarere aboard the Spitfire Traveler Victor M. Perez. One crewmember was (American Bulk Carriers) recently I ? hospitalized in Calcutta, India, and SEAMAR (Calmar), March 8—Chair­ was returned to the States via air man, W. F. O'Brien; Secretary, Wm. T. found themselves retrieving their _By Frances K. Hirschy, travel, to be treated at USPHS hospi­ Rose. Brother George Litchfield was desserts from the ceiling of the elected to serve as ship's delegate. tal. Some disputed OT to be taken up messroom, reports Robert Ruther­ The following log-a-rhylhm was with patrolman. Discussion on having telephone in­ written by Mrs. Frances Kano Hirschy stalled in messhall. Also to have head­ ford, ship's delegate. "There was In memory of her late brother. Sea­ quarters check on shortage of crew no disturbance," he says, "it's just farer James Francis Kane who was MT. VERNON VICTORY (Victory Car­ on board. lost overboard while sailing on the riers), Feb. 20—Chairman, Peter Pat­ that the baker aboard cooks such Deborah in February, 1936. rick; Secretary, H. Meredith. $20 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in SANTA EMILIA (Liberty Navigation), light and fluffy pastries and cakes each department to be taken up with Feb. 21—Chairman, E. M. Bryant; Sec­ that they just float away if we He'd been around the world in patrolman. Brother Walter Lungren retary, George Hair. Brother Ernest was elected to serve as ship's dele­ Bryant resigned as ship's delegate and don't hang on to them. A rousing ships gate. Vote of thanks to Brother Tom Brother T. Gerber was elected to serve. vote of thanks to a very fine baker. Fleming, outgoing ship's delegate, for It was suggested that the Company be Edwin Campbell, a member A dozen times, or more— fine job he did representing the crew. contacted regarding the dirty water Saw pyramids, France, Italy Captain extended a vote of thanks to aboard ship. Thirty-one rupees in of the SIU Great Lakes Dis­ 4" 4« 4- the entire crew for their spirit and ship's fund. No beefs reported by de­ Edward (Rocky) ACams, ship's And Tripoli's golden shore; cooperation at Christmas time. Vote partment delegates. trict, stokes a boiler on the of thanks extended to Mr. Griffit, sec­ Henry R. Piatt (Gartland), delegate of the Steel Voyager, ond engineer, for his kind donation to (Isthmian) had good reason to be Vieiced sunset over Timbuktu, the cause during the Holiday Season. SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Seatrain), a coal burning bulk carrier. March 14—Chairman, Walter Bright- proud of the his fellow Seafarers Heard rolling waves at dawning. well; Secretary, Raymond L. Perry. No The photo was snapped by during their last trip. The Voy­ HASTINGS (Waterman), March 5— beefs reported by department dele­ Fred Shannon who is also a Good night. Good night. Goad Chairman, Woodron Roid; Secretary, gates. Brother S. Frank was elected ager, which paid off in New York, John Wells. No beefs reported by de- to serve as ship's delegate. member of the ship's engine not too long ago, baa one hundred night. Dear Heart, department. percent participation of full book I'll see you in the morning.

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CITY OP ALMA (Waterman), March operate In keeping out all natlvos hi 12—Chairman, Joseph Moodyi Sacra- foreign ports. SIU Letter Writers Find tery, John Clark. Brothor Joseph Moody was elected to servo as ship's TAMARA GUILDEN (Transport Com­ delegate. Everything Is running mercial), Feb. 27—Chairman, J. Brusei smoothly aboard ship. Patrolman to Secretary, R. Viloria. $1 In ship's fund. be contacted about repairs that should No beefs reported by department dele­ have been completed In shipyard. gates. Chief Electrician was elected Opinions Count In Capital Vote of thanks to the steward depart­ to serve as ship's delegate. Motion ment made to have ship fumigated In Haifa. STEEL ARTISAN (Isthmian), March OVERSEAS EVA (Maritime Overseas), Two Seafarers who have let their voices be heard on two important national problems— B—Chairman, Mike Carlini Secretary, March S—Chairman, Wallace P. Anders the diminishing American merchant fleet and medical care for the aged—have learned that Art Anderson. Brother Richard Deianey son; Secretary, Jose B. Arceo. Soma was elected to serve as ship's dele­ disputed OT reported in deck end en­ their opinions count in our nation's capital. Evidence that their opinions carry weight in gate. Patrolman to be contacted In gine departments, otherwise there era San Francisco regarding dirty water no beefs. It was suggested that the the lawmaking process came"*" tanks.. No beefs reported by depart­ ship be fumigated for roaches. Broth­ in behalf of President Johnson. of interest to his Representative, ment delegates. er Wallace P. Anderson was elected to in the form of two letters, one serve as new ship's delegate. Commissioner Ball reported that Paul G. Rogers (D.-Fla.) The BEAUREGARD (Sea-Land), March 1 March 14—Chairman, Jose B. Arceai from the President of the article, Which described the Gov­ —Chairman, C. B. Henbyi Secretary, Secretary, Jerry Green. Some disputed the Congressional deadlock over OT to be taken up with patrolman. United States, and the other from the President's Medicare bill in the ernment's neglect of the U.S. Vote of thanks extended to the baker a member of the U.S. House of last Congress had held up action maritime industry, was forwarded for the good baking. Representatives. on the bill. He assured the SIU to Rogers along with a letter con­ ALCOA EXPLORER (Alcoa), March 20 taining Polakoff's own personal —Chairman, John Eddins; Secretary, oldtimer that President Johnson 0. Fisher. Brother John Eddins was The Seafarer who took his has pledged his continuing support comments on the U.S. maritime eiected to serve as ship's delegate. No opinions to the chief executive was situation. beefs reported by department dele­ of legislation which would insure gates. 'Captain' Wiiliam P. Driscoll, a hospital insurance for the aged and Keep U.S. Fleet retired Union member who now would increase social security TRANSHUOSON (Hudson Water­ In his letter to Representative ways), March 11—Chairman, Frederick lives in Sailors Snug Harbor, benefits. He further pointed out Otto; Secretary^ Robert Gilbertson. Staten Island. Driscoll wrote the that these measures had received Rogers, who is a member of the Some disputed OT reported in each House Merchant Marine Commit­ Fazil All. Brother J. R. Batson was department. Discussion on the matter President about the desirability of high priority on the President's elected to serve as ship's deiegate. of poor medical attention aboard ship. legislation providing hospital in­ list of proposals that would receive tee, Polakoff said it is the com­ Drinking fountain In crew's quarters Vote of thanks to the steward depart­ mittee's job "to make sure that should be repaired, otherwise no beefs ment. surance for the aged and received early consideration by the 89th reported by department delegates. two replies for Congress. the American shipping companies CHATHAM (Waterman), March 14— his efforts. stay under the American flag, ALCOA TRADER (Alcoa), Feb. 28 — Chairman, Robert Davis; Secretary, A veteran member of the stew­ Chairman, Thomas Fay; Secretary, Sidney Garner. Brother Harry Galphin employ American seamen who will Thomas Magras. Brother Thomas Fay was eiected to serve as ship's deie­ The first came ard department, Driscoll started work under American employment was elected to serve as ship's deie­ gate. Vote of thanks to Brother Clyde from the Presi­ sailing under the SIU banner in standards." gate. Vote of thanks extended to the Jernigan, former ship's deiegate, for dent, thanking steward department for the good feed­ a iob well done. 1942 when he joined in Philadel­ ing. No beefs reported. him for taking phia. Congressman Rogers wrote ROBIN LOCKSLEY (Moore-McCor- the interest to Polakoff that he had found the MARORE (Venore), March 7—Chair­ mack), March 7—Chairman, W. E. Mes­ LOG Article Told Story man, K. Skelley; Secretary, P. L. Shau- senger; Secretary, L. Gadson. Brother write. A second, LOG'S "Maritime Muddle" story an ger. Patrolman to be contacted re­ Hazel Johnson was elected to serve at follow up letter The other public spirited letter- interesting one and appreciated garding disputed OT for no launch ship's delegate. No beefs reported by the opportunity of reading it. He service at Bombay. Otherwise, every­ department delegate. came from Rob­ writer, was former Seafarer Ed­ thing is running smoothjy. ert M. Ball, com­ ward Polakoff, Who thought that said that he would keep Polakoff FAIRPORT (Waterman), Jan. 24 — Driscoll up to date on the progress of legis­ JOSEFINA (J. H. Winchester), Feb. 27 Chairman, John A. Sullivan; Secretary, missioner of the the "Maritime Muddle" feature —Chairman, R. W. Simpkins; Secre­ A. Kuberski. Ship's delegate resigned Social Security Administration that appeared in the October 16, lation affecting U.S. maritime tary, H. G. Cracknell. Brother Willard and was extended a vote of thanks C. Thayer was elected to serve as for a job well done. Brother Frank who wrote a more extensive reply 1964 issue of the LOG would be Policy in this session. new ship's delegate. Delegate to see Wranik was elected was elected to captain about painting out all living serve as new ship's delegate. $4.85 in quarters. All hands requested to co­ ship's fund. LOG-A-RHYTHM: SIU Widow Thanks Crew SIU Convention Nominees The Seafarer (Continued from page 2) Pat Finnerty, F-12006. GLTD J. F. Wunderlich For Donation President's report of March 8, members elected the credentials 1965. Copies of this report had committee at a special meeting The following Log-a-Rhythm was submitted by Seafarer J. F. Wunderlich, Seafarers on the Steel Admiral who sails in the deck department. been mailed to every member of in Detroit on March 29. •>1 (Isthmian) have that warm feeling the AGLIWD on March 10, 1965. The credentials committees of He has traveled through many foreign lands that comes from giving assistance He has crossed all seas on earth, Members of the AGLIWD will the United Industrial Workers has to the family of a former ship­ vote to elect delegates to rep­ certified the following five mem­ He has sailed on tankers and rusty tramps bers as qualified to serve as del­ On windjammers he had his berth. mate. Saddened by the loss of resent them at the 12th Biennial egates to the SIUNA convention: Brother Julio Sarayno, who passed SIUNA convention on Monday, April 19, 1965. Balloting will begin John Dwyer, D-10934; Mark Many's the night when he's braved a storm away while the ship was In in all ports at 9 AM and continue Evans, E-10073; John Jackson, J- With his waist lashed to the wheel Djibouti, SIU crewmembers col­ And kept her head pointing straight to the seas ports at 9:00 AM and continue 10105; Warren Leader, L-10140; The helm held with hands of steel. lected a total of $358.62 for his until 5:00 PM. and Ralph Quinnonez, Q-10003. family in Brooklyn, writes Felix AGLIWD meinoers In each port The committee was elected at spe­ cial meetings held in New York His love is a ship, his mistress the sea Dayrit, a member of the Steel will elect a Polls and Tally Commit­ and New Orleans. The oceans his habit and home. Admiral's crew. tee between the hours of 8:00 AM He is cursed with the fate that all Seafarers have and 9:00 AM at special meetings on Great Lakes District Not to rest, but eternally roam. A few weeks later, crewmembers April 19. These committees will Nominations for delegates to the on the Admiral received a warm conduct the elections in each SIUNA convention from the Great It is true that some quit and head for dry land port. Lakes District were made on And then wish they were back out at sea. Special membership meetings March 15 1965 at the regular With their socks dripping salt, and spray in their face. will be held in each A&G port membership meetings of the dis­ Again they feel like men running free. on April 21, 1965 at 11:00 AM to trict. Ail nominees must submit act upon the final report of the their nominations or acceptance.? The bitter remorse is by salt washed away. combined Polls and Tally commit­ by wire, registered letter or in The ship will sail with the tide. tees. person, in accordance with in­ Its crew cleansed of dirt from corruption ashore IBU structions contained in the Secre­ Just a shipmate by your side. tary-Treasurer's report, dated The credentials committees for March 8, 1965. the Atlantic and Gulf Coast re­ A three man nominating com­ Dayrif Sarqyno gions of the Inland Boatmen's Un­ 'Sea Daze' by Jim Mates ion has listed the following five mittee will be elected at the regu­ note of thanks from Mrs. Felisa members as those who will serve lar membership meeting in De­ as delegates from the two regions: troit port and headquarters on Sarayno, the former Seafarer's Monday, April 5, 1965. This com­ widow. Mrs. Sarayno's note said, Ray Herold, H-1; George Hinkle- man H-30; John Simpson, S-5279: mittee will pass on the eligibility "May I express my thankis from Joseph Trainor, T-5151; and Mar­ of all nominees. Its final report 'J.s.c.e. the bottom of my heart for this tin Gould, G-5000. Committee will be presented to the regular SEAtAE N 'js financial assistance given to my members were elected at special membership meeting to be held 4" l* after my beloved husband, Rob­ ert Cozart passed away, prompts attle. Somebody in that office took SIU Widow me to write this letter to ex­ the envelope and typed the infa­ press my gratitude and appreci­ mous phrase which is calculated to Thanks Union ation to the SIU for everything make any Seafarer see red: "Non­ To The Editor: it has done for me and my late delivery. Return to sender." I recently-visited the grave husband. I feel it must be a In this case, however, there was EVERY of my husband, Arthur Sawn- wonderful union that provides a happy ending to the incident. son, and was reminded of how so well for its members, and Fortunately, someone else pasted muoh the SIU did for me at then also considers the families a label across the letter bearing the time of his death. I feel that of its members when they have the address of the ship's next port. the SIU is a wonderful organ­ passed on. I am also grateful Clerical Kinks MONTHS ization. They did much for my for the sickness benefit check I It should be obvious by now that husband while he lived, and recevied. It helps to pay the If any SIU ship has no they have done much for me hospital bills my husband had the kinks in the seaman's mail since his death. I also want to before he died. system often lie in the offices of library or needs a new the agents for the companies. thank all the brother Seafarers supply of books, contact I want to say just how kind We seafarers know that it may of my husband for the respects I think the members and repre­ they paid him at his grave. be easier for clerks in an agent's any SIU hall. sentatives of the SIU are, and office to simply return a letter I want to give special recog­ thank them so very much for than to ascertain where it should nition to Buck Stephens and the sympathy and help they ex­ be delivered. Examples of this YOUR Lindsay Williams for everything tended to me during my hour practice occur too often to count. they did for me. When my hus­ of grief. A seaman could be on a ship in band was living, he had great Grace Cozart the Far East for two months wait­ SIU SHIP'S LIBRARY ing and hoping for an important M fr V (t '(• I r 11 y H1 H I I c f ^ ^ , .1 " f t: y f « •"» ; f . Pag0 Twentjr-Tlw9'- SEAFARERS lOG 4Pril J, IMS sro AItRlVAX.S and Know Your Rights FINANCIAL REPORTS. Th» constitution of tho SIU AUantlo. GuU. and Inland Watera District makes speclfio provision for safeguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed All of the following SIU families have received maternity benefits from the Seafarers CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. All Union records are available at SIU headquarteri Welfare Plan, plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: in Brooklyn. TRUST FUNDS. AU trust fundi of tho SIU Atlantic. Gulf. Lakei and TnT.nd Brian Patrick Finnerty, born 1965, to the Rafael Molinas, Maureen Dunphy, born January Wateri District are administered In accordance with the provliloni of February 1, 1965, to the Edward Aroibo, Puerto Rico. 26, 1965, to the Patrick Dunphys, various trust fund agreements. AU these agreements specify that the trusteas In charge of these funds shaU consist equaUy of union and management Finnertys, Elmhurst, New York. 4 4 4 Rio Piedras, P.R. representatives and their alternates. AU expenditures and disbursements of Leonard Richard Sienu, born 4 4 4 trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. AU 4" 4 3^ trust fund financial records are avaUable at the headquarters of the various Brian Scott Smith, born Feb­ February 12, 1965, to the Peter A. Josephine Bosch, born March 9, trust funds. ruary 26, 1965, to the Raymond Siems, New Foundland, New 1965, to the Francisco Bosohs, SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected Smiths, Paulsboro, New Jersey. Jersey. Brookiyn, N.Y. exclusively by tho contracts between tho Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and avaU- 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 able In ail Union haUs. If you feel there has been any violation of your David & Dennis Bacon, born Lillian Vargas, born February Richard Miller, born December shipping or seniority rights as contained In the contracts between the Union February 13, 1965, to the Law­ 26, 1965, to the Enrique Vargas, 30, 1964, to the Robert Millers, and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mall, rence Bacons, Bear Lake, Mich. Playa Ponce, Puerto Rico. Victoria, Texas. 1 return receipt requested. The proper address for this Is: Earl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 4 4 4 17 Battery Place. Suite 1930, New York 4, N.Y. Carl Theodore Treitler, Jr. The deaths of the following Seafarers have been reported Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at ail times, born January 12, 1965, to the Carl to the Seafarers Welfare Plan (any apparent delay in payment either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Anpeals Board. T. Treitlers, Arabi, Alabama. CONTRACTS. Copies of aU SIU contracts are available In aU SIU haUs. of claims is normally due to late filing, lack of beneficiary These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which ynu work and 4 4 4 live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as weU as your obligations, James Dickens, born January 5, card or necessary litigation for the disposition of estates) t such as fiUng for OT on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, 1965, to the John Dickens, Cur­ at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union oSicIal. in your opinion, Leo Portugal, 37: Brother Portu­ Jerome Kindzora, 42: Brother fails to protect your contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port tice, Ohio. gal died Oct. 24, 1964, aboard the Kindzora died July 25, 1964, of agent. 4 4 4 S e n a c a in Al­ injuries received EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG has traditlonaUy Andrew Lee Nicholson, born refrained from publishing any article serving tho political purposes of any giers, La., of ac­ in an accident Individual in the^Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from pub­ December 19, 1964, to the Gary M. cidental causes. while aboard the lishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. Nicholsons, Mobile, Alabama. This estabUshed poUcy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the A member of the Walter Rice at September. 1960, meetings In ail constitutional ports. The responsibUity for 4 4 4 SIU since 1963, sea. A member LOG poUcy is vested in an editorial board which consists of tho Executive Gloria Burnett, born February Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among Its he sailed in the of the deck de­ ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. 9, 1965, to the Willie Burnetts, deck department partment, he Longville, La. PAYMENT OP MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone In any as AB. No bene­ joined the Union official capacity In the SIU unless an official Union receipt Is given for 4 4 4 ficiary to his es­ in 1962. He is same. Under no circumstance should any member pay any money for any Susan Kantarik, born December reason unless ha is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to 31, 1964, to the James P. Kantar- tate was named. survived by his require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a Burial was in the wife, Guadalupe member is required to make a payment and Is given an official receipt, but iks, Superior, Wise. feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this Ail Souls Cemetery, Long Beach, Flores de Kindzora. Burial was in should immediately be reported to headquarters. 4 4 4 Calif. the Calvary Cemetery, Galveston, Brenda Morales, born October CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU pubUshes 4 4 4 Texas. every six months in the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy-of its constitu­ 28, 1964, to the Leonides Morales, tion. In addition, copies are available In all Union halls. All members Bronx, New York. John William Yaddow, 83: 4 4 4 should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves Brother Yaddow died Oct. 24, 1964, Ernest Mosley, 35: Brother with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting 4 4 4 Mosley died Oct. 23, 1964 of respir­ to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation by any methods such Peter Welch, born January 8, of heart failure as dealing with charges, trials, etc.. as well as ail other details, then the 1965, to the Elbert Welehs, Cov­ in the Buffalo, atory failure member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. ington, La. N.Y., Columbus while aboard the RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disabiUty-pension Hospital. A mem­ Norberto Capay benefits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities. 4 4 4 Including attendance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU mem­ Laurie Clarmont, born February ber of the SIU in Singapore. A bers at these Union meetings, they are encouraged to take an active role in 7, 1965, to the Wayne Clarmonts, Great Lakes Tug member of the ail rank-and-file functions. Including service on rank-and-file committees. Union since 1946, Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership Elberta, Mich. and Dredge Re­ has reaffirmed the long-standing Union policy of allowing them to retain 4 4 4 gion since 1962, he sailed in the their good standing through the waiving of their dues. Joseph Klima, born January 13, he sailed as an deck department. EQUAL RIGHTS. Ail Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights In employment oiler. He is sur­ He is survived by and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU 1965, to the Charles J. Klimas, constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the Marine City. Mioh. vived by a friend, his wife, Made­ employers. Consequently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because Chariotte Gansalus. Burial was in line C. Mosley. of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feels 4 4 4 that he Is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify Nancy Bernacki, born December the Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buf- His body was returned to the headquarters. United States, but his place of 12, 1964, to the Walter Bernackls, faio, N.Y. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic Tights Edison, New Jersey. 4 4 4 burial is not known. of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve the best interests of themselves, their families and their Union. 4 4 4 Thomas John Tighe, 62: Brother 4 4 4 To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was Rose Mary Shupiery, born Feb­ Tighe died Oct. 28, 1964, in Fort Charles Richard Robinson, 62: established. Donations to SPAD are entirely voluntary and constitute the ruary 2, P965, to the Samuel Worth, Texas, of Brother Robinson died November funds through which legislative and political activities are conducted for Shupierys, Maple City, Mich. 6, 1964 of heart the benefit of the membership and the Union. heart disease. A If at any time a Seafarar feais that any of tha above rights have been 4 4 4 member of the disease in the violated, or that he has bean denied his constitutional right of access to Rafael Molina, born March. 8, USPHS hospital Union records or information, he should Immediately notify SIU President Union since 1942, Paul Hall at headquarters by certified mall, return receipt requested. he sailed in the in Boston. A deck department. member of the He is survived engine depart­ SIU Clinic by his nephew, ment, he has (Continued from page 17) James Tlgbe, his been a member to donate blood! A person can sister, Helen, and of the SIU since donate as often as every eight (8) h LS brother, 1951. No sur­ vivor was weeks. We have many members Frank. Burial was in the St. Law­ Neut Williams Julius Swykert who have donated over a gallon of rence Cemetery, New Haven, Conn. named. He was buried in the New Calvary Cemetery, Boston, Mass. You are requested to contact Mrs. Araceliz Frojan would like blood. Don't depend on your 4 4 4 you to contact her at 57-59 Bergen brother to give blood for you or 4 4 4 your wife immediately. Floyd Cummings, 48: Brother James Warren Patterson , 59: Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. your dependents. This is your re­ Cumming died Oct. 30, 1964, of 4 4 4 sponsibility. Brother Patterson died November 4 4 4 ' injuries received 6, 1964, in the Joseph Pietta E. G. Mitchell All you have to do is follow the in an accident New Orleans Your mother is anxious that you Your mother would like you to simple instructions given below whiie aboard the USPHS Hospital get in contact with her Im­ contact her in regards to a refund and report to your blood bank. Bangor, in Saudi of natural causes. mediately. check for you which was sent to You will feel more like a man in Arabia. A mem­ A member of the 4 4 4 her. that you, are doing your share. ber of the Union steward depart­ Albert Edward Cook 4 4 4 since 1938, he ment, he began DON'T: Eat 4 hours before You are asked to contact your Rudolph R. Cefaratti donating blood. No alcoholic sailed in the deck sailing SIU in department. Ho brother, Charles Cook, at 21 Mrs. Mary Cefaratti is anxious beverage for 24 hours. 1951. He is sur­ about your wife's condition, and is survived by his vived by hiis Paisley Drive, Wilmington, Del., DO: You may drink fruit wife, Patricia M. 19808, as soon as possible. would like you to write to her sister, Mrs. Mary at 51 Clinton Street, New Britain, juice, black coffee with sugar, Cummings. Burial was in the Kreger. Burial was in the Saint or tea with sugar (no milk or Forest Lawn Cemetery, Slidell, La. 4 4 4 Conn., 06053. Joseph No. 2 Cemetery, New Income Tax Refunds cream). You are also allowed 4 4 4 Orleans, La. 4 4 4 2 slices of toast with jam (no Comeel Amelinck, 67: Brother Income tax refund checks are Robert Marero 4 4 4 being held for the SIU members butter). ^ Amelinck died November 19, 1964, James Lawrence Stogaitis, 59: Mrs. Rohama Lee, editor-pub­ listed below by Jack.Lynch, Room lisher of Film News, would like DONATE NOW!! YOUR of natural causes Brother Stogaitis died Jan. 30, 201, SUP Building, 450 Harrison BLOOD IS NEEDED! in the Staten Is­ 1965, in Day City, you to contact her at 250 West Street, San Francisco, 5, Calif.: 57th Street, New York, N.Y. land USPHS Hos­ Mich., of respir­ Alexander Ansaldo, Orla S. pital. A member atory failure. A Bushold, Eigil E. Hjeim, Willard 4 4 4 Cim&NGAODIfESSON^ of the SIU since member of the Layton, Lum She Lee, Potenciano Girard E. Doty ^lOSMAIUmLISrf 1945, ha sailed in SIU since 1949, Paculba, Ruben Ramirez, W. II. Your wife is in urgent need of the engine de­ he sailed in the Shelby, and Wong M. Sing. contacting you. Cail or write her iHcuiPE MmTcm partment until he deck department. at 2219 Kipling, Apt. N, Houston, MUMBST retired in 1964. Surviving are his 4 4 4 Texas. He is survived by daughters, Mary- William P. Dunn Jr. 4 4 4 his friend, ellen Rodier, and You are asked to get in touch John Urzan Jeanne Frosien. Burial was in the Janet Mastro. He with your wife, Mrs. Rachel G. Get in touch with Mary St. Charles Cemetery, Pinelawn was buried in the ML Olivet Dunn, at 861^ Waller Street, Barachak on a very important mat­ N.Y. Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich. Austin, Texas, as soon as possible. ter, as soon as possible. S, INf ^UlAPAlteitS Fig« Tweafy-Tbre* Sokednle of Membership Meetinsrs All hospitalised Seafarers would appreciate mail and visits whenever possible, The following is the latest available list of SlU men in the hospital: SlU-AGLIWD Meetings USPHS HOSPITAL Wm. G. Wallls Lloyd Lund Forney Bower Oble W. Livingston Regular membership meetings for members of the SIU Atlantic, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND John Pollock Donald Marshall John P. Brooks Percy Joseph Llbby Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are held regularly once a John E. Anderson Henry Muches Harold Murphy Harold P. Carroll Clarence Burrows Lawyer McGrew Lowell Bailey Ralph Nay USPHS HOSPITAL Joseph Carr Lonnle McKenna month on days indicated by the SIU Constitution, at 2:30 PM In the Arthur Botilho Harvey Newcomb NORFOLK, VIRGINIA Oscar CIno Clauda McNorton listed SIU ports below. All Seafarers are expected to attend. Clyde R Brittle Leon NorczyK John Arpistead Raleigh Paul C. E. Cumminn Joseph F. Mendoza Charles T. Crocker John Pastorek, Jr. Basltio BoschI Hertford B. Rice Chas. Cunningham Philip Mendoza Those who wish to he excused should request permission by tele­ Noble J. Duhadaway James Portway Elbert S. Clayton Jay W. Short Cleo L. Dupree Ethel Messonnler gram (he sure to include registration number). The next SIU Donald K. Evans Joseph Pozzuoll , Lonnle Cole, Jr. Prue Vaughn Harry D. Emmett Peter J. Morrealo meetings will he: Henry Fossett Wm. J. Stormer Barron Daniels Guy Whitehurst Marshall Foster John W. Pice Clayton Frost Anton Vukinick James L. Danzey james A. Wllklns LUis G. Franco V. P. Pizzltolo George Graham Joseph A. Williams Lowell Harris George Williams Robert M. Godwin Eugene G. Plahn New York April 5 Detroit April 9 Arthur Heroux Calvin E. Willamson Charlie Haywood H. C. Willihgham R. M. Grantham Santos Ramos Philadelphia April 8 Houston April 12 Frank E. Holland Lyio Williamson Cecil A. J'ennette Eric N. Gronberg Albert J. Rebane J. L. MaclejewskI Vernon Williamson Orlando L. Guerrero Patrick J. Scanlan Baltimore Aplrl 7 New Orleans April 13 USPHS HOSPITAL Wade B. Harrell Hamilton Sebum Mobile April 14 USPHS HOSPITAL BRIGHTON, MASSACHUSETTS Walter H. Harris Jimmie D. Snyder SAN FRANCISCO. CALIFORNIA Gene Adklns John Keegan Emmet L. Harvey Vlljo Sokero jji jji Isaak Bouzin Richard E. Fisher USPHS HOSPITAL Leon Mead Hlnson Daniel W. Sommer Alexander D. Brodle Torolf J. Kismul GALVESTON, TEXAS Timothy P. Holt Jack Trosclair If; James P. Conley James Lear V: L. Corns William Odum Frederick H. Houck Joseph 3. Vanacor West Coast SlU-AGLIWD Meetings Homer Dowell John P. Murphy Edw. E. Davidson Ralph J. Palmer Benjamin Hugglns John Ward Larry L. Fike Phillip Jeffers Morris J. Perry James J. Lala Anthony J. Zanca SlU headquarters has issued the following schedule for the USPHS HOSPITAL Herman D. Haddock William S. Rudd USPHS HOSPITAL monthly informational meetings to be held in West Coast ports for DETROIT, MICHIGAN Wm. Kwasnica Arthur F. Sabaurin JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA Joseph Arnold Anton Jenka Judson P Lamb Wm. C. Scruggs J. C. Laseter F. P. Daugherty the benefit of Seafarers shipping from Wilmington, San Francisco Ralph Bocco Kenneth Kane John Manen Peter A. Thompson B. B. Henderson H. L. Grizzard and Seattle, or who are due to return from the Far East. All Harold Bradley Earl J. Thelsen P. W. McDonald R. L. Toler USPHS HOSPITAL Albert Bailey Clarence Troy W. H. McDonald Wm. W. Van Dyke SEATTLE, WASHINGTON Seafarers are expected to attend these meetings, in accord with A. Chrlstenspn John Waterman George H. Noles R. Best J. R. Coyle an Executive Board resolution adopted in December, 1961. Meet­ Donald J. Gordon James Walsh USPHS HOSPITAL R. L. Harnden Boyd Spear Viola M. Hull NEW ORLEANS. LOUISIANA G. B. Calhoun Jerome Stokes ings in Wilmington are on Monday, San Francisco on Wednesday USPHS HOSPITAL Aleck Alford George BInnamans B. E. Divine and Seattle on Friday, starting at 2 PM local time. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS James L. Allen Donald L. Blackman USPHS HOSPITAL Walter Anderson Ray Kersten Howard A. Berzine Wm. K. Blanchard STATEN ISLAND. NEW YORK Wilmington San Francisco Seattle Ludwig Bednar Perry Spilde Michel Blllo Eugene J. Boyle Edward Arthur Adolt Helnsaar Enrique Alvarez AH HubabI April 19 April 21 April 23 Emmett Avery Eric Johnson Conway Beard W. Kowalezyk May 17 May 19 May 21 Robert Blackstock Thomas Lowe V. Chamberlain Warren Mclntyre •f-r- Gordon Chambers David McKlnley each month at 7 PM in various I^^lSW""oF Dan Covaney Norway Morris George Crabtree s. Paczkowski Great lakes SIU Meetings ports. The next meetings will be: J;!) Earl Cronsell Julio Quinonez New York April 5 |i!:i Joseph Czech Tomas Ramirez Regular membership meetings UNION HALLS Daniel Doheny Aaron Sasser on the Great l.akes are held on Baltimore April 7 Herbert DIerkIng Joseph Saxton DOmenIck A. Fois W. Schoertbortl the flrst and third Mondays of Philadelphia April 6 SlU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes TAMPA S12 Harrison St Stanley Friedman John Shaw each month in all ports at 7 PM tHonston April 12 TeL 229-2788 Robert Gabel Warren Smith local time, except at Eetroit, Mobile April 14 & Inland Waters Edmund Glowczak Stanley Stevens eilEAT lAKES TUO • DREDGE REGION Estell Godfrey Adolph Svenson where meetings are held at 2 PM New Orleans AprU 13 PRESIDENT REGIONAL DIRECTOR USPHS HOSPITAL Paul HaU Robert Jones FORT WORTH. TEXAS The next meetings will be; • Mcotings held eT Laoor Temple, New­ EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT port News. Dredge Workers Section - Benjamin Delbler Abraham Mander Cal Tanner Abe Gordon Max Olson Detroit April 5—2 PM t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Sault VICE PRESIDENTS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Ste. Marie. Mich, Richard L. TiUman Thomas Lehay J. Thibodeaux Alpena, BulTalo, Chicago, Earl Shepard Lindaey WUUama SAILORS' SNUG HARBOR t Meeting held at Galveston wharves. A1 Tanner Robert Matthena BUFFALO, 94 Henrietta Ave. Cleveland, Doluth, Frankfort, Arthur MiUer, Agent TR 5-1536 STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK SECRETARY-TREASURER Daniel Gorman Thomas Isaksen April 5—7 PM AI Kerr CHICAGO 2300 N. KimbaU Alberto Gutierrez William Kenny HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES Trygve Varden. Agent ALbany 2-1154 Edwin Harrlman Harrv MacDonald BUI HaU Ed Mooney Fred Stewart CLEVELAND 1420 W. 25th St. U.S. SOLDIERS HOME HOSPITAL Great Lakes BALTIMORE 1216 E. BalUmore St. Tom Gerrity. Agent 621-5450 WASHINGTON. D.C. (Continued from page 8) Rex Dickey, Agent EAstern 7-4900 DETROIT 1570 Liberty Ave. William. Thomson BOSTON 177 State St. Lincoln Park, Mich. USPHS HOSPITAL SIU Inland Boatmen's Union Ernest Demerge. Agent DU 2-7694 before the 11th of April. Ed Riley, Agent Richmond 2-0140 MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE Regular membership meetings DETROn 10225 W. JeHergon Ave. DULUTH 312> W. Second St. James McGee P-'UI Lacy VInewood 3-4741 RAndolph 7-6233 VA HOSPITAL for IBU members are scheduled Due to the crew being called for HEADQUARTERS ... .675 4tli Ave.. Bklyn SAULT STB. MARIE LONG BEACH. CALIFORNIA each month in various ports. The the MV Viking and the number of HYadnth 9-6600 Address mail to Brimley. Mich. Raymond Arsenault HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. Wayne Weston. Agent. .BRimiey 14-R S VA HOSPITAL next meetings will be: jobs eliminated, the men desiring Paul Drozak, Agent WAlnut 8-3207 TOLEDO 423 Central St. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN Phlla April 6—5 PM.. to exercise their seniority have 15 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St., SE.. Jax CH 2-7751 Robert Asbahr days from March 20th to do so. WiUiam Morris. Agent ELgih 3-0987 ST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL Baltimore (licensed and un- MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St. Tug Firemen, Liiiemen. GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN (Licensed .AprU 7—5P.M. Those desiring to receive the sep­ Ben Gonzales. Agent FRanklin 7-3564 Oilers A Watchmen's Section Percy Johnson MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. VA HOSPITAL aration allowance and forfeit their I.ouia Neira. Agent HEmlock 2-1754 ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT Houston April 12—5 PM seniority must also do so within NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. Tom Burns Paul Kolensnick Norfolk April 8—7 PM this period. Buck Stephens. Agent Tel. 529-7546 ASHTABULA. 0 1644 W. Third St. VA HOSPITAL NEW YORK 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn John Mero. Agent WOodman 4-8532 HINES, ILLINOIS N'Orleans ...April 13—5 PM Alpena HYadnth 9-6600 BUFFALO 18 Portland St. Oscar Kvaas Mobile April 14—5 PM NORFOLK 115 3rd St. Tom Burns. Agent TA 3-7095 VA HOSPITAL Registrations in this port have Gordon Spencer. Acting Agent . .622-1892 CHICAGO 9383 Ewlng. S. Chicago HOUSTON, TEXAS PHILADELPHIA 2604 S. 4th SL Robert Affleck. Agent ESsex 5-9570 Thomas Mahion RAILWAY MARINE REGION slowed down considerably in all .lohn Fay, Acting Agent DEwey 6-3818 CLEVELAND 1420 W. 25tb St. PINE CREST HAVEN NURSING HOME SAN FRANCISCO 350 Freemont St. COVINGTON, LOUISIANA Regular membership meetings departments. Even though ship­ Paul Gonsorchik, Agent . .DOuglas 2-4401 W. Beams. Pro-Tem Agrnt MA 1-5450 Frank Martin ping has not begun in this port, Frank Drozak. .West Coast Rep. DETROIT-TOLEDO 12948 Edison SL PENINSULAR GENERAL HOSPITAL for Railway Marine Region-IBU 6ANTURCE PR ..1313 Fernande* Juncos Max Tobin. Agent Souttagate. Mich. SALISBURY, MARYLAND members' are scheduled each from all indications. Seafarers Stop 20 AVenne 44)071 Richard Savage month in the various ports at 10 should have another profitable Keith Terpe. Hq. Rep Phone 723-8594 DULUTH Box No. 66 CAMARILLO STATE HOSPITAL year on the Great Lakes and pos­ SEATTLE ... 2505 1st Ave. South Range. Wis. CAMARILLO, CALIFORNIA AM and 8 PM. The next meetings Ted BabkowskL Agent MAin 3-43M Ray Thomson. Agent EXport 8-3024 David Taylor sibly a better season than last year. TAMPA 312 Harrison St. LORAIN. 0 118 E. Parish St. will be: Jeff GiUette. Agent 229-2788 Sandusky. Ohio Jersey City April 12 Cleveland WILMINGTON. CaUf 505 N. Marine Ave. Harold Rutlisatz. Agent .... MAin 6-4573 Frank Boyne. Agent TErminal 4-2528 MILWAUKEE ....3723 A. So. Shore Dr. Philadelphia April 13 Joe Mickaiowski got the season Joseph MiUer. Agent ..SHerman 4-6645 Jobs Baltimore April 14 off and running by being the first SAULT STE. MARIE ....1086 Maple St. Great Lakes Wm. J. Lackey. Agent ..MEirose 2-8847 •Norflok AprU 15 man off the board to ship as wiper SECRETARY-TREASURER (Continued from page 17) ' Fred J. Farnen Rivera Section jor amphibious assault without the GREAT LAKES TUO AND DREDGE aboard the J. J." Boland on a day ST. LOUIS. MO BOS Del Mar REGION ASSISTANT SECRETARY-TREASURER L. J. Colvis. Agent CE 1-1434 merchant marine. that was one of the worst this win­ Roy Boudreau PORT ARTHUR. Tex 1348 7th St. Regular membership meet­ ter, instead of fit-out weather. ALPENA 127 River St. Arthur Bendheim. Agent While there is no question in ings for Great Lakes Tug and EL. 4-3616 the mind of these naval officials Dredge Region IBU memlers are Radio Pete Ozimek and Mike BUFFALO. NY 735 Washington RAILWAY MARINE REGION about the value of a strong mer­ Pesenak have been down on the TL 3-9259 HEADQUARTERS ....99 Montgomery St. scheduled each month in the vari­ CHICAGO ..9383 Ewing Ave. Jersey City 3. NJ HEnderson 3-0104 chant marine in the nation's de­ ous ports at 7:30 PM. The next river working in the^ shifting gang So. Chicago, DL SAginaw 1-0733 REGIONAL DIRECTOR fense picture, it now looks like meetings will he: while waiting to he called hack to CLEVELAND 1420 West 2Sth St. G. P. McGinty MAin 1-5450 ASSISTANT REGIONAL DIRECTORS MA officials are slowly getting the their ships. DULUTH 312 W. 2nd St. Detroit ...April 12 . RAndolph 2-'4110 E. B. Pulver R. H. Avery same idea. MA Administrator Buffalo BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St Nicholas Johnson told the con­ Milwaukee April 12 FRANKFORT. Mich 415 Main St. EAstern 7-aono Registrations have picked up in HaU Address: P.O. Box 287 ELgln 7-2441 NORFOLK 115 Third St. gressional investigators that the Chicago April 13 HEADQUARTERS 10225 W. Jefferson Av. 622-1893-3 U.S. merchant marine can pro­ Buffalo April 14 this port with the antieipation of River Rouge 18. Mich. VInewood 3-4741 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S 4th S>. the fitout of vessels layed up here. DEwey 6-3818 vide the MSTS with valuable extra tSanlt Ste. Marie April 14 Inland Boatmen's Union tonnage, when needed, with a min­ Duiuth April 15 A portion of the Engine crew has NATIONAL DIRECTOR United Industrial Workers imum of red tape. He also spoke of Lorain April 14 been shipped for the J. B, Ford, Robert Matthews which is the only vessel in this GREAT LAKES AREA DIRECTOR BALTIMORE ;.1216 E. Baltimore St. the value of a citizen-manned mer­ (For meeting place, contact Har­ Pat Flnnerty EAstern 7-4S00 chant fleet working In conjunction area fitting out at this time. Win­ BOSTON 276 State St. old Ruthsatz, 118 East Parish. ter work is still going on and sev­ BALTIMORE ....1216 E. BaUlmore St. Richmond 3-0140 with the military. .EAstern 7-4900 HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave Brooklyn Sandusky, Ohio). eral of our men are working at BOSTON 276 Stole St HYacinth 9-6600 If this country's merchant fleet .Richmond 2-0140 Cleveland AprU IS these jobs. HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. WAlnut 8-3207 is to continue to fulfill its historic HYacintb 9-6600 role as the "Fourth Arm of De­ Toledo April 16 The latest ice report is that ice HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St. SE conditions remain heavy, with ap­ WAlnut 8-3207 ELgin 3-0987 fense," the maritime administrator Ashtabula April 16 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St., SE, Jax MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St. had better shake up his policy (For meeting place, contact John proximately a ten mile ice field ELgin 3-0987 FRanklin 7-3564 up to seven feet thick which indi­ MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St MOBILE ...1 S. Lawrence St. makers before the U.S. cargo fleet Mero, 1644 West 3rd Street. Ash­ FRanklin 7-3564 HEmlock 2-1754 becomes the victim of steadily en­ tabula, Ohio). cates it will be at least two or MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. three weeks longer before things HEmlock 2-1754 Phone 529-7546 croaching obsolescence. Address­ 4" 4" 4^ NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave NORFOLK 115 Third St. ing a transportation group at get moving here. Tel 529-7.54R Phone 622-1892-3 NORFOLK 115 Third St. PHILADELPHIA 3604 S. 4th St. Tulane University, Admiral Donaho United Industrial Workers Many of our regular men have Tel. 622-1892-3 DEwey 8-3818 viewed the sttady deterioration of Regular membership meetings begun to check in with the expec­ PHILADELPHIA 2604 S 4th Si TAMPA , .212 Harrison St. DEwey 6-3838 Phone 229-2788 the U.S. merchant fleet with alarm. for UIW members are scheduled tance of an early caU hack. SEAFARERS LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO

Cites Panel's 100% Anti-Maritime Rulings AFL-CIO Urges Hall Raps Cargo Preference Congress Pass Grievance Committee's Bias NEW ORLEANS—In a speech made here recently at Tulane University, SIU president Vote Rights Bill Paul Hall attacked the Cargo Preference Grievance Committee for its prejudicial handling of maritime industry complaints. WASHINGTON—^The AFL-CIO called upon the Congress Hall's criticism "was made to end "once ahd for all" discrimination against Americans The MA's recent decisions to marine may get a "bold new in the polling booths by insuring the right of every adult before the Institute of Foreign grant a waiver to Spain to carry front," Hall declared. Transportation and Port Op­ 50 percent of the U.S. goods it is American citizen to vote. President Hall praised the Mari­ ation of literacy and other types erations. William Jordan, president receiving under Public Law 17, President George Meany and the removal of five Spanish time Administration and its chief, of tests, but a bill aimed solely at of the SIUNA Marine Firemen, Nicholas Johnson for getting the testifying at House Judiciary these tests "will not do the whole ships from the Cuban blacklist Committee hearings on the Ad­ Oilers and Watertenders Union, came in for heavy criticism from subsidized operators and the smal­ job of implementing the 15th ler shipowners talking together ministration's right-to-vote bill Amendment" assuring equal vot­ also addressed the Institute. Hall, since the Spaniards have emphasized that the denial of the agreed to biuld ships for Havana. about policies that would' benefit ing rights. The measure should be President Hall told members of their mutual interests. He also right to register and vote to Ne­ broadened to cover all denials of groes "can no longer be ignored; the Institute that the maritime in­ Favorable Congress lauded the Administrator for his the right to vote whether based on dustry's lack of success in its deal­ interest in getting more U.S. it can no longer be compromised. tests or other means. Reviewing the legislative out­ He told the committee the Ad­ ings with the Grievance Commit­ tonnage built. However, he was • The provision calling for fed­ look for the Maritime industry. critical of Johnson's statements ministration bill is fine so far as tee has led several of the unions President Hall declared that the it goes, but should be "broad­ eral examiners to register voters about the growth of subsidy pay­ in areas where fewer than 50 per­ represented on the committee to merchant marine has a Congress ments over the years. Hall re­ ened" to assure that "an annual more favorable to it today than battle in the Congress on this is­ cent of the residents were regis­ quit in disgust. He said that of the minded his audience that prices on tered or voted in the 1964 presi­ 30 cases presented to the panel, ever before. "All we have to do everything have gone up drastic­ sue should not be necessary." is fight through the bureaucrats to dential election needs broadening the Maritime Administration has ally since World War II. He stressed that the bill's rem­ to cover areas where there was bring about the type of program edies "should be available in any general discrimination against Ne­ decided them all in favor of the that will save us all," he said. Foreign-Flag Drain situation where there is wide­ Government, not the maritime in­ groes but a high percentage of President Hall found reasons Speaking of the country's peri­ spread abridgment of the right to white registration. dustry. vote in violation of the Constitu­ for hope in the operations of the lous balance of payments position. tion, whether that deprivation is • The AFL-CIO is "wholeheart­ The Grievance Committee on President's Maritime Advisory President Hall questioned the effected by the fountain pen or edly in favor" of the remedies pro­ Cargo Preference Administration Committee. This committee was Government's failure to prevent the night stick or night riders." vided in the bill but feels it should was set up by President Johnson also appointed by President John­ foreign-flag ship operators from son last spring to produce sugges­ Without Delay "go further" and waive the re­ last May to handle complaints on taking U.S. dollars out of the quirement that an individual must the implementation of the cargo tions for improving the status of country. The AFL-CIO's testimony came the U.S.-flag merchant fleet. The have been rejected by state or preference statutes. The commit­ Both Hall and MFOW President as committees of the House and local authorities before he can 17-member panel includes repre­ Senate sped hearings on the meas­ tee consists of representatives of Jordan assailed the failure of the apply to the federal examiner for the Maritime Administration, the sentatives of maritime labor, man­ ure after President Johnson's ap­ listing. agement, the public and the Sec­ Government to halt the contin­ peal for "no delay, no hesitation, Departments of Labor, State and uing decline of the American mer­ Agriculture, and advisors from retaries of Labor and Commerce. no compromise" on enactment of Meany opposed the provision to The SIUNA is represented by chant marine's share of the U.S. have federal examiners collect maritime labor and management. a bill to guarantee the Negro the President Hall. overseas freight business, They right to register and vote. poll taxes in states where they President Hall is the SIU repre­ told the Institute that when the sentative on the panel. The House Judiciary Committee exist and urged that poil taxes be Public Forum Merchant Marine Act of 1936 was opened hearings almost immedi­ eliminated completely. Score Card passed, U.S.-flag ve^ls were The SIU president views the transporting 37 percent of the ately after the President's historic "No American should have to MAC as a genuine public forum address to a joint session of Con­ The SIU president said, "We are country's foreign trade. Congress buy his right to vote in any elec­ keeping a score card. You know in in which the various segments of gress. Senate hearings got under tion," he declared. at that time expressed its concern crooked dice game, they are the maritime industry can give over the small size of this: per­ way after the Senate assured • The provisions for challeng­ quick action by voting 67 to 13 to smart enough to let you win just their opinions on public policy centage. ing elections are inadequate, espe­ send the bill to the Judiciary one round. We have had 30 shut­ needed to insure a strong mer­ cially in areas where persons are outs so far." He promised that a chant marine. In addition, MAC Today, American ships are mov­ Committee with instruction to re­ permitted to register but denied port it back by April 9. record of these unfavorable de­ members now have the opportunity ing only 9 percent of U.S. foreign the right to vote. There are no cisions would be presented to to obtain records and reports commerce and comparatively little The bill has 66 sponsors in the provisions for holding new elec­ Congress to document the need which are necessary to document is being accomplished to Increase Senate, refleKing wide bipartisan tions or holding them under fed­ for changes In the laws affecting proposals, he said. Using this the share of the American-flag " support. Similar bipartisan back­ eral supervision, Meany noted. the U.S.-flag fleet. machinery, the U.S. merchant fleet, they declared. ing was evident in the House. The Senate was prodded on the need for speed with a warning from its leaders that the Easter recess might be cancelled if the bill is not passed by April 15. The House is planning to act on the measure during the week of April 11- Noting that the AFL-CIO has stated its opinion on voting rights "innumerable times" in every forum of the nation and before congressional committees, Meany declared that any attempt to dilute the right to vote is "undemocratic, un-American and despicable." Use Every Means The position of the AFL-CIO, he told the committee, "is that every possible means must be used to achieve the maximum pos­ sible registration and voting in the United States . . . We reject out of hand that there can be any first- class or second-class citizenship." Only the federal government can do the job of assuring the right to register and vote in light of experience at the state and lo- caMevel, Meany asserted, and the government naust "do it now," On various provisions of the Delegates to the five-day Sixteenth Annual Institute On Foreign Transportation and Port Operations held at Tulane University, bill, Meany made these points: enjoyed luncheon reception held at the SIU hall at New Orleans. Delegates heard talks by (l-r) SIU Gulf Area Vice-President • 'The AFL-CIO supports "fully Lindsey Williams; Senator E. L. (Bob) Bartlett (D.-Alaska); Baltimore Sun maritime news editor Helen Delich Bentley; SIU and wholeheartedly" the invalid-, President Paul Hall; and International Longshoremen's Association Vice-President Anthony Scottp.